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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MAY

SERIAL STORY

1935.

The DARK BLOND

BEGIN, HERE TO-DAT

CARLETON KENDRAKE

HILLIGENT GRAVES employer, ODOROK DRIHOOLD, tells her he has unfrasion to dietate and warns her sgalvai « woman ba black ermine cont.

Miticent even the office and sees attoli women, Later who finds her pures has been taken and almiler one subelitated. In the elector she meets singuhed-look man of middle age,

"Hattening to the ofthe rushes away and Millicent And Drim- Kokt dend. In pale

registers at a hotel under an assumed name. Next day the soets the stranger again, ite beer ha nema la JARVIS HAPP. Hop ends her to a beauty shop where, in spite of

transformed into her protests, who a brunette,

Homes for her in hie ene and interm urce his son, NORMAN.

CHAPTER VI

A

The big car purred smoothly into motion. The chauffeur guided it with- deft skill through the traffic,

Jarvia Happ turned to his son and sald, by way of explanation, "Mina Grabes the new secretary I have engaged to take care of my work at the house."

in"

Billicant noticed the manner which Jarvis Happ had given her an alins by simply changing one lettor in her name. So she was to be Mr. This Ilapp's secretary-or was she? man was allegether too smooth, tou cuave to suit her. He seemed to have carefully planned a detailed campaign, every step of which had been careful. ly mapped out in advance. This campaign had been laid without con- sulting Millicent-the person most concerned.

Once more all of her suspicions came to the front. Why was Mr. Happ doing this? What was interest in her? What did he want?

She stared steadily nhènd, saying nothing, but conscious of Normat Happ's approving glance studying her, profile.

He stared at Millicent with slow appraisal and slowly nodded.

The young man finde her strange the best available. I'm going to hallway with the air of a mortician

her a thorough trial. We'll offcinting at a funeral.

comfortable in the bluo

ly nervous. Ho had all of the

Fgive magnetic attraction of his father, make ber coupled with the appeal of a young room, and man of her own age, and there was, moreover, a daring, rollicking some thing in his eyes-a devil-may-care spirit of adventure which made her feel that nooner or later this man was going to keep her very, very much on the defensive.

The car sped along it boulevard swung to the right, turned more inta a private driveway. Ga. rage doors

ence

The smile faded from Cynthia no frown, app's face. There was

expression of irritation, no slight est sign of annoyance, but her voice was cold with finality. She said, "Not in the blue room, Jarvis, my dear. We'll put her in the rose room."

And Jorvis Hopp made no cttempt

all noiselessly open at argument. manipulated by gome mechanical means. The car stopped in front of a portico and tie chauffeur jumped

I down to open the door.

Millicent felt very self-conscious

"Yes, my dear," he said, "the tose room, certainly,"

Millicent wanted to laugh, and then she wanted to cry. Her nerves were almost completely unstrung. Events had been moving with too be- wildering rapidity to enable her to keep up with them.

She turned toward the mirror and was staring at the unfamillar re- flection when, without warning, the door of her, room jerked open. A young man whom she had never seen before strode abruptly into the room, alemmed the door behind him violent. ly, stared at her with slow appraisal, md slowly nodded.

what

you kindly explain," Millicent |

she could, "exactly what you

as Jarvis Happ handed her from thot smile of greeting, containing just the young to mater

car to the pavement. Nortuan Happ pushed past them into the house, any ing, "I'll tell Cynthia."

The chauffeur caught Happ's nod of dismissal, slipped back behind the wheel and drove the car through the open doors of the garage. The door instantly sild shut."

"Why" asked Millicent, breathless ly, "are you doing this?What are you after? What.

His voice was vibrant with power. It cut through her quick questions as the prow of a steamboat cuts through water, turning it up on either alde in neat, graceful waves.

Once more the simile- flashed back) on Cynthia Happ's face. It was a

ude, just the right touch right mingling of patronizing soltel- mean by..

of hos- lality--the correct greeting

The young man interrupted her. one

he unid. "Nix on that "Hooey" would reserve for a secretary who noise. Give me

and must be received, in many ways, as give it to me

the low-down

fast. After you murdered George Drlingold what did one of the family,

Come in, Miss Grabes, Winton you do with the shorthand notebook will show you to your roun."

in which you'd written his confes. Shu took Millicent's arm. The sion?" clutch seemed utterly without warmth, yet seemed, in some strange way, to

(To Be Continued.)

'thrill the girl with a sense of latent

power.

Winton," she said, "show Miss CONSIGNEES Grabes to the rose room. And where is your baggage, Misa Grabes ?"

"It will be here to-morrow," Jarvis *uid.

"Nut-even-n-suitcase-for-to-night-7" his wife inquired.

