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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1939.

LOVE or MONEY?

BEGIN HERE TO-DAY-

MONA MORAN, recepilonist In

BY H. W CORLEY

Well Atreet law offer, go with her childhood sweetheart, STEVE saccarelli, le a 1 pular supper resort, the Halcyon Club. Mona lives on Third avenue, supports her Invalid

no'er-do well brother, BUD

decision, she decides to wear,

|grin of her escort-"Hello, Mons, said abruptly.

darling. And Stove! Why, where when in the world did you get in-er out?".

Mona stiffoned, hor face flush ing. How could Lottie behave got The innuendo in the other girl's voice meant that Lottle believed, or pretended to believe, that old

how I punched the guy who took curled. "Io Bald he'd ho іл

the prizo cup home!"

The judges gave it to though, Steve."

Jim

Then the judges were blind." - "Oh well!" She smiled and was arain lost in the spell of the

dance.

* *

Beyond the tables there was a phnelled wall, half concealed by palma. Mona and Steve danced Mona rose gratefully. She re-across the tiny floor nearer this membered that she had always wall. Suddenly the panelling re-

ked to dance with Steve. In the three years of absence his feet, had lost nothing of their skill. Their steps fitted as perfectly as they and in times gone by.

father, mother, little alter, KITTY," and Starve has been mysteriouely alent from Now York for three years. Now he appram. wall dressed and prosperous, With no thought, of Impropriety, he has ordered Town and wrap seat to Mona which, after much story that Steve had been in pri-lever, don't you?" he said softly.

At the office that day Mens had met FOR. It was gossip that had died BARRY TOWNBRND; rich and sucially pro- away three years ago, Perhaps minent, bus refused to dine with him. How Lottie thought It rather cute to ever the cannot dismiss Harry Trom her mind. Mane Spices at the improvement pretend that she believed It. Privately Monn knew Lottie was that the gossip was not true.

s Mona herself

In Hteve's Enperiance and manner but does | not think she l in love with him.

End Moran comes to the Halcyon Club) as convinced to see BUCK HARKINS, the proprietor,

hes underworld connections. It appears that Itud is becoming involved with sangaters.

CHAPTER VII

"Why, it's Lottle!" Stove CX- claimed, directing Moun'a across the room.

HAZO

It was indeed Lottic. She had not seen her friends, apparently, for she was not looking at them. Lottie ant nt a wall table on a plat- form slightly raised above the rent of the floor so that she could watch the floor show (when it began) over the heads of the other diners.

Just now she was eating busily and neglecting her companion quite mercilessly.

Fordham """

"Bud-here?" Stove gently per- for Bunded her to dance again people were watching them. "Are you sure it was Bud? Yes, that's the office of the club owner, I be lieve. Maybe Bud's job brought him here."

"From Ferdham?”

interests. Bud might have somy These followa have a hundred on an errand or a delivery. They aren't the sort to trust things to solved itself into a door. It must the maile or messenger boys."

Monn aflffened. "Whnt things?" tend to a private room-the man-she asked, her lips tight. ager's office, most likely.

"Oh, Mona" Steve laughed help- As Mona watched carelessly the lenaly. "How should I know? door opened. A dim figure, all-Anything? It might be a pound thouotted against the light within, of a favourite kind of cheere. appeared in sharp rellef for Night club owners never eat the brief inslaut. Mona gasped.

food from their own kitchens, you It was Dad!

know. Suppose it was Bud--what of thint? Why are you so worri- ed, dear?"

*

"You dance as wonderfully

"You're a wonderful partner, Stove. Been dancing much?”

