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THE CHINA MAIL," TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1935

"CLIVE OF

INDIA"

(Continued from Page 2)

We fancy that Mr. Richard Clive. of Market Drayton, in Shropshire, who eked out in the practice of the law the slender income derived from landed pro-1 perty, must have heared a sigh of relief when he shipped his only but rather troublesome son to the East Indies,

Robert-Clive had been a short, starday built rather ungainly youth of eighteen-when that hap-| pened in 1743), and but for the grandiose dreams of Monsieur Duplex, which tore him up by the roots some three years later, he might have wasted his days in the drudgery of deaks and ledgers. Yes in the strenuous winter of 1746-47, as a member of the little xarrison, 200 strong, in Fort St. David, constantly beset by the French, who made three deter- mined but abortive attempts to possess themselves of the place, it

Bdmand Lowe is the detective in which opens ai the King's Theatre' to-z-tez

Great Hotel Mystery,

The Pleasant Husband

"{Continued from Page 9) -

The lover looking at his fami- is to be doubted if Cli was far, rather stupid face, the bold moved by any feelings of gratiforehead, the spectacled eyes, the tade towards the Governor of rather ragged fair beard, the Pondicherry.

slightly stooping figure in the rub- "After he had seen some fighting bed shantung he never would he applied for and obtained an trouble to change for dinner-felt ensign's commission, thus definite more than ever foolish. by burning his commercial boats and embracing the career best suited to his temperament and to those qualities and talents which possibly not even be himself get suspected that he possessed.

Splendid Dream

of Dupleix's splendid dream French dominion in India had been inspired by the disintegra

eyes per- tion which his shrewd ceived under the ayparent unity of that vast empire.

ly. I don't know quite what you

Let me make my point dear. Now you came here to-night to with my wife, which

Creed coloured; it" was so pre- | cisely his own thought that he did not know-how to gather together

run away was silly,"

*Please

"I can't stop," he said quickly, the rags of his tattered romance.

don 585

anything," thanks awfully, but there are a couple of letters I want to catch continued Laurie, in a leisurely to-morrow's mail must get them tone, leaning well back among his cushions. "This is the twentieth in before midnight——”

“But you really must come in," century. And, well, we've rather insisted the other, in his high cut these things out."

... "That is exactly," said Creed, rather queralous voice, there is

with some eagerness and rebel, something, important I want

"what I have been thinking.” say".

"Well, to-morrow- "No, now-

to

"People don't ran away with other men's wives nowadays, with- out being ridiculous especially in this childish way—a moon and all much that sort of thing”

Creed had to submit; something The Padishah, the Great Mogul,

had evidently gone very than a was become no more shadow-emperor. His subadars, or amiss with the whole plan; he did

Creed felt most uncomfortable

describe not really, very much regret the and bound to defend his thwarted riceroys, might still so themselves and still pay lip service postponement of the elopement, action

and send occasional tribute to the but he did not want to go into the We aren't unique," he said; "Exactly. "Look at them. They throne in Delhi. In reality, how-house and play out some sort of a "look at the papers ever, they were become indepen-comedy before Olivia: she would dent sovereigns, whose jealousies be sure to look tragic and to have show you the futility of the whole of Chopin open on the piano; of thing. Just why it is impossible and rivalries were a souICE constant strife and whose corrupt course, the mistake of the whole for people like yourself and Olivia

that this affair was government led to continuous re-

century, and volutions. Hence that confusion twentieth in which the bold, intrepid adven- didn't do these things turer perceived his opportunity. tried, you looked and Dupleix was well served, too, by 1001.... circumstances.

100-3

head-

the to do such things. My dear fel- people low, it is so stupid.” if you "Quite," agreed the lover, dis- felt a mally "I suppose. I lost my *Ka. It was Olivia I had to If the British re- He followed his host through pulsed his three attempts upon the low window which had often talk seriously to her just now, she Fort St. David, yet they permitted proved so effective a frame for was becoming quite hysterical and him to cover himself with glory in Olivia's charms when she stood, andignified. However, I soon in-

con-there to welcome him into the duced her to see reason."

"She has given the iden up? native eyes by their own

that the

feeli spienous failure at Fondicherry, thrice familiar room

more comfortable; after all, by the The great strength in which Ad- Lanries had made so English, and asked Creed, beginning to miral Boscawen besieged it in fso pleasant

Olivia had always had her carpets rosy light of the familiar lamp it September of 1748 was nullified by that distinguished sailor's lack and her draperies, her lamps and could surely all be regarded as

"Entirely," said Lantie, who

I W

of experience in land fighting, and her tes from London, the "antique" Just a wildish sort of joke. after suffering losses amounting furniture, the basso-relievos and

has entirely given up, the idea. to the terrific total of a thousand the pictures from Florence; it was now quietly smoking. "Olivia She did so, as a matter of fact, as British, he was forced to raise the all very pleasant. siege and seek the shelter of Fort The white glare of the acetylene

was veiled by rosy silk, the fire-soon as I spoke to her." !

"How did you find out?" asked St. David.

Duplex saw to it that the replace was banked with boughs of port of this French victory over camellias, red and white; the last Creed, feeling extremely fatuous.

I had been observing you for the mightiest European army that books from London and Faris lay had ever entered India should be half unwrapped near the Italian some time-the slippered pan- loudly trumpeted throughout the lace-work Olivia was learning; the taloon you know, with plenty of

chairs were very comfortable, leisure on his hands! lempire, so as to overawe 'it by a conviction of the invincibility of whisky and glasses, syphons and where your firtation was leading French arms. Then he went brisk-igars, were ready: all as usual: you Olivia's agitation to-day be-

diffulty in getting at the truth" ty to work to reap the rich harvest how really crazy it all made the trayed her I did not have mach

idea of an elopement seemi of this sowing.

"It is very decent of you to Creed began to tell himself that In June of that year 1748" bad

Creed. died that great prince Nizam-ul- of course he would never have have taken it like this?

thought of it had it not been for OF

"What did you expect, my dear Malk, nominally Subadar,

felow? You hardly thought to see Viceroy, of the Deccan, but vir. Olivia's extremely romantic dis- 24th Julytually its King, independent, and position ...

He sented him on the long boxe, with my glasses and knock jeven defiant of Delhi. The suc cession was in dispute between his ottoman he and his love had turn-knees and absent-mindedness, and playing the scond son, Nazir-Jung, and his ed into a couch by means of all those other little trials that 6th July grandson, Muzzafar Jums, and the draperies of rose-red damask and annoy Olivia so 5th Auglatter went off to Satara to enlist piles of cushions of different Othello? Imagine me

"Quite" apreed the the support of Balafi Rau, the tapestries; they had picked up jealous husband! Absurd.

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