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THE HUSBAND
HUNTER
DEGIN 'HERE TODAY.
BY
RUTH DEWEY GROVES
eig.
Alan refused the proffered Natale Converse tries to conaser her jea.arette. "Beg your pardon," he toney ever her husband, Alan. But when he receives call in the home of Bernadine Lamont, popular night club hostess, she demands that he refuse to go. He leavCH,
of a war friend who had saved his Ble
after explaining that leading is the widow
The actress surprises Alan by saying that her, doctor has given her onls short time to live and requesting him to take care of her son, Bobby. He promises and tries to tell Natalie but her rebuts silence him. H conßdes in his secretary, Phillips Weel, who bar beeg waiting for this.
opportunity further her own schemes.
When Natalie next comes to the offer.
Philips manages to tell her alamat helping pick out toys for darling Bobby and show letter from Bernadine in which Alan' in rage without explainbly and Alan for
visits to Bobby are mentioned. Natalla leaves
| lows, hoping for a reconciliation, but accusation driva hint back to the after.
ber
After working several hours, Alan take her He is surprised to Ind Phillips there.
ta dinner and thex home-where she man- ages to convey the impression of being the generous Lady Bountiful to the poor neigh bour family.
CHAPTER X.
apologized for his lack of courte
tidn't sleep well.",
EUROPEANS SHOT IN SHANGHAI.
PIRATICAL OUTRAGE
ON RIVER.
Shanghai, May 90. At 6.45 this morning, two Chinese engaged one of Messrs. G. E. Marden and.. Co's.. hire launches, proceeded to Pootung and picked up seven others." At 8.40 they ordered Messrs. Mar- den's laodok to go alongside the Whangpoo, Conservancy launch, which, according to custom, was the Con- paying the wages of
.coolies at the jetty servancy adjacent to the South Manchurian, Railway, wharf, at Yangtasepoo.
Callons Shooting.
"You need a rest," Geoffrey ad- vanced, "or a change. And that's what I'm here for. We're going up to Lake Placid over the week-end, Mother and I. We want you and
As they got alongside, the Natalie to join us. How about it?"
Alan took a second glance at his pirates' boarded the Conservancy nice young countenance, before an-launch and immediately opened Aswering. Maybe, he told himself, it fire, point blank, callously shoot wouldn't be a bad idea to spend a ing down the Europeans and few days in the boy's company. It Chinese aboard. Mr. J. G. Irvine, might be good for Natalle too. The a dredging engineer, a native of were Renfrew, and Mr. Jack Harder. Normans, mother and son, them would help to put you straight. in Shanghai, and assistant sur- charmingly regular; being, with an Australian of long residence veyor of the Supervisor's Office of And it had come to him in a flash the Whangpoo Conservancy Board, that he needed to be put straight. were both seriously injured Mr. That moment when he came in-he Irvine received five wounds in knew he'd been annoyed at finding the abdomen and shoulder and Geoffrey with Phillipa. He was was rendered unconscious. still annoyed, for that matter. Chinese engineer was shot dead, Well, it wouldn't do. He wasn't and the first and second loodaha going to get mixed up in any affair were wounded. of the heart.
Over Phillipa's desk, and over Phillipa, a young man was bent in an attitude that struck Alan disagreeably. He seemed to be paying her a flattering attention.
"Call Natalie up and ask her," he As a matter of fact, Phillipa had said to Geoffrey at last. "It's all been openly encouraging him. And:
I uced something right with me, Geoffrey Norman was a
young like that." of highly chivalrousi
There was nothing languid in the chaincter. It made him vastly unway Geoffrey followed his sugges- comfortable when a girl encour- tion. At the other end of the con- ared him--if he happened not to nexion a maid went to call Natalie care for her. And Phillipa was to the telephone. But when she far from being the type of girl he answered, Geoffrey asked: "Is that cared for. Neither did he like you, Natalie? What? Oh, your her as an individual.
voice sounds strange."
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His ideal was Natalie Converse.) He was fiercely, but at all times silently, envious of Alan. Natalie Sole Agen might have guessed he was devot- MITSUI"d to her, but he was very young. She called it puppy love--was BUSSAN understanding and sympathetic. KAISHA Natalic smiled over it at odd
moments, and LTD.
was glad that Geoffrey didn't write notes to her. HONGKONG
There had been a brief period when Phillipa had dreamed of be ing the right girl in Geoffrey's life It was shortly after she'd come to work for Alin, at a time when she'd lost faith in her power to
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Small wonder. It was almost the first time Natalte had spoken since Alar. left the house. Her throat was still tight with pain.
.
"Does Alan want to go?" she asked, when Geoffrey had delivered his mother's, invitation.
"He's tickled a violent crimson," Geoffrey declared.
"Really Geoffrey? Are you telling the truth?"
"Shame on you, Natalie. But I would lie if I had to. Well, what do you say, lady?"
"I'd love it!"
