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THE CHINA MAH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 38, 19

The Four-Poster

(Combined from. Pape 9)

One day Sarah fell ill. There Iwas a great upheaval in the house. Mithide moved into the spare room; the doctor came, and the pretty muse became a permanent jobtai intruder. Mathilda"wandered list-ffice lessly from room to room, unable

to do her embroidery, unable to cal

do anything that had been a mat-of the- other ter of routine before. She was even shared this

He glanced once obviously overwrought by the 3-

ness of her sister. On this par-fbed and moved ticular morning she had got upwards the door. earlier than usual, and was now must go and tell here,

PŁO-BRITISH INDIA-APCAR AND eating restlessly in the drawing- Mathilda looked up as

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Ba

patient pstairs.

froom, while the doctor attended to tor entered the drawing

did not speak. She ready damb with grief, md- The doctor leant once more over doctor her eyes were the bed. There was a sigh, a

a frightaled deer. faint Fastle of the silk coveriet, crying, but the and Sarah Brown passed away. that she might "She's one," be said to the he told her the nurse, as he lowered the eyelids looked drawn and hang

before

Was not rea

and gently smoothed a wisp of last picking with her angers at the had forgotten his boots grey hair from the forehead. He embroidery on her lap. It would to play in his shoes!. straightened his back and gazed be hard to break things gently. MeGogan and Walkden were meditatively at the frail figure. Perhaps it would hurt less if he again the pick of the Club pack, which hardly troubled the smooth told her quite simply and quickly although Garrod shone on occa

"Miss Brown, I am very sorry(zion: expense of the enormous bed.

Navy Players The Darsetshire Selded several PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS She looked aboard and tiny under to tell you that your sister has:

those heavy curtains. The doctor just....passed away.”

here was

327. no more to

Navy first fifteen players, among turned away with a sigh towards

He could scarcely bear the awful whom were Thomss, the full-back, the nurse.

silence before Mathilda began to whose handling and touch-nding "Do you know what I am worry-speak in a small firm voics.

was as good as ever: Mid. Wright, wing-threequarter, their right "Thank goodness, I'll have the ing about?" he asked, and did notļ

bed to myself at last”

who was very fast, but who was wait for a reply.

[THE END]

given very little rope; Lt. Fraser, the Navy centre, whose kicking was the main festure of the Dor- setshire's display, and Eloxam, who made a reappearance at left- wing threequarter.

the

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15,000

1st Feb. Marseilles, Favre, London,

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"It's not that she has gone. Wej must all die some time. She was seventy-three; our allotted span is: three score and tem, albeit a Really, be meagre allowance. longing to the Victorian age, she was much confined to the house: took very little exercise and fed Her beart Bombay, Marseilles & London Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamon what she wanted.

barg, Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull simply got tired of working and she has gone peacefully, with no Marseilles & London

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8th Aug.

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8,000 15th Feln 10,000 29th Peb 8,000 14th Mt. 28th Man. 10,000

SAILINGS

Then what makes you look so worried?" asked the nurse in a tired voice, for she had had no sleep

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BOXING

(Continued from Page 41-

MUSIC A CRIME- DETERRENT

The Navy's keeling in second half was extraordinaržły good and Baker was getting the ball nine times out of 10-from: Duttvett. The rest of the Navy coastal forwards worked hard and were steamer of 267 tons, ran on the always up to the mark in rocks at Holy Island last month and (loose.

Following the Navy's try in the sank

The skipper and her crew of first hak Frost levelled the scores eight burned blankets as distress the second half with az excel-

the coaster ran lent kick from a penalty. signals when aground and these were seen by the Holy Island lifeboat which brought the crew safely ashore.

Holy Island sands are a grave yard of ships and the remains of MeGragan and A Hard Mech. E. Smith (Medway); A. B: Lewis boy blow a hord he will be less head "I really don't know either any vessels are embedded in of them she replied; "besides,hem

The Grosvenor was bound from without appearing callous, you must have had to do this kind of Port Knockie to Sunderland. thing before now."

"It's this. Who is going to tell

I Mathilda? sister, her frightened, but perhaps you, woman, could do it better than Bel

It requires careful hand-

KingTM

The nurse smiled, but shook her

#

"Ah! but this is

different

Singapore, Penang. Rangoon and Mathilda is herself seventy-one

• Calls Fort Swettenham.

years old. The news may kill her. For the thirty years that I have known these two they have been inseparable. They belong to the past century, when I believe, at an early age, they jointly in- herited this house and a consider- Together able sum of money.

Now is the time to vasit, Australia & New Zealand they lived in a narrow world of

lands of Sunshine and Romance, "Down Under you will feel a new being and even if you are not inclined towards Suring, Fishing, Shooting or Mountaineering you will find-that the Antipodes have plenty to offer you including 25/- for your pornd

On the way down your life aboard will be as you wish, quiet or hectic for the E. & A. will humour your CTRES

And by the way, there is no additional charge for Deck Cables and there is of course a Sun Deck Swimming pool, an Orchestra and a fine Laundry.

A Surgeon and Stewardess are at your disposal and last but not least we had almost forgotten the cuisine will set you Estening eagerly for the goug!

Regular Monthly Sailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan and Hong Kong to Australia.

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:--

The Union SS Ca's Steamers to the United Kingdom via Ner

"Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

The P. & O. Boyal Mail Steamers to London and

The P. & 0, Branch Service of Steamers to London via Snet. The New Zealand Shipping Ca's Steamers for

-London viz Panama Canal.

Southampton: and

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS

with

2

FIRE DESTROYS CLOISTER

Valuable Paintings Lost

Berlin

Lichtweight: First Round-~~Ord. Club: Frost: S. G. Armber, D. S. Curtis (Kent) best A. E. Keith (Sub- C. Menice and L. G. Robertson; D-best Bag. Wright (Kent); AB. Edwards, R. Grifiths, P. Crick; marines); A. B. Brown Clodway) G. Barlow, G. S. Drumett, D. K. Paul Lewis (Medway) best Man Davis Second Round: Grd. Cutis beat AJ S. H. Garrod, L. R. Andrews, F. J. (Dorsetshire).

R.

Youthful Musicians Encouraged

Columbia, USA Convinced that if you let your

H. I S. Dorsetshire: - Thomas Mid, Wright, Lt. Fraser bext A. B. Brown

Final: A. E. Lewis beat Ord. Ca Rica low a safe," the state of EM. Lt. Kirkwood, A. R. Bloxam;

1 through its "university L. S. Tacker and Cal Preece RM tis.

Welterweight: First Round: A Brecently sponsored an all-state Sto. Buck, Lt. Baker, A. B. Smith,

high school orchest and chorus L. S. Bell, Sto. Woodward, Mid. Pon-Trawley (Medway) beat Ord Elitche

L Stafcook (Sohmeriner). sonby, AR Mullens and

Second Round: A B. Eed Bedford

than 100 yammik Stoker (Destroyers) beat (Kent) Tel Hornwood (Subm best AB Päłty." (Medway};

CHANGES IN SHIRTS loch (Kent) beat 24. B.

ANNOYS MEXICANS

Semi-Militarism

Not Wanted

kim (Medway) LE Yates (Des troyer) beat A. B. Trawley:

Third Bound: A B Eedgrare beat Tel Hornwood, B. McCulloch DERE A. K. Yates

Final A. B. Redgrave beat A′′B] McCulloch

Middleweight: First Round: Mhabent Sig. Spettigne

Mze. Davis (Domtakið Wilkie (Kent) best A. B. Allard

¡Jobbins (Kent)_mi (Dorsetshire).

mscines); best A. B. Sinanons

Second Round: Sto: Fraser (Sub! (Kent); Mne, Wilkie beat Ord. Sub

The imposing baroque cloister of

Mexico City. their own making, where, to all

at Rietberx appearances, they were content the Franciscans. and happy with only each other's] (North West Germany), built by The swift and disastrous end the Prince Bishop of Fuerstenberg of the "Red Shirts," late of Mex company. They spent all...

"Really, I may seem unkind," in the 17th century, has been co City and Tabasco, has made bon (Dorsetshire).

Jother "shirted" organisations in Final: Mue, Willie beat Sto. Bras largely destroyed by fire. interrupted the arse

Many valuable paintings, to Mexico uneasy.

Light Heavyweight: Mie show of spirit, "but they coulā not

They are not sure whethe

(Dorsetshire) beat Sig Satt expect this to go on for ever gether with the brary of 8,000 Anyway, as a couple, they led volumes including a number of they should rejoice or mourn for (heart very passive, almost selfish life; ancient manuscripts were rescued on the one and elimination of out of contact with the world and by the monks as well as a precious the Red Shirt takes away a com- Monstrance dating back to the year!petitor, yet, on the other, it gives, mtroubled by its hard knocks "

In a way you are right," 1690 The 14 tombs of the Counts them an idea of how the average also Mexican feels about semi-military Rietberg-Ostfriesland soothed the doctor, "but you are of

units.

too young and active and tool escaped injury.

SPECIAL PROGRAMME

A special programme was ranged for the Snal night some excellent fights They resulted as follows:

by

(Kerk

Boy Debell (Kent) best. B. Jor (Dorsetshire).

A. B. Hudson (Dorsetshire)

Orl. Sea. Curtis (Kent),

Special Welterweight Contest:

13. Faner (Madway) best A B Wh

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7,000 6th Mar

3rd Apr 7,000

Mania, Pabani. "Brisbane, Kelbourne & Hobert:

Sydney

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2nd Feb. 7,000 812 Feb

Shanghai & Japan

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19th Feb, Shanghai & JapaEN 8,000 21st Feb Amoy Shanghai

7,000

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