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Show THE ONE-MAW WOMAN I THE HOME OF SING LOY I.- GNF.S AEFXTNG. WwilZ ni l . TODAY. Vi'VKl'. r..::,,-,vinp her hus-K? hus-K? death, returned from tho WL, city tc the village of hor IKhooJ to arn for hor widowed K' r.vKS'"'N'g To their little. MTOVVN' ALICr rltli tho story K Kate's J0"1 husband, Bv"AKlV thn fllthor of KnHY. I.ttrr rome the now? porothy was scrlouwlv in, IKkoU' !'.-ft homo to visit tho Bn,nY. with hini Alice lived Ktprmlno yj11 "ught to bo, "co'on Willi the Story cK, frame structure, ' the wln-K wln-K half carta i:!1"'! A steamy smell Bgt'pi ? n n 1 1 tm-1 inp-jptg inp-jptg tho laundry of Ping I,ny ewhern in tho steamy, unpicn-Krll. unpicn-Krll. Chln-i'.iwn Ahco could bo Ward walked past the placo. Btf, n walk, d back again. It to-ik Eft m " 1 'inn eho hud tthu It h find swintr the wooden Kopcn A I" .1 tinkled as the f-r I' ' 1 . a .-)c or KCop. Tho 1 ound, 1Rl a tiiiiK ujijjsuren irom mo nd shambled along behind the (rnoon,' tho oriental smiled you have Miss Miss a girl Alice here" Kate queried ring suddenly that she did tn know tho namo of tho girl V grunted the man behind In spoke loudly in his native There was a movement in ck of tho shop Another flg-pc-ared, slight, black satoened, uously groomed. Loy's acknowledgment of presenco was a very low and bow. He bad tho slim body ituros of the mental type, a )U8 poise. Intense dark eyes OW. cultured voice, two Chinese exchanged a few wish to si e my wife?" Sing tod at length, inted to see the girl who calls Alice." Kate stammered, esame," from the oriental is moving toward the hack of ip and beckoning Kate to foliate fol-iate moved across a room In there were several girls Iron-ten Iron-ten she stopped. Sing Loy will wait. I see." little man moved silently. 1 shadowy passage, then dls-' d In a doorway. I Tcm Wish tn BOC My Wife- Sing ijoy Asked nt Length. rtt9ft ,at W0rk- In they lnr1 , etwpcn tho l,tu heet-iron-Ubie. room and thelr lronInR The stove room was small The glow of the long. low. half-open stove lit tho windowing place and gave It the appearance of a lance furnace, housing a dying flro In , one corner of the hot room was h , Pail of water. With long hooks the plrls took tho 1 huge irons from the top 0f the stove land dashed them Into the water to 1 cool and smooth them md leesen the .danger of Mr. John Kmlth best 1 union suit nrrlving at his home ono rtay with a section of fabric scorched om. Then, holding tho hand which car-j car-j ned tho Iron nut, n the hot, heaw I thing wouldn't touch their ankles the Klrls trudged back to the Ironing I tables and silently set at smoothing the wrinkles out of the townspeople's I freshly washed clothing Kate was moved with something akin to pity as she watched the girls I wasn't the work, the weight or th Iron, the heat of the place whirl, moved her. It was the silent vplrlt-lessness vplrlt-lessness A movement Kate henrd a voice at hor side. Suddenly she was going automatically along the dark passage. pas-sage. To He Continued.) (Copyright, 19::'. NBA Borvlct 1 |