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· CHAPTER XXIV Valeria sat down at the table with Ann and Sarah. She opened her! cigarette case and held it out. Both Borah and Ann declined.
BATARY RAYMOND
| didn't, though he did look puzzled and No, Peter was not hero. He was driving out to a country place, with a little worried.
Valeria. Wouldn't Tony be surprised to know that7
He laid aside his newspaper. "I'm afraid you have been having a rather lonely time," he said. "Things aro easing up some and I'll have moro time now."
"You're lucky if you haven't ac
"Fino," Ana sald, quired the hable," Valeria sald easily. What do you say about danclug "I smoke dozens a day and it mounts) up. I suppose Peter's told you about somewhere to-night? Or a show? the job we've had doing over my old it's late to get tickets, but we can "I'd love it," said Ann. Her voice. home?" She added, with a half-tr embarrassed laugh, "That is, Peter is doing it. I'm only standing off ad- Was eager. It would be fun to gat hiring. But it has been strenuous, out of the house and go somewhere. buying all the things he has suggested If he had an explanation, she would believe it. She wanted to believe his to put the old place on its feet, ugain'
explanation if he had one. To get back on the aamo friendly footing which had made their stay in Florida memorabic.
Bho realized by Ann's look of he wilderment that Peter had not told her. So much the better.
"You must be awfully glad it's Anished," Ann wald.
"I am. I'm driving out to stay -to-night"
"Moving in?" from Sarah.
"Yes. Everything's in beautiful condition. I'm realy thrilled. Woll, I must rush. Glad I saw you.”-
Sarah and Ann sat for a moment in silence after Valeria had gone.
"Better have it out with Peter when he comes home to-night," Sarah vised. "Bawl him out, Ann,"
"I'll have a quick bath and be dresed in 15 minutes," Peter said from the door. "Can you be ready!"
"I' race you," Ann sald. "Peter, we're celebrating my birthday!"
"Ann! Why didn't you tell me?" "I'm telling you now." "You should have told me before Flow old are you, Ann?"
"Twenty-one."
"Just a kid," Peter said, adding after moment, "n sweet kid," His ad-voleo sounded tender,
Ann was drawing on her glove, Iler hand shook a little.
Ann closed the door to her room. The phone rang just then and she heard Peter's deep voice saying, "I tell you, Valeria, it's impossible!"
"If you ask me, I think she's a anake." said: Sarah, "And that's the lowest form of life to me, Ann, you simply must talk straight to Peter Tell him if he's going to play at all,hort. This storm of emotion sweep- he's got to play square."
Ann went to her dressing table and at down. What was happening to
ing over her what did it mean?
There was a knock at her door and Peter called, "Anni"
"Yes, come in."
Peter stood in the door. He look- tired, worried. "Ann, I'm noITY but something's come up. We'il make it. Lo-morrow
"We aren't going then?" "Not to-night, It's urgent. You understand
Ann thought so too. She was thinking Just then of Tony's voice over the telephone before she had left the house. Plending, threatening. She must see him, he told her.
"Better have it out with Peter,"ed Sarah warned, as they parted.
"He'll tell me to-night," Ann was thinking. "Probably it was some thing his firm hnd agreed to Men Arc
awfully business like Just words. Ann didn't think Peter should have done over Valeria's house and she could't argue borself into thinking 80, More than anything. she hated his not telling her
Ann was thinking bitterly, "Fizat Tony, then Poter. Something must be wrong with you, Ann. You can't hold your men.
Aloud, she said faintly, trying hard to hold on to loyalty, "He's busy. something important came up." "Don't pretend with me, You're angry with him, aren't you?"
"No."
“You are lying? She did not reply."
Ann.
"Do you know what day this is?" "What day 7"
"Your birthday."
•
Tony had remembered. Tony loved her.
"I'm here alone, colebrating your birthday. There's 'some beer on les on the back porch and the makings of some sandwiches in my pantry.”
"Bounds nice," Ann sald faintly. Sho was thinking of Tony, sitting there alone, celebrating her birthday. "No roasons why we couldn't cole- brate together. is there?"
"We can't, Tony," Ann said breath- loanly.
"If you don't come here, I'm com- ing out there."
You can't. You really mustn't!" "Look here, Ann, use your head. Is there any reason why you should apend a dull ovening on your birth- day while Kendall runs about?"
There was silence. "Ann7"
"I heard you." "Well?"
"I'm coming over, Maybe, we'll tako a drive. I need to get out if the house,
"You need me," Tony said.
He gava Ann the address of tho new apartment he had moved into. He was glad ho had moved. There would be no unpleasant memories for
Ann here.
"You're not far from here," Ano
Yes," said Anni slowly. "I do" sald slowly. She hung up the phone Something in her tone caught him and went into her room for her fur up. "Ann, you don't think I want to cont and a brown beret. She put a
xo"
Tony let her in. He looked happy and excited. He stared at Ann's white, unhappy face.
When he started to take her in his
arina Ann sold, "Please don't touch me, Tony"
"Good heavens, Ann. Will you ever get over being a puritan." But la humoured her.
“I'll fix you a cocktail,” Tony said. "You look all in."
