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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JULY 7. 1933.

DARLING FOOL

BEGIN HERE TO-DAY MONICA O'DARE

Delvedere. Ifer brather,' Hill, plann ta

DAN CARDIGAN whose wealthy parents do

and JAMES, her father's chauffeur, and dia

"Very bravo," agreed Monnie charges them. A few days later the receives quietly. Sandra seemed definitely

telephone movinge prying her father la hurt. Handra hurries to him only to find herself the heroine of the occasion. the victim of kidnappers. The kidnappeTA prove to be fetty and her rouelt. Selps Bandra escape.

Jarnes

Jealous fate might Intervene.

by MABEL MCELLIOTT

"That Dan?" Monnio nodded.

Kool, she know that, to be so ap- proliensive. What did a month

housd Miss Anstico Cory the following They heard the great news about

some morning. Mrs. O'Daro, reading the looked Belvedere News, locked up with

Ja little cry of excitement and plea-

Bure.

How big he was, how splendid, matter? He would be back soon. Monnie thought, watching him "You have the fidgets," Kay ob- stride down the path. Why was served, threading hor needle. it that, in spite of all his protesta-"Why don't you toddle off and get tions, her heart falled her, wont some rest?" like him to be so garrulous. Those faway from her. She was foolish jaick and faint when she thought of

"Believe I will,” helps us support her fellows, he said, had got away, to imagine that, even for a minute, the impending separation? Not-

Kay gazed sternly, at the dour- mother, younger brother and sister by work Sandra was so dazed she couldn't Such things were done bnly in old-bing would happen. Sandra would ing in a drug store in the mind town of even describe them. They'd been timo niciodramas. Besides, woren't and that Dan's heart was sealed way through which she had just marry ANCHE DILLEN pon- Angle foreigners, though. Hadn't talked ano and Dan pledged to each other? against her. It was just bad luck passed. "Darn Dan Cardigan, any. divorces her husband, Moanle is in love with much English--not that she could This was the end of August-al- that affairs fell out so Dan had to way!" she whispered explosively. Tot approve of her. BANDRA LAWRENCE, understand, anyway. She had been most September. In January they go to Wyoming with the party. pretending to be Monnie's friend, tries to plucky, hadn't she, to get away would be married.

She went back into the win Dan from ber.

"I'll miss you horribly, every where Kay ant, Bandra beenmnes angry with 11)TY, male, from them?

mending minute," Dan told her on parting. She stood, facing him, her amber pink garment, Kay

up seriously, eyes darkened with the pain of "Her father was on his way to impending separation. Little put the money where they asked," bronze tendrils curled about her Dan pursued. "He was just about pearl palo face. "I'll be thinking wild, willing to do anything to get of you, too, Dan," she told him

"He left early, didn't he?" her back. But she wasn't having soberly.

"Yes. He's awfully busy. Go- Dan explained slowly, painfully, any of that!" Dan's eyes alone. "Well, then-" He awking to a dude ranch on Wednesday "It's like this, you aco. She's had You could see he admired Sandra's wardly trying to tear himself away, with the family."

Monale, heavy eyed and pale, alp- a shock. She's not-not

herself.courage.

"It's early but I've got all that She keeps calling for me. When "Not that I want to go for a packing to do. We make an early Kay said coolly. She knew then

"I read about it in the News, Ping her coffee, smiled. "How mar-

vellous !" she's woll enough the doctor says minute," Dan told her later. "It start on Wednesday. I won't be

It made the day seem brighter, It'll be all right for her to make just seems--well-the best thing. able to see you tomorrow night." that Sandra was in the party. But this trip. And, Dad-all the rest You see Mr. Lawrence holds that

com- this news of something nice hap- Her heart was like lead. "It she refrained from further of them seem to think I ought to go big loan of Dad's. This is confl-doesn't matter."

ment. Kay went on stitching, hum-pening to someone she knew. Any- along. Just," he hastened to add, dential, of course. Dad wants to He put his arms

about her. ming a little tune under her breath. thing might happen if Miss An- stice were to be removed from the "to humour her. She's perfectly stand in with him right now. I'd "You're sweet, Monnie, d'ye know

Monnte picked up a book and scene of her labours, after 20 all right. It was just bad bo a pig, wouldn't I, to hold out that? My girl!"

tried to read.but her restlessness years of writing Belvedere society Block"

was acute. A pain bent at the notes. it almost helped Monnie back of her mind like a living to bear the thought that Dan was thing. She felt sick, envious, dis-leaving for Wyoming on the Some couraged. Sandra had everything morrow.

CHAPTER XXVI

WDB

"Don't, Dan. Someone see."

against him?"

"I seo." Monnie lifted her eyes,; Again Monnie agreed. The best staring out at the fading garden. thing—of course it was merely that, Dan rushed along. It was not nothing more. No plot to get Dan

No one must know-no their plans for the future.

might

one

“Girls, what do you think? Mies Anstice is an heiressi· Judge Cory's sister in Boston has left her 850,000.

and she had nothing... Her job was Perhaps he would call, Monnie deadly. Always the same. She thought. Perhaps he would find could do bigger things, more in-time to telephono her surely, teresting ones, but because she was he would. But each time the 'phone the mainstay of the little family rang and she answered it to find the she dared not take a chance. She caller was emphatically not Dan, sighed and found Kay watching her heart grew heavier..

ber.

"Don't you feel well?"

Kay flew in at lunch hour, spark. ingly pretty, lit by an inner ex- citement.

"I have a headache." Monnio

"Aren't you off early 7" Monnie said. Heartache was nearer the wanted to know. Usually the two truth but she would not admit it-girls at the library made ten or heated soup over a gas ring in "Take an aspirin when you go to the back room and ate their lunch bed," said Kay practically.

there.

Twenty-four hours more and Dan "Just ran over for a second," would be speeding westward away Kay carolled. "Something impor- from her. She would have his let-tant to tell you. Are you leaving ters, of course, but Dan's letters now for lunch?" were never satisfactory. When he Monnie washed her hands at the was away from her he seemed to little cracked basin behind the par- vanish completely. Oh, she was a (Continued on Page 2.)

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