1933-07-11 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1933,

DARLING FOOL

CHAPTER XXIX

hold up our plans a bit not go Miss Anstico.” jahead with the January iden

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by MABEL MCELLIOTT

"In this "the money Aunt Sybil-

Kay's salary would help to carry thom along. Bill, unusually garru-¡left you?”* lous for him, had called for usido.

"I'm glad you're going," he said. "Somebody in this family was about due for a break Don't wor-i ry about money."

"What about Angle?" Monnie had to ask. “Is that—?"

Bill's face was blank. "We're

"Yes. I want you to have it.”: "I can't. You need things more than I do a winter coat,”

"Monnie!"" - Thore was a new note in her mother's quiet voice. "You're to have it. Do you hear?

want you to!"

two.

Three days more. Thon At length the last night came." In apite of herself, in spite of all her

Monnie turned the lotter over There are reasons. I'll tell you Not to think, Monnio told her- In her hands before she opened it more when I see you. Let me self, was the idea. Not ever to coming right along," he told hor The thick creamy envelope, the assure you that you are greatly be still to nilow the biting, sting-casily. "Maybe in the spring she'll bold black writing spoke to her missed. Dan."

Ingmomories to intrude." She be fred," eloquently of the writer. She Sho put the letter down on the laughed, sho, was gay, brittle. Two amfled to herself, secretly, oxult dressing table gently. She looked weeks in two weeks more she and aren't you?"

"You-you're crazy about her, frantic resolutions, the girl found she had boon waiting unconscious. antly. Dan would explain now his at herself in the mirror, taking off Miss Anstice would be on their Bill locked faintly embarrassed; hapa ho would hear she was going ly for some word from Dan. Per- long silence. She would know and hor Hat, brushing hor creat of way. It was not soon enough-not sure. be reassured.

bright hair away from the sweep nearly,

Angle's a wonderful girl" away. He might see the "Belve- of her forehead,

But Monnie thought she caught, in dere News" with the account of her After a foverlah night Monnie his eyes, almost a touch of bowl plans. Surely someone would tell "Why, then," she said to herself had written. Dan a letter derment. If Bill had given his him, mention it casually in a let- lightly, in a conversational voler rious, impotent letter which

shu promise to Angie, she reflected, ter. They would say, "I see Monica "There's no point-

hud later torn up. It was ridicu lous to hehave in this way. What wild horses wouldn't drag it away O'Dare is going abroad with Miss

again. She thought of the lines: Cory." did it matter? What did anything matter? She told hersolf she had known from the start that things would fall out this way. She was not surprised. Events had march- ed their inevitable climax. Sandra had got her man-there

She went into the house, halloo Ing to her mother who was, in the dining room. Then she sped up stairs, eager to peruse the letter in solitudo. Her heart was beating faster. It was almost as if Dan himself were in the room, wolting to speak to her

She broke off at the sound of Kay's footstep on the stairs. Quickly, she hid the letter in the top drawer. **

Kay came in whistling softly, "Hello, didn't know you were here:"

"I got off carly. Kay!” "What's up?”. The younger sis ter started, noting Monnie's bril-other explanation, liant eyes, the flush on her usually

"Dear Monnie," (he began) "I've been busy every minute of the time. This is a great country and・ great people and I like it. Role 50 miles yesterday. We had a picnic up in the hills. To-night we go to one of the dances at the next ranch" {pale 'cheeks Everybody's so hospitable., Mon- "I've decided." nic, there's something I want to "Decided

"The men of my own stock, Bitter bad they may be, But at least they feel the things

I feel,

Thoy ace the things I see.” She felt a surge of pride in her Was brother. Angie Gillen was a lucky

girl.

If she stopped long enough to consider the situation she wna overwhelmed with sort of sick what? Oh. d'you despair. She would not dwell on what might happen if any of the Monnie nodded. "I'm going with family fell ill while she was away,

talk to you about when I got back. mean—-?". I think perhaps after all we'd better

Lo sont adott hoini' Revealing their dealings with J. P. Morgan în financing their rallrond empire, the Van Sweringen brothers of Cleveland are shown hero with Morgan in'the Senate hearing room.. Morgan atands between O. P. Van Swaringen, left, and M. J. Van Sweringen. Seated in the foreground are Senators John G. Townsend, left, and Phillips L. Goldsborough, committee members.

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Monnie, I've a little money saved Mrs. O'Dare said one night, that I want you to have. I know Miss Anstice is going to pay you a small salary as a companion but you'll need a few nice things. This is a neat egg. You'rd to take it and buy some pretty new clothes." Sho put a small roll of bills into the girl's hand: Monnie, counting them, found $100.

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Secretary of the Transury Wi- liam H. Woodin wore cap and gown when he was awarded a degree of doctor of music at Syracuse University, President Roosevelt told him just to whistle when things looked bad, he said in accepting the honour.

Dan would be affronted by the idon. He would sond her a wire

But this was her last night. She [had not answered his letter, nor

had she heard from him.

"Got everything?" Thia from Kay, packing and sorting the un- derthings. "Wasn't it sweet Gertrude bring those suede gloves?"

of

"Gertrude's an awfully nice girl. "Yea." Mrs. O'Daro sighed. I'm so fond of her."

wife for him. Don't you

"Mother, you can't choose Bill's know that ?" Kay said, smiling.

"Of course she does. Hasn't she proved it?" Monnie gave Kay a warning glance. "It is too bad about Gertrude and Bill. He used to like her a lot and I know she still cares about him."

"So does Angie," said Kay, bent on mischief.

"We know that." Her mother looked up from mending a slip of Monnie's. "Angie's a good little thing," said Mrs. O'Dare loyally, "Only-well it can't bo helped now!"

"It's the ones with the dash that succeed," Kay murmured. "If Ger- {trude would`givo that mousy hair of hers a henna rinse and redden her fingernaila-if she'd use cye shadow and lipstick she'd look u lot better. She's not bad looking only she gets herself up to look like Jane Austen."

"You tell her that some time, Miss Smarty," anid Mark, who had come in noiselessly and stood grin- ning in the doorway.

*"You belong in bed, young man," Kay told her brother loftily. "Bo- Hleve I will tell her, now that you mention it."

"Children, children!"

"Aw, we weren't fighting, Mums, only Kay thinks she knows it all." Mark put his freckled paw beside his mother's thin one.

"We'd better all get to bed," she told her brood, "We've got to get. up early. Monnie's train;leaves nt 18:30

There was a sharp rata-tat at the door and Mark blundered to open it. He returned in a moment bearing a square white florist's box. Monnie's heart gave a great leap. Her thought, as always, was that It might be from Dan-Dan who was in far away Wyoming."

"Kid Eustace's chauffeur," grin- ned Mark, "brought it."

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