"Please, Peter, do just as you wish."key in her bag, went out in the hall
and caught the elevator. " "If you'll let me explain." "I don't want to listen." Peter had intended telling Ann, but
Pater was suddenly very angry decided not to. He couldn't have Anne didn't like Ann's tone at all. Ife thinking he wanted the job when he wanted to explain lut, in the mood didn't lie had gone out twice, made she was in, an exlanation might be some drawings, sent Paul out to worse than saying nothing at all. It Ruparvise and then had stayed away. wax unilke Aan to look at him angrily The work was finished now. Ya-to talk in that curt, hard way. Wall, leria had come in and given him her all right if she wouldn't listen, it check for the amount $2000 very she wanted to doubt him-
Ann heard his car drivity, away. promptly,
Ann came into the living room. The sound merged with the sound of thinking of Sarah's words, "Have it the telephone ringing.
She went out in the hall. "I'll take out with him." Thinking of something- elso Sarah had said. "If I were the phone, Susan," she told the maid. The voice over the wire sald, married to a man liko Peter I'd fall
"Ann? In love with him. And I would make him fall in love with me. After all, I don't believe ho was so desperately gone on Valeria. It might have been only a romantic hangover from kid days."
Ann tried to think Peter looked guilty when she said, "Hello, Poter," coolly, pleasantly. But she knew he
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"Yes, Tony." "What are you doing? Now?" "Nothing. The bitterness in her tone was not last.
"What's Kendall doing?" Tony asked.
"I don't know."
"You mean he's not there?!!
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Ann nodded. She heard him in the LIGHT OVER kitchen moving about, heard him on think of Peter, moving about in their THE WORLD the porch, cracking ice. It made her little kitchen in Florida. Peter had said, "Tired Anni" so gently, and then had concentrated on breakfast. It had been funny watching Poter, who was so blg and masculine, going about getting breakfast.
Ann watched the rectangle of yellow light, the door through which Tony would come presently, bringing a tray with cocktalis,
(To Be Continued)
C. B. A. MEETING
being consecrated Bishop in the Anglican Communion. In York Minster the Vicar of Portsea' is ' being consecrated Bishop of Ripon; in St. Paul's Cathedral the ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR Vicar of St. John the Divine, Ken- nington. 19 being consecrated
·PRESENT YEAR
the chairman
con-
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Bishop of Bloemfontein; in Cal- The annual general meeting of cutta the Rev. G. A. West, an 5. the Central British Association was Sir, The consecration of Arch-P.G. missionary in Burma, is held at the Central British School consecrated Bishop of last night, when Mr. J. Ralston deacon Mok, as Assistant Bishop being
presided over a fair gathering. of the Diocese, in Hongkong Rangoon.
It is one hundred and fifty years The report and accounts, which Cathedral this evening is a mutter
con-have already been published, were of gront significance for the since Samuel Seabury was
socrated in Aberdeen as the first adopted, and Christian Church in South China.
gratulated the Association It is thirteen hundred years Bishop in the United States.
dificult Since that time the Anglican having come through a since the first Christian missionary
China (the Nestorian Communion has spread through-year with a sound financial posi- LONDON (via Australia) from £128.15 Bishop, Alopen, from Engdad). out the world, and there are now tion.
In the election of officials it was Australian Newspapers oú úlo).
The same
year the Irish mis-over three hundred Dioceses and
stated that Mr. N. L. Smith had sionaries reached the shores of 375 Bishops.
aro twelve asked to be relieved of the Pre- In China thero Northern England. The Christian
ha was no longer Church of both countries has gone Dioceses organised as a Province sidoney as
Director of Education. through many vicissitudes in the with a presiding Bishop.
The following were elected:- The consecration of Archdeacon last thirteen hundred years.
In the early days of Hongkong Mok will be taken by Bishop President, Mr. G. R, Sayer; vice- the first Colonial. Chaplain, Dr. Norrls of Peiping, who is Chair- Presidents, Mr. B. Wylie, Miss B. S. Woolley: Chairman, Mr. J. Stanton, opened
for man of the House of Bishops of Ralston; General Committee, Miss Chinese boys at St. Paul's College the Chinese Church. He will be with a view to establishing a assisted by Bishop Ding, Assistant 4 E. Steel, Mesars. T. S. Whitley. N. L. Whitley. V. Bond, B. I. Bick- Christian ministry. A Bishop'
neighbouring Chinees few years later the Bishopric of Diocese of Fukion; Bishop Curtis, ford, W. H. G. Hirst, and Associate Members W. E. Webber and G. established for Bishop of Chokiang; and Bishop Gurevitch; Hon. Secretary, J. J. Hongkong waB the conversion of China and Nichols who Was recently con King: Hos. Treasurer, W. Stoker Japan.
secrated Assistant Bishop at naaisted by N. L. Whitley: Bar The consecration of a Chinese Shanghai. Christian as Bishop marks a new I would like to extend a cordial Convenor, G. Guervitch,
in this Atago
process, and Invitation to your readers to share symbolises the fact that the in the service at the Cathedral is the Rev. P. Jenkins who has Chinese Church has come of age. at 5.80 p.m. to-night. The service worked with Archdeacon Mok, for It is also significant that on the will be in Mandarin and the ser- the last thirty years in Canton.
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