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NEW AMERICAN SERIAL.
GIRL ALONE
CHAPTER XLV.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1928.
By ANNE AUSTIN. Author of "Saint and Sinner,"
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and looking sweet and demure or David who looked ill-at- ease and provocative and gay since eight wretched-
"Aren't you going to dance with Colour-all colours swirling to-o'clock, when the dinner for the
me?" she cried as soon as she gether in a mad kaleidoscope of debutantes had begun.
How much longer could she keep reached him and her adopted father. Incredible beauty; the muted, in- sistent throbbing of a violin played it up? It was really absurd for "You mustn't let Father monopolize Come, before the music by an unseen artist; the rosy glow them to suppose that she could go you. of light which apparently had no on like this until three or four stops."
Unsmilingly, David took her source: the rustling whisper of o'clock in the morning, when her ailks; the polite, subdued buzz of heart was broken
into his arms, gingerly, as if he were afraid of crushing the precious" middle-aged conversation; the shrill but musical clamour of very young
dress. voicen; the subtle, faint odour of French perfumes; the stronger, more sickening odour of too many hothouse flowers-
"Mr. David Nash!" Nothing, no one could have held her. The words had scarcely left "Do you remember the other time the butler's lips when Sally reached we danced together, David?" sho
side, David's
her full skirt, whispered, her voice tender with "In the Carsons! lengthened to the Lips of her slip memories. Sally Barr, who had been Sally pers by the frosty silver lace, bil-parlour. No one else would dance Ford, was "play-acting" again. She towing like sails at the mooring with me and Pearl could have Re- slain me because you did. was playing the role of a society of the snug little bodice,
She seized his gloved hands, her member?" debutante. She, was "play-acting"
David nodded, held her just a and enjoying it, with a sort of sur-joy-widened eyes blazing over his face enjoyment that made her look face, his adored, so well-remem-
tritte closer, but his face "was as She the perfect picture of the popular bered face.
"Oh, David! David! I thought grim and unhappy as ever. and beautiful debutante.
She knew that her checks were you weren't coming!" She stopped tucked her head against his broad When like tea roses, her sapphire eyes as back a pace, her small hands swing-breast and closed her eyes so that brilliant as the jewel whose colouring his on if she were a joyous he could not see her leara. they had imitated so perfectly. She child and there were no one else in the music stopped abruptly, she "We've got to go somewhere to knew that her wind-blown bob of the ballreont nt all. "You look seized his hand, drew him urgently. gleaming, silky-soft black hair was older, Divid! You haven't been
He let her lead him down three ravishing, that her "periad cos-sick? You worked too hard to talk, David. I can't atand-this." tume" of sea-shell pink taffeta und finish college? Oh, David-"
His eyes laughed at her through flights of the magnificent circular silver lace, made sinfully expensive by its intricate embroidery of seed a barrier of embarrassment, and marble staircase, and because he pearls, was the most beautiful dress his startlingly grim young face was so silent she thought miserably worn by any debutante of the sea-softened. It was true that he look-that it might be hurting him that ed much older; boyishness had left she was so much at home in this Bon so far..
him, and Sally could have screamed vast, splendid house. out her pain that this was so. lie
She knew all these things because the enviously ecstatic compliments
of the other girls had told her so
"Miss Rice's office!" she cried, was thinner, or appeared to be, in after she had darted about in an his perfectly Otting evening clothes.unsuccessful effort to find a seclud because Enid Barr, her mother, Odd to see him dressed like that, ed nook not already occupied by
truant couples. who all these people thought was only her adopted mother, was lum-she thought, near to tears.
She had seen him in overalla When the door had closed upon inous with pride and joy in her, because even Courtney Barr, with and cheap "jeans" and in decent them, she faced him, her breath whom she
still felt ill-at-case, but inexpensive tweeds. She had catching on a little gasp of antici- looked like a pouter-pigeon in his seen his big-muscled arma bare, pation. But his army
the summer aun gilding the fine possessive satisfaction.
hairs upon them; she had seen him rigidly at his side.
