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WRITTEN FOR THE "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH."

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1899.

When she woke she asked fiercely for the. The respective admirers of Mina Sauny child, but seemed reconciled when she found it in the white livery of death.

They set out for the cemetery which was some way distant, and the title coffin bore her company in the carriage.

The girl looked hungrily up in th the doctors face. Will it live, she stemmett asking with every line of her quivering fee. The doctor gazed When they reached the cemetery the bearers at it casually. To him, as a doctor and at their burden and the clergyman strode batchelor, one baby more or less did not seem briskly towards the new grave. He was a a great matter. And further he did not think busy man, and the funeral was a poor one, an unmarried girl was likely to care much if As the coffin was borne away from her her child should die.

she gave wild cry. Now at last she seemed So he answered in an off-hind way, that of to know she going to lose her baby.. Not course it was not possible to say positively, but until now had died in hor consciousness. he didn't think it was jkely to recover. The She man with

Cager steps stumbling girl, whose very breathing waited for his answer, over graves, her caught his sleeve us. It turned to leave the the tense, strainee of some dumb beast fixed on the coffin, with "Oh you will have its file, doctor cheated of her das young. Her look was you must.

her eys had the want el a fierce, and beseeching and took no heed of any inther animal, fegce and fearful, when something but her loss. force threatens her yount. A passionate ma- She stood mute all Brough the service. ternity filled her gaze

When it was over friends led her away unre sisting.

roona. . .

He answered that he could not do any more for the child, nobody cou do any more in the -case, His sense of heblessness hurt the vanity of his senstive natre--he did not like owing to any one that a mater was beyond his own power.

He stayed for a moment boking irresolutely down at the child-he was sorry for the girl, it she felt it so, but really he could do nothing in the matter. At lust he aid she might try giving if some brandy, with egg and milk. Then he said goodnight, bulshe made no reply. She was standing looking down upon the baby's face with a dumb, stricken look pain as if she had been struck dumb.

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Miss Florence Grant were wont to wond Recommending somebody's soap, I suppose, | the affection which existed between them. The mty. She was not in a good temper, por. Apstralian wine, thank you" said Miss friends of the latter did not hesitate to call the in sp former a weer ek lump," while a sharp her. Florence Grant's efforts to please tongued hari ter, who knew both ladies and cannon, sometimes her friend was fond of claimed at the Post Office

her Lion have a good deal in liked one of then, described their friendship in remarking.

Letters for the following persons lie un-

acter of the one and the lowest in that of the prospered. Franz git had bred begun, and Barker, A. M. an epigram, "as the highest note in the char

Nevertheless the picture

Bingham, J. E other. But fashion generally, in Heligoland in a heavy wooden box and had Baber, Miss Z. as well as in London, is influenced by personal Miss Grant's keeping. Cassandra Heni.Blum, M. attractions, and Florence Grant's were of a very had donned her best crimson and green and E. G. high order; and with such a face, with such gold costume, aud the lace cap with its flapon, quid, fathomless grey eyes, and curling black ping cars which is the insignia of wildhood, Bewicks. lashes, such tendrils of straying golden hair, such and yet plast Frisia Wyk's ornaments licate, dimpling checks, just touched by the when her eyes lit on the handsome gnilen a sensitive, suiting, exquisite mouth, such de- in her stolid platid Frisian fushion; only. Frisian sun-shine and the frolicsome sea breeze Harjen with all its solid appendages of fish with a dainty brown shade-surely with all and fishing tackle, curiously wrought, and some these charms a very keen sensibility for other two hundred years old, or her fingers touche people's feelings is not necessary. It is from the long, clumsy earrings, a look of complete ugly people that the world expects sympathy, satisfaction and childlike content would steal help, censideration; pretty ones have neither over her face, and her mind seem to sun itself time nor need for it.

in some inward vision of future happiness, which the sight and touch of Franz Wrk's Austattung summoned up.

