1934-06-05 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1934.

by MABEL.

Married Flirts LUOTT

McELLIOTT

DRGIN HERE TO-DAY

| needed the money, They ought to dismiss her. Dinah was, at best,| A new cleaning woman, a bis wonder," UYPSY MORELI, and TOM WEAYER as he suving heaps, right now, to pay a slovenly handmaiden. She silent, strong-armed Swede named married the pazne day as LILA HOTALING for Master Baby's arrival.

brushed the middle of the room and Elan, enine weekly, scrubbed, played backgammon or did jig-saw Together, on raw ovenings, they Dittle experts in Uve s Juxury hile lypsy intrufs to go ep with.

Tom said, very well, they'd do lat the corners go.

washed, swept and went away puzzles or had friends in for her fab, teaching Si a mớitlement.

that. He'd cut down on elgavertez. So it was arranged that Gypsy's The pots were scoured until they bridge or talk. Helen Marr took After returnin from uneyaoon Europe Llla anks the Wenvera, dinner, He'd eat lunch at one of those Öa¤-] résignation to the settlement house khone and hang, twinkling, on their to dropping-In most informally. Amasian tl Kumte wenlihy MARKO armed places. They were fine was shortly tendered, and accepted hooks in the kitchen. The cur Broughton, who ante asked typay to marry everybody said so. He took out with the proper regrets. Both tains were starched and white, the Helen used to say, sighing a little..

"You two are so happy, honey," hil. He showeća Gypsy with attentions Pilk pencil and began to figure. So Helen Marr and Bancho Jordan fcors cleaned with wax. Gypsy declare it does me good to see Shopping for Christma, Gapag meta much lopped off here, 80 much came to ste lur, bringing Bowers, was completely mistress of you. Most everybody I know in

I let Dinah go," said the sing properly enthusiastic and } little kingdom now and loved it. the Village is carrying on-boys;

Tumbalutis, Broughton welts offers bar a job entúloseninge, l'a library. His meerpla, but does not tell Tom. The day all he didah, the work Oypey, i

on to leave home. The overhears Ter telephone conversation with Brosson is furious,

The doctor ardere Gypsy bed with

there..

in the green chair, speculatively, "and did my own cooking, we'd probably save heaps. She throws and tells her aha to going to live a turby.

out food, you know. And she's CHAPTER XVII

careless about light and gas and all that sort of thing." "You must give up your job al "You must have Dinah." Tom unce, of course,"

Tom had said looked up quickly. "You won't be masterfully after the first excite-able to do all that

worsanly and interested.

There was something about keep from home getting divorces or "So you're going to have a ing house that "got you," baby!" Helen Marr sighed. She She had not heard from Lila but you and Tom! I declare, if I taking other man's wives around- didn't really envy Gypay's state. since the day the latter had asked could find such a man, I'd marry She liked her freedom, her little her to go on

the southern trip him mygolf." apartment in Greenwich Village. From the society columns in the and the things she could do with daily papers she had, brief flashesedly, liking to hear Tom praised.

And Gypsy would laugh delight- her moderate salary, Stil-well, of Lila's triumphant pasange from there was something in this moth-party to party, February drifted erhood business, she said to her out in a graylah thaw and March So the early spring passed m ment, was over and they had come Gypsy interrupted him with self. Maybe she WAS missing came in, all raw blue skies and in April esme and there were one to a full realization of what the peal of laughter. "Tommy, what samething,

clement winds. But the sun was or two warm days to remind the news meant.

do you

think people used to do "And when la it to be?" Blanche warm, the radiators hlased in the city dwellers that summer was on Gypsy was going to have a baby! when they had babies? The plon-Jordan anubbed her cigarette out apartment living room, and Gypsy

the way. And now hata bloomel Well, it was wonderful, of course, our women, 1 mean? Why, they in the pewter ash tray,

did not envy her fortunate friend, in all the shops, and fur coats be and they were glad-were proud bake usual. They didn't have "Oh, not for ages. Not until Marko Broughton had been very gun to look shoddy, and asparagus and happy-but they had to plan dumb waiters and gas stoves and late in September," Gypsy smiled nice about the cataloguing job was sold in the markets, and even for the future. They had to save, vacuum cleaners and frozen foodsit them both, pouring ten out of Gypsy has insisted on returning, at daffodils and parcial appeared in to look ahead. This baby must They made clothes for the her pretty china pot. She was go- the end of her convalescence, to street vendors trays, have everything he needed. rest of the family and boiled (ing to miss them both, nhe told finish the work. Marko had met And Life came back!

