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THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1934.

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Forgotten Sweetheart ↳ MARY RAIMOND Special

BEDIN HERE TO-DAY UOB WESTON, son of a millionaire, In Jove with JOAN WARING, pretty Memphis girt. He has come tu Memphis in connection

with texilla plant under construction for bis father' URTNEY whom he knew in New York, is scheming to

DARBARA

win him away from Joan.

mockery girl,

PAT. Joan's younger sister, la infatuatedį with JERRY FORRESTER, son at her two daugblers will marry well and escape employer, MRS. WARING. hopeful that her the drudgery that has been her lot, has randa every rifort to give her daughters advantaged. Through Harbers, 20an is invited an a house party. Barbara realises Joan will be ist will be dielliusioned. From the very begin- ning of the boss party things go wrong for

even if I hadn't been well supplied.

"Or a coca cola," suggested Joan and Jim!

bara warned me. Blood will tell,' He reached Into his Charlie Rons with a laugh. And I am."

They came up on the porch. The you know. What could you ex- pocket.

"Or_an_napirin," someone cisó gay girl of two hours before had pect from a girl whose father was "Striko a. match for me, Joan" offered cynically." "Jim probably vanished. Joan's hair, blown by a thief and a suicido?” Hu checked the car's speed. Joan needed one. He certainly didn't the long walk In the wind, was Joan put out one hand steady- any more liquid refresh-in disorder. There were deep, ing horself against the miling. struck a match and as it flared need up she saw his bright, feverishment."

weary shadows under her eyes. | Wave upon wave of humiliation eyes.

Rage burned in Bob's heart. To Her shoulders, under the man's and shame poured through hor, "Thanks." He pulled the car to think of Joan going off with that coat, sagged forlornly.

Shame most of all for herself.. one side of the road, stopping it. Jug-head, letting herself in for a Jim's face showed strain, too. She had brought this upon herself, "You know very well why I lot of gossip and infernal speculis hair was rumpled. His eyes trying to be like the others, acck- brought you away," he went on.lation!

were bright and feverish. Searching cheap popularity. Trying to "I wanted you here with me-away

Ing the faces on the porch, he said win Bob--when he wanted Bar- He went out on the porch, star contemptuously, "A royali recep-bara! from that crowd. It isn't your crowd, Joan. And I'm crazy about ing down the black, atretch of tion. Don't any you were really As she entered the room the yout

road toward the neighbourhood alarmed about us!"

group moved apart quickly... Carol atore. He looked at his watch. It

said stifly, "You must be tired. His arms were about her sud-was one o'clock. A half hour later

Is there anything I can do for too proud to show that she le hurt, Jon denly. Ho wna lifting her face to he looked at his watch again..

you?" mocepts the sitentions of JIM WARFIELD, his. Joan, resisting fiercely, said: There is a dancing party and Joan, deter. "If you kiss me I'll never forgive minedly gay, has plenty of partners. Bob. not understanding her conduct, is disappointed you, Jim." In ber.

se among so many strangera and hopen Bols

Joan. She has nothing in comman with the wapblatented wealthy Kiria who take it for

ranted that Bob is in love with Barbar

Doults A Joan's mind. Unhappy because

of Barbara's possessive attitude toward lob,

CHAPTER XIV

"You don't think I'd lose this opportunity?" He was laughing. "I liked you," Joan sald stend- Joan and Bob had barely circledly. "You seemed decent and un- the room when Jim put his hand derstanding. I thought you were on Bob's arm, cutting in on the the best friend I had there," dance. Bob made his way toward Barbara The orchestra was play ing a slow waltz. Barbara's bright hend nestled close against Bob's shoulder, a smile curving her lips. The music stopped and they left

the floor.

"I've been trying to get a word alone with you all evening," Jim told Joan, "but you're too popular. Listen, I'm out of elgarettes. Will you go with me to get some? There's a little store a few miles away that stays open all night."

Joan hesitated.

"Please come!"

His arms dropped. "Well, have it your way then, If I were just little drunker I wouldn't listen to you."

He started the car and Joan re- laxed in her seat. The engine be gon jerking. Jim pulled out the choker und jammed it in again. The car moved along a few feet jerkily, then came to a standstill.

"No gun, Joan," Jim said slowly. There's nothing to do but walk to the store and get some.'

"I'll go with you," she said, They walked along in silence until they reached the curve in the road. "Hell" said Jim. "The lights

and looked at her, at the frail white slippers he

wore and groaned.

"Why not?" she answered, think-ara out in the store." He turned ing of Bob and Barbara leaving the dance floor, going through the door leading to a dimly-lighted porch, "Don't bother about a wrap," said Jim. "My overcoat is in the

car."

A few minutes later they were spinning along the smooth high-

"I'm all kinds of We'll have to walk."

an idiott

"How far is it?" asked Joan. "Nenrly three miles."

"Let's start." She spoke brave- way. The small store, windowsly, steadily. But she was thinking bright even at this Inte hour, miserably, "This is what comes of loomed up suddenly. Jim drove jealousy. I'm paying the piper." "Where's that good-looking Jonn

past.

"Your cigarettes?" sald Joan. girl?" Fred sang out.

Jim laughed. "In my pocket."

"In your pocket?"

"Don't be silly, Joan. You know

that was an excuse."

"I certainly didn't!"

"With Jim on the porch proba-

bly."

"Not on the porch," said Bar- bara. They drove aff in Jim's

Joan an-car an hour ago."

swered. "You sald you wanted Probably went to the store for them."

cigarettes. I know thoke old tricks "There were plenty at the house, 'of Jim's," sald Carol easily.

Some of the others came out on the porch. "I can't imagine what has happened.to them," Carol was saying.

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"We are being very silly," said Barbara. "Nothing's happened." "They'll be coming in pros- ently," Enid said.

"They always do," said Charlie in his tired, wise volce.

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There were steps on the drive— white blur in the darkness. And then, as the light from the porch renched out, a dark shadow beside the white.

Nicholas Constantinescu, the Bucharest University student who murdered Dr. Duca, Rumania's Premier recently.

"The gua ran out," he added slowly. And then, as no one apoke, "Now, some darn fool laugh!"

"But evidently your liquor didn't." This from Charlie.

"Comedy isn't your role," Jim said.

"Nobody but A damn idiot would drive off without enough gas in his car," said Bob.

"Lay off, will you, Weston ?" said Jim dangerously.

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"Nothing" and Joan steadily.

"Hurry," Sally sald to Enid. "Don't dawdle so. We're wasting a heavenly waltz." Enid dusted powder on her face and followed. without a word..

"They know I heard," Joán thought. "But it really makes no difference to them.”

Bob stepped forward but Bar- bara caught his arm. "Please, Jonn began undressing mechant- Bob, you are making it hard for caily. Once, passing the mirror Carol."

door, she saw a strange girl with "Come on in," said Enid, striv-tragic eyes, all the blood drained ing for gaiety. “I have a dance from her face. She felt tears with someone."

against her lashes.

Joan slipped out of the big cont and handed it to Jim. "I'm going up." she said. "Good night."

She went inside and up the atairs slowly. As she reached the top she heard Carol's volce, "I shouldn't have Invited her-Bar-

And three days before she had driven from Memphis, sure of happiness ahead.

Someone knocked at the door but before, she reached it an on- velope was slipped through Joяn stopped and picked it up. On the (Confinued on Page 11.)

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