TWO-MINUTE TALKS A Daily Tonto
By ROBERT POWER
THE HIDDEN HAND,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
STRANGE TALES OF CHINA COAST.
How Munchausen is Being Outdone-
Writers of Eastern romantis
The Hidden Hand is one of injury is quite imaginary. Possibly. those attractive phrases which there is some shadow of justification will have to look to their holds the imagination. Not so tion. But nothing can excuse tho long ago wo were applying it to volled attack, the blow in the laurels, when the combination of those wo called our anamice. A dark. It is coward's work, and a master mariner with (wo think) sinister ovont-the Hiddon hand no talk of "justice" can excuse island of a few months (or was it a sonno of humour; a volcanic again! Something inexplloable, it.
know,
wooks?) existence, and a Now)
because shrouded in mystory- What a rollef to turn to a con- York reporter, can produce the The Hidden Hand! Exactly what tamplation of the Hiddon Hand following, which is taken from a form this concealed conspirator which dispenses blessings, Not Manila contemporary:*** took, nobody soomed to quita proclaiming them from the house
Strango are tho.talos told of the topa or making a parade of sor-south Pacific and the China coast. But there are plenty of hiddon vicos rendered. But "gliding in-sea skippers, those worthy salts hande in daily life, if only we visible through the ranks of who rove the bounding main begin to consider. Some of them Humanity," as Lincoln said in soom to have a corner on the aro hidden because they are a epocots which thrilled his weird talos of the Pacific and now oowardly; others because they hoarare, Ministering--but doing and then some one of them will aro modost and unselfish.
I service in seorot. Inconspicuous come out with a new one, going should profor to call the former in the lists of Charity, where his plodecessor one better. Cap "cowardly plotters," because they great names are coupled with tain skulk bohind a voil of secrecy large donations. Unknown; un-steamer President Garfield, re- Kenneth Lowory of the and the lattor the "unknown suspected; helping here and com-cently issued a good one in New friends" these helpers wo often, forting there. Humanity is the York while his ship lay in port. looking back upon life, have been sweeter and the nobler for the indobted to.
work acoomplished by many country and its inhabitants made Captain Lowery knows the Hiddon Hand.
famous by the "Arabian Nights"
The malicious rumour, and the únkind gossip-those, too often,
I have heard of a great busi-and he is always on the lookoul may be compared with invisible
noss man who was once boasting for talos like "Ali Baba" and the hands which pluck at and sook to destroy a reputation. Wo of his prosperity. An old and Forty Thieves" and "Ala-ad-Din may not see the "assussin's hand privileged friend listened in and the Wonderful Lamp." that murders reputation." Not silence to the long string of "I'n"
He arrived in Now York one
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"Do you paitors, so he spun his yarn a blank face upon us or whisper father was helping you socretly before be weighed aacher and know that again and again your to the ship news mon shortly as we approach, then vaguely we understand we are being assailed Correcting the foolish errors you pulled out again. It is a tale inade softoning the offect of of a swash-buokling Indo-Chinese by soma sinister force. An anonymous standor is a stab in your domineering manner; placat- bandit named Mala Dahlak, who the back" said Charles 11. to the where you provoked?" The became king of a volcanic island in wont homo. "Yes," the China soa, lived a predators gay Lord Rochester, when the reproof nobleman had fouled the charac- back I realise you must be right. slaves whom he captured until was the response. "Now I look life with beautiful maidens and tor of an abiont Lord,
There is the hidden hund of Hiddon bands which help the orisons of the natives on an malico, animated by a sense of The "ministering angels" of our adjoining island were heard and H lováneo. Perhaps the supposed daily Life.
Maia Dablak, bis maidano, Blavas and hie ill-gotten wealth were gobbled up by the son when the Island sunk.
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Proof that there was such an: island Captain Lowery has, for he has the official bulletin of the United. Stalas hydrographic
raads.
