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But Ham somehow was double-
crossed
Grew kinky hair and his calves
were lost.
Was driven right off the culture
track,
And never allowed to wauder bac Because, they remarked, his skin
was black.
"Brother," cried he, and "brather
o'mine
Don't forget about auld lang syno, When we played together at Noah's
knees
But I
And never discovered how disagrees
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Colonr with eclour and skin with
skin
Wonderful thing, the American @f those that were dreaming of
I believe there was only language! So expressive. Bravity | England, which is a suitable country
one institution in history the soul of wit sort of thing, what to dream about, l'in sur, and of
more erroneous and mis Now where was I? Aye aye, sire. retiring there to live happy ever after, ehievous than the early church, and Right you are. At Bessie's.
one of the pityfully sanc made scoff that was the reformed church. I am There were at that time saying that it would as like as not be by profession a Primitive Buddhist, that to any, at the the Happy Valley for such, a ter or perhaps a little more exactly, BYSSIE's latest period that is pa sing the Monument at the usual Free Neo Buddhist.
tour. And the worst cases of sanity And I BRY right here clearly in my remrm
28 Buch right braste prior in the moment when the were the atheists, refusing the jolliest now, with
Bello, and every bit gearleman came and shook me and illusion of all that ever came to com said i must not sleep there, for 1 was fort and to stay mankind. Some of authority, that only if Europe can thinking, and when I'm thinking I them, however, contrive to be happy gain the faith of Primitive Free Neo always close my eyes to avoid dis by adopting some substitute of their Buddhism like mine con there be any tructions, which onetimes causes own devising, and put into microshope for her in the future. these mi understandings because ascopes the faith that they formerly wasn't misusing my fame Isn't this paragraph grow
I keep telling you I am a great gave to miracles. And of course, a humorous writer to thrust this pro- ing interminably long, in view of its think r at that time, as I say, there microscope is miraculous, if you lookpaganda down my confiding clients'
intriguing caption?
I kept it warm and They like
were four men with me. There may into it. It was about this time that throats, was I? 'em short you know.
have been five, and 1 rather began to narrate e fable, and I now private, as I do my shirt, until this think there were, bur 1 am suspect they all left me during the bumptions critic forced my hand. You cannot subject me Lat Belloe play the game na I do, and certain sure about four, and prefer to be narration.
to a like rudeness, for the simple leave propaganda alone, and we will round, and that again persuades me reason that you have vested ten all love him. It is quear how Bellor there were only four because I never
cents in this enterprise, and must keeps on messing things up, by the take more than four at any one sitting stick it to get your money's worth. way. For a long time I was deprived
་་ of the delight of reading The Path Me: To find out for themselves even if I have to get up and wolk So this was the fable. hat it is long they must read this far, round my chair as card play ra do
Once upon a
time there to Rome" because the title looked so Now we are in. wust they not?
lived a thoroughly conscient-like propaganda. And they were all listening attentive- while I talked, or so it seemed to
FABLE ious little vegetarian with veigled into ordering broke by Bellor, mutton-chop whiskers and expecting them to be Bellucian, only me. They may have been pretend-
the most ing. It was in this wise that I was bull pata who invariably saw with to find that they are
his eyes open, and would not have impudent propaganda, which read as talking to them.
stut them in sleep if he could have if written by his confessor, a good What the govern
All his man, but not a literary artist. When ment of Hongkong Jound a way to manage it. ought to provide clothes were as full of pockets as his he could be amnsing us, he wastes ins tailor would permit, and time and our money trying to convert without delay, if
Short
Me. Like what short t Editor: Your paragrams. and eris. They are all grumbling about it. You have been too didactic lately. Too much philosophy. They want ginger
Editor: Er well, I suppose Bu Me Then what does it matter. since her they have arrived t 11ow ever, the rest will be shorter.
Editor Thanks. I hope you are not gooyed by the interruption.
Me: Not at all, not at all, cou found you.
I did not forget to be prudent, "Is it remembered that a poor devil of a newspaperman must never be expected to stand a round there " 1 deins..ded. Yes, Yes," he said. Only for Jing's sake come now, ut of this dreadful place." "Not so loud, py classic companion," said 1.
Each of them had stood a
ASYLUM PUR
THE PANE.
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THE
For Tweedledum or Tweediedre. Men argue fiercely, talking hosh. They stand no earthy chance with
me
For I believe in Tweedietoshi
Now I realize as a tal the
Give me a chatre and let me in." White turned pale and jeered at
Brown
And actually dubbed him yellow. Brown was offended, and said with
a frown.
