1932-04-21 — Page 3

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TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1932.

PHAR LAP'S FINAL TRIUMPH: NINETEENTH ARMY. ENJOYING A RESPITE.

Phar Lap, the famous Australian gəlding hosting a field of 10 American horses to win the $50,000 Agua Caliente Handicap and set a new track record, 2:02 4 5, for the mile and a quarter event at the track. Photo shows Phar Lap ahead of Reveille Boy. Inset is his jackey Elliott, between Nancy Atkins, the Australian actress (left) and Claire Windeor., Soon afterwards Phar Lap died

War weary but smiling, these officers and men of the heroic Chinese 10th Route army are shown at billets in their new Ilası. Cantonese boys, for the most part, the young loaders and their peasant followers want through the stiffest fighting of the Shang- hai arga-and kept on smiling.

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the dime-a-dance

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BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

Bentiful Men Tomalter, N

BV JOAN

CLAYTON:

mother. Molly Rossiter, her elder winter, Sky

money Anved to pay the tent. Steven Zanrelay,

Cascinating Larry Tarrowgate, A that.

Downs, a debutante. However, when comes:

- make another date with him for Sunday

with the ukker man.

store."

CHAPTER XII

"What about him?" repeated El len.

"You said he'd asked you for n drive."

She said quickly and ingratiat air remarked that she supposed a

ler rest.

A fighting product of modern China, General Tsui Ting-kai, young commander of the heroic 19th Route army, is shown in his latest picture above. It was taken during one of his frequent tours

of the new defence lines.

"And I don't and

He's over 30 years

She had made a mistake. The point was Molly's.

"Ellen Rossiter! I never thought

Your father was 26 years you'd speak to your mother like! older than I was. And you know it."

this.

whom you profess

to love has

"So he did. I told him I couldn't 2. can't either. I have a date: thin afternoon with Larry. I thought it would be nice to bring him here afterwards for supper.” For all the world like a master of

Molly shifted tuelles. "I would' icarit? la ceremonies, she said, "Right this like to have your friend for sup Barclay's Department Store, Ulven with, her; wny, Then after she had shown; per," she said, her eyes clear and hoping Mully would be cautious. men 1 could have married, but and her young brother, Mike. The two girl. Ellen where the telephone was (aspid, "but it's out of the ques- Never in her life had Molly been when I saw your father-" support the family, Molly Harilahly spends if Ellen had not known before) shean, honey. There's not a clean cautious.

"You loved him," Ellen broke in of and Ellen's employer, bende hre an event placidly settled herself in the vicit tablecloth in the house for one.

"Did Mr. Barclay say anything triumphantly. deres au she can secure a jel sights dancing ity of the conversation. Unfortun thing: they're all at the laundry specist over the phone?" she de- never could love Steven Barclay if Breamland. At the dance hall she meets alety for the listener the conversa Besides Mra. Claney is coming up.manded the instant the door had Heavens! Inter she breaks an engagement with Tarey tion was extremely short. Ellen re've already asked her." when she learns be in engaged to Elizabethplaced the recuiver, presented her

Ellen suspected that her mother closed behind Myra. "Anything that older than I am!" Dreamland demanding in explanation the thanks and prepared to leave. Mrs. was being perverse. She was sure you might not want anybody except Ifer mother and sister father Harciny Clancy saw a golden opportunity of it when Molly with an aggrieved me to know?"

"No," replied Ellen, half smiling, uit. Sunday morning Ellen and her mother fading. Quartet when the girl declines an engagement

daughter of hers would have too half sighing at Molly's terrier-like with Barclay,

burst into wars and Fern, repentent.ingly, "Was that the rich fellow much pride to want to see a man persistence. "He didn't say any utomises she will du her best to fall in love, your mother

was telling me all

already engaged to another wom. thing more than I've told you."

"Was he surprised yesterday about?"

man. She struck home there. But, "I don't know who you mean," she was not content to let the mal- when you returned the dress?"

"I don't think so."

She burst into hysterical tears, Elion replied coldly.

"Oh, mother, can't you under- Molly clasped her hands about "How do you know it's Mr. Bar- "Sure you do," said Mrs. Clancy,

"Personally I think it rather odd her knees and stared dreamily out stand?" Elten wailed, "You're one I wasn't clay?" Myra demanded as Ellen chuckling." mean Mr. Steven

for a minute inferring that you leaped from the bed, renched for a Barclay, your buss. Your muw sald of the Harrowgate boy to ask you into the hot afternoon. A little person and I'm another.

for an engagement under the cirsmile flickered across her lips.

