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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY MARCH

SERIAL STORY

SILKEN SPINDLES

by Laura Lou Brookman

BEGIN HERK TO-DAY

GALE HENDERSON, pretty and 21, works In ilk mil. She and her 19-year-old brother, fil, appart their invalid father.

STEVE MEYERS who also works in the mil seks Ale to marry him the promtere to give hlas an answer th`a low days.

Gala gor skating, breaks through the be

and is reagued by JULIAN WESTMORE

father, now dead, allt the mill. Brian has come home after two years in Paris to enter the mill. Gale dlaapyoure before he learn her name.

All at once Gale renumbered about the meeting she had promised to go to. "I'll toll Leota I can't go,” sho decided. I tell her there's some- thing else I have to to.”

Josie went on speaking. "Gee, I you let anything slip you'll be sorry for it she prophentai,

Don't you think so 7""

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"Yes. Only he looks so tired." "I noticed that," Phil agreed, "but he told me he didn't feel tired."

"You know la nover admits any- thing is wrong."

"Yes, that's true," Phil inlked of other things then. Presently he said, "You must be all in, Gale, after being up most of last night. I wash the dishes,"

"I'm sure I didn't," Gale told her. She thought it was better not to tell VICKY THATCHER, dasghter of ROBENT Josie with Leuta. There was still a There's something I'd rather you'd THATCHER, Keneral manager of the mill possibility that Josie might be wrong do," she told him. "Go in and stay LYOTA HOLLEN, rather emplore: tells about the other girl. Whether who with Father. Talk to him or read to Cale the still workers are plating to

this or not." Galo assured himself, "Iim.. He's been alone all day, you

echeren la capuivate Brian

The Palatial Liner

S.S. "PRESIDENT HOOVER"

will sall for

cranise secretly and demand their Find won't take chubers. I won't go to know, I'm sure he gets logom, SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA, HONOLULU,

Cats are. company By.

It

though he never says anything." Later ahe karts 1bat Leuls les the meeting with her."

Bald Phil said, "Sure." He Thus who dismissed the whole affair. never occurred to Galo that the in-grully and a little awkwardly, as cident might have more serious con-though he was anxious that no one should guess the current of emotion sequences

She had no time to think about behind the single word. Leota Holler whon sho reached home. Her father Iny hack against the pillows and Gale noticed with a stab how old he looked, Old and worn and very tired.

CHAPTER XIX Gale stood still and said, "Why,j Joxic-1"

"It's the truth," the other insisted stoutly, "Walt till we get out of hero-I'll tell you more about it."

They followed the hurrying, push ing crowd along the corridor. Galo had heard there were spies in the mill, that the company paid certain men and women for keeping them informed about what was going on among the employes, but these rumours had never seened quite real.

right about it?

Was Leota Boiler really a spy?.

A little later he rose and went front of the house. Gale into the gathered up the dishes and put on water in the kettle to heat. She was un her way to her father's room when He greeted her cheerfully. Yes, there was a knock at the door, Mrs. O'Connor had come in and brought hin some food at noun and she'd been in twice since. There wasn't anything he wanted he'd slept a part of the day. Could Josle

now.

Here's your medicine," Gale told hin. "You're to take it three times day after meals. And here's the

Gale hurried forward and oponed the door. She said, "Good evening- and then stopped.

Steve Meyers stood on the threshold. Ile said, "I heard your father, was sick. How is he to-night 1"

"Better," Gale told him, "but the doctor

As they turned into the wash room evening paper. I'll turn the light on a few days should stay in bed for

Josie looked back and said in a low voice, "Wait for me outside."

Gale put on her coal and hat and hurried out of the building. It was only a few moments before Josie te appeared. Another girl was with her and the three of them went down the walk and through the big gate to

ether There the third girl set off In one direction and Josie and Gate Luok another,

her

and you can read it while I'm in the kitchen

But Tom Henderson said he'd rather not have the light on. And anyhow he didn't feel like reading.

"Could I see him?" Steve asked. "Why, yes, of course."

