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IT STANDS

TO REASON

1. That a beer which is British

brewed is best.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1930..

THE HUSBAND HUNTER

BY

RUTH DEWEY GROVES

2. That a beer that is entirely free from preservatives must be pure.

hot

3. That a beer which is light is more satisfactory in the weather.

Therefore Try-

STAG'S HEAD

LIGHT BRITISH LAGER

GILMAN & Co., Ltd.

Cool

WHOLESALE OR RETAIL.

and Refreshing

GOLD FLAK ZIGARETTES

GOLD FL

CIGARETTES

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DECIN HERE TO-DAY,

Natalia Converse tries to conquer her Jealousy when other women admiru her hand- some husband, Alan. When be receives a

call to the home of Bernadine Lamant popular night club hostess, she demands that he refuse to go and that he give up the business of "that Lamont woman." Alan plains that Bernadine is the widow of a wax

buddy who had saved his life, but Natalie £ scornful. After a quarrel in which he taunts ber for refusing to bear him children, Alın leaves and Natalie spends a miserable evening never dreaming that he a Batening to a doctor tell him that Bernadine's recovery to

doubtful

The actress surprises Alan by requesting that he take her son, Bobby, in the event of her death. He promises and tries to tell Natalie but her rebuts silence him. Later he confides in his secretary, Phillips West, who has always been soothingly armpathetic. This gives Phillips the uppertunis be has been secretly waiting for. During the next few weeks, the girl develops her planto further the misunderstanding between Alan and his wite.

to

CHAPTER VI, Phillipa looked at Natalie with envious eyes when she came the office. She watched, with a queer mixture of feelings at her heart, the other workers grect their employer's wife with extreme deference-which, Phillipa failed to realize, was partly due to Natalie's aristocratic appearance.

She resented it-and yet she was glad of it, too, for she fancied her- self acceiving the same attention some day.

On this occasion she did not seek to keep Natalie from noticing her. On the contrary-she de- liberately interrupted her as she was about to enter Alan's private office with word that he was in conference. A very important conference, she added.

Natalie hesitated. Usually she went directly to the inner office, and if she found Alan busy, went out again, to wait. She accepted Phillipa's present interference with good grace on this occasion, being in excellent humour, and took a chair beside the secretary's desk.

room,

She might have gone back to the reception

which

was separated from the space where Phillipa's desk was placed, by a low partition, but she chose to wait nearer Alan's office. She did not expect to be long in being ad- mitted to the private office.

This

couldn't have suited Phillipa better. They were out of earshot, of the other employes, if they spoke in low tones, and Phillipa did not raise her voice, as she asked Natalie how little Bobby Lamont was doing.

She saw Natalie start, though she appeared to be busily engaged with some papers on her deak.

"I've so much enjoyed helping Mr. Converse choose toys for him."

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"Oh, hello, Natalle," Alan said, '} Reserve Find ................................Ünüidare 40,000,000.- as his client turned away and he Saw his wife standing beside Phillipa's desk. "Come in."

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His tones were with welcome, though he did smile. He was busy. He wished Natalie had come a little later.

Natalie's head lifted haughtily.. Colour flamed high in her cheeks, but her voice was cool aa she an- swered. "Sorry, I haven't time. I've been waiting."

Alan knew at once that she was. angry. "Hell," he said to himself. To Natalie: "That's too bad, dear."

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She moved away, and not even for Phillipa's sake, could she sum mon a word of gracious farewell." Her eyes were smarting with un- shed tears, and she wanted to run run from the place blindly, in-

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Alan sheepishly avoided Phil- lipa's glance, and closed the door Alexandri upon his embarrassment. Phillipa. smiled.

A little later she went in to him, and was so silently sympathetic in her demeanour that he found him- self conscious of a feeling of grati- tude toward her.

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She sat very still at the end of his desk, taking dication. In her quietness, and in the way she kept Rapskons her head bent, as though she did. not want to look upon his discom- sture, there was meaning.

lovely

One thing of beauty she had

curling eyelashes. Now they veiled her downcast eyes, and lent her an air of demureness that

Alan found vastly refreshing after a display of Natalie's temper, and a quarter hour of Mrs. Lowell's vivacious company.

True, her hair was only a com- monplace brown, rather dark, but it was smooth and gleaming. Alan took his mind off a letter long enough to tell himself that Phil- lipa should let her hair grow. There ought to be little silky ten- drils about, her forehead-serene forehead that and at her neck. Er... where was he? Oh yes, regarding Western Consolidated "Long hair. would suit her womanliness.

"That will be all, Miss West, Thank you." He was a bit abrupt. Phillipa got up, appeared to hesitate. Her gray eyes slanted at him appealingly. A half smile turned upward the corners of her mouth, as one smiles in pity.

