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NFTEENTH ORDINARY MEET BEING THE STRANGE LOVE STORY for that the Captain was about to

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Averyone seemed to be in good spirits, Old Macpherson told some of his racy Australian atories of the early days, while lankadaisical little Miss Ployden ventured on a timid riddle, of which it eventually appeared she bad forgotton the answer. Boeing her chait her, I came to her assistance by asking what the latter thought of the chances of the wind halling. He glared spitefully at me, as if he wore anxious to know what the deuce the But I could see matter bad got to do with me. from the way that he looked at the telltale com. pass above his head that he was more concerned SYNOPSIS.-John Bramwell, after knocking about it even than we were. The REGISTER of SHARES of the about the world for many years, arrives in Dinner over, I returned to the deck, and went In my opinion the 15th JANUARY, to WEDNESDAY, the charged from his ship looks about for further she was doing a gond nine and a haif, but the offi. 20th JANUARY (boil days inclusive), during work. Ho calls at the oßce of a shippingcer of the watch thought snarcely so much. The which period no Transfer of Shares can be firm, is appointed mate of the sooner wake was a mass of phosphorescent light that THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE Registered.

"Britomart, and the folowing day sails for trailed away like star-spangled cotton-wool Apis. By Order of the Board of Directors.

One day, hundreds of yards behind us. Never do I re.. Two years push away A. SHELTON HOOPER, while Bramwell in sitting on the verandah member to have sear. it more beautiful than it

Secretary to the

of an hotel, a man approaches and eaters was that night. The better to vajoy it, and also

·Hongkong Land Investment and Agoney into conversation with him. It oppo ra ho to escape from my fellow passengers, for whose

Company, Limited.

is owner of the schooner "Kittiwake," to company I did not feel in the least inclined. I General Agents for the

which some mystory attaches, lying off Apia. once more went forward into the bars and KOWLOON LAND AND BUILDING He invites Bramwell to go with hiro and look postet myself near the look-out. to think may

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over his vessel. Learning that he is thinking own thoughts with only the churning of the [145, of leaving the "Britomart, Gles Farringdou, water under the vessel's fors font to keep me Hongkong, Ilongkong, 20th January, 1904

as the "Kittiwake's" owner is called, peranados company. It was nearly ten o'clock before I THE WEST POINT BUILDING

him to take command of his ship. Farringdon roused myself from my reverie, knocked the COMPANY, LIMITED.

turns out to be an opium anaggler and pearl ashes ont of my pipe upon the rail, and made poacher. After the two have experienced my way back to my own proper portion of the overal adventurous yours, Bratawell decide to ship. After one last look round, I lived into visit England. Leaving the ship at Honolulu, the brilliantly lighted enddy. where the Captain starts for London on board the Hallket." and Macpherson were sitting over their grog. Feeling that they might dom me unsociable if I did not. I poured myself out a glass and joined them.

By Order of the Board of Directors, A. SHELTON HOOPER, Secretary to the Hongkong Land Investment and

CHAPTER III.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the NOT

SIXTEENTH ORDINARI MEST ING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICES, Victoria Buildings, on WEDNESDAY, ta 27th JANUARY, 1904, at 1120 o'clock A.M.

At the commentment of my first chapter I for the purpose of receiving the Report of the described to you the wisecable effect of a entra Directors together will Statement of Accounts in the Doldram's, and how depressed our ship's for the year ending 31st December, 1903

company was made by it. More than cace The REGISTER of SHARES of the bitterly regrotted that I had not trusted myself Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, steam; but it was no use crying over spilt the 16th JANUARY, to WEDNESDAY, the milk, I had only myself to thank for my folly, 27th JANUARY (both days inclusive), darings, whether I liked it or not, there was nothing which period no transfer of Sharee can be

lor it but to put up with the stifling hent nader registared.

the awning, and the still greater inferno of my cabin below. All the energy seunied to have gone ont of me, and I had not suficient life left in me even to light a pipa, Stranger still, o Agencylisticas did both feel, that the tutor and the Captain forbore, for the time being at least, to quarrel. The widow was lying down in the saloou, with irhat she described as a sick headache. The delicate youth, whose name, by the way, way Thompson, was fast valeen in the shadow of the companion, with old Mr. Mac- pherson in the same condition in a long chair baside him. Miss Ployden was ondeavouring to write up her diary, and was not succeeding in the attempt Even the man at the wheel looked half asleep. Indeed the only sounds to be board were the music of the compelent gentlemen, and the clattering of pots and paus in the galley forward. What the heat must be like in there I dared not think. The infernal regions would have been nothing to it.

