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Innocent Cheat

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH; MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1930.

CHAPTER XXV. (Cont.)

Brent frowned. "Helen is very generous," he said, "and perhaps a Bit impulsive."

"As her guardian, should you ob jeet?" Eva asked him.

Jand join Brent. She went to the

there undecided. head of the stairs again and stood

Before she could conquer her re- cold welcome in the garden, she luctance to risk being accorded a saw Brent open the front door and

Brent was quick with his denial, "Not at all," he assured her, "batre-enter the house. you forget that I may not want Helen to live abroad. That is what you meant, isn't it; with you?"

"We talked about it," Eva ad- mitted.

"It won't do," Brent declared em- phatically, "Of course, I would not attempt. to stand in the way of your career, Eva. That is too important. and it; may be necessary for me to part with you for the sake of your future. But there is no reason why Helen should elect to live in a foreign country. She is at a marriageable age and I think it best for her to be where the men she is most likely to meet are men of her own country— Americans.**

Evn. sighed. "It was just a dream," she said.

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furtive about his movements,

There was something hurried and glanced up the stairs and saw Eva He

faint light of the upper hall.. standing there, dimly white in the

and heard him utter a startled ex- Eva saw him thrust up a hand clamation.

"I was coming down to you," she said, even a touch of guile being toreign to her.

Brent retorted, his voice harsh and "Why aren't you with Helen?"

quick.

"She's sleeping,"

"Well, you might stay with her. She'll wake. I'll be in the library if you want me."

Eva turned without a word and went back to Helen's room. As she opened the door Helen stirred, her Jeyelids fluttered open Jenlled out: "Eva."

and she

Eva went to her and took her in her arms. Helen began to sob and Eva held her clover.

"But there isn't any reason why Helen shouldn't be your patron," Brent went on, regretting that in his first reaction he had let Eva see that he was averse to the plan. "She will be very wealthy and I'm sure nothing would make her hap-the eange again and it wasn't Bob pler than to foster, a great talent. who came to rescue ine. It was

"I had such a horrible dream," Helen said at last. "I was under

I was thinking, when you men- Leonard, only he didn't try to help tined going abroad, only of herine. The reart got lighter and future. You see, I have done that tighter around my neck and I was for so many years it is a habit choking." with me."

"Don't cry," Eva begged. "Don't

Eva put down the bit of roll sheery. I'll open the windows wider. was lifting to her lips. "And "It's turned very warm. You were she said softly. "... does it not disturbed by the heat." matter... the kind of men I ment ?"

Brent instantly decided to punish her for even approaching the issue, "I'm sorry, dear," he said stifly, "but dn't you think it is... er ... a bit out of place for us to dis- cules ourselves at this time?"

Eva shrunk back from the rebuke and her pale face plainly revealed, by the quick flush that covered it, how keenly her sensitive soul had felt the man's words.

The rest of the dinner, until the dessert was brought, was eaten in silence.

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She released Helen and let her sink back upon the heap of lacy pillows, Helen watched her at the windows, opesting them to the sum- mer night.

Suddenly she said utterly with-

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out premeditation: "Eva, I haven't MYSTERIOUS LETTER. seen Bob since that day lake,"

Eva turned and looked at her ex- pectantly. She half suspected that her brother was in love with Helen and had secretly hoped that Helen would show some signs of interest in Bob.

Brent felt it just as well to let "What is he doing?" Helen went Eva suffer. He had a definite plan on. "Why doesn't he come in when for breaking off with her. He he brings you here or calls for meant to wound her upon every you?".

we

are worried

occasion, and yet never let her aus- Eva came back and sat on the pect that it was a part of a de-edge of the bed. "Something has liberate campaign. That she was happened to Bob," she said seri- not genuinely humble he was cerously. "He's plunged into his tain. From this knowledge of her studies so deep he reasoned that she would not en-about him. He isn't himself at all." dure abuse; neither did he expecti "He does want to succeed, doesn't her to create scenes or fight for he?" Helen said dreamily and Eva that which without effort she could sensed that her momentary inter- not control. Love must come to, est in Bob had abated. Eva Ennis n her own, Brent knew, and not as anything she must win

* * +

She felt like saying that it was more than his studies that ab- sorbed him but her good sense re- strained her. Bob must speak for

It ought, he told himself, to be himself-if ever Helen gave him an fairly easy to end his stupid af-opportunity. fair with her, provided he used a Eva had enough faith in the modicum of sense to keep from good fortune of love to believe that driving her to the point where she uch an apportunity would come. felt she must have a confidant: in But she decided to take some pains which case, undoubtedly, she would to help along. choose Helen.

has

BOTTLE FOUND WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED MISSIVE.

