The Washington times., 1936-03-05

usually wear? I think this print
will stand up very we'll under the
strain. Why?"
We'll. nothing, only with Mr..
Lloyd coming"
HE is not coming on a social
invitation. He wants to consult
your father. I felt rather sorry
for the young man, and so I
just told him to drop back in
time for dinner"
Well, 1 could hardly get dressed
up after that. So I got out a
violet linen dress had had that
summer and put on some white
pumps. Mother said looked
nice, which made me rather
doubt the effect. AS a matter of
fact, Bruce scarcely saw me, I
guess. He seemed awfully wor-
ried. We tried not to talk about
Connie, but, of course, the sub.
ject would come up.
Mother and Dad really liked
Bruce. and I am sure everyone
can guess what I thought about
him. But brother Allen acted as
If he almost hated him. He was
awfully nervous all during dinner
and excused himself right after
ward to 60 to the library. OF
course, I knew Allen was crazy
about Miss Sinclair, had been ter
ribly upset over her death, and
was now jealous of Bruce because
he had been her fiance. Mother
was con cerned over Aliens
nerves"
AS we sat in the living room az
ter dinner, 1t was harder than
ever to keep away from the case.
We just did not try to at all after
Dad brought in the evening pa
per. It certainly gave us food for
conversation. Hymn, the Filipino,
had been found in San Francisco!
Chapter TX
The newspapers made a lot Of
Hymns story. They almost con-
victed him on the spot. Part of
the attitude, I suppose, can be
attributed to the general preiu-
dice against Orientals, part Of it
to the natural distruSt of other
races and people whose skins are
of another color. Most Of it
probably was because Of some
mysterious cult murders that had
recently taken place near Stock
ton, committed by Filipinos; in
one of these messy affairs a
woman was buried alive. All that
was recalled by the press as Hymns
story was told.
Hymn was a harmless, insignifi-
cant little man Of deep tan hue,
negroid, flat nose, and small,
hard eyes. The reporter who de
scribed him said that the Oriental
never looked one in the eye, that
he kept his head down most OF
the time, or cringed in his chair,
and was reluctant to answer ques-
tions. He spoke very good Eng
lish, however, and seemed proud
Of his American education. 1t
was clear that he resented any
assumption of superiority on the
part of his white inquisitors.
Along with this last remark
went a recounting of Mrs. Sar-
doni's story of Miss Sinclair's re-
porting him to her for imperti-
nence, and her giving him notice
to leave the first of November
Hymns story really started there.
It seems he determined to call
on Miss Sinclair the night of
October 20, asking her to do what
she could to reinState him with
Mrs. Sardoni. He seemed to be
desperately in need of retaining
his job. He padded up the back
service stairs to the second floor
in his soft, leather slippers. AS
he opened the door leading on
to the floor, he saw Miss Sass
and Miss Whelton standing in
Miss Sinclair's doorway. So he
backed out onto the landing and
returned to the basement. Three
times he tried to see her, but she
seemed to have company each
time. The last time he waited on
the landing moment, but hear
ing no voices, approached her
door.
(TO Be Continued
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