A FIRST NOVEL!
WHIRLWIND
THIS HAS HAPPENED
By Eleanor Early.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
"Of all the sickening innuendoest The stork! And they dressed up their yarn like a saccharine bed- time story,"
He lapsed into mournful silence. Crair blow thoughtful, rings.
"If the thing could be dono half decently," he said, "I think Sybil would marry me.”
CHINESE OFFICERS.
ARRIVE IN GERMANY ON STUDY TOUR
old friends of the family.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1928.
'CLARA BOW.
"THE KING OF KINGS."
SHOWING AGAIN BY POPULAR DEMAND.
SCORES, ANOTHER FILM ·
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Berlin, Dec. 10. The superlatively beautifull "Rough House Rosie," Clara Thirty Chinese officers from the passion play, "The King of Kings," Bow's new Paramount starring Kalgan Miltary School have ar.directed and produced by Cecil B. rived in Germany to study various de Mille, is being screened again, picture which comes to the Star technical branches of German in response to numerour requests, Theatro to-day and to-morrow; Universities for from
three at the Queen's Theatre, to-day and finds. this cyclonic little actress months to four months,-Reuter.
to-morrow.
Nothing has been overlooked in Tenth Avenue, living by her wits, the laughable, lovable belle of SYBIL THORNE, Boston society
depicting the humble Nazarene girl, has had a baby. And the
during the last year of His loyal to her friends, irrepressible whole town's talking.
wept, In the fashion of aunts, Ministry The Bible, naturally called on to prove her true quali- There are
and seemingly irresponsible-until plenty of people who do not cred-
Mrs. Thorne after the manner of has furnished the background, but tics, when a totally unexpected it the story of Sybil's marriage. It
in parts; the great painters have situation provides a series of was an unfortunate affair and at
Sybil was beautiful in velvet that also been consulted. This is es- dramatic incidents which follow the time secrecy seemed advisable.
borrowed the warm crimson of pecially noticeable in the scone of and which finally culminate in a married In Havana Sybil was
sparkling burgundy. The groom the Last Supper-the figures be- harbour to RICHARD EUSTIS, Tad appraised his friend belliger camouflaged his baldapot effec in rouped and simulating the Roate" moves from an amusement tonse climax. "Rough Houso whom she met on shipboard, and ently.
tively, and wore a gardenia in his postures and expressions as cap- park to cabaret, from there to a who woood her ardently for livo
"And do you know what people buttonhole."
tured by Da Vinci. It is said that daya. The marriage lasted two would any 7" he demanded.
Afterward Mabel cut her wedding De Mille has created his best police court, thence to a country weeks, when Sybli left her husband
Craig shrugged, "No-what
club for a swimming pool sequence cake in the vestry, and threw her effects through his ability to make and closes with a thrilling Aght for Justifiable cause and returned to would they say?"
bouquet from the stairs. There the players feel and believe their Boston with MABEL BLAKE, a
"Val's mother had the nerve to were more tears, and a great deal parts. He has paid particular at at a stadium's ringside, social worker, with whom she was tell me the other day that the kid of confetti, and much meaningless tention to their manner of ex- vacationing at the time.
Weeks later she learned that she so, too. Cute little joke of Dolly's. Jack escaped in a closed car, loaned hands and arms. It is certain looks like you. Dolly Weston suys laughter. Until, at last, she and pressing emotions with their
It was announced in a was going to have a baby. Then Aut it's an open joke in the Gray-for the occasion, and drove to their that it is the eminent director's "London Gazette" that Command recent it became
to tell her son crowd. necessary
For God's
sake, hotel. They were taking the mild- nest cinema achievement, "The er H. M. Daniel, D.9.0., has been family, and also CRAIG NEW-
| Craig, y
night for New York. HALL, who had been her sweet-
King of Kings" in part, owes its placed on the retired list at his Newhall was on his feet, flicking heart. The marriage was formally ashes off his kulckers. His face, as Mabel had defended her choice re-impression it is able to make on 1928, Commander
"I don't care if it is bicky," outstanding success to the deep own request as from November 1, announced, and. Sybil's child was he stooped to his shoe strings, was
Daniel WAL born, She had fully expected to fleshed, but his mouth quirked hu dutely, "I'd rather see a lot of the mind-the spectator comes the Commander of H. M.'S. Royal be indifferent to the baby because of
good shows than a few mountains way feeling that he has aneh, nut Oak. Commander Daniel, who in the hatred she bore his father.
