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́ ́BEGIN -BERS-TO-DAY MONNIE O'DARE, who works in a Delve dere drug store and helps to support her in love with DAN CARDIOAN whose parents

small brother, younger sister and mother, la uru wealthy, - CHARLYB EUSTAGE, handsome newcomer in town, befriends her and her | brothke,, HILL, who works. In sa karagY, Monsie auspacia BANDRA LAWRENCE, who pretenda u be her friend, of undermining har | with Dan.. Bilį plans to `mary ANGIE DIL

LEN, who worka In a candy shop, na moon ka she reta a' divores. Dan, telephones, siklna Mongle tę sau blo, but she refuses. Mounte

warrios About 15-yearold KAY, discontented At home. Charles Eustace Invites them to Aloner party..

CHAPTER IX

it's the family, Dan. They're after all, wo might as wall faco facts-they're nobody, Her bro ther works in a garage, or young alstor's rather wild, I hear. It's just not the sort of thing that would sound awfully good later on if a man were to go in for public life."

WASTING NO TIME

LET US GET TO WORK"

London, Juno 16.-:- Tho World Economic Con- ference to-day . embarked on the

"Whoever sald I was going in serious business phase of its for it?" asked Dan, mildly hugessions. morous. But Sandra could see the idea had appealed to hlm. Sho pressed the point.

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Her soft, dark hair, worn just long enough to make a series of be; Joan Barry

coming ringlets above her graceful Gordon Harker nape, was charmingly arranged. Donald Calthrop The faintest trace of mauve, out-

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"All these things seem 10 un- Sandra pursed her Kps, watch important now." she said, gently ing her slim; cool reflection in the judicious. "A man doesn't know glass and approving it. Her frock at 22 what he wants to be in 10

hAR to Was of white lace, deliberately years. He

plan-look Ingenuosis, Sandra was not thenhend-or someone else has to do Ingenuc-far from it--but act for him. Many splendid men," casionally she chose the role. he reminded him sweetly, "have found their lives all warped and twisted because they'd chosen the wrong sort of wives.”

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"But Monnle len't" Dan be- gan protestingly,

"I know. Dan. I know, Haven't asked Sandra, smiling ruefully, done everything possible to help Monnie? Not that I think it's done much good, really. I'm afraid, deop down, she doesn't honestly like me.".

She sighed and brushed at her

a whisp of eyes lightly with chiffon and lace.

lined her large eyes and her lip rouge was the colour of a June rose.1"

A horn sounded below stairs and she anatched up a brief wrap of green silk and hurried out of the room. On the stairs she passed maid in trimmest black.

"I'll be late to-night, Hetty. Tell Father," Sandra directed. The servant's small dark eyes flickered at her mistress for a moment with a hint of nutagon- "No, Danny, dear," she continu- iam, Instantly quenched, Her ed, still in that dulcet, sisterly tone. reply was perfectly respectful."I can see both aides of the ques- "Very well, Miss Sandra."

tlon. I see yours and Mongla's There was the rustle of soft and I see your parents', who are draperies, the hint of an elusive proud of your and want the best. scent en the stairs.A door How can they be sure it's not just slammed and gears clashed nois- a boy and girl infatuation? How ily. A motor purred away into the can anyone of us know it isn't?" summer evening.

Lilac and rose and blue stained the western sky. The air was de- lightful-warm, yet fresh and an the car slipped, westward the odors of summer night in the country drifted to the nostrils of the two occupants of the car..

"Nice." purred Sandro, slipping her long, white hand, with Its red jewels of pointed nails, around her escort's arm.

Dan Cardigan grinned down at

her.

Dan growled something unln- telligible and swerved his car into the driveway curving before the little old stone and timber house were Charles Eustace lived.

"Don't be cross. Danny-boy," pleaded Sendra prettily as they came to a halt under the porte cochere. "You know I want the best for you, too, don't you?"

UNHEARD OF Rected lightly, rather like a roust-door.

Sho was very close to him. Dan, hurt, puzzled and somehow definitely annoyed, stared down at the pretty face lifted to his. Be- "Lady you said it!" That was fore he know what was happening Dan. The argot of the man in the his lips were pressed ardently to street served him for speech. In Sandra's provocative ones. There spite of all his background and was a sigh and then Sandra slipped training Dan talked, Sandra re-out of his grasp and through the about. She didn't mind. Sho "Danny, I can't imagine what's Hiked everything about him his getting into us," she breathed, bigness, his frown, his masculinity, | scandalized. Liked? Well, that was

a. mild "I'm sorry didn't mean--" muttered the man, following her. word.

"Who's going to be there? At In Sandra's long-lashed eyes was Charles' place, I mean." she In-n suppressed, glimmer of triumph. quired idly.

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Dan shrugged. "Dunno. Prob- Inbly the Waterman crowd."

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Mohnie felt her heart stand still. She had been in the embrasure overhanging the drive, watching the sunset. She had been utterly unprepared for the shock of seeing Sandra arrive with Dan. For an instant, not menning to, she had stared at the pair below. Then she had seen Dan's face hover for an

In the morning the inauguration of the Monetary Committee was presided over by the Chairman; business-like speech appealed for Mr. James Cox, who in a brief and

patience and understanding, but with maximum treatment and minimum talk, and the encourage- ment of public faith by an intel- ligently sustained effort,

"Gentlemen, let us now get to work," he concluded.

