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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26,
As axelting romaner by the, popular author
BEN AMES
WILLIAMS
Small Town Girl
(FROM WHTON METRO-GOLDWYN-MATEN HAS MADE A'MOTION FIOTURM) –
1936.
Kay Brannan, petite and dean- tiful, lives in Carvel, a small town in New Hampshire. She is aagerly awaiting her sister Emily's graduation from Welles ley, so that the herself can enter and escape the dull, uneventful toton and the awkward adoration of Eliner Radford, a mechanic. She has just been told of a teach- ing position for Emily but is horrified at the thought of her sistor spasting youth and in Carvel. However, Emily salary would be helpful to her parente. Now, she is hurrying home from the post office with Emily's latest leitor. Intuition tells her that it contains none
special news,
CHAPTER II
every word. Usually what she wrote me. Did she to you?”. was concerned with her work, or with Mrs. Brannan whook her head, her extra-scholastic activities; but smiling faintly. "No, Kay." this letter which Kay had brought She's in love with him". Kay hack from the Post Office to-day con cried, "I know she is. I have n tained news almost sensational in its fooling. Mother, do you realize this implications.
is the very first time Emily has over- Before opening the letter, Kay and mentioned any man? She's so quiet and reserved that when she says as
her mother wort Into the living-roomuch as this it means a lot; Do you
that was the heart of the house. Brannan had mislaid her glasses, and Kay found them for her, beside the suppose they'll live in New York? I'll bet he's a marvel if Emily likes him. sink in the kitchen. When she re. And she does, you can see that i turned, Mrs. Brannan adjusted the glasses and carefully tore off the end Mrs. Brannan chuckled comfort
ably
"Aren't you going pretty fast, of the envelope and began to read the Kay! Reading so much into so littls! letter aloud. Kay Jeaned over the chair back, her own eyes following After all; it was just this business her mother's along the neatly written about his sister that brought them
together."
lines.
name's
Dane and ho
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They want canoeing!" Kay argued, Emily began with news of her work, "And Emily never went canoeing with which they rond attentively proudly. But when these matters man in her life before. Or sho never told us, if she did! Won't it be were disposed of sho went on: But Kay was to meet another delays up before Student Government this
Something rather difficult came grand, having him hero?"
"We can manage to take care of Mrs. Brannan as- Nancy Towne stopped her. Nancy Inst week. There's a girl named him, I'm sure," was two years younger than Kay, Helen Ripley In the Freshman class Rented composedly, tall and thin, with abundant black I can't help liking her, but she is "Of couнo we can!" Kay insisted to meet him, Mother. hair cut square across, and surrender caroless and irresponsible. I don't Aren't you? I'll hot he's wild about
"I'm crazy ed to a tossing disorder. She saw think there's any real harm in her; Kay from across the street and came but she hasn't any father and mother. her. Emily's such a peach!" Her running to intercept her, her oyd Her brother is rather mod said slowly, "She's so darned nic
nice. His voice was suddenly husky; and sho shining, crying out her nows in a torrent of words.
Harvard four years ago, and since and straight-forward and pretty and "Kay, Kay, what do you think, it's then he has been studying, architoc decent. If she doesn't get the bost zeitled, I'm going to Holyoke in ture in Paris, up till this last year, there is, there's something wrong with the fall, I got word today, and I'm met him last Thanksgiving. I told the world."
him at the time, pro nan bald, a little wearily, She sat golag, I'm going, I'm so excited I can you about
"Emily's a fine giri," Mrs, Bran- hardly stand, Kay, I don't see how ably..." you've stood it, to wait so long, if I¦
caught Kay
Mrs. Brannan's with the letter in her lap, looking out had to wait two years I'd
dic, think
shoulder "She didn't, Mother!" she of the window across the wide lawpe you're marvellous, but I
erled. "Sha nover mentioned him. toward the road. "No need for you to wait. There's Mother, do you think she's in love | Kay suddenly laughed, half to hor, only one of you," Kay reminded her, with him? I bet she is!"
