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SAILINGS 1935.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY,
SERIAL STORY-
One Hove
BENIN HERE TODAY
JANET HILL and ROLF CANLYLE have been engaged minust a pokr. They have pot off their marriage because Jenst inziste they must here $600 in savings account Erpt. Koit enjoys spending money and the rlikd economy evenaanty to HATE this amount letiful to him Janet works as secretary to BRUCE HAMILTON, wärerthing mandagar
of Every Home Magazine, and Itelf
piclone
played at an advertising agency.
Janet, deeply in love, in hot when Rolf begins to make excuseo for not roming to see her. One night he breaks an engagement with har. MOLLIE LAMBERT, who lives across the ball, seile Janet she han en Rolf entering a theatre' with another wirl Janet meets Rolf next day after work him what Mollie a Rolf becomes ungry, ways their engagement la meaningless and thai I? Janet really wanted to marry him she would have done so ton
go They quarrel. Janet in nadwormlife, hopi Falf wil exli or come to ace her but he elor not..
In
Who learns that the Firl Mollis saw with him is RETTY KENDALL, sisce of a member
of the firm for which fal! warka, Belty he taker Job fr her uncle's office.
Muli adylien Jacst to go it with other young men and show Rolf the fins forgotten
blta
CHAPTER X
It seemed to Janet that she had been thinking of Rolf and nu one or anything else but Rolf since the day sho had last seen him, the day their engagement had come to an end. But when she can face to face with him again Rolf Curlyke was far from her thoughts,
It wa on the Saturday following: her trip to the movies with Mollie. Janet was in front of the Brewster
Hotel By old coinehfered it was almost exact
exactly the same place where she had seen Rolf with Betty Kendall un that other Saturday.
"It
.
to
t happened this way:
Janet and had a very special task perform thal morning. Bruce
Hamilton was out of town. He hath departed unexpectedly the day before. making hurried prepurations, in the mbist
of half an hour of rapid fire dietation Hamilton
suddenly stopped short.
"Good Lord!" he exclaimed. "1 forgot about Mix Graham
Si
Janet knew adout Mine Grahaon, was an important member of the advertising staff of Fisher-Loom Incone
Every Home's best
clients. Miss Graham was roping to Lancaster to arrange some demoa- strations of Fisher products. Very high type demonstrations with educa tional value. The plan was to per sugde pas of the local women's or- gruisations to sponsor the affair. Since Fisher Loon's had been buying A page of space in every issue of Every Home Magazine for more than For Singapore, Colombo. Bombay.six months and there would be a new Sucx, Port-Said, Brindisi, Venice, contract to discuss before long it (London by rall) & Triceto. certainly behoved Bruce Hamilton, the angazine's advertising manager. B. "CONTE ROSSO"
..1st Sept.. "CONTE ROSSO"..9th Sept.to show Stins Graban: every courtesy sa. "CONTE VERDE"..3rd Oct.. "CONTE VERDE" 11th Oct.
"She gets in Saturday morning." 8.3. “CONTE ROSSO"..2nd Nov. 8.s, "CONTE ROSSO" 10th Nov.
Hamilton said. "I was to have lunch with her." 4.4. “CONTE VERDE" 30th Nov, 18.8; "CONTE VERDE"..8th Dec.
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There were several moments silence. Then all at once he exclain- ed, "See here--how's this? Why can't you go to sea Miss Graham and take her to lunch, ?*
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AUGUST 28, 1935,
LAURA LOU BROOKMAN
Rolf stood looking at her. He said, "Why-Janet!"
looking down at her and he said, I had reached a correr where the only "Why-Janet!" in a voice that was building was set back from the street. not quite steady: It might have been There was no one else hear. Rolf "But, Mr. Hamilton---?"
surprise or emotion that gave the slowed his step and said, "Elsten. He was smiling. "You'll like her," words that unnatural sound.
Janet, I want you to know I'm sorry Hamilton assured the girl. "And you "Why, Janet!" Rolf said and then about the other night. We shouldn't can do it. too. Tell her why I couldn't added, make it. Tell her I'll give her a ring
have quarrelled lat wny. I mean wasn't looking where I wish we could be friends-* Monday morning and arrange to see. I wa
the girl said quickly. later."
Her composure had returned. "How Στην
see," he went on, eyeing Janet, are you, Bolf?",
her
"if you don't go I have to ask "Oh, I'm all right. It was surt of
Somebody's got to be there, a
Dawson
If Chambers was here he'd take care
"Yeting you like this."
it was."
*
She looked at him swiftly. The young man's eyes were straight nhend.
