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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1935.

SERIAL STORY

The DARK BLOND

J

& CARLETON Kendrake

ما

BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

HILLICENT GRAVES, PERDEČATY GEORGE DRINGOLD, And her suplorer In 15 offer deal. Millirent tax matebook in which Drimgold find begun to dietate a con. freelut

In panie she rushed away, regliering at a hotel under wis nastimesƐ name.

JARVIS HAPP, a stranger, offer to help her. The sends her to a beauty parlour where

Ho laughed, and said, "What do you think of Robert. Caise?"

"He's very peculiar.” "Has he tried to make love to you?" "I don't suppose you could call it love,"

frowned at her. ་་་

•

Jarvis answered, "Of course you slapped his face. Do you suppose that I didn't know that?

"But then why do you supposu ko. would confide in met

"Because he likes to have his face slapped. He's that kuid of a chap,

Jarvis Hap he said, "I should do He likes a woman who glands up to

presume,

shin teminformed Into brunel, then take umething about it. I happen to himnod up to hini all right," she

She meets app's son, NOIHAN; him step- BO, ROBERT CAIBE, and MILA, HAP. Millerut fall asleep and wakes to And

her home and introduces her as his secretary. know Bob has been seeing quite a bit of Vera Duchene. I have every reason to believe he was with her for at least a part of the time last night. If Bob's mother knew it, she would be simply furious. But Bob is very much of

an opportunisi."

nute under her dour reading. The woman in black ermine here. Millicent dries, sew the woman in back drive away and follows in Robert Calac's car but, ruse not of gas She goes to the chauffeur's quirleme and fnds

ln drad

Millicent digested this bit of in- formation, and then sald, "Are you Thcertain Bob was with her lust night?"

"Virtually certain."

Next - morning Jarvie Happende for Millicent. They go to her room to set AUltramt of beke he gave her to andli.

quiteman has appeared,

Chapter XX

Happ turned to face Millicent, his eyes hard, steady and penetrating. "Have those books been stolen?" he #sked.

This one question she could answer truthfully. She nodded her head and you that one take them?"

"It appears that they

"No." "Have you seen Gentry siner he left your room last night?"

"No."

Jarvis Happ squared his shoulders, stom staring out of the window, facing the light with unseeing eyes.

Millicent noticed the lines of his face.

the grim, uncompromising stamp ef a fighter.

He turned to her and there was no trace of Irritation in his voice, is tome was courteous and considerate. I'm sorry," he said shouldn't have left with that resp

you

"what responsibilitynatility,"

"The responsibility of keeping those Looks. I should dither have kept them myself or warned you what you might expect.

"Won't the police be interested in knowing what time she returned to the house?""

"I

her

me so.".

that force her to disclose companions ?" "Some of them, probably." "You mean she was out on a party with several people1"

anid, amiling bitterly at the thought.

I should have warned you about "However, Robert, he fold, het. that's just one of the things

Knock at He was interrupted by n the door.

"Who is it?" he asked. "Detective Buchanan," said a man's voice.

"Come in,"

The door opened, and the officer who had interrogated Millicent earlier in the morning entered the room.

"You have a typewriter in here?" he asked.

"Yes. I have two of them. There's machine there an Millicent's desk and there's a portable here in my own desk. Why?'

"I want to take samples of their work."

"May I ask why ?"

"I'm sure I don't know," Jarvis Happ said moodily. "That's one of the mid mout to and out. I was going to ask you to try and cultivate her and see if you could find out "Certainly. A typewritten docu- whether sho actually was with Bob ment has entered the case. We want last night, and if so, whether they to find out where it was typeil" were alone or whether there were others with them."

"May I see the document?” Detective Buchanan hesitated a mo- "I'm afraid." Millicent said, "that ment, then sald slowly, "I think I'd Miss Duchene doesn't feel very prefer to check up on these type friendly toward me. In other words, writers first, if you don't mind." I'm afraid I couldn't assist you very much in finding out what you want to know."

Jarvis Happ frowned, then shrugged his shoulders.

