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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1935.

SERIAL STORY-

Summer Sweethearts

worried over the progress of an affair or

home. Her step- BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

girl she had been into a quloter wo-Hoatheros to her man. Katharine was conscious of mother would never allow it. Berting, KATHARINE STRYKHURST, beautiful, ro,

amilos and apparent Inevate sequainted with MICHAEL HEA-being drawn to her as to a younger for all her

the Strykhurst amiability, ruled THERE,ding teacher, and acknowleden an sister.

For the moment unwilling attraction toward him. She la

thoughts of menage with a rod of iron. Her port- Michael Heatheroo were pushed into ly husband did exactly as she wished; the background of Katharine's mind. In fact, he often thought, and Kath- Katharine and UR. JOHN KAYE, friend of She saw him almost daily. Some-arino rather contemptuously to her- the Strykhurst family, take on to a night time she rode at her side; sometimes self, exactly what his wife told him club where the new Glbim with a notorious 54

not. But their relationship was now to think. women, Zoe shreatens to kill herself.

That same night Michael is inveiglet Into on

ZOE PARKER, her best friend, and GIBBS LAIKIN, of whom Zoe's parenta dlanygruve,

aking SALLY MOON, locmi eoquetie, to the longer felt it necessary to bo atiff and shael Itentbaroo did not "be-

came place. Sally, arriving home isle in forsan har father that she and Michael are

tagged.

Zor drinks polann. Doctor work to save her life.

CHAPTER XIX

A firmer basis. Katharine no

Who is he?" Berting would say, offhand with him. Every day she saw about him some quality that she liked with a lift of the eyebrow, "Where

did hest

come from and who are his

Karole to and admired more.

"Who says men and women cannot people, some day Katharine would

bo friends?" she demanded of Dr. Kaye one rainy Sunday. Bertine and have a place of her own. She could her father were at the country club ask her own friends there, as often for tos. Katharine was exquisite in as she liked. No one would dare to soft country weeds, her fair hair criticize then; or, If they did, sho

Dr. Kaya spoke slowly, as one who is deadly weary. "We pulled through," he said. "She's going to curled about her face in a nimbus of "Wool-gathering, Princess Kitay?" get well."

Her

Katharine crumpled against the window frame. Hor creamy silk ovoning frock was wrinkled. oyes had great hollows under them. "Oh, John, thank God! You did

we owe it all to you.”

He shrugged bie shoulders. was the least I could do."

it

ringlets.

not listen,

ascetic-

She smiled at the lean. "I don't know. Who does?" John Καινο returned lazily. Ellen had looking man across the hearth.

"I kindied a fire in the library grate, for, guess so. You used to call ma the afternoon was cool as well as that when you first came here, John. dampa curious day for August-and 'Princess Kitsy. You were a very Katharine sat on a low hassock, nok-grand young man and I was in plg- "Iting idly at the embers with one of the taila."

A Tunny child you wore, too," anld fire tools.

prickly "Oh, I don't know. Everybody!" John Kave. "Jast ilke a Katharine offered vaguely, smiling to pear. I tried so hard to make you herself. The man watched her with smile." interest, balancing a teacup in one hand, the other occupied with

П "Well, you were afraki of people. Shy-no. It wasn't enctly shyness. cigarette.

afraid. Poor littlo Generalizations are always stu-Distrust, I'm

girl!" 1" the doctor said Idly.

us

"You mean because you took to the club and she saw Gibbs there? Why, that was fate"

"Not exactly said John Kaye, 'You see I happened to rather dryly. know he was one of the habitues... I hear gossip around town."

"It's

taught me something," Katharine said, on a long, skudder

of exhaustion. "It's ing breath taught me never interfere with human destiny. That, after all, is God's busi

neas

If only we could all learn that lesson so early," said the man wryly, "Come along now. Thane for you to get some sleep Zoe IA resting quietly."

"Does her mother know?”

"I sent the nurse to tell her five minutes ago."

pid,"

"I love this," Katharine went on. with animation, Including the fire

"Was I that bad?" cried the girl.

Her throat tightened,

ber voice

and the tea tray in the wave of her thickened as she said, "Don't, Doctor hand. "It's pleasant to be shut in John. You'll have me bursting into like this, with rain pounding against tears."

