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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY-
HONG KONG LADY PASSES
Mrs. Mary K. Abbas
DEATH ENDS LONG ILLNESS
HIS DUTY
“I don't want him to
i could set to [the skipper explaine I can mask you
but he'd make it
**whe wind's cash
The death occurred on Sunday be positive about of Mrs. Mary Kathleen Abbas on board. You tan wife of Mr. Abbas of the his sight, Ned Texas Co., the deceased lady pass- ing away at the Matilda Hospital at 530 am. after a long liness, at the age of 39 years. She leaves. her husband. six sons and a daughter to mourn her dears)
Ned "Now's the cha her ahead a bit
As he had expecte rang made heavy when she was Frunning seas,
There was a large number of watched with friends at the funeral, which took waves plunging place at the Protestant Cemetery cascading aft in the afternoon.
Arock
"I don't half like shaking his head.
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know a thing about ཁུགས སུ པའི busive up the ladder and heel-house and Nahi
“Have you given chain, cap'h? She she was held a bit
much depth o" water aid the skipper. The hokin' all right; I think “ Td give her every inch you've
aboard,” said “Ned-an' awaer after that. If she's any- ways short she might suap thist--- by Harry! She's done it! Now for trouble. Have you - 2 jspare anchor ?"
Together he and the skipper sembled down to the lower deck,
"What sort o' gear? What's
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gire-room. "Man" overboard! The sergeant that roll caught him!”
Before he had finished spericing Ned Fadelung his coat of and was The Fat the wheel-house. kipper leaped after him and
zht him at the rail
tet another man go, lad,” he "He'll recognise you, and
then the game's up.”
The Rev. I. I. Nash conducted (that?” the service and the chief momen He broke off at the sound of land clambered forward to the ers were the husband, the suns dull rumble from below and the bows. There was no second an (Charlie, Frankie, Brie, Brest, boom of escaping steam. The pad-chor, and the chain had mapped George and John) and the daugh-dies ceased to form, and the boat's or short, almost at the bows ter (Phyllis).
head immediately began to fall off The boat was swinging broadside was duntin' berser on the shore to the steps aft of the paddle box Floral tributes sent from her The skipper was out of the wheel to the waves again, and rolling this meenit Bit dians fash me when the first beam sea cauted
It was the noo.
Fae you! Tak the deck sharply. He went down husband and family and Miss house and down the ladder in wildly and appallingly.
the steep slant with a staggering- the rap o' this!" were lowered into the fash, and in less than a minute he rapidly growing dark, and
Inside his fifteen minutes herum, clutched at the rail, missed angry crests, racking up out of the Stave with the coffin Among was back again.
"She's blown out the end of the gloos, had a vicious and dan was piling the fuel into his for it, and went reeling, overboard. other wreaths sent were those
The skipper saw the whole gerous weight and drive in them.ace and watching the steam rise from Mr. and Mrs. A. EL Abbas: cylinder or something," he said
"She won't stand much of this!" in the gangs -The tiny steamer thing, and in a couple of strides Charlie, Frankie, Eric. Eanes breathlessly. No hope of steam
What's to do? Abawled Ned to the skipper, came to life again, and her pad was into the wheel-house.
250. astero,” he aborted, and UNDER CONTRACT WITH HM. GOVERNMENT
Georgie. Phyllis, May, Minnie and for hours? chor, eh?"
"She roll over, sure as eggs dies thumped and ha All sailings are subject to change or deviation with or without notice
Cissie; Mrs. Lee; Mr. and Mrx."A.4
"That's right" said Ned briefly Have you any gear aboard that threet her driving through the banged the gung down to the en-
we get would make a sea-anchor !!! -"and sharp, "too- PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGSA Abbas; Mr. A. S. Abbas, Zora
and Mina: Mianie A; Mr. Broadside on to this sea- Clayson, Mr. and Mrs. W.. Hun. The skipper vanished, and Ned sea-anchor" bellowed the slapper for by the sou Rev. and Mrs. LL. Nash Mr. and stayed, trying rather vainly to
itsking at the finish "A beain of any sort!: Mrs. E D. Bush; Mr. S. Ayock: make the ship answer her heba.
Improvised Tead-Hi sspped. "Any sort tim 1st Feb. Marseilles, Havre, London, Ham-Ah Shun: Ah Lin; Mr. and Mrs. He beard the clank and clatter of float-the bigger the better jahester and steepe
seas, they knew burg, R'dam Antwerp & H W. E. Hollands; Pauline; A. Sim; from through the roar of the wind, Have you anythin like it*** 8th Feb. Straits, Colombo & Bombay.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Suiter: Mrs and then the harsh rumble of the
"There's some planks in the deck verging on the Marseilles '&' London. 8th Feb
welcome word" "end Aux Mr. and Mrs Johansen: Mrs chain With a sharp jerk the cargo-aft," said the skipper. 6,000 29th Feb. Marseilles, Havre, London, Ham-Fung Mrs. Chow; Mrs. A. B. steamer yielded to the plack of the
"Good enough," said Ned. "Get|gine-room burg, Rotterdam, Antwerp & Sufad: Mr. and Mrs. A. Ganchor chain that held her by the them for ard here to me and again. Hell
Suffiad Mrs. Liang and daughter: nose, the stem swung away from some stout line for lashing. Now, Bombay, Manseites & London.
