1939-05-05 — Page 6

BOY! WHAT

A LUCKY BREAK!

"THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 8, 1989.

By BUD FISHER

LUCKY

BREAK?

YEH, THAT I HADN'T WASHED'EM

YET!

SAVE BY BUYING ECONOMY TIN

THE

LARGE SIZE (8 oz.) $1.20

(Contains as much as large bottle)

HANDY SIZE (4 oz.) 65 cts.

By asking for ANDREWS in the ECONOMY TIN you will obtain the SAME QUANTITY as In former bottles at a LOWER PRICE. Andrews in tins Is, also, a BETTER ANDREWS. By buying it In the new containers you SAVE MONEY and, at the same time, benefit from the IMPROVED QUALITY.

This different and better Andrews-the same as that sold in Great Britain for nearly 50 years-combines the qualities of a refreshing saline with the properties of the IDEAL TONIC LAXATIVE. Its slow, con- tinuous effervescence is due to a combination of salts which exhaustive experiment has proved to be the most officacious and health-giving. The regular use of Andrews promotes and maintains vigorous health and fitness.

Andrews is untouched by hand during manufacture.

Sold

by all Chemists and Stores.

EFFERVESCENT

ANDREWS

LIVER SALT

THE

VIGORATES T

ANDREWS LIVER SALT benefits

in four ways:—

{1} By asmenis - ensuring

* thorough cleaning and ellm» ***.

ination of polionous waste products.

(2) By its direct action on. tha.........

ilver and stimulation of the ''flow of blie necessary for

digestion.

[13] By its moderate stimulating action on the bowel muscias, Inducing them to function naturally.

(4) By its antacid action on the

stomach.

You NEED Andrews if you 'suffer from a

́ ́BILIOUSNESS"

CONSTIPATION

FLATULENCE.

HEADACHES 10 HEARTBURN DALLASSITUDE

*** LIVERISHNESS

t sale of any effervásting salt in the world. 734A

ANDREWS

LIVER SALT

for Inner Cleanliness

Sõle Agents:-BANKER & CO, LTD., - P.O. Box 155, Hong. Note A free sample tin of Andrews Liver Salt - will be presented to every patron at the 5.10 & 7:20 pm. performances at the Queen's & Alhambra Theatres on Saturday, May 6, 1939.

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THE DAILY SHORT STORY

NICE ENDING

It was a tragic situation. Bette was in love with Evan and Evan was in love with Bette and neither of them knew about the other's love. Both thought the other was unreachable.

Bette was the daughter of J. Michael Wimple, and J. Michael Wimple was the richest guest staying at itne Bay- front hotel, nence the most important. A year ago J. Michael didn't have a dime. He had owned a ranch on the Texas plains, but the ranch was small and heavy with mortgages, and the financial situation with the Wimples was very bad indeed.

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curious though it may seem, a chap can't be a financier without finances.

Before Evan left home his father cautioned him: "Don't forget you're a working man now, son. You can't hobnob with the rich. Your family Just re- background won't help any. member you're a working man." And Evan, regarding this as sound advice, promised.

So there you have it: Bette and Evan in love, Seeing each other every day. Believing each was un- attainable. Each in an environ- ment that was strange and bewilder- ing. Both unhappy and bored and threatening to quit, but not doing so because each dreaded the thought of leaving the other,

Then, all of a sudden, J. Michael discovered oil. You can believe it or not, but he was digging a fence post and he struck oil. It took J. Michael and his family exactly two weeks grasp the situation. That was the uay he deposited the check for a mil. lion dollars he had received. It went through the bank all right. Figurative ly and literally, that was the payoff.

A month lator J. Michael received another check for a million dollars, and a week later along came one for half a million. Then there were Quite a crowd gathered by the time several others of varying amounts, he had her laid out on the tile em-

Then one day something happened. Bette fell into the swimming pool. She couldn't swim, because, out on the Texas plains she'd never had a chance. So she just flopped around and yelled bloody murder and Evan, who happen- ed to be near, plunged in after her and practically ruined the only white linen suit he owned.

By Richard Hill Wilkinson

But by this time J. Michael didn't care a hang what the figures were on the check. He figured he had enough to keep him and his family comfortably fixed for quite a spell.

Then Mike Wimple ar- bankment. rived and said: "Here, here, here!

What's all What's all this?

this? Young man, what happened? Who are you? Bette, are you all right? Don't Who is forget, Bette, who you are. this young man? Has he-er—”

"Oh, daddy, for goodness' sake! He saved my life!"

*

So Evan went up to the royal' suite

the way

was very much amused by they acted. When they asked him what his father did for a living he told them just enough so that Emma Wim- ple excused herself and went into the bedroom where she kept a Who's Who and other such books Pretty soon she came back, beaming, and looking significantly at Mike,who excused himself and went in and glanced at the same book and began to smile.

The day the last check came in the Wimples Mike and Emma and daughter Bette held a meeting. "From now on," said J. Michael, "we're gonna be folks. We're not going to do "Hurrumph! Hurrumph!" said Mike. another lick of work as long as we live. "Young man, come up to our room. We're gonna travel and have things. Our suite. The royal suite with the And-er-you shall be re- and meet people." He looked severely two baths. at his wife and daughter, "Don't warded." either of you cover let me catch you forgetting for a second that you're and sat around with the Wimples and rich. You especially Miss Bette he added, speaking directly to his daughter because he knew she was in- clined to be democratic. "If you do, I'll cut your salary from $2000 a week to $1950. Whereupon they all laugh- ed and took a solemn oath that none of them would forget how rich they were, So, it being winter, the Wimples decided to in down to Florida and spend a couple of months and kind of get used to being rich before they set out on a world tour. It wasn't long before they discovered being rich was fun, but didn't make folks out of them: In order to be folks they had to have Bomething besides money, such as cor- rect manners and good grammar and background. They all tried hard and were more careful than ever to keep remembering how rich they were and never to associate with people like Eyan Lombard.

Evan Lombard was staying at the Bayfront hotel too, but he wasn't a guest. He was a private tutor for a wealthy familyrciwho had a couple of squnlling - «kix-eroar-old ch brats 7 who. couldn't get alone in school and whose. parents had decided, fecded spéci

of New father h

"Evan was only a tutor for he was a member of on

pland's videst familjes,

Flost the damily fortu nant for a very small trust fund

an had had to go to wor

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Now, maybe you think that the way this story is going to end is that Bette and Evan were married and that Mike hired Evan to handle his money, which made. Evan a financier and made the Wimples folks with a background, and that the all lived happily ever after. If that's the way you think this story is going to end-you're right!

(Copyright, 1989, By The Associated Newspapers)

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