1932-10-22 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1932.

CALL of the WEST

Kreat

by.R. G. MONTGOMERY

DEGIN TOBRA TODAY.

HALL. STAN

for caitie Internals, faces ABPER DELO in his office in the city. Aaper la mcensed by the cattle men of lotringing on thele range with his timber cutting, all accuses Delo of having men that, who try to check up on him. Hall says be in going up to make check himarit. Delo reports that he will personally sew that all does not.

Standing before the office allding Stan Ball teen kidnappers silp a girl into a car, Ila entches the CAT AND RTR DONA DELO, A per's daughter. Whon beams who she j

her he after telling

bo

alle ACE STANLEY

.

MOONLIGHT,

a picturesque mountain camp, a pretty girl and a dashing cowboy. With such romantic elements of course there's a love story in "Call of the West" by R. G. Montgomery. There's adventure and excitement too in this thrilling new serial.

tendency to droop a bit at the cor- neras. Dudley Winters was plainly capable but not accustomed to be- Ing called upon for any kind of action demanding effort.

CHAPTER II. Dudley Winters tapped the cork on the his cigarette tip of arm of his chair and smiled. Dona down among the cushions and He had just delivered himself pinched her arm. "Mr. Black is a was expect true knight and I shall thank him of an order and he ing it to be taken with some for saving you when you find him." "Dad will locate him when he weight. The person to whom this

"Why don't you go up to Threo mandate had been directed was gets back," Dona flashed moodity.

"Your Dad must be out for bigRivers and talk Dad out of this wild curled up in a deep chair, gazing meditatively out the nearest win-gume on this trip," Dudley said. Iden, whatever it is 7" She put the seating himself upon the arm of question to test the first thought dow.

""Don't be antique, Dud! Engnged her chair. He sent a thin spiral of that came into her head. men don't rush around telling their smoke ceilingward before ho con- flancees what to do in this age." tinued. "He had his rific and one Donn Delo turned impatiently and of those portable cannons commonly pursed her lips in a most tantalis-known as six guns out on his desk

and all oiled up."

ing manner.

Winters arose and strode across the room. He bent over the easy

...

Dudley grinned and inhaled deep- ly. He let the smoke strickle out of he answered. his mouth before "Aw, D, he'll make it by himself.

"You see, wo have to do some- thing."

Dudley stared at her for a full minute before he spoke. "I'd likely make him mad and he'd tell me to go home and play golf, but I'd do anything for you, D." Ho pulled her closer to him, "If I drag your Dnd back from Three Rivers with- out hiu having killed anybody what will be my reward?" His lipa were eagerly near to hera now.

Dona amiled up at him. "What would you ask?" she parried.

"You ask me that?" He pulled hor against him. "What have I been asking for the past three months 7"

Dona pushed him away. "You'll have to make a lot of preparations." Sho was smiling now. Dudley had come through with more credit than she had expected and she was ashamed of the thoughts that had beon lurking in the back of her mind.

"Your answer first, my little He caught and held her tightly. Indy."

"Whatever you ask, but you must get father to give up this wild idea

shoved him away As he tried to of shooting someone." Playfully she gather her slender shoulders in a close embrace. "Your reward, Sir Knight, must wait upon your suo-

себе."

Dudley shook her lightly and re- lensed her. "You are a hard task- I never shot a bear in my life.”

master, Princess." He bowed with "But he's not after bear. He's a wide sweep of his arm. "But after a man," Dona spoke earnestly. your knight rides forth at dawn to

"You could talk him into coming do your bidding." back, giving up the whole thing."At dawa and in my roadster. I Dudley halted the am going to Three Bivors with you,

"You're, sir."

The girl stirred and straightened, to her. Sho had chair and scowled at its occupant This was nows

on the In a mock flt of anger. "Want me been so busy checking up to dmg you out of that chair by whereabouts of a certain Stanley your hair, woman 7" He bent over Black that she had forgotten all spiral of smoke abruptly.

to Threo

and tried to steal a kiss but Dona about her father's trip evaded his lips and pushed him, Rivers. "Guns?" aho ochoed,

**Sure. A young arsenal and asido.

"Pull your cave in after you," she whole pile of cartridges. He had all my the accessories, too. A sleeping bag retorted. "I have things on

and a pile of regular western para- mind."

phernalia." Dudley was glad he had struck upon a topic that had no fire in it.

Dudley straightened and a defiant frown clouded his handsome face. His mouth drooped a little at the corners when he frowned and Dona fancied he could readily pout.

