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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

DARLING FOOL

DEGIN. HERE TO-DAY

Charles shɔ really must go. MONNIE U'DARE, beautiful, poor and 20, put a warm brown hand on

la in love with DAN CARDIGAN, heir to ane of the local fortunes. Dan professes tu love her but la uften neglectful." "When shoj needs a friend CHARLES EUSTACE pones to her aid.. Monnia bellares BANDRA LAW.

ILENCE, in Dan's own det, is trying to win him from her. Un, Konnie's older brother, plans to marry ANDIE GILLEN, who works În a candy store, na soon, na Angle #sta a divorce,

"KAY O'DARE, 18 and still in high-school, is, discontented with poverty. At a dinner

party at Charles House Monnie is herri-sick when the accidentally sve Dan klas Bandra BETTY housemaid at the Lawrences, de

CHAPTER X

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for an instant.

by MABEL MCELLIOTT

Ha ing. Then, abruptly, she burst out, here "I hope you see now that Sandra Lawrence is the kittyent I always told you ahe was." Sho did. So the houseboy was Monnie shrugged.. "Doen dismissed for the night, and pres-mattor?" -

"Do you mean timti

of his car, Kay beside them.

"Do you think Dan's to ba had

Kay gave her sister an appraising

MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1933.

climbed high into the summer' Sho minced over to the clothes hoayans. Sandra and Dan, Sandra closet whore on padded hangors and Dan, Sandra and Dan-sho and crystal shelves were disposed kept seeing them together.

the Impediments of Sandra's clo- gance. A cloudy blue chiffon frock Hetty, the maid, untled hor she anatched from its transparent apron strings and wadded the white protector, holding it against her object into a ball. Staring after lean young girl's shape to are how the car that carried Sandra and it became her.. Dan Cardigan off Into the summer

It

night, she looked furiously die

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A Bound came from downstairs contented. She waited until the something that sounded like the roar of the motor dwindled in the bellow of an Infuriated bulk ently Monnie found herself crowded, "Not in the least," Kay told her distance. Then, with her small Startled, the maid tied on the now in with Charles in the front sent loftily. "She's been

racketing head cocked, birdilke, on one side, crumpled apron, crammed the blue around the world for years now she listened cautiously for the frock hastily back into 'Ita "place, Kay said, prelily, schoolgirljand hnen't oven suatched herself a

household, made a wild sweep at her rather other rounda of the fashion, that she had had a bonu- husband. I think she's getting Cook was whistling softly to her bizarre countenance with a duster tiful tims. She had "loved every scared and so has decided to work self belowstairs, and there was the she snatched from nowhere at all. minute of it." At the door, Charles on something simple like Dan Irritating tinkle of water from a and flew out on the landing. detained Monnie 'for a moment. Cardigan."

half-closed tap.. Otherwise all was The cook, Mrs. Petarman,, was “And you?” "It was fun," Monnie told him.just for the snatching?" Monnio silent. In this new and rather im-shouting for her.

"Hetty! Hotty! Where are posing house of the Lawrences She thought Charles hesitated naked quietly. There was a slow, everything was luxuriously perfect, you?" for a split second. Then he told dull pain in her breast.

There were deep piled rugs and All out of breath, she arrived her slowly, "We must do it again "Any of 'em are," chattered Kay, formally draped curtains. The on the first floor. Mrs. Peterman. some tinie. I like that small sis- amearing cold cream into her ex decorator's dream," Sandra called huge in her blue-striped dress, ter of yours. She's charming " quisits skin and staring at herself it, pretending to scorn it but hon-with wisps of graying hair de- Monnie, dancing with Charles, "Everyone likes Kay." So that in the mirror. "You just have to catly proud of its richness and pending from the dusting cap sho lifted her head proudly, smiling, was the way of it, Monnle thought. know the rules of the game.”**

habitually wore, frowned at her dignity.. If her heart ached no one should Charlzs Eustace and Kay.. Well, "You mean I don't?”. know it. Charles asked, "Tired?" that was all right, too. Kay would

Now Hetty moved on noiseless and sniffed.

