ROMANCE AND. INTRIGUE
HIS WIFE."
By Mrs. VICTOR RICKARD,
Author of The Light above the Grosarouda '; "The Hount of Courage;” “ A Recklene Puritan,
CHAPTER XV.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
Staveling and Walter would meet, and anything might happen.
The sound of a motor approach-
"You don't seem very pleased ing the house made Orange rise to about it," she said, acidly. "But I her feet and look out of the win-suppose Walter won't mind."
"I suppose not." Orange did not dow, Walter might be coming and, If he were, it would be best to face took up. She was too beaten at the the situation at once. She intended moment to retort. All her mind to say: "I know how things are was set upon solving the problem between you and Katherine, and bean to how she could avoid Staveling fore you finally decide--"
She started violently and leaned and she spoke again.
for
"Lord Staveling. The
one
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The Board regretted that they were unable to accede to the M.C.C.'s request to delete the minor matches at Bathurst and Goulburn from the programme, as this would rob the tuur of a lot of its educa- tional value.
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With "almost unlimited scope for AUSTRALIAN TEST SELECTION Lord rural settlement on land capable of
COMMITTEE. a little further out. Was she mad, Staveling," Ada laughed, with a producing from 20 to 30 bushela or was she dreaming? In the car little tinkle of malice. "Surely of wheat to the acre," the Rural there were two popin, one was Ada, you've heard of him, Orange? Producers' Association urges that the land should be made available: who looked Hushed and excited, and He's not desperate re-
without further delay, and in group afraid WOR the other was Jard Staveling, For putation. 1
settlement wherever possible.. might be a second, Orange felt faint and sick.ma
angry
The Association warns intending What luckless chance could have very termendous, but merelfully brought him there that day of all he was not. He's the sort of man settlers to avoid fruit-growing, on days? It was unbelievable, and her its damaging to be seen with, or so such land as the Murray Irrigation area, because of the unremunera- hend Awam. She retreated from I'm told. No nice girl--"
"You drove here with him your tive prices to be obtained for dried Vhe window and, locking the door,
fruit in England. stood flat against the wall of her
self."
Another word of warning is given room, her heart bealing furlously.
"Oh, that was safe enough, No Staveling at Cedarwood! Shel
knows who he is, but on the anjeet of boy immigrants knew him too will to expect any in London, of course one couldn't placed with farmers. Some do not mercy at his hunds. He had come there to recapture her if he could, do it," Ada said, her heal slightly get with good masters, and it is and according to his code the fact on one side. "He's talking garden-thought that better results would of her being Walter's wife was of to mamma like a book. It's a be obtained if the boys could first Australia on a large farm, under no real importance. And Water?eream. She grew excited. "Didn't be given 12 months training in law was she to stand upon her you ever meet him in town?"
Orange opened her manicure box supervision by the authorities... dignity and criticize his conduct? She had denied the truth of her had began to polish her nails. letter written that first day at ever," she said, steadily, and at
tell-tale flush dyed her cheeks. and 1 Highbury
"Well!" Ada Bounced to the door. Staveling to come now meant ruin all it mean of you to stay up to any chance she might have withere. However, if you don't come, Waiter. If he had virlundly lied to her about Katherine Thorpe, had she been straight about Staveling She had chosen the way indicated by Mrs. Priestly, and dry-eyed and trembling she now saw whither it ww leading her. What vindle
Directly she was gone Orange tive fate had taken Staveling to the very house where she was, Adacked the door again. She was in with him? She pressed her hands a raging fever, and her head ached fiercely. Staveling was at the came back and saw George Hotel, she knew that much. ir' Walter them together he would feel entire- and she must get to see him alone other. The must go ly justified in taking any line, he somehow or chose: but Walter was at back away at once, and leave her in yet. ven if he were not, Ada and pence to fight her own battle, which Mrs. Priestly would be on the began to look more and more like watch. Mrs Priestly knew, for alla forlorn hope.
