THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
10, 1934.
Forgotten Sweetheart 4, MARY RAYMOND
DECIN HERE TO-DAY
BOB WESTON, son of a millionaire, comes to Memphis, where his father is building =
at Joan.
"You must have dinner with us new textile plank liob trao to find lovely some night. Could you come to
morrow?
giri ho saw on the trates and inter heard wing at a Junior League benefit. The gi JOAN WARING, member of an aristocratia background, Joen'e mother long for her
daugavers to have the social position rightfully
theirs.
Joan has left college before, wraduation nasist the family in a financial emergency FAT, ber 18-year-old later, has a job as type. Pat loves plaware and prrily elibes and hopes to escape drudevry-through a rich
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sarriage. Pat movis JERRY FORRESTER, son of her employer.
.Olber members of the Waring family to Fat As accept Jerry's attentions indication of serious lotarest. Joan, who be
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CHAPTER VI
"Tll be delighted, Mra, Waring," Joan caught her breath. Mother coming out of her timid shell, in- viting a stranger to dinner! Was the world coming to an end?
The sun, pouring through the window panes, roused Joan next morning. She leaped out of bed and closed the windows, shutting out the fresh, cold February air. She was suddenly nervous. Boven-thirty and a million things to do. Pat had finished breakfast and was on her way down town. Joan slipped hurriedly into her clothes.
There
the tall crystal glasses to be washed and the best table napkitis and damask cloth to be pressed. Bill must go for Stella who worked by the day and was always pressed into service on spe- "I'll get some flowers down "We really town," Joan planned. can't afford them but I do want the table to look pretty."
Bob did not klas' Joan. He only said in a volce, stirred by emo tion, "You'ro sweet, Joan!"
Then he started the car rather abruptly and Joan relaxed against the seat, feeling shaken and happy. She was amazed at her mixed emocial occasions, tions. She had wanted him to kiss her and yet she was glad, terribly glad, that he hada't. If he had, she would have thought of Pat and Jerry. She was sorry for Pat- sorry for all girls who knew men like Jerry when there were men like Bob in the world,
"A penny for your thoughts,
Joan."
"Not worth a penny." Her valce was not quite steady, but the, tone seemed to satisfy him.
Bob answered quietly, "I'd risk a lot more to find out."
Something hung between them, some golden, glamorous cloud, en- veloping them even through light and casual conversation.
Back at Joan's home her mother met them in the hall. Joan Intro- duced Bob and he grasped the hand Mrs. Waring extended,
"It must be lonely for you, being a stranger here," she said.
"I'm feeling more at home ah the time," he answered with a smlle
Mother was rather helpless In the kitchen when it came to spe cial events. Joan counted off the tasks that must be attended to. "Roast to watch, cake to make, vegetables washed, mayonnaise She enumerated them on slender Angers.
cakes filled-tha nir.
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Put had come in for lunch. A little Inter Mrs. Waring came "You look worried," she said.
Everything's gone wrong," tressed look on her face. She was Jean told her. "Pat, before you go to the kitchen door with a dis- holding out the snowy linen cloth back down town could you run the that was her pride. A large hole-car to the garage and have some two large holes!showed gns put in? I have a million
things to do this afternoon." no,
"Moths," she said tragically.
"Lots of trouble for a sales. "Well, darn it," said Jonn, ad-
salesmani. It's "He's not Д ding quickly, "No darling, I'm not man-" Pat began. using bad words. Can't you darn something to do with a mill," Joan
and vaguely. them?"
plainly.
"It would take too long," said "And amended her mother. cloth!"
Pat chatted amiably, Joan scarce.
FOREIGN SHIPPING
SUBSIDIES.
18 CUNARD GRANT A FORERUNNER?
London, Feb. 9. Does the subsidy granted to the Cunard-White Star Line for the completion of the super Liner No. 534, mean that Great Britain has finally, taken up the gauntlet flung down by foreign shipping interests and la ready to meet subaldy with subsidy? That is the most pertinent question being asked In London shipping circles to- day.
"Well, I don't know why things must be so fine for this mill man." "Never mind," said Joan, taking Pat began, She went to the gar the cloth and spreading it outage, brought the old car out, racing "I'll wash and press a little linen the engine.
This large hole is "I believe I'll go with you," Joan centrepiece. just about In the middle where the called. "Maybe the ride will make Bowers will be and we can put a me feel better."
It was announced in the House small celery tray over the other. We'll have two trays and we won't ly listening. She was thinking of Commons to-day that a formal move the one over the hole. We'll thle would be a good time to atop agreement had been reached bo- at Tony's and get lettuce and tween the Cunard and White Star "Well, manage."
all right," anid her celery.
Lines with the Treasury, merging that swanky Barbara the North Atlantic interests of mother. Are you sure he's the "I BAW
i. Courtney downtown with the best the two companies. kind that won't mind?"
looking man," Pat was saying.
"Who's sho?" Joan asked ab- sently.
"Of course!" said Joan. "He wouldn't notice anything like a table cloth"
The second mishap occurred a few minutes later. There was a crash, a terrible crash that sont Joan and her mother flying to the kitchen, Stella stood surveying
mass of shining glass.
"Stella" gasped. Joan. "All the best glasses," mourned "Honcat, Miss Joan, 1 Stella. don't know how I did it! I guess I was so worried and nervous about Jim."
Pat chuckled. "I wish she could have heard that! Imagine not She's the best dressed girl around knowing who Barbara Courtney is these parts. Goes everywhere and always has string of men along. Snooty. That's why I hate her. Girls like that burn me up!