That he shouldn't say that to a
fellow.
But Japhet persisted and eat on
Shem
Called him coloured and lumped
him with them.
Never the twain shall meet." Ahein!
That's from a white poetic gem. Shem Brown in answering crossly
back
Grew no kinder to Brother Ham
Black
But quoted the Bible to prove he
was cursed
A "acrvant of servants"- chaptered
and versed.
No querer brothers you ever did
sce
Because of mere colours they can-
not agree. Sons of one father, (what colour
was he
UN
On reflection, I think
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
For
The name of Mr. Vincent P.
of local chemists and druggiats.
Mr. You Wan has been appointed
There are good tolk here that know be, because he is a nice lad; and ray bande a chit from someone whorious crash; but alas! such treats a member of the Board of Examiners
"It
rome English, I would not number make a good govenor some day. on my list of friends & man who is not right, and it is not safe, to make Leedlessly offends a good cook. Lead mock of such matters. If he is psg on, immaculate representative of a as sans by way of a joke, I would beg benevolent if autocratic government him to consider the risk he runs. 1 luflow on the blink, the Pleaser of What is begun in play may cany on a Thousand Stomachs having already in carrest. collected bis dues, in advance For! Jing' rake let us sit upon cue of ¦ Beenie's claire, and tell sad ones of the end of Cal nonces,” But he wa in a cela already, and missed much
waste it.
AT LAST
AN
WAS
Hereabout an interruption. I think it INTERRUPTION
was the i Architect whe in-
others. it seems worth while to
ALL WE
Now where was 17 Ob, aye. In the they would avoid scandal, and the in all bis pockets he carried us.
of the quantity Chinese eating house at the place where formation of a new society, is no
foest the traffic passen. Beneficent Jingsylum for the sape.
The number of quality illusions, which made a brave Ltd. he cried. (It is a paraphrase, of course sane people here is on the
increase, jingle, and established bit in the because I have promised to eschew They are becoming more nunierons respect of his fellows. One particular- profanity.) Then it
you And it is our duty to pity them, and ly fine illusion, which had a great deal frequent these low places. I thought provide for the unhappy and unfor- of blonde hair and the usual number it was just an affectation of youte, to tauate wretches upon whom the blight of blue eyes, he was fond of holding
I SORT OF of letters that er help all your papat.” 1
ing finger of sanity has been laid, in his arms. This happened in front
APOLOSE. thres last paragrams recovered my sunny temper very rough no fault of theirs, poor things. of a large mirror one day, and looking
ail except my little quickly.
I had better with draw Come in and sit down I blame the Ching Mail for some of into the mirror he saw truth and
quatrain, which I complacently r
ln behind the duor," I said. "It is no
REPLETION. the word poetry. I speak feelingly, because my desired it, for his eyes being so very it
with the lofty tone of the rent. 1
a sort of way it is a use offering you a beer, because that's connection with the paper, slight as wide open as 1 bave said, he saw what i gard as worthy are not in barmony vulgar. 1 sometimes wonder how you it is, was affecting me at
one time many men fail to see, namely, that realize the inconsistency of pointing poem, but not one of my best. Not. can inhale the vulgar attuorphere I do not say that I was actually truth is also an illusion. So he rudely ant that our illusions are the most so inspired as them, if you know what without suffering. Have a bowl of certified sane, but I feel sure that I dropped the illusion he was then blessed truths we have, and of pro- mena. But it has merit. sai-min. It is delicious to day." He lapsed into sauity last year.
I wrote embracing., and with sundry imple-ceeding straightway to lambaste a instance, the spelling is geo:l. shuddered. "Hurry up, and rotue some absurdly sanc leaders for them, ents used in universities endeavour particular illusionist. I realize that with me to Bessie's," he said. "Some and this awful mental affliction even ed to dig truth out of the mirror. the proper thing would have been to | one may pass any minute and see us.
People The owner of the mirror blew a police let the sheets of his letter gyrates got into my adversaria. remarked on it. Luckily, owing to a whistle, and the rest is so painful that gently downwards into the WP.R. good constitution, I recovered, and I am positive you will not insist on It is a pleasant thing to watch such I think I can now claim to be as my completing the narrative, especial gyrations. I like pushing stuff off Waters has been restored to the list insane as any of you.
