THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1934.
by MABEL
McELLIOTT
Married Flirts
DEGIN HERE 70-DAY
sharp relief Gypsy's own struggle of god, kindlier and better than his could do anything-could, In, the to receive her. The waiter sprang GEPHY MORELL and TOM WEAVER are with stewpans and laundry hamp-fellows.. married the pante day as LiLA HUTALINGjers and bathroom shelves," And DEREK ULIBY, Lilar expecte to live In
while Gyper intends to go on with
"Seen Marko?" Lila naked idly. wl, tenchlar in a settlement,
Afer returning from A honeymoon in Hipping her ten,
Bed Fur le Jem!szklan
ruughien offers her job on Saturdayı.
esteluing his rary eird Gypay cop
without telling Tom: Juni na shu Onjahrs the work she is taken ill was the tortela
compation with
coarse phrase of the hour.. "get to attention, pouring her a glass Palmaway with anything" because he of water.
"He was rich and powerful
Eyes one would be turned askance on less sucessful men, but Marko could do
"We saw a lot of him in Bench, Lilu snid languldly. had that woman there. But of us paid any attention to her.”
་་་liut woman?" Gypsy was so wrong, stung into attention,
"I'm so sorry." The mista had cleared away and she was seeing everything in its true light agait, "It's stupid of me. I felt giddy for a minute."
"Qulte all right." But there had
the Weavers to dinner.. Gypsy felt herself flushing, the Euro is acke Among the gueste de wolky MARKE
to colour flowed, into her face. Sho BROUGHTON, who once asked Glyphy marry him. die showers Oypay with alter could see herself in a mirror just
beyond: art with a plan blue "That creature who worked in The room sudidonly seemed
his offee several years ago," anid changed. The chattering women been, for the instant, a fins of hat covering her brown curls.
"Not lately, she sald evenly, "I Lila, smiling faintly an If-at sopuchad a sinister air. Everything something like pity and contempt ber she is going to have a baby. To insita finished some library work I was amusing memory. "She's dread-wore an overtone of ugliness. in Lila's glance. "If you would be she must give up her job at the settlemen doing for him but not alaceful, really, but one accepta her- What a world, thought Gypsy!| so stupid as to be having a baby!" Gypsy a happy keepdog house until la
What a topsy-turvy world for copes back from winter in Florida and then. That's several months ago." because of Marko."
that glance had said, plainer than "He was asking for you," Lila
child to be born into! These days, plainl Aske her to luncheon, Gypsy realizes her
"You mean she-they clothes art shabby In
contributed. "Only last night. He Gypsy stumbled, unable to frame to a passion of tears and Lila's almost anything could send her in- Lim'.
On the surface everything was said you hadn't been well. He was the ugly words. CHAPTER XVII
80 sweet. You know how Marko Is." She looked at Gypsy curious-mon law wife, if you like," said longed with all her soul to be aule so sweet of Lila to ask her, and
"Well, you can call her n com-of fears in her inmost being. She made her farewells. It had bee
words had touched a hidden spring quite as it had been before. Gypsy The big car slid up and Litsly, as though expecting confidences. Lila with a disagreeable laugh.
she had enjoyed it. got out. She was in suave black! But Gypsy only agreed tepidly. He's been taking her places for it home in the little haven she and, "Not at all. my dear.
Always "Don't you feel well?"
nice to see you."
couldn't be here the room Gypsy walking, rather slowly, cast
And then they had parted, Lila She stammered something. She turning toward the avenue swayed and whirled around her ward. Everything was the same.
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from head to foot, with accents of Murko was kind-was generous-four or five years. I suppose that wer tilted black pageboys pill there was some motive other than Wint Marko can see in her body white. White gloves, white flowers but somehow you felt, always, gives her a sort of standing. hox, frill of white organdie emerg-simple friendliness behind all of knows. But it's Just a phase ing from her jacket. Gypsy, wait this. Perhaps merely because the it will pass."
Tom had made,
ing in one corner of the lobby sa man liked to be considered a sort Gypsy was sickened. Marko and there was a black pit yawnlug
come in. Even in that well
dressed throng of noonday butter- les Lila stood out. Heads were turned as she went through, con- seinuste uhconscious of scrutiny.
Gypsy thought. humorously, i "Surely I'm the only woman is the restaurant who's washed her own breakfast dishes." All of these linchers were so sleek and assureit. they made her feel slabby and small,
Lila was ali gracinis interest. After a brief and gay recital of her own winter fitting, she had turned the conversation to the Weavers' affairs. What were their plans for the sunimer? She and Derek were taking a little place al Southampton, just a cottage really -only seven rooms--but it was right or the shore. They'd go down the first of June,
"We have a lease on the apart- ment," Gypsy said sturdily. "We will be there all snsumer.“
"Not in July, my dear." mur- ture Lila, scandalizet. "You' perish! You must come down to us for a week or two."
She means to be kinil, Gypsy thought, but I wish her tone weren't so patronizing, Aloud she anid something light about millions of people remaining in the city all summer and finding it fairly com- fortable, too.
Lila seemed more restless thun ever, thinner, more feverish. She toyed with her food and smokeif elgarette after cigarette. She was forever waving to someone ant a dis- lant table, smiling brilliantly at a passerby.
All in all, it was scarcely a sat- isfactory meal. The food was ex- quisitely cooked_and_seryed, tempti ing Gypsy's appetite. Napery, sil- yer and china were of the finest. An orchestra played, unseen, and the lack of gay tongues lent an air of festivity." Spring hats, nil- ver foxes, costumes fresh from their Paris boxes, pleased the eye. And still Gypsy was not happy. She had been feeling, these tran- quil weeks, that she was 24 very lucky person, Why, she had everything; a husband who adored her and whe was good-looking, intelligent and ambitious; a com- fortable little apartment; good friends; a loving family nad, erown of all, the promise of a child. Now she experienced, the Feeling that the scales had moved. Lilas side was in the ascendancy, Could it be that she was jealous of Lila? But that was abzuri.
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She frowned it down. But the thought persisted Lila's cntire background, her smooth, beauti- Tully ordered existence threw into
This poster, displayed at the' en- thronement of Pu Yi, represente
thi -ambition of the new-state to
Cfrm foradation.
IN MANCHURIA TO-DAY: EXCLUSIVE PICTURES
Manchuria's now athletic enthusiasm includes baseball, brought to Manchukuo by the Japanese. The skirted gentleman is "throwing in the
first bail"..
The ancient as well as the new is to be seen in the strosts of Heln- king. Hore a stroot "propheta” or fortuneteller roads a client's palm.
and
Rows of model dwellings, top, rise along the sïrasis of Hsinking . . all bullt on the western model, and suzkesting nothing of the ancient ways of the Manchus while the national police or gendarmes, shown above on the march, ara strikingly liko Japanure troopa, carrying rifles, and handy mittens to protect them against the
severe weather,
In Manchukuo, as in most other countries these days, the government goes after the children ... hera la an earnest-faced group of young Manchus proporly sponsored by their aldera bahind them, giving a couple of lusty "banzais" for the new emperor, and waving placards with enthusiastic elogana for the new Manchu atate. Many organisations for the training of youth are hoing instituted, oven
for the very young.
Hara
Sports of every kind are encouraged":"" you see daughters of the axelent Manubai indulging
A vivid contrast between the old and the new In Hôlnking." The sonchnian "Is driving 'na'ancient vehlula somewhat like a Russlan, droshky, pulled by a
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