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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY, AUGUST

SOPHIE KERR'S LATEST SUCCESS IN ROMANTIC PROBLEM FICTION

"STAY OUT OF MY LIFE!"

CHAPTER XXIV

sit knitting stockings to put on in it, or ought I to stand out and The whole thing gives me a curi-jalways strenuous. There were so "I can't stand these boys enlisting to his death. Wo must keep of those freakish martyrs you terrupted, submitting myself to the annual Class Day Founders the feet of a young man march-protest and refuse to fight, be one ous angry annoyance my work in many established customs, besides ins." said Howard. They're 80

his feet warm as he goes! I am know, Amy, they are freaks in a the idiotic exactions of army dis-Day, Commencement Day, so many young."

can be

quita cipline which are absolutely foreign returning alumni, so many gradu "More than half the graduating ashamed of myself and all the way! You never

other women liko mo,"

convinced that they're grent Bouls to natural living, and worst of all, ates' families, that the faculty was class,"

It going. Bald Profcesor Lowo

Amy knew that her mother suffering for

to leave you. It was bad enough in constant flurry to keep n principio. You gloomily. "Lord knows how many was speaking for her. Her mother always auspect cowardice. If I did to go on the field trips and to start This year, outwardly, was ilko of the undergraduates. They're felt all that she was holding back, protest-well, look at it on the off

atrald I'll bo over before they get wanted to give it expression, bring practical politic sido-I'd be kicked with Ellert, but-oh, what's the other years. The president Ba

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They were sitting in Professorit into the light. Her mother, she out of my job here in two minutes. "Yes, I know. You told me once reception for graduates and viel

understood so and thought gratefully,

I'd have an awful time getting to deal with facts, not feelingstore. The juniors had their fire Lowe's study, Amy and her par- ents and her husband. The Sun well, and never failed her, elthor another. And by God, I'd rather and there's the war, and they want fight. The glee club gathered be.

by speech or silence,

go and night and be killed than to more men and here are you. And fore the Museum for their twilight day night music was over and all "W put up statues of great gen-refuse and protest, If it didn't that's that! We'll take our little concert of college songs, The soph- the others had gone. Amy and crals war memorinis-Dead for core from an overpowering per- apesial vacation through Com-omores and freshmen played their Howard had stayed on, for the their country. We ballyhoo patriot-sonal conviction that would make mencement and then, denreat, we annual baseball game and after- two men had some arrangements ism and leynity to the flag, noble me willing to lose all I have or can pinn. Howard, I'm glad it's ward the freshmen to make for the next

and went the rounds of the mencement exercises. One of the oven, but it all comes down to hope to have rather than give in. settled. It's been so awful to feet

old Sherman's words in the and Do speakers had falled them, and War is hell. Hell for everybody.

Yes, I

Beo. I do see and under thing. It divided me from one faculty houses cheering and r

The soni there were problems of entertain-concerned

seniors held their ban Tstand Howard. Only"

"Amy, you're never divided from quet,

and dance. Through all these ment to be considered, but faculty Order and Professor Lowe, "Only 7"

me. There's never been anything usual festivities there was a con- duties were shortly dropped for your Quaker ancestors are coming "I love you, I love you. I live false or deceiving or untrue be-stant stream of callers, parents the one overshadowing subject. out strong to-night. Of course it's and breathe and move with you. tween us and there never will be. looking things over for next year, was knitting the pageantry and the fake glory When I think of you-ch, Howard, The only reason I kept still about old grada wandering about in an stocking, frat among that deluge that keep war going on, combined suppose it was reversed and I was enlisting was because I wasn't sure, expectant daze and pathetically de- of amalour work which was done with the fact that the Individual going into the most horrible, deadly and it didn't seem 'fair to push my lighted when they found anyone so eagerly by women who longed can make 110 effective protest. danger-how would you feel, what doubts off on you.**

who could recognize them, distin to help and who knew nothing Marching men hypnotizo us. It

would you do?"

