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SERIAL STORY
Summer Sweethearts
CHAPTER XLVIII
Did her at her window, dreaming against, you're so happy. Zoo told me, the casement.
she happen to tell you the Parkers Katharine aml Milchnel tid not go
"Did you ever see anything o are living in the same building as the to England at once, after all. When lovely?" The gearled tree in the one my apartment in lu? I've seen she was well ercugh Michael took courtyard maden stark shadow on Zoo quite a lot. She's a grand girl. Katharing back to Silenela where the flaga. There was an indefinable Give us a ring when you get back. Miss Daisy and Miss Roxana and Miss scent in the rooni.
want to send you something I think "What sort of perfume is that?" you'll like, but I can't until you have Vincent and wheezy Mrs. Houghton
She ная fussed over her.
at He crushed her to him, this creature a place to put it." the invalid. The doctor of light now air definitely
and indescribable made her stay in bed part of every aweniness. day and Michael, who had another cell-like room aross the hall, would carry her out into the heartening sun- shine.
aut at last.
be-
had
:
mnich
Katharine's eyes were wet. "He's "I can't remember," she
the best man I ever knew-except you, vaguely.
"It's very nice," he told her inelo.darling." Then her eyes darkened an A sudden thought. John and Zoel quently, Her fair hair was loosened Was that too utterly preposterous? about her face; her breast, rose and Perhaps not.
her lover's shoulder
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He was still unable quite to
fell under its covering of blond-lace. "You're already
Shanghal, a matchmaker," lleve that this delicate, goldenhaired
There was sileres after that long Michnel shouted in rich amusement girl was really his wife. He nearly igst her and all along the murmuring interval. The stars shone when she told him.
down on the desert and soft southern
A severe-looking man servant came tangled way their path had been
fair moved the curtains gently to and in with the tea at the moment, Inter- with briers.
It was difficult to be fro. And Katharine elept like a child,rupting their idyll. Katharine that everything could he straightened soundlessly and blissfully against down nedately and poured.
"Darling, you'd be perfect at one of those what-d'you-call-em? — school One day but a week after their return to Silencia Michael had been Three weeks later they were in treats the English novels are full of," out riding on one of the fine Arab London, to all eyes the usual, good sald Michael delightedly. "Do you horses the Millards had left. He looking young Amrican couple in
"I don't know, Katharine lifted her came into his roum, almost blinded well cut tweends; the girl with a fat one they have them in Ireland?" by the glare of the patio, and found pigskin bag bunched under her arm; cup. The lacy sleeve of her blouse fell the interior dark and cool. But after the man tall and pomentive in a away from her rounded arm as she his vision had cleared a trifle he saw pleasant way, shouldering his way drank. "If they do we'll have them. Katharine sitting in his one deep through crowds and holding her elbow Tea and buns and strawberry chair. Katharine, dressed in a green gently when they crossed the crowded jam linen frock with delicate handwork on thoroughfares. Mr. Downrigg had it. She looked older, mere poised and
mature,
r
-
"Darling! You're really feeling better?"
*
that
•
been surprised to and that the new Life was fun. Everything she did Lord Carden hail a wife, and such with Michael was rare fun; the old a pretty one, he told his wife af tea shops they explored in search of
evening.
glass and pewier; the little jeweller's, "She
talk like doesn't
an in a side lane, where Michael had He raised his hand to her lip, e American," he said "That is, I can bought her a pair of old silver filigree felt, reverentially that he was literally
word she earrings. he stood, understand every single unworthy of her. Here
Mr. Downrigg had glenited } "Darling," she said suddenly, with strong and crude in his riding things, most of his inpressions of the characteristic irrelevance, "do you reeking of horses and the out-of-
Americans from the cinema.
suppose there will be doge at Donegal? doors, and here was this girl, a very Katharine said he wan an old Because if there aren't I want to buy fairy
of princess
elegance and lamb, and Michael agreed more tem-one. Right away. I've been wanting fragrance, condescending to lim... perately. After a brief stay at the one for
years," She would have a puppy again-- Some of thir he said, haltingly Savoy the two were to go to Ireland and slowly. When he looked up, to his amazement he saw ale was laugh- Ing at him.