The white sand of the Heligoland beach is so selt and deep, that Frane Wyk, who was tinker ing at one of his boats (as a man will always tin- Miss Santley found her an ideal model. “She kerwho loves his craft), did not bear Miss Grant's enters into the spirit of the thing," Una observ footsteps in she was close beside him; then the ed to Florence one day; you would almost nale of a peddle made him look up. He was a believe from the expression that she wears, tall, thick set man of nearly thirty, looking thicker that she was really a bride; there is a look of and sturdier for the coarse blue jersey and the Falf-wondering and yet dignified exaltation huge sea boots which he wine, and alta, about her had no idea that she possessed so Miss Santicy was a clever, middlen, et perhaps, for the slender proportions of the grimach imaginative power." woman, who by profession wrote and illustratedThe held out her hand to him. Wyk wasn

Are you sure that you have not idealised for a leading London weekly. Miss Florence and and gentleman, not a common sailer, the satisfaction arising from certain fine fen- For some time after the doctor's footsteps bad Grant, her friend, was a were on there, and a good deal of importance, 22, died away, she remained standing gazing down business in life was to amuse herself in pur- special set in boas if he were one of her ornam not quite sure whether ant

At last his words at parting ccurred to hieruit of their respective objects they had come ofered him her ham The first time she had

down, and kissed it, had solemnly bentpression is the result of the highest art or the Miss Santley sketched diligently all day-laughingly explained that though she has commonest nature." perhaps the brandy and things would save her child's life. She gazed round her coast scenery, Frisian types, groups of visitors, sarily fervent salutation, she contar unneces room The life of the street had not brought brand new German officials. Miss Grant ran hands in careless, friendly tashlotna shake her much lasury, A silk blouse hanging on about the island chattering to everybody, to Wyk was wont to respond, awkwardly crownz the door caught her eye. She crossed over the children, the dogs, the fisher-folk, the but something in the accustomed familiarity eagerly and reached it down. She examined waiters at the Conversation House, the outgo always made his fingers tremble, and his cheeks it critically and then as if satisfied, went to the ing English, the incoming Germans, and when burn. door and called down stairs to somebody. there was nobody else handy, she talked, or

A large, florid woman came in-one of the perhaps sang, to herself. women who are comfortable on another wo- man's misery.

jassa muong af

Well, my dear, what do you want with me." Then looking towards the bed. "How's the baby, I heard the doctor come down. I can't think why you make such a fuss about this baby. I should think you would be better without it but the doctor's a nice looking young chap, why don't you make up to him à bit, my dear, and not stay moping over your baby always.

The girl did not seem to heed her—she was still fingering the blouse apprisingly..

"I want you to take this round to Atten- borough's, and see what you can get on it, will you? You see I can't leave the baby. And on your way back, would you mind getting some brandy, and a couple of eggs at Turipsom's, and some milk, half a pint will do at the Dairy Company's at the corner. You can get the brandy at The Stag" as you pass. And going on eagerly you can have anything over for a drink for yourself. But, please, bring the things to me first, I can't leave the baby to gat them myself, and I want them as soon as ever 1 can get them."

"All right, my dear, of course I'll get them for you in no time" the prospect of a drink at the "Stag" urged in her."1 won't keep you any time you may be sure then as she handled the blouse from the point of view of a woman "this must have been a pretty blouse when you

it, but I prefer them cut got

Oli, would you mind going now. I want the things so badly the doctor ordered them for the baby."

*Well. I'm just going. I did not know you were in such a tremendous hurry?" She pas- sed hurriedly out of the room. But the girl's remark had piqued her, and she determined to take her awn ume.

The wonnu's words about thie blouse weke an aching memory. She had bought and worn that blouse when she was a good and happy girl-ch, how long ago, But she banished this pain as trivial.

She returned to bed and falling on her knees besides it began to strake the fair hair, and caress the little still limbs. She Prayed, the cle mental prayer of suffering to some power greater than itself, to some force that can stay cir- cumstance, bid Fate sjand still for a time.

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The minutes slipped by unnoticed, while her anguished gaze fed itself on the sleeping child's face. So etill, once and again she ben; over with a new fear to listen for the light motions of his breath

would the brandy and things never come surely the woman must have been gone an hour Only her heart kept note of the ilme. She wanted to be doing something, to ex change this impotent inaction for action how, over, futile. Her eyes hardly strayed

from the child's fac

face, she watched for that

which she dared not think,

At last the woman returned. Her large presence seemed to fill the room with effusiva geniality. She brought with her an ample smell of spirits.

She placed her parchases on the table "they only gave me gbob on it" she said "So you see that didn't leave much over when I had bought all those things."

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The girl thanked her, and she left the room, humming a fragment of song,

The girl left the bed side for a minute, and brought the things over to the child's side. She bent up the eggs in a tumbler with the milk and added the brandy. She gazed from time to time at the child as she did so, and once she grasped his hand in a suddenfear,

When har preparations were made she raised bis head in the flexure of her arm, and tried to conx the food between his lips. He taslated at -first but her patience overcame him.

So an through the dark reaches of the night she fed him. Fearful at first lest she did wrong to wake him thus.

and she nod-

to summer in england

more or

*Herr Franz, I want you to do me a favour." "1, gracious Fraulein? You are joking! You know I am your servant," stammered Wyk.

