1935-05-02 — Page 12

THE

BLUE FUNNEL

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICES

LONDON SERVICE

PATROULUS · anila 8 May for Marseller, London, Rotterdam

& Glasgow ACHILLES mails 16 May for Oksablanca, London, Rotterdam, Hamburg & Hull LIVERPOOL SERVICE

DARDANUS

ails 1 June for Havre, Liverpool &

Bromborough

NEW YORK SERVICE

ADRASTUS «zín 0 May for Halifax, Boston, N. Y., Philadelphia, Baltimora, via Manila, Batavia, Straits & Snoz

PACIFIC SERVICE Įvin Kobe, Nagoya & Wokolamuj TALTHYRIUS,silk 9 May for Viclegis, Vancouver & Seattle INWARD SERVICE TALTHYMOS Due 6 May PYRRHUS Tos 5 Move AJAX

From Pasillo via Japan & 5thei From U. K. vls Airaits

Das 10 May From U, K, via Straits

Specially reduced faran ura quoted for eirgo, steamers with

limited passenger accommodation.

For freight, 'passage roles and information apply to BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.

Tel. 30333.

Agenta,

1, Donnaught Road, C.

LET US ATTEND TO THE

for the

TRANSFER

of your

BAGGAGE

FROM YOUR RESIDENCE TO ANY STEAMER

C.P.R... "EMPRESS OF RUSSIA”—we collect on 3.5.35.

P. & O... "RANCHI"--we collect on 3.5.35 for delivery

on-board-same-evening:

BAGGAGE TRANSFER SERVICE Telephone 27761

CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

LLOYD TRIESTINO

FLOTTE RIUNITE LLOYD TRIESTINO MARITTIMA ITALIANA-SITMAR

S.S. "CONTE ROSSO”. 4TH MAY (A.M.)

TO SHANGHAI

1st Class

2nd Class

2nd Ec. Class

1st Class

2nd Class

2nd Ec, Class

· FARES

SINGLE TICKETS

2 Month's Return Tickets

For full particulare apply to:--

£8.0.0. £6.0.0. £4.0.0.

£12,0,0.

£ 9.0.0.

£ 6.0.0.

LLOYD TRIESTINO

fel. Ad. “LLOYDIANO"

Queen's Bullding, ground floor.

P.O.B, 143

Telephono 82981.. Agoste, Canton—Mearts. DODWELL & C». 144. SHÄMEEN

HONG KONG SOCIETY, FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN: WOMEN'S AUXILIARY.

The children cannot fight starva-,

tion and disease. We can, but only'

with your help.

Will you help ? No donation

is too small: All will be gratefully

acknowledged,

Hon. Treasurers:

Mr. A. McKELLAR, CA,

c/o Mackinnon, Mackenzlo & Co.,

P. & O, Buikling.

Mr. KWOK CHAN,

elo Banque de Vindo Chine,

Hong Kong,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, May

SERIAL STORY

1035.

The DARK BLOND

BEGIN WERE TO-DAY

CARLETON KENDRAKE

MILLICENT GRAVER employer, GEORGE DRIMGOLU, tells her he

contemtun diriste and warna her against a woman in black ermine cost.

Millicent feares' the office and are such Rwoman. Later the Sind her puree ha been taken and a unitar one submisused. In the elevator who meets a distinguished-Just- in mas of middle age.

Return to the offer, Mulices finde Delm- gül lead. Te sinnie she rushes away and reglater at = holei under an amused rimane. Next day the meete the transfer again. He Still Long film as a JARVIS BAP Happ vender to a beauty shop where, in spite of her proteste, abe in transformed into brunetta,

Impp taken he? home, Intruiscing her hu his accretary. Milleen se akune în ber room when young and she has never seen be fore entera. · Die mys, “What did you do? "with"the"notation in which you wrote-Urime

cold's confession 7°

CHARTER VII

Millicent's nerves had suffered tvo many shocks that day. This was the last straw. She wanted to scream, wanted to fling herself on the bed and break into tears. Instead, however, she faced the steady, blue eyes of the young man and said in voice whose. cosunt euforness amazed her; "Wil1 you kindly tell me who you are, and just what you're talking about?"