"Not at all. Except in my mind The boy slid almost furtively with you."

across the carpeted space which They were, dancing dreamily led to the outer door. His hat and rather perfectly, swaying was in his hand. His almost The girl's in quivered. "I-I slowly, dipping in unluon. They stealthly steps minde it plain to am worried about him. Terribly might have been the only couple observers that he was an intruder worried, Steve. He doesn't work The evening, began no pleasant on the floor. The leader of the rather than a participant. In the regularly. He is so mysterious. ly, was ruined. How could Lottie orchestra watebed them admiring expensive frivolity of that gay Always broko, too, and we need say such a thing? She was rarely, followed their steps with care-room.

the money, I can't help worry- ly thoughtless and never malic-ful attention. Mona and Steve "Why, --why--1" Moun cried,ing about him. I don't like Bud's oun! Why was she here at all.might have been professionals paling and aturtled. She stopped being here. Aren't, clubs of this with so many other places in New who had practised together for short, bringing Steve up to, the sert

run by gangstera, Steve? York to go?

yeurs. Their faces were rupt, side of the tiny floor in dismay. I'm afraid it means that Bud's their feet in perfect accord, their | I just saw Bud coming through gone-or going--wrong!" bodies awaying.

that door!"

explained sco!" Steve's own face be- "Remember that contest at swiftly. "It must be the office or came serious. Ho thought Cloverland?"

something. What business could minute. "You've been seeing too Bud have here? He told me he many movies,

Mona." he au- wna working to-night." Her lips | nouneed. "Ali that is Aсreca stuff. Don't worry about it any We'll telephone to Bud after a while and you'll see that he's a right. You may have been mistaken but if it really was Bud I'll take a hand in it." Steve apoke confidently. could he know that the plan he was outlining was precisely what Duck Harkins, in his tiny back room office,

acheming for Steve to do?

"Oh, I've been around for a week or so," Steve was replying cheerfully, unperturbed by the implication in Lottie's greeting.

"Yes? Mona didn't tell me.” "Mona didn't know. I couldn't manage to get in touch with her until to-day."

"Just

Lottie raised her coffee cup to Her escort wits a bored looking her tips amiling. "Then that's youth with sandy hair, linner all right," she remarked. conte, morose and rather dis- so long as she hasn't been holding tinguished. The evening was not out on me. Meet the boy friend." pleasing him. But, looking him With a wave of her hand she in- this dicated the young man opposite. over, Mona observed that young man belonged to that group "Perhaps you can help cheer him. of society that never is--by tradi- I'm making ne headway at all and tion and precept-plensed. He I'm keeping the bill very law."

lived

to be bored and Lollio would serve for company as well as anyone else.

"Great Heavens, the girl is hay- ing breakfast" Monn aded, amused. But Monu was not real ly amused at finding Lettie here, ready

to join at any moment them. Steve, interest in Lottie rather irritated Monn. Half an hour before he had been making love to her!

Flushing, the young man rose stiffly.

"Mr. Parker, Mona. Jimmy, Miss Moran, Mr. Saccarelli. We thought Mr. Saccarelli was dend or something. Now all at once he comes to life again!"

Young Parker bowed distantly, disinterestedly and sank again in- to his chair. There had been dis- sension between him and Lottle all evening. It was clear that Sleve, Lottie believed she had gained a humor point.

"Breakfast?" repeated his eyes on Lottie aml reflected in his tong.

Lottie had just finished a huge half grapefruit sunk in a silver basin of ice and was about to at- tack an omelet when she spled Mona and Steve.

"Jimmy is never very happy here," she went on evolly. "I like this place though. Don't Mona?"

you,

"Yes. But we've only been here a few minutes."

She waved a fork gally at their The orchestra began its low dance," Sleve table and called-much to the chu-wailing. "Let's

"We didn't win it, Steve!" "I didn't, but you did.

And

Mona

Another view of the Potsdam Garrison Church, which WAS utilised for the first meeting of the new Raighatag following the destruction by fire of the original Reichstag building. This is the interior of the church. (Planet Nows).

niore.

WAN

How

Five minutes at the telephone had given Buck "the dope" on Steve. He had all the informa- tion he wanted Buck knew where Steve Saccarelli had been for the past three years, what his Interests

exactly were, aud in what way those interests might coincide with Buck's own.

"I teach that double-crosser to take what's coming to him!" Buck threatened as he explained to Chile what, he had just heard about Steve and his mission in New York.

EX-

"You don't say " Chile claimed, shaken from his usual lethargic mood to actual interest. "Saccarelli's in the legal end of the game, eh? And stepping out with the Kid's sister! Say-it looks like a clean-up, don't it?"

(To Be Continued).

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