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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1932.

Two Colour SHOES

This isn't a war-time scene-buț a protest against war. Bri- fish radicals ware these maak recently to attract attention as they distributed literature opposing the manufacture of poison gases for military use.

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War scenes were enacted in Ohio's coal strike sons when new violence, coating the life of an 18-year-old boy and the dynamiting of two bridges, brought astional guardeman lato action. When a crowd of 1000 pickets defied authorities escorting workers to the Provident mine in Belmont county, troops were rushed to the scene in an armoured car. Picture shows guardemen with drawn. bayonots after repulsing an attack.

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The spectacular fire that wiped out a huge section of Coney Island ia shown at its height in the pic. ture above, The toll was 100 injured and upwards of $5,000,000 damage.

SUNDAY'S ATTRACTION AT THE QUEEN'S

It seems a man can't even eat lunch without having a camera thrust under his nose-especially when that man happens to be the Democratic presidentin nominee. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard the "Myth 11" taken while the boat was tied

up at Marblehead, during a vacation cruise.

LEAP YEAR BRIDE

by Laura Lou BROOKMAN

BEGIN HERE TO-DAY.

God keep you!-Your Loving

Cherry Dixon, pretty years daughter Mother."

of wealthy parenta, falls in love with Dan Thoughtfully Cherry studied the

Thillips, newapaper Teperler. She quarrels

with her father about Ban, enves kume and cheque.

on tho New.

small,

CHAPTER XXII

Five hundred

dollars Two

Four men were shot and more than a score injured in a hand-to-hand battle between police and In the above pic- A crowd of Communists who stormed the city ball at St. Louis, to demand relief. ture, two policemen are seen hurling tear gas bombs at the retreating demonstrators. One of the bombs is indicated by the arrow.. Eight detectives and a policoman were injured before the crowd, was dispersed. Forty alloged rioters were arrested.

taking advantage of Leap Year, anks Dan seemed a lot of money now. to marry her,

They new married and for the first time months before it would have been Cherry find out whit fi nenns tr Iack only the price of a few dresses. money. Her struggles with housework discouraging. Dixie Shannon, nevie critic of How had her mother managed to the Newe Eriendly with Cherry, She send such a sum? Cherry knew meets handsome Max Fenton, who works her father scrutinized household One morning several weeks after her mare accounts, paid all the bills. It ringe Cherry receives a better in the surnies must have required scheming and

sidewalk had increased. Cherry Mrs. Dixon was not the sort to breakfast dishes were to be wash-joying the fresh air.

wanted to tell them to go away. scheme.

ed and the laundry sent. Cherry "Poor Mother!" Cherry said to had n full day's work aheart. She She had dropped the letter into That poor girl-surely in her suf- Rhe was entitled to Cherry did not need to look at herself. "I'll write her and send got to her feet, folded the cheque the box and started back up the fering the signature of the letter. She the letter to Sarah. I don't want and slipped it back into the en-street when a noisy police ambu-privacy! They were taking her to had recognized her mother's hand- her thinking Dan and I are poverty velope. Then she placed it in the lance passed, A minute Intera hospital to try to save her life. writing.

stricken, going around in rags- top drawer of the big chest. She Cherry caught her breath. Something slipped from her fin- All at once the figures on the would decide what to do later. gers and dropped to the floor as cheque stared back at her accus- she opened the envelope. A paringly.

row, puper.

The dishes were waiting, stacked on the shelf that served

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folded strip of pale blue Five hundred dollars- FIVE kitchen table. Cherry drew a pan

Cherry picked it up. un-HUNDRED DOLLARS!

of steaming, sudsy water and be folded it. She read: "Pay to thei "You can't take it!" 26 small gan to ply the dish mop.

washed

order of Cash---$$500.”

voice in the back of her bruin After the dishes were

*

of

The Would she live? If the doctors ambulance had halted in front of succeeded would she be grateful

to them? her home!

The girl walked faster. The am- "It's so terrible," Cherry anid bulance was backed to the door brokenly, "Let's go inside."

