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TJIE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1932.

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Photo shows the bonus army's post-Washington refugi gear Johnstown, where 5,000 veterans, with their wives and children, ast up their tents and shacks on the invitation of Johnatown's mayor, “Eddie" McCloskey.

At Sulgrave Manor in England, the home of George Washing- ton's ancestors, the U. S. Ambriador Mr. Andrew Mellon is

shown during a ceremonial observation of the Washington bi-

centennial.

LEAP YEAR BRIDE

by Laura Lou BROOKMAN

BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

was. "Great Scott?"

Cherty Diron, pretty 19-year-old daughter elnimed, "what have

of wealthy parents, marris Dan This doing to yourself?"

newspaper reporter, after a quarrel with ber

Dan

Elvy Kalep with her new hua- band, William E. H. Miller, at New York where she and Roger Q. Williams ara preparing for a fight to Grosca..

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The anti-climax of the bonus army's long struggle was reached in this scene at Idea! Park, Joustawn, when the remnants of the B.E.F, agreed to disperse after an appeal by Mayor McCloskey. Although many dissenters seemed determined to cling to their camp, the majority of the vets started for home after McCloskey told them that W. W. Waters, "commander" of the army, had failed to gain permission for a camp in Maryland. Picture shows McCloskey (in circle) making his appeal. Arrow designates one of the corps of nurons • inman at the enme to guard against epidemic.

me of such things? Do I ever com- plain about money? Don't I do everything in the world to save? I've worked all day-"

"Worked? What do you think ex-I've been doing? If you really had you been to do a 'day's work once in a while maybe you'd know how it feels to

parent. It is a Leap Year marriage and Cherry looked up in surprise, be tired!"

Cherry does the proposing.

She and Dan move me a cheap apariment

! "Why-oh, I guess I forgot and Cherry's first struggles with housework to take the towel off my head.

are discouraging. Dizie Shannan. movie erit I've been cleaning house. Every "why thing's done except the bathroom Will you wash it for

of the New, is friendly. Cherry meets hand 4ome Mas Pearson, sea of the News

tries to make love to her. After several window. wwoka Charry's mother becomes seriously

The girl goes home and there is reenkeitin me, Dan, while I finish getting tion with her parenta Pride will not allow dinner on the table?". her to socept financial aid from them how-

aver. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon depart, seeking The young man frowned. "Can't

the mother's it wait until to-morrow?

Tears smarted in Cherry's eyes

but she was determined Dan should not ace them. She could

not trust herself to speak.

They had never quarrelled BO

before. There was nothing over going ahead with the meal until Both were tired and both were minutes the atmosphere cleared. which they were disagreeing now. the amoke was gone. In five suffering from "terves." One

Cherry disappeared into the

another climate to improve bralth,

brenda Vall, magazine welter. conten "I promised myself I'd have this word from either of them just dressing room and returned with Wellington and Dan meets her. She asks him to collaborate in writing a play. work done to-night. If you don't then could have set everything begins to spend most of his evenings At Has Want to do it say so and I'll finish right but neither of them spoke tell-tale red lines about her eyes.

Vall's apartment. Dixie tries to warn Cherry it after a while. that there in gosip

about Uranda and as

but Cherry win not listen.

des

didn't think that word.

you'd mind doing that little bit. Dan inished polishing the win. Den asks Cherry about a short story he I've scrubbed and slaved until wrote weeks before. She says it

I dow pane and stepped back. troyed, deliberately telling an watruth, can hardly-1"

"There," he satel grudgingly. It was unusual for Cherry to "Does that suit you?" complain bui to-night she was The girl did not reply. The odor the crowd too much work into a sin

rontly tired. She had tried to of something burning had reached

CHAPTER XL.

