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THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH.
STORY.
THE CAMEL OF HAN
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BY SAMUEL MERWIN.
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The A. P. man accompanied Samuel Mer- win's clever Far Eastern her to Peking the next morning. stories, which he has been oon. He offered to carry the wooden Mag-box that she handled with such tributing to Madure's arine. It deals with a further care; but she shook her head and chapter in the charmed life of gave him Wing instead. Mise Austin, and will doubt- He tried to ask a few Isading less be as much appreciated as questions. But always, when he have been the other stories by bad led nicely up to the subject, the same author which we have she would turn her big, demars from time to time published.] eyes on him and innocently explain that she had gone out It was Iste on the second day from Peking because Miss Eaves
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Mias Austin poised her coffee cup in air, and looked insaritably across it at her aunt,...
fingered it gently, studying the coming straight to us, as you undertones of the colour with the | should have." loving gaze of a connoisseur, then raised his eyes to hers. "It wouldn't surprise mo, Mian Austin, to learn that it is the must beautiful very old pisce in the world."
"I've got to sell it, Mr. Car- penter. How much do you think it will bring?"
"How does Uncle Frauk feel about the failure of his business plane?” she asked.
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adjoining ite lines, belonging to the villagers.
Messrs. Little and Co., attorneys, represented His Highness, while Messrs. Croxford, Brown and Co., represented the railway..
The suit was by consent dis
SHORT SERMON.
Be
"And God said unto them: fruitful and multiply due it.Gervais, 1, 28. and replenish the earth and sub-
the door was shut, she dropped helplessly on the couch and gazed at the lastrous bit of pottery.
"Yes," she mused weakly, the Chinese are truthful.... And life, take it one way and an. other, is mixed.”
After which profoundly philos-missed from the file of the High
When man was driven from ophical observation, she soberly Court, " undressed and went to bed, with
bis first home, God said unto him. Calcutta and War,
Calcutta, August 5th.
"In the sweat of thy face shaft the quarto work on porcelains propped against her knees, and
The first nows of the declaration
thou ast bread." "Hence, the' Wing cuddled close where he of war by England come in the earth was given to man to re- could, from time to time, lick her shape of an announcement by plenish and subdue that he might His Lordabip the Chief Justice supply and satiefy bie natural on Wednesday at 1-30
wants. His great primary wants p.m. IL
are: the want for food, the waqt was followed by a warning gun for olothing and the want for from Fort William. It was alshelter. Hia God-given duty, is confirmed by an official enquiry clear in this case:
Ob, more relieved than any thing else. Glad to be out of it; He says this is no country for n He knit bis brows. "Almost plain American. The Chiness any amount. It is a perfect are too subtle, too-what was the specimen. And it is--let me word too darions in their Bee-fiftoon hundred, to two methods, Ho said only this band. thousand years old. At spacula-morning that, as a business mзu, tive Fifth Avenus prices" He be has sense enough to know pursed his lips, calculating.
when he's beaten and it's time to "Now listen," said Mias Austin, cut losses. And now that he has "Will you do this for me? Will learned his lesson, he is prepared you take it over to that merchant to start back home and feel con ia the Hs Ta High Street and tented about it. I'm so glad. make him buy it right now? I'm tired to death of living in a There's simply no time to lose. trunk. I do wish you would try
I wouldn't ask you; only-only to be nice to your uncle, Edith. it's really very important." It would make him more=" "Of course," said he thought-She did not finish. fully, “you won't get your prica
There are but two brief episodes if you try to hurry it.”
to set down here. They seem pertinent.
Directly after tiffia Miss Austin near the hotel offe, with his hands in his pockets and the faintest suspicion of a smile oc bis lean, shrewd face. Surmining
She shook her head. " oзn't wait. If you can get from five to
it."
INDIAN NEWS.
