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„THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. -MONDAY, JULY 23, 1934.

SOPHIE KERR'S LATEST SUCCESS IN ROMANTIC PROBLEM FICTION

STAY OUT OF MY LIFE!”

BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

town of Harburg JANK TERRY, the preiti.

beart.

When HOWARD JACKSON, young Roskey profenior, ocques to the small middle-western est girl in town,, determines to wiki Hb Howard in sitracind by Jane's friend, Amy LOWE, but Jane schemes to ked them apart, Then one wrening Howard call on Amy and Tater that, nicht dans confronts Howard stal accuses Plus of breakfax her heart When he tries to exim hat abe Interpreta il words déclaration of lorg and announces their engageratat.

A day later Howard trying to explain to Amy, what happened when Jane area them together. She flew into a rage, foward tells Jane he drew no, and never did want marry her and that it is Amy 'he loves. Jane leaves. Any admits her love for Howard and agrees to marry him,

almost immediately they fall in love.

Jana zone to New York and enrolla in keretarial school, Meanwhile Jłowni and

were

{cause It's a job. My belief and ex-jup, her dashing good looks flying ston of your own hands' and brain, the notebooks and pencila

perlence have always been that you banners, struck his fancy instantly, she concluded triumphantly, with-concealed, Jooked at the pencil's can't be successful unless you love Hits inst secretary had been faded out the last recollection that she point and came over to Mr. Kan- your work and go to it every day and acquiescent, afraid of her had stolen that speech entirely del's side. "Go ahead,” she said. glad that it's the thing you've got shadow. However, she had also from Miss Jardine.

Kandel, "You've got the idea. You're hired."

They wont ahead. With various Interruptions of telephones and visitors from within and without the office, they did 80 lottera. "Oh no, I'm not," said Jane. "I don't know yet what the salary is mostly quite short, a foy long and complicated, Jane enjoyed the test, Thirty dollars to start. More enjoyed the side glances from the in a year if you make good on men who came in, enjoyed taking that handa and brain stuft."

"No, that's not enough for me." up the phone and anying, gently

and charmingly, "Mr. Kandel's sec "But you don't know anything retary speaking. Who is it, please? about the real estate business. That Just a moment, I'll 800 Mr. Kan- woman over at the school told me ders in." If Kandel nodded no, so, You've got a lot to learn at my her tone was impersonally regret- ful. "I'm sorry, he isn't here just

to do. You have a little money of been competent. Bir. Kandel was "Well, by gad!" exclaimed Mr. your own, and there's no one de- not so taken with Jane's air that [pendent on you, you tell me, so you he lost sight of the need of com-

needn't stick to anything that petence, doesn't suit you. I want you to remember every word I'm saying and Jane answered them almost He naked the usual questions and act on it." Miss Jardine made offhand. Yes, she could type. Yes, her speech of counsel with an nu-jahe could take letters at any speed. thority which impressed Jane. Sho Cortainly she could write them asked what was, for her, a very without dictations given the gist, humble question.

She could file, she could-suddenly "Miss Jardine, do you honestly she came alive to the situation, Anly be the date for their wedding in June. believe I can get this job and do grasped the force and intensity of

CHAPTER IX

ognized in her some of his own characteristics. Now she know she "It's a great oppor.unity," sail

wanted to work for him, that he Miss Jardine, "even if it lon't

could command her loyally and ald exactly what you want.

and her blind ambition. "All of those things you've asked me," she said, Interrupting him, "they're the usual secretary's stuff. Anyone can do them. You certainly require much more than that."

"As for instance?” asked

Ished here--"

"I've practically finished." Jane reminded her, "and I've done the whole course in a little less than eight months"

things-in business-like a man?" the man before her even as he rec- expona wau'd better make it worth now. May I take a message?"

"I honestly believe that you can and that you willl-unless

"Unless what?" "Unless you get yourself mixed up in

sentimental mess. That's where the average business woman loses out."

Some

my while to learn it.”

Mr. Kandel whistled "What do you want ?" he asked.

"Forty dollars to start and a $10 raise at the end of a year if I'm worth It.”

a tall young man stuck his head in When they were nearly through

the Three Sixteen matter straight- at the door and said: "We've got ened out

•

I'm more flattered than I can say that they've asked me to send someone. In those big organizations there's unu-

"What do you mean, exactly 7′′

Mr. Kandel settled himself for

As he entered Kandel jocosely in- ally someone right in line to be

the pleasure of a dicker, with the troduced him: "This is Mr. Thorpe, moved up when a vacancy like this

"I mean unless you have a love occurs." She looked at Jane affair that distracts

double purpose of finding out head of Rental and Management. you from

Mr. whether the girl knew how to bar. If you ever want to rent an apart- thoughtfully, and went on: "Of

gain, and of saving himself a third ment, apply to him. This Is Miss course, you may not get it. Mr your work and makes you unre- Kandel, still more interested.