Janet's own voice sounded hushed and a trifle breathless. "I'm sorry. too," she said. "1 didn't mean all those things I said. I shouldn't have said them. Only well, I guess I mis- understood. I
thought you were in love with that other gift two werks
D
of it but he isn't here-and Dawson Neither of them spoke for a mo- puts his finger into this department usent. Then Rolf said. flushing slight too much as it is. Don't say any-ly. "Which way are you going?" thing to Miss Graham about the new contract. I'll take care of all that. Teil her we want to be helpful in every to be coming
Did he wonder why she happened way we can
from the Brewster have been terrible! I couldn't ent or Hotel Janet failed to enlighton him.leep or anything. I've wanted It was Saturday afternoon and she talk to you! I've wanted to tell you And thus Janet Hill found herself was not due back at the aflee but for I don't feel the way I did about get- lunching at the Brewster Coffee Shop some reason she didn't want to tell in married. I mean I was wrong. Saturday noon. She had never born Rolf that. She didn't want him to We don't need to wait until we've in the hotel before but Miss Graham think she had nothing to do with a
Asaved $500. We don't need to walt was stopping there. Janet thought half-holiday but go home and stay at all. I'll marry you any time. Miss Graham was one of the must there now that she was no longer day! This very afternoon if you say attractive women she had ever seen, engaged to hini. For an instant she
She marvelled that such a beauty considered pretending that she had a should want to devote her days to date. Then she said, "I have to lo figuring prices, okaying proofs, dis-kome! cussing column inches-all the dull Lansingsing I'm on my way to routine of busing in an advertising Landings was the town's largest office. Miss Graham, however, didn't department store. seen to think it dull business. Shei "Going that way myself. Mind if Ineked questions about fanenster und walk along?
talked gaily, interestingly of other
y, no. Of course not." vities she had visited,
walked the length of the Janet was fascinated. She was so block. Rolf spoke of the weather Interested in all Miss Graham saki} which was pleasant and said that that
be there
NO
She stopped, suddenly alarmes.
(To Be Continued).
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would the excitement of lunching at spring certainly the Brewster was forgotten Over almost any day now, Janet agreed. When the Hongkong-Canton the coffee and decrert they sat talk adding that some of the shrubs in for all steerage passengers for a ing until suddenly Janet realised how the park were beginning to show
late
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was getting. She offered ex-buds, Holt, with a slight air of self-seven hours' trip many expressed the cuser, smited and hinshed when the satisfaction, told her he was handling opinion that such a cut in fares was older Woman
| 4 now "account." It was a good one, and said goodbye, her a compliment.
He went on to mention sonte trivial methods are now being followed by unprecedented, but moro drastic She had carried out Mr. Hamilton's office gonsin. instructions exactly as he had said. Janet's face was an effective mask. aomi Junk owners in Canton, Duo to It gave Janet's pleasant feeling of No one would have guessed to look dullness of business, passenger funks Importance to have had a part in at her that her heart was pounding sailing between Canton and Shan- dealing with one of the magazine's feverishly, that her hands In their chang, Dakfa and Shamfau Aro clients. It made her feel that she was neat black gloves were like ice. The aging a serious price war, says tho more than just a secretary who typed colour that had left her face at the Canton Dolly Sun. letters, answered telephone calls and surprise encounter came flooding back took care of Mr. Hamilton's appoint- and her heart was singing with excite telling passengers to pay what they
"If I could only be like she is some But at Rolf's mention of the Atlas be refused. Such dlay," Janet thought, "working Advertising offler that singing consed nevor appeared in the history of wouldn't be so bail.”
She was thinking of the becoming could check the words.
abruptly, Janet spoke before she Canton shipping. Hult and handsome fox scarf Mins Graham had worn, the distinctive way in
**Railway's Enterprise. her short, dark hair laid back from her face.
Rolf's tone was casual. With a view to promoting busi- What буди that Afins If Betty Kendall's name had any ness of the railway. Mr. Li Luk-chao, Graham had said about the little town special significance for him he did managing director of in Mexleo!
the (Chinese Janet pushed
not betray it. She's D. R.'s niece section). has mapped out a scheme for through the door out to the street. She turned anything about writing ads, of course, Canton Kowloon Railway and
hotel maybe you knew that. Doesn't know carrying a joint service between the and almost walked into someone. A but I suppose she cati learn.
the tall man in a gray topcoat. Startled,
Canton-Samshui Railway. Mr. Li & Janet stepped buck.
"She's very pretty" Janet said. new holding consultations with the "Oh. nie" she began with a little om-
excuso "I saw her picture in the Times." authorities of the latter railway to barrassed laugh and then stopped. ment needed no con mont.
Apparently Rolf thought this state-settle whatever differences may, ap Her face drained of, colour.
There was pear. According to II.
Mr..
the It was Rolf Carlyla. He stood did not seem to come easily. They of next month if everything goes well. something he wanted to say and it service should be started by the middle
"I understand you have a new girl
your office. Miss Kondali!” "Oh, yes."
J
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