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THE CHINA MAID.

STORY OF THE FIVE TOWNS

(Continued from page 7.)

He

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From TRIESTE, VENICE, BRINDISI, PORT SAID, BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND SINGAPORE.

and proceeded downwards in the earthenware, He did well. obscurity, and at length halted and could easily earn four pounds a peered with his little blue eyes at week, and he had no desires, save a small house (one of twins) on the in the direction of fly-fishing-not CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby other side from where he stood. an expensive diversion. He knew informed that all Goods are being That house, at any rate, was un- better than to marry. He existed landed at their risk into the Godowns changed. It was a two-storeyed quietly; and one year trod on the of the Hong Kong and Kowloon house, with a somi-circular fan- heels of another, and carried him Wharf & Godown Company, Ltd. at light over a warped door of grain- from thirty to forty and from forty harves delivery may be obtained

Kowloon, whence and/or from the ed panelling. The blind of the to fifty, and no one found out his window to the left of the door was identity, though there are several Irradiated from within, proving direct trains daily between Derby

and Koype.

habitation.

Optional Cargo wll not be lauded gre, unless notice has been given 48 hours prior to vessel's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the Anal port of call to which the option "I wonder-" ran Teby's thought.

And now, owing to the death of extende.

No claims will he admitted after And be unhealtatingly crossed the a friend and a glass of beer, he was street again towards it, feeling first in Child-row, crossing the street the Goods have left the Godown, and owner-all Goode remaining undelivered after for the depth of the kerbstone with towards the house whose

0th instant, will be subject to his umbrella. He had a particular ship had caused him to quit it.

rent and special interest in that house He knocked on the door with the (No. 11 it was-and is),for, four- handle of his umbrella. There was and-twenty years ago, He had marno knocker; there never had been a ried it.

of

ON

knocker.

"Is this Mrs. Hall's?" he asked sternly.

|

the

All claims against the vessel must be presented to the undersigned on o before the 18th instant, or they will aot be recognised.

All broken, chafed, and damaged

"No. It ain't Mrs. Hall's. It's ed by Mrs. Tansley's."

"I thowt”

The door opened a little wider.

That's not you, Tobias?" said the woman unmoved.

the

"I reckon it is, though," replied Toby, with a difficult smile.

"Bices 18" exclaimed

The door, oscillated slightly under her hand. "Bless" us!" she, repeated. And then aud- denly, "You'd happen belter come

woman..

Hong Kong, 3rd February, 1933.

SERVICE IN SAIL,

For Good Many Years Yet.

Four-and-twenty years ago Toby The door opened cautiously, as Goods are to be left in the Godowns, Hall (I need not say that his pro- uch doors in the Five Towns do, where they will be examined on the per Christian name was Tobias) after a shooting of bolts and a loos-9th instant, at 10 am. by aur aur had married Miss Priscilla Bratt, ing of chains; it opened to the ex-yers, Messrs. Goddard & Longins.

In the case of dutiable cargo. Con- then a calm and self-reliant young tent of about nine inches, and Toby signees are requested to inform the woman of twenty-three, and Pris Hall saw the face of a middle-aged Imports & Exports Office

that they have such goods for examination. cilla had the house, together with a woman eyeing him.

No Fire Insurance has been effect- certain income, under the will

ǝd." her father. The marriage was not

Bill of Lading will be countersign- the result of barning passion

DODWELL &-CO., LTD. either side. It was a union of two

Agenta. respectabilitioa, and it might have: succeeded as well as such unional generally do succeed if Priscilla had not too frequently mentioned the fact that the house they lived in was here. He knew that the house was hers. The whole world was perfectly aware of the owner-

her ship of the house, and re- fercuces to the matter amounted to a lack of tact. Several times Toby had indicated as much. But Pris-in, Tablas." cilla took no head. She had the hide of an alligatór herself (though a personable girl), and she assum- ed that her husband's hide was of similar stuff. This assumption was justifiable, except that in just one spot the skin of Toby was ten- der. He really-did not care to be reminded that he was living under his wife's room. The reiteration settled on his nerves like a malady. And before a year had elapsed Pris cillà had contrived to remind him once too often. And one day he put some things in a carpet-bag, and a hat on his head, and made for the door. The house was antique and the front-parlour gave directly on to the street.

"Where be going?" Priscilla usk- ed him.

"Ay," said Tobias. And he entered.

"Sit ye down, do," said his "I thowt as you were dead. wrote and told me so."

"Ay" said Tobias. "But na.."

wife They

I am

Although to the casual onlooker It would seem that the days of sail have almost completely subsided into the past, it is remarkable how many officers there still in the prime of life in active service at sea who have had quite long service in sail.

Arising out of a private and con- fidential enquiry recently received He sat down in an arm-chair by the Imperial Merchant Service near the old-fashioned grate, with Guild for sail-trained officers, the its hobs at either side. He was Guild has been surprised to find the acquainted with that chair, and it number of suitable men whose had not appreciably altered since names they have been able to sub- his departure. The lastingness of mit, some of whom have actually furniture under fair treatment is held command for a number of astonishing. This chair was un-years in that class of ship. comfortable in exactly the same two cases members of around about spot where it had always been the age of forty have had such ex- uncomfortable, and the same perience, one having been in com- anti-macassar was draped over its mand for no less than five years of uncompromising back. Toby put one of the big ships which last sail- his hat on the table and leaned ad under the British flag.