How could Natalie humiliate him before his secretary, he thought angrily.

look at their cars to-day." Phillipa "You were going to Frondell's to she chattered on airily, still not said softly. openly glancing up at Natalie, who "Cars?"

was now sitting quite erect in her. "For Bobby," Phillipa reminded chair.

him.

Phillipa had not expected to ac- company him, but she said nothing about that, and slipped out of the room to settle herself at her type-. writer, and make her fingers fly over the keys.

"Oh, yes, yes, of course. I "We've just had a letter from thought you meant real cars. Shall his mother," Phillipa went on we go as soon as you get those let- gushingly. "They're in Atlantic ters off?" City-but, of course, you know that." She looked up, smiling an apology for her stupidity.

"It's too bad you and Mr. Con- verse can't have him with you, isn't it?" she rattled on, wanting to get it all in before Natalie spoke, "Of course, I haven't seen him, but I

She was tempted to have one of know he's a darling because Mr. the typists finish the letters, but Converse is so fond of him." She thought better of it. Her work for paused now and waited-expecting Alan was perfect. She wanted anything.

him to find no flaws, either in it or

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But nothing happened. A sharp in her. line replaced the soft curves that a moment before had formed that a man in love overlooks the Natalie's lips, but no word issued

from it.

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H. MORI.

Hongkong, 11th September, 1929.

Manager.

BANK OF CHINA.

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FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

V.M. GRAYBURN,

Acting Chief Massgr. Hongkong, 11th September, 1927.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

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She'd once cautioned herself

very faults he would seek to find in a woman if he did not care for "Perhaps you'd like to read the her. That is, if that woman were letter," Phillipa suggested, reach- deliberately trying to interest him ing into a drawer for it. Shein an amorous -way. And she seemed not at all aware of the knew that Alan was not in love strangeness of her conduct. with her. Her work must con- Natalie would think her, a simple- tinue to be too good to draw a ton, of course, but let her.

complaint from him. The letter contained a slight But in spite of her satisfaction reference to business. That fact, when it' was finished, she did not Phillipa believed, would make it enjoy the shopping trip. Alan took possible for Natalie to assume that no particular notice of her. Had ̈ she saw nothing unusual in its be she but known it, this was a straw in grder after his departure, that ing sent to Alan's office, instead of in her favour. He was dwelling he had not been able to work that his home. And thus not attach bitterly upon his life with Natalie, afternoon, at least not since Nata suspicion to her showing of it. too unhappy over it to think of lie had been there.

Natalie took the letter, with anything else. fingers that were beginning to That Natalie, cultured, charm-in the office at night but he did it tremble. In silence Phillipa wat-ing, beautiful, could be guilty of occasionally, when Natalie attend- ched her read it. But no sooner such an exhibition of temper ased a concert or lecture in which he had Natalie leaned over and laid it she had shown that afternoon, lacked interest. He rarely enme on the desk, hastily, and with a seemed to him unexplainable. And down from his home for the adle touch of fierceness, than she began for what reason? Simply because purpose of working, again her devilish interference. he had kept her waiting.

When he left the office, he did But Natalie was not given time Phillipa glanced discerningly at not mean to go to Westchester and to listen. The door to Alan's his brooding countenance when return. He'd take dinner in a res- private office opened, and she saw they returned. to the office, and tourant. It didn't much matter Authorised Capital him there, showing out a client. A quietly effaced herself. She felt which restaurant. Ought to tele- Fald-Up Fund woman client, chic and animated. she had wasted an opportunity,phone Natalie, though. They'd For an instant Natalie was be- but she was too wise to intrude had scenes before. No use mak- wildered. Conference? Indeed! upon ♫ man with unpleasant-ing matters worse by worrying her, She glanced quickly at Phillipa, thoughts.

He turned toward a cigar store. but the latter was as innocent-look- Alan's mood did not change be- and a public telephone, but on

The Lloyds Bank, Limifad, Va ing as a pat of butter.

fore the office. closed. Then he the way he decided he'd like a hot

Correspondents in all Principal clifie of the Inwardly Phillipa was congratt told Phillipa, in reference to some bath and a change before dinner. world.

-Foreign Exchang's and. Banking Boutonn lating herself upon the lucky cir work that she said needed his im-He stopped and looked about for a every description transacted.. cumstance that had brought mediate attention, that he would taxi. "And in the back of his mlad Safe Deposit Boxes (vaziobú ha) Natalie to the office when Alan return to the office after dinner there was something more impor-rearly rest of from 15 to $40. was engaged with the attractive and take care of it.

tant to him than his comfort. Mrs. Lowell.-

She saw, while putting his desk

(To be Continued.)

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