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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1933.

DARLING FOOL

CHAPTER XXXIX.

MABEL NIKELLIOTT

"But what," demanded Charles his crackling shirt front and lounged Charles Eustace, tall, lean and to do with me?" He looked rather merriment.

with dome impatience, "has all this on the sidelines, watching the elegant in his dinner clothes, ostentatiously at the watch he had looking rather prettier than usual Geraldine Cardigan, lounged against the firoplaco in been fingering for a moment. Sandra Lawronco's home.

in a fresh blue gingham, whirled by "I thought I'd like you to know in the arms of one of the Payne "I asked you to come in," San- how matters stood," the girl. told boys and waved to him. dra said softly, "because there was him glibly. "I didn't want you to Dan dancing with Sandra and look- He BAW something special I wanted to talk bellove I'd done any poaching. cd away. There was no doubt about. Sit down."

Someone told me you'd sald-" about it, the girl was attractive In The young man shot her a ruplor “I never talk / about women,"

a felino sort of way, Dan, he glance out of keen dark eyes, then Eustace said, a note of harshness observed, was rather the worse for subsided into a deep red chair. coming into his voice, "I leave wear. Ho had been stopping at The girl, affecting a demurences that to their own sex. You must the punch bowl in the corner a bit and shyness foreign to her, stared excuse me now. I'm overdue at my too often and his step was slightly into the flames.

{uncle's.

unsteady. Sandra seemed to be in "You're going to the party to-| He was fuming as he took his her element. She didn't, Charles night, I suppose," Charles ventured hat and cont from the maid at the thought, drink at all but she was In the awkward silence.

front door. The girl was "Oh, yes.

a fool. gayer than those who did. Hor That was it," Sandra There were no two ways about it. trilling laughter sounded often. anid. To Charles' puzzled stare What did she expect to gain by Her fullskirted frock of yellow she continued, "Someone told me talking about Monnie to him? stuff, billowing about her, was the you were angry at me and I did Was she really, as Kay belloved, mercat burlesque of a milkmald's so want to got things straightened such an enemy to Monnie that she costume. A milkmaid from the out before we met when there were would deliberately try to under-Rue De La Paix.. people present. So awkward--" her mind her with Charles after hav- voice trailed off.

"Good lookin' girl!" Charles Ing stolen Dan from under her turned to find Lance Waterman, one Charles grinned. 'Angry at nose? Or was it a bit more com- of his you? But that's absurd. Why plex-was Sandra auch an egoist Charles grunted.

cousins, at his elbow. should I be

"I don't know!" Sandra gave Charles Eustace who knew her so it." Lance indicated Dan who was

that she wished everyone, even "Hear they're makin' him a fleeting glance from under casually to think well of her? weaving in and out in the in- long lashes. "It does sound silly, However it was, she was a nasty tricacies of the dance. doesn't it, when we know each other little cat and ho sincerely disliked really 80 little. Only well I her.

fancied perhaps someone had talk- He walked off into the autumn

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"I believe they are."

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"Her father's been helpin' olû

was

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ed about me prejudiced you against night, frowning. Why hadn't he man Cardigan ever since the mar me on account of your friendship told her exactly what he thought of ket took that dip," observed Lance for someone else."

her, he asked himself. She hated disappointedly and Charles This was arrant nonsense and Monnic-that much Charles sald so.

flected that it was a disadvantage Was plain.j His agreeable How had she dared to speak of her in many ways to live in a town volce seemed to soften the blow. In that tone to him? Charles where every one else knew your "What, precisely," amiably, "do you mean?"

he inquired acknowledged, with a pang, that business. He had heard the goa- Monica's absence cost him a great aip, too, and felt rather sorry for Sandra laid her cards on the deal. He was missing her more Dan, even though he disliked him. table. "You do like Monten O'Dare than ho would awfully, don't you?"

The fellow had charm of a sort. have belleved possible a year ago. She He stiffened. "Yes, I do. Doca sweet. That was it so everlast- Monale saw in him. Dan

He could quite, understand what Was 80 she come into this?"

Sandra shrugged, a gesture she She made all these other girls with handsome." Yes, there was some- ingly sweet and clean and desirable! what most girls called "frightfully had perfected. "A bit. You see, their poses and affectations and thing about him. But what a ahe used to want Danny and he's meannessca mine."

look drab and un-bounder-to pass up a chance at a "Oh, yes?" Charles seemed faint-

interesting.

girl ke Monnie because he wanted Monnie he amitted it to him-money. Or was he judging Dan ly bored but any close observer self at last had come to be the unfairly. You could never be sure. would have noted the sudden gloam core and centre of his life. in his eyes.

Ho Charles was bored, wanting to "He always has been, really," with another

loved her and she was in love go home, but too kind-hearted to sald Sandra, warming to her topic. nothing he could do about it. Un-Everything palled on hifin nowadays man. There was offend his hostess by so doing. year or two ago he and Monnio consciously he groaned to himself.especially these parties where had a bit of a flirtation. He didn't Nothing he could do, he repeated, there was a noley band and every- take it seriously but she did. Poor except to stand by and be her one shouting above girl, she hadn't much experience friend If she needed

it. Those with beaux' and Dan is such a lamb rather thought she would.

one. He picnics with Monnie and her family he didn't know she'd misunder-

last summer-he had enjoyed those. stand."

He had been really happy then. The party of which Sandra had Happier than he'd ever been before. spoken was a barn dance at the Charles stood up, not liking any summer-place of the Bliss's, some of this. "I'm not at all sure sha 15 miles out on the river road. noticed something was in the air. Ife could not have told when he did," he interrupted. "My impres- The great studio burn was heaped, something quite obviously apart ston always has been that the affair for the occasion, with sheaves and from the party itself. was about fifty-fifty."

decorated with pumpkins, corn- were whispers in little groups. There "Aren't you quaint?" trilled San- stalks, russet leaves and gourds. Something electric imparted itself dra. "It wasn't at all. I know Charles, bored with the iden them both so I have the straight of assembling a special costume for mildly puzzled and

of to the gathering. Charles was the affair, knotted a bandana over!

'amused, (Continued on Page 14.)

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