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S'HAI RATEPAYERS HOLD MEETING.
PROGRAMME FOR MORE SCHOOLS OUTLINED.
Shanghai, Apr, 15.- The annual meeting of foreign wwwww ratepayors of the Shanghat later natiqni Settlement was held to- day.
ner of the street and hurried up To keep life from growinst fog dult in fed to them. He was completely can- Thruh, lows, Ginger Ella Tolliver, daughter fused now. The man had anid of a minister and stepdaughter of the westhr "go to the country," and indulgent former Phil Van Doera, or had thought the middle west was but Benito
country.
wanized a Junior Country Club,
Hand Mulhwar.patenartial who was hubolog through the country, stationed in Bedi Theush Attracted by finger. he mccurd to stay, and palni portraite and decurate, the clubhouse. Un suggested sending to Chicagu
•
ww you tell, please," be in fur, Nicoke Callene who could cook and ainst uired of his countrymun, "how de
I get to the country?"
"What country they wanted
and strongeritur,
¡tut Nirali could not cure. his place came three of ble rountry men. Angelo could By: Pietro could conk: Ilenite could to know. Ginger tek stampes reto. Reglaning to realizar be
was in love with Ginster, Hardest
The country of the middle went where i can buy me a farm."
"Have you got money to buy a
Traving. Jul Phit persuaded him to stay tongee na their guest, and she writes prod Ilonry, a former friendt af Clouer's, and In-
him, wild firfarn
competlikum.
Ginger met
thle by in Patty that he had Seat Lake Pate at Speed. When Speed wired that for ww bringing his stater shal is peranndent Pally Jackwok to toe, and Eddy derliest to ball things up by keep
to
The meeting was for the pur- pose of devising ways and moans municipal purposes, and to paes of raising the requisite funds for resolutions in reference thereto and
deliberate and other municipal matters and busi- decide upon ness. The accounts of the Coun- cil for the year ended December 1930, were submitted for the sune- tion and approval of ratepayers.
All the resolutions put forward by the Counéil were enrried.
There were about 350 voting
Benito admitted complacently ratepayers present.
The Chairman, Brig. Gen. Mac- "Well," they said, Haking an armaghten, in his speech referred to through his. "you come with us. Į the Economy We'll sell you a farm.“
Committee and Salaries Commission, and said he So they went to a place and had believes the administration Kether while he stuck le filnger and paired a good dinner with Best class Ital-future will be greatly facilitated Paltz off with Spest. Everyone bad a materian wine, almust as guid as in the and improved.
Ginger and Hard separatest. This head,
·Spenda winter's nickname was Colton. Paddy devilishly contṭlved by krepi ber and Hørd tos
all tirer
Mexzychle, Benito bed rande a jelzi Yo Chicans and returned with prevents for all and pino tu kidong Singer mod told for
fur excion. He blame his time nut at Mil Rush, aim of the ellik, and wealted for him
pportunity.
When Nest Itones, not kroosios herw Hil tera atonch, Intel Band that flüger and Eddy
Jackson were engaged. Hard determined
jold country,
"Dosen't Chiengo come under pro- hibition?" Benito had asked them.
"No," they amatired him. "Not Chicago."
Benito was glad of that. He could not thoroughly enjoy his food un- Irave, And at that tuint of the proceeding Ginger Chaptered Shortly afterwork a note Jess it was accompanied with the wwe found. containing Instructions and a de familiar old red wine. He was gind pennt für 139,000, Pil lamedistely wired to Cidengo for the money and a piece of private the farms were to be found where defretive. When the detection Merve they there was no prohibition, and it seemed a more reasonable to him Speed Then confrward that he and Cotton had because the farms produced the
en retly worried, and then Aagel and wine in the first place. Pitta were questioned
dick the fart that Cotton as pet'n Alates 24224
draputice her an
CHAPTER XXXVI.
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singer."
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Fon red.
Marker stopped him.
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He stayed with his new-found friends for several days, and they taught him! a smart game they fenfled poker, and he lost a little Benito, "am n grout (money. But he had plenty of the
red wine.
Buc
day he said he must
Better Education. leave them and look up that farmi, and then they told him that there Referring to the accounts, be was no money in farming in Amer dealt with the provision for ad ica. They said the only way to getditional educational facilities for rich in Amerlea was by joining a Chinese boys and girls. Briefly Herbla Kang. The gang transacted what summarised, the programme pro-Hongkong "All right, all right, we believe they called "big business," and all vides for the establishment, be-Boolau
out the members did as they were told, fore 1934. of two are you doing
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their mowy.
