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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY,

"WEEK-END MURDER" BY GABRIEL F FORBUSH

CHAPTER XXXVI.

Flour

I'm-out

of

dolighted to yield my place in your favour."

JANUARY 30, 1933.

Dellbarately he walked along boside the two returning players and Linda daw that he meant the With a hasty inner comment on conversation to continue into the his partner's probable reaction to drawing room where Marvin could the idea, Linda retuned politely, be neatly included in it. He could But ao tired was she that until she manage this better than she, in saw that Flour stili lingered and her present frame of mind, ao alio caught the licker of impatience in dropped behind them and made a the narrowed oyes she did not pretence of arranging the magn realize her opportunity. They waited until they saw By the faint hardening of her climax. Becauso

sines on the central tablo. Sho in at the features the other showed that things" (she had an impulse to add "My husband and I have been talk-deep booming heartiness among "Oh, Mr. DoVoal" she exclaimed, heard several voices, Marvin'a *Shaughnessey turn

Harage door. Thon Linda and the abhorred Namo had toon politely "Perhaps you heard of the ing over the plans for tomorrow. thom. Then the bidding started Tom faced each other. The distant heard.

death of my cousin?" but restrain. You know that the medical ex-with renewed zest and in a mo volcos of the four around the "All right. I'm dummy. Mr. ed It) "doesn't mean Mr. DeVos aminer has met with an accidentment her husband rejoined Her. bridge tablo rose in quick expart DeVos is playing my hand." To can't simply stay at the house and and can't come. bidding.

Linda's keen ear an unconscious-do as he pleases on his own."

We thought that "They'll be at it for hours ly possessive note had slipped into

since you have had to atay this

"Pratt foll for it," he whipered.

worked The slight cloud on Fleur's un-long it might be as comfortable That mused Linda. Heavens the studiedly indifferent volce. lined forehead cleared instantly for you to remain another day Evidently tennis is his meat. yet p

marvelously! Tom, but Im all in I'll stop and Before she could answer

Now listen, Binks. You, speak to say good-night and then go on up. went on with the same negligent away. Her desires usually ar- especially in view of the heat You'll have to stick to the ship air, only a little sharpened to

ranged themselves thus expedi- "And especially cut in Fleur, them a moment and then I'll go till the better end. If you get a wariness as she watched her host- tiously,

and Linda yielded the floor with upstairs with you and we can talk chance to put in a word about eas in the mirror,

"That's too nice of you, Linda! a little sigh of relief. Tom, slow for a little while. Then when staying, it might help. I promise "By the way, Linda, I only wish Sure it won't be any trouble? ly emerging through the swinging come down you must lock the door If you're frightened I had known you wore, having-They must be waiting for me," she door with a tray on which glasses behind me.

10 reapon went on hastily, perhaps fearing tinkled invitingly, caught the endfor any reason-or these people down."

"But you did, child. You were eat her question be taken ilterally, of Fleur's Invitation. He stopped yell like blazes and keep on yell- But I'm sure you won't be. here to dinner Thursday and I in- "I must go back. He plays and Linda, again rallying hering. vited you some time ahead.” murvelous game of contruct, Linda. brightest smile, drew him into the Statlander is the man he must

"Oh, yea I mean--" It was Too bad you can't take a hand for conversation/

be sure by now that he's aafo and. Ho raloed eloquent eyebrows.

"Mr. DeVos will be with us to For a moment she did not under-easy enough to see what she while. Mr. Pratt plays very stand.. Then she cast an appre-meant but he sought words to well, too," she added magnani-morrow, I hope, Tom," she said. hensive glance upward, as though express indirectly her annoyance mously.

"Fleur's going to introduce him the one guest who had gone to his that Linda hnd given no intima-

Then she turned with studied in the evening to some of our just room might be within carshot, and tion of the unusual attractivenous grace--in which Linda detected a ly famous Long Island roadhouses ant down suddenly on the little of one guest in particular. "I'm shade of eagerness to meet a ligand we're persuading him to stay hall bench.

sorry I had not happened to meet are just emerging from the inner over." Mr. DeVoe before. "I'm taking a room. It was DeVos and in hin "Fino" Tom took his crowd out to-morrow to the White beautifully tailored yet informal promptly. "He can have a dip in tropical pongee he had more than the morning and perhaps Pratt "Someone backed out?" Linda

A little of the distinction which will stay too and give him some was all practical interest. ency-

Fleur's had been so striking on the pre-tennis, even if you and I can't play airs always tempted her to be trylous more formal evenings. His as we'd planned. We reserved the ritatingly literal.

