1933-05-23 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

LOVE or MONEY?

CHAPTER XXXVI

BY H. W. CORLEY

TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1933.

"What's this, what's this?" nake-Lottle Bald, unheeding. "How did ed the captain, appearing from the you get in here!" crew's quarters auddenly. "Why, The girl pointed toward the win- Maria, what's up!"

Maria, her gold carrlags jang.

dow.

fing, was huntly climbing the com. Lottle nodded. "And they told panion ladder. Her long skirtus no one could do that!"

I was carefully held so that her benu-

tifully trinuned underskirt would. ahow.

the

The interloper noded. "No one could ordinarily. I climbed the "Mademoiselle, she come aboard!"rail easily, but natives could not. diving. There were three of them, | Pressently an agitated parade clad in bathing sults of scarlet, reached the jetty, hended by a tiny. She run away. I could not stop word quaintly-"would keep them

woman explained

angrily. The po-lice"-(she pronounced the "Are you going to marry me or lavender, and green. Each. was half-unked, black boy. They se her!" aren't you?" asked young Dr. Isented in a small bout with her own lected a boatsman, jumped in the

off. Pronto!" Allen beseechingly.

flock of boy divers.

bont be proffered and were aftertain broke into hearty laughter. know," Lottie said uncasily. An

"Is Celeste aboard?" The cap- "The jury la still out," Lottie an-

"But you can't stay here, you "Do you dive?” called Lottlo, the girl. She turned her hend, swered. They were standing at the holding forth an American quarter, spied then and redoubled her "Her father and mother are aboard, idea occurred to her. "Here, you'll raff In Bridgetown Harbour, look-The girl in bine looked up and efforts, splashing through the water you know. They are going to take a chill," Lottlu had heard of ing across the stretch of water to folded her arms. the shore. The deck was deserted,

“Sure," she said scornfully, with- Mona had gone to the Aquatic Club out moving. with an attractive passenger who "Two shilling, mistress! had come aboard at Martinique,

shilling" one of her escorts plained,

"Going to the dance to-night?" pursued the doctor.

Lottie shrugged. The Miranda

Club,

!frantically.

lish.

can

merara. What's wrong with

tropic chills. She pointed to the that 7"* As she reached the Rotia of na-

bathroom. tive boats it was clear that she was

It appeared there was a great

"Go in there and strip that off. Two an alien. The natives refused to deal wrong with it. Mademoiselle

ex-make way for her and, tossing aside had left her home in Martinique for I'll lend you anme clothing."

"Mademoiselle ees very-r-y kind!" her paddle, the girl rose, poised and the purpose of spending a few cleft the water sharply. Abruptly months in Barbados to learn Eng- Celeste returned, shyness coming The doctor produced two shillings he came to the surface again and|

"And to forget the American, suddenly upon her. Slie rose and was to remain until midnight so and dung them toward the girl, swam toward the companion ladder. Monsieur. You recall the Ameri-walked gracefully to that passengers and crew could at-who arose and dived gracefully

the bath. tend the weekly, hop at the Bench from the boat. She emerged in a chain sa pulled herself aboard. She extended a hand, enught the

Through the half-shut door sho be- Captain Lang recalled him, ap- kan an explanation. "My fam-ce- "Perhaps." Her eyes ignored the and striking out for her boat with termaster and running up the Ind-|

ly," she told Lottie, "they brceng me ment holding the money aloft pushing aside the perplexed quar,parently, for he nodded.

Mademoiselle hnd hoodwinked the from France to Martinique carnest young man at her elbow swift, clean-cut strokes.

household. They had hidden her and sought little bobbing specks | "She doesn't swim as well as the

The girl stepped back in the on the water which were growing boys," remarked the doctor,

"Hey, come back! No girls al-clothes that she might not board cabin cind in Lottie's underthings. the bout, so here she was in hor Lottie, motioning toward a comb larger.

"Want your money back?" Lot-lowed aboard!" he expostulated. "Diving boys!" she exclaimed.the's voice was ingenuously curious. nt him and waved a browned arm been rudely shoved out of his little for a frock.

The girl paused to thrust a tongue bathing suit. The nativo boy had and brush, rammaged in a suitcase "Look who's here!"

She pointed toward the shore toward Lottie. Just as she gained shell and he had not liked that,

"Has Mademoiselle ever been in where a tiny bont, urged forth by the deck the pursuers reached ear-

Lottle watched the boy guide his love?" the girl repeated. "It ces- small shingles held in the hands of shot and the girl ducked through bout back to shore, richer by sev- ter-r-ifie! I have been

in love its occupant, was leaving the quay, the smoking room, disappearing crai shillings donated by the sympa- twice.

Once in Par-r-is. These The tiny figure in the perilous bark (down the stairs.

thetic Maria. "I wonder what will time, with an American." laughed happen to the girl?" she asked the

upper-find her."

For all her amusement loctor amusedly. "I think I'll go

Lottie was touched. "Does he love you? looks

Americans have a way of getting

der.

Though the Miranda had been met in the same way in every port Lot- tle never tired of watching them. "There are girls too," said Dr. Allen,

"Girla? It's the first port where I've seen women diving?"

was another girl, her head flaunting "More power to her!" There were girls in the boats, a magnificent bandanna of black Lottie wonder what's sure enough.

and white. The girl was driving ed? Look-the old lady "Maybe they won't dive," sug-her boat rapidly toward the Mir wild! gested the doctor. "Maybe the lads anda. She was a novice at handling just brought them along for acen- the bark apparently, but there could ery,"

be no doubt about her eagerness to The girls at the moment were not reach the steamer.

"See you at tea?" asked Dr. Allen as she moved away from the rail.what they wish, you know. Ho may find a way to override your father's objections."

"Very likely."

The boat had reached the ship now and the old Indy in

As she swung the cabin door It did

Delight shone in the enger little Indeed look wild." Probably she open Lottie suddenly caught her

breath. Celeste, still in her wet face before Lottle. The girl tossed was not very old. She wore the nn-bathing suit was curled up in Lot-aside her comb and moved toward tive contume of Martinique and an-

her hostess. "You th-cenk nounced that she was nurse for Mademoiselle, who had stolen a boat "You will not betray me?"

shew-cec-117 from a mutive boy and climbed asked pleadingly. aboard the boat.

Lie's rattan chair.

"You'll take a chill in that suit,"

It has been found that children can be taught the correct method of vacaliking easier with the aid of a mirror, and this la an illustration ́of the theory being put into practice in an open air class at Augusta

Georgis. (Planet News).

bo

Neither noticed that Mona, hav- ing returned from the Aquatic Club, stood in the doorway.

"I am sure of it. Celeste," sald Lottie softly. Celeste apparently did not hear. Her eyes were fixel on something just over Lottle's shoulder.

"Why, what is that picture doing. here?" she asked.

She rushed toward Monn's ward- robe trunk, on top of which leather folder stood containing two portraitä. ~~One wis of a blond young man. A darker man, older, Hooked gravely out of the other

frame.

But Celeste was not looking at the darker man. The blond youth absorbed her attention.

"You have h-eem hore! You know he-cent?" Celeste covered the portrait with kisses, crooning soft-

ly.

"Who Is this girl" asked Monn, her face very pale.

Celeste, unmindful, cinsped the portrait to her heart."My Barry. My Barry

(To Be Continued.)

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