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GREAT NEW MYSTERY SERIAL.

THE HONGKONG

"WEEK-END MURDER"

BY GABRIEL F FORBUSH

CHAPTER XXXIX

"Marvin wants to go to church.” announced Tom Averill.

"Well, in the night-that la, back from the dance?"

time."

"Pratt says he loft

TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1933.

17 HEARINGS.

POWER OF ATTORNEY CASE NOT YET COMPLETED

The case in which Chan Sik-nin la charged with seizing control of ino King Fuk Wah firm, Hong- kong, by virtue of a forged power of attorney, came up for the 17th.

RIOTING FOLLOWS NAZI REGIME.

DISORDERS THROUGHOUT

GERMANY

Berlin, Feb. 1. Chancellorship has been marked The second night of Hitler's what was loft of it after we came "Yes, but he probably heard us time at the Central Magistracy by serious disorders throughout Linda nodded. "Of course ho back from the club and before wo come in. I've felt alt along that yesterday. would. I should have asked the started for the water-I remem- he may have got up later and

Garmany. Clashes between Nazio others. You'll drive him down?" ber hearing that door creaking, opened the door, thinking no one completo. At least one

The list of witnesses is not yet and Communists aro "He's started by now-wanted couldn't quite place the sound at would be passing. Remember the is to be sub-poenaed, and there two deaths.

reported to walk. Statlander voted out. al- the time but it vaguely annoyed air was hotter and closer all the is little hope of the case finishing

more from many districts, resulting in though ho took pains to make me

Nazis and Communists came to understand that he always went "Oh!" A light seemed to break

next week. at home. DeVos and Shaugh-on Linda. "Our door was closed open. Claims he went right off to his door

blowa at Berlin, Crefeld, Moors, neяscy both preferred to stay here, but the others might not have sleep but that he wakes easily, for the prosecution, and Mr. F. X.

Mr. Hin-shing Lo is appearing journalist was murdered at Zittau. Pforzheim, and Harburg. A Nazi Incidentally, Statlander did rise, been. It was the sort of thing that too. Says he has trained himself D'Almada is defending. as I thought he would, when drives a nervous person frantic." to fall asleep instantly and wake

At Velbert, in the Rhineland, a Communist was killed and aöveral said that Valcaka'd be disappoint- "Would you call any of theas at any noise. Taika about wild ed that we hadn't been able to ne men nervous?"

wore injured. Rlet ng occurred complish moro and he told mo

animale in camp and such heroics." pletely or go to bed. He has a hot at Dusseldorf and Goblenz, "Not exactly." She you'd already auggested that he "Marvin would be most apt to fit pondered.

"Then the creaky door didn't after we get back he sits up, hot in some towns while many Com- little room and a small one.-Well, Nazi troops policed the atrcote stay. I gather ho agreed with the word. He is rather nervous.

bother him?" forver--and you remember my think, but he's so controlled and least he noticed it, Claims, how-rork-rork, as you call

and broody, toor open-and hear munist newspapers have been Impression yesterday was that he aort of held in that you mightu't ever, he can rise above auch minor stands it just so long. Then he attempt to organise the strike at thpt infernal casemont going forbidden and confiscated for ad- was decidedly unwilling to re: think It.

it. He vocating a general strike. The main. Whether that was because "Rut, Tom-"

annoyances. But, Binks, he says: ho hoard a step in the hall, too goes biore or less baraork and tho Aachen coalfields failed.-

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rendy to go into the locked room,

Linda? That's the next step."

"He told me about it.

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Rumour Dented Gon. von Schleicher vigorously refutes the widespread rumour that he, with Hammerstein, head of the Reichswehr, contemplate a

suddenly Пот ho didn't like to be upset twice en mind-flashed back to the

murn- short notice or whether he was ing before. "I heard it too-and anxious then to make a get-away-wait a moment"

Their eyes mot. and now has decided he's in

"Then he says he heard the

"Perhaps he knocks danger, of course. I don't know. now it comes back- This

She closed her eyes. "Yes, yes. click of a door latch and then the door. Perhaps he thinks Cousin

13 But he's here and that's the im- what happened. You went aliendenscient, creaking once or twice. Ames is asleep and he can simply portant thing. Now-aro

