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The Melody Girl.
By RUTH DEWEY GROVES.
Author of "The Innocent Cheat," etc.
KRUIN HERE TODAY.
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accent on the pronoun, "every: thing will be lovely. You and Beryl
Kervoice trailed away in a meaning that was not! loat on Tommy.
"I came over for you,” he said, defensively.
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1931.
A DERBY DAY BET.
BOOKMAKER FINED £20. ·
Epsom magistrates on June 6, P. & O. BANKING
fined Moses Levy (3), a book.
"But you will remain to help ranker, of Walverley-stree, Bethnal CORPORATION LTD
| Beryl get herself out of this Istest Green, £20 and £2 59. costs for mess, ale tossed back with a stealing £6 by means of a trick on false smile.
Derby day. Beryl saw herself being left high) Androw Alexander Nigel Bucha- "Guess I'll go over there," and dry in time of need. "Please, nan, a Cambridge undergraduate, Beryl Hoeden, secretly in love with Tommy Baid to Mrs. Everett and irried Tommy," she said boldly, "just go stated that he handed Levy £6 for Wilson, discovers that he is planning to who, way before she could tell him ne up and tell Angle you'll find his bet on Rhonius. Levy said that rase him into the country where the urizing...
tlery) and her "ang" kidney Tummy and mustn't interfere with the vocal-father
with her mifsister, Irene" Everest.
To
you're a here to him since you Le saved his life."
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hint to continue in college and nut break There was quite a lot of com the heart of his aunt, Mrs. Hoffman, who
hancing birds, falling to convince him,ition at the Reed house. Angie Meryl Iris Tommy return bor, sister whs an only child and the thought enraged at the lane walt, refuses to that she had nearly lost him drove listen to his explazatlán and cuntpenes the
Tommy felt his responsibility, biprascal,
his mother clone to hysterin.
Beryl had tried to quiet her Will you wait for me?" but Trene made that impossible, ed irene, "I've got something to being provoked to an outburst of talk to you about." Lemper by the interruption of her vuler work.
Naxt ay Tarang ko nahing with his work and Anda Beryl and her was on the
beach: One of the eye, Angie,, els away from the exted and carried out by the
cter.
ilde, Toming and Deryl rowrve film and whe in nerested while speeding for a ttowever, when the officer understandle help get the duelar and sent Angle is out of Gater. Tommy scolds Beryl and the re seats it
CHAPTER VI
Beryl was about to drive away when she called back over her) shoulder to Tommy: "You'd better] come along as far as the garage and bring your uncle's car back,”
Tommy glanced out at the bout where he knew his uncle must be fuming and in some difficulty "Maybe I had," he agreed. "You could send it out but he'd be sore if a stranger drove it and I guess | he's had about enough fishing for to-day_nnyway.”
"I'm sorry your day in polted," Beryl apologized as she climbed with the boys in the back seat. She was gind the mechanic whe had brought her car was in the front seat with her she Fould at least pretend that Tonimy would have sat there 3 ther'd been coum for hin "I' Best that big a fool," she thought, "although 1 know he wouldn't.”
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"Yes?" Irene mocked, then aur prised him by adding: "Don't be too long. Ive something to tell you too."
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"If you could only realize that
TRAVELLERS CHEQUES ISSUED. even in this day and nige a girl
Pavengers' travelling Homeward as re At the same court Stephen Stan-manded to chiara Indian of Crudit from us. no right to let like a wild in- "Teniny started up the stairs,ton (36), of The Green. Bolton-on--who he bed through the Purser of any dian, you would spare your friends which were in the living room, Deurne, Rotherham, and Samuel and O. - B. L. 8. H, Blazer of at 307 and your family a lot of tronhten Beryl
of the Branibm of the Corporation, and humiliation." ake
was about to follow Hudson (52). Berkeley-street, declared which she caught an
W. J. WADDINGTON. expression Liverpool, were sentenced to two
keting ManaEEF. hotly.
on Irene's face that halted her. months' imprisonment for alleged Beryl did not answer. She was It accused her na plain as words welshing, the former on Derby day telling Mrs. Reed what they must
of running after Tommy. She and the latter on Oaks day. In THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. do for Angie.
thought fur a second or two of the case of Stanton it was inti- "Look at you!" Irene went on furning back, then she went on,mated.
that there night bu an "Driving all lover Long Island in
bathing salt.
hurrying, and caught up with appeal It's a wonder you Tommy as he reached the door didn't gre arrested."
jot Magic's room. "Aw say." Angie put in, “who'd | ' arrvat Miss Beryl? Besides wel "I get his mother out." she didn't see any
find cops in the way said softly, "and you will
his father, won't you?"
