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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MARCH
An exciting 'romanen 'by
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BEN AMEJ
WILLIAMS
10,
Small Town Girl
(YROM WHION METİNO-NOLUWTH-MAYER HAS MADE A MOTION PICTURE)
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The Story Thus Far After leaving Wellesley, Koy Brannan becomes Chick Kantonľa advertising assistant, them en term inta
muel round of gaiety, confiding to her room-mate, Gene- vieve, that she will never return to the dull, uneventful town of Curvel, Sho hears much of Bob Dakin, a medical doctor, whom has never encountered, in engaged to Princilla Hyde. Kay sees a great deal of. Dane Ripley, although he is not "the marrying kind." Genevieve lee- tares her about her drinking ant partying and Kay is penitent, Dut when Chick tagra her with neg fecting her work ate quite in fury and pack
011 (1 wachting party with Dane. Oner, there however, he becomes very drunk and insists on making violent four to her. She hesilk n passing row. hout and extapes.
CHAPTER XH.
honour. I know what's expected of After that, the rest is simple. Await
me, lass. I return anon."
me."
"But your friends," Kay urged. “And the race to-morrow
He descended, and Kay watched "Never explain," said Bob in an him strike a match and hald it high. joracular tone. "Your enemies, won't The first one flickered and went out; belleve it, and your friends don't need the second served. He came back to it. I'll deponil you at your own door,her. Jeff, and be back here in time for the
Intarting gun." And he hooked his "Eureks," he reported, "this, Jeff,
hand through her arm. "This way," in Minton Green!" he urged.
"I never heard of it." Kay de Kay
remember climbingclared. would jswaying stepe, walking gingerly
along the stringpiece of the wharf. He chuckled, starting the car. "A Later, they came somehow to where famous town," he assured her. I a car was parked; a roadster with was best man here once, at a wed- the top down. The rain had wet the ding., Pat Norris and Felicla.
We nent, but Bob fargot this and so did motored down from Bostou one night Kay until it was too late for a renie after a Yale game and were home by dy. She protested oner.
morning. There's an old J. F. with "Are you all right to drive?
You chin whiskers who's also town clerk, shouldn't leave your friends so. I can lives along here somewhere." get a train."
as they was watching the houses "Man of honour, be Insinted. The shipped swiftly by. "Pat and Felicia starier burred, the gears meshed with have hit it off, too," he declared. a clash, the chatch engaged with a "Happiest pair 1 know." wrench and they were away. Kay,
alert for danger, watched for a while
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"How far in Boston?" Kay ked till she made sure that he was not too | wearily. drunk to keep the rond. Then Innen-
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Bob and sternly: "You didn't say
where to, Kay? Can't you say where to, jady? You can't expect me to rend your mind 7′′
Bu chanted lugubriously: " You can't expect a cow to read a railroad sign.
closed.
"Here we go!" "Sleep?" he asked.
Outside the village, they breasted "Terribly red," she confessed. He chuckled gently, "Close thoselo steep ride, and the car raced up. weary eyes," he told her. "Put your ward to the creat. At the top, they hend here on my shoulder. So.. inced the east, and Bob pressed the Some time later, she waked with brakes with an exclamation. "Huliol" self thrown forward and almost on a sense of catastrophe; found her he cried. "Lank there!"
. "What?" her knees. She scrambled back inte the seat in dismay, and starod ahead, In the glare of the Bghts she saw a rocky road with grnas between
the wheel tracks, and deep ruts; and she asked quickly:
Kay at very still. Bob Dakin? That legendary figure was a reality, After all! His shoulders bowel over the wars for a moment; and then he let the oars (rail and fumbled beforest! But have no fear! Like the
tween his feet.
"Hat I'm negleating duties of n host," he said cheerfully. He turned hall around to Kay with something in his hands. "We're provisioned for a long cruja, Kay," he said amnbly “You needn't hold back, This will Increen your tongue.“
Tươs it of, Kay! Sot
"What is it? Where are we?". "Lost," he said gayly. "Lost in the storm! Lost in the impenetrable
faithful Newfoundland dog, I carry succour for all wayfarers,
you won't
"Rosy-fingered dawn', Jeff. See. the sky's brightening."
