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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1931

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Heart of Liane

by MABEL MCELLIOTT.

REGIN RERE TO-DAY,

sipping a pale amber drink and Cams Darrell, Jem and atruggling stock looking like a great lady on company actress, gladly sites the opportunitatumming party. She was magniti to play summer stock at Willow Stream, « Amali Long Island colony, Herr her daughter, tent tonight in a sheathe-like fr Ilans, meeta Van Hebard. handsome and rich, of gold issue. It Atted her as if

bege ike girl to have nothing to do with him.

ten the man.

with Chuck

picture, taken at high tide from the pier at St. Leonardi, shows a huge wavo dashing over the promenade,

The damage caused by the gain was particularly severe on this part of the coastTimes copyright),

was an accident. I was blame- less. And the man lived."

"Oh, yeah? Well, whether he lived or died there's a lot of people in this man's town would be keen to know this rich boy's fiancee kad such a past."

*

Linne saf frozen. Only her därki eyes showed her terror.

"You-there's nothing you can do," she said through stiff lips. Anyhow, how do you know Mr. Cleespaugh kloesn't know about it?"

"Oh, it ain't him we're interest-

Cass shows alarm at hearing ble nants she had been melted and poured ed in. It's the old lady," the man be promises although feeling great attrac-info i Liane, fa her white ratin said dryly. "She's gelta approve Ons night Van takes her with him searching felt like a girl graduate beside her.the bride, so I hear. That's town for Murial Lædd, debutante who is bellared to "Oh, Clivo," began Treasu and-talk. And it seems she's pretty | The couple wars up her matematedly, "I see the Wayne Hop straitlaced. We want money to the company ingenue, Infurina Jane there b kinsen over in the corner. Take my keep quiet about it and we want it xomin about Van and Mr. Ladd. The ut over like a sweet thing. Bert and Wayne don't speak, or I'd ask him.”

Clive threw

i heartbroken at the news,

Liane la left with the zich Mrs. Clampouch

while ber mather gues on tour. Ciua becon

it in Philadelpbla and Liane woes to her,

a swift glance at While in delirium, the woman babbles of a Liane. "Go along!" she told him.

mystery concerns the girl's birth. Adan "Lordy, I am sorry,"

Irarta Rabard and Muriel lædd are angezet.

valence. When Clive Cleerpetṣgh aska, Diane

she koreple,

Mr. Amberton and her sister. Tyman Lord. vialt the Clacepanghi, Temena la rude to Llane, determined to break of the affair between

Clive and Liane. Van Robard make love to energyment and she is pleased. Treats vile NO DATORY BOWnpaper uffice and start the wheels rolling in plot to ruin Liana:

the young girl. Cüro Gulls his mutker of the

CHAPTER XXIII

quickly."

Liane asked for want of some- thing better to say, "How much?" "Ten graud. And right away Tressu ile made an agile, catlike motion

1"

Case returns to the Cleespaugh house to contrilled sweetly, I forgot to ask rising. "Your boy friend's com to marry him- inerringe of conrenonce permission." She Kave Liane ang back." he said out of the side Stabbing smile and marched off on of his mouth. "Be at Willlom Clive's arm.

Stream station Tuesday at noon Liane felt suridenly very young or wel, spill it to the tabloide."

inexperienced. An older woman He moved linguidly out of sight. would know how to treat Trossa Lambert Hammond came bust- she thought fiercely and indig-ling up to the table, stirred out of mantly. There was something de his customary torpor, "Some liberately cruel in her baiting. And stupid fools!" he said in an exus- yet the burbed shafts were so care-perated Lone. "They kept me Thump Thump! Bong! The great fully placed no one else had taken hanging on the wire for ages and drum beat out à jungle dirge and note of them.

then announced they'd got the the saxophone wailed to heaven. She said "I beg your pardon" to wrong Hammond." Occasionally the mun with the young Hammond a moment later. brusses abandoned his multiple "Want to try this one?" the instruments of torture and rose to languid young man asked again. nki hie nasal volce to the clamour. Liane was rising with just the The beat went on and on end-proper show of cathusiasa when a lessly. Llane, dancing with Clive, tall man like a thin shndow in his felt herself grow limply weary. black and white, glided up to the Tireless, the musicians laboured on, table. adding bells and cymbal to tho "Mister Hammond?" encophony.

"You look queer," he went on bluntly. "Air in here's like a zoo! D'you feel lil or something?"

A new picture of Jeannette MacDonald, the star of the "Love Parade", who is on a visit to Europe and may appear shortly on the London stage,

Liane said "The air-yes, that must be it."

