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ORCHID.

BY ELEANOR EARLY.

CHAPTER X.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1929.

they call cart Yer had what blansh. And I got another thou When the doctor had gone, Mal-for signing on the dotted line. zie put the box on Ashtoreth's bed Now me and Georgie aro going to' and lifted the cover mysteriously get married. I'm sorry you're Inside there were layers and layers sick. But I guess this bedroom of tissue.

"You'd never guess!" she breath-acenery ought to make you feel

good. Yours,

ed ecstatically. "Look, honey !"

From the folds of paper she drew

Sadic..

P. S.-Holly Hidn't go to Paris

a soft cloud of tender chiffon, the at all. He's in South America."

colour of a golden sunset, and like

the blush on the cheek of a peach.

Pale amber touched with rose.

Maizie slipped the paper back

"What does she mean?" she

But Ashboreth was in no mood to be questioned,

"It's the newest shade," she ox-in the envelope, claimed, and caressed it with hori

"Dawnsheen,' they asked. finger tips. call it. A negligee, honey! Did you ever see anything so sweet in all your life! And look-there's an orchid tucked in the front there. See the lace on it. Silk lace!"

She shook it lovingly and held it, softly.

"It's gorgeous!" she said. "But, dearest, you oughtn't

"I'm so tired, Mother!" she pro- tested. "I'll tell you about it later. But-tell me-what about the of fice? Did you let them know was $17"

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Maize beamed happily.

"It's

"Mrs.

sald Mason phoned," Maizio. "And when I told her how sick you were she and you wasn't to worry, but stay out just ng long as you liked."

TO-NIGHT

And

ONLY

"I didn't" she declared.

In a few days the doctor permit- from Sadie! Sadie Morton. look, honey-little mules, too. All ted Ashtareth to sit up. And that, feathers and satin, and little by char w, was the day Sndle elect- French flowers. And negligee gar-ed to call, resplendent in the ters. And stockings just like cob-newest Celestial Blue. Hat and webs, with flowers embroidered coal, and crepe de chine pumps to

match. down the front."

"She telephioned one day," she She greeted Mnizie effusively, de- explained, and I told her you were positing a square white box on the sick. And next day this box came table. from Hollander's. Last Thursday it was. And I've been so busy since

"Ice cream," she said, hugging Maizie and kissing her on both her

I haven't thanked her or anything. Lehekks, "and fudge sauce

and

I call her up by and by and tell brownies. Let's all put on some her how much you like them. She weight!"

sent a note, too. It wasn't, sealed

Then she breuzed into the sick.

and I read it. i knew you wouldn't room, wafting L'Heure Bleue, and mind if Mother read your little let-trailing her silver fox. ler."

"My heavens. Ash! You did have

a stege, didn't you, honey? And you like the vamp rugs I sent you?"

Maizle pawed through a litter

Ashtoreth was sitting up, with of mall on the dressing table.

the lovely negligee about her. Her "Here it is. It's like. Greek to bare feet thrust slenderly into the me, but maybe you'll understand.ttle feathered mules. All I got to say is Sadie's a good, generous girl. And I hope she's come honestly by all her fine thinga,

Will I read it to you, Lamb?" Ashtoreth assented weakly, "And put that negligée where I can feast my eyes on it," she or dered. "This is going to be a long oonvalescence, Mother. I can are that from here. A girl with au outfit like this ought to be a chronię. invalid."

Maizie smiled joyfully.

"It's wonderful," she declared, "to hear you talking like your old self. Oh, my, we had a dreadful The doctor said he time, dear!. never enw such a good nurse as me outalde a hospital: Firại, he wanted to send you somewhere you could get consant nursing. But I said I guess, doctor. I can take as good care of my little girl as any hired help. And he lid to admit I was right, Ashtoreth.".

"What was the matter with me?" asked Ashtoreth Istlessly.

"Oh I love them, Sadie,, You' were awfully good."