1
stayed
"It was in this very room, But Sally Barr was play-acting sweating over the cook stove in and the Sally Ford she had been the privilege car of Bybee's Bigger David," she began eagerly, "that I looked on, in a skimp little white and Better Carnival Shows, strip-fought the battle with Mother and won. 1 made her keep her promise lawn dress edged with five-cent ped to a thin cotton undershirt. lace, and watched the performance But she had never before seen to me to invite you to my coming- with critical eyes, or, rather, him like this-immaculate, correct out ball. She promised me two and watched as often as those hungry of a pattern apparently, with all a half years ago, promised so I desperate eyes turned away from other well-dressed young college would promise her not to write to the door, unable to bear the sight men. And she was illogically hurt, you. But I wrote you every week, of newcomers because none of them felt as if the correctly stiff bosom sometimes oftener, and I'm still was David..
of his shirt was a veritable wall writing every week, though I can't The Sally Ford in the skimpy between the old David, and the old mail the letters. Now I can! Now I can! Do you realize I'm of uge, little white lawn dress which the Sally.
"They've cut off your beautiful David? I'm 18 and a half, and I'm orphanage provided for Sundays
'out'. lsn't that funny? I'm off- and for rare dress-up occasions won-hair," were his first words.
She stood still, her hands slowly cially 'out' now, and I can de as I dered how these strange, glamor- ous people could not see her be-releasing his, feeling his eyes rove please.". neath the ses-shell pink taffeta over her, as hers had swept, over with its silver lace and precious him, and she did not need to look And this into his eyes to find that he was seed-pearl embroidery. Sally Ford whom they could not see withdrawing from her, alienated kept telling herself over and overbewidered, saddened.
She wanted to cry out to him, to that her dreams had come true; she had a mother who was rich and beat his breast with her hands: beautiful and tender and wise-"It's Sally, David! Sally Ford nearly always wise, wise except underneath, Sally who loves you about David; she was living in a better than anything in the world. mansion more magnificent than the But she did not say it, for Enid She felt him stiffen; then his orphaned "play-actress had ever Barr was at her elbow, and it was hands came up slowly and fastened been able to conjure; she was beau- her mother's coldest, most polite upon hers. But it was only to re- move her hands from his shon- tiful and popular: these strange voice that was welcoming David.
"We're so glad you could come,ders- people who were "in society" were here because Sally Ford-no, Sally Mr. Nash. Did you have a leasant Barr-was making her debut, was journey? being accepted as one of them.
Three
Her voice dragged a little at the end, for he was looking at her as if she were a stranger, or as if he
With a moan, were trying to make her feel like a stranger to him. she lifted her arms and crept so close to him that she could lay her bend against his breast. Aren't you going to kiss me, David? I've waited so long, so long-"
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3.
POLICE ATTACKED WITH TRUNCHEON,
You must forget me, Sally, or I'm glad. Sally, you remember me only when you re must come back into the receiving member Sally Ford and Pitty Sing belong together in your, memory, She told herself these things and line, darling. I'll introduce Mr. and Jan and Pop Bybee. We all Her eyes again darted to the door,Nash."
and none of us belongs in Sally The next hour was an almost un Barr's life." His voice was level, hungry for the sign of a penniless. 29-year-old farmer boy who would hearable eternity to Sally. But she
heavy, not the young, tender, musi- be as much out of place in this "play-acted" through it-gave the cal voice that had made love to her ballroom among these strange, tips of her fingers to late comers,
during the carnival days. appropriate
She took a backward step a lit- glamorous people as Sally Ford in smiled, murmured her skimpy little white lawn dress.phrases which Enid had painstaktle drunkenly, and the face slic Three words hammered their ingly taught her; opened the ballifted bravely for whatever blow he
when at at the receiving line staccato message ceaselessly on her bruke up; danced in ropid succes-was going to dual her was pinched. llatening, watching nerves; "Comsion with the most impuriunate of and white, the eyes blueblack with Ing. Thanks. David."
ENCOUNTER WITH FIVE words which had broken the silence her male guests, for Enid, reluct-pain. "Don't you love me any
antly acceding to the new informore, David?"
