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MONDAY, AUGUST 26. SPECIAL SALE
OP
LADIES TRIMMED HATS All One Price $5.50.
CAPSTAN
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"A rush on the favourite"
WHAT WE ARE COMING TO.
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weled, for the man produced an, oblong book, from his pocket, gravely tore a
If yest wiunow, kiunow, winnow all perforated stamp therefrom, and passed it to the hungry Mr. Bachelor with a my felly you will find.
large sheet of cardboard, which he un- A grain or two of whost among the hooked from the back of the bonnet.
chaff.")-Jarx POINT.
What's this?" demanded the worried
one.
To all ordinary intents and purposes,
Al" said Mr. Peter Bachelor, as the engines of the Channel boat cused, and the friendly arm of Dover pier seen.ir." replied the driver, you are my employer, and must affix this stamp to my car. The penalty
I'm-
Oh, stick the silly thing on yourself:
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d to approach, a thingh to give her a welcome bug. "Ah! this is good after 818 three years in the tropies with strange. unholy tongues and black faces. Good
**cuse me, sir all stumpa must be ald England"
personally licked by the fare; penalty, The steamer slid in and nestled up to forty shillings or imprisonment "not ex- er berth cusily, mal Mr. Bachelor, his ceeding one entendar "month.' Theni's browand cheeks dimpled in a smile of the printed regulations here.”* approval, kww his personal luggage, enne Mr. Peter Bachelor felt very weak. sisting of two leuther hugs, through the F set his hags on the pavement, and hands of Customs officials, then bailed a.' nearly knocked down an attendant who porter to put them on the waiting train, attempted to pick them up, remarking Having settled himself comfortably in with what he imagined to be extrem: the corner of a first-class compartment irony that he supposed be--the atten he gave the man a six-pence, and pulled dant-also collected stamps and would out the Taichnitz voluma that had be like a few stuck on: 'but the irony was
PRINCE'S BUILDINGS,
guiled the lutter hours of his Continental neutralised by the disheartening observa- Ice House Street.
railway journey. To his inexpressible tion of the minion that all the hotel em:
sinular interesting Hongkong, August 24, 1912, 1064 surprise the porter funhled in a pocket, ploys possessed
handed him twopence-halfpenny. pre- volumes. Mr. Bachelor moistened the wonted him with a book from which objectionable stamp limply, and stuck it danglyd dingy pencil, and waited on the proffered card, gazing at the taxi- stolidly.
driver the while as though hypnotised.
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• What the deure is this' for, mý. | dear madi ? Psclaimed Mr. Bachelor, kis | gpsbrows rising.
To fill up, sir: And that's your change. Been aivad lag, siribeggin' your, pardon ?**
"Yes, yours: but**
Sign your name and occupation at the bottom, sir, if you please.". Mecha- nically he signed his name.
"And here is your three-ha'pence, sir. My contribution to the stamp, sir, de; dacted by law from the fare. Good. night, sir: thank you."
Ah! then p'r'aps it weren't in The taxi sped away, leaving Mr. Bache Choperation when you left this country. Iar contemplating the three grimy half. You see, sir, ag I've carried your bags pernice in his open palm with the most
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1912.
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THE DAIRY FARM CO., LTD.'m your employe pro tem-them-inutter bewilderment.
a namer of speaking, and you pays "Heavens." he murmured.. Eng- threepener ha'penny to me na I paya land !** tuppence ha'penny to you in case 1 has Presently be regained sufficient con- HAIR DRESSING SALOON,
haxident or pery out, like, dooring the sciouscess of histenvironment to walk up time I've in werking for you. It's the stops of the hotel and pass its bril. Government, sir. And you've got to fillant doors. Placing his bags on the car. No. 54, WELLINGTON STREET, BOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. up this here frem, givin' details of our peted floor, he was removing his coat,
ontrack. #I'll write it in if you like, sir, being as how you're new to it. Name?"
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Peter Bachelor," said Peter Bache for, as one in
** Perfession sir?"
* Entomologist; but--
** Healer-mologist, by gum.
>i-9"
Forty serduur you, what does that
Barter
when he suddenly sprang to attention,
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and sent a burly man in uniform sprawaduated in America at the Moler
iny.
"No he exploded. ** II anyone
touches those bags, I'll kill him. Kill' him 'you hear? I haven't travelled Age. all over the world without leaming a trick or trc. Keep off. I'll take 'em in to dinner with me. Show me the dining- room." He strode past a line of astonish. little Penalty not exceedin' ten pound fored but respectful servanta to a conevaltnent, ir. Forty-seven. 3far table with a crimson-shaded larap, the ried?"
sight of which rapidly revived his dan- A Smart The porter hurriedly retreated, for Mt. gerously doping spirits. Bachelor had risen silent and threaten-waiter presented hini with an attractive ingly to his fort.
menu," and served him well, and at .** Married, `sir ?" The porter poised the close of the meal Mr. Bachelor the pencil, and pensively regarded his rubbed his hands together and smiled victim from the platform.
gratefully.
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Go to blazes!” shouted Mr. Bachc- -After all, he mused" one can cut free for, whizzing the window up; and the from the stamp of care, ut any rate. My train started, leaving the melancholy bill, waiter!"
perter umalised, Gradually the frown Ite puid the amount stated on the bill,
and the purple true of indignation that and gave the waiter a shilling. The wait- and overspread the passenger's usually or gave him a fourpenny stamp. ginial countenance subsided, and here Mr. Bachelor tomed paleas palo as which lasta a lifetime and lapsed into chuckles that lasted inter. he could beneath the accumulated sun. can be purchased from any mittently until in due course the ccboing,
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cavern of Charing Cross enclosed him.
Ho alighted and crossed the few yarda of roul to a taxi, this time carrying the bags himself. Nevern Hotel," he said. It was seven o'clock, and he wanted his dinner, With extreme and innocent pleasure he looked forward to a Juzjuri- ous meal before his first visit to the familiar surroundings of the Pall. 3{a}}' Club, where his name was honoured abovg those of all the inacet huntera among its indictutigable, globe-trotting embers. In very little time the handsome portals of the hole glowed in front of his happy eyes. He gave the tax-driver half o crown, and nodded the change nway, but the man called him back."
"Well," growled Mr. Bachelor, jovial,
Dy,^** havca't In given you arough," you Tugus?"
/ Certainly, sir---umple : but you Haven't stuck on my stamp.
Stuck on your
the fare lotter
*? -ejaculated want me to "post" a Any other little Job I cha do for You ** This marcon was apparently
(Continued on page J.)
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