Robert "I'm

Calne," he Auic. "You're the new scerelary Jarvis hired, aren't you?”*

"Yes," she salti, "and the fact that you're Robert Cnise doesn't give you any excuse to come breaking into my 100m in this manner, and as far as your talk about murder and a note. hok is concerned, I don't know what you're driving at."

Calse looked at her with a specula- tive frown, ilin eyes were defiunt, challenging. His mouth was some- what petulant.

"Perhups," he said, "you're telling the truall, but I'd bet money Jarvis was, working on the Drimgold case, und when he brought you home with hin

His volve trailed off into speculative allence.

"Say," he said, "that rundt i black wig, you know. Or you could have dyed your hair and

Once more he became silent in the midst of a sentence, took two swift steps toward her,

Millicent drew back her hand. "Get out," she said, "er I'll claw the skin from your face."

he said slowly, almost judelally, staring at her, "it wouldn't be the skin of a blond."

Abruptly he smiled and the sumite transformed la countenance, a seemed to have lost all the surliness

of his manner.

"Frightfully sorry if I bothered you," he said, "but I knew I had to

take you by surprise If I was going

to find out anything."

She kept her dignity, but there was something disarming in the smiling friendliness of the young man.

"Come on," he pleaded, "snap out

|

|

"The coast's clear,” he reported, "Sse that you don't let an you've

seen me before."

"My Happ," Mrs. Eaton sall in a Millicent looked at her in per- tired, expressionless voice, "never fur-plexity. geis anything."

"But these evening gowns... Billeent's rapturous exclamations of the housekeeper." were interrupted by the tired valce

"You will need them. You will It's at 8. I Wan dress for dinner. instructed to tell you that you will cat with the family, except when When there are guests are present. guests, you can either have you

mens served in your room, or ent with the servants.”

your room.

"About yourself?" she asked. "Yes," Mrs. Happ said, smiling. "If you listen to the gossip that runs around the servants halls you will find that Tix thoroughly selfish,, unscrupulous, spolled woman. Please remember that you're not to be treated here as a servant. You will be more like one of the family. And remem ber that it will be just well for you to form your own conclusions about

things, rather than to listen to bel vants' gossip. You know one can only maintain discipline by keeping a cer- an underlying camlty alive. After all, you know, familiarity breeds con- tempt."

Millicent nodded.

She surveyed Millicent, and said, "1 presume you'll have your meals in And, if you want some advice from me, don't let either one of the young men start making eyes

"And now," she said, "I'm going to at you. You're pretty, and Master Robert never overlooks a pretty face turn you over to Jarvis. I see that of it. If you're going to be secretary or a pretty figure. You've got both. He wants to talk, business with you to Jarvis Happ, you're going to be in But his mother doesn't know what and he has Dick Gentry with him." the-house-with-me-and-there's-no-oeson in the house, She did fre seuse getting away to a bad start." the second maid, but none of us will

Millicent turned to meet the smiling "Under those circumstances," she ever know whether it was because she eyes of Jarvis Happ. Walking at his said coolly, "I think it would be best found out.

side was a man of approximately 45 for you to leave the room at once." "Really," Millicent said, "I'm not years of age- man who seemed "Not a bad idea, that," he agreed interested. I think it you'll excuse faultlessly groomed. His hair was with smiling Requiescence. "After me I'll take a bath and clean up for streaked with gray at the temples, ail. you know, the mater is fright-dinner. You're sure that I'm to eat He had a close-cropped mustache, fully strict, and she's got ideas with the family 7"

quick, alert eyes, nose glusses with a Joh, you'l find it out in time."

"Oh yes. It isn't as much of a prominent brige. He opened the door a crack, stood | privilegé as you think, and there's listening, then thrust a enutiously company most of the time.

