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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JULY

1094.

SOPHIE KERR'S LATEST SUCCESS IN ROMANTIC PROBLEM FICTION

"STAY OUT OF MY LIFE!"

BRUÍN, HERE TO-DAY.. When HOWARD JACKSON, young .kry profresox, comes to the small middle- western town of Marburg JANE TEBY, the prettiest girl in town, determine to win warti le attracted by Jane's friend. AMY LOWE, but Jane schemes to keep them apart. Then one evening Howard Gulon AMY and aimet Immediately they fail Inte

heart.

Later timt night Jane confronts Howard and accuse ho of breaking her, hames, When be tries to calm her she interprete him

words as a declaration of love and announe

their engagement.

THARTY ber and that it la Amy he foren. Jane Brave Amy mite her love Złoward and sixrees to marry him,

CHAPTER VI

oyen out, and now you've come with the story that you weren't engaged to Jane of your own free will, that the cooked it up in hot imagina- tion. What I can't understand is Why did you let her tell all her friends that you were engaged and now, two days inter, renege on it"

embarrass didn't want to

be with Jane wore made, wero in sisted on by: Jane herself, and not of my asking."

I

Isn't there anything I can do?"

"Young people falling in and out of love always make a disturbance, as far as I've observed. And there'n nothing you can do. I hope you'll

come and see me sometimes. You're a nice boy, Howard, and I like you. don't like very many young people. They have such tiresome set ideas,

done, my duty by her, I'll main-¡Lurbed."

"You don't need to worry about tain that to anybody in the world, but she doesn't love me-and heaven that. Jane will make up a bettor "In other words," said Miss Rosa, forgive me, though I've tried, in-story than you or Amy could in a very nastly, "Jane ran after you." diced I have, I don't love her much, year. And she declares she's going "In other words, she certainly either. I know she ran after' you, away and if I can arrango it, I'm. did."

but I did think, I really did, that going to let har. She's in that raw, "Well," said Miss Rosa, glaringly, you were falling in love with her." state now where everything famil- "I never expected to hear any "Miss Ross, please! I feel like a far will only irritate her more, but Howard's backbone stiffened, man say auch a thing about a girl!scum!"

if tho sees new things and now, Jane told it without my knowledge. In my young days men were horse.

people who can pretend what she' A day Inter Howard le trying to explain She was excited and unreasonable whipped for less."

Mias Rosa dried her eyes and ilkes and it will divert. her and in Amy what happened when Jane sees them

"Nevertheless," anid Howard, "it straightened: "When she came in,ense her down," together. She is into a rage. Howard on Faiday night and mistook my

He stood up to go. "I can't tell Jane he does not and never did want to trying to quiet her for well, for la so. But I certainly hadn't the she blamed us--she said, it was

furt proposal. Then in the morning conceit to imagine that Jane took my fault, it was your fault, it was you how sorry I am, and how I am Amy's fault. it was everybody's ashamed of all this disturbance, she telephoned to everyone she any serious interest in me. know without saying anything to a complete stranger here, as you fault but her own-I couldn't tell me. I did not ask Jane to marry know, and I had no friends except her ao, sho was too hurt, and no- me, I never thought of it. When you and Jane. You were very kind body young ever reasons about feel- After Howard had gone Amy I found that she'd told I didn't to me, you yourself told me that ings while they're feeling them went back to the organ, and let Schubert's "Rosamunde sing her know what to do. I certainly I was your kin, that I was always She cares about you, she really

or welcome in your house. I am sorry does, Howard." strange and compelling Joy. But humiliate her or you. I had do that I misunderstood you. I am Miss Rosa-I can't think so, she could not stop remembering Jane, Jane stumbling away alone in cided to go away and let the whole more than sorry for what has hap- and I'm not saying that to escape

pened. I know that I should have my own responsibility." the sunlight that flickered through affair die out naturally."

"Then this morning she found been franker with Jane at first, and Miss Rosa was recovering her and whenever they learn something the clms. "If there was anything

you making love to Amy."

that I shouldn't have come here so control: "I'm afraid I said some they think it's new to the whole I could do to make it up to her,"

"She found me talking to Amy much, or taken her out so ofton." sharp things to you, Howard, but I world, and that's pretty boring. she thought "Anything! I'm so

and the truth came out. Miss Rosa, Then he saw that Miss Roan's didn't mean them, exactly, they But I do like you. All this is un- sorry for her and she'd hate that. It is Amy I care about. It is Amy eyes were full of tears and that were just the conventional reaction. fortunate, but like everything else. Sho'll never forgive me. What will

chin was trembling. We'll both have to forget them. It'll pass. I'll let you know what I say to her when I see her? What I want to marry, if she'll have me ber plump

He tried to be "Oh, Howard," she quavered, Your instinct is right, Amy'll make happens.

After he had gono Miss Rosa nat can i say!" There seemed to be after all this mess."

cool, but he wanted to add. "I"Jnne's so difficult! She's always a much better wife for you than Three years before, for Jane's wouldn't marry Jane if she was the been difficult! I thought you liked Jane, in fact I'm not sure but that still for a few minutes looking, for all the gravity in her face, very birthday, she had made up a little only girl on earth, and that's flat," her? I thought she might be happy she's much too good for you"

with you! Somebody of her very

"I know she is," he admitted much like a piece of her own well- song without words, using for the but he managed not to say it,

"Why in the world did you pay own, you know. She has no parents humbly. "Mias Rosa. If there's kept overstuffed furniture. Now motif the lotters corresponding to Jane's name

Beale, Bbao much attention to Jane,. If you and, try as I might, she never has anything I can do,, if you'd like mo she must tackle Jane and she felt In the

wanted Amy 7"

been really close to me. She's a to ko away, I'll gladly do it. Amy loath to begin. At last, with the played it now, a plen for pardon,

"It sounds very cheap and alur-strange girl, so clever in some thought. If nothing was known courage of a scasoned whist player for understanding, and it made her want to cry for the lost friendship. ring to say so, but if you will think ways, but always restless, never about her and me, for a while, it when dealt the poorest cards and

about it, I believe you'll remember satisfied. There's an

unstable would be easier for Jaue, she partnered by stupidity, she began She had always defended and

(Continued on Page 10.) championed Jane, she had insisted on Jane's latent abilities. Jane was strange, Jane was solitary, Jano was imperious and selfish and pa tronizing, but Amy knew that she was the human creature closest and dearest to Jane and she felt the responsibility of this Affection. And now she had been the one to kurt Jane su terribly. She and Howard.

no answer.

Her thoughts had come back to Howard and she began to wonder why she was so sure that she loved him, that she would never love any- one else. How had she known, how had they both known! But sho could not tell! Presently she closed the organ and went home, taking a way that would not lend her past the Terry bouse. She could not see Jane again, not that day.

Howard, in Miss Rosa's polished parlour, was feeling very much iko a delinquent student before a large severe dean. Mias Rosa had not been surprised at his story, but she had not made it easy for him to. tell it,

"Jane runs in hero liko n wild thing and raves around saying that you've boen making love to Amy behind her back, and locks herself In her room, presumably to cry her

that most of my opportunities to streak in her somewhere. I've wouldn't be questioned or dis-

"

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