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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MAY 14,

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1935.

The DARK BLOND

& Carleton Kendrake

BEGIN BERE TO-DAY

MILLICENT GRAVES, kerretary QEDRUK DRINGOLD, finde her emplorer in hi offer dead, Bullient has a notebook in which Delmgold had begun to dlelate « CG5= flox.

In panle the robes away, reglaters at a

hotel under an mumed name.

"Oh," she said.

"I just wanted to tell you, Mil-jor five o'clock this morning." tolleent," he said, using her first name

"Someone who was waiting for with what seemed to Milifcent to be a tender note in his voice, "that this him inside the room where he sleeps. man encountered Bob Caine in the Felding had been out. He'd taken to one of the cars--probably Bob corridor. fle asked Bob Caise bring him to his father's secretary. Caise's car. He'd run out of gaso That's the reason Bob brought the fine and come back to the house. officer here."

Apparently, he'd walked back. Wo "Oh." Millicent said.

found Caise's car, down the street. The officer frowned, and stared atfit was out of gas. Ilarry Felding young Happ. "What the devil has opened the door of his room, and someone popped him with a pistol." that got to do with it?" he asked.

"I simply wanted her to know," Norman Happ said, "why it happened that Calso sceneil to have brought you to her."

JARVIS HAYT. ■' stranger, offers to help her. Ite and her to a beauty parlour where abe la rutinformed Into brunet, then zaken her home and introuers her an his secretary, She meets app's son, NORMAN; M top- am. BOBERT CAISE and K. HAT?.

Millicent fall wotees and wakes to find A note under her door reading, "The woman

In Linck ermine in her and

Now the woman black drive away follow in flobert Caleo's car, but runs at of gas. She goes to the chauffeur's quarter und India Wirt - (Sena), -

Next morning Hubert Cale come to Milk

rent's men and threatens her, Norman In. torters. Cai paves and reiurns with m

detective.

CHAPTER XVII

The officer nudled to Norman 'Happ and said, "All right, you can get out.

Happ said. "This is my father's house.

The officer turned to Caise. "You

too," he sa}.

BUL" Caise protested, 1—" The officer #cowiod, strode to the centre of the room and rald, “Listen, both of you guys, this is no place for you to pull your heroics. Get started, and give us a chance to get this thing cleaned up."

Norman Happ stepped past Bit- licent toward Enise. I've got some thing to say to you, Bob," he said.

"Aw, forget it." Bob Caise said. "You don't know what you're talking] about."

That," Happ told him, "remains to be seen."

The officer jerked his head toward Millicent. "Come over here," he kuld, "I want to talk with you."

She followed him to the window. Young Happ and Robert Caise stood belligerently by the doorway, talking inl "low undertones. The affeer glanced at them, frowned, shrugged fils shoulders, turned to Millicent, and said, "What's your name?"

"Millleent."

"Millicent what?"

"Graise."

"tow long you been here?"

"fusi a day or two.

got settled yet."

"Ile brought me here because I told him I wanted to be brought here."

"Exactly," Happ said.

"Look here," the officer told him, "you two get out of here. I'm do Ing this questioning, and I'm thor- oughly capable of doing it."

He stared at her frowningly and and, "It was one of those little toy vest-pocket pintots."

"A-toy?"

"I call it a toy. It was one of those Httle automaties that's made to fit into a Indy's bandbag, but it i

all right-and shot did the job right smack through the heart."

She shook her head slowly and naid, "I didn't hear any 'shot."

"Okay," he told her. "I'm sorry i bothered you, but I'm just making a on everyone. It doesn't check-up look like an inside job. You don't anything about who his The officer stared in frowning con- know centration at the doorway for a mo- enemies were, or anything of that ment, said, "That was a funny way sort?" for him to net. He acted almost as She said slowly, "I've been hera though he was giving you some such a short time, you know." mesange,

Happ bowed, moved toward the door, turned and smiled at Millicent. Then he and Calse left the room, closing the door behind them.

"Oh, did you think so?" Millleent asked innocently.

"Yes," he said, "I thought so." "But you heard just what he told me, I didn't see anything strange about that."

