THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1931,
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If you want to see the benulies of Europe, they'll be on view in Texas. For pictured hera a they landed in New York, enroute to the annual international beauty pageant at Galveston, are seven of the national contest winnera from abroad. Left to right are Miss Sweden, Inga Nar- berg; Miss Germany. Daisy Freiberg; Miss Norway, Gard Johnson; Miss, France, Lucienne Nahmine; Miss Denmark, Karen Schentz: Miss Austria. Ines Monlassa: Miss Belgium, Natta Duchateau.
Peggy Bramball, of Brooklyn, N.Y., snapped after a solo flight after only three hours of instruction. Twenty years old, ake is a nurse by profession and an expert parachutist.
The globe-trotting Tunneys, Gene and his heiress wife, re cently stopped in Oberammergau, Germany, where they paid their respects to Anten Lang, shown above with the Tunneys. Lang several times was the Christus of the passion plays for which Oberammergau is famous.
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BEGIN HERE TO-DAT
Bery Herden, secretly lay lane wat Tem Wibon, lays his elopement seth her
winter, free" Everett, but fade Today Dep
Beryl eroon
Blame Herzi. with Tommy hit him onl marriage" postponed,
→
forget her bepalese love for Tommy
1
wealthy an af, ber employer. Irene nterpla towi Prentiss from her sister.
Next morning Bert baroni 1) and Fatraw
CHAPTER XXI
main in bed all day and he would ente nel on the norrow.
sized for keeping them up so Inte Irene's character- the night before. He and Irene, Charitably Heryl turned her falked for several minutes before thoughts from that track. But what! he remembered that it was Beryl about Tommy if he married Irene he should be calling. Then rein and discovered that he had made a explained to him that Beryl was mistake?
"indispered, and could not come Tommy seemed to think himself to the telephone. He asked if he alone. He sat with his head in his might come out from town and. hands and said nothing. without consulting Beryl, Irene told him that would be all right.
BATHING TRAGEDY.
A CHINESE DROWNED AT
LAICHIKOK.
party of bathers at the Lalchikok Tragedy marred the outing of a
bench yesterday afternoon, when one of their mumber got into diffi- culties in deep water and dis- appeared, his body still being miss- Ing.
The mishap occurred shortis after three o'clock in the afternoon, The rush of desire, the thought, when Kong Chi-sun, aged 23, of 57, was so intense that for a fer se Aberdeen Street, Hongkong, who onds Beryl was startled. She al-had gone to Lalchikok with some most expected Tommy to look up as friends for a swim apparently got though she had spoken her thoughts out of his depth and, not being i strong swimmer, was soon in difti- aloud and he had heard.
How could she prevent Tommy culties. from marrying Irene? Would she
He disappeared beneath the sur-
"I'm just an old shoe to him,' Beryl thought bitterly (forgetting All day Mrs. Everett had been how dear are old shoes to weary shooing Visitors away from Bery feet). "But, oh Tommy. Tommy. | who found it strained her vocal
mar cords to talk. Beryl reminded Irene me!"
I could love you if you'd let She obeyed these instructions of this when she heard Prentiss im that itkin duty to sinbb bree until afternoon, and then went to was coming.
Jene wants to be a rao aluger, se sit on the porch, ¿The pain in her “You shouldn't have let him," she WOLUITA an audities and takes Berst to the lituid was gone. She felt as well as said. "You know I can't talk." studia with her, While waiting for Jesam except for
mirkti al
In Beryl's eyes was that mock- a slight weakness Jin A director accidentally hear an in charned, and that queer feeling in her ing light that so nettled Irene and te her vise. He gives her test and teas throat, a touch of which remained, there was a hint of ridicule in her * contract which elates her bot ber vietory
Willenswert for dress fails and the Tum **I guess you just got played out | voice. Irene turned away with a
kene galt prank to at the party and were too weak toss of her head and enough dis need to? There was Prentiss. But face of the water before his friends
to go foolin around taking a bath cretion to keep silent. Berr's debut in CEVIN, the tries to at night." ber mother diagnosed us A little later Tommy dropped in if nothing came of Prentiss inter- or any other of the bathers could Vuing in gay parties with Prentes tipo, she helped Beryl downstairs, and wanted frene to go for a swim ust had one a right to interfere in go to his rescue, and although af-
"I'm all right,"
forts were made to recover his body. Beryl said. with him. She said she had to another's life? "Don't bother,"
shampoo her hair.
Right or no right I'd stop this up to a late hour nothing further But her mother would take m All three sat on the porch for match if I could!" Beryl thought. had been seen of the unfortunate chances, so she said, and insisted a while. Beryl was silent and quivit was all right to be high-minded, man. upon helping her all the way to the ered inwardly over the adoration altruistic, and just, but Tommy was Beryl had not Inched the bath porch. There Beryl
remained in Tommy's eyes whenever they the man she loved. If only she ruom door, an oversight that saved quietly in a chair because she rested on trenie. Irene chatted knew how to save him!
