THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. : MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1932.
The Late Arnold Bennett's Last Long Story UNFINISHED
"DREAM OF
OF DESTINY"
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BYNOPHIS,
actress
a
need to be so apologetic when you man about telephoned. Where's Tommy?" Roland Ian Smith, youn
"He's just talking to sombody tuws principally, mosla a young Phoebe Friar, whe speedily Impresses herseli upon him se the girl of a visin tragic dream moment outside." behind a few nights previously. He fights aby of her equaintanceshin, being strangely things." fearful of the fulfiment of the dream which ended in her death after a
in London, be in somehow
of the dream.
clone Intimacy
Tuinpelled
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
CHAPTER IV
"Well, sit down and tell me
strictly
time, there certainly was such phenomenon as a single emotion. And the emotion was unhappiness concerning Phabe. He had been aud was very unhappy,
MASTERPIECE
for 33 would exasperate Tommy by re-
national party. Roland Arnold Bennett's last
phrase "National Party" was a con-
than any other,
and Tommy was unweakened.
party.
---
and
to
our
peating again and again that the long story was left tradiction in terms. Further, Ho-unfinished, but this land had falled to persuade himself,
does
not spoil its and Tommy had failed to persuade
any party was more worth 02 readable him, that patriotic Withal, the bond between Roland quality, but rather While Nancy was rolating the The purpose of Tommy's Incar-adds a mystery valué decds and indispositious of her un-ston into Thamon Court was to which will be found Roland's secret reason for being ruly children, whom she had des acquire some first-hand knowledge
to Forth of industrial housing, preparatory very intriguin♫. between them. After lur debut na int
to glad to see Nancy was merely that patched in advance accompany her to her is, where he dircuses she was a friend of Phabo Friar, Curnow Cove in Cornwall, Tommy to the sittings of a Housing Com- mittee to which he had boon elect- the play. Afterwards be Ande ilmselt turn between her attraction for him and has rear whom he had not set social eyes came in.
"Hello, dear beart!"
ed. Nancy was accompanying him on since the nocturnal meeting on
"Hello! Hero you ure. Bit because the had said she would. the roof of Philibert Court. True, he had paid a second visit to the down a 'second. I'm all ready for Those two, though man and woman, St. Jude. St. Simon was a Zeniot
were nearly as fraternal as Tommy
(an advanced member of the play "Solomon's Temple". But, as you." he informed his soul, a
Tommy was Mr. Cecil Thomas and Roland.
Kuomintang) who found the full- Tommy began by lifting his ment of all his hopes in the king- About two weeks later, one scientific vialt, to decido for him-son, M.P. Of the same build as
old man, having self whether the play was a suc- Rotund, but a few years younger elbow to glance forewarningly at dom of God. St. Jude wrote these morning, an
worda: "Mercy unto you knocked, came into Roland Smith's cess or a failure. The play had the and smarter as to clothes, and hand his wrist-watch.
"ALL right, my failure: somer; in fact vory handsome, and
honourable peace and love be multiplied"; and obvious offico at Thames Court and said:
symptoms of "A Mrs. Smythe to see you, sir." sparsely filled pit and circles, and dark. Roland and Tommy were friend," said Roland. "I know "Now unto Him that is able "Sond Mrs. Smythe in," said stalls a quarter full of payers and intimate and old friends. They had
sent you faultless before, the pre- Roland in a loud voice that might a quarter full of paper. He had been drawn together by similarity you're the busiest man in London. keep you from falling and to pre-
(To be continued.)
senco of His glory with exceeding he heard in the passage. He some not gone behind afterwards to chat of tastes and of fortune; and they Come on, Nancy, my dear." times, and especially whon in with Phobo. Her acting bad been had, superficially, aimilar political
joy, to the only wise God on the ideas. When Roland had left tha!
Savlour be glory and majesty. mildly sardonic mood, could not re- somewhat less good than slat emphasizing for his own plen-first night, and the interview, in ranks of the idling dilettanti to bo
everAmen". Thoao words aremy sure, the 'y' in Nancy's name. His view of her performance and of the worker, Tommy had decided that
dominion and power both now and prayer for you all. office was one of two small roomstate of the house, might have dia- he too must do something, and he on the ground flour of the eastern-tressed both her and him. What a had stood for Parliament, and to most block of Times Court, front-contrast between the foverish ex- the astonishment of everyone had ing the road and, across citations of the first night and the got in, winning a seat from Labour. narrowish atrip of appholte, the dull, tedious drobness of his second The Tory party had then perceived, traffic. There were two small sign-Pitfable to witness her struggles that a handsome face and a breezy of Victoria, Hongkong has been re- boards on the office outer-wall, against the Bontimental falsities of manly platform bearing, bad more ceived:
""Our sufficiency is of God'. One said, "Estate Office", the other the play! Also (he thought) beinduence in a Labour constituency
as I am said "Letting Office". Nearly the had not gone because of his private than brains and political ideas with whole of the small clorical staff oath never willingly to see her out them. Tommy belong to the Will you pray for me, was housed in the room adjoining again. Here (he thought too) was group of young Tories, of hopefuls, praying for you that in all things Roland's. The remainder, con- the deep reason. But a still deeper of wasps continually stinging the wo may know His will and sisting of one clerk, worked in a reason-so deep that he did not big-wigs in inconvenient places, power to do it?
called himmself Tory The Consecration is on October small room in the works yard at officially notice it-was that if he He the back of the same block, trans-forced himself upon her he might democrat. He loved the people; he 28th, the Day of Saint Simon and mitting and entering up orders to b: impairing his future chances was intellectually in favour the few resident workmen who with her. A motto of his was, bettering the condition of the were continuously employed in "Never hurry things. Let them people provided always
Such condition of the non-people was not keeping the Court in a high state take their natural course." of repair.
were the opposing, the utterly con- thereby to be impaired. In other Nancy entered, lightly and palely tradioctory mutives of his conduct. words he deemed it possible to take clad, suffering-as she thought and Strange man, his motives in every-two from four and still have four. Hald-from the heat, which how-thing were rarely, single. Indeed, Roland trusted that such arithmetic practical, but he had bis ever was by no means excessive, though he did not analyse his mind, was
"Well, Nancy my dear." Roland experience of the world had taught doubts. rected her, turning in his chair. him that probably there is no such on the "I'm glad you've found time to phenomenon in human affairs as a strongly come and see me here at last. Nolingle motive. But, about this leaders:
MESSAGE TO DIOCESE.
COMING CONSECRATION OF HIS BISHOP-DESIGNATE
The following message
noise and the summer dust of the visit! And what a rotten play not far the first time in its history. Diocese from the Bishop-Designate / Diocese there could be special in- |
Of
that the
Ite differed from Tommy most very point which recommended him to hla namely, Tommy's scheme
I should like it if in every Church to the and Christian home throughout the tercessions made for the Diocese on that day. In addition to the Collect for the day, will you use this old prayer.---
O Holy Jeaus, Merciful Redeemer, Friend and Brother, May wo acd Theo more clearly, May we Thee more dearly, May we follow Thee more nearly, Day by Day.
RONALD HALL."
havb
The bridal carriage was a fire truck when this young lady wa married to a fireman in Teddington, Bucks, the other day. The bride, in the usual wedding costume, and the groom, in his dress uniform, are pictured as they left the church after the coremany, The best man rode on the running board.
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