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GREAT NEW MYSTERY SERIAL

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1933.

"WEEK-END MURDER"

BY GABRIEL F. FORBUSH

CHAPTER XXXIV

cleared yourself of suspicion.”

"Talk it over or not an you "And I-I still do not see how will," answered the other. Twas that mysterious, invisible assafl-not I who suggested It.“ ant could be identified as my in- offensive (if bad-tempered) self."

Tom's answer come evenly. "I her by waving to her-saved her am not a detective, amateur or life."" otherwise, and I am simply doing what you asked me to do assume ing your gulit and giving you the complete picture of yourself as you appeared to others since you have been here."

"Very well, Mr. Shaughnessey, That is for you to decide.”

saw

It was hopeless. Lndia that, whatever had gone wrong, their attempt to enlist Shaughnes-

"SIL down, dol Tom, pour som Linóre on 142. panen. Now, Mr. | Jarughn, men, wink comes next!' "Next, i think," and the big anan gano'mily, you tell me what - You Dares, anal the others.

anal ida, Avurill?"

Lom tried to

speak curu.ly. Linda felt that in his heart he was stil far from plenced funt llus nad been forged upon him. “I've spoken of the vn- ous quarrels the other three men had. it's six o one and half a

THE POUND RISES

BANK OF ENGLAND PURCHASES GOLD

London, Jan. 26. Considerable interest was again aroused on the Exchange by gold novements.

The Bank of England's purchase gold was the first since September Yesterday

nearly £4,000,000 in

16 and may be regarded as repre- dozen of the other leading up to Boating the re-sale by the Reservo this morning.. But one clue camo Bank of New York of a portion of out of the attack on Linda that is the gold recently earmarked in tangible and important. We have Londen in connexion with Bri- the towel with which she was Lain's debt remittance. choked."

Recent persistont demands for sterling are regarded in some do-

gree

also

"This way— Linda saw alie must bear the onus of that ex Either realizing that there was planations “I fall. Tom dives, no quarrel there, or ngain com-In that second when no one sees |ney had failed. She sighted uncon- manding

rining his

temper, him-Kalime it In yon, Mr.sciously, nor did she realise how Shaughnessey listened in ellen Shaughnessey agreed to this with Shaughnessey--you step over me, disappointed and appealing her to their account of its finding.

an seasonal and aro a note of apology in his volce. nerom the balcony, into the empty voice sounded an she broke the "I've been thinking." said Linda stimulated by reductions in money

Averill continued:

nursery on the other side. You all Bat silence.

slowly. "Cousin Amon was alone rates in New York, coupled with "Coming to this morning, you know it, was empty because my "Oh, dear!" she mourned. "I here in the house last night. You the advantages to foreign inves- will remember I was in the water little boy was at his grandmother's. hoped you wouldn't net that way! know that little lavatory In the

Lora in terling afforded by the when the accident, as we have The door leading to the service It's a worse meas now than it was room he had has only a hand basin. discount on forward francs and called H-happened. Linda-Mra, stairs is directly opposite. You before and I thought you and I believe he may have gone across dollars. Averill--was directly under the could step across the hall in a Tom and I were going to straight-the hall to take a tub bath and

Another influence is said to be balcony. She ran upstairs. From second, go down those stairs, on it all out. Now you're cross used a towel from the rack there. the raft I saw her come out on the through the empty kitchen and out and Tom's cross and I don't know He was a very tidy soul and the French purchases of sterling little balcony and saw her pitch the service door, which would what to do. Oh, dear!"

think would bring the towel backrompted by apprehensions of in-

*rensed taxation in France. Forward and fall. I got" in as} bring you round that end of the

to leave the place clean for anyone Reuter. quickly as I could and on my way house just as Tom ran up the

else. In that case, he might easily up the lawn you came strolling | lawn."

have hung it where Roaie, often around the corner of the house."

leaves clenn towels-over the

"Excellently reasoned," cried back of that little rush-bottomed

hair by the door. I've thought the Irishman, now in thoroughly all along that whoever was there, good humour! "You should be a simply stepped behind the ward-lawyer-or at least a writer, of robe there what other placeAction, Mrs. Averill! That sounds and then when I passed, steppedtion! What would you say, Aver- out again. He could have caught ill?"

