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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1936
BRIDE CALLS ON HAPPY MONTHS
VICAR
Lost Banns Problem Solved
(Continued from Page 7.!
"
"It's a good garden, though.”: he added biting deeply into a
"I suppose so," said Julia slow-
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her. She felt in her bag, encoun-slice of bread and batter; "and WORLD'S- is GREATEST. The problem of the Vicar oftered her latchkey, her lipstick. then Euth, that's my sister.
are TRAVEL Walton-on-Thames, the Rev. R. feverishly turned out her handkerclever with hens, and there M. P. Muir, who for three weeks chief a pink enamel compact pretty good moments, if you like SYSTEM had been unable to read thes, her awful fear was at awful the country." banns for a Miss Watson be-reality. She hadn't got a single
ly. "I'm not country. I don't cause he had lost the particu-Penny with her!
know a thing about the sunrise, lars and forgotten her address,
She remembered now, thinking except that it does." She claim- was later solved.
that she must cash a cheque to-bered back into the lorry. "I feel The young woman, a domes-morrow; she wouldn't need any new woman now." tic servant, employed in the money to-night Fool, utter idiot.
"Ready to watch the sun rise?" town, heard of the vicar's to come out without a scrap
of he teased. dilemma and went to see him. “mad money." not even a taxi fare
"I would." Mr. Muir stated.
home. What on earth was she to "I shall get a licence at my do?
It will cost me Mummy and daddy were away be an adventure, driving into the joan expense.
two guineas, and Miss Watson the two maids had got the week sunrise-I've read that "some- will be married at Easter, as she end off, there was no one in the where. It would be wonderful" intended."
flat It was absurd, ridiculous. The colour had come into her E/Canada May 29 May 31 On the previous two Sundays standing there in a silver dress checks; the cold air had driven is Mr. Muir has announced his that had cost enough to get 20the sleep from her eyes. difficulty in church and asked Rome and back and yet not have
He grinned sceptically.
1'
"But I would, I'd love it, it'd
AT NOON FRIDAY, MAY 29TH
Fat- couver
Hong Shang- Naga- Kobe Yoko- Four hai
hama Honolulu victoria Louve Arrive Leave Leave Leave Lease Arrive
June June 5 June 12 June 17 June 12 Jaus 14 June 18 Inne 18 June 20 E/Japan June 26 June 28
July 1 July 6 July EVAŠE July 10 July 12 July 14 July 16 July 18 “Come on, the," he taunted her. E/Canada July 24 July 26
July 29 July 31 Aug. "But I mean it. I couldn't pos- |E/Russia Aug. 7 Aug. 9 sing. 11 Aug. 13 Aug. 15
Aug. 28 Aug. 28 Sept.
"Let's have fun, then. What's eyes your idea of it?"
if any of the congregation knew the taxi fare to Knightsbridge. of Miss Watson. Had she not A long, low, Hispano-Suiza seem-sibly sleep now. It'd be fun." |E/Japan Aug. 21. Ang. 23 turned up until the day arranged to be dogging her she feli ed for the wedding, she could rather than saw, a pair of not have been married.
leering at her.
"Oh, to drive on through sleepy Instinctively she quickened her London and watch the sun rise. into the country, until we get to
NO EXTRADITION ORDER
pace.
"What's the hurry, girl friend!*Kingcot.*. called a man's voice.
"And then?"
"I could telephone for a car to
Impudence. It was a horrible, fat, oily voice. She'd rather walk fetch me” to Land's End than ask for a liftj
Evidence Held To Be from a man like that
Insufficient
AB
t:
He looked mockingly at her trailing, silver dress, her absurd Her high heels made walking shoes. increasingly difficult. She'd stop The lorry stopped; somehow or extradition charge against the very next taxi she saw, ex other, Julia slithered to the paves.
to i ment General Passenger Agents in the Orient for Cunard White Star Line. Abraham Trompetter, aged 42; a plain to the man, he'd have
"Three minutes," she former bank manager, at Amster-trust her.
called. in "Hi" called a voice out of the "If I'm not back by then I shall dam, Holland, who had been custody for a month, was dismiss darkness.
expect you to have vanished, like Cinderella's coach." ed by Mr. Fry at Bow-street police-
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In three minutes she was back. Farm.furcoated, muered, hatless, out
of breath.
A lorry slackened and drew up In the light from the street lamp
"Ryder. Described as a Dutch merchant, Julia saw
BG Trompetter was accused of frand Kingcot." painted on the side.
"Want a lift? said a man's voice. A passing milkman stared In as an agent of a bank at Amster-
It was a nice sort of voice, as astonishment, as he watched her dam. He was arrested a month
different as chalk from cheese, skip up beside the driver. before.
Mr. Harry Myers, defending, compared with the Hispano-Suiza submitted that the depositions re- gentleman.
Frank Ryder gazed at her sar-! donically, one of the Bright Young "Oh please." said Julia weari-Things. avid of sensation, gate- crashing, treasure-hurting. mad about anything new. This she zew.
