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The Story of
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Walter CONNOLLY · John HOWARD Jean PARKER. • Robert BARRAT Screenplay by Fred Niblo, Jr. & Seton I. Miller Based on a play by Martin Flavin COLUMBIA
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WHAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE Young Bill Jordan ja sent to prison for ten years when he co- cidentally kills a man in a night club brawl For eis yeare ke works in the prison juo mill and ha la on the verge of a break- down when Mathews, the district attorney who sent 'him 149, ka made sardon of the prison. klathews taken Bilt from the mill and maken him his chauffour. Bill fall in love with the war don's daughter, Kitaabeth. There is a prison broak, uno vf the con Vietà aquants and another prison- or in killed. Inter, when Elisa- beth has gone awup for a visit, Bill intressen the murder of Bunch, the "aquçater", by other prisoner. Despite the fact that he la (sự fur gxiroin, 13 Fo fuses to tell what he knowUA
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alous the murder. Mathewa konda kim (o solitary for a speek sohlin ho tries to solve the mur- der. Ellenbech returna and hears about Dili, She tells her father she louida DUI and Mathews renda la solitary to haun Jordan brought to hin offien, Hawkina, the prisoner who killed Runoh, overpowera o guard, takes hin pistol and getà into solitary to fron Bill. He ka holding the guards at bay when Mathews are
PICTURE
Another guard came burrying up with more guns, Mathews grabbed I one. “This is your last chance, Haw- king,” he cried, "I'm going to turn the tear gas loose."
There was silence for a moment Defora Hawkins answered. “Okay,” Hawkins called, "I'm coming.
"Throw your gun out first," Grady ordered.
"Yeah!" was the derisive shower, "an' get shot when I come out."
"You won't get shot," fathews said. "I promise, Hawkina."
"Okay, Mathews, I trust you.” A moment" inter he came out slowly, forms in the air. Grady advanced to handcuff him. He looped to pick up the gun Hawkins bad thrown out. In a finsh, Hawking dín- armed him and held him as a shield from the guarda' guns.
"I've been waitin' to get this guy for a long time," Hawkkus motter- ed. “Listen, Mathews, I killed Runch. 1 barn for that so I'm gunna make thin a double-brador. The Jordan kid didn't know nothing about the Runch killia' so don' hold it against him. But now I got a score to motlis with Mister Grady here. He's the guy who sent me up here framed ms -- twelve years ago, no he's gonna follow that other rat, Runch." There was a agrother- ed platol report and Grady slumped to the floor. Almost simultaneously, Mathews' gun barked out and Haw- kins, too, crumpled,
THE HONGKONG
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JUNE 24, 1938.
By Paul F
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Chapter Six
-Jordan wasn't in the Captain Grady explained. "They were lead- Ing him out when it happened.”
Mulkown sighed with rollef, "Hawkina!" he yelled down the #taire. "You'd better come out. You can't get away with thin,"
"Too bad, Mathews," the prisoner called hack, "I'd like to for you, but it's too late now. And tell Grady not to get my with his tommy gun. Remember Jordan's here, too. He didn't haves anything to do with
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A few moments later Mathews led Bill lato his office. Elizabeth ran across the room and took in her arms. "My dear," she mur- mured, "What have they done to yout
Bu kissed her. To all right now," ho sold
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Bill holding Bill in ber lizabeth turned to her father. "Dad," she said, "I'm so happy."
He grinned at them. "Teah,” he said, "That's the way things break cards the way they fall." Bometimes. You've got to play your
THE END,
CURIOUS WEDDING NOTICES
OUR
UR forefathers, diservet though, a questore al genteel fortune.
they may have been in business | The Tollowing notice la even better Transactions, were rut averse from "July 15, 1709 Murried on Sunday confessing pubikely when they had Inst, Me Edward Bailey tu Mis made a gʊvl match
Hannah Knight, a widow w:11: Towards the end of the eighteenth | handsome fortune." century many curious and entertain-į It is impossible to gauge Just why ing weiding notices were issued, in such notices were inserted. which the charms of the bride and the fortune she was suld to possess were truthfully given.
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About twenty of us, all Seobmen and all with Tur servien oversens, had been drafted from an Infantry regiment to an anti-aircraft stationa 1 Exsex As the station wus noti wendy for us, only the guns being in position, we had to work at get- ng things ship-shogy during the day, unf at night we were billeted ^ in the small village adjoining Ktuurd was left in charge and in tize. event of an air raid, one of its num- bey would dash along the village] street blowing a whistle for all he was worth
You should have seen the hurried and nondescript crowd, which the appeared to man the guns, each havei ng grabbed the minimum of cloth- ng, the only cominon article of wear being the mevitables atul necessary: steet helmet.
