THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1933.
SPOTLIGHT
CHAPTER XXXIV.
The company arrived in Burton next morning." Sheila found the little cafe where she and Jappy had eaten their meals on last year's routing. She remembered that in Burton Jappy had lost a signet ring, à precious posscasion, and a stagehand had found it The two girls had discovered a dressmaker there to remodel some of their fracks.
Sunday, the first day in town, dragged interminably. There was and no Sunday performance Sheila did not venture out of her hotel room except for a walk in. the late afternoon. She gave herself a shampoo and a. mani- cure. She wrote a long letter to Jappy, out of a job now, and en- closed a, bill.
Monday was uneventful. Prep- arations for the evening show. kept the company busy. The per- formance passed without a hitch.
"You're looking fine to-night,”. the comedian told Sheila the next evening. "I believe you've fallen- in love."
"Something like that." "Girlie, what is like that?"
Fifteen minutes after the final curtain Sheila was back in her room at the hotel. The clock in its little green leather case" on the dressing table pointed to 11:30 Almost any time now the tele- phone might ring. Jerry had said he would telephone Tuesday after the performance.
Sheila undressed, bathed, brush- ed her hair and slipped into pajamas. The telephone stood be- side the bed and, throwing her- self down on the pillow, she watched it, gleaming, black and silent.
A wonderful thing- tele- phone! Through its medium she would soon, in spite of the miles between them, hear Jerry's voice. She could imagine him smiling at her, thrill to the tenderness of his tone. If only the call would come!
The other members of the com- pany were having a party some- where. Maybe. the telephone operator thought Shella was with them and would not put the call. through,
Sheila took down the receiver
and instantly the operator's voice. responded, "Number, please?”
Shella said, "This is Niss Shayne. If there is a message for me I'll be here in my room,"
"Yes, Miss Shayne,"
Some explanation seemed neces- sary. Feeling rather foolish, Sheila continued. "I had planned to remain later at the theatre. I thought perhaps someone might have asked you to transfer a call;"
"If there's a call I'll ring you. Miss Shayne."
Well, the operator had probably encountered anxious guests over the wire before. "You'll ring me right away?" Sheila urged."
"Of course, Misa Shayne. I'll see that the message reaches you."
Shella put down the telephone. Fifteen minutes passed without interruption. She decided to try to read but the magazine she se-
·lected proved uninteresting. Why did magazine stories always turn out well when life was so unkind? Why didit Jerry call?
The hands of the clock pointed to 12 o'clock now. Maybe, if she counted off the seconds. they' would pass more quickly. Maybe if she had something to eat, "oc-- cupled herself at something like arranging, the dresser drawers; time would go more quickly.
Taking up the telephone again, Sheila asked for room service and ordered milk toast and tea sent up. It occurred to her that Jerry might have been on the wire while she was giving the order. Well, that would be all right. She did not want him to guess, how nnx- ious she was. When the tele- phone did ring she would" count 10 before she took down the re- ceiver. She would make her voice sound casual.
did say "That's right--you you'd call!" She would say that to Jerry and pretend to be sur- prised.
The little clock ticked away for another quarter of an hour. Then there was a light knock at the door. Springing to open it, Sheila confronted the waiter, a carefully laid table swung from
stared his shoulder... She
in amazement, then understood.
Put it down there." Sheila' said, smiling.
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Taking a coin from her purse, she gave it to the man, scribbling her name at the foot of the bill he proffered. · ·Tea and toast with a little silver pitcher of hot milk, If she ate alowly, drank the tea in, sipa, it would help the time to pass. Why, oh why, didn't Jerry's call come?
heard from him because he would UNIVERSITY LECTURE. not know how to reach her.
The company reached the middle west, circled and headed toward New York again. Then the bookings were cut short "and presently they were back there.
On the first day in Manhattan Sheila met Jappy tripping along 46th street. Jappy said that Tom my Sloan was holding a try-out at the Haleron Club. Did Sheila want to come along?
"I'm resting," Sheila smiled. "Going to look around soon, though."
"I didn't think you'd be inter- jested in this job," Jappy admitted. "Just wanted to do Tommy a good turn."
