THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JUNE 30′′-1933.
DARLING FOOL
·DEGİN HERE TO-DAY
by MABEL MCELLIOTT
into Uncle Frank's money. That's, Monnio had taken him at his word. MONNIE O'DATE. In love with DAN in January, right after my birth-Now she would give anything in the CARDIGAN, los hair to a fortune, belleves day. Then we can walk off and tell world to hear him say those words. whe is losing him "to SANDRA LAWRENCE them all to go to—!" He reached She would take the supreme chance, who has pretended to be Monnio's friend, In spila of the alientione over and drew her toward him, the chance of a battle with poverty. CHARLES EUSTACE, handsome newcomer. This tonos muffled. “Monnie, sweets, to be the acknowledged wife of Monnie pinea for Dan. After neglecting her for some time Dan Krain seems interest let's forgot all about them. We're Daniel Cardigan, junior. No more At a big party which Sandra rivos; Dan wasting our time "talking about meeting Dan by stealth, so that the grad de mixaingia Theta lan scene between Handes things that don't matter.. Let's argus oyed Mrs. Cardigan would not
"ring" JAMES, the chauffeur. Mon talk about ourselves."
hear of their renewed devotion, nie and KAY, ber, younger slater, have been
No more cluding the subject, blush- trying to keep secret from their mother the
Inwardly the girl sighed. Their ing and stammering, when peoply fact that their brother, UILE, ie in love with
married woman. MRA, O'DARE learns this discussions always ended this way. Insked her about Dan. No inward-
45% and HETTY, her maki, who believes fanden
through a neighbour'a gossip,
CHAPTER XX
"It's all-pretty unsatisfactory, Mannie murmured, pleating the folds of her white scurf.
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Dan's kiss stopped. her protests. rage and torment of jealousy when While she was with him she, too, Sandra's name and his appeared, could believe that their affairs wore linked, in accounts of social activi.. distinctly their own. But when ties.
she left him, when she met curious, "I know you love me, Dan," sho prying friends, she longed for the would explain patiently. "I under "I know thatI know that," [right to tell them her glorious se- stand. Of course it's all right: Dan protested, eyeing her uncas-rot. "Dan Cardigan and I are on-In January-in January ily, They were seated on the bank suged;"
It would not be long until Janu-
of the river under the low hanging The joyful comments, the pleased, ory. They could wait. They were branches of the willowa. The day envious, interested looks-all these both young. But this was high was clear and hot. No haze dim would be part of being formally summer. The days and nights were med the imperturbable blue of the engaged. Notes, Httle presents, the achingly beautiful. Never did sky. Monnie's white linen looked right to be seen everywhere with Monica seò the moon riding high cool in the gümmer.
Dan, hia acknowledged choice. but that she longed to share the "It's uncomfortable for me," Best of all her mother's sense of sight with Dan. She wanted to Monnie went on, speaking, quickly, security. She sighed aloud now, share homely thlugs with him, too. Breakfasts and casual rides in the cagorly, as if to Justify, her com thinking of all this. plaint. "Mather wants to know Dan turned to look at her. country. All the sweet privileges where I'm going and I tell her."What's the maller now?" he de-of the young wife seemed marvellous She docan't say anything-but of manded. "I thought we had it to her. It was difficult, sometimes, course I know what she feels." all thrashed out?" He was frow to believe that all this would be
"Well, what does she feel?" ning. Monnie, anxious to keep theirs a little later. Dan's tone was almost sullen, al-him in good temper, flashed him à Meantime she hail to be pa- though he tried to keep a ban reassuring smile.
tlent. taring note in it.
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"Just happy," she lied. "It's been #1 wonderful day. Let's Charles Eustace canic to the house gather up the things now and go rather often these days. Monnie, along. I want to pick same rasp-resting, limp and relaxed, in the berries."
porch swing, would hear a light slep
"That that I oughn't to go on like this, seeing you all the time, being serious about it," the girl explained with dimeulty. "I know we're engaged, Dan. That part of But all the rest of the long, on the walk, would look up to see It's all right! But so long as you golden afternoon her mind kept Charles, handsome, dark, smiling, want to keep it in the dark, well, barking back to the conversation. towering over her. She could be It makes it so much, harder for me. Dan was perfectly right about the easy with this man. They could You know as woll as I do how whole thing, she would assure talk, almply, deeply, for hours. tongues wax. And we've been go-herself. And yet-und yet she Charles, she folt certain, Ing places together for a long time. would be willing to give up every-enormously attracted to Kay. Or Dan," she reminded him, trying to thing, all the billfact hopes of course, it was absurd-Kay was speak lightly.
Uncle Frank's money and the rest, not yet 17-10 years his junior. And yet, what a splendid thing
"It's nobody else's business!" if Dan would say to her, joyously. he declared. "You know—and I some afternoon, "Let's dash over to it would be for her little sister if 'know, Whose affair Is it any-High Springs and get married." this man were to want her for his way? My mother'd raise the roof He had, once before,
but he wife! Ho had overything-looks, if she know about it. All I want hadn't really meant it. He would family money, what the world call- is to keep things dark until I come have been terribly surprised if
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