Rise of Food-Stufis.
at Government House that Lord Carmichael had also received officialintimation to the effeos. The newaran like wild-fire throughout Calcutta and the utmost anxiety The Food Inspectors of the is felt as to the progress of the Jaloutta Corporation have been that the responsibility for this WAT. It is strongly felt by all their respective jurisdictions and Sir E. Gray'a efforts for local directed to visit all marketa in outbreak reata with Germany to warn local vendors against ising the War wero frua of food-stuff. In this direction unnecessarily raising the pricas trated by the Kaiser
been told off to visit the markete and see that there is no unjustifi able ingresse in food supply. addressed Local Governments for The Government of India has information on the question of rise of prices and for their views on the subject,
wh-
for
following the appearance of the by was ill, and had never intend- eight handred dollara, gold, take observed Mr. Carpenter atending the local thena officera have also sny cost. Calcutts is now passing aatural resources of the earth in
heels.
ever."
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that he was waiting for herself, she moved casually toward him.
He glanced about to make sure that they were not observed; then
"Please look unconscious at
Bombay Crops. According to a recent summary
was determined to have war at through a war fever, and all don troversy and differences of opinion have been brushed saida and the.
doubtedly loyally stand by then people of the country will un Government in this oriais.
To use the wealth of the world any other purpose, unless that to the general satisfaction of these ase will in some way contributo natural wante, is to be guilty of grosa disobedience." Thou shalt, Lord thy God, and do His cam therefore, obey the voice of the
which I commend thee this day. mandments and bis atstu'es, Man, thorofore, finde himself ander the absolute necessity of A. P. man at Pingting that the ed anything but coming directly
preserving and conserving the youngest of the three resident back. There had evidently been “But the thing is worth--" engineere was riding his Manobu a misunderstanding somewhere. "I know it, Mr. Carpenter;
order to sustain the race. pony at an easy canter along the Of course, if she had realized how but please hurry! She sad
Agriculture depends on the Billside toward the village. He much of a journey it was-Still, dealy smiled, and looked up at
the absoluto support of making fertility of the soil. Agrionlture was a pleasant-appearing Texan she couldn't for the life of her see him with an excited twinkle in of twenty five or so. A small why everybody was making such her eyes. "Isn't it dreadful, the
and is the most important oceu- Boston bull trotted at the pony's a tremendous fass. The mission- way I'm ordering you around!"
The war has already paralysed pation of a people. Hence, the sry girls wont everywhere alone. His face expanded in a grin." euid, very quietly:
commerce and affected the money need to conserve the fertility of The Mancha poaysidled around
think As they said good-by at the "Now, wait-let's
the soil is beyond the power market. India, however, has a tangle of carte, then shied away entrance to the Peking hotel, the minute," said ho. "I don't what I'm going to tell you. The of the season reports showing the never been in a stronger position of figures to express, from a group of resting camels. A. P. man looked thoughtfully believe that fellow will pay cash. camel is sold. I can't find out condition of the crope in the Banks have got sufficient balance same time increase the fertility than now. All the Presidenoy To feed the world and at the The sot caused him to brush at her. She was carrying that box He'll want to sell it on ommis. what it brought the old mer Bombay Presidency, there was of cash, and the Bank of Bengal of the land, the farmer must against a red-and-blue mule-litter herself. and it looked heavy, sion. I'll tell you what! I'll chant won't give up any inform good and sufficient rain during has no less than 10 orores of cash. add to the soil and at the sime "There's a story here somewhere," underwrite it up to, say, eight stion about she size of his com the week throughout the Pre- The drawing of gold from the time liberate from the earth just ahead.
"Here, Singsing," said the he told himself," wonderful hundred. Then we'll let him sell mission. But he admits widenoy. It was excessive in engineer, "what are you trying story. But he glanced at the it later for what he can, take out thousand net on to do? Behave yourself!" long, straight nose and the odd, his commission; repay me, and That's eight hundred for me and and Belgaum, where a break is has been strong and during the also seek a place which can find our account parts of Gujarat, Nasik, Sstars Currency Office by the Marwaris fertilizing materials. He must There was a rustle and a sort firm set to the pretty chin- hand you whatever surplus there two hundred for you. Some needed. More rain is still how past three days about $400,000 much plant-food in the air and of gasp within the litter. A very "nobody will ever get it. Not may be. That way, you can have kind friend has unwittingly ever necessary in the eastern drawn. On Saturday, the Mar-
worth of sovereigas have been in the deep subsoil.
