NEW SERIAL.
HIGH
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By Ruth Dowey · Groves.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, AUGUST. 5, 1929.
EDISON SCHOLARSHIP.
AFTER 15 YEARS.
"UNCLE TOM'S CABIN."
BOY WHO MAY BE SUCCESSOR TO THE INVENTOR.
WAR ANNIVERSARY AND. DENT PARLEY.
~London, Aug. 4.
BIG FILM 'NOW SHOWING AT THE QUEEN'S.
New York, Aug. 3. -
Having seen the film version of A 16 years old boy, Wilbur Hus- Fifteen years ago the Empire] "Uncle Tom's Cabin" yesterday, ton, the son of an Episcopalian was breathlessly awaiting the se- when it commenced a four days' Bishop, has won the scholarship quel of Britain's ultimatum to run at the Queen's Theatre, we are
the offered by the world famous hi Germany. Today, British prepared to recommend it to the ventor, Mr. Thomas Edison, for Legion and the Ex-Services Wel-attention of picture-goers, as a the best answers to a questionnaire fare Society are urgently appeal serious and conscientious effort He works in a store and derden herwelt pettyback, inland, and dravo far beyond (set by Mr. Edison himself) by king for funds to help ex-Service-to reconstruct the thoughts which |
men and on Tuesday the delegates inspired a noble book. Atlantic City In "the best hotel" But her the speed limit on their way to the American undergraduate.
Huston will now have a chance of thirteen nations will meet at more is stolen the night before her departure inn. Jerry thought of many con of becoming Mr. Edison's succes-the llague to try and finally settle malne but to go camping with her roommate, black steeds charging furlously
THIS HAS HAPPENED. Jerry Bay decides that love is a detolon sḥd makes up her mind to marry for money.
bakurlea in neder, lo save for a vacation at
and she da atunded by the low, Nothing re-
Myrtle, on the north shore of Jong bland.
she had been ungrateful to one who had been tender toward her.
At Fort Jefferson they turned
son's expense.
Hut their camps la weterked the rate lead of them. This man-mader. He will undergo four years' the problem of war debts ing where an siradasie rashes into it. Wealthy thing under the hood held power training in the Massachusetts In-penalties. young Alester Carstairs, from an Adairing equal to nearly a hundred horses ratate, was taking on from the gilet strength, Alester and told her. Dan Harvey. They escape Indury ; alia Myrtie. Inat Iban pleka Jerry og moronelays 'from a
Influenced by · Alester's impor- lilaw or the heul. Its in Surting her it hitance and the knowledge that she was near some of the finest estates in the world, Jerry was prepared to find the Rolling Stone In a Stratton,
in place.
arm when she comes to. Then Alester vetada him for the doctor and pay Myrtle for the
The doctor finds Jerry unit wells fared
Jart desires to make a fuller examinathart lls office next day. Both men offer to drive ber there and Jerry mecepta Alster İncirline of ton amonry, Although her beurt dietaten. Dan,
She is spassed when he hande her a istudied dollar bill next day to pay the doctor's
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Very few great productions are without flow, and while the death sax. 13. 3. D. 1.
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1. Lander Lawin. Eng- story, may not have fully invested the picture with that poignancy which is so touchingly expressed provided by the splended acting of in the book, full compensation is all members of the big cast. In
Average
The biggest delegation to the stitute of Technology at Mr. Edi- |
conference will consist of about Forty-nine boya, representing seventy representatives from Ger- every State in the U.S.A., sut for many. It is anticipated that Mr. the examination.
Philip Snowden, who will lead Mr. Edison,
assisted by Mr. same, forty British delegates in
particular, the three children who the President of the addition to those from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- Dominions, will insist that Britainct as Topsy, Eva and George's
child She was both surprised and put nology, Mr. Henry Ford (the mo- cannot make further sacrifices.
respectively evoke our admiration, by the case and per- at ease when Alester turned the tor magnate) and Colonel Lind-| nose of its car in at the approach bergh (the trans-Atlantic flyer) By the Young plan the British feet, naturalness with which they
discharge their respective roles. In what locked like a private home sat up all night Examining the Empire will receive an such as they had passed by the papers sent in-Renter's. Ameri-annual sum of £20,450,000 instead The picture is being shown until of £28,000,000 na under the Dawes' Wednesday, and the revised times dozen. A shingle on the house can Service,
plan.--Reuter.
necessitated by the length of the bore the name, else Jerry would not have been certaier that they
production must be noted, She must nonchalani-certain-were at their destinatim. ly he wonka't amire humblenesis, and it was but fair that he should hear the expense to which he had put her She could
return what was left of the hundred dollars after the doctor was paid.
