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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1928.

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CAMPING OUT. **

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The sun was shining again the host farewell and headed Mar- maduke, our faithful car, away from "Manor Farm" toward, the highway. We were loath to leave, but, as Archibald said, if we intended this to be a camping- 'out tour, the sooner we camped

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for our midday meal. Archibald dark. The weather had changed "Ah!," said Archibald with a consulted his notebook and re-while we tarried at the inn. sigh of relief, "this is something moved sundry parcels from the Thick clouds obscured the sun, like, Unship the tent, old chap; back of the car, including the col- and a fine rain began to fall. 1 while I set up the stove, lapsible stove. This he set up on suggested putting up the hood, there by the side of that big tres some flat atones, placing beneath but Archibald only shook his head will be an excellent place for the some dry twigs and driftwood. I and kept glancing here and there old homestead. Get out the cota, filled the kettle from the clear, as we proceeded rather slowly, too, while you are at it and you running water and placed it on "I've no particular objection to might bustle around and top of the stove. Then Archibald doing the sponge act," I said final- few dry twige and pine cones went to the car, fumbled amongly, "but the farmers round here also" the parcels and consulted his may need the moisture I'm ab- "Just a moment, Archibald,” notebook again.

sorbing. Why not put up the said, "did you think to get a box "Light the fire, old chap," he hood?".

of matches before we left the called.

"Don't be impatient, old chap, inn? In the semi-darkness ́ ́I I'm looking for a man to help," heard him gasp, and the collapsi- "I'll help," I said,' "'in fact, I'll ble stove fell with a jangling thud do it myself. It's a one-man hood, upon the pine needles. isn't it?"!

"I'm frightfully sorry, I am "That's its name," replied really, but I-er-can't always Archibald, "but as Shakespeare think of everything, can I? Why says: "What's in a name?" As didn't you think? Here we are a matter of fact, it's a three-men miles from anywhere, and not a "I-er-can't think of every-hood, and I'm looking for the spark to call our own!! I can't thing, can I?” said Archibald im third man. There he is-Hey!" think why you didn't think!"

"Sorry, can't, I haven't a match on me," said

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the collapsible chairs, and the camp effect from a visual point of view was rather good. All we needed was a fire. Archibald re- turned remarkably soon. In fact, he came sprinting down the road.

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"As a matter of fact, I did?” was my triumphant reply, as 1 tossed a box to the fire producer: A pine cone whistled past my ear, |and Archibald with a chuckle re- sumed the setting up of the stove. I had just unshipped the folded. tent from the car when a man ap- peared at the gateway and apoke loudly and authoritatively:

"No camping allowed in these WoodB !!!

"Eh?" said Archibald, desist- ing from his labours, "Why not?" "Because. I own these woods, and I allow no camping here," re plied the man.

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"But we will do no harm. I assure you," said Archibald, coming forward.

"It makes no difference; 1- well, if it isn't Plumpton! What are you doing here?" cried the man in evident astonishment.

"Hello! Hello!" ejaculated Archibald, extending his hand, “if it isn't SmithersDo you live round here, old chap?"

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(By kind permission of Lt. Col. H. Cmusical ear was entirely too sensinot, and I'll toddle back to that inn and get a box of matches. I tive. However, we had to pull up shan't be long, and the walk will Tickets of Admission: $1.00 (Soldiers at the side of the road and dis-be refreshing."

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which he then did without the musical accompaniment.

Ten miles farther on, a by-way without a signpost invited us to

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draw in here, and came down to 'GEON, has removed his office time the road did not lure us into BUILDING, a prosaic barnyard. It curved and

eject you!" He laughed heartily jambled up hill and down through

as he shook Archibald's hand, most charming country scenery,

he called to a man plodding "And now that I've seen who it with only here and there a sign of

across a field, as he halted the is, the ejectment order stands. human habitation. Our progress "There is some celebration or car. The man came to the road-Out with you at once!" was slow, we had no objective other going on at the inn-there's side, the hood raising was ex- "Oh, I say, Smithers, it's get- HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB. dependent upon a time schedule. a table absolutely groaning under plained him several times, and ting dark-have a heart, old

We ambled along in harmony the weight of epicurean viands after assuring himself apparently man!”

