OUR SERIAL STORY,
THE MOATED GRANGE.
By KATHARINE TYNAN.
Author of "A Mad Marriage," "The Houss
of Doom," "Denys the Dreamor.",
CHAPTER XVI Forty-eight hours later the bulbs were shivering and the snowdrops and crocuses had their crystal and golden and amethyst cups filled with snow. The wind had gone to the north suddenly, and, after a day of piercing cold the snow had come, a small steady snow that went on day after day and drifted, when a wind rose. 1
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Gronch made a dab at her)
!
"Cranch would go out," she said. He said it was no life for a man to be lookin' at an ugly old hag and a cat with not a drop to drink, day after day."
Only that ache of pity kept Benta from smiling at the thought of Cronch considering himself as
a man
"And you're afraid it's not safe for him," she said.
HOCKEY.
SIM SHIELD MATCH MATCH ON MONDAY
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Reserves: Rev. J. P. Murray, Capt Jacobs-Larkcom (R.E.), Lt. Shillington (K.0.9.B.).
University v Club de Recreio. The following will represent the University against Club de Recreio
at Pokfulum on Monday, at 5 p.ra. sharp.-A. B. Sulieman; M. B. Osman, A. A. Rumahn; Y. C. Teh, K. T. Lake (Capt.), P. C. Lim: CE. Yeah, K. P. Gan, C. K. Ong. C. W. Lam, V.
Enok.
Club Team v. Navy, The Moated Grange was quite cut off from the world. As far as
Again, Mrs. Cronch flung her
The following team will repre- they could ke the snow iny on a "dead and silent land. The paralysis pron over her head and began sent the Hongkong Hockey Club which the coming of heavy snowecking herself to and fro. Dash against the Navy in the Sim Shield On the U.S.R.C. came and put his head on Beata's Competition, causes in even the busiest centres knee and sighed his sympathy. He ground on Wednesday next:-\V. J, of life was ten thousand
had been careful to give the Lockhart-Smith; J. E. Henry, D. intensified is a lonely and isolated brindled eat a wide berth since she on A. A. Dand feat), J. E. placé like the Moated Grange. came to the house but, indeed, he Noronha, E. L. Sim; . B. Slipper, Fortunately, there were supplies
W. Woodward, F. G. Wheeler, B. W. for some time-a cow to give milkery rarely visited the, kitchen un- and a poultry yard, else their cases it was in company with Beata.Sampson, and T. Whitley. The
"He'll slip on the ice and he'll match will commence at 4.30 p.m. would have been parlous. No one came near them. The occasional lay there till he dies," Mrs. Croneh letter
or paper ceased to
come.
groaned. What's worse, he'll die in his sins. 'Tis what I'm always
dreadin', that he'll die in his sins
no to overlastin fre
They had grown accustomed to the absence of lellers. Nobody seem- ed to remember them nowadays, and there was little encouragement to and fro.
to write.
She rocked herself to and fro,
It was very dark outside, despite After a day or two Beata grew the glare from the frozen snow. restive and ventured out, taking It looked as if there might be more her unwilling mother with her, snow coming. There was a little They were not going to repent the wind shaking the Kloomy ever folly of the last snow, when they rees in a window-box in what had stayed indoors to the detriment of health and nerves. They had cemed to be an icy blast. The fire not ventured very far over the ris- ing ground behind the house before thes were on the edge of a drift. Wherever they turned they plunged
into soft amMW.
was low.
Mr. Bronch looked at her from behind the apron.
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"Don't you be thinking about such dreadful things," said Brents. Can't you think of a God who is Father and doesn't want to burn For a time theyifis children?"
Against 1. R. C. at Home ground: were thoroughly alarmed. It was
Hiptool (Capt.), W. M. Git- A unique experience to be within
tins, B. N. Sudan, R. Chan Book, K, T. sight of one's own windows, yet un-
"My father used to lay into me. P. Chen, A. . Sulieman, B. H. Loke, N. P. Karanjia, 5. R. Kermani, certain if are was going to be able proper," she said. "I carry the Fehroter, H. T. Barma. to reach them. Dash, floundering marks of him yet, and will till my in the snow despite his four feet, dyin' day. I did rought to provoke was the first to find something like him Why, I were working hard at aclid earth, and they got back six, doin' things I weren't fit for. safely trending where he did, but There weren't no Society for Sze-kwong, J.L. Young Saye, T. ED.B.S. ANNUAL INTER-HOUSE y el of from 36 to 349. they had no inclination to repeat Croolty then. I had a stop-mother Yeah, W. C. Hung, W. Kwan, H. C. the experiment for some time.
who was worse 'n him. Tve the Hung, Tsui Yu-pui, K. 1. Chau, H. Frost followed the snow. When
marka of the poker, where sheung, C. Choa and H. Ching, the frost cane Cronch, who had burnt me because she found me been sullen and lowering since his playin' one day when I should have excursions had been cut off, went been workin'. Crunch has always forth. They had heard him day lived with gentle folk. He don't hit after day siding incessantly in you. I'll say that for him, at least
kitchen, an
In the senior events Yellow House Junanswered (exceptin' by accident. He did ought monologue, for Mrs Chonch never to have married a pretty, smart
had an overwhelming victory, while Brown House were the winners in the Baid a word.
young girl, did Crouch. Him with Beata, going to the kitchen, une his brains and appearance!"
junior. events. An innovation this year was 'cross country run of about day for something she needed, saw
"The Pleasure Buyers." the de- 3 miles over the hills near Kowloon him sitting by the fire unbraced girl would want him," said Beata advertisement in to-day's issued, all except four finishing the
I don't think a pretty, youngtective film which a
special and unshaven, with the queerbluntly.
