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FIVE RICH MEN ARRIVAL

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Monday, April 24. Bintang, Danish str., 1,725 tons, Capt. V. L. Reister, from Hol- how, buoy No. C4-John Man- ners & Co.

Kronviken, Norwegian str. 1,519 tona, Capt. T. Kramme, from Saigon.. buoy, No. B6-Hing Lee & Co.

Tuesday, April 25 Achilles, British str., 7,202 tons,

Athos II, French str., 8,947 tons, Capt. W. Cosker, from Singa- pore, Holt's Wharf.-B. & S.

"I appreciate your frankness, Dixon glared across at the Inter Dixon," Armstrong remarked sym-rupter. He knew that. If Sayer's pathetically. "Perhaps for the was not going to be easy telling.

story was anything like his own i benefit of my other guests you I'm afraid I haven't done anything would be more explicit ag Interesting. So'll probably laugh] was fumbling with "You want your money's worth, his napkin. don't you?" Dixon said, with a when you hear!"" short laugh, then added, "I beg smiles.

The faces round the table turned to your pardon. You have really been to hear what this very ordinary little One and all were intrigued very generous, but if there's any man, with the hair over his ears grey- thing that's more galling than hav-Bined the lot at Monte Cario?"

had done with the money. ing to admit that you have spent suggested ten thousand pounds without doing

some

dame lifted It off the slightest good to anyone, think perhaps it would be beat Chian Lee, Chinese str. 1,860 tons, Craddock. ahould like to know it."

.He Devlin was still bored. Sayer.bad hint of his thoughts.

voice fixed his eyes on his plate. Crad-

After

I had delivered the documents dock was saying, as distinctly as ed the night at an hotel.

I was carrying," began Sayer, “I stay he could say without uttering the wards, "Poor, fool."

Devlin.

"More

не

let Mr.

looked round the table story."Armstro tell his own

PATOLO

Capt Georges, from Shanghai, Kowloon Wharf.-M.M. &Co.

Capt. K. Ishli. from Swatow, buoy No. B27-Yee Tai Hong. Cremer, Dutch str., 2,785 tons, Capt. Meppelink, from Singa- "I went home next day and found

pore, buoy No. A3.-J.CJ.L. your cheque waiting for me. Sayer D. Artagnan, French str., 9,608 "I thought money would enable paupened My wife was with me when me to mix with influential people.

tons, Capt. Denolae, from Sal To tell you the truth, I thought it would set my mind legs when you took our addresses, wat Glenshane, British str.. 4.012 tons, gon, Kowloon Wharf.-M. M. & thought you had been pulling our 2 Co. free from petty worries, so that I didn't guess whom the could give myself wholly to my art. from. The cheque tumbled out. My I thought I could go back to Sicily wife looked at it, read the figures

one thousand two hundred and fifty and paint the picture of the crook ed streets and lazy people I had the last nine years. I explained what pounds. More than I had earned in had in my mind since my honey-had happened. My wife was convinc- ed you were e playing some sort of con- fidence trick."

moon."

and

& was serious.

The men laughed, but Armstrong

Dixon paused dramatically. If he had not chosen painting as profession he would have made firat-rate actor.

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Capt. Check, from Singapore,] Kwangtung, British str, 1,572 tons,

Kowloon Wharf.-J.M. & Co.

Capt. D. D. Richards, from Hol how, buoy No. E20,-B. & S. Lushan Maru, Japanese str., 1,507 tons, Capt. T. Tominaga, from Canton, Stonecutters Anchor- age.-N.Y.K

"I told her I hadn't lent you a penny and that it couldn't be a con. Saale. German str., 4,433 tons, "I was wrong. I went back to

trick because this one cheque repre- sented more than all our savings. We the town: invited influential people went down ta the bank together.

to

Capt Daniel, from Shanghai, buoy No..Al-Melchers & Co.

Wilkins, from Swatow, Douglas Wharf Douglas & Co.

