1932-10-20 — Page 3

"DREAM OF

CHAPTER VII (Continued).

"How long have you had that gown?" asked Tommy.

"Oll, I don't know; six months. Eight.

"A shade on the goreous side, isn't it?" said Tommy.

"It's not

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1932.

DESTINY"

was

SOMETHING NEW

STARTING, TO-MORROW

R. G. Montgomery's

"CALL OF THE WEST"

"No, don't bother about coming downstairs-in your dressing-gown.

a humming with it." The exaggerat- all jam being bachelor for ever and ever. You ing Tommy smiled triumphantly. know and I know that a bachelor and a little revengefully. The fact source of in- Passes half his time in thinking was that his chief what the devil he can do next. Be-formation

Nancy Bmytba. Nancy, having heard of Pliabe's aides, it's not natural"

"Natural. What the dickens do illness, had late that afternoon tela- you mean by natural? It it's un-phoned to Mrs. Friar and had heard Roland did not quite care for his natural to want to be at peace and full details-quito innocently re- dressing-gown to be described as be your own master, then I admit, tated. The facts--added to what a shada on the gorgeous aldo,

I'm unnatural."

Phoebe herself had once mentioned "Quiet enough, I should have

"But," Roland rotorted eharply, about showing the roof of Phill- thought," he answered. "The worst" it a good thing to be always bert Court to Roland, had over- of it ls it isn't wearing. I was your own master And I doubt loaded and inflamed Nancy to such fool enough to buy one of pure silk. If even everlasting peace is the ideal a point that she had invented a They never do wear. Moreover. Iite."

pretext for telephoning to Tommy couldn't afford It."

"Look here, Roly! What the hell and incidentally giving him themes They talked dressing-gowns, and are you driving at? Is this the stop-press news a few minutes hd Tommy was offended by the rebuke, then hosiers generally, and then gumbit for informing me that fore he had gone forth to dine with

thought: "Is this curved off

to bootmakers. The you've decided yourself to enter the Millicent at the Imperial Palace. Roland

coolness? men's shops of the West End were holy bonds? Because if no— But Mr. Adderton also had contri- quarrel? Is it a

Sorvo him right." judged and classed. The complex "Not at all I'm not!" Roland buted to the gossip, and his tran and secret sartorial existence of interrupted him with the freedom.quil. benavolent innuendoes had well-dressed males who entered simulating Impatient testineas, quickly gone round. their clubs as carelessly as though which is fully permissible in an At first Roland was astounded. their clothes grew on them by the old-established firm of intimates. now he was thunder-struck, by the aid of nature alone, was laid bare "Such a notion never entered my extraordinary twistings of simple with all its tragedies and Its briof head. I was talking generally. truth into enormities. He credited triumphs. All these matters were You're like a woman, my lad, al- what Temmy tok him, but with settled.

But beneath the floating ways stepping off the general down difficult. Many times he bad gaily bubbles of the chatter of the two into the particular."

listened to malicious gossip and sent cronies ran the-alow, deep stream

"Then what's all this about this it further on its way. To-night he of their ideas concerning women. actress friend of yours?" Tommy was angered by malicious gossip Roland especially, against his super-demanded helligerently. And he which was not mere untrue than ficial inclination, was still seriously too was simulating testiness as per- most gossip. But he still con preoccupied by the great and termitted by the code of jolly comtrolled himself, trying to think rible subject and myopic wrong-panionship.

philosophically: "This will be a headedness of Tommy thereon. He Roland laughed. He should have lesson to me." He felt furious deemed it his duty as a true friend laughed botter or not at all. There ngainat Tommy. Ho resented the to utter a few remarks to Tommy were hints of both n sneer and an phrases "this actress friend of He would; yet he would not; yet he apology in his laugh.

yours", and the phrase "your cele would. At last the words came out

brated broom" (what celebrated broom?), and the phrase "set your self to make a pleasing Impression On her people" and the word "scene." Indeed everything had bean twisted.

