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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

DARLING FOOL

CHAPTER XXXVIII

by MABEL fICELLIOTT

jand- another man's devotion? She truth le Sally Richardson is dying wondered. While she was pondor-tó do Paris with mo—with ' us, 1 Monnio turned the lotior slowlying the matter, flushed and disturb mean, and wants to go on to In her hands. Dan's familiared, little Miss Austice.blow in. Switzerland afterward. Do as your writing, black and bold, stared back "My dear, I had no iden you'd heart bids you, my dear! I never nt her. Her heart turned

over, be homo

oo early!" Miss An-jadvise in matters of this sort, How odd how very odd it was to sfice, Imposing in silver cloth with risky. But I will say this. receive a letter from him at this moment, when she was trying to collar of gray fox, stared frank- Mackenzio's a splendid man make the most momentous decision at her travelling companion. "Ivery fond of you-anyone can see

thought you'd be out until all hours. that."

Too

Mr. and

of her life! It was as if Dan him-Painting the town, as they say. self had reached across the many Are you feeling all right?" miles that separated them, saying,

I-I don't love him," Monnie "Wait, Monniot Don't forget me. "Yesno." Monica stammered, faltered. "I'm fond of him. I like

not knowing how to explain. Then him as a friend but-but-"

I'm still here!"

Al, but he was the one who had on a sudden Impulse she blurted "He doesn't make your heart forgotten, her sore heart reminded out the truth.

stand still,ch?” Miss Anetice "Mr. Mackenzio's sailing unex-considered this, bright head on one hor. He it was who had written that other letter, the crual one pectedly for home to-morrow," she sido like a silver-plumaged bird. telling her they'd better "hold up said. “He—Misa Anstice, he wants "Well, my dear, I've seen many a the plans for the January wedding, me to marry him and go with him." marriage in my time. Love mat

"Well, I deciare." Miss Anstico's ches. They don't always turn out No, it was no uso depending on Dan. She'd done that in the past beautiful coiffure of allvery Grecian so well, either. You have an oven and her pride, her love, her faith curls fairly quivered. She sat chance for happiness, starting with in him had been wounded past bear- down abruptly. “Of

course,

I friendship and respect. Then, too, ing..

knew something like this was in my dear, there's the matter of Should who open it? Should the air," she began breathlessly, money to be thought of. I'm not sho make her decision first-and "but not so soon! My dear?" n worldly person. You know that. "I-I haven't decided," Monnie Been poor all my life until Just

to

by this time she had pretty well confessed. "I don't know what to lately. And now that I have had decided what she would any Artbur Mackenzie on the morrow do. Help me, Miss Anstice. What my taste of luxury. I'm afraid · 1

and read Dan's latter afterward? shall I say to him?"

shall never be able to do without

Had he still the power to sway her "If you're considering me in it again. It's all so pleasant- past reason, pnet bellof? Did she this," cried the older woman breakfast in bed, nice frocks, being dare to see what Dan had written shrewdly, "please forget all about it, able to tip the waiter without wor- her on the very day before she had I can get along splendidly although rying about it. Yes, money's im- sailed from New York to adventure I shali miss you, of course. The portant.

Arrangement of vales and mud-box for part of the distribution system of

the naw Macao Waterworks.

A view taken inside one of the coagulation tanks.

First

Pictures of the New Macao Waterworks and Purification

Plant

The laying of mains is being carried out under difficulties. This picture Hlustrates in what direction.

FRIDAY JULY 21, 1933,

"I'd be the last person in the (world to tell a girl to consider money only when thinking of mar ringe and I-know what poverty can do to young people. I'd like to

SENTENCE OF DEATH

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cream of Hie while you're young."

It was a long speech and Miss Anstico was rather breathless ht the end of it. She stripped off

TO MERCY

Sentonce of death was passed

har creamy gloves and amoothed on Fan Hing the 20-year-old them together.,

murderer of an elderly Shaukiwan Thore's your family, too," she woman by the Chief Justice Mr. continued after aellence. "Kay J. R. Wood, at the Supreme Court

think what a brilliant marriage yesterday, would do for her."

"I've thought of that," Monnie minutes considering their verdict, The jury were a little over 80 said briefly Sho crumpled the let-and when they fled into the court, ter in her hands, looking at the fire the foreman said: "We find the in that grate.

accused guilty of murder, with a as we think he was acting under strong recommendation to mercy,

the undue domination of the woman."

"Child, child, you're alivering! the older woman said, appalled, "Go to bed, You mustn't catch cold. We'll talk of this in the morning."

