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SHORT STORY.

MY GREATEST EXPERIENCE AS A GIRL.

MY FRIEND'S HUSBAND.

How I Lost and Won in the Friendship Triangle.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1913,

Prepaid Advertisements

ONE CENT PER WORD

FOR EACH INSERTION.

TO LET.

LET on 2nd Floor No..2

TO LET.

FROM 1st February, MEI- shed or unfurnished. 6 Rooms,

To

RION, No. 10, Poak, furni-

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Apply Property Offico. Jartline, Mathe- son & Co., Ltd.

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No. 21, SHELLY STREET. No. 2 Mountain View, Poak,

from 1st July.

1913.

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TO LET from 1st July. The premises, including the Silk, Godown, in Canton an Shameen Lot 19 known as "THE RED of Mr. T. E. Griffith. Apply to HOUSE" now in the occupation DAVID SASSOON & Co, Ltd.

At twenty-four I started bisi pened so. There was nothing at noss in a middle-sized Ohio city all, not a look, not a word, that I —a business of an artistic nature would cars whether or not she saw requiring ingenuity, taste and or heard. All friends, I assured and imagination, as well as com myself, had individual interests: SHIEL, Burker-Road, No. 124,

To let or for sale, GLEN-TO LET LARGE substantially mercial ability. Naturally I met but these explanations did not Peak, 5 rooms from 1st March, water front, East Point.

built Godown, situated on all kinds of people, among them thoroughly satisfy me.

For the boat and most cultured in the Still this triangle of friendship

further particulars apply Propor-¡ CRAIG RYRIE, No. 4, thefty Office, Jardino, Matheson & nity. Two of these, Mr. and Mrs continued with increasing plea-Peak to let; fine situation; 8 Co., Ltd. Linton, took me to their hearts suro. I loved my work and was rooms; tennis and croquet lawns. at once, and I reciprocated their succeeding in it; my business ROGATE, on part of Kowloon In-

[380 FOR SALE.-HARTING and liking. They wore the most in-was becoming profitable; success land Lot No. 1154. teresting people I had ever met, was sweat, friendship was dear. cordial, spontaneous, free from So full of high spirits and foolish Barrowness, but thorough- onthusiasin was I, that morning Jy wholesome. Mrs. Linton was a noon and night there was a song of floe musician, a talented reader exultation in my heart and a thrill and very popular socially. Mr though every fibre of my body.. Linton was engrossed in his work Ob, I was radiantly happy. which happened to be allied to Then suddenly I began to mine, but was also popular social-notice things again. I noticed ly, for he was entrancing com that when Mr Linton and I looked pany when he was in the mood. nt a picture. together we stood As it was the first time I had close enough for our shoulders to ever tried to earn my own living, touch; sono imes when we bent I had, of course, a world of things over a plan my hair brushed his to learn, and naturally, when shoulder; sometimes pointing dificulties arose I turned to out this and that on the plan, Mr. Linton for advice. Hofour hands touched; and again

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man who had no special right were to tell her that she looked pretty and sweet in a

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HE partnership hitherto exist- od carrying on business at No. 18 ing between the undersign- Queen's Road Central, Victoria in this Colony, as the Turco-Filipino Cigar and Cigarette Store has this day been dissolved by mutual consent and Mr. Hippokrate Dedeoglou will in future carry on style on his own account. the said business under the same:

case and did it with such zest that understanding, sometimes the I always took fresh courage and look was prolonged the fraction found renewal pleasure in my of a second. At these times work. His mind was very quick, I

notice a little his imagination the sort that gave quickening of the heart beat, a A Hacienda East, 74 Mount Kellet delightful colour to everything it little added warmth of the cheeks, touched, and ba, had bumour I noticed too, that when he had to which kept one's feet on the earth be away from the city for a few even while one's head was in the days or a week the world lost half clouda.

