NEW AMERICAN SERIAL.
THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH.
GIRL ALONE
CHAPTER XXVI.
By ANNE AUSTIN, Author of "Saint and Sinner."
the orphans to a day at the circus Pond talked together and then for carnival or to a movie. But if joined the children was proud and Sally's first impulse, when she he were present, as the phfinn graceful saw the children of the orphan-throple politician-invariably was, She was wearing a donmor age come tumbling into the Palace Sally could not and him. That sports suit of silvery-green knitted of Wonders tent, was to fee. She was odd, too, for he was usually sik, which showed to the best ad- was so conscious of being Sally the most prominent person at auch vantage the miniature Veaus pro- Ford, whose rightful place was an affair, taking great pains that portions of her body. As she with those staring, shy little no reporters who might happen swung toward the children, nod- girls in white lawn "Sunday" to be present should overlook him ding acquiescence to Mise Pond's dresses, that she completely forgot and his great kindness of heart. for one moment of pure terror that, Then little old-maidish Missager surgeations, little Eloise to them she would merely be Pond, sentimental little Miss Pond, Durant, the child who had been the "new girl" of 'Sally's last day in "Princess Lalla," favourite crystal-who had befriended Sally by tell the orphanage, catapulted herself gazor to the Sultan of Turkey bo-ing her all she knew of the child's from the huddling mass of chil- fore she escaped from his harem." parentage, came hurrying nervous-dren and impulsively seized her Cowering low in her high-back-ly into the tent. She had un hand. The swift, cordial smile ed gilded chair, in an effort to doubtedly been detained at the with which she greeted the child make herself as small and incon-ticket booth and was oure, judging and released her hand as quickly spicuous as possible-a useless from her anxious, nervous man na possible kept Sally from resent effort really, since she was by far ner, that the children had goting the action. But Elolge, still the prettiest and most romantic into mischief during her brief hypersensitive, knew that she had figure in the tent, dressed as she absence.
been delicately snubbed and hung was in Oriental trappings-she Three or four of the little girls back as Gus, the crier, herded watched the children, whom she ran to cling to her hands, abjectly the orphans toward Jan the giant's knew so well, with a pang of home courting notice as Sally had
platform. sickness.
known they would. But with a Not that she would want to be few absent-minded pats she shooed back with them! But they were them away and bustled anxiously her people, the only chums she had toward a woman whom Sally had ever known. Ildw well she knew not noticed before, so complete had how they felt, liberated for one been her absorption in the chil- blessed afternoon from the blenkdren. corridors of the orphanage, cata- The woman stood aloof near the pulted by someone's generosity platform of "the girl nobody can into fairyland. For to them theft staning to Gus, the crier, carnival was fairyland. These with a slight, charming sulle of romance-and-beauty-starved
orpamusement on her beautiful mouth. hana saw only glamour and won-When Miss Pond joined her timid- der, believed with all their hearisly, deferentially, the "lady," as every extravagant word that Gus, Sally instinctively thought of her the crler, uttered in his stentorian from the first moment that she be-
But someone else had seen bawl.
came aware of her, turned slightly, Suddenly love and compassion, so that "Princess Lalla," whose Eloise's hurt, so unconsciously in- filled her heart to overflowing. platform was quite near, got a flicted by the lovely and arrogant She wanted to run down the steps complete and breath-taking view lady. Betsey, the six-year-old, ran from the herd to take Eloise's that led to her little platform and of her beauty. gather Clara and Thelma and Bet- "Oh Sully breathed ecsta- hand, with an absurd and touching sey to her breast. She felt so tically, her little brown-painted little gesture of motherliness.
"Come on, Eloise," Sally hear1: much older and wiser than she had hands clasping each other tightly been two weeks ago, when she had in her lap..."Oh, you beautiful! Belsey cry in her shrill little voles. "play-acted" for them as they You are like a real princess, or a "Let's just you and me look at the scrubbed the floor of the dormi-queen." But she did not say the funny people. We can tory. How awed and admiring words aloud. Behind the little giant when the crowd moves on. they would be, if, when their thin black lace veil her sapphire eyes want to see 'Princess Lalla' little bodies were pressed tight in widened and glowed; her breath more'n anything. I want my for- over her parted, tune told. I want to ask her where her arms, she should whisper, came quickly
remember Sally "It's mo-Sally-play-acting! It's carmined lips.