ant inken."
simply Sne acting, splendid 40 years old, was one of the three But, to her own amazement, he
"Don't forget Grant's tombs' directing and realistic settings, naval officers concerned in the worships her son with all her heart,
teased Tad. "And there's Niagara, but a picture that is superbly Royal Oak case last April,' being She baptizes hin EDWARD
you know, All ren! hicks go to great as an artistic whole. It is found guilty of nets "subversive THORNĚ, jo mônory of her own
Niagara." "Not a chance," Tad assured him
being screened at 2.30, 6.00 and to naval discipline" and being dia- father, and remunees for him HIS stifly: "Sybif's "ot a mind of her she wanted to know. "We'll reminded that this is the last ted to Commander in December: "Whose honeymoon is this, any- 9.15 p.m. and cinemagoers are missed his ship. He was promo- own, and she's pretty much fed sup? on marriage, if you're asking me." ride on the top of a bug, and opportunity of seeing this wonder-1923, and in December, 1927, join-
hands, if we want to.. I only wishful nieture.
ed Royal Oak. Coney Island was open!"
falber.
Sybil's brother, TAD, is married VALERIE. Valerie quarrels with the whole family, and leaves, in her tantramus, to visit one of friends in New Haven.
to a quarrelsome H13e girl, named
CHAPTER XXXH TAD breathed a sigh of relief, and reflected pleasurably, at weekly intervals thereafter, that he had Valerie's own word on the futility of going for her.
He went instead to Wianto, hav- ing sent his wife a cheque to ease his conscience. And these he found Craig playing on the unds with youk Edward: Sybil had gone to Hyannis for a pink sport hat, and taken her thother with her,-
"They left me," announced Craig, "to mind the baby. Do you know," he enquired plaintively, "why they eat sand? Infantile roughage, 3|
suppose.
He ran his Anger expertly around the baby's toothless cavity.
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morously.
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"Don't be an old woman, Tad, he admonished. "And don't let your personal viewpoint influence Sybil's happiness.”
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"But Sybil's young," insisted Craig, "and she's not going to let a philanderer and an adventurer like Eustis wreck her whole life.
At last it was over. Goodbye... She's bad a pretty tough time you Goodbye,... Tad drove Sybil home, know, Tad. You're not going to "Faster... Paster! I can hardly withold all her hope for the fu- wait to see my baby," ture?"
"Well-well-sweetycake! Did-1 Tad scowler unhappily. "Sheums miss o muvver? Naughty
her child," he maintened stub mürver! Oh, he'n a nicest boy! does abe whatever was! Bess his little! heart.... Angel child!"
"What
niore
hornly. want?
Craig laughed shortly: "Don't be a fool, Tad." he coun- ers! selled brinquely.
The exquisite nonsense of moth-
Sybil was convinced that she had neglected her child. All the prep- Sybil was very busy that sum-arations for Mab's wedding. Shop- mer, and Craig had sennt oppor- ping, and fittings, and conferences. funity to talk with her alone. "Well, he was a poor little boy— Sometimes he thought she deliber- and nobody loved him!" ately avolded him. But once a The boy laughed his delight. And, they sat alone on the veranda, she cooing rapturously, pulled tucked her hand in his, and drew mother's hair, and put his soft little | him to the rail to look at the moon wet mouths against her cheek, and riding over the aca.
beat her face, gleerfully, with hin tiny hands.
"It's so beautiful?'' she cried with "Look at that! They say it's a touch of wildness. "It--it makey good for hena. Lay or bust, Makes me fearfully lonely. I can't explain, shells, or something. This kid will It drives me simply crazy-a night be laying, if Sib doesn't look out. like this. There's no peace in it Just ente It up-loves it. Regulur.for me. It's so hurtfully glorious. Koat-the little gourmand!"
Tnd poked te child affectionate-
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his
"If I were religious, na I used to be," Sybil told her mother, "I'd think it was sin to love anything as much as I love my baby, Valerie adored the child.
