THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPII WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1933.
SPOTLIGHT
CHAPTER XXVI
Shella could not hide her aur- prise. "You know me?" she ask ed.
Sheila observed,
He laughed easily. "Oh, I'll do that!"
"How did you recognize me if 'you'vo only seen me on the stage
The young man laughed. "In-in oostume?" deed I dol. Don't mind if I move over a little nearer, do you?" He rose to his feet, crossed the patch of mossy bank and sat down near Sheila.
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"But I don't understand began.
"How I knew you? Well,
the
for
one thing, I've seen you on the
"I happened to see you as "you were leaving the stage door last night. As a matter of fact, I've waited there each evening, Just to see you, you know. I didn't dare hope that you'd have supper with me or anything like that."
"No?" Her voice was cool,
of me?""
H.W.CORLEY
✪1933
once or twice.”.
'fident without being over-assured,
He was attractive, too, yet appar But the audience that evening ently was not aware of it. showed its admiration for Sheila What was he doing working in Twice applause literally stopped a factory? He had the face of a the show and she was sent back well-bred, educated young man to or a third encore. It was nearly whom a white collar job would | 11, when finally she left the dress- seem better suited. Vaguely she ing room. Jappy had one al- felt that in a job, demanding ready. Marion Collina is invit brawn and endurance he was out ng a crowd to that wistaria of place.
place, she told Sheila "She asked me to see if you would like to come along."
וויי,
"Thanks. There is my beauty sleep to be remembered."
A whistle blew and obediently the young man arose, twisting the sack in which he had carried his lunch into a ball and tossing it into the brook. He watched it bobbing along on the surface of the water until it finally disap-
The entrance outside the stage door seemed entirely descrted "I have to go now," he said. when Sheila reached it. Under That leaves the brook entirely
"I think that you're "wasting a good deal of valuable time,” said Sheila slowly. But her smile be-peared. lied the words.
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Jappy nodded, few into her clothes and rushed away.
He nodded, seriously. "I know. at your disposal. I wish I could the light, though, at the far end, 3 young man stood waiting. As stage every night this week. I not encouraging. ""What would Time that belongs to my em- talk to you longer. It's back to shella approached he moved to- be there to-night, too-that is, if be like having supper with you, ployer." He pointed to the red the looms, though, for me. Would ward her, snatching a hat from
rick Bulldings across the wide you really be willing to have aup- his head. field. "Still he gives us time for per with me to-night? I have a lunch, you know."
I may,"
"You'll have to take that up with the man in the box office,"
for example?""
He smiled, "Doing it again. Would you try it-this evening? That is." he hesitated. "If you haven't an engagement.”
"Usually 1 eat with some of the others from the show. And we don't spend a lot of time sitting and talking afterward. My work is hard, you know. I need my "rest."
"Someone told me those houses there were bullt for the factory employes. They" are attractive, aren't they. Do you live in one?"
cheap little car but it can travel pretty well. Maybe you wouldn't mind riding in it. Will you?"
*Well I'll see.".
He paused a moment, uncer "I live on the other side of tainly. "All right. I'll be there town. I haven't had this job long anyhow. Please don't turn me
although it seems rather long down!"
to me. In July it will be a year."] Sheila watched as he hurdled He paused, gazing at the palms the fence and disappeared across
"Alone? What luck." "Oh, it's you!"
Reluctantly she admitted to herself again that she liked this young man. "To-night he looked even more attractive. He was wearing a dork, well-tailored suit and he had an easiness of man- ner that bespoke a certain knowl. "You don't make it seem hard,"
edge of the world.
"Would you care to go to a the young man said after a mo- of his hands. "Tough work, too, the field. Yes, she liked him little restaurant about a mile ment. You are like thistledown. in hot weather. Are you going to She found herself wondering what from here?" he asked. "It's a You're-oh, you're wonderful! have supper with me to-night?" his name might be, tried to think.
quiet place and the food is good." But then you know how I feel Shpila admitted to herself that of one that would sult him.
He indicated a small roadster, about you. What do you think she liked him. He was self-con-
by no means new, held the door She reached the hotel in time open for her and, disappearing for lunch. There was ma-around the car, slid beneath the tinee five that afternoon. The first steering wheel. five rows in the theatre were filled with young girls who were pat- ntly admirers of Miss. Jefferson, the leading lady. They gave Sheila only perfunctory applause but clapped enthusiastically when Elsie sang her love songs.
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Presently they drew up be- fore a restaurant. Apparently. other members of the "Heigh-ho" company had not discovered, it and Sheila was glad of that. It was more pretentious than the Sheila smiled at McKeo as they other places where she had caten. stood in the wings, "Still wish The tables were small and ar- you were a product of the pro-ranged in such 3 manner that tected home?" he asked,
privacy seemed indicated. In- deed there were but few other (Continued on Page 9.)
"They did giggle a lot, didn't they? It almost threw me of
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