I do not inly as you have guessed the ending.
the end of the desk. Perhaps 1 lnd: In any case I would clude this young gentleman here, whe
an ancestor who made men walk claims that he has lost all lie illusions.
“EL ROPE AND Hot have time, be the plank." I remember once push- hope he is mistaken, of course, and
THE FAITH". cause someone hos
It was a ing the telephone off. But nearly so sane as he pretends to
just placed in my
are rare, infiequest, and to Le mado vice Mr. Law Yan-pak, who has been objects to a paragrain I had last week the most of. When I reused to pay transferred to the New Territories. about Hilaire Belloe and his now for the mending of the thing, they of all the gentleman says be once damage. They failed, of course, be the Governor relating to medic. and bo, k," Europe and the Faith." First proscented me for wilful and malicious Prison Ordinauce rules made by bad the honour of a very slight ac- cause I was easily able to convince hospital treatment for the staff are quaintance with Mr. Belloc. What the magistrate that I acted in self published in to-day's Government has that to do with it?
I had the defence. The telephone had attacked fierette. pleasure of a very intimate acquaint-me without provocation, when I was aner will him, but that does not in the middle of a poem,
H.E. the Governor distributes prevent merom disapproving Mr.
The letter, however, the prizes at the Trang-Foo, ist te Bulloc's desire to convert my people
was written by a friend 6th, Hongkong and Kowloon Foor back to Popery and pricatolatry,
LIKE BREEP. of the Boss, who want Boys' Free Schools and Chung Sing. of the elacutton. That is why I have vited Bessie to join our circle, and
ed it noticed, so you Day and Night Schools, ret it all donu. It were pity to put me to the question, as well as the Secondly he says that Mr. Belloc "has always been the beat type of
see I had to give it some sort of "In that offered, to Me, show. I do not regret it, because it Imperialist. remark that clean-shaven men do not
An amendment of the Hongkong The aunt there, have to wipe their moustaches offer butts in to debate with me ought at
as a recommendation? Anyone who was so typical. The writer thinks University Statutes provides that the if you please, was sth interruptions. I am not clean least to take cognisance of my most most true" because it affirms what Director of the Engineering Laborato that book most interesting and Taikoo Professor shall be ex-officie NEW PARASHAM. Highland Nectar shaven. I did what was necessary notorious prejudices. It is well-known he wishes to believe, and for no otherries and Workshops belonging to the
in champagne and resumed. I pointed out how that that I think all Imperialists ought to glustes, with a dash of Angosturs. some of tl eee victims of sanity are Le under restraint. Thirdly, he saya
reason. Just so Mr. Tse Tean Tai, University. Now if you think the champagne like Scotts and Shackletons that go to Belloc's war articles in Land and in a delightful letter in Wednesday's glass makes no difference to a draw live incng the uttermost bergs ot Water seemed to bin excellent. They Orme" when he affirms something Daily Press," cannot agree with Mr. of whacky, you are wrong. You to truth, and in the and are like to perish, did a lot of harm to his literary that Mr. Tse does not wish to believe of the second graduation of the mit a fait in legie which has a name whereas with us, the majority of
reputation, which was deservedly I forget. It is, to be sure, a Greek happier ones, a little ice is all very high. And fourthly and finally, this We are all like that. You who like Chung Hok Class and annual prize Dome very hard to pronounce, and I well, especially in the season of wich, to (apt, O. F. G. Borg; laly to terve so usefully by way of varially forget what it means, but squaebes, but that it is better to that Adversarius and his correspondent firm your own suspicions, beliefs, and champion claims to have goticed adversaria, or pratend to, do so be cause I say things that seem to con- it is (in logic) a notoriously bad fault, inhabit a climate where it melts. dab it fiction." d incluing on your part a certain and you really must not commit it, Besides, waps of the antarctic are noticed that ecause it never bay mental tendencies: and I for my
A pretty wedding took place at necessary alertness of attention to alter the way I bave done my best forever changing. The truths and the p: ned. It was the librarian who dia part never tire of praising your good Holy Trinity Cathedral on Saturday what is to follow than such a sentence bring you up.
