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SHORT STORY.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, APRIL 5

With a thrill of sheer excite- ment, Edith stole a glance at her (Continued from page 3). champion and then another. over the odds. As she looked Ile was distinctly smaller than about, a man here and there the big sailor who was sitting so caught her eye and suddenly be calmly and confidently in the op From neck to came quist, Othere gazed at her posite: corner. with frank interest. A surpris- walet his skin was fairly pink ing fact was the unmistakeable and white. He was not, like the and growing sense of order dis-, usilor, ribbed and ridged with played by the moro sober of the muscle; but there was wiry sailors and the five or six Ameri- strength in his arms and solidity cans and Englishmen who ap-in the smooth shoulders and the peared to be tacitly in charge of firm back. the arrangements. They were all men so rough as to be wholly out of the world as she knew

opiam-smokere apparently, drunkards certainly; yet all acemed to take pride in arranging the fight according to certain set rules of proceduro. Lacquered stools were brought and placed in Pails of wo opposite cornota, water appeared, and bottles, and

towels.

"I will be cautions," he was saying, in an eager low voice, to the New Yorker. "I must sa you say, feel him out. It will be, I think, strength against olever-

988."

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The second, like the guardian of the clothing, showed signs of self-importance. He looked his principal over critically, worked his arms, kneaded his shoulders and chest, and struck him lightly here and there about the body, guess you're quick enough,"

POST OFFICE.

·MAILS ARRIVED TO-DAY. Bangkok, s.s. Drufar.

1

Cosat ports, 8.8. Kaijo Maru. Bangkok, 8.8. Petsanulok.

MAILS VIA SIBERIA.

Lah London

Mar, 13 Mar. 19

· Das Shangbal

Mar. 29 April 4

SHIPPING NEWS.

ARRIVED.

1918.

WEATHER REPORT.

On the 5th at 10.55.-The northern depression now lies to the north of Hokkaido. Depres- sions have formed over China, and over Indo-China.

Mail Steamers

THE PENINSULAR

Pressure is nearly stationary AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO.

over the Philippines. It is high- est over Japan.

Moderate S. to 8.W. winds are indicated along the E. coast of

Hanoi, Fr. s.s., 706, Chevalier, 3rd April-Haiphong and Pakhoi 1st April, Gen- Marty. Johanne, Ger. s.o., 952, H. Ipland, 4th April-Saigon 31st Mar., Bloo.-J. & Cɔ, Hulchow, Br. s.8., 1,271, Hooker,

4th April-Tientsin via Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 Ports 29th Mar., Gen.bours ending at 10 am. to-day, B. & S.

|0.00 inches.

FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.

MAILS DUE. Siberian, Chinhua, 6th inst... French, Amazone, 7th inst. Canadian and American, Em-Pitsanulok, Ger. .8., 1,264, D.

press of Japan, 10th

The Chinhua, is expected to arrive here to-morrow with the

London Mails (via Siberia) of Drufar, Wednesday the 12th and Saturday the 15th March,

The Amazone with the French

instant at 3 p.m. and expected to Mall left Saigon on Friday the 4th arrive here on Monday the 7th instant at 11. a.m.

She glanced over toward the

The Empress of Japan with the big sailor, then dropped her eyes he said.

Canadian and American Mail ex and for a moment held her breath;

"It is that with me," replied "Korea is expected to arrive for bia seconda vrare in the set of removing the last article of clothe Parisian; "it is quickness." here on Thurday the 10th instant. thing from the upper half of his And again he proudly uttered the body. Then, d-spite duttoring lids, she looked again.

sentence that soomed, as he spoke it, to have an almost mystical im- port: "Though but an amateur, I have, you see, stayed six rounds with the great Carpentier-at Paris."

MAILS' CLOSE.

9 a.m.

Swatow-Par Haimun, 6th April, Swatow, Amoy and Foochow via

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Chenan,

Kaijo

Boyas,

Reimers, 4th "April- Bangkok 29th Mar, Gon. B. & S..

and Nor...s., 1,102, Bing, 5th April-Bangkok Swatow 4th April, Gen. -Kin Tye, Lung.

5th April-Canton 4th Br. s... 1.246, L. Jones,

Gen.-B. & 8. Maru, Jap. 8.8., 1,283, Y. Yamaoto, 5th April Swatow 4th April, Sun- dries, O. S. K. Br. 6.5, 2,771. 8. G. Dale, 5th April-Hamburg and Singapore 30th Mar., Gen. -H. A. L.

CLEARANCES AT THE HARBOUR OFFICE. April 4.