In

of

He hesitated a second, and said: his umbrella against the chimney- A little while ago members in the ""Merica."

piece, His overcoat he retained, Guild room at Headquarters were And he was. In the Five Towns Same table, same chimney-plece, comparing notes, and almost all pre- we are apt to end our marriages in same clock and ornaments on the seit on the occasion had served as that laconic manner. Toby did not | chimney-plece.

But a different officers in sail. This indicates that complain too much; he simply and carpet on the floor and different a good many years have still to pass unaffectedly went. It might be curtains before the window. * before, in the "natural course imagined that the situation was a Priscilla bolted and chained the events, the sail-trained British trying one for Priscilla. Not so! door, and then she, too, sat down. officer will be extinct, Priscilla had experienced marriage Her gown was black, with a small with Toby and had found it want-black silk apron. And she was

"Bless us!" said Toby in his turn. ing. She was content to be relievatout, and she wore felt slippers "I married Job Tansley," Pris- ed of Toby. She had her house and and moved with the same ginger cilla continued. "He died four her money and her self-esteem, and y care as Toby himself did. She years ago last Knype Wakes Mon- also tranquillity. She accepted the looked fully her years. Her thin day. Her's married indicating solution, and devoted her days to lips were firmer than ever. It was the photograph-her

Indeed Priscilla.

"Well, well" she murmured. But her capacity for wonder was nearly exhausted.

married

young Gibson last September."

"Well, well" murmured Toby. Another pause.

There was a shuffing on the paw- ment outside, and some children b'e-1 Hegan to sing about shepherds and

the cleanliness of the house.

Toby drew all the money he had out of the Buraley and Turnhill Permanent Fifty Pounds Benefit Building Society (four shares; "Ay!" said Toby, with an air that nearly paid up) and set sail-in the meant to be quasi-humorous. "Adriatic," which was then the warmed his hands at the fire, and flocks. leading greyhound of the Atlantic then rubbed them over the front

for New York. From New York of his calves, leaning forward. he went to Trenton (New Jersey), "So ye've come back!" said Pris- which is the Five Towns of Ameri-cilla.

ca. A man of his skill in handling "Aye!" concurred Toby." clay on a wheel had no difficulty There was a pause.

"Oh, bother them childer!" said Priscilla. "I must send 'em off!"

She got up.

"Here! Give 'em a penny," Toby suggested, holding out a penny.

"Yes, and then they'll tell othere,

whatever in wresting a good live-Cold weather we're having," he and I shan't have a moment's peace Ilhood from Trenton. When he muttered.* had tarried there a year he caused

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all night!" Friscilla grumbled, "It's seasonable,” Priscilla point- However, she bestowed the pen-dith a letter to be written to his wife, ed out.

ny, cutting tho song off abruptly in informing her that he was dead. Her glance rested on a sprig of the middle. And she bolted and He wished to be quite free; and holly that was tied under the gas chained the door and sat down also. (we have our feeling for jus chandelier, unique relic of Christ-again." tica) he wished his wife to be quite mas in the apartment. free. It did not occur to him thu Another pause. It would be ha- he had done anything extraordin-zardous to guess what their feel-

4th Feb.ary, either in deserting his wife or ings were; perhaps their feelings.

in forwarding false news of his were scarcely anything at all. death. He had done the simple And what be the news?" Toby tiny, the casual hing, the blunt inquired, with what passes in the thing, the thing that necessitated Five Towns for geniality.

18th Feb. 19th Feb.

Another pause.

"Weil, well 1" said Priscilla. "Ay Toby agreed. "Good coal

that

"Fourteen shilling a ton!". "Another pause and a longer.

"Is Ned Waiklsteetill at th Rose and Crown?" Toby asked. the minimum of talking. He did. "News" she repeated, as if not "For aught I know he is," said not intend to return to England Immediately grasping the signifi, Priscilla.

However, after a few years, he cance of the question. "I don't "I'll just step round there," sald did return to England. The cause know as there's any news; nothing Toby picking up his bat and ris- 8th Feb. of his return is irrelevant to this partieler, that is,"

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history, but I may say that I Hung on the wall near the chim-As he was manoeuvring the door- sprang from a conflict between the ney-piece was a photograph of a chain, Pelscilla sald:

Five Towns temperament and the girl. It was an excellent likencas "You're forgetting your umbrel- Trenton Union of Earthenware of Priscilla, as she was in Toby's Is. Tobias."

12th Feb. Operatives. Such is the power of pre-Trenton days. How young and "No," he answered. "I hanna!

Unions in the United States that fresh the creature looked; so simple, forgotten it. I'm coming back."

9th Feb. Toby, if he wished to remain under inexperienced! It startled To

the, Federal Flag, bad either, toby,

Fyleld or to sterve. He would not]

yield. He changed his name and

came to England: strolled calmly

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into the Crown Porcelain Works at towards the photograph, Derby one day, and there recom-| "Oh! That? That's my daughter," ; Walklate's. menced his carner as an artificer of said Priscilla.

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