THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1934.
Forgotten Sweetheart ↳ MARY RAYMOND
CHAPTER XXV
ing had increased and Pat got in tension was lifted. "You must get estate of Mr. Robert Weston, Sr. bed, piling all the covers she could some sleep now," the nurse toid
horself. How could she let herself Pat's Illness cilmaxed
The newspaper : abook weeks of hunting for a job with winter coat.
two find over borself, and adding her Joan. "Your sister is better. She's Joan a tremoung nande. Pain stab-
under care after`all this, tima?
And then Barney's voice, a little going to get well." out encouragement. As the days
bing her. The old pain Barbara unsteady with emotion and very passed, the loneliness had begun been stupid to go out. And there to throw herself across the bedpanning perhaps to be marrienneant to rush you. But I cant She was having a chill. It had Joan went across the narrow hall and Bob were engaged, of course, tender. "Joan, dear, I haven't to oppress her, and her appetite was no medicine. Perhaps she and weep her heart out, thankfully, soon. failed. Often she had been too would feel better after a while. But vigilance was not relaxed.
bear seeing you troubled like this. tired to prepare food and her
Barney came back and Joan i love you, Won't you let me take evening moal would be only a canerhaps the rain would stop and Joan stayed on at the dingy room- ! managed somehow to answer his care of you'
she could go to the arug nture. Ing house and Barney spent much gay banter, Shadows were falling
Pat and `always 7" He had stopped the car. Sudden- woon ane began to feel hot, terribly hot and dizzy. Oh, if only Jon of my time there, ready to rush on the car swung around the curvy Joan was crying in the comfort-
off in his car if there were errands. ing drive. wore here! What was the name of
ing circle of Barney's arm15. On the fourth day Pat's blue Where was her pride, Joan asked
of soup.
At the end of each day she wan just a little more discouraged than bofore. "Return the urat or next month. Things might open up by then." Other executives were lona encouraging, Summer, they said, was a poor time to be job hunting, Everything was alack. And on and on.
I'll get a job If there's one to be had in New York!". Pat had thought. Her fighting spirit was aroused. She had heard of girls, whipped into accepting defeat, but they had not the same incentivo she had.
the hotel where Joan was stopping?eyes, deep now in a white face Oh, yes, cho remembered the which seemed much too small for Breckenridge. When she felt bet-them, opened wide. "Lo, Joan." ter, she would call Mrs. Baker and "Darling, darling! You'ro bet ask har to telephone Joan.
ter. You are going to get well and strong_now." Joan, was holding Pat close.
Barney and Joan entered the bare little room where Pat had been waging her game fight. Now Joan was on her knees, her lips against Pat's cheek, her tears on Pat's white face.
The doctor, a worried nervous little man, came forward. "She She couldn't go back to Memphis doesn't know any one," he eald, where everybody stared and whis"She's been delirious for hours." pered "that's the girl who was with
"You're the slater?". Mrs. Baker
Jerry Forrester when he was killed. asked. When Joan nodded, the They'd been at a road house”
Pat's curved lips set in a straight woman continued "We tried to get you at the hotel. They said ling
at the thought, and she drove
you had gone." herself a little harder. She was
Joan felt she was being punished thinner and she had developed for her carelessness In not leaving cold. She had intended to stop at a forwarding address punished the drug store on the corner and, more than she could bear. get something for it, but always)
Barney loft the room to find a she neemed too tired, or too en- telephone. He called a hospital. grossed in her thoughts when sho"It's pneumonia. I want the best passed.
doctor you can get!! ho stated briefly.
One morning she awakened to the sound of rain. That meant los- ing another day. It might mean a job lost. And it meant, too, a whole day to be spent alone,
Then another call, relief in his tone. "As fast as you can get hero, doctor. And bring your best
nurse,"
"Siek long?"
"It has soomed a long time, dearest."
"The big, strong man?" "Just Barney, Fat."
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A faint smile on Pat's "Nice?" "Wonderful!"
THE
DISARMAMENT PROBLEM
SIR JOHN SIMON SILENT
London, March
(To Be Continued.)