Tamaul Per Daigi: maru, 6th April, 9 a.m. Sandakan-Per Mausang, 7th

April, 11a.m.;

Nukai, for Tai Yu. Macao-Per Sui Tai, 7th April,

Kanagawa-maru, for Yokohama. Philippine Islands-Per Zafiro, Nippon-maru, for San Francisco,

7th April, 3 p.m.

Empress of India, for Viotoria. Saigon-Per Combe, 7th April,Kwanglee, for Shanghai.

April 5. 3 p.m.

Siberian

Mail.

1,15 p.m.

and

Shanghai, North China Combe, for Saigon.

Japan via Kobe Tydeus, for Yokohama. (Europo via Siberia)-Per Haimun, for Swatow. Amazono, 7th April, 5 Ceylon-maru, for Singapore.

Boyne, for Yokohama. pm.

China, and moderate E. winds WILL despatch VESSELS to the Undermentionel PORTS on or atos over the N. China Sea.

District.

1 Hongkong and

Neighbourhood

2 Formosa Channel 3 South coast of)

Forecast.

E. or vari-

able winds,

moderate to light; fair.

Variablo winds, mo- derate,

the DATES namöl-

YON

SHANGHAI .........ını LONDON, NIA'

USUAL PORTO OF CALL

LONDON & ANT- WERP v. S'PORE, Parang, - C'muo, PORT SAID, AND MARRHILLBE......

STEAMNGS

DEVANHA Capt. W... Hickey, a...

ASSAYE

TO FAIL ON.

MAZE

Noon 10th April Noon

Freight and

Pasuge. Freight and

Passage.

bout

Freight &

Capt. . W. Cookman, B.M.B. 12th Ap:11}

NYANZA

Capt, H. N. Riias, ».8.0.

abook

[Capt. O. R. Longden, B... Į 21st April

The same China between H.K.

as No. 1. and Lamecke South coast of) China between H.K. E. winds,

moderate.

SHANGHAI,

MOJI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.....

PALAWAN

and Hainan..

China Coast Meteorological

Station.

Register.

5th April, am.

[Wind. |

Hour.

Barometer.

Cemperature

Humidity.

D'tion.

Force.

Wostook 7a-42 50

Nemuro 6a 29.05---- Hakodate 30.01

Tokio

.Kochi

จิ

+1

30.14-- 30.15- Nagasaki 30.05 K'shima 30.08

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Oshima Naha

» 30.01 30.01

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Ishi'jims 29.97

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Bonin Is. Chefoo

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11

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Whaiwei 29,87 50 86 se

Hankow Ichang

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11

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DEPARTED.

April 5.

At that moment the sailor ducked through the ropes and seated himself on the stool, and she know that his body was beau- Edith was impressed by the tiful. Beneath the battered face expression of frank admiration and bead, beneath those painfully that suddenly illuminated the un- fascinating "cauliflower" ears, shaven face of the man who had were a pair of broad shoulders worked three years at Brown's. with great ropes of muscle.cur-

You don't say !",

was the re- ving down over them. The ply. "Then you're sure some breasts were hard and prominent,fighter." standing out like a cornice over The seconds met in the centre the solid, muscle-ridged trunk of the ring and gravely discussed beneath. Even as he sat quietly the problem of a referee. From on his stool, his out-spread arms among those who volunteered, or Swatow, Amoy and Fooshow-Yulesang, for Mahia. resting easily on the ropes, there who were put forward by friends

Chenan, for Shanghai. Per Haiyang, 8th April, Huichow, for Canton. was a constant play of delicately among the spectators, a big Eng "responsive knots of musclelishman was selected as being on beneath the surface of his smooth the whole the least drunk, and skin. The entire body cavity the most impressive in appear seemed to expand and contract asce. He, in his turn, called the rhythmically with

his heavy two principals to him; and again His trousers were Edith was struck by the astonish- breathing. drawn in tight about the waist ing sense of order that ruled this and secured with a bit of light wild proceeding. Evidently, in He had kicked off his the minds of these rough men shoes, and his stockinged feet, there was a common acceptance were feeling the floor as if search of the traditional rules of the ing for the box of powdered resin that was not there.

rope,

"Pardon, misa; but it is to be a fight. I must do the same."

She turned. The Parisian had thrown aside coat and waistcoat, and was jerking at his necktie, His neglige shirt followed. Then he worked his singlet up about his head and straggled with for a moment. She caught hold of it with both hands and pulled it over his head.

sport.

