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THE ́HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1935.

SERIAL STORY-

One Love

CHAPTER XLI

difference. Promise me!"

- by LAURA LOU BROOKMAN

in the brees the only flowers left

and yet there was a bint of fall in Mrs. Curtis nodded. "I'll promise," the air, Tall cosmos and yellow Mrs. Curtis shook her head. "You she said, "but just the same I sup-chrysanthemums nodded their heads must be mistaken!" sho exclaimed. "I'm sure it couldn't have been Janet'll worry. Oh, dear! I wish

you hadn't snid a thing about it!" "All right. Where was she two They heard the front door open and nights ago

a moment inter Janot appeared. "Why-why, let me seo.

She was

"Here it is," she said, handing the here in this room with me all even book to Betty, "It took me a little ing. We were reading no, I've got while to find it. It was underneath that wrong. Last night the Ridge ways were here and the night before some things on the dressing-table.

And here's the key."

gone.

where a dozen varieties had bloomed a few weeks before. Another week and September would be gone.

Almost six months had passed since Janet had left the rooming and quoved to Mrs. Curtis' honso expensive home. "I wonder," she thought, "where I'll be in another six

months?"

was rather exciting. In six

Mrs. Curtin words broke off..

Betty said, "Thanks," and glanced "Janet did go out that evening," she continued, "but she

"but she told me she was at her wrist watch. "It's time for

see it must me to be going," she told her mother months she would be in a different the movica, so you going to

mecity, doing entirely different things. "Don't forget what you promised me.” have been someone elso—~*

aho was

Janet, hadn't quite decided where A moment later Betty's laugh was sneering. "Movice Janet returned to her work and dish was going. That was the chlef -that's what she'd tell you, of course. But she wasn't at the movies when I not see Mr. Curtis again until lunch. son for her trip down town to-day. It was a quiet meal. Janet was won- She wanted to inquire about fares hor

at the railway station. New York dering if the older woman did not was the favoured destination if it But, Betty, I simply can't believe feel well when Mrs Curtis sald didn't cost too much. If it did there Why that sort of thing isn't at all like her! She's always so quiet abruptly, "Janet, why don't you ever were half a dozen others.

any of your friends the and reserved."

house? You could use the little room off the library for a sitting room if you'd like"

It.

Betty's voice flamed with anger, "So you'd believe her against your own daughter, would you!"

do that!" Betty

"Why thank you. I guess I just hadn't thought about it. I don't have very many friends."

During the ride down town she planned eagerly. She had a little over $200 in the bank. Three weeks'

Janet

discovered

had reached Centre aireet, She pressed the button and descended. Marsh's was the nearest department store

No, no, it's not that, dear.

salary added to that and she would have enough. A week from Saturday simply mean you must have been mis

she would tell Mrs. Curtle that sito: taken. I know you think it was Janot

"But you're young. You've lived was going away with surprise that you saw but it must have been somo-

in Lancaster several years. You one else. It's no casy to make mis

the bus When she comes back nust know some young people," takes like that.

"Yes, of course. I've known lots I'll nak ho

lls in offices where I've worked "Don't

cut in of glila shortly, "Do you think if she were but they go away or get married or out with a crowd of hoodlums she'd somehow you lose track of them."

"Ilaven't you any, young men tell you about it? If you're so sure

friends?" guess this precious Janet' is a saint that's all there is to it. But if you wake up some morning and find the silverware or your diamonds gong don't lisme me! I've done the best could to warn you."

I

Mrs. Curtis glanced down at the diamond ring sho was wearing.

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must

"Not many. Most of the men at the Every Home office were married and-well, I was always pretty busy," "I should think an attractive girl like you would have a lot of heaux."

*

to come

and she went there. She bought hose, a re-fill for her vanity ease and a bottle of liquid shampoo. Then she hurried to the railway station

in- and approached the formation desk.