I know you Annnel dressing gown anul beted it he was fairly daft over you,"

cumstances," said Molly "In my "I've been thinking," she re-didn't love father. over her pyjamas,

Ellen had to smile. -“He usked yesterday if he might "Yes, it was Mr. Barclay," she dug it would have been considered marked meditatively, "and belleve did. But can't you see that I'm call her some time."

admitted to the other's evident plen- dishonourable.“

"You're no different," sobbed "You don't know whether it's dis-you were right in declining his in different?"

vitation this afternoon. He will ap "Did you give him Mrs. Clmney'sure. She even added, “Mr. Bareng number?"

wanted me to go driving with him hunostrable or not. Ellen sald unpreciate you all the more for check Molly, "that you never think of rily, ignoring her own secret ing him at frat. Men are like that anyone except yourself. The fact "No, but I guess it's an file. He is afternoon.'

floats. "Larry has No way of! "I didn't refuse for that reason that I work myself to the bone, must have looked up my card at the I hard you saying that von

a lut 20," Mrs, Clancy confessed, knowing that I might consider the and I'm sure you know I didn't," that Mike has nothing, that Myrn The bedroom door opened and "That's too bad. it's much a nice fact that he is engaged important, said Ellen in intense exasperation. worked herself to death for ninc

I don't consider it important. "We've gone over and over this Molly entered. She was visibly exy for an automobile ride." cited. Her black, curly hair stood | "Yes, it is, isn't it,” Ellen agreed like him that's enough! This isn't and you know exactly how I feel. years waiting for enough money

the Victorian age after all."

you when you meet a young mar out a little drake-tails. Her blue and made her escape.

"There's no use discussing it," can't think of anything so dig- to get married, means nothing to

honest na encouraging à man

with no money, no prospects, al- "We observed Molly lightly.

don't love." even taken

Ellen returned to the bedroom.wouldn't agree, I'm sure.".

"Well," countered Molly in woll ready entangled with another wo- pretty face.

simulated surprise, "I for one can't man. You've forgotten us all."

At just that moment Myra came "Hurry, child," she said to Ellen, Myra was dressing but Molly

Molly Ressiter could, when she understand your ethics, Do you in with fresh coffee. She had hur- "You mustn't keep Mr. Barclay had collapsed on the bed and was waiting. It's bad enough having na nibbling at a bit of tonst. Both fell chose, adopt the most exasperating think it lean dishonest to ro run-ried but she saw at once that she in the world. She chose ning around with a man who is not and not been quick enough. Molly phone."

abruptly silent at Ellen's entrance mood

then to adopt that mood. froe, a man engaged to another lay at the foot of the bed, a sob Again Ellen felt a rising irrita-and she realized that they had been just

Kirl?"

bing, hysterical heap, and Ellen tion. "What makes you so sure it's discussing her. Let them, thought When Ellen asked her to

Larry, Molly remembered a pre-

Ellen Was halted. "I'm not was trying frantically to comfort Ellen grimly. Mr. Barclay?" she snapped.

"Won't you tell a about your vious engagement to go walking proud of that part of it," she said

her. "I've got a hunch," "Molly ad-

"What is it?” Myra asked.. mitted, dimpling and smiling myscall?" asked Molly, after a delicate with Mrs. Clancy. Mra, Clancy was in a shamed voico.

"It looks as if I'm even less teriously, "Don't be so slow, honey" interval of silence. "Or is it a se grent aid to Molly in managing The trouble is that you always

her daughters, Whenever they made bellove you're right and I'm lucky than you," Ellen answered. "I can't run through the halls, cret ?"

"There's nothing much to tell," a request she did not wish to grant wrong" Molly continued in a sad without looking up. with no stockings on, can 17"

"Stop crying, mother," she said Ellen took a quick brush at her said Ellen airily. "It was Steven Mrs. Clancy, In one way or another. little tono. "I'm older and more

experienced. I'm

mother gantly. "Stop crying,

I won't len understood that as did Myra and you should respect my opin- hear what I'm saying? hair, slipped into pumpa and ran Barclay. He wanted me for a drive became a ward in her charge. El- out of the apartment and down the this afternoon."

But the family rules forbade any iona. I can't see why any girl refuse any more of Steven Bar- four flights of stairs. The only "All" said Molly. Clancy's apartment on the first silence. Myrn looked sharply at her

ning around with a man who cared floor. The six familles who exeu-sister but Eilon's gaze was bland Ellen said at last with cold final-that's what you're doing-run-best to fall in love with him."

RO little for her as Larry Har pled the building were, in the gen-nd innocent. Presently she said ity.

"I'm sorry, too," concnded Molly.rowgate seems to care for you erous phrase of Mrs. Clancy, "per- to her mother, "I'd like to invite a

Turning to Myra she said plain-when- fectly welcome to use the phone so friend to supper."

"When there is a chance of rop- long ta they pay for outgoing calls." "Who la it?" asked Molly. She tively, "Would you mind, honey, coffee? Lots of And so long na they let Mrs. Clancy thought she knew the answer. Agutting the some ilsten In on their business. Ellen took of complete astonishment cream and I Hke it weak. Woulding in a rich man," Ellen inter-

rupted furiously. had thought privately.

crossed her face when Eilen cor-you be n lamb and make a fresh) "It's just as easy to love a rich man as a poor one," Molly agreed pot." Sure enough, the fake good-na-rected the impression. tured Irish woman was waiting in "But Ellen!" she cried in dlamuy. the hall at the foot of the stairs. "What about Mr. Barclay "

eyes blazed. For once she had not

time to powder her

*

meet

your

Can you

telephone in the house was in Mrs. There was another Interval of mention of the fiction.

I'm sorry you can't meet him," would want to risk her reputation clay's invitations. I'll do my very

་

Of course Myra would. But as placidly, ignoring the storm sig she walked to the kitchen she was nala. "There were dozens of other

(To Be Continued)

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