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examined the chest with a
ertical eye and it was undoubtedly a
OF SHIPS
August 24.
speechless. You say chest not an-. tika one bit and he still speechless, good piece of work. I sized it up Halldor, Norwegian str. 340 tons, Then, sir, you have him paid back he had indubitably given me full for he deceive you with Persian measurements. I congratulated him ewer. Good for you pay back bad on it (I could afford to be generous), and he beamed, toying happily with Iman like Qmar."
ļhis short beard.
A Good Idea.
I confess it, the idea tickled me After all, it takes the Oriental
To
inquired, trying to sound "You get it along to my car now?"
casual as I could but with a strange
AJ
Capt. J. Hansen from Bangkok, buoy No. B9.-Thoresen and Co
Chu Kang, Chinese str., 9061 toas, „Capt. A. Krauklė, from Swatow, buoy No. C3.-Wal| Tat and Co.
August 25.
Capt. J. P.
Williams from, Singapore, Holt's Wharf.—B, and 8.
mina, and Ahmed's stratagem excitement tingling me now that the Agapenor, British str., 4,783 tons, struck me as a most excellent way crucial moment had arrived. not only of getting my own back, but of establishing, for myself something of a reputation."
"Quite a good idea, Ahmed," said easily.
He nodded and waved his hands. "Ibrahim, Khalifa," he called, and when the boys suddenly materialised, Canton, French str., 976 tons, Capt. he instructed them to
F. L. Morvan, from Haiphong, chest along.
buoy No. B5.-M. M. and Co..
carry the
1,145 tons. Capt. Dahl, from Singa- pore, buoy No. B10.-Jebsen and Co.
Danish str.! Johanne Justesen,
2,615 tons, Capt. H. J. Bjorn. from Chinwangtao. Wanchai -Dodwell and Co.
So, that very afternoon, i went
They picked it up and, knowing, Chr. Sasa, Danish str., 2,319 tons, round to Omar's and, under pre of course, that the chest could not
Capt. S. Clausen, from Manila. tence of examining some of his possibly pass through the door
buoy No. A6-Jebeen and Coi wares. I took the opportunity to way, I concentrated my attention on Clara Jebsen, Danish str.. pace his doorway. I did it very the face of Omar. He didn't watch { subtly, of course, and quite un-the men, but talked to me, with aị obtrusively; but, to avoid any pos ̧bland ́ silic on his face. Another sibility of his having observed my moment and that smik would vanish. Įactions (for I had had experience Another moment and I should ser of his cunning), I waited till the what I had been living these last few next day before I asked him if he weeks to ace-defeat writ large on could procure for me a large chest, the face of an Oriental trickster oul- a Persian chest which must be a witted. The moment passed. An-] genuine antika, And I showed 'other. And the bland smile per him the size I wanted.
sisted on the face of the rascally! He üngered his beard very Omar. thoughtfully before he answered * me.
Outwitted By Omar.
In sudden trepidation, I turned myj- "Very rare, sir," he said finally, attention from Omar to the Persian "very rare, indeed, chest that size. Chest. The two wallins nad Just But I have seen them," he added deposited it on the narrow alley-way hopefully. "Maybe. I see. one outside. Gentlemen, miracle had again,"
been performed before my very eyesį, In the way of antiques. I may The chest passed through the door Wednesday, 8th Sept. at 10 a,m.|
say, I seemed to have a very dis-way. Wednesday, 4th Oct. at 10 am.
cerning taste. Certainly, whenever "Very close thing," commented Wednesday, 18th Oct. at 10 a.I wanted anything it always seem- Omar, thoughtfully.
ed to be just the thing that was "It must have been," I managed to very rare at the moment.
splutter.
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So, for the Persian chest, Oma suggested fifteen pounds Egyptian, I laughed and waved my hands as I had seen my friend, the expert,
"You got good chest there for ten gineh," Omar reminded me.
Norviken, Norwegian str., 1,779 tons, Capt. R. Jensen, from Canton, buoy No. B2-J. M.) and Co. President Jackson, America strij
8,377 tons, Capt. M. M. Jensch, from Manila, Kowloon Wharf. -American Mail Line.
