THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1933.
DARLING FOOL
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY
around the restaurant door, The,fortably, MONNIE O'DARE, whose family has seen heat of a June afternoon shim-
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at Bandra Lawrence's home, suspects her of: '"'wamping" JIMMY, the chauffeur,
CHA, TER XI
by MABEL MCELLIOTT
club? Thero's
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Bill looked at her piquant pro- the Lawrencts' chauffeur. Jim Ale. "You're cute, do you know it?", Howlitt-guess you know him. ho demanded. "You're a lot better She goes to the movies a lot and tempored than most of these girls trica a Garbo on Jim. Jim docan't in that country club gang, even know sho'a on earth, hardly. Now though they "He pretended to sho's got some nutty Idon, that cough. Angia laughed.
the girl friend is trying to vamp. "Finish it, big boy. Say they Jim and she's all hot and both "What's the matter? Don't think I'm dirt and something to jered about it." -
"You mean Sandra?" · Bill asked better days, works in Vernon's frur store mered all about. Heat brooded you like it here?" Anglo ifted wipe their feet on. It's no news and helps to support the family, she over the street outside where ono an eyebrow in his direction. "It's to me."
Incredulously. In love with DAN CARDIGAN,
"I didn't mean that," Bill said)
Angle nodded. parent, RANDILA LAWRENCE, or two shabby cars were parked. nice and cool. Best place I've "Wealthy
"Might not be far off," aho pretending to be Monnie's friend.
"Let's got out of this dump," been to-day." win him from bar, CHARLES EUSTACE,
Bill was plainly out of sorts, awkwardly.
enid. "Jimmy's pretty swell look- handsome newcomer, la friendly to Mennie Bill muttered. "Let's get going."
He grunted, "Can't hang around Angie's laugh hadn't a trace of Ing in that trick suit with the Angle stared at him, affronted here staring like kids outside a malico in it. "know all about brass buttons. Anyhow but she thinks he is interested in KAY, 'her younger akter. DILI, plonnie's alder bro
Hotty ther, plans to marry ANGIE GILLEN "You were the one who wanted a candy shop. People'll think we're them," she said. "When they come thinks he is and that makes it so. soon as her divorce is final. HETTY, an of bite to eat," she reminded him. crazy."
into the shop they don't know I'm She's a one-idea girl. If Miss "I didn't pick the place."
"Guess you don't like any of there. It's all right with me. I'm Lawrence is smart, she'll lay off. "I know. I know." Gruffly your friends to see you with me, not sensitive. I wrap
up their Hetty might go funny on them BIf demanded his check from the that's what the girl said with chocolate nougat and give them the and it wouldn't be so good."
She Interrupted herself to say Angio Gillen, yellow-haired, limp waitress. His strong jaw out rancour, starting the engine. Ico Just like they do me. Specially
Bill's laugh sounded faintly that Lawrence girl. She sure swiftly, "Look, Bill, you batter petite and windblown, put her coked sut as he paid it. The set
friends! At thinks she's the cats!" hand on Bill O'Dare's shoulder. of his shoulders was-sullen. An- disagreeable. "My
"Why don't you like her?" Bill Stan's coming over to-night to talk let me drop you by the station. "Bo
begged. gie, rouging her pouting mouth, the country nice, Blil," sho
'preténded not to see.
laugh!"
Inquired idly.
about things. Maybe we'll get "Don't be that way!"'-
They got into the rattletrap Angle said, "My Aunt Mollie Anglo considered this, "I don't something settled." He frowned at her. A Lull
"You've known that all after- young man with the dark eyes of car she had driven into Belvedere told me the other day your father know exactly, she said slowly.
month ran with all the big bugs when he "Guesa maybe it's because she's noon and you only just sprang it the O'Dares, the crest of dark the day of Bill's arrest n
ridiculously was young. Said by rights your just fake. What I mean, she on me now," Bill accused, black Bronzed hair, he was good to look. Angie put one
small foot on the starter. There family belonged with that crowd batters everybody up and makes a thunder cloud. As Angle upon. He had discarded the blue
the money. the person she's with think he's slowed the car he jumped out and Jeans of his daytime calling for was a clash of gears and the ab- but you don't have
surd vehicle chugged, away In a It's true, isn't it? Doesn't every-the cats, too. Then she gets her stood beside her, very tall und a neat dark gray suit. His white cloud of dust.
body think your sister's going to claws going and oh, kitty, kitty, grim and angry, above her white shirt and polka-dotted tie were "We should've taken a lunch marry Dan Cardigan? And can she scratch!"
berat and flying yellow curls, correct even if he had not been and gone in swimming." Angle aren't the Cardigans just like Jolinį "She's been friends with Mon-
"Sure I did but you had such able to eradicate the traces of regretted. tooling her chariot D. Rockefeller, pretty near?"
nie for some time. Monnio likes a grouch I didn't dare," she in- grime from his fingernalis.
along the rond by the river. "We "Everybody round here's crazy," her-I guess," Bill said.
[formed him with insouciance, "You said," Bill reminded An- were saps not _to_think of it." | Bill barked. "Just because Monnie
"She must have a reason then." She was pretty in a candy-box gic, "It was all off between you
and Dan went to high school to Angie decided. "Friend of mine way, this girl with the starry and Stan. That he was going to' They passed the country club gether "He left the sentence hang: works at their house. Maybe I oyes and preposterously plucked
when he where two or three, men in white ing. sce about the divorce
mentioned her~"!
eyebrows. She had a gamin, elfin linen with
hindside- cups worn went up to Cleveland."
"Guess they're pretty crazy about
Bill winced. Ho was no knob appeal in spite of the cheap gal Angle made her reedy little foremost played golf. Beyond lay each other, just the same," Angle but it was a little galling occaety of her outfit. voice Round plaintive, "I know the pool, red and blue capa bob said coolly,
slonally to realize that the girl All right," Bill growled. "If I did," she taped. "1 meant bing on the surface. A tall girl in "This burg makes me nick," he loved and whom he Intended that's the way you feel about it, too. But Stan bnent got the a pale green suit did a swan dive. Bill O'Dare told her, lighting a to marry consorted with the serv- Nobody's going to twotime me and money. It costs money to get a Angie stopped the car. "Swell," cigarette. "You can't take a deeplants of the people he'd once known get away with it." divorce."
she observed. "Wish I could do breath without having it in the as equals.
He lifted his hnt. Without Bill scowled, pushing the white that!" She peered across through town paper. Monnie's got lots of
another word he strode away in china saltcollar back and forth the heat haze, "That's the Law-friends. Dan Cardigan's only one
Angie caught the expression in the direction of the station. The across the shiny white table-top.rence girl," she observed with of them."
the tail of her eye and realized afternoon train was just pulling instantly what it mennt.
In. As Angie watched he jumped "You don't like that," she said casually aboard. shrewdly. "You don't like huv- She sat there, a small, ingenu- ing me know Hetty Link who's ous locking creature in summer the Lawrence girl's maid."
white, staring after him. Angie "It's nothing to me," Bill RR-swallowed hard. Once. Twicz. sured her crossly. "It's none of "Oh, BIH," she wailed under my doggone business."
her breath. "Why did you do "Well, she's a funny kid," An-that?" gle pursed. "She's got a case on
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over
Angle lifted a thick white cup relish, "Bet she brought that "Sure, I know. Give me one," and drank her coffee, without in-suit from Paris. She sure has Angie demanded, reaching terest. It was hot. It was very jawell clothes." Angie sounded and taking the cigarette from his hot. Flies buzzed annoyingly lenvicus. Bill wriggled uncom-lax fingers, "Stingy!"
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