NEW AMERICAN SERIAL
GIRL
CHAPTER XXII.
with
The night was cerlo voices from unaoan bodies, or bodies half-revealed in the flare of gasoline torches, as the business of loading the carnival proceeded. Soft, rich voices from black men's throats blended with the velvety softness of the late-Juno night: "Oh, if Ah had wings like an
angel,
Over these prison walls Ah
would fly!
Ah would fly to the ahma of my
poah dahlin,'
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An' thenh Al'd be willin' to
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
LONE
By ANNE AUSTIN. Author of Saint and Sinner."
MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1928.
ALLEGED ASSAULT ON].
CONSTABLE.
'SAID TO HAVE BEEN BOUND WITH ROPES.
Beforo Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the] Central Magistracy this morning, five Chinese, one of them the www master of a vegetable garden at uncertain stop away from him, and jon passionately when Sally inter-Po Chung, and the others his fokis, his arma fell limply from her body, rupted with her soft, delicious were charged with assaulting a
"What is it, David?" she asked little laugh. in a small, quavering voice, scarce- ly moro, than a whisper.
"I shouldn't have done that!"
"I want David," she said simply "All right!" he cried, singing his arms wide in a gesture of ut- David reproached himself with ter abandonment. "Wo'll run away boyish bitterness.
Itonight. We'll keep going until wo "But David," Sally plended, inget out of the state. We'll He that small quaver, don't you about our ages. We'll find some- don't you love me at all? I
one somewhere to marry us, and thought-- Her Hands But we'll--have each other if we have tered toward him, then dropped nothing else in the world, Sally" hopelessly as lie still stood sharply
His exultant young voice and turned away from her.
"Yes, I love you. That's the his arms demanded her, but she dovil of it," David groaned from held back strangely, while her face the shelter of his arm. "I love you went ghastly white and old in the so much I can't think of anything moonlight. else, not even of our danger."
Wolhalwel constable, `D.185.~ A sixth man was charged with the unlawful possession of a small pine tree.
Mr. M. K. Lo appeared for the
master of the vegetable garden, and Mr. C. A. S. Russ for the other
defondants.
A remand was agreed upon by both sides, but Mr. Lo said that: in order to help him and Mr. Rusa, he would be glad to hear from the Sergeant in charge of the case, the details from which the charge
arose.
The case was adjourned until noon on Monday next, the first defendant being granted bail of $100 and the other defendants $50 each. The man in possession of the pine tree was allowed bail of $25.
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Sergeant Hopkins, of the Aber- A lonesome, heart-breaking
"I forgot to tell you my news," deen Police Station' said that, on plaint. Sally shivered. Except for
She crept closer to him, stroked she said dully, tonelessly, her Saturday afternoon, D. L85, ac David and Pop Bybee and Dan, the crier, she, and David might have timidly the clenched fist which hands flattened against her breast.companied by D. 136, went to Po been behind prison bars tonight, hung at his side. Then-why, "Mrs. Bybee found out something Chung, which is opposite to Apli I love you, too. You about about my mother, about chau on the Stanley side. The two constables landed at Po Chung learning the shame and misery that David?
-must-have known. I love you me." had created that song.
Ecstasy was wiped from David's and there saw the sixth defen- with all my heart." She stooped
pino She was on her way to join swiftly and laid her lips against face, leaving it hurt and bewildered, dant in possession of a
sapling, complete with David, and Ahe found him, his knuckles, which shore white as "So you're going to find her? Go tree his
looming
buck to her? II suppose I'm boughs. They arrested the man shoulders
marble in the moonlight.
and as they were about to take him mensely broad in the dark coat he "Don't!" he cried sharply. He glad."