The champagne glass sanity they discover are sometimes that. My correspondent had read the taste. "The devices and desires of
last when Miss Kate Avelyn Richard- -which like the crier a Oyez, Oyez in dues make a difference. Not to the merely effects of aurora borealis.
book, and disliked it. I hadn't read our own hearts" are what we go WAKELAM.-- RICHARDSON. --Ogunner of speaking is a means to quantity, for I fancy you get more in
"That reminds me, it, and haven't yet read it, but was tione of them we can fiad' are grate married to Mr. Harold Wakelam.
after; and all the echoes and reflec Bor, daughter of Mr. Harry Richard- eon (Trollope and Colls, Ltd.) was tumbler, and you have to leave January 7, at Shanghai, Kate; get you to the scratch, in the off-
ANOTHER rudely interrupted an- prepared to dislike it, because (as I
ful and comforting to us. And may- other of Evelyn, daughter of Mr. Harry acts or prickly beat- so I will not room in the glass for the water, as
said) I disapprove of Belloc's desire to Richardson, to M. Elaroid War de wat 1 cught to do, but rather let will as take account of the cubical Talking of aurora borealis, what make us all papists. He does not be it is just as well that it should be
To-day's Government Gazelle stand, thenghis length be against space occupied by the Angostura about the Dockendoria ?" Most of the annoy me, you will be good enough too, for we all need it.
confirms Thursday's announcement mes nodded, and for my part I said note, because I know he hasn't a
Isn't that a bee that Manila has been proclaimer In a posture. That, as the young but, to cut a long story short, and
I porter said, borders on the hyper. keep the patagram likewise, as ro- that what must bo, must be. I believed snowball's chance.
ANTHROPOCHROMES yutiful word? I
a place at which av infectious or con- itical but ben, how should Iquested, it tastes nicer.
smallpox to be dangerous, and cyanide
According to this latest
have just made
tagious disease prevails and that ehipe profess to let it lir, seeing that it is
In Jingland's name," of potassiuro fairly fatal, bat Docken. THE BOOK. correspondent, so far it. Positively its first appearance on from Saigon are no longer required t AND YET rapped out one of them, doris was the deadliest of all liquor+. |
£15 I Can read they stage. It is required as a head-
enter quarantine. ANOTHER. after that I had said Nevertheless since no brave man had hieroglyphs he submita as hand-line for Mr. The Tsan Tai's observa. some things that came any business to fear death, I was not writing, "Mr. Belloe compares the tion about the three colours of men. or Jurgen, or the Old Teatament. In into my mind to say, "has it never unwilling to be coaxed, and did not present chaos with the chaos brought "Speaking from an anthropological any case, and all joking apart, as the occurred to you, Hilaire Parchemin, mind if I did. Which, as you very about by the Reformation. It was stand-point," he writes (and I love bul collector said, I need not waste dil Adversarius, that a government rightly observe, amounted to mech only the Frith that kept Hurope in him for it "there are only three will laugh, readily and outright, at Who in Coubting that you and I ara wallah may be interested in his the same thing.
the past; only if she regains the Faith great coloured divisions of the human the comedy, a rollicking Mack Sennet at one as regards this, that it must job" This shows you how heated
While I was suffering can there be any hope for her in the race, viz. White, brown, and black frolic Uncle Tom without his Cabin" either stand or lie, and if not lie, the men sometimes get when I submit How To Be froin sanity I lived futore. Surk in the gist of his arge- and strange to say, they coincide with The name of the produc r is enough,
branches of the 14-1912 stand. That is why I answered purely, academic propositions for
apart-what they call ment
I suppose what put three racial
if the title were not. as I did, in four words, the their consideration. Of course it did
"unspotted of the the back of Adversarius up was the descendants of Shem, Ham, and first being.. a
verb (imperative and has. I have never denied it. I
took world"-and
A god's-eye chapter on the disastrous reedits of Japhet, the three sons of Noah."
The King Lan not been advised Blood), the second a possedivo pro. have even observed it. They are to view of men and their do- the Reformation." I compliment this Now it seems to me a pity to allow noun (8cond person singular) the be envied. I myself envy them, That inge. There is a fine feeling of super gentleman on his powers of supposing that profoundly significant anthropo- to exarsise his power of disallowance arseverate ad third a word emphasising and donpon is because I am sick of mine.