He came into the house then. Gale turned and Steve put out a hand, as though to stop her. He said, "Wait minute, Gale.. There's something I want to talk to you about."

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Gale glanced at hin anxiously but the glance told her nothing. It was

She hesitated, waiting for him to go queer he didn't want to read the news. Usually the newspaper was the first didn't mean what I and the thing he called for every evening.

She went to her own room and other night." Steve's voice was self- Gale glanced over her shoulder and changed the mill uniform for a house conscious. "I shouldn't have raid it. saw that no one was rear enough to dress. In the kitchen, in place of the You've got a right to talk to anyone All the right in the overhear. She said, "What makes soiled breakfast dishes she expected you want to. you think what you sald-?"

to find, there was a pile of clean cups world. I just wanted you to know "About Leota? Because I knew and surers, plates and knives and that's the way I feel about it's true. I got a friend who works forks. Everything had been washed

Gale'R

were lowered, put away in the in the Inusiness office and, he's seen and was waiting to

in there reportound. She gets

snid things I shouldn't have, too," she what she's cupboard. plcked up snuopin'

"Mrs. O'Connor!" Gale thought. told him, "Steve-I wish we could go paid for it. Can you inugine that?"Bless her!

I have to find some on being friems "Do you mean Gettin' paid for bein' a tattle-tale way to make up for all this-”

She busied herself scraping carrots "Of course I do," She's not the only one, either. There's

"Then it's all over," Steve said lots more. Ed Vogel, the gate-keeper, and chopping cabbage and cutting! is the warst of the lot. The low slices of inurh to fry; Phil liked fried eagerly, "I mean about these last few down, snoopin tattie-tale! Bellevo mush and it didn't cost much. She days. I've been nearly crazy, Gale, me, when I see him or that Leota I set the table as soon as the vegetables It's the Brst time we've ever quarrelled keep my distance. A person's got to were on the stove. Then she made and it'll be the last. I won't be such as careful, I tell you. Say-hape toast and poured steaming hot milka fool again. Look- brought you

over it. you' didn't tell her anything!"

She set a bowl of the milk something"

He held out package, a long tonat on a tray with n cup of ten

Gafe took it, looking up and was just ready to take it to her white box.

In surprise. She untied the cord and father when Phil came in.

There were six drow of the cover. pink rosebuds inside the box, lying on A bed of green.

"Why, no," Gale and doubtfully. "I don't believe I did—"

"I'll take it," he offered, "Oh, thanks, Phill"

Had she? Had she told Leota Boller anything which, repeated. could make trouble for Gale? She tried to remember what each of them hnd said. It was Leota who had been Gale went about getting the meat outspoken against the company, on the table and when Phil returned against the

employes were it was ready. They sat down, facing. treated. If Leota was a spy-yes, she each other, each aware of the vacant might have said those very things, place at the foot of the table. hoping to get Gale to commit herself. Phil said, "He seems better to-night.|

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"Oh, Steve" she exclaimed, “you shouldn't"

"I thought you'd like them."

"I do like them they're lovely, Stove, But you shouldn't have done (Continued on next column)

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He went on then, "You sald wo could be friends again, Gale. Does chance? that mean I still have a That maybe some day-

it; you shouldn't have been so extra- vagant."

She lifted the roses and held them in her arms. The perfume of the flowers led the room and their warm She rained her eyes and met his colour seemed to bring a flush to the over the roses, "Let's leave things na they have been for a while, Stove," girl's cheeks.

"They're not much," Steve sakt. she said. "Let's just be friends-at "Not as pretty as you are, Gale, least for a while." There was a mo- Not nearly. You ought to have ment's pause and then she went on flowers all the time. I wish I could quickly. "Oh, but I must find some- thing to put these flowers in. They buy them for you."

She was smiling and yet, just for a ought to be in water!” moment, he thought there were tears in her eyes. "Why, Gale," he said, "What's the matter?"

"Nothing. There's nothing the matter, Steve." The stark lashes were lowered so that he could not see her happened. eyes,

She turned away to find a vase. Later Gale Henderson was never to see pink roses without n tightening about her heart. But that was much later after a great many things had

(To Be Continued).

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