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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1985.

SERIAL STORY-

DONNAL BIG TOP

BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

by BEULAH

POYNIER

long as I live there'll never be an other woman but

"Why haven she naked

wonderingly, "There was nothing to keep you from doing it. You Абаза she you knew I enred. I de. And I've been miserable, thinking you dis. liked me and maybe-loyed some body else. Has it been pride--or be- cause I was with the circus--7

dangers of the animal act and then DONNA GABRIEL and MADELINE BID.tore the letter into pieces, letting DAL, who call themselves "The Gallet is the win! flatter them about her hend tom" are clmps performers. Years pater That was the end of the Gabriel Madeline ran away from her grandfather" sisters" act. Perhaps now that fade-

wher Donna sa Infuret in a fall from the line was married to the man trapren Marieling arranges for her to be taken loved she would want Donna to an-

GRANDFATHER BIDUAL' farm Tonounce her rea

real Identity she please her partner Danus pretends to be Inteline, would get in touch with Hoteline. the falls In Sove with DILL AID.

her grandfather, DAL Madelina's cousin, and though pho la nahaned of teceiving Ni and Grandfather sho Ir afrukto tell them the truth.

Meanwhile Madeline marries CON DAVID shinial trainer with the circum. He fell her he le going to put her in his animal art, Madeline le terriård of the Hons and tigers, but finally makes a pušile, appearance,

CHAPTER XVI

t

Donna was thinking of this prosality when Bill reached her side, onsequently there was tragedy in her eyes and wistfulness about her mouth

"Bad newa?" he asked abruptly,

als gaze, indicating the fluttering

scraps of paper.

"Neither, darling. Do you think pride could stand between

137

Or the fact that you were a citrus girl? Don't you know, Matellae 7"

he

For A second she thought he re ferred to her, masquerade, that was aware she was a liar and cheat, but she quickly banished this thought. Love would die if he thought such shook her hand.

LONGED Of her..

•

"No, not exactly. My partner is Madeline's terror was curiously married and ins decided to become like stuge fright. She was quivering an animal trainer, that's all.”

I don't know." in the knees and sick in the pit of "Does that make you wihappy 7*! | "We're cousins, Madeline, in this her stomach as Con led her icenga Bill's voice thickened. 1 guess I part of the country we might as well the arena, but when she stepped into was right when I said you wouldn't be brother and sister, so far as the eage and heard the burst of be satisfled here."

ringe in concerned. Heritage and all applause from the audience her fear "wasn't thinking of myself," the rent of those bugaboos mean vanished, just as stage fright vanishes Donna answered. "I'm through with nothing to me, but I couldn't subject after the first few words are spoken. the circus unless you and "Grand-you to the comments and gossip and

She felt calm, rather elated, and father decide you don't want me here. scandal that would be inevitable found her

herself

enjoying the sensation I'm quite strong enough now to take you were my wife." of giving thrills to a multitude. To a few lessons in management of the be sure, all she did was to stand farm and unless you are too busy to "How ridiculous!” she laughed, rest. with her back against the door and give them to me I'd like to start." ing against his shoulder. "Do you watch her husband put the

cata

He scowled. "As for instance?" think I'd care what any one said? through their paces, to stand with "I don't know, exactly. You said Why, we're strangers, Bill-or wero ou cringing when a long, striped I was needed here and that if i had strangera until that day last suma- body slithered over her feet and a been at home you could have con- mer. This relationship-would you grent yellow tail Inshed against her Linued with your medical course, let that come between us? I'm not ankles.

Well, I'm home to stay and you can well aware o back to schools you'd be that we wouldn't always love ench

Are you? afrald fall

don't know, I'm not afraid that hers was the greater danger. "Yes," sarcastically. She carried na protection. Of course great at a plough, and you could ather, And there's no insanity nor the revolver Cun used occasionally earning and evening

tote 10 to 12

of milk crime in the family. But I am afraid held only blanks and was fired more

of what the buzz of unkind whispera for effect than anything else—but, "I don't mean that. I could nev-might do to you. If, after we were few of the spectators knew this, er do what you do. But I could see married, you might not regret it

Just at the end of the net Con that the hired men did as they were turned, swept Madeline into his arms told, and I could keep books and and kissed her. The audience cheer- churn and the rest of it." eil.