The young man behind the counter was most obliging. He got out time. tables and marked them for her, quoted prices and wrote the figures in the margin of the page. With the Janet hesitated. "I used to be en-

time table folders tucked under her "Oh, dear!" she said. "I suppose gaged," she said, "but that's all over

I will worry. remember Janet came to me with the now. There's one boy I go out with arm Janet turned away. Disregard- some times, Ile's the one I went to ing thrift, she stopped at a shop on highest recommendations from your the movies with the other night.

corner the corner

a Koda. Sho ato

the cooling cone thoughtfully. uncle. Bruce had known her for a

Mrs. Curtis anid, "Oh!" and then, Already she was seen for the first long time and he said she was Why don't you ask him

herself miles from Lanenster absolutely reliable."

away here

Bome night? I'd like to meet time the thought frightened her. In Betty's lips formed Harrow him."

eity without friends, with a strange crimson line. "Well," she An

"I will" Janet agreed doubtfully, out even one

what would acquaintance whi "I'm through with the Arose, whole affair. I thought I altould She was thinking of an evening spent she do if she couldn't find a job? If tell you what I w and I have" in the little roam off the library would she should lose her money or become She walked across the roon and would be self-conscious and so would

not be partkularly cheerful. She to whom would sho turn?

"But I won't lose my money!" sho paused, frowning. "Why in heaven's Jeff. It was anusual for Mrs. Curtis

assured herself acornfully. "I won't name don't you Ket Rome new to nak draperies for this room?" she asked. affairs. Why had she suddenly be-own way

questions about her personalbe ill. Other girls have made their

I can,

too!" and I "Those things are positively archaic.

come so interested?

Nevertheless the adventure had lost Nobody's using dark colours any I'll ask him," Janet promised, and some of its glamour. When Janet then, to change the subject, asked, reached her own room she put the what time will you want Frederick time-tables away and did not look at to take

to the club house this them again. afternoon?" you "About three o'clock, I suppose." If Mrs. Curtis were going to the club house at three it meant Janet would have the rest of the afternoon It was in the living room Inter while i to herself. She said, "Will it be all Janet was dealing out the cards for a right if I go down town after you've second round of two-handed bridge Mrs. Curtis bridled. "IL'S my gone,

There's some shopping I ought that the telephone rang Lucy an home," she said, "and it's comfortable. to do."

for you, swered. "It's for

Curtis," I'm perfectly willing for you to have "Certainly, my dear. Go whenever she said: "I's Mrs. Carlyle," all the modernistic clap-trap in your you like. I won't need you."

The older woman rose and left the apartment you want but I want my Nevertheless Janet's line was taken room. Two minutes later alie was home to suit myself."

up until nearly three o'clock. She back. "Janet" she cried, "tell Fre Betty had paused before the win-was dressing when she heard the car derick I want the car. And hurry! dow. She whirled suddenly, "Janet's in the driveway. That meant that We'll have to go at once!"- coming," she said. "Promise me you Mrs. Curtis would soon be on her way. won't say anything about what I told It was 20 minutes past three when you. If she was there she'd, deny it Janet left the house and walked to and if she wasn't it doesn't make any the bus stop. The day was warm

more,

"But I like them," her mother objected. "And they'll be good for a long time yet. With things the way they have been lately I don't like to! go to expense that isn't necessary."

"You ought to have the whole room done over. And the library too The whole place is moth-eaten."

U.S. COMMODITY. PRICES

LATEST CABLED

QUOTATIONS

The following quotations on the New York commodity exchange are Issued by Router:

January

New York Rubber

12.00 11.02/03 12.07n 12.00 12.22 12.15/16

· 12.37a 12.28. 12.48n 12.43

December

107/100% May

100/105% July

02

96%%/96 Tucsday's sales:-40,000,000 bushels

Chiengo Corn

Distillers ....

9173 80/0 |Dunlop Rubber 30/0

3576 Electric Musical

Industries

26/3 25/- General Electric

(England)

62/3 627- Hawker Aircraft 30/6 20/9/ [Impl.__Chem. Ini. 34/- 33/9

O.K. Bazaars ....

31/3 30/9 Impl. Tobacco 135/- 134/4 Rolis

£1 Royce

148/14 146/1014 Shai Elec. Constr.

