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Sinclair Lewis'

"DODSWORTH"

.' with

A Picturisation of which will be released in Hong- kong shortly by United Artists

wheels go around, aboard ship at in the world. Or else he was on the for- ward deck, peering eagerly Inte egite, like a Columbus in reverse, for first nights of the old country.

WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE

Bam Dodsworth, lending automobile manufacturer of Zenith, allows Kim- alf to be persuaded by his wife

The affair between Fran and Lock. sell his plant to United Motors, and art had, therefore, progressed mar embark on a nete life of fun and ad- vellously-gy to a certain point. And venture. His wife wants to recapture then the Englishman bad actually in- her youth in Europe; she yearns for sulted her. Yes, Fron insisted, be lind romance and culture, Bam bids jare-insulted her. Ho had klased ker well to his friends and his buluar, shoulder!

Major Lockert was in turn offended. with Tubby Pearson's earning ring- ing in his ears "Americans like you advantage of me he

"You're taking a wickedly unfair cried. "I and me can't quli work. We're meant thought I was doing what wan ex- to die in harneza?"

CHAPTER 3

Sam's interest increased with each

day of the journey. While Fran minde

| perted of me,"

Fran was scandalized. “What I ex- perted of you?”

"There's a tradition about this sort of thing," Major Lockert insisted.

Fran pitt on her warillent manner.

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The flirtation between Fran and Lackert progressed marvelousty-up to a point:

of-the-world, Dodsworth found fruit-1 Major Lockert emllrd. "For a civ. ful equalatances in the engine-room, lized woman who's been married as and would spend hours ndiniring the long as you have, you'ro making & giant turbines and the pollshed, intri- good deal of a small matter." eate mechanism-akia (o his plant in Zenith.

"Makes me wish I'd built ships fa- niend of automobiles," he yelled abore the din to his friend, the Chief En sincer,

Ite latended this to anger Frau, and It did.

"It isn't a small matter with me?" she shouted furiously.

"I offer you my must abject opol ogien," said Luckert.

The Chief grinned. "Well, if you He alo affered her some excellent no shouted back, "I'd hate to advice advice that seat her lato the wer the ocean on a Sunday afternoon." air with rage. The manner in whieli Even pleanter prospects were in the advies was given was even more store for Dodsworth, helping him offensive to her than the advice tarif, condem what he wished so desperate-11e treated her as I shio were a silly ly to believe that he had made a schoolgirl,

wlan decision in giving up his basi "Give up starting things you aren't ness. All his life he had dreamed of prepared to Balsh," he admonishind. Home day neelog England, the home "You think you're a woman of the of his forefathers, the land of Shake-world. You're nothing of the sort. spearo and Dickens, the country of Why. any modern school girt would Oliver Twist and Bherlock Holmes, know how to handle herself betier the countryside beautiful beyond than you do," arenia. Enginnd! Mother England! There was more of this nature. Thes And each day brought his dream upshot was that Dodsworth found his closer to reality. With incredible wife in tears. apred, the buge ship swart the waters, bringing the British shore nearer and

"Acarer,

The first of Dodsworth's great dis- appointments came on the last day of the voyage, when he rushed to Fran, filled with exuberance. He had just sighted Bishop's light, beblad which iny England!

The more she tried to explain, the more bewildered Dodsworth found. blurcif, and the more helpless.

"I uppnae it's up to me to go nut and shoot him," he said, trring feebly to make a jest of it. "I would feel like a fool. And anyway, it's your own fault for flirting with him. You must bare given him some cache"

This led to more tears, and bitter

He found Fran in tears. What the words that required ameotslag eat. had Inteailed an intrition with Finally, when peare had been estab the attractive Major Lockert hndshed, rame the bombshell,

ended in disaster. It had all been wonderfully enjoyable up to certain patos Dodsworth was rarely grounil to disturb them, being occupied main- ly in the engine room, where he con- verend sagely and professionally, with the Chief Engineer on what made the

lended. "I can't go to England "Don't let's go to England." Fran where that man is-laughing at me!" France Instead.

And so the Dodsworthis went to

(TO BE CONTINUED)

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