The referee stood, coat off, watch in hand, one arm raised. The two fighters were seated in their oorders. Edith stood by the post, directly behind her champion, quite unconcious of the fact that the orowd had res- pectfully withdrawn a little way! from her on either side.

'Keep him off," the man from Brown's was saying in staccato wbiepera, "Make him lead. Thank you," said he simply. Don't let him get in on you "He unlaced bis aboes and hand-He'll clinch if he can. Don't let ed them to an unkempt young him lay that beef on you." cockney, a beach-comber,doubt- "Ready, gentlemen!" called less, who at once, with sadden and immense self-importance, as

sumed a guardianship over the little heap of discarded clothing. "You might 'old 'is watch, miss," said this person.

And Edith took the watch and fob, and place them, for safety, in her wrist-bog.

Another unprepossessing young man now spoke to the Parisian. He was many days from the bar ber, and his hands appeared to be none too steady; but there was assuranco in his eye.

"I'll look after you, mister," he said. "You'll be all right with me. Worked three years at

the referee. The confusion of voices died out. The referee

dropped his arm, stiffly. "Time!" he shouted.

(To be Concluded next Saturday.)

Oplum Don at Brest.

A French naval lieutenant was, at Brest, on 3rd ult., sentenced to two months' imprisonment and fined £40 for condueting an opium smoking den for use by officers and

women.

A masn

named Lardenora was sentenced to two months' imprisonment and fined £120 for supplying opium to two women who kept opium,

Brown's Gym. in New York dens. The women were also sen- Twenty-third Street, you know,tenced to two months' imprison- jast off Sixth Avenue," And they ment end fued £4 and £20, use me around here some." eespectively.

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Straits and Rangoon-Per Upada,

8th April, 10 m. Shanghai, North China, Japan via Moji, Victoria and Seattle Per Sado-maru, Choysang, for Swatow.

Nile, for Yokohama, 8th April, 10 a.m.

and Calcutta Per Chun-Profit, for Bangkok.

sang, 8th April, 10 a.m.

4.m.

Kiang Ping for Canton.

Straits Welhalwei and Tientsin-Per Shinteu-maru, for Saigon,

Huiohow. 8th April, 10 Hangsang, for Canton.

Peleus, for Liverpool. Empress of India, for Vancouver. Nippon-maru, for San Francisco. Ceylon-maru, for Straits, Kanagawa-maru, for Japan. Tydous, for Shanghai. Yuensang, for Philippine Islands. Kwanglee, for Shanghai.

French

Mail.

Siberian

Mall.

Saigon, Straite. Ceylon. Adelaide, Western Aus- tralia, India, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseil- les (Late Letters 11 to Noon. Extra Postage 10 centa). (Letters posted in all the Pillar Boxes in time for the first olerance will be included in this contract mail.)- Por Atlantique, 6th April., 11 a.m.

Shanghai, North China Japan via. Nagasaki, Honolulu Canada, United Stats South America and San Francisco (Eu- rope via Siberia)-Per Tanyo-Maru, 8th April, 11a.m.

Macao-For Sui Tal, 8th April,

1.15 pm

Philippine Islands-Fer Kaifong, 8th April. 3 p.m. traits and Ceylon-Per Kitano-

maru, 8th April, 5 pm Swatower Haimun, 9th April,

10a.m.

Kiukiang.

Changsha,

Weather.

Shanghai 29.8155 BBC 2 0 Gutzlaff 29.8253

Sharp P. 7a29.9560

Amoy

Swatow

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Freight and

Parge.

All the above steamers are fitted with wirelesi Telegraphy,

For Freight, or Passago apply to

P. & O. B. N. Co.'s office,.

Hongkong, 5th April, 1913, '

E. A. HEWETT,

Superintendent.

NORDDEUTSCHER

LLOYD.

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IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL

For

STEAMES.

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NAPLES, GENOA,)

ALGIERS, GIBRAL-PRINZESS ALICE TAR, SOUTHAMPTON, (Capt. L. Feranck ANTWERP & BREMEN SHANGHAI, NAGA-]

BAKI, KOBE and YOKOHAMA.................

MANILA, ANGAUR,)

LINES

TO SAIL OR

FW'DAY,

16th April

20,800

-10 a.m.

BULOW

Capt. Nahrath

16,900

6,750

About THURSDAY, 17th April.

SATURDAY, 19 Ap il

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PRINZ SIGISMUND

Capt. D. Lens

'T.. 6,000

TUESDAY,

20th April

End of

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April..

