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BARGAIN BRIDE
CHAPTER XXIV
In the vestibule Barrett waited with Dle Ratner. Dick was nervous, having left Marela in tears. Sho went so easily these days, went when nothing at all had happened to make her unhappy.
KATHARINE HAVILAND-TAYLOR
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mo, think of New Year's calls and Elinor, oddly dizzy, clung to Bar- people getting ready to go to Sar- relt." He felt her dependence, flushed atoga.". more deeply.
of
Canadian Pacific
That's exactly the reason I've kept "Of course we'll all have lurich It," he said, wondering at her under- together," said Lida.
standing and warmed by it. "But Barrett amiled, quite naturally, anything," he added quickly, "that Barrett looked as if he would gladly "Borry to bear out the old theory you don't like can be changed
But I think everything looks ro mothers and sons-in-law," he said, have given $1000 for a deep puf "but of course we won't. We're going pleasant," she stated. Soine day she of a cigarette. He had never been, he to skip, Aren't we?" he ended with would tell him that it was a relief to realized, more shaken or uncertain of a tenderness that was not mas himself. But when he naw Elinor ho
furnishings into the sclid- Steamer forgot himself. She had lost colour queraded, as he turned his hond to-Fet away from Lida's self-conscious ness of the old and the feeling that a and her amile was forced yet she was
"I think considering everything family had lived happily атопя lovely, as always. Truly and beauti" she answered with an effort things they knew. fully lovely.
"that Barry and I will run on-now.
""link" Barrett said now, "that draw her away from the group to a
Higgins has had your bags taken up stairs. May I slow you the way?" small, dimly lit arm of the vestibule running across the front of the eburch.
He moved toward her quickly to
ward Elinor,
I'll look in to see father this, after Ron," she added.
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dramatically delivered kiss. And at He couldn't remember when he had think why I'm so nervous!" she con- f last they were alone in his car, piloted felt so young, so inclined to foolish" EfAsin
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"And we'll inako up for it by having a real party for you all some day when
celebrate," Barrett added.
сли We
She looked her gratitude,
feared.
"We'll go home," he said, "and by Hutten. have a decent luncheon and forget "Well" Barrett murmured the whole buslaces. Meantime, nigh, turning toward her. Elnor, you'll have to look a littling better?" happier. Can you manage it?"
"Yes," ahyly. "Ars you?" "I'm a new man. Will you smoke?' "Yes."
She tried to, aniling. "How's that he heard her whisper,
"A bit better."
"I do my best. I want you to know--I try to do my best-al ways."
"I know that" be answered al- most harshly and, for the moment, he did. Lida drew near to влу crisply, "Doctor Palmer is waiting, I think
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well
told
Jest, so happy. after
She laughed. He had the power, "Feel-sho was learning, to take from her
all feeling of restraint.
He found cigarettes and held his Bghter to hers, laughing suddenly
her. "Your room opens into mine as E/Canada July 24 July 201
her stifly as they reached the
into
to see how her hand shook. "Still "per ball. "The door has a key on badly knocked,'
he said. "You're your side-but during the day I think
It would be best to keep it open. |Lrembling."
(don't want even the, servants—”
She
comfoodded. "But I'm
"I understand. I don't need tho
kay
I
not un- she stated. "I'm-a They were married in one of the surdly at case considering."
He also was at case, he realized. small chapels where Dick, after a word from the verger, led the amall He said slowly, "Odd, isn't it?
TOUp nervously. The blended lights; feel the same way." from a stained-glass window shone down on Elinor.
They were sent for a space. Then Barrett asked, "Your bags were scat Bessie whispered, with a entch of; to your home?" breath, "Did you ever see anyone so
Yes
Yes. There are a few trunks on sweet and lovely as she mopped the e way, too, I hope I won't be a fireplace, paddle-topped English fro her eyes with an already moist hand-reat bother." kerchief.