1
[self. "I saw George uptown," she miting. Nancy never used periods. Mrs. Brannan smiled. "Of course remembered mirthfully, She talked until she was interrupted, not, Kay. Listen
now." And he Georgel Ilis nose will be out of joint took a quick breath while anyono elas read calmly on:
now! Mrs, Brannan smiled; and was speaking, and burst into words But I started to tell you about Kay caught the older woman by the again at the first full.
Helen. She went away over a week- and shook her affectionately, end and she had aigned to stay with You don't seem a bit
Mother! excited, Mrs. Morton, in town; but she and Don't you realize that this is the first another girl and two men got caught time Emily has ever written as much In a liquor raid at a place down on as that about A man1" She clenched the shore. She was with Bob Dakin. her fists. "If he isn't just the grand- lie's a young doctor and terribly wild, est ever, I'll slap his face!" and always getting his name in the And whe
"Maybe, wo'll sco
"I should think you'd just hate Emily" the girl cried, as Kay paused. "Having to wait for her to get through...
J
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papers, and so there were reporters him at Commcement! 1' bet. he'll
"I don't." Kay assured her. "I feel as-If I'd helped, some, by waiting | Wo're awfully proud of Emily, you
know. She's done so
wonderfully, in court when the case came up, and And of course Father couldn't afford one of them knew Helen. She gave to have us both in Wellesley at once. false name; but this reporter know- Really, I haven't minded at all." ing her, the whole thing came out in "But, darling!" Nancy protested. the papers. Who she was, and every "To Just sit and twiddle your thumbs,thing.
come back to see Emily graduate!" And she laughed again, sympathe tically. "George said he might go down to Commencement; himself. He said he suggested' it to Emily, and Emily didn't answer; but of
when you're all ready and everything, So Student Government had to do course I told him she'd be glad to I just couldn't bear it, I don't know something about it. When I talked so him."
how I'm going to wait even till fall, with her, she was pretty rebellious Mrs. Brannan asked in a mild in- "Who else did you see, uptown?" just think Kay we'll be in college and deflant. Then Dane saw the together, at the same time I meal, story in the New York papers, and tero, everybody," Kay assured her. even if we are in different colleges, camo over to try to straighten things
Will you? I like Carvel," she de- and he went to Dean Wills, but of thought Efter this year. She
I'll certainly be glad to get out of out. It seemed to me Helen opght to "I met Lillian on the way to the this town!"
face the music and I had to, tell him Post Office. She told me Miss Farmer Kay milled in faint amusement, sa. At first he was furious at mo, was resigning
would jump at the clared.
course the Dean said Student Govern- chance to get that job, I thanked So do I, of course," Nancy virment would have to handle it; and she her, but can you imagine, Emily tuously insisted. In a way, but you wouldn't interfere. So we decided teaching school here in Carvel? After can get tired of a place, don't you Helen would have to leave college, but doing so wonderfully at Wellesley" think, I'm never coming back here, I that she could come back as a Frosh- "That was nice of Lillian," Mrs. promise you, even if I have to just man next year. So she'll be in your Brannan agreed. slave, or wash dishes or anything-class, Kay. After it was all settled, she was a peach about it. I think it "Not even for vacations?" Kay will be a good thing for her; and
Dane docu asked, her eyes twinkling.
too, Row, We came to Oh, of course, vacations," Nancy know each other pretty well, he and assented, and new clothes, and go-1. One night wo got a canoe and ing to parties, and being important, went out on the lake, and he told me but I mean to really live, you know about Paris, and all the places he's what I mean, don't be absurd, Kay, neen. He's been all over the world. I'll bet you, never come back either. He's coming up to New Hampshire isn't.. I don't believe Emily will stay hero this summer and wants to visit us after she's graduated, you_walt and for_a_wliile.
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Mrs. Brannan smited faintly; and Ripley. Will Emily have some news INWARD un about meeting him. Mother!" Her college? Be sure to read to-morrow's "At least, she never mentioned him to tones were vibrant with excitement. absorbing_instabment.
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