Tong, in which 62 competitors onter- brindled, cat had picked up on
*s "Net Cronch!" said Mrs. Cronch, announces coming to
the course, his knee. lle seemed to be asleepin bewilderment. "Not
want Queen's Theatre on Tuesday and.
the
unaware of her presence.
cover up Cronch's omissions. He
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to be about as exciting a mystery 4 points, Brown 4 points, Blue Mr. Crunch now did pretty well me, miss!"
Beata felt her heart, somehow picture as the screen has yet offer-1 point. all the waiting. She had tried to ddly wrung for Mr. Cronched. The story concerns the mur-
Junior-Brown 29 points, Yellow She felt sickened for the cruelties. der of Eugene Cassenas, a gay 14 points, Green 10 points, Blue, 10 was chopping wood, or gleaning She had a memory of how Anthony society favourite, who is shot points. the cowshed or sweeping the snow Napier had looked at her the while sitting in his chair at home. from the poultry, run, to account other boy, too, with adoration. for this neglect of his proper duties. As the made these excuses for his absence her eyes would wan der more than ever, and the queer dull glare again came to them and "I came to look for you, darling," discovers the real culprit leads lay on them like
she said. "I've grown tired of my up to One day when the frost was at own company. Why, what's the climax. its hardest, Bronch got tired of the matter with poor Mrs. Cronch? and a cast of well known players house; and went forth. The show You poor thing!" had hardenal solidly by this time, 'and
thin skin.
Her mother spoke close to her in the dulee: tonca, hvoured with the touch of a rich brogue, which be longed to her speech.
kill
The bullet has come through the back of his chair, Suspicion falls in turn upon six people each of whom had threatened to Chasenas. How the law finally a thoroughly exciting Irene Rich is the star,
give her excellent support. "The. the versus and sengulfs had
standing Pleasure Buyers" has been adapt come to be fet and were filling the wardly with her apron raised cd to the screen from a popular
Lo one eye. She was a little shy | novel.
Mrs. Cronch
Was
air with their harsh cries, drie-with Mrs. de Burgh: Beata was ing off the smaller birds. Once always helping her to make beds again the rabbits were starving or do something or other, and with and ate greedily the few green her adoration had come easiness things from the heated house in the But with Mrs. de Burgh it was an- garden wht Beata put out for other matter. them every day.
To Beata the house seemed thing, mumsie,"
"I'm trying to cheer up this poor said. Beata. lighter when Crench had gone. "She's frightened because Cronch But running down to the kitchen,as gone out. Tell her he'll come ay she had been used to do at home, back all right. There's nothing to with a comfortable thought that fret about." Cronch would not be there, Beata
But Cronch did not come back.
found Mrs. Cronch, who was al-Beata had remarked that the Moul- ways so busy, sitting in a chair beed Grange would be a much more fore the fire, her apron over her cheerful place without Cronch, and head, 'weeploy.
her mother had scolded her gently,
As Beata came up behind her, bidding her not to say such things
softly compassionate, the brindled
ran.
when the poor man'might be lying out somewhere with a broken leg.
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Mrs. Cronch had regained her making friends with the cat, which composure and went round lighting was an odd thing, for all creatures lamps and replenishing fires and had been fond of her. She supposed cooking the dinner, keeping the the cat associated her with Dash, usual routine of every day with an who had come in with her as usual oddly blanched face. When she "What is the matter, you poor was in the room it was plain to be soul?" Beata asked softly. com seen that she listened, but the afterthought I did, and I daren't risk passionate.
noon passed and Cronch did not re- it again. You never could be Mrs. Croch let her apron fall turn, and the dark came and the tellin' what might look over your and looked ut Beata wildly as moon wheeled up from behind the| shoulder." though she was frightened. The distant pine wood and was caught Beuta had failed to comfort her Throwing the Cricket Ball-1, B. tears had made a water course in a scurry of cloud, and still no one She had come into 'the room with Wong (Brown); 2. A. Prata (Green); down her poor streaked and came The house was wrapped in the brindled cat on her shoulder. 3, Chan Ip Ting (Yellow), ruddled checks. The tears from the silence of the snow.
The creature had arrived at a cer- Steeplechnso (2 Miles),-1, "A. the eye over which the cataract "There'll be more now to-night," tain amount of sleekness since Crawford (Green); 2. C. Spradberry was spreading struck Benta again said Mrs. Cronch, when Beata tried Cronch had brought him into the (Brown); 3, Wong Bik Hon (Green). as something dreadful and piteous, to comfort her. "It'll maybe cover house, but he would never be a com- Again she wondered why they had him where he Inya."
fortable cat. As he passed Beats,
2, F. Martin (Yellow); 3, Wong Sik Hon (Green),
thought Mrs. Cronch so ugly at She had come in with hot water sitting before the glass, he put up Clementi will be unable to be pre-
frats It was a poor harmless face, before going to bed, and had found his back and spat at her.
despite its plainness.
Owing to indisposition, Lady
Beata brushing her hair before the "Maybe he sees more than we sent at the annual speech day of Mrs. Croach got up and set a class.
see," said Mrs. Cronch, dreamily, St. Stephen's Girls College on ehair for Beata. Somehow the "I'd love to brush that lovely as she went off, not heeding Beata Tuesday afternoon to distribute little action touched the girl's hair of yours," she said."But when she called out to her that the cups and certificates. Mrs. generous hurt with an odd sense never ask me to brush it before a Crouch was held up somewhere by Luard, wife of Major-General C. C. of pity and pain. She was grow glass. I never look in a glass if the snow, and surely would come Luard, C.B., C.M.G. (G.0.C. South ing too sensitive about things, get- can help it. I once seen some home by daylight.
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