THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
LOVE or MONEY?
BY H. W CORLEY
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY MONA MORAN, werptionist in wall Street law offre, kore with her childhood
weatheart, BTEVE BACCARELLI, polar supper report, the Halcyon Club. Mana supperts her thralld father, mother, little Fister, KITTY, and ne'er-do-well Uuther, RUD. Steve has been mysteriously absent for three year. He has returned, well
do! I'll use my pull at the office | drowsily. to get the day off her for you!"
"Gee, Min, it's been great to ace
"Sh" Mona whispered. They you." had not told Stove that they had mot at Garretson's.
that
She aroused herself long enough to answer this. "I observe That's right," muttered Barry.
"Because I talked a lot to Lot- and primperols. With no thought of 10 and Monn both smiled. This you seem to think so."
1908 the second secret they had tie? Hy could anyone escape? shared, For both of them knew Oh, Mona-that isn't like you." that, of-the-two, Mona's influence She patted his hand as it lay on BARRY TOWNSEND, rich and socially proat Garretson's office was greater the wheel and his fingers caught minent, but refused his Invitation to dine with him.
propriely, he has ordered a gown and w sens to Mose which, after much indecisor,
she wears.
At the office that day Mona ha mel
Hul Moran come to the Halcyon Club to see BUCK HARINE, the proprietor, who has underworld connexions. Mon seen
brother and feste o melting with gangsters, Birre trim to qulet her fenen.
• LUTTIE CARR, fashion model, diemminare her eventi and Soins Mons and Blove. Then Stave's business partner arrives. He proves to be Harry Townsend Barry tells los how Bleve, year before, lint befriended him. how together they sailed for Bouth America and have been operating a diamosad that Townoend inherited.
CHAPTER XI
mine
than the young man's.
her own.
In the front seat of the car, her? "You see," Stove explained noive- golden hend frankly on Stove'sly, "I wanted old Towny to have shoulder, Lottle opened her eyes to the best." announce that old Pilgrim himself couldn't get her to appear on duty at his shop before-3 p.m."
"And maybe I won't be there then!" she added. "They'll think I'm at the fashion show and the fashion show will think I'm at the shop. All's well for Little Lottle!" "Of course they wouldn't think For the rest of the evening Mona of telephoning." suggested Steve, a good-natured was all galety. She bad deter-giving her head mined to put her worries aside and push. "They couldn't check up on not apoll Steve's party. During you, I suppose?"
"I'll take that chance," Lottic dance with him she allpped away to telephone her home. Bud an-answered. swered and his voice was casual. satisfying.
Yes, he'd been working. Suro, he was in now for the night. What? Oh, enting
it sondwich. Yeah. Be home # little Inter, would she? Well, that was okay.
He't leave a light,
Mona turned away from the tele- phone relieved. Bud was home and apparently staying there. His voice had seemed as innocent as Kitty's. might have.
The four young people daneed at
Mona noted, not without a pang, that Steve and Lottle had renched n state of complete camaraderie.
"You're good, Lottie," she mur mured.
"Good?" echoed the other girl, settling her wrap about her. I've got to be good! There hasn't been a figure like mine at Pilgrim's since Mona left us."
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MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1933.
fenny part. He's offering it on the open market and we've got to
get it
Chils stood up, stretching his huge length with a spread-cagle motion that filled the room.
"How we going to get it? How we going to get rid of it, if we lay our hands on it? Ever think of that?"
Buck Harkins swung his chair around and eyed Chilo. "Say, for half a million I could get rid of the City Hall, wrapped up in tissue paper with a red ribbon en it."
Chila returned his glance specula- tively. "I believe you," he decided quietly. "Well, guess I'll be moving on." He reached the door.
"Chile!" "Yeah?"
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ate accounting. He glanced about to add, "Sooner or later Stove will nhow the diamond to this girl of his. Women love diamonds. Savvy?"
