THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1934.
SOPHIE KERR'S LATEST SUCCESS IN ROMANTIC PROBLEM FICTION
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CHAPTER XXII · ·
her presença And she had on an Amy, please-do trust me, no mo atirred her. She could think child with surprised disappoint ming which stopped as Any camo
old, out-of-date blue house dress ter what you think about me." that should have made her look
They were waiting. Jane must mind. I've been so ashamed, 80]I didn't want to hear Jane within the corner, and near hor was cercal, the milk and tonat and
to claim her. Now, if you're not ready for her supper and bed. of n child, either."
Jearly and light, her, eyes dark going to keep that promise, we'll Come along upstairs."
"But Nancy's so darling, How-blue. Jang couldn't see in her the Amy had heard. Amy was run have to think things over. So
ard; it makes me uneasy, I can't slightest resemblance to herself, or ning downstairs quickly as If to first of all, we want to know if Jane arose gracefully and drop-help it."
to Roger Thorpe elther, and while moot an expected danger. She that's in the back of your mind?"ped the fur cont from her "Don't worry. Sho's not going that last was desirable, she did locked at Jane silently, without "No, it isn't," said Jano, still shoulders. As she followed Amy to have Nancy. Not if I have to fool that she had been somehow any pretence of greetirig, of wel- more humbly. The child bolongs she noticed that the house was no boat her over the head with the cheated. "Upon my word," she come. It was Howard who broke to you and Amy. I mean it. I better furnished than the first time poker and throw her out on the end aloud. "you look moro ke the silence. "Jane wants to set won't make a scene she glanced she had seen it, it seemed to be all pavement. Not now, or any time." Amy than you do like me!" Nancy he said, "but I don't up, faintly smiling. "I won't try books. Howard did not go with "I'm glad you're here." Sho
Nancy settled down again, ainco' and stage stuff, bursting into tears them and she. Was sorry. She hugged him hard. "Don't stir out "Why do you want to are her?" and clasping her to my bosom and would have liked to have him wit- of the house until she's gone, will the stranger had offered no supper. asked Amy. "Why didn't you let that kind of thing, but there's no ness her admirable behaviour. Sha you?"
She had another rag doll, a little me know you were coming?" She harm just in my looking at her wished he had been the one to give "Not a. step. If you need help, mora battered than the one down- was terribly troubled, Jaue felt, by and speaking to her, is there? permission to sea the child. She give a loud shriek."
staire, and she began to rock it. could have been so grateful to him. Upstairs Jane was looking at her and sing to it in a wordless hum-
ment. She had expected, from in with a tray. She felt that Howard was melt-only of him. --dowdy and shabby beside Jane's ling but she wont on to Amy: Amy opened a door. This is egotism rather than reason, that "Oh Jano, was sho singing?" said, fashion, but didn't. Jane saw all you know how awful everything the nursery," she said. "And this Nancy would be movingly beauti Amy, excitedly. "Do you know, as this even while she composed hor expression, into pathos and plead was for me when I gave her to you, is Nancy. She hesitated, then fui, amall replica of herself at tiny as she is, she can carry a ing, and a little inward imp do and you were so wonderful to take added: "1 must bring up her sup ber best. She was not. To Jane's time? The other day she hummed part of Rubenstein's 'Since First herthat was the one comforting per, Jane-you go ahead and speak eyes she was not even pretty.. manded why it was that Amy's thing out of that horrible time to her. She won't be shy!"
The little girl was sitting on the Mot Thea I'd been playing for beauty never needed good clothes I'd never have forgiven myself if She ran down to where Howard from the heat of the fire. She was
hearth rug, her cheeks flushed Mother" to maintain it. Exasperating a have let some stranger adopt was standing uneasily in the living already in her nightgown. Her elan ?" asked Jane. Why, she was in her way, as eplen her. I must have been out of my room,
"I left them alone, Howard. bed, covers turned down, waited did a figure as Howard!
I know you her at first, I mean. It's all the low table for her supper, with win them, and particularly Howard, Awfully ashamed. If she could do that he would in- desplse mo!"
right, don't you think? She means fluence Amy. Sho
"I don't despise you," said Amy, it, about not taking her? I won't 's chair beside it. answered, pre tending humility, "I was afraid and neither does Howard. Don't give Naney up, no matter what line you'd hide her from me. I do want drag up the past, Jane. I know she tries." She put her head to see her, Amy. That's natural, you had a hard time. I realized it against his shoulder to be ress- isn't it?"
more afterward, It's only that sured. Howard answered for Amy nad Nancy's ours, and I was startled "She'd better mean it. And I'm She doesn't his voice was cool. "It's rather be- and alarmed for a minute, think- sure she does, sweet.
Or want to atart any scandal and she inted, Jane. You gave the child to ing you might want her. Amy absolutely and promised not course you can see her. Sho's just doesn't want to take on the care
the
spoon
"Do you expect her to be a must-
"I certainly do,” Amy put the Solemn and Junket on the table and Nancy sat wide-eyed, she returned Jane's gaze down in her chair and walted to and because Jane was a stranger have the napkin tied around her remarked politely. "Ha-yo," add-neck. Then she began to cat, her ing, after a second, "Were my little hand holding muvver?"
properly. "She's coming," said Jane, feel. "I have no talent for music at you're Naney, I suppose." ing porfectly idiotic. "You all, any kind of it." said Jane,
She "Oh well, I believe in environ thought, and why did they ever ment rather than heredity," said give her that name! I always de Amy, Jano would have liked to tested it! Nancy! Such a silly-slap her. She was sure that Aniy sounding name! She advanced understood her flat disappointment cautiously and sat down in Amy's and was enjoying it. Amy wasn't chair, which roused Nancy's ex-disturbed now that she might take pectanco. "Supper?" she asked, the child. scrambling up.
"I'm going to give her music-les- BOBA as soon as she's a bit older," She was tall for her age, but wonton Amy, "a fow minutes Jane did not know that. Sho every day. She's not going to be seemed very amell. Her hair was (Continued on Page 10.)
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