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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1984.

Married Flirts

BEGIN BERE TO-UAY

"They look awful" She was Gypsy's small feet, accused him. "Darling, what do you think GYPSY MORELL and TOM WEAVER are ready to weep. It would be the martie the same shy a LILA HUTALING grossest extravagance, she thought, want out of Hie?" Gypay wanted DEHER LIER. Lle experts to buy a new pair for Lila's din-to know, abandoning the search. in luxury, but Ormy intends to keep ber

ner party, Tom, dashing in just "Just money and the things It Juh, teaching in a settlement house,

The dog slett Gypsy and Tom spend in

Athen, whistling gally found her buys? You ought to know better Chinle New Yurk

Lment

on the floor of the bedroom, bot-than that." GRAY, an old friend of, Tom's, telephones,

raga strewn Told wiha fier to luncheon mest Gray, bet Gypay can't get away from werk tolos, slippers and

After hard day at schoed als rashes, home about, her face woebegone. in hars that Vern de suing to call on them, Yers are not the two kirta didike rach

"What's up?"

Tom

Bald

by MABEL

McELLIOTT

not add what she thought In her 1Gypsy for that. But not even her heart, they looked simply dreadful elever fingera could transform and Lila would be sure to notice, scuffed and solled dancing shoes She put on a cheerful face and Into the semblance of new ones. But the Thank goodsiesa her little bluck went out to get supper. thought nagged her, as she boiled velvet wrap with the white fur arul skinned shrimps for salad and "eat" the twins called it) <<tl moodily that, of cut up handfuls of crisp white col-looked nice! course, he did. But it won't cry, and mixed mayonnaise. This She sang in the tub. It was ex- It was much fun for hor. he could ace time last year she would have citing, going to a party. that. If she'd married Marko rushed ou, quite carelessly, to buy fun. She sat wrapped in her blue Broughton

new sandala. She had spent a negligee, ns Tom's koy, grated in Gypsy laughed aloud. "As if great deal of her salary on her the lock.

young and pretty person. But now "I'm running the tub for you, I ever considered that!"

"Well, he did. anyhow." Tom-well, it was not fair to Tom. durling!" She stuck the shoes out now, And there were so many things of sight, under a chair. Better She held out the offending tramped about the room

seeming too big for the place. Ills they needed for the house, No, not put them on until the Inst It was Lila's voice on the tele-ject.

"This one's

simply shoulders were an brand, his legs the red slippers would just have minute. She just wouldn't think mess. I phone,, sweet, slightly fretful, as

you, Gypsy7can't wear it."

so long, he made the little table to do. And if Marko were thereabout them until she had to. always, "Is that

"Well, what's all the excite-and chair tremble. We got back bust week. I'm dy

ment? I didn't know we were go- Ing to see you.

ing places," Of course

Gypsy sat back on her heels, Wocks later Lin and Derek Triars from Pushing back her curly mop.

"Just these nwful shoes." "What's the matter with 'em, haney?"

wiler . plght. Tam reps relieved when Yer Dave,

their honeymoon in Europe.

CHAPTER Y

Gypay didn't take this literally. Lila was given to Oxgeration.

next "Do

for dinner werk." Lila urged, "How about Tueday? Is Tuesday free?"

come

Gypsy, smiling to herself, sald that Tuesday would be fine. Lila's air of supposing that Tom and she had a full calendar of engage- ments amused her. This was Sat- arday afternoon. Gypsy was glad sho'd brew at hane when La callest. Dinner at the Bliss's on Tursday gave her something gay to look forward to. Want watching the budget, and seeing that the bills were paid, the young Wewers had little to spend on

amusement,

ob-

"Lila's home. We're invited to dinner."

"Oh, that. Gosh!" "You don't want to go?"

He grinned at her. "Of course, I do. Tell you what, we'll go out now and buy you a new pair."

"D'you suppose he'll be there Tuesday?" He frowned at her.

Gypsy anid, lightly, "How ahould I know? He's Derek's

boas."

"Blooming king of finance,"

"Thinks growled Tom.

he's buccaneer."

Gypsy couldn't help giggling

-well. It couldn't be helped, that was all.

Just the same, when she rashed home from work Tuesday evening

dress to bathe and

her heart rather sank as she stared at the nsilppers. Her dress was all right. She nd worked on it last night. It looked quite in the mode. Trust

t

She said necusingly: Thomaahima little, Tom was not ap Weaver, you know rent day comes peased. How funny that he should next week. And your insurance." be, after all this time, and after for two He snapped his fingers. "Right being married to her you are. Well. what about those months, still jealous of Marko ivory dinguses you wore with the Houghton!

with dress."

She pretended not to notice, and She truck #t her forehead. went hunting her ivory slippers. "What a fool I am! I'd clean. for-They were nowhere to be found..

"I must have left them at home," gotten my wedding shoes.

she said. "Although it's funny, ir have them dyed."

I did, Mother didn't find them be fure this."

can

She would have them dyed Then she began to worry about her dress. She didn't want to green, brilliant green, and wear for "bridey-that was fatal the fittle string of judo-coloured her on but the Ivory dress she hid word bends Father had given

They did not intend to go out to Blue Hills on the marrow, so she! telephoned the house. No, Mrs. Morell End Hot seen the wedding slippers. They seemed to be it- retrievably lost.

on her wedding day was the only her Inst birthday. really formal frock she owned, Tam watched her, smoking idly. She took it out, stared at it criti-as she rummaged through box and cally, and decided that, without drawer, in search of the ivory slip

She was conscious of his sleves, it would do very nicely,pers, She had minde it so that the back unwonted silence, and turned to might easily be eut down to a look at him, surprising some new,back into the living room, where while the front was fashionably

high, after that season's mode. Yes, with her last year's red slip pera, it would do!

This was in the nature of a catastrophe for Gypsy. She came

Tom was sitting at the gate-legged

troubled expression in his table, with all his papers and fig-

"What's the Jaatler, darling?"

He squinted through the smoke.ures spread out before him, and "Nothing only I wish I could sat down without saying a word,

things. You weren't Tom pushed back the weller of Cut when she rouled out those give you slippers, they proved sidly dis-very bright to marry a poor man, work and ran his fingers through appointing. The last time she had Gay. You ought to have lux- his hair. "Find 'em, honey?"

She shook her head. so pretty and no danced in them, an Irrentedlable uries, You're

"Well, look, why don't you run grease stain had appeared from young."

"Will you stop harping on that?" over before the shope close and get Howhere on the toe of the left

He was Berlous, he Baid. It pair now. You may not have one, Gypsy struggled, with clean- ing duid

A pair time Monday. and chalk, to remove made him feel ashamed.

dancing Gypsy sald, stubbornly, that of rouffed all her efforts onl this. But made the spot mora stubborn. hors, moulded to the shape ef'she'd wear the red ones. She did

and shabby

"

He came down the hall and lean- ed against the doorframe, regard- ing her. "Goah, you look pretty!"

The mirror give back the reflec tion of a curly-haired girl with wide, soft, enger eyes. Tom came to her and kissed her swiftly.

"Let me see those shoes,” She bunted them out and gave

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