1935-10-25 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2

$1935

Descent Of The Great

(Continued from Poga 3}

Protestation and

alike would not move

explanation

him; he clung to me lovingly. In sheer desperation I had to hustle him to

tne quay and dump him

aingny.

inen, with mang

mises to join him on

the

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neits after the snow I turn, . táv boat's, nudo in her direction, shaved nard, and ed.

Aad

Belauri Bay in all its glory had gathered DAUCI the las colourou lights when I supped in- to my place. Trumper nouced my late arrival and scowled fero- ciously, Luckily there Was no aign yet of Lord Glenriddrie.

However, shortly after my ar- rival, there came the rattle of rowlocks and the plash of ORTS from the scented velvet darkness and the arms of the service start- ed and stiffened. Old Barbrack, our Provincial Commissioner, stood forward in all his podgy pom- posity, the signal was given and Drum-Major Habib Shetan's baton fell.

Then, to the lively strains of the "Cock o' the North," there emerged from the companion way that led from the water to the deck of the jetty, my disreputable friend Hamish MacArthur.

There he swayed, cap awry on grizzled head, clad in solled and rumpled ducks, another-worldly smile on his brick-red face. My heart sank.

He was taken aback when he became aware of the petrified throng.

"Jings!" he gasped. Then the smile faded and the weather-beaten features became severe and 'men- acing. He lapsed into the Eng lish of stern formality.

"And what, may 1 ask, is the meaning of this unseemly inva sion of my ship? Is this the ap- propriate place for the holding of

a masquerade?"

And then, confidentially: "No, but while I'm partial tae a fancy- dress pairty mysel-but yout shouldna come without a proper invite."

The band was silent, a hush had! fallen which was at length shatter- ed by the spluttering explosion of Barbrack. The tension caused.. by the long wait and its bathetic climax was too much for him. Ho fulminated and addressed Hamish in terms that no sca-captain would ,tolerate, and the result was only what might be expected. Hamish was rude, very rude, and in the end the frenzied commission! sought police protection--which meant me"

I tried to render myself aa obscure as the brilliantly lit Jetty would allow, but I had to func tion: Trumper's peremptory nod... settled it. I advanced, a very Judas.*

At first I tried a low placating murmur to get Hamish away quietly, He would have none of it, and realising my fell purpose | he poured his vials of reproach upon me. -.

"Tak me awa, would ye! Ob, the inhumanity of man! Wull I 'tell your gran' freens about the saumon and the water-baillie wham we soused in the Tighnabruaigh

pedaya? Wull I be bellin' them, o" |

the nicht I bore ye over this shoo der adown Argyle-street? Wall I relate but the discretion of a'man deferreth his anger and it is his glory to pass, over a transgression Proverbs Nineteen and-Rabbie!"

Glory be, I was saved" Hamish had spotted a truer friend in the crowd. They were all over each other now, Hamish and the little gingery, seafarer, whose state of Bobriety seemed to match his own.

It was too much for the Com-| missioner, and the appearance, of] the lights of pinnace leaving Lord Glearidarle's yacht- added fuel to his righteous wrath.

"Take them away," he howled, *take them away They're drunk, disgustingly drunk,”****

"Drunk, did ye Hamish."MyA wha's in liquor. not 'ken that wine Is strong drink iš raging) soever is deceived. wisery And doubtle wife and bairnas

ME WIFE CAN'T MAKE ÖÐ HER MIND WHERE WE ARE GOING FER A VACATION "AN" I'M.» AFRAID TO SUGGEST WHERE I WANT

TO

WHY DON'T YOU DO LIKE ME? WHEN I WANT. TO GO TO THE SEA- SHORE-I TELL HER " 10 LIKE TO GO TO THE MOUNTAINS-SO WE:

GO TO THE SEASHORE-

I'M GOING TO PUT ON THE DIFFERENT DRESSES I HAD SENT OUTON AP- PROVAL AND THE ONES

YOU LIKE BEST-THERE IS THE PLACE WE

WILL SO-

VERY

WELL.

NOW-IN CASE WE GO TO AN INLAND RESORT THIS IS A RIDING-HABIT –

HOW KIN ANYONE GIT INTO THE HABIT OF WEARIN' A GIT-UP LIKE THA

THS IS A FARMERETTE

COSTUME FOR THE COUNTRY- DON'T | LOOK WELL IN IT?

Rosie's BEAU

BY

GEO M MANUS

WELL THERE'S MORE OF YOU INIT THAN THERE WUZ IN SOME OF THOSE

OTHER COSTUMES

© 1936, Klag Fanturu Syadicats, Int.

· Grant-Britaša rights reserved",

CHIGO

TUBES

BLOWN

Bringing Up Father

IT'S AWFULLY QUIET- „HASN'T MAGGIE

COME HOME YET?/

I'M GLAD YOU DIDN'T FORGET

TO PUT YOUR

EARRINGS ON -

YTO

YES-SHE IS IN HER

TO SEE YOU-SHE

SAID-AS SOON AS

·YOU COME IN- ABOUT YOUR",

ROOM-SHE WANTS. JAN

VACATION-.

WELL-WHAT HAVE YOU DECIDED?

OH- DEAR- I JUS CAN'T MAKE UP: MIND - THE STYL ARE ALL SO PRE FOR ALL PLACES GO-I CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND WHE

TO GO-

NOW THIS 15 AN ALPINE SUIT FOR | CLIMBING IF WE

DECIDE TO GO TO THE MOUNTAINS -

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT?

I DON'T HAVE TO

THINK!

THESE ARE PAJAMAS FOR EITHER THE SEA-

SHORE OR MOUNTAINS

THEY CERTAINLY ARE NOTTO SLE: N- THEY'RE SO LO THEYD KEEP YOU

AWAKE-

- AND THIS IS

FOR THE

THIS, OF COURSE;S

BEACH -

AND ISN'T THIS LOVELY FOR EVENING WEAR A EITHER PLACE?IT WAS

REDUCED TO FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS,

AM I SUPPOSED TO BE PLEASED?

FOR TEAS AT

I DON'T

THE BEACHES" || THINK WB -

NOW WHERE

DO YOU THINK SHOULD GO WE SHOULD GO!

VED

ANYWHERE-

ANT TO HEAR-AND PUES

BE OVER EARLY-

SHRI COULD HAVE TÄKEN

TO THE MOVIES-VAN

E TUBES WILL

BACK SIX -

I HOPE THE

WILL AMOUNT

9.29

King

OH! WELL-4, WUZ COMAIN- OUT" ANYWH

IT'S THE GYPSY IN ME