Alfalfa is undoubtedly pre- pleasing voice cried, "Ob
the eight hundred to-day. And financed your campaign for you. parts of the Poons and Shelapur waris drew £80,000 worth of eminently that plant. It gathere The latticed window swung open, It was just after tea-time in-wait; don't object! It's the Here is your surplus. He districts and the Untoh State. and a face appeared-the exceed the big hotel. Miss Austin safest kind of a speculation for slipped a heavy little bag into her Sowing was generally in progress and Tuesday £100,000, making a from the air and its roots drill Boversigus; Monday £200,000 large quantities of plant-food ingly attractive face of a girl of hurried through the "lounge" me. If I were buying porcelaine, hand.
throughout the Presidency, but twenty or twenty-one, rather pale without stopping to speak to I'd gladly pay a thousand cash
The second episode was as was retarded owing to excessive rough total of £400,000, or 60 down ten, thirty, ovan fifty feet, and forlorn, but with pretty hazel any of the acquaintances who for it, as a pure investment, follows:
rain in Surat, Nasik and Belgaum. Calcutta is now short of gold and nourishment no other orop can lakhs. The Currency Office in thus enabling it to get mach eyes and the beginnings of a shy, looked up at her with startled Accordingly, the very next Late on this game afternoon Transplantation
eyes no she passed. The Oldhams morning Miss Austin sent Oldjohn Mr. Wilberly appeared about the completion.
was nearing the Bombay mint has been advised
rosch. Seedlings were The young engineer stared for were in a far corner, but she made back to Tai Yuan, bearing a hotel in jocular mood.
to despatch sovereigns without In my humble 'judgment this a moment in utter confusion; a point of not seeing them. Mr. Chinese draft for eight hundred found him looking at her know by hill-torrents in three talekas of boon requisitioned and it is hoped agriculture, country life, the shriving except for slight damage delay. Sabetantial sume have wonder plant is to revolutionise then he removed his broad grer Henry Carpenter was sitting dollare less ten per cent to the ingly, and constantly fighting Upper Sind Frontier, by floods the Calcutta Uurrency Office will country school, the country charch "hat, and blushed.
comfortably back in a big chair, Chinese bankers)..
back a mysterious smile. She in three talukas of Karachi, and have no difficulty in meeting the and the country and village The girl smiled. Never in her deep in the columns of the Tien- Then she waited. Telegrams began to wonder a little.
by excessive rain in four talukas 'life had she seen so complete a tsin Critic. She returned bis passed between bar uncle and
social life at a not far distant day. Later, when she said good- of Larkana and in some parts of blush as that.
