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KONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1935..
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"I wish I could take you back with ms, Jerry”, said Barrett,
DEGIN HERE TO-DAY
BARRETT COLVIN, 20, returns to New York after four years abounce. He le rich and has made mme for bilmself an archaeologist. The first to get him lah
answered by a full dinner plate and jarresting loveliness or languid, wistful When Barrett renched home he Who would see to it that he was fed appeal. in all ways.
Marcia had been a criminal and found Higgins waiting with several so had Barrett himself! But he he phoned and asked Mr. Barrett to tele- moranges. Mrs. Radnor had tele- Pair-suatu. MARCIA-RADNOR T felt that his success might be made phone her between six and seven. A by a trip to the Gobi, and in that
selfth and spoiled. Marela je happily mar ried now. Years before Barrett ablelded her when a youthful flirtation ended diastrously. Martin Balants whom Barrett alepted. She la worried because the try's tutor theentones Jr with blackmail and declares
how
1er husband will never forgive her it be the tutor, HAROLD DEXTER
A Marcin in
leaving he now
ELINOR
It was absurd, he realized, to reproach had himself with the fact that he not stayed at home to play nurse- his sister's child. Yet he mald to
bellef time had proved him right. He young gentleman named Dexter had hated rich men's idle sons; he could called. He had not been willing to not be one. Archabology was not his explain his mission to Higgins but hobby but his
had promised to call another time. and work Л svork to
Barrett's square chin became danger- learns the truth, Barreti nurces to deal with which he devoted his entire enerously set. He did not know what
erstwhile
Dexter, Gerald's
tutor, could want of him but he knew ex- netly what he wanted from Dexter it he
tried to Intrude. intruded-or Barrett would enjoy the solace of pitching him out and he had not seen the man he could not deal with in this way if he wished to.
STAFFORD As the street and affers to drive her bune. Eliner, 20, has been calling on her wealthy sunt. MISS ELLA SEXTON. All Min Sextan's relatives (with the exce had known his sister, and his com
Awaiting her tlon of nor) are eagerṛy
death, hoping to inherit a share of the Sexton
forlu
Phill
Panties had promised that through
Marcia old Annie, a mad who knew of the
Marcin and Filler depart. The girl, instead of going homin, goes to visit her counfair, she would watch over the boy. PH{LIP SEXTON, and lomazin hina 120,
So far as Barrett could discover has been owned by his aunt. Lainor i the only one of the family wise friendly with him,
CHAPTER IV
remalna
Higgins waited. Quite obviously he had something else to say,
Annie had not made even eno trip to Vell7" Barrett prompted a little Mrs. Cooke's farm house. lio felt in- creasing resentiment, reminding him shortly. He had been put out by self that he was a fool to have placed Dexter's daring to call. The matter "Miss Ella Sexton' sent you a note Two days inter Barrett Colvin, in the slightest trust in any of Marcin's was closed; he had disminsel Dexter. easy promises. If he reprenched her Connecticut, stepped into his low (as he would not, kept by comes over to tell her you were gone from at noon, sir," Higgins såld. "I went roadster. His ward, who at nine
sense from
futile motions) making
_town_and_she sent back word through years was beginning-to-stretch to the Marcia would-
Probably-murmure Craven that she would like you to read:
really fame: Colvin height, stood near by, thougone. I.told her looking at Barrelt wistfully. "I de Annie wish you could stay longer Baid-1 I'm certain, dear!" And, this mur.
ho
Then, with effort, he forced
common
***
nur made, she would be done with smile, add.ng, "It was nive of you to the matter. Barrett shook his head.
"I'm glad you came
camel"
There was no understanding how any
come.
her note as soon as you returned."
