Perhaps I was an exception." lbsck now" he said, "My eminent

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"I don't know what is going to ‘happen today. Your lrieild Par-

C Vie. coming this moritiol. by

She made- no comment.

“y “It l om get an hour oi! alter

tea would you cure for a stroll or

UUUUVQY‘ u." v a ‘fllmshztfi: "Elli!!! 1 don't mind I ion " but I dflift seeni 11bit "- Win lllliulfmly ""5 9d to rcirl 0r to get my min.i nlvay him.” - _ from this terrible affair. To think

“I olten wondered. I don't tlunk or her lying dead up there!"

she trusted anybody ver_.' much “I'm afraid I shall have to go

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oetlsasue will be snorting it I

don't. I see him waiting m the steps."

"I shall stroll on" she said and added. “It is very kind v! vow"

"Rot!" he said, "Promise me you won't be miserable."

"I'll try not to be" s-he alniled

And with the memory o! her smile he turned back to the club whet-e the superintendent awaited

him.

"'1 noticed you snooping oil." Du- cros said, "Made in arrest yet?" _ "Not exactly. She's a very arrest- ing girl, though. But I managed to glean some information about

the son." “oh 7-.

Rolllter? They're isle."

to tbvm We didn't want hi n and he'll be back this evenini or in the morning. By the way. between

lng. excepting the two waiters who

simplifies things."

"I didn't think it was me u! the servants. But it means that who- ever did it had s clear run and probably knew that the servants would be out of the way, Fernan- dez-or anyone else-could have‘ walked from his oltice up the lurk stairs end down again without e soul being the wiser.”

"But that doesn't get us any farther!" Ducros said.

“It does. You have the motive and the opportunity.

"Thai makes it sourvi veil’ simple. Personclly, I wish I'd novel" seen ihis internal place. Here we have q murder committed almost under our eyes and we don't know a darn thing about it. Somebody! going to smllc."

A maid he announced that Mr. Parmiriiei" had arrived.

‘ "Bring h'm out here." said Du-

cros-anrl went on to Doillrnore, "We shall he quite alone in that cer-

Parmmter proved to b: a big.

eyes. . "It's good of you to 0.21119 so quickly." said Ducros. "Come over lo that table in the corner, will you?"

"Murder," said the flower-grow- er as ‘ie sank heavily into .1 chair. "So that is th¢ end of it! I'm not. altogether surprised."

Dollimore la Surprised Ducros and Dollimore exchanged glances and remained silent. "Apart from her money and her marriage. my poor aunt was not s bad soul. She was merely stupid."

12".Not general 8- Dull pain (slang) hfilwm‘ "f; ‘

lama" 91o“; 334)" dcpofll, Hun Smoke? suggested DoiLi-nore dextem“. 1mm“; 355.1; n». and held out his cuigareti- case. his In/ftner had ovmaned one

iLAahowy 16-Akind of distance Yesterday's Anon; I do not smoke. said Mr. Par- hear; with‘ one spade, and‘ no

_ tree wood 36.Astarch minter. ‘It almost sefims as iFate doubt with the virtuous feeling (Hawflfl) 18. Vipers (Malay) (2. Malt were taking a hand, he went on.

1515mm 19. Nocturnal 37. Stiifly beverage "Phat money~—that vast mass oi amount "mammal decoroua 43. Godot’ money-was made dishone-itly. My

lggird 20. Broth dilFiat-bot- pleasure uncle should have ended in prison B9050 queen. Thai, ended the as. (gawgiian) 22. Flawed tomed boat 44.Metallic instead oi which he died almost in

17_ A Shade t"; 23. Finishes 40. Pokerstake rock thz- odour oi’ sanctity."

