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THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY,
JULY 3,
1935.
SERIAL STORY-
Summer Sweethearts
DECIN DERE TO-DAY KATHARINE ATAYRILURAT, beautiful, 10, reations and discontented with the upeleka round of social activities that, make up her MICHAEL ride dally with Life. Bl HEATHEROE, who runs a riding club
Strykhurat for the first time
Victor."
know,
so easy, you to-day,, well. It's not
to raise another woman's child."
Violet Merser smiled to herself. She could almost hear the second Mrs. Strykhurst's voice. Ho had been told that many, many times. myself. Looking back now, I can see
He had the grace to flush. "Bertine's] been
splandid with Katharine
She's very
executive. Sho took her in hand
"Exactly!" Mira. Memer's Lone was ZOE LARKER, Katharine's friemil, sent to diatharine needs a lot of love,
BALLY MOON, inch? coquette, also enrolls at the club for riding Lemores.
understanding," she pursued a moment later. "Or-well, you know how it was with me. She may go off the deep end
Europe to forget a love affair with GIANE LARKIN returna. She paralela In sympathy and Gibbs In spite of her parents' objections.
Katharine, riding with Michael, is thrown from her run. Shocked but not seriouły Injured, she is taken in the lume of VIOLET MERNER VICTOR STRYKHURST, entsen fo are his daughter. Hu, barner welcomes an old megjumittance.
CHAPTER XI
"We meet again" Violet Mereer; had said lightly to the handsome, portly gentleman who had invaded her pris little sitting room with its white paint and polished old tables and bright chintzes.
I haven't the faintest notion what you mean!!! The man's annoyance
showed in every syllabic.
"I mean you may expect her to find sympathy-ur love-wherever she can find it,"
"Oh, tommyrot!"
"I did," reminded the woman, with rather a bitter smile. My home was unhappy. I believed the first pretty story a man told me. You may re- member
firat I'd Eke to talk to you asttled rousing herself from a dream into
I had stepmother
that sometimen abe meant well
F
"You're very cozy here." His eyes roamed around the sitting room. I've always noticed this place. Dé- cent, bit of garden."
"Stan inherited; it from his uncle," the woman? told him. "I married Stan Merser, the illustrator."
"Intereating," murmured the, man,
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at a loss. "Well, well, Violet. I must KOBE and RETURN
wilt getting back. My wife wonder if something has happened,"
via Shanghai She allowed him to clasp her slender hand in his feahy
And-and we didn't know each other YOKOHAMA and RETURN before, Victor!"
one.
"Right you are!" There was rellef in the words. "Explanations are so tiresome."
She stood, smiling rather wryly
*
He looked as if the reminder were Victor Strykhurst opened hita, eyes widely at this. Then he stepped for- to him a painful one. ward with his hands outstretched, Violet Merser rose, as if terminat overy evidenco of cordiality on his Ing the interview. "Well, that's rosy, full-featured face.
really all I wanted to say, Victor. Violet! But this is extraodinary. Go on up now. First door to the My wife aald
right at the head of the staire." "What did she tell you? Sit His tread echoed pompously through down, Victor. Katharino is splendid; the house. you may go up in a minute. But
The woman, left alone, stared around her for a
moment, as though after him. "Of course, of course."
Katharine came down the stairs comfortably in one of the deep which she had fallen. A lamp, light- cushioned chairs, glancing around him ed at her elbow, cast a golden circle slowly the following morning.
"You're all right? Violet's eyes approvingly, "But I never knew you of light upon polished mahogany and lived in Innicock, Violet!"
petals. The swish of sought hera anxiously. Outside "We've been Yours.
the clinking of milic bottles, as car. Ellen, with a suitcase, follow- knew you'd married, of course.n aereen door closed. Then the doored her young mistress. Saw a bit about it in the papers."
