TO LET
TO LET:
INSURANCES
PHENIX FIRE OFFICE
The Undersigned are now prepared to ODOWN, No. 3 DUDDELL STREAT GRANT POLICIES of INSURANCE
against FIRE at Current Rates. Apply to-
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT AND AGENCY CO. ED. Hongkong, 5th July, 1901,
EDROOM with BOARD.
Borms
Q Ly
(1692
Moderate
Apply
Care of Imily Press Office.
1876 Hongkong, 28th July, 1901
TO LET.
TO. 12, BELILIOS TERRACE.
No
OFFICES and SHOPS in BEACONSFIELD ARCADE.
TO LET.
(3876
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO...
Agente for the Phonix Firs Office. 132 Hongkong, 17th August, 1887. THE WESTERN ASSURANCE COM- PANY OF TORONTO, CANADA,, INCORPORATED 1871. CAPITAL ................................. £10,000.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 27th, 1901
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]
THE BOY THAT FOLLOWED THE DRUM
BY
MAY CROMMELIN (Author of Dead Men's Dollars," k
(Continued.)
At last his mother noticed the child's longing looks, and set him down his porridge, merely boiled aenl and water without milk and hardly swertened, but Jose was ravenous, and in five minutes he had licked his spoon as a finish, and flipped off his chair Wad out.
TAE Undersigned, having beu mointed AGENTS for the above Company, prepared to ACCEPT RISKS »gainst FIRE at-Current Rates.
WM. MEYERINK & CO., ... Agents..
185 Hongkong, 18th May, 1900.
SMALL GODOWN in DUDDELL STREET. NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSUR ANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG For Particulars, app'y to
TURNER & CO.
The Undersigned -AGENTS of the ofre Hongkong. 20th July, 1901.
Company are PREPARED TO ACCKET First Clase Foreign and Chinese Risks at Curres Rates.
SIEMSSEN & 00. Hongkong, 29th May, 1895, AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN- SURANCE CO. OF AIX-LA-CHAPELL.
HOUSE in RIPON TERRACE.
FAIRVIEW." Kowloon
THE RETREAT," MOUNT KELLETT.
Apply to-
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-
MENT & AGENCY CO., LD.
Hongkong. 13th July, 1901.
THE
FO-HAT.
POSSESSION, AVQUST 18".
-WEST GODOWN iir Kennedy Town) known as
166
POINT Feather
Factory, How cupied by the Hongkong and
Kowloon Wharf and Gorlown Co., Ld.
LAUTS WEGENEE & CO.
For particulars, apply to-
Hongkong, 9th July, 1901.
TO LET
1730
Undersigned, having been appointed T
AGENTS for the above Company, art prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against F at Current Bates.
REUTER, BROCKELMANN & Co..
Agente. Hongkong, 21st April: 1897
194
"L'UNION"
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LD. (Established 1828). THE Undersigned, having been appolute TGENERAL AGENT for the bes
TO. 9, SEYMOUR TERRACE. Foss Company, is prepared to ACCEPT RISKS
Non from 1st Angust.
Apply fo
8. STOCKHAUSEN,
25 Queen's Road Central. (1858
Hongkong. 24th July, 1901,
TO LET.
IMMEDIATE POSSESSION.
LARGE and WELL-VENTILATED ROOM, with BATHROOM; -at-No 27 CAINE ROAD.
Apply to-
BJ-REMEDIOS,
Mercantile Bank
Hongkong. 25th July, 1901.
TO LET SHORTLY.
(1807
HOPS, OFFICES and FLATS, Des FOUR ROAD CENTRAL (Opposite
Crawford & Co.'s).
Apply to
HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND FINANCE CO., LIMITED.
[1134
Hongkong, 12th July, 1901.
at current rates.
Claims settled direct without reference to the Head Office
A. R. MARTY,
Agent. Hongkong, 1st August, 1909.
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279
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, L. (Established 1838.)
HE Undersigned, having been appointed TGENERAL AGENng bar and Company, are prepared to accurT RISKS kat current rates.
P. LEMATRE & CO. Hongkong, 7th February, 1901. [+39 JUN INSURANCE OFFICE, LONDON
FOUNDED 1710.
700
.
Is the boy gone P" wid the blind man, in a disappointed tons, listening to the patter of daparting little feet.
He was in a hurry to go and play. Ton and I can talk a much better, dearest, when he is not listening soothing replied Mary Dorian. She forget that the father world soon he parteil from his child, and in her jealous love only remembered she wouldbe parted from her husband Now, I am just going to bring in your wa. O, yes, and mine, you say-mine tau,"
Two minutes later and there came a hurried? rash of a woman's skirts from the kitchen. His wife's voice panted in Dorinn's ear.
"Dick! such a queer thing-your butter was wrapped in paper--newspaper, and taking it out, I sow--"?
"if its anything disagrecable. I'd rather not bear it, please," interrupted the blind man, shrinking.