"Well, you've changed a lot, any-i he smiled a secret smile, thinking of how," said the the windows and beating at the door.")

17. "You're not the day she and Michael Heatheroe afraid of anyone any more. That's had been sheltered in the wayside the stuff, Katharine Look life in the cabin. Michnet had been angry at her face and tell 'em all to go to hell."

Vikra advice," anid Katharine, that day. Why? Some day, per- haps, she would know. He and smiling. never spoken to her in that way! since

Lights flashed up in the overhead fixture And Bertine Strykhurst "Then I must have been asleep,"

"Pleasant, indeed. You never can bustled in.. marvelled Kotharing, "And I thought get this feeling in a elty apart- "What are you two doing, mooning I never sleep again till I was sure.

ment," mused Dr. Kaye. "You have here in the dark? You ought to get a brisk What weak creatures we humans to have the noise of tree branches into your things and take, John! You must have thought a bending in the wind and the sweep | walk," erled Borline. "Katharine when You can

ame out of that room of water pounding on rocks and may-doesn't take enough exercise. That's moment ago and saw tue dozing."

be the lighthouse bell tailing why she droma around so, half-alive." "I thought

he patised and arcnsionally to give you a taste of Angry words sprong to the girl's miled that preuliarly winning smile real drama, in the storm. Katharine." lips and were suppressed. Dr. Knye of his. "Never mind what I thought.

the digressed suddenly, putting looked Katharine went home again, tip-up down, you've been happier of Lacing thre

through the quiet house, Jate, haven't you? Or do I imagine through the dew.soaked garden. The it? Somehow you and Bertine seem morning seemed new-minted for her to be hitting it off better than you especial pleasure. It was a fresh gift. did." Never before had she realized how! divinely sweet a morning could be.

"Oh, yer. Bertine is all right" Zoe's convalescene was slow. No Katharing and politely. It wouldn't little laugh. one but John Kaye and Katharing de to tell John that the reason she

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her warningly.

"I played three sets of tennis in the broiling sun yesterday." Katharine said, keeping her tong good-humoured with an effort. "Anil I rode horse- back in the morning. Doesn't that count?"

Bertine gave her own, superior

"Oh, I guess we know why all tho knew what really had happened that was able to bear her stepmother's young Indies in town have taken to terrible night. Some columnist from irritating ways, her trick of whining, tell thing or two about that."

Katharine clenched her hands. the city printed an item to the effect and "fussing" it everything was berj that "Gibi Larkin took it on the chio cause ale hnd found a new outlet for With an effort she controlled her

votee. "Really!" from a certain prominent medica at her energies and affections. The

Berline turned to Dr. Kaye as if for the Blue Sky Club" Katherine, Merser house was open to her now reading it, trembled. But there were whenever Bertine made hente unbear understanding and sympathy, "You no further repercussions from the in-nhle. Violet ferner was her con- are nowadays about the first decent- believe how silly the girta cident. Gibbs evidently had not been fidante and Katherine inved the ne and the sense to keep out of Zoe's love anyone for years. But if Ber is going to marry the fellow," seriously hurt and, wherever he was, children, too, as she hadn't dared to looking male creature in breeches. Why, I heard to-day that Sally Moon path now.

tine knew how often she sought out Later Katharing read his name in the little white house in the hills be- the sailing lists. Bound for Plymouth hind Innicock, she would be sure to and Havre. She wondered if Gissy interfere. Malotte, the blues singer, were board the boat also,

оп

"Marry whom?" the doctor asked. the riding place, criel Bertine, in "Why, that young man who runs triumph. "That chap who calls him- self Heatherne."

How grand it would be. Katharine thought, if Michael Heatheroo were

John Kaye, glancing at Katharine, was shocked by the drawn look on instant. She would

"Tea, kay, The day came when, Zoe was alto come walking in that door this very

her face. lowed to walk in the garden. She Michael?"

"Why, there's aṛmething here,” he seemed thinner,

She would say, "I'm sorry, but do said to himself, in surprise. "This Kor thoughtful than before. Her close brush with you take sugar and cream? death and sobered her, changed her neem to remember... from the loughing, rather frivolous But she could never ask Michael

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