"Oh, perfectly to Lavinia's
find. Just have room was firmly shut. Her dark eyes were rather enig Upstales there was the murmur of to get my land legs again." matic. "You didn't
"Well, it's been lovely having you." write to wish voices, futher and daughter's, me jay, I-I rather thought you
Sybil and Dinon were on the edge "Seventeen years," murmured the would."
half to herself. She settled of the group, their long legs brown herself with a book, but her raze and shim under the brief shorts of wandered from the pages.
their white play suits,
"D como
here almost
I dropping Tope, sumard, came to her Bertine sat at the wheel of the big seven a broom,
Ile touched his full lips with the corners of a fine white handkerchief, "Katharine's mother died that year,"! he anid rather hollowly
women,
11
swain
to seos, Miss "Well, well!" Victor Strykhurst Katharine. Please do!"
her
WAS
I romember. Your daughter came downstairs briskly, rubbing his "Oh, I will! And there must be lovely creature, Victor. Does hands together. "Katharino's in fine another puppy for the basket, mustn't be remind you of me at that age?" shape. We were in luck to come off there? A nice quiet, one who will
Victor Strykhurst's colour so easily. Don't you think I could stay at home when he's told to?” deepened a trifle. He glanced appre- take her off with me to-night?" "Oh, yes, yes," they chorused, hensively in the direction of the "The doctor advised letting dancing up and down. staircase.
Bertine smiled stiffly, her company stay till morning." Violet Merser "Don't worry.". Violet vent on smiled at him. You'd rather
smile. She climber out to assist get softly. "Her door is
closed. She her out
who of my house,
helping eternally Wouldn't Ellen can't hear. I was Katharine's nge you?"
Krateful Just 17 years ago, Victor.
The words "Nonsense, nonsense! WAS
were right, but I am eter. nally indebted to you for your kind-tone withhold pruch. Bertine
saying. behind that pleasant mask ness to Katharine
of here: but of course no one finoter "I'm not going to tell her anything the forsers in Fanlock. We shall about us," said the
smile and hot to gou in Main dellbernion
"Naturally, you wouldn't. You're Street, of course: that is all.
Vialet. I Katharine waved to them until the most sensible woman, A always said so
20 when I went to work in your
office."
"Is It possible it's that long?" murmured the man, exhaling a deep breath.
"I was rather like her" murnar- ed the woman with the tired dark yes, staring out across the darkened garden. "I had the same prickly-
with wonian
car
the Was
Not sensible enough!" A sardonic the peared out of sight, around pear attitude to regard to men touch to her voice now. "That is. Muminy, who was the fattish man uh, yes, I've talked to Katharine I'll
to-day rather a lot. I've found out tion say a word,
more about her, perhaps, than you!
| yourself know?"
Her tone held a subir hint
mystery in it. The man glanced her apprehensively.
on one condi- who came after we went to be inst night? Sybil's wistful, round face with its long golden mane was lifted to her mother A. "That you let her come to see
don't i me occasionally. That you
He stared. "And that?"
"Oh,
You had
ones, you were
of attempt to wean her away from uppsc to asleep?"
at me. I like the child. I've taken a great fancy to her. I've two of my "I know you're wondering what own now, Victor, you see." this in all-about,"
"said Mrs. Merger,Really! But of course you must rousing herself to speak in a slightly be friends with Katharine, Why
very definitely unhappy."
"Unhappy? daughter 7" There to
brisker tone. "Just this-the child is er ay be another objectioni
commented Violet Morner
was injury in the man's tone. "Im-dryly. "Your wife
peeked," Sybil said condding- "We heard the car stop and saw
Kim como up tho walk. Was that Miss Katharine's daddy and was he nice!
Very nice," sald Violet absently. Diana pounced upon her. "Mummy, you're not listening. Į can always tell when you're not
voice."
possible! You were always GT1 Ah, you didn't take a fancy to listening. You use such a faraway imaginative girl, VI. Katharine Bertine, I can see that." Putting has everything in the world. Why back his handsome head, the lawyer this time. Sybli asked if Katharine's "Oh, do I? But I was, really, should she be unhappy?"
gave the hearty laugh she so well father were nice and I said yes, he Mrs. Merser shrugged her slender remembered. shoulders. "I met the second Mira, } "Bertine Is all right. She means
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But sort of puffy, Mummy, wasn't It wasn't quite dark and we got a good look at him. Not nearly so good-looking An Miss Katharine. Don't you think she's beautiful, Mummy 7 Sort of like a mavic star?"
Yea
I do. She's really lovely," "Shall I ever be that lovely, do you suppose, if I stop biting my trails and things?" Sybil asked
gravely.
"I think very #kely. Look, if wo want to get down to the village to get things for lunch we'd better start."
Violet wheeled the little ear out and the two hopped into it.
"Mummy, what were you motter- ing to yourself just now?"
She flashed her dark at thoni.
eyes "Just a song some one I
I know used
to sing. The words of it, I mean. Don't remember the tune"
"What were they, Mums 7" Violet answered; "Oh how I laugh, when I think how I cried about you" (To Be Continued),
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