"No," she shook her head drear-to the Police Station the other five. had donned in her honour. Her lowered the arm that had sheltered: hands were out to him before he his shamed, passionate eyes and fly. "I can't marry you or any defendants appeared on the scene had reached her, and when he took looked at her humbly, his whole one, David. My mother was not and came to the sixth man's assİR them both and laid them softly body drooping, "Don't you see, Mrs. Nora Ford. I don't know who tanco. D. 136 managed to get you she was! I don't even know what away, but D. 185 was held by the against his breast, to that her lap darling--no, I mustn't call
name really is-if I have a
men who tied him up with ropes ing blood caught the rhythm of that! don't you see, Sally, that my
Whoever my mother was and took him over to Aberdeen, his strongly beating heart, she your caring only makes it name! could scarer'y restrain herself worse? I wish I were the only one she was ashamed I'd been born, she where they were met by other from raising her small body on that has to suffer. But you're so paid Mrs. Ford to take me away police on landing. Elptoe and lifting her face for its young, God he cried in sud-when-was-an-infant, away from
"The Magistrate asked why the kiss.
den anguish. You're so pitifully New York, so--go I wouldn't dis- They were shy at first, as they young! Sixteen! I ought to be grace her. I'm the ugly name Nita defendants should do this; and the reply was that the defendants called me today. I'm-I'm-"
constable had drifted away from the show train horsewhipped!" across the vacant lot where the She laughed shakily. "I'm get "You're my Sally" David said alleged that the carnival had so recently vended ting older every day, David. Is it gently, his arms gathering her in, caused trouble at the vegetable trickery and truth, freaks and such a crime to be young? You're holding her comfortingly against garden and the defendants were fakes, colour and light and noise young, too, David-darling!" The his breast, in a passionless em- taking him to the Police Station and music. They walked softly word was dropped shyly, on a trem-brace of alter tenderness. "Do to lay the allegation before the
you think I would let that make eflicer in charge, slowly, Sally having the absurdulous whisper. feeling that if the grass stubble "That's it!" David cried wildly, any difference at all? If anything were tender, ting flowers, her joy fiercely under his breath. "We're could, it would make me love you light feet would not have crushed both young! I'm just half through more. But I love you now with them. Her fingers were inter-college, and I haven't a cent to my every bit of me. And we'll be twined with, David's, and the elec-namic except what I earned those married, Sally. What do I care tric thrill of that contact cemed two weeks on Carson's farm. And about being a scientific farmer?" to be the motor force which pro-I won't have any money except But there was a note that did not nelled her body. Without a word barely enough to live on-I work escape her love attuned cars.
"No, David," she whispered, her as to direction, they drifted, com my way through college until I'ye pletely in accorti, toward a clumpfinished school. And then it will hands stroying over his. face as if of trees which would some day, be a long, hard struggle to get a memorizing every dear line of it. wuit. I've when Stanton had become beauty-tart, unless my grandfather dies "We'll wait. 1 can conscious, form the nucleus of by then and leaves me his farm. waited 12 years to find my mother, park.
He's a miserly old man, darling, (and I didn't give up hope until to- Sally felt that she was in a spell thinks I'm a fool to study day. I would wait twice 12 years woven of the beauty and breathlesscientific farming, won't give me a for you, I'll stick with the carnival ness of the night and of her inar-cent. I haven't wanter, it-till if Pop Bybee will let me, and if the
police don't find. ua. Then when Describing a Chinese, who was ticulate joy, as still without speak now
charged before Mr. W. SchofieldTM at ing, David look off his cont and "And now, David?" she prompted you're through college-"
"But I'm damned if I can see the Kowloon Magistracy this morn-i the ground that spread it upon
I'm to get back!" Daviding, with larceny of a gold wrist sloped gently from the sturdyftly, her fingers closing caress-
about the clenched hand how ingly trunk of an oak tree. As he was which she must not kiss.
burst out. "We are both trapped watch, a blanket and two articles slooping to spread the coat her "*1 want to marry you, of in this second-rate carnival-and of clothing from the Arst floor of hand hovered over his head, ach-course!"
one would be. bad No. 31, Nanking Street, as "a re- David flung the confes-a firstrate
gular cat burglar," Inspector Fal- ing to touch the dear, waving crisp-sion at her sternly. I love you so enough?"
