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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.. THURSDAY, AUGUST
1934.
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JANE TRINT comes to New York axine to show her home town and expelly AMY JACKSON that she can ́miaké a nurse of her H. Any had been bar best, friend until HOWARD JACKSON book the rent Jabe forced on him and married Unable to bear the sight of Amy's happines dane obtains a Job Sea New York real
estato office.
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AMERICAN Pool Chief GIVES ASSURANCE
no chaned for any private conver- faint!" for she and turned woak that he and Professor Ellert had stay with her for the first few to get to Norway, but days. "But I'll go on home now," Fation between the two friends. and dizzy with the Joy of the good managed Jane and Miss McNeal both went news. Then they all talked at how and when they would be able suid Mrs. Lowe, and bring back, time and Amy looked to leave there no one could tell. things for lunch, and your old With Anly to the train, ostablished the same her and the child in a drawing- from one to the other, resting In The State Department was trying cradle."
"And any of my old baby room and then the nurse said their suro and stablo affection, re-to arrange paysage. "I knew this goodbye and hurried off. Amy and turning it, feeling herself bound war was coming," said Professor clothes you've got tucked Jana were left in the tight stuffy miliar security. As they got into quite Its dear fa-Lowe, round once more in
"but I didn't expect it She has hardly anything to wear."
(To Be Continued.) have RO 800. It should Jane in clever and soon is making an ex- cellent salary. She has an affair with hög litle place.
cab Mrs. Lowe took the baby. been two or three years later." THORPE, who is married. Later she Lires
"How tiny!" she said. "Neither of him and when he offers to bear the 'expense
"They didn't consult you!!* NO COTTON DUMP. of us quite belloved it when you mocked his wife gently. wrote you'd adopted IL baby. The cab turned off toward the Crescent "Oh Mother," anid Amy, Whint's her name?"
"Mother, she hasn't any. You "I won't go home with you. I might choose one. I'm too worn think I ought to get back into Do you think it was a crazy my own house and establish the Amy glanced up from arranging thing to do? Do you, Father baby there. She has so much Peol, Mr. Johnston, to-day reiterat
"Oh,
rather crazy. But nice paraphernalia it will mus Sho looks a healthy young one," your kitchen and bother old
Lilian." answered her father.
"She's darling, vary Kood. "But darling, you're more than Only there's a lot more to taking welcome to muss up the kitchen care of babies than I imagined, and I don't believe Lilian will We'll talk about her after awhile. mind very much? Tell me about Howard, every sin gle thing you know.".
* suppose I ought to be very of their child abe semistes him contemptuozegratoful, Jane began. In the In her desperate plight Jane turns to Any dim light she looked blooming and for help. Howard is touring Germany and carefree. Her colour had come Amy compe to New York. She stays unti buck. She had gone out to the
born and then, harrified because sinsiete or giving her daughter way, hairdresser while Amy was pack agrem to take it with the understandles that ing. She had nut on a smart Jane never shall reclaim the chil.
frock and hat..
CHAPTER XVIII
pillows carefully about the child Now that she had taken the and, seeing Jane's smile, her con- child for her own Amy was instraint dropped and her despleing turmoi! of doubt. What would leaped out. "You needn't be grate- Howard Bay when he came back ful. All you need to do is to re- and found that she had done this member that this child is mine. without consulting him! What would And if you ever try to claim her her father and mother think! And Til tell the whole story." what an exacting, overwhelming Jane struck back, subtly, sweet- responsibility oho had assumedly, but with the sharpest blow she Taking proper care of an infant is could denk "I'm glad to give the not, she discovered at once, a mere child to you, Amy, since you have matter of feminine instinct, but an none of your own--if you hadn't export and complicated craft, with taken Howard Jackson away from a considerable dash of science. me this would have been his child, Miss McNeni instructed, disap-remember. I shan't claim her." provingly, on bathing clothing, "Howard didn't want you," said routine. Doctor Lacey also In Amy, "and you know it. I don't structed, without enthusinem, on suppose he'll want thin child of formulas of feeding, mixtures, and yours either-that's ono reason temperatures. Amy tried to learn why you must never claim hor-" everything at once, for she 'want- ed to get away, to go home, to be out of sight and sound of Jane. covered her sense. "Don't let's because the revulsion that had quarrel again. It's so foolish to como to her at Jane's light-heart- quarrel-
Jane was pale now, but she re-
ed ridding herself of the child "I'm not quarreling with you, persisted, increased. She hid it but I won't stand your lies. You 38 far as she could, but it was) want always to twist things so there and affected their relation.|you're not to blame. Well, this They were drawing away from can't be twisted. I've always loved each other. Jane was stronger you, Jane, no matter what you did, each day and her only concern but this is-I don't know-It's as if was to put this whole sorry busi-you--you had no-no Integrity, In ness behind her and get back to your soul."