"Well, I brought you a nightle this time."

Sadie took it out of her, pocket. "Chiffon," she said. "The kind that goes through a wedding ring. Not so hot. But darn effective."

"Sadie-my dear!" Ashtoreth ex- postulated weakly,

"That's all right."

#

Sadie was elaborately casual. She drew the flouncer of her full skirt across her knees and settled on the her Httle blue hat firmly back of her head.

"I'm sitting pretty, Kid," she boasted, "and the best is none too gond: for me and my gang."

Anh: “Me and my gang." . . . toreth winced.

Sadie loaned across the big chair where Ashtoreth sai.

"Listen, Ash!" she whispered, her red mouth close to Ashtoreth's

"Well, first off he said it was in-ear. "Why don't you play Holly fluenza," explained Maizie. Then yourself, honey 7"

he thought it might be bronchial Then Maizie was back again. pneumonis. But your lungs all Drawing the bedside table toward cleared up fine as a whistle, Then the centre of the room and passing he arid it was just plain exhana-her little green napkins, tion, and maybe you were on the verge of a nervous breakdown."

"Breakdown" Ashtoreth tried to laugh. "He was just trying to scare you, Mother!"

It was the same purple paper on

They say 'a dish of ice cream is fattening as two potatoes," she sighed. "And brownies! My word; they must have 500 calories!"

Sadie laughed.

"You don't have to diel. You're

which Sadie had written to Hollis just right, Mrs. Ashe!" she pro- Hart. And Sadie was still using|nounced. green ink,

"Dear Ash," she had written,

break on "You ought to get a the windfall I got. Holly's law-

"But Ash-she's akinny' as a rail. A. ttle trip to South Amerien now would do her a world of good."

LA ARGENTINA DANCING.

FAMOUS ARTIST TO APPEAR AGAIN.

(To Be Continucă.)

Moorish court dancers, with all the outspoken architectural de- signs and colour suggestions of the period. It is an allegorical play of the prophesy of happiness to the Calif and consists of five parts: the pasco, or promenade, which is introductory' means a Some interesting views on dane- greeting to the Calif; the finale, ing were recently given to an Am- called bien parado, is the farewell orican musical critic by La Ar- to the Prophet by invoking glory gentina, the famous Spanish for bis future." dancer, who is to be seen again in Hongkong next week,

As visualized so graphically by La Argentina, a dance of the "Like every great art, dancing, Moors is not a movement of en- and music must have a content, an tertaining art, but the display of inner allegorical spark, if they will allegorical pictures, kinetic par- live and last," she said. Most ables and prophesies that required of our socalled modern "compost an initiated understanding. tions' are emply novelties, written "All dancing to me has an inner for effect and business by super message-I mean dancing that is fical minds who have the technical, worth while to see." continued but not the cultural grasp of their Mme. Argentina. "Consequently, work. What our modernists need I am not 'dancing' in the ordinary in music, art and drama is more terms, but reciting my poatry, thinking, more feeling, more my philosophy, my religion, my vision, but not fire cracking and drama, and so on, in my choreo- surprise at any price. For that graphic manifestations called reason I cannot dance the so- Spanish dances.” called ultra modern compositions]

of an international type. I am a nationalist and believe thai The Magisterial proceedings nationallem is a great element in against Chan Fook, allas Chan aesthetic thought."

Sou-nam and Pun Pul, alias Poon

Asked whether the Bolero that wal-nam, who are jointly charged La Argentina dances to the music in connexion with the possession by Iradier was not one of the and uttering of a forged share aboriginal Moorish court dances, scrip of the Hongkong Tramways danced to the Calif of Seville by Limited, for five hundred shares, the ballerinas of Cadiz, La Argen were ended yesterday, Major C. tina replied: ·

Willson committing both men "Very truo. "I dance my Bolero stand trial at the next Criminal In the spirit of the mediaoral Sessions.

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