friendly amile with a bright little herself, but these were explana- night, he walked down the Nasik and Satara. The supply of
The demand for silver is feeble. It will transform the poor, hilly "You-you're Miss Austin!" jerk of her head, hesitated atory and personal; none related corridor with her, and lingered at fodder was inadequate in three Complaints have been made that and clay wastes into fielda rich in he breathed,
moment as if desigoing to speak to the business affairs of the North her door. Finally he broke out: slukas of Karachi, two lalukas Poddars and others for changing tenant to become the landowner. discount in being charged by plant-food. It will enable the "Why, yes, that's my name, to him, then harried on to her China Development Company. "You'll find a little package of Larkana, owing to floods, two
It drills into the earth and she replied;" but how on earth room. She liked Mr. Carpenter. Days slipped by a week-dearly in your room, Edith. It font talukas of Poont, five talukss of currency notes into silver, bar did you know?"*
Perhaps he would help her. two weeks. Then, one morning, mach. You'll laugh-I fell for Sholapur and two talukas of The silver hoarding in the Oar shine for food, which it transmutes these can hardly be justified. reaches up into the air and sun- He looked at her in a sort of Once in her room, she tore off Misa Austin picked up a copy of Beatherington's merabant, after Satara. Agricultural stock was stupid amazement. "How did her gloves, picked up a certain the Tientsin Critic, and hit upon all. But he assures me that this generally in good condition, but renos Office is extremely large into cash to enrich its fortunate I know ?" he repeated after her. quarto work on Chinese porce the following item:
piece has never been out of was deficient in numbers in Ad-
and it ross on the 31st Jaly owner. It toils on, day and night, "Why, everybody in the world latos, and swiftly turned the
the country. And that's one mednagar and Poona. Supply of
winter and summer, to bring has been looking for you for three pages. One of the coloured plates Mr. Simon Blumstein and thing, you know; you an take drinking water was generally dard Reserve, making a total and pour them into the lap of eix crores in the Gold Stan earth's hidden treasures to light days."
arrested her attention. She studie party are reported as about to the word of a responsible Uhinese adequate. Water for irrigation silver hoarding of 39 crores. As man. "No-really!" Bar browsed it closely. Then she got the return from Tai Yuan Fu, where merchant. The Chinese are was inadequate in Poona, Shola- puckered. Then suddenly she precious parcel from its box, they have been inspecting the truthful." shut her lips tight, and glanced removed the wrappings, propped properties of the company. At There was a square wooden box down, rather anxiously, at a the book open on the table, and the Tientain office it was said on the table dire ly beside the square wooden box by her side. stood thesamel beside the coloured yesterday that a mass meeting of bag of gold that Edith had care- Perhaps you'll be good enough plate. Unmistakably, the image the so-called "Gentry and lessly dropped there after tiffin' to show me where the best inn and the picture were identical People" of Shansi was held a day Edith opened it, and took out is," she said. "Ia those other She hastily pencilled a ohit to earlier at the provincial capital, thick bundle of soft cloths. As towns I'm sure I had the worst." Henry Carpenter:
at which was developed so much she stripped them off, the lumpy "I will gladly," he replied,
fanatical opposition to the object within felt familiar in her company that Mr. Blamstein con-handa. She hesitated. But her Isiders it unwise to press the work uncle was waiting there in the
at the present time.
startled smile.
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and directed the muleteers to Please come out into the cor ward the compound of the on-ridor, away from the crowd. gineers farther up the hill. want to see you. Very import
doorway for his thanks. She took "And oh!" "she cried, catob-ant.
off another of the cloths. There ing sight of the bulldog and end-
Edith Austin. That evening Mr. and Mrs. was a pounding in her temples denly remembering,
do you
Wilberly were back, sitting at She wanted to laugh, to cry, to suppose there's anch a thing as a Then, and not until then, did the table with the Oldhams and acream. dog biscuit to be had? I've had she take a few simple massaras their uiece (who felt pleasantly Bat outwardly she presented a to feed poor Wing on 'most any to make herself presentable after conspicuous in the crowded quiet, very charming picture of old thing.'
her journey..
dining-room) quits as if nothing girlhood-graceful and slim in There was an hour of bustle Mr. Carpenter was waiting out out of the ordinary had happen her light evening gown, Rhods and confusion in the compound side her door when she opened it. ed.
Eavesby's wisteria sourf about her on the hill; then Miss Austin Without a word she handed him. "My dear child," this from shoulders, her arms bare and found herself in complete posses the camel.
Mrs. Wilberly, the next day at white, ber oval face slightly Rush sion of a small house, with a He turned if slowly around in tiffin, "you've no idea, all we've ed. She atripped off the last devoted and ancient Obinese his hands, held it up to the light, been through! "You did frighten ofoth and there it lay in her woman to wait on her. Dinner studied modelling and colour, me almost to death. And your handber own golden brown was sent in by Oldjohn-a curry examined the base for marks andle feels very badly about it, osmel, Rhoda, Eavesby'a camel, of chicken, roal potatoes, canned then lowered it end. softly Edith." pose, Canned butter, and coffee-whistled.