"We won't have to stay after an informed his Worship that the ness of his hair, yet not daring-much it's torture to think of your quite. But when he straightened going on to New York with the we get to New York," Sally inter-defendant had only recently been more suddenly than she had
carnival. Oh, it's all no hopelessrupted reasonably. "We can start discharged from prison on a simi pected, his head fitted into the cup We're in such a nasty jam, Sally, life again. This trouble will blow lar offence, having been sentenced pected, his head tend, before she We're in un around, matched over. You might even learn some to six weeks' hard labour in Octo-Dock, was remanded on a charge Sailings from Hongkong-Daily at 8 a.m. could snatch it away.
up her hands, kissed them hun-other profession in the cast--"
"I don't want to learn anything In the present case, according to Me whirled upon her, sweeping grily, passionately, then dropped.
William Blake, aselatant preven- "such fierceness and suddenness stung his lips. "Don't let me kiss middle west. It's my land: I love the first floor of No. 31, Nanking you, Sally! For God's sakel it. I want to serve it. But, ob, Street were aroused at about two that her head swam.
"Sally Sally!" Just that hoarse can't stand it! And it's not fair Sally, let's not torture ourselves'clock yesterday morning by the tive officer, Customs and Excise, I know I mustn't marry noise of a man moving aurrept stated: I went aboard the Ben- to you to learn what love means, any more. ery, muted, exultani..
Her hands crept slowly up his when when we can't go through you now, under this cloud, but let's tiously about in one of the bed-clough for the purpose of search- be happy for a few minutes before rooms. A female occupant of theing the ship, and at the back of a breast, so loving every inch of the with L."
room got up, only to see the man large linen locker amidships near dear body whose warmth
"But why can't we, David?" she we go back to the show train. No,
she lifted her vanishing through the aperture at the cabins found between the steel walls of the vessel "a lining of through the cloth of his shirt that persisted, her love giving her amaz- don't darling!" as they abandoned it reluctantly, ing boldness. I'll never love any arms, "Just sit there on my coat the top of the door.
The man had gained admittance wooden boards, leaving a space of When her hands were on his shoul-one else. Pil wait for you, for and let me look at you. You're the ders, clinging there, she threw years aml years. Until I'm 18 and most beautiful thing in the world. into the house by sealing the wall about six inches. On top of ono at the rear and then climbing the of the shelves of the linen cup- her head back upon the curve of you're 23. You're almost 21, aren't Lovely Sully!"
They sat side by side, hands not water pipe. He escaped from the board I found that one of the his right arm, and smiled up into you, David ?".
boards comprising the back had his face. Her lips parting slowly "Yes," he acknowledged. "But touching but hearts reaching to-house by the same method.
One hour later, the man was been cut across in such a manner to let out a little gasping sigh of l'an just a kid. Why, I'm a minor ward each other, and the minutes joy.
yet!" he reminded her with youth's slipped silently away as David seen by a constable in Mongkok that when the shelf was in a In the silvery sheen with which hitter shame. "And so are you.drunk in her moon-silvered young and was questioned about the blan-proper position, the cut was quite the moon joyously and approvingly We couldn't even get married le beauty, and she fed her love ket which he was carrying, and, concealed. There bathed them their eyes, wide, dark, gally. An we're both-wanted-hunger upon his Viking-like hand-after being taken to the station, it shelves. I removed them both, They was found that the blanket, and the linen and other gear, and luminous, clung for an acon of by the police. I can't even figure someness and strength. time, reckoned in the history of out how I'm going to get back into were silently agreeing to go when together with a watch and clothes, the cut board, and at the back I ia sharp, metallic voice materi- which were also found on the de-found concealed a large quantity love. Then David, knowing that A. & M. and finish my course.
manalized suddenly out of the hush of fendant, had been stolen from No. of automatic platole. There were his unasked question had been couldn't let you marry a
31, Nanking Read.
28 packages with two revolvers in gloriously answered, bent his head wanted for attempted murder, even the darkness.
if I could support you. Oh, I guess "No monkey-business now, Steve! The defendant, who was pre-each, and 27 packages of ammuni until his lips touched hera.
a similar tion containing 200 rounds each. He must have felt the slight stif. could make a bare living for us, I'm warning you! If you double-viously convicted for
Robert Steers, a Customs and fening of her body, the ardour in but I don't want that! Not for cross me I'll cut your heart out!offence in the same district, was her small hands as they clung more you! I want you to have every Fifty-fifty and--" fiercely to his shoulders. For he thing lovely in the world. You've The rest was lost as the couple sentenced to five months' hard la- flung up his head; then turned it had so little, so little! I want you passed on, walking swiftly, two sharply away for a moment, as if to have silk and velvet to make shadows that seemed like ashamed for her to see the passion you forget blue-and-white-checked.The voice was Nitu's.
