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A Japanner soldier finds the balcony of a newly built forsign residents at Kiangwan (now a ma of ruins), an excellant
observation post.
by KAY
STRAHAN
THREE
KINDS CLEAVER of LOVE
WERIN HERE TODAY
jexplain, I shall be in my room until
Aun, Urely and Mogs France Prawick dve 2001 today. Yours, Phil."
with the grandioriente. The intip linse
"I'm 7 Cecily questioned. "Cava.
heen prakaged since chithiol Fire er sort of.”
Buteth
krew w "m" and "Grand". have long witre but their wealth and the
ring1,
for the reason, ÅND
"It is simply too funny," said
household a supported by Ann's and Geir Anu, anil latted and Innghed. Philip Beript, room towel, are all poste! " may be funny," Cecily u pening theke marrings towels they have been! jouted-it seemed barely possible į Cerity, 22, is in love with Purrs Mean that Ann's laughed was hysterical; anginst, but when he proposea what befaren
to name the wedding date because the entbut it can't be as funny as all leave Aun with the hauria puosilutty of that. Tell me about it. You said The bater
Mary Frances, The Bad #511 in school, xtrikes you would."
pa bethtance with Gar) Beamunt, Muck
Mary-Fr
And
An told, sparsely and with a
compong actor. She niets him weerily lack of quotation that would have him to alleve she in 18 Fonds d. He tries nuved Mary-Frances or any other
to pererade lie to leue his partes in a gifted expositor
vaudeville art.
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to pity and to dener and a girl shane, “And now," she finished,
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note. Phil's explanation ATO TAGUS. On the 400 waved the slicet of paper, un-E
way home t'hi staps the ent investigate folded so that it flapped, 'now-
the nate, and Kenneth smith, her escort, ente
with enderments and Ann, anuty, prin in
but she refuses.
CHAPTER XXIX
A "villa" along the borders of the Settlement. Photo which boasts of excellent "fornitura"! shows members of the "A" Coy, S. V.C. at Shanse Villa"
The remains of a building served their purpose when Japanese soldiers could fire from natural shell holes,
think it might be wise to take her out of school for a time."
Ann and Cecily spoke together, with one voice: "No, no, we'll not do that."
Anne engine trouble, Lefty Kink, who went this?" She began to laugh again. news or--the bad news."
“Grand and I know that Miss Lane alung in another car. Letty sldren Phil" I want to explain why he told Ann did not answer. Cecily sug- was well. at least, overly pessi- Smith's car and sake him to take her banene le and why she called hingested that the bad news might mistic. These old maids, you know. Its tries to make a date for the next sight darling sweetheart, he'll listen to better be gut over with first. Une does hate to be censorious
me at any time before noon today. She didn't believe that Rosalie had particularly on Sunday--but Miss Did he any a.m.'7" She consulted either good news or bad news, for Lanc-of course, never having maar- "We'll think it over, of course.
ried" the note. "No. Well, he should that matter.
We might allow her to finsh this In the morning, a sunny Sunday have said · 'a.m.' ' She kept on
"Bring me a chair, will you, "Rosalie," Cecil Interrupted one term-it is only a month now, morning with robins and church laughing.
please, Cecily, darilng? Ann, dear, firmly, "what did Miss Lane any? Isn't it? And then we'll see whether bells, a messenger boy came to the
could you reach and lower the shade It was about Mary-Frances, I aup her strength can be built up during Fenwicks front door to deliver a "But, Ann," Cecily's very voice just a trifle? Thank you, dear, so pose?"
the summer. And now for the good letter. Ann went to the door and was shocked, "don't you-care?" inuch. I was sorry that you girls "My dear! Have I worried you? nows. Mr. and Mrs. Carmichas! took the letter and read it in the "I must care," Ann seemed to be misted church this morning. Dear I shouldn't have called it bad news have invited Grand and me to spend hull and went back to her Ironing arguing with herself. "I must care Dr. Tureck gave us uplift for the really. Sho began by asking after the first week in July with them in the kitchen.
tervibly. But it hasn't started in entire week--stimulation-um-all | Mary-Frances' health. And then in their beautiful new homo át Cecily, putting fresh papers on yet. I suppose it is excitement or that. I am sure I have never is she did go on to say that Mary Seaside. They are going to have a the cupboard shelves, nsked, "What | something." There's A hole, oftened to a more marvelous dis- Frances school work of late had small house party to celebrate WIs it?"
course. When I woke this morning course. I told him go. I believe not been-well, entirely satisfac- their wedding anniversary. Mrs. "Nothing," Ann answered, and I fell in the hole. But now It feels one should. I think, however, that tory."
