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TO LET.
TO LET SHORTLY.
HOPE, OFFICES and FLATS, DES
Vaux BOAD CENTRAL (Opposite Lane, Crawford & Co.'s).
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HUMPHREYS ESTATE ANIŠ
FINANCE CO., LIMITED. Hongkong. 12th July, 1901,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24TH. 1901
[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED] THE BOY THAT FOLLOWED THE DRUM.
BY
MAY CROMMELIN (Author of "Dead Men's Dollars," &c.).
Only a fat little boy of five years old. He wore petticoats and s'big straw bat that hung on the back of his neck. Just as often it lay neglected on the ground-anywhere.
But one procions possession the boy never forget this was his beloved drum. He had a passion for music, his parents said for noise,
told so. God will help us: you've always boon so good."
Poor darling! No.. Tm not good and I'm no good," said the blind man despond ingly. Locked in each other's arms they both stood for minutes, without speech.
Presently, from outside came the sound of a little child wailing. Then smal handa struggled with the door handle, and Joseolin trotted in sobbing.
•Mummie! mummie! I've broken my dwan Daddie! A pusty big hole bas comed in it.
Dorfan loosed his arm from round his wife, gave a groan of impatience. The boy's trouble was so trivial, yet it was the last drop which made his cup of bitterness to overflow.
and
[1134 nid the neighbours who lived in scattered, take him away! Get him to stop, dear
TO LET (IMAKDIATE FOSS4SION).
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TO LET.
IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. LARGE and WELL-VENTILATED
louses on the outskirts of the country town.
So now the summer evening hummed with mimic martial sound as the arebin stratted up and down the gravel path between a crazy cof- tage, which had seen better days, and the rusty
urden gate.
Dum dum! day! dum! dum! Fm ze lay what carries zo dw! Tas Joscelin Justily sang and drummed.
Well! au' who cares?" uzeered a vulgar small rival, peering in from the highroad. "You ain't got into ironsers; your Pa is ton poor to buy you a suit, so my Ma sys!... What have yer got for sapper? Yah!""
Luckily Joscelin was too full of his own noise ROOMS, with BATHROOM and VERAN and importance as a sergeant regruiling among DAH. at No. 37, CAINE ROAD,
the cabbages to care or bear. But small and Apply to
insignificant though the little fat boy was-two R. J. REMEDIOS,
other people did hear and did care. Mercantile Bank.
(1755 Tongkang, 11th July 1901.
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'O, §, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
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No. 239. Des Vœux Road. Hongkong, 9th July, 1901.
TO LET.
(1739
FFICES in BEACONSFIELD ARCADE. O
SMALL GODOWN in DUDUELL STREET. For Particulars, apply to--
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Τ can't stand any more." "Thero, Joss, darling don't bother poor father, there's a good boy. Never mind about the drun! Dadlie has a lot to think about, so he can't listen to a little boy like you away-rus and play.**
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"But it's mine dwum!" gurgled Joscelin, wide-eyed with surprise. The poor little fellow had felt as if bia chief earthly joy was rainod when his drumstick went through the feni! toy: THE he had flung the drum down and trotted to his parents, fooling that in their arms he would find comfort, surely. Yes; they would kiss and love bim-and then Deddie was so wonderfully wise-height ever put that drum to bed in the old elust, and it might come out quite well the morning. Joss had known as strange things lappen."
But now they didn't care!
Almost unable to believe his sense, the child went slowly away, dragging his feet, His heart felt brokon-broken lika his soul's delight the drum.
Mother said "Run away"; bat Joss didn't think he would ever hop or jucop again. She certainly had dropped a hasty kiss on his front- arn't a nice kies. There was no comfort in hair when she drew him away from Dad, but it all the wide world for poor little Jose Derisu sed his great sorrow.
A man was digging among the vegetables in the rear of a ledge of sweet peas, Ils dug in a hesitating, unworkmanlike way, and whenever he neared a cabbage, or rosshash, stooped and felt it with his fingers. He wore an old blazer, and his straw hat displayed a fuded cricketing ribbon-olearly a clerk or tuporerished pro- fessional man, was this gardener. Careless too, pg he dug he kept trampling ruthlessly on a
So, while husband and wife again clung to As Juscelin's ampll for howled his insaits,gether, and Mary whispered broken words of
young peas, just showing green leaf.
suddenly the man stopped, and starel vacantly. Love and some feable Lope-and of lose still, if Just then a young woman, with a sweat careworn there were re hope left of recovering eyesight expression, came towards him from the cottage.their lonely little boy lay face down in the She, too, heard and gare a quick anxious look grass behind a lilac-bush and sobbed-and seb at the man. Then she came and put her arm
bed. There was no more music for him; none, round his neck.
evor more!
TOW
Don't mind, Ditk. The child doesn't care, bless him! Why he's a happy as a sandboy, om little Joss. I've come to fotel you in for a cup of tea. Well you have been working hard. All this dog and Ok! Her glance full on the peas, and oxpressed cousternation. Two tears wolled up in Eer eyra.