SOUTH WALES
BORDERERS ·
G.O.C.'S ANNUAL INSPECTION
The annual inspection of the Questioned in the Commons on 1st Bn. South Wales Borderers by faco, the present position of the dis- H.E. the G.O.C. Major General armament problem, the Foreign' O.C. Borrett, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Secretary, Sir John Simon, said took place on Murray Parade Mr. Anthony Eden's visits to ground this morning. Paris, Berlin and Rome were of There were over 600 men drawn' Importance, but the Government up for. raview in marching order were not yet in full possession of under Col. G. T. Rakes, D.3.0. the views of all the Powers con- The G.O.C. was accompanted on to make any atatement on the Rowan Hamilton. D.S.O., M.C., Col. corned, and he would prefer not his inspection by Brigadier G. B. subject until the information was F.P. Nosworthy, M.C., and Lieut. complete-British Wirclenn.
F. R.. L. Mears, A.D.C.
"Sho's always over-rating," said Pat, a ghost of her old, teasing emile playing over her face.
"She's well," Barney said, laugh- Ing. Joan. And Pat, wearily, obediently, "Don't talk now, darling," said like a child, turned her face against the pillow and slept.
The nurse camo in and Joan and Barney alipped quietly from the room.
"Get your hat," Barney said, "I'm going to take you for a little ride. You're worn out."
They drove by the Jigsaw be cause Barney wanted to leave some! Instructions for lils secrotary. He handed Jonn an afternoon news paper.
KIPLING RECITAL
SIR HY. POLLOCK
Officers in charge of companies were Capt. A. R. Smeatners MC. ("Coy.), Capt. V. J. F. ("A" Coy), Capt. P. Gottwaltz,
Popham ("D" Coy.), Llout. P. D. Yates (H. G. Wing).
TO SPEAK
To all those who are fond of poetry A day alone would be intolerable. By night Pat's room had taken
of Rudyard Kipling's poems will Kipling stands out in a class of his To-morrow at 8.30 p.m., a recital in this Modern Age, Rudyard What was a little rain? Pat told on a different aspect. A uniformed herself she could walk close to the nurse was moving capably about. "Back in a minute," he said.
be given in the Sailors and own as the Poot of the British Em- Ride of stores on her way to the One of New York's most famous
Soldiers' Home by the Hon. Sir niro, and it will come as a welcome subway. And on the way home shehysicians
Joan scanned the front pago Henry Pollock K.C. The Chair refresher to those of us who live Bat close by the bed, briefly, passing quickly over head-man will be Commodore Frank in this out-post of that Empire to would buy a bottle of cough medl-watching the still, hyhite face, plac- tines on other pages. When she Elliot, D.B.E., R.N. cino. There had been dull ache ing a practiced hand on the flutter- reached the society page her heart
be once again introduced to the In her
her chest for two daya now
púlso,
This recital should be of con-works of a man who has done so contracted suddenly. There was a siderable interest to the general much to remind us of the service She almost gave up the idea of Joan was sitting beside the two column picture of Barbara public as well as to Service men and sacrifice upon which that going out while she was eating her window, praying fervently. She Courtney. A. paragraph below breakfast. She felt chilled and had refused to leave Pat even for stated that the first of a series of and it is therefore hoped that Empire has been built.Contribut- tired. Ifer head was aching dread-n short time. And then toward affairs planned for the southern
there will be a large attendance. sd. fully. If there were no advertise morning a smile lightened the visitor would be a house party at menta that looked encoureeing grave face of the physician. The Watch Hill, the beautiful country maybe she would stay at home
after all.
She ran downstairs to the apart- ment occupied by Mrs. Baker, her fandlady, who saved the morning newspaper for her. Mrs. Baker had seemed grateful because Pat had paid an entire month's rent in advance.
Back in her room, Pat turned to the "Help Wanted-Female" col. Gmn.
The first advertisement caught her eye: "Wanted, young girl of neat appearance and pleas ing personality. Swift typist and accurate in shorthand. Good job for right party."
"Pat been considered good sternurapher and an accurate and rapid typist. "I can't infss that." she decided. "I'll get ready early.. The early bird lands the job."
But when Pat, in her damp coat and soaked kat, reached the ad- dress, she found the outside hall half-Alled with girls, though a sign had heon conspicuously posted on a cloned door, "Place has been Alled,"
A girl with dark, cynical eyes looked hard at Pat and enld In an audible voice to another girl, "The depression must be hard on a lot of office wives! Even the prettiest don't get jobs these days."
Pat left, feeling very alek and blue. She caught the surface car home. It was a long, tiring ride and she was shaking when she got off the car.
In her eagerness to reach her room she passed the drug store again without stopping. The shak-
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