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A FIRST NOVEL!

WHIRLWIND

THIS HAS HAPPENED SYBIL THORNE, secret bride,

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

By Eleanor Early.

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discovers she is going to have a child. She confides in MABEL BLAKE, A social worker with whom she took the trip to Ha- yans on which she met her hus band. RICHARD EUSTIS, whom sho married after a shipboard courtship, proved so despicable a husband that Sybil left him after a two-weeks' honeymoon.

Pledging Mabel to secrecy she returned to Boston, where CRAIG NEWHALL lives. Craig has loved Sybil for years-in fact they were wretchedly into the flames, and Hinchliffe stated that she was still and which will make the fullest informally engaged when she sail- pain like a solid thing wedging up communicating with her husband. possible speed to Southampton.

Once she was awakened at night The locomotive pulling the Sir David Maurico Serjeant, within and filling her body with à, ed away to Cuba-and met

by a sound resembling that made Royal train broke down just before M.D., aged 98, who has been Richard Bastis. She has tried to dull, sliding ncho.

And so the Christmas holidays by him when tramping up the reaching Bulawayo, and the Duke paporhanger, gardener, painter, tell Cray of her marriage, but-

stairs wearing his heavy flying-and his Equerry assisted in the builder's labourer, conveyancor, poate received for one year or shorter periode passed. And New Year came. misunderstanding-he completely

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and doctor, is in St. Giles Hos- which will be quoted en application. not to joke of such begged her

A. E. FERGUSON, The train afterwards steamed pital, Camberwell, suffering from

Manager. things, And, after that particu- On the second of January Sybil

Hongkong, 18th March, 1923. a fractured log. The fracture was into Bulawayo having set up lar incident he seems inclined to | went again te Wester House. avoid her,

Mabel kissed her solleitously, and

Mile Mitze Holst, the Danish record time in spite of the mishap. caused by a fall at his home. Sir Sybil hates her husband and has Sybil saw the worried question in Hutton Memorial Cup in London grimy hand, congratulating him youth, hit for two runs the first

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OF NEW YORK. never heard from him' since the hor eyes. drendful day she left him, "Oh, it's all right, Mah," she said, recently. In the final she beat on his smart work, adding "I shall all over bowled in an Australian

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Capital, Surplus sleeping drunkenly in their hotel in and began to pull off her gloves to Miss Peggy Butler, the British remember all my life." Havana, She is furiously re-hide her confusion. "I told them foils champion, by a margin of 4 bellious about having a child, yesterday. Val was simply sean-points,

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But at Christmas time her alized. I mean she said she was. heart softens, and to her own ut-You never saw a girl net up so in ter amazement she no jonger all your life. Of course she was hates the thought of Richard's tickled to death--but, my, dear, 'child:

you'd have thought to hear her, the tell her ] whole thing was a personal affront. And that I'd done it all fast to em- barrass her. Some day I'll kill that womna-I know I will."

Mabel urges Sybil to family, and to tell Craig.

"Right after Christmas," she promises. "I can't bear to spoil that day for them. But the very next day I'll tell."

CHAPTER XXIX.

Sybil rolled her gloves into little ball, and tossed them on Mabel's desk.

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She cupped her chin in her hands swallowed resolutely-and began again.

--Craig, I was married last summer."

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Router understands that Prinen | certained on application to features with a puzzled, kind Editorials in the American

Chichibu (the Emperor's brother), Bank. concern. Now it seemed to her that newspapers dwell upon the pro- who attended last night's recep "Tad was absolutely wonderful," his face grew hard and cold, as if found interest American people she continue. "And Mother's it had been frozen, or carved from are taking in the reports of the Tad carved a monstrous turkey down at Bigelow's this morning, to stone.

King's gallant fight against his and pulled on the wishbone with see about having announcements

Bravely she held his eyes with illness. Sybil. They had their gifts be-printed. First time she's been out

The New York Herald-Tribune hera. Her throat was dry, and fore dinner on their chairs in the of the house for weeka.

"Poor Mums-I guess she felt somewhere in the back of it was afthis morning says: "Americans dining room, and ate among tissue wrappings and red satin ribbons, there wasn't a minute to lose. They great choking lump. She mols have learned to understand how Chamber of Commerce has also with cardn scattered all about the scem determined to put on a braveened her lips with the tip of her King George and Queen Mary addressed enquiries to the British Lo Embassy, which wero duly trans- floor, and tinselled cord streaming face, and make the best of a tough tongue, and they felt parched and havo

and mitted to London, and of which proposition. But Val's martyr-like dry like chalk. Her tongue was their everywhere.

grateful acknowledgment has just There were wreaths in the win-air is a joke. You'd think I'd out- dry too. And her mouth filled sick- British

been received. dows, and bay candles on the man-raged her sense of decency. Sheeningly with saliva that tel. And after dinner there was gives me a pain, Mab. I do feel from inside her cheeks. steaming plum pudding with rum sorry for Mums and Tad, though." blazing morrily. Sybil had tried very hard to make things festive. Hut Mrs. Therne wept salt tears into her punch, and Valerie sulked because the little locket watch Taa had given her was exactly like, Billings".