"I'd have one myself," she de- She put her hand on her heart.clared, "if it wasn't such a trouble, Ugh! I do love bables-but it's so unesthetic, getting them.
them. The sort of stillness that falls' when twe people are in love and alone. Then, suddenly, the baby's voice broke the spell.
ly in the ribs, and spoke unclewise, And a thick, heavy silence fell upon
"Well, old man! How's the boy 7" | He proferred a thumb, and ex- claimed proudly, "Look at that for a grip, Craig. Goodness, the Httle fella's strong. Great kid
"Teddy!" she cried. And, slip- ping her hand from Craig's, rán] into the house.
Presently a nursemaid, very cor- reet in Erisp black and crinkling, batiste, came to take the baby to the house so that the men were left alone for the first time in many and her approaching wedding, month.
"Wonderful day,"
Craig.
After that whenever he saw her, | she talked of the child or of Mabel
It
was as if she regretted the mad-
commentedness of the moon, and feared that
he might speak of that night when
"Scorcher un town," contributed | she had talked so wildly of beauty
Craig.
"Reen a pretty good summer?" "Not so tough." "How's Val?"
"Fine. Visiting a girl she used to go to school with."
crowd?***
Ever see anything of the old "Not a thing. The old crowd ain't what it used to be-giris all gone cuckoo, Lot of booze hounds."a
and loneliness,
Mubel was to be married in the Fall.
"I think myself," admitted Mab, "it's perfect joke for old maids to get married in satin, and wear range blossome in their boyish bube. But you know how it is with
sentimental girl like me. Lots of fireworks. Mendelssohu's wedding march, and a vell, a curload of They sat in silence. Old wise towers, and trinkels in the cake. youths. With the cup of life turn-You only get married once, when ed sour at their Ips. Craig you get to be my age."
stretched his long legs, and lit a Heart and sout, Sybil threw her- cigarette. Men find it easier to talk when they wreathe their heads in
smoke.
"Tad," he asked, "where's that egg Sib married?"
self into the orgy of preparation. Dressmakers and caterers, florists
and suloists.
“Mab's getting more kick out of it than a debutante," she told Tad.
"Florin, last heard of him."I envy her her enthusiasme, Did Real estate in Saint Petersburg. you know I'm to be her only at- had detectives on his trail for tendant? Dolly Weston anked Val awhile, but Sybil was set on letting which she supposed the society edi- things rest, and there wasn't any tors would calf me-maid of honour, aenue in throwing away money if or inatron?" she wouldn't use the goods, once she got them.
"In fact she never knew I had detectives after him. Moore thought he jumped out to South America, and that's the story Sib has. It would probably be easy onough to get grounds for divorce, but it's a devil of a story to bring to court."
"Well Sib, you let yourself in for that sort of thing-Insisting that the kid be called Thorne. You know how the wise-crackers ate that up. By the way," Tad was elaborately nonchalant, "I wonder what Val sees in Dolly Weston's gang."
"Oh, Val's all right, Taddy." Sybil made her voice very reassur "Couldn't ake allege desertion:"ing. "Did you know she's helping "Well, you see it was Sib who me choose my dress this afternoon? walked out on him."
And we're having ten together afterward."
"How about non-support?" "Bring him to court on a charge like, that, and all he has to do is prove his willingness to provide and the case goes right out the win- dow.
You see, Sib's thinking of the kid. She's been through an awful lot, and it seems to me that divorce would be the last straw.
He beamed his approval. "That's great, Sis. I'd like to see you two playing round more together."
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Sybil smiled. There were limita to everything, she reflected-and playing round with Valerie one of them. Still, she would do a lot for Tad. And the girl certainly needed watching.
"Don't you worry, dear," she told
"Tho game's not worth the candle. What would she get out him lightly. "Val's simply crazy
of it? A lot of cheap talk, and a about vou-but she happens to be
bunch of headlines. Did she ever tell you about 'the reporters storm- ing the place when someone tipped them off that there had been ʼn ke- cret marriage. And that story about 'expecting the stork'!"
Tad groaned aloud..
very modern. And It's dreadfully old-fashioned, among the moderns, to be openly devoted to legal
mates."
The wedding, as weddings go, was a great success, Mabel's aunt
She crinkled her nose in a way that Tad had found entrancing some two years before,
"Unesthetic your grandmother!" he told her brutally. "You're stared. That's all that's the trouble with you."
(To Be Continued.).
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