Ranchi, British str. 8,849 tons,
ti
Captain A. H. Hignett, from Shanghai, Kowloon Wharf- M. M. and Co... Triton, Norwegian str, 4,045 tons, Capt. H. M. Berg, from Shang- hai, buoy No. At-Thoressa and Co.
CLEARANCES
August 25,
Celebes, for Robe.
"Oh, yes! the money," I replied, c. Henri Riviere, for Heihow. still a trile dazed. "I'll give you do at the commencement of such cheque now.” bargaining. He said, after a pause,
And as I passed miserably from that he might get it for fourteen his shop I looked at the doorway. and a half. I shook my head and Gentlemer, I give you my word. pretended to make for the door the rogue had enlarged his doorway! lie tugged his beard. If he took
I
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no profit for himself, he might manage it for fourteen.
"Yes," commented Dixon thought Kueichow, for Newchwang. eight was my price and he really fully, it's extraordmary to what Lehn, for Shanghai. looked if he would faint. lengths they'll go to win the last President Jackson, for Shanghai. Pulling himself together he asked trick. Probably it took quite a slice Tangshan Maru, for Canton. me if I would ruin him and con- of has profit to get the alteration Triton, for Manila.
Yuen Sang, for Canton. demn his six children, four boys carried out."
and two girls, to eternal starva- "What beats me was how bo!
spotted it in time," put in Alwyn
tion.
"I think I can throw some light;
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I told him, with tears almost in Lamb, almost pathetically.. my eyes, that the thought of his
Time Meridian 120 deg. E. (Zone- poor children wasting to skin and on that," remarked Conyers quietly, hone would haunt me for the rest"The Oriental is a keen paychologist. 3); vok. Is midnight, 12h. in noon. of my life, and that I wouldn't He knows that there are many who Heights are referred to the datam of other about the chest after all. will almost prefer to buy from the the largest scale Admiralty chart of the place and should be added to Then, with that philosophy of the rascally dealer if they think they depths, naless preceded by an asterisk East which I have found so utterly can beat him at his own game. So, (*) when they should be subtracted." channing, he decided to let his in your excellent, honest, good.] daughters only starve (they were, hearted friend, Ahmed, and that unfortunately, like their mother), rogue who calls himself Omar you and get me the chest for ten have the ideal combination, Lamb." ¡pounds. ›
"But I don't understand,” bleat- With feigned reluctance Ied Lamb. "What do you know agreed, telling him that I would about them?" drop in from time to time to see if he had had any luck. And I did.
You see, I wanted to get my full jenjoyment out.of this unique affair, partners, in, I believe, a very suc- Sun,
and it appealed to me to go down cessful way of business." periodically and discuss with him.
his efforts to procure the wonderful chest which he was almost certainty engaged in making himself in his back shop. Having been a victim of his cunning, it was very pleasant to icel that this time I was being even more cunning than he. The first time I went he had little to report. He was finding, as he had warned me, that such chests were rare, and
High Water Low Water Standard H. Standard Ht
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August 25 10 31, 1933.
Dale
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25
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"Only that Ahmed and Omar are!
AMERICA'S G$250,000,000
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Material Readiness Stressed
In 1986, even with to-day's new
it would probably mean a lot of 1933 programme carried out, the hunting around before
he" found United States will be under its such a one.
treaty limits. by two or three plane 6th Sept. However, on the occasion of my carriers, two heavy cruisers, four 6th Oct. second visit a fortnight or so, later, for five light cruisers, 90 destroyers, 1 found the rascal very optimistic,{and about 15 submarines. The ac- He had heard whispers of the exist tual number of ships is approst- ence of such a chest where hejmately given, for it depends on the thought he could get possession of size of ship built within the tonnage it. The only question was whether limitations of the virious classes.
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5th Sept. The could get it at a price that would] The changes. In policy are even are being landed and placed at their 6th Oct. not involve him in utter ruin, more important than the building risk into the Hongkong and Kowloon though he didn't mind if it cost him of ships Last May it was planned, Wharf and Godown Company's go
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And to myself I chuckled. I save only $50,000,000. Under new iftar Frku 1st September, 1935, T AUSTRALIA. Calling at Manila (P. La.). Thursday Th, Calrus, Townsville, 20th Sept. pictured the chest now made in his plans, each vessel will spend at least will be subject to rent.
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