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SHANGHAI AFTER THE TYPHOON.

THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1931.

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Heart of Liane

by MABEL MCELLIOTT

CHAPTER XIV

Van. Obviously he was widting to we her.

He said he was sorry, Was there anything at all he could do? Life- lessly the girl said no. Nora came down with mer bag, Kelly had brought the car wund, she informed theas.

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Vas Mr. Clive outside?

There seemed nothing for Van to Ido but hand her into the car. Clive! was driving the roadster. Kelly, ¦

Liane said, "I hate to disturb ber; red-fired and solemn, put the bag; boat I mus

into the rumble seat and toucheit

Ture it was in black and white, Trembling, she knocked on the 18 cap.

Nora bact

a crooked, strange and topsy-turvy world!

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Resplendent in the uniform of a general of chassoura, King Carol of Rumania is shown above escorting his sister, the Prin. cès Ilona, to the palace at Polesh where she was married to Archduke Anton, of Austria.

the morning slor. The commanding voice bade! "1 snid gwedbyy to your mother,” paper beidh Liano's breakfast truy her enter Mrs, Cleesgaugh, lor-Linus sail vaguely, The enr moved. She read: "Mr. and Mrs. John egnette pereled preenriously on the She knew dimly, that Van had to add of this eity and Willow fridge of her majestie no, sat up touched her hand, had looked at Stream, 1. 1... aureumer the engage in her splendid istir-poster, reading her with what might have been ment of their daughter, Muriel Nor!

She didn't ton Ladd to Mr. Jenes Van Dusen letters, Frills of lilac-coloured profound sympathy.

chiffon, Robard, son of the late Mr. and risket, streamed quite know or care what he had her. Her hair was already said in parting. All that was past. Mrs. Edward Creighton Robard of

splendidly dressed. One could not Clive drove swiftly and surely. New York and Newport. The core imaging her in disorder.

They were soon in the Motor Park- money

will take pluer

Without

a word the young girl way where speed was the experteil Liane saw no more. Blindly she

the Message inter Mrs. thing. "You can get the 12 o'clock" pushed the paper from her, began put

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| he shouted to lar alnye the rot. automatically to pour her coffee leespaugh's hunds,

"Oh, my dear child. 1 am fright; | “No difficulty at all." This morning the luxury of the breakfast rite failet la please be fully sorry. Of course, you'll want

She never knew later how she Van Robart and Muriel! She just go. Where la Clive? Can he see about trwing? Van is going in didn't believe it. It was stupid. this morning. He can look after had got through that dreadfol There was no meaning in it. Elsiel

The still figure on the bed moved had sald Van Robard was in loveadar as the city-hate-let-day. She had a confused impres

WAB a ever so slightly. There with Bluriel's mother. Oh, it was ting you travel by yourself but son of the lily, busy station, of a go-in-right-now- The doctor's

porter who took her things. Of there." there's nothing else to

The throbbing of Liane's heart low moan and the nurse moved Clive saying swiftly, competently. Liane said yes, she had money park this and find yon at the was thunderons. She reached for swiftly to her patient's side. Alert Yes, she

she could arrange everything.

jahe stood there, then turned, fin- Why then had he said, "Sweet

Don't something to steady herself. "Nonserene," said the old lady gate. I'll get your Ticket. child, I had to come back to see briskly. I'm writing you a cheque bother about anything."

Tell me she began, "just how Ker on lip, to sign the watcher with

Elsle her to sllenec. you"? Was that just a

the bad" She couldn't go on. She remembered waiting at

Just the same," she murmured. $200, can pay me back sort of thing he said to every wo-

wo- for You C waved away the steps. Husy people, casual and shook her head. "They don't know man 7 Oh, what a fool she was even Jany

A just when the crisis will come." Liane looked up quickly, hopeful- happy people, milled around her. girl's thunks,

*Tonight.

they think. ly, at the movement. But at the Lo give him XL moment's thought.. Reaching for the house telephone family party, a pretty mother and she said. Cruel, cruel, that's what he was.

a coal black nurse guarding

the We thought it was just a cold. nurse's words the girl's pallor deep- she called Clive's room. Cruel and conscienceless. And yet,

"He's gone, of course," she mur-pink-conted baby. How safe and She'd been struggling along with it, ened. She settled again in her he didn't look like that sort. There

Yesterday morning the doctor said quiet figure under the coverlet. was something fine about his dark-red disgustedly. "You'll find sure they all were! Trouble did didn't want to mention it to you. chair, her eyes never leaving the

him down at the stables, no doubt, not seem to touch any of them. ly lowering face.

"I'll ce along if you want me," it was pneumonia. He hurried her Cass was quiet now. Before she He was talking to Kelly about hav

had been delirious and that had "You've got to stop this non-

lished her in her chair.

Hope sense" Liane told her image in the ing the vet in this morning at 10. Clive offered shyly as he estab-over here so she'd get the best cure.

it was the right thing to do." been awful. her er bright eyes sought Linne's_she can't!" This Liane repeated "She mustn't dle-she won't die Try him there."