"Why-yes. I was wondering-both of them.

"Yes. And I can manage him bow included (Country Club courts in advance— slight, courteous I understand your guests had to

they are o crowded over the hollan the business angle, I'm sure. stay overnight but expect to go Stoner," he said. "You will not the Belginn. It seems a shame to and we'll go up together."

"At your convenience, Mias day week-end," he explained to So get this over with, sweetheart, to-morrow. The trouble is, our house fo.full. Mostly mother's and join us, Mrs. Averill? I should be waste them.""

talk

to be up early tomorrow to to them all in the morning."

"Now wait a moment," said Tom thoughtfully. "Just what are you proposing to do?"

"I told you-go to bed."

Tom-you mean Mr. Statland. er! He went up in hour ago. Oh, have. I got to be afraid of even Just going up to my own room?"

"When the next room is pied by a potential-

"Don't! Don't say it. I know what you mean! But we can't both go upstairs and leave those people all the rest of the evening. That would be too rude!"

"The rest of the evening! It's

after 11,now.”

up.

"Well their game

breuka

And I am so tried, Tom!" "Tell you what I'll do," he be- gan judicially, and stopped CH ม cool, amused volce broke in.

'What on earth

Horso Inn-

father's friends. Such a bore to have that sort for the Fourth of July week-end! I do need an- other man, Linda darling-"

It was a habit of Flour's when are you want to be put in the position of she wanted anything but did not talking about so seriously? Hello, linda-haven't seen you before asking for it to trail off in an in- determinate sentence, and to wait Got a cigarette, Tom?""

for the other person to make the actual suggestion. Linda hind learned just how long she could leave the unfinished sentence sus

The beautiful Fleur, slim and willowy, her hair exquialtely coiffed, her curiously narrow eyes enhanced by soft blue shadows, her eyebrows delicately arched, her rather thin lips roughed into more gracious lines, drifted out into the central hall. As often, Linds immediately felt crumpled and hot and awkward.

ended in the air between them. thus filling Fleur with vann alarm lest she might have to fur- ther her own scheme openly, or Worse yet, see it lunored entirely, This time Linda did not indulge in her favourite bedevilment. Fleurs calculating little manocu- Vre too aptly åtted in with her own cherished plan.

Her gucat, stooping down to ad- just a lock of hair by the aid of a long, low mirror over the early empiro sofa, had said nothing of "That is a shame! I know he'd the cause for her bostesS" excus- love to move right over to that ablo absence nor commented on gorgeous place of yours. But, her very apparent fatigue. An- Fleur, don't worry. We'd be de- uoyance, acting us a tonic stimu-lighted to have him stay here: lant, brought” Linda to her feat After all, it seems senseless for with a bright smile and her most him to go back to town Sunday guileless expression.

when he would enjoy another day "Hello, Florriel How's the game outdoors and have one of your ex- Koing?"

citing parties for the

grand

trouble: A

all he'll want is for things to keep on as they have been so he can get away without any thousand to one he's sleeping the sleep of the just."

"He's the only one now that we have to persuade to stay." Lin cueda's mind had strayed under these admonitions. She wanted only to get to bed and she realized that there was such a thing as being too tired to be afraid."

(To Be Continued.)

M. Herriot with American envoys Mr, Theodore Marriner, left, and Mr. Norman Davio.

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Another pictura showing the East Lancashire Regiment marching through Shanghai's snowcovered. streets. The "Ruga" sign would esom appropriate.

Aviation aupremacy came to Amy Johnson, when the piloted her little plane into Capetown, 10 hours ahead of the London- Capetown record established by her husband, Capt. James A. Molli- son. She had Rown alone on the 6.200-mile stretch leading over the Subara desert and the wilds of Africa, to make the new record. She is shown above in the cockpit of her plane shortly after bar

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Mr. C. T. Peter Yoh, left. Managing Director of the Bank of Kisognan atanding beside his new Chrysler Six Convertible coupe. This sport model personal car retains its original appearance, an it left the Chrysler factory, despite the fact that the car was lan the workshops of the Mark L. Moody company for three months, undergoing a thorough bullet-proofing. This car is the first bullet-proof convertible Koupe in Shanghai and probably one of very faw in the entire world.. When sissed, the car is bullet-

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