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invited to join up! Come along!" Archibald pushed, the hood fortable house with a good dinner 6th October and on MONDAY,

"But what about all this?"

Ifrom behind, the man and I pulled and soft beds attached! There wab a stream and an old, 8th October, 1928 (weather permit-disused mill, and farther on a asked, indicating our fireless from the sides: It stuck, creaked along, you sillles, and leave camp-! ting) may be obtained at the Race small wayside inn, about the door camp with a sweeping gesture, and otherwise protested, but slow-ing out to the Boy Scouts who Course, Hong Kong Club, and of which was a gathering of "are we not camping out?"

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"Yes, I know," 'replied Archi- car and secured in position. The people dressed in their "Sunday Entries will CLOSE at 12 o'clock best." A mile or so beyond this bald, shrugging his shoulders, man plodded across, the field

Archibald protested, noon on SATURDAY, 22nd Septem- cluster of houses, we decided to "but for this once wer-it isn't again with a silver coin, in his ber, 1928.

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clammy but triumphant. Then dragged us away from our em "Are you sure we won't be in-the rain ceased, the clouds parted, bryonic woodland camp truding 7"

and the declining sun shone gen- I have no criticism to make in "Intruding" echoed Archi-ially once more.

regard to the warm hospitality bald, "you should have heard mine

"Is it a three-man hood in re-extended to us by the genial host's welcome they don't often verse?" I asked. "If not, I will Smithers and his equally genial get motor travellers this way. push it gently back to whence it wife. The dinner was far beyond Hurry up, they are waiting for came."

anything our collapsible stove "Don't be silly, old chap, it's a could have dreamed of, and our three-men-and-a-boy hood in re cots folded away in the car, have been bold For a moment I gazed regret-verse. Marmaduke shall wear his would never fully at our fireless stove set in hat, rain or shine, from now on, enough to claim the comfort wa its sylvan surroundings; then henceforth and thereunto," said found in the soft beds wherein we Archibald's picture of the groan- Archibald, grimly: "I've dallied spent the night. But it wasn't ing table at the inn blotted out with his topper for the last camping out, and despite the plen the camp. We were hungry, we time!"

sant evening we spent between dinner and bedtime, my thoughts sprang at the table, chairs and stove, collapsed them, and in a It was not easy to find a suit-would go back to Marmaduke few minutes Marmaduke was able camping place. Tilled fields abandoned in the woods." spinning toward the feast. Our bordered by high hedges were I fancy Archibald felt the same, welcome was all that Archibald neither inviting nor practicable, for when Smithers said in his had promised, and the viands but just before the lengthening masterful way: "And now you're more than tallied with his descrip- shadowa blended into dualt, we here, we are going to keep you tion.

came upon a lovely patch of pine over the week-end. here's some It was 5 o'clock before we left woods through which flowed the people coming down from London, the jovial company and once little stream we had been follow and we'll have a jolly little house more followed the road in its ing for several hours. A gate-party". Archibald glanced at me winding way along the stream. way to the woods stood inviting-in alarm. No, all this was the op- We were determined to find a ly open, and in the gathering posite of camping out, although suitable camping place before gloam we ran the car inside.

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"Get up," he whispered, "it's 5 o'clock.

"Not really!" I said, "but what if it is? Five o'clock is too early to get up.":

"Are we camping out or week ending with Smithers?" asked Archibald in a sibilant whisper."

"Oh!" I replied comprehending- ly, and fifteen minutes later Mar- maduke, roused from his lonely slumbers, glided from the pine woods into the road again, "I left a note,” said Archibald as we purred westward. "I'm afraid Smithers will never forgive us, but are we camping out, or are we not, eh?" and para

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