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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1933.

DARLING FOOL

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is in love with DAN CARDIGAN, half to a "Among this evening's guests comer In Uwn, seems to admire her but the will be Mr. Charles Eustace, Mr. likes him only as friend, KAY, her late Daniel Cardigan, Jr.-" 14 diacontented at home and Monako is worried.

"He was invited to that party," about this.

Monnio said lightly. "Ho's just Hot going-"

"Not-?" Mrs. O'Daro's pretty, looked anxious face looked up, away. "Oh, I scal"

BANDRA LAWRENCE who pretends to be a friend of Monnie's tries to win Dan away from her. HETTY, a maid in the Immrence home, thinks Handra la "ramping" JAMES, the chauffeur, and she le Jenious.

by MABEL MCELLIOTT

a tiny shrug. "Your people (and mine."

liked

smelt the fragrance of cigarettes and shaving soap and fresh linen. Blue eyes stared into dark ones for one long memont.

80,"

I

"I thought your mother mo," Dan began, Injured.

"Sho does," Monnio told him “Dan | Cardigan, let mo quickly. "Sho thinks you're a Monnie coinmanded. "You've no DEGIN. IKRE” TO-DAY

her hand, folded back to Miss office, call her up and say I was splendid boy-that you have won-right--"

possibilities. But what "Haven't, eh?" growled her social Hves with her Anstica's MONNIE O'DARE who

column. The yanked out of town-on import-derful mother, brothers and sister in a small town words leaped at Monnio.

ant business. Good joke." Ith Mother says is this, she wants me captor masterfully. "You're my his free hand he shook a cigarotte to have the best. She doesn't girl. You're going to tell me here local furians, CHARLES EUSTACE, new.

from the paper packet and some-like to think I'd be snubbed and and now what's changed you or

looked down upon just because I'll know the reason why 1" how managed to light it.

we happen to have lost our Undor her struggle for com: "She'll be awfully mad at me,"

Mother feels we can hold poaure Monnio was conscious of a Monnio informed him, "If she money.

best of deep and secret flash of triumph. lim-up our heads with the finds out." Her eyes were

thom. She's not willing to let me Things seemed to be working out pld, gulleless.

"Nuts!" said Dan Inelegantly. in for unpleasant situations. After her way, after all. "She can't run me. Let her be all, Dan, I'm not being critical but mad. Tell you what, Monnie, you know your family hasn't been A moment Jater whe and she's too bossy for me. No mat- particularly nice to me."- gently, "I'm glad you're having ter what Mother sayB-”

He had brought the car to a Her volco over the telephone a little fun, lovey. You've been "That's what I wanted to talk sounded small and clear, "It's so quiet lately. It isn't quite fair to you about, Dan," said Monnio atandstill now in a little grove Monnie, Dan." She could almost your not having good time in the gentlest volco imaginable. of oaks. Dinner was

the diacinaION, hear the intake of breath at the when the rest of those girls do."" think it's about time we came the heat of

looked pret- other end of the line,

Har gesture embraced Sandra and to some decision about our-our af-Monnie had never "Monnic! That's great! But all Sandra's crowd.

fairs. There's a good deal of talk tier than at this moment, her face coloured delicately with excite- you said you wouldn't",

"Don't you worry about me." around town"

ment, her amber eyes dark with. "I know I did." She bit her Monnie's voice was gay. Indeed lip to keep it from trembling. she felt singularly light-hearted.

feeling. How absurd it was to behave like "I'm all right." this! "I changed my

Bandra pisne an elaborate party to which

Monnie le not farited,

CHAPTER XVII

mind.

want to see you, Dan."

There was no hesitation

1

The young man her, frowning deeply. "But you're young," fretted "About what?"

"You need the mother.

Monnie tucked now chance, Monien. Don't think I curl, Her expression on his part. He said heartily don't know what working in that sweetly untroubled. "Sure. Glad you

decided

When and where?"

