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SERIAL STORY-
BARGAIN BRIDE
CHAPTER XXY
As Barrett made ready for the night he heard. Elinor moving about in the next room. She had not turned the key in the lock, he realized, and by her trust in him. He dailied long over his cigarette.
KATHARINE HAVILAND-TAYLOR
if I'd been small, scheming, working necessary!" for myself"
"I do promise It. I owe you
He turned to face her. "Or too much to hurt you. But I can't course," he said slowly, "you'll have take any of Aunt Ella's money, nur
alimony"
any from you-" "Oh, nol I couldn't tako--any-
from you!"
your
that small omission had made plain thing here, child!" He moved,
speaking, to face her more fully He would make her as comfortable We should have had this out before In his home as she could be, he we were married but since we didn't, vowed. She must have all the pretty here goes. Do you think I would let things she had lucked. He would tell any woman-or stubborn youngster her next day that he bad transferred bo my wife without seeing to it that to her account the exnet sum that had been left him by Miss Ella Sex-she was provided for adequately when ton's will. After that, he reflected, he the time and circumstance makes her
cenne to be my wife!" would probably know further disillu που sionment. She might pay the bills for her father's illness, decide $1,000 WAB enough for the Thropes and keep the Test for herself. That, however, was not his business. He had done all he could to return the fortune to Miss Elin's relatives.
The thawing moment, WHA kone. He laughed mirthiersly. "I'm going to keep support myself while Elinor went on.
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Ho flushed deeply. "That," he said, "is the frat really unkind thing I've heard you say."
"But Barrett "Elinort" Again he sat down bes side her. "I am going to support &/Japutt you while you are in this house and "I don't know," He had never seen you're going to be suitably garbei. her ΣΠΟΡΟ feminine-maddeningly. You're not going to ride on buse E/Canada | Feb, 11(Feb. 13
She smiled at that little but his: alluringly so, "But I can't," Elinor went on "I really can't take any face did not change.
Your allowance will be adequate money from anyone--as things are.
and
I don't want you to hoard it." E/Japan Don't you see!
"Oh, dear!" she murmured. "And, what's more, I can't see you
"No, I don't see!" "But
fortune.
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And sure enough there was trouble
"How are you planning to care give away all Miss Elig's fortune B/Canada April April about the money, but not the trouble for yourself?" he broke in. Again without a protest," he added. he had expected. Three days later he, glanced at the page on which "You aren't!" she stated with her E/Russin April 17jAprit 19 Apri; 21 April 23 April 20 Barrett arrived home toward the was charted her plan to give away first and last attempt at humour that
May E/Japan
1 May 2
May Clay 8 close of the afternoon to And Elinor every cent of Mins Sexton's
vast day.
May 16 May 17 May 19 May 21 May 23 waiting for him in the hall.
E/Asia She said. "Barrett, will you help "Well," she explained slowly, HI An hour later their voices bad E/Cunnin May 29 May at me? I'm sorry to trouble you but can give music leason, I thought grown a bit sivill from strain. She I've worked and worked and nothing of doing that when father was first was nervous and thoroughs upset, G/Russin June 14 June 14 June comes right. I'm so stupid!"
taken sick but I realized I could only Elinor realized, as she dressed" for "What am
I here for?" he ques tloned, slipping from his coat with unusual hante.
carn
can!"
enough to support myself dinner. She had not dreamed be Japan I can
can do that, though. I'm Bure could be no belligerent. Ife had in- /Agin
sisted she must buy twice as many "It's about Aunt Ella's money.".
"Yes?" he queried grimly. He frocks as any woman could need. He E/Canada she explained. She sighed, "1 never would see her doing it, he reflected spoke of her allowance and the amount. was at all clever about figures." satirically.
staggered her.
"We won't worry over that," he
"Yes, really. And at night I could) comforted her. "We'll x it in no play in a restaurant."
time.
The gratitude in her glance made; him look away..
"I wish you know," she said, "how fine I think you are how wonderful you've been about all this?"
101"
My dear child, that's ridiculous! "No, it isn't. It would kill me if you fell in love with anyone and were hurt by this. I don't know what I'd She was twisting a bandkerchief. staring at him with eyes not yet; world-wise enough to be able to veil any tragedy,
"You're an adorable chill," be said, "and you're talking nonsense. Now suppose we go to the library and look over your problem?"
They settled side by side before his big desk. Humbly and with some em: barrassment Elinor gave him a paper on which she had written very eare- fully large figures under the names, "Bessie," "Mother." "Father."
He considered these as his brows tightened. "But you'll have nothing left for yourself!" he 'objected.
