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NEW AMERICAN SERIAL.

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH,

GIRL ALONE

CHAPTER XLIII,

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By ANNE AUSTIN. Author of "Saint and Sinner."

WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1928.

DEVELOPMENT OF

INDUSTRY.

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SIR ALFRED MOND AND THE NEW COMBINE.

AMERICAN ELEMENT.

Capital Resources.. "What will be the capital re- sources of the company?" he was asked, aprapus the statement that nominal capital is £2,040,000.

course, no

The announcement of the forma- Vine." Sally Ford, or Sally Barr, which her mother and Courtneytion of an Anglo-American Com- It was a desolately unhappy Sally as she was known at the school, Barr had set for her, knowing, too,pany, with the object of develop- happy "play-acting." deep in her heart, that she did noting Industries In any part of the who began what she considered was again the unbearable task of living those Enid and Courtney Barr came down want to. For her heart had been world where opportunities are two years which Courtney Barr had from New York for the play and given to a golden young god of a offered, has created widespread in- commencement exerclues, man, whose kingdom wns the soil, terest, and has given rise to a decreed should separate

the for Ford, orphan, Sally,

from though Sally would not graduale and whose wife needed none of the number of interesting questions, for another year. It was the first qualities which Enid Barr was bent such as, how far the Americans the society debutante, Sally Barr. A dozen times, at least, time she had seen her mother since upon cultivating in her daughter: are co-operating in the enterprise, But 12 years of implicit obedi- what anrt of financing is to be they had parted, in the little mid- weeks

and during those first few

western town where Enid had ence to the authorities at the or-done, and what industries would have she

their indelible processes are to be assisted and away straight to David Nash, if ahe had found Sally being married to phanage had left

mark upon Sally Ford, who was developed. not given her word of honour both David Nash.

"But how adorably pretty you how Sally Barr. She would do her

Sir Alfred. Mond, the head of to her mother and to her mother's are!" Enid exclaimed wonderingly, best to become the radiant, cul- husband.

But, almost insensibly, she be when she had the girl anfe in the tured, charming, beautiful young Imperial Chemical Industrica, who gan to enjoy life again. It was a privacy of her own suite in a near-creature whom Enid Barr wanted in the chairman of the new com "1 wanted to nudge as a daughter. "And since she had pany, replied in an interview with soul-satisfying experience to have by hotel. an apparently unlimited supply of every fond mama sitting near me Epid's letters to help her, the taska Tress representative, to, these daughter! was not so impossible as it had questions and others that were spending money and the most and exult, That's my beautiful wardrobe of any girl in Isn't she beautiful? Isn't she seemed to her. For in the letters put to him,

As to the extent of American co- the little Virginia city to which wonderful little actress? Are you Enid was more real as a mothor taan she could yet be in actual Courtney Barr had taken her. For happy, darling?!!

mail Sally, her cheeks poppy-red with contact. The fat weekly envelopes operation, the Chase Securities many daya almost every brought her a package from New excitement and pleasure in her were crammed with love, maternal Corporation of New York owns, York, addressed in Enid Barr's sur-success in the school play, twirled advice, encouragement, tenderness. he said, and will retain, one-half Sally sometimes, had the feeling of the nominal capital of the com- prisingly big handwriting. She lightly, on the toe of her silver and her mother wrote each other slipper, so that her pink chiffon that through these letters of her pany, and Mr. Wiggin, who is ballet mother's she knew Enid Barr bet-chairman of the Chase National twice a week, and Enid early skirt belled out like

ter than anyone had ever known Bank and the Chase Securitics a Corporation, is a member of the formed that habit of sending iter a "Happy? I'm thrilled and ex-her. And she loved her, with weekly budget of clippings from the papers about the social set in citet, and happy, that you're passionate devotion, which some British board of the company. brik-here, but sometimes I'm lonely, times frightened her with its in-There has been, for a consider which the Barrs moved so liantly you will become ac-in spite of my new friends, tensity. Gazing at David's picture, ahle time," Sir Alfred pointed out, quainted with the names of those, Mother," she cried, catching clipped from the college newspaper," relationship between the great who will be your friends," as Enid Eni's hunds Impulsively, "won't she wondered, with a cruel pain industries of Great Britain and of you let me go back with you and banding her heart, if this almost the United States, and the forma wrote her daughter.