Mabel looked relieved. "Well," thank goodness that's over with. should say your mother had been quite wonderful about it.".

Oh, she cried half the night. To tell the truth, I was afraid they'd think I hadn't been married. But

You know perfectly well," she val seemed to be the only one who walled, "that I wanted one of those

entertained any doubts on that French enamelled things. Good- ness, I've talked enough about it!core. It wasn't what she said

but the way she looked."

It's just that you don't even bother

"You've never heard from Rich.

""Not a word.”

trying to please me any more. LilSybn7" w think I'm copying hers, and that would be hid enough if I liked the darn thing? But I ain despise platinum and diamonds!"

Mabel was counting on her fin wer's. "Are you frightened, dear?"

Tad looked darkly at the neck- "Oh÷÷Bort of, I don't imagine ties that were hit from his it's going to be much fun, with the wife, and exclunged glances with whole town talking, and mother Sybil. She could have cried when acting like a tragedy queen. Val she saw the piteous little droop to will have a good time, though- his month, She calculated the that's something, of course. By the worth of Valerie's despised trinket way, I saw Hida Burgess the other and felt that murder was a thor- day, It seems my sweet sister-in- oughly justifinile procedure.

law had quite an alluir In New

Sybil had given her brother a Haven 1st month. Goodness, lounging robe of brocaded satin, 1 pity Tud!" Sybil gazed res and he had chosen himself his gift flectively at the swirling to her-a, crimson segligee ̧ of snow that beat against the chiffon velvel, faced with palest windows. "There'll be a smash- pink. Mrs. Thorne had the usual up there, Mah," she predicted, "as assortment of scarves and gloves sure as you're a foot high.” and books, with a gold forgnette)

from Tad, and a woolly afghan the colour of young violets from Sybil.

That evening Sybil met Craig.

Valerie had given her a bottle of "I'd rather be cut in little pieces,” exotle French perfume that hinted she told Mabel. "I'm having din of languorous trysts and dusky se-ner with him at the Copley. I crets. Mrs. Thorne would continue don't know how I'm going through to use her own brand all the days with it."

be wasted. After a decent interval

of her life, but the other would not She wore a black dress, with she would beg Val, a bit apologeti-pearls in her ears cally, to use it herself.

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and at her throat. She was deathly pale, (hough her lips were scarlet, und the dark circles beneath her eyes After dinner there were rosus gave her a tragic loveliness. Like delivered from Craig, and Eu-all benutiful women, Sybil was ap- charist lies, blooming at Christ-preciative, in fe's darkest mas time, and great boxes of bon-ment, of effect,

bons and sugared fruits,"

mo-

"I look like Mona Lisa," she After Sybil had arranged the thought, and smiled sadly in thei flowers, they drove to the cemetery mirror.

with laurel wreaths and red roses | She took a taxi down, and found and a small fir tree. Valerie went out to a Christmas tea, and Tad, donning the brocaded robe, turne In on all the psala singing uni-

verge.

Craig waiting in the lobby. In evening clothes he always struck her us being rather magnificent.

She greeted him gally, "Hello, Handanre!"

"Hello, yourself." They clasped hands warmly. "Sybil, you look'ill, darling!"

When Valerie came in, Sybil was wearing the negligee Tad had given her! She thought he had worn his

His concern was reassuring. She dressing gown to pienso her, and so she had shaken out the crimson forced n. small smile, conscious of; folds of her flaming tea gown, and, the fitness of the thing-a tremu- standing in front of the mirror,lous little smile. wrapped it softly about her. She was going to the library, where h sat in front of the radio, to show him, when she encountered Valerie In the hall.

"My goodness, Sybill" Val stop- ped her with outstretched arm.

"I've something awful to tell you, Craig."

"What is it, dear?"

He drew her to one of the broad Hents in Peacock Alley.

"No. Let's go in the dining room. I want music-and people

That's a vampy looking outfit around and nice, hot smells. It's

but, heavens, Sib, you're getting fat! And that red makes you look awfully pale. You don't look a bit well does she Tad?"

sort of barren out here."

The head walter led them to their. favourite table, in a corner removed from the orchestra, · and lit tho candles, and brought pink roses in a silver yaBC......

Sybil leaned her elbows on the

Tad looked up from his dials.

You're a knockout, Sle," he cried, and surveyed his gift ju- diciously. "That thing just sufta table. you. Val looks like a hag in a "Craig, I'm going to hurt you wrapper. She's too darn skinny. ' awfully,"

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Craig, Aeroan the table, never took his eyes from her face. His checks were white. The seconds dragged like minutes.

"And now," she said, "I'm going to have a baby, Craig."

(To Be Continued.)

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