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General Passenger Agents in the Orient for

Cunard White Star Line

The Wisdom Of Phalaaz

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climb two thousand feet on a hot afternoon, only to return over the same road after a short rest, was at least a man's task, and in- measurably preferable to a fo

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai. Japan Ports and Honolulu.ther few hours with the hoe, a

TAIYO MARU

CHICHIBU MARU (Calls Naaki). TATSUTA MARG

SEATTLE & VANCOUVER.

Sunday, Wednesday, 31st July Wednesday, 14th Ang.

HIYE MARU (Starts from Kobe)... Monday, HEAN MARU (Starts from Kobe). Monday. LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP &

TERUKUNI MARU

Friday,

Mist July at 1 am. menial occupation which it was anly fitting his mother and sisters should perform --- and, in -dne course his wives.

29th July 19th Ang. ROTTERDAM.

HAKUSAN MARU

Saturday,

HARUNA MARU

Saturday,

19th July 3rd Aug. 17th Aug.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Porta

KAMO MARU

KITANO MARU

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang & Colombo. »

TANGO MARU

+MAYEBASHI MARU

GENYO MARU

Saturday, 27th July Saturday, 24th Aug

Thursday, 11th July Sunday,

29th July Sunday,

11th Aug. Honolulu,

SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan,

Los Angeles, Mexico and Pasama.

BAKUYO MARU

NEW YORK via Panama.

†NOTO MARU

NAKO MARU

Thursday, 18th July

Theday 11th July Tuesday, *3rd July LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Beyrouth. Istanbul, Piraeus,

Genoa and Valencia.

DURBAN "MARU (Calls Marseilles) Saturday, 13th July CALCUTTA, via Singapore, Penang & Bangoon.

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

BENGAL MARG

†TOKUSHIMA MARU

KITANO MĀRU (Calls N'saki)

KATORI MARU

ANTO MARU

Cargo: only

Telephone 30291

Friday, Saturday, Sunday,

Monday, 15th July Monday,

29th July

19th July 20th July 28th July

SK

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

NEW YORK via Japan, Los Tokai Mara ...

Angeles and Panama

Call Kwansei Maru

Direct at Cristobal, Puerto.

Colombia, Boston Philadel

phis and Baltimore

RIO-DE-JANEIRO, SANTOS] Buenos Aires Mart

MONTEVIDEO & BUENOS Saxtos Marn ATRES vie Singapore,

Colombo Durban, and Cape

MOMBASA, ZANZIBAR. Arabia Maru DARES SALAAM, BEIRA, Manila Maru

Tówm

Frie Sat

26th July

10th Aug

Wed, 24th July Thurs., 22nd Aug-

Mon, 5th Aug Thurs., 5th Sept-

Also a pride in his own body welled up in his veins, driving him the faster in the strength which had singled him out in the Boss's eyes as capable of the feature

Lastly, he chuckled deep in his throat at the prospect, on his x-) rival back at the bungalow there would surely be a shilling for him. For, alas that old fool Phalasza's sibe had been but too true; Mshlashla's pay had long been hypothecated, and tobacco was at la premium Phalask

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his of

Upon the eve of the return asiling of the. Normandie, Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of President Roosevelt, plays hostess at Hyde Park, N. T. to Mme. Albert Lebrun, wife of the French President

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trest

**Mshiachia.

on his which formed around his feet; and

"Ra

His heart hammered dully, but

no more than water. In his limbs. there was no power of movement; hand in he was capable of no thought, only

Mahlashla had

And then the wind struck him, Aroad, intelligent forehead and clean-cut, almost. Semitic features, hair seered as unnatural and m- characteristics which he doubtless womanly to him as the straight plucking at him with the force of owed to some taint of Arab in the slender grace of her body. The a-haricme, baueting him this blue of his Zulu blood, a saint classic beauty of her features left way and that, seeming to lay dating back into a past, so distant him immoved, nor could be read hands on him, cold and clammy the slightly pinched nostrils or the with anger at his puny resistance. that ever folk-lore had not too thin lips. Merely be desired Simultaneously, with an ear-split- menced to tell of the conquering to see her smile approval as the ting crash of thunder, seized by southward wanderings tribes. But no allen intelligense read the summons from Four-eyes the gale, and flung among the hills Instead she laughed suddenly, in a million shattered fragments had come down to him through the ages, and his brain moved Nowly and turning on her heel, went into of echo, the clouds blotted out the and in simple channels, more slow-the house. The native gemted sum and, from the shelter of q

satisfaction and relaxed to natural inky darkness, Isshed the parched earth with savage pencils by by far than his jogging feet.

of rain. Many miles had passed before it dawned on him that his mission

For a moment Mahlaskin was A couple of minutes later her was to the red-haired girl, talk of

down by sheer whom had led Phalaaz into such curt call brought him to his feet. stamned, beaten

weight of water, suffocated by the woeful predictions. He. Mshlashia,

The girl handed him a package, force of the wind. The narrow was the messenger of reconcilia- tion: the Boss had treated her and commanded him in fluent Zaluath he had been travelling had anger as a thing of no account, to guard it carefully and give it become 2 swiftly-flowing stream and had written bidding her come to his boes immediately

in which he crotched, straining to him Peace, would be their lot return to Amatikulu.