work. Her satisfaction was n "Integrity in my soul! That's most flippant. She couldn't, shy only a fancy phrasel It doesn't sal very often, have had a bet ter break.
But she know how Amy felt She knew that Amy could not glogy over or condone what had done. It amused Jans a lit
mean anything. Why don't you look at the whole thing sensibly as I've asked you to before. What on earth would I do with a baby 7"
"This isn't a baby, it's your baby, or it was now it's mine. the that Amy shouldn't be shocked If we talked for a thousand years at her having the child, only ut we'd never agree. Stay out of har giving it nway. It annoyed my life, Jane I don't want you hor, too. She did not fancy Amy's there any more. Goodbye." She sitting in judgment on her and did not offer to shake hands, she there were moments when she con-did
not want to touch or come i sidered taking the chlid away from [near Jane, Amy and sending it to be adopted Jane wallet a second. "Good- as she had planned in the Grst bye," she said at last, and went place.
out. Through the window Amy
This she did not quite dure to could see her walking quickdy do. She was, though she would along the platform, head up, slight not have owned it even to herself, and young and buoyant. afraid of Amy's anger and con- tempt, and so long as they were hidden, she could pretend they did not exist and that everything was right between them.
"hope, I never see her again," thought Amy, "I wouldn't have belleved--no, I wouldn't have be lieved-she didn't even look at the buby, or any a word about her ur to her. She was trembling. The honesty that she had used shaken by her rare passionate to Amy before the child was born anger. She could not remember disappeared. Neither coul Amy when she find ever been so angry be honest, So they talked together before. The porter came and
as little as possible. Any concern part of her mind busied itself with ed herself with the child and tried practien matters, fresh fce to pack to atill her great anxiety for the supply of prepared food for the Howard's safety, for no word had child, and then the necessary warm- come from him.
ing of it at the right intervala; shu
The reports of Americans ma-sent for something to eat for her rooned in Europe and their trials self, she arranged her baggage and and tribulations were now coming wraps for the most space. But all through and added to her fears. the time another part of her was She planned to go back to Mar- back with June, repeating the warn barig at the first moment Doctoring never to intrude again into Lacey said a chilt so very young the peace and truth of her life. might safely travel. The apart-
ment was crowded and uncomfort-| In the morning Amy's father able and Emin sulked about the and mother were both..at the extra work. It would be a relief|train and when they saw her they to everyone when Amy could go. ran toward her exclaiming to- When that day fitully did ar-¡gether: "Word's come through rive there was so much to do to from Howard-he's in Norway and Het ready, everything wOB con-he's all right." Her father caught fused and hurried, that there was her:
"Look out, dear,
don't
out.
They didn't, it now seemed, know very much beyond the fact
New York, Auge 1. The manager of the Cotton uped that the pool's holdings would not be dumped on the market or disposed of in a manner chiculated to disturb unduly either the spot cotton market or general economic condition.
There had been some apprehen- "Mother, you know she'll rave." sion that America might dump her In the end it was arranged cotton stocks, with a consequent that Amy should go to her own disastrous effect upon the market. house and, that her mother would-Reuter,
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