44/0 44/6 Tate & Lyle ....

79/6

70/-. Turner & Newall 54/- 54/- United Steel

31/14 30/0 Vickers ord..... 17/44 17/3 Watney, Combe &

Rold def, ord.... 72/- Woolworths.... 111/D

Octobch

December

New York Cotton

Oct. 1

Oct. 2. 10.70 11.07/07 10.03

11.00/07

10.72

11.00/00

March

10.78

11.17/18

May

10.80

11.12/0

July

10.04

Spot

11.00

11.26/27 11.40

71/-

111/6

Miscellaneous

Anglo-Dutch

6 Reorg. Lon

Gula

1013 (Ldn. Inn.) & 80%

90%

Kalumpong

5% B'imi-Nanking

Rly.

OB

£ 68

Rubber Pekin Synd. 27

ord. shi Rubber Trusts

21/3 20/6

19/0 19/3

1/6 1/6 28/11 27/6

6% Tiunt, Pukow

December January March May July Total sales:-109 lots

Chiengo Wheat ..... 1023

23

£ 20

Mines

102

5% Tiont-Pukow

Burnia Corpn. Rs.

£ 23

$ 23

10

11/- 11/-

£ 25

Cominon wealth

1

5% Hukuang Rly.

Mining

11/- 10/7/%

1011... £.40

£40

Randfontien

% Lung Taing U.

Estates

GO/9

Spanrwater Gold

Mining

Springs Mines

Sub-Nigel

50/-

6/4 078 40%

39/416 24379 241/3

December

-.01%/62 68 May

60%/60% GB1 July

61%/61% Tuesday's sales:-4,008,000 bushels

Winnipeg Wheat

Olls

October December May

$2 93

07%

95%/05% 06/06

100/100

[Anglo-Persian

Burma Dil

£104

Shell Tranяand

December

Now York Sugar

2.67

2.50/57

£ 13

Chosen Corpn. ..

69/44 68/9 17/0 17/7/2

January

2.14

2.17/18

March

2.13

2.15/16

Marsman__invest-

May

2.17

2.18/10

monts, Ltd.

23/9/21/6

July

2.22

2.22/23

37/-

Austin Mutors

Boots G-sh

Bridal Amorican

Tobacco (boaror) 110/-

Catundian Coianose

80/-

110/- 80/-

Chineso Ung, and

Min (Boarer) 11/3

Courtaulds

63/14 62/44

10/6.

Total sales:-1,000 tons

New York Silk Bocastors, Panama, Oct. 2..

December....

1.80 1.80% Cara Jisala, the Indian "Can- March .....................

1.80 nibal" has been arrested on charges May, ******** 48/3 48/

Total unios: 69 lots

Montreal Silver

10.30 00.30/50 - 00:50b 60.40/70

08.35 [60.80/07.00

07.60.

...07.20/45

Railway (Supl. Lean)

5% Honan Rly.. £ 25

Trad. (Bearer)

Hai Rly. 1013 £11% £ 11%

1 Foreign Blouds and Banks

German 7% Int.

Lean 1924 £5734 £ GT

Japan 6% Sterling

Lean 1907 Japan 0% Sterling

Loan

£70 £ 70

1024

* £0 £·9031 H.K. & S'hai Bk.

(Ldn. Regd.) $105 Chartd. Blc. of LA.

& 0.

£ 13 Commercial and Industrial

Alled Iron Found 3776.

Ankociated Elec.

Industries 34/30/

*-30/104

ord.

Rhokana Corpn.. 07/0 95/-

50/414 58/9 73/9 73/114

of killing and opting overal por- sons. He is also charged with robbing tho graves

December containing nowly buried bodies whon ho bo- January came too weak through illness to Bay

kill any moro people.-United Press. Total salea:19 contracts.

March

1.814/1.82 1.81%/1.81% | 1.81/1.82

SHARE PRICES

The following to the list of local share quotations issued this morning.

Banks.

H.K. Banks, $1,016 sa. H. K. Banks,

(Lon. Reg.),

£104 n. Chartered Bank, £13 n. Mercantilo Bank, A. and B.

