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THE HONGKONG ⠀⠀ TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1934.

SOPHIE KERR'S LATEST SUCCESS IN ROMANTIC PROBLEM FICTION

"STAY OUT OF MY LIFE!"

Howard's very neat.

return Wha

drawing And in that stuffy old

{house!"

She had been busy all day in the house, and had got the living

DEGIN TIEDE TO-DAY When KOWAND JACKSON, young blogy Denfemur,, comes to Marbara JANS TERRY, she prettiest girl in town, determines to win his heart. Howard, however, fall to love with AMY LOWE, Jane's best friend, Jane, Angered, tries to foros Howard Into no SHERE Cent and, when this site, letres for Na Torkil rearing aberta ochotno in becomes private secretary to the president of Roaparate company he male ROGER THORPE, head of the company's rental department, who shows her attentions. 80

She enroll secretarial and

their home in a vasrby town fur.

* Marberg and they return.

MISS ROBA TERRY, Japo'a aunt, comes to are AMY.

CHAPTER XII

Jane

Miss Roan said slowly, never made it up with you?".

"She's never written me except eno letter," Amy told her, "Just after she left.. I hoped she was having too good a time."

Amy became subtly aware that room in order and was walking Jans had known all the time slowly home with her sewing bag of her coming back to Marburg swinging on her arm when, as she and where she was going to live, turned the first corner, she saw also that Jane was enjoying the coming toward her a young woman contrast between her own appear.

fashionably dressed AS to ance and Amy's. But it didn'

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Booth entirely new era begun for women. Jane vehemently, "Tho reason I They're free to choose their work, came is because I intend to make to live their lives as they want to. hor give up my inheritance, so that Marriage is only one of many. I can do something on my own. possible, careers and one of the It's wicked for her to be mating- least desirable. A woman has ning that money when I could double right to bear children if she it, over and over again-but ahe avants to outside of marriage--"

doom't bellave A woman knows anything about business, anything "Amy felt far more at home with at all, the old idiot! I'm losing this Jane who ranted wild: Ideas, charice after chance" she quiet- "Oh stuff," she said. "Every child ed herself suddenly. She had not has the right to the protection of meant to tell anyone this. “And the ordinary civilized conventions. heavens," she said. "I must hurry A woman may do as she pleases back. Sho's going to have the law- about marrying, but she certainly yer came up. So nice to see you, shouldn't bring a child into the Amy, and your new house." world for its shame and dishonour. Amy caught her arm. "Jane." Children don't ask to be born. she cried, "don't go like this. I've They're helpicas."

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Dear Jane can't we be friends again?" But she knew it was useless to ask. Jane had turned to stone. Jane had not forgotten or forgiven.

Amy and Howard are married. They make be unfamiliar to Marburg and yet matter much for here was Jane Then Howard is hired to teach in the college-it was-it couldn't be, but it and they were walking and talk- ing together. And Jane was all "Jana!"* zla cried, "Oh-right-all right, only different- Jane!"

hard perhaps and ungettable, but For a flicker of a second she certainly not unhappy. wasn't sure that Jane was going Miss Rosa told me how won- to speak, but she did and put out derfully you've succeeded, Jane. her hand as to a stranger. "Oh She says you make heaps of money it's Amy" she said in a high and have an apartment and-look! clear voice without expression. -right in here. The work in the But Amy's welcome tumbled hall isn't quite finished, but the out: "But I'm so glad to see you. living room is, I did it to-day." Miss Rosa settled herself for When did you, come? Miss. Rosa Amy flung open the door. oration. “I reckon I was wrong told me the other day you never Jane hesitated: "Is there anyone about Jane, Amy, always thinking came back

Marburg Jane, there?" she asked and Amy knew she was lazy and conceited and dear-you look so stunning, you're that Jane was afraid Howard pig-headed and troublesome. Evi- simply gorgeous !"