"Why, I don't need anything! I couldn't, really, take it. I'd feel as
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"I don't want to be an expense, she had objected, “Can't you under- stand?"
with a
He laughed shortly. "But it lap- To which he had replied pens," he pointed out, his lowered frozen, "No!" eyelids making his gaze a condensed Higgins, serving their dinner, was sit, that I won't have that! You depressed. They had been married. playing in some damned restaurant less than a week and obvicusly they social bad had their first quarrel. They clerk or could
be secretary if you preferred that hardly spoke when he was in the room. she offered meekly, "I could do but when he was out of it they went discussion. Entering almost anything you thought on with their be suitable. I'm
strong softly, Higgins heard her saying, “Fo very "My God!" he flung out. "Ex-not a mule, I only," and Barrelt'a
Elinor-He BIC,
pushed!
"If response, you're not a mule just cus inck his chair, arose and crossed what do you think you are?“ the room. He had not dreamed that she could be so obstinate.
After dinner Barrett sat in the library and Elinor, in the drawing
The girl sat still, crushed by his room, played wistful tunes. At 10
"It's a disapproval.
ahead," she went upstairs year
without saying sho pointed out timidly. "Perhaps good night. by then we can come to some arrange Barrett called for a whisky and
roda and ment that will satisfy us both."."
the
But in his
11ttle later for another He had been rather unnecessarily whisky and sods. He mounted
11. dramatic, he realized, but the iden af stairs wearily at her slaving, wearing herself out and room he forgot weariness. The door doing without had made him feel as was open. he had never felt.
"Barrett-" he heard. "Yes!" He neared the door with Thebeļu few enger strides.
"I won't do anything you don't want me do!" she promised. were tents in her eyes.
"Child," he murmuted, "if promise me that, all
"I want to speak with you a moment you--if you'll come in?"!
(To Be Continued)
this isun.
RALPHS' SHIELD
status with Hollywood's best, is to be found in the triumph of Jack Bu chanan's "Brewster's Millions,' почу at the Star Theatre. For the first NOTES SUPPLIED BY time Elstree has produced a suzier- SEVEN AMBULANCE 'UNITS,
musicni which In every
respect THE THEATRES
IN COMPETITION reaches the very high standard set by, producers like Samuel Goldwyn.
The first round of the annual .com-| Mendelssohn's famous "Wedding No previous British musical-has-had petition for the Ralphs Shicht by anchi catchy tunes, such lovely arious divisions of the St. John March, familiar to all brides music lovers, in part of the score of and such a succession of ritously
Anthulance Brigade was held yester ny epinutes. Jack Buchanan nt day
at th
the old polo ground, Causeway
and
the music in "A Midsummer Night's best, and Jack's best is good Bay, opposite the Brigade's head-
hix own
Dream," the Warner Bros., which opened on Friday with a gala enough for anybody. In Queen's Theatre, and is
and is still showings Crosby, and
lowing indulges in slapstick. burlesques Bing these however. know that it was
premiere to a crowded house at the charming way he sings, acts, dancer seven divlalons competed,
the Chinese Y.MC.A. dragon! The picture is loon), Shaukiwan, King's College Old Mongkok, South China Athletic
inally written for u stage produc-f a carnival ties the hind part (Hongkong), Ciuinese Y.M.C.A, (Kow.. tion of this Shakespearean classic. bancil on the fantous old stage farce Beintion, and the Chinese Athletic
Association.
con-
It is used
in the musjestic pracéesional of the sains title, and with puttable! It tells scenes,
where Hippolyta and Theseus adaptation for screen purposes
In the Max how Jack Brewster (Jack Buchanan) Yesterday's competition was celebrate their marriage. Reinhardt production made for has to get rid of a £500,000 fortune infined to stretcher and company drills, Colonel Reid, this episode, was six months in order to inherit one of and the judges were Warner Bros..
the 26,000,000. That means spending the RAM,C., and Major Barry, R.A.M.C. staged on a wonded hillside, on
inna stuff at the rate of
an hour for £150 on
The second and final round will be top of which the Temple of Diana gleams white in the an. The bridal twenty-four hours a day! Of course, held on Sunday next, when first ald couple rido
grent bosch, garland-Jack
for most of the time everything he will be announced in due course. some horses. Gorgeously costumed out touches turns to gold, including dud
irs and scores of slaves accompany | stage sider. Scenes range from Hewlett, Andre Cheron and Georges
shows, dud shares and
in
ed in flowers, drawn by four mettle. mucceeds, but it is a close thing: work will be examined. The results:
dud
them. Behind walk white-robed Derby neophytes of the temple, followed by Epsom Downs to the market square
Renavent.
