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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14th, 1929. #AL 日辉拾月或年九廿百九仟登英
“YE POOLE OF YE DRAGON."
VISITED BY YM.C.A. PARTY.
JAY AND I TAKE PART IN A SCRAMBLE."
[B="RAMBLER"]
Away up in the shadows of the boulder-strewn hills there in a newly-dug grave. A heap of stones lie besides the shallow trench, ready for the building of a pile A small piece of board rests near the beap. It bears the following inscription:"Here lies all That was left of Thomas J. Price, (Wham Heaven Forgive), who, was fallen upon on the morning of February 11th, 1999, by 20 crippled and exhausted, companiona."
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In the Y.M.C.A at Kowloon, 20 young men. will be limping about for some days to come. One of them cannot even` muster sufficient strength to stagger to the Mah Jongg courts, but has to be dropped into his plus fours and carried there. And all because of Thomas J. Price, the guide and leader of a party of ramblers who set out to explore the Dragon's Fool on Monday morning!
An Encounter With A Snake,
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The ramble again developed into Faster and faster went to oar. The party enbarked on the 9.15 a scramble and Dragon's Pool was Several men unlaced their shoes a.m. train to Fanling where they the more hardy spirit of the party paused in the act of giving his reached at about 12.30 After tiffin, surreptitiously and even Mr. Cope boarded a 'bus to Wang Hok. From commenced to search for the dragon terrified shipmates a definition of there, TJ.P." and one A. Tate which, Tradition says, inhabits the the word "nothing. Jay told him. led a cross-country marathon around Pool Jay raised the firsttally-witterly that "nothing" was the value placed on human Elo in China. paddy-felds, over ditches and He swore be in a dragon's through bamboo thickets. No doubt snout sticking above water and sure
the run would have continued as far as Peking had not the van of the party been brought to a sudden halt by a snake which lay across the
path.
Mr. Price stepped and waggled his left foot in the air and Mr. Tate stooped to tie up his bootlace. Jay remembered that he had a pressing appointment with Mr. Sands in the rear of the procession.
Mr. Johnson arose to the occasion and the anoke a fourpenny ad broke ita back. The tap roupe de grace was administered; by Mr. Price after he had dis- entangled his foot from the clutching grasp of his drooping moustache.
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enough a swirl of the waters in dicated that something was coming the surface. However, it was paly W. E. Frice who had been tak- ing an unnoticed dip."
A Beauty Spot,
Then, with an honest desire to
assist the sampan boy, Mr. Howard
plunged his walking stick into the water. To his astonishment the stick touched bottom! Then, and only then did anyone dare to smoke & cigarette!
The party" re-formed and was I should think that the Poal must about to set off again when must be one of the most beautifulT.J.P." dashed up in fine style spots in South China. A path of and commenced to recount the stepping stones leads down to the glories of the Bride's Bath to a pool which is cradled amid luxuriant pessimistic and quite unenthusiastic vegetation." A cascade of water, audience.. splashes down from the rocks fifty feet above, and a stream flows from the far end of the pool.
fashing gurzier guzzles overhead and the panting silence is disturbed by the musical
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His Worably The Mayor. Along the shore, past swamp and sandy beach, we wended our weary way. A scramble over M hill brought us to Po Sham Pai. The
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The snake, which was a venemous cry of the oozlem-bird wifila hai whole village turned out to meet herly Tifin Tickon for $25 can be Golf Course in Hotel Grounds (Free to
one, was five feet six inches in length. Jay said he had seen bigger one in England, but, as Mr. Biggs reminded him, that must have been
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The Pilgrim's Progress. Immediately after this incident, T. J. Pries won undying fame springing lightly up the frowning side of a steep hill, the rest ascend- ing with the assistance of their knees and elbows. Jay and I decid- ed to show the world the way to scale hills at the gallop.
mournful note of the native plumber calling to his mate is heard in the distant paddyfelds. d
We were loth to tear ourselves from this sylvan glen but, as Jay remarked, & bird in the hand gathers no moss and a rolling stone saves nine..
Let's go and see the Bride's Bath," suggested "T.J.P."
"Rather exclaimed Jay. His enthusiasm was not so keen, how ever, when it was explained that the Bride's Bath was a pool similar to the one we had just left. When the crush had, ensed somet
Something went wrong then. Our what, wo commenced. There is no worthy guide has since sworn by: thing really amusing in the sight all that he holds sacred that he of two people locked together and turned sharply to the left after rolling down a prickly hillside until leaving the Dragon's Fool. On the braught up with a jerk by a friendly other hand, Messrs, H. Field and tree-trunk. When we had pulled Mitchell emphatically over that they the prickles out of our hands and saw Mr. Price tripping cheerfully faces and recovered our breath we ahead of them. Be that as it may, intimated as much to the applaud the fact remains that the party were ing crowd on the crown of the hill. hopelessly and helplessly lost.
When we reached the top of the j. hill,-** T,J.P.” arose to his feet, shook a few spiders out of his ears
and dashed down the other side. It was well that he did so, for there was red murder in Jay's eyes when he discovered that a neat and easy path encircled the hill!
Devils Or Bandits? Swinging along in double file, we passed through two or three villages. The sight of T.J.P." aad" A.T." in the lead caused women and girls to forsake the Selds, lead bullocks and pigs and beat it to their huts. Once a whole village turned out ел nasse to stare in chattering amazement and as the last of the party left the place, gongs were banged and crackers let off to drive away any stray demons we had left behind. Jay blamed Price and Biggs, for
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as evidently under the impression that we were a deputation from the International Cumsha Society about to open up a new branch their midst. Parch, hot and dusty, we hailed their village with joy, think- ing that perhaps we could obtain mineral waters or fruit from them.
One after another of the party' "tried"out" their Chinese on the "no unfortunate villagers who savvied" one word. Finally, a perplexed-looking old gentleman. who happened to be the head of the village, addressed himself to the party.
it Pardon me,
gentlemen," he said, in perfect English without the slightest trace of an accent, what can I do for you!"
'but
While the villagers clustered. around us, the elder went off "to speak to a friend." He returned with a sieve filled with oranges which he sold to us at ten cents a piece. We bought all his stock, without a haggle, and went our way. A sudden disturbanes in our rear
Beneath the burning sun, the party plodded along from Chung-me caused us to halt. We saw the There a dispute arose as to the the whole of the village in hot pur to the beginning of Plover Cove. venerable elder in full fight with direction to be followed. Led by suit. It appears that he raided. Mr. Sands, a few hardy spirits turn every hut in the villige, purloined ed to the right. The remainder the New Year of his subjects," followed Mr. Field along the north- and made a nice little profit on them They canght the ern bank of the Core. At Wang for themselves, Wang-chung, this party came to the enterprising old gentleman and realisation that they should be on forced him to disgorge the the other side of the water. Nina aha."
And so, along the foreshore, we' of them crowded into a leaky sampan which leaked more at every trudged to Tai Po Hu where we caught the train back for Kowloon, creak of the oar.
There are moments in the life of every man which are mered. This was one of them. Strong men grew tense and voices were hushed as the water poured over the bottom- boards of the boat which threaten- ed to settle beneath the sea at any moment.
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There is a newly-dug empty grave, with tombstone all complete, away up in the shadows of the boulder- strewn hills. It awaits" T.J.P." should he dare to mention Dragon's Pool in the Y.M.C.A. within the next five years!
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St. Valentine. Hockey: Y.M.C.A. 2nd XI. t. K.O.S.B. Sergeante, King's Park,
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