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THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1934.

Married Flirts

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Shopping for. Chrlatinas, Kirshey meets Broughton who offent, har a job cataloguing hia library. Cirpay hesitate, then ere, planning to use the money thus esined to buy Tom's Christinas ft. Broughton fire her an advance payment at 106.

CHAPTER XI

of her very existence. You didn't:

by MABEL

McELLIOTT

TOTYOUR

“Oh, I suppose you're right.fingerbowl doilles, Gypsy's 'littlej sons in for dinner would satisfy GYFBY MORELL, and TOM WEAVER hayo fair hair and an exquisito It's a duty." Derek shrugged his party had bored bar, she said him. He called 30 a small party. married the same day as LILA HOTALING figure, like a Tonogra figurine, for shoulders.

afterward. Not that she wasn't and DEREK DL168. Lüx expects to live in

Lila was in her element. She luxury, while Gypsy intends to run, with nothing.

"That's a darling,"Lila ap fond of Gypsy. She was. "But called greetings to half a dozen her job, teaching in a settlement school. The bracelet was of flawless proved him softly, having made we must have them over here," she people in the foyer as she passed

After returning from her bonermonn in

wero saphor point. "Run along and dress had decided. "They just can't do through, Derek felt Europa Lile Invites the Weaven to dinner, workmanship. There Among the

wealthy "MARKO phires in ́ It and diamonds of the Marke Insisted on having dinner any entertaining in that little box twitching in his chock. Well, BROUGHTON, Whe once ked spy first, water, On Lila's chaise at a ridiculous hour-five o'clock of an apartment. It's absurd marry him. He showers her with attentiumi

to after a drink or two he wouldn't which she secrets bersue the in estous of longue In the cherry and whits but I suppose one must do, mad try."

mind the racket so much. That Tom's interest 10 BILDA BLANCHARD.

Derek had opened his mouth to was one comfort, After the party Ten-and firmy uaffet, but com upstairs lay supple fur things on Christmas day." peace la inter eratored,

wrap, another gift from Derek. Derek went upstairs on laggard protest but had stopped, just in Is host greeted him. Marko Quzanlike, Lalu accepted all this as feet. This, he told himself rather time. He was learning things was in high feather. He was her just due.

drearily, wasn't Christmas. Why, about Lila. She hated to be disbubbling with galety. Had Derek Derek sald, "I wish we could as a kid, back home in Vermont, he agreed with. Not that she hadn't seen the tros7. Ab, he hadn't? have dinner here, all by ourselves, had loved all the panoply of the a wonderful disposition, sald Derek But he must-at once, Someone by the fire. I wish we needn't... season: the tree, smelling spicy loyally, but she was just spirited take Mr. Bliss to the dining room. Lila frankly stared. "What? and tantalizing; the carols in welco imperious... Rather nervous, Lils, whispered Marko in the Not go to Marko's? Ridiculous!" snow; the candle-lighted windows. these days. Herather younger man's ear, had chosen the Lila held her white arm out and i "I know." Derek set his jaw.everything about it. He had thought she smoked too much, decorations for him. Charming! Derek slipped the bracelet over "Isn't it? But that's what I wish, oven (he smiled to think of it now) though he didn't like to auggest Everyone admired them so, it. He turned her hand upward just the same. Let's call him liked to go to church on Christmas that.

Derek In the wake of a blond and kissed the palm.

up

Iday. The little old meeting house He had worked himself into a youth he remembered seeing In "It suits you, Loveliness," he She interruped him, horror-(bad had a special holiday odour, more cheerful frame of mind by Marko's private office the week be

struck. "Derek Blius, you'll do compounded of fir boughs and the time he'd Anished shaving. A fore, found the tree no familiar af- Liin smiled. All her life she had nothing of the sort. Offend Biar resin and woodsmoke, Well, no glance out of the high windows fair of laden fr boughs and tinsel, been smiling sweetly when people ko! He's expecting us. Besides, one he knew nowadays went to assured him of the fact that it was but on artificial one, a modernistic talked to her like that. It was like 121 be fun. I'm looking forward church. On Christmas they beanowing again, Good enough tree in silver, all angles. Blue the breeze blowing or the sun shin- to it. I got that new cream lace haved much the same as any other That, at any rate, insured the Kris sturs appeared at intervals in its ing. She expected it. It was part at Sylvin's just to wear to-day."

day of the year. They had cock Kringle touch. Derek slipped into travestied branches.

Derek star tails, told the same old jokes. his waistcoat, whistling softly, cul, but there was no admiration In This time next year, maybe, they'd his eyes. Was this Lila's idea of a "It's a deadly life. I hate it," have a child to celebrate Christmas Christmas tree? Almost he, shud- grumbled the young man to him with them. Or if not next Christ-dered, but remembered himself in self, shaving before the crystal mas, why the following one, then.time. mirror in his modernistic dressing | A pity Llla wasn't more enthusias "Clever, isnt it?" room. And yet he know, in his tic about kids. But of course she He recalled himself, and nodded heart of hearts, that he would go would be-all that would be to the youth beside him, on with it. There was nothing changed when she'd had one of her else to do. Lila-bless her heart own.

told her.

The evening wore on. Dinner, a many-coursed affair, was served.

for an angel and a beauty!--was Lila was beautiful in the soft toyed with, ended. Derek noticed used to thin sort of existence,

brown fur. What a lucky chap he plate after plate carried away un "I bet those Weaver kids are was to have her! He'd been a fool touched. The glasses were filed having fun." he told himself, with to think he could keep her all to and emptied. The red roses droop a gleam of humour. I bet they've himself this afternoon. She wased in their silver vises.

Down the got a toy tree with silver balls and far too lovely to stay hidden. table, Lin gleamed like a pearl. all the rest of it." He liked Gypay.

Derek could hear her laughter.

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He thought her "x good sport." The party at Marko's was in fall Well, it was a good thing, he Tom scemed + nice chap, too. swing when they arrived. Marko thought savagely, that one of them What a game they had made of the haul the entire top floor of an was enjoying the evening. Tho little supper at their house that exelusive apartment hotel In the wine only deepened his depression. Sunday night! He had thorough-¦east sixtics. A man servant with Marko was taking them all to a ly enjoyed himself. La hadn't, an impassive face let them in. Horevue, one of the gayest, That though. Funny how women were was a new one. Derek had never Derek and Llla had seen it more about the social racket. Now, he'd seen him before. The noise struck than once-three times, in fact-- been brought up very simply, him like a blow, when the door did not matter. The party filed himself. His father had been the swung inward. Noise of radio down the aisle after the second act village doctor and there had been music, of heightened human voices, had opened, occasioning much "ssh- no frills about his boyhood. Lita of slipping feet. People were ing and craning of necks among was, different. She wasn't content dancing. Marko had a crowd, as the rest of the audience. Derek onless she had real knee on the usual No mere eight or ten per (Continued on Page 11.).

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