"THE GOLDEN GIFT." In view of the fact that few "The Golden Gift," which was residents of Hongkong-are-un-j-shown yesterday at the Queen's aquainted with the persistoney Theatre, is a thrilling drama office at Washington which with which local lift operatore | love and power, with Alice Lake,| fail to make a lovel landing and how several attempts sometimes have to by made, it will be road with considerable interest that in the now building in Podder Street, As the opera singor who pre- | being ninety-cevon frot in holght, betwoon Tho China Building and ferred a career, Alice Lake does formerly located about eight and Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and some of the finest acting of her three-quarters miles northeast- Co., Ltd., two now type lifts have many acroen appearances. As ward of Round (Great Catwick) boon installed which automatic-leading man John Bowers is all Island, has disappeared and that ally stop at any required Noor that could be expected. Others the last depth in the vicinity was in the cast were Harriatt Ham twenty-five fathomne (45.7 moters). The lifts are of the patent mond, Joseph Swiokard, Bridgotta This islot is to be expunged from "Micro" self-levelling type and Clark, Louis Dumar, Geoffroy the charts, but the danger line is are the first of their kind in Wobby and Camilla Clark,
tu be retained. Approximate the Colony. The self-levelling "The Golden Gift" will bo position, latitudo 10.10 north, arrangement ensures that the shown for the last time to-day, longitude 100 cast." floor of the car always stops To-morrow, Jamos Oliver Cur- "That island," said Captain lovel with the floor of wood's thrilling story of the frozen
Lowery, with several others. the building. This is not only a north, "The Golden Snare," pro- sprung up in the China sou after great convenience in safety, so duced by First National Pictures, the Japanese earthquako a year far as passengers are concerned, will be shown for the first time ago. I saw them for the first but savas wear and tour on the here.
time on one of my trips to Singa machinery in case of an un- DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
rore from Manila. They wore skilled operator, who is liable to
AS A THIEF.
right on the Hongkong route and ake two or three attempts to What is the story of "The they caused many a mariner to socure a level landing, involving Thief of Bagdad", which the say a prayer before they were a considerable strain on the Corouot Thostro is to show on obartered by the hydrographic driving machine. This is avoided Friday next? A thieving slave offico." in the "Micro" arrangement as of the bazaar who falls in love the lovelling is accomplished with a boautiful princess and by a small auxiliary winding finds that his own happiness is machine and motor which has a the one thing that he cannot vory emal starting and running steal. ourront.
the youthful Metro star, as the ation has been received that on China Sea-Further inform- central figure in this story of the clash between love of a career March 25, 1924, the volonnic f'and love of child.
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the nearest one to Great Catwick The largest of those islands and He leaps from adventure Lowery, towored like a Wool- Island, according to Captain to adventuro; from Bagdad to the worth building above the others. The lifts in the new Podder home of the Old Man of the Sea, it was on that laland that Mala Street building hava a total from the Valley of the Monsters Dahlak and his retinue of outlaws traval of 125 foot at a spood of of the Citadel of the Moon. He 300 feet per minuto and accom-olimbs wondrous stairways and at up their kingdom. Strange modate nine persons each. They skims over palace floors, jet black tales were told in Singapore of represent the latest refinement and shining like glass. On every story was that some months after Mala Dablak and his hands. One in elevator practice. They have not in this beautiful fairy story; the island shot out of the soa,
by the TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY. boon installed by Messrs. the poot in Fairbanks has left Mala Dahlak left Great Catwick Dodwell and Company.
The Lord Mayor received the "The Thief of Bagdad" is lovely to the relief of the other natives. Captain Lowory, "surely food the Fruiterers' Company at the Island with his desperadoes, much "If the buts wore there," said annual prosent of fruit from the CANTON SHOOTING. and those who will undoubtedly Just about the time that the must have been obtained from Mansion House. This is an er orowd the Coronet during those Great Catwick Istanders wore some place, because without food aient dustom still maintained ATTEMPT ON A GENERAL. next
days will agreo.
though the company has now no The fourth floor of the Oriental Fairbanks put all his big fortune recounting the exploits of Mala how could Mala Dablak live?"