"To-day she was walking on air, "Two hours conching Paul and Mario Wilson. And if I have a
this good looking man was carry- minute I'll run over on Union for
coming out of the Book Shelf, and a shampoo. Perhaps I'll be really
"Never mind," said Mrs. Waring ing some books. They got in his extravagant and have a manicure."
Joan smile. "I can't place her," She tiptoed by Benny's door, sud.kindly. Wash, the old glasses in roadster and drove away." denly contrite. Here she was, ex- hot, soapy water and rinse them.
the name Courtney." elted and happy when Benny was Give them a good shine, too. Ac-sho said, "but I seem to remember; so ill. Was she really light and cldents will happen." frivolous after all?
Joan fled to the living room. The morning did not go smooth-Why did Stella's husband have to ly. To begin with, Stella sent be sick to-day of all days? Why word her husband was sick. She did moths have to attack the beat finally arrived and presently the table cloth, when there were plenty fragrant aroma of one of the good of old ones?
TO-MORROW
AT THE
KING'S
IT'S A BOY
Lestie
WITH
HENSON
Albert
BURDON
EDWARD EVERETT HORTON
WENDY BARRIE
LAUGHTER, LOTS OF LAUGHTER AT THE WAY.
A GAINSBOROUGH-BRITISH PICTURE.
"They haven't any money," "Put
The agreement was reached with a view to facilitating the construe- tion of the giant no Cunarder. No. 634.
Legislation will shortly be sub- to the agreement, which provides mitted to Parliament giving effect for the formation of a Merger Company called Star Ltd.
Cunard-White
The Treasury undertakes to ad- vance a sum not exceeding 23,000,- No. 534. The Treasury will also 000 to finance the completion of be empowered to advance an addi- tional £5,000,000 for the construé- tion of a second giant ship.
Profit Pius Prestige.
Profit as well as prestige, it is pointed out, depends on supremacy and speed,
said, but they think they're the
Glowing anticipatory reports of last word. Some wealthy relatives educated Barbara in an exclusive and then sent her back, hoping will be 1,018 feet long and will school up north, took her abroad the new glant are published. She ahe'd marry a rich man. My, the have, a tonnnge of 78,000. Her airs that girl has! She can look engines will be powerful enough right through unyone like us!" to drive her across the Atlantic at
But Joan had lost interest. 30 knots, "Drop me at Tony's," she was saying. And pick me up on your way back.
Tong
She will have accommodation for 4,000 passengers and a crew of 1,500;
She shopped capably.
In every respect; she will be delved deep into the lettuce heads, like a floating city. Special fen- piled on the rack. He selected one, tures include a church, a cinema, shook a grizzled head and chose an- streets, shops and every possible other,"
form of exercise. "This bettah!" he said." "Nice Number 594 is expected to be avacado from Florida," he tempted. launched in November, whereupon Joan recklessly purchased two. her sister will be immediately faldi Pat was back, honking the horn down. Impatiently, and Joan, package- laden, hurried outside.
"You act like we're millionaires," Pat said: "Heavens, you must have fallen hard!"
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REMEDIOS TRIAL SET FOR FEBRUARY. 19
In spite of all these glowing reports, criticism is by no means! absent. While it is recognised that two such ships are indispen- weekly Pat was first dressed that eve-sable in maintaining a
Macho, Feb. 9. ning.
service, many declare that the day
The judge of the Macao Court, these monsters, She wore a brown crepe, cut of
dependent Dr. Raposo e Vasconcellos, has gracefully. It was an inexpensive mainly on luxury traffic, is past, notified the public that the hearing. frock but becoming. Jonn thought and that the ship of the future is of the case in which-Patricio-dos- she had never seen Pat looking the so-called cabin-class ship. Remedios is necused of murdering sweeter and nodded approval.
The subsidy, granted to the a Chinese girl in what has been "Will I do?" Pat asked, pirouet Cunard-White Star Company is not called the Shanghai Trunk. Murder Monday, ting.
without precedent, for it is re-ense, will take place on You look lovely. Now run called that the Government ad February 19, along and see if everything's run-vanced £2,000,000 for the Lusitania ning smoothly in the kitchen. I'll and Mauretania. be down in five minutes."
la considered in some quarters lawyer of Macao. Our Own Cor-
Remedios will be defended by Mr. F. X., A, da Silva, well-known
But Stella had no use for Pat that the Government has been un-respondent.
in the kitchen. She went back up-duly lavish in assisting the trans- stairs to speak to Bill, grumbling Atlantic passenger trade while
£3,000,000.
We Will Fight.
as he struggled with his tle. tramp shipping, in a dire, plight House of Commons on December "What do we have company for to-has unsuccessfully appealed for 18: night when I-"
Pat fled. She was halfway down the stairs when the doorbell rang. Pat hurried forward, opened the On the other hand, it is pointed door and then stood staring blank-out that the Government's action ly for a moment. The young man in subsidising the construction of before her was the one she had the new liner inevitably con- seen a few hours before with Bar-stitutes a precedent for further bara Courtney.
assistance to shipping, fulfilling Mr. Runciman's. declaration in the
(To bo Continued.)
"We must convince the ag- gressive countries now fighting us with finance, ships and men, that we can and will hit hard, We are on Island people, de. pendent fn nence and in war on the Sea. We have no intention of allowing our existence to be Imperilled.Our Own Correa- pendent.
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