The other woman followed her. now. Two men entered the housef and a woman came out the door. Mr. Bergman, the janitor, stood in Cherry began to run. "What is the entrance hall. "Well, it's too A cheque from the First National was insisting. "You aren't starv and put away she began energe it?" she asked the man in the bad," he said. "It's a bad thing to Bank for $500! Oh, what would ing or cold or helpless and you, tically to clean the living room, driver's seat. "What's happened?" have happen in an apartment. I Dan say

Five hundred dollars¦can't admit to your mother or any- She worked as though getting that "Don't know, ma'am. Emergency hope they won't get a lot

rumours started-" would pay all their bills and leave one else that Dan doesn't make room clean were the one import call." a balance with which to start enough to lake care of you. You ant thing in the world. It wasn't A group of youngsters, attract- "Do they think she'll get well?" savings account. It would buy the can't accept this money and ad- of course. No matter how hard ed by the noise of the ambulance, Cherry_asked.

Mr. Borgman inclined his head new suit Dan really needed. Five mit your marriage isn't a success!" Cherry worked it was the think formed an inquisitive semi-circle

"Who knows? 'She hundred dollar--why it was

ing. Those two persistent voices. Jon the sidewalk, Cherry rushed up sceptically." fortune!

the ain't been eating much for a long Cherry sank to the davenport.the one arguing that she should the stops. The woman by Cherry Luraed to the letter, There were all the things which keep it, the other that she should door was another tenant whom time I guess. The doctor said she

before had a chance. That's all.

Shc "My dear Cherry," her mother that money could the for her and send it back, continued their dual. she had seen but never had written, "It has been a long Dan. It could hardly have come at She Anished with the living spoken to.

hasn't looked so well for a couple time since I've heard from you and a more opportune time--the rent

the girl months. YOON. She collected the laundry "What's Happened?.

(Continued on Page 10.) I have been so worried, Sarah is to be paid, Dan's new suit, the and put it out for the driver. Just asked. badly crippled with neuritis and money he ball borrowed.

before 1 o'clock when she Whe "1's Miss, Jamieson," the other. unable to leave the house. I have "Take it a second voice, equal-about to sit down to frugal told her. "She has that little room no meana of renching you except to | ly far away, seemed to argue. lunch Cherry went to the chest on the top floor. Tonk some kind send this note because of prontises "Accept it as a wedding present, and got out her mother's letter. of poison.". I made your father. He is bitter- You wouldn't, even have to tell She took paper and pen and ink

"Oh, how horrible!" refuses to have your name mau- | Dan¬!"

and sat down at the table. Five

hard.

con.

Believe

"I be a merey if she doesn't tioned and the situation is very! Ah! There it was! She had minutes later she folded the cheque live," Cherry's informant

known all along what was holding inside the note sho had written tinued sombrely. "She's been out "I can not endure the thought her back from accepting the and sealed them both in an en- of work. Hasn't paid her rent that you may be in want, perhaps money.

Dun velope. She addressed it to Mrs. for three weeks. That's why the She had known actually suffering. The enclosed, would never agree to take money Sarah O'Fallon and finished, it janitor happened to go upstairs cheque is to buy anything at all that from her parents, Dan was proud with a stamp.

and knock at her door. you may need. Consider it a wed-and bitter still over things her "There" the girl afghed aloud. me, I know what it's like to be out ding present if you wish-although father had said on the only occu-"It's settled!"

of work with no friends!" I certainly never thought my sion when the two had met. This She was so eager to have the The door opened and the two daughter would be married with- |$500 was really her father's whole thing off her mind that, women stopped asido. Two men a stretcher came out. out either of her parents present money though it was her mother without waiting to ent, she slip-bearing

ped on her hat and coat and walk-There was a figure on the stret- chor, entirely covered except for "You can't do it," the first velceled to the corner post box.

and by a justice of the pence! who sent it. Cherry, darling, the last month

has been a terrific strain on me. argued. "It's your loyalty to Dan Another week and it would be the pale face with its frame of I can only wait and pray that some that's at stake. You can't do the June. The sky was deep sapphire dark hair. The eyes were closed time this terrible trouble may be one thing you know he wouldn't today, the clouds like down. Sun-but the face was contorted lifted. If only I could know you want you to."

shine shimmered back from win though from pain,

Instinctively Cherry drew back. are well and not in need. · Day Well, there was no use sitting down panes and the white pave- and night I think about you. May there staring at the choque. The ment. Cherry walked alowly, en-The crowd of watchers on the

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SHORTLY AT THE QUEEN'S.

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