But th audience was

You were, grent, honey," he said cathusiastically. "You weren't afraid, wore you

Bill kicked a twig-then, stooping, picked it up and twisted it about in his hand. "I'm not going back to school. I've lost too much time, the and somehow the inclination to be a

doctor

"1 see.

don't want mo ,371:

"Nol a bit," she answered. "Just the same, I'm glad to bé on good old sawdust again."

"We're going to have the great-

est set in the country before we're here either. I suppose if you mar- Lhrough! When you have Lucy ry I'd be in the way." crawling La you we won't take anyj "Who says I'm going to marry?" back talk from any ane. We'll he asked sharply, mamme bay own "price-go to Europe,)

anywhere we want to!" "Lucy!" Madeline rasped want me to work with Luey!"

BOLZ She dnes

wwwhy

Nou going to sume day 7"}

I don't think so. I can't "You marry the woman I love and I don't

want anyone else."

and blame me,"

She patter his chicek. Mrs. Planter would predict unthinkable things

and maybe some others of her calibre would gossip, but I wouldn't mind. If you always loved nie I wouldn't care what any one in

the world thought or said."

"Not even Grandfather?" "You think he will object 7" "I'm sure of it. There's no doubt but that we're the two persons in all the world he loves most, but he'd never consent to a marriage between

"When he know our happiness depends upon it7 When he learns how much we love each other?'

Even as she pleaded with him Donna know There was silence between them, knew, deep down in her heart, that nay of the other tricks. Well Don remembering that Grand-she had no right to accept Bill's love break her with new ones, nake n father Sindal had said the affair be- under false culours, that before she stur act. While I'm putting the tween Bill and Mattie Blake had became his wife she would have to ibers through the routine you can bren broken off, did not see the tell him the truth But in that huur, put Lucy through her act. It should white line around Bill's lips nor the knowing the sweetness of his caresses, be a risi

expression in his eyes as they rested the satisfaction of feeing his arms of confidence in on her face." "You've a lot

holding her close and shielding her me, haven't you, Con? ghe asked “Suddenly all his love for her welled against the world, she could not be nestling against his shoulder, up in his heurt. Like a torrent, influenced by the right or wrong of "I'm going to make a real per-breaking through a dam, his passion it. Marriage with Bin would be former out of you yet," he laughed. for the girl overwhelmed him and heaven, all that she could ask of this

ཎཱ་ ྃ་ swept aside. renson,

convention, life or the one hereafter. Never to never to Madeling had been married almost everything, Donna felt herself lifted be separated from him, month before she

wrote Donna bodily and crushed against his heart.leave this place that had given her the news. Then the letter contain "You're the woman!" he muttered. peace and contentment after her el more about the animal act than "Don't you know that? God help us wandering, homeless existence.

Her arms ached with the year it did of Madeline's marriage,

both, I love you! I've loved you since

yourning didn

t to enfold him. Her heart throbbed without the aid of a cane. Standing want you to know, and hoped to pour into his cars the love she under

an apple tree heavily weighted that you wouldn't care anything for felt for him. How big was his love? with golden fruit, with the sunlight me-not that way--but I know you Was it strong enough to stand the throwing crimson splashes upon her do and I know I'm hurting you when test of disillusion? Strong enough mpper eris, she was-a-picture-that there's-nothing-on-God's carth that to defy the old man he adured? - II te the heart of the young farmer, means so much to me as your hop- she told Bill the truth would be turn watching her contract swiftly. piness. It's been agony not to do from her and despisu her? Dared

Donna smiled as she read of Made-this before, to take you in my arms she take the risk? line's happiness, frowned over the land kiss you and tell you. that

To Be Continued).

read the letter the day she won bot

SHARE PRICES

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

Banks.

ILK. Banks $1,120 b..

H. K. Banks, (Lon. Reg.).

£107 n.

Chartered Bank, £14 n. Mercantile Bank, A. and B.

£28% 1.

Mercantile Bank C., £124 n. East Asla Bank, $63 b.

Insurances.

Canton In., $205 b. Union In., $415_b.

China Underwriters, $1.10 b. Chinn Fire, $100 n. HK. Fire In., $2021⁄4 b. Internat'l Assce., Sh, $4 m..

Shipping.

Douglas, $36 n.

ILK. Steamboats, $4 n. Indo-Chinas, (Pref.), $30 n. Indo-Chinas (Del.), $11 n. Shull (Bearer), 78/114 n. Union Waterboats, $11

Mining.