"Oh, no! And you'll remember my promiso
Lida remembered her own mar possible make it as easy for you 48 Florentine cabinet, long mirrors, soft
ringe to Bentwell and how the had had to remind herself not to show her scorn of him. She had thought, of course, that hiss Ella Sexton would immediately nettle "something decent" on Bentwell, her nephew, She had, Lida know, been a fool. All the years of lying to the old woman had gone for naught. But of course now things would be different.
"I will Elinor whispered, head bent,
"will," came strongly. if not quite steadily, from Barrett. Then it was over! Barrett stooped to kiss his wife. Arthur Palmer gave his alole to an acolyte and stepped from the chancel as a friend and not-a
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Thank you," he answered low, Ilo nushed the door open and she stepped into the room-the prettiest room, she thought, that she had ever тодо Been. It was gay with soft, chintzes and comfortable with deep chairs. There were empty bookshelves on either side of a two capacious
guard around the hearth, amall tables, a desk, a telephone guarded by a
net at the windows, a chaise longue. "Yes, thank you,"
"When did you do this she naked The car came to a standstill. They wonderingly. "Or have it done?! It were at home. Barrett opened
tho was
obviously new, entrancingly door before Hutten could reach it frost. The rug was so soft benenth Higgins admitted them, bowing low her feet. There were pillows, many and tremulous from excitement. pillows and all so pretty. Elinor smiled and, rather
shyly, "Last night," he answered. spoke a few words to the butler. His rather since yesterday noon. eyes brimmed
he murmured, a rush order so you may-I suppose "Thank you, Mrs. Colvin-"
many thinge missing.” Mustand Ile was going to be able to love
Sho sald
with childish wonder and her, ho saw, as he had hoped he might. pleasure, "It's lovely!"
"We're home," said Barrett.
He had not meant to, but he could "Oh, I like " A sudden sweep not help taking her hand to hold be
"Or
It wea
of consciousness made Elinor speak tween his. "I want you to be ad in an undertone.
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"Even that hat rack?" "Yes," shiv insisted. "It makos
"Dinky"
One of the cleanest-and-most re- freshing dramas of the year, the Warner Bros. production, "Dinky." with Jackie Cooper in the stellar role, wns shown for the first time locally at the Star Theatre yesterday. It is
happy as you can bohore, with me," he said sober]",
(To Be Continund) ·
MR. W. Y. GOODWIN
NEW LOCAL MANAGER FOR THE DOLLAR LINE
the
Film producers sometimes choose picture everyone will enjoy. For te bringing to Ilongkong Mr. W. Y
On Friday the President Jefferson. very subtle, and indirect routes to boys it has football games, baseball Goodwin.
and other sports, cadet drills and the Traffe Manager
Assistant Freight reach your emotions. An instance of life of Young America in a military fee of the Dollar Line, who will be at the Shanghai| this is provided by "Escape Me acuden Girls will love its romante in charge of the Dollar Line office in Never", Elisabeth Bergner's new
glamour and Its
thrilling Hongkong until the return of Mr. starring vehicle which is now show-sequences which include a terrifle fire T. B. Wilson in June next, ing at the King's Theatre, with Hugh an orphanage in which Jackie la
Mr. Goodwin was in Hongkong four Sinclair, Leon Quartermaine, Griffith sued from death by the young pris years ago, when he reloved Mr. WIL- Jones and other principals of the of the military academy. Yet it is by you on plast
means Д children's picture. Margaret Kennedy stage hit, repeat-
The Dullor liner President Cleve man will ing their original roles.
live over again his land which arrived here yesterday
ing the tininess and the hell and every woman will year! morning was p.day late owing to
of the appealing waif, Gemma Jones, 12vor both the tots in the academy and heavy weather experienced between greatest role, was the problem which distinct romances in the picture, one p.T. yesterday according to
who offers the great Bergner here orphanage. There are
-down-at-heel gamin to move against.
