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CHAPTER XV. Ashloreth was not the first
"Well," she said, "I rather like
Nanking, Feb. 26, person who had told Jack Smythe herat least, I think I'm going
Marshal Chiang Kai-shek ar- he looked like the Prince of Wales. to. Anyhow I'd rather room with
rived here this morning, and the An American movie producer, meet her than some dried up old maid,
Government is now being 'cares Professor Eddington was an-
Deputy Chairman, ing him in London, had offered him or one of those big fat women.
fully watched for any official nouncing his discovery to thon. D. F. Dalth, Keg. W, J. Pattanden, Fog. a royal role in the talkies.
There fen't another girl on board The two acroplanes kept here action it might take with regard Royal Society, at Burlington Compton, Sec. 3. A Plummer, mas
B. Lander Lewis, Das. T. C., Wall, Da.“ slight. With a weary look about not that I've seen. And I'm have not yet begün doing anything to the Hunan situation, which le House. Sir Ernest Rutherford } ú. G. 8. Mackie, Zaq. B. P. Whi, J
He was of average height, and his wise, young eyes. And an air lad have an exciting room in the matter of improving our providing the chief topic of dis- presided; and among the audience
mate. I'm going down now, to say
To-day communications. of sophistication, greatly admired good night to her. And to give the first mail from Hongkong since cussion in political circles to the were many of the most eminent
exclusion of the Shantung scientists in England. China Now Year has arrived, troubles.Reuter. by young girls."
her your complimenta."
The professor sald:— eleven days without letters, except
Hankow, Feb. 25. those who were lucky in getting
"If the theory is valid it requiros General Ho Chien, appointed: some by the "Spirit of Canton."
Civil Governor of Hunan Provin-that one of the fundamental con Chinese New Year was celebrated cial Government two days ago, stants of nature, namely, the with the usual vigour, in spite of after the dismissal of General Lamount of charge carried by an there being no official recognition Ti-ping, has wired to the Nanking electron shall be a little greater of it. The weather was typical National Government atating that than the value which has generally New Year's Day weather, damp and he will continue, to direct anti-beon accepted as the best experi- Last night he had recourse to as though a storm were brown that, by a few days of welcome folio of Civil Governor of Hunan. complicated mathematical formule
There, in the blackness, Smythe took Ashtoreth in his arms. And rain, but there has been no more for Changsha is quiet and there are and equations. forcing her head back, kissed her a fortnight now, and the weather is two regiments of Ha Chion' formations of a frame of reference
bright and warn again, with the troops stationed there. on the mouth,
thermometer standing at 73 degrees| at the present moment.Our Own Correspondent.
front to
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The movie producer had con-
Smytho was casually offhand. templated starring him in a film
"Well, don't believe all she tells called "Royal Love," in which you," he counselled. "Once more prince loses his heart to
a com- under the bridge, and I'll let you moner. Smythe, horrified at the
go." notion, was inclined to treat the
The moon, when they reached sacrilege-an ሓዚ ነዚ proposition
the dignity of his the forward deck, was playing Prince. Still, it afforded him con- hide and seck, again with the siderable satisfaction. It was an clouds. And the place was dark, offer to gladden the heart of any Englishman.
Ashtoreth was still loking at him with unfeigned admiration.
I've been aimply crazy about the Prince," she confessed. "When I
She struggled to free herself, was quite young, 1 cut his picture out of the paper, and stuck it in pitting her strength against his. my mirror. My goodness, it was Then she went inut in his grip, so like you!"
"And 1," declared Smythe, a particular weakness for dries."
·
that it was. ns though he held a "have girl of ice. Yet scarcely ice-for god-ice will melt. Steel, perhaps. Or
graven stone.
They laughed together. "You are beautiful," he told her gravely. "What was it-Homer suid-She moves goddess, and she looks a queen' ?"
He kept his lips on hers, until it seemed that all the breath had gone from her body. Then, breath- ing deeply, he stepped away,
And, quick as lightning, she had "But I'mapped him across the face. He
Hook her hand then, and kissed it.