A little later she heard another her pretence, that there had been some man in the hidden past of her car arrive and, boking out of the whe Buw Walter daughter-in-law. It would be mad-window,
hia out;
luggage ness to go downstairs and try to getting
taker in by R servant, get a chance of pleading with was
by he stood
the steps Staveling, begging him to go-to und
Orange go and say nothing: So match de-giving orders to his man. pended upon the next few hours. could see that he was tired. But Lost in a sea of misery, Orange fell it was not over-work which made ou her knees beside her bed and him pale and thin, it was his love prayed wildly for a chance, just one for Katherine Thorpe. llur heari brief chance, to win her jeopardized contracted painfully. She tried to see him with an unprejudfeed eye. happiness.
to her eyes.
Quadrant,
LETTER GOLF SOLUTION.
Alderman J. Robson, Reading's PLATE, first Labour Mayor, has been In- BOOTS,vited to continue in office for an-
suppose you won't. He's stayingzle on another page.
Here is the solution to the puz- EIT1 in Lympton at the George
PEACE, PLACE, Hotel, he said so, and I saw him
ding at your photograph rather PLATS, PLOTS, BLOTS, funnily." She banged the door ROOTS, RIOTS.
bebind her and went off.
She was still on her knees when Set him beside Staveling and Wal- she heard a knock at the dor, follow-ter was nowhere, and yet he matter- ed by the voice of Adn, calling to ed to her, and Staveling did not.
Even as she thought of the con- her to open li and let her in.
Unlocking the dour with shaking trast between the two men Stavel- Bands, Orange stood back to allowing came out of the house., Walter turned and looked at him; and then to come in.
"Orange; do come down." Ada held out his hand. Ada stood aside, spoke in a voice of malicious and Orange saw her glance up at pleasure. "You are so splendid her own window to catch her in the with men, and there is a perfectly net of secretly spying. She with-1 charming lord Slaveling here. drew further behind the curtain He offered me a lift and I said I'd and watched, them. How strange It She could look at the man let him bring me back if he would was.
come to ten. Mamma is talking to she and once loved without a trace him in the drawing-room, but of feeling. He meant nothing to her. thought I'll tell you." She looked is attraction, which lay in his more closely at Orange, and, with boyish face and large, rather ex- heavy tactlessness, she exclaimed:pressionless, eyes, had vanished, "You've been crying. What ever and he appeared stupid and arti
tient beside the small, alert figure of for?"
Orange retreated slowly to the her husband. window. "I have a bad headache,"| Walter was talking in his kind, she said, looking down. "I won't hospitable way, and he was, she have any tea. When Walter comes felt horribly mure, asking Staveling- she faltered, and her eyes to return-to dine there some night clouded afresh. "Will you tell him soon, perhaps. She could only again he paused. "No, tell guess at this, but Staveling was him nothing. It docun't matter." responding quite enthusiastically. "But Walter isn't here." Ada She heard him laugh, and it evok stared.
led a world of memories, hateful to
She shivered and press "He in. He came back this fher now. morning." Orange sat down and her hand over her mouth.
She saw Staveling get into the passed a powder puff over her tear- stained face. "But I tell you it car which was waiting for him and doesn't matter. Nothing matters." go off. Ada and Walter stood to- Ada's face was scared. The newn gether and watched him go. Then of Walter's unexpected arrival had Ada pointed towards the windowa been withheld from her by Mrs. of Orange's room. Like a hunted Priestly, and it was horribly awk-Jereature, Orange Bled from the ward, coming as it had and clash-window, and began to dress for din ing with the appearance of Slavel-ner in a frenzy of haste. If she ing. She had counted on Staveling could get a word with Walter be having a fow clear days with fore the others were ready it would Orange, in which to thoroughly be something.
(To be Continued.) "put off" Hubert Crakenthrop. Now
UNUSUAL CASE OF DESERTION.
MAN AND WIFE "LIVE APART" IN SAME HOUSE.
The wife, he said, was the owne
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