TAP, NEWGUINEA, COBLENZ BRISBANE BYDNEY (Capt. L. Klugkist & MELBOURNE ..............)

see 50m

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6 a 29.9861 88 aw 16 ,,a29.9063 94 n' lo

Taihokų

5a 29.97-

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Taichu

29.97

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Tainan

29.97

Koshun

29.96-

29.96

6a29.96 68 91

3

29.92----

... 29.9168-

% of

P'dores Canton: 9 H'kong Gap Rook Macao Wuchow 98 Pakhol. Hoihow

SHIPS PASSED THE CANAL Phulien

London, 4th March.

The following vessels have pas- sed the Canal Bayern, Bean von, Altmark, Flintshire, Lovat, Laomedon.

-0

6a29.9172 - 880, 5 0

Tourona

#

29.8773-8se 2 dh

O. St. J. Aparri Manila Legaspi Iloilo

29.9175-ene 1 o

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Bacolod

London, 6th March. Cebu Arrivals from China: Novara. Labuan

London, 7th March. Arrivals from China: Jason, Mishima Maru, Polyphemus.

The following vessels have pas- sed the Canal:-Japan, Sunda, Nile, Telemachus, Magellan.

29.9272 - 88 1 b -29,9368 - де 1 с

29.9375 no 1 c

9 a 29.9182 - nw 2 b

17

29.9382-80 20

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" 29.9082 T. F. Claxton, Director. Hongkong, Observatory, Apr. 5. 1 Barometer, reduced to 32 degrees Fahrenheft on the level of the sea in inches, tenths and

hundredths.

2 Temperature, in the shade, in degrees Fahrenheit,

London 14th March. Arrivals from China:-Goeben, Aloinous, Boboylkill, Armenia, Telemachus, Laomedon.

3 Humidity, in percentage of The following vessels have pas-saturation, the Humidity of air sed the Canal:-Kaga Naru, Ara-saturated with moisture being 100, Direction of Wind, to two bia, Liberia, Amazona, Peshawar, Narrung, Bremen.

points,

5 Force of Wind, according to Beaufort Saale.

KUDAT & SANDAKAN (BORNEO

• Calling at Manila.

All the steamers of the European Line are fitted with Wireless Teleg.athy Sew Bystem of Telötunken.

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FOR SWATOW.

traits, Ceylon and India via

London, 11th March. Bombay-Per Austria,

Arrivals from China:-Furst 9th April, 10 a.m.

Bulow, Monmouthshire, Magel- 6 State of Weather, b blus aky, Philippine Islande, Australia, lan. Swazi, Sambia,

o detached cloud, d drizzling rain Tasmania, New Zealand The following vessels have pas-f fog, g gloomy, h hall, 1 light- HAIMUN via Port Darwin-Persed the Canal:-Antenor. Ben-ning, o overoaat, p passing Changsha, 9th April, 1vorlich, Bohemia. Candia. Kana-showers, q squally, r rain, s snow, Japan via Ragusaki-Per Nikko gawa Maru. Lothian, Longsor, t, thunder, v visibility, w dow wet). Lutzow, Middleham Castle, Ty- 0 Rain in inches, tenths and maru, 9th April, 11 am.

deus, Goldenfels.

hundredths. Shanghai and North China-Per Hangsang, 9th April, 11

a.m.

London, 18th March. Arrivals from China:-Brod- stone.

Philippine Islands, Timor. Aus The following vessels bavo pae- tralia, Tasmania & Newsed the Canal: Glenturret, Oan- Zealand vla Thursday fa, Sardinia, Tango Maru.

Islands-Por Tawala

maru, 9th April; 11 a.in. Btrails and India via Calcutta- Per Kumsang, 9th April,

1. p.m-

Macao-Per Sui Tai, 9th April,

1,15 p:m..

Japan via Kobe For Tango

maru, 10th April, 10 am. Shanghai and North China-Par Kwongeang, 10th April,

11 a.m.

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Barométer 29.95 29.99 London, 25th March. Arrivals from China:Antilo- Temperature 70 Humidity 82 chus, Idzumi Maru, Kago Maru. Wind Patroclus, Bremen.

E. The following vessole have pas-Force 3 sed the Canal:-Bulow, Hims-Weather laya, Indrawadi, Machaon, Pala- Rain wan, Stentor, Atreus, Villo de la Ciotat, Benmehr.

London, 1st April. Arrivals from China:---Golden-

facao-Por Sul Tai, 10th April, fels, Machaon.

1.5 p.m.

The following vessels have pas- sed the Canal:-Bellerophon, Ale- Shanghai and North China-Peris, Bendoran, Somali, Demodo

Chiokus, 10th April, 3

p.m.

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London, 4th April.

Lowest

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