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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

GIRL ALONE

CHAPTER XII.

By ANNE AUSTIN, " Author of "Saint and Sluner."

"It wasn't 'murder, Eddie," Sally' interrupted eagerly.

stalks."

"Ruby Ruby's dead, Eddie. Didn't you road about in the papera?"

"You're so good to us, Eddie," years younger'n me.. I' sort of Sally glowed at him. "David and figger on marryin' Ruby one of To Sully it was all like a dreams, 1 hada't an idea what we should these days-say, what's the mat- ́a fantastic lovely dream-except do, and we were so hungry weter?" he broke off abruptly.'

that in dreams you are never per-could have eaten field corn off the mitted to eat the feast that your "You locked all in," Eddie grin hunger makes in real. And not nest, at her, "So you ran away, even in a dream could she have too, Sally. Couldn't stand the imagined anything so good as the here a sweetheart you picked up on racket any langer, eh? Is David

thick, furry, dark-brown back the road? Gosh! To think of lit whent cakes, plastered with goldenle Sally Ford tramping?" buller and swimming in maple

syrup.

And Eddie Cobb's voice seemed real enough, although the things he was telling her and David in

I'm afraid I've taken advantage of your friendship for Sally Cobb," David said. "The truth is, Cobb-"

"Aw, make it Eddie. We're all Inds, ain't we?"

"Well, the truth is, Eddie, that

"Ruby-dead? You-you ain't kiddin' ne, Sally? Ruby-dend!"

tered to David's face as if for help. Sally's distressed blue eyes flut-

"Ruby fell-out of a fifth story window, Eddie-last September." Sally admited In a choked voice.

After she had spent the summer on the Carson farm, Eddie," David broke in quietly, significantly,

Sally closed her eyes so as not to see the conflict of rage and grief in Eddie Cobb's boyish face. David Eddie burst out at last.

the hastily erected cook tent cer-I'm afraid I'm a fugitive from jus "I hope to God you did kill him, tainly had dream-like qualities, tit, wanted to lake, Sally back

a

o the orphanage and give myself you didn't I'll finish him!". And David, sighing with satisfne-up for murder-"

"What's all this, Eddie?" tion over his third plateful of hot "Gawd Eddie ejaculated, pal-reat bellow brought them all to cakes, was gloriously real. So ing. Then something like admira was the long, rough-pine counter tion glittered in his little black "Put the soft pedal of at which they ate, and behind Dave. Don't let nobody hear which the big negro cook sang you"

eyes,

startled attention. "Old home. week? Get to

your work! Lucky's howling for you. the hell do you think's going to Who

set out the dolls?"

soaga as he worked before a huge "It wasn't murder, Eddie," Sally Eddie's importance was sudden- | amoky oil stove. Tables scattered interrupted eagerly, her throughout the tent and coveredoing put to close on David's re- with worn oilcloth reminded her of the refectory of the orphanage which now seemed so far away in the past of her childhood. She drew her, wondering eyes from their exploration of the cook tent, focussed them on Eddie Cobb's

The cook tent was filling up, so David lowered his voice to a mur mur as he told Eddie Cobb, briefly but accurately, the story of his rably fatal attack upon Clem Carson, the farmer.

handy shattered. The big man, who seemed to Sally to be as tall na assuringly, "It was-un accident, the giant whom he advertised as a 1 11 way. Tell him, David. star altraction, came striding Eddie will understand."

arross the stubby, dusty lot. Ha enormous head, topped with p wide-brimmed black felt hat in de- fiance of the torrid June weather, showed a fringe of long, curling white hair which reached almost to the shoulders of his Prince "Geo!" Eddie breathed, when Albert cast. freckled, good-natured face, lis-he recital was finished, "I hope "I'd like to speak to you u you finished him! If the old minute, air," Eddie urged meekly.“ tened to what he was telling then:

buzzard ain't dead--and I'll bet After another frowning, con- "This is a pretty good outfit. he ain't-I'd like to take a crack sidering up-and-down glance at We carry our own show train, even at him myself. You, two kids David and Sally, but particularly at for the short jumps, and the star stick with us. I'll tip off Bybee Sally, the big man atrode away

Land I'm a son-of-h-gun if he don't with Eddie, out of earshot, performers and the big boss and Jeive you both jobs. The conces- "If the big man does take us, the performers when they're flush sions are always short of help you won't be sorry, will you, "Oh Eddie, if he only would!" David?" Sally whispered, clinging cut in the dining car. Gol a

Sally gasped. Then sudden doubt to David's hand. special cook for the big stars, clouded her bright face. "But "Dear little Sally!" David drew walters and everything. Course Eddie, we'd be so conspicuous har lose against him for 11 with the carnival, The police moment. They stood close to each sometimes we can't get show

would lay hands on us as soon as other, Sally not caring if the in- grounds close enough to the rail- we showed our faces-"

terview between Bybee and Eddie Tuail to use the cars much, but in 'this town we're lucky enough to get a lot pretty close to a alding. The performers will sleep in their berths,, unless it gets too hot and they want their tents pitched on 'the lot."