The detective turned to Millicent. and said, "Would you mind letting me

"I could, of course," he said. "ask Bob Bob would probably lie to me.look at the But IF he knew the police were going to cheek up on hins he'd probably do something to cover up."

"But wasn't his car in the garage that is, wasn't it in the garage until Harry Felding look it out?”

He started at her and said. "I don't think Harry Felding was the one who took out that car."

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at the typewriter, Misa?" “She swung-mck-the cover-of the. desk. The detective inspected the "Okay. typewriter, then nodded. Miss. Now would you mind putting a sheet of paper in the machine and running through the letters of the She suddenly realized that it was

alphabet?"

She did so,

and Buchanan," look- going to be very difficult indeed to keep things from this man. Sho

ing over her shoulder, gave further directions. want to tell him about the substi

"Write one or two words," he said, tution of the books, but knew that if

Writi pond." she tok she would have to explain

"I think," he said, "that Harry

When she how it happened. It would mean an

had complied he said, admission that she had left the room. Felding went out on a certain par-"Write found, and niso write 'keys" And that, in turn, would implicate her ticular and

1 dangerous mission. Concentrating every inculty in the

think that he was killed because of what she was doing, Millicent wrote She realized that Jarvis Happ had that discovery, I don't think that he the words he requested. never been entirely frank with her, was killed by stick-up men." He had offered to help her and give her a temporary refuge. But he

hal

murder of Harry Felding.

ne it because he had some purpose in mind. She realized that this manı never did anything without a purpose, And, until his purpose was disclosed, she was not going to confide in him, articularly anything which would put her entirely in his power.

At length he and, "Well, there's nothing to be gained by standing here and looking at the place where the tanks should be. Come back to my study and we'll discuss the matter."

1

She followed him to his study. He sented Himself in a big swivel chair, indicated that she was to sit at her closk.

"You've met Vern Duchene ?" he asked abruptly.

"Yes," she said. "Why?" "What did you think of her ?"

very beautiful,"

"She's very

"Many people think so." "She has a beautiful figure and very regular features and a smooth complexion."

"What did you think of her eyes?" "They're very beautiful eyes." "Did you think they were hard?" "Well, I wouldn't go so far as to

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She lowered her eyes, gave a little exclamation, and then lapsed into silence.

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She realized that his eyes were boring steadily into hers.

"There is every possibility," he told her, "that Roah Laise is mixed up in the thing some way."

"Certainly you don't mean in the murders"

"Not exactly in the murder, but in the situation which led up to it."

"I'm afraid I can't help you, she remarked, trying to keep her voice from trembling.

he said, "you can. If you can't n

and out from Vera Duchene, you can at least find out from Bob."

Do you think Bob would tell me?" he said. "I think he's in- with

you ho was infatuated with rn Buchono,

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"I thought he

man.

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You are

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Detective Buchanan took the paper from the typewriter, stared at it for a moment and then said to Jarvis we'll need to Happ, "I don't think trouble you to get out your portable, Mr. Happ."

"Do you mean," Hupp asked, "that you have located the machine you were

for?" search told him, "You "Yes," know, typewriting is as individual as handwriting. No two machines write the same. There are little matters of alignment that are readily visible to anyone who has studied suels things." "Granted," Happ said, "but will you kindly tell me the significance of it 7"

Detective Buchanan took from hia pocket a bit of paper. He unfolded it and said, "Here is the typewritten message we received."

then rend

He hesitated a moment, the

ho sees who is more beautiful the message:

"THE MISSING KEYS TAKEN than the preceding woman. more beautiful than Vera Duchene, FROM ROBERT CAISE'S AUTO- Naturally he is going to switch his MOBILE WILL BE FOUND IN THE But he's too skil- POND AT THE FOOT OF THE attentions to you. ful to let Vera find it out."

FOUNTAIN IF YOU WILL DRAIN She hesitated a moment and then OFF THE WATER." Haid slowly, "I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to assist you very much Talapped with Robert Caise. I' his face last night."

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Detective Buchanan suddenly whirl- ed to face Millicent. "Does that mean anything to you?” ho naked.

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