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THE CHINA MAH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 38, 19
The Four-Poster
(Combined from. Pape 9)
One day Sarah fell ill. There Iwas a great upheaval in the house. Mithide moved into the spare room; the doctor came, and the pretty muse became a permanent jobtai intruder. Mathilda"wandered list-ffice lessly from room to room, unable
to do her embroidery, unable to cal
do anything that had been a mat-of the- other ter of routine before. She was even shared this
He glanced once obviously overwrought by the 3-
ness of her sister. On this par-fbed and moved ticular morning she had got upwards the door. earlier than usual, and was now must go and tell here,
PŁO-BRITISH INDIA-APCAR AND eating restlessly in the drawing- Mathilda looked up as
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froom, while the doctor attended to tor entered the drawing
did not speak. She ready damb with grief, md- The doctor leant once more over doctor her eyes were the bed. There was a sigh, a
a frightaled deer. faint Fastle of the silk coveriet, crying, but the and Sarah Brown passed away. that she might "She's one," be said to the he told her the nurse, as he lowered the eyelids looked drawn and hang
before
Was not rea
and gently smoothed a wisp of last picking with her angers at the had forgotten his boots grey hair from the forehead. He embroidery on her lap. It would to play in his shoes!. straightened his back and gazed be hard to break things gently. MeGogan and Walkden were meditatively at the frail figure. Perhaps it would hurt less if he again the pick of the Club pack, which hardly troubled the smooth told her quite simply and quickly although Garrod shone on occa
"Miss Brown, I am very sorry(zion: expense of the enormous bed.
Navy Players The Darsetshire Selded several PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS She looked aboard and tiny under to tell you that your sister has:
those heavy curtains. The doctor just....passed away.”
here was
327. no more to
Navy first fifteen players, among turned away with a sigh towards
He could scarcely bear the awful whom were Thomss, the full-back, the nurse.
silence before Mathilda began to whose handling and touch-nding "Do you know what I am worry-speak in a small firm voics.
was as good as ever: Mid. Wright, wing-threequarter, their right "Thank goodness, I'll have the ing about?" he asked, and did notļ
bed to myself at last”
who was very fast, but who was wait for a reply.
[THE END]
given very little rope; Lt. Fraser, the Navy centre, whose kicking was the main festure of the Dor- setshire's display, and Eloxam, who made a reappearance at left- wing threequarter.
the
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15,000
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"It's not that she has gone. Wej must all die some time. She was seventy-three; our allotted span is: three score and tem, albeit a Really, be meagre allowance. longing to the Victorian age, she was much confined to the house: took very little exercise and fed Her beart Bombay, Marseilles & London Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamon what she wanted.
barg, Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull simply got tired of working and she has gone peacefully, with no Marseilles & London
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Then what makes you look so worried?" asked the nurse in a tired voice, for she had had no sleep
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BOXING
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MUSIC A CRIME- DETERRENT
The Navy's keeling in second half was extraordinaržły good and Baker was getting the ball nine times out of 10-from: Duttvett. The rest of the Navy coastal forwards worked hard and were steamer of 267 tons, ran on the always up to the mark in rocks at Holy Island last month and (loose.
Following the Navy's try in the sank
The skipper and her crew of first hak Frost levelled the scores eight burned blankets as distress the second half with az excel-
the coaster ran lent kick from a penalty. signals when aground and these were seen by the Holy Island lifeboat which brought the crew safely ashore.
Holy Island sands are a grave yard of ships and the remains of MeGragan and A Hard Mech. E. Smith (Medway); A. B: Lewis boy blow a hord he will be less head "I really don't know either any vessels are embedded in of them she replied; "besides,hem
The Grosvenor was bound from without appearing callous, you must have had to do this kind of Port Knockie to Sunderland. thing before now."
"It's this. Who is going to tell
I Mathilda? sister, her frightened, but perhaps you, woman, could do it better than Bel
It requires careful hand-
KingTM
The nurse smiled, but shook her
#
"Ah! but this is
different
Singapore, Penang. Rangoon and Mathilda is herself seventy-one
• Calls Fort Swettenham.
years old. The news may kill her. For the thirty years that I have known these two they have been inseparable. They belong to the past century, when I believe, at an early age, they jointly in- herited this house and a consider- Together able sum of money.
