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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1934-

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From

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About

1934.

6,300 18th Nov. 15,000 17th Nov. 4,100 24th Nov.

16,000 1st Dec.

7,000

8th Dec.

17,000 18th Dec. 15,000 29th Doc. 5th Jan. 6,000

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"Jean, I saw my wife's grave to-day secured the box and entrusted his words of the person on the other end In Pere la Chaise. It is a pauper's automatic to it before pushing it out of the line brought amazement to his Into the stream. Staying to watch Its face,. When the other had done ho grave."

Girard was disinterestedly examining progress he noticed, with amused con-banged down the instrument. To the the pattern of the Turkey carpet when tent, that it was headed directly for a policeman he cried:

police-boat moored by the bridge.

"Throw that drunkon set out of hero! Reval screamed his answer: -..

He avaved it an ironical good-bye, We have bigger things. There has Ah, no, Renel Someone has led to and then he turned back toward the been a foul murder at 173, Avenue du you!"

Bietro station with nine francs as his Bois de Boulogne. Jean Reval has! Girard allowed his shoulders a shrug. wordly wealth. If he had not been been murdered, ast ten minutes ago!" "Well, a lie can often be as bad as prudent, he reflected, he would have Girard smiled: "Rather more than the truth. I went to New Caledonia saved 100 francs for the guillotine as I should fancy about 25 minutes to for twenty-five years on the strength sistants, They appreciated such tri-

be exact." of a lie. My wife starved to death butes. because of a lie."

When he hail proceeded about half a He looked up suddenly from the m'le. an enterprising taxl-driver held carpet. Reval seemed to grow dia a questioning finger to him from bhanous and misty to his eyes. For his rank.

M. Girard regarded him with ssd- the first time Girard became excited.

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of

"What the devil: do you mean?" roared the brigadier, “Drunkard!”

that hour."

"I know; because I murdered him.' The brigadier spluttered incredul- ously, and made up his mind,

"Throw, this imbecile out of here!" He was aware that he was talking nese. "Are you free?" he demanded.he stormed. "H. Reval was murdered The taxi-driver declared emphatical-at 4:56 this afternoon-after you were sweat_running off his brows. He that he was, and he leapt out to brought in idiot! One of the assass very fast and with two streaks irled hard to rear what Reval sald in art up his motor.

sin's "bullets smashed the dead man's resiy, but found it difficult

But Girard held up a solemn band, "tried to get in touch with her "Long live Freedom, my friend," he said watch, and the timepiece stopped at couldn't, And berwas It my and turned to proceed on his way. Willing, even cheerful, hands pitch- The cabman had been without a fareed Girard into the street, where ha which all the day. To start up his engine rofied over several times before bring "And for nothing roused his irc. He rusheding up against an iron bench. Satisfi- his incontinently after Girard and, awunged that no bones, were broken, ho pick.

vicious left at him.

ed himself up slowly and sat upon the M. Girard, in his languid way, bench. ponded with a right, and the two "Mon ticu" he soliloqulsed. squared up, panting. Girard was about have left it very late in life to meet the to strike a second blow when he felt bis "Renee sll have all of our arm seized from behind, and he turned profils-yours and mine-share to gaze into the excited face of a now NOW!-let me give you policeman. yours at oneel"

fault-nonow, was it?"

Lles," Girard told the mist wreathed in front of his eyes.

I wish that he wouldn't wave hands at me like that. What's use anyhow?"

the

He steadied himself. Reva's mouth seemed to grow larger, and his head

smaller-

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"What is the trouble here?" demand, The rabbit thoughts burrowing ed the arm of the law. through Reval's head grew unmistak There is no trouble, little ulan. ably red and menacing. Girard hated Girard answered. red, and he has long ago decided he But the taxi-driver disagreed. Acquired to conquer his unpunctuality, would not be mentead. Quietly and wording to him there was trouble a quickly he drew his automatic and fir- tall as the

Eiffel Tower. He ex- trouble ed and fired and red; until the wea-pounded his version of this pon clicked empty.

with a vehemence that brought a smil After that Reval's actions were in-te Girard's face, teresting.

His plumpness pitched The policeman frowned at the smile abruptly over his desk. His outflung and drew conclusions. "You're drunk hands began twitching and turning as he rebuked sharply. though atineking his inert body. These The remark induced Girard to burst hands upset the win ink-pots. The out into laughter.