Cherry slipped the pie into oven, closed the door and i

She and Dan sat down at the table and the meat began. Cherry, if she had been her own vivacious self, would have looked attractive in spite of her soiled, torn frock. She could have laughed and Dan would not have noticed the grimy costume. She did not look at-

straightened with a sigh, Her body seemed to protest.

gle day and every muscle in her tractive now. Tears had smudged shoulders and arms ached. She

"Oh-all right!" Dan grumbled. Watch For

about

knew she should not have tried to do it." bake on cleaning day but the up- ples would have epolled if she had Cherry pinned an apron

He rolled up his sleeves and DREAM OF DESTINY not used them. Apple pie was him. She gave him the cleaning By Arnold Bennett. Dan's favourite dessert too,

She looked at the clock and saw clean dusters.

powder, a basin of water and that it was almost 6. Time to set and Cherry went on with propar- Dan disappeared the table.

atlons for the meal. Cherry was wearing her oldest house dress. It was torn and

were

nover

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the black marka ou her face. Her Hps pressed in a hard, tight line to keep from trembling.

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Captain Wolfgang von Grona, who is expected in Hongkong on his round the world trip next weak. Map shows his itinerary during his Atlantic crossing.

Dan spoke once or twice though trying to make overtures at friendliness but they were not accepted. Cherry's answers were polite. Too polite. There was a long interval of silence in which

"I'm going out for a while," he her nostrils. The pie in the oven! the girl was aware that the meal said shortly. Cherry ran to the kitchen and was hopeless. The stow was cold

Cherry forgot hor pase. "But, She mixed the salad and poured pulled the oven door opon. Thick and the salad contained too much Dan," she said, "I thought wo smeared with dust, but she did the not think of that. Her hair was Dan didn't like stew but to-night for a holder but found none. She to retrieve a meal of left-overs. evening. See a movie maybe. I stow into a serving bowl, smoke rolled out. Cherry reached salt. She had counted on the pie might go somewhere together this hidden beneath towel pinned on he would have to eat it. for a dust cap and there

Was Every-grabbed the nearest object--a tea Cherry

so miserable

she thought-" black amudges on her cheeks,thing was ready except the ple. towel-and lifted out the ple. would not have noticed what she From floor to ceiling the apart

Cherry glanced into the aven,

The hot, sugary liquid bubbled was eating If had not been for "I'm sorry," Dan Interrupted.

"I've made other plans." ment was in spic and span order turned the flame higher."

over the edge of the crust “and | Dan. "Haven't but Cherry herself had

you Anlahed yet, burned her hand.

Anger she could not control Why didn't he tell her he was flashed in the girl's voice. "It's Cherry cried boen Icas presentable.

Dan?" she asked. She had

out in pain. She dropped the pie sorry for those hateful things he strange," she said, "but whenever given the apartment a thorough He was rubbing the window on the shelf and held her hand.un- had said? Why didn't ho cover her there's anything I want to do you cleaning, shaken the rugs, swept pane laboriously. Cherry stepped der running water from the tap. hand with his own and say end dusted and washed the win-forward. "Up there," she pointed. The ple was ruined. The blazo "Cherry, I was a beast but it was always have other plans! We downs. It had all taken longer "There's a streak that fan't clean" beneath the oven must have been becauso I've had a hard day. For never go out together any more. than 'sho had expected.

Dan's exclamation was smooth-higher than she had thought. The give me, darling!" Why didn't he you haven't taken me anywhere Cherry opened the gateleg table ered. "Why don't you hire some top crust, instead of boing a gold-take her in his arms and ask her for a week! All I do is stay home

and " and spread out the cloth, Usually one to come in and do this for en tlakoy yellow, was charred and to forget those cruel words?

"I know!" Dan assured her bit- she took pains to make the table you?" he demanded. "Don't you black. The ordor of burning applo

torly. "All you do is stay, home; attractive but tonight dishes and think I've done a day's work at the Juice was offensive.

Dan Phillips did none of these and slave. I can recite the rest of silver went on carelessly.

things. He ate little of the food. It for you backwards. It comes was back in the kitchen "I guess you know why I don't Dan stood in the doorway, sur- atfrring the stow made from last hire anyone to help me! It's be yoying the scene. "Well," he said, he meat was over almost na soon from having worthless d

as it bad begun. While Chorry for nothing husband. I'm very night's beef const when Dan's key cause I haven't money to pay I guess we don't have ple for dis gathered up the dishes Dan, ant sorry for you, but in keeping with wounded in the lock. Cherry, did them."

fner. He moved to the windowa karn but called "That you "And that's because I don't and raised them a barricaded behind his newspaper, moje ar the Worker HEMANG

The girl had almost hedded mist pi Tagragala makes enough! I that it? You Cold out into the room. It

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