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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1936.

THE HONGKONG “TELEGRAPH’S” NEW MOVIE SERIAL

SYLVIA SCARLETT

Based on the RKO-Radio Picture featuring Katharine *Hepburn, Edmund Gwenu. Coming Shortly to. Hongkong.

PART III

(Conclusion)

have heard even if she were asleep and it was whispered. The cry came Brain, "Michael Michael Michael!" Clearly it was Lily who was calling. Some hours later, however,

Sylvia went flying down glad to have his hand on her elbow toyota avert and shoes, bereamed and to feel his presence beside her for Monkley and throw herself into Together they stumbled in the dark the waves. By the time Monkley over the moors, hunting for her reached the bench she find Lily out of Van-

fother.

After renching the caravans the walet, Together they worked couver they found him pathetically concern- Victoria ed over Maudie, who had run into over her. When a little colour flowed back into ly's cheeks Bonkley die village to buy blouters for tea and carried her up to the caravan. They Arrivo

had not returned. He'd talked about gave her some brandy: Sylvin was rata, too, and insisted he saw them tender and wrapped blanketa about petittling over the cands when there her when she complained she was

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"Stop worrying about Maudie being with that man with the moustache time she leaves the caravan," every Sylvia pleaded. However, audie was gone, it developed as the night July 27

Whether or not she went other fellow no one knew. to Join the 7 Aug. 12

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"Why did you do it?" she demanded when Monkey went outside.

"Because of him-Michael," Lily answered.

"But lover your

Sylvia's voice was a little.

Away," Lily admitted, “but not 4 way that's good enough really. All quarrel because I don't tell him that the time we quarrel. Today we your father, I hear he is dead. And he is afraid you will think him cruel that he doesn't come to see you." She shrugged her shouldera, "I for- get what it is, we quarrel about yester day. To-morrow it will be something

There was "It good.."}

me Lily

will destroy him. That's why I went out on the rocks and..." Sylvatust love him very much,"

was pink in the sky when they came else. So it go silence.

back to the caravan. The door hung

oper

"He hasn't come back," Sylvia said sadly. "He hasn't come back yet. Poor Old Man."

It was Monkley who found him

severnt hours later. Lying at the bottom of the cliff near which the caravan was parked. They need not have looked so far.

said. "I am. No

told her, "to be so brave." Lily's laughter was bitter. "Yes, for they say, when drowning one's past life passes before one. To risic that I was brave."

Sylvia arranged her pillows and tucked the blankets closer about her.

"Go to sleep," she said, "and when you wake up he'll be here to take you home,"

friend's

Sylvlu didn't cry. Not even when they buried him the following day.

"Why should I cry?" she asked Jimmie who semed to expect it of her. In her black raincoat, with a binck soulwester hat pulled down She went for Fane herself. "Your and a black scarf wrapped about her throat to hide the gaiety of the dress slic

was obliged to wear she looked very white und very young. "Life without Maudie would have hurt him more than life with her did and that was bad enough.” FAT

him.

at our curavan," she told "You must be very kind to You must put things right be- her. -

meant tween you. She threw herself in the water."

to die and

Fane grabbed her hands. "Is she safe now, perfectly safe?"

But Sylvia went on with her story Moukley Inid a clumsy hand on her in her own

way. "She meant to shoulder, "A litile warm-heartedness die," she repeated, "because she between us would do no harm," be thought she was Lad for you." suggested, "and it might keep us frum

"Who saved her?" Fane wanted to being lonely."

know.

HOW..

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Sylvia's eyes softened. She won- dered if Monkley, when he talked. "I pulled her out, but it's only you can save her, really save her, I about being lonely, meant the same

mean f feeling that had been inside of her Pell mell they drove over the ever since she had walked out

country roads Michael Fane's studio and left him when they got there the caravan was and Lily there together. If he did,

gone. pitied him.

"She's turned worse," Fane said. Sylvia was sitting on the caravan steps while Monkey gathered up "and Monkley's driven her to the their paraphernalia preparatory to doctor's," He jumped out to see by their departure when she heard the the wheel marks which way they Ferenni. It was soft enough, but had gone. Sylvia slid in to the Michael was name Sylvia would driver's seat and took the wheel.

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"Come on," she called. "Hurry, dol He's bolted with her, that's what?"

"Left you stranded, too," roared Michael. "The swing?"

They careened along the const road, whizzed around holrpin turns. It all camo to have less and less reality to Michael, and he thought fantastically that Sylvia must be the reincarnation of one of the Furies, to drive se recklessly yet so safely.

It was growing dark before they saw the caravan ahoad on the road. "If only," said Michael, he won't see us for a while."

saw us

Sylvia laughed. "It's my guess he eyes in the first. He has back of his head, like a fiy."

Monkley had seen them. At the crown of the hill he stopped. He got out and unfastened the trailer. The road along the cliff was narrow. It would be dificult to avoid that trailer as it raced down hill. When Michnet saw it coming he held his breath. On the wheel Sylvia's hands grew strain- ed

and whito. Sho waited until it was almost on top of them to 800 which way it would swerve, then pho awerved, too. Into the hill she head- od the car und at the last minute pulled on the brake. She saved their lives and saved the car from any seri- ous damage, but it was an hour bo- fore they got it out of the ditch that

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Sylvia and Michael went faster than ever after the accident. Up and down hills and through two startled townships. At

entrance third town they were arrested for speeding. They landed in the local jail. In the same cell.

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"If you hadn't driven like such a little fool," Michael began.

u're

nervous type, are you!" Sylvin asked. "Well, if I was after a girl I shouldn't care ?"

"You happened," said Michael, "to be after something quito different-a nau. You don't believe for one minute thought you were tearing along that way to save Lily!"

"I hadn't given any thought to what you might be thinking!" Sylvin's chin was high but her heart wasn't.

A policeman brought their supper, Later Michael found a bit of chalki in his pocket. He began to draw on he wall.

"You've the lovellest mouldings to your brows. And the line of your throat is exquisite."

he Later when the light went wouldn't let her tell the policeman she was a girl and go to another cell. He made her lie down while ho arranged the blankets over her, then sat on the were floor at her alde. His eyes dark and tender.

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At the dining-car door stopped. "This way, air" sald the head-waiter. Michael didn't even hear him. He stood, like a man in daze, staring at Monkley and Lily. Then he turned on his heel and went back to

to Sylvia

"It was too crowded." He pulled down the shade in the door. With leas light you might be able to sleep," Sylvia shook her head and hoped she was right in what she was think- 1 inst

"You know," he said suddenly, "I disapprove of you and that Monkley. Always have."

"Monkley! Monkley Monkley!" Sylvia fairly screamed. "Hang Monkley!"

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"Why? Because I love you, that's whyt

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Above a sign "To be used only in case of emergency" hung a communi- cation card. Michael pulled it. The train lurched to a stop.

"Come on," he whispered to Sylvia. Marvellous "We're going places. places. Oh, my darling!"

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