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PENINSULA HOTFI

ANNOUNCES

A

GALA NIGHT

IN THE

“ROSE” ROOM

AND

THE DEBUT

IN HONGKONG

OF

TWO WELL-KNOWN RUSSIAN DANCERS

MISS TANIA SVETLANOWA

&

MR. ALEX SALNIKOFF

Who will feature in a Series

of Classical, Comic and Acrobatic Dances.

TO-NIGHT.

From 9p.m. till 1a.m.

THE

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.

TUNDICE TANKS.

No house should be without one, only. uses 5 lbs. of Ice in 24 Hours. Those who Value Comfort & Pleasure use

them.

Sole Agents:

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO., LTD. (Inc. under the Companies Ordinances of Hongkong).

Tel. 20075.

COMFORT THE KEYNOTE at Gloucester Building

Single Rooms, Double Rooms and Suites, modernly furnished, all with private bathrooms fitted with hot cold showers.

Terms by the day or month, with or without board.

Spacious Dining Room and Restful Lounges.

Morning Coffee and Afternoon Tea served in the alry lounge on the 8th Floor.

The Terraces command fine views of the Harbour and surrounding scenery. Un. doubtedly the ideal rendezvous in the cool of the evening.

Old English Bar where service and quality reign.

Express Lifts during rush hours.

Tol. 28128.

Cable Address:-"Gloucester."

P. 1. NEWMAN,

Manager.

GLOUCESTER BUILDING

(THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT CO., LTD.)

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1932.

LEAP YEAR BRIDE

Laura Lou BROOKMAN

MEWN HERE TO-DAY

to marry hz.

enclosing a chequesfor $500. The returns the

The train was to leave at 10 o'clock but already the day was warm. Mrs. Dixon, dressed in thin grey silk, appeared pale and deli- cate as she leaned back against the scat. Her hand, is its grey glove, elung to Cherry's,

"It doesn't seem right to leave "You mean you want me to go?" | yeni," she was sayin¿ "I know I'm

"Yes. Yes, I do."

"You

Cherry Dixon, pretty 19-year-old daughte of wealthy parents, Faila in love with Dan

Cherry was beside him. Phillips, newspaper reporter. Bhe quarrols with her father about Den, leaves home Rod want me to go?" she repeated in taking advantage of Snp Year, oska Dan amazement. Why, Dan, what's They are married nad for the first time come ofer you? I don't under Cherry Brule what it mentis to lack money. stand-" Her struggles with knonework are discourag- In Dixie Shannon, movie crile of the He turned and faced her. News. 10 friendly with Cherry. She meets

"There's nothing to understand," | Handme Max Pension who niso worka un The News.

he said. "Why should you spend Cherry receives fetter from her mother the rest of the summer In a hot, cee because pride will not fel her keep dumpy little place like this when write u abort story but arcomer dissid you could be at the seashore? Why should you be cooking and wash- Two days later Cherry learns her bering dishes when you could be living is eritienily II Cherry goes home and at kre mother's bedside the father and daughter in an expensive hotel with every are reconciled. Str. Dixon passes the crisis thing in the world to make you of wines and after several days Cherry

I know I can't give return in the apartment. Her father tell comfortable? her the doctor has ordered fr. Dixon to you the sort of things you've been

and acverni montin at the menachoze He tuska Cherry

to accompany her mother, accustomed to but that's no reason Cherry retunes and Dixon deelden

you have to give them up. You can call up your father in the morning and tell him you've changed your mind."

[Jt. Dan. worried about kils, undertakes to

and leaves it Aufzínhed,

himself. The night before they are in depan

he calls m Cherry and Dan.

CHAPTER XXX.

The flush was gone from Cherry's Dixon looked ill at ease. "Good

cheeks. "I fold Father I couldn't evening," he said. "I didn't ring because I couldn't find a bell down-80 because I didn't want to," she stairs and the door was open. I

said quietly. "I don't want to go hope you don't mind--"

now."

"Yon--really mean that?” "Of course I moun it."

"Of course not," Cherry told him, "only you did surprise ma! Come in, won't you?"

was

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Dim dropped to the window seat. He entered the room. There He leaned forward, resting both ja moment's awkward, pause and arms on his knees. "Cherry," he then Dan stepped forward. "How said. "I've been a sap! I thought do you do, Mr. Dixon,” he said. I was going to get half a dozen

"How do you do."

inises and sell a lot of stories in no The constraint between the two time. I thought we'd be moving men was evident. Cherry hastened into a better apartment, buy a car to relieve it. "Here's a chair,—oh. I had all sorts of plans! It's Father," she said, directing him to decent of you to be a sport about The most comfortable one. It stood all this but we might well face near the open window and

what it.

I'm a dub and that's all I'll breeze, there was reached it. "It's ever be!" been a hot day, hasn't it?" she went On "Lucky you and Mother are getting off so goon."

"But that's not true, Dan! Please don't let yourself be discouraged. There's fols of time ahead. You haven't

this any reason to feet Way

"That's just what I've come to talk about," Dixon announced.

"But you're going, aren't you?! "Haven't I? Look!” You don't mean anything's hap- He went to the davenport, picked pened to change your plans?** jup his cont and drew an envelope. Her father abook his head. "No,; from a pocket. Without another nothing's happened. But I came to word he handed the envelope to ask once again if you wouldn't re- Cherry. consider and come with H.”