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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the SIXTEENTH ORDINARY MEET ING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICES, Victoria Bulldings, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th JANUARY, 1904, at 12 o'clock Nous, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the

After a while I went forrard to the foo's'le Directors together with Statement of Accounts tend to see if there was any air to be obtained for the year ending 31st December, 1963.

The REGISTER of SHARES of the there, but I might have saved myself the tron- Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY,ble, for the atmosphere was as stageant in the the 6th JANUARY, to WEDNESDAY, the 27th JANUARY (both days inclusiva). during which period no transfer of Shares can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

A. SHELTON HOOPER,

Secretary.

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bows us it was aft. Not an inch of canvas was drawing; we might as well have bean at an- chor for all the progress we were making, I was proceeding aft ones more, when a man whe had been lying in the shadow of the long boat on the main deck sat up and accosted me.

"here doesn't seem nay chance of a breeze, sir," he said. "It is enough to drive a man off his head-this broiling and. You don't know what it's like, sir, down below. How the wornep and children stand it fairly boats me. I can't manage it myself even."

He was one of the few steerage passengers we carried, and seemed to be a decent surt of fellow. Like myself, he had been at sos; later on, he had tried his luck on the Australian gold- Bolds, ant, having had the good fortune to "strike it." fairly rich, was now going home to settle down in his native place. I had always liked the man, and we had had many talka to- get her during the voyage. Though he was wont to profess his hatred of the sea, and to row that once he got ashore he would never go siloat again, I did not altogether believe him. When I talked to him about it, his eyes wore wont to light up at the sound of the familiar terms, un- til by and bye he would forget himself in his excitement, would slap bis leg and vow that, under certain conditione, it wasn't such a bad life after all. My reasons for telling you all this will be appareat to you presently.

We discussed the weather, and then I bon. tinued my walk aft to find the two sleepere awake and the widow walking languidly up and down the desk with the Capts, while her the dead hot them from his chair with angry eye. Strolling to the taffrail 1 looked orer. As I did so, a big black fin made its ap pearance. It belonged to a shark, and it was vident that he was following us up in the hope of a meal. I don't know what has caused me to feel so, but I have always had the same sort of aversion for a shark that other people entertain for a snake or a rat. I could not help shudder- ing as I watched him soaking along just below the surface, ready to grab at anything, hames or otherwise, that might be thrown to him, The memory of a native 3 had once seen zanafed by one of the brates rose before my mind's eye. It was in the Fijis, and Farringdon had been present at the time. He would have leapt in to 258 the poor wretch's assistance, bad I not, realising that it was hopeless, prevented him by main force. I recalled alan the way in which he abused me for not permitting him to carry out his wish,. Then I began to wonder what Fer- ringdon was doing, whether he ever thought of

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While I was indulging in this revacie the sun was sinking like a ball of fire below the barizon, throwing a streak of blond red light across the glassy sea. An indefinable feeling of loneliness had taken possession of me, a vagne belief that something was about to happen, what I knew not. Try how I would I could not shake it off. Indeed so much was Iont of har- mony with my surroundings, that I could have. found it in my heart to curse the frivolous wid- ow and the foppich little Captain for the twad- dle they were chattering. In the hope of cheer ing myself up a little I went below and ordered the stoward to bring me a bottle of boor, but it was hot and well sigh undrinkable, so I left it and returned to the deck ones more. In the Tropics there is no dusk, and, though I bad only been absent a short time, the shadows of night had commenced to fall. Better still, there was just the taint suspicion of a breeze, if only it would continue.

“I am glad you have some to protect me, Mr. Bramwell, began the Captain, who evi- dently desired to make up for his eurt treatment of me carlier in the evening. "Mr. Macpher son has been nearly frightening me to death with ghost stories and tales of second right. I shall be afraid to ge on deck all night if ba continues much longer."

Like most Sootchmen, the Squatter was or-. cordingly superstitions,

You don't surely believe then in such things?" I asked, more for the sake of pamothing to say than for any interest I took in the discussion.

"Beliers it I should think not." replind the little man stoutly. "You'll be wanting me to beliere in dreams next."

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