1940-02-02 — Page 17

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 2, 1940

Starring Mickey Rooney, "The Hardys Ride High" comes to the Queen's Theatre to-morrow. Above is a scene from the film, showing Lewis Stone and Cecilla Parker.

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(Continued from Page 16). there before (though she did not fell him it had been her honeymoon), but they could go about and see places. There is so much to do in New York. At first she said it was absurd and could not be done. He argued, and she realised that she wanted a break in the cruise. It must have been that which made her agree.

"Let's be tourists,” she said at last. "There's so much fun to be got there. We might perhaps pay a flying visit to California."

A crazy notion, but she felt crazy. She left all the arrangements to him. For once she was taking the acquies- cent role. She was agreeing because she found it the line of least resis- tance. If Jim had only written, if she had only had a line from him, it would have been só different. When a man tires of his wife it leaves her cold and heartsore. That was how she felt. She dare not think of Val.

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FRUIT

with this thing.

VERNACULAR SCHOOL SPEECH DAY

Mr. Li Tse-fong distributed the prizes at the Government. Vernacular School for Boys this morning on the eve of break-up for the Chinese New Year holidays.

Mr. Y. P. Law, Mr. P. K. Kwok, Mr. Fung Ping-wah, Mr. Fung Ping- fan, Mr. Kwang Tse-ming and Dr. Au Tai-yuen were among those pre-

sent.

Mr. Li Tse-fong, in a brief speech, remarked that the school was unique in that its curriculum is balanced be- tween Chinese and English. What was more worthy of praise, he said, was that Chinese, the mother tongue of all the boys, was being employed as the medium of Instruction for practically all subjects in the lower classes. This coincided with the view he had always held, that Chinese should be more commonly used for teaching in the lower classes of an Anglo-Chinese School.

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HIGHLY ESSENTIAL This method of teaching would not only enable a student to make casy

Ignoring Hugo, he said, "Somehow | progress in learning his subjects but,

I guessed you'd come here to-night. If you hadn't, I was going to go on board to find you. I thought it was about time you and I had a talk.”

"I can't bear much more," she said, and then, quite helplessly, "do please help me.”

He glanced at Hugo. He said. "This looks like one of those occasions when three is n crowd.”

"Agreed, but who is the third? Looks to me as if you happened to be that man."

"This is my wife."

Hugo smiled. "It was unfortunate meeting you here, but that can't be helped. The only thing you can do now is ..

Marion laid her hand on his arm. "Please, Hugo, don't you see this is the end? It was the end really before | I saw him; when you wrote in the book. Be brave enough to recognise it."

Then she turned away, leaving the men to settle it. Ten minutes later Jim came to her and linked her arm, in his. "Let's go and have something to eat, Marion. I'm starving."

She wanted to go home, and yet she realised that when it came to going home, she would be afraid. What to do next was the everlasting question. They drove to the hotel in the dim hour before New York lights up. She could hardly believe that she was seiz- They sat down in the restaurant to- ing life by the forelock, doing some- gether. He ordered their favourite thing she had condemned a hundred dishes and for a while did not men- times in other people and was not even tion their present position. When the surprised at herself. It seemed na- coffee came, he leaned forward. tural. Only last night, as they "Look here, Marion, we've both of cruised along, Hugo had said, "Everyus made very big mistakes." woman needs romance, needs loving. "Jim, I'm so ashamed. Isn't it her whole existence?" He had been right.

It was a shock to find it the same hotel. Twenty-three years had changed it a great deal, but it was the same threshold she had crossed as a bride. More dazzling, more modern, more luxurious, but the same place.

"Why did we come here?" she ask- ed, as they went through the hall.

"It's a good hotel. Not too small, not too big; you'll like it."

An over-blonde girl held out a book. She watched Hugo as he poised the pen. For a moment his eyes met hers; they were the eyes of a man on the highest point of adventure. Then he wrote. She saw the words, 'Mr. and Mrs. Johnstone.' The black and white letters brought her up with a jerk. The whole cruise had been un- real, ever since Colombo, ever since he had asked her to marry him. She had been living in a dream, and had acted as one does in dreams, never weighing up the consequences of those actions.

"Please," she said hurriedly.

at the same time, would lay a good foundation in his own language. It was highly essential for a Chinese student to have case and correctness in the use of his own language, 35 one of his important missions to-day was to bring his mother country into closer contact with Western learning and sciences. In order to achieve this end he must, first of all, have a clear and thorough perception of the Chin- ese language so as to be able to im- part his knowledge of Western learn- ing and sciences to his own country- men in his own language.

He agreed with the Headmaster's remark that a youth could not be con- sidered properly educated if his educn- tion fell short of a cultural and moral basis as the guiding principle in life. In the world we live to-day, it was only right that we should place our full faith in the final triumph of cul- ture and morality.

QUEEN'S ROAD CEN.

SNATCHING

Sentence of six months' hard labour was imposed on Pun Yip, 20, by Mr. R. Edwards this morning, for snatch- ing a handbag from Mrs. Coelho, of No. 71, Chun Yeung "Street, "yester- day.

Mrs. Coelho was walking in' Queen's Road Central, when defen- "I'm the one to be ashamed. I dant snatched her bag from behind. started it. I'm afraid I've been a❘ He was caught after a long chase. dreadful cad, but it really has been Charged with a similar offence, the same thing as the apple orchard Mui Kwong-tal, was sentenced to all over again. While you were at four months' hard labour by Mr. home and didn't know anything about H. G. Sheldon, K.C. it. I had to sneak out to see Val like

a guilty schoolboy. Though I didn't know it, that was where the fun lay.

DANGEROUS

DRIVING

It was stolen fruit, and stolen fruit Chan Chung-tong was fined $15 by is always sweetest.

Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C., this morn- "Oh my dear! Since you have beening, for driving in a dangerous man- away, Valerie has been in the house ner in Causeway Road. and hanging round my neck on every possible occasion, and if you want to dant, when turning into

Inspector Clarke said that defen- know the truth, I've found her a damn, Road, drove on the wrong side of the Hennessy dull woman. It takes some courage road and collided with a car driven to say this, because you'll laugh at by Mr. Tucker. Mr. Tucker's car me, and it is quite possibly exactly was damaged to the extent of $300, what you planned."

"I didn't," she said, "because I'm not clever enough. did not realise that it was because it was stolen fruit. I thought you were in love with her."

"I may have thought I was in love with her, but I'm not now. I've put the house up for sale, and we will move to the other side of London. I'm game to start again, if you'll only let me."

"But what about to-night, Jim? You saw what happened.”

"I saw you would never have gone through with ft. I knew you too well. We've both learnt a lot, my dear; can we' start again?”

He was assisting her towards the elevator, and she believed she could not go through with it. What did one do? Make a scene in a public place? She stopped dead. It was at, that very moment tha; she became aware of the fact that she was being watch- ed. At the corner table in the great hall a man was sitting. Instantly she She didn't know what to do. Ther realised that it was Jim, Jim who she said, "Oh, Jim, I have been so ought to have been miles away; .. | dreadfully unhappy and wanted-you He came towards her, and, watch-so much. It's funny all this should ing him, she knew that if there were happen just where we started on our forty Valeries in the world, she didn't | first honeymon.”\/^:

care. He was still har man and she loved him. She could not go through

“And” our second,” said he “And our second,” she agreed.

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