1932-04-22 — Page 3

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPE. FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1932.

for the stolen child

TRANSMITTER:

"THE LINDBERGHS' BABY HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED!" world's history was functioning in the dramatic, widespread search in 100n the most modern criminological machinery in the A battery of telegraphers, lower left, were installed in a specially constructed office in Hopewell, N. J. Specially-installed radio stations, upper right, kept police and public informed of latest clues. A network of teletypewriters linked police headquarters throughout the east in the gigantic man- hunt, and lower right you see Police Commissioner Malruoney of New York giving a special message bearing on the case to an operator at New York headquarters. Fingerprints on the rudely constructed ladder used by the kidnapper were being examined when the photo upper right was taken. Meanwhile, state troopers and city police group of whom are shown upper centre out. side the Lindbergh estate-used the most primitive methods of search in scouring the scrublanda about the Lindbergh estate for a

trace of the kidnappara..

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coralt un

moment

They 80001! for Hautiful Ellen Houlter, salesgir? in ware laughing at the door of the living lay's Department Store, Ilves with her rxe room where afternoon sunlight travagant mother, Molly Holter, her older sister. Myes, and her young brother, Mike, shone mercilessly on the hodge-: The two girls support the family. Molly foul podge furniture and leveled its Ellen deeles to work at night at Dreamland Fys as well on the shabby, worn

Tehly spend monty arved to pay the rant,

a dance hall howlows until the sum locarpet and faded wall paper.

made up. The hostesses must wear evening Ellen had thoroughly swajit the so bad.

dresses and Ellen does not own che,

American Chinese staged 'demonstrations in support of their homoland ... While residents of Now York's Chinatown (lower right) pitched coins into a flag as contributions to the cause and car. riad anti-Japanese bannera (lower left) ... Chinese hoy bootblacks (upper left) in San Francisco were contributing their earnings to the Chiness armies ....... and Dakland, Calif., Chinese girls' (upper right) knitted clothing for refugees and the troops at the front.

At the moment it looks She must get what fun she could stand. A few pedestrians idled

Steven Harris, 87, and Ellen's employer, apartment and folded up the Sun- something like a human ant bill," from those hours.

clon. Helende Eilen a lovely frock when

along lower Broadway, a few cars

sees the girl crying and discovers the sit-day papers but she had changed he remarked, adding carelessly. "You did tell me that you were idled along the deserted street, she refuse to accept it a gift. Ellen nothing. She felt an obscure de- "Doesn't belong to me. I wish it poor," she ventured. forgets her wealthy admirer's kindness when termination that Larry Harrow- did. But I've the use of it till "That's right. A нног Kartowgate, an artist. Ellen discovers Larry gate should see them as they sevon."

at Dreamland she meets handsome LATTY

Ex engaged to Elizabeth Dawes, debutante. were. Now that he was there, as

this. Though she believes him to be philanderer she continues to see him.

Byrk and her mother openly favour Inrelay,

Ellen guarrels with her mother was refused

to break an engagement with Larry to accept on frum Barclay. She And Larry 2 to Coney Taland.

CHAPTER X11

"

but everywhere was the peace of man Sunday. Ellen waited for Larry with a rich man's habita. Don't to speak. He had wanted to say She is hurt that he has failed to tell her thoroughly at ease as though he change and came out with a hand-

Larry dug into his pockets for you feel sorry for me?"

something: he had said some- "Can't say that I do exactly," thing on the bridge. His per- were in the home of a million-fut of nickles and dimes. For all! He laughed and called her slatent silence disturbed the girl, aire, she breathed with relief. the world like a pitcher prepar-hard-hearted. Soon they were made her nervous and absurdly

He was no suob.

ing to hurl a fast one, he swung wrangling gally, pleased

with anxious. Molly and Mike had disap-his arm, whispering to Elien to each other and with themselves, "Woll?" she said at length, peared but Myra was there. She watch. Coins sprang from his pleased to be together, riding in "Well," he repeated after her. refused their urgent invitation hand and clattered to the street a smooth, luxurious car on such "You said something to me on to join them on the score of some in all directions, some of them a glorious day.

