1934-01-25 — Page 3

THE PRIZEFIGHTER AND

THE LADY

By FRANCES MARION

CHAPTER IV.

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horself. Steve'a cyza fallowed hor while Wille's eyes remained Stove's face, and the Adopted Son watched Willle's expression.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1934

Sho shrugged, and resumed her. bantering tone,

from Ryan resumed his seat.

"Maybe I should go more on the Steve stopped at the third door love angle, make love to you, words on the right and knocked. Bidden and all, like they do in books-"

"You ought to get along, very enter, ho found Bella. had just

Belle took his hand. "We've well...with rabbits" She entered Onished changing costumes. When been too honest for that, Willle. the hallway and began walking up she saw who it was,, a worried look No. I guess there's a kind of love stairs. Stove kept just behind her. eama into her eyes,

you and I haven't run up against... "Do you know what you're do-"And it goes one of two ways like At the head of the stairs she faced

those Fourth of July pinwheels: him, an angry flush on her face. Steve interrupted. "I got per- they either start whirling right "You don't think you are going · mission to say good-bye. That was way, and keep on whiring, making to get away with this, do you?" nice of him, wasn't it?"

you feel dizzy and swoll, or they "You know, when you're mid liko izzle out after a couple of turns that you do things to me!" and fall off...plunk."

"Morgan, did you know about Willic-I mean, did you know what you were getting into when you came here tonight?”

"Suro.""

And yet you came!" Belle was both surprised and impressed. "Just to see me?",

"Just to sea

you again. Why not?"

LOVE IS LIKE À PINWHEEL

Despite the gay note in his voice Willle Ryan's eyes were sombre and Stove watched the master of core- serious. He addressed the men at monies lend Belle out and introduce his table: "According to Bello, Mor-her: "Next is Mlas Belle Mercer gan's hore's one of our promising singing a brand new song of her young heavies. He bears watch-own composition, Down-Stream

Drifter.": ing!

Steve was enjoying himself. Ho The applause indicated that she suddenly, looked up and into the was a favourite with the diners, tony', staring eyes of the Adopted drinkers and dancers at the Caba- son. He leaned forward. "Say, ret El Ryanno. Stove looked away from her but once and that was to you and I didn't meet, did we?"

meet Willle's eyes. Stove grinned, cocked his head and returned hla gaze to the singer. The number went over big and Steve was loud In his applause. Dance music started up and the floor was filled "I'd find it for you again." with dancing couples.

"Nope. You pulled me out of a - Steve settled back in his chair) ditch and I went to see you fight-{ and found the men at the table We're even and so...well, let's just looking silently, first at him, and let it go at that."

The store was not, removed from Steve's face but no response was made until Wille made it: "Oh, Jint's my Adopted Son."

"Big for his age, isn't he?" "He follows me around and keeps the flies off me. He's a good nimi with a fly-swatter."

Steve laughed. "Oh, I get yout We'll pass that over, eh?".

At that moment the master of ceremonies approached the table and told Belle that her number was spotted in there and 'sho excused

"Look, Morgan," anid Belle, find- ing her words 'slowly, "it's all been crazy fun, but your commonsense was cut out of you with a buzz-saw. And, Morgan, I'm not going to lose mine."

then at Willie Ryan, like actors A call-boy poked his head in to waiting for their cuc.

| any that Miss Mercer was on after "She knows her stuff, doesn't the next chorus, and as she arose to she?" said Stove,, enthusiastically.go, Stovo demanded: "What's your

"It's good song."

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replied phone number?" Willie.

Belle came close to him. "You're "Sure!"

swell and I like you, Morgan, but... "And now that you've heard it, I'm not going to see you again." don't you think you'd better go?" She gave his shoulder n pat and

"Why," He stopped and left. looked gentally around at the cold faces at the table: "You see, I sort of hoped Miss Mercer would give me a dance,"

"We don't allow the help to dane: with the guests."

"Oh-"

"Outside!" Willle jerked his head slowly but his voice in spite of Its lownesa was hard and brittle, "Beat it!"

Steve grimal: "Mind if I say good-bye to the lady first?"

"Not at all. Right through there and the third door on the right."

Wille was silent that night most of his way as he took Belle home in his car. When he did speak it was "I'm beginning to think you need somebody like Sonny to | follow you around-to protect you

against yourself."

to say:

"Myself can always get at me, if it wants to bad enough

Willie stured akend. “Ia, that what you meant about the side of you I didn't know being always thora"

"Maybe that's it, Willle."

"You know, I was just figuring: "Thanks. You're quite a guy. It's been almost ten years between Ryan." Steve waved his hand and us...Maybe you were too young... walked toward the door Willie had Maybe you were still in pigtails and indientest. The Adapted Son start-didn't know it...

*1 knew. Willo,” Repairs to the Reichstag Building, to get up, but at à quick gesture Photo shows the, scaffolding round

the dome.

"And ours hasn't done either. Ja that it?"

"I don't think so, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been awell...and I'll keep mine that way."

At the door of her brownstone apartment house she bade Willie good night quickly at the door.

"Good night?"

Ila followed her to the door of her apartment. "If you think I'm going to scream and cry for help," she said, "you're wrong."

"Think of all the fun you'd have!"

She inserted the key In the lack, then loaned back against the wall and looked at Stove strangely. "Morgan, beat It," she said shortly, She answered the surprise in his as though her breath were coming tone. "Let's not pretend, Wille, fast. Let me do what I said: go up and "Were you ever down in the trop shumpoo this snarl out of my hair." les," said Steve, Where they've "Is it going to come out...right got gardenia bushes like we've got

dandelions up here?" away 7"

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Tl shave it off if it doesn't!" "Beat It, Morgan," she repeated. As Belle inserted the key in the "Well, standing under those gar- lock of the inside vestibule door. denia bushes and smelling 'em...is. Steve Morgan stepped out of a con-like standing next to you." cenling shadow.

Belle did not reply at once and "What were you saying about a when she did her voice had become shampoo?" Ho grinned at her small and weak, "Do you know, that's the first decent thing you've startled whirl upon him.

"Where.. where did you come ever sald to me." from?"

The hal-check girl had one of Houdini's hats."

She opened her door, and turned. "You'd better go back and get back into that hat."

"Of course it drives you scrowy if you stand there long enough, but "Oh, don't spell it!" laughed Belle, but pleadingly, too.

He laughed and chucked her "I can't. It'll be full of rab-lightly, on the chin with his fist. bits." He closed the door, and was She kept looking at him, half aware of her nervous Indecision. laughing, but also almost half ery-

(Continued on Page 2.) Yet she tried to keep her head.

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A beauty in bondage robbed of her right to love and happiness. until

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BRADY

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