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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1933.

LOVE or MONEY?

BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

BY HW. CORLEY

treason Mona felt it unwise to tell MONA MORAN, recutkin's! la A Washer mother of the approaching

all it

seemed Street me office, in in love wil HARRY marriage. If TOWNSEND, rich and socially prominent What she most lengh STEVE BACCARELLI, strange to Mona, what would Ma

Hove and rotheart.

her childhood.

have just returned from Routh America where-isrgely by chance- More bernine veistad with Harry usetaling diamond mine, ce believed worthless but now valuabie, Steve oven a Joze dlanoel ended "The Expiran of Pent" Onighters try u steal the stone but be zeitwi

theme Here has earnest Mona's graitinde by triending her errant brother, RUD, sending him to Buth America and giving him a Jus

In the

Muna need $500 for hospital treatmrabs

to loan ber the many and then maken, aut

for her invalid father. Her employer ngre

making a la tells Mona Wealthy ellent wishes to marry her Immediately with the understanding thế khall recupy" hier OWN Apartment. sve limited charge Rep

and do whatever she wishes for one yenz. At the end of that time she any tecume the

Any?

"Then Mr. Townsend expecta Mona me to-morrow?" asked timidly.

rensur-

Her employer laughed ingly. "Ie hurdly dared expect you, but he will be very pleased news. And when I tell him the

SCREEN STAR IN YACHT MISHAP

www.

ORDEAL BY ANN HARDING OFF HAVANA

Havana, May 5. The fair-haired flim actress Ann Harding, narrowly escaped death by the way, you'll want to buy n few things, I'm sending Alias in the shark-infested sea three miles off the Havana coast to-day. Drury out with an envelope."

She was

one of a party on

The envelope with which Mina Drury presently appeared contain-pleasure yacht which suddenly url several bilis. In Mr. Garret-capsized. innn's wife in actuality or secure a divatos,

The master began to swim She asks the man's name and is old son's precise handwriting it was Batry Townsend

further explained that Mons and ashore, when to the horror of her friend might use the car the the other occupants of the bont, CHAPTER XXI

next morning and that they would he was seen to be surrounded by Mona gazed at the closed door he expected nt Twilands at about the fins of sharks. Suddenly ho amazement. She stood very one o'clock. The ceremony was to shouted, threw up his hands and slil, the colour receding from her be exetremely simple because Mr. disappeared.

Townsend was not at all well,

The rest of the party clung to lovely face.

Once more Mona lifted the tele the sides of the boat for three phone to apprise Lottie that she and a half hours until a passing wished to spend the night with craft sighted and rescued them.- her. The excitement in her voice | Reuter's Special. aroused Lottie's curiosity Im-

in

Barry

to

Townsend wished marry her! He had given her a year after that marriage to decide whether she wished to divorce him or whether she had been able to fall in love with him.

But she was in love with Barry now! She had been in love withi

mediately.

■

1

"We could buy a complete outfit, Lattie," Mona insisted. "I have the money"?

"Is it anything particular?" she newer. I brought a hat home to-

night and you can have that asked hopefully.

"Wait until you hear!" Mona re-will be awell with the nuit. yo'll hini ever since she had first seen turned. "I'm going to be married ze a lace blouse. Let's see.

about shoe--" have to-morrow?" him. How could he fail to

Mona's shoes did not quite pass understood? Why had he kept, Lottie wns parading the tiny liv-1 allent when he had the opportunity Ing room when Mona rang.

muster and it was decided to pur {chane new ones. to speak to her at Twilands? "The blushing bride!" she ex- What about Misa Dower! Yes, claimed, "When in the world did there was still Miss Dower to be all this happen? Who's the lucky reckoned with. And why should he make all this known to her through Mr. Garrelson, his uncle's. hawyer? Barry was ill, of course, to the couch and told Lottie briefly took me 10 days to decide on that but if that were the cause it seem-of her interview with Mr. Garret-ult. It will be okay on you but it's just for to-morrow, though. ed to Mona that the matter could son. As she talked sho

slender fingers through the usual-'l lend it to you for luck and have waited.

ly anruffled smoothness of her then you can send it back." carefully groomed hair.

