THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1934.
Married Flirts
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY GYPBY MORELL and TOM
anke bar to luncheon to meet Glypay, but
Week Jaler Lis and Derek return from
W'essers to dinner,
CHAPTER VIII
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by MABEL
McELLIOTT
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with a remark
About
was sweet, she was gay ̋and Inter-¡ angry, she was bewildered. Just looked on, wringing his hands and shar head instead of her heart. WEAVER cated, friendly.
before dawn came streaking Into begging, to be forgiven. Gypsy was almost speechless the gray canon of the street, sho On the subway she road hör ⚫ married the same day s LILA HOTAL
But apparently Tom was the sort ING and DEREK BLIBH Lila expect to
Entends to keep with fatigue when the taxi depos fell uneasily asleep. live to luxury but feltement house.
morning paper. It acomed to her of man women ran after. She thiero were more than the usual looked gloomily down a vista in her job, teaghing
The first night dypez and Tom spend in ited them at their own door, Tom
Breakfast was a dreary affair. | number of divorce stories, although which she rescued him from doz their New York are elephuses. Tom Still allent, be unlocked the door The Weavers were scrupulously goodness know there were always ens of affairs. "I can't stand it!"
apartment VERA GRAY helped her out, without a word.
let her into the polite to each other.
enough of them. She road thom he told herself, in despair, Uygar esn't leave her work. Later Vera and stood naido call and the two girls dulike each other. dark apartment. Gypsy switched "More toast, Tom?"
with newly sharpened interest. won't."
of riverside Drive was "No thanks." Business of con- Mr. B..
That evening, when Dinah had their honeymoon in Europe, Lila seks the on the hall light, yawned, dropped
Europe the tease her wrap into a chair. Thon who sulting his watch. Just a distant marrying his beautiful secretary as cleared away and was clattering wealthy MARKO BROUGHTON, who once hastily picked it up again. It was politeness.
soon as his Reno stay was over. happily In the kitchen, dropping Maked Grpay to marry him. He abwall very well for the idle daughters "We might," Gypsy reflected, Mra, W. of Yonkers was get-aluminium saucepans with vigour
attencions which she accepta with alot of Tom's interest in HILDA of the rich to behave so with their gloomily, "have been married for ting her decree and shortly there and alamming spoons down upon BLANCHARD,
party clothes. As for her, she centuries."
after marrying a Slavic nobleman, the metal topped table, the Weav must take excellent care of the foi He came back into the Hving it was, thought Gypsy, frightening ers "had it out." she owned, because it would be a room with his overcost on, his gray Didn't anybody stay married nown- It all begat, quietly. Gypay The evening, on the whole, was long time before she would be able soft hat in his hand, to say good days? She had never thought of started it
byo. Gypsy's lip trembled a little divorce, before this, in connection Marko. Tom said something cut- far from being success for to afford others.
This-this really was dreadfull with Tom and herself. But her ting, and she flung back at him, all Gypay. She tried flirting mildly
When she came out of the bath-Where was Tom? Where was her thoughts were morbid this morn-her good resolutions gone, with Marko, just to make Tom angry. But it was a thankless room, having scrubbed the heavy own boy? She couldn't find him, ing,
stranger. "Nonsense. Nothing has lap- "I noticed Hilda Blanchard hold business. She didn't really want acent of tobacco smoke from her in this stiff and formal she told Įpened," she told herself, robustly, on to you all evening," she said, to quarrel with Tom. The very hands and face, wrapped in her "It's Dinah's night on,"
"Why, we haven't even had a cross bitterly, thought of it turned her just woolly robe, Tom was already walt him. "Dinner at seven."
Boing. His own things were neatly "Right. At seven." And he was word. No, but she had discover- little sick. They had boon
"That's good." Tom's face was happy. What serpent had entered, folded and laid across a chair buck. gone.
She sat down and cried. Into their little Tom, sho reflected, was that rare so suddenly,
She Tom. Why, last night when Hilda everything that old chap sald. You Eden?
bird, a tidy husband. At least, couldn't holp it. Well, she had no Blanchard had been so possessive didn't pay any attention to me."
It was terrible. ..terrible, It was one o'clock. It was' two. from all she had heard, such crea- time for this. A business woman with him, she had wanted to claw
She gave him a wife didn't. She'd have to hurry, her eyes out-and Tom's too, for They quarrelled in low voices, so It was three. And the music went tures were rare,
the smoke gathered in brief Inquiring glanco and saw that Bath. Cold cream. Dash of lip-boing such a goose,
that they should not be heard above on and clouds and the glasses were filled he still wore
he'd stick, Heavens, she looked a wreck! Jealously, Gypsy decided, was a Dinah's clamour, but even in the and emptied, filled and emptied adopted when they had left the What cirdles she had under her dreadful thing. It was so unren-kitchen, she stopped slamming kot- soning, It was such a bitter, black tlen about and stood to listen, again. Her head began to ache others. Was Tom going to sulk? eyes! and her spirits flagged. Looking Oh, she hoped not. Gypsy, herself, Well, there was no help for it. emotion. It was like a disease, hands akimbo, shaking her woolly from one face to another, she won could never harbour a grievance. Maybe the circles made her look She had had a taste of it, before, head in sadness. dered idly how they stood it, night She had been taught never to let pale and, interesting. She hoped when Tom had taken Vern Gray "Such nice young folks, too," after night. Why, she was only the sun go down upon her anger. so. She lost herself, as she rushed to lunch. She had told herself, Dinah mourned.
As she brushed hor hair, she into her dark blue knitted dress, when that incident had blown over, "I didn't want to go, anyway, 22, strong, almost without nerves, and yet she tired of it quickly. could hear Tom's vigorous splash-in a dream of Intenso dramatic in-that nothing like this would ever Tom stormed. "You made me. Marko, who made the social roundsing. She let her glance rove terest. In the dream, she wasted happen to her again. She would was 'your idea. We don't_belong so briskly, was 60, and his skin around the little room and what she away to nothing and her husband be calm, judicial, she would use (Continued on Page 10.) was stretched tight around his saw she inevitably contrasted with
the frown
eyes, he seemed untiring. Ho Lin's exotic boudoir. Involuntari- must have unexpected stores ofly a sigh escaped her.
strength to draw upon. Marko, "Don't you feel well?" Tom was reflected Gypsy, was rather wonder-beside her.
full
"Just tired."
At three-ten (and how Gypay He threw back the covers on his blessed her for it!) young Mrs. own bed. "Good night," he said, Wiltford said they must
go-very formally. He kissed her coolly there was Romething about early start on the morrow. were going south Springs. The party began to dis integrate.
an on the check. Gypsy wanted to cry' They out, to say something angry and Het hurtful about Hilda Blanchard and the way he had devoted himself to her all evening. But she was ne Gypsy's own farewells to her tually too weary to quarrel, al- hostess were the hellowest of po-though quarrel might have lite lles. She hadn't enjoyed her- cleared the air. She answered him self at all. She was tired to death, in her turn coldly. Tom waited she was almost with annoyance nt Tom and Jeniousy of Hilda Blanchard, sho Whe th little ashamed of herself for her mild flirtation with Marko.
And yet she said all the correct things. Lila must, come to lunch with her downtown soon. Oh, sho meant that, all right. Lila
until she had got between her own neat sheels and green blankets. Then he turned out the light, fung the window wide, and got into bed.
Long after he was asleep. Gypsy lay awake. She had to get up at half past seven, she know that, But just the same, she tossed and turned. She was tense, she was
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