1936-03-06 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1936

MISS NORA'S LOCKET

(Continued from Page 9.)

He was dragged down below and thrust into a steel-doored store- room, where Mrs. Mallinson and Nora were also incarcerated. The situation appeared hopeless. Pre- sently the Empire State. would be headed for Blas Bay. there to be; ooted and fired. What had hap bened to the rest of her company Hufity could not say; but there had been shooting and shouting nd general confusion before he vais hounded on to the navigating

ridge. These pirates must have. ome aboard as deck passengers. Jong with the fifty-odd coolies aken on at Samisen-

"Whatever shall we do?" asked dra. Mallinson. Not much light,

the store-room, because its one mali scuttle was

smeared with rime and tightly screwed down. jat you didn't need light to know ow troubled the lady was, nor to ear Nora's whimpers over ber st locket. That was a nasty bit work, Muffity thought-man- ndling a girl-kid that way. "Well, mum, I don't rightly how," Mufity mumbled. "I'm a talow in thinkin' things over." "They will never pay such a bulous ransom for us," said ra. Mallinson. "And they've urdered women and children be re now."

"Not afore the little gel, lady,"

rned Mufity.

"Oh I'm sorry."

Mrs.

Mallinson muffled her

unsteady hand

buth with an

e knew the small repute in which anity was held aboard, and, be:

a kindhearted woman, she had led to make up to him for these ghts.

"Pinchin' the kid's locket, by r!” said Muffity, as nearly wrath- as ever he had been in hir ak-willed life. "There's spare belts stowed in this locker,” he led, as an ́ ́afterthought; . and. 1. Malinson wondered if the w had crazed him.

Why ever Nora couldn't get ough! that port-hole," she tested?

Right enough, mum, it is ama}}!"? bitted the deckhand. But thati e of the locket galled him, s0 he gritted his blackened k. Mazhandlin' a kid that way!{

dirty yellow. swabs? What Bin't they do when they'd got lady and little. Miss Nora re?

But it's not too small for this!"

aid. He managed to unscrew | butterfly nuts, swung open the tle: be folded a lifebelt small shoved it through, then he another to follow it. hip's name's on 'em!" he pered conspiratorially. "S'pose hucks one over every so often, know which way we've gone. It'll be dark soon, too."

hen they won't see them!"

| Mrs. Mallinson.

are enough, lady." Mufity ched his throbbing head, into thoughts came but slowly. he sniffed and cocked his peering upwards. For the time in his chequered life he be thankful for his scrawni-

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he sooner it's dark the bet-

he said.

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is contradicted his action with ifebelts, but he never consistent in his attitude to- life; never had been. He'd for an entire voyage about he'd do with his payday-buy e in a pub ashore, and settle to comfort; but he blued payday in a couple of days!! sd enough, it wouldn't come Je mumbled.

when darkness fell on the when the chunking of the chaize above told of an I course, when the thump of zines increased as the steam- ided for the pirates' lair,

chanced his arm. An or- man could never have worm- ay up that narrow ventila- the deck above. It meant Mrs. Mallinson to let him bu her shoulders, of course; could never have borne the of a full-sized man; but he trive to wriggle up the shaft and so take a bird's-i of the obscured ship from

ard the wind whine in the dys, heard the frap-frap ards, the sloosh of parted he heard the hoarse guf- the pirate chief and his nt on the bridge. Well, Ir. Beamish didn't seem to anything to get these) eople out of the mess, hig yas he was; neither did ontinued on Page 13)

HOW PROUD YOUR BROTHER TERRY WAS, SON” TO WORK ON THAT HISH BIKE HE BOUGHT ON THE INSTALLMENT PLAN-AN' HE'S

STILL PAYIN' FOR IT-.

BY GCLLY-MASGIE ME DARLIN, YOUR HANDS ARE LLY WHITE-1 SUPPOSE THAT IS FROM HAVINGʼEM IN

SOAP-SUDS AT THE LAUNDRY-

AND. REMEMBER THAT DUGAN KID,WHO USED TO WALK THE FENCE TO SHOW OFF TO ANNIE MALONE-HE LATER BECAME A PORCH-CLIMBER AN SHE WAS MARRIED

TO A POLE-SITTER-

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·AND HOW THE BOYS

"EASED YOU BECAUSE YOU CARRIED MY BOOKS. BÁTHOW YOU DISUKED

LE BROWN-

AND, MAGGIE,

CAN YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME THAT I

KISSED YOUR HAND AT THE ASH-WASON

DRIVERS'

PICNIC?

AND HOW YOUR ALINT SUSIE LANDED

JOE, THE BARBER, WHO THOUGHT HE

WAS A MASICIAN-

BUT HE COULDN'T GET OUT OF THAT

WE CAN'T GO BACK AS MANY YEARS AS MR JIGGS- BUT DO YOU

REMEMBER OUR SCHOOL DAYS, ROSIE?

ARCHIE LOVES ROSIE

Bringing Up Father

AND AT ROONEY'S PLACE EVERY SATU NIGHT THE QUARTETTE WOULD SING THE BOSS 'N THE BOILER FACTORY

DOOR COMPLAINED ABOUT THE NOIS

AND HOW TUSED TO

GO TO

SEE THE

BALL GAME

EVERY

SATURDA

DANNY IF YOU DON'T KEEP STILL TEL KNOCK YOU OUT OF THE

TUE

DO I? YOU WERE SO CUT • EVEN LOVED YOU THEN, ARCHE, AND 1- KNEW OU LIKED

ME-

ME NECK IS SORE FROM YOU SCRUBBINʻ

IT THE LAST TIME-

I DON'T NEED

A BATH-1 HAD ONE LAST WESK-

I AIN'T

DORTY!

WHEN'S

RAFFLE?

SWEET ROSIE O'GRADEE

AND REMEMBER MRS. SPLOTT USED TO TAKE THE WHOLE FAMILY EVERY FRIDAY TO THE VISIT THEIR FATHER-IN LATER YEAR: DIDN'T HAVE TO SO-THEY WERE WITH HIM-EXCEPT THE DALISHTES

RAN AWAY WITHA BURGLAR-

PHS.

HOW THE KELLY KOS HATED SATURDAY NIGHTS-

AND HOW PROUD YOUR UNCLE “REDDY WAS BECAUSE HE KEPT HIS HANSOM CAB- IN THE SAME LIVERY

STABLE WITH THE VAN DE

VANEN S

HORSES-

HOW YOUR BROTHER DINNY USED TO LOVE TO WATCH MEN WORK- ONE DAY NOLAN, THE FOREMAN- OFFERED HIM A JOB-YER BROTHER HASN'T SPOKEN TO HIM SINCE -

NOR HAS HE WORKED-

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DAY-

AND HOWN

BASHFUL YOU - WERE WHEN ASKED YOU. TO SIT BY ME ON THE SOFA-

ANS YOU?“ BLUSHED WHEN

I WAS TO BEZ

YOUR PARTNER IN KISSING GAMES-

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