Then he began to giggle. Fate had presented lifm, entirely unsBught, with a cast-iron, fool-proof, unbreakable,

or and untwishable alibi. Jean Reval always kept his watch thirty minutes fast, a habit he had ac- Girard leaned his braised back against the bench and enjoyed the joke to its fullest.

Then he recalled with relief that the police-boat would probably pick up the automatic, and they would and his fin- ger-printa on the butt of it. He did not He had care two hoots about that. nothing to live for, and only nine francs left to exist on. The guillotine would 'bay, Mars., Havre, London Harpink slithered over the blotting pad in He was still laughing when he was

be such a relief to his aching heart- Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hull. a quick rush, and started to trickle on bundled into the poste de police. Bombay, Marseilles & London.

to the floor. Half was black and the From the loftiness of his counter-a heart which suddenly began to ache for Marcelle. So he decided that until] lésk the brigadier looked down up the career of the soap-box was ended

a cloud

of caporal he could sit upon his bench and laugh Girard withdrew his foot deilcatoly Girard through Bombay, Mars., Havre, London, Ham-other half was "rod.

burg, R'dam, Antwerp and Hull from the red half and stood up. He-smoke. "Drunk, of course,

et the stupidity of that brigadier and Bumbay, Marseilles and London.

val's hands were quiet now and all his fan!" was his diagnosis.

his moustaches, thoughts were dead. Satisfied on this In the curious parrot style affected

Girard waited a long time. He did point he put his automatic back in his by his kind, the agent delivered hit

not know that the soap-box, shortly pocket and turned to go.

after he pitched his automatic Into 1. At 4.32 this alternoon 1 was cross was picked up by a contrary current His heart-beat as he left the house: was unhurried. He was neither happying the Rond de Boulogne when my which induced it to perform a decor nor unhappy. He was faintly derisiv attention was attracted by the spectus about-turn. Lafe that night the As he walked across the lawn he heard cle of this wretched accused fighting in box plodded into a rain equall which the mar next door complain in the street."

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dier, twisting his moustachios, "this is turn, spilling the automatic into fifteen feet of water and six feet of mud in Then he went on his way airlessly indent serious:"

Girard, hat in hand, waited in his spot twelve miles away from the be- until he came to the bank of the

ginnings of its Journey.

Poor Girard! To-day at seventy he river. This would be the place for his bored way for the evidence to be done. pistol. He had no more use for it. He But the policeman wished to make the sells newspapers. He is never tired, of narrowed his eyes against, the shine of most of the case. He talked intertelling you about his alibi by Time and the sun on the wavelets, and suddenly minably until the harsh angle of the Tide, and how he started his new into his fore-shortened vision almost telephone interrupted him.

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Cinema Notes

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"THE POOR RICH MAJESTIC THEATRE

Edna May Oliver, Edward Everett Horton, and Thelma Todd are starred in Universal's comedy drama, The Poor Rich," now at the Majestic Theatre.

Agenta

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WATER RESTRICTION FOR HONG KONG

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KOWLOON NOT AFFECTED

Local Water restrictions. for the island only, will be introduced as from tomorrow,

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Supply will be restricted to 15 Leila Hyams, Andy Devine, Grant hours a day, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., Mitchell John Miljan and Uns effective for all districts in Hong O'Connor.

Kong Kowloon will continue to The story, wrtten by Ebba Haves have a 24-hour supply. and Daló. Van. Every, and directed The Island has enjoyed a con- by Edward Sedgwick, is one of the tinuous supply since June 28, al funniest films ever shown in the most immediately after the heavy Colony

rainfall of the previous weeks..

"HEADLINE SHOOTER'

ORIENTAL THEATRE

the newsreely cameraman, behind the scenes. William Gargen, as the cameraman, and Frances Dee, us the Headline Shooter, featuring newspaperwoman, set a fast love William Gargan, Frances Deo, and story.

Ralph Bellamy, is RKO Radio Plc Ralph Bellamy playa a minor ture's latest release, now showing role as the Jilted suitor, while at the Oriental Theatre,

The picture is a mo

Jack LaRue, Gregory Ratoff, and

to Hobert Cavanaugh are in support