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ASSETS
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1935.
Summary of
1934 Report
NEW INSURANCE
G $ 61,388,356
INSURANCE IN FORCE
508,078,583
124,822,029
PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS
16,170.589
SPECIAL RESERVES AND SURPLUS
*8,833,299
The Company's Record, 1887-1934
Death Benefits Paid
50,227,556
Payments to Living Policyholders
80,039,022
28,774,988
for Maturities, etc.
Dividends to Policyholders"
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THE AFFAIRS
OF
CELLINI
The Story Of A Great Lover, A Great Artist-The Most Charming
Rascal Of All Time
(By LEWIS ALLEN BROWNEY
She secretly pressed his hand as she admired the vase.
"Ha, Cellini, hard at it!" The Duke was in exceptionally
good humer at the moment. "Yes, your Excellency, har at it."
"Naturally, my Lord."
"Ah yes, yes indeed." The Duke; "Yes, yes, to be sure. And, ha moved about the spacious work now let us see if Cardinal Ippolito shop, examining the various ob-D'Este thinks he can take you from Jects. He was followed by a page Florencel" With my quick wit I who bore on a tray some of the have bested him." Duke's ever-present perfumes. The Duke coughed a bit when a whiff The Dake departed, puffed with from the forge reached him, and pride. He had been gone but a he hastily snuffed at a golden short while before Benvenuto's bit- container of a strong attar of roses. terest enemy. Ottavanio, strode in
He wanted to know what Ben- and looked the workshop over. venuto was doing Patiently, and "My advice. Cellini," he said. with a dissembling amount of re-darkly, "is for you to inlay a marble slab with letters of gold, giving spect, Benvenuto explained.
"And what is it that your Excel-your name." It will soon be needed Jeney desires me to start on first?" to mark your grave!” Benvenuto inquired. "I shall have "But-" finished with these few trifies in short order.""
"M-m-m-m, yes, yes, to be sure. Well now what would you say?"
"Whatever my Lord desires he has but to command."
"Silence, knave! I know where- of I speak Your days will be few and your death sudden!”
"I fear that I fall to understand you," Benvenuto said to Ottavanio. He bowed low, but it was in moc-
kery, and there was an insulting tone in his voice, so that Ottavanfo glared with rage." -
soon to
P
"And your version, Cellini?”
She spoke coldly to Benvenuto. but the gleam of admiration in her eyes belled the nobility of her fea- tures.
"He may have spoken the truth, My Lady. I was so intent upon my work that I did not see any jest in his order that I begin work at once upon a marble slab for my grave." "A jest, my Lady, on my honour.
a mere jest, and most miserably mlsunderstood by this fellow."
It might be that he will make a slab for a grave, with your name on, Ottavarijo."
"I am grievously sorry, I craver your pardon, my Lady."
"Very well. Don't jest, and don't come here again,”
"As you command, my Lady." Ottavanio bowed very low but he shot a glance of such venom at Benvenuto that it could not be mis- understood,
Upon his departure the Duchess was assisted to sit.
"What are you working on, Cel- Ini?" she demanded, coldly. But the coldness was for the benent of the maidservant, for well she knew that even the most trusted of ser- vants loved nothing so well as❞to Bossip.
A.
Benvenuto had purposely said, for her to overhear, that, he was working on a vase for her." He was " doing nothing of the sort. It wast a vase he was finishing, for wealthy patron that had been or- dered weeks before. But the wealthy patron would now have to do without the vase. He took 15 from the bench and brought it to her.
"My Lady, I had hoped to sui- prise you with this," he said, “It is not quite finished. as you w
note.
He turned the beautiful little
work of art in pure gold around and about for her to admire.
"Admirable. A truly beautiful thing T-shall-reward you for-this- thoughtfulness, Cellini."
*
As she said this she pretended to feel the filagree work at the llb of
to frighten Cell in this stupid the vase, and secretly pressed his
manner.
"Have you no wits?" Ottavanio asked, desperately, secretly asham- ed and furious that he had to crawfish in this meek manner. "Have you no wits? I spoke i jest, merely in jest. I thought you had more Intelligence than to take me seriously."
Duchess Enters Again Benvenuto, bowed low mockery.
"Then I shall be forced to defer the exquisite pleasure of making the slab for my own grave."
- Quite surely.
80," Ottavanio said,
Cellini turned his back on Otta vanto and procceded calmy to work at his bench, humming a merry and rather salacious song.
Ottavanio hesitated. He stood, red-faced, and glared. Benveriuto could feel that Ottavanio was glar- ing at him. He continued at his work and merrily hummed his
tune.
Suddenly Ottavanio's
temper overmastered him. He drew his sword.
Master!" "
hand. Benvenuto bestowed upon her, his most devastating glance_ and returned the pressure of her fingers.
"A little later," the Duchess in- farmed him, in as impersonal a tone as she could command, "I shall have many commissions for you, I have some rough sketchest. of salvers and of candelabrum, that I desire. And by the way, Cellini, always bear in mind that you were bound to us a year ago-so that the House of, D'Este can lay on claim to your services, whatever.”
A Kiss
"I shall remember everything my Lady-everything!"
The Duchess was unable to re press a smile of understanding at this.
"My ankle is nearly well again---”
"For that I am overjoyed, my Lady."