iority about such an attitude, but it is capacity for apposing is almost logical discovery to be lost in a maas with respect to the local Ordinances AM maintain, even as the iog the significance of the second, Editor: I am sorry to hear that. isn't warming. It is, indeed, apt to worthy of the Faith. My back wasn's of ephemeral journalism, and I will designed to facilitate the enforcement OUNTER. Cheungchou Reform though what part of speech the Perhaps I had better ass about grow chilly. And vory lonesome. up at all. I quoted a joor at a try to land it the mnemonic officney in the Colony, of maintenance orders
Party assoverate and granimatians call it I do not know engaging ・・
When I recovered, I came back librarien who unconsciously classed of poetry, so that it may linger in the rado in England or Ireland and vics maintain that they have the inalian (and for that reason alone do not
Mo (hastily): Tut-tut! I wish amongst men, and found them all the book an fiction-really a good jake memory, and so pass down the versa, and to amend further the law. able right to misg vern themselves, offer to tell you) and the fourth is you wouldn't take everything I say so very busy being happy. I discovered on the librarian. I quoted y corre generations as a tradition to show relating to companies. that I live the inalienable right to I truly believe an abstract noun. In literally. You are as bad as the at once that the way to be happy is spondent's jeer at the book, and I how much we know in 1022. wat and drink what is not good fur me short. I requested him to confine his public. I have told you already that simply to be zo, accepting the gift clocked in a jeer of my own at the if I happen to like it, and I concede attention and energies to the careful I have no wish to leave your employ-horse, and not looking at its teeth, author, on general priz ciple. My back so others the alienable and zerer to custody of his own affairs. This was moat until after the Prince has been. Thus raze men spoke scornfully of the is up now, at this correspondent who be disputed right to abstain from stupid, very unorigitínd, as all quota. I am hoping, but thaske dollar chasers, saring that they are undertakes, to put me right, without anything they happen to dialika, yes, |tions from Nemus are, and futile (for That is a private matter. Please do sordid and soulless act. But I found first taking, the trouble to arouftain owen work, although it may or would people never do it) but then I was not interrupt me again. It puts to that such món believe in dollars ex- where I was wrong. It le quita clear be good for them. Now that momentarily out of tempor. I was out, as Negaski Joe, and Moshuro nctly as rico children believe in ho conallora me an ardent Protestant what the bad-tempored judge gave, sitting at the table near the door Chopard, and Captain Baylies, and so fairies. The probability le that they in the denominational meaning of samuly, a long inblenco, and it may because I like to sen the traffic and many others have done. It makes are the mats thing, for dollars have the word. Wherever did he got that? be I ought to do what he did not do, because there is rubre fresh air there.me Lose the Throad. Get me 1 that is to say, rovise it. I could de That is how he came to catch night. Editor: Iget yük. this, I truly bellovo, and get in oĉowa'ad mo, sitting in a certain cating He: "Then get.~
BIRTH.
to the matter EN were seemly with four words; but as it occurs to me HOGG-O January 5, at Wood c on the instant that nothing is more
B.A., and Mrs. Hogg (nee kl.) discipline for your mental powers or Hallan), a Hun.
lam.
MAHRIAGE,
DEATH.
OURIHAN. On January 7
•
at
8 angbai, Teddy Hourian,
on
true f In any case, if you should have
of Mrs. A. Mues, age 13 years.
the bad taste to disapprove it, I can
always say I stole it from Rabelais,
The China Mail.
*TRUTIL JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE"
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ADVERSARIA.
1
to
HAPPY
17
the circle.
He couldn't have:
magio wanda,, and can produce a Let me til him exactly where I stand, pumplity, cotch thich more expediso. that he may have a shot at mis Hourly than a poet's Imagination.can. properly, if he wants to.
From one of thrao wa all descend,
White or brown or block, Noah's variegated sons. Take one from the pack. Ham was black, prapa overcooked,
Japhet's skin was white,
belonged to the tribe of Browis,
St. Paul's Girls' School celebration
distribution by Mre, Severn takes place at the Theatre Royal on Wednesday, Janusry 18, at 3 p.m.
At the Kowloon Theatre to-night Mirandy Smiles," and so will you at this pretty, Jomely romance;
You
The rainfall for the mouth of December at the Botanical Gardens. was 0.33 on 8 days, at the Matilda Hospital, Mount Kellett, it was 0.32.. on 5 days, and at the Police Station. Taipo, it was 07:02 on 1 day. The total falls for the year at the same. stations were respectively 107* 89 on. That tings of brown we describe as 129 days, 92.85 on 118 days, and
light Japhet quite a polltion! nwell
She
:
Bhem and Japhet got on well
14
[114′′.03 - on 08° day!. · The total
rainfall as sho Observatory was 07.734. [on 129 days."
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