Alan saw success all over Geof- frey's face, as he put down the
Natalle, at home. was
Pirates Escape.
A
The pirates then started both launches at full speed in the direction of Pootung, and escaped ashore with the pay roll, amount- approximately $27,000, leaving the launches
adrift in the river where they were found by the Water Police and brought to the Settlement.
ing
to
Messrs. Irvine and Harder were immediately removed to hospital, where they were urgently operat ed on this afternoon-Reuter,
Later. Messrs. Irvine and Harder are in a critical condition.Our Own Correspondent.
Death of Mr. Irvine."-
Later. Mr. Irvine died this afternoon. Blood transfusion is being. re- sorted to for Mr. Harder. Our Own Correspondent..
happy. Alan was more restrained. He seen Natalie's mood change too often to bank upon, its endur- ance. The ever-present fear of fu
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his fingers crossed had become too flying fixed to be broken at her will.
Geoffrey was happy in Natalie's
altract her employer. Alan and telephone. He thought of Phillipa ure eruptions took the edge off Natalie had made up after
out at her desk, and wished poly-heir reconciliation, for him. quarrel, and Phillipa began tonantly that Natalie were as simple He loved Natalie, wanted to be think that this time it might and sweet as she.
He'd be sure of nappy with her, but he knew that Sake
his happiness over the week-end she could no longer blind him com- She'd turned to Geoffrey. He then. As it was... well, at least pletely even for a moment. The T was a good-looking boy, slender, he could hope for the best, and get habit of taking joy with her with
black hair and blue eyes. Heir to to work. a fortune. Phillipa's interest em- barrassed him. He was glad, when | about the innumerable things she
bsided. Aside from Alan be-had to do before train time. Her happiness. It was right that such ing his broker, they were friends. | hair-she'd give it ar egg and a woman should be gloriously Geoffrey liked to drop in occasion-lemon shampoo herself, no time to ecstatic, he told himself, when they ally. Phillipa saw where she go to Pierre for it. And her skating arrived back at the "hat," breath- might some day use him, and didn't things; where were they? She less and flushed with their exercise. Geoffrey decided, settling himself quite give up her pursuit. While hadn't used them this year. Alan's
before the roaring fire, that no It was passive, Geoffrey tolerated too?
Grace Norman should have given man's life counted against Natalie's. He looked up now, saw Alan, and her more time... no, it was a He'd rather love her, and die of it, turned away from Phillipa with re- nice thought, even at the last min-than give a thought to another
it
wonderful woman, he believed. lief,
thought, really. She was sure Mrs. She was a lovely creature, seated Norman didn't know she and Alan there with the firelight flickering were at the breaking point, but she over her. Wind-painted cheeks and felt like kneeling to her in grati-glinting hair; a foreign, childish tude just the same.
abandon in the way her eyes danc. ed with elfin delight, in her manner! of snuggling down to sip the pale, fragrant china tea up from her cup with laughingly pursed lips.
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Alan came over and rather coal- ly took him into the private office, "What's on your mind?" he said snappishly.
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Phillipa did not feel the same toward Grace. When Alan told her he would be away for the week end, where he was going, and who he would be with, she was furious. But she told Alan it would do him
world of good.
Geoffrey regarded him with in- terest. He was sorry for Alan. He knew he often had a quarrel with Natalie. But he did not know the cause. Natalie's obses- sion had never come directly under his observation. He supposed the trouble was Alan's fault. Never-
"They're just trying to patch up theless, he was sorry for him. To things hetween Alan and Natalie," quarrel with Natalie must be she thought of the Normans. blasting, he thought.
The week-end was delightful for
Her exotic, patrician beauty made her ageless. She was young, but- Alan had forgotten that she could be like this almost a youngster, frankly enjoying her wrong man- nered way of drinking tea.
"You'll have your
nose in it next," he teased.
Once his mother had observed, everyone but her. Mrs. Norman Phillipa seemed very far away after à musing study of him, that saw nothing between Natalie and at that moment, but Monday was she thought it possible he was see-Geoffrey to worry over. Natalie let sure to come..
ing too much of older women.
"Older women?" Geoffrey's' sur-i prise was genuine.
"Yes," his mother had said very soberly; "the wives of your friends, Geoffrey. They all seem to be older than you." She sighed there. "I suupose that's because you were precocious and got un too fast at school. But I wish you would pay more attention to boys and girls of your own age."
"Nonsense, Mother. My friends aren't old."
"Well I don't like to think that you might possibly be disturbing another man's peace of
ind, Geoffrey, I
think you ve too little to do. Perhaps you had better come to France with me this year." "Meaning"
"Some of your friends, one in particular, are much too charm-
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It was she who had sent Geoffrey to Alan's office this morning. He lost no time in carrying out her in-
structions.
"What's the matter, rehearsing for a part in a bear market?" he chaffed. "Smoke?”
herself go, and was
delightfully
(To be Continued.)
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