Carmichael's charming sister and sizzled, a damp finger against the more he the place left after an it is in the worst possible taste to "Did she say how it was unantis- her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Day- fron, and pulled the cord loose for aching tooth has been extracted. It woar diamonds in the House of the factory?" Cecily naked.
hor name is Deborah-Deborah It to cool, "cept a note from Phil, is-sort of empty but comfortable Lord.".
Ann questioard, "Was that all Day-isn't that utterly quaint and I knew almost exactly what would)—if you understand?"
"Did Dr. Tureck wear illa-she had to say?"
delightful?-aro also to be their bo in it before I read it."
Cecily, in her first love affair, up monds?" Ceelly asked, "And is
"Practically all, yes. Sho talked guests. Our first thought was, as Cecily laughed, "Well, that's one in a rarefled atmosphere amid stars that the good news or the bad?" rather long. We got so weary, so you may know, that we couldn't way to say it. But it isn't what I'd and rainbows and sky things at
Rosalie shook a playful finger at very weary, standing in the sun. leavo our little girls. We said as say if Barry had sent me a note in height from which the earth below Cecily. "My dear! Indeed he did She praised Mary-Frances, you much, and frankly. But Mr. and the morning. You do take things was indiscernible, could scarcely be not. He has none to wear, I'm sure, know-um-all that. Charming, Mr. Carmichael were so charming- for granted, don't you, angel? You expected to understand the comforts That horribly overdressed, rather really-or, rather, you understand ly insistent. They quite over- know, I think it is wonderful, this of holes. She said. "Hum-um," am- common Mrs. Waggoner glittered me, she tried to be, though of powered our every objection. As devation of Phil's for so long. Barry biguously, and oyed Ann and won-her bands about, ungloved, you may course she had no real personality they said, wo sea so very little of loves me--but I couldn't keep him dered as to the wisdom of attempt-be certain, all during the service. of any sort. It is no wonder that you now, alther of you since you as you've kept Phil. That is, I'm ing either advice or consolation. To say nothing of her ears. Large she hasn't appealed to gentlemen, both have your sweethearta afraid I couldn't."
Ann appeared to need neither. rod ears absolutely unsuitable for is it? She is so sort of—well, un- "Suppose you read my love lat- Ann seemed to be finding the full diamonds. It was most distracting. whimsical. Sort of—"
Coolly put a stop to that, "Or ter," Anny said.
requirements of life in a bot iron Grand spoke of it, too. She sat In "Did the say Mary-Frances' work course, you must go. It will be Cecily, amazed, refused to do any- and a nightshirt of Grand's. Ann front of us. We were discussing had been unsatisfactory in her de splendid for bath of you. Won't thing of the sort, and upset a can was smiling a little, and amazingly that very thing when Mies Lane partment only? Or did she know it, Ann?" of cinnamon.
beautiful in that yellow smock. caught up with "us-??.
about the other departments Ce- Ann agreed as wholeheartedly as "Do, please,” Aun insisted. "It Rosalia, full rigged from church,
elly insisted.
feje a person whose mind is fully occu Is funny. It's ton terribly funny, came cruising into the room.
Ann stopped Ironing. Cecily Well, as to that, she did men- pied with two other subjects at the Read it, and I'll tell you about it) “Dear girls,” she said, "I come turned from the shelves. Misstion that she had talked with the same timo could be expected, to later. 1 wanted to tell you, but bringing good news, and a Lote was one-and the girls felt other teachers. She said that until agree. I couldn't seem to get started pause, overlengthened, and a bright the most interested and important this termi Mary-Francos had boon "I fancy,” Boralle sold, "that our Cecily read uneasily, "Dear Ann, smile-"I fear, bad news. Now, of Mary-Francos teachers, so unusually brilliant. She wonder Ann may be wondering how we are If you care to telephone to me to which shall wo have first, the good Of course, Rosalie went on, ed about her health. Grand and I
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