"I know nothing of the kind," said Florence Gmnt, with her audacious little society manner, which had turned stronger beads than this Frisian sailor's I know you will take me out in your boat, if you have nothing Letter to do, and will teach me to fish because you think I bring you fuck in the fishing, and you will sit for Miss Sanitey, because you like having your picture drawn but this is something much more important, and I am not at all sure you will grant it and she shook her head as if in real doubt.

"Tell me what it is'; try me," urged Wyk, generally as placid and almost sleepy, ablaze with desperate earnestness, his blue eyes, with excitement. The girl's trumpery little moods has power to move him more than even she, with her Lendun experience, dreamt of passibly her Landon experience was after all with London material.

"Don't get excited; you will probably want to refuse my request politely when you hear what it is, so you had better not protest too much. My friend, Miss Santley, is very anx ious to paint a picture of a Frisian bride, be- fore she goes away. It will make her fortune at the "Institute or the New Gallery, next year, when everyone will be curious about Heligoland. Those are great picture exhibi- tions in London, do you see?"

"Yes, but-"

The good Heligolanders are full of affection ate curiosity about their summer visitors (it is characteristic of these corthern people, and goes hand in hand with an absurd, childish habit of boasting), and very soon they had in- formed themselves that the two ladies came from London, and that the younger one's father was a Councillor to the Queen of Eng- land (in reality an M.P.), and that she habit- For all that she had only brought three dresses the Court when she was at hònic, ually went

10 Heligoland, and no jewels. They had also discovered that she had no mother, and only one brother, out in India, and could play the violin and ten less correct, which flatterest 55 respecting her,

Grant's self-importance very pleasantly,

About Miss Suntley there was less to say, or at all events there was less suid, but then she tied her brown straw hat tightly down over her ears with a blue veil-which had the advantage of keeping it on her head Florence Grant's "sailor" was generally blowing about the cliffs ar the shore, with half the population after it. Miss Santley battoned her hideous ulster about her in the most uncompromising fashion, and was not without a strong suspicion of black moustache on her upper lip, which gave her irregular face a shrewd decisive expression. When the islanders had remarked on these peculiarities and had criticized her mighty boots, and trembled at her sketch book, they had done with her, as far as gossip went, though Now I am coming to it. You spoke one their expansive friendliness held her in high day of having all the ornaments for a complete respect as a visitor out of England.".

Ausstattung which had belonged to your Miss Grant, however, was an unending in-mother. Will you trust them to me for a week terest; though she had brought but three dresses or so, the Harten, the earrings, the chains, end with her, a red, a white and it blue, she managed all the Auhangsel, that my friend may paint a to vary them in a most bewildering and en- Heligoland bride with all her distinguishing chanting manner; her sail hats, her dogskin details of costume? can promise you that gloves, her Oxford shoes, her tweed pattemed they shall be carefully handled, and by nobody mackintosh, each in their turn constituted an but myself." "event"in Heligoland eyes. Cassandra Hend- ricks, the island belle, had hitherto thought nothing in the world could be more beau tiful than her own holiday suit of green, with its crimson petticoat, gold-braided, and dangling Hartjen there could only be one step further, she used to think, when as a married woman she should don the ligh

It was not reluctance of dissent, this strange lace cap, and a golden Hartjen instead of the eager expression which lighted up Wyk's square maiden'e silver one. But since she had seen brown features; it was not any desire to excuse the English girl spring up the steps from the himself for witholding the permission she had strand to the Oberland in her white dress, her asked. It was rather an incredulous, aver slim figure poising like a bird, as she turned to mastering delight at seine apparently bewilder. shade her eyes and look out over the sea some ing prospect which made his eyes gleam and dim dissatisfaction with the conons of beauty the muscles of his mouth work convulsively, as expressed in Heligoland had visited Cas-Miss Grant was certain that she would have sandra's mind. She, in common with many the jewels, but she could not think why the of her young fellow-islanders had a pleasant man should take the matter so oddly? face with good, round eyes and a fresh, healthy colour ther figure, too, was comely and straight, even if it a little strangely suggested two wineglasses, the lower one inverted; but when once she had looked full at Miss Crant, the honest, humble creature said simply, we are all weakday girls, the English Lady is for Sunday." It was to her cousin, Franz Wyk, that she

said this, and the eager alacrity with which he agreed, gave poor Sandrá a strange pang, but it did not lessen her generous admiration of the stranger. As Frans had been, often to Hamburg, and to Bremerhaven, and as far as Memel, he must have seen many beautiful Indies, and be more hard to please than the lads who had never been away from the island; if only she had curly yellow hair, and grey eyes, and a little, fine mouth that smiled like Miss Grant's:

