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SERIAL STORY.
SILKEN SPINDLES.
CHAPTER XL
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by Laura Bu Brookman
next week?"
"Yah-euro,"
pane nervously. Mary said, in a soothing volee," "I wouldn't worry. It isn't into yet-"
"It's not that," Galo told her. "It's because Phil didn't come home to supper. Or to lunch. That's not like
Brian Hall, "Hm!" and cleared his
The druggist was wrapping the throat, Gale turned and looked out bottle in brown paper. Urian came the window. There was nothing but forward leisurely: 110 sold to Gale, the empty street and the rain, falling "If you'll wait while 1 buy some in slanting.lines. There was another cigarettes I'll drive you home.". Jilm.' drag store two blocks down the street. "Thanks," (Gale knew that the colour and risen in her checks again) She could go there-
She whirled as Brian went on apeak-"but I'm not going home just now, ing. "I haven't seen you for a long have some more errands." time," he said, looking at her in that *[_sec." strange way she had noticed a moment bufoto.
"No." It had been a long time, Two weeks and four days, exactly, her heart cried, since the night she had met Brian on the way home from could get the umbrella rained. The working." work the night that had been the end catch was hard to work. Then she of everything. Two weeks and four-bent, her head against the wind and he? H days. That wasn't counting the time hurried on down the street. She'll she'd seen him in Vicky Thatcher's have to pretend about the other er green roadster. That was only last rands. She'd go into the cut-rate grocery and come out again, na though Thursday.
she'd changed her mind about buying anything.
Brian Feemed determined to make conversation. lia asked, "Everything going along all right?"
"Oh, yes. Yer, Fine." Why didn't Mr. Schonebatim come the girl thought wildly. Why didn't he come?
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"He's all right," her father assured her. Gale did not answer. She crossed the room and eat down, plek. ing up a nowspaper. But a few minutes later she dropped it. There That was all there was to was a sound outside the house. Gale Brian dropped back to study the disgot to her feel and hurried to the door, play inside the counter once more Thero was nothing there-only the and Gale took her package and went wind blowing.
"Maybe Phil got a jab," Mary sug out into the street.
She felt the raindrops before she gested after a fine. "Maybe he's
"He could have sent word, 'couldn't might know wold be worried."
"Now, Galei" Her father arose, Jotting closing his book. "You're yourself get upset over Phil can let himself in when he comes. There's no use sitting here any longer. All-inclusive Round-trip Fare It's time all of us were in bod."
"YO
She reached the shelter of the store entrance and paused to look at a sale day poster. Brina'a black coupe aped past.
nothing.
suppose so-" Her father
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was right, no doubt. Phil must have accommodation and meals on board during stay met some friends and got to talking.
Well that was that. Gale waited Anyhow there was no use worrying in Manila. la moment longer, then retraced her [about it. She bad to be up early in
As though in direct answer, she steps. The sky was darkc now and the morning. Gale got to her feel. saw a shiny ald hend through, the she'd have the long wall in the rain. She asked. "Did you wind the clock. window. Mr. Schonebaum, red of Tut that was better than accepting Mary?"
face and puffing slightly, pushed the door of the drug store open.
"I Just been upstairs for a few minutes, he explained apologetically "We got a place in the roof that tenis. I got to see-but what can I do for Fou?".
The question came, as it always did. Mr. SchoneEnum invariably greeted customers with, "What can I do for
He was standing behind the counter, drying the raindrops from his specta cles. Gale looked at Brian and said, "You were here firat-"
"Go nhond."
Ilo stood back, waiting for her to nke her purchase. Gale said to the | druggist, "I'd like to have this pres cription filled," and handed him the bottle,
"Yalı, lust a few moments--" He moved on, feasily, to the rene of the store. Gale turned to the shelves of books that were for rent, They were worn books and some of the cavern were soiled. She wasn't interested in them, but at least they would keep her from looking at Briani, trying to think of something to say to
hin
*
•
Gale took out one of the books and turned the ages, put it down and took out another. Then she stole "a ginner over her shoulder. Brian had mored farther down the counter and his buck was toward her.
Mr. Schonebasm's short, quick fool. steps caused her to whirl isnt. The
came linck to the front counter.
"Will it be all right if I pay you
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Brian's invitation. Suppose Vicky
Thatcher knew Brinn had asked Gale to ride home? What would she have thought? And where WAN now?