They planned practically and awiftly. The shopping list in- "You're nervous as a witch!"cluded a new blouse, gloves, shoes Lottie declared. "Here-let me and hose. Flowers get this straight! You got the aidered but vetoed.

wus

man?"

Her hat flung aside, Mona sank

ran

But what did all this matter if she was really to have Barry? The part, so clearly explained by Mr. Garretson, about the money

would unimportant. She have married Barry without money from the firm and sent it to the doctor. That means your cunt! She would have been glad Dad's all set. You don't have to to go to the tropics with him, even go on the marriage block to lift to dig in the mines: Anything, to the mortgage." be with him.

"Yes, but time is scarce. It

were сол-

"Maybe the bridegroom gets the flowers still even if he does pro- one through his lawyer," Lottle

ould

A rapid toasing through, her dressing table brought forth a col lection of lingerie for the wedding day.

She sank to the floor at Mona's As Mona returned to her desk feet. "Now then, old Garretson her eyes fell on the cheque, still said that one of his clients wanted folded in her hand. That would to marry right away and had

Lottie upheld Mona in her deci- take care of her father. Reinders-picked you. Who is this romantic ing it, she scribbled a note to Dr.bird anyhow? Why didn't he putsion not to telephone her mother Dean and placed it in an envelope. an ad in the paper?"

As she walked to the mail chute, Monn laughed nervously, this business of Dad's care off her mund, she felt freer to deal with

her own altaire.

How she wished that she could sce Steve! For some inexplicable reason she felt vaguely disturbed. Reaching for the tlephone, she by central that Was Steve's number gave no answer.

Assured

until the ceremony had been por informed. "You can still change spite of herself. "That's what your mind or he can change his," don't understand, Lottic," she said. "You see, the man is Barry M

"Barry!"

Mona nodded miserably,

Of "That's why it's all so queer. course I know Barry is ill but he and his uncle aren't on good terms, you know. Why should his uncle Well, this was something she want him to marry me, just a must decide for herself. Briefly working girl?"

count "Say he can she spoke over the telephone again, this time to Mr. Garretson. darned lucky!" Lottie began She had considered the matter, she hotly. said, and was ready to accept.

telephone."

himself

"I'll try again," the other girl: offered.

Mona interrupted to say, "I've tried to reach Steve to ask him "Excellent!" he replied prompt-about it but he doesn't answer his ly. "I can assure you that you will not regret it. You have some girl friend, I suppose, who would go with you? The ceremony is to I'll be performed at Twilands. send the car for you at about 10 Lo-morrow morning. You can make your arrangements and drive out together. I'll meet you there, Is that satisfactory?"

Mona gave him Lottic's address. She had decided that she would spend the night with Lottle in stead of going home. For sorae

But there was no answer to the all. Lottie announded that they might as well eat and ordered sandwiches sent from a restaurant across the street.

Lottie pointed out as at last the girls prepared for bed.

"Yes, and Barry's uncle can change his, which is more to the point," Mona agreed. The whole thing seemed so strange to her so very strange.

Mona slept but Lottie lay awake, her brown knitted in the dark Later Mona awoke to find Lottie. still thinking, altting up in bed, arms tightly pressed about her knees, her head bent.

"So you're going live in that Townsend house. brownstone

fin," sho anid. "Well, here's power to you. I walked past i Just the other day,"

"You won't do that again, Lot- tie," Mona answered drowsily.

"Why not?"

"You won't walk past with me living there. You'll come in!"

Lottie squeezed her friend's hand affectionately. "You're a good kid, Min. I wish you lots of And Monn's wedding day dawn-

"Well, we can't figure out the rest of it," she said, filling the happiness." percolator with coffee, "but at least

we can plan what you're, to wear. ed to find both of them fal Let's see your blue sult. No. Insleep.

(To be Continued.) walt a minute! Wear mine. It'A

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