Now is the time to vasit, Australia & New Zealand they lived in a narrow world of
lands of Sunshine and Romance, "Down Under you will feel a new being and even if you are not inclined towards Suring, Fishing, Shooting or Mountaineering you will find-that the Antipodes have plenty to offer you including 25/- for your pornd
On the way down your life aboard will be as you wish, quiet or hectic for the E. & A. will humour your CTRES
And by the way, there is no additional charge for Deck Cables and there is of course a Sun Deck Swimming pool, an Orchestra and a fine Laundry.
A Surgeon and Stewardess are at your disposal and last but not least we had almost forgotten the cuisine will set you Estening eagerly for the goug!
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Frequent connections from Australia with the following:--
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Southampton: and
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS
with
2
FIRE DESTROYS CLOISTER
Valuable Paintings Lost
Berlin
Lichtweight: First Round-~~Ord. Club: Frost: S. G. Armber, D. S. Curtis (Kent) best A. E. Keith (Sub- C. Menice and L. G. Robertson; D-best Bag. Wright (Kent); AB. Edwards, R. Grifiths, P. Crick; marines); A. B. Brown Clodway) G. Barlow, G. S. Drumett, D. K. Paul Lewis (Medway) best Man Davis Second Round: Grd. Cutis beat AJ S. H. Garrod, L. R. Andrews, F. J. (Dorsetshire).
R.
Youthful Musicians Encouraged
Columbia, USA Convinced that if you let your
H. I S. Dorsetshire: - Thomas Mid, Wright, Lt. Fraser bext A. B. Brown
Final: A. E. Lewis beat Ord. Ca Rica low a safe," the state of EM. Lt. Kirkwood, A. R. Bloxam;
1 through its "university L. S. Tacker and Cal Preece RM tis.
Welterweight: First Round: A Brecently sponsored an all-state Sto. Buck, Lt. Baker, A. B. Smith,
high school orchest and chorus L. S. Bell, Sto. Woodward, Mid. Pon-Trawley (Medway) beat Ord Elitche
L Stafcook (Sohmeriner). sonby, AR Mullens and
Second Round: A B. Eed Bedford
than 100 yammik Stoker (Destroyers) beat (Kent) Tel Hornwood (Subm best AB Päłty." (Medway};
CHANGES IN SHIRTS loch (Kent) beat 24. B.
ANNOYS MEXICANS
Semi-Militarism
Not Wanted
kim (Medway) LE Yates (Des troyer) beat A. B. Trawley:
Third Bound: A B Eedgrare beat Tel Hornwood, B. McCulloch DERE A. K. Yates
Final A. B. Redgrave beat A′′B] McCulloch
Middleweight: First Round: Mhabent Sig. Spettigne
Mze. Davis (Domtakið Wilkie (Kent) best A. B. Allard
¡Jobbins (Kent)_mi (Dorsetshire).
mscines); best A. B. Sinanons
Second Round: Sto: Fraser (Sub! (Kent); Mne, Wilkie beat Ord. Sub
The imposing baroque cloister of
Mexico City. their own making, where, to all
at Rietberx appearances, they were content the Franciscans. and happy with only each other's] (North West Germany), built by The swift and disastrous end the Prince Bishop of Fuerstenberg of the "Red Shirts," late of Mex company. They spent all...
"Really, I may seem unkind," in the 17th century, has been co City and Tabasco, has made bon (Dorsetshire).
Jother "shirted" organisations in Final: Mue, Willie beat Sto. Bras largely destroyed by fire. interrupted the arse
Many valuable paintings, to Mexico uneasy.
Light Heavyweight: Mie show of spirit, "but they coulā not
They are not sure whethe
(Dorsetshire) beat Sig Satt expect this to go on for ever gether with the brary of 8,000 Anyway, as a couple, they led volumes including a number of they should rejoice or mourn for (heart very passive, almost selfish life; ancient manuscripts were rescued on the one and elimination of out of contact with the world and by the monks as well as a precious the Red Shirt takes away a com- Monstrance dating back to the year!petitor, yet, on the other, it gives, mtroubled by its hard knocks "
In a way you are right," 1690 The 14 tombs of the Counts them an idea of how the average also Mexican feels about semi-military Rietberg-Ostfriesland soothed the doctor, "but you are of
units.
too young and active and tool escaped injury.
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
A special programme was ranged for the Snal night some excellent fights They resulted as follows:
by
(Kerk
Boy Debell (Kent) best. B. Jor (Dorsetshire).
A. B. Hudson (Dorsetshire)
Orl. Sea. Curtis (Kent),
Special Welterweight Contest:
13. Faner (Madway) best A B Wh
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