THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1934,
Forgotten Sweetheart ↳ MARY RAYMOND
WEGIN DERE TO-DAY
BOU WESTON, son of a millionaire, hau -fallen in love with JOAN WARINO, Divity
Memphis girl Hob bad come to empol in connection with a textile plant under coac struction for his father's company.
DARBARA COURTNEY, « society miri, in scheming to wig kim away from Joan.
taken a beating.
On the way upstairs to get her purso she passed the table where Jim was playing with Enid, Charlie and Carol.
"How'd you
come out?" Jim asked.
"We lost," said Joan. "You'll always lose to Barbarn," mecape the drudgery that has been her Jim said dryly. "She knows her
Kame."
PAT, Jon's Founger mister la infatuated with JERRY FÓNNESTE33, son of here em- ployer, MILS. WARNU, hopeful that her Two daughter will matry wall an
lot, bends overy effort in give her daughters advantages.
2000 Invited to a house party, through
Det bare realis Joan will
be ill at oker among so many virangers will therefore appear at a disadvantage befure
Bob. Joan, effeaded by Bob's neglects plays Jato. Darbara's bands by driving to becue sopper, with 412 WARFIELD. BAT bera draws Joan inte bridge ame after discovering that she is a novice, on,
he
Bob's partner, shows up badiy among the naperienced plajero, "
NOW CO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIII
Joan was determined not to show hor embarrassment, trying to think sensibly, conscious of her
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Yes, Joan admitted to herself. She would always lose to Barbara. "Bridge is a fool pratime, but
Season."
by
"Why," Jonn thought, with aby Barbara, Joan and Jim are flash of intuition. "She's afraid over there." or mel"
Barbara was wearing a black frock with a cape of gold sequins. sine was a picture of sophistication with her hignly coloured' Anger nails and smoon, perfectly waved hair. No detail of her toiled had boon overlooked.
"We are like two fighters gird Ing for battlo,' Joan thought. There was a touch of high comedy about it all. She studied her re-
Bob heard Charlie saying to Sally, "Our little friond hasn't learned how to hold her Ilquor."
"I just happened to think of it."others," said Barbara.
she thought. But the thought did not bring happiness.
her heart. Only that tight feeling again about
"I'm toasting the best looking girl at the table," Jim whispered A coloured orchestra In the al- to Joan. "Will you drink it with cove under the stairs began playing. me?".
Joan, swept from the arme of one Joan was about to say, "I don't mun to another, felt as if she wore drink," but stopped. Across the in a different world. Fred was cut- table Barbara had touched Bob'sting in frequently. Charlie was glass with her own, saying, "Hero's bringing up now men and Introduc- to a good girl but not too good, ing them. Jim seemed always just for the good die young and I do at her elbow. She felt gayer than hate a dead one."
sho had over been in her life, yet I'll teach you more about it if you'd flection for a moment, then un-you resurrect that ancient toast?"ness about her heart, a puin some
"Barbara, my child, where did paradoxically, there was a tight- care to learn," Jim sald. "I'm cut clasped the antique necklace that
where. ting out of the game after this had been her grandmother's, lifted Fred gibed. "That was my grand. "All I needed was to be like the rubor. If you like I'll give you at from her slender throat and laid mother's favourite."
It naide. Joan accepted. She was grate- "An, Barbara that dress is gor ful to him. She felt easy and nageous!" cried Sally from the door- new path. "If I had, been more Joan's thoughts were travelling tural with Jim.
"Jim's going to give Joan les- "Barbara's out for. more schips,ake them he would have liked me sons," Barbara sald.
As if the blond scalp she's flaunt better," she told herself.
She lifted her glass; smiling at "Jim knows lots of games," Freding shouldn't be enough for any agreed. "Wine, women and song.' girl!" said Carol. "Shades of
"I thought you were a young fellow."
Queen of Sheba!"
The girl has glamour," said said, "What made you change
your mind?" Sally.
He added, when she did "Jean, you're lovely," Carol said. "I like your pale look. It's mys-answer. "It's sensible to let the stuff alone." As Joan put down terloun and alluring."
He would cut in the next time Bob was in the hall when the the goblet her feeling of depression four girls descended. The sight of lifted. Later she was even more she danced past and he would tell
light-hearted, laughing a Joan stirred him. There was some-
arent her exactly what he thought of her strange behaviour. Then 'a voice thing forlorn about her, despite the Kalisht set to her head and shoul-
spoke behlud him. dera. He thought she looked benu- tiful and a trifle sad.
way.
im
~strained voice and stiff smile. The line was written about that Litolen of Troy, Cleopatra and the woman with ideas about life," he had never scen Joan looking love.
Queer how anything so unimpor- tant as a bridge game could seem
"Better warn your friend, Bob," so terribly important, though it said Barbara. "She seems to be might affect the rest of one's life.alling 10r Jim's line."
She wished she had refused to Bob aald nothing. He was thor- play. She would never have al-oughly annoyed. He had been so lowed herself to be drawn into a proud to bring Joan here but some- tennia game, knowing ale was a thing had certainly gone wrong. poor player, or gone to a dance if | Joan didn't seem to be the same she danced badly.
girl he had known in Memphis at Barbara was playing an
un-all. usually good game. She seemed to make impossible contracts by some Upstairs they were dressing for psychic bid or lucky play. Twice dinner. Joan, looking through her Bob praised her with a brief. menger wardrobe, inspected Pat's "Good work, Barbara!"
red chiffon, loaned for the house The accond rubber ended. Bar-party. She had brought, also, the barn suggested another rubber, white dress she had worn the night she sang at the Junior League
since she and Fred were winners.
"I'm afraid we're not lucky to day. Bob said. "How much do we owe you ?"
"It's a 30 rubber. That's $1,50 each. We'll have to take you and Joan on again.”
Joan was thinking passionately; "Never, again with me!" She felt sick, bruiser, as though she had
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benefit. Joan finally decided on the white. It was simpler but;
smarter than the chliTon.
She slipped into the dress, dusted clear skin with powder and added more rouge than usual to her lips. In the mirror she saw Barban watching her. Their eyes met and held.
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"Hello," he said to Joan." "Hello." Her voice was not quite steady, husky,
"Will you go in to dinner with
me?" What he wanted to say was, "What's happened, Joan? You've
had me on pins and needles,"
"Why, of course," Joan told him.
The table was centred by a sil-} ver basket of roses and jonquils. Dainty place cards markedl the places of the guests.
"Sally-you and Fred there,” Carol was saying. "Bob, you here
deal.
not
that caused Bob to frown down at It was this young, clear laughter his plate. People were smiling at this too-gay Joan. What was the, matter with her? tention so boldly!
Bob, standing with the stag line against the wall, was trying to keep his eyes away from the slon- der figure in white, the long skirt swirling about as she danced. He ler, more vivid, more shining. It was as though all the light. In the room was concentrated on the slim form.
seems to be waking up. Guess it "The little girl from Memphis
takes old Jim." Bob did not hear Attracting the rest of the sentence. He had walked away from the group, Joan floated by and he met her eyes. nodding coldly.
Dinner was over and Joan rose from the table. slightly and stooped to untangle a She stumbled fold of her dress from the chair. Jim put a steadying hand on her
arm.
Barbara. She welcomed him with He had the next dance with a radiaht smile, pressed his hand, (Continued on Page 5.)
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