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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1931.

11

The Melody Girl.

By RUTH DEWEY GROVES.

Author of "The Innocent "Cheat," etc,

HEGIN HERE TO-DAY.

{tery) Rigarden, peretly ko lown with Tommy

WBok, discover that, he la planičaR 14

clopy with her half-sister, Trena Jivent.

"Oh yes, I see. Well goodbye" "Goodbye."

A wave of her hand, and she was

No she and her "gang" kidnap Tommy and, to let her mother make heri

take him into the country where the press comfortable for her rest and re-

the heart of his aunt who de Banneling him.

Bias to continue in cultesze and sot break fresh her throat with milk and Faiting to convince him, Beryl tete Tommy pine oil. She was too excited to Frisen to her later, Jren, enraged at the sleep although everything ordi

narily conducive to slumber had been done for her by her doting suels and da Bergs and how the parent, Mra. Everett, peeping for hear, the of the boys, Astels Ieed, the tenth time into the darkened away from the esuwd nad is carrie) ma

room where she lay and finding her

long wait. refuses to Jeton To his pleas (and postpone the elopement.

Sext day Tummy

Ghing wide

By the this, foury and Itery resetze

and ate te terested, while, spreding for ajstill awake, came in to coax her to deler, However, when the uffleer underlose her eyes and try to sleep.

ataulah helps her get

dorter

w Angin in out of danger, Tommy #colds Herpt mod she resenta It, And the Breds, it culty et to bear the

Suddenly Irene sat up in a futter

approaches excitement. "Oh, I forgot," she exclaimed. "I told Mrs. Reed you'd

at Mrs. Heed and the open insult of her

Jenības alster,

Tore informa PRE

1

That

CHAPTER VII

Irene was, indeed, nuxious

Coll Tominy her good news.

tol bout

be right over. Something dreadful happened, and it was all Beryl's fault. Rendly, Mother, I don't know what she'll get us into some day with her cruzy idens."

"What do you mean? her mother nsked

oldest fearfully, for her daughter's "wildness" was a never he did not give her an opportunityeading source of worry to her, at once. The instant they outside the house he plunged into

"I mean that she nearly let An- his plea for an early marriage and gie Reed drown himself this nurn- Frene was a pleased with the hum-ing. Pour Mrs. Reed is all upsel ble tone he took that she Jet him and of course Beryl is trying to talk on until they had come within high-hund the whos situation.

altempled

even

tu

order

a block of her bumo. The harder She he pleaded the more effective her Tommy around, but I settled that. refùsal would be, she felt, Her jདཿ ས

the sume. I think you'd better

big news would be even bigger go over and so what you can do. when balanced against his contri-It's the least this family can offer 1.j for being able to rush to as an apology for Beryl's careless. her that morning as she had ex-ness. Somebody ought to do some. pected he would,

thing about letting her

"Won't you?" he said finally, and way with those kids." wadted for an answer. Irene smil d. in mysteriona smirking

싱글 Enstion.

Mrs. Everett

sched

have her

sleeply.

["3 suppose 112 have to ga over," she said with a touch of weguriness,

"It's too late," sim said drumati"But I wish you'd told me sooter, cally. "The dreision is taken out

I was just starting a ple for in- of my hands."*

er. She patsed and looked at Ponny started at her, somewhat | Irene hopeftilly, "I don't supapras taken aback. "Bul?" he said stuyou could finish it she asked

fly.

timidly.

Chamean that while you

*Mother!** Were Spending your time with Beryl and

Trene rebuked her, “Tve got to rext; you know that."

neglecting me my big opportunity. Came and thank heavens I was "I've got the apples ail perked."} home to hear when it knocked on her mother ventured, but frene cuti the door. Think of it!" she seemed her off. carried away with the immensity

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"Please don't let anyone distort, daughter who saw a beauty in The feeling Beryl had known' of the thought. " I'd gone with me," she said irritably.

with all; a spoiles daughter whone then came over her now as her you last nicht. Tommy, Fa have this on top of what happened last ste

and whims coloured the mother proceeded to exonerate the imised the first real chance I've night. I'm completely

exhausted, ore characterless mother's life family for blame in this, her had in my carver."

And I hardly got started with Mes, in too many respects.

incorrigible daughter's latest! exenpade. Tonumy was suff unenlightened, Reed before Beryl game in and

Thank of what he asked.

frene regarded hin, superbili. ously.

Wonkdn't "Of course kv," she said loftily. "Well, to be explicit, my voice teacher tele. phoned this morning, and I'm to have an

audition RKG 1- morrow afternoon.”

turned the touse upside down.

Mrs. Everett started to ask how Augie was, thought better of it as Tre turned over an hay side, and went out, quietly closing the door behind her.