"Ow, a present for Four-eyes!" his eyes into the night in search once more, and Mshlahla shouted in delight until the hills he was by Mshlashia tucked the small parcel of the marauding devils he knew then ascending rang in cheerful securely under the leathern thongs to be lurking beneath the ele response Phalsaz's prophecies which supported the skins around mental fury which encompasset his loins. "It shall be to me as him, straining his ears for sound would be confounded

of their dread approach For the rest of his long climb my-life.” he pictured himself sitting in the "Yes, a present. The white! hut of an evening, smiling broadly woman laughed agam, and then the blood on which it laboured was. behind his hand, the while he, with clapped her hands sharply. all proper respect, made the old the night approaches." man eat his words. The latitude Mshlashla raised his and consideration which native salute. custom bade youth yield to the wisdom of age had long fretted his He was jubilant, and sped wards him on the flood of storm- spirit

through the township exchanging water a small branch torn by the] Reaching the level white roads noisy greetings with all he passed.hurricane from some tree. In fits Wed., 7th Aug. of Eshowe, he quickened his pace A present for the boss an offer and starts it came, catching bere and in a few moments entered the ing of good-will. His eyes sparkled in the long grass, washing free compound of the house which was as he fingered the treasure with and spinning dizzily in zome 20th July his objective, a low, rambling which he had been entrusted miniature whirlpool, until at last habitation nestling coolly in the Four-eyes's delight would surely it brushed against Mshlashla's shadow of giant bamboos. A bare be sach that the shilling would be legs, and came to rest, the creepers three hours had elapsed since he doubled, and be Phalaaz should with which, it was draped wrap- 20th July had left Amalikulu, but he was in come to him as a suppliant for ping themselves arazred him, bring-

ing it to safe anchorage. no way distressed as he paused at muff, the old dodderer!(s.

On the edge of the hills be stop- At the touch of ghostly fingers Wed, 10th July the foot of the steps leading on

[to the wide verandah and saluted ped and sniffed the air, frowning on his calves, the whites of the Fi

deferentially to attract the atten- The searing northerly wind which native's eyes gleamed. For an in- tion of the girl sitting screened by had kept his skin dry on the up terminable second be was petrißed, ward journey had ceased; out of and then with a scream which even a cascade of bougainvilles

"Inkosomaan" (young mistress), the ensuing breathless hosh & the bowling of the wind was un- fretfal puff had struck chill on able to drown he sprang to his a letter."

The girl rose languidly and took his sweating fesh, presaging the feet, and roshed madly away into it from him. Mahlashla squatted coming of a storm. Indeed, the the marky roaring night to wait for his further orders, and clands were already banked over watched her face as she opened the distant heights of Natal a leaden-grey pall glowing dull and the envelope. i

There was no admiration in his angry in the rays of the fast glance. The vivid Titian of her west ring sun. There was some-|| thing in the stillness Mshlashlay

electric did not understand, za dryness of the atmosphere, a faint sighing that seemed to come from nowbere At length be shook his bend

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CALCUTTA via Singapore, Havre Maru

Belawan Deli, & Rangoon Himalaya Maru

JAPAN PORTS

Borneo Marn

JAPAN via Takso & Keelung Panama Maru

direct for Keelung

19th July

KEELUNG via Swatow and Canton Marn

Horan Mary Amoy

Sun, 14th July Son 21st Aug.

Thus, 17th July

TAKSO via SWATOW and Fakken Maru

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{ "I smell no zalu he muttered doubtfully," "only wind, mighty

fuzind coming-wi

And, glancing

lowering horizon,

Lace if the

Dwith that he

to

blind terror of the unknown -

And down the hill there drifted

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CANADIAN PACIFIC

ANNOUNCE 1936 SAILINGS

Edapan P/Aziz

5/Japan/">Mar

Kobe

hama- Honoč

Leave Leave - Fenne Lens

Jan. 19 Jan 21 Jan.

31 Feb. 2.Feb 4 Feb. 8

Mar Feb. 16 Feb 18 Feb. 25 Miz. 1 Maz. $ Max. 5

Mar. 11 Mar 13 Mar. 19

EVAREM 20 Mar 20 Mar. 24 Max 95 Mar. 28

E/Canada Apr 3 Apr 5

Apt 8A 10 Apr. 17

Russia Apr. 27 Apt. 19 Apr. 21. Apr. 23 Apr. 25 F/Japan May 1 May 3

May 6 May 8 May May 15

15 May 17 May 19 May 21 May 2

09 May 1

June 3 June 5 June 12

20

EACH Ne June 14 June 16 June 18 June

E/Russia

E/Japan *June 28 June 28

Faly I July 3 July

July 29 July: 31: Aug. 7-

E/Axia July 10 July 12 July 14 July 16 July 18 E/Canada July 24 July 28 E/Enssia Aug 7 Aug. 9 Ang..11 Ang. 13 Aug. 18 E/Japan Aug. 21-Ang. 23

Aug. 26. Aug. 28. Sept. 3 Sep

TO

MANILA

JULY 18 AUG 2

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TONG KONG

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Sails 10 July for Casablanca, London, Rotterdam Hamburg & Hall Sails 17 July for Marseilles, Casab luca, London, Rotterdam. Hamburg & Glasgow.

LIVERPOOL SERVICE

MENTOR

Sails 28 Jay, for Havre, Liverpool.

Bromborough and Glasgow.

NEW YORK SERVICE

MARON

10 July for Boston, New York, via Philadelphia Baltimore: Manila, Straits, Malabar Coast &

PACIFIC SERVICE:

(via KOBE NAGOYA & YOKO HAMAJA STANFALUS-

· Sails 213 July for Victoria, Van Tom

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