In this way they all erection each year between now
an be obtained on application Benito was also a farmer. He got rich.
and 1938 of, two new mixed Ch
EL MORJ, had left his wife and children in
nese primary schools, the staff to Benita was fascinated. "I will be Chinese. It also provides for
Hongkong March 11th, 2091. beautiful Italy while he cage to
jolu the new country
he une," where farmersWhere can I find these gangs?”
said promptly. grants in ald of existing made more money. But when he
Municipal schools needing assis reached New York he was amazed) They were most magnanimous. It į tance, to find a complete lack of argricu-seemed they all belonged to a gang, tural Interest among his friends in Kappalia's gang. It was called, and 3ittle Italy.
he could join it, it being one of the Those he met were singers or very best. All he would have to da was exactly what they told him, taxleab drivers, they were waiters and yet he would be constantly re- or chefs, they were bootleggera arceiving money for this and that bootblacks, but of farmers there so he gave them $1000 for letting was not one. Not being without him into the gang. 24. however, he mude in- quiries as to the price of just a
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The precise method of financing! the cost, whether by special rate But alas! Benito found almost or otherwise, in to be the subject and large connections in the important com small farm in the neighborhood,mmediately that their big business of future discussion. Unless ex-mercial centres of the world, we are able to rent accounts and Savings Bank and was told that forty square diers, fully armed,
consisted in going about like sol-change materially improves.in the domestic and foreira banklas sed sohaars.
exlead to par cllants special facilities for accounts op ed and Fixed De feet on Manhattan would cost him here and there whenever another bability that it will be necessary
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dollar member of the gang told them to. in 1932 to increase the taxes by
certained on application to the that he could get a good aere for though he did not like firearms-dent.
two pir cont.-Our Own Cor,espot-
Bank. $20,000, Henito didn't have $20 rod, they called it, but it was a 000. Besities, he was enough of a farmer to know that the soil would regular gun-and they put him ou a certain corner and told him to never pay interest on any such
investment as that.
ton, al-
wait there until Giovanni stepped out of a big limousine. As soon as But Benito was a persistent Giovanni appeared. Benito was Lo man, and he carried the pursuit shoot him. further. He learned that the real Benito knew Glovanai and liked farming of the United States washim very much, but the matter of carried on in the middle west,
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Tokyo, Apr. 15, "Where." he asked his friends.to about. They said that if they guchi's alinistry has been received The resignation of Mr. Hama- "is the midille west?**
did not wet Giovanni, Giovanni "Oh." they told him, "that is would get them. They said after with regret. Chicago."
Benito shot Giovanni there would sterling character won him the Benito hnd read about Chicago be a lot of money in the big busi- respect and admiration of the busiest transected.
would get his
whole country. in hin Italian papers, and what he share. read he did not like. From all he
The vernacular papers, however, So Benito atouri on could gather. Chicago was the and when Glovanni got out of the leading up to the termination of the corner while deploring the circumstances capital of the Mexican Revolution limousine, he shot at him but he the and was run by racketeers and missed. He was arrested and tried unanimous in welcoming Baron Hamaguchi Ministry are machine guns. It seemed a strange for assault in tending to kill, but Wakatsuki's appointment as Pre- setting for the peaceful pursuit the jury got the idea that he had mier and the re-appointment of all of farming..
missed Giovanni ou But Benito's great soul yearned and not really wanted to kill him, the Cabinet.
purpose and the principal former members of for that little farm where he and they said he was just a green- could bring Maria and the chil-born that the gang had got hold of, dren. So he bravely bought also they let him go.
This is interpreted as meaning that Mr. Hamaguchi's policies will be continued in principle. Jun- nosuke Inouye, the Minister of
ticket for Chicago, and sat up for But a friend told Benito confl- 30 hours while he was carried, as dentially that Kappalla's gang Was Finance, is quoted as asserting he said, thousands apon thou- very sore and said they were going sands of miles. When the porter to get him, Benito, for not getting that the retrenchment policy will put him out of the train at last. Giovanni. He was not important be continued as resolutely na ever. he asked meekly if he was still in enough for then to make a real job-Reuter. the United States,
of getting him, but when they came “Sure," they told him, "thia is across him accidentally they would Chicago."
get him.
one who had been like a mother to him. And tears flowed down bis
He was relieved that he was not
So Benito left his old haunts and large face which worked with emo- greeted with a salve of gun-fire. fle hurried up to a man on the seclusion in the home of little An-
friends and went Intotion. old
"Well, I'll be damned," said Mark- plat-form and asked eagerly:
gelo's mother, avoiding all eating-fer in tone of profound amaze "Will you tell, please, how do i houses where the red wine flowed, ment. "Every word of it checks get to the middle west.?"
and going only to church and to right up. They're telling the truth." "Why," said the man with a cinemas for his amusement.
"But, Benito," cried Phil in a wave of his arm, "your there And when Httle Angelo came tone of profound amazement, "1 now. This is the middle west." home with the letter and announced wrote to the references, all those Benito looked all about him. that he was going out to a farm you gave me, and not one of them Rows upon rows of tracks, covered to wait on the table, Benito almost mentioned that you had been mixed train sheds, great buildings, over- swooned with joy. He almost up with n gang, or involved with head rallways,
traffe-jammed swooned again simply in the re-the police. Nor that Pletro had streets.
cital of his joy. It was the farm been in jail for bootlegging." "I want to buy a farm," he said hands and knees if need be, lo simply, "when you give a reference country. He would go there on his "But of course," explained Benito to the man anxiously. "Where would wait on table with Angelo, he for how good you are, you send would I go to buy a farm?". would serub and clean and sing, people to your friends and not
"To the country," said the man anything, to bo in the big country yur enemies." kindly. "They don't have farms where there were birds and flowers in the elty. You must go to the and growing grain. country."
It was true, he admitted. He had low voice. "I've got a report of By some rare good fortune he forced himself, uninvited and un-all this from the police, and they espled a group of his countrymon wanted, upon Angelo, and he would call them dumb but not vicious." talking quietly together on a cor- give his life to bring back the little (To bo Continued.)
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