Gradually the unreality of her Mr. Barr now? I want to be with idolatrous love for her mother tion of this company will bring new position and of her future exsomeone I belong to! I don't fit would ultimately force her to give the leaders of industry in both pertalians wore off and Sally came in here, really. I guess I'm still up David. If it should ever come to countries into very much closer as really the Orphan Sally Ford inside. I'm al-a choice between these two well- and more intimate co-operation." to regard herself

ways expecting them to snub me, beloved, what should she do? daughter of the Courtney Barra.

Sometimes she agonized over the She lived for the rest of the sum or to taunt me with being an or-

fear that David might have ceased mer with Courtney Barr's third phan."

Enid's eyes filmed over with to love her, might have found, an Cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barr, who were glad of both the money tears, but she shook her head, other girl, might even be married. and the companionship which Sally "We must try to be patient, dar-Sometimes her hands shook so as

at home they aprend

out the flat-folded Try and be their friends, Hng. brought them. To

"The nominal capital of the these-girls sheets of the college newspaper like the Charles Barrs explained that with girls

money and of the Capital City Press that

index to the real Sally was an orphaned cousin, and who have always had the story apparently was never and social position and-and she had to clasp thein tightly a company," he replied. "in, of questioned. She was accepted cor-culture. It's a lothsome word, but the spasm of fear subsided. financial position. It will clearly dially by the carefree young people don't know any better one for And cach time the relief was so have available an almost unlimit of the small elly's heat social set, what I mean. Don't you see, sweet-great that she sang and laughed ed supply of credit and capital and was sometimes ashamed of the heart? Molher wants you to be and danced like a joy-crazy person through its association on both

The other girls jeered at her pleasure she had in being a popular, ready for New York when you

"And what are the industries well-dressed, pretty young girl. come, so that you will be happy, not good-naturedly because she was al-ides of the Atlantic."

She reproached herself for not timid and ill-at-case. Court was ways singing, "191 be loving you-

Та this question Sir Alfred mourning constantly for David, but really very wise. I've come to see always!" But she did not care, to be developed ?”

Please try to be patient, it was her song-and David's. she knew that not for an instant that now,

She followed, with that obedi-replied by saying: "I would were her loyalty and love for him darling." threatened by her strange new ex-"And this summer?" Sally quiv-ence, so deeply implanted in her, rather at this moment put it in programme this way, namely, that the pur periences. And, although she had ored. "He said I could be with every phase of the giyen her promise not to write to you at your Long Island home which Enid and Courtney Barr had pose of the company is to pro-1 David, she composed long, intimate But Enid was shaking her head mapped out for her. She went to vide additional credit and capital letters to him every week, putting again, her eyes infinitely fond and the girls camp in New Hampshire for the development of British, them away in her trunk in the con-pitying. "I'm going abroad, dear.and returned to school in Virginia Imperial, and International in fident behef that he would some haven't been very well this win-that antus strong and tanned dustries. Whilst preference will niuehand boyish-looking, and was able to always be given by the company day read them und love them, beter-just tired from too cause she had written them.

gayely, I think. The doctors ad-report to Enid that she could swim to the development of British and She told him everything in these više a rest care in Southern France, beautifully if not swiftly, could Imperial industries, no prejudice letters she could not send-fold him 1 want you to go to a girls' camprkle gracefully, could hold her own will be shown against the deve- of the two or three nice boys who in New Hampshire. It's really decently in a hard game of tennis,lopment of industries in other declared their puppy love for her; part of your ethication, social and could play golf well enough not to countries. At this moment it is clearly premature to specify any confeaned, with tears that blistered physical. I want you to ride and be conspicuous 'on the links.

wil the During her last term at the fin particular industry or any pro all summer, the pages, that she had left one of swim them kiss her, because he seemed sort of girls whom you'll be ishing school she obediently paid cess that the company might take so-art at her first refusal; de-moting when you do join us in great deal of attention to her an interest in.

dancing, to drawing room deport scribed her new clothes with child- New York tite enthusiasm; tucked snapshots

“You're to learn to play golf, per-ment, and to her own beautiful of herself in the enchanting new feet your game of tennis. By the young body, learning to groom it are not those," Sir. Alfred ex- dresses between the folded pages; in fact, poured out her heart to him, I want you to go to as many expertly. And during the Christ-plained, "of the usual investment far more unaffectedly than would house parties on your holidays as mas and Easter vacations she net-trust. They will be directed to have been possible if she had been you can. Learn to dirt with theted three proposals of marringe, the development of new processes Fallege youngsters you'll meet; be from brothers of classmates in and the increase of production. whose homes she visited. She In other words, the new company mailing the letters,

Not feeling at all that she was gay, don't be.”