"Tonight," the girl told

"It's important."

to store all day means-helping

him.

your

to

Interrupted

In

Д

Was

she

forgotten

tell

"I know they haven't. Darn l'em 1" Dan muttered vengefully, of snobs." He squared vagrant "Pack

still about, facing her, breathing in her nearness and fragrance, "About you and Sandra," finely chiselled face with its Coltic run this house-overything. It's said, "They all say you're going eyes under the heavy brows wha not exactly a girl's job. It's too to marry hier." She put up her brought very close to hers.

"What you're trying to much for you." She bent over hand to ward oft Dan's torrent of There was the barest pause and the paper to hide the sudden rush explanation. "I don't know how me," Dan said soberly, steadily, |

"Is that you've changed your then Dan sald, "Of course. I've of moisture that had sprung to true it is and honestly, Dan,

don't care." She paused a date-but I'll break it. her eyes. Rot

to let mind. I don't deny that I had Shall I call for you around 77" Monnie lald her smooth young that sink in. "But what I wanted rather-well, cooled off-when

It was arranged then. How hand over the worn one. "You're to say was--I completely release got back in June. Mother worked simple it had been! Monnie not to worry. I said. Everything's you from the the agreement we on me a lot, said I owed a big hung up the receiver with fingers fine. Everything's splendid!" had last autumn. I want you to marriage to the family. All that that shook a little. Sandra did

She sang as she dressed, little feel perfectly free to go ahead, to kind of thing. Then you not know how right she had been snatches of dance tunes. It was do as you like. After all," said pretty snappish and standoffish when she had advised Monnie to enough to-night to be young, to be Monnie in dulcet

I thought," tones, "We every time I saw you. play a waiting game with Dan alive, to have a brief glimpse of were pretty much kids last year. said Dan slangily, "What the deuce? Cardigan. The very fact that she that clusive thing, happiness. Perhaps we're grown up, both of But now" He stared down at when at 7 a motor horn soundedļus. Perhaps we're seeing things her and the girl had to grip herself and she heard Dan's deep voice in their true light." an instant later, conferring with

man

have wept for sheer joy,

"I don't know what you

an

mean

engage-

wero

had held him at arm's length for

to keep from trembling at the in- a month had awakened his inter

tenalty of that gaze, "Now I'm not determined est anew. Now she

so sure I want to call it a day. with all her heart to fight for Mark on the verandab, she could by that," Dan muttered sullenly. Sce? I'm not so sure some other him.

"It wasn't really Sandra had once said with her

"Sandra's going to eat me alive ment anyway." Monnie pursued chap hasn't been muscling in. What's happened, Monnie? Is air of knowing all about it, "A for this," Dan told her, helping earnestly. "We just-well, sort

there somebody else?" woman can have any

she her into the car.

to of pledged ourselves ench

She flecked her lashes down- wants if she really sets her mind

"She's-for what?" Monnie other in a boy and gi“), way. You

ward deliberately before choosing on it." Of course when Sandra pretended utter innocence. Her gave me this," and Zer curling words to answer him. find said that she had been think candid eyes implored him to share fingers opened to disclose

scal "What makes you think that?" ing only of herself. She had not the secret.

ring. "Mind you," she went

Those strong brown hands meant the words to apply to any- "Oh, that big racket she's softly, "I'm not saying it wasn't gripped her slender one else.

throwing to-night," Dan said care-really-awfully sweet and pre- Monnie felt more than unusu-lessly. They'll be one man short, cious. I was thrilled over it. But ally self-conscious when she ex-that's all.”

I've come to realize just plained to her mother that she "Oh, really " Monnie frownedhave, Dan dear, that we're not ex- had an engagement with Dan thoughtfully, Cardigan, that night.

Dan a bit." "But I thought~~~. ** Mrs. grinned down at her. "To O'Dare had the evening paper in that is. I had Frear,

"Doesn't matter

ότι

as you

actly suited to each other"

me, not at Dad's

He broke in. "Who says we're

She gave her slender shoulders.

ones.

She

(To Be Continued.)

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