THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1934.
Forgotten Sweetheart ↳ MARY RAYMOND
by
CHAPTER XXVI
Joan told Barney, "Wo can't make any plans now,: We must set Pat woll and strong, frat."
"We'll have Pat filt as a fiddle in no time." Barney assured hor, "And then you're going to marry me."
beaten and sworn at If you misj spell words and put common in the wrong pinces?"
Pat's eyes met his. A flush mantled her face. "Burney, you aren't by any chance offering, me a job, are you?"
Kald
"Take it or leave it." Barney
roughly. "I'm rude and rough.) This fob won't be an easy one."
"I'll adore you rude and rough," said Pat. "And I don't care how mard the work la. Oh, what a break 1”,
As soon as Pat was well enough she was moved to a light, airy hospital room that was always filled with Barney's flowers, Lofs and Jace sont flowers too. Joan's rose were there also, but Barney's "Call it a break If you like," thagnificent big basket wan the Barnoy xaid, smiling at her en- one Pat's eyes were always seek-thusiasm. "Miss Rodgers liked it Ing. The big basket was followed no little that she's leaving to be by others with cards hearing im married."" pudent messages in Barney's bold handwriting"furry up and get well, infant. I believe you're fak. Ing." or "Great Scott, how long do I have to keep this up?"
"I'll never do that," Pat wald. "You've hired a secretary for life. Barney."
lessly. There was something dis- turbing about Barney's igazol
"Go on.
drew his hand 'away abruptly, no ; big-"her voice trailed off help abruptly that the vase: tilted and only Pnt's quickness saved it from turning over. She wiped the drops of water from her hand,
answer
"Clumsy!" she said. "Can't you, even put roses in a vase? My, you'll make n hoipless husband.”
Barney did not
He stalked back to his desk, took his seat and apparently becams au sorbed in the business of reading his mall arranged in the neat stack In front of hun,
"Baby, Fat Anished tameiv. "Yes, I know, Crying for the moon," sald Barney, and then finding I don't" He didn't finish. he was appalled as he realized that he had been about to say "don't want it.”-
out some place and beat him round- ly. Because Vance was so dumb, always getting in his way when there win, the whole of New York to roam fa, and daring to think a girl like. Pat would be interested in him.
appar.
But Put, suddenly, was ently very much interested, in Vance Nicholas. For a few days A queer silence hung between Barney seemed to be, always at them. Pat began to typë furiously, Joan'a elbow, He told himself that the metallic click-click sounding, he had been neglecting her. Joan The glass-topped desk was shinirange in the heavy stillness, and been leaving him too much to ing. The brass ash trays, were After a moment Barney got his his own devices and that was a kept free of aales, rubbed to an int and doparted.
mistake because men got into extra brightness. Pat's desk was lie spoke curtly to Vance Nich-trouble when women grow careless, equally nout. The light with the ulna, a very rich, dúll young man He called Joan one afternoon, green shade, which she used when who frequented the Jigsaw Spoke suggesting a drive.
voice Barney! Joan's she worked late, was at one aid curtly for no reason other tharsh, A notebook lay open on the other, that Vance had been hanging sounded troubled. "I'm terribly "Three more weeks then," Bar- an army of sharpened · ponellà inround the office lately with a sorry if you've planned something. ney said. "That's when Miss Rog-rely.
jupiration for Pat thinly dis-I've promised to go for those, fit- Pat sparkled and glowed over era is leaving. Be a good girl and "So you think I'll make a bumaised:
lings? She mentioned the namo When Barney heard from Joan of a theatrical costume designer. ench message, putting the cards get strong and well by that time, husband," said Barney after a ma away carefully in her handbag. Pat grew strong and well, hap-ment.
that night that Pat had a date "I was supposed to go yesterday Pat whirled around in her chuir with Vance he found his slight and I couldn't, so I've simply got When she was stronger she was piness, good food. rest and fresh moved to a sun porch for a while air working a complete cure. She to find Barucy staring at her.contempt for the young man sud- to go to-day! I'm awfully sorry onch day. From her vantage was thriving in her new environ-"Well, for goodness ankes!" shedenly repincud by netive dislike. Barney-
"Don't worry about it," he said. place near the door she would watch nient. She had gained back the excinimed, "I didn't dream yoHe had a feeling that he'd enjoy
great nothing better than to take Vance (Continued on Page 10.): eagerly for the tall figure that lost pounds. Her eyes were like were so sensitive. presently would come striding blue stars again and her valce and
a llit.
down the corridor. It came to Put. "The kid's a glutton for work." as a shock one day to realize it was Barney for whom she watched Barney told Joan one day. "Eats and not Joan.
it up. And she's efficient, too."
"I know." smiled Joan. "She was always like that."
For a moment she felt a queer| sease of disloyalty but brushed the thought away impatiently. Absurd. Joan was an angel. Pat told hersef she coudn't do without Joan's visita. But Barney WAR fun.
Then there were short
drives with Joan and Barney. And ono day she was moved into the Park avenue apartment with Joan. •
Three more weeks passed and then Pat began to fret against the enforced idleness. A faint colour was beginning to show in her checks. The checks were round ing out, and strength was gomilue aa 'at's appetite improved.
"When 1 feel a little stronger I'll have to get something to do," Pat said. "I can't bear this sit- ting around doing nothing all day."
It was Barney who eant to the rescue. "So you want to go to work, do you!" he said. "Want to be acerotary to a rising young business man? Want to be brow
"Just a little steam engine," said liked to see Pal's enthusiasm over Barney, smiling indulgently. Hei things that had become common- place to him. It was pleasant to watch Pat,
Pnt thought the Jigsaw was the Bust wonderful place in New York and Barney the most important radiated pride and satisfaction in man in the whole metropolis. She her work
"Little Idiot," said Barney one day when he came in with the daily roses which Pat insisted were quite as necessary for the offer as the night club. "Who ever heard of
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I stay in the office," said [Put.
"And
1 liku roses." "If the rosen pro for van Pak. that's different,” Barnoy sald slow- ly. After that he woud nesp Ber arrange thom. Sometimes his clumsy brown fingers would touchi her slim, white ones.
Once when this happened he
Just EL
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