Miss Austin' looked up in some Her uncle was speaking from actually coffee!
"Isn't it wonderful!" she surprise. "Uncle does! Why?" the doorway Pana It was not until she had fasist- breathed, in an excited whisper.
"Oh, he thinks, that you were "It's a genuine Han piece-very ed with momo vehemence that she "It's a Han piece. I've looked hurt by what he said to you that fine specimen. There probably really was not tired that the foar it up."
last evening here, just before we isn't another such perfect piece in young Americans, delightfully "It certainly appears to be went away. He feels that is why the known world-certainly not nice boya, permitted her to join possibly of the Has time, certain you made that frightful journey outside the British Museum." them in the living room, and talk ly not later than the Tang. It biok, after you took your sick When she had thanked him as
bout things back home, and lie is in perfect
missionary out there, instead of she could, and he had gone and
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demand for gold.
to 34 orores. Add to
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pur, Satara and Bijapur. Prices regarda the Government order for of food-grains were generally telegraphic orders, it is practically steady.
a dead letter, as the Telegraph Department has suspended coded wires. Businessman therefore, will have to resort to bills which may take more than a fortnight reach home by the mails."
N W. Railway Breached. - Karachi, August 8.- -The
The Maine's Anchor.
No other plant performs such enormous labour for the human race. It will build the modern home to take the place of the old shack. It will consolidate the country schools, erest and equip the township high school build- ing so that the farmer boy and girl can get a good education at home as can their city consins. It will bring us modern charch houses in country and town, and our church work will move up from the ball-tongue plough stage to a progressive, twentieth-
North-Western Railway line 26 miles north of Kotri in breached in twelve places. The Quetta mail trains will be diverted via Hyderabad and Sukkur, k
Suit Against Railway Settled.
A very interesting, but at the same time ancient suit, was put Reading, Pa., Aug. 1.The down on the board of the Hon. anchor from the battleship Maine, Sir Dineha Davar, at the Bombay sunk in Havana harbour, which High Court, this morning for was recovered and presented to It will solve the problem of the dismissal by consent of the parties this city, was dedicated here concerned.
to-day. It occupies a prominent There was a parade of 3,000 members of fraternal organiga tions, and the city was gaily
scorated
· This was a suit filed on behalf position in the Manicipal Park.
century soul-asving institution
high cost of living. In short, it will make us a nation of prosper of his Highness the Maharaja
ing and God-worshipping people, ous, happy and contented, God-low- Gaekwar of Baroda, in which it
Nature did a choice piece of work was sought to recover from the
when she presented the alfalfa Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway Company, a sum of Rs.
The oration was delivered by could have dono a better job, but plant to the world. Doubtless the 49,579 in respect of compensation Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt, donbtless she never did. b, but paid by His Highness Govern sistant secretary of the navy, who replenish and subdas the earth ment to the villagers of Meshana. took occasion to renounce the in obedience to God's commande. His Highness had ceded certain charges of certain persons that land to the B. B. and C. I. Rail the government had perpetrated way Company for the construction a fraud on the city of Reading by of the Viramgaum-Mesbana Rail-sending it an anchor which was way The land adjoining the not one of the anchors of the Railway lines was, during the Maine. He went into the history floods of 1888, damaged, and it of the anchor, and declared that it was alleged that the flooding was was the genuine anchor. Con due to the Bailway not taking grossman Rothermel and others precautions to protect the lande spoke,
Singapore Mortality. During the week ending Ang. in
29th there were 189 desthe Singapore, a ratio of 29 85 per
mille. The deaths comprised 143 males and 40 females. Two Europeans died, and 118 Chinese. rhthisis was responsible for 32 deaths end malaria, fever for 29