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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, · 1934.

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Bran Amid. He held out the vanity case,

What did she mean by smiling that way at old Redneck from the club Something ought to be done about He wasn't her class,

-“You forgat something,”

NEON HERE TO-DAY BOOTS RAEBURN, 1 d pretty, trim not to be jealous of the other site is Der crowd at Larchneck, fashionable New York suburb. SYLVIA RIVERS, richest girl in town, dislikes Boots and falls to farite her to a party at the Yacht Club, Upole mccoste

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He had been relieved, a few mo ments before, when Boots had nasured him he had nothing to do with any discomfort she might be suffering 'nt

maidens on old coins. There was something flowerlika about her, some; thing untouched and virginal and remote, in spite of the fact that she talked the glit language of the day and in almost every respect con-

be hard, thought

Hardy, putting his foot on the brake quite suddenly at a red light, to imagine this girl in crinolines with a rose tucked into a cluster of curls at her throat.

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Quite furocently. Boots de thrown into a embarrating altuation by HARDY WHIT the hands of the good ladies he formed to the rules of the Young BUTTERFIELD, & SWIRE, MORE, one of Bylvia's questa, who had been casually dubbed "the village witches." drinking. te tries to induce Boots to go sailing with him and, when she runs away: Every woman over 30 was a witch to goes of in a boat alone and falls overboard, this arrogant, handsome young man. Its rescue causes conakierable excitement and But now he wasn't sure he wanted Bylvia is furious. She resolves to panish to have his kind offer so casually Boots and maliciously repens the story in

way to discredit the other gil xng. dismissed. If Isabel was right Boofs PERNELL, prominent member of the was "in bad with the witches.. He Woman's Club, arks Boola to resign from the knew the town: it would make her Junker

Hardy calls to apologize and loos

is suffer. coldly unresponsive.

CHAPTER IX

Selfish as he was. Hardy was de- cent enough underneath to feel a light quaim at the prespect. He had been boiled as an ow) the other Boots' tete-a-tete with Hardy was night, Isabel had assured him. Sylvia interrupted by the arrival of the had ridden him badly when he had Beach Club swimming instructor, met her and he'd still had the hang- Russ Lund. Hatless, looking by com- over. He hadn't been very nice to parison to Hardy's leanness and Sylvia. He had high-hatted her all trimness rather the "roughneck" that over the place. Sure, Sylvia was oke Patty had dubbed him, he stood there but she mustn't act as though she grinning at her.

"You forgot something." Boets stared at him. Then she smiled. He was holding her vanity case out her, a frivolous affair of fino tortoise shell, flat and thin. Sho ntust have left it in the car when he drove her home.

Budden?

"I must be getting screwy,” be told himself with disgust.

They were out on the country road now, the motor running smoothly and silently and the scent of newly-cut grass borne to their nostrils like per- fume. Past a hedge of dew-drenched honeysuckle the car glided and the heavenly scent was borno to both young people simultaneously. The girl caught her breath in sheer do- light and the boy smiled to himself. secretly, as some far-off childhood mentory touched him.

"Honeysucklel Ah, don't you just love that?" breathed the girl, for- getting to be cynical, forgetting her use of disillusionment and sophis-

owned him. He couldn't stand thai. Nothing burned him up so much us the inevitable feminine possessiveness, He shied at the least hint of it and Sylvia had made a fatal error intication. showing her band.

volce.

car's headlights. There was sole kind of unnamed magle in the air. Both felt it, forgetting for the moment their poses and their chosen roles of worldlings. Boots put the problema of the day away from her, fealing only that it was good to be alive and young and strong, with this tide of sheer unreasoning happiness flowing in her veins,

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"Well, where do we go from here?"| They were at crossrcade now, the blinker flickering on and off in silent warning. Hardy drove streak, Boois said; and this rushing through the scented night was part: of the pleusunt dream ilfe that was tonight. It had nothing at all to do with carping cl women and resigna- tions from elals and schoolmates who hated one and were ready to do

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That what it is? I could go for thint," said the young man briefly. He therefore turned on Boota now

The night was cool under the stars. loL" She is most devastating smile. Older Trees were black shapes against the "Oh, yes. Thanks began rather haltingly to make the women than she had been known to aky and everywhere in hedges were necessary introductions. "Mr. White stirred by it, and Boots had been blurred patches of roses, startling in more.A Mr Land...

hurt, and buffed all day. Small wenbo light thrown on them from the Hardy bowed a trace too stifflyder she succumbed to the charm he and said they knew cach other. Russ's duck trousers were rather naged to Inject into his agreeable bedraggled looking. The virile white

"Be a sweet thing and prove you're sweater, in contrast to Hardy's not mad at me. Come out tonight, beautifully tailored flannels, looked We'll go places. Dance.” utterly hopeless,

Well, why not? She had, she told “Well, I'll be seein' you. Thought herself, nothing to lose and every you might want the gadget,...' thing to gain. Her father wouldn't

Boots came out of her trance to cbject. All the young men in Larch thank him again, this tinte too pro- unck looked pretty much alike to him, fusely, because she felt sorry for him "All right," she said casually. and hated to see him snubbed, Who She had a sort of date" with Johnny was Hardy-what did he think he but that could be broken casily. It was to go high hat on her all of would be a triumph to be seen going placen with Herdy, and ns long as Har momentary sense of embar-the Mrs. Fernelis of the world had rassment fled in the face of Hardy's turned thumbs down on her she cool arrogance. What if he did as might as well have some fun out of sume, quite without warrant, that the the situation. Bench Club guard was unduly friendly" Hardy went away a bit surprised with her? It was none of his at himself, if the truth be told, at business. If she were going to be the way things had fallen out. Ho Larchicck's girl outlaws she hadn't in the Icast intended to take

"Oh, the Barn, I guess," said the might as well play the role to the this girl places, he grumbled. Ile girl languidly, leaning back and hug- King her brief wrap around her do the graceful thing, shoulders, She had never been to As Ituss's old car, parked a feway he was sorry for getting her duota

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touch of bravado, feeling. She knew little or nothing It would be amusing, Hardy re- about the squarely-built, big-shoulder- ed young man with the shock of flected, driving away in a cloud of unruly hair, except that, he obviouslyst, to show the town what a queen this yellow haired girl could be. A few moments age she had been Maybe this was horr Svengali had

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admired her.

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She wouldn't, possessed. elther, adopt a devil-may-care attitude "HI!" which often went over famously with the boys.

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She lifted her slim hand and let

It fall in the greeting.

one horm if they could.

liardy frowned, to himself. Tho rood induced by the scent of honey- buckle was shaitored. Ordinarily he liked the Barn well anough, with its

rowdy music, its rowdier danco-

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Hardy gave her an approving con The goldon youth beside her looked glance. "Good girl, Thought you! at her in puzzlement. What had gone might change your mind.” wrong with the Interview? He was She widened her eyes. "Oh, why?" "Thought the town fathers might

accustomed to fluttering interest.

Ile would have worn this little thing be writing you letters about my would be grateful for any crumba of reputation.". flattory he might toss her way. But

Bhe stalled a far-away smile. "Oh,:

Romehow she wasn't playing up. Ho I guess it isn't as bad as all that." felt it had bean darned decent of him

Hardy was frankly nettled. At 21 to come around in the first place. he was rather proud of being known Why, he hardly knew the girl although as the bad boy of Larchneek. He he had always thought her flyaway had always been able to slide grace- yellow hair and big brown eyes fully out of difficulties. His money, delectable combination. She could be his father's position, kis own undoubt.. a knock-out, he told himself solemnly, fed charm had something to do with with the right clothes and, more this. But he wanted this girl to nophisticated makeup. Of sturse sho| unterstand that usually he was was one of the younger crowd. Why, regarded as rather dangerous medi- he was two years older. That made cine. Sho was only a kid in his a lot of difference. She had spirit estimation. It was frritating to feel though. She throw up her head like he was not appreciated.

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