Vicky
"Probably waiting for him to come and take her some place," Gale told herself. She pictured Vicky wearing a lovely frock, sitting before a dress ing table. The room everything about Vicky would be beautiful, Just as she was beautiful. There would be flowers and faint, exotic perfume. smart wrap Inid out. Vicky would A wear Jewels-the ring Brian West- more had given her-
A twisted sob escaped Gale's lips. "I tent fair," she whispered fiercely, No, it wasn't. It certainly wasn't fair to be so much in love with Brian Westmore when, he was engaged to another girl
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She said. "Father, did Phil say anything to you about where he was going to-day?"
"Yes. Said he was going to look
for work."
"But did he say where, what kind of work?"
"No. Just sold he was going over town and see if he could find so thing,"
"Yes."
Her father said, "Good night," and disappeared into the front of the
IOUAC.
Presently Gale, wearing her night- gown, was in the kitchen alone. She put up a hand to extinguish the light, suddenly changed her mind hurried back into the bedroom.
Mary sald, "Why, Gale!" "I can't stand 1," Gale told her.
again. She was getting into her clother "I've got to know nhout Phil," "But what are you going to do?" "I'm going to ask Steve Meyers to find him."
Mary asked. "Do you want me to come with you?"
"No."
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EMBEZZLEMENT FROM YEE HOP FIRM
Four charges of embezzlement were. preferred against So Yee-tai,
Fifteen minutes later Gale knocking on the door of a house far-
Commander T. A. Hussey deposed ther down the street. There was no A single light burned in the Hen-answer, but a few moments later at
an to receiving the cheque from "Pay- derson home, in the kiteben. The light appeared. A voles called, "Who employee of the Yee Hop firm, at the hunter Commander Brightman, and evening meal had been finished mare, is it?"
hamling it to the defendant," who Central Mugistrney yesterday after-signed a receipt for it. than two hours before. Tom Hender- "It'a me, Stevel It's Gale." son sat at the table, a bank open_he-f
noon before Mr. W. Schofiell. The lock turned instantly and Steve
Cheque Canised. fore him. Mary Cassidy was bending Meyers flung the door open. "Gale." The charges were, (1) that on over some sewing in her lap, and Gatej he cried, "what's happened?" December 12, 1934, being an employee cheque by defendant was given by Evidence of the cashing of the stood, near a window,
She told him as quickly as she could of the Yee Hop firm, he did embezzle Cheung Yan-cheong, a chroff em Steve said. "Tint Phil for you.
"Don't you worry another minute,” a sum of $106.25, being part of a sum played at the Hongkong and Shang-
of $3,260.25 received, from the Royal} hai" Dank. Sure, I will. Just as soon as I get some clothes oft
Naval Recreation Club; (2) that hel
After Detective Sergeant Fitchen Gale's voice was grateful. She said, ing un employee of the same firm he had deposisi tu the arrest of defer- "ni glad-but hurry, Steve. I have did embezzle the sum of $200 received dani, Chan Keeshung, Inok-keeper a feeling-I've had it all evening-farm the Fook Hing Co. of Messrs. of the Yee Hop firm, testified that that thing dreadful has hap-Kin Lee and Co. on December 22. defendant was asked to take charge pered!"
of the business by So Kee, one of 1934; (3) that on December 12, 1934. the partners of the firm, during hin being an employee of the said firm, illness, and on So Kea's death, de- he did enter the sum of $2,803.00. in fendant continuet to act as manager the broks of the firm instead of of the business, Later So Chung. $3,266,25; (4) that on December 22, the other partner, authorised defen- | 1984, being an employee of the firm, dant collect monica for the firm. he did omit from the canli book of Defendant also instructed him to the firm a sum of $200 received from | make_the_entries in the books, and the Fook Hing Co., of Monare, · Kin it was on defendant's instructions Lee and Co.
he had made an entry of $2,80 for. the Royal Naval Recreation Club Mr. G. K. Hail Beutton appeared motshell. Defendant did not hand for the prosecution, and Mr. C.R.any money over to witness. Defen- Sanderson was for the defence.
dant had also instructed him to make the other entries. Paymaster Commander E. E.
The hearing was adjourned at this Treasurer of the Royal Naval Re-stage in 11.30 a.m. to-morrow.
Gale tapped against the window
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