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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, JUNE 1934.

8,

by MABEL

MCELLIOTT

Married Flirts

BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

GYFRY MORELL and TOM WEAVER married the same slay as LILA HUTALIS

isury, while typey intends to go on with her

And DEREK ALISS. Lila experta to ve L

hypermoen In

Job, teaching in a settlement.

After returning from m Europe Lila naks the Weavers to luner. Among the gut la BROUGHTON,

SPICE

asked Gylsy to

and the doctor

tion and Tim in jumborum.

Houghton offer. Ser Job on Saturday cataloguing his Mary and Gypsy sccepts without telling Tum. Just wheels! the work the le fakt

baby. Tom Inplate her she is doinst Grory is happy keeping house until comes back from winter F Phords and aske

she must give to her jot; at the settiment

on

•

the peas, hailug herself for the, Chere, for those wise enough to ened around them. Birds sang colour. What was it Marko had in the bushes and a salt breeze suld to her the other night; snobbish impulse that prompted find it.

Gypsy told her friend something blow off the Sound and still Lila "You're like some wild bird

bird of paradise, flashing by." the geature but unable to prevent!

of the stress of the past months; stayed on.

weakness and feeling of

Gypsy asked about Derek and it Marko sald things like that, made herself from doing it.

Prenently the clack of high her

She the flagstone misery, the heat of town, their seemed to her that his young wife you feel young, precious, Infinitely said abruptly, fan't ho, heels sounded wealthy MARKU Walk and Gypsy rone to greet her release when Tom had found this answered hastily and almost cold-desirable.

place. La laid her long, slim-ly, that she turned her eyes fleet-"Marko's wonderful,

Gypay? I wonder you over had marry him. He showers Gypsy with atte Visitor. Her eyes widened,

"Lil, my dear! Bowover did fingered hand on her check and ingly away,

looked at the younger girl with the udled most unconvincingly.

"He's all right. He's splendid,the courage to refuse him."

Gypsy looked up, surprised. you find me?"

Her caller was exquisite in wide, serious, concerned eyes.

"But my dear, why didn't you What was tho matter with Derek

"Why, yes, I suppose he is. But Her voico trall- white-simple and perfectly made

marriage with resentment. He was always od away, her eyes were on the rock of dull crepe with a little let me know? You might have there days, Lila asked herself jacket, white hut atilt on her shin- come to us."

You glossy follage of the Claudius Now she was more like the old tired, taciturn, reserved.

Pernet rose bush just under the ber to luncheon. Gyper realises her clothes ing golden waves,

"1 rang up your apartment and playmate Gypsy had played sand grow tired of playing up to

Marriage Lila was tag with on the beach in Maine man's moods. She, herself, didn't living room window. new whakby In comparison with Llia.

She had believe in it. Men ought to real-with Marko Broughton! Out of Summery in the New York partient in the operator told me." hard on flyer. Then a friend who lives on

glancing about her with apprais-so many happy summers. Istand krane the Weavers his home Long

ing eyes, taking it all in, the for the moment dropped her air ze her father always had that the question, her rebelilovs heart pleasant, rather shabby garden, of boredom and artificiality and the woman, the wife, was the Im-said: Marriage meant Tom and with no pretension about it. Just was simply another girl, sympathe portant cog in domestic affairs. shared simple meals and apricots

She was the one

bo petted, in a green bowl. a tangle of old-fashioned flowers tic, sincere and loving.

"Why, Gypsy laughed aloud at the ple- amused, made happy. It was the

I couldn't have married and overgrown shrubs. the little blue-roofed houso for

Gypsy cleared a space for her on ture of herself, in her old ging- man's business to make two weeks now and fe had taken un a different huc. Was it possible, the swing, pushing books, veget- hams and dimities, among Lila's money as possible, to surround his Marko," Gypsy said wonderingly, Gypsy thought, awakening in her alles and bowl aside. "But how Southampton crowd. "You're aw-wife with lovely things, give her What was Lila thinking of?

Lila shrugged her shoulders. It narrow green bed, looking out at nice to see you," she said. "I've fully kind," she said, "It's sweet the setting she deserved.

She wasn't like Gypsy, to be was none of her business, after the Interlocking branches of apple been wondering where you were of you to say that, but I didn't!

want to leave Tom, anyhow."

contented with a hearth and blue all. trees just beyond her window, was and what you were doing."

"Hilda Blanchard often aprons and a rickety little car. it possible that 11 days ago she

(Continued on Page 5.) The heat of the afternoon deep-¡She had to have life, movement, had been poascased by a very mad- ness of despair and sickness? The

CHAPTER XX

They had been established

air of this place renewed She sang about her work

.in

her.

Lila was thin, petulant, restless. Her eyes roved, her conversation

was gay and morbid by turns. How Things were duil, she and. Every- Everything was fan-marketing body had gone abroad. There was in the little car, bolling fat to absolutely nothing to do. Through stera until they were scarlet, her discourse wave the thread of steaming clams for Tom's dinner discontent, although he happen- stringing beans in the deep-cushings she sketched sounded, to ioned swing in the garden.

Gypsy's simple, soul, dazzling

Mr. McKinnon's small house enough. The garden party at the

paradise to her Tewksburys. the scemed very

fete at the *.uftor

the cramping walls of the Chisholms, the bathing, tea-ing. Was the flat. The brass kettles twinkled. the water sang a little tune of its dancing existence tant

in- own as it splashed into the dish of Lila's daily round.

"My dear!" she murmured pan, beds were made to the aе-

dulgently. "You have no idea-| of robins and

Iden how companiment

you simply have no

A

thrushes. Roses bloomed in the dendly it is. Sometimes I think douryard and peonios and mock ran away to Majorca, to Ball,

doesn't i screen for the or some place where <245 orange mate kitchen garten. Could life behave to see people different?

Now i was Gypsy's turn to be Yes, it was a new Gypsy who amused. moved about the bare, neat little) "I hear those places are crowd- rooms. Sometimes in the evenlagdjed, too.' sho anid with a pleasant it was cool enough to have a filang. Τυ distract Ltia, she lighted on the hearth and neigh offered a promise of tea. She had bours dropped in. friendly people bought some little cakes in the who lived down the road and village that morning, pink and wanted to share their largesse of white ones, looking like cakes for she flowers and advice with the new- children's party. These

it

comers.

affered her caller on a tin tray with painted green, with the ice clinking sewed delightfully in the amber glasses. and read, all with a full and happy! "This is nice,'

feg Lllu offered, heart. Life Was glorious and laying aside her gloves, her expen-

Gypsy Alled the Vasex flowers. She dusted and

complete.

sive-looking has, to accept

She

the One afternoon she was sitting plate Gypsy offered. "You're s in the garden swing, shelling pets very comfortable sort of person, into a wooden bowl, happily plan-do you know that, my dear? ning a dinner of chops and salad There's Homething about this and custard, when she heard the garden, simple as it is...-" purr of an expensive motor in the did not finish the sentence, but drive. She looked up hastily to Gypsy knew what she meant. see an expensively aliod and stock indeed the peace and simplicity inged foot emerge from the ton of the place laid coul hands upon netu, and threw her apron over you. There was a sort of magic

And

to

as much

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