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•
•
Was it true then this thing he had long suspected—that the girl had: regarded impulsive bargain with red her live and not love him? His heart stood still. Michael, go great fool!" Her melodious wider prarounced the words
lingeringly.
"Don't you love me may more?". "You know I do!" he stammered, His eyes devoured her.
"Well then, why don't you take a In your arms?
You behave as though I were
glass. I'm your! ere made of wife
“I thought you were ill," he began But she was in his arms that very moment; he was half-laughing, half rrying against his stalwart shoulder. "It's a great 'sennini, really, when a girl has to woo her man in this shameless fashion." Michael stop ped her mockery in the only possible way--with a kiss.
to see the castle which had come to maybe more than one. A spaniel with Michael from his father's people.
"IL
lost. She wasn't afraid of life bt probably kas 37 rooms and one had est, or a Cairn like the one she he told his bride. "And old any more, or of laving, Michael had
the huating conts Jumping showed her folly of that. Even H etainers in out of the hedges."
she lost him to-mororw she would still "Oh. Michael. ኖሮ must do some have the utter glory of their perfect riding there. They say the horses time together. Nothing could conne are marvellous!"
that or take it away.
He smiled at her glowing face. Something of what she was think. "Perhaps you'll want to stay-noting, he told him haltingly. The man
hack to the States at all.
with
temler interest, You're not going to lose me, my [
it." can help Their big luxurious room darkened
"I don't know. Wherever you are,"
said Katharine, "will be home to me." sweet, Nat ir
They came in to their suite one day
at ten time. The girl, loosening her as night fell. Lights came out, like scarf of dark tich sables, riffed the far-off moons, here and there in the mail on the table.
streets below them. The sound of a Her face altered. Michael, whol moving tide of traffic-motor-horns, knew every expression of it, watched the screech of complaining bruken her anxiously.
came up to them as the music of a dim symphony.
"A letter from John Kaye," she said. "Oh, darling, I am sorry about John. He was so sweel to me and I let him down, didn't I?
They stood, arms interlocked, at the window, gazing down at London.
"And to-morrow," Baid Katharine
She tore it open. She had not dreamily, "we take the Channel cross- seen John when passing through New ing. Ireland then, my darling. And York. She had not known what to the place your father was born. And say to him.
all the rest of our life together..." They sat side by side at the long
"Dear Kitsy," she read. "Best of The thought held them both speech- dark dinner table that night, and hold luck
all that. Tell and
Michael less. They bad days and days, hands shamelessly, after the fashion Heatheroe for me that he'll have to stretching ahead like a golden stream of lovers. Afterward they walked use a whip hand on a stubborn girl. unbroken. Who knew what lay before in the moonlight for a little. Michael, Or don't. That sounda flippant. I'm them? coming to find her later, discovered | just trying to be funny. I'm glad
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NOTES FROM THE THEATRES
ment
Man", coming on Friday to the King's; Theatre, his trainer gave the actress a long harangue on Skippy's merits. The
trainer claimed that he had taught the dog to take ordere from no-one but his master because the canine had been inclined to be too
THE END..
RUBBER POSITION
EFFECTS OF A YEAR'S RESTRICTION
with strangers. Miss Clarke
Singapore, Aug. 14. Thrills of the work of the Govern- to her, took a long sniff of her hand Malayan delegates to the
apped her fingers and Skippy came Mr. V. A. Lowinger, one of the Inter- secret service agents, pitted and leaped into her Jap. Nor would national Rubber Regolation Com- against organized crime, to whom
he leave until the actress finally set mittee, in the course of a speech on misstep or recognition, means death, him down on the
loor.
"I have a rubber restriction ngid that the Miss Clarke International Committee estimated
form the background of "Public Het wire-hair of my oished trainer, that with the present quota of 65
No.
amazing al
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's explained to the
economics,
document of "and Skippy probably smelled him per cent, providing that there was no the war of Deurnent of Justice on and realised I was to be trusted." great change in world gangland opening to-morrow at the James Dunn and Neil Hamilton share there would be a reduction beginning. Queen's Theatre. Based on actual the leading honours with Miss Clarke as from July 1, 1936, of 200,000 tons cases and reports the new thriller in "The Daring Young Man", per annum. which shows in detail the method of rom
romantic comedy of newspaper the capture of t
notorious public which William A. Seiter directed from It was hoped that as stocks reced- enemy, throws the spotlight on the the story by Claude Binyon and ed prices would improve and give staring of the nation's peace-like hera- Shiney Skolsky.
work for their
ins
be
own Chester
play
"Under Pressure"
the
lifel
producers a reasonable profit, and at ihe same time would not bleed the consumer.
