1928-02-01 — Page 11

OUR NEW SERIAL

THE VANISHING VENGEANCE

CHAPTER I.

The telephone beil rang.

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By DOUGLAS NEWTON, Author of "Double Crossed," "Low Ceilings,"

"Green Indias," &c.

Its sharp clangour cut short Otte Rigg's study of the morning paper, and put an end to Joyce Alleyn's thoughts about the stranger. It also rang up the curtain of a refign of terror that was to sweep over the protty countryside of Greenhayle but neither Otto Rigg nor Joyce could know that.

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She was taking a short cut across the bare common. Her rond had akirled the unkempt grounds of a melancholy and lonely house, called locally The Dark House, and, was topping a hill. On the road bo- low her, and plainly to be seen on the bare ground under the light of the full moon, was the stranger.

She had no doubt about that well-set-up, qulek-moving figure coming towards her. Indeed; she Otto Rigg was reading the had intend to call out as she pass financial articles with the satin-ed, asking him if he had seen Mr. faction of a man who enjoyed Gamlin. When there was about watching the process by which his a hundred yards between them, the thousands were turned into tens of, road dipped, blotting out him and thousands.

the view When she rose out of the dip the man had gone,

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He was a creature of solid and tremendous fortune, as his house, He had vanished utterly. The The Pound, obviously advertised, road "and bare common before her but he also looked it himself. contninci, apparently, no living Very square, massive, and heavy, soul. This was extraordinary, for there was no path he could have with a face as square as the rest taken, and she would still see him of him, he impressed the beholder if he had crossed the bare grass." with a cold, bland sense of ruthless To vanish like that he must have power. Confronted by his grey and emotionless face, from which jump off the road quickly, and the little eyes stared straight and hidden himself in some fold of the

ground. nwinking, one thought of him as a sort of graven idol of Anaee.

Joyce Alleyn, whose very distant relationship to Otto Rigg had won hita. for her the position of his con- I was astonishing behaviour, fidential secretary, Wan con-

jand Joyce was startled by it. She spiciously unlike him.

She was beautiful in a candid had been puzzled by it ever since. Why had the stranger ran away und intelligent way,, She had

froin her? Who was he? What alim, quick figure, features that one was he doing in Greenhayle? What knew to be adorable though one kind of business could he have to could not any why, and a skin make him act so suspiciously? which, without suggesting any of the advertisements of beauty soap, was glowing and exquisite.

Also she had no particular in- -terest in the money miticles, if she was waiting patiently with pencil and notebook to take down matters

concerned with them. She was, on the other hand, intensely interest ed in the stranger,

He had, obviously, deliberately in the hope that she had not seen un away from her, and was hiding

She had been turning this over for the hundredth time, when the fateful telephone bell rang.

Otto Rigg did not stir. Joyce answered, listened, expostulated, turned to her employer.

"Mr. Gamlin's butler wishes to speak to you. He refuses to give He seems

in reason or 'n message.

upzet."

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

TESTING OF AVIATION RECRUITS.

REMARKABLY SUCCESSFUL

► RESULTS 'ACHIEVED.

London, Jan. 16. Remarkably successful results in the testing of aviation recruits by mechanical agency liavo been achieved.

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The flying altitude testing ap paratus, technically known 03 "Reid's Reaction Apparatus," con- sists of an aeroplane.cockpit, fitted with a'control-stick, rudder-bar and a row of instruments.

It has undergone tests by the Royal Air Force."

The pupil in placed in the cockpit and lo given directions from which he has to make the necessary deduc- tions and perform the appropriate

movements..

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY

1928.

OUR DAILY TALK ON HEALTH.

THE NINETEENTH HOLE IN- GOLF.

LIQUOR A BENEFIT.

Alcohol has the peculiar power of depressing the higher mental centres. Therefore a player who is too intent may sometimas be bene fitted by a small dose of alcohol.

Dr. Theodore B. Hyslop, who hap pens to have been on occasion presi- dent of the Society for the Study of Inebriety, believes that neither golf nor mental efficiency is enhanced by practice at the "Alcohole" as the nineteenth is not infrequently called.

The ideal mental stance is tran quility with equanimity. Among The latter, together with the time some of the factors likely to disturb taken, are automatically recorded

the "player's equilibrium aro walt on a graph, which the official reporting about on the tee or green. Many describes as an "extraordinarily ac- curate index."

U.S. PROHIBITION AGENTS.

MANY FAIL TO PASS EXAMINATION.

Washington, Jan. 26, The Prohibition Commissioner, Mr. Ryan, la distressed because 1,500 out of his force of 2,000 agents have failed to pass the Civil Service Examination legally requir.

of them."

of the delinquents may be ordered. Mr. Ryan fears that the dismissal

He asks whether an easier examina- tion is not possible and says that he could not have passed this one himself.

Ile in of opinion that the men

should be accepted owing to their character, experience and personal- ity; not because they can pawy A written test.

which had overtaken them, had not been crushed, but had, with unex- nipled grit and cleverness, begun. all over again and replaced the fortunes which they had lost with greater fortunes.

She was both attracted and ̧¡

No blame was attached to these Otto Rigg rese, moved solidly to puzzled by this man. Who was he? the telephone, said evenly and

five directora. They too had suffer- What was he doing in Greenhayle? clearly, I am speaking," and listened just as the poorest shareholder Why had he first talked to her and ed coldly, not

muscle of his of Consolidated Exploitations had then-run away from her?

Ruffered. All had been the victims of a rogue. To put it briefly, the sixth director had absconded with practically all the available capital, He and money to the amount of several millions had vanished, into

She had met him last night.quare, greyish face moving.

