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THE

CHINA M

MONDAY,

JANUARY 8, 1934.

YKLIN

N.

LINE

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports and Honolulu.

ASAMA MARU

TAIYO MARU

CHICHIBU MARU

SEATTLE & VANCOUVER.

HEIAN MARU (starts from Kobe) ..

Friday,

The Thing In The Flees Rigid Life”

Upper Room

(Continued from Page 9.)

A. sort of small lobby had been partitioned off at some time, though except for this the logement was of There was Wednesday, 10th Jan. at 10 am. one large room only. Wednesday, 24th Jan. at 10 am. something unpleasant in the air of One Wednesday, 7th Feb. at 10 am, the place-not a smell, when

came to analyse one's sensations, though at firat it might scem Attwater walked across to the wide (window and threw it open. The chimneys and roofs of many houses of all ages straggled before him, and feat of the welter rose the twin towers of St. Sulpice, scarred and grim.

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Saturday,

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Saturday,

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Thursday,

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Monday,

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19th Jan.

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Friday,

12th Jan.

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Saturday,

20th Jan.

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Air the room as one might, it was unpleasant; a sickly, even a cowed, feeling invaded one through all the; senses or perhaps through none of them. The feeling Was there, through none of them. The feeling was there, though it was not easy to say by what channel it penetrated. admit Attwater was resolved to none but a common-sense explana- tion, and blamed the long closing of door and window; and the con- cierge, standing uncasily near the door, agreed that that must be it. For a moment Attwater wavered, despite himself, But the rent was very low, and, low as it was, could not afford a sou more.

Nila Crim Cook "My heart is leaping for thrills. I want speed. I want to fly. I want to attend orchestre dances". One year after she became a Hindu con- Tart and ferront disciple of Ma- batma Gandhi, Nile Cram Cook, 22. of lown, bea died the "rigid life" of bia seminary at Muttra, India

She's and those are her reasons.

had movie offer already.

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CONSIGNEES.

LLOYD ·TRIESTINO.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

Steamer

"CONTE VERDE".

From TRIESTE, VENICE, BRINDISI PORT SAID, BÓMBAY, COLOMBO &

SINGAPORE..

CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being Landed at their risk into the. Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd., at Kow. kon," whener unting from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

Uptional Carge will not be landed beru, unless notice has been given 45 Cours

prior to vessel's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final port of cail to which the option extenda

No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown, and ab Goods remaining undelivered after the 12th instant, will be subject to rent.

All claims against the vessel must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 21st instant, or they will not be recognized,

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns. where they will be examined on the 12th instant, at 10 am. by our surveyors, Messrs, Goddard & Douglas, In the case of datlable cargo, Con- signees are requested to inform the Imports & Exports Office that they have such goods for examination.

No Fire Insurance has been effect-

new home. Bill of Lading will be countersigs- The key was now in his pocket, anded by

DODWELL & CO. LTD. the

Agents. light was good, though it was not for the first time he entered

Hong Kong. 8th Janubry, 1934.

asse, where he had been lodging. ed. he and carried it to his

The

cierge to leave door and window

he

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

** THALIA" FROM ANTWERP, LISBON & PORTS

are being

a top-light; and the place was big place alone. The window remained wide open; but it was still there- Jenough for his simple requirements. i

Attwater reflected that he should that depressing, choking something despise himself ever after if he that entered the consciousness

knew not by what gate. shrank from the opportunity; it

Again he accused his fancy. Steamer would be one of those secret humilia- tions that will rise again and again He stamped and whistled, and set in a man's memory, and make him about unpacking a few canvases and a case of old Oriental weapons that blush in solitude. He told the con- were part of his professional pre-CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby

¡perties. But he could give no pro-informed that all Goods wide open for the rest of the day. per attention to the work, and de- landed at their risk into the Godowas: and he clinched the bargain.

It was with something of amused ected himself more than once yield- of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Kowloon, whence and/or from the bravado htat he reported to his few ing to a childish impulse to look Wharf & Godown Company, Lid, at

He laughed at wharves delivery may be obtained. friends in Paris his acquisition of over his shoulder.

be funded himself with some effort-and sat Optional Cargo will not la haunted room; for, once out of the determinedly to smoke a pipe, and here, unless notice has been given 48 prior to vessel's arrival, but place. he readily convinced himself

to his surroundings. carried on from port to port to the that his disgust and dislike white grow used

But presently he found himself final port of call to which the option in the room were the result of ima-pushing his chair farther and far- extends. gi atier and nothing more.