(To Be Continued.) in his eyes. She took a drunken, gingham. I want-" he was going.
ber last.
SEIZURE ON A SHIP.
Revolvers and Cartridges Behind Linen Locker.
At Thames Police Court William:
H1, aged 53, described as a British Benclough, now in East India subject, and chief steward of the
of illegally importing and conceal-
ridges.
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"
one.
THE PREMIER'S HERO. }of the River Wyre, close to Fleetwas carried away, and several of wood Dock. He lives there with the crow were diled. "Charlie" his wife and four children be-the skipper, and the mate were cause he is unable to obtain a the only three out of the crew of 11 saved when the Sandringham houso in Fleetwood.
Mr. Bird, a fisherman, along sank.
"CHARLIE" FOUND IN A HOUSE-BOAT.
Fleetwood, Mar. 28.
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bour.
"
GARAGE OWNER'S COMPLAINT.
BUROPEAN WHO LEFT
HIS EMPLOY,
were
two
the steward, who speaks English, I showed him the packages and the Excise Officer, stated: I spoke to
sawn board, and I said to him. "What do you know about this?" He replied, "I no.speak I np say." I asked him who was in charge of the keys of this locker, and he replied, "Mo."
The Magistrate, remanded HI until next Thursday, bail being
LETTER GOLF SOLUTION.
P T
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Mr. E. Mansion, proprietor of refuged. the South Asia Garage, of Yaumati, has made a report to the police to with the crew of the Fleetwood Charlie, in a semi-conscious state the effect that ho employed a Eur- The Prime Minister's hero, fishing steamer Belmont, volun- was lifted from the wreckage of opcan, named H. Cole, in his garage "Charlie," has been found after a teered at the outbreak of war. It the gun and placed in the rescue as a mechanic from April 3rd, but was while with the Grimsby traw-boat. He was taken to Chatham that on April 15th, Cole disappear-
Here is the solution to search lasting a week.
Innumerable supposed clues had ler Sandringham in the North Sea Hospital, where he remained for ed from the garage.
Mr. Mansion told the police that puzzle on another page. failed to yield his identity, and all that the incident referred to by Mr. nearly six months with various
Injuries.
Colo took out a private car from He experiences differ from those the garage, No. 874, valued at. hope of finding him had heen Baldwin occurred.
The Sandringham was suddenly abandoned, when the merest faced by a German gunboat, and, related by Mr. Baldwin in that he $700, for a trial spin and that at. chance discovered the man to though only armed with an 18-never went out with the Fleetwood the time of his disappearance he The man's experiences, however, pounder gun, the crew resolved to lifeboat; in fact, he was not at also had in his possession a sum of do not correspond exactly with make a fight for it. Hurried pre-Fleetwood at the time that the life- $30 entrusted to him by Mr. Man-
Blou with which to buy tyres. parations were made to fire the boat went out. those of "Charlie."
The ear, it is learned, was subse M. Bird is much too modest to The man found to-day at Fleet-gun at the German ship. "Charlie".
admit that ho is the Premier'squently found, having been bought wood is undoubtedly the gallant was gunner-in-charge.
"Charlie." "If the Admiralty re- by someone In Wanchai, fellow Mr. Baldwin had in mind
A further police report states when he broadcast his speech: The German, however, got his corda are searched, and it is found
Mr. Baldwin's "Charlie" is Mr. shot in first, and made a direct hit. that the Prime Minister really re- that a European soldier, named H. Charles Bird, who lives in a modest The gun platform of the Sandring-ferred to me, I shall admit it be Cole, was yesterday arrested for desertion and is being detained at the Shamshuipo camp. house-boat moored on the banks ham, on which "Charlie" stood, said to me to-day,
whom Mr. Baldwin reférred.
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