He put his key in the door and guished guests who must be kept clse, and who tolled away at it peace ever offers unything as rous- "I couldn't bear it."

opened it with the last words from being too bored. to appease this longing, evening and as glamorous as a military

Amy She did not answer, except by stantly old Mrs. Pearce appeared at

accustomed to when they felt sure of the result's parade with colours flying and holding his arm closer. Fresently the head of the stairs, her bonnet routine from her childhood and had futility. Against the blind rhythm bands playing and the long lines of he went on:

"Suppose

we atop on her head, her bag in her hand. heretofore gone through it easily of the needles her voice rang men stepping in time why, war's thinking about it until after Com I'm all ready to go, she said in enough, constantly amused by its sharply. "This war! Cruel, loath tone for!"

mencement's over. Then we'll have loud htped, only wake up ones gancies, pomposities and univetes.

The baby's slept uniendi

endless small importance, emer. some, useless, stupid! People talk

1 talk and decide, Something good ng about the sacredness of human Amy could not stand any more. might come to change things. We don't say you're walking home with round conscientiously, keeping tea

and want

wanted a drink of water.. Now But

But this life. There's nothing less sacred, "We must go." she said. "Old can't tell."

though she went the YCAT, nothing more cheap to-day. If we Mrs. Pearce is staying with Nancy

"What's the use of putting it mc, Mr. Jackson,

for

I won't let Lable hordes

in order, duty-dancing drove animals to aimless mutilation and she hates to be out too late." off, Howard? You've decided now, you. Nobody's going to run

awkward young- and slaughter the whole world "I always offer to go home with You've decided to go. The only with a girl my age, not in Marburg, stora,

in receiving lines, would revolt against it. But these her," said Howard, "but that makes thing you haven't decided in how nohow. Goodnight to both of you. smiling until her face felt stiff, and are human beings, so it doesn't no hit at all. She doesn't want on and when."

And she whisked past them and listening to dull comments until matter."

escort.

She wants to be home

down the path before they could do her cars felt stuffed, she did it only Amy stayed quiet, watching early."

"I've decided this: if I go more than any goodnight.

with Rer surface

bc- consciousness, Howard, trying to keep all expres So they left on this homely note. want to try for the Aviation They went up hand in hand, like Jneath which lay the dread she must alon from her face. She knew But out in the dark street Amy Corpe. I may be too old. But children clinging together against enter da soon as the week was over. that he had been wondering, ever took hold of Howard's arm, held it that's as far as I've thought. We'll impending danger. Yet there was She saw little of Howard except Blace America had joined the Al- tight. "You want to go," she said put all the rest of until after Com a relief in sharing openly what had at a distance, on the speakers' ros-

les, if he ought to enlist. He did sadly.

mencement. We won't speak of it. been hidden. The quiet, accustom trum, or piloting some distinguish not want to wait to be drafted; "I don't know. I'm caught be. We'll pretend we don't know. I'd ed room rosisted the trouble of ed visitor's wife toward the re They had talked about it very tween the conventional traditional rather have it that away. Oh, their minds. Mrs. Pearce had freshment tables. All their talk little. She had offered no objec-idea and a sort of bleak common-Amy, sweet, what else can I do? taken the day spreads from the was of the little day-to-day happen- tion. She left him free to make sense. Everything your mother After all, I'm worth no more than bed, frending lamp, set bureau phoned.

than beda, turned down the covers, tings: "Howard, the president tele his decision. But it was tearing said about war is ghastly truth. anyone else. If I don't do my in the one tops in order, laid out away." "Howard, Professor El- Call him back right There ought to be no war. It's an finitesimal share I'll always feel t Mrs. Lowe went on: "A war to insanity. Nevertheless, there's a dirty mark against me. You don't night clothes, slippers, dressing lert's luncheon is at once, but he What a catch phrase was going on and this country's think I want to go, do you, that gowns. All these intimate things wants you to be thers carly, and It's a war to breed war. Here I joined in. Ought I to do my part look forward to it in any way? joined in reassurance. We are "Amy, don't you think this deces here," they proclaimed, "we have shirt will do for one more night?" not moved nor changed. We offer or "It looks like the usual thunder- you the comfort of our humble storm for the garden party.". They stability."

apoke in casual easy volers, but their eyes avoided, meeting."

(To Be Continued.)

her heart to agony.

and war.

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