"No!no! An advertisement here. Listen! "Llatira of the lato Sir Joscelin Dorisn, of Denholme, Sussex, are requested to send in their claims to the solicitors of the deceased as bow Direct heirs to the estate, viz., descendants of one Richard Dorian who married Elina Fotheringhay, have been repeatedly alvertid for without result. Apply to Jlery W, etc."
Utter silence for as long ne a man could take two long breaths. Then there was a mutual cry of
Mary-Dick!"
The exemations were followed by a babbla of incoherent words, embraces, laughter and tears, above which rose four times the blind man's argent demand.
week
enjoy, Mary cleared the table. At Dick's dire tion she laid out some foolscap to copy the old marriage certificate. Then the blind man opened the chest, and directed her to search for the document. It would be likely at the top. It was the one Birch had read second. It must be there! Goodness gracious! wasn't it there a ago? Yes. Then how the devil- There, dear, never mind; but it must be found!" Half an hour passed Mary was still search ing, and silently wesping. Dorian held a bundle of eight documenta tight, counting them over and over. These were the wrong papers, so a haddred times his wife had assured him. At thom helplessly, times he murmured, feeling, f maddened by impotenca.........
PO!! If only I could see !** An hour passed Two hours. The missing The whole certificate was not found!
daway like a horrible dream; and morning slipped still Mary Dorian searched and searched, hor eyes wild and chooks ginzed with tears. Mont- while Dorian's face was stiffening into a story despair. An awful dread hind taken possession of his soul-first a whisper, then a londer veits raying with conviction, close inside his bratu,
It's Mary's fault. She has been cavolo 8. She must have burnt it!"
O, and the guessed. She knew by the tona in which he asked, trying not to som nreusing "You H the fire yourself, dear, these but mornings? I only asked lest the charwoman. bed tore in-as she used to. Then it could not be that. No!" But in his heart he thought: It was that! What olse P
Holding bor reeling head betsson her hands, asked herself that evening: Mary Durian What else? She had searched everywhere, everywhere since morning. In the chest, under, bobind it. In the parlour, through the whole little cottage. outside in the garden, bushes, everywhere-in vain! In vain she appealed, using woman's wits.
"Dick, can't you remember the words? Tho church, dear? The date? Surely the register could be sourched
"No.
No one thought it would ever be of use, as I never read the certificate through. The church was destroyed by fire a century ago, That was why my grandfather kept the record of his marriago."
The answer fell like a stone plumbing the depths of their misery to both. Then Dick naked ver quietly to be left alone-til tea-time. And so alone in the parlour, heart in hands, the blind man bowed himself over the dealable, Blinde and thought of the future. workhouse for him. Porerty, grinding,
"Read it again-it can't be true! Is there unyadi ako ? Old Sir Joscelin was unmarried. But I supposed he had plenty of nase heirs. Ising, for wife and little Joss. God to think of it Richard-Richard Dorian, you ors quite the fortune almost in his grasp Loke a mirage For, and Evelina Fotheringhay! No! There of water to a dying way in the desert,
But at are none left but me. I was an only child. He should go mad. thinking! My father and two sisters, but they died least they would be better without him; a stone childless! Once more, Mary, dariing."
round their necks. Blind! blind. And so darkness came on.
Thore could be no reasonable doubt, Dick, poor blind Dick, had come in for the estate of
ine.
In the kitchen Mary sat thinking. toc. staring
stupidly at nothing. Strangely, the only clear theuglit is hoe eonfused head was regret for the fifteen shillings wasten yesterḍlay.
*
Denebolige, and presumably for a rent roll of refifter thousand a year. And he had been advertised for “repeatedly without result!!!
That must have been since my eyesight left
It was twilight now in the parlour. Dorian And you sometimes read me a paper, dear. Nat Intelyn! That was false economy, little was alone in a curious attitude. He had woman, wasn't it? O, blees Mr. Birch for his remived the table softly from the middle of the inquisitiveness, or you might ever have room and was standing there on a chair- uoti od te veg of Erelius Fotheringhay! listening. In one hand ho held a bell-rops of the old-fashioned kind, a stout woollen cord. The Undersigned having been appoint And bless the butter for being wrapped in news AGENTS for the above Company, are pre-paper lees everything and everybody! Hot But why should a boll-rope have a running loop at one end? Why should that moose be round Laur,pared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRI you most of all, my wife, for your bravery.
Current Rates.
your goodness to a bulking blind brate of aa bliad man's neck? Why did he feel for Ba SIEMSSEN &.CO., selfish busband.. It will all be repaid to yea, iron hook in the crossbeam, where a heavy lamp All quiet... the Agents
dear your tines, and sweetness, and toil usi te hang?
What was that rutle is the- Hongkong. 16th May, 1892.
Al So-Diet rambled on in his great happi- door locked. arse, hugging his devoted hulp-mate in his bushes outside the window bird? SALAMANDER FIRE INSURANCE
arme, who knelt beside him trembling with this Now! COMPANY.