The speaker refused to give any indication of what such a price should
whose sake, muxt Morris, who has given the seren
fine performances,
One of many
most thrilling and pivotni role
in the story together colourful pictures to reach a local with Joseph Calleir, who enacts the screen in seasons will be seen at the
Taken that the two years of tin crime overlord. The convict stampede Oriental Theatre on Friday and Satur and jail break, the rald on the gangs day, "Under Pressure" which stars restriction would reduce stocks to ter hide-out and the sensational Edmund Lowe an! Victor McLaglen, normal proportions, considering that running to earth of the crime over-supported by a firely balanced cast. restriction is only a year old now, it can be considered to have reached the lord are all packed with thrills.
This time the tough and trusty team stage where it is beginning to take of Lowe and McLagel are "tunnel effect.--Router. men"-leading a crew of husky workers through silt and bedrock many
"The Right To Live"
Colin Clive is begining to hate the feet below the river. One hour a day classice of the American stage, by sight of bed. The distinguished in the lives of these intrepid "sand English actor, who scored to successe hogs" is reserved for death, while the author of such famous plays an fully in "The. Kep" and "re they pursue their perilous work. The "The Copperhead" and "Rio Grande," River" plays an invalid in his new other twenty-three are given up to The story of "The Witching Hour" is Werner Bros. picture "The Right to Live," which comes to the Alhambra on life and love the river. Now there the tale of an old love, which. for Friday and Saturday. For three soil subject matter magnificently suited years, has existed only in memory, talents coming to life to save and strengthen Lowe-McLaglen weeks
ho spent most of. his days in Different from any story in which a newly born romance. In the pic-
"Personally a reclining position: Bays Clive, "I shnulý like those people they have appeared, "Under Pressure committed under a strange hypnotie ture's exciting moments are ́A murder. who tell me what an easy role I have, with a love interest that is thrilling dication, using a defence even strati is a big and thoroughly human drama, spell and. thrilling court-room vin. spend three works in bed themselves, and comedy that in quickwitted and ger than the crime itself. There is nothing so uncomfortable as fast-moving.
In to
a soft, downy bed after one has been
the
"Witching Hour"
Ladies Love Danger" in it for some time. And it is any- thing but easy to try to
not
while
*There's no Rense in worrying", lying flat on one's back!" In "The Splendid interpretations of difficult believes Gilbert Reland. He thinks Right
plays the hus character roles by an extremely com- worrying is a loss from a dollars and band of lively Josephine Hutchinson, petent erst, distinguishes Taramount's cents point of views
or from any while George Brent is the third in production of Auguston Thomas' other viewpoint. "When broko and an intensely dramatic love triangle.play, "The Witching Hour," which hungry I worried; It did mo no good", Peggy Wood, C. Aubrey Smith, Hen-opened yesterday at the Star Theatre, he says. "And when I was working ristin Crosman, Leo G. Carroll and in leading roles are Sir Guy Stand and had money I worried for fear Phyllis Coghlan are others in the ing, John Halliday, Judith Allen, Tom I'd be broke and hungry again. Pretty Michael and William soon I was. So I stopped worrying, The Dating Young Man"
Henry Hathaway directed, took the Ican days when I had to, This highly dramatie play, with its and, believe it or not, pretty soon Skippy, the wire-haired, terrier who strange, mystic qualities, is benuti. they stopped. At least he adds, mado his screen debut in "The Thin fully transposed into the films, retain knocking on wood, "I haven't seen Man", is an unsually smart pun and ing
ing all of its serie qualities, and one lately. The athletic young actor knows a friend when he sees one, giving greater stress to the romantle co-stars in "Ladies Love Danger" with When the famous canine wont to the values. A full evening's entertain. Mona Barrie, Thin Fox Film's Fox lot to enact the part of Mae ment, the picture is a commendable comedy-mystery is now playing at the Clarke's pet in "The Daring Young photoplay interpretation of one of the King's Theatre.
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