Dablak and his band as Hotel was the scene of a shooting into the production of this film history," there appeared one about Mala Dahlak. Last March trade.. The Lord Mayor explain
"Again the Gatwickers forgot dirent aonnexion with the fruit "ancient affray between soldiers of two and staked his big reputation into night among the natives King the equanimity of Great Catwick ad, on the authority of an article
bargain. He has different commands on the night the of the 23rd. iast. at about 1 through. Shown recently Mala Dablak and his entoruage, was turned topay turvy when in the Times of June, 1914, that o'clock, says the Curton Gazelle, Drury Lane, the critics waxed vacuum cleaner when it came Mala Dahlak was again on the the
"Mala Dablak was a human word reached the natives that its origin lay in a quarrel of
Company?
the with oloquent-"one of flims that live when "pistol shots
to snatching valuablon from rampage. Ho nooded food, cloth- City authorities. This WAB changed for some time. It is in one's memory too, this year and stated that General Wong Chiu- many a year behind. It is the the natives. As quickly did they ing, wines and women, as well as finally composed by an amicable bung, commandor of the 1st. Divi- first real fairy story to be shown 50. Groat mourning fallowed a couple of hundred husky male arrangement whereby the Com elon of the Kwang-el Standing on an English screen......the pure of the Catwickers' most beau
when Eoveral slaves to attend.to his wants. pany presented a tribute of fruit Army, who has been staying at spirit of fairy lore." Room No. 109 of the hotel, to-
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Not the least of the many Dablak, like the warriors of old, wae suddenly attacked and fired incidonta in "Little old New carried off the human prizes to upon by soldiers who had come York," the story which the Star bis volcanle kingdom, so the story rank, over so slowly so as not to Mayor, after receiving the Com up with the intention of killing Theatre offore its patrone this wont. him. Hie six bodyguards return week, is the one of the whipping From ancient mariners came ed fire and audcended in keeping post, where the herolne, disguised tales of Mala Dahlak's kingdom the intruders at bay, giving time a boy, undergoes the penalty but eight miles from Great Cat for their master to escape through of having stopped a prize fight at wlok Islands, but the people of This may seem bunk, said A sido door over the Sincero's is most exciting stago, by ring the lattor island feared him as Captain Dowery, "but I'll tell steamship saw the silhouette of
ing a fire bell-this in the in- they did the Evil Spirit.”)
you this, when I passed that way the island against the clouds building.
Falling in their purpose, the terests of her favourite.
Mala Dablak, so osptains of on my last voyage I found the slowly sloking. In the morning Intruders dispersed before the picture will be shown at the Star coastwise vessels said, attempted volcanio leland had disappeared. the island was gone.
"Even the natives of Grost armed police arrived on the until Thursday next,
to lura parsing trading vessels to I made inquiries about it when I disaster on the coast of his king reached Singapore and other ports Catwick learned of the deluge. scope. During the shooting one were disarmed by Commander dom by burning light at night and found the story true des There was great feasting and of Commander Wong's body.
One Chinese captain whom I merrymaking among the Cat- Wong at
the Wuchow, in
- Mala Dahlak, like the violator: guide was seriously wounded. and Zaled instantly. It is said spring of this year, and boing of the Volstead Aot, obtained his met in Singapore told me he wickers which lasted for ten daya thic the leader of the intruders is informed that.Commander Wong food, clothing and rare wines, as was an eye-witness to its in thanksgiving for the death of Talnd from mariner (who were prévent a belgadier general whose troops was in Canton, he had come to well as bamboo and other build-ubmersion. The captain bald Mala Dabisk, Thley too, I learned
she was paveing, Dirig materials, from some place; take revenge,
and from the bridge of ble during the festivities,kuo
Tho
the next day
The natives of Great Catwick in lieu of the old metaga duos assembled at the temples and which entitled the Lord Mayor to prased for the destruction of their olaim, through his motor," a onomy. Inch by Inob, so the tale sample from ovory load of frult continues, one night the island coming into the City. - The Lord disturb Mala Dahlak and his pany's tribute, had the pleasure brigands. When day light came of entertaining the Master,
Wardens, and Court as dinner. the island was no more.
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