We were once at church stone- throw from the slution when the whistle blow as the collection was antoinexx, and there was more than one gain when about a dozen Scots- men promptly rose and made for the depr
There was no barber's shop in that village, and we could never get leave| a long enough or often enough to
Travel to the nearest town for allian cut And so nae of the problems was that of how to keep our hair short; until one day a bright soul suggested putting a bowl on our heads and cul-
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Our appearance so far shocked the offeer that we were allowed, kperinl: leave one at a time to journey to the nearest barber,
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It might have been to show other gentlemen what desirable prizes in the matri- monint world had already been won, Even the clergy were not above or in order to let everyone know by "feathering their nests," ng can be how much a man's fortune-and thus seen from the following nallee, pub- | personał standing-had been
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have been to reassure ereditors Beenuse we were such a self-con-of bringing the whole of the Landun knee when preparing the fuses of
incident, in which I was the cause; "Married, the
On another occasion, I twisted my Rev. Mr.Roger Undowered Daughters
tained and compound-contined group Waina, of York, about twenty-six
beds at some shells. of men, we had to do all sorts of Air Defence out of their
I was promptly marked yenes of age, to a Lincolnshire lady It must have been a great respon- things to keep ourselves from wetry noticing strange sounds, rather like appeared two very young girls in dawn. I had been on guard and, for hospital, and to my horror there upwards of eighty, with whom he is sibility in those days for a man to ing, as through time we had little to have £8000 in money, £300 per have daughters, for unless they were to do except the daily drill and wait- the vibrations of an aeroplane engine, charge of a huge ambulance, one of annum and a couch-and-four during dowered-and handsomely there ing for the next air raid. I remem- promplly informed the sergeant. the girls being the driver. life only,"
was very litle chance of contracting ber teaching a cinss shorthand by was just getting light, and there The ambulance broke down miles TANDA There were other reastra besides for then an advantageous marriage.
was the simple process of being is page
heavy mist, as it was late from anywhere. The girls knew money, and Cupid often entered Consider the plight of a London
We listened and could nothing about what was wrong and into the question, as can be gathered tradesman who had eleven daugh- had a weekly concert.
in front of them all the time. We September.
But a passing motorist from the announcement which stated ters. But he was fortunate, and got ston, a young boxer who had come suspicious were the sounds, however, arrived another ambulance, not only
On one occa- not distinguish the sounds as belong 1 as little.
me in to any particular aircraft. So 'phoned headquarters, and later there simply that the Earl of Antrim, of them all wedded, It is recorded that to the gim station was giving an ex- Ireland, had been married to Miss he gave each one, as a dowry, her hibition to shadow boxing, but he that the officer when awakened in with a driver (male this time) but RANPURA Betty Penueleather. ia celebrated weight in halfpennies. One might so far forget himself that in demon-formed company headquarters, who with a stretcher party complete. By NELLORE beauty "and the toast of that king-well believe that the plumpest of the strating the rabbit punch he icnocked in turn telephoned the sounds of this time there had gathered the stray TALMA dom."
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We were not surprised when a few directing traffic. To crown all, I was CORFU Evidently the Earl preferred 1 the lightest of his daughters cost the nouncement published where the sum minutes later a general call to stand gently laid on a stretcher and horne TANDA lady of considerable charm without merchant over £50 in cash when of money concerned was mentioned by was sent out to all stations, acro- with due solemnity from one am- SHIRALA money, as his wife must have been, weighed by this novel method,
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As the century advanced, marriage marriage of the Under-Secretary for ganised defence. A few minutes thetic comments of the crowd for few virtues, but others did not wed notices became less informative, and Stute that time, the Right Hon. later again the mist cleared, and we "The wounded soldier." SO lightly, preferring
financiul most of them stated that a certain Mr. Canning, who wed a Miss Scott, behell, not an enemy aircraft, but Such was the lighter side I experi- security. And So, when Dr. gentleman had wed "au ngrecoble a sister of the Marchioness of Titch-a reaping machine a few fields away. enced of what
the other Zachariah Leafe, of Preccot, married Indy with # good fortune," and field,, and the possessor of a fortune Teased as I was, however, I had the hand, a time of deadly monotony In Mise Martha Clough, who was only vouchsated no further information. of one hundred thousand pounds. satisfaction of having erred on the the isolation of an air raid station. P. & 0. D'ding, MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO. ́ eighteen, it was stated that the lady It is believed that the last an-,
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ALL IS SERENE IN PEACEFUL MOOTOO.. HO HUMIGEE,)
AIN'T THIS YEH-SAY,
SWELL? IT LOOKS LIKE\| FOR OUR DINNERS
PRETTY
SOFT,
EH?
HI, DOOTSY-
HERE'S A FISH
WE'LL EAT MAIN DISH!
FISH TODAY!
SP/
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SAY, YOU LONG-NOSED
| RUMMY-WHY!N'CHA
CLEAN YER. FISH?
D'YA ISPECT
ME TO DO
CLEAN EVERYTHING IT? ME?
WELL
HULLY
CHEE/
YASS/ CLEAN IT AN'
DO IT QUICK, TOO, BEFORE I BUST YOU A COUPLE!
OH,CH!
IT LOOKS LIKE
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Anti-Aircraft Gunner
A LITTLE DISSENSION AW,
IN OUR
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