"It was the way he said it.' "How do you mean?"

"I don't know exnetly. He said it

as though it was very algolftrant."

"Did he?"

"Yes, he did, and he acted as though

"Yes, I know," he said, and turned toward the door. In the doorway, he turned and said, “Looks like a didn't stick-up of some sort. You know whether he was carrying any mancy with him, did you?"

"Mr. flapp would be the only one who would know that--that is, Mr. Jarvis Happ, Norman's father.

he said, and left the "Okay."

room.

She waited until she heard his

he might be in love with you. flesteps diminishing down the corrklor seemed to wort of purr that name then ran to the closet and groped "Millicent."

around until she found the feather "Is he," asked the officer, "in love key container;-- with you?"

"Why, the den," she gasped. I've only been here for a day I've talked with him only once or twice.

"Whe'd been beating up on young Caine?"

She knew that she must get rid of this tell-tale hit of evidence.

She held it in her hand, stare: helplessly about her. The door to be more A the corridor seemed to

danger than of safety. Boarce of Should she leave the room carrying "The side of his face looked as this key container, she might run in- though he'd been alapped, and he'd to Bob Caise,

"End someone ?**

I haven't even either stopped a punch on his Jaw, She turned toward the window.

You're working for Happ?" "Yes.

She took a deep breath, then faced him and said, "Really, I'm very much upset. All of these things can't make a great deal of difference. Mr. Happ knows all about mo. Won't you please get your information from him?"

"Well, why don't you tell it?" "Because I can't see that it's any of your business, and there are cer tain reasons why I don't care to g into all of these details about my pří vate Tuits."

"Oh, a right," the officer said. "What time did you go to bed last night ?"

"Really," she told him, "I don' know. I was very tired, but I had some things to do after I entered my room. I sat down in the chair and fell sound asleep. I woke up later-i don't know how much later. I 'Wh cold and cramped."

Norman Happ, standing by the coor, turned and came striding over toward

them, "Miss Grabes," he said.

fonce

separating

or else I don't know a spell Jaw looked down into the yard, with ila when I see one,"

walk, its ornamental shrubbery, and "Certainly," Millicent said. "Its wrought-iron didn't sock his jaw, as you call 11. the yard from that of the house ad-

Joining. There WAN house, a fountain and M pond of water at the base of the fountain,' a bond in which there were ities and s

He let his eyes soften slightly with humour, and said, "How about his face? Did you siap his face?"

"Yes," Millicent sak defiantly,

#L Rammer

water

Millicent stared steadily nt the “I slapped his face if you want to pond. She believed it was possible know.

"Why?"

"It was a personal matter." "ilow persona)."

"Very personal.”

minute

He stared at her for u and then said, "You don't know what time you went to bed ?"

"No."

"Did you hear anything afterwards 7"

la toss the key container out of the window that it would hit the poni.

She raised the window, estimated the distance, carefully, held the key to determine its weight. cuntainer balanced in her hamd so ax

She heard steps in the corridor. Someone was approaching her door. unusualShe gave one frantic glance back at the door, then turned to the window and tossed the key container out toward the pond.

"Just bow do you mean?" "Hear anything that sounded like a pistol shot, or anything like that?"

Oh, no"

-"

"This is your roomit"

nrc.

with fox- She stood watching it cinated eyes. It solled in o long For a toment she thought it was-going-to-far. Then it-dropped- rapidly, and she heaved a sigh of re- lief as she saw it splash into the

"You couldn't hear a small cal ibre gun Axed back in the chauffeur's room, anyway," the officer said. pond.

"A small calibre gun?" She echoed { She stood there in the window, questioningly, trying to avoid the watching the splash subside into appearance of sparring with him, eddying waves which rippled the

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She turned to face him. The offer frowned, Norman Happ, disregarding the officer's frown, stared steadily at save herself as much questioning as felt Her eyes compelled downward. Millicent. Something in eyes possible. seemed to give her new strength "Yes, a small calibre gun. Soine brought up a wild surge of hope in one shot Harry Felding with a small her bosom, a hope that, in some way,calBre gun.” a solution would be found for her pro- "When?" she asked. blems.

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