She dashed a sunny smile at him. "Tacky for you I didn't break an
be subl.
She must not argue with Alester Carstairs about money, Jerry told herself,
The regarded hoy gravely,
"I'm glad you didn't, of course,” he replied, “hat I'd be happy locase) sume any liability I might incur with you."
Jerry was slightly confused by his remark, and her confusion an noyed her. He hadn't dine any
thing to eause her to add a double
Alester parked the car on a pebbled space and helped Jerry out, She saw, on closer inspection, that
CANTON-NANKING.
the place was more impressive than YUNNANESE AIRMAN, MAKES she had thought at first. There
A RECORD FLIGHT, was a fountain loja more or less formal garden and as they ap pronched' the entrance the door wung open fie thens and a burly coluared man in uniform greeted Alester familiarly.
a frequent visitor here,
less than
British Delegation Sails,
London, Aug. 4. Mr. Arthur Henderson, · Mr. Philip Snowden and Mr. William Grahan have left for the lingue, to attend the Reparations Conference. --Fruter,
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Chief Manager. Bongkong, 11th Baplamber, 1917.
Shanghai, Aug. 4. The Kumin news agency his a
Peking, Aug. 4. Yamanese aviator Liu Peli-chuan, report from Nanking that the
Continued very heavy rains are The League of Nations Society reported to have caused the Yung etty surmised that he must be in his plane the Golden Steed," here has decided to suggest to the tingho (Hunha) which runs from
farrived at the Nanking nerodrome And for
Hague conference that the Inter-the Western Hills past S. W. an instant she felt that the door- p.m., making a record non-stop national Bank, which is to be set Peking, to change its course for man, regarded her in what might light from Canton of
seven hours,--Renter, have been surprise or confusion or alarm. She could not decide which, meaning to the things he said. She They were shown to a pleasantly turned quickly ward the houseplaced table on a sereened porch. Dr. Holden's office was in his resi- Jerry noted that it had a more dence.
luxuriant ventrepiece than the other 1. bles. It seemed, in a way she could not define, to be a special talde. The waiter hadn't exnelly shown them to it, but when he led the way to that end of the parch Alester had indicated that they would sit there.
up under the proposed You some distance, causing very suri-BANKING CORPORATION. On a previous vecasion, the plan, should use its own interna-ens flooding. aviator was forced to return to Can- tional gold coinage. — Reuter's in soon after setting out for Nan-American Servier,
in, wing to engine trouble.] polley
10.
Alester smiled as he watched her
"Not se dimul," he told himself complacently.
When Jerry returned she handed
•him same, folded up bills,
"Thirty-two dollars," she said, mearing tlie change. "What is Dr. Belde, a billion dre?"
"He's a reward surgeon," Alex- ter told her. "What did he say about you?"
Again it seemed in Jerry that sic inspired something like consterna- tion when the waiter glanced at her. She became selfconselons. Her dress, of course! She knew that she wasn't dressed as the girls of
lester's acquainture dressed. Oh why had she been too indif- ferent about camping to care what she wore! All those pretty, dainty things in Her suitcase! She must
He took the money because some, thing in derry's manner made him realize that he could not pay for her injury with dollars, except as she must pay for It. The other girl had accepted his cheque for $150 a Bitle to eagerly. He was glad them tonight when she went to Jerry was different. Such girls as town with Myrtle and George. She she, those who scorned small wondered what time it
Was and change, usually wanted, something how long it required to have tea in worth while, he believed, He liked the Rolling Stone Inn. She hopert erstly things himalt even expen- they would wait for her if she were sive playmates. -
"not to have y excite. met for a while." Jerry anid, and laughed softly.
Excitement! Why, not 18 hours back the lattom fell out of Ber world and it had been a tragedy, And we knew that it bad drop ped her right into an entirely now universe, a univers: that hitherto had been only á diam to her.