"Already I can walk with but a slight limp. I think-let me see— yes, I think you had better start" work on a silver that we need for roast peacock. The design to be in peacock feathers.".
"How soon will this vase for me
It was the agonized cry of the
"Excellent, a splendid idea, my Ascanio.
The
·CTS Lady!". apprentice.
startled Ottavanto so triat he turn- ed around.
Benvenuto slowly turned and completed?"" faced Ottavanio.
"Ah, well, I shall consider it. My Lady may have some ideas I shall let you know."
He leaned over to watch, with "It is plain enough, fool!" Otta- admiration, as Benvenuto deftly vanto fairly roared the words, "1 fashioned some delicate filagree told you that you were work about the lip of a small vase. meet a violent death.” Suddenly the Duke leaned over to "Ah, yes, you have made it clear. alm and spoke softly,
I shall at once proceed to follow "About my little dove, now-is your advice: I shall select the Anest she quite safe and guarded?" slab of marble,, as you so kindly "She is quite safe, my Lord," and suggest. I shall do my most ex- Benvenuto told him where the girl quite work on it, and none in the had been taken. He led a little, world can approach my workman-is a fair price for you to pay for It was the easiest thing that Ben- ship, for there will never be but one venuto did when occasion seemed to demand it. He assured the Duke that the uncle of Polverino was an old and trusted friend of his. The Duke was well pleased,
A Thread
Cellini,"
"Cursed egotist!" aried.
Ottavanio
"As for the lettering, I shall not only inlay in anest gold my full name and date of birth, but at the "Be assured, Cellint, that the bottom I shall add: Made at the banquet to you will soon be held-order or Chancellor Ottavanio""
"You have a sense of humor," as soon as ner Excellency's anklei had healed and she may walk with. Ottavanio secred, out hobbling. I arged her not to "And then I shall take it to their walt, but pride, you know, pride. Excellencies, the Duke and the She would not be seen hobbling in- Duchess, and ask them if it be a to the banquet hall. She is fond of worthy." her. regal dignity. But as soon as "No! You will do nothing of the may be the banquet will be given sort!" Oltavanio shouted. He had And remember this the sweet An- not thought of this In fact, while gela is to come with you Is the he intended to have Cellini killed sweet one still pining for me?? as soon as it could be doe diploma "Most deeply, my Lord. I have tically, he had said all of this to assured her that matters of state Cellini merely to trighten and irri- have caused the delay but that you tate him have not forgotten her."
"Bo Utile Angela pines deeply for me, Cellini
"On my oath, an she does my
Lord"
"Yes, yes, naturally they all do all the lovely little ladies who have the good fortune to know me well I was ever a heart-breaker. I have away with me with women, Cel-
The Dake nudged him, "One can see that, my Lord, I marvelous way with you, but it is only natural for the ladies to be come adoringly fond of such
“And how shall you prevent me from doing that?" Benvenuta de- manded.
This time he was turning the tables, and leering at Ottavania.
"Oh well, I rescind my order, Ottavanio mumbled,
"If your neck," he said, grimly,
the pleasure of assassinating me, do not let me stop you."
"Bah!"
A half hour's work, my Lady, and then my apprentice can do the burnishing.
"Mario," the Duchess said to her serving maid, "go you to my bou- doir and find in the And Bah! Bah to you, Otts-ment of the dressing table a match- vanto. You dare not molest mement on which I have sketched- and you know it, and you know but wait, there is a draft here and why. In God's name will you stop the forge smoke annoys me, Help molesting me when I am so busily me into this man's study, where engaged in perfecting a vase suf- designs are created." ciently fine, to adorn the dressing The serving maid started to help her and the Duchess deliberately table of the beautiful Duchess?”?
Ottavanto couldn't quite under- winked at Benvenuto. The flash stand this, for his back was to the in his dark expressive eyes told her door and he was not aware that that it was not lost upon him. He the Duchess, on the arm of a maid- could see, then, that the Duchess servant and with the aid of a cane, had purposely made, the sketch for was coming down the hall to the a salver and then purposely left it workshop, and quite within hearing in her boudoir an excuse to send
away the serving maid for a while) of Benvenuto's words.
What is this?" the Duchess and leave them alone.
The serving maid helped her into called, sharply.
Ottaranto leaped about as if the study and to a great easy chair struck Benvenuto was clever that she had ordered installed enough to pretend great surprise there, along with his wide desk, and embarrassment at the sight of his shelves, his great, soft brocaded the Duchess. He made a sweeping velvet-covered couch, and similga how
furnishings,
"My Lady," he said, "I am deep- ly bonored," and he ignored Otta-
vanto and ran and placed a chair for the Duchess
In the first place I take orders only from my Lord and my Lady
She stared coldly at Ottavanio, In the second place, the House of D'Este might be so displeased upon
"Did I hear Cellini beg of you not learning of my murder that they to molest him?" she asked, would bring troops and sack Flor-My Lady. I fear this craftsman ence
Hurry now, Mario and 100
compartment, look in the leathern of the sketch is not in the lef
case in the closet."{"
The serving maid courtealed and, departed
his little intelligence outside of his, What bout Della? Does Ben Ottavanto was doubly furious by forge and bench. I chanced to drop senuto intend to be unfaithful to this time, because he realized that in and pass 2 jest with him which her? Don't miss to-morrow's instal. She had been foolish in attempting he misunderstood."
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