"I don't know anything about Homer," she admitted.
beginning to like my funny name. "Spitfire!" be said. "Little You're the second nice man who Yankee spitfire!" thinks it is a lovely name. 1 al-
He put both hands on her ways thought it was awfully fool-shoulders, and, holding her from ish myself."
"Oh no!" he said. "It's much im, looked into her face.
"Girls shouldn't be so beauti- nicer to have been named for a
ful," he admonished. "Particu- beautiful moon than a rich old aunt, don't you think or a friend arly American girls who of the family's, who might leave
you some money? Most names don't mean anything at all. People get them out of novels. Or they wet bandied around in a family Bort of way,
It was cold on deck.
"I left Mademoiselle de Musset In the smoking room. Wouldn't you like to go in aud "see her?" suggested Ashloreth, when they had broved again' the gale that blew about the bridge. "I'm sim- ply frozen to death."
trouble."
travel
alone, They're bound to get in
cold fury.
Ashtoreth was trembling with "Oh," she cried, "I hate your You-you cad!"
Love, he told her solemnly, 'that has eyes' Lo'nce
Secs now only Ashloreth.
Ashloreth alone. Ashtoreth, and a few stars." "
"And they say," she acorned, "that English are chival
rous!"
He tried again to take her in
his arms. "A kiss he parried. "A little
American
Smythe had put his arm about kiss? And I have, offended you? her shoulders, as the wind lung Don't tell me that an them like puppets along the deck. Ashtoreth resented the familiarity, girl values a klas so highly!"
But it would be prudish, she embrace. thought, to ask him to take It
away. Probably he had not given
"Everybody pets in America,"
it a thought, except to protect her. he reminded her.
"I don't!" she told him, wheel- No man was ever amorous in the ing furiously, "Ahd don't you
ever speak to me again." wanted to escape his careless em- She left him, and ran
teeth of
4
Blizzard. Still, she
broken for a little while just before and Kunan, but declines the port- cold, as the long drought was Communist campaigns in Kiangal mental determination."
GUARDIANS TO PAY £300 DAMAGES.
MAN'S ACTION FOR ASSAULT
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Damages of £300 were awarded! Mr. Louis Claude Murray, "of Victoria-rond, Brighton, in an ac-
When dealing with the trans-
The Chairman of the Legisla-about two electrons, the professor tive Yuan, Mr. Wu fan-min, in-produced two golf balls, which he terviewed on the Hunan situation, placed on the table before him to stated that the primary cause of represent electrons. Lu Ti-ping's dismissal was his refusal to assist General Ho Chien in the anti-Communist cummaigns. Mr. Wu added that reports of per- sonal quarrels between Ho Chien and Lu Ti-ping are entirely false,
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Sir Oliver Lodge, in the discus- Murray's allegations that he was he thought China would soon come
He continued:sion, said: "It is rather rough on "forced" into an ambulance and into her own. "kicked up the stepa" into St. "She will, however, have to know the electron to be called a dummy the world's altuation and take thirty years after it was born. John's Hospital.
aan interest in the outside world. It has been losing its identity and Her people seem to have lots of position for some little time. patience and a great deal of en-Whether it has got any Identity durance. It seems that education or not I don't know. is the way out for China. It will
The judge refund to grant stay of execution.
ACUTE PTOMATINE
POISONING.
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"We are getting into a
of
very
the
But she wrenched away from his CHARLIE CHAPLIN ILL. bo necessary for her to establish
a stable currency if she wants to curious &tate of physics and get
muddled. Some play her part in the affairs of very the world. It seems to me that no younger men go beyond me alto-
gether." nation can do itself justice with a fluctuating currency.
