THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.“ FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1933.
DARLING FOOL
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY
by MABEL MCELLIOTT
finshed in her brain. A scrap of, frock with the brown straw hat. gossip which had drifted to her No one, would have guessed that cars in the
atorn. Two old she carried with her n burden of women, their heads together, mut-worry too great for her 20 years. tering.
"I wish," she cried to horsolf that 'Rissy Briggs, She's passionately, hurrying down Donny a trial to her parents and no two street, "I wish Father were here
Featherweight
She wasn't old enough or w SOFT FELT
gan was taught a son. Time night. He included me, too, but Iways about it. Gallivantin' around. at the MONNIE OʻUARE' who works in a drug ho knew that he could not have told him I'd rather not come. You with travelin' men down
enough to settle all these prob- Ators In Belvedere, small town, help to Monica O'Daro's company for the young people can have a better time hotel. support her MOTHER, her younger alater, KAY, and her brother, MARK the ues to mero snapping of his fingers-- by yourselves. He said he was She allowed nothing of the sud-flems. Bill, who might have helpsd,
was immorsed in his own affaire, { the ad of her older brother,'1115, wrongful. "Oh. I ace." Dan sounded asking some others. I don't know den consternation she felt to show That, too, Monnie had to keep from In her face. Those terrible, old her mother's ears. Bill, 25, the By arrested in a garage holdup, and OHARLES EUSTACK, handsome newcomer is town, be flat, crestfallen. Monnio exulted who-"
That was foolish of you. He anyhow! It didn't mean a thing. love with a married woman whose tabbica talked about everybody, head of the family really, was in comes her friend. DAN CARDIGAN, who in her triumph. But after she says he is in love with Honnie, neist had hung up the receiver, after asked you Весливо ho wanted rich girl who has pretended to be her friend, who had gone quietly back to fin- you," Monnie told her. Some-the fact that they gossipod about husband Was about to get a is trying to get Dan away from her. Honnefsh her luncheon she felt a little how this message took the sting red-haired and had a cuddly, kiss-
Clarisan who was roly-poly und divorce-
and Monnie bellaves BANDRA LAWRENCE, a
learns Bill plane to marry ANGIR GILLEN,
a cheap. Kood-natured part of girl, soon reaction.
20 Monnis at the store but she is cool 20 hím, Kay la discontented in Belvedere and Monnie worries about her.
CHAPTER VIII
she now
resent-
so bored
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Resolutely she put this thought frem her.
It was later, the same day that
and
shearest white, with an ingonue hat trimmed with field flowera. Mounie was hot and tired-it was at 6 o'clock-her frock which had seemed so cool and immaculato a few hours earlier was now wilted, Sandra's tone was light and con- fidential. Demanding a huge fur (Continued on Page 10.)
out of Dan's left-handed Invita-able face. Only Monnie did wish sa Angle peta her divorce. Dan stopa to to "What did he want?" Mrs:tion. Charles Eustace, who WES
O'Dare............_askud nervously. Her cultivated and rich and handsome, she knew more about Kay's ne policy in all her children's af- didn't mind letting the whole tivities-outside-the-home-Kny fairs was one of "hands off" world know he was friendly with was mysterious about her affairs, whenever possible. But she could the O'Dares, even if they were pullen when questioned. It was Sandra ran in to see her, San Monnio made herself proud not help noticing the change that poor and lived in a shabby little impossible for Monnie, working dra, very crisp and fresh and cool, answering him. "Yes? had come over Monale since Dan house on the wrong side of town as she did during the day, tired fragrant in embroidered batiste of
Cardigan's return. With who sold.
"He's nice," Mrs. O'Dare said. at night, to keep track of her.
"Let me alone, won't you Dan's voice over the wire, sound- ment and angor foreign to her "Kay will be wild with joy when Kay would say, rather sullenly, ed hurried, vaguely embarrassed, quiet nature
regarded I tell her. Poor child, she hasn't when questioned. "You never Monnie, listen. I was in such a the Cardigans. Wesn't Monnie, had much fun lately! And I keep want me to have any fun. Might rush to-day. I wanted to talk to who was lovely and gracious: on-worrying lest she got
as well be buried alive-" you but you know how Mother is.ough to catch the attention of a with dullness that she'll join that
Monnie kissed her mother and prince, quite good enough for young wild crowd fa town. Mrs. Mor hurried out. She locked fresh She won't wait-"
He paused, evidently waiting for Dan Cardigan? Mrs. O'Daro had riam was telling me they had to and charming in her thin yellow encouragement. Monnie felt a new lived in Belvedere all her life. She give the Young People's, Society scorn which somehow buoyed her knew, with bitterness and a little down at the Fourth street church up and she did not help him out. sardonic amusement, the rigid rules a good talking to. Some of the After a few seconds he went on that govern small town society boys brought liquor to the last -eagerly. "How about tonight? She knew Monnie "didn't belong" meeting. The janitor found the We could drive out fore place, now that she worked in, Mr. Ver-bottles next morning when he was It's hotter than the ninges out non's drug store. The Cardigans sweeping up." liero at the club but it will cool would look higher than the little "Imagine not being able to be off by 7. We could take a pic cottage on Denny street, when they suro of those infants at a church nic basket, go out on the River put the accolade of their approval meeting!" cried Meanie, atruck. Road"
on a bride for Dan.
"But Kay didn't go fast time. Every pulse in the girl's slim "Just asking me to drive out She said she was tired of all that young body
was hammering, with him tonight for a picnic sup-crowd. They were too slow. Every nerve urged her to accept per," Monnio returned in an in- the invitation. But pride held different tone. "I told him I was hor back. Coolly she said, "I'm busy." sorry but I have another engage=" ment."
"Monnie, I forgot to tell you," It cost her a great deal to say her mother cried with animation. that. It was not true. She had "Mr. Eustace stopped in this morn- nothing on earth to do that eve-ing to ask if you and Kny would ning but it was time Dan Cardi-have dinner with him to-morrow
"That." contributed Mrs. O'Dare, "was the night she spent with. Clarisan Briggs. Her father and mother went to High Springs, Remember?"
Monnie was putting on her hat before the mirror, only half at- tending to the conversation. But at Clarissa's name something
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