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Innocent Cheat

THIS HAS HAPPENED,

& Ruth Deway Grover

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1930.

But Mr. Cunningham did not re- fuse to receive them. Their mos- sage, brought to him by the but-"

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ler, was pimply that they had im- CABLED QUOTATIONS FROM portant Information which they wished to deliver to him in për |5011,3

NEW YORK..

The following quotation have been For many years Cyril Cunning- han had been hoping to receive received from their correspondente certain important informiation. Messra Hayden, Stone, and Co., of His declining years were torn New York, by Mesars, Swan, Culbert- with a yearning that his sub-son and Fritz, Sassoon House Shang-| bornness could not obliterate.

Few strangers came to his door, hat, (cable address: "Swanstock," but those who did were welcome, Shanghai), who are not responsible And when Helen and Brent were far cable mutilations, shown into his.private sitting

The homic atmosphere, the sug Hein lake feels unhappy when the girls gestion of permanence afforded by at boarding school tease live about post housekeeping, would better sult Miss Simplicity to pha tur handvoor Mandian, and irent, with whom they is purpoee at present than accuse her if being in love. And her room hotdi. He rather feared to intro mate calls her a Trail after they are him at duce, Helen to the exoitement and One day Brent apie guld locket on plcndures of living in a metropoli bear who has fallen in an alley. He-bende tan hotel. It might be too great room on the second floor he peer- Was which cause him to try to are then influence in turning her minded at them from dimming eyes old man. He learns that the gear came from settling down with him, he with a feverish intensity

the kits ong day with another woman,

over to take the locket and hears mum!ələdi

fa Charles Owena Nriling that "his" wife, in

dead and that he has hidden daughter thought.

ningham, of Yonkers.

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Helen hesitated on the thresh-

New York, Feb. 4. Tone of market-Strong. Number of shares done-Four

million.

from her wealthy grandfather, Cyril 8, "Cum-] But there was the chance that fold, fighting to still the agitation. American. Smelling Posing as anwspaper man searching for her grandfather might remain that was causing her to tremble Anaconda Copper story material. Treat learns much of take firm against her, and the alterna- nervously. The room seemed to Baltimore & Ohio

serestrictive of following his original plan waver slightly and then her glance allionaire. He goes back and find Nein of filing. Carmel's place in his settled upon the aged man in the Chrysler Motors dead, and reflects that Il la mont fordi affairs with Helen. In which case invalid's" chair that was drawn City Service Common xistered under his second name, Owens they would soon move on, and close to a window.

to his plans from the corner story promi who know the latory of the

for purpose that the old man had réj

Helen graduates and Brent anys that there would be many hotels and

la nove ready to reveal her history and the

girl la amazed when he tells her that ane ik fow apartments, "

ahows her the locket with a picture

parents a solemn

to her grandfather,

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His shrunken figure was lost In Electric Bond and Share the below of Cyril Ke Canngham, Be Of Helen's · opposition to her the folds of a loase dressing (General Motors Evangeline Cunningham in it and ways is grandfather he took but little gown but, the hands that rested General Rly Signal her mother and that he had made her count. She was an emotional, sen. upon the silver head of a heavy Gold Dust.....

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Goodyear in their carefully, and after she was wrown inke heritive girl. Should the old man apcane were evidence,

peal to her sympathy and seck her frailty, of the man's feeble condi- forgiveness for his harshness to tion.. her mother, Brent had no doubt Helen did not, at that moment, "Why, my dear," Brent said to Helen would grant bath in great feel pity for him. In spite of the picture he presented of belonging Helen, "I've told you what I meant measure. by that. It was only "my crazy

already to another world, she iden tint I could control you

think only of And the best card in his hand, steeled herself to through feree of habit. I thought the nee with which he hoped to her mother and the unhappiness If you were used to giving in to take the winning trick, was Helen's she had known in this house. me you would more readily co-preseng bitterness over the trent

The butler announced them and

Presiding at the fortnightly sent to marry me."

ment her mother had received. retired, but Brent noticed that an meeting of the Sanitary Board yes His voice was thick with emo- Nothing could better convince attendant whom he thought to be terday Mr. G. R. Sayer, proposed tion, as though he made his con-Cunningham, Brent reasoned, that valet or a nurse remained. The approval of the proposed pro- fession by force of a tremendousleien was not seeking his riches han he mid, advancing and tion in Hongkong and Kowloon for "Good morning, Mr. Cunning grannies for latrine accommoda. willpower. His ading was 30 clever that Helen sensed,

Brent thought always now of bowing before the old man. He the year 1931. The other business hoped she would, his feeling of Helen as Evangeline Cumming refrained from.. extending his was formal. Those present in ad- having blundered into a stupiditya's daughter, Diamond Page hand; a point that did not escape ition to the chairman were the and his humility over it.

