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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1932.

ROARING INTO TERRIFYING ACTIVITY, the towering volcanoes of the South American Ander presented this fearsome aspect, recently, as they poured forth clouds of ashes and gaseous fumes upon town and countryside for a distance of 400 miles. This picture strikingly shows the thundering volcano Lns Yoguna in full eruption. Thouennde in Chile and Argentina God from their homes at the volcanoes filled the skies with aerial explosions.

IT MIGHT BE A BEACH SCENE. But actually these Chilonn youngsters were not playing with sand, but with finely sifted Aabe that descended upon the town of Curico from an erupting volenno 7 miles away. It's a lighter aspect of the widespread volcanic activity that caused heavy property loss in Chile and Argentina,

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A time clock found in the debris of the $6,500,000 Columbus office building wrecked by an explosion, fixes the time of the mysterious blast at 2:42 p.m. Five workmen were killed and 57 hurt in the blast that caused $1,200,000 damage to the nearly com

pleted structure.

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of Mully, of Myra running into

Ellen Rossiter, sutiful yeared at the familiar kitchen and chatter-

In Love With Larry Harreyente, Trane sent, ing, of Mike looking up at her so who she met it dont dance hall confidently, was like a dream. El- where we wurk " lasters. Larry i

Howes, debatante, Bijlen's eyes ached for the familiar

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Feel Falen maatit like fonte sights, for her own tumbled bed-

Tales frous Europe

Believing Larry foot to her, Etten agrees tuon, for the marble-topped

to Morty Steven Rat lay, to peters and rent with the stain from spilled

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her deadlier Mounamed 112

streerium.

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she

mervskite for her skate Mv. 10 stund waiting for them to smug-

rey - Armetend KECI his Harted not divare jatie her away as though she were Sendal recompanied his denney from dy iminat. She knew that Symes Virny, donner v. wh. Fourlag this tall.

to restret, he had Files were to how their pitied her and she did not want marriage secret until they walk for Burged pity. The doctors had been sur- Barclay wants to me in fortune of 1930

toroch kim i wait it after prised at her presence, had

Horclay's frowyer. Synes garded her, she fell with

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bride drive to his log homes the newly initialled bars that she

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been trying to reach Barely all viny, wells;

stolen. She agrees to fortelt all ciuln in

the fortune in oraler Unly Ferans, the Isithera

would never use Ellen wanted to

knows learn Larry Iturrowgate is Davelay's Worn

nephew,

was

AS IF SHOVELING AWAY SNOW After a storM, workmen swarmed into the streets of Curico, Chile, to clear the pavements of tons of ashes which fell upon the town from Tinguiriraca volcano. 75 miles away. Strange scones like this were duplicated in icores of South American cities a craters along a 400 miles belt thundred into awesome activity, raining ashes, smoke and gases over widespread aren. Note the blanket of volcanic ash upon the branches of trees.

Louis "Speed" Babbs of Los Angeles, was trying to prove that a pilot doesn't lose his equilibrium, no matter how a plane is stunted. He leaped from the cockpit of his "aeroplane," a device designed for student pilots, expecting the backwash of the propeller to raise his parachute. The experiment failed when the wind ture the parachute open, throw it toward the ground and dragged Speed with it. He was seriously injured.

"--1 wanted lo 800 Steven me the right thing is the kind in her expression.

"It will be hard enough," he That night when Barclay comes to ea ere out that she would leave her again," Ellen said painfully as thing. You're being kind. You're

her harshly. "It's always he toll through the iron saving Steven's honour when turned She wished never to they clothes here.

easier to collapse into being a firm when see the pretty frock again. She gates and out on the road lead-can't save it himself.

"But you don't understand," martyr. But to fight the thing Elen for marelagert legni because Wanted to explain to the silent,ing to Manhattan. papers procur Barclay's divores live been impersonal servant why she

voice. out alone-it' be hard enough." made Ellen persisted in a low "The arrangements were candal here--what had happened. But hurriedly," Symes told her. "1 "I'm not being unselfish-I'm not

They drove in silence through after that she could not do. She was wanted to spare you the details if thinking of myself and my in the bevne Lib night a

deceit. I could. And you to silence and to

can see how reputation. That's why I wanted the dreaming country side where ordering real redson. busy housewives were Symes had warned her to say much simpler it will make things to run away, the nothing. How Ellen hated it all to give out the report that heThat's why it's wrong. It's not the day's groceries, children play- go back! I'll make ed and quarreled on front lawns, Fergus glanced at hor from time died in a hospital."

believe it was 1, not and dogs ran out to bark at pass- "I to time as he packed her clothes.