"institutional," Sally interrupted learned, somehow, to say "no" so is not a finance house in the or- breaking her promise, she sub-

most as altered by her refusals chinery for stimulating and de- scribed to The Capital Press in a low voice as she turned sharply tactfully that her suitors were al-dinary way, but a part, of and to the college newspaper, away from her mother.

It was almost a relief to the girl as they would have been if she had veloping productive industry." avidly searching them for any

gone. le me-accepted them. news of David and jealously when Enid was

As to the need that exists for an hoarding the clippings with which ther's exquisite, fragile beauty, her

unconscious arrogance, her diligence was rewarded.

scope for its activities, Sir Alfred In-this-way-the-learned that be phistication, her sometimes caustic graduate, and with them they enterprise on these lines, and the remarked that in countries such was elected president of the junior wit, formed a barrier between them, brought the news

"A surprise, too!" Enid chanted, as Germany the banks have al- class; that be made the football in spite of the almost worshipfu) | adoption." eleven as half-back; that--and she love that Sally felt for her.

was with her,swinging her daughter's hands ex-ways been more closely associated Enid, when she almost fainted with terror that somehow made the 17-year-old girl citedly. "Court and 1 are going to with the direction of industry he was slightly injured during the fl gawky, underdone, awkward take you to Europe with us this than in this country, "and they Thanksgiving game, when A. & M.. Those cornflower blue eyes, summer, and keep you away from have always had available he heat the State University team in when they were not misted with New York until almost time for said, "technical experts to advise them upon any particular process hilterly fought contest.

tears of affection for this daughter you to make your debut." By that time she was in the fin-whom she had

"Europe! Sully was dazed. Her or proposition pat up to them. Bo recently dis- ishing school which. Courtney Barr had chosen for her, and was herself covered, seemed to Sally to be a first thought was that Europe was one of the main advantages of the powerful microscope trained upon so far away from Capiti City and new company will be that it will becoming prominent in school ac-all her deficiencies, enlarging them David. He was getting his diploma have at its disposal the best tivities through her talent for to frightening porportions. She now, just as she was getting hers

range of industries both in Great dramatics. When David's college knew that in these moments of "Oh, Mother, you haven't forgot-technical experts over a very wide paper printed a two-column pie-critical survey her mother was ten your promise, have you?" ture of her sweetheart she cut it looking upon her, not as a beloved

Enid frowned slightly, abashed Britain and America.

"The development of large in- not out and framed it. The greatest daughter miraculously restored to by Sally's lack of enthusiasm. dustry in this country has joy she bad that first year of her her, but as a future debutante, "Promise, darling?"

"That I could invite David to taken place to the extent it han in new life was to hear the other bearer of the proud name of Barr,

the United girls rave about his good looks and and as

a pawn in the marriage my coming-out party Mother, such countries his athletic record, of which shome as it is played in the most I've lived for two years on that pro-States and Germany. The same bragged swaggeringly,

exclusive circles of New York mise!" she cried desperately, as the facilities have not been provided. During spring term she was society.

frown of annoyance and anger The movement for the rationalisa- ex-tion of industries has grown con- chosen by the dramalte director tui And Sally squirmed miscfably, deepened on her mother's

siderably during the last few take the lead in the school's last pitifully afraid that she would quisite, proud little face,,

years, and the effects of this play of the year, "The Clinging never measure up to the standard

growth have been entirely in the interesis both of industry and of the country. By creating the new

MR. FORD AT MORRIS MOTOR WORKS.

"FURTHER AHEAD THAN MOST AMERICANS THINK,"

her so:

"You are further ahead here than most Americans think," he said to one of the officials of the company, He said later that he would be sorry to see any diminution in Bri-

Enid and Courtney Barr came down from New York to see her of her legal

(To Be Continued.)

LETTER GOLF SOLUTION.

Here is the solution to the

tish competition and that he regard puzzle on another page.

ed England as the natural centre

While at Oxford recently Mr. of trade in the Eastern hemisphere.

a surprise in- Henry Ford paid

Mr. Ford arrived in a new Ford

formal visit to the works of Morria car, driven by a chauffeur. Motors (1926), Ltd., at Cowley.

He said that his visit to Oxford

He did not meet Mr. W. R. Morris, had been primarily to see the col- who, unaware of the intended leges, but, when asked whether he visit, was away at one of his other would care to ace the Cowley factories.

Mr. Ford saw the complete pro-

works, replied:

"Yes. I would rather look at

cess of making Morris cars, and engines than colleges."

said he was surprised at the size)

After his inspection he said: "I

as Americans."

ar the plant and the large number think the British work just as hard.

of cars turned out hourly.

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