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GREAT NEW MYSTERY SERIAL

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1933.

"WEEK-END MURDER"

BY GABRIEL F. FORBUSH

CHAPTER XL

terrace-around "On the place."

"But still don't sca--""

by this time—and feeling as he

Wake up, Binks! Marvin tried does about you—” to get in there, didn't ho

"Oh-yes--'

"And you felt there was some; thing more than rage against Cousin Anion-Sort of apprehen- slon, you said~"

That's so.. Oh, Tom. I see it. I 500 it!"

he

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

"What Cousin Amos torging him about-but how did he

find it?"

J

Www

rag-

Tom!"

"Well, you can't deny he likes you, Binks, and nah remult of your early acquaintance he thi of you as a sort of kid compared to him"

"Um, jos-I suppose 80. Ok. Tom, how did Aunt Candace over get it into hor rows and rows of respectable old standbys?"

"That, my darling, ia a mystery we do not have to solve, thank fortunel Our problem Is who got it out-and hence, and how."

Tom's high tide!"

the his door was last night."

Tom sat down and passed She had paused by the window handkerchief over his hot toward the garage."Here comes head.

to the "Now," he said, "forgot Stat- "If it was in the house, that

lander for the moment and the man would find it. Particularly if know. We simply must go. Mr. Shaughnessey over

and the he could use it to embarrass of They all want a swim. We'll think house." She waved violently.

"Binks, wait! Oh, heck! You-squeak and the towel it.

shirt and the rest. We must go a guest. Yes, I think, we'vn hit it. I've enfled him now!'

'down, and you must find an ex-Somehow the old man got held about this don't know just how it fits in but it's no end mys- gocuse to talk to Statlander. But of it-".

"And threw it up to Marvin torious. Come on and round 'em I found something in that room.

"And Marvin was aghast at 9p. Don't forget you're to vamp Binks,"

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

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

Tom, intent on his story, spoke slowly. He was seeing nil that had happened, exactly as ho de- scribed it. "Pratt stands there. paralyzed for a moment. Then he hears you, Linda, coming as fast as you can run. He dashes for the door, realizes he can't make He crouches beside the wardrobe, hoping you won't come in but out; of sight if you do. You rush in and go straight for the casement door. You couldn't tell it a murder but his own knowledge of gullt confuses his mind. He graba up a towel from the chair and you know the rost."

She was silent and Tom tinued:

con-

"Why? What's the matter?" "The room-we wanted to

In."

Her eyes rounded with horor. "I am dunib! Forget all about it! Now we can't go together. I'd forgotten it was locked and wanted to make a test with the two doors. You have the key 7 All right. I'll go into Mr. Stat- lander's room and you go in there. "Remember he's acen me swim-Perhaps I can join you later" ming in. He flings the towel out "Hurry up, lic's coming. 1 on the balcony, figuring no one don't know yet what you want of will see it there and that he can him or what we do." get it later. He bends over you, waiting for me to come or for others who may be roused and cat off his retreat. Beal not try to get away. Tell that story of hearing you fall and stick to it."

"I was going to ask him to get Mr. Statiander and Mr. DeVos down to the water so they can't) possibly hear us or come back un- expectedly. Then, with ouc. of un In each room, we can squeak that "And now," said Linda specu-casement first with

reem fatively, "he's peaceably at doors open, then with both shut, church."

and then alternately-one open "Now-and then-and all the and one shut. It won't take time if he's a homicidal mahine," minute and I might prove a lot. said Tom soberly, "all rules of Come on--I hear him conduct are null and void. Te's steps."

both

on

the

"Oh! What?"

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

Tom's mouth set firmly. "Put away, my daring child. Naughty. naughty. I had time only for a hasty glance-but oh my! It's what would be classed in collec tor's catalogues and libraries 8 erotics'."

"Marvin!" The exclamation was utterly Incredulous.

"Exactly. Well, it seemed to

high have, ostensibly,

moral about purpose. Supposed to be decadent religions in darkest Asia and folk-lore translations-- but somehow, from the title I saw, it was a case of protesting too much. No, I'm afraid our Marvin slipped then-it was 10

sano except when something They met their fellow conspira-years ago, incidentally, Binks, drives him cuckoo. He attacka-tor on the upper landing. and kills and Is Banc again. "What can do for you?" he That is, always assuming he's the

ong."

Linda ahivered.

"Dues that let Mr. Statlander of? He couldn't hear the noise so well at this end of the hall."

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

"The step 1 heard was at the uther end of the hall."

asked expectantly.

Tom explained and the Irish- man nodded.

"Easy enough. The gentleman is down water already and

when he was younger and more callow-but he didn't quite put over his purely scientific motive." "But thoroin Cousin Amos' room--?"

western "Remember the old man threw toward the his handkerchief over something hnd Belgian and you supposed that ho Our friend will be coaxed to stroll af-some snuppy reading beside Mar. cus Aurelius? You wore darned ter him."

"Are you sure you can do it?" right--but you little knew how whispered Linda anxiously.

I'll be so winsome they can't resist me. muttered Shaughnee-

"I noticed when he came in afsey grimly. "Do you watch from ter you fainted how silently he your window. You'll have time walked. He had soft slippers on. For the trial!"

If one beard creaked it would ne.)

snappy"

"But did he bring it-how did

he get hold of it-7′′

"Don't ask me. I'd say offhand It's an awful- he didn't bring it. big book and he had only that As they my the two tall little bay. I think be came on it

count for the single step youures more slowly down the lawn somewhere here one of those old heard."

they hurried for the ball and the bookcases of Aunt Candace's. It different rooms. Linda was ready1ooks dusty and neglected. I've al- at once bat Tom lingered in the ways told you you should go over When he joined her those books. Weed them out for guest room.

valuable frat editions and give tho she began impatiently:

rest to the junkman."

+

"It seems to me," argued Linda carefully, "that an great deal hangs un whether Cousin Amos. door was closed or open and whether

1 could hear exasperatingly Mr. Statlander's was too. If both wore open he could have been an well with both doors open and

"I'm always meaning to. They noyed by the sound, and if both fairly well with one closed. I'd

30 depressing?" Linda were closed he couldn't. If one say that if both were open Mr. look were open and the other closed he Statiander is certainly very much was at best no book-lover and de- might have and might not. Where in it but that if just one were pended on the circulating library aro the men?" she

and closed he is pretty likely to be. or casual purchase of current auc- So we must find out surely how cesses for her reading matter.

denly.

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