Of course, tions. appraising hend out into the corridor, they may invite you to cat when "Mr. Gentry," he explained to Milli- | turned and grinned at her.

there's company, but that'll only be cent, is a business partner of mine. "Const's clear," he reported, "Your when it's some business acquaintance We have been carrying on jaint opéra- good name is still intact. I'll be of Mr. Happ's. The rest of the tons together. They started as a formally introduced to you lator. time

seido ne, and I've been letting Dick See that you don't let on you've seen

keep the books and attend to most me before. Au revoir,"

of the details and correspondence. Now the business is getting too big to be treated as a side isɛuc, so wo'ro

the slipped it into the corridor, closed the door.

The door clicked shut.

Bicent faced it with a sinking

Millicent got to her feet, smiled her thanks and dismissal.

"Thank you ever so much, Mrs. Enton." she said.

The housekeeper sighed, paused at

the door.

"Remember," she said, "I've been sensation in her stomach, a feeling of here a long time. I've seen them perspiration oozing from every pere come, and I've seen them go." of her skin. Good heavensi What

did the mon know? What was she

PRESIDENT LINERS

are

LUXURY LINERS

with All the Comforts of a Fine Hotel

If you like aly. commodious rooms, with deep-springed beds · and every other modem hotel comfort, you are bound to like traveling on President Liners, For to thess, and to a famed cuisine, these linem add luxurious lounges and smoking rooms, an outdoor swimming pool and generous space for other sports. Investigate before you plan your next trip.

TO SAN FRANCISCO [TO SEATTLE, VICTORI►

17. DAYS

18 DAYS.

THE SUNSHINE ROUTE Vía Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolula, Ban Francisco, Panama

Canal, Havana, New York,.

Fortnightly wailings

Praa. Cleveland

Pres. Hoover

Pros. Taft

Pros. Coolidge Pres. Pierce

M'ght May 7 Noon May 18 M'ght June 4 Noon June 15 Might July 2

EUROPE, NEW YORK

Inquire for round-trip tickets to Barape in connection with Lloyd Triestino.

Via Manlis, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Sues Canal, Alexandria. Naples,

Genos. Marsellies.

Pres. Hayes Pres, Jolinson

Fres, Monroe

Pres. Van Buren Pres, Garfield

8 a.m. May 11

8 a.m. May 25 8 am, June 8

8 a.m. June 22

8 n.m. July 6

THE EXPRESS ROUTE Via Shanghel, Kobe, Yokohama ̈EDÉ ;

Victoria.

Fortnightly sailings

Pres. McKinley Pres. Grant Pras. Jefferson Pres, Jackson Pres. McKinley

1a.m. May 1

1 a.m. May 24

7

M'ght June arah Juns 21 Might July-T

MANILA

THE MOST FREQUENT

SERVICE

Next Bailing.

Pres. Mckinley Pres. Hoover Pres. Hayes

Pres. Grant

p.m. Mag 4 9 pm. May

8 a.m. May 11

0 p.m. May 18

MOST FREQUENT SERVICE ON THE PACIFIC

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE

PEDDER BUILDING-HONGKONG. CANTON BRANCH-Nɔ. 4 Shakee Street,

M.V. “NEPTUNA”

PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICE TO

AUSTRALIA

Next Sailing about 18TH MAY Mr. Ilapp performed the introduc for Saigon, Manila, Sandakan, Rabaul, Salamaua,

going to turn the books over to you. If you wouldn't mind going up to my study we'll follow you in a few mɔ- meats and make some preliminary explanations-1 beliovo my wife show- ed you the study."

"Oh yes," she said. "You wish me to go now?"

He nodded.

She turned and left the room, con-

getting into? And, come to think of Much to Millicent's surprise; dinner it, what had who done with that nate proved to be a very agreeable affair, book? She remembered taking it and at dinner she had an opportunity from Drimgald's offee. She must to see Mrs. Happ in an entirely differ-neious of the eyes of Dick Gentry have had it with her when she went out light. The woman had perfect focused upon her figure, taking in to the hotel. She remembered that role, was idenily fitted to preside every motion of her litho body.