"I Bavvy,"
"Fine. Keep the Kid occupied with any phoney job you can think of and pay him 50 emackors a week. Toss in a present of some clothes. Supply him with theatre tickets and Introduce him to some good-look- ing damies, Sooner or later he's going to tell us where the little old Empress hides out. Sco?"
"Well," Chile emiled broadly, "now that you mention it, Buck 1 do see. A 50-50 aplit, Buck eh?"
"Fifty-fifty, Chile!" Buck nodded. "Like always,"
Outside the door Chilo lighted a "Saccarelli's crazy about the Kid's cigarette meditatively. "Like al- sister,"
ways Yeah!"
"Young Moran *** "Young Moran. I seen them dancing. He's almost in love with accuse him of her. I wouldn't The car glided carefully out of being entirely in love with anyone the way of a taxicab, appearing though-except the Empress of suddenly from nowhere, and turned Peral" into East 67th street. It settled quietly, a door or so away from the entrance to the Moran apartment. a gun!" Steve hvilked with Mona entrance. She stood for a moment and looked at him gravely.
Chile stared. "Emprens? Going in for high life is he? The son of to the Buck waved a hand explanator- ily. "That's the name he grave the diamond, Chile. Empress of Peru. Peru ain't had no Empress, CG? Well the trade ain't never had no diamond like this one. That's how
"Don't worry about Bud," Steve whispered. "I'll take a hand in that. Forgot it!"
Chllo nodded. "I see." "Well!" Buck turned briskly to his desk once more for a last min-
He tipped her face gently up-I figure it." ward, hia. gloved fingers beneath the quaintly pointed chin. "Remember how I used to call you 'little pointy face'?"
Mona remembered.
"Bye. See you some more. I'll call you this afternoon at the office. Maybe you'll let me drive you home or something.
"Maybe."
Steve returned to the car, paused a moment lighting a cigarette and "And there won't be until she slipped beneath the wheel. Mona, goes back!" Steve agreed firmly. watching, knew that he would wait Mona's heart leaped. Instantly until she had had time to climb the Club Morgan, exelinnging part-she was nahamed of begrudging the three fights so that the creak. ders with gay, flattering banter Lottie a conquest. Certainly Lot-ing of her door and the starting of the motor car would not be simul- that made each girl feel certain tie was generous enough.
They dropped Lottle in front of taneous. that secretly each man would have
She tried not to worry about Bud preferred her to the other. Then her apartment house in the 60's they drove swiftly through the park amid effusive Interchange of ban-as she saw, gratefully, that he was In Steve's car to the latest and ter, telephone numbers and good- asleep in his room. She reflected that Steve's Interest in the matter smartest chib in Harlem and dunced nights, .again.
"More He home, eh?" Barry laughed over his shoulder at Steve, 15** gorgeous cafe au lait dancer in pink, lith, arresting figure, swung by,
Back at the Halcyon Club, Buck Harkina was finishing a long talk with Chile.
Barry left them at the Park ave-would help her a lot.
饅 揚 nue address. He was spending the night at the apartment to which both young men referred as "Steve's place." Mona was sitting beside Steve now.
Her own address was "Yeah. Succarelli offered a dia- They ate again offer, golden hardly 10 blocks towny and he drove mond for sale. Diamond of the frat water, Chile. Blue as steel. brown, with toist and scrambled slowly. eggs. Suddenly Darry looked up o "Steve. I'm sending these things Bigger than the Regent of Portu- gal. Bigger than the Star of the excluim, "This is too late for you!" back to-morrow."
"We'll talk that over later. South., Two hundred twenty car- He was gazing at Mona for Lottle. apparently, did not strike him as a honey, What you need now is ants. Chile! What a stone!"
Where'd he got it?" martyr to the nine o'clock appear-few hours of sleep." ance at work. "Tell you what I'll. "Well, Inter then," she answered |
"Care by it honesty-that's the
(To Be Continued).
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