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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1934.
FEMININE SHORTS
ATTACKED
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Dutch Synod Seeks To
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FREEDOM
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Nobby had not been drunk. It, throat, and with his gaze fixed on had been blind rage at the Fetty the waiting steamer he broke into Ollicer's treatment of a pal who a run, the pain in his camped feet: was that condition that had forgotten in the wild excitement sent hls' too ready fists pounding of the moment Holding out the Bloemfontein (0. F. S.) Discussing social evils, the at the other in defence of his precious slip of paper, he dashed maudlin comrade. He would have through the gate on to the land- Synod of the Dutch Reformed to be more careful of that sort of ing-stage, and with
a thrill of Church deprecated the wearing thing in future. In the act of but exuberant triumph strode up the of shorts by women.
toning up the jacket he suddenly gangway. Mothers were blamed for rear-
froze into rigid immobility.
His breath was still coming in a.m.ing their small children to the am. habit of going half-clad in pu- Heavy footfalls were crunching little gasps as he leaned against a.m. blic and so accustoming them to along the path outside. He glanced the rail or the lower deck, and wildly about him with the look of heard the clang of the engine- an improper mode of dressing. के
It was decided to appeal to all hunted antinal agata in his eyes. room telegraph. They were off! women's societies and principals The heavy deliberate tread might He had got awar! And in his poc of schools to take a firm stand well be that of a constable. The ket was the means of landing on increasing evil, open window! He had been afraid the other side "Pompey," he against this
to close it in case of having to get muttered. "Good ole bloomin' which should be prohibited by
away quickly, and you couldn't Pompey," and moved for'ard to get legislation.
The Synod reaffirmed its deci- tell what the police would do about a better view of the distant shere. Evidently no watch had been sion of 1928 that dancing was re-an open window in an untenanted
house.
set on the piors: they must be garded by this Synod as the belt sounded again, and he still scouring the island for him. greatest manifestation and the worst root of social evils-Reu-could hear someone whistling a He grunted, the "bloke's" uniform Įter.
gay little tune. He remembered had done the trick. No one would girl singing it at Portsmouth. A ever think of looking for him in constable on duty would not be "bloke's" uniform. In the full likely to whistle, that familiar ness of his achievement he felt tune hud a friendly sound. He equal to facing the commander-in- finished buttoning the jacket, and, chief himself. There was a step on the alert for any ominous signs behind him, and out of the corner from below, he sidled across the of his eye he saw a man in a landing to the bathroom. Gently tweed suit and soft felt hat light- turning the-tap over the basin Ing a cigarette. He turned up the he sucked great mouthfuls of cold collar of the raincoat, and re- The old proverb' "No rose water into his parched throat.
sumed his contemplation of the without a thorn" will have to beļ Tittering a grunt of satisfaction mainland. revised for at the Boehm nur-he lifted his head and caught The other watched a wisp of series, in Blatna, Bohemia, roses sight of his reflection in the over-smoke from his cigarette circle up- have been produced without hung mirror. An unshaven chin wards, and moved farther along would never do in the "bloke's" the rail. "Fine morning," he re-
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This is the result of years of clothes. While he was scarching marked. experiment to reduce the size of fór a razor the plodding footfalls
Nobby made an assenting noise the thorns on the stems of eer-sounded along the path again; in in his throat. He had no mind to tain kinds of roses.
a minute it would be safe to rum- be drawn into any conversation| Last year only a slight rough- mage the larder for food. It with trangers. Every turn of the ness on the stem showed where would be to face the final ordeal thrashing paddle-wheels was tak- In thorn would normally have ap on an empty stomach.
ing him nearer to freedom. Hei peared. This year four varieties At last, shaved, and with a cap could see the bastion of one of the of roses have been grown with signifying the rank of comman-old forts between Southsea and perfectly smooth stems.
der pulled well down on to his Portsmouth quite plainly now The beauty of the flowers is bullet head and wearing a regula-with the sunlight on the ancient) in no way impaired.-Reuter. tion raincoat, he stood outside on grey stone, spume-drenched as the
the brick path again and closed waves broke against it. the window behind him. A white Some object was being flung muffler encircled his thick neck against the bastion by the force in place of an impossibly small of the tide. Lots of queer things collar, and the trousers were got into the water at times; he re- tucked into a pair of sea-boots, the membered a stoker who'd had a only footwear that he had man-ditty-box washed up after losing aged to get on, and which were exit overboard, but the thing by the ceedingly uncomfortable.
bastion was too largs for anything Adjusting the belt, he thrust like that. He poked his head for his hands into the pockets of the ward. They were obviously not raincoat and followed the path putting in at Southsea, and as the round a corner of the cottage. He steamer changed course to make must find the orthodox way on to Porthsmouth Harbour, he made ed at their risk into the Godowns of the road, and once there, all hope out what the object was—a dog! the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf
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He felt a surge of pity as a wail
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gave him a shiver of fofeboding. Could none of the fools ashore see Optional cargo will not be landed but fifteen minutes at the most the poor brute? here, unless notice has been given 48 should see him on board the hours prior to vessel's arrival, but car-i
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leave alone the steamer, without like that. He knew what it felt a ticket?
like to be caught in a trap, to de- He stared desperately across the spair of ever getting free. He water to the landing-stage. A glared at the man in the tweed boat had just come ID. and here suit, and back again at the strug he was, stranded! Two bob would gling Hög. The distance from the do it, and leave him something bastion was increasing every min- over. What would an officer do if jute. Soon it would be too late to he'd come out without money, do anything.
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without his blinking wallet or With sudden and remarkable whatever they carried their dough swiftness he tugged off the tight- in? He glanced surreptitiously at ly-fitting sea-boats and vaulted the turnstile, and hesitated. over the side.
The ticket collector was not As he neared his objective he there. Would it be possible to slip heard the dog let out a forlorn through? If he could only get on bowl, and spurting the last few board and, away from the island remaining yards he grabbed the he would think of some bluf to animal by the collar. jput up when he landed on the Five minutes later, with the dog other side. As he stood wavering, frantically licking his face, Nobby a station official took up his posi-clambered up an iron ladder on to tion by the turnstile. Nobby eyed the jetty and ran straight into the him spéculatively, and on audden arms of a naval picket. impulse went forward boldly, · Back at Parkhurst, Nobby star, "I've come out without my ed hopelessly at the streak of sun- money." he said. modulating his shine which filterad through the voice as much as possible. "And bars of the tiny window high up Enjoy Your Short Leave in Australia and New Zealand, Hong Kong, Sydney-19 Dayli
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I want to get to Portsmouth." In the outer wall of ble cell. He The official glanced at the, ouk was not aware that the dog was leaves on the other's cap. "That's the property of the commander-in- all right, sir." He scribbled a few chief at Fortsmouth, nor that a words or a piece of paper. This note from the great man's secre will take you through, and you tary was even then reposing on the can square with me later." prison governor's desk requesting CHANGTE Almost, anatching the pass-slip, that the commander-in-chief should TAIPING Nobby right hand moved up be immediately notified when wards in an instinctive gesture az Ableseaman Clark had completed he hurried away down the pier, the remainder of his sentence. A pulse was besting madly in his
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