There's no-time for that now," he sall. "Remember, you have given me your references, and I have hired]

This time Jarvis was firm. He you. Be careful to keep things be turned to face her. "I've taken the strictly business basis. liberty," he said, "of having clothes Norman is interested in you. Stay for Miss Graben sent out from one away from him. Keep away from of the department stores. You will Robert if you want to hold your job. Use your eyca."

tween us on

"Who's Robert?" she asked. "Cynthia's son."

"Who's Cynthia?" "My wife.

"Then you've

"Yes," he interrupted, "I've been married twice, Cynthia is my second

wite. Narman's mother died when hef was 10,

"But what am I supposed to do Why did you do this?. Why .?" For Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, work, and you'll work hard at

"You're supposed to do secretarial Susx, Port-Said, Brindisi Venice. it because I wanted to

(London by rail) & Trieste, tell me have you any baggage any 8.8. "CONTE ROSSO" 12th May.

where? Have you left any anywhere nt ali" 8.a. "CONTE VERDE" 9th June. "Only the trunk and clothes In my 8.8. "GANGE"......12th July. boarding house." "CONTE ROSSO"...9th Aug.. 8.8. "CONTE VERDE" 9th Sept. For Full Particulars and Reservations of Accommodation Apply to:

0.5. "CONTE ROSSO" 4th May.

#5. "CONTE VERDE" 1st June. 4.5. "GANGE".......4th July. 4.9. "CONTE ROSSO" 1st Aug. BA. "CONTE VERDE" 1st Sept.

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"Thone," he said, "are out of the question. Say nothing about them I'll have some baggage sent out to morrow. You can go on a shopping expedition. And now here's Cynthia.

The door opened. Norman Happ, standing slightly to one side, Indi ented Millicent with a bow,

d the packages in care of the housekeeper, Winton, and you will see that they are placed in Miss Grabes

rooni."

He turned to Millicent and sald, "I'm very sorry. your trunk was unavoidably misplaced, but I think you will find a complete outfit in the things which I have ordered for you." She would have said something hut the expression on'kis face enused her to reminia allent.

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before the Glh May, 1935, or they will not be recognized.

4th Alay, 1935, will be subject to storage charges.

Goods remained unclaimed after the i

Damaged Packages will be examined He took a step forward, stood politely to one

side, waiting for by the Company's Surveyor Messa his wife and Millicent to precode Goddard and Douglas in the presence of the Consignees at 18.00 a.m. on him. A wooden-fated butler managed,

Brd May, 1836. without changing his expression in the Friday,

Cont least, to make Millicent Graves feel ignces must have a Revenue Omeer like something the cat had dragged in dullable goods are examined by the in attendance when any damaged from a garbage pail.

Company's Surveyors,

"This way, please," he said. With ponderous steps he led the way up a wide fight of stairs, down a corridor. He opened a door, seemed to nudibly sniff as he said, "The rose room, Miss.**.

Millicent Graves stepped into sunspluously appointed bedroom. "Dad's now Beerotary," he said, Cynthia flapp stepped through the tiled bath was visible at one side. door and stood, as coldly polished a ventilation. She wanted to exclaim Wide windows furnished plenty of the facets of a diamond, staring at with pleasure but, under the cynical; Millicent Graves with expressionless eye of the butler, she stepped through appraisal.

the doorway, and into the room. The butler followed her, closed the door, utood stily at attention.

Misa Grabes." Ilapp said. "Miss Grabes, this is my wife.”

Millicent bowed, muttered her plea-

"Begging your pardon, Miss," said sure, and felt strangely ill at ease.

the butler, his face keeping the Cynthia Happ stood perfectly stil, dour look of one who has by surprisu surveying her ne one might look at it into a lemon. "If you're going picture hung on the wall, then she to be working here, just a word of nodded slowly. Suddenly A smile advice. The young men have a twisted her lips. Sho extended her rivalry. Norman won't notice you hand.

Master Reburt will snub you when his "My dear girl," she said, "come mother's around and try make love right in and make yourself at home. to you when she isn't. The master I've been trying to get Jarvis to get will stick up for you if things go a secretary for his home work for a too strongly against you. As far a long while. I'm glad he's finally the madam la concerned, don't offend Cound one that suited him,"

She turned to her husband. "It was rather sudden, wasn't Jarvis? I mean, finding one happened to auit you."

it,

who

Millicent, to her surprise, heard an entirely different tone of voice issuing from the lips of the man who had figured so prominently in her life during the past 24 hours.

"I'm not certain," he said casually, "that she'll do,"

Ila turned and eyed her, much 'ua

If he had been looking over a horso

he contemplated buying.

that

her, and don't hor, know Robert ever peaks to you."

Millicent flashed him a surprised glance. The man's expression did not change.

"And was there anything you want- ed; MissT" he asked.

"No," she said, "and thanks. But why did you h

Very good," he said, and placed his hand on the knob of the door.

"The madan,ho said, "at timos is a hell. cat”

And, with that, he opened the door with pondarous dignity and

""At any rate,” he said, sho's took his vorled back out into the.

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