Mr. W. Ward:: Miss Tong Sing the wind, and she lay plunging, then, some o' you, a tarpaulin wind was dropping, and in that swimmer, but in the nasty lop of Marseilles, & London.
to: Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Anderson: head on again to the run of the nightt-fetch bere! Where's shallow water the waves subside a ses he found it hard work to Miss Drury; Mrs. Avock and seas. With some uneasiness Ned the longest and strongest hawser almost as quickly as the wind. It make progress. But the sergeant- family: Miss M. Bough; Mr. and felt the sharp, snapping jerks with you've got? An' what's in them was well, too, since about daw had found it harder, and he was as Ned which she tore at her anchor.
cases lashed along the rail? Jock Cranford came up to report dead beat and sinking Marseilles, Favre, London, HamMrs. W. H. B. Muskett.
That'll do; get that hewaer-beat that his stock of fuel was running came up with him and seized him...
[It İlow.
another
Afteen good "What d'you think, lad?" said minutes before the boat was able Skipper, mate and crew fung
"Are we to manoeuvre alongside and haul themselves on the work, and, the skipper to Ned der Ned's directions, a sex-anchor safe to put her broadside to the pair of them on board, and both Ned and the sergeant were was roughly, but efficiently, put again?*** Jan. 26. Jan together. An edge of the tarpan "We'll give her a good slant in utterly exhausted-
1926 191 lashed to the planks, the lower anyway" said Ned."“F Ch. Ct. edge well weighted, stout lines to up in the wheelhouse again, if you steamed into comparatively smooth BUTCHER MEAT.
the corners everything, watched like, and tell you when I think waters, Ned sat on the bank in 15. 22 24
3024 and tested and made doubly it's safe to take the sex abeam the sipper's cabin listening to the Prime Cat
virgings of the skipper for him to 35 23 secure by Ned--and the sea-anchor It's dropping fast now.”
"Just wait a minute,” said the clear out was ready.
With some difficulty It was skipper, and I'll go said see that ""We'll see he don't interfere wi launched over the side, and the sergeant's safe in the mess-room you said Skipper Boult Any. Presenting the If he's not, I'll have him there decent white man would let you line paid out
slide after what you've done for presently us zu for him. But not that cold- -wheel-blooded brute. He was pretty hauled you wheel and far gone when we
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28 bigger surface to the wind, the mighty quick!” 10 stermer drove astern before it. He marched off, and 50 while the huge, weighted bag of beckonst Ned as
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Without answering Ned climbed the rail and dived. He was a good
$234
come An hour Ister, as the Boomerang
sisut- aboard, but he wasn't too far gone tuming to look mighty hard at your an' steady her make sure who you was. He'T Jep a roll (nail you, right enough, so don't
the give im the chance.”
Ned shook his head. came to
"It would only get you into "ET hold her head to sea,” re- When the cookede
norace, breakfast the skipper trouble," he said. “He'd arrest plied Ned, "but she's drifting like smoke, remember. Sommer your went to have his, leaving Ned with you for helpin' me to bolt the engine's under way again, the lem the mate at the wheel, and say-minute your gang-plank was down chance of you hittin' that shoaling he'd see the sergeant fed and ashore. An he'd use the tele
then send him down to the lower graph all round and get me after you spoke of
Suddenly the skipper leaped deck eff, so that Ned could gofall I might inst as well go back
wĩ him an' häve' it over.”. past him, and, with an angry oath, and have his breakfast.
Neither of them had heard a 29 seized by the shoulder a' man who 10 was edging his way round amongst geant finished his meal, and then light foot-step the deck-out- 80 the crew and peering closely at gave his orden, about going beside the door as the sergeant stood. ja minute at the little square of Leach one.
The skipper waited till the ser
low.
"Very well" said the sergeant, open window. The skipper Was "What are you doin' here?" be roared. "Get back where I told quietly rising and putting on his renewing his urging when 1 mp you, or, by Christmas, I'll tie you cap. "You command here, spcame to the door, and before 60 up an lock you in there! Can't per. But it's rather a farce, you either could move it opened, and you leave your cursed man-huntin' know, keeping me out of the way the sergeant stepped in and dosed 30 for a minute? You may know any like this. Of course, I now my it behind him.
#It's a matter of duty with me,” blessed minute what it feels like man is on board-
28 or will you be carried t
20-3 "Ten-going, said the sergeant
15
grimly. “I fancy there is a me there I'll have a word with by zad by. But na hurry, can
the sergean ore be
to Exten to be hunted yourself by the "Have you see him? Can you and I just want you
demanded the while I read this out," he weld; fishes. Now, then, are you goin'. take in
and without waiting for any an swer went on to read from the water-smudged paper "Ned in- derwood, able seaman, assaulted mate and deserted from barque Chesapeake Description: Tall built, age twenty-four, completion fair, eyes grey, slight back of left hand
glance at the band of the bank
He made his way aft and up to the little mess-room again, whis 15 the skipper growled and fumed
#Better keep down there, Ind
க
38 19 be and to Ned “Come down to
50 26 the engine-room. You'll be out
the way there, an' we'll see
T
Jock is goin Col about you and that cussed hawk 40 You've just about saved us al Hrom swimmin' for it, gol there [iam't "a"man-aboard butst hel en you through, if we have to
found Jock Car ery working like
me time t
said abruptly, would have
The
think
dèd his paper
skipper: