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SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1934.

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THE CHINA MAIL

THE HOLLOW MAN

(Continued from Page 10.)

He would go out only at night, and then ever more than two hundred yards from the shop. For the rest, be For another, faced with the miracle of afternoon, at other times staring at the LE in hits pew, sometimes doring in the the presence of a fifteen-years-dead floor. He took his food abstractedly, man, he doubted whethe physical force and never knew whether he had had or any material agency would be efferfood or not. He spoke only when ques- tual in moving the mil men's sons toned and the burden of his talk was.

His soul shivered, as all shiver at the demonstration outside ther

OF mental

of

80-tired. forces "I'm

So Ured." One thing only seemed to arouse any spiritun light of Interest in him; one thing only horizon. He had murdered this man drew his eyes from the floor. That and often, in fifteen years, he had re- pented the act. If the man's appalling was the seventeen-year-old daughter of his host, who was known as Bubbles. story were true, then he had some sort of right to turn to Nareless. Nameless and who helped with the waiting. And recognised that, and knew that, what- Bubbles seemed to be the only member

and

Its

who did Customerz ever happene dhe couldn't turn him of the shop out. Hi hot-temepered sin had literal- not shrink from him.

She knew nothing of the truth about ty come home to him.

The wan voice broke into his night-him, but she seemed to understand him, mare. "You go to rest, Nameless. Til and the only response he ever gave to to her childish sympathy. sit here. You go to rest." He put his anything was face down to his hands and uttered a She sat and chatted foolish chatter to

of little man. "Oh, why can't I rests him "bringing hometimes he would

The Why can't I go back to my beautiful the brought out to the extent of s rest 7"

Nameless came down early next watery smile. He came to recogniB)

hor

The step, and would look up before morning with a half-hope that Gopak would not be there. But he was there, entered the room. Once or twice lu seated where Nameless had left him the evening, when the shop was last night. Nameless made some ten, and Nameless was sitting miserably and showed him where he might wash. with him, he would ask, without lifting

"Where's Bubbles?" He washed listlessly, and crawled bark buld be told that Bubbles had gone to to his seat, and listlessly drank the tea would be

at a the pictures or was out a dance, and

into deeper which Nameless brought to him.

vacancy. To his wife and the kitchen helpers would relapse into

Nameless didn't like this. He was Nameless mentioned him as an old friend who had had a bit of a shock.lready visited by a eurie which, in weeks, had "destroyed most of his "Shipwrecked and knocked on the head. our wee

Regular customers had But quite harmless, and he won't be business. staying long. He's waiting for admir-dropped off two by two, and no new

let him stay here a few daya, Suffers Bombay, Marseilles & London. from sleeplessness and prefers to alt Marseilles, Harvre, London, Hamburg,up at night. Quite harmless."

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out of the drink came an idea, and

slon to a home. A good pal to me in customers came to take their place. with that idea he freed himself from

in once for

The shop now served acarcely half a meal did not come again; they could

It had not keep their eyes or their minds off dozen customers at midday. the forbidding, white-faced figure sit- become Ulkempt and dusty, and the ting motionicas in the first new. At service and the food were bad. Name had been lera took no trouble to be civil to his rawded and late-comers had to watt few customers. Often, when he was mid-day, when the place for a seat,

it was now two-thirds notably under drink, he went to the only skinned remained faithful.

trouble of being very rude to them. was tire They talked about this. They talked And on top of this there

about the interest of the dead man in his daugh the dustinges of the shop and the bad decline of his business and ter, an interest which seemed to be having an unpleasant effect Name food. They talked about his drinking, And they talked about the queer less hadn't noticed it, but his wife had. and, of course, exaggerated it.

A few

was still there.

On the first morning of his visit, when the regular customers come in at mid-day, they looked at the odd, white figure sitting vreantly in the first pew, then stared, then moved away.

All avoided the pew in which he sat Nameless explained him to them, but his explanation did not seem to relieve "Bubbles don't seem as bright and live- the slight tension which settled on the Is as she was. You noticed it lately so brisk and chatty as usual. Even Sits about a lot. Paler than she used dining room. The atmosphere was not She's getting quiet-and a bit slack

those who had their backs to the stranger seemed to be affected by his presence.

here.

to be.".

"Her age, perhaps.“

outsiders, hearing the gossip, came to fellow who sat there day after day and the dining-rooms to see the queer Save, everybody the creeps.

d a nice corner of the front of her food. Sits about doink And Nameless went down with it into

move,"

Idrink.

Then, one evening, out of the drink: {he fished an inspiration.

fellow and the always-tight proprietor; Bombay, Marcilles & London.

"No. She's not one of these thin but they did not come again, and there Bombay, Marseilles & London.

the place busy." It went down antii it Bombay, Marsellies, Harve, Loudon,

At the end of the first day Nameless dark sort No-it's something else were not enough of the curious to keep Hamburg, Rotterdam Antwerp

this, told him that he had Just the last week or two I've noticed served scarcely two customers a day. Hull. Bombay, Marseilles & London.

room upstairs, where he could sit by nothing. No interest. May be nothing

that horrible friend Bombay, Marseilles, Harve, London, the window, and took his arm to take fust out of sorts, perhaps. How

to any

He took it downstairs to Gopak, who Hamburg, Rotterdam Antwerp & him upstairs. But Gopak feebly shook much longer's

the hand away, and sat where he was yours going

The horrible friend stayed some Hull,

"No. I don't want to go. I'll stay: Bombay, Marsellies & London.

111 stay here. I don't want to weeks longer-ten weeks in all-while was sitting in bis usual seat, hands Nameless watched his business drop to hanging, eyes on the floor. "Gopak- And he wouldn't move. After a few nothing and his daughter get pale and laten. You came here because I was

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you. I did. We had a row. You made and the customers continued to avoid it. He couldn't tell this to anybody. No. Lo get you out of it, because I killed me wild. You dared me. And what and to give queer glances at 1 It body would believe such nonsense,

But he knew that he was entertain with that sun and the jungle and the seemed

ned that they half-recognised that

that sect

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hand off."

"I know. I felt that directly was

"Ah! I have suffered. And I'm over. I know you were suffering." suffering now, Well, this is what I've Thought All your present trouble comes from the me killing you in that Jungle and burying you. An idea care de you think it would put you back to me. Do you think it would help you to rest if I-if if I-killed you again

For some seconds Gopak continued It was at this point that Nameless, having no work to do, began to drink to stare at the floor. Then his should- And it wax well that he did so." garers moved. Then, while Nameless

watched every little response to WALE idea, the watery voice began.

"Yer Yes. That's it. That's what I was walling for. That's why I came here. I can see now. That's

why

I had to here. Nobody else could kill me. get Only

killed I've got to be

aguit you. Yes, I see. But nobody elsc-would be able to kill me. Only the man who first killed me,

Yes, you'ya found-what we're both waiting for. Anybody else could shoot mestab me hang me but they couldn't kill me, Only you. That's why I managed to get here and find you.”

Tho watery, yoles rose to a thin strength That's it. And you anust do it. Do it now, You don't want to. I know. But must. You must

and he stared at His head the floor. Nameless, too, stared at the floor: He was seeing things. He

bad murdered a man and has escaped punishment save that of his own mind, which had been terrible enough. But he was going to murder him again not in Jungle but in city; and

he saw the slow points of the result.

He saw the arrest. He saw the first hearing. He saw the trial. He saw shad- the rope, an cell

ke, saw the alternativo-the

the.

dered,

Then he saw

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breakdown of his life rained bus but got no answer. When they use. The windows were dim. A long ness, poverty, the poor-kous", a daugh

ter robbed of her healths and, perhaps came down they found him sitting in inite, very dusty was lying on the dying and always the curse of the one of the pers Wiping wwsstrom table under the window. In a corner might follow him his forehead. He was whils and shak- by the door landing to the kitchen, fload-Bying

to be recovering unseen by har, lay a dusty mackintost and dungares, which appeared to hav bobodoran muranoforte the main door, near the first

ay. "Yes, I'm all the dust was thickest--a long wared Ba

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him and his family and then

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hop-blinds

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right

"foo" mock," I

where's mor

1s think "turn friend? Out for walk file to

Vivan pride/Or drinking, "

that

Frial of

"No: He's more off, Bald." he this: No wonder its gone down, let-

Wouldn't impose any longer, cand'd en ting the pes land-" And "an" infirmary

drmney. Her spoke Why don't you pull youre weakly and found trouble in picking Just look

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hy can't you attend ¿dida” pia to be Ike

-into this

durt by

the

doops

WOMEN "Didn't you bear that bang Looks as though, somebody

C# was kind when he wanter alipok

hen he shut the door 192 19

thought that way you fell down."