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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1933.

“WEEK-END MURDER”

BY GABRIEL F. FORBUSH

CHAPTER XL

"On the terrace-around the his door was last night."

Tom, ixtent on his story, apoke place."

slowly. He was seeing all that had happened, exactly as he de

Sho had paused by the window scribed it. "Prait stands there toward the garage. Here comes paralyzed for a moment. Then he Mr. Shaughnessy over to the hears you. Lado, coming as fast na you can run. He dashes for the " She waved violently.

"Binks, wait! Oh, heck! You door, realizce he can't make I've called him now!' Ho crouches bealde the wardrobe,

"Why? What's the matter?" Hoping you won't come in but out "The room-we wanted to of sight if you do. You rush in in.” and go straight for the casemont door. You couldn't tell it was murder but his own knowledge of gullt confuses his mind. He grabs up a towel from the chair-and you know the rost."

She was oflent and Tom tinued:

con-

"Remember he's acen me swim- ming in. Ho flings the towel out on the balcony. figuring no one will see it there and that he can get it later. He bends over you, waiting for me to come or for others who may be roused and cut off his retreat. Beat not try to get away. Tell that story of honring you fall and stick to it."

at

Tom sat down and passed handkerchief over his hot hond.

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tore

Stat- the

"Now," he said, "forget lander for the moment and

the squeak and the towel and shirt and the rest. We must go ex- down, and you must find an cuso to talk to Statlander. But

found something in that room, Binks."

go

I

"Oh! What?"

"But still I don't sco-"

Wake up, Binka! Marvin tried] to get in there, didn't he?"

"Oh-yes-

by this time-and feeling as ha does, about you"

"Tom"

"Well, you can't deny he likes "And you felt there was some you, Binks, and as a result of thing more than rage against your carly acquaintance he thinks Cousin Amoa-Sort of apprehen-if you as a sort of kid compared alon, you mald-"

to him" "That's Bo. Oh, Tom, I see it, I 300 it!"

"Of course! Why he was afraid you'd talked together, why he wanted to prevent"

"What Cousin Amos was rag- ging him aboul-but how did he And it?"

"Um, yea-i suppose BO. Oh, Tom, how did Aunt Candace ever get it into her rows and rows of respectable old standbya?"

"That, my darling, is a mystery we do not have to solve, thank fortune! Our problem is who got it out-and whence, and how."-

"Tom-it's high tide!"

"I know. We simply must go.

Just They all want a swim. We'll think about this don't know how it fits in but it's no end mys-

"If it was in the house, that man would find it. Particularly if he could DRD it to embarrass us or a guest. Yes, I think we've hit it. Somehow the old man tot hold of it—"

"And threw it up to Marvin "terious. Come on and round 'em Don't forget you're to vamp at up. "And Marvin was aghast

this early effusion coming to light Statlander. Haven't anything to

(Continued on Page 11.) "A book-a commonplace, heavy-probably thought it lived down looking book. By 'M. Pratt'."

"What--but what's that7 1 didn't know Marvin wrate. Where Is it?"

Her eyes rounded with horor. "I am dumb! Forget all about It! Now we can't go together. I'd forgotten it has locked-and wanted to make a test with the two doors. You have the key 7 All right. I'll go into Mr. Stat- landor's room and you go in there. Tom's mouth set firmly. "Put Perhaps I can join you inter" away, my daring child. Naughty, "Hurry up, he a coming. Inaughty. I had time only for a don't know yot what you want of hasty glance-but oh, my! It's him or what we do."

what would be classed in collee- tor's catalogues and libraries as 'erotica"."

"I was going to ask him to get Mr. Sinilander and Mr. DeVos down to the water so they can't possibly hear us or come back un- expectedly. Them, with one of us

"Marvin!" The exclamation was utterly incredulous.

"Exactly. Well, it seemed to in each room, we can aqueak that have, ostensibly, a high moral about "And now," said Linda specu-leasement first with both room purpose. Supposed to be latively, "he'a pencenbly

doors open, then with both shut, deendent religions in darkest Asia folk-lore translations-- church.

and then alternately-one open-and

af but somehow, Crom the title I and one shut. It won't take minute and it raight prove a lot. saw, It was a case of protesting

the too much. No, I'm afraid Come on-I hear him

Marvin slipped thon-it was 10 steps."

Binks: They met their fellow conspira-yonro ago, ineldentally,

when he was younger and more tor on the upper landing.

"Now and then-and all the time if he's a homicidal maniac," Auld Tom soberly, "all rules of conduct are null and void. le's when something sano except drives him cuckoo. He attacks and kills-and la sano again. That is, always assuming he's the

ono.

Linda shivered.

"Does that let Mr. Statlander off! He couldn't hear the noise so well at this ond of the hall."

You "But he could hear it. heard it plainly. If he slept with his door open he could easily have been kept awake by it."

"The step I heard was at the other end of the hall."

"I noticed when he came in af- ter you fainted how allently he walked. He had soft slippers on. If one board creaked it would ac

step count for the single heard."

you

our

"What can I do for you?" he callow-but he didn't quite put naked expectantly.

Tom explained and man nodded.

the Irish-

western "Easy enough. The

toward the gentleman la down water already and our Belgian friend will be coaxed to stroll af- ter him."

"Are you sure you can do it?" whlapered Linda anxiously.

"I'll be no winsome they can't resist me," mutlered Shauglines sey grimly. "Do you watch from your window. You'll have for the triall

time

over his purely scientific motive." "But--there-In Cousin Amon room-?"

"Kemember the old man threw his handkerchief over something hnd and you supposed that he some snappy reading beside Mar- cus Aurelius? You were darned haw right-but you little knew unappy

It

"But did he bring it--how did he got hold of it?

"Don't ask me. I'd say offhand he didn't bring it. It's an awful- big book and he had only that As they saw the two tal fig-little bug. I think. he came on it res move alowly down the lawn somewhere here--one of those old they hurried for the hall and the bookcases of Aunt Candace's. "It seems to me," argued Linda different rooms. Linda was rendy looks dusty and neglected. I've al carefully, "that a great deal hangat once but Tom lingered in the wayn told you you should go over When he joined her those books. Weed them out for! on whether Cousin Amos'

valuable first editions and give the was closed or open and whether she began impatiently:

"I could hear exasperatingly rest to the junkman." Mr. Statlander's was too. wore open he could have been unwell with both doors open and noyed by the sound, and if both fairly well with one closed. I'd were closed he couldn't. If one say that if both were opon Mr. look were open and the other closed he Statlander is cortainly very much was at best no book-lover and de- Where In it but that if just one were pended on. the circulating, Bbrary might have and might not.

bc.or ensual purchase of current suc- added Rud- closed he s pretty likely to are the mup?" she

So we must find out surely how cesses for her reading matter. denly.

door

If botit

guest room.

"I'm always meaning to. They до depressing!" Linda

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