Sho entered the study, and had over a dinner table. the must put it in a safe place.

ahe'd slid

barely closed the door when Robert yes, she had it now

Coise dung it open and rushed into It in back of a shelf in the closet, then when she'd gone out in the morn

the room, his eyes gilttering with ing she'd forgotten to take it with her. And now, what would happen? Would they find it?

triumph.

"Now," he said, "I've got it."

Jarvis Happ was very much in his element--sparkling, magnetic, witty, Robert Caine had a certain sullen air of defiance, an though he objected to the manner in which Jarvis limps and Mira. Happ enjoyed the semi-formality in her voice Millicent Graves dropped into a of the occasion. Norman Happ seem chair, crossed her knees and starteded to devote much of his attention to thinking the situation out.

making certain that Millicent was pocket. She concluded that the notebook placed at her case. WhereaB,

Robort was safely hidden. It would be ai Cuise seemed to be far more selfish, the Murder Girl" runst impossible for anyone to find it, interested more in the Impression he unless they were making a careful was making, and from time to time to search. Certain it was that the hotel employees, in cleaning up the room, would never stumble upon it.

A knock sounded on the door of the

room,

Millicent clenched her hands, "Who is it?" she asked, The door opened. Millicent saw the butter and the chauffour: laden with boxes. Standing slightly to one Bide was n woman draised in black, who surveyed Millicent with black, Iack-luster eyes and sald, "I'm Mrs. Eaton, the housekeeper. These are clothes for you.”,

"Got what?" she asked, irritation

He whipped a photograph from his

"This," he said, "Is a photograph of

Millicent Graves schooled herself hold her face without expression Millicent caught him studying her, she stared at her own picture.

"Well," she said, "what about it?" surreptitiously.

"Blonde, you see," mid Caike, “but i all that we have to do is touch up the hair and the complexion a little and we have this."

the

Watching Mro. Happ, Millicent realized that no matter what differ- ences of opinion they might have, whenever Mrs. Happ sunted herself at Ho whipped another photograph the table abe would at once become from his pocket, in. which the hair the perfect hostessa queen of the had been coloured with photographie house, ruling with regal air,

oll: paints, and the complexion of the When meal was finished, skin had been made slightly darker, Cynthia Hopp tucked Millicant's arm Millicent Graves glanced up from throught hers, and said, "Wouldn't you the photograph, knowing that appre- like to see the house?"

hension showed in her eyes. Without waiting for an answer, she She mot the young man's trium- The an deposited the boxes on the piloted Millicont through a series of phant grin.

'rooms, Hør manner was graciousness "I might have known," he said, bed and withdrew. Mrs. Eaton stayed personified. She paused to comment "that Jarvis would pull a fost one on behind, helping Millicent open the on a tapestry here, a painting thero, Mom. I figured it out for myself and boxes, listening to her exclamations or, perhaps, an antique or some curle: figured out just about what he'd do." of delight as she saw the complete j When they returned to the library wardrobe which had been provided for she said "And now I suppose Jarvis her.

will want to toll you something about "How wonderfully complete," Mill-your duties but, in the meantime, cent said. "There are dresses, gowns, want to tell you something about my lingerie-everything."

zelf."

don't understand you,"

Mill- cent sald, her voice strained.

"Oh yes you do," he grinned. "Mias Micent Graves-the Murder Girl."

(To Be Continued),

Sydney & Melbourne.

First Class Fare to Sydney:

Apply to:-

GIBB,

Single: £47.10.0d. Return: £76.

LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.

Agents. P. & Building,

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN

S.S. "SAARBRUCKEN"

5TH MAY

To SHANGHAI, TSINGTAO, CHEFOO, TAKU, DAIREN and JAPAN.

Shanghai Tsingtao Chotoo

Taku (Tientsin) Dairen

For further particulars apply to

Fares from Hongkong Cabin Class Middle Class

£ 7.0.0.

£4.10.0.

£ 9.0.0.

£5.0.0.

£13.0,0.

28.0.0.

£11.0.0.

£6.0.0.

£12.0.0.

£7.0.0.

MELCHERS & CO.

Queen's Building.

Tol. 26378,

Canton Agents-JEBSEN & CO., Shameen, B.G.