Sally is you me, kids!" But of course she
The woman, who seemed scarce- Ford. That man says she sees couldn't do it she would be bely older than a girl, but who, by all, knows all, so she ought to traying not only herself but David, and she would rather die than that her poise and a certain maturity in know where Saily la,"
her face, gave Sally the impression David should be caught. and punished for defending her against that she was a queen rather than a princess, had taken her hat off, Clem Carson.
as if the heat oppressed her. It
Sally saw the tell-tale tremble of Eloise's babyish mouth, and her heart ached with desire to comfort the child. Outwardly Eloise had become exactly like all the other little girls-shy, bleating when the other little sheep bleated, obedient- ly excited when they were excited, silent when they were silent-but underneath she was-still-bewilder ed and unreconciled to the death of her mother, the cheap little stock-company actress who had evidently adored her child and been adored in return.
see the
Fun
"The big girls say ahe away," Eloise answered, her eyes round with awe. "They say she did something awful bad and run
As the children milled excitedly was a smart, trim little thing of away with a man-" in the tent, huddling together in silvery-green feit, that had cupped "Sally didn't do nothing, bad,”. groups like sheep, holding each her small head like the green cup Belsey retorted indignantly. "Sho other's hands, giggling and whis-that holds a flower. And her face couldn't! She was the best 'big pering togetlior as their awed eyes was the flower, a flower bursting girl' in the Home. She play-acted roamed from one "freak" to an-gloriously into bloom with the re-for us little kids and-oh!" She other. Sally searched their facesmoval of the hat.
stopped with a gasp, her eyes pop- hungrily, jealously.
Sally had never in all her life ning as she took in the fantastic Thelma had cut a deep gash in seen hair like that shimmering splendour of "Princess Lalla." her cheek; it would leave a scar, waves of pure gold, slightly rum-laten, Princess Lalla," she Six-year-old Betsey had a summer pled by the removal of the hat, mustered up courage to whisper cold and no handkerchief; her that single threads of it caught the checks
I'd only got were painted poppy-red light from the gas jet that burned coaxingly, "does it cost a lot to get with fever, or perhaps it was only day and night in the rather dark your fortune told?
tent. Her skin, male with the heat a nickel that the New York lady There was a new little girl whom of the day, was creamy-white, line-gave me-she give every one of us Sally had never seen before, auch less, smooth and rich, so that a dime, but I spent a nickel for
homely little giri,
with Sally's fingers longed to touch it some salt water toffee"
excitement.
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enormous, hunted eyes and big reverently. Surely it could not feel Sally could hardly restrain her- freckles on her putty-coloured like other flesh; it was made of self from crying out: "Oh, Bet- checks. Her snuff-coloured hair something finer and rarer thaneey, it's me! Sally Ford!" You had been clipped close to her cells and blood, dermin and don't have to spend your poor scalp, so that her poor little round
Hittle nickel to find me! I'm here!" epidermis.. head looked like the jaw of a man Her small lovely mouth soft and But she knotted her little brown who has not shaved for three fall-lipped as a child's, was tender hands more tightly and managed daye.
Clara and Thelma were mother-and amused and proud, the mouth to smile with a princess-like in- of a woman who has always been difference and weariness as she ing, Importantly, each holding one adored for her beauty but whom cooed in her "Turkish" accent: of her little claw-hands, and shrill-adoration has not cheated of very "Ect costs noth-ing to get ze ing, explanations and information human emotions. Sally wished fortune told, Womens and mens
at her.
that she could see the eyes more must pay 25 cents to learn past, But where was Mrs. Stonie-"old closely, for even while they were pres-ent and future, but for you- Stone-Face" herself? Sally knew while and laughing, sending out noth-ing Come up bere by my very well that the children had not little sparkles of colour and light, side. I weel read the crystal."
Betsey's eyes grew rounder and come alone. While Gus was dis-she thought there was a hint of coursing grandiloquently upon the sadness in them, of restlessness, rounder; her little mouth fell open talents of Boffo, the human ostrich, as If only a part of her attention in astonishment. Then with a wild Sally sat very prim and apparent was given to the carnival and to shout of joy she stumbled up the stairs and flung her arms about ly composed, her watchful eyes the children.
She was very small and slight, Sully crying and laughing: velled by the scrap of black lace
"You're not Princess Lalla! that reached to the tip of her shorter even than Hittle Miss Pond, adorable little noke. Undoubted who had to look down as she talk-You're Sally Ford, play acting! Oh, ly the philanthropist was a man-led to her. But for all her adorable Sally, I'm so glad I found you! it was nearly always a politician smallness she carried herself with Hey, kids! Kids! It's Sally Ford, courting favour who won it,cheap a certain arroganco. Every move-play-acting!" ly, and impressively by "treating"ment she made as she and Miss
OUR DAILY TALK ON HEALTH.
HONGKONG FOOT IN
AMERICA.
(To Be Continted.)
associated with granulation and Scientific investigation revealed overgrowth of the tissues.
