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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH-

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1934,

AERTEX

SOPHIE KERR'S LATEST SUCCESS IN ROMANTIC PROBLEM FICTION

"STAY OUT OF MY LIFE!"

CHAPTER XXIX

mother.

nor to-morrow.”

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on the

And Nancy obediently began. true in the simple tune, Amy the little girl. And I'll come and listen," said looked over hor shoulder at Mary Jackson. She didn't know why down she she should choose that moment, Mary: An they went

Jackson atendily. [She had a war map and moved pins Nancy will sing for. Muvver"/As her voice rose silver clear and

but

and helped. "It's nice to be in almindedad died when he was not who brought Jane back into Amy'a added: "Roan says Jane will be suddenly she wanted to telli I may be pretty awk-brought her out of her depth of son, who told her: "RACK (coming again in the fall for a few Howard's mother her own great:

not

ed to

kinship by blood into familiar sweetie-pie she spoke to Nancy-Jane's child beside her "Of course not. I don't want to cousinship. Since Miss Rosa's "you look very stylish! What do plano bench, "Jane's all of that. It was Mrs. Lowe who took clamp on him any more than you house was contral and spacious, you want to do, play with your Now come along. Miss Nancy-"A charge of the situation. Pretend do. But it was awful to keep still, she folded up her bridge tables blocks, or come down and sing with frog he would a-wooing go-be- gin when Mother strikes the ing anxiety over Mrs. Jackson's

note." workroom, with buggage, she set hor and Amy both And now this empty house-and and turned her big parlour into a Mother

Nancy will sing."

what will Nancy sing?" to making inquiries. Then the he won't be coming back to-night, Red Cross

grumbling good humour took them back to Amy's home, "But he'll be coming gack some hidden pleasure to be once more asked Mary, talking all the while of trivialities. time. There's that to think active and in the thick of things.

Once there, Amy had to be busy about," said

Mary and Mary Jackson put on an apron And something in her volco res about on it with moro gunto than that Mary Jackson's accuracy. And it was Miss Rosa kitchen again," she said. "I was husband

than Howard. It consciousness through Mary rotting sick of boarding houses much older

always days. I'm somewhat curlous to

piece of nows. Perhaps she want- and hotels. ward first. You were very good self-commiseration with a sharp tulking about that niece of hers, ace her."

exercise the restless spirit of Jerk to let me come, Amy."

"Well," said Amy, "Jane's al- Jane, evoked by the talk about her. and she gave Mary Jackson Jane, how clever she is, and how

"at | nttractive and all that she's doing ways exciting und interesting to For what she had to tell · would | penitential hug. "I'm thankful you could come," fervent.

she must be rather extra-see and to hear, too, She's the bantah Jane still further from her, Amy told her. "I couldn't shut up won't make another moan, the house and stay with Mother even a amall one," she said. "If ordinary for I take it Rosa's far only person I over knew who-who and build higher the wall of separa- from being a doting aunt, under made her own world and lived in tion between them. "Nancy's go- and Father. They love me too I do I give you leave to beat me. much, They're so close to me it ller strength began to flow back any circumstances. You knew her it without any special attention to ing to have a little brother to sing

reality. Not that I'm sure she's duets with

along About next kills them to see ITLE unhappy, her like a turn in a grave illness. very well, didn't you?"

Amy was dressing Nancy, fresh happler for it-

March," she said. "There's some You love Howard the most. She stopped thinking that Howard

that he was and sweet from her afternoon nap, She does sound Interesting and real interest and excitement for won't feel you breaking your heart was away, but only

curling the ends of the child's hair exciting!"

you." about me all the time. I'm sure coming back,

"You" replied Amy, settling

(To Be Continued.). they're relieved I'm staying here. The summer began to weave a over her finger in the way she You understand. It's too much definite pattern. After Commence-liked to see them. "Oh yes," she ment Marburg usually fell into a

said at

at last, we were intimate strain on all of us."

and I. She is placid inertin, stirring only for friends, Jane "My dear," said Mary Jacken, small accist events, but it was not awfully clever, yes,

and quite "I understand very well. Love in

Marburg beautiful, dark and so alive!" much harder to endure than hate, so this year. So many

Mary Jackson went on:

"Roan and what your parents feel for you boys had gone to the war that there I feel for Howard. If you knew was constant change-women tak told me all about the crush Jane leave himing over men's jobs, meetings, rol- had on Howard Amy, dear, I'm free and not hang on him and de-les, entertainments to raise money, not saying anything painful, pend on him and simply clamp my families of soldiers to be looked I? I understood that you knew all itfo on his-it wasn't fun, you can after. Amy and Mary Jackson dld about it, and Rosa said frankly belleve It,"

what they could, and Amy realized that floward hadn't cared a enop and he told her so. "Oh, why didn't you come sooner her plan of a music class and took about Jane

took it rather and be with him? I ought to have the organist post, which meant Jane apparently insisted-I'm so sorry! I

working twice on Sundays, and re- badly, but she got over it right mean to crowd you out.

