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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, AUGUST

SOPHIE KERR'S LATEST SUCCESS IN ROMANTIC PROBLEM FICTION

"STAY OUT OF MY LIFE!"

·New York real estate office.

Jane is clever and soon is, making an excellene Heders, Bhe has an stile with HOGER THORPE, he married. Inter she tiree of him and when he often to bear

the expanse of their chiả vhe diemlice h >contemptuously.

1934.

"And

an old-

BEGIN HERE TO-DAY fly, happy young thing, and yet to-Kitten," she told her, but the baby no real misgivings as to Howard's JANE TERRY comes to New York day-I realized the first real touch was too intent on eating to notice willingness to have the child in anid Mr. Lowe, "but it's in good "It's a very old-fashioned cradle,” determined to shows her home Lowes d of age,It wasn't the fatigue of the threat: When she was satisfied their home. Howard would say condition and the sides are high zapecially AMY JACKSON that she man make

neces of her life, Amy had been bar the trip, nor the worry about How-sho dropped off Into instant, easy that she had done the only possible enough for safety. You could take best friend until HOWARD JACKSON broke ard. She's been through something sleep. Amy held the empty bottle thing. She could depend on How-the rockers off, I suppose. I bo the engagement Jane forend on him d married Amy. Unable to bear the sight of mare, Como difficult experience and watched her for a few min-ard, and as she thought of him she lieve it's not considered the thing Amy happiness. Jabe obtains a job in that's changed her and matured ntys. "She's certainly getting less caught a new sense of her own nowadays to rock babies to sloop" hor: And I can tell you, my dear, and moro pink. She looks el- great good fortune and riches. To it hurt me in

This baby is going to be rocked queer helpless way. Rost like a real baby now, I do love n man like. Howard, and to to sleep," said Amy, firmly. That was why I talked so much hope she'll be pretty. And I do have his love, with honour and maybe if norisense about the infant's name." hope she won't look like Jane or understanding and accord-she had fashioned cradle she'll grow up to

sho sleeps In

mean. But it can't be done. We about Jane, I must forget her en-that they should have children of

"I know. I felt exactly what you be like Jane. I must stop thinking nothing more to wish for, except be a nice old-fashioned giri" fathered mothers can't shelter tirely. It's heavenly to be home, their own.

"It doesn't exactly follow. But our children forever. If we did If only Howard were here it would

don't let's start the argument of they'd only become cases of ar- be perfect.?

Downstairs Mra, Lowe was rap-heredity versus environment. Por- rested development. Whatever

ping at the door. "I've got the sonally I've always bot on heredity." Amy's been through is concerned

cradio. Come and look, Amy. "Oh Mother, have you!. But with that baby, I'm sure of that." gling Howard and the baby. One

Her thoughts marched on, min-Where do you want it?"

you can't be sure!" "Yea, it must have been

It seemed the best plan to Amy thing she meant to do, tell Howard to have the baby in her own bed-voice that Mrs. Lowe's suspicions There was Buch dismay in Amy's struggle to decide to adopt a child the whole story of the child, hold-room until she was a little older. became a certainty. This was it, without consulting Howard or any ing back nothing. of her friends except that flyaway would put the secret away, never beside her own that would do for "No, silly, of course I'm not sure. Then they There was an unfurnished room it must be, Jane Terry's childi Jane."

to allude to it, bury it. She had a nursery later..

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in her desperate pight jane turns to Amy for help. ILowants touring Germany and Amy comes to New York. She stays until the baby is bem and then; borrified because Jane Inlets on giving her daughter

Erver to take the chilla with the understand

ing that Jane never shall reclaim her,

When Amy returns to Marburg with the tais the worries over what Howard, all

Europe, will think of what she has done.

CHAPTER XIX

Professor Lowe looked down at the tiny baby, "Amy, you must name her," he said. "This tinual use of the fominine pronoun annoys me."

con.

Then you suggest something," Amy prompted. "All fancy and historical names barred."

"Too bad I was just going to suggest Boadicea or Xenobia or Cleopatra! But there's stil! Mar- garet of Navarre and Elizabeth and Mary or good Queen Anne, Helen of Troy, Calphurata-

a

Mrs. Lowe looked sharply at her husband, wondering if he was as unsuspicious as he sounded. If he was she had better keep her own suspicions under cover, for he wAS quite absent-minded enough to blurt them out at the time and place they would be most awkward. She herself was absolutely sure about the baby, and her old dielike and resentment of Jane's influence

"For heaven's sake, who was over Amy quickened into life. Ad- she?"

"Amy, I'm ashamed of you. Cal-lown daughter who must have vol- miration and pride, too, for her phurnia was Julius Caesar's wife."unteered to take the chilid,

"Name her Catherine and call her She recalled that in her letter tell- Kitty for short," said Mrs. Lowe. ing of the adoption Amy had aaid "She's more like a kitten with Its that it was a child whose mother eyes not open than anything I ever did not want it, would not keep it. AnW."

"Amy will never tell me anything They had reached the door. It more," she thought. For her own seemed to Amy, entering, that self-respect she added: "And I there had never been any place so shall never ask her." beautiful, so welcoming as that old Behind them Amy was hurrying house. The windows were open. about her house, her fatigue, her The green garden beyond looked strain vanishing under, the delight in at them. A lazy south breeze of being with her own again. The stirred the white curtains and baby cried with hunger. She must brought the honeysuckle. "Oh!" leave her and go into her homely she exclaimed, "I didn't know how neat kitchen to prepare fresh food. sweet it was, or how much I missed Everything seemed to welcome her. It. And you've put flowers around Everything was in place, responded -it makes me want to cry. I'm to her hand. She did not need to so glad to be home again."

fumble or hunt for anything. The

They left her taking off her hat, walls of the baby went on steadily opening her bags. As they drove while Amy poured and measured away Professor Lowe said to his and tested, and when she ran back wife haltingly: "It has to come to upstairs with the bottle and tucked all parents, I suppose, but I didn't the nipple into the mouth of the know how much it was going to wriggling yelling mite, har gurgle hurt, the moment when their child of surprise and her greedy sucking Is definitely done with youth mar all you riggen instead of waya think of Amy as such" a

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