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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1933.

“WEEK-END MURDER”

BY GABRIEL F FORBUSH CHAPTER XXVII.

There was no mistaking Reale's words. An extra towel?" she said. "Certainly, air, I'm sorry."

"Just the bath." That Pratt speaking. "I have plenty of the other kind."

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Reale's voice neemed to come from farther down the hall, Be fore the linen closet, probably, "I must have skipped you, slf. I can't think how. You should have had enough. I always allow for the bench. WIN this do you, sir?"

"More than chough. Thank

"She'd remember," "Then you think?"

"I think I found that missing towel in Mr. Statlandor's hamper. And I know it was the one that went round my neck."

ed there."

"There's a double supply need- thought, hurrying alone. Sho had n white package--flat like this." Ito motioned in the air. "Just the size of "

"A folded shirt," said Linda. "Exactly. She simply flew up the stairs and down again because she camo right out. That mado "But wherever you found it. It me think he couldn't be there. He was Pratt who asked for another."couldn't have resisted a little chat "Mr. DeVos might have if he even if she was anxious to get hadn't. All we know is that there back." Wan one short. And that Mr. "Tom, you must see that shirt!" Statlander had the smeary one in "I'm going now. If he's there his possession,

I'll simply make an excuse-re- That's that!" thought Tom, "Of the two. I'd rather be the mind him that dinner will be exchanging glances with his wife, jone who asked for another thinn [ready in 10 minutes." "But it doesn't necessarily mean the one who had it in bis ham- "Better than that ask him to after ni he shares the bath per. Binks, even if we have to jatay, the way we have the others." with DeVon. Would he take itak hím polutblink, wa must "Right 1 will. But the for granted he was short one, learn whers Statlander got it and isn't though, and ask Reste for another

"Hurry, Tom!" They were by if the missing one hadn't been his

the sercon door. "I'll try to keep own? Resic doesn't forget--and

him if he comes this way. I'm sure Binks tells her to leave plenty."

you."

"I do," ngrcod Linda when at the sound of the door closing they turned with one accord to each other. "But I'm a little low on toweln just now and having all these extra people has cramped me a bit. But I told Rosie to let me know if she needed any more." "Would she be apt to forget anyone?"

"Never! It's her regular You tine. She wouldn't vary it."

why he hid it away."

"Marvin's gone back to his room. Tom, you were going to say something?"

*

Going across the lawn Averil began hastily to form the sen- He snapped his fingers in irrita-tences. Boyle, of course-late- tion. "Damn I wonder the others were staying the night, I've lost my chance. I must get "No trouble at all to have you over over to the garage. Lindio. Did here, old chap." Yes, that would you nee Shaughnessey 7

be the lino to take. But ha most- profoundly hoped there would be (ho call to take it.

"No, he didn't come in with the other men. Haven't you seen him down here?"

About the garage brooded the "No, and I've been watching to allence of a deserted building, be sure. I did see Rosie though, He called up from the bottom of and she was going over there the little tight of steps and took very quietly and furtively, Ithe precaution of knocking vigor-

ously at the doorway waten opened only once and the message was off the stairs at their head. Still scribbled in poncil. silence-and he stopped into the "The shirt ruined entirely," larger of the two rooms, fong, low, he road. "I fixed tae tear as best nany-windowed, dolightfully invit7 could but the staines got worse ing, and, ho was relieved to see, not better. I hope the words for the moment untenanted. ran eloser here, at the bottom of the sheet, and Tom stopped to the By the door a broad, many-window for a better light. Below cushioned couch ran parallel ho saw the road, the bit of lawn, to the wall, reaching almost to and, beyond, the house door, the first of the casement windowe Standing in it was Linda, chatter- along the front of the room. that couch whore it might have turned anxiously up to the garage Oning with forced galety, hor oyes boon hastily dropped by anyone in windows-and Just a hurry to retreat lay a fat bundle, through the screen

coming amateurishly wrapped, and folded ShauglinessDY. into the cord which tied it was a plece of paper.

door was

What Rosle hoped Tom did not stop to discover. With one quick Tom still stockstill, listenlag motion he was beside the bundle. Behind him, on the other side of tucking the note under the string, the stairs, was the bedroom. He and ho ran down the steps so' stepped quickly to that door, also quickly that he had time to slip open, and glanced into the smaller from the little hall into the garage room, with windows on two sides proper, no that he was emerging through which the breeze from from is open double doors as the the water flirted the curtains In Irishman reached the building. waving spirals. This too, was Ha-tily he tried to think if he had empty."

left any traco of his presencu up- It was the work of a second to stairs. He had not been amoking, case the folded paper from under so there would be no ash on floor the string and open it. The sheet, or window sill. No, he was rafe, torn from a liḥed pad, was crensed i (Continued on Page 11.)

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