THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JULY (2
Married Flirts
by MABEL
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CHAPTER XL
dental. As Vern got slowly out of from Tarrytown but you couldn't now, Vera, be told her sobarly Voru said, "I'm afraid it'atho cab her mouth twisted in a stay mad at her for long, he told "We can be friends, of course
She interrupted him. "Ah, but sprained." She said, "It's torribly grimace of pain. That settled It.himself. She was so friendly and stupid of me. That tricky anklo, She would have to be helped up appealing and feminine. And it that's exactly ill We can't. We A breeze aren't any more. That's what She smiled wistfully and the stairs-all the way to her was comfortable here. bravely, at the young man beside apartment, in fact. Three flights stirred the curtains and the long hurts."
amber drink was vory soothing. The whole thing was absurd and her on the marble steps of the up.
She had made the place charm- They talked. Although the inci-Tom was suddenly, weary of It.. He Kreat station. The young man
ing and comfortable with deep dent in the taxi was not again re- put out his hand.
"We'll talk about this some other wore an anxious expression.
Thereferred to, it hung, inpalpable ae The thing to do is to get you chairs and soft cushions:
Tom had a time," he said. "It's all pretty to a taxi as quickly as possible," were one or two nice prints in air, between them. he told her. Dash it all, he had black frames and there were rose startled memory of fresh, warm, foolish. You're tired and over- been counting, on rushing straight coloured curtains. Into one of the eager lips on his own. The girl's strained. I don't know how this home. This would hold him up for chintz-covered chairs the girl now curved smile, the Intonations of all started." a blt. But she was so brave about lowered her fragrant person, smll-her voice, Indicated she had not It and the wretched thing was ing whimsically at the man beside forgotten. The probably hurting her like fury her... that he had to curb his annoyance.
"Thanks awfully. I don't know: "I'm frightfully sorry," Vern why you're so good to me."
wan half said in a small volcs. Ho was carrying her up the stairs now.
II shouldn't have done that!" She was cowering in her corner now and she looked as though sket were about to weep.
trle..
air
Was
s' word.
...
She sat up, eyes flashing, bosom elec-heaving. Well, I do, Tom Wen- ver. There's no use your hedging, At last he glanced at his watch. There's something too big here for us to ignoro. It's sweepling both "Good Lord. I had no idea.. He sprang to his feet. It was io of us into-into-" she groped for minutes to 12. Gypsy would have been home long since. She had planned to leave early. What was he thinking of?
"Don't go. Tommy" Vera said. putting a silken hand on his arm. "Don't It's been 80
"Well, shoot."
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you, darling, and you know it."
"Oh, rnta!" Tom grinned but she was not to be turned aside thus.
"She doesn't," Vora insisted stubbornly. "She's donsestle and maternal and all that, and that's Ane I don't say It lan't. But. not for you. Not for you. Tom Weaver! This humdrura e is killing you. It's a treadmill. You used to like adventure"
"I still do."
"Well, what about it? You're tied to a potty round. You can't 20 anywhere, do anything." Her almost to hysteria. volée rosa "And It fan't as if, she cared any- Doesn't thing about you, really. she gad all over town with that
chap?"
engineer
He reddened. "Leave Gypsy out
Tom groaned inwardly. This was what his drifting had brought of this, pleassi him to, his casual funcheons and conferences. He had found, her attractive; he had enjoyed her com
Tom towered over her. "Sure I People turned to look at them, the can't get you anything before I limping tall girl and the handsome go? Witch hazel from the drug fair young man with the do-or-die store? Anything?"
"Never mind." Her tone dripp expression.
Nonsense." He tried to injected self-pity. "You're anxious to be some, heartiness into his volce, oft. I'll manage. Only
nice. Panionship. Now what? **
he said, "I love Gypsy, "You didn't do it on purpose" "Only what?" Common courtesy don't know when I shall get you to There's no getting away from
Tommy, you're a darling!" As alono demanded that he play up to myself again."
that." "Sorry, but I'm afraid-1 must." "Yes, bat he seated himself beside her in the her.
I could just have a teeny taxi she turned to him impulsively.
"There isn't any 'but' in my feel- Her checks were flushed and her ing for my wife," Tom told hor, Almost before he knew what was drink?" Her large eyes. inter-
"Every-eyes bright." "You mustn't," she feeling like a prig and not enjoy happening a pair of warm lips were rogated him swiftly.
thing's in the loebox-all but the said stubbornly. "I've been wanting it. pressed to his.
in ajing to talk to you for ages applejack which you'll see
"Your wife doesn't. "understånd green bottle on the kitchen shelf." something important."
He blundered into the small square of kitchen and presently the tinkle of ice could be heard. When he emerged there were two tall frusted glasses on a small tray.
"You do yourself pretty well What was she saying? He stiff- here," he said, reluctantly admirened, tried to carry it off with a Ing.
laugh. Well, I have to." she sighed. "Your imagination is working "I'm so so awfully fond of you, Tom. You know that." The girl's "There's nobody to worry about overtime, my dear. I'm perfectly volce went or confidentially, "It-poor little me. Never got you up happy.". I was just grateful to you, you see." here before. Tommy lamb. It took
"Sure. Of course. I under- sprained ankle to do it." stand." He mumbled the words.
"Then it's all right?" "Perfectly all right." Did all men feel such fools when they got themselves into a hole, Tom won- dered.
"It-it just happened." Her lip quivered.
Tom wore the slightly bewilder ed expressoin of a man who feels the situation is getting decidedly out of hand.
He glanced at. her suspiciously but her expression was so guileless that he cursed himself for a cher lish fool.
"You're not happy, Tom, tear. I can see that. I'm devoted to you. I'd give the world to make you happy."
"Ah, but you've changed so. You're not the boy I used to know! You're so serious... you seem to have so much responsibility. It's not right."
She shook her head. "No, that's not it. I that girl isn't the one for you, dear. It was you and I were meant for each other..
Tom laughed openly at this. "Well, do sit down and have "You mean I've grown up? Well, your drink, anyhow," she cooed. I should hope I had. It was about Now you masta't bother about "Cigarette?" She pushed a sha- time." poor little me," Vera murmurd green box toward him and Tom when the cab drew up, with a stretched his long legs, relaxing in screech of brakes, at the brown-a deep chair. For the first time he stone house on a side stroct. She realized how tired he was. He was gave him a sidelong glance in fagged out. The long day, the which coquetry and exasperation heat, and the extra trip had sapped wore! Once they got a notion in- were oddly mingled. "I've kept his usually tremendous energy to their heads, there was no dis-
Ho had been annoyed with Vern for lodging it. you too long already."
You and I go separate ways Tom made, the expected gallant barging into him on the trip home
What appalling creatures women
won't do it." Her voice soft- ened and `n wheedling note crept into it. "Tommy, you know t There's no use going into it; you're the only man over cared a single scrap about. Let's cut and run- go to the far oast, China, or some- place. Let's have adventures, live life while we have it P
Was ever mad in so deadly n situation, wondered Tom dimiy. Seductively lovely was this woman (Continued on Page 11,)
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