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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1933.

LOVE or MONEY?

BY H. W CORLEY

WAI!

BEGIN HIERE TO-DAY MONA MORAN, rectionist in Straat.law. office goes with her childhood sweetheart, STEVE BACUARELLI, to popular supper resort, the Haleyon Club Mona lives en Third avenue, mupports her Invalid father, mother. litle sister, KITTY and e'er-do-well brobler, BUD.

Futility.

ригровов.

"She didn't trail you, did she?" Buck asked seriously as if this he cennat diamies Barry from her mind were the one calamity that could Mona in plesand -al the Improvement befall his gang. "Your sister got Steve's appearance and manser but does not here first, didn't she? Well, what are you kleking about? Maybe she didn't even spot you."

think she is in love with him. "Look who's here ("

They find a table And Slave exclaims,

CHAPTER VII

"She saw me all right! But 1 had the door half open, see?

[youth known as SIm Dagan

Classy dame,

minutes. He's letting out a dume. Į stendy guy, good to your family, Blond Annie tried to double cross You sleep there, eat thero and Jim."

stick around when we don't wont

“I heard no," Bud roplied sig-you. Kid your sister alang-" nificantly, Their eyes met.

**Yell, don't find out by experi- ence. Kid'

Okay?"

#

"I borrowed a quarter from hor today," Bud said, grinning.

a

The walter returned with a tray, bottle of ginger ale, a glass and huge sandvich. "Chef say Reeve you deen, sair."

"Okay."

"Fine! Pay her back Saturday, Make them think you are on the Buck went back to his figuring, up and up. A boy's sister is a breathing loudly, wetting the tip good friend if he gets in a jam. of his penell between moist red Family stuff, That's goes down was lips. His manner was awkward, deep with a jury,” The older man motioned him to at this Instant in Sing Sing clumsy but his figures were sure.. Bud, watching, knew the in-

If Bud's eyebrows heightened, a chair and with a sudden slump|serving a sentença for Puck.

Bud rose and went to the open-advisability of trying to put any- Buck went on coolly. "Don't let the boy sat down. He drew a

thing over on such a power. on that you seen her tonight. If package of cigarettes from his ing for a moment. pocket and lighted one. Buck

"Look. Buck," he said as the.

she says anything act Innocent Stoves been mysteriously absent from watched with

At last the line of figures seem-and surprised. Show her this amusement. So music suddenly stopped. There'e New Yorks for three years. Now he D- Deary, will dressed and prosperous. With no young and so much to learn! But my sister, the girl in green. Red-jed. to satisfy. Buck folded It, receipt and stop worrying."

can't miss her.|jerked open a smali-drawer before} thought of impropriaty, he had ordered excellent material for the gang's headed. You Eown and wrap went to Mone which, After:

She's gone to that table just be him and laid the sheet carefully much indeclion, who decides to wear.

inside. Then he wiped his fore- At the office that day Mons his mot DARRY}

yond that post. There."- TOWNBEND, Tich and socially prominent,

The pride in Bud's voice head us though a difficult job had but refused

dise with blin, lowever,

brought the other to his side. been completed and pressed

There WAS t silence. Buck Buck Harkins was interested in button at the side of his desk., pretty girls. He applied his eye A walter appeared promptly,

Harkine looked at his watch and diligently and drow in his breath "Ginger ale, Buck said. He spoke softly. "Twenty minutes is with a low whistle.

looked at Bud. "Have some, Kid? Jup, Kid. Chile's waiting. You'll "Whew!

your red-hended Just Not Make 'It' Zone,' Jake. Or beat

alster home." the kind of a get-up we like to see wait! Make it two-one glass." in this place. They dress up the "Now kid," Buck went on Im Bud picked up his hat with Bud Moran slid through the couldn't turn back!" door of Buck Harkins' private "No," responded Buck signi-act, Kid.". He turnet a lung,pressively, "Don't get sore. You alacrity.

on Bud, his lids ain't drinking when you string "And give Tony this, Kid." oco at the Halcyon Club. He ficantly. "You couldn't turn back, craftly smile

along with this outfit, nec? We Bud's hand was already on the closed the door softly and leaned Not now, Kidi But cheer up--she lowering slowly.