"Yes, I've done a good day's digging, haven't I?" said the husband, shaking of hie annoy. suec, und like herself striving to be cheery | "All right, Mury-wait. Who opened the gate
That sounds like Mr. Birch, a short, quick step. Yes, you say he wants his rent. Good evening, Mrs Dorian. Good evening, sir," said a smug-inced a good humouredly, ia-being more friendly like-and perhaps your ged lady would ask me to tea. My gracious you' lwen and ruined these young peas. Dear, dear! Then your eyesight is worse
Mary Dorian shots lightning glance of anger at the landlord, and cried out with forced gaiety
"For my Daddie is so poor, he can't buy me un more drums," reasoned the child pathetically. He remembered what he had heard neighbours say shout his parents' poverty. And a drum semet,to him to cost so very much money; heaps and heaps.
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Four evenings later the Dorian family were together, all three in the sitting-room. It was early yet for their bird and last most of the day, but they gathered there all three for different reasone.
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OOMS or OFFICES, with SERVANTS' QUARTERS, in FIRST FLOOR, No. 6, ICE HOUSE LANE.
A. RUMJAHN.
Hongkong, 4th July, 1901.
TO LET. PONSESSION, AUGUST 19
1685
THE GODOWN in.WEST POINT
T (Kennedy Town) known Feather
$18
Factory, now occupied by the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Lt
For particulars; sypig to—
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BOARD AND RESIDENCE.
RB..
*Why, nonsons,_ Mt. Birch. This outside row was no good. Im always walking over it As to my husband's cataract, the worse it gets quickly, the scour it can be removed, the doctor says.
"Spoilt them, have 17. That's all the good dging is murmured the blind man, my standing will. They repressing a sigh, he added courteously," My dear, let us bring Mr. Birch in for tea.
Biobard Dorian sat on the window-seat (a fixture this, and so not sold) with his chin reating on his hands. His filme oyes kept ought. The bushes below wore spread with undergarments and socks, washed very ourly. that morning by poor Mary herself, who had risen whilst her husband slept. She had spread all here, that the neighbours might not sED. Not that she minded for herself! No, indeed! Ouly Dick was her lover still, and liable to worse uhappiness than usual if he guessed she was overworking her frui! strength.
"My dear one! To think that I am glad he can't see it and glad he can't see me, with my tooks going. He was so fastidious always about little things like the washing; and so proud of ny rosy checks and my dimples," thought the croworn wife, as her glance rested fondly on the bowed form by the window.
Her reason for coming in and out of the room with pretended bustle, was to look at her Dick as often as she could, while yet they remained
The one sitting room of the cottage was bare to the extreme of penury. A deal table, two chairs, and an old oak chest were its only fent-together. For last night they had agreed, with ture. And on the landlord's oven fell on this
Fore hearts, ta part for who knew how many last, they reated there. Meanwhile Mrs. montbs Dorian had decided it. He would try Dorian's pale cheeks flushed, as she tried to
to get into the infirmary to await the time when een composed while handing the goont lea
his eyes would be ready for the cataract to be with hardly a drop of milk, brand with a mero sperated upon. If not, scrape of butter. "Her own oup was black; her brodidry,
This past over, Mr. Birol hemmed and pro. oceded to the business which all knew was the object of his visit.
A useful old chest that, sir. You've had a tily lot of old furniture, Mr. Dorian."
Yes, Mr. Birch, I had-and-since my blind. ness came on, you have got nearly the whole of it, but that chest."
That's as anybe, sir,
Now, may I ask is there anything against letting me have that, too? Any plate in there ?;
อมค might the inside be sound, for my missus says dry-rot-
Richard Dorian rose, and stepping with ont- spread hands, felt for the cheat, "and fumbled at a heavy hey which was in the look. Then throwing back the lid, he said with prend
courtesy:
Then I am not able to support myself, There is no help for it but the workhouse," he said ärmly. "No! no! Mary. You must only try and koop yourself and the boy--if you can, my own, brave, little women.
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If she could! Why, of course easily. So the wife auswored with twitching lips and wrung heart. She would take in sewing dressmaking. Dick had no idea what & famous milliner she was. Mrs. Birch said her last year's best bounet wanted doing up; and she would be happy if Mrs. Dorian would make it book as stylish as her's, Mary's, did. (This was slight invention. Burely, surely the recording angel overlooks fibi told to please the sick, Mind, dying?)
Last and least, there was Joscelin's reason for coming into the parlour early, Nay, two
sons. One was that he felt drafful lungry!" Dinner had been so little appetising only. potatoes and salad. But secondly, Joss was in
still more "drefful" hurry to get
supper over
pro-
Do me the honour to look at the contents and the inside, Mr. Birch. I believe you hand trot down to his friend the carpenter in be satisfied that these are only family parch- menta of no good to anyone else—if any to us." Quite so, quite so." announced Birch, coolly examining enne old doeminents that could have no possible interest for him as debtor's assets. Why, here is a family tree. Dorians of Densholme Park What's this-copy_of marriage certicate between Richard Dorian and Eveline Fotheringhay. I did not know traced connection with such swells; a you. baronetey and no end of wiu. In my boyhood
lived
near Daneholme; a splendid place it
car street. For O. that kind man mised--!! Come down this erezing after workend we'll see, you and I. We'll see!" At thoughts of his secret Joscelin folded his fat Hitle honds in his lag, and smiled all over his shabby face, and fidgeted his legs with in- patience.