"How can ho say he heard all pull the window to and tiptoe out. you I was looking for my cap. It was

so hot, I just sort of stopped that and not the volcos-or the Probably he doesn't think any thing about it-just goes. Causi get energy enough to go on. Our thrown over-and then admit hemos bobg up in bed and gives Pastdam garrison and points out coup d'etat with the aid of the room dear was ajar. I heard

vin explains his purpose. He's of the danger of reappointing Von still angry at the old man and Un

him. Cousin Amos geta madder tenths of Germany, leading to probably more than short with pen, which would entail a de- claration of war against - nine Marvin, spare that door-tourli not-ctcetera. Marvin

the disintegration of the Army touches, than ever. They argue on. Cousin Amos springs up. madder and Police. Von Schleicher

the commended to Hindenburg that threshold of the balcony and sud- the best solution would bo the denly-it's done! That's the way formation of a Government with

figure it out anyhow."

the Nazis having a parliamentary majority-Renter's Special.

A leisurely breakfast was over someone walking-down the hat heard me fall inside the ream only him hall for forcible entry. Mar he warned President Hindenburg

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a few minutes later?"

"Says he went off to sleep,

and the morning newspapers very quietly. 1 heard a click- liberally distributed ground floor and the lawn. In that colac, Tom, louder. You acts as if he controlled it like like turning a doorknob-and then again, off again, just like that. He the big wheelbarrow chair, DeVos know-like this" She seemed smoked and read. Linda from the to imitate, softly, the

turning a water faucet. He heard bedroom window could see

raucous the creaking door-then he slept Mr.roak of a crow on Statlander Inspecting the work "Rork-rurk-rork! Sort of jerky-latch he says, silence and off to branch. He woke to bear a step, a door if he would call it that of the you couldn't count on it happening sleep again. A little later, much-disapproved gardener. She even distances apart. It would thump. Up aprings Marvin, grabs wonderet if he would count the drive anyone crazy at night." roke marks, to be sure it had

his pants, and dashes off to your "A hot night." Tom mopped rescue." been evenly applied. Shaughnes- his face. Hot as it was to-day. "Don't forget the underwear." aey was not, in sight.

that morning had been worac.sald Linda. "Do you think we can stay up. The very memory steamed him up atairs long enough to go through it together?"

"That was my iden, Binks, but

Linda thought again.

I stopped paying attention, I'd

If you think one of us should be been standing still, you see, and

on dock one could go in and not all these little noises camo the other."

"I'm crazy to talk to you, you get anything out of Marvin before breakfast? And did you hear him stop at Cousin Amos door?"

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"Oh, yes. On pyjames-or per- haps he wears a night shirt-un modesty, yet done in a trice, 1 "Then underwear, on pants-enough for!

believe that is the correct expres- per-ston, fectly clearly at that time in the "It does sound phoney." Linda dmorning. I'm sure there wasn't seemed thinking aloud.

"But you any other sort of noise or I'd have sald yourself Marvin was a quick noticed it. Anyhow, then I began mover." moving. I did hear the casement "I did and he is. But. Rinks-

again--rork-rorking-you said he was very reluctant to "Yes, to both, I didn't vet any while I stood at Cousin Amos' doo talk about it yesterday. To-day, reason for his trying to get in that wondering whether to call him while he didn't bubble over, he room but I think I know wal, when I thought you were with was ready enough, with his infor caused the final explosion yeater- rim, Oh, Tom, I wish I had called mation. Strikes me he's had time day morning,"

to think about it (he may be a or gone in

quick mover, but as you pointed out, he's a slew thinker), and sees he'a got to talk about It perrostiy openly and Baturally and to have a good clear story, too."

"Well, how do you think he did; it?" demanded Linda

"Oh, what? It seemed no queeri "There. honey. Don't think one of them going in deliberate about that! Be sure, now is that ly, at that hour, just to quarrel!" absolutely all you remember?"

"You remember when we were "Yes. I thought then that the atarting for the danco asking step in the hall was Cousin Amos, Cousin Amos not to open the win Of course it was whoever went in dow on the balcony?"

to murder him." "And we heard him proceed to do it the moment our backs were turned !"

"Went in probably to raise hell about that casement. You any his room door was shut when we got

Shaughnessy call it 7-reconstruc- "How's this for what dia tion? Pratt didn't undress com-

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(To be continued.)

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