"You've been, at it again. I and she answered him gayly. Her be 17, aoon. Kay was beautiful, glance. "I guess you know em feet in the direction from which tone couldn't have been entirely too beautiful for her own good in all right but the trouble is you let Sandra had just como, Sandra's knew it! Mark my words, you'll convincing, because he went over this narrowminded small town. It your feelings get Involved. That's room, the door flung wide, was like get the gate with your nonsense." and shut off the radio.

would be marvellous to see Kay have bad."

owner-poised and, elegant. Hetty anfd sullenly, "Don't know Sandra pouted. "Ike that! her chanco.

Monnie couldn't help smiling. She had planned all the decorations what you're talking about." Just when I was teaching Donny

Where did Kay get all, this wand the room was a symphony in "Don't you, eh? Snooping

white and red... Dull, creamy volvot around the young madam's n new step!"

They said good night then and dom? Charles seemed not to hear. He the two girls drifted upstairs. "Laugh at me if you like," Kay and satin had been used for the and tryin' on her things? Can't clapped his hands and the Chinese Kay was far too excited to sleep. advised equably. "But I know my upholstery of small chairs and the I smell her perfumery? And your by the window. The face! Go wash it in the pantry boy, Kong, he had brought with She came to sit on the edge of stuff. I'll probly get what I want,low chaise

jcurtains. were of lacquer red, this him to Belvedere, appeared in the Monnie's bed, brushing that in- I'm-whint d'you call it ? ruthless,

minute. The mister just doorway, smiling faintly.

credibly fine-apun golden hair of You're too worried about the other against Venetian blinds of soothing phoned he's bringing some men to

creaminess. There

ple dinner. Fine business if you turn fellow's feelings. It decan't pay.'

Rave a subdued Marie up looking like a floozto." "Do you mind if I turn out the urea,

Laurencin in one corner, brooding, light, Kay". Monnic asked her

Hetty showed herself at the abruptly. If she heard much more over Sandra's modern dressing kitchen door a few moments Inter of this, the tears that had been table with its angled mirrors and clean and chastened. But Mrs.

Peterman was still grumbling. threatening her all evening would crimson bottles. be sure to overtake her,

In all this daring purity, Hetty's "You'll find yourself out of a Kay was asleep in three minutea. black frock was like a blotch of ink. Job one of these days and no two Monnie could hear her soft breath- Arma akimbo, the maid surveyed ways about it. With things the the Reene, She shut the doorway they are I can't understand moon Boundlessly behind her and ad-what's got into you. You won't vanced Into Sandra's domain, her get another place like this—not in eyes flickering with repressed emo-ja good while!"

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"How about some food, Kong?" hers. Sandra.

proteated. "Charles) "Isn't he Just too grand?" Eustace, It's a plot to, fatten me "Charles? Yen, Wonderful," up I've only just forgotten that returned Monnie quietly. heavenly dinner."

"No, not him," cried Kay, heed Dan glanced at his wate. "It's less of grammar. "I mean the boy 12, Santen."

friend the broker from the big She raged her brows "Scan-city. Is he smooth dalous! N misa mybeauty "Oh. I didn't notice." sleep."

Kay continued to wield the brush |Ing. In a low tone, Monnie told for a few moments without speak- She lay awake as the

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tion-anger, résentment or mero "I hate this place," Hetty spat il-temper, one could not be sure out. which.

"Oh, you do miss? Well, isn't She tiptoed to the dressing table, that just too bad? I know what's Isat down on the bench where only eating you, I do. Just because In few moments ago its mistress had James is polite to the young lady preened herself and stared at the and she to him you're jealous-na mirror. Diacontented with what a wild cat. I never heard such she saw there, Hetty clicked her nonsense. Suppose you think you tongue-impatiently against her can tell your betters how to behave... teeth and began to investigate the themselves!" contents of the many small bottles "Sho'd better watch herself, and fars with which the table was that's all I say," muttered Hetty, littered.

spearing balls of buttar viciously She tried the effect of a carmine from their bath of ice water and atain on her cheek and smiled. She disposing, thom en the small crystal unscrewed the cap from a tube of plates.

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lip-paste, and scared this gener "Girls nowadays are out of their ously against er rather thin minds, that's all," Mrs. Petormn mouth; Then who used an eyebrow pursued, flinging open the oven brush she found in a drawer, She door to peer in at the sizzling roast. dusted her sallow cheeks and nose"Don't know when they're well off.. with delicately scented powder and What do you want to bother with sprayed a mlat of flower fragrance James for, anyhow? He looks nice against her Ahoulder as she had all dressed up In his driver's uni- acen motion pleture actresses do.

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