pen
two here and Amerien. The ship loft, at
confronted the art director- here. childhood love affair between Jackie schedule, however. And he met it by cunningly contriv- the girl who did such worderful work Levin in the Garbo pictare, Reginald
and little Betty Jean Haney, ing over-sized settings for the tiny in Mary Jane's Pa" " The other is a Owen and little Cora Sue Conins The effect is astonishing. Through-own-up affair between Jackie's make their second appearance with out the production, which widowed mother, a part played by Garbo, both having appoured with her Czinner directed for release through Mary Astor, and her lawyer, Roger in "The Painted Vell". Owen, who
Pryor. There United Artists, Gemma and her
a whole galaxy of
of has just signed a long-term contract niless composer friends, Sebastian and child stars, the other leading roles with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, wealthy McCleans, and the back-Richard Quine and Frank Gernardi. Suo is seen as Tania, her tiny niece Gary Sanger, eru contrasted with the Ernest, Endlich Feltown, Sidnr, George awarded the role of Garbo's brother,
Miller, Stephen Oblonsk!, grounds switch from tumbledown Mary Astor is excellent in the lead- May Robson plays Countess Vronsky. alley lodgings to magnificent edificesing grown-up role as also is Rogor! A third child role, Cora Sue's brother from the picturesque canals and pal-Pryor as her lawyer sweetheart. Grisha, te played by Buster Phelps. azzos of Venica to the smoky tene Other adult parts are ably portrayed Reginald Denny receives the biggest ments of London. Here the work of th the art director intensifies the effect by Henry Armetts, who furnishes no role in recent years as Yashvin, little comedy relief as a junkman, March's staunch friend. Other play- of these extremes by cunningly Henry O'Neill, Clay Clement, Flor-ers are Ells Ethridge, Joan March, emphasising the contrast betiston the two backgrounds. For the Interior ofence Fair, Joseph Crehan, Addison Sidney Hracey, Joe B. Tozer, Guy the Neroni Palace in Venice, which Richards and James Burke.
le rented by the McCleans, two, sound. stages were utilised with colossal acts which Andrewfey, the brilliant Rus-
"Anna Karenina"
Greta Garbo's tenth anniversary sian art director, modelled after picture, "Anna Karenina", opening on well-known buildings in Venice. Al-Saturday at the King's and Alhambra though authentic as to detail, these Theatres, has one of the most impres sala wore scaled to one and one-half sive casts of feature players available. timen the size of the originals. The story, with a background of im Faithful copica of early Italian tapes perialistic Russia at the height of that tries hung on the spacious walls, nation's wealth and splendour, was dozen marble statues, likewise directed by Clarones Brown. Almost er-sized, ornamented the stairenze. Fall at the characters in the novel arej Inta
this
gargantuan setting, bursts retained in the picture, totalling tho
garbed in the forty featured roles. Heading the tiny Gemma Jonca.. childish uniform of a school girl and cast ure Garbo, As Anna Karenina, apparently one of a culture-Booking and Fredric March. an Count Vronsky, group, Actually she is a little impos- her lover. Basil Rathbone was lured tor, a hungry walf on a thieving ex- from the pedition. The effect is, of course, to Anne's ruth to play Karenin, husband, and Fred- make the star appear tinter and more die Bartholomew, of "David Copper waiflike than ever. For another am-field", was called back from personal bltious sequence, filmed in Italy, the Italian State Railway put a train and earance triumphs to take over the zalo АВ Garbo's Bon. Maureen part of a track at the company's dis- | O'Su
O'Sullivan, posal, but the gracious gesture was work in "Barrett of Wimpole Street"
because of her brilliant quickly counter acted by the unactorly was chosen from an imposing list of behaviour of the one hundred and candidates for Princess Kitty Sheher fifty camers-beld extras secured from batsky, and Phoebe Foster, Broadway the neighbouring villago, who showed stage star, abandoned the footlights an unnatural predolletion for close to play Princess Dolly, Anna's alster ups and constantly marched straight in-law. The stage also surrendered Into the camora.
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