(To be continued.)
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They tre the younger branch of my family," said Dorian, stiffly. Had it not been for my
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[869 grandfather's runaway match with a lovely, HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK
penniless girl, Eveline Fotheringhay, which so angered his father that he cut him off with a shiling, I might now be Sir Richard, aud Bieg at Deneholure. Instead of which, we ocenpy this cottage-as long as you can allow as to stay."
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"Put in a very gentlemanly way," patroui singly assented Birch. You rolleve me, sir, of saying first what is most disagreeable to me yes, indeed. For after all, rent being due, now you'll both allow, that I'm doing handsome I take this old tit of staff, which ain't worth the five pounds owing to me, not being a collector.
In fact, what will wifo
my But there, I'm softheated, and what with your losing your situation because of your affliction.
Certainly, ma'am, F'll say no more. But as to the term that is to come, I'm family man and so after a week from to monow--from to-morrow you ↑
You expect us to clew out!" said the blind a quietly. I see; that is, I understand." Silently Mrs. Dorian rose, and holizg out bor hand, signalled to Mr. Birch that the interview must end. She could bear no more. What with overal more aclamations of Vory sorry-"
"the unwelcome visiter laft husband and wife rione together, Mary Derian in
neck, and kissed him, sohling.
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Goods not cleared by the 24th instaut, at 4. will be subject to rent.
No Fire Insuranes will be effected by me i any case whatever.
All damaged packages must be left in the Godowns, and a certificate of the damage ob- tained from the Godown Company within ten days after the vessel's arrival hure, after which no claims will be recognised.
II. A. RITCHIE,
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Hongkong, 18th July, 1901.
FROM HAMBURG, ANTWERPEN, PENANG AND SINGAPORE. THE H.A.L. Steamship
THE
"SITHONIA,"
Captain Burmeister, beving arrived from the above ports. Consignees of Cargo are hereby quested to send in their Bills of Lading for conatersiganture by the Undersigned, and to take immediato delivery of their Goods from alongside.
This steamer brought siso the Hongkong Carge or the HA.L. 8. Araypaid from New York, which Cargo was tranehipped at Sings-
pore.
Options Cargo will be forwarded unless noties to the contrary be given before Noon, TO-DAY.
Any Cargo, impeding her discharge will be landed into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company Limited, and stored ut Consignees' risk and expense.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain ing nudelivored after the 25th inst.. will he subject to rent,
All broken, chafod, and damngud · Goods aro. to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 25th inst, at 3 P.M.
No Fire Insuranos has been effected.
HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE,
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Hongkong, 18th July, 1901.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
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FROM NEW YORK, STRAITS, AND MANILA.
THE Steamship THE
"GLAMORGANSHIRE,"
Captain Daries, having arrived from the above ports. Consignees of Cargo are kersby informedt that their Gooda are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, at Kowloon, and stored at Consignees risk and expense.
No Claims will be admitted after.the Goods have left the Godowns, and ull Goods remain-' ing undelivered after the 27th inst., will be subject to rent.
All breken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in, the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 26th inst., at 2.30 PM.
No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bills of Lading will be comteraigned by
BHEWAN TOMES & CO..
Agenta. Hongkong, 4th July, 1901, FROM HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM, PENANG AND SINGAPORE. THE A.L. Steamship
"ALEXANDRIA
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Captain Rörden, baving arrived from the abere porta, Consignees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bills of Lading for countersignature by the Undersigned aml to take immediate delivery of their Goods from alongside.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before Noor, TO-DAY. "
Any Cargo impeding her discharge will be landed into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company. Limited, and stored at Consignees risk and expense.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godow us, and all Goods remaining ́undelivered after the 27th inst. will be subject to rent.
All broken chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 27th inst, at 3 r..
No Fire Legurance has been effected.
HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE,
Hongkong Offes. Yongkong, 22nd July, 191).
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AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM TRIESTE, PORT SAID, ADEN, KARACHI, BOMBAY, PENANG AND SINGAPORE,
THE Steamship
FRANZ FERDINAND," having arrived. Consignos of Cargo are keby informed that their Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Limitl," whence delivery may be obtained.
This Vessel brings Cargo
From Trieste, ox ns. Marquis Bacqueliom
transhipped at Bombay.
From Venice, ex 83. Massimiliano, tram-
shipped at Trieste.
From Levant Ports, ex ss Amphitrile,
transhipped at Colombo,
Optional Cargo will be discharged here, unless notice to the contrary be given immediately,
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Claims must be sent in to the Office of the Undersigned before Noor, on the 37th July, or they will not be recognised
No Fire Insurancs has been effected, and any Goods remaining in the Godowns after the 27th of July will be subject to rent.
Bills of lading will be countersigned by
SANDER, WIELER & CO, Agents.
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Hongkong, 22nd July, 1901.
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