1933-06-23 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1933.

DARLING FOOL

DECIN HERE TO-DAY

by MABEL MCELLIOTT

between. The main road forked fender of the car. She could not MONNIE O'DARE who lovos DÂN CAR at the Waynesboro turn. This hear what he said but presently DOAN, Mich and handsome discovers her was a virtual detour, rutty and he came back, looking rather din him from ber. CHARLES KUSTACE, a new-narrow.

gusted.

friend, BANDRA LAWRECE. 14 trying to win

eamer in town, payɛ a good deal of, atžene It was madness-madness-the "Some idiot of a drunken yokel," ther, Blue rete into difcuits. Bill plene giri told herself, to thrash about he and disgustedly. "His wife's tion to Monnie and helps her when her bro to marry ANGIE- GILLEN, who worka "in a in this way. What they should sleep. I couldn't got anything out candy shosi, a soon as she is her divorce have done at once was to have of her. What, luck! My hunch

HETTY, housemaid at the Lawrence tume, dislike her mattres,

suspecting her of given Kny's description to the lowas a rotten one." "yamping" the handsome chauffeur, YAMES. Monnie starts out with Charles to And KAY, cal police. They had a system of

CHISTER HIGELOW, traveling salesman,

adventure before it a too late,

CHAPTER XIV

Monnie was sick with disap her younger slaler, who is gune Away with radle alarm that was wonderful,pointment. She hadn't really ex- Kay, frightened, wants to turn back from the Bile had heard, But no-no-thnt | pected anything of this chance {

would be broadcast to the wait-clue. They were searching for a ing world!

Incedle in a hay stick, nhưn "I couldn't do that to her," [minded herself. She ingat keep Monnie groaned inwardly.

up her courage. The wind whipped little ring-

They plunged through Newton

Tell you what we'll do," Charles lets of bronzo hair into Monnie's Centre, a hamlet of some half said in a hearty tone.. "We'll pueb eyes. It was as if they were flying dozen scattered houses. Charleston for Waynesboro and inquire af along in the summer night.

lighted a cigarette without taking the hotel there. If they're stop "What a wild goone chase," she his eyes from the road. Monnie, ping any place to-night it will be sald, as if to herself. Waynesstraining her

Kaze ahead.

was there. It's the only decent place boro-Miss Anstice had said that conscious of a sudden spurt of for miles around- Kay was on the way to Waynsa energy in the motor.

"They wouldn't-Kay boro but wasn't it quite possible: "That car ahond," Charles toldn't- Monnio stammered. that the man had thrown that her. I've had its tail light ever "Kay's going, to be *all right! question out at the filling station since the Falls. It's turning into Don't you worry about that," the morely as a decoy? Wasn't it justin lane. Suppose we stop, and take quiet voice told her. The young as reasonable that Kay

Was, at a look."

man beside her started his en- gine, which purred dutifully, and

this moment, speeding westward "It's probably some farmer's instead of taking the easterly dooryard." Monnie said rond Charles Eustace's ene asingly. travelling?

would-

despair the car began to slow about on the slippery road. There had been heavy rains the night before.

Poor Kay foolish little Kay! The winking red light disap. The wheels whirred uselessly for She ought to have know what peared for an instant, reappeared a moment in mud and the brakes WOH going on ought to have again. Charles, was slowing bir groaned. watched her more closely. She engine now. its powerful roar had been, Monnie reproached her-muffled no that the sounds of in-

"Nasty place!"

•

Helf, too utterly absorbed In her sects, of whirring crickets and The engine killed, sickeningly. own affairs to see where Kay, in jeronking tree frogs could be heard. į Monnie felt her palms wet and her impatience and discontent. Monnie realized the car theyher checks hot. This was awful- was drifting,

were trailing had stopped. Before awful-they were losing precious she could speak the man beside time. her had put on the brakes, was sliding out of the sent.

"It's my fault!" she broke out, rather incoherently, to the silent man beside her.

In the spilt second of silence after the roar of the metor a girl's clear voice came to them.

"I want to go back-oh, I do!" Kay's voice.

"That's nonsense." Hits dark

"You stay here," he said in a profile was grim in the faint light reassuring whisper. "{} do the of the intrument board. "And talking,' anyhow, nothing's happened vel. Monnie WHA trembling with Monnie was out upon that mud- We'll have her safe and sound innervousness now. She had to grit dy read before, she knew what she an hour or two." Eustace spoke her teeth together to keep them was doing, actually. Her frantic with a confidence he was far from from chattering. She watched feet were carrying her toward the feeling.

Charles' tall figure striding pur-red light. She could hear the Monnie But tense, every nerveposefully away from her. In the pounding heels of her escort ho. tingling with the excitement of car shend she could just see the side her. the chase. High Falls-a scatter-outline of two heads." A woman's, i She flung herself against the ing of lights and then the open sliawled. A man's.

door of the little red sedan. "Kay! road again. White arrows point. She wanted to call cut to | Kny! It's Monnie! I'm here, ing the way at the crossroad-Charles to come back-to hurry.dear. Don't be afraid!" turn here for Waynesboro-thatThey must be on their

way. It Kay, with acme kind of black was all right-they had taken the was folly to waste even a few min-silk scarf wound around her bright right turn.

utes tralling some surly farmer locks, Kay with a face stained with Charles slowed each time they who would, like as not, resent tears. A sullen,.young-old man at , passed a car and Monnie stared with blows their interest in him, the wheel,

eagerly, expectantly. into the In the blurry mist the headlights "Aw, let her go. She's a'quitter, faces of the occupants. The made she could see Charles drap-that's what she is. She wanted to vehicles were fewer now and farthering himself causally_over the come with me. It's a rocket, that's

¡what."

the train there. He said he'd give Monale caught the sickening me the fare to New York. What's fumes of bad gin as she helped the that?" she interrupted herself, put- sobbing girl out.

ting her hands to her ears. Back here, dear, Charles' car. "I think," said Monnie soberly You're all right. Don't cry any and with satisfaction, "that Charles Eustace is giving that man a beat- "lie-he said I'd better wrap uning." in that thing so folks wouldn't

more."

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know me," Kay was anying, be- Much, much later that night, [tween gasps. "lle put on a dirty when 'Kay, was in bed and Monnie old coat so that he would look dif-lay, very wide-awake and troubled, ferent. He began to drink front a in the cot beside her, a voice came flask he had. I—I got scared. He softly, through the darkness. was only going to drivo me "Monnie? You awake?"

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