1B. Close to “Diamonds, wvisn’! it?" Dsilimcre

19. Clubs \ s asked 1n order to start the strange

ILAvIeIn in fellow again. I m PM" I "Yes. Obtained illegally from ‘

ZQRU/QIWFFJ the men who risked their lives to

233'“ It smuggle them from the newly-

zaflfllmidlmii found diamond deposits along the

5°-D|5P“¢h coast. The smugglers risked their 31»T°1"mb1° lives-it that be a virtue-but my

82 ffiyamng’ uncle risked nothing. And now it

~ ha; ended in murder. All the: is

34‘TYP°"‘°“'“" _ 1 leti. is the half-imbecile son - s

35' W?" drunken parasite. Which shows the

‘ 1 value oi‘ s vast and unhealthy nc-

' cumulation o! money.”

u "Our main job, at the moment. electrical 211133;‘: mrmfrisi’: "om-n who capacity | "So that, he may be hanged by

l3. Conildence- k m h i dc d?” game (slang) f “eff “n e ' '

45' Nimble _ Precisely." agreed Ducres.

“come!” I I "gnd you expect me to help

i1. ltaii i ‘W1 "

(w,:")°'y i "1’ expect every law-abiding cit!-

|3_ cubifimeter ‘zen to help me. Moreover it is the

_DowN obvious duty of every such elii- _ zen."

i- "I srn opposes‘: to espltsi pund-

isliment in all umstsnees." u!

csvrroouorsz-a eryptogram qssisiis- tho flower-grower.

"I think ‘I em. too," Ducros said. D I ll M. K M V S L K C. D l M I I J V Z R G O surprisingly. “But I'm sirsld we iv M L U s I J D z s L D R D ‘. .4. w R M I D , haven't time to discuss the ethical ‘ aspect o! the case with you -in- p i J _ g 1 v 1, u M teresting as it no doubt would be. Our job is to see that the law- Yesterdsfs Oryptoquote: WI All WONT NU!’ TO I!!!" altogether apart from whether we, A LIAR. EVEN WHEN HE TELLS THE TRUTi-l-CICERO. as individuals, agree with it or not Distributed by King Features Indicate. he. t —“ “med ‘"3- 0" 3°!’ h m “m! the muiderer. and hand him over

"He's a heavy drinker. a lfliflrll scsmp and he's been in prison at

lesst twice." , "What 1m" - "I didn't actually ask her.’ DIN! V DANCi Ducros looked st his yollflsfill- CLUB lellue: "You're sorry for her?’ he Make reservations Illi) "hd- n PHONE i198 "Naturally. _ nmcmo "You're certain that she didnt ‘uh oacnlsrm do m" Wm "Quite. Where are Fernandez and "532! u“.

“Fernandez is down. I 1N"? M’! in his office. Rbiiittt hll [Mil blik

half past eight and half put nine MQVIE DANCE an‘

last night-“thti is. I ihirilr. the mn- terisl tlmwthe servants were at SOCIAL supper None o! them was mifiv, Under Auspic“

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‘ilontraci Bridge

Loading Against a Siam

When selecting the opening lead against s. slam. at least as much weight must be given to the opponents’ bidding as to a bid that may have been put in by partner. Consider this typical oase:

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North ‘that South West- l ‘Q l Q . 1 ‘ PCB! O Q Pass Pass Pass

Walt. on opening lead. gave no Ulovsht to anything except that

that he was merely following m-qqg and therefore incurring no respon. eiblllty or his own, west led the

fenders’ interest in the proceeding. except for their obligation to “pay Off.” South Won the spade ace, seven club tricks and tour hearts with. out having to take even a deep

It is easy to criticize North tor having leaped tn a slam contract that could have been deadeated of! the reel. but there were at. least two arguments in [aver oi his six-club bid. The first was that South's tree bid indicated the plbbabie holding 0i’ a high card in the danger suit. diamonds-lacking the king. queen.

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Jack o! his own club suit. it that South mrusi. have at least the diamond king. The tact was, oi course, that South's great; length in ohms was "compensation" for his outside wcaimess, but, to repeat, this point could not be clear to North. The second reason for Nm-ths bid was better. being prag- matic. North simply counted on West to lead spades!

Now for West's position. The tact that North. an expert. had deliber- ately bid the slam alter hearing East's spade bid undoubtedly meant that he (North) was iuily prepared (q- ; lead. Thus. Pure logic dictated that West 0pm s suit that North might not be so prepared tori And that suit. of course. oould only have been diamonds.

to Justice. What happens then is

the concern o! juatirr~not o! us-" Doiilmore listened with increase

ing surprise, but Ducro! changed

his approach: “You were in the

club last night, Mr. Parminteri“

(To be continued)

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