Hable and trifling, and inefficient, sending you won't guarantee that. If I were going to advise you about handle people whom you don't want predecessor. By dickering and by still, Miss Torry I want to go on,

"You want someone who can of the salary he had paid her Terry, my now secretary, Roger, and a live wire, belleve me. Sit They may have a dozen other girls that, I'd say and this may seem to ace, but also don't want to an-saving Mr. Kandel had largely for Jane had started back to the applying. Then there's the diffraw and cynical, but it's sound-tagonize. You want

Bomoona to made his great financial success. culty that you haven't quito an-if you do fall in love, either marry supplement, your memory, to save But Jane, in his own phrase, ant secretary's desk.

the man and quit business alto-you time and effort and labour, re up to him. He was to her no more So she waited and listened, and gether, or take him for a lover in lieve you of detall. You want thun Mrs. Berwyn trying to buy as he listened she looked at Roger exactly the same way that the aver-you want another pair of hands and for half-price the left-overs of the Thorpe, who was quite worth her age man takes a mistress. I mean another brain that will be, as far china booth of the annual Marburg be an apartment house which had attention. Three-Sixteen seemed to that let him care more for you ax It's humanly possible, an exten-Hospital bazaar. At the end of an been having a series of mysterious than you do for him, so when it by

exhilarating 20 minutes they came troubles. Thorpe had at last traced comes time to quit you'll get out

to an agreement, somewhat above these to the superintendent, of it without a broken heart and a

bia Intention. Bir. Kandel was to lot of hateful memories."

"The man's insane, a sort of re- pay $37.50

a week for six months. ligious manta," said Thorpe. "He's Then If satisfactory Jane would re-been working up a grudge against calve $40 and a $5 talse each olx the families that dance and play months after that until she had cards and entertain and lead what reached a maximum of $60.

"And by that time," said Mr. Kandel, "you'll probably own this business and I'll be out on strest panhandling for a cup of the coffee. When can you start?" "Now, if you want me." "There's your desk. Hunt up a notebook and pencil and we'll get going."**

"Oh, you've worked marvellously They said there was no use sending anyone who wasn't exceptional. Kandel's is the livest real estate Arm in the city, even if it isn't the biggest but you don't even know the real estate vocabulary.","

"There's no danger of me falling in love, ar marrying. I'm all through with that sort of thing. forever."

"At your

Miss Jardine smiled.

"It ought to be easy anough to learn." Mise Jardine's reluctance whetted Jane's desire, as Missage that statement's a joke. How- Jardine intended it to do.

ever, it's better than longing for "I suppose there'd be no harm la romance and I'll do you the credit letting them look you over." mused of believing that you aren't look. Alins Jariine. "If you don't agreeing for a job merely as a raft to -well, I could send either Laura flout you into matrimony. Now Cates or Peggy_Meredith."

you dash along over to the Kande) know what

"If they don't take me they're Buliding and let me not likely to want either of them happens." She calls after Juni I believe I can got it. When am "It' a nice Christmas present

I to KO over there?"

to yourself to land, this job or did Now that Jane was eager for the you intend to go home for Christ- job Miss Jardine became a Mttlemas?"

aorious. "I want to talk to you "Whether and it or not, I'm first. You're young. You're only not geing home".

starting. If you get it, this will be Go home! Something of her first your first job and a first job often robellion and fury came back to sets the trend of one's whole buai- Jane 48 she thought of that.

·ness existence, You must look it Whether she got the job or not, over carefully, from

every possif she were starving. If she were ble angle, and make up your mind dying and could only live by going whether or not it's the right line home, she wouldn't go. She came for you. Don't be one of these into the Kandel offices with her women who simply work for the colour flaming, her eyes deflant, and week's salary and never took bespoke to the important youth in yond their noses. New, after you're the reception room so peremptorily there a while and know the ropes that he leaped to announce her. maybe you'll discover that you And she entered. Mr. Ovid Kandel's haven't any flair for real estate. presence far more like Queca Vask Maybe you won't like it. Maybe at her height than an anxious you'll be dumb about it, though applicant for a plum of a job. Mr. don't think that. But if it doesn't Kandel was unaccustomed to such suit you, if it doesn't work out so an approach and it interested him. that you like it, and want to go Course and cold, greedy and pow on with it, you must drop it, cut erful, concentrated none too rerupu- it off clean and dry and try some-lously on succcas, he could appre- thing else now while you're young, cinte the same qualities in others Don't drift along on a job just bo and Jane, coming In with her hand

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Jane put her coat and hat on the chair nearest the desk, opened by instinct the exact drawer where

That explains why the heat failed he calls sinful lives, d'you see? in some of them, and the queer Mies Borstell's pantry and noises on the roof, and the ruts in the plumbing trouble in the fifth and sixth floors,"

that himself, said he couldn't un- "Good Lord, Johnson reported all derstand it !!

was here he said something about, "Yes, but the other day when he

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