(To Be Continued)
leaned from the car to take one could shake responsibility D & O. BANKING
the boy's hand. I'm coming back!" Marela did.
and we're going to
have
he promised, A some good times"
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The boy was appealing too E CORPORATION LTD He was tremendously attracted to gngingly unspoiled, obviously a truth- Gerald who was clever without being teller and softened un cusily by kind- too serious, who was, in short, theness. It was all too evident that kind Authorised Capital renasuringly normal, healthy-minded neeses were not common for him. fabric for a mou. Gerald would turn
"Damn!" said Barrett, half-aloud out well, Barrett knew, if he had his but chance; and the visit had strengthened ber being more shamed and irritated. feelingly. He could not remem the intensity of Barrett'a vow to give Shamed at having had part in an ar Gerald that chance,
rangement so patently unsatisfactory It was fine of
you to come, Mr. Barry, and to send me all those cards and irritated by Murela's running
BRANCHES Bambay, Calcutta, Cnlleut, when you
away. I'd pretty true, un she always did, to her selfak
Colombo, Hongkong, Madras, Shangbai, Blogs type. nearly forgotten what you looked like. vization? The devil with it! pore You see it WAS
long time ago that Allowing such tangles to be hidden, the world.
Agenciest-In all the principal towns of $ you went
making them things to hide! Barrett
General Exchange und Banking Busines Barrett agreed, con- was weary of Hes, evaalóna, unfair- trenucted. Loans and overdrafts granted ou ness to those who could not declare suptured security. Current and Fixed Deposit "Are you going to stay here
amily Aremunts owne
RAVINGS ACCOUNTS la local currency im while now?" the boy asked. for same time on these and other tried, without success, to make his facts. Then the feeling of the open). STERLING BAYING ACCOUNTS—Interent question casual.
quieted him a little, a feeling that allowed at rates which may be obtained on "I will, I promise, Gerald, until is never found by those who must application.
y for you to let me go"
have company and "something going whiz, I don't see how you can go then!" Jerry commented, smiling.
"That's
tritely.
over
atkal rights. In med ark, Interest allowed at 2% per annum. 1790
He
on
The sting of the first hard frost War
in the ale. A few neglected We all freckle that way," Barrett thought. He tightened his hand on by the bitter night, gleamed between pumpkins, puckered and shrunken the boy's. Nice youngster! Desery shocks of corn. Wind rattled eerily ing of everything square and good! through these, making, beside the purt Odd how it made you feel to see of motor, the only other sound in the family traits intensity......rather stiliness,
melted heart and made you humble Ahead in a hollow which WAS ......made you want to make up
for the things you hadn't had, to w Bevered by the twisting, silvered cortain there would be no gaps in the dam
unfolding life,
"I wish I could take you back
TONG WAS a wood where oaks, clinging tenaciously to summer garb, made brown patches in with the p
to gray of blended boughs and tree me, forty," said Barrett without trunks.
Yea
knowing that he had meant to say it. "Gee whis, wouldn't that be great!"
it was good to be alive and
Gerald answered. His eyes brighten to have a go at the old world in spite
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denly again he saw Elinor Stafford's
"I will-some day!" Barrett stated, young face raised to his. The vision and his chin squared. “And I keep concerted him. He had never had my word." he thought, looking down the least use for "old fools hovering on Jerry: "I wonder whether you know, raund spring flowers"mon with! that?"
shortened breath who danced attend-
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Including To-Day
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thinned locks, thick waist lines and To Christmas!
Mrs. Cook, in whose house Gerald unce on pretty young girls.. made his home, appeared at the door- way... "You'll catch cold without your It was true that he was not in that. |hat, Gerald" · the called sharply class physically. He had kept re
Gorald's face changed; Barrett frown-markably it. A man can not wield el, pulling on his thick gloves. Hen pick under a desert sun without чуда not at all satisfied about the nome, return in hardness Sull he station. Gerald had admitted that was 35 years old and Elinor Stafford he would like a now tutor, that he could not be more than 20 nl the meal, had not exactly liked" Mr. Dexter he decided-perhaps for the fiftieth
4. Chockers with Barrett he had
This is fine. I like checkers but, you see, nobody ever had looked four years ago, but the has time, to play with York Barrett all. He remembered suddenly that new, vision covered and dimmed the Rolling toward New wondered perplexedly where he was to Elinor's mother had been called at that And the now, right home for Gerald, time the most beautiful"woman";in a home ruled by some comfortably, New York and that everyone. seeing portly soul who would know that hor with her laughter, had wondered small boy'snoods are not entirely at the daughter's lack of grace, of
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