Miss Grant was smiling one afternoon as she stood by her artist friend's camp-stoot and watched her work. Mics Santley was finishing a sketch of Pompeian red rocks and silver sand, with-little-tufts of emerald green grass. fringing the water line, and her companion was talking about Cassandra Hendricks. "You must paint her as a Heligoland bride" slie was saying

One glorious summer evening when it would tuve been a su to sit indoors painting, the two English ladies and Franz Wyk were bacalm d

De Af eve Wyk's Layout sailing boat, and the Dune; a few strokes of the cars was have brought them to shore, and there they might to hurry for," Florence said, and else. The sea well sit there as anywhere sky was all luminoike green nil, the western and their about tila orange and crimson, though there was no a bragined, in quiver where. The breeze which had add any. along se briskly when they first started suddenly dropped,

"A heavenly evening," the ladies said; "a storm brewing" muttered Franz; but it mat tered little for they were near home, and the ours were ready. The mister of this Sleeve and his lad Peter could land them in a few moments whenever they liked to give the word. Miss Santley had a sung seat anong shawls and cushions in the bows and was lish, French and German periodicals in an devouring the Etest consignment of Eng. naiyerous, polygles, fashian of her own; she might have been in her own South Kensingtof Judgings, or at a Paris Boulevard sold or in a German Heating-room for all the Attention she payed her companions. Peter was huppy, ton, after his fashion, asleep in the sun, witli his mouth open, and dreaming of Con- Ker so that to all intents and purposes Florence Grant and Franz Wyk were alone, as much alone as the former was wont to be at a London bail, or in the back of a box at the theatre, or on the box-seat of a drag at "Lords." For her the situation had no nevelty, or special interest. "Will you not sing?" she asked the the young man beside herbe had not spoken for so long that the silence was getting a little tedious.

What shall 1 sing?" "SingDer Fescher."

Wyk leant hack against the mast, and clasped his arms behind his closely cropped brown head; he did not look at Flarence, which was a relief in her his long silent gaze was beginning to be wearisoute to her, but she knew that the intimacy had been of her own seeking, and if she had now had nearly enough There was a moment's silence; Florence, of it, it was not Wyk's fault. She took comfort naturally much quicker minded than the in thinking that in a week or so, now, her re Frisian, concluding instantly that she had asked turn to England woul! conclude the affair, and too much, and a little nettled at his reluctance a Christmas card, four months later would be (which in spite of her pretended doubts she all that was needed to put an elegant finish. had never expected), began, "I beg your pardoning touch to the episode; meanwhile the if" when something in his face startled her. young Heligolander sang like a thrush and while he sang he did not look & her, but far away out to sex as a sailor should! Der Fescher, please," she repeated';-fortunately it bad about a dozen versek,

They are yours, Fraulein, I will bring them myself to your hotel. You can keep them-" We should only want them a few days,” she interrupted quickly. She had been on the point of making a little joking speech about his wanting them for a bride of his own, but some instinct checked her-" the remainder of the dress we can manage quite well. There is no thing distinctive except the cap which I can casily contrive, but the ornaments are the point of the whole affair, and unless we had them exactly correct it would not be a Frisian bride at all. I don't know how to thank you, Herr Wyk," she concluded graciously.

There is no need-1 would do more for you than that."

"Take care, perhaps I shall steal your family jewels."

"You cannot steal what is freely given." "Oh, nonsense! you know I am only borrow. ing them by the-bye, you haven't asked who is to sit for the bride."

Because I know by instinct." "Who is it, then?".

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Der Anders wodros atli!

The voice died away softly and the singer's eyes came back to Miss Grant's face.

(To be continued),

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Over a sea of heads I gazed at the lecturer. Ostrich feathers, bows, flowers, and spikes jostled each other like sails, spars and masts in

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He paused, and there was that in his crouchinguitude that prepared me for new fight, Suddenly, while I watched he darted out and salled aloft, striking a new line, as far

could nowhere. The lecturer's voice was dreamy and impassioned. It seemed to me that he had left his hearers behind. I followed my tiny friend to an electric-light globe, about a

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At times her tired eyes close the cap and all the proper ornaments, but she less as the verizat old Meer Katze at the bath-yard above his starting půlnt, and watched him Coywil

"I asked her to sit for me the other day in

seemed shy of it. I think she imagines it would be unluckyit is a pity, for not one of the other girls is nearly so presentable,

I'll get her to do it. I don't belives ahe would refuse, me," Miss Grant had confidence in herself, and it was somehow generally just

fed.