"You're thinking about that washout, Black, when you should be ilstening to me." Dudley could not help but speak the thoughts in his mind. "The way he vanished shows what he thinks of you."

“A man?”

crazy, D."

"You don't know Dad. He comes

EX

Honestly, Dud, this is serious. from a family of hard fighters, Dona caught the young man's hand impulsively.

"No you don't! This may be a case of hog-tying your fond parent This is a man's job and I refuse to and shipping him back by express. allow the future Mrs. Winters to be "Can't you 560 we involved in it. You will sit right have to stop him from doing some here and await the boy from the thing--?" She halted and gripped, telegraph affice. Once every hour or oftener he will deliver a report on his hand tightly.

the progress at Three Rivers." Dud- ley patted his chest and struck a heroic attitude that was gravely comical.

Dudley crushed his cigarette in He an ash tray and stood up. was plainly disturbed, "Your dad doesn't need to get into hunting clothes and lumberjack boots and trail off to shoot a man. He has If plenty of lumberjacks to do his fighting for him. Why didn't he call up one of his men at Three, Rivers?”

"Where did you ace him?" Dona demanded uneasily, She had not ex- pected her father to return to the He had promised rough country. her he was through with the dan gerous end of the timber business.

Standing before bar in

hair Her anxiety was aroused at once und she caught herself wondering,

faultlessly tailored duit, hla combed hack smoothly and his tie Dona uncurled and let her little 'where Stanley Black could be. heels click on the floor. "He car-ho were at hand she knew he would

knotted with careless perfection, Dudley Winters looked more capa- tainly took a great deal of pains not be able to tell her what to do.

ble of braving the dangers of a to make himself unpleasant." Her

bridge party among dowagers than eyes showed that she had not liked

embarking upon a dangerous and that remark of Dudley's..

rough mission. Dona was certain Sensing a quarrel, the young man grinned and changed his tactics. Dona looked at Dudley apprais-I used to jump into bed and cover however that he had the strength I'H After all, why worry about this fel-ingly. She saw a slender young my head when he went off on one to handle the job.

The

"Just the same I'm going. low Blank? He was plainly a one-man of athletle type. Square shoul- of his mad fighting trips. day visitor to the city and already ders, fine head and dark eyes that strain of living with him shortened stay at the company hotal and be Dona stood up perfectly safe and I may be able to punching cows back in the hills held a lurking flicker of amusement. mother's days."

arms., help. Don't you want me where undreds of miles away. He drew Then she saw the mouth with its and caught Dudley by the

you can acc me every day?" Sho arase und moved nearer with her face upturned.

"I stepped in upon him at the office when I was looking for you. He told me all about the man hunt you're on.".

"That's it, Dad would not hire anyone. He'd do it himself. When I was a little girl up in the camps

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"You go, lady," Dudley grinned. Secretly, he was glad she was going. It she stayed she might locate this stranger, Black, and that was for from his desire. He was a littlo nervous and a great deal jealous of the dashing cowman who had res cued Dona. Of course it had been his own luck to be playing golf at the precise hour when she had been the luck of a kidnapped and stranger to be standing on the sidewalk to see what happened. "You'd bettor toddle honte and get ready. We'll have to start early." Dona patted his cheek and escaped before he could catch her.

Dow

This is one morning when I'll have something to get up for," Dud- ley smiled as he moved toward the door. After picking up his hat from the chair into which he had tossed it he faced her. "It would be fitting and proper for me to search until I find a murderous weapon like the one your Dad was olling, suppose." He grinned as hia he slid his hat firmly over smooth hair.

"It would not. You are to pre- vent slvoting not to help or do any yourself." Dona spoke severely and earnestly,

"No danger of me shooting any- one! I'm no plainaman. Ganning is out of my line. If there is any tough stuff I'll have to use my flats or a club." He opened the hall door. "Got one for a good night?" Dona slipped forward and placed a swift klas on his lips, then turned to the stairs and ran up to her walked room. Dudley Wintere

down the white stone steps of the Delo town house as though the hard slabs had been cushioned with air. He poked the sleeping chauffeur in the car at the curb and shouted happily, "Step on hor Tom1 Wo'ro headed home."

(To be continued.)

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PAYMENT TO BE MADE TO U.S. IN DECEMBER

London, Oct. 21. France will follow the reported British Intention in regard to debe payment to the United States, nc- cording to an announcement made by the Minister of Finance.

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