might be there. She didn't want dontly all she needed was another Jane liked that. She had been to see Howard. She didn't wan't environment. She's doing very struggling with her own feelings.to say his name. So perhaps sho woll, very well, indeed. Works She had meant not to see Amy, or wasn't quite so splendid and care for a big real estate firm and spenk to her, but now that Amy free as she'd seemed at first. makes close to $50 a week, and had, as it were, seized her and "There's no one," said Amy, and against my better judgment she's was no open in her admiration, went in shead, Jane following. taken herself an apartment and fane was rather pleased. Besides "It's rather nice," said June, after has a maid. and gets along all Amy and on A gingham work a pause."A pity you haven't right. The head man-he's named dress that was neither new nor grasscloth on the walls instead of Kandol-seems to think lut of fresh. Jane could condescend. that paper.. I have a sort of nat- her ability. Jane's a real business "What are you doing yourself?" ural grasscloth in my apartment кетди. She doesn't write to me she asked. I just came down it makes wonderful background very often, but I keep tabs on her for the sight. Aunt Rova didn't for pictures, and it han an inter- a little, other ways. I feel I ought expect me. I came on business.]esting texture. I have silk. eur. to,"

Nobody told me you were intains, not scrim. And I've picked ""But doesn't she' ever come town."

up.some prints and etchings and home, or don't you go to Bec "But I'm going to live here some good old bits of brass and her?"

now, in Miss Kachel Booth's old copper." "She doesn't want me to Rhoune. I haven't moved in get. "It must be lovely," said Amy. there, and she won't come home, I've been working there all day "Do you live all alone or-tr though I've begged her. In her getting it straight. Oh, Jane.. Jane awing round at her sharp- vacations she goes travelling, if come back and look at it. It's go-ly. "Yes, I do. Of course I have you please. But I've settled ining to be sweet. I'd love you to my mald. But it's only the pro- my own mind that Jane's bound ace it.”

vincial mind that sees anything

to do what she wants to and the Jane walked along beside her, wrong in a self-supporting woman leas I cross her the better we get very straight, very elegant in her lying alone in these days." along. She's not like most girls, brown tailored suit, pake rose "I was only asking for informa- not in her heart, nor in her brain. crepe de chine blouse, her

thin tiou. It certainly never occurred and-It can't be helped. I never brown hat with pale pink. roses and to me that there should be any was much good at handling her, brown velvet bow. She raised her thing wrong about it, Jane. Don't and now that she's done so well eyebrows in pity. "You're going twist my words." for herself she's Independent of to live in Marburg, in this nwful!

Jane stormed on: "What no one me, in every way almost, and I hick place? How terrible for you. [here appreciates is that there's an won't break the very little thrend

that holds her to me if I can help

it. She's only za And that's pretty young. She might

Home→

time need mc. She thinks he knows it all-but I doubt it."

"Don't you think she'll ever come home? I miss her."

nation

"Oh, I daresay if the struck her she might come, hat I've seen no signs of it yet."

After Mina Rose left, Amy eat thinking about Jane. There

· seemed no help for it. Jane was out of her life and she must ne cept the loss. She would like so much to see Jane as a business woman. She wished her unend ing success. "She'll have it, too.” she thought, "Jane was always clever, and there was a strength in her under her wild ideas and foolishness. Oh, I do hope she does wonderful things. I do hope

SQ.

Before the house was entirely rondy for, Amy's furniture arrived, and then began a tedious follow-up process, taking room by room as soon as she could get the workmen out and putting that room In order, then closing the door against dust and dirt. She hadn't marked the boxes and barrels by their contents, so they were opened they invariably held the things she couldn't use at once. And there were new cur- tain rods to be bought and put up. None of the old ones were the right size. This meant new cur tains, too, When she wasn't working in the garden Amy found herself sowing hems and casings in lengths of acrim and dotted swiss and organdy which seemed Innumerable.

And the time for

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Photos taken in Shanghai on July 4 when American citizens and friends, official and otherwise, took part in the Independence Day ceremonies. At top loft is shown a contingent of U. S. Fourth Marinas marching past the reviewing stand on the Race Course

to the accompaniment of rolling drums and martial music,

"Of course you'd think that alm ply because you've always refused to go with the times."

Amy suddenly wanted to laugh at the absurdity of arguing 'with Jane on the subject of feminism at practically the first moment of their meeting.

"You're like Aunt Rosa," went on.

go,

"Goodbye," said Jane, "I must I've nothing to say to you

I didn't want to see you at all,”

(Continued on Page 12).

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