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ILK, BRANCH OF ENGLISH ASSOCIATION

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The Hongkong Branch of tho You might meet some sensitive English Association will begin its creature. Just switch the light on. activities for a new acesion I'll find my way." Tommy's tons November 1. A programme was stiff-artificial.

lectures is being arranged, to be They did not shake hands. They hold, as usual, on the first Tues- were too intimate to feel under the day of each month, in the Helena necessity of shaking hands at any May Institute. 'time. Nevertheless, Roland would His Excellency the Officer Ad- have preferred that on this occasion ministering the Government, Mr. they should shake hands. No, ho W. T. Southorn, will preside at the wouldn't have preferred it. He first meeting. The meeting will had no desire to shake hands with consist of the annual general busi- the man so coarse and so self-com-nons meeting for accounts and placent.

elections, followed by a lacturo "See you soon,” Tommy called in from Father Byrne on "The Child a very nudible whisper from the in Books and in Life." So, ao to foot of the stairs.

allow time for the general bust- The front door softly banged. ness, without trospassing on the Roland switched off the stairs light time for lecture and discussion, It and re-entered his parlour. Despite has been decided to hold this first the open window the atmosphere in meeting of the year at 5.15 instead there was Intolerable.

lof the usual hour of 5.30. Round was seriously affronted,

It is hoped that there will be a "You know-you Any as well as astounded, by this blow,

(Here the story abruptly fininshes, Never again. Never again. must keep steady," he advised "Now I'll just tell you all that No indication is yet apparent of big assembly of the members and Never again.' But why never himself. And aloud: "And what happened." he said, in tenes ton Lane Smith's way out of his dilemma friends of this thriving associa again? You might one day later have you heard about ne und obviously constrained. "And do do and, at the same lima, it seems unlike- tion. on regret your never again." Phabe Friar, I

should like to your best to grasp the matterly that, despite the title, the late Mr.

Arnold Bennett intended to work out land, Wales, and Scotland sinco Mild reproof in his voice, and a know."

Then he vouchsafed his own version his plot entirely on the lines of the Sept. 30, 1931, and for those join- certain sarcasm in his reiteration "What have I heard! What have of "the matter". in considerable vivid dream described in the first of Tommy's phrase.

I not heard!" said Tommy, with vindicatory detall, and ended: "And chapters.

ing in the future. Perhaps some of our the wary calmness of one who haven't the faintest Intention of readers have ideas regarding the foresces victory and the putting of marrying Phoebe Friar, I mean of most apt conclusion.) the boot on the other leg. "You go asking her to marry me. And to her rehearsals—-—--"

never had."

of themselves.

"You know," he begun, trying to speak as casually as Tommy had apoken about cigars, and not Buc cooling.

"What actress friend?" "Why! Frida Friar of course! Or Phoebe, is it? I know there's alliteration in it."

"Yes, you

go to

"Ok" Tommy burst out. "So long on you aren't marrying her, that's all right! Only you're keep- ing an eye on me, and I've got to keep an eye on you, Roly,”

Roland was now. raging. The em- phasized "aren't marrying her with all its odicus implications, was too much for him.

"De you know Phobe Friar" he asked, and his voice trembled.

"Of course I know her. Don't

"I'm a damn sight more likely to be sorry if I do go in for it again." Some trace of that ruffling aclf complacency of his in his voice. And he was ever NO slightly "I went to a rehearsal 1 told Irritated by Roland's return to the you that myself, young fellow.". subject. Had they not discussed

did. So did other it eufficiently. Was not Tommy people. You

her stage- sick of it, for the moment. Tommy parties. You drive her home. You wanted to forget it-forget hia have supper with her in her fat If he was thunderstruck before, humiliation. Tommy, had had alone. You go to her first nights. very arduous evening and needed You go afterwards to her dressing now to be cushioned in amiable room and when she doesn't feel chat, not to have darts pusheil into well, you sweep all the other people him.

jout of the dressing-room with your celebrated broom, and you take her home again. And you sit out on, the roof with her in the middle of the night. And you've dined there, it seems, and set yourself to make a pleasing impression on her people not without success. And now she's il you rush off down there again and see the doctor yourself. and there's a scene. Naturally you don't hear what's being said. People who are talked about never do. Butj Roland perceived first, that you may believe me it's all over Tommy, accepted his statements Lendon. The whole place is with reserve, and, second, that

you remember I met her at that dinner at Nancy's?"

"That's nothing. If you knew her a bit better, really knew her, you wouldn't have said what you did say just now.

"Sorry! Sorry!" said Tommy, and jumped up. "It's horrid late. I must go. Ta-ta!"

Sir George Higgins, the ship- owner, will be chairman, the other members being Sir James Lith- gow, Sir Felix Pole and Professor

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Princess Juliana, heiress to the Dutch Throne, during her visit to Rormand on its 700th anniversary.

`M. Voronoff, who is again sacking to persuade the British authorities to lift the ban on his monkey gland operation. He declare that with his treatment no one can dis before 70 except by violence.

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Jimmy Walker and smiling Mrs. Walker just before he was com pelled to resign as mayor of New Year.

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