Buppose B0,"

Ellen said, everyone

ing vehicles. They passed factories saw the It did not matter what he was swallowing the lump in her throat. Steven, who was to blame--" thinking, Ellen told herself. Resa- "Only now that everything's "We'll do nothing of the kind," and warehouses. Ellen

bent heads of workers at great the lawyer interrupted flatly windows. The air became sultry lutely she pulled on a little felt ranged--I'm. afraid." Larry Harrowgate was Steven's hat and tucked in the strands of

he"You've said you don't want nephew! Over and over again she! brilliant hair.

money which would be the only and oppressive. reason for such a move. It's right prayed that Larry should nevar

for you to think of your reputa tion. Reputation is a very clous thing to every young girl

CHAPTER XL.

Ellen sat stunned and quiet for a long time after the two men left her.

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"Nothing to be afraid of,"

soon now.'

Ar-

surred her. "You'll be home "It's Fergus I'm afraid of,' El- and with alen said in a small voice,

"A servant ? he demanded,

know she was slipping like a dis- It did matter, of course. She re- missed servant from the great]membered ́ ngain

have been Larry!

stance be important?

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late to too

Ellen could have done. He saw

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no

the

sunshine.

They reached the outskirts of Manhattan, looking grimy and be draggled in the noon Each fresh landmark, bringing her nearer home, was grateful to Ellen's eyes.

house where only last night she sinking heart that she had given had been mistress. Over and over Mra. Clancy's telephone number to amazed. "He canuot harm you." Steven wouldn't want you to toas she prayed he would never learn Fergus. How she wished that sho Ellen was not to be reassured. it away to become a martyr.

Pine street at last, shabby and of her shame and humiliation. hadn't. Bul all this was foolish! The deadly weight in her heart. That's ridiculous!"

filled with children skylarking Larry to think that it should] How could such a tiny circum- peraisted. She could not shake His Ant, almost angry words during the lunch hour. Symes left

off her feeling of desolation and braced

sympathy Ellen at the door of the apart- She stared blindly out at green, What was Fergus thinking. her rising doubts:

her ment.

She was so eager to be shady lawns dappled with autumn "Mr. Symes is waiting for you

trembling lips become stendy, away that she scarcely heard him Bunshine and breathed air sweet in the hall, inise," he sold, as he

She stared blindly แ fields "But I didn't love Stoven assay he would call in a fow days with the tang of fall and brush strapped the last heavy bug, burned and dry, stared at the as he loved me," the girl. fumbled. fires. For away a lawn sprinkler | Again that strange, obliquo cars they passed. She had never "To go on

(Continued on Page 13 feeling this hanging was whirling and a man raked glance. It had been "madame" felt such wretchedness, such lone- over me-feeling thint I have leaves. Beyond the tennis courts the night before. Ellen's cheeks Inese of spirit. To be running taken the caslest way out--feel- there WAB the sparkle of blue burned.

away like a thief-

ing " water. The cars that had stood in "I want to Bee Steven-Mr. "I'm glad for you," Symes voice "What do you think Steven the driveway were gone,

Barclay before I go." she said, her penetrated her misery. "Gind you would want you to do?" Symes Thero was in that peaceful throat dry.

decided as you did. It's the best asked, turning to meet her eyes. scene no hint of the tragedy that "I'm afraid, miss, that's Impos- way out of the regretablo affair." "Steven would want me to be had befallon Stoven Barclay. El-sible," the butler told her smooth- Ellen twisted a fold of her happy. But how can I bear-" len wondered why she could notly. "He's boon taken to the hos- frock. "I don't know what's right "Have you thought," he de- cry again and had only the ex-pital. It was thought best."

and what's wrong," she said. "Itmanded abruptly, "that this might hausted conviction that she should Elton followed him down the seems wrong to desert Steven, to be your part of the bargain? "To be weeping for him who had loved stairs into the dark, cool hall. hide something he thought was do as he would want you to even

Symes took her arm and Forgus right."

though it la hard? Even though ""It's all over," she said half carried the bags to the car. The "I've had more years to consider you feel guilty and ashamed and aloud. "I'm going hemo,

butler watched as the limousine right and wrong than you've unworthy " Ah, to escape from this luxuri-rushed down the winding drive had," Symes told her in a matter "Do you really think that?" who ous, hideous place! The thought' way.

of fact way. "And it acons "to1nskod. ́ ́There was dawning - hope

her.

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