Freat reynision of emation. The releasing Nay-not yet. There came a sound of break- HE Undersigned, having been appointed her, Dick asked in the old tons of hosting glass, as the lattic was fang, back. Then
befitting the bread-winner.
a woman's heart-breaking cry. AGENTS for the above Company, are
Pick-Ptok+-Dandou leave me alone! have you left? Fifteen ehil- money propared to ACCEPT 118K8 against FIRE, 6. It was to pay off all our debts three me and the boy. Take us, too, I won't at Current Rates.
HOTZ, 'JACOB & CO. day's hence, and start us out in the world, was far life without you, Dick. rather death it? Well, yow, go out and buy a real good befar. I can't! O, stay with us, or taza ns Hongkong, 2nd April, 1900,
supper and a bottle of wine, little woman. And with you, my darling." FRANSATLANTIC FIKE INSUR-al-bring, soone stamps and letter-paper ANCE COMPANY OF HAMBUE (erea-laid, you know), for we must indíto our letter to the lawyers. And size foolscap, to The Undersigned, having been appointed copy out the marriage certificate of Bichard and Ereline, us, I can think of everything. AGENTS for the ahora Company Good-bye. Hallo, Mary, wait. Soine sweats pared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE a
Dam dum dum! dum! I'm sa boy what for Jock Don't forget our boy." Current Ratos
SIEMSSEN & CO., Mary Dorian scened to have winged fest as capies ze drom mang Joss. Maroling
Agents.
ako spel on her glad errand. Her face phone sojously into the parlour he was astonished to that the neighbours cried out in enger enquiries.filled wildly by his mother-to be folded to And although abe would only answer that there is father's heart.
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LARGE UNFURNISHED ROOMS with Separate Batu, use of COOKHOUSE, &c., $40.** -App'--
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·TO LET
[1842
[O. 8A, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
No. 8A,
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TO LET
(1739
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523
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Then somehow Dorian found nothing round neck bat a pair of loving arms. With a grat soh the blind man sank on the chair, clinging to the woman, as a child might ils mither.
He was saved.
was "good news." many were the rejoicing My boy-my little Joss We have been words of sympathy called after her as she getting you to-day. That was wrong. But have been happy! And so the famous TOTAL FUNDS AT 31ST DECEMRE 100, hurried away to get home the quicker
O, people are kind, Dick! It is a good rum is mended is ended is it * kay@=£14,732,681,
work, sfter all. It is only their own worries!" Yes. I did want to tell you yesterday, but I. AUTHORISED CAPITAL... £3,000,000 € 0 that prevent others from feeling with na in our your was too busy." prattled the child, gladly
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RWE METO LET.
(1800
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·PEAK
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THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT AND AGENCY CO. T.D. Hongkong, 17th July, 1001.
1799
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Hongkong, 20th Septeraber, 1900.
1869
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YGEITAS,
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FELIXSTOWE, BUFFOLK, Hongkong, 28th August, 1900. -£73.
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niseries, but when sunshine comes they seeme-feel a nice paper what I found. Au ss plond as if it wormed the too," the ze carpenter nailed it on. I found it behind · mistress of the fast declared, as she set hier zo old chest-Why Mummie!.
For with a sudden cry Mary had caught up good things on the table.
There was a cald chicken from the inn, and the drone and was holding its surface to the some hum A bottle of real good claret, which fading light the landlord insisted on sending as “his share.
"Found-it's the warriage certificata. Dick.
of the treat," and refused payment for, with a It'e noiled on the shik's fram-not ent -all jolly big laugh. Fresh rolls, a portion of the writing hero. Thank God ¦ ¦ Stilton--and yes jam tarts for Joscelia, large,
Ay
thank God- echod
and ready to trickle at a bite. Meanwhile, in Dorian husably. Mary's alenec, Dorian had been striding up! and down the room in his excitement, or sitting on the chest.
[THE END.]
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Because it holds our fortune!" he langheil, which he beard his wife's step.
What a joyous supper it was!-almost as
T
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And just a Dorian ended, and an Mary brought him his pipe and a light, the missing.
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I want-I want to tell yons about y Hongkong. 18th December, 1900, ESSONS in VIOLIN to Elementary and am I've so glad shout my dwum, and raced Pupils by an European Gentlemanbod to run lions, cwick an tell you!.
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CARTRIDGES.
'Yes, yes, darling. But now come ti lue like a gout boy, and you shall have a loj Care of Daily Press Office of sweets under the pillow. For Dad en [1715 Tuemio have got to write a letter yes, now - your drum, yes, that's all right.
Joscelin was only half satised, as he suffered himself to be tucked in with his goodies. For he did want Mutuie and Daddie to listen los but they had in truth both forgolden the ever his darling drum had been broker.
Bitting up, in luxurious toll-by the light a Lapy the kitchen lanp, that alone held oil, the pair drafted their letter to the lawyers, IT too late, Dick decided to capy the old certillund till morning. He knew by heroics, thong Mary declared herself willing and rosur, mis he was dead tired. Time enoug breakfast" 10-morrow. There were v descendants of Richard Durian
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