Havre, Feb. 23. A bottle containing an undated letter signed "Koutepoff" been fished up from the sea near bere, intimating that the kidnapped White Russian general was a pri- soner aboard the Soviet steamer Spartak, which was. known to have been in Antwerp about the time he was kidnapped.

A hoax is suspected as the hand- writing has not yet been identiced.

Reuter.

Not the First Bottle.

Paris, Feb. 23. The message in a bottle, men- tioned earlier, purports to be a last farewell, Koutepoff's frienda say it would require a miracle to de- liver him. This is not the first bottle story in the case.

A bottle was earlier reported to have been discovered in the River Loire, near Nevers, containing "Prisoner Soviets, unknown des- tination, Koutepoff."

Statements by several

message,

persons in

supposedly

investigations in Normandy.

Koutepoff left for Russia in a Colour is lent to the theory that; Soviet ship, by the fact that the Soviet vessel Spartak left Havre on January 25 and called Antwerp, en route to Leningrad- Reuter.

After the quiet funeral a few As they left the table he asked days later and the following period her if she was going up to Helen. during which Helen saw no one but that they saw a motor-car, He put the question to point his Brent and herself, aside from Mr. which Koutepot was remark about the occasion being Greaves and others whom circum-kidnapped, speeding on the Dean- one on which they should think. stances compelled her to receive, ville road, led to serious police not of themselves, but of others.

Eva begged Bob to accompany her Eva nodded and did not answer. to Bramblewood and call on Helen. She felt the implication behind his Bob had acquired a cheap little words-knew that he was telling second-hand car to take Eva to her where her duty lay.

Helen's and bring her back again. "I'm going out for a few min-The bus is too inconvenient for

Brent said utes,*

when they you." he said, quite unaware that reached the hall. "This house he was rationalizing his desire to stifles me."

bring himself as near Helen as his As Eva made her way up the pride would permit. stairs She thought with longing of At first he was inclined to refuse the beautiful night outside and Eva's request. She promptly ap Brent walking ulane in the garden,pealed to their mother. "He must She tried to tell herself that she go, mums." she declared. "After was selfish to want to be with himfal! Helen's kindness to me it is but the excuse that seemed to come positively boorish of him to remain to her with every. pang of con-away," science since she had

met him "Yes, I think you should sprung to her lips.

Bab," his mother agreed and Bob

"But J love him," she half-gave in. sobbed under her Lreath "I lovel him."

MARCH ON BERLIN.'

DRAMATIC, PROTEST OF?

COMMUNISTS.

at

Berlin, Feb. 22. The documents seized at Com.

But when they arrived at Bram-munist beadquarters in the raid blewoud and turned into the drive made 4 the isth. reveal plans for

And when she found Helen sleep-way, he saw something that caused ing and nothing for her to do, she him to change his mind. was tempted to retracé her steps

ART EXHIBITION.

ITALIAN MASTERPIECES

DRAW GREAT CROWDS.

London, Feb. 21.

(To Be Continued)

CONVERSION LOAN.

MR. SNOWDEN GIVES NEW SURPRISE.

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a converging march on Berlin from all parts of Germany, arranged for the 6th day of March, as world demonstration against un employment.

most likely

This march will be abandoned a the secret orders have become known-Reuter.

[The Berlin police swooped down upon the headquarters of the Com- munist party and seized huge quantities of documents. Two lor- rith were employed to transport The Government are issuing a them to the police station. will meet next week to consider the four and a half per cent. Conver-The raid, was carried out by a possibility of extending the period sion Loan at 95, redeemable at par large force of police. of the exhibition of Italian Art in 1940-44.

The Council of the Royal Academy

London, Feb. 23.

which is still drawing Immense This is another surprise to the crowda daily. Strong public re- City by Mr. Snowden, similar to présentations have been made in November's offer at five per cent. favour of its continuance beyond except that the latter was offered March 8, which is the proposed at par.-Reuter. closing day, and it is known that

They took

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The waterproofing and softening efect of NUGGET" is appreci

the occupants of the premises by: surprise, and thereby obtained a reated even by the folk of the markable haul. The ransacking of the place took several hours The main

Midnight Sun purpose of the raid was to discover the origin of seditious leaflets. ed among which have, of late, been circulat Several hundred' unemployed staged police force,

bastilo demonstration site the Communist headquarters. The mob was driven off hy the police, who need their batons].

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the

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Signor Mussolini has sanctioned the ments for continuing the exhibi extension of the loan period until tion of these priceless art treasures the end of March. There are con would also be necessary, and a con- siderable difficulties, however, as a tinuance would to some extent considerable proportion of the pic interfere with the plans for while the search was in progress. tures. have been lent by private the Academy's own Summer Ex owners here and abroad. Arrange, Ihibition.-British Wireless.

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