"Not if the Big Boss took you prolonged itself interminably, for under his wing." Eddle reassured David was there, thinking-she her. In the carnival the Big could feel his thoughts-"Dear Boss is the law. I'll speak to him little Sally"— myself.".

But after only a few minutes

The carnival Inbourers-big, | Winfield Bybeo and Eddie came rough-looking, powerful negroes across the stubble toward them. in undershirts and soiled, non- Bybee apoke, gruffly: descript trousers-eyed the trip "Eddie here has been telling me curlously as they passed from one that you two kids have got your- "What do you do in the carni-tent and booth to another, Eddie selves into a peck of trouble, and vál, Eddie?" Sally asked respect-explaining and gentlculating like want to hide out a bit. Well, I

3 Cook's Tour conductor. fully.

reckon a travelling carnival is "Gee, Sally, I never expected to about the best place in God's world "Oh, I'm helpin" Lucky Looey see any of you kids again," Eddie to hide. Anybody that wants to on the wheels. Gamblin' conces-Interrupted his monologue, which bother you will have to deal with sions, you know," he enlarged was like Greek to his guests. Winfield Bybee, and I ain't yet "Have you ever been sorry you turned any of my family over to grandly. "Loosy's got three kew-ran away, Eddie?" Sally asked, a village constable. Now, Dave- pie dolls booths and I'm in charge wistfully desiring reassurance, for that your name?—if you want to of vone of 'em, Old Bybee-Win-it was still impossible for her to keep out of sight, reckon I'd bet

picture ilfe independent of state ter let vou help Buck, the cook'on. field Bybee-owns the show and

charity.

the privilege car. travels with not like most

Eddie anorted. "I've been rec- "Sometimes Buck gets owners. He owns the concessions ng life, I have. New York and chummy with a bootlegger and his and lets the concessionaires Chi and San Looey and all the big K. P. has to serve the food alone, But I reckon It's easier And you, Sally" is keen eyes operato 'em on percentage,le for a boy, I never did want to go narrowed speculatively, took in the owns the freaks and the girlie hack, of course, but I've thought little flushed fuce, the big eyes show and the higardiver and an many a time I'd like to see some sparkling. Then one of his big the ridin' rackets-ferris wheels, of the kids." He blushed crimson hands reached out and lifted the merry-go-rounda, whips 'n every under his big, freckles. "How heavy braid of black hair that thing, He'll be showin' up any hew's Ruby, Sally? You know hung to her waist, weighed it, minute now and I'll give you an Ruby Presser? She still there?, studied it thoughtfully. introduction to "

She must be 17 now.' She was two'l (To Be Continued:')

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WEDNESDAY,

APRIL 18, 1928.

RED LITERATURE FOR FRENCH SAILORS.

FIVE ARRESTS MADE.

Paris, Apr. 2.

A number of lonely sailors on board the French cruiser "Mul- house" (ex "Stralsund"), wrote re- cently to a Paria newspaper ask- ing to be put in touch with ladies willing to correspond occasionally and to send comforts and delica- cles.

The lonely saitors received, in- stead of comforts, 30 bulky pack- ages of Communist literature, with precise instructions about Com munist propaganda.

The police have now arrested four of the lonely ones, and also the man responsible for deapatch- ing the literature, who is an old sailor, the Secretary of the Com- radeship Society,

THE FROTHBLOWERS.

BIG ENDOWMENT SCHEME LAUNCHED.

London, Apr. 3. The Ancient Order of Froth- biowers has decided to devote £14,- 1000 an a permanent endowment to help Girl Guides and Boy Scouts, also £5,000 to endow hospital cots, and £1,000 for other purposes.

Mr. Joseph Parker, of Ryton-on- Dunsmore, Rugby, who celebrated his hundredth birthday recently, has already dug bis cottage gar- dùn for the spring sowing. Recently he trimmed a hedge.

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