11:28
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Julia hopped as much 35 she could impeded by the stiltish "Darling. we watched the The magistrate said that the silver heels and clinging. silver rise, from a regetable cart on its evidence received from Holland was not sufficient to make an or- der for extradition.
tissue.
way back from Covent Garden. "I'll give you a hand," said the Too divine
man.
He could hear her twitteringly
It was a lean, brown hand, be recounting the drive to her friends. longing to a lean, brownz man. wearing a brown leather coat.
"OK." he said. and added.
Sto..
Angeles and Panama. CaKwanto Maru
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24th May Sth June
Direct at Cristobal, †Puerto,!
ceived from Holland proved aoth-! ing more than that certain people might have civil claims against 2. bank
which closed its doors in 1934.
lr.
"Hop up. then."
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Mon
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AMERICAN PORTS via
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19th May 31st May
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Wed, 20th May Mon., 1st June
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JAPAN PORTS.
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5th June SHIP CANAL ACROSS
FLORIDA
(Continued from Page 6)
Change Of Attitude
the route Thurs., 21st May that
would extend through their section of the coun-i Wed., 20th May San, 24th May try.
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The contention that the Canal might affect the fresh-water sup-
"Those fool heels?"
"I bet you've never been up at this time before." he said.
"I never have. Even the best party seems to wilt round about
"Yes," agreed Julia apologetic-five-thirty." ally.
At Putney the trams were start- "It's coldish here," said
the ing. man, reaching for some sacking. "Oh." "but the-er --saloon's been carry-"Look!"
cabbages and ing potatoes and
her. "Now where do you want to be dropped?"
cried Julia suddenly,
The street lamps shivered and
"I never knew it was like that, so gudden," said Julia quietly.
In the dim light she looked a child, a check muffler round her
It has, however, been interest-rubs and things. I've just dump went out. The world was full of ed 'em at Covent Garden." He pale light and the chirping of ing to observe that several spokeswrapped a couple of sacks round birds; it was dawn. men of the "down-Staters," who roundly declared that the Canal would be the ruination of Florida,
"Evesham Place. Krightsbridge, suddenly saw much merit in it as if that isn't out of your way." soon as there was a possibility! "That's all right, I'm heading neck, her hair blowing in the for the Portsmouth Road, I'm on wind. The sophisticated young my way home."
woman had been temporarily shed "You must think I'm mad," said with the silver dress. Also the Julla in a faint voice, "but I was lipstick had worn off,
and .. "This reminds me of the films," ply of the districts bordering it at a night-club, dancing, has been taken under serious con-and.. I.. I.. thought I'd rather she said.
"Filzza?" come home alone, and then I found ¡sideration by the Government. President Roosevelt has promised: that thorough geological examina-latchkey and a powder-puff, and the
I was so tired and cold..” across the country, the girl getting tions will be made to make sure "I'm pretty well frozen myself," all blown about, and the man.. that no irreparable damage is said he, "and I'm dressed for it He was like the men of the wide, You must be half dead. Look open spaces, tall, lean, and brown, bere, well stop at the coffee stall with the same keen, grey
the hardness, the reliability... at Hyde Park Corner."
"And the man just driving," she finished rather lamely
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A group of workmen were can- suming cups of cocoa and slices of bread and butter of the "door- jstep" variety:
the
"Tea, coffee, cocoa? On whole, I recommend tea."
Julia drank it gratefully, from the thick, white cup.
"You're terribly kind.” "I'm terribly sorry. You looked almost blue when I found you”
eyes,
From 2 sky coloured, grey, green, purple and crimson, like al gigantic bruise, a perfectly round | red sun had risen.
There is something intimate. about seeing. the dawn together; something friendly about a jour- ney. As they passed rows of small, suburban villas, in the process of
"I felt it." She drank again, having their doorsteps cleaned and
told each other bits of things,
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They left Kingston behind, pass Julia looked at him wondering-[ed. “The Bear" at
Esher, And ly. He was so definitely "new whizzed along. by the pine woods poor," unused to the hard life of and dried-up gorse and heather of
Ockham and Ripley. "Don't you loathe it?" she said. The chilly dawn had turned into "No. It's terribly hard work a day of high, scurrying clouds TAPING and I was the world's worst mug and clear, January sunshine. CHANGTE to begin with, but I'm learning T'm glad I came,” chirruped and I think we'll make a go of Julia. "Glad.” it."
a manual labourer.
Something to talk about?”. fa- Over a second cap of tea bequired Frank Ryder quizzically. told her of himself, and his sis- "It's a very good bedtime story.” ter, left without a penny, antrain- At Guildford they plunged to ed and unskilled, their sole assets the right, past Fitch Place, Wor-
a smallish ramshackle house and plesdon, Whitmoor Common.
a large, ramshackle garden.
(Continued on Page 11)
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