THURSDAY, MAY
1928.
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TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
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Banks.
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Insurances.
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Shipping.
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H. K. Steamboats, $281 b. H. K. Tuge, $21, s. Indo-Chinas, (DoL) $78 b.
1. Sholl Trans., 90/- Union Waterboats, $201 'h
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Docks, etc.
Kowloon Wharves, $137 s. Whampoa Docks; $43 b. China Providonte $6.8.. Hougkawa, Tis, 159 b. X. Div.¦ Now Engineerings, Tis. 4.80 s Shanghai Dooks, Tls, 109 b.
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Ewo. Cottona, Tls. 8.25 b. Orientals, Tls. 2 b.
S'hal Cottons, Tls. 55 (old)
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Lands, Hotels, etc.
B.
Hi and S. Hotels, $31 H. K. Lands, $661 B.. S'hai Lande Tls. 140 b. Humphreys, $141 Realtion, $8.25 b. Territorials, $1 11.
D.
Pablic Utilities. Tramways, $25.20 n. Peak Trams, (old; $13) b. Star Forrios, $64. China Lights, (Old.) $11.60-m
XRight. H'kong Electrios, $70 a. Macao Electrics, $261 -b.. Telephones $4.70 b. China Buses, Tis. 7 n. Singapore. Tractions, 11/9' b.'
Industrials.
China Sugars, $5,35_n. Malabons, $247 Canton Icos, $4.11. Comenta (Comb.) $10.40 a. Ropes (Old) $74 b.
· United Asbestos $10 m.
Stores &c.
Dairy Farms, $22.75 m. Watsons, $14 b
Dor A. Wing, .50 p.
Lane Crawfords, $3.75 b. Mackintosh, $22. Sincores, $11 b Wm. Powells, $3
8.
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Miscellaneous,
Amusements, $29 Constructions, #1) n. B'que Ind. G. Bonds, 62% b.. H. K. G. Loan, 7 X. Interest
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Shanghai, May 2. The extraordinary revival in STRANGE SCENE IN PARIS
trade in Shanghai is shown by MUSIC HALL :
the revenue from imports collect-
Paris, Mar. 28.
ed by the Customs in April, An audience at the new Folies- The first three months of the Wagram music-hall witnessed an year showed a decrease of revenus unrehearsed "sketch last night,
the policy force.
550,000 Haikuan Taels, but ́ in] which included several members of compared with last year of about When the curtain went un on one April alone there has been an in- of the scenes in the revue apocta-crease of 650,000-Reuter, tora were surprised to see
two
at the other.
LETTER GOLF SOLUTION.
Here is the solution to the
couples, one in evening dress, and the other in costume, come on the stage and begin to sing the same sonk, each singing louder and the presence in the wound of the louder and trying to drown the The growth slowly progresses, organism associated with maduro-other: The effect was enhanced ulcerates sometimes, and eventual mycosis.
by the stage-manager appearing ly may cause serious disability, if not death.
The lump was removed by surand hurling orders and impreca The organisms usually enter through wounds in gical methods and the resulting ions first at one couple and then puzzle on another page. the feet, so that the condition haa wound was treated with special
antiseptic solutions" which have At the height of the "joke" a In 1898 a Boston physician re- also been called Madura foot..
the power to attack the organism number of policemen were brought In the most recently reported that causes Madura foot. In six on and proceeded to part the "stars" ported the occurrence in the
case, a negro meat-packer was in- United States of a pecullar disease volved. He had first injured his weeke the condition from which just as they were coming to blows, the patient had suffered for more when the curtain was suddenly lowered the audience realised that usually found only in the tropics. foot in 1914 and had suffered in than 12 years was cured.
It was not a joke at all and that the Other conditiona Another case was reported from termittently with trouble with the foot for 12 years. He was a com-
police were not stage police but real Galveston in 1921, and a third mon labourer during most of that similar to Madura foot occasional representatives of public order.
time, and never had attempted to ly occur in the United States, from Cleveland in 1925,
get good medical treatment, but among them being a granulation
somewhat
One of the two couples, it turn
In this condition a parasitic type constantly had attempted to called actinomycosis, which is ed out, having had thoir song taken of organism gets into the tissue manipulate and treat the swelling caused by an organism similar to away from them and given to other the one that causes the tropical performers, had determined not to through an opening in the skin, with simple methods of his own.
As a resalt, the granulation had disease. However, even actino-be ousted but to assert their rights grown until the lump on his foot mycosis is a relatively rare condl-by singing just the same. They ended their performance at the was about the size of a hon's egg. tion..
police station
usually an open wound, and there sets up an inflammation which is
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