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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.-

BANKS.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION.

BANGEDE

KLANG XQUE

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Rasqyru Liablity of Proprietors • 20,ff.

DRAU OFFICE: HONGKONG. BOARD OF DIRECTOna

Hon. Mr. J. J. l'aturnos,

Chairman,

INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Innerperated by Royal Charter 1958.

HEAD OFFICE-LONDON, Fold-Up Capīta)

Authorleed Capital .... Jaauad and fully Paid-op Ilances Funde-

29.09.

ADATTO Fund

Reserva Llablity-of Propraktors ..

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Starling

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Bongbong. 23 Mar. 1932

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1932.

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BEGIN HERE TODAY.

gratin, potato souffle, Cherry read

Cheers Dixon 19 med pretty, Kalle in love them all and decided the easiest with Dan Phillips, newspaper reporter whom way would be to bake them,

She he wendly, aristocratle parents have tried to light the oven and wasted

bidden her to see. When Chierry JOMITE Dan's telephone micsunges have been hept

from her she strais aut of the hate to meet half a dozen matches before she him. Her father servers this Rad trentenacceded. The potatoes looked to nengl her to Califorul. Cherry deffes kha rather grimy. Cherry scrabbed and he orders her to have.

She goes to Dan. tells him what kebap them, thrust them into the oven bered and asks him to marry her. The and shut the door.

cafemuncy is performed that night by a justler It was almost 5 o'clock and Dan

48 14.

Cherry books for an apartment bus is die would be there any time now. The Catrage to Bad them so expensive. Dan

for

works late one night nap that Teny dinner was far from ready. Cherry, Terenti, gangband chief, is coming to Welling- flushed and nervorm, hustled about. Cherry uncnsrianly goes this new She put the peas, on coul. in. & The other paper gets the abury niel Dan's pan almost filled with water, dump- bethrenten. One muze slip end you'reing in a cup of salt. The steak went.

She did not know that

Up to a reporter of the chal newspaper. ;

Brel."

Vixie Shannon, movie critic, helps Cherry on next. Bend wackpensive. #variment. Dan And

Cherry ave from the hotel. Cherry, Jowed the skillet should be smoking hot with proceries in her best marketing exand greased with fat before tho pedition, moete Max Pearson, handtanone" feleted meat went in. uf finns.

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CHAPTER XVII.

In a Hurry of anxiety she left the kitchen and began to Het the table. There was no table cloth. Cherry let Pearson relieve her The dishes had to go on the bare

the

She table top and this was a disappoint- heavy packages. stepped, into the roudater, settling ment to Cherry who had visioned a herself with a sigh. "This in awfully table with flawless linen, shimmer- I kind of you," she said.

ing crystal and silver-the sort of Her shoulders ached painfully dinner table to which she had al- and she was beginning to realize ways sat down in her own home. There should have been candles "Not at all! Not at all. What in glowing softly and a bowl the world have you been doing?llowers. Buying out a grocery store?"

The culour of burning beef slenk She told him about the apart-suddenly recalled her to the kitchen.

"We're going to have ouro, dear, sumething was wrong! ment. first dinner there to-night. It will i

how tired she wan.

housework

of

be the first ment I've ever cooked. She caught the iron skillet han- I'm only beginuing to learn about de to take it from the flame, then cried out in agony. Her whole Pearson said he was sure the din-hand was scorched. The pain was ner would b

success. Suddenly terrific and tears filled her eyes so with a rush of confidence Cherry that she could scarcely see. Some- found herself telling him all about thing must be done about the meat! her trials of the morning. Max It was burning and the smoke and Pearson wasn't hard to talk to or fumes became worse every moment. ING CORPORATION. Ria oy be obta|Trightening though he had read Cherry did the only thing she could all those books and know so much think of. Groping, half-blinded, He seemed really interested in the she drew a cup of water from the things she was saying.

Lap and poured it into the skillet. That's where we're living." She There was an enormous sputtering pointed out the building a few doors sound and clouds of steam. alcad. "There on the right. You;

The girl turned on the water tap

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must come to see us soon. If Hand held her injured hand under it. weren't such an amateur at cooking How good the cold water felt! The I ask you to dinner-"

That's a promise I'm going to minute she took her hand away the hobl you to. I'd like very much An unfamiliar sizzling sound

stinging began again.

to come."

fransed her to turn back to the Pearson's dark eyes flashed in a

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Cherry choked back an exclama- when be insisted on carrying the ition and pushed the pan from the packages up the stairs for her. blaze. That would not do, though. The second floor hallway was The peas would never cook unless Cherry found the latch, they were over the fire. Perhaps dark. turned her key in it and the door they were done. She fished out one opened.

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Who would have imagined that some packages of breakfast frod Fonking could be so difficult! Every-Dan was persistantly cheerful and OF CHINA brought and sold. Current accounts atually begun to make this thing was wrong and everything finally won t herry from her th

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"Of course you can't learn it all very attractive."

There were the strawberries to be in one night, he told her. "No- washed and hulled. The rolls-hor body couid. You're going to : ette rors, what had she done with them? of the last tooks in Wellington one Moaning involuntarily because these days. And right, now you're her hand was so painful, Cherry be the presti

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the swing about, facing the girl, "You have personality," Pearson "Did you know that ? Of cirse you're beautiful but it's per- alty that makes you different everyone else. That's why like yen. Few people have it, you know. They're like so many dry to buy them.

1

It was

to use. She must have forgotten

He answered convincingly

"But I'm no cook at all. I spoiled jeverything I bought and it cost auch

sticks or stones. You're real--your-

Forgetful of steam and smoke lot! Oh. Dan I'm not the right self. And you're lovely and excitand the mind odors of burned: wife for you at all. I don't know ing and well, I hope we're going beefsteak and vegetables, Cherry how to do anything--"

sank into a chair. The rolls-the Cherry said, "Why, of course, one thing they might have eaten shortly. Dan thinks so much of you, He'¦ want you to come to see is often."!

"And you and I will be friends?" Dan was comforting when he ar-euvered with cream, celery, cups of The girl's cheeks were tinged ived and viewed the with pink. "I hope so," she said.

to be friends."

Almost immediately, rather ab- ruptly Pearson departed. Cherry was a little puzzled by his manner, He really did seem rather unusual. But he had been friendly and she could have managed. all those packages alone.

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There was no time to think more about Max Pearson. Cherry nut awny her coat and hat and set to work preparing dinner. She got out the cook book and hunted for instructions for cooking beefsteak. When she had found the bare She de- propped the book open, then cided it was a little early to put the sleak on the fire. She unwrapped the other packages. They seemed to fill every available bit of space in the kitchen.

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ruined steaming strong coffee and cheese. Tupper. He munde Cherry sit in al (Continued on Page 11.)

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