The perturbation mingling with ain't drinkers and We ain't door. He had opened it narrowly. against it, his eyes travelling can't hurt you." quickly over the room.

Bud lifted his feet to the sill of pride in Bud's face was real, killers," Perhaps he thought of "Okay.".

Alone Buck Harkins returned to Buck, wearing

evening the window, set there apparently "Suppose she did see you!" Blond Annle for, he added hastly,

survey the dance floor. The or- dress, bent over a cigarette-acarr-for uniformity in architecture Buck waddled back to his seat and "Not you 'n me, anyway."

"And I ain't a chauffeur, Buck.chestra was shimmering Into a ed desk, bis round face perepiring rather than the amount of sun and began tapping the desk specu

melody and the floor was filling beneath the hanging electric light, air that might enter, and began to latively. "What could. happen? I don't want to handle any car."

"Ssh" The older man patted with couples. The lights, chang The green shade bathed him in a blow amoke rings. There was a The worst she could do was 'ask

almost soothingly, ing colour, sild over white tables, sickly bue. He looked up in-nonchalance in his manner which why you were spending money in Bud's

à sucker's joint."

"You ain't going to handle a cat gay gowns, austere dinner coats. quiringly, then applied himself to he did not feel.

"How they dancel" Buck his task again in allence.

The older mað

You're all right, Kid. If you do rose from his

what we tell you, you're all right. shrugged. There was no Battery "Well, Kid," he said at length. seat, went to the opening through (told, him.. "How's tricks?"

which he could observe the crowd- "Tell her you came to complain Even if they get you they can't in his tone. His beady eyes dart- do" hang anything on you. Trust me, ed among the throng, searching ed supper club and for a moment about your bill. Plenty

Again faintly. The Now here he drew his chair out this or that habitue. was lost in the glamour of the Harkins

he saw Mona. Hor green gown, throng outside. Then he waddled lelephone beside him rang. He closer.

"You're all wet on that stuff her reddish gold hair, gleaming back to his desk, smiling, rubbing pulled a watch from his pocket,

hcowled at it and was about to about your sister, Kid. You say against the black shoulder of her his hands together.

"Lots of sistors out there, Kid," speak when the telephone chimed she's here. Suppose she did see partner. Who was the man?

you-what of it? Toll her-what It was no one Buck had ever lis purred again. "Such pretty again.

"Yeah," Buck answered. girta!

he do you want to tell her. Kid?" seen before. Wnit-they were grunted, nodding his head 13 "Sister?" Back Harkins' voice

"She thinks I've got a job la turning. The man's fure, was thrown into relief against tho dropped to a parr. "Well, lots of

Buck Harkins was not the man's though the feature were visible Fordham."

wire. "Yoah .

"Tell her the boss sent you wall. Red, yellow, orange lights folks sisters are out front tonight, real name, Bud know. Once long across the

I don't mean down with a note for mo." Buck filtered over them. Buck chuckled Kid. We're doing a fine business. ago Buck had taken a "rap" for a What's that?

considered briefly. "Take $20 suddenly and slapped the wall Final What's wrong with that, gangster higher up and the title maybe; I mean yes, positively..

Okay," home to your mother every Satur with a pudgy hand." Kid?"

had desconded to his shoulders. Not for 20 minutes?.. Again Bud made the gesture of The habit also had descended. A "Chile doesn't want you for 20 day. That'll fix her--makes you a

full

Buck's expert eye surveyed Bud for a brief instant, noting the boy's perturbation, "What's wrong, Kid? Somebody take your stick of candy ""

Bud threw out his hande with a gesture of irritation. "I seen my sister out front, Buck."

*

"She saw me come in here," But

smiled

..

*

"I'm a son of a gun!" he an- nounced and went back to his desk. As he finished the sand, wich Buck thought rapidly, still chucking, "Why, that was Steve Saccarelli ""

Let's ace, what had he been hearing about Steve? What did they have on that baby, anyhow? Almost immediately Buck, re- ntembered.

(To be continued.)

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