Sir Ernest Rutherford: "It le air and very Hollywood, Feb. 26. "Selentific methods of farming very much in the Charlie
Chaplin, the world-will help to solve the problem of coretical, but we shall hope there famous screen comedian, is serious-food. Better sanitation is tho Is comething in it. The problem ly ill, suffering from neute most crying need that appeals to is a very interesting one, and will in plomaine poisoning: Reuter's (the mind of the traveller in China, probably give rise to a lot of ex-
because of its rolation to health."periments." you'd like to get out of the wind." her stateroom. Mademoiselle de American Service,
But Ashtoreth thought she had Masselt opened the door when she better go in,
brace.
:
down the deck.
"Oh, don't go in," he begged.
"It's glorious out here. Besides,
I know a little sheltered nook, if In a moment
"I'm afraid Mademoiselle will have gone down," she said. "I might wake her up if i atayed out any longer."
Smythe laughed shortly, "Mudamoiselle doesn't Ko
'tu
knocked.
she
nhead
WAR
For a moment Ashtoreth won- dered what, she was wearing. A short chiffon skirt edged with lace. And over it a sleeveless blouse of
loveliness. The sheerest
skirt
bed very early," he told her." "Be- pleated from a fitted waist
sides she probably has a man in low by this tinfe."
band, and the blouse caught at the waist with a girdle of shirred satin. Except for its utter trans-
"She told me she was on the singe," Ashtoreth Baid. "What parency, it was like a little dress. does she do-do you know?"
ke a
Mademoiselle pirouetted Smythe was pulling at his pipe.balkt dancer, and her full skirt "Yes," he replied, his teeth swirled about her, gripping the steni. "i know. Mies
Ashe, I think if I were you, d "You look at my nightgown?” ask the purser if he couldn't fix she asked. "It is adorable, ch? me up with another stateroom." Soon they will be the vogue-the Ashtoreth felt suddenly nervous. little gowns that have petticonti Sometimes she experienced a com-and blouses. I have twelve of pletely empty feeling In her them the first ones ever made." stomach. She associated it al- She was rummaging through ways with a presentiment of dis-her bags.
aster. Now she felt that Made- "You like them, eh? Eh bien! moiselle was n dangerous person, I will give you some, Half for and that Smythe, was trying to you, and half for me.” warn her against the womun.
She tossed her things about.
But, accompanying the empti-Soft and light as baby clouds. neas, was a delicious little feeling "Ah, here they are! White, of excitement. Maybe Mademoi- Mademoiselle. And black. And selle was one of those adventur- ¦ now
you choose, esses one rends about.
eplour Kny
One of Yellow? Orchid? Pink like a those delightfully unmoral crea-rose?" Lures of whom de Maupassant) Ashtoreth was dumbfounded. wrote. Ashtoreth had rend de: "But Mademoiselle!" she atam- Maupassant when she was in high mered. "---you're awfully kind, school. A girl whose mother ran But I can't do that. You're too 'n circulating library had brought generous.. Indeed
you
ere.
I
a complete edition to school, and can't take them truly. But
the entire senior class had read it thank you-thank you so much!" aurrepitiously. Perhaps Mademoi-
selle was a demi-mondainel
"Tell me about her!" she com. manded.
"Oh, there's nothing to tell." Smythe dismissed the subject quickly,
The Frenchwoman's quick glance
had darted about the room,
"Pouf!" she cried, and raising the cover of Ashtoreth's hat box, dropped her lovely nightgowns in. She sat on the edge of her berth. and rubbed great quantities of cold "They're all alike. It's in the cream on her face, dipping her
fingers in an enormous onyx jar.
"Monsieur Jack Smythe," she remarked Idly, "Ukes American Airia."
!.
blood."
Who are all alike?" asked: Ashtoreth: "Frenchwomen?”
Smythe stopped short,
08
"De Musset's not French," he Her fingers caressed her cheeks, sald. "Not pure French you with little upward motions, know. They're mostly hybrids though she were inscribing circles. down here. Mongrels. And the "He is a bad man, she added. women are dangerous."
*
Her-volca-was soft and lazy.. "A_bad__ man," she repeated. And began, leisurely, to wipe away Ashtoreth decided that Mr.the cream. Smythe might look like the Prince
(To Be Continued.)
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