Antamoks, 70 cts. n.

n.

Balatoce, $14 n.

Baguio Gold, 22 eta. n.

Benguet Consolidated, $10% b.

Benguet Exp, 13 eta, n.

Big Wedge, 8 cta n.

Gold Creek, 30 cts. n.

Gold River, 5% cts. n. Ipo Mining, 90 ctá. n. Itogons, 30 cts. n.

Salacot, 16 cts. n..

Kailan, 11/0 u.

Langkats (Single), $13 n...

S'hai Explorations, Sh. $4% ¤.

S'hal Loana. Sh. $51⁄41⁄4 n.

Raubs, $6.65 n.

Vonz: Goldfeld $2.30 n.

Docks etc.

ILK. Wharves (old), $721⁄41⁄2-b. II.K. Wharves (now), $70 a.

H.K. & W. Docks $9 n. Providents (old), 70 cts.

and sa.

day first suw your

H

Providents (new), 20 ets. n. Hongkews (old), Sh. $2371⁄2 n. New Engineerings, St. $4 n. Shanghai Docks, Sh. $80 n

Cotton Mills.

Ewo Coltons Sh. $5.00 . S'hai Coltons (old), Sh. $65 n. S'hal Cottons (new), Sh. $40 n. Zhong Sings, $8. Wing On Textiles, Sh. $25 p.

Lands, Hotels, etc.

IL. and S. Hotels, $3.45 b. H.K. Lands, $25 b. H.K. Lands, 47% Duben.

$100 n.

Shui Lands, Sh. $13.90 n. Metropolitan Lands, Sh. $10 n. Humphries $8.30 b. 1.K. Realties $4. Chinese Estates, $80 n. China Realties, Sh. $4 n. China Debentures Sh. $35 n.

Public Utilitles.

b.

II.K. Tramways, $11 Peak Trams, (old), $5 n. Peak Trams, (new), $4% n. Star Ferries, $30 b.

Yaumati Ferrien, (old) $17.n. China Lights, $8.80 b.

HI.K. Electric, $56 b. and sa. Macao Electric, $20 n. Sandakan Lights, $3 6. Telephone (old) $191⁄4% b. Telephono (new), $0.25 b. China Buses. Sh. $11 n. Singaporo. Tractions, 13/- n. Singapore Pref, 25/- n.

Industriala

Malabon Sugars, $8.50 n. Cald: Macg. (old), Sh. $191⁄2 n Cald: Macg. (Prof.), Sh, $13 m. Canton Ices, $1.00 n.

Coment, $8%.b.

H.K. Ropes, $24 1. Stores, &c.

Dairy Farm, $14.00 b.

Watson, $3.66 b,

Lane Crawfords, $2.75 n. Mackintoshs, $5 m.

Sinceres, $160 n.

Wm. Powells, 70 cta. n. Wing On (HK), $40 n.

Miscellaneous.

HK. Entertainments, $4 n. S. C. Enterprise $1.85 n.'.

Berlin.

New York. Amsterdam..

15.13

12.924

618

EXCHANGE RATES

Purig. Geneva.

Athens Milan. Shanghai

Oct. 29. 71.30/61 .15.12

12.9214 .516 .60.7/1

Oct. 30,

74.39/64.

60.7/10

1/3.13/16

4.01%%%

4.91%

7.34%

Vienna Prague..

7.24%

26

20

.118%

110

625

626

.36

30

110%

110

Ilongkoug.

1/1114

1/10

Brussels

29.20

Monte Video

394

Belgrade

215

Montreal.

4.96%

30.7/10!

210 4.97%%

1/21/32

1/2.3/64

Helsingfors.

227

4

15

29.5/16 20.1/16 104

Rucharest Madrid. Lisbon

Yokohama.

tiu

44. Buenos Aires. 167

$9.6/16 Silver (Spot). Silver (forward).20 War Loan... .103%

British Wireless.

Macno "Greyhounds," $2 m Constructions (old), $1.10 n. Constructions (now), 26 cts. 8. Vibro Piling, $4 n.

Ch. Govt. 6% 1925 G. $ Bonds

01% n.

1. K. Govt. 4% Loan 5% prema, b. II.K. Govt. 81⁄4%% Loan par. b. Wallace Harpers $4 n.

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Hongkong.

3rd Nov. 3rd Dec.

.29th Nov.

21st Dec.

£18

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