She hurried with her an ever-| lasting agitation of a wise futile effort. Beryl was sorry to women

And she could see that the impressed even

were

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(Makdro) feature In presiding at the annual meeting ankow her arrive at the Reeds among Mrs. Reed, who, until to-day, hail of menthers of the Club de Recreio, Harbin the neighbour women who had been one of the staunchest sup yesterday afternoon, Mr. Leo d'Almada Bangkok begun to gather thers She fear-porters. Well, when one's own inr, mentioned that although the Club Hasolulu er her mother's outspoken. re- mother.. The thought trailed had had an uneventful year the ren

away without a definite conclu-bulls had been satisfactory, largely proaches.

Mion in the girl's weary brain. due to the assistance rendered by then be obtained on application She Was tired-dog tired as sub-committees and the loyalty of the in preparation for making the pie, Once she had said to her mother he'd have said if anyone had ask-members in general. a riever guess, Irene took off her apron, and returned and free that she could not sure how she felt. She wanted to

upstairs to make herself present-how blackening her whitened. Cable. It was her belief, fostered by them any. Irene had wanted to go somewhere and be alone..

"Radio!" Tommy exclaimel. "What

---jílovel,

She went back to the kitchen and | pat away the things she'd got ont

*

A flow of

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"Why, that's great," Tommy said | frens, that it became her to hide know in what way she had ever "Where'a Irene?" she asked her with genuine enthusiasm. "I'm the greying of her hair with henna discredited the family, and Max. mother, interrupting really glad, Trene.

talk. I knew you'd That Bery! thought it hardened Everett had been dreply wounde . meaningless

Told that of the year, the chairman Intimated get a break some day. But listen, her wrinkled features was only an- Bery had given up her self-trene was at home, she decided that although the lawn bowlers a

whole did not achieve much success, Authorized Capital we always planned on. Why

defence as a hopeless undertaking, not to go there, slate it interfere with our mar

two members of the Club, Messrs. Inquod Capital re-C, G. Silva and R. F. Lux, had been Paid-up Capital riage now ***

elected to represent Hongkong in the Reserve Liabilities of Share Internort mu

mulch with Shanghai,

plosively.

"There's no question of my career interfering with any thing. "It's the other way round, Nothing is going to interfere with

other proof in their eyes that Beryl was not shart in her taste,

This was when trene hnd apode~| "Poor Irene," her mother And when Mrs. Everett touched Fized profusely at Beryl's expense marked and Jaunched into "Interfere!" Irene repeated ex- her lips with rouge, she was hap- to a neighbour for the damage recital of what the day had plly unaware that their thinness, dont to the latter's house guttery, brmaght to Irene. Everyone was was not adapted to the addition by the squirrels that came to feel interested, and when Beryl brake (of false colour. Rouge locked an the nuts Hergi brought home is again to say that she thought well on Irone's rosebud olh and from the grocery store as part of she'd go to a picture show they all forhionable women used it, her wares, The squirrels ate the considered her attitude toward they agreeal. "BUL

fol Menuts in the gutters and clogged her talented sister a callous one. so why don't understand." You

Everett ?

them with the shells. Irene had Tommy said despairingly, "1 may |

talked to the neighbour as though Beryl pretended not to notice. need a lot of time before full to fix She looked, AN she walked Beryl had known this unlikely and was leaving the house when things up with Aunt Em. Other hurriedly toward the Reeds house, result would come about and had sukienly her mother called her wise I might not go back to col-precisely what she was the some supplied the nuts to the squirrels Lack. lege."

IL!"

frene shrugged,, vory Frenchily,

she thought. "That's your affair,”.

she said unsympathetically.

"Oh, have a heart," begged

Tommy

"Yes?" Irene mocked. "Well, you needn't be a dog in the mangor, Tommy Wilson. There's no resor why I should put your interests be for mine after the way you've treed me in the past 24 hours."

"I know," Tommy admitted rute- fully. "But I couldn't help IL.

I

didn't do it purposely."

"That's no excuse.” -

Then you won't do it? won't even consider It?"

You

"Not now. My mind must be en- tirely free to think of my future. And if you don't mind, Tommy, I'd rather you didn't come in. This has been a terribly strenuous day and I'm exhausted. 1 must rest and save my voice."

"Yes," Tommy agreed. "I sup- pose you. must. Well, goodbye, Irono. You're sure you don't want me to come in?"

"I'm quite sure. Goodbye. I'll let

you know about the contract

Boon us. I get home."

ELS

"What contract?" Tommy asked foolishly.

"Why, the contract I'll get with

of course.'

what vulgarly dressed mother of over her family's prutost.

(To be Continued)

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