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THE CHINA MAIL.
THINGS HIDDEN
(Continued from page 7.)
ARRIVAL
OF SHIPS
Thursday, May, 18.
Manila, buoy No. A1-NYK.
| Atsuta Maru,' - Japanese str., 4,940 "I suggest,” I said, "that when I myself. - The house, the conversa- tons, Capt. H. K. Fukuda, from you have dried your trousers we tion, the music, all combined to] get out of here as quickly and as create so unreal an atmosphere unobtrusively as we can. If there's that had a door not slammed down: Canton, French str., 976 tons, Capt. been foul play we're better out of staffs. I' really think that I should it, and if. there hasn't we're not have lost consciousness of any interested."
world outside.
But why was the front door left open 7"
She stopped playing abruptly. From below.came shouts and laughi "Careless guests, obviously.”- |ter. Outside there was a sound ef "Very careless. 80 carpless cara pulling up.” that they forgot their manners en- "It's all over now," said the grey ough to run away from the party.”lady, shutting the plano
F. Morvan, from Haiphong. Buoi Nó. Bs. N
Durban Maru, Japanese str., 4,382 tons, Cipt. Y. Matsuto, from Singapore, buoy · No. A2--- N.Y.K.
Havelland, German str., 3,836 tona, Capt. Höhlfeld, from - Manila, Kowloon Wharf-Jebsen & Co.
He bent forward and peered into The girls, followed by two men, the dining-room. "And not a bad burst into the room. On seeing party either. Lanson 20. Well! Tony and myself they pulled up Well! Well!
short. "Honestly,"," I said, "What's "Cads," Amid one of the girls.) Hep
"Lindy, they've beaten us to it." Four theory?".
"That a large whisky and sods Bhs addressed Tony: **Darling, would complete the good work how did you get the last one?": begun by this fire.”
Nobody waited for an answer. Ho "Oh, my dears," said a volés They all hurled varying epithets of abuse at us. We were, I gather- from the door.
We swung round. A little lady led, too, boo devastating," and in a grey dress seemed to appear after they had sweated round half out of nowhere. She had a sweet London and nearly died." How on
Sang, British str., 1,859 tone,
Capt. D. S. Pethick, from Wel- hal-wei, buoy Nó. B1,—–J.M. & Co.
Sang, British str., 3,203 tons, Capt. T. Grant, from Singa- pore, Kowloon Wharf.J.M.; & Co.
LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Beyrouth, Istanbul, Piracts, Genoa grave, rather lined face, surmount-earth had we solved the "Stretcher Lyder Sagen, Norwegian str., 2,390
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tons, Capt. M. Hovland, from Canton, Yaumati Anchorage- Dodwell & Co.
Mathilde, British str., 842 tona, Capt. D. Thomas, from Canton, buoy No. B9.—Yik Tál & Co.
ed by grey hair. I put her age at clue? And so on, and so ·ON. about 55, though she walked slowly Thank God they didn't seem to re- lke an older woman.
quire answers to their questions,
Soon the room "You know it's all in the dining-
filled up. As New room," she said, "and you must each fresh "darling" came up, we help yourselves. I didn't expect were pointed out as the cads who you back so soon. How clever of |Had "won" It easily, my dear-been you!" She went over to the piano. here hours," until-please believe "I always play when I'm frighten me without any conceit. I was Norviken, Norwegian str., 1,779 jed; do you mind?"
terrified lest someone would real- tons, Cipt. R. Jeusch, from I don't know what Tony felt like. Ise that we hadn't been in the orl-
Canton, buoy No. BZ-JM &] ainkiginal party at all. But they Personally, I wanted to
Co. through the floor,
didn't Insignificance can be a Rangoon Maru, Japanese str., 3,657 blessing, though Pre, wondered since how Tony took it.
"Do play," said Tony, "And do drink," she said. She began to play "Valse Triste" quietly, with a delicate touch. She had slim, lovely fingere and no rings. She didn't look in the least scared. Tony disappeared into the (next room. I heard the faint noise of a syphon being used. Present ly he returned with two pretty pu- 6th June tent-looking mixtures. 22nd June
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"Get outside this," he whispered, "and tell me if that beautiful pic- ture is real."
The grey lady finished the valse and half-turned towards us.
The grey, grave lady was still, standing by the piano as we push To ed our way through the breathless mob that was now satisfying its thirst.
-...
tons, Capt. Y. Imamura, from Singapore, buoy No. A9.- N.Y.K.
Chu Kung, Chinese str., 900 tons, Capt. J. Miller, from Sai gon, busy No. 34-Nam Taljį Loong.
"Thank you so much," said Tony, Unita; Norwegian str., 2,345 tons, "for having us."
Capt. T. Messel, from Singa. pore, buoy No..A14.-K. Larsen & Co.
Slightly surprised considering our intrusion, I echoed his senti ments.
CLEARANCES.
May 18.
She gave us her sweet smile. "Do you know," she said, "I quite often give parties for
my niece, but this is the first time any Atsuta Maru for Nagasaki "I'm better now." Again the one's ever thanked me. Will you Clara Jebsen, for Saigon. sweet smile. "It's nice to be quiet come again? Don't say yes now Dell Maru, for Swatow. sgain after all that that scream- or you may regret it and disa Durban Mari, for Shanghai. ng. Do you think me very inhos-point me. This is also the first Foo Shing, for Canton.s pliabla? Or just old-fashioned?" time I've ever asked anyone again. Hydrangea, for Swatów.
"I think," said Tony, "you're-They come, you see, without in.
Kaisar-I-Hind, for Shanghai. 6th July lovely." Somehow Tony can say vitation." She held our hands for Kame, for Swatow.
a few seconds, and then we crept King Yuan, for Shanghai.
7th June
these things.
"You mustn't tease, me," she lout. said. "Tell me, how did you dis- cover my secreta so soon? thought I'd been so slever."
1
"We didn't,” said Tony. "We 5th July weren't clever enough. Were we?" "No." I said, "no, not half clever jenough." I didn't know what the 22nd May devil they were driving at.
3rd June
"So you came back? How did you dare?"
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We didn't speak until a táxi crawling from the direction Davies-street, came into sight Szechuen, for Canton. Then Tony said:
Llang Chow, for Canton.
·Rangoon Maru, for YokehamA.
"None of the hunters found real Treasure, did they?"
"She
must have known
weren't there at the beginning. course."
**No.
the Ta! Yang, for New York. Tchekam, for Holkow. Tilawa, for Amoy. We Tin Seng, for K. C. Wan, of Van Heutz, for Singapore.
Oh, no," said Tony.
To be quiet and to hear you "Dida't you see? She was stone - Lat June play," said Tony, "please play some
more."
"I'm not frightened now," said 24th May the grey lady, "You won't tell any- 10th June body about me, will you that I'm
21st May
frightened? You see, I've never 28th May told anybody before. But I thought 1st June you had been so quick and so clever discovering everything, that you must have discovered that, too. What shall I play?"
"La Boheme," said Tony,
She smiled and turned back the plane.
to
With the first notes, the certain y that I was dreaming became so axed that i did, honestly, pinch
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