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machine, will on receive the of fell Whip, writes à Lobby Corres
"We must get Angle to be." Beryl sold to Mrs. Beet,
Angle developed a sudden tra
"I don't wa eulence.
want a lot o Women Bin' over me, be
pry tested. "I want my Backly,"
where is Charlie" Mrs. Reed waited, her thought, like her The mechanic got out with Tomson's, leaping to the man of the
find: 2014 my when they reached the garage
"Someone
iu to ask about
The way her son greeted Tommy i pandent. reassured his mother She got A practical result of this recosoni- ap from the side of the bed, but tion is expected to be the with seemed reluctant to go. "You'll drawal of the olleial Conservative rubs his legs and back good!" she Pandidate is the constituency, Mr. asked doubtfully.
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Tommy nodied, und Beryl led at the cross-roads, it being the him!
her to her own room. And then the telephons ronrealized that some of the chargea There she place where he was employed, Beryl was
infinitely relieved to The familles of the other buys in Irene had brought against her in Suppose they agreed with irone learn of this fact. It made set the party were beginning to call Mrs. Reed's hearing had taken and broke up her gang: Bery about to say that she didn't see tling her bill for
the new tyre The garage owner Beryl was scaredy equal to this Permanent lodging in the latter's turned hurriedly away from the anything amusing in a husband's much easier.
"I'm afraid Charlie will thought. Why these kids' knew Mr. Hoffman well and ac situation.
Tommy mind.
were displeasure. when a call go the biggest thing in her life below eame up to them. It was cepted without question Beryl's walked into it she turned to hire blame me for letting Angie
to the beach without one of us except. promise to send him the money.
there was a quens, ¡Irene. warm feeling at her heart as her she along." she said.
"Tommy. I'm leaving." she Ser that you so straight, hane
id with analected sincerity. Beryl felt the wound of the un-mind pictured Tommy in the shouted. Then, " have and don't get into any more trouWe can't de a thing with Augie spoken accusation--that she had nearby
ministering to Mrs. Reed. Maybe Mother ble on the way," Tommy said to
Tammy Jooled beyond her tet falled int her in parting
her charge. That Angie. Tommy would muke a come over and help you."
had said, in other afce father. Irene who sat at the piano, pick-what Irene
Béryl's eyes flashed angrily, words. It was not the first time Mrs. Reed looked at her, but Mrs. Reed found an Bery) in out sune melodies."
Irene had intimated to the parents startled as she laughed aloud, a for Irene's selfishness. "She must suppet back at him and his in-
irene glanced at him over her of her gang, that she was a risk, laugh abruptly stilled, as though be anxious to tell Tommy her Darlin fection raid he did. He was shoulder. "Oh, now that you've but there'd never been anything it had surprised Beryl herself. igood news," she said meekly. Insbes
her out hefore this. "I don't scc-" Mrs. Reed was
(To-be Continued.) · thinking that if she'd minded her come." she said, with a sperring to hear
"You needn't blame
everything that happens,
for
her own business this would be
his wedding day. But any, it was
Sunday. Guess they couldn't have
got a licence on Sunday. Panny
nobody'd thought about that.
Oh
well, they could have spent the day with Irene's friends. planned the
ecremeny
in
peace. It didn't take So much planning, though, „All YOU
hael fo do was so somewhere and get a licence yet Auat Em and Bery! tried to make a big thing out of it. Of course--but it was a gam ble anyway, so most people said. That was fumy thing. too." They'd admit that, and then they'd tell you to wait antli you were sure you knew what you were do- ink.
Tommy wished he could make irene feel as sure as he felt. But
he supposed it was natural for a, girt to be more reluctant to takej the final step. - Poor trene, she probably was thinking he didn't;
love her
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"Say, watch your step." the mechanie yelled at him as he was about to back his uncle's car into a big sedan, and Tommy what ents pelled to take his mind off Irene until he got on the open road.
The thought that she might be disappointed at his non-appearance during the day, stuck with him. even to the point of making hin impervions to his uncle's verbal assaults when at fast he joined
him on the
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"She's got Home Wonderful nowa, sha added importantly, "Miss Spangle telephoned this morning but there, I'm sure she'd want
to tell you about it herself. Anyway she had to rush right over to practice with Mra. Reed. She's Irene's accompanist, you know," she explained, quite unnecessarily. for Tommy knew it as well as she But she liked the word; it made Irone soom so much more a sing- er to have an accompanist.
A strange feeling of uneasiness In Tommy. If Irene was at the Reeds' house she would hear about his part in the rescue of Angle before he himself could tell her of It. She wouldn't like
way Boryl was mixed up in
could't blame net, either, becauso ha scomed forever to be getting mixed up' in things with
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