A similar expeditious atmos phere prevailed at the opening session of the Economie Commis- aton, prosided over by. Dr. Colijn of Holland, who aroused applauso by announcing that already "we have had the general specchen and can do without them here."

He enumerated groupings under which the discussions will pro- cood.

For first consideration, general trada restrictions will take their attention, and secondly, other factors, like subaldies, will be discussed. Thirdly, the co- ordination of production and marketing, espacially of food- stuffs, will be treated.

Both Committees adjourned until Monday and in the meantime will put in intensive work arrang Ing their agenda.

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The yacht Taimoshan, in which five officers of the Royal Navy are sailing to England vin the Panama Canal, reached Keelung. Formoan, on June 6. She sailed from Hongkong on May 31. The Yacht is reported to have left Keelung on June 8 or 9, and is heading for Yokohama

Between Swatow and Amoy, the head and variable winds. Talmoshan encountered strong best day's sailing was when she

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"Oh, I don't think so. I hope not" protested Sandra. "They're awfully dull; Oh, Danny, if they are you'll have to take me away early. I shall perish of boredom."

"Wait and acc," advised Dan. Sandra slumped luxuriously in the roadater's low seat. After Instant close to the girl's had seen | H.M.S. · Oswald. Should con

the sudden, brief but passionate ditiona prova satisfactory, they kiss that followed. She felt sick hope to reach England nt and faint. Her blood hummed in the end of March next year. her ears. Where should she go The Taimoshan, which was do what should she do to escape? sigued by Mr. 11. S. Rouse, in

moment she demanded, "Give me a cigarette, Danny, like an angel."

Without removing his eyes from the rond, Dan produced a packet, lighted a cigarette and put it be She turned, like a hunted thing. consultation with Mr. E. Cock, tween the pouting lips of the girl. There was a sharp rat-a-tat at Chief Manager of the Kowloon Sandra-narrowed-ber-eyes,-squint--| Charios’-knocker-now, The--serv--Docks, where she was constructed; ing through the smoke. Most men ant was hurrying in response. is of the type of yacht which lể took advantage of such tiny inter. Non of the people in the little being developed for ocean racing. vals to snatch a klus or two. It fireside group-neither Kay, wasn't it couldn't be that Dan sparklingly pretty in her old pink

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"What did you Buy, Beautiful," drawled the object of her thoughts: She patted his coat sleeve pos- sesalvely. "Nothing."

They drove on In silence for another minute. Then Sandra sald Huddenly, confidentially, "Remem-

She braced herself to meet them. "Hello, Dan!".

She hardly knew her own voice. It sounded gay, brittle, Insouciant.

Dan's eyes travelled to her face, stayed there, wondering. Dari didn't look ashamed, embarrassed

only surprised.

"Hello, Monnie. This is nice." The shadow of annoyance crossed

ber what we talked about yester-Sandra's mobile countenance and day, Dan7"

I was instantly crused.

That, thought Monnie, was her guilty conscience.

Charles

A slow red burned under the "Monnic, darling, . What fun!" man's deep tan

volce Sandra was, more effusive than and his sounded embarassed. "Guess I usunl. Buld too much. Didn't mean to rave on so but Mother burned me up at lunch. I had to, talk to "Cocktaila, everybody!" | someone."

Eustace, very splendid in his white "I know, Danny dear." Sandra flannels and double-breasted blue WAS all gentle understanding. coat, held up the shaker. "That is, '"It's dimcult. It's terribly go, everybody but Miss Kay. She's a But has it ever occurred to you baby and can only have orange that perhaps your mother's right?"Juice."

Kay pouted without really mean- a little, Monnie, you mean? But I thought corned over, all that happened to but you and-" Ho seemed her young sister, scarcely heard. Sho was in a maze-sho scarcely bewildered.

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"I know, Dan. I'm terribly fond know what to do or to say. Sandra of Monnie. You know that. She's and Dan! Then it was true. It had a difficult time. She works was true! Her instinct had warn- hard. She's a splendid girl. Wood her, time after time, and her all know it. But here's the point instinct had boon right.

are you two sulted? Is it worth Traitor, traitor!" she cried in all the the fans and fighting it's her heart. Rage made her calm. sure to cause in your family? Re-Almost without realising it, she member, Dan, your father's awfully drained the small glass her host proud of you. He's expecting had put into her hand. "It's vory great things. You'll have a pool mild," she heard him say, through tion to maintain somo“ day. Not a dimness and, a roaring as of just hore but in Claveland-in Newwators. She heard her own care- York. You might be why, Dan, Jesa laugh and in a mirror boyond ther's no reason at all why you saw, as in a dream, tho reflection shouldn't do something really big! of a bronze-haired girl with curving In politics, or something like that," red lips and eyes that blazed with Her eyes widened...

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"“Here's to you!”, Charles Eustaco anid, saluting har. Ho drank,;

He offered her his arm. "WIL you let me take you in to dinner?” “(To Be Continued)

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Sandra hesitated. """Monnie's all 'right,” she admitted slowly. "But

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