Sheaway, according to Rosa." hearsing the choir besides. didn't. I didn't think,"

what it has cost me

didn't

Really

hir

LOW.

Am

JURIST ABROAD

DR TA IN-TSEN ON RRITISH JUDICIARY

London, Aug. 14. Dr. Ta In-tsen. Vice-President of the Judicial Yuan, who has been making an extensive study tour of European legal systems, has just completed a thorough enquiry of the English judicial system.

During his investigations in England, Dr. Ta has met the Lord

also

was very busy, but her life waa "No, I didn't want to come.

actually Oved in the letters she Amy brashed the last curl over only wanted the one glimpse of wrote to Howard and his letters to and took out the blue ribbon to tie Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice him. I couldn't have stond any her. She waited for the postman around Nancy's hond. "It all and has visited the criminal and

seems a long time ago," she said civil courts during scesion, length of time with him, any more feverishly.

were all much the county courts, police courts than you can stand being with And Howard wrote faithfully, slowly. "We

his letters younger-and took ourselves so and prisons of London. your parents. I'm selfish about even though most of

seriously. He

Miss Rosa and

The Chinese jurist is leaving Jane Howard feel so outraged and were by necessity very brief. and violent about his going into was well, he said, in spite of heat were nice to Howard when he first for Belgium on August 10, and, this war. Even when I think that and hard work. He had passed came. Of course he didn't know after staying there for some time, Ile was anyone here, and he was in and out will leave for Holland, Gormany. there are hundreds and thousands his tests triumphantly.

Ife of the house a lot and Jane was Austria and Italy, and is coming to of mothers who are giving their training for the

about him. No, China via the United States,

me now--I've sons, it doesn't change my feeling. hoped to get leave for a few daya rather crazy

interview Io aci

with Reuter, There's no consolation in other when he had won his wings. He isn't minful to people's trouble for our own."

wished he could fly back and land sort of forgotten Jane, I don't Dr. Ta said that he was most "That's exactly what I've been in their garden. "I dream about think of her often-but it did dis. favourably impressed with the wan fond functioning of British justice, saying to myself, but I didn't dare

particularly because, In the English system, any it out loud. I'm glad you said "And I think of you every minute. of June and then,

there It. And I wished, I can't tell you You are always with me even when terribly in love with Howard

She paused and continued more much respect for tradition and the how much I wished and hoped that I'm working hardest. He sent

quickly-Jane's changed 24 good peoples' cuatoms; also the British he'd be rejected-I mean by the her a photograph in his uniform,

He looked it. When she comes back to Mar were prepared to adapt their Inwa physical examiners. I hope, still but she did not like it.

to their wishes, which he regard- rather that he won't be able to pass the rather older and allot to her and grand clothes and taking about ed as essential for the true carry. air tests. Ground work isn't as she put it out of sight.

the big deals, she's put through, ing on of Justice. dangerous ny actual flying.".

Dr. Ta added, that the British Miss Rosa came to

Maryyou know. Captain of industry HEL

of circuit Hidges wae, The two women exchanged wan Jackson soon after her arrival and stuff-Marburg looks pretty dun system

"You didn't tell Howard the two women liked one another and small to her now. And that's excellent, and thought that it was There now. n good idea to take up the system know."

Aniel Howard's well enough to promote their slight perfectly natural.

Amiles.

that.

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you in the garden," he wrote. tur me at the time. ì was so

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in China, owing to the large stretches of territory which must be covered,

Therefore, Dr. Ta said, he in- tended to recommend the circuit system to the Uningse Government. With regard to the British jury System, Dr. Ta said he admired it; but he doubted whether it would be practicable in China.

Dr. Ta was greatly impressed with the English police court system, and he said he much on- Joyed the privilege of sitting on the Bench on several occasions.- Our Own Correspondent.

A rarity in London's cociat life was the Chinese civil wed- ding at which Miss Yle-chung Li, daughter of the chairman of the Bank of China, became the bride of Dr. Szo Ming Sze, son of the U.S. Chinese Minister to the The bride is shown arriving at -the-Chinese-logation_for_the_ ceremony.

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