"Anna Karenina"
a troop of spearmen and hundreds of at Ajaccio, and from a Bloomsbury From Broadway stage stardom men and ladies-in-waiting. To the boarding house to the bridge of a strains of the majestie "Wedding 1,500 ton luxury yacht. All
to play a supporting rolo with the
March" the procession, in pomp and excellent backgrunds for BuProvide Phoebe Foster journeyed to California splendour, wends Its way rich fooling. Lili Damita is his leading greatest of screen stars Greta Garbo. Wolfgang Korngold arrange the music lady and sweet little Nancy O'Neil After the first meeting with Garbo, and the unique dances were staged by is the heroine he marries in the end. Miss Foster found her to be a woman Bronislawa Nijinska and Nian The supporting cast
of deep sincerity and simple dignity. Includes Jean Theilade. The all-star cast include: Gillie, fan
admit I was a little timorous of James Cagney, Joe E. Brown, Dick Fairbrother, and a riot of
clean and Synes that first meeting," said the stage Powell, Jenn Muir, Victor Jory, Verree feminity. Thornton Freeland, the star, who plays the important role of Teasdale, Anita Louise, Hugh Herbert. American director of "Whoopee" and production of the Tolstoy classic. "Garbu's alster-in-law in AC-G-M's Frank Mellugh, Mickey Rooney and "Flying Down to le," has made on Anna Karenina," now playing at the Acores of others.
excellent jol of the direction-bat "Unknown Woman”
most. of the praise for "Brewster's King's Alhambra Theatres What little success. I may have achieved on Trapped by a temptress out of the Millions" should and will be given to the stage is so infinitesimal compared
by the woman of Jack Buchanan,
to the world-wide fame that has como hundred
Behind her smile
"White Cockatoo"
to Miss Garbo as an actress, As the lurked
Who WDS sho? mystery. What
her
A meludramatle murder mystery days drew nearer to our first inevit- game? Richard
Bend chills able meeting, my timidity changed to Cromwell is faced with this perplexing thriller guaranteed to situation in Columbia's exciting creeping up and down the spine comes tight. You might say I was stricken drama, "Unknown Woman", showing to the Queen's Theatre at an early with stage fright for the first time in on Wednesday at the King's Theatre, date under the itle of "White Cocka. my life. "Beside Miss Garbo, Cloaked in mystery, behind her smile too." This new Warner Bros., drama, really nobody. She is so great, yet Bo lurked danger and daring. the un-unlike most mystery plays, accentuaten sincero and friendly to those who work with hor." Miss Foster in atill puzzl how opportunity offered her
nighties!
Was
·lenowite, woman,
an
lend, to
girl's
дт
strongly. wor e and the romance angle very trouble and Muriitak kong The template bands of cum important ruler man of the shadows, provides some nak te steal three murders, tha Karenina." She made no sereen tear heart-racing surprises to her fellow fortune characters in the film. But she in kid
in kidnapping of the heiress and an at the usual procedure before any sup unmasked at last, as romance inflames tempt on the lives of several others. porting player is placed in a picture in the face of death! Douglas Dam- An American engineer, aided by a cast. She was told she was wanted brille is seen as the leader of a band cockatoo, finally solves the killings and to play the part of Princess Dolly Oblonski and she forthwith hopped mysterious happenings in the into Arnetta of bond thieves, while Henry,
In Los a place and arrived enacts the role of the head of association of fish peddlers for which the French hotel Jenni Muir Angeles next day. The truth is role of the heiress whose past is Producer David O. Selznick saw her want wrapped
inystery, and who has in one of her New York stage per Cromwell is attorney. Nana Bryant
the habit of appearing in two places forinances ned remembered her when and George Melay are also in cast of "Unknown Woman", which was at the
time, a coincidence which the "Anna Karenina cast was dis- directed by Albert Rogell from the Is tied until the end of the cursed with Director Cirence Brown, story by Scott Darling and the screen-story, Bleardo Cortex plays the part Frederic March is
co-starred with play by Al DeMond and Fred Nible, of the engineer lover. There is Mias Garbo and the Imposing east in- large and talented supporting cat cludes Freddie Bartholomew, Maureen which includes John Eldrege, Gordon O'Sullivan, May Robson, Basil Rath Final proof if any be needed-Westcott, Addison Richards, Poulins tone, Reginald Owen, Reginald Donny that Delish films can claim equal Garon, Armand de Bordes, Bentley and Gyles Isham..
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