"Then take the job yourself." Jappy laughed a little bitterly at this. "Sure. If I get the
Twelve-thirty arrived and then one o'clock. The telephone main-chance!" tained its sullen silence. Sheil
They walked along together remembered then that Jerry had said he might not call her. He past the tiny shops, the laundries, said that he would be sure tonight clubs, silent and gloomy at intermingled with garish doors of come Wednesday whether he talk-
mid-day. ed to her again or not. That was
"How was the boy friend of last it. He was coming anyhow. More than likely he had been delayed, year?" asked. Japre idly. "The thought that a message would dis-one who gave you such a rush in turb her, and decided not to call. Spencer?"
She snapped out the light and nestled beneath the soft down' quilt. If she were to drop off to sleep would she hear the tele- phone ring? Better not chance it. Sheila turned on the light,. arose and moved about the room. Finally she sat down at the little desk.
*She would write letters. But to whom? Not to Jappy because she had sent her a note on Sun- day. Not to Myrt. There was nothing she could say to Myrt in such a mood. Besides Myrt owed her two letters. She must write to someone, though. Must keep herself busy,
Suddenly Sheila drew a sheet of paper toward her. "Dear Dick," she began, "How is the second act coming?"
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"You mean Jerry Wyman?"
"That's the one. You know I thought he was really serious, For a while I thought you were serious about him, too."
Jappy's level eyes were on her friend. Sheila carefully shifted her gaze and looked across the street.
"Jerry was a nice boy," she an- swered finally.
TO "MEDICAL SOCIETY BY
VISITING GERMAN
The third general meeting of the Hongkong University Medical Society was held yesterday, when Professor P. Muhlens, specialist. on tropical medicine from Ger many, delieved A
paper on Spirochaetosis," "illustrated by a cinematograph... film. /Mr. « Limi Among the audience which num Gim-kheang, Chairman, presided. bered well over 100 were, Prof. W. 1. Gerrard (President); Dr. B. Hahn, German Consul, Prof. Davis and Drs. G. H. Thomas; D. K. Samy, F. Y. Khod; T. K. Lien. K. D. Ling; F. S. Fernando, and J. Guzdar."
Prof. Mühlens was in Hong- kong in 1900 with the German Navy. This is his second visit to the colony and he brings greetings from
the Tropical School of Medicine of Germany. He hoped. that much mutual help might be: derived in future through the co- the University. operation of the Institution and
Prof. Muhlens headed the Ger- man Medical Mission to Russia in 1920 during the famine and as a res sult of his vast experience, he is now a recognised authority on typhus, relapsing fever and his favourite subject, Spirochetes.
The lecture was followed by a film on Spirochetes which was of the utmost interest to the students.
At the conclusion of the lecture, Professor Gerrard thanked the speaker for the trouble taken in delivering his subject.
"We are most lucky," said Prof. They walked on.. Presently Jappy's hand closed over the etherMuhlens, who is on a holiday and Gerrard, "in being able to get Prof. girl's. Their eyes did not meet but their steps timed together per. fectly.
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"Let's go inside here, Shella.” Jappy indicated a coffee shop just ahead. "I've got something to tell you, honey, before someone else docs."
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She drew the other girl after her into a tiny shop and ordered coffee for two.
Jerry Wyman did not telephone nod did he appear at the theatre the following evening. Sheila "Listen, Sheila," Jappy began tried desperately to conceal the slowly. "You've got to know this. hurt in her heart. She reproach-Jerry Wyman is married and has ed herself for her foolishness, worked harder, made every effort to forget.
The tour continued with good weeke and bad. The weeks stretched into months and still Sheila did not hear from Jerry." There was no way she could have
been for three months. That girl you saw him with last summer- the one he said was his sister- well, she's Mrs, Wyman now. I thought I'd better tell you, but-- oh, please, Sheila-don't look like that 17:
(To be continued)
baving arrived in the Colony this who is leaving Hongkong to-night, morning" He hoped he would find time when hre came back to deliver another paper to the society.
Many questions were put to the speaker and all were answered to the complete satisfaction of the audience.
The meeting then adjourned with a hearty vote of thanks to Prof. Muhlena.
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