"Well, here comes the rest of Liane tried to infuse Bome the party. Let's pay

the check warmth into her faint voice. "It and blow, Clive. This is a rotten was interesting. Such strange he asked show."

music." deferentially. "A message for you. Tressa looked blithely at the She tried desperately to forget Now the man with the brasses The telephone."

pair.

that dark man in the shadows. She woo wailing mournfully. His wors "Curious," Lambert mused. "No. "Sorry to have kept Ctive so almost managed to believe, once seemed to be the woos of the world, one knows I'm here." He turned long," she said in a voice of honey, she reached the luxurious shelter No one in the Alexis Chib paid him back to Liane, "I hate to leave you.""I turned my ankle and he had to of the big car, that she had dream- any hood. The girls shuffled "Nonsense" she cried, determined help me to a dressing room. 1 do ed the horrid interlude. around in the arms of their escorts; not to be a crab." "Go along. hope you two didn't mind'.'

"Music's all right," Cliver re- their young faces curiously mask- Clive will be back in a moment."

Liane said "Not at all." very turned dryly, "but what a gang!" like in the shifting light. They She sat along at the table, fight-faintly. Clive managed to get to]

The girl did not answer. danced without effort, almost with-ing of that self-consciousness that her side na they all went out out spirit. The music led them a attends the young woman left sans through the narrow passage.

When she was in her own room melancholy pace.

escort in a public place. It was "That girl's the limit," he ex-Liane sut, hands locked, star- Linne thought "This might go strange, but she could not see Clive ploded. "She's trying to starting out over the shadows of thos on forever." Quite she und Treasa anywhe

something."

trees. She had put out her night wanted to screuin. No wonder Mrs. of all, the dark man who had aum-

docan't matter." Linne said fight and, wrapped in her satin Cleespaugh had objected to the ex-monod Lambert to the telephono lifelessly.

and elderdown dressing gown, had petition. The girl knew in her was coming back to the table. He

Clive gave her a sharp, concern-curled up in the big chair to think. heart that she was being fanciful drew out a chair and without per-ed look.

What on earth, should she do? but all at once there seemed some-mission sat down

"What's up? You look pretty To have that silly old story dragged through the newspapers "Nothing. You just imagine would surely kill her mother. Caas was ao proud of her. And ad- "Well, that was a rotten place she herself had been, in that to celebrate A birthday." He venture, so innocent, so ignorant.

thing curiously depraved in the at- Liane made one startled move well wrecked." mosphere of this place. She sensed ment.

the grimness back of the waiter's The low voice, persuasive yet." almost cringing obsequiousness, the with a note of command in it, said, threat back of the dinner-coated "Sit still." captain's oily welcome.

She tried

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NEAR

Our photo shows General Dawes,

through walking London street on his return. from America.

Liano did just that. In the squeezed her arm. "You're a big Worlds younger seemed that plon- slightly touched in the mind arose a troubled memory of girl now. Nineteen. Think of it sure-starved young girl who six head," she said lightly to Clive as all the crime stories 'aho had ever World toto smile, "You're'nilly to dinner with Molly Cronin and months ago had gone unthinking they threaded their way past in- read. numberable

o tables at the dance's in- "You have made a mistake." she so-good to me."

couple of the

the boys." terminable ond.

1. "Does it seem to mid steadily. "I don't know you. "Who wouldn't be?" His tone she to know the dinner would end you that there is something vaguely Mr. Clocapaugh will be back in held

a new warmth. He took her in a brawl and shooting? menacing about this place?" moment."

Stop by step

· អច reviewed in her "Curious you should say that." "I know you all right," the dark Arm going down the dimly lighted.

velvet carpeted stairs. Liane felt mind the events of that fearful Clive observed. "I had folt it my-man drawled. "You're Miga self. Never been here before. It's Barrett and you're engaged to that iddy as she saw a man at the on- night. Case's strained face

Shane Mc- trance. WAR

No, thank Molly's impudence it-7 Tressa was anxious to Cleespaugh baby, aren't you?" new and

God! The face turned toward her Dermid's kindly Irish smile. She Bald Van recommen!- Liane nodded. She was too was one she'd never soon before. Shane McDermid Why hadn't

frichtened to resent his intrusion. She shivered.

she thought of him before? Out "Oh, it's nothing, really.“ Llang "We're interestd in you

"the

Clive, holding the white fur of all the world here was one man shrugged. "Just my imagination I

announced man

4you Jazily suppose. I've been reading too wouldn't like your part in a co wrap that had been his mother's who might be able to tell her what happen to her! Liana shuddered

birthday present

to her, asked to do. Because of course the ques- and began to tremble all over with many stories of battle and sudden tain shooting in a 24th street "Cold

tion of

the money for these fear and cold. death among gangsters."

speak casy to be dragged through She snuggled In the luxurious people was simply absurd.

She thought, "T'd better craw Clive said thoughtfully, "I won the papors just now, with your enfolds. "No, but a rabbit walked Who were they and why had into bed before I catch

gagement and all, would you?"

they decided to prey on her? She pneumonia." Cold fear clutched at the giri's over my grave."

"I shouldn't have brought you had heard of such think. She had. And, thinking of Shane McDer Bock at the table Tressa with heart. "II had nothing to do to this place. You didn't like it. known they happened. In a big, mid, she finally did fall asleep, young Lambert Hammond was with that," she stammered. "I did. you?"

wicked city. But that this should

(To be Continued.)

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