No claims will be admitted after ther back, ull It touched the wall.

the Goods have left the Godown, and Certainly there was no rational

He would take the whole room all Goods remaining undelivered after reason to account for the unplea into view, he said to himself in ex- the 7th January, 1934 will be subject to 24th Feb. Bantness; consequently, what could

He cuse, and stare it out of countenance. rent, it be but a matter of fancy?

All claims against the vessel must So he sat and smoked, and as he resolved to face the matter from the

be presented to the undersigned on or beginning, and clear his mind from at his eye fell on a Malay dagger before the 16th Jan. 1934, or they will

that lay on the table between him not be recognised. that any foolish prejudices

and the window. It was a mur- All broken, coafed, and damaged 5th Feb. hints of the old engraver might derous. twisted thing, and its pom-Goods are to be left in the Godowns.

have inspired, by forcing himself mel was fashioned into the

where they will be examined on the 6th Jan., 1934, at 10 a.m. by our sur. through whatever adventures

yora, Messrs. Goddard & Douglas. night encounter,

In the case of dutiable cargo," "Con- lgnees are requested to inform the that they imports & Exports Office

Thurs.,

26th Jan.

SAL.,

Mon.,

Tuon

all Mar.

the

he

blance of a bird's head, with curved beak and an eye of some dull red In fact, as he walked the streets stone. He found himself gazing on about his business, and arranged this red eye with an odd, mindless for the purchase and delivery of the fascination.

BONTE

have such goods for oxamination.

No Fire Insurance has been effect

few simple articles of furniture that The dagger in its wicked curves. wuld be necessary, his enterpr. seemed now a creature of sʊme nul- Bill of Lading will be countersign- assumed the guise of a pleasing ad-linndish fantasy-a snake with # beaked head, a thing of nightmare,

He remembered that he had made in some new way dommant, over- an attempt, only a year or two ago, ruling the centre of his perceptions. to spend a night in a house reputed The rest of the room grew dim, but 2nd Feb. haunted in England, but had failed the red stone glowed with a fuller to find the landlord. Here was the light; nothing more was present to Then, with a adventure to hand, with promise of his consciousness.

ed by

DODWELL & CO, LTD. Agents. Hong Kong, 30th December, 1933,

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

MELBOURNE,

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Wed., Thurs.,

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10th Jan. 11th Jan.

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Sun

14th Jan. 24th Jan.

TAKAO via

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and Swatow

of the roam, and work the whole There lay the dagger он the!

strange thing into a magazine article, which table,

and murderous would bring a little money.

Jenough, but merely as he had always

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So simple were his needs that by known it. He observed with more CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby the afternoon of the day following surprise, however, that his chair. informed that all Goods are being his first examination of the room it which had been back against the landed at their risk into the hazard. was ready for use.

wall, was now some six feet forward, ous and/or extra hazardous Godown close by the table; clearly, he must of The Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf & Godawn Co., Ltd., whence have drawn it forward in his ab

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He was cold, almost shivering. All claims against the steamer He dung the dagger into a drawer, must be presented to the Underslyned and turned to go out. He saw by on or before the 26th January, 1984,

will not be recognized.* his watch that it was inter than he' they

To comply with the General Bond had supposed; his fit of abstractioned Warehouse Regulations conaignées must have lasted some time. Per- must have a Revenus Oficer în st haps be had even been doring.

tendance when damaged

dutiabla goods are examined.

He went slowly downstairs 'and All broken, chafed - and damaged ||

'out into the streets. As he went Goods are to be left in the Godowns, be grew more and more ashamed of where they will be examined on the himself, for he had to confess that 11th January, 1984, at 10 am, by in some inexplicable way he feared Mesurs. Goddard & Douglas

No Fire Insurance his been affect- that room. He had seen nothing, d beard nothing of the kind that one Bills of Lading, will be counter- might have expected, or had heard, signed by, the 4 of in any room reputed haunted; be could not help thinking that it would have been some sort of relief if he 'bad.

"But there was an all-pervading, overpowering sense of another. Pre- sence--something abhorrent, not human, something almost physically museoun. Withal it was something more than presenoes: it was power, domination so he seemed to re- member' ft. And yet the remem- brance grew weaker, as he waliced in the gathering dusk; be thought of a story he had 'opos read haunted, "house" wherein shown that the house actually haunted-by the spirit of fear,

(Continued on Page 11),

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO.,

Agenta," 'Hong Kong, 5th January, 1984.

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