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"The most beautiful girl in the island!" "I don't myself think so much of 'Sandra's beauty" said Miss Grant to herself as she wandered away across the beach, "Ten years hence she will be as weatherbeaten and shape ing place. She has only beauté de diable of a run in and out among the wrought-iron leaves. bright, healthy sort But I suppose Franz Thon slowly, meditatively he let himself Wyk will marry her-when-when he recovers down, and landed on the back of himself! If he thought that was going to sit bouring chair. For a moment he seemed to Una Santley in Frisian bridal cap and balls bewildered, dispirited. Then with a sudden he is mistaken, but I hadn't the heart to tell renewal of energy he mounted by an in- him so He seemed to take the matter as a visible rope to the brim of the hat, thence to serious compliment. How to find Sandra and the bow, and from bow to flower, flower to and get her consent; i fancy that Franz's feather, feather to spike, went again apparently Ausstattung will tempt her. "Hi, Frau Sack reviewing his work, ravising bis knota, are you seen 'Sandra Hendricks on the Uater- land this afternoon?"

ded, waking with a start.

Suddenly during the dark hour before the dawn that turns the glass of life, she woke and sat upright shivering, Had she been asleep long? She leant over the still form of the child, straining her ents to catch any sound of his breathing but none came. She tore Away the clothes that came between, her and. her child. No movement atirred the rigid frame They are such a superstitious people; the hand she pressed to her, bosom fell back besides the wedding ornaments are peculiar. imply when she released it. She seized the I doubt if they have got them in' Sandra's child and strained him to her trying to conjure, family m back life to the motionless eyes, trying to revive

"Oh I could get those too; Franz Wyk the still dimbs. She would not think the has them from his mother. I know, for he child was dead-ble sleep was only a little spoke of them one day when we were out

Meanwhile, Franz Wyk, pottering over his she could not think sailing. It is the bridegroom's gift to the boat on the western strand, broke into snatches deeper than before,

she rocked | bride, and he said that his father had given his the baby form on her bosom, kissing it, coning mother a very complete set of Anhangsel and of song which were carries hak out the

lustily along

he had died while she slept,

to it, tolling it all the foolishness and joy of her love for it.

But when they came in the morning as she at with it in her arms, she told them not to disturb it's seep, and they knew the child was dead: A

she had left them to him.

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Humph for his wife, I suppose? Do you think that, Cassandra Hendricka will like you to borrow them from Wyk for her?" Miss Santley put the very least accent in the world upon the two pronouns Florence Grant did She did act scem to know the meaning of the not appear to notice it. "Why not?" she asked. succeeding days. She kept reiterating that Frans and Cassandra are cousins; both are some one, wanted to take away her baby. When ready to gratify us; the man is proud of his. she could ng cons food down its that she queer old braaments, and the girl is sure to

damp lowels and bathing costumes.

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In Heilgoland!"

"It is not lucky to sing like that of a Friday, Franz Wyk," muttered the old "Meer Katze to herself sententiously.

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The lecturer was scattering dates broadcast, and the sea of heads was as disturbed as the harbour in a squall. Soon he stopped, shut uphis notebook, and walked modestly out of the room. they bobbed, they seethed towards the door. Quannolung.

Chios reigned among the hats. They swayed, Poon. As the large bat got up there was a wrenching Rennie. of little threads. Two broken ends waved Robinson. vaguely and forlornly in the air. A hand went Tackseng.. up to straighten the hat and pull down the veil, working more destruction.

He was difficult to follow," said the wearer of the hat, as we went out.

"Yes, I agreed, "that flight at the end was so vague

He seemed to lose himself a little," she. rented.

"And there were too many knots."

--would grierefor a while, and then fall to kising enjoy being dressed up... Leave it to me to lend his jewels, and 'Sandra to wear them; you Nots 7 abe queried.'

It hungrily

While sheslept one night they had the baby put in it's comin-Neighbours seat white flowers, and Alled the room with the voice of their luxuridis griaf.

manage

Willingly-only have a care, Florence: there people have feelings; they are not entire ly playing folder friend, sauntering away,

for you in the holidays."

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shall charm the British public with an origins! picture, which the "Panorama will reproduce in a Christmas number. In my mind's eye i Metropolitan railway stations. seo your "Frisian Bride" hanging at all the

corrected hastily."Dates I mean." “Oh, I've got those all right,” she said, and showed her note-book, slatku

**Yes," I aid, "but I looked at her bat

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