its charm for me and I began to j . It ROOD became a settled wonder how I could get along TO LET: Houses in Austin HUMPHREYS nustom for me to drop in on without his clear wisdom and RAYMOND, do S. J. DAVID Avenue Kowloon, Apply A. Friday evening for dinnor. cheery, stimulating personality. & Co. At these times we had the Without him the day and the jolliest of visite, and as my work of the day seemed rather friends happened to be much gray and commonplace. interested in my work, I told All this disturbed me, but I ex- incidents that had happened plained to myself that of course a

hat or gown. There are women during the week, and outlined girl would miss a friend, especial- who really think they would be my plans for the next venture.ly one who had helped her over

shocked or insulted. But we Mrs. Linton was genuinely inter- so many rough places. There gain nothing by evading the ested; but, of course, it was Mr. was nothing wrong about loyal truth; and I am sure that no Linton, with his thorough know- friends..

normal woman, married or single, ledge, quick insight. and gifted' But about three months later I deep in her heart resenta a imagination, who planned with was brought suddenly face to face genuine compliment, however me my next peice of work.Often with the most tremendous pro personal, from a man who is there was "other company after blem a woman has to settle. It sincere and olenn-minded. I dipper-a pianist who came to was a beautiful Indian sutamer knew that Mr. Linton's compli- practice with Mrs. Linton, or a day early in October. I was sit-ments were tenor for whom she played ting at my table drumming on it genuine; he had not thought 1913. accompaniments from the club and wishing that I had some

them up for the purpose of win- and frequently she would order excuse to get cut of doors when ning my liking; he had no mo. Mr. Linton and me to the library the telephone bell rang. It was tive at all except that he felt thom across the ball "where," she Mrs. Linton. She and her hus- and wished to express them. Of said, "you can talk shop without band were going for a walk in the course as a matter of traditional NOTICE is hereby given that disturbing divine harmonies." wouds she said; they were going training, I knew he was anying of Cigars, Tobacco and/or Uigar- all orders for the purchase But my intercourse with the to take a hag and get hickory nuts things to me which a married ettes by the Turco-Filipino Cigar Lintons was not confined to Fri-wouldn't I pleass go along and man really ought not to say to & and Cigarette Store of No. 18, day evenings. They both loved hold the bag. I told her laugh girl, and which I ought not to lis Queen's Road Central, should be the outdoors and were particular ingly that was just the task Iten to with pleasure. But I did; prosented to the undersigned for ly fond of walks in the woods longed for and that I would be and my experience with other payment on or before the 26th which lay two miles from the city, right down.

women convinces me that in most day of May, 1913, Often they asked me to accom We barely started when we met as they would have done Dated the 20th, day of May,

1913. pany them on these tramps, and two club woman on the way to

likewise. wo folt all the unaffected joy of Mrs. Linton's house. They had

.H. DEDEOGLOU, children in our jaunts through some important committee work the woods. Occasionally, also, that must be done that afternoon, when an unusual difficulty in my an appointment that Mrs. Linton work arose, I went with it to Mr. had completely forgotten. We Linton's office or he came to mine; turned to go back with her, but but this did not occur often. And she would not hear of it. She not all the visits were confined to peremptorily ordered Mr Linton the three of us or to Mr. Linton and, me to go for the walk and and me, not nearly all. Mrs. Lin-get the hickory nuts; and we ton and I loved each other, warm-went.

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ly and had many delightful visits We were in a merry mood; the all to ourselves. In every way wind had a tang in it, the sun- this three coruered friendship shine, the soft haze, the gold and grew so naturally, so spontane green and crimeon of the woods onely, that not one of us ever exhilarated us." Wo jested and gave a thought to anything ex- told stories and made allegories copt the pleasure of our comrade- and built fancies and drew pic

tures When we reached the

ship.

We had thus known each other woods we throw sticks in tre 98 about six months when I began and gathered hickory nuts and to notios certain things. I noticed raced down paths and sang and that when Mr Linton and I looked shouted with the glee and ab- in each other's eyes and smiled in andon of children.

common comprehension of some

Mr Linton, always a charming

spontaneous and

(Continued an Pace 10).

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Dated' the 20th day of May,

H. DEDÉOGLOU, W. R. JUSTER.

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new plan or some bright thought, comrade, was at his best, and I The Judgement House that smile was a shade different responded gaily. He said many

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And when alone we talked more colour in my cheeke, how bright The Two Carnations audi more about ourselves-what the sparkle of my eyes, what s

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