£29.

Mercantile Bank C., £13 n. East Asia Bank, $80 n.

Insurances.

Canton Ins., $180 n. Union Ins. 872 b. China Underwriters, $1.10 n. China Fire, $382 n. H.K. Fire Ins., $180 n. Internat'l Assco., Sh. $4 n.

⚫ Shipping,

Douglas, $36 n.

H.K. Steamboats, $4 n. Indo-Chinas, (Prof.), $80 n. Indo-Chinas (Def.), $12 n. Shell (Bearer), 68/9 n. Union Waterboats, $111⁄4 n.

Mining..

Antamoks, 76 cta. n. Balatoce, $14 n.

Bagulo Gold, 24 cts. n.

Benguet Consolidated, $11.50 n..

· Benguet Exp., 13 cts. n. Benguet Goldfield, 10 ets. n. Big Wedge, 8 cts, n.

Gold Creek, 30 cts. n.

Gold River, 7 cts. n.

Ipo Mining, 00 cts. n.

Itogons, 36% cts. n.

Salacot, 15 cts. n.

Kailan, 10/6 n.

Langkata (Single), $13 n.

.

S'hai Explorations, Sh. $4% ¤.

S'hat Loans, Sh. $6% n. Rubs, $78..

Venz: Goldfeld $2.30 n.

Docks etc.

H.K. Wharves (old), $72 n. H.K. Wharves (now), $70 n. HK. Docks, 80 n. Providents (old), 65 eta, n. Providents (now), 20 cts, n. 7 Hongkews Cold), 8h, $240 m.

There was scarcely time anyhow. Mrs. Curtis arrived before Janet was down stairs and shortly afterward dinner was announced.

"But, Mrs. Curtis, what is it?" "Something terrible has happened, Betty's been robbed!"

(To Be Continued).

New Engineerings, Sh. $4 n. Shanghai Docks, Sh. $78 n.

Cotton Milla.

Ewo Cottons, Sh. $6.30 n. S'hai Coltuns' (old), Sh. $65 n. S'hal Cottons (now), Sh. $40 n. Zoong Singe, $8%1⁄2 n.

Wing On Textiles, Sh. $25 n.

Lands, Hotels, etc.

H. and S. Hotels, $3.15 an. HI. K. Lands, $26 8. H.K. Lands, 4% Deben.

$130 n.

S'hai Lands, Sh. $15 n. Metropolitan Lands, Sh. $10 m.

Humphreys, $7% n.

HK. Realties, $1 n. Chinese Estates, $80 B. · China Realtics, Sh. $4 n. China Debentures Sh. $56 n.

Public Utilities.

H. K. Tramways, $11.00 n. Peak Trams, (old), 351⁄2 n. Peak Trams, (new), $5 n. Star Ferries. $78 n. Yaumati Ferries, (old) $17 n. China Lights, $8.00 sa.. H.K. Electric, $62 b. Macao Electric, $20 n.

Sandakan Lights, $3 8.

Telephone (old), $17.60/17/1⁄21⁄2 63. Telophone (new), $6% n.

n.

China Buses, Sh. $11

Singapore Tractions, 10/6 n. Singapore Pref. 22/6 n.

Industrials

Malabon Sugars, $8.50 n. Cald: Macg. (old), Sh. $19%1⁄2 n Cald: Macg. (Pref.), Sh. $13 n.. Canton Ices, $1.60 n.

Coment $8 b.

HK. Ropes, $1.55 b.

Stores, &c.

Dairy Farm, $14.75 n. Watson, $2.90 b. Lane Crawfords, 30 n. Mackintosha, $7 n. Sinceres, $5 n.

Wm. Powells, 70 cts. n. Wing On (H.K.), 855 u.

Miscellaneous.

H.K. Entertainments, 84 n. 9. C. Enterprise $1.85 n. Maena "Greyhounds," $2 n. Constructions (old), $1.10 n. Constructions (new), 25 cts. n.. Vibro Piling, $4_n..

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