"Just that," Answered Tom for resenting that your husband up a towel from the back of the gave me what 1 asked for, I'll be chair. In fact, that's the only warmly. "IIDA glad enough to side with you in-place he could have got it from for there has bothered me more than stend of akainst you-and that he didn't have time to go into the I've admitted to you, Binks. Ad- goes until the police are called in. invatory, besides the danger of be- ter all, as you say, no one would ing heard. And it was either bring a towel to strangle someone if called they must be, and an- other man marches off with them Mr. DeVos or Marvin why should who isn't expected to turn up at to the lock-up. Is it a bargain?" either one have brought a towel all. Now the question is who

"Oh, that's grand!" Linda's with him, expecting me to come took it away?” eyes fairly shone in the dark, and get strangled?"

(To be continued.)

"And how, prny, could I be up there to pitch off the old man and still come around the corner of the house at the same time?"

Tom turned to Linda, "Your story starts here," he said,

Striving for Tom's clear expos- tory style. Linda spoke us calmly as she could.

"I was attacked in that guest- room, Mr. Shaughnessey. My hus. band didn't speak of that a few momento ago, when he

ran over the events of the day."

"I thought it thin just there," said the Irishman with satisfac- tion. "Why should you be so sure of murder? Excuse me, Mra, Averill go on!"

Her dejection was so unfeigned that it seemed to penetrate to Shaughnessy laughed shortly. militant egotism of the Irishman. "And then the talk with Rosie. With one of his mereurial changes the shirt, the--I suppose you over of front, he threw back his head heard more than you say the with a peal of laughter. kissing and coaxing. Yes. All

"Tis 10 years of age you are, very neat. Mr. and Mrs. Averill. Mrs. Averill, and not a day older! I congratulate you." Shaughnes-Sure, who could be angry with would there be to hide In hurry? to me like a perfect reconstruc- sey rose suddenly. vast blur, more child like yourself! If you'll darker than the dark air about forgive me, after I've apologized him. "The only thing lg-I didn't do it. Good night."

"Oh, wait!" "Linua's hand was again upon his sleeve. "Don't be angry. Mr. Shaugnessey! Yout naked us to assume. There are things against the others, you know. Plenty of things."

As before, he seemed to waver. Then he laughed again, but more pleasantly.

"I hope the cases against them As "Cousin Amos spoke a few words are stronger for your sake before he died. They told me well as mine," he said. "Surely. someone had thrown him over Mr. Averill, you can see how thin that's why I left him and an up-this is?" staira."

"Plucky," commented the Irish- Linda rejoiced Heerelly in

Tom's firmness of tone,

man.

cer

"Woll - impetuous!" Linda "Not so thin, Mr. Shaughnessey. laughed a little. Then she told of Think it over. You would hearing volcus in the roum on her tainly be held if reported it to way down, of her hanty passag the police. But I'm not threaten- through the apparently empty ¦ ivy you. All this, as I said, in be- room after her cousin had fallen, tween ourselves, for the present at of the sudden sensation of chok- least. Don't you think, however, ink, of the quick vision of Tom for your own sake you should diving, and of the oblivion which give us your version--your aide of had descended as she felt the all those incidents or accidenta? cloth loosened, too late to save After that-ny wife said you hint- her from losing consciousness. ed at something you had to toll—"

"My turn now," said Tom. "Asi The Irishman was silent a mo- I dived--after I saw her fall-ment. saw a man standing behind her in

"Tis not I that should explain

the doorway. Whoever that was, myself." he said angrily. "I will! of course, had hidden in the room, not he called to account for THIS! hearing her coming--had realized actions."

answered

that she knew, there was some, "I'm sorry you take that atti-i

Tom quickly. thing wrong, and seeing her goude." toward the railing, had stepped "And yet I'm not sure 1 altogether out and tried to strangle her as blame you. You must know, how- the only way of keeping his iden- ever, Shaughnessey, that it makes tity secret. My presence on the me less willing to talk this over float-the fact that I showed I saw with you than if you definitely

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