ļand his wife wère no longer in his

Hon. Dr. A. R. Wellington (Direc- She sat very still for a moment,memory. He had discarded them. Mr. Cunningham's notice.

Mr. Cuningham nodded and tor of Medical and Sanitary Ser- stirred by the emotion that rost And Helen had accepted s within her own breast, savouring story as truth. It all fitted in so his own hands remained folded vices), the Hon. Mr. H. T. Creany "Marks," he said Director of Public Works), Mr. it, delighting in it.

well with the past. She had grown upon his enne. But Brent's silence pressed her up with the mystery of her ident his attendant, "bring a chair A. E. Wood (Secretary for Chinese close for Miss Brent, be-Affairs), the Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga, for an answer. She moved over desire to solve it.

lity- niystery that fired her with

lieve you said?" he finished, ad- Dr. W. V. M. Koch, Mr. T. N. Chau, closer to him.

dressing himself to Leonard. Mr. Wong Kwong-lin and Mr. J. "Leonard," she whispered, ́"iL] Now she was enger to do what

Brent silently inclined his head, Watson (secretary), It the most natural thing in the she must to keep faith with her and waited until Helen was seated world for me to do as you wish." inther's promise to her mother before speaking again. Mr. Cun-

Her inference of surrender sat-and show Leonard how little sheningham was offering apologies gaze. He saw him start; saw his isfied Brent. But his plans were carett for iter grandfather's for being unable to rise to receive bands datter on the cane hend too well laid to permit him to fol-wealth.

her. Helen answered with a faint and heard him draw ja shor low up the promise In her words.. There must be, he conceived, a re-in New York Brent drove her up the two men.

The day following their arrival smile and left the conversation to breath. luctance to accept her pledge. For to Yonkers and to Bramblewond.

"My granddaughter" It was Mr. Cunningham waved the ser barely a whisper, rather a thought| it might possibly occur to her that it was less dreary-looking than et vant aside, dismissing him, and that lived for an instant upon the ATTEMPT TO WRECK his proposal häd come upon te the occasion Brent first had seen turned back to Brent. "Your bus air. of her interview with her. To Helen H was the home of iness is important?" he queried, grandfather. If that Interview

"Yes," Brent said. "Are you in- should lead to a fortune for her with reverence.

her mother and she looked at plainly striving to suppress some terested?”, P Brent wanted to be above the stud

inner exeffement.

The glit that burned anddenly OBSTRUCTION TIED ON THE house. picion of having shown an eager.} They had come unannounced, "Quite," Brent replied, and in the eyes that Mr. Cunningham then, without preamble: "It is in lifted to search his own was sur- regard to your daughter's, child— {ficient answer for Brent. You granddaughter." As hemay, if you like, meet her," he toke Brent kept his eyes upon isald; Mr. Cunningham with an intent. (To be Continued.)

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ness to share it with her.

Brent had not trusted Cyril; Com- "Don't say that," he said rather singham to welcome them, sharply. "You make me feel like Should they fail of admittance to a blackguard. I was planning today he proposed to approach in a Lake advantage of your youth and different way. inexperience, Helen."-

Helen sut away from him. She

was startled.

"I had no right to dominate you", Brent went on, with enough apology Jn his voice to imply that his abruptness was called forth by his bad conscience.

"11" doesn't mailer that you wanted to do it," Helen sought to appense him. "I'd have turned to no one else but you anyway, Leonard."

"But I don't want you to feël. that way now," he replied. "I want you do think only of your- self, Helen, 'and the promise that was made to your mother. Your: life from now on may be fur apart from mine. You mustn't, be in- fluenced by me, and what I have. done to you."

"You cannot change it." · Helen töld him.

"But your grandfather may," Brent observed. You are far too young to make important deci- aions that will affect your entire life. I am better informed than you are, my dear, and I know that anything you feel now will change."

Helen smiled, with the super-| jority of youthful assurance. My grandfather at least will have nothing to do with my decisions." she said.

"I think he will," Brent told her. "You're a lovely girl, Holen. I'm sure your grandfather will love you."

"Love me?"?". Helen repented. "He couldn't expect me to return it."

Brent offered no further com-i ment on the subject and gradually they fell to talking of

other things, Helen "enjoyed the drive to the city, the approach to the heart of it down Riverside Drive and the slow progress through traffic to the hotel where Brent, had engaged a room for her.

She was a bit disappointed that he had given up the apartment he had occupied until a few months previous. It had been a charming place, not too mannish for Temi nine taste. Helen had dreamed. of keeping house in it as Brent's ward until they salled for Europe or some land even more remote.

Brent had let it go as Helen's graduation neared so that he would be free to all immediately. That was before his meeting with Charles Nellin. Now he too re- gretted having given it up,, as hel hated the bother of settling ngain.

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