The Tisalak, Dutch str., 8,513 tons, Capt. J. Adriaanse, from Mani- la, buoy No. A10.-J.C.J.L. Ying Chow, British str., 1,216 tons,

to stay with me. The town seemed They rang up about it and told us Svale, British str., 1,354 tons, Capt. to have lost its magic, and the in-everything was in order. We put the fluential people didn't accept the money inte deposit account!” invitations. But I had plenty of "That's all, Mr. Armstrong.

"Well " spongers. I stayed for a year, money is still there, with accrued in. hoping I would get the atmosphere terest. My wife decided we couldn't back again. When I returned

touch it.

She said no good would England art agents seemed to have My wife expects me to tell her what come of it So we've jogged along, heard that I had come into some you want done with the money when money. They thought I had be- return." come a dilettante. They regarded money was yours, lo do exactly what "I thought I made it clear that the me as an amateur, and praised my you liked with." Armstrong did not work, where before they had been round angry.. "But I am not sure harshly critical. But they didn't that your story is not, better than if buy it."

you had, as one of my guests suggest ed, blued the lot at Monte Carlo. you never been tempted to

Captain Harris-Walker, from Swatow, buoy No. B4.-B. & S.) Zuiderkerk, Dutch, str., 8,930 tons, Capt. F. Swart, from Shanghal,, buoy No. A4-J.C.J.L.

CLEARANCES,

Tuesday, April 25. Alfred Noble, for Shanghai.

Words seemed to come more easily Have te Dixon as he warmed up to his spend the money?" 17th May subject.

You might almost have Sayer dropped his eyes. "I was Athos II, for Saigon. thought that he was enjoying the con-first. fession. His host nodded, and Dixon new lawn mower and then lat- Bestum, for Canton.

Once when I badly wanted went on.

er, when my boy left school. But my Broviken, for Rangoon. "I became so used to being waited wife said the old mower had served 17th May on hand and foot that I didn't do us well and that it would be better Chian Lec, for Canton.

anything. I haven't finished a picture for six months. And how well, or our boy to get scholarship the Ciara Jebsen, for Saigon. I am going to get back to work. Last

jincentive would make him work.” ¡D. Artagnan; for Shanghal, week

"I think your wife is, perhaps, afHai Ching, for Swatow. wake up to the fact that my wise woman, Sayer. time was finished. I started squaring fortunate. We must discuss what you

You

are very Hop Sang, for Canton. 4th May closing the big house

things up, paying off the servants, will do with the money inter-certain- Kwanzai Maru, for Shanghai,

had rented. ly I cannot take it back." am really looking forward to

Lushan Maru, for Shanghai. "Better lat me Invest it for you. Pleasantville, for Los Angeles, morrow, when your experiment will have ended. back to what I was

for you in three weeks." before I met

you."

Lo-

I shall be able to gethyer," Craddock said, «T double itisaale, for Bremen.

"What about you, Devlin?" Arm. Steel Navigator, for Manila. strong deliberately ignored Craddock. Sulyang, for Swatow. What you were?" A smile pass-

Devlin was allent for a moment. Tai Poo Sek, for K. C. Wan. 4th May ed over Armstrong's face.

"Not quite what I was, perhaps. 1Made no difference to me at all," he Taybank for Dairen. shan't be worrying about money.

drawled. "Spent every penny of it, feel fit to do something worth while well."

and

I believe I have a few debts nij to paint because I feel like it, and you had those two years ago." 4th May not because I want to be talked about.

If I make money... well, it won't (Continued on Page 11.) make any difference to me agave

"Thank you, Dixon. You

.

given me good value for money."

2nd May Armstrong made a note in his little 20th May book. "We must have another chat

later."

pushed his chair back a little to obtain a clearer view of the guests furthest from Sayer, what about you?""

him..

"And,

10th May

John Sayer moistened his lips and 80th Apr. tried to find words. He had been a clerk in solicitor's office. Only an accident had resulted in his being sexted in a.

first-class compartment on

18th May that fateful night. He was carrying some Important documents, and his employers had reluctantly agreed that be would be safer on a long journey- Although ha occupied the corner seat opposite Armstrong, his contribution to the argument had been a polite "No

or a

"Do you really think so?" "Well th It was Craddock who spoke, impatient at Sayer's silence.

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