Kay nodded wearily, but Bub ex- claimed:
"Jeff, this is bad!"
"Bad?" she echoed.
"Dissolute young doctor keeps pure country gal out all night. Jer. I've compromised you!”
Kay laughed faintly. "Don't be
Kay eriert: "Hab, what are you doing?
He had, absurd! No one cares what I do." he saw, a flask. She shook her head,
Bob shook his head. "It's not you and he tippet it to his own lips. Item considering," he told her. "I'm affered it to her agale; and when she a man of honour, Jeff. Up to m still refused, he said cheerfully: to make an honest woman out of you.”) i
"Then I'd better finish it. Not He began to turn the car, He pressed a paper cup into her enough her to be worth saving
14 take it." Kay said quickly, fingers. Something spillet on here you drink any more,
and find that J. P. and make in "I'm going back to Minton Green l. She tried to. demur; but he able to drive.. said sternly:
" Heb told hey imply. "Not a word out of you, hussyt aided her gas; she spilled some of marry
"Only cours quen to me. Jer." it. Disobedience and 1 marcon you on
She tugged at his arm.
"No, no, "I tried to take some short cuts,” The rare mud fint with the crabs, he explained, "Steered by the North t sle prolested desperately, In Boston. The hour hait about it an unreality. | Polaris has been on a spree to-night That's all you need dat
Star. Jeff, don't ever trust a star "Don't be silly! Go on In this smell boat among the larger Here to lay and
"And leave a smirch on your hither. craft al sachor all around they were
féft, Jeff, do remote from the world. Cissie la the Mumble mutandis mutator or words to spotless reputation?
Rie capable of such stern had not stirred at all; only once
to that effect. But don't
worry. you think Man twice she murnitured sleeptly honour. Always remember that. We
Nothing to worry about.
of thing?"
She tried to laugh at him. "You're ngainst Bob's shoulder.
The rocky read Joking, of course." He had turned will proceed." climbed steeply. "Excelsior," he said, the car. She rubbed her brow with her hands helplessly. "Bob, don't be and wrestled with the wheel.
And a moment later: "Honest, absurd! We must go on!"
They were racing through the Jelf, ll get you safe homes"
don't seem to care," she conCan't have that! Noblesse oblige." night. "Compromised," he insisted. fessed wearily.
He had been
"Check," Bob retorted. “We're un aur way!"
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"Drink that and I'll take you any.and shuttered, Kay imagined the he told him angrily. "Tough to have to walk home from u to the windows and look out. There rachting party, Need water wings was an infectious quality in b on both feet. But have no fear now, gayety, so that Kay found herself) Jet! You're in good hands. Behold Finging, too. They wandered for stop before a house on the edge of in me a man of honour, upright and what seemed hours on absurd roads, the village, turned off the engine. "Jeff, don't inflexible. Trust your Uncle Bob!" rocky and winding, through deeleaned toward her.
"I want to go back to Boston," said woods, ever ledgy hilltops, down into argue!" he said. "Get out...I have Kay in an uncertain voice. She was
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to meet them with a hypnotic regu- from Adam, and I don't know you Bob checked the dinghy, held it steady larity. Kay had a sensation of rush from Eve, so we start even!"
"No, no, no!" Hor Rensea were with one hand, himself stepped ing, headlong speed, curiously sooth- ashore. He extended his hand to Kay: ing: and then, very suddenly, they swimming.
"Name's Bob Dakin," he told her and she stumbled up beside him. Bob were in a village. White houses lay thrust at the dinghy'r gunwhale with on either hand, and Bob slowed the earnestly. "Honourable name. his foot and it carcene uncertainly car, peering right and left. Suddenly of honour, Jeff. Promising young doc- away from the landing stage. Kay he jammed the brakes and stopped. proteated:
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She looked at hiny long. tried to speak honestly. "Bob, I come from little town in New Hampshire, We're poor as diet. I had a job, but I couldn't hold it. Dano Ripley asked me down here and I came, ready for anything. Or at least, I thought way till it came to the test. Then I couldn't! I'm-pretty desperate. You mustn't offer to marry me." She Iaughed a little, pitifully. " might do it!"
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"I'm so tired," she whispered, sur- rendering.
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