THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26,
LOVE or MONEY?
DEGİN HERE TODAY
BY H. W CORLEY
Muns Moran, receptionist is a Wall Street bur office, goes with her childhood sweetheart, STEVE BACCARELLI, to a popular supper re
1. The Halcyon Club Miana supperin her invaild father, mother, li:lla slater, KITTY, and ne'er-do-well brother, BUD, Bleve has been mysteriously absent for three years. ile haw
and that things were coming along | Lottie sald dreamily. as well as they could be expected.
By the time the two girls had Steve rote, carelessly thrust arrived Barry's good nature was aside a tapestry, twirled the knob of a safe and drew out a thin restored.
The apartment, charming and string of glittering stones which turned, well dressed and prosperous, with attractive, met with even Lottle's ho held for a moment against his no thought of impropriety, he has ordered enther tart approval, "Motion palmi.
picture stuff!" was Steve's dis-
KW! And Wrap sent to Blong which, After muck Indecklon, she wents.
1933.
hard years of labour Stove had Barry had not guessed Stavo'a hid- been spurred on by the thought of jinb place,
the gift that some day he could "Yes, I bent the tray no Mor- Jay at Mona's feet. He had called gan couldn't take it out very easily her Min then and what a picture and would be sure to use the lower of the girl he had painted!
one when he needed ice cubes. Barry found himself wishing | Thỏ Empress is as secure there ag Monn could have accepted the jew-it would be locked in a safe!"
ala while at the enmo time ho "Oh, Stove-you didn't! Worth understood it was Impossible.
a fortune and you left it waiting "Show us The Empress, Stove," to slide into somebody's ginger Mona anid to hide her confusion.ale?" Steve'n face lighted. He raised his eyes and for a moment looked thoughtful.
"Let's aco It, Stovol "Wait," Stove safit mysteriously. "I'd love to neo a fortune rolled He rose, twirled the dial of the up in one stone the size of a pea-radio and strains of dance music floated into the softly lighted nut." Lottie sighed.
room.
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It was a chain of diamonds. Steve said nothing and Barry He and Lottle whirled Into a At the affoe that day Man Fin **missal of the surroundings, The The girls' gasped in stelight. put in briskly, "There aren't MARRY TOWNAEND ṛlebs, and socially pro-
ine living room might almost have Stevo fitted the chain about many like this enol Stavo keeps dance while Mona and Barry sat
minent, hut refused his invitation to with him,
Blud Moran comes to the Halcyon Cheb been planned for a skating rink. ard BUCK HARKING. the proprietar, who has underworld, connexiuni. Mone her
brother and fears be clat with scaruntern. Hlove quit her fears.
There was a fireplace, huge com fortable chairs, low tables, ash
floor
covered trays, The TATTIC CANUL fashion model, diemises her with expensive rugs and In every escort and Joins Mans and Stove. Then
were attractive Steve's traziness partner arrives, le vest corner there 1 Harry Townsend, Terry tells Mana how lamps, graceful bronzos, books. together they salled for Houth America and Lottie picked up the lovely man have been operating a diamond mine that darin's cost from the grand piano, enfolding her sinuous body fu ita
antin richly embroidered parnded the floor,
Htuve years before und befriended him, how
Townsend inherited.
After Mona and her friends leave the supper club Harkine talls his fleutenant that Siero has a huge dianud, known as "The Empress of Pers" which the gangsters plan
to rierl,
Stund, Lottle, Steve and Harry go about wr mil at Hayn's apartment Harkins el Bud to go there and say bluns mother
together frequently. One evening when they
and
FOBC too, it right here In this apartment" Watching. The dance ended and [ow hands of Monn's neck and she
"Risky, lon't it?" Mona asked the four had a cupping her hands in front of her
bridge. The game was going as though she expected the
pre-quietly.
What isn't morrily when the telephone rang. "Risky Sure. cious string to break.
nowadays? It aceme."Steve answered to return with a Before the mirror she twisted rieky
He looked at Mona sympatheti- and turned, murmuring excitedly. Steve's volce became suddenly serious face.
This is the nearest I've ever been bitter, "that It's even risky to
offer a gift to an old friend, if it cally, "It's for you," he said seri- "Bud's downstairs and to a diamond necklace!"
"Old Stere collected those for hadn't been for you, Mons, those ously.
told her. diamonds would never have been wants you to come home. He has you, Moua," Barry "Every week or so he'd add an mined. I wouldn't have finished ja cab waiting. Said he'd rather Mona's face had drained of Mona noted with pride that inother. Used to carry them around the job without you to think Barry and I didn't come along."
in a little chamois bag and every about." such surroundings Sieve was perso often he'd count them.”