"In that case I'll have to see that you're kept quiet," Aletry assured. ker onantly, "Can't pe back to camp. Pan's taking the plane over
lade.
"Tarre seemed to be no harry about bringing their refreshments. Indeed. Alester did not bother to give an order, Jerry expected him To ask what she liked, but he didn'ï
at eithry,
They talked). He'd Jaen asking her questions all attern on, Jerry tanpht he must be deeply interested in her to want to kao o much about her,
Where did she come from? What did she do?
Where all her family live? Presently, when she was wishing that he would talk of something
to the hugar, thick. So room tools, a waiter appeared with a tray
take' it off where it is,”
and Jerry found a tall glass filled
Jerry wished he hadn't mentioned with amber Buid and tinkling ice Dan. For the moment he was unt
of her mind. She'd been getting!
- læfare her. It looked like ten, There was plea a plata, of tiny
a tremendou 4 kick out of spinning paner-thin, sandwiches. Jerry ve aking on a work day in a car thaded them greadily. She had would have drawn a crowd even if Vaten little at barch. But Alester it had been parked on Fifth Avenne.ied them, not even suggesting
Thought of Dan dispelled sonte the have one.
of her thrill. She didn't want him
to think that she had refused hial affer to bring her to Dr. Belden's simply because Alester could equin for more gold but that was precisely why she had refused him!
She joked around for sugar for or tea. There was none,
4
Alester lifted - his glasa, She could take for without sugar.
"Will you picase have the waiter barin some powdered sugar?" she asked, wishing she didn't sound so timid. The next Uma the www better dressed. people didn't look at her so strange-
Jerry felt decidedly uncomfort ably.
"We'll drive out to Port Jeffer son and drop in for tea at the toll ing Stone Inn on
ur way back,") Ix Alester was saying. The prospect:
*
when and
Sugar Alester repeated. "I
of a drive appealed to Jerry-per- don't think you'll mod it with this. haps a sense of motion and con-tan-Na ane ever has improved upon
tly changing scenes would help her Slim's mixing."
16, think as she wanted to think,
Jerry wondered what he meant Perinis iced tea came to the table ready ngared at the Rolling
This was more than she'd ever expected aut of life-and her enjoy ment of it was clauded buntis Stone Inn. She told herself that man with dark blue-grey eyes had he must be more enreful about magnetism in his touch. It med making stupid breaks. She sit cruel to Jerry that the realization nothing more about sugar but lifted of more than her wildest dreams her glass and took a drink from it. would be so marred. She told her Instantly she set down, a startled self that she was beginning to din expression on her face. Bike Dun Harvey,
worked in the humild, breathless
atmosphere of Fane's on which;
This was not tea! Alester was watching ber. "Winit's the matter," he asked.
There had been days when she Don't you like it?"
Jerry stutiored. Her thront tin- she'd have been tempted to gamble glad and her eyes smarted. She with her soul at stake for a drive had almost choked over the strong like this.
The sweeping, wooded hills, the sudden desvents upon little harbour
beverage and only on herole swallow
had saved her from greater distress; "It's too strong," she managed to say when she would take away the
villages, the landscaped grounds of napkin she had hurfedly pressed to beautiful estates, the luxury and her lips.
speert of the high-powered motor "I'm sorry." Alester said. "1. car-all were exquistely new to should have asked what you'd like." Jerry. They seemed to release à ferry smiled at him,
wellspring of emotion, to cause her "If you don't mind." she said
to feel as if she were fairly souring | hesitantly; "I'd like fea." Then
over the earth.
And yet her elation was dimmed by a troubled consetencé-she felt
more bold, "with sugar.”
This wasn't at all the way she'
had planned to get when she got
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"her chance." Where was her in- sonciance, the woman-of-the-world air she meant to assume?
She glanced anxiously at Alester, But apparently he was not noticing her simpleness. His tention was held by someone who was approaching them unseen by Jony. pression.
And his Then wore a very odd es
(To Be Continued)
Enormous areas south and weat of Peking are like an inland sen. Hundreds of villages are inun- dated, and there are many thou- BRITAIN ON HOLIDAY. sands of refugees. It is believed numbers have been drowned, but no statistics are available.
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