the bridge but I couldn't hear,"; Ellen had not expected to endarning she must do. So Ellen rolling half a block away. At "That's A nice frock," Larry she told him a little stimy. joy that afternoon with Larry and Larry departed alone.

once the roadster was abandonedļsaid as they swept out of Pine "So I did," he agreed exasper- Harrowgate. She would have said?

atingly: "Your sister's swell," Larry ob-by the shouting, shrieking young-street and toward Manhattan. that her mother's hysterics, her served. ·

sters who pounced after the elu-l "I wore it last night." Ellen

"What was it." own dissatisfaction with the state "Yes, Isn't she?" Ellen agreed sive coins. Several fist fights had responded innocently. "This is of affairs between them, had spoil- eagerly.

"Something I hadn't any right) begun by the time Ellen and the same one with the jacket to say to you." ed the afternoon. But when at "She could see that we wanted Larry, laughing helplessly, stepped added.",

"Oh, for heaven's sake!" she 4:30, only 20 minutes late, be apto be alone," he went on. "I bet into the empty car and drove off.

"You're a smart little girl, cried in irritation. "You have a peared leaping up the stairs she my hat she had no daruing to do." "You'll never be rich if you aren't you, Ellen?"

right to say anything you want saw that she had been wrong. Ellen was consciona of not throw away money like that," the "Girls have to be smart about to say to me.

"I'm mountain Kont," he wanting to forget a word

clothes, of all girl said after a while.

Ellen confessed, hiding

"Do you really mean that ?" shouted when he caught sight of this. She knew she would want "Ho! Ho! So you're another her exultation with the compli

"Certainly, I mean it!" hor in the doorway. "I'm good to remember often what he had one of those people who's going ment.

The car slowed; his speech for 10 Alights yet."

said. It would have been a little to sell me things for my

without the jacket, slowed. "I was only

thinking." Ellen laughed. "You're pant-better if he had not laughed so.good," he commented with a side that dress is just your ticket," ing Just the same," she joored. Still there it was he had said wise and delighted glance at her. Larry summarized it. "Did you by any chance soe Mrs. they wanted to bo alone?

"Certainly not!" she assured; Clancy as you were coming up?

car slid over Brooklyn him with indifference,

The She generally opens her door to They riggled when Mrs. Clancy Nevertheless her colour rose and bridge. Ellen, glancing up, sur- investigate all callora."

opened the door and pooped oven as she entered her swift de-prised an odd oxpression "That the party with the red out at them. Ellen did not speak.nial she was wondering who those Larry's face. He spoke but the one was lovely," Ellen face and the mob cap I flow past That would have been too embar- others were. Certainly this charm-roar of Sunday traffic drowned faintly. How she wished she had on the second floor" he inquired rassing for the kindly neighbour Ing, Irresponsible young man his voice. Helplessly the girl not forced this issue! na he reached the landing and who was protonding she was In-needed to be tokl things for shook her head.

"That's not quite what I was paused panting. "Sure. She was visible. Then they reached the his own good. Was he referring: Lower Manhattan was quieter. so interested I thought she monnt street where a collection of grimy, to Elizabeth Bowen, his dance? Empty office buildings frowned getting at,”

urchins, thair Sunday clothes al-Briefly Ellen experienced a twist down into empty canyons that on Just then he turned a sharp "You're lucky she didn't, El- ready hopelessly soiled, acrambled of pure pain. Then she doter-week-days were filled with scurry- corner and Ellen, caught off len advised him with a little gig-over a shining blue roadster. mined sensibly that no such spacing stenographers and clerks and guard, was literally flung into his glo. "You'd have had to carry "What a marvellous ear,' Ellen mlations should spall the after- brokers and customers* men.

armas. She gasped, extricated ber her, I'm sure."

breathed.

noon. For a few hours at least Nothing opon, not a restaurant, and moved back to her own "That was a bronk:"

"What you can see of it isn't|Larry belonged exclusively to her not a drug-atore, not a news

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to join me on the last inp."

own "With or

On

he said lightly, "that I like your dress today good deal batter: than the one you wore the first night I met you."

That dress again! "Most people thought the other put in

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