Gypsy was recovering from her [batches of soap and move rugs in them, and the work, too,

her at the door, with outstretched Her high, clear voice came over attack of Influenza now. She had their spare Lime

She As the weeks passed she came to hands, all sympathy because of her the telephone early one morning been home definitely for two weeks, stopped, "quite-out of brenth. draw on her reserves of strength illness, Gypsy had taken the cheque that in, carly for Llia. 1t and was sitting, a little pate and

and courage. True, she did have he had offered, nithough she knew was half past nine and Gypsy had ahnky, but convalescent, in the bis "I know," "Tom said, quite un-moments of weakness and terror It represented more than her serv- just finished the breakfast dishes, chair Great Aunt Morell hnd an impressed by her arguments. when she wept in Tom's arms, de-feea were worth, because she had hund hung the bine checked ten to over from Morristown as soon as "at you're not a ploneer woman cluring she was afraid of dying decided to put it aside against the she had heard the news. Great and you've got to be taken care women did die having bables, now- baby's coming.

"Darling" said Lila. "Where Aunt Marell hadn't given them ajof," He was frightened,

An she had planned, the house are you keeping yourself? I called The adays, in spite of modern science--- wedding present but when Gypsy a doctor had said Gypsy needed rest but usually she felt brave and hope- hold budget benefitted from her the house. 1 wanted you for mother had told her about the com--and care. Well, she was going ful and happy. Dinah vanished management. It was amazing how kunch. But the girl there cald ing child she had been moved to to have it. If it mennt doing with from the scene, as Gypsy had far you could make a dollar go you weren't working any more send them this big, rich and rather fout shoes.

planned, and the little rooms be these days. You shopped at the "I'm not." Gypsy told her sally. unwieldly affair upholstered in "I'll keep Dinah for a few weeks, came her very own, to keep sweet chain store. A bunch of carrots, "Well, but how nice! Come and green damask. It made all the until I min perfectly strong," Gypsy and clean as she wanted them to a loaf of bread, a pound of beef lunch with me at one. At the other furniture in the living room told him. "Then I let her gobe. She knew the sharp joy of for ragout. Two apples made Chatham. Not a party. Just the look unle and colourless. Gypsy You'll see what a splendid house-creating new and delfelous dishes, pudding. You saved the scraps of two of us.” anuggled into it, wrapped in her wife I enn be." Her eyes shore at of experimenting with a spoonful bread that Dinah threw out in her "I'd love to." Gypsy enid it rosy robe, and listened to Tom. the thought of it. Already that of mushrooms and scraps of left-lordly fashion and served breaded quickly, without thinking. But in First of all, I don't want you wobbly feeling in the morning was over chicken and half a cup of chops, soup croutons-other dean instant the realization that her travelling on subways.” Tom shid.leaving her.

rice, so that her young husband licious things. Tom never ceased wardrobe would hardly match the oracularly. "You might falni or She decided not to argue with looked up from his plate with sur-to marvel at her skill.

springtime griety of the smart something.

Tam about Dinal-to let things go || prise and delight, saying; "This is "You're a wonder," he would say restaurant swept over her. Oh, Gypsy proteated faintly. It was along as they were for a while and Just like the Rliz, darling. How When some particularly appetizing nonsense! She would wear her such' en work, she said, and they then, in a few weeks, quietly to do you do it?"

dish was served. "You're aimuly a (Continued on. Page 10-).

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