"Save the necklace for a wedd-colour as she arose.
" go with you," Lottle unid. fectly at home. The young men
Mona looked at Steve who stonding present!" Barry suggested
disappearing into the region displayed various treasures which near her, silent. The necklace, hastily.
where they had left their coats. they had brought from South catching the lights, shone no more
"Maybe she'll wear it then."
She was back with Moua's wraps Amerlen while Morgan laid the brightly than Mona's eyes.
"Vill you, Mona?"- itable before the fre.
voice before the other girl had gathered On the
Something in Steve's they're Steve nodded. "Yen. velvet divan, Mons smiled and
frightened the girl. "Yes," she herself together sufficiently to yours, Mona." It was, as Steve put it, "a man's meditated while Lottle conversed.
She flushed, started to speak answered. "I will. If only you speak. sized supper." Steve had cum-Steve and Barry latened, now and and her eyes met Lottie's. Then don't stipulate whom I shall marry pleted" deal,"
Monu laughed suddenly, he explained then Interpolating
"Why, when the time comes." rather vaguely, and was in the amused augther. height of good spirits. Barry had just roturned from Twilands, the family estate, where he had at tempted without much success to persuade his uncle to aid in finnne ing the dredging machinery for the mine.
1. klase plans to get the diamond that
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIII
bursts
Of
"'ll leave that to you." Steve said gravely,
"But about the Empress," Barry reminded. "Even I don't know where he keeps that.”
"Don't worry," Barry begged as he helped Mons into her cont.
Bnd appeared then at the door how silly for me to think-even
for the apartment. "It's nothing for a moment that I could take
really," he said. "In just felt them?" She unfastened the catch and let the necklace dribble into
bad and wanted you home. I'll ket a doctor if you say so. 1 don't It's anything serious, her hand, holding it out to Steve.
"The "They're perfectly beautiful.
Empress? Oh,
yea. think
you though." Thank you, Steve, for thinking of Steve straightened. "Tell
The three stood waiting for the me but of course you know what I did with it. Remember, I
know a thing or two about crooks. elerntor.
"Mona," Steve said, "I'm sorry jean't."
Luttle looked on in bewilder- There was a man ja the old gang
Presently the table was whisked away and coffee served in front of the dancing flames. Barry and Steve lighted Turkish cigarettes brought from the American Virgin Islands. They spoke again of the Empress of Peru-tant mammoth "Maybe we won't need your an-diamond found by Steve in the clo's help," Sleve announced. mine. "To-morrow we may be all set. "It's one of the largest ever!ment.
A diamond necklaco and named Bridgie Hayden. Ha was Bad thinks we shouldn't go with
(Continued on Page 10.) Who can tell?"
found in South America," Barry Mont was passing it up like that!n 'dip'-used to steal jewels right!
"It's This possibility did not seem to explained.
Steve's, of "Call it a birthday present." from the necks of women' who came into the supper club. Time please Barry. "But what am I de-course, though he always speaks Steve entrented. ing?" he complained. "Not of it as 'ours. He picked it up "It's past my birthday." after time police would be called in thing!"
just as you might plek up a golf How could Mona refuse Steve but no one could ever find the ball. It's, worth n fortune. I'm anything when he smiled that way,diamonds on Bridgle. He'd sit there drinking ginger ale nad may- still only a working man but your Lottie wondered. friend here has made his pile." "Past your birthday? Be smart he eating a sandwich bofore a The table "Our pile," Steve said shortly, then and have another!" But he bowl of cracked ice. It was pinin to be seen he was not took the necklace, slowly returned would be cleared right under the enjoying this turn of the con-to the safe, and tossed the glitter- eyes of the police and there were versation.
ing handful into its allotted space.the jewels, hidden in the bowl of Then he closed the door and camelee!"
Plaintly he was disgusted until Steve pointed out that after all Barry had provided the business
"Yours," returned Barry evenly. It developed that the stone had been picked up on land deeded to Stevo by Rarry during their first year at the mine In lieu of cash payment of salary. That made the Empress Steve's,
"It must he wonderful to dig diamonds right out of the ground,'
back to the embarrassed group. "Is the Empress to be found "You're a fool, Mona!" Lottio among the sardines and mara-
schinos?" Lollie asked, observed, shortly,
"You're a darling Monn." Barry Steve smiled and shook his head. said quietly. But he too knew Not exactly. I put it in the top thal Steve had been inexpressibly fice tray of the refrigerator."
"The refrigeratar!" hurt by the refusal to necept his gift. Throughout
tease. Barry gasped in
three
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