THE HONGKONG
LOVE or MONEY?
BY H. W. CORLEY
เม 1
TELEGRAPH
FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1933.
her.
straight man of the world with As he spoke he turned to young graying hair. It came from a Barry's portrails, regarded them a utudio
which catered exclusively minute and turned back to to men and which, selecting its Her face, which had grown pale at subjects with an eye to the pure, his entrance, flushed again. Then made of its clients what Mona the colour receded. called inspired rapluins of industry Mr. Townsend Indicated a chair. and very charming, handsome per-"Sit down," he said, "I want to
talk to you."
Mona moved in front of Mr.
With a hardly perceptible shake Townsend's pleture, the shaft of light falling across her head, and of her head, Monn remained stand- Ing. At length she spoke. "I-I "I am married to him for is thought we were going out to
lunch," she said. “I am rondy."
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Mona lushed. "Knew-what?” she aslezd. Then swiftly, leat he tell her, she tried to Inugh. "Knew that I would be prompt?"
"A remarkable virtue in woman, Mona. Rat I need not tell you that I consider you remark- able. Otherwise I would not have done myself the honour of asking you to be my wife,"
The mummer passed and in its pected him, didn't you? You've which lights played in myslic fash-stood motionless before it. wake came a cool, clear autumn., had a opera engagement for on. There were cushioned neats Mona visited the Adirondacks with don't know how long! He before the windows and the walls months longer," she mused "Well.. "Qulte, should any. You are Mr. Faxon, spent a careful three thought you might like to have were lined with impressive looking i wonder if he antisfied with prompt. And I find you here, re- weeks in selecting elothes, opened lunch with him. Shall I say you'll books.
what's he's done?" the town house once more, went by waiting at one?"
assure arding the family portraits rather There
"Perfectly, my dear, I fireplace, ensy
soberly. Tell me," the girl raised back to her studies.
"Certainly," Moun replied auto-chairs, and a desk with a polished you." Allco, hor alter, came back matically.
surface on which an unused ́ink- The voice was cool and crisp beher eyes to his and found them kindly, "de think I knew when
you swiftly from Atlantic City whither abej
The girl tossed off her, riding stand waited. The room self had hind her. Mona turned
1 bail Garretson arrange this mat had gone with Sonny, at Mona's coat and, sitting down, began to an unused appearance. Indeed, Mrs, and beheld her husband. It ter between 1187" instigation. Kitty was settled fumble with her boots, "Are we Faxon had told Monn that its chief the first time she had seen him in the town house which she had un- nicely in school, growing taller lunching here?" she asked com- function and bean to serve as and important with the new for- posedly.
setting for the children's Christmas consciously looked upon as her own tunes of the family.
"I think he intends taking you small parties given a they grew
trees during the holidays or for retreat: Dad war
Mr. Townsend, faultlessly dress home in his easy chair by the out somewhere. Mr. Townsend
old.
ed in striped trousers and frock, window after a month in the coun- bas been out very little. They
He ald try at a cousin's boarding house.
feel it would do him good to see Mr. Townsend rarely used it
Mrs. Faxon had explained that coat, was smiling at her.
hia hint and gloves upon the desk Six months gone, six to come. people and get about us he used reading; preferring his own book and set his stick upon a chair. Mona could go to Reno in May.to do"
lined sitting room upstairs.
He smiled at Mona rather boyish Were courts open in the nummer? "Of course," Mona agreed. Vaguely Mona recalled a reference
The green lights from the win- she thought, but for a moment she was startled. She had uttereil dows stained her suit as Mona
"You mean," asked Mona in dis- to court opening after the long va- It was 10 o'clock then and the moved forward to look at some
her thoughts aloud!
may, "you mean-" She found it ention. It had been in a motion French instructor who arrived at photographs hanging on the fur-
"Perfectly satisfied," Mr. Town-difficult to finish. picture but the lawyers had worn 10:30 kept Mona busy for an hour, ther wall. Strange she had not send repented. "And I believe that "I mean, my child, that I had no wigs. It must have been as Eng. After that her hair was waved by noticed these before. They could you are, too, Six months--as no idea, not the slightest, at the time lish picture. Maybe things were arts, and her nails were manicured) aiant of eye, the wave in the smooth phased. It's just half the time un-love with my nephew!"
Celeste, the mald, adept in such be no one save Barry! That light doubt you
were thinking-have of our marriage that you were in perfectly.
blond hair, gaining sophistication til you shall be free again." Mona chose a ten suit and sablene he grew older. Here was little
ife moved toward her, regarding plained that he would expect to far with a snug, nondescript little Barry, rolling about a far rug. her stellly. "It hasn't been such dino with Mona ocensionally, drivat of brown to go with it. She kicking bare heels and, probably, frightful bondage, has it?" ing in with his car or, when he rarely wore the emerald ring but erowing as he clasped his fat little
different over hero.
Mr. Townsend was feeling bot-
these days. Mr. ter
Faxon ex-
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for
left Twilands as he frequently did, hand.
today she slipped it on her left hands together and regarded them
поде.
taking up an abode in the suito net
delightedly. Barry in rompers The car had been ordered for riding on his tricycle. Oh, how aside for him the 63rd street one and, without waiting to be long ago it must have been! Still
called. she tripped down the stairs not awfully long, either. "Living here," asked Mons, pal-into the bright little foyer of the was only-why she and Barry were Barry ing. She laid down her riding house and back to the library. erop. It was early morning and
young! Of all the rooms in the house- she had just come in from a ennter except of course, her own-Monų: Mr. Townsend, her husband, was in the park.
liked the library best. It was at not young, A little farther along "Yes, dear. Why not?" Mra, the rear of the first floor, walled the wall hung another framed Faxon Went on gently, “You ex|with stained glass window, through picture, a portrait of a slender,
In love with his nephow! There it was in plain words. In love with Barry. Slie had hardly dared ex- (Continued on Page 10.)
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