"I'm a poor man and I'm not a YOUNG MOTOR-CAR THIEVES, of two and a half years. Comingmality, had not insisted upon dance fortune-hunter," David answered thanks-David-Coming-hanics cards. David-
grimly. "don't know Sally
The five Peckham youths arrest- But all the time her eyes were Barr." "Darling, this is Mrs. Allenby, n very old and dear friend of mine darting about on their quest for
David. She spotted him at last, ward, step by step, so stricken, 20 motor-cars
She shrank from him then, backed in Kent on Easter Sunday in connexion with the theft of two and assaults on the Sally Barr smiled her shy, sweet, near the door of the ballroom, white-faced, that the boy clenched police were brought up at Ton- little-girl smile and Sally Ford moodily listening to whatever it his hands in agony, noted the success of it critically as was that Courtney Barr was saying
bridge. They were still staring at each the frumpy, dyed-haired little old in his most unctuous, weighty other when the door opened, and motor mechanic; Leslie Dilley, They were Cyril Ryan, aged 19, Indy passed on down the receiving manner."
an almost forgotten but now shock-aged 17, garage hand; Lealie ingly familiar voice sang out non- Corbitt, aged 17, labourer; Frede- chalantly:
rick John Antill, aged 18; grocer's "Bobby Proctor told me I'd find | assistant; and Frederick Sydney
Abel, aged 16, machine minder.
Police Constables Gosling and Daniels saw a car answering the description of a stolen car contain- ing five men being driven at a rapid pace up Tonbridge High-street. Goaling said he signalled to the driver to stop, but, he accelerated, and the police had to jump out of the way to avoid being run down. They commandeered a tradesman's
line. Coming-thanks-David- "Please-I'll be back soon!" Sally But oh, was he coming?
gasped to her amazed partner, and She stole a glance at the tiny broke from his grasp. watch set in the circle of diamonds She did not in the least care that you here, Sally." that banded her bare arm just be-leurious glances and uplifted brows It was Arthur Van Horne, whom low the elbow. Hall past. 11. followed her fleet progress across she had not seen since the last day
Dancing would begin at 12. Shejthe crowded ballroom floor. Herof the carnival in Capital City. had been smiling and twittering | whole attention was given to David,
21 YEARS AGO.
SOME EXTRACTS" FROM THE "TELEGRAPH” FILES.
the Hongkong Telegraph for the
April, 1907, showed a net profit of $43,830. A dividend of $1 per share was proposed.
•
The Legislative Council voted a sum of $2,438,000 towards the construction of the British scc-
The following items are from tion of the Kowloon-Canton Rail- week ended May 25th, 1907,
#
+
The rate of the dollar on
way.
do
(To Be Continued.)
OVER THE POLE.
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT' BY THE van and overtook the men, who
"ITALIA."
Oslo, May 24. The airship "Italia" has crossed the North Pole.-Reuter,
Oslo, May 24. The Finance Committee of the The "Italia" flew over the North Legislative Council accepted a Pole, for about an hour between vote of $3,000 for the construction] one and two o'clock in the morning The death took place, from ap-of a path connecting May Read and is now returning to Spitsber- pendicitis, of Mr. Wel On, a well- and Barker Road. known Hongkong solicitor, brother
mand was 28. 240.
of Mr. (later Sir Boshan) Wel Yuk.
..
gen-Reuter;
took to the field. P.C. Gosling fol- lowed Abel and Dilley, and in a struggle Abel got possession of his truncheon and hit him on the head with it. Ho lost consciousness. Daniels said he was struggling with Dilley when Abel struck him on the head with the truncheon. He heard Dilley say, "He has had enough. You will kill him," and then lost consciousness,
For the theft of the cars and petrol the prisoners were bound over for twelve months, and for the wilful damage Ryan, Corbitt, and Antill were
fined 27 ench," For striking the policemen Abel was
The annual report of the "Star" Damage to the extent of £80,000 Forry Company, Ltd, showed net was caused by a fire which totally earnings totalling $48,022. A destroyed a big garage on the opt The Peak Tramway. Company's dividend of 10 per cent, was pro-akirts of Paris, Two firemen were sentenced to four months' hard accounts from October, "1905, to posed.
injured.
I labour and Dilley to three months,
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and
MANICURE, 2nd Floor, Tee Bang Fat Building,"
"Queen's Road Central
Loans granted on approved Epecial facliilial for Home Exchange
KHOU &
EXPERT MASSKUR.
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Madmas H. MORITA,
Medanse E AKAJL
28, Wyndham 36. Tel. 0.4325.