Liane was shaken out of like this lovely, misty morning. Linne flew. She found Clive in

apathy at this. "Oh, no, no, thanke. anxiously.

"Oh, I know you've been doing over and over to herself as if it There were black eircles under her consultation with a sandy man in You're awfully kind," she told him everything possible. Linne began were a magic litany to chain Cass езгем.

Her clear skin had a pallid, baggy grey clothes. Clive turned to She didn't need anyone

hoarsely. lifeless look.

Both girls fell silent, spirit. greet her, excused himself. Linne

She saw his kind, troubled facete

the door. The watching "Why did he come here?" she explained quickly, bristly. She was in that last moment, before the m moked herself as she dressed. Why, afraid she might be going to ery... indeed? The whole thing mystified Instantly the young man was at train began slowly to more. She came out, gave Linne an imper- her. It was like a picture puzzle sympathy. He said to the veteri- even raised her hand to salute him.sonal glance and hurried down the with one of the pieces missing.

"line," the

mirror. Indeed she looked ghost-i

nurse

нhe let herself go-15 she thought staring through the window at the/We'll need you. It'll buck Cass ? would dress, wait for the hour

unfamiliar streets.

just to see you."

"She mustn't! She won't!" Thus the girl had prayed, had

11. ball.

been at the hospital for three days, hoped, all the long day. She had

Liane's eyes filled with tears, nary, "Look, Miles, I've got some-

As in a trance the watchers fol- now, and the awaited crisis falled People

were good, she thought lowed her movements with their to arrive. At night she dreaded The Ladds, she had heard, had thing frightfully Important to at- elosed their house and gone back tend to. This can go over until to dully. It was only when you were eyes. She returned in a moment going with Elsie back to the hobel. a hypodermic needle on a She lay, long hours, in the dark- to town. Why had he come to WII-morrow?. Right." I'll see you then in trouble that you found that out. The short journey seemed in

nesa, every nervo atraining for the To Stream on the eve of the an- About the same time."

terminable. Clive had wired Elnic ray nouncement of his engagement? It He walked back to the house the time-of her arrival- but there

"Just a minute, honey," Elsie ro- telephone message she fell sure would come. In the dawn she was all crazy and muddle-headed. with her, talking of tickets, sched-was no one waiting in the dismal assured the trembling Liane. would rise, with shaking fingers She couldn't figure it out.

les. She was grateful for his station. the Lana'll be out and you can talk to As she opened her door she al-matter-of-fact air. It helped here. She gave the cabman tint him. Don't go all to pieces now. flash the icy water into her red.

rimmed eyes. moat collided with the parlor mald to keep from breaking down. 1f who carried a yellow envelope on

The knob of the door began to when tray. "For you, miss." gasped the of her mother, lying ill in that long- girl fluttering with excitement. ly hospital room, she would not be

At the information desk a starch-turn. Like one searching the face mother's side. Liane's heart stood still.

She able to go on. tore the ominous thing open. Her Was she the same girl who had ayca raced over the lines.

"Mother has pneumonin. Better because a mere man had caused chilled Linne. Her heart was full come. St. Anselm's Hospital, Phila-her pain? What did all that mat- to bursting as she rode, up in the

Elale."

ter? How foolish accmed now creaky, antiseptic smelling elevator. delane uttered one small, stilled that white world The munn looked at her with a faint procesional sheerfulness, no heina ery "Oh, my dear, I should never was her brave, tired mother, ill in curiosity. He was accustomed to less, more terrifying than gloom. have left you!"

a strange elty.

pallid visitors with terror in their The girl felt he had spoken thus

dozen anxious watchers. The maid stored, "Is there any- As in dream Liane packed a cyca but this one was no young to

1 can do Miss Barrott 7"

"May bag. She got into her brown tweed so alone. "Yo-no-I don't know. Is Mrs. dress, put on her old brown feit. A strange Elsle waited outside) His look probed her. "If you'll Clecspaugh up yet?"

What did it matter how she looked? the door of Casa room, an Elele promise not to disturb her-" In the great hall downstairs, she palo and serious. "Glad you've Sho staunchly promised. anw a tail-figure looming. It was come, kid,” she whispered. "Can'tį would not allow one tear to flow.

thing

"She do be havin' her breakfast along about this time.'

been

Exhausted, wahe

she might creep to her It was all terrible, terrible! Sho ed young woman with a detched air of the omnipotent for a sign of had not known before what anguish

at the

could be.

told her Mrs. Barrett was in 402 lenting, the two girls No change, she added. The words gazed at

"How is she?" gasped Llane, Slowly the mani shook his head. "Not too bad." His tone held

go in to see her now?"

(To be Continued). MISS AMY JOHNSON. PROGRESS ON HOMEWARD JOURNEY.

Moscow, Sept. 2. Miss Amy Johnson, flying home. ward from Tokyo, landed at Kras- noyarsk at 10.10 a.m., and resumed She her journey for Sverdlovak after twenty minutes' rest.-Relator.

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