"What
I'd she would have to go to bed and a deal of trouble, frene was able didn't wait to disobey the dietor's lightly of nothing, in high spirits
mother-in-inw a to get in without waiting for some,
leave the field to Irene when Pren- orders altogether.
but noticeably out of tune with make!" she jeered at herself. one to break down the duur.
This was better than staying in Tommy. Is Tommy's mind there don't suppose I'd ever find a girl tiss arrived..
As Beryl climbed the staira, a She took one look at Beryl lying bed, she argued with herself. Not dawned a growing question.
gabd enough for a son of mine. little uncertainly, she: beard Ireue on the floor-a stain of red in her half so tiring. If she were really,
Who do I think I forehead. where it had struck to do as sho. Ilked she'd go down Presently Irene left
link I am anyway?"
humming in the bathroom. There against the bathtub as she fell to the beach and sit on the sana make herself beautiful for Pren- and stop thinking. What a dizzy, note in the girl's voice. She wan At that point the decided to talk was an exultant, even triumphoint, and ran screaming to her mother's in the sun and toast herself. Then tiss, Beryl well knew. She won-perplexing cycle life
the dector would have something to dered if Irene realized that beauty whirled round and round and got thought that if only her sister were was. You aluging unconsciously and Beryl Mrs. Everelt was scarcely less scold her for, maybe,
is only the trap and that love to nowhere. panic-stricken than Irene when
content to sing without striving ske
be held must be fed on something saw Beryl, but between them they She stirred samally in her chair. more substantini. Irene was fool- decided to leave. Boryl saw she'd ceud professionally.
When she wanted to talk Tomply for operatic effects she might auc got the injured girl to her bed and Could there be anything wrong ing herself, too, for she was then let Mr. Everett take charge, with her with her threat? The type who would make herself much more than she had as a rule sing professionally the next night:
the made a
a mistake. It had been so Professionally! She horself would He ordered Irene to bathe the doctor had been so definite about charming only when she had a con- Then he had to give his attention hardly dared think what it woul! let herself go any very likely be-time she would know better.
comfyr incit. Her throats. She quest in mind. Some day she would why had ne disturbon with her. The poi tronuled to the
Next Beryl trembled got into to his wife who was "sure she was mean to her to have anything income frowzy. She was that type.
bed. A little throat trouble going to faint.
She watched him go
ness and saw in a moment into fogey. Sho'd have's consultation if i Belfare to be held!" The phraso much did ho know? Did he know too was crossing bridges untulit.
Beryl
jure her throat-nything serious. She had appeared ungroomed at walk to the gate shown the but what if she were going to be soon regained conscious- Well, their doctor was un old the breakfast table too often for sagged with the sag in his shoul
he heart seriously ill?
As she lay there trying not to what confusion she had thrown the he said there was anything wrong caught in Beryl's mind. Was she that Irene, was shampooing har? She was wondering how she cauld dors. Tommy was troubled. How think and failing in her effort Irene
room.
family. Therefore she said nothing
hadn't fainted. She bad alipped.
to doubt it.
them to
Bory!
I kept her concern to herself about
the pair in her head and and got a bit of amusement out of mistaken? Here was she, loving hair to make a golden snare of it induce Tommy to postpone their waited quietly for the doctor.
Irene's enjoyment of the When he came she confided to Irene had
of the situation. Tommy in spite of herself. What to
the effort did he put forth to hold that
catch another man's heart? marriago just a little longer than him that it was the pain in her duty of answering the clophone lover. None at all. Would there be against the sunlight and swallowed ing his suspicions.
closed
suddenly the date sho had set without arous- News of Beryl's fali had
•Inhere quickly
some one to go on loving Irene, hard at the lump. In her from neighbour to know
on her to knowing her shortcomings? She she would not start
But There was something ***gala mind,, something, she turned over" Marso, and over in her thoughts as a vilser, who went to bed.
variably sweet but short and Boryl Trene. He was quits the reverse
turns his gold: "It was something. When the doctor left she realized sensed that she was waiting for in fact. The more you studied had tightened her throat. It pained was not sure of it. She would need much to fear! Har emotion with gilttering posibilities but she that he hadn't given her any In-one call in particular. formation at all. She was to re-
Tommy the better you liked him her and all at once she felt very time for that. Meanwhile, It cams at last. Prentiss apolo But if you scratched the surface of tired. No matter what comb of It(To be Continued)
throat that worried her. No, aho.our. Irena enjoyed the lime-know Tommy and she went on lov
A little dizzy, perhaps. Yes, she
not/ brass
might have been feverish before light.' Hor conversations were in- ing him, but Tommy was not likono tears, 20 much
to
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