Monnie dacaped, her head in a whirl, the letter still clasped in witnessed the donning of the black Prisoner, a slight boyish figure, her hand.

cap and heard the sentence of The clock struck one, struck two. death with the same stoical calm In the room beyond she could hear he had preserved throughout the the faint anore of her benefactress, two days proceedings. Monnio know that sho horself would

bo a wrack tomorrow, look a pér- In reply to Mr. Fraser, Assistant fect frigh, if she didn't get some Attorney General, the Chief sleep She tossed and turned rest- Justice stated that an application lessly between the crisp English by the Crown to enter a nulli pro-. sheets Yes, Miss Anstice was etqui in respect of the woman re- emotion here. Her mind had been was granted, and she would ac right. Reason triumphed over ferred to (the wife of the prisoner) almost made up when the converan-cordingly bo released from tion had bogun. Miss Anatico had custody. (crystallized her feeling. She would

be, a foul to throw away such a chance. She would say "yes" to

Mackenzie on the morrow and go lamp beside her bed, ripped open away with him as his wife. She the thick envelope. She had steel- would forget all the old ardours ed: herself to coolness, to indiffer- of young love. They were silly, once, but in spite of herself her weren't they? What was that old heart beat faster at the opening aong she had heard

sentence. somewhere? Oh, yes, "Oh, how I laugh when I

"Darling Monnic," (Dan wrote) think how I cried about you." "I have been all sorts of a fool and That was the right spirit, no can you forgive me? You know doubt about it! Take love lightly! I'm not, very good at letter-writing The trouble with her was that she never was, I can't say what I had been, too serious about Dan, want on paper. But will you just probably bad bored him by the very drop me a line to say everything's earnestness and steadfastness of all right? I wired you at the hotel her devotion. That wasn't what but they said they couldn't deliver men wanted or what they cared the message because you'd already about. They liked you to laugh, to gone. I got home just as you were be gaygand foolish and Inconse- leaving. Wasn't that retten luck? quential. Monnie had been all of I'll be waiting. All my love." that with Arthur Mackenzio. Monnie stared at it, turning the thick sheet in her hands. It was Well, pirate or not, she liked the longest letter she had ever re- him. A girl liked to be swept off [ceived from Dan; the most ar- her foot. The boldness, the swift- ticulate. All his love! Why, the ness and unexpectedness of the had been à fool ever to think she'd situation appealed to her. Be-lost it! When two people felt as yond the morrow she would not sho and Dan did about each other, look. When his deep voice came when the whole world was changed to her over the telephone she would and glorified for one merely by the agy coming, with you." knowledge that the other existed in There would be, naturally, no-it, it was stupid-wasn't it?-to tices in the newspapers. Macken-tako second best.

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zie was too important for his mar- Suddenly everything was clear riage to go unnoticed. People to her. Her course would say, Who is she? A no-Miss Anstice admitted she would was clear. body!" and dismiss her. Except in get along without her. She would Belvedere. People there who had leave to-morrow, ignored her, turned their faces the Mackenzie's bride but as Monica not as Arthur other way when they passed her on O'Dare, going back to the man she the street, would be anxious now loved. Calmness descended upon to say they'd known her. It was her. She slept. ally-it was unworthy and Monnie

knew it to feel a thrill of triumph

at-this-thought-but-she was onlying her gently. "My dear, he's Mias Anatice woke her, shak- human and could not suppress the feeling.

on the wire!"

She could not sleep-at least "Who? Where? Ah, she was juntil she read Dan's letter. It dead, she was so weary. What

was "burning a hole in the pillow did Miss Anetico mean? underneath which she had thrust it.

and, snapping on the rose-shaded Reluctantly Monnie drew it forth

"Mr. Mackenzie. He sounda terrifically excited-and happy." Something she had to do-to tell It all came back to her at once, Arthur. Mackenzio. She *ven't going to marry him after all. All her dreams of a brilliant. mar- ringo had faded.. Dan still cared for her and wanted her.

She stumbled to the telephone, knotting the cord of her dressing

gown.

"I'm sorry" she said in a low voice. I can't." Simply that. No explanations. No excuses.

The man at the other end of the wire hesitated for a long mo ment. Then, "Can I do anything to make you change your mind?"? į he asked.. *

Monnic, feeling utterly abject [and ashamed, said no. But, the added, "I'm leaving for New York to-day. If you don't mind I'm

king passage on your boat." He gave a joyous shout, tri-, impli in his voice.

Monnic, with Miss Anstice's Aur prised gaze upon her, know what is thought was: It could ba.easy| for him to break down her de

Coolles, employed on the works, taking water from the water boats at Macao. A general view of some of the clear water storage tanks pader construction, fences on the trip home.

(To be Continued.)

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