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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH:

Married Flirts

CHAPTER XLI

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home early;

JESDAY, JULY 3, 1934.

by MABEL

MCELLIOTT

"Yes, but Tom..

He

The story bumbled out. Gypsy

hated himself for going on like (Continued on Page 10.)

told most of it, tearing at her thin ing over the face of the runners, liked him better than she did at thing unintelligible to her escort.

"Lord, you'd think the fool would handkerchief. Tom gos grimmer Someone said, "Give her a drink, that moment. He seemed a very The summer night wis deadly

tower af strength.

have sense enough to go home and grimmer as it progressed. So somebody. She needs it. still. Heat lightning flashed some- Then she saw Davies holding a He came toward them swiftly now, "Tom thought grimly. He this was the sort of mess they'd where, far off to the north, and bottle of smelling salts to Lila's and said something in a low tone went out into the hall, caught at got themselves Into, was it? Indoors the clink of crystal could

faint a disadvantago after his sojourn "It will look fine in the papera faintly be heard, mingled with the nostrils. One of the pretty young to Lila. She uttered one sound of Light, Careless voices, women fainted dead away and had shriek and buried her face in her in the dark. Blinking like an owl, to-morrow, won't it?" he asked wadded, handkerchief. Davies led he thought. Gypsy said, "Oh, dar coldly. Gypsy's eyes flew to his Gypsy atood alone on the parapet, to be carried out.

ling!" in what he considered almost face. Why was he taking it this her apricot gown Hoating around "It's got to be kept out of the her from the rooni.

Hunt Inced the others. ile hit an indecently emotional voloc, but way--he could see her asking her- lier, her face ashon in the dimnese, papers," Lila was saying over and

Derek," she whispered faintly. over, with deadly precision. As if the parapet three storeys below," he did not respond; he felt himself self the question..

He lighted a cigarette with "Dorok!" She fella gnawing thought Gypsy with scorn, as if he told them gravely. He's alive aloof: He saw the fellow looking

now! Everyone but they think his back ist him oddly and he nodded, feel fingers that shook a little. nausea at the pit of her stomach. that mattered

Ing ke a wooden man, stiff and

"You shouldn't have gone in the She was desperately afraid she was Marko went out with the other

would know what had happened. broken,

Inhuman.

first place." he said uglily, "You going to faint. And she continued

he heard know I've been against that cou- If there is anything more irrita-"She's had a shock,' to stand, as if rooted to the spot, men; all the women were left alone. frozen into a dreadful Immobility. It was horrible. No one knew ting than a man's discovery, on the other man any.

The muscles of Tom's mouth nection from the start. We don't Perhaps not 30 seconds had what to say or to do. Derek-avoiding the very jaws of tempta

It. passed, although to her these see Gypsy simply could not let herself tion and rushing home to his wife, stretched themselves in what he belong in that crowd. You knew believe this had happened to that the latter is nowhere to be hoped was a sarcastic smile. "Oh, onda ticked past like hours, before Derek, with his strong, supple body found, I cannot think of it at the has she? he asked. What was He couldn't stop himself. Hunt's tall form was silhouetted and his crooked, faun-like smile.moment. Toni Weaver felt deeld. this all about and why didn't thei against the fight and Hunt's agree why, lean than two years ago ho edly silly, distinctly priggish and chap go off and leave them? able voice anld carelessly. "How'red Lila had made all sorts of pre- finally, bitterly angry. Gypsy had tricks, you twol"

"You two!" With the words posterous vows to each other: to said she would be Gypay's immobility cracked and she love, to cherish, to honour. What she had seemed genuinely to mean rushed toward him as to a saviour, did it all mean? Was fidelity, it. Here it was past midnight and

after all, such an unimportant she had not appeared. thing as people seemed to think) Tom didn't ke it: He prided Bowadays? And had Derek por- himself on his modern attitude, shed because he had believed in especially toward his wife. She 187

WER G free agent, wasn't she? Every time the elevator door The days of the possessive husband changed they all turned their eyes were gone forever-and yet-and fearfully in its direction. The yet sultry tension grew and deepened. The telephone rang and he an- "Come along 1" He had her hand "I'm afraid I'm going to scream,"swered it in a cold, dispassionate In his and they were in the candle the girl in the re-blue confided to voice. It was Gypsy and she was lighted room again and he was Gypsy. "Somebody give me п excited. Her voice sounded 08 speaking, briefly, quietly. An acelgarette, for heaven's sake." though she had been crying. This cident, he said. If someone would "Ghastly affair, simply ghastly, made Tom angrier than ever. come with him...

whispered another. She looked Fine goings on. His wife off- Lila had risen. Her fave was nixolutely shattered, but she kept heaven know where with another chalk white above the black shadow renewing her complexion with fin-man. upset by something. He of her gown. Marko's pearls lay

couldn't hear half she said but he "Why doesn't somebody do some- gathered she was on her way hume. "I was afraid of this..." she thing?" Lila interrupted fretful- He scarcely answered her. The said In

monotone. "I was ly. "Where's Marko, Why did coldly. bitterly stubborn mood afraid

Marko have to run off and leave which visited him infrequently was like that? Where in everybody? shutting down upon him.

At length there were steps in could do nothing to conquer it. the hall and the women looked

He stalked into the bedroom, gratefully, hopefully at Hunt as he stared down at the sleeping baby.

hysteria in her voice.

Hunt

Hunt-Hunt, he's--gone!" "Bisa? Why, ke looked around quickly. My God,

you mean he's...

Ho could not go on.

He went to the rally looked over. Gypsy flung ber hands over her eyes.

on her throat.

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gers that shook a little.

He

Chairs were pushed, buck, voices gabble. Gypsy noticed dully that someone had overturned a glass of wine'und that the stain was spread-came in. Gypsy felt she had never (But the utter dependence and

abandon of the curled small figure fld not serve to dispel his gloomy temper. Although he knew it was not true, he told himself that Gypsy was neglecting the boy. She had no business rushing, around as she did these days..

Presently he heard hor key

but he did not move. He continued to stand there, in the half light,1 Bulking. But his ears wert alert, He heard the swish, of her drape- ries, the click of another lamp and Gypsy's half hysterical laugh which ended in a sob. She said some-

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