She drew out the bulky, folded Cherry drew herself up straight pages. As she did so a small, rec- in her chair. "I can't," she said.tangular bit of paper fell into her "I'm sorry but—I can't."

lap. She picked it up and read:

un-

Dan was sitting in the shadows "We are sorry that we are at the opposite side of the room. able to make use of the enclosed Now he leaned forward. "You didn't manuscript. Thank you for sub- tell me anything about this, mutting it." Cherry," he said. "I didn't know The name you were thinking of going any-was that of a famous magazine. where."

printed on the alip

Cherry unfolded the pages. It was Dan's story about Gus, the taxicab driver, the story he had started on the rainy Sunday so long ago.

The girls cheeks flamed. "I-1 Huppose I forgot to mention it," she said. "Father asked me to go with Mother on this trip but I told him "I finished it," he told her, "while it would be impossible. And now your mother was sick and you were that he's decided to go himself I'm staying with her. I didn't mean to sure that will be much better." She say anything about it unless they turned toward Dixon. "You know took it. Wanted to surprise you! you really do need the rest, Father."I had another one ready to send if "You're sure you won't change they took this. Well, that can go your mind?”

into the wastebneket?"

Cherry smiled. "Quite sure," she said. "What do you think of our home here? Isn't it rather attrn Live?"

He reached for the manuscript but Cherry drew back. "Please!" she begged. "Let me keep it, Dan. I want to read it. Oh, I'm sorry that old editor didn't like it but you mustn't be discouraged! Maybe

But Dan was not to be shaken

The one room apartment was not at its best. The living room was warm and there were still sign the next one will be different- That it had recently servel #8 a dining room. Dan's hut and coat from his gloomy mood. Later when and a pile of newspapers cluttered Cherry had finished reading the the davenport. A faint odor sur-manuscript and was glowingly en- gested that the neighbours had been thusiastic about it he was only half cooking cabbage.

Dixon managed a reply that was satisfactory and Cherry explained how they had found the apartment and subleased it.

There was

*

*

convinced. IId got the second story, an account of two urchins called before juvenile court, from the dusk drawer and she rend that.

་

"They're good!" Cherry Insisted fervently. "I don't care what that little more talk and editor or anyone else thinks. These then Dixon arose to go. For a stories are interesting!" moment, he. hesitated, then said! Dan laughed at her enthusiasm, abruptly to Dan, "I'm afraid I was was pleased more than he would ad- rather hasty the Inst time we met.mit. Said things I shouldn't have."

"I like the name of this second "That's all right, Mr. Dixon. I one, too," she told him. "Kempy's guess I understand how you felt." Crime.' How did you happen to The older man put out his hand. think of that?" He had called the "I was wrong," he said slowly, other story simply, "Night Life." "but I hope it's not too late to "Oh, I don't know. Saw some make up for it. You and Cherry kids in court one day. About half must both come out to see us when of it's true and the rest I imagined we're back from this trip."

to suit myself.”

"Thanks. We'll be glad to."

"Listen, Dun," Cherry said seri-

A few moments more and Dixonously, "no matter what anyone else was gone. Cherry whirled around thinks, I know you're going to write

great stories some day!”

as the door closed after him.

"You see, Dan"" she exclaimed { "And in the meantime we'll go to happily. "Father isn't a bit like the poor house." you thought he was. Ob, I'm so

"We certainly will not! Don't

glad he came even if the place is a you understand, dear, that I'd sight. Aren't you glad, too?"

"Why-yes, I guess so."

"You guess so? Don't you know"" "Yes, of course. Sure, I'm glad But why didn't you tell me about this trip, Cherry?"

"I did tell you about it.”

rather be here with you living just as we are than in the finest hotel in the world with all the money there is if you weren't there?"

He told her she was a very fool- ish girl and neither of them be- loved it.

•

both to voon as

"I mean about your father asking you to go with them? How'd it The house at Briartop had been happen you didn't say anything | closed for an indefinito period. about that?"

The cook and her husband were "Oh, I guess it just didn't seem the only ones to remain thero, very important. I said I couldn't Martha and Sarah were and that seemed to be all there visit relatives, departing was to it."

Mr. and Mrs. Dixon had gone. Mar- Dan crossed the room and looked tin, the chauffeur, was to take tho out on the night. For several mo- car to the castern resort and re- ments he was silent. Then he said, main there. "It isn't too late to change your mind about it, is it?"

“Why, Dan---!”

Cherry rode with her parents to the station. They were making tho trip by rail because Mrs. Dixon con-

His back was still toward her. aldered it more comfortable. Mias His volco went on, calmly and Evana, the nurse, looking almost steadily. "I think you're making a like a stranger in her chic blue

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going to be worried-

"But that's penaensut Ming Evans, you mustn't let her do any thing of the sort. There's nothing to worry about. You're to have a lovely time sunning yourself and looking at the ocean and taking long drives. You must write and tell me all about It and I'll write you everything that happens here. That is, if anything does kuppen. I don't suppose there'll be much to tell."

The Imousine swerved into the circular drive that led to the en- trance of the station. Another min- ute and the car had halted. Martin hnd the door open and was helping them out.

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"Plenty of time." Walter Dixon assured them. "We've another 10 minutes yel." There was always plenty of time wherever Walter Dixon was concerned. Punctuality was a part of his creed,

They found seats in the waiting Mr. Dixon disappeared, room. thea returned with newspapers and magazines. In what seemed an in- credibly short time the train was pulling into the station. Cherry's armed were around her mother. Kisses, farewells, renewed prom- Influenza ises. All about them others were saying goodbye, calling greetings.

Cherry could not go beyond the train gate. She waved until her parents and the nurse had disap- peared into the car. Then she turned, her eyes a mist of tears. For the first time she realized that she had ent herself completely and finally from the past. What was ahead?

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