"You are perfectly sure," he pre- She had been calling on Seward'sently said over the phone without Gamlin for Otto Rigg, and just as trace of feeling. "Oh, rigor mortis she wheeled her bicycle through has already set in... Bat naturally the gates of the drive she had run you'd send for the doctor, my South America, it was thought, and good man... Did he' complain of Ho had asked her at once if this anything?... Enjoyed perfect, neither had even been seen again.

into the man

. And a

The widespread ruin this piece Yes, I of brilliant scoundrelism hod

was Mr. Gamlin's house, and she health as you say. had seen that he was a complete very strong man. atranger. It was easy to mark agree, but it sometimes comes to brought about had moved the the stranger in Greenliayle, where strong men like that. every cottager and householder was Heaven's sake don't begin the a friend-or enemy-and comings whole story now... and goings were rare.

For

Yes, I'll come at once, und, Kyte, inform no- body else of this-yel."

D

tion. But none of this had fallen whole world to passionate indigna-.

on the five directors, who had re- mained to bear the brunt of their companion's ugly crime. As all inquiry tended to settle the blame on the absconding director, so it tended to clear them. They had emerged from the bad businesa without a stain on any of their sympathy and admiration as men who had stood fast though ruin and prison threatened them,

charácters, even they had

won

Yet, and this was part of the puzzle, though she felt certain the

Otto Rigg put down the tele man did not belong to the district, phone, and sat looking coldly and ho did, despite his initial question, calmly at the wall in front of him, know a great deal about

Mr. Joyce gazed at him with startled Gamlin and his estate,,

and horrified eyes. She had heard When she had told him that this enough to know that Ollo Rigg had was Mr. Gamlin's place, he had at just learnt of the sudden death once anid: "Do you happen to of one of his closest friends, the man know if he is at home?"

she had called on only last night. "Oh, yes," she had answered, She herself was profoundly shock- "I've just left him,"

fed at the unexpectedness of the The admiralion wan justifiel. Ho peered at her closely. She tragedy. Otto Rigg's cold callous- All of them very soon had shown could make out his eyes, grey, ness horrified her.

their capacity, and all had quickly steady, and curiously penetrating, In a moment he picked up the made great fortunes in other ven- ander the brim of a hat pulled well telephone again, and called up a tures. It was, perhaps, only down over his brow: "Does that number.

natural that they should all group mean he has his usual crowd of-- "Ia Mr. Shanly there?" he asked. their homes together at Green- er-bright friends with him?" he "Eh, that you, Hugo? Seward hayle, round that of Otto Rigg, who' asked.

Gamlin's butler has just, 'phoned | had been the Chairman of Directora Joyce had laughed a little at that.me that Seward is dead. Yes, I've in their ill-fated company. Mr. Gamlin's bright friends, his said it plainly dead. My abrupt sporting pals, and Indies of the ness ahocked you? My dear luxo, could say that the five rich men It was natural, though · nobody stage were rather a by-word.

"No," she answered, without other information whatsoever. were really good companions. stopping to wonder at the strange-There's no excuse for you enjoying There was even, it seemed, a sense ness of the other's remark. "You'll one of your panich... Death is a

of constraint and hostility evident be quite free of them. He's alone." visitor that calls on all of us...

when they met togeller. Well, "Thank you," said the mun. Heit's called on Seward first, that's maybe, that was to be expected, too. moved on for a couple of prees, fall. No, I haven't any theories or People grow away from each other, turned, and called as though it was anything else, until. I've been to irritable with each other, as they an afterthought. "He's in the Seward's house. Yes, that's why facing danger shoulder to shoulder Yet the old band born of study opening on to the bowls lawn, I'm ringing you up. 'I'll call I suppose?"

She had answered "Yes" with-to ourselves for the moment...

on my way. Yes, we'll keep this held them together, though they had grown to a distaste of each out thinking, because In a place The others can hear and condole other's society, like Greenhayle people did walk in later."

don't be silly.

No, I have no

ro on.

Joyce thought that this might be

on their friends unannounced, but Joyce and her note-book travelled the explanation why "the others" later it seemed queer to her that with Otto Rigg in his car. On the were not informed of Gamlin's a stranger would think of doing way to Hugo Shanly they passed death at once.

The tom, the home of Henry

that,

She thought a good deal of him Maker, ut no call was made. This gates ready for them. That was Hugo Shanly was At his lodge as she went through a list of calls with Utto Rigg's determination to like him. He could not bear to in and about the village. He had leave "the others" out of it for the wait. His long, excessively thin from the first rather attracted her. time being, was strange. To Joyce body always gave the impression He had a quick-moving, strong it was part and parcel of his curious that it was writhing with nervous figure, of the sort she dubbed and horrible attitude towards a apprehension. Deadly pale even as "clean" is accent had been plea tragedy so startling and personal to hair and eyes, he had the sant, refined, and at the same time as to numb her. decidedly purposeful. She realised

If ever there was a close-knit nervous, sharp-nosed manner of a

white weanel.

that he had a capacity for gettinget," It was that little band of im- what he wanted out of people, forinensely rich men known secretly He scrambled into the car in a ho had got quite a lot of informa-to the rest of Greenhayle as "The frantle manner, and began talking tion regarding Mr. Gamlin from Old Consolidateds."..There were of Gamlin's unexpected death at her with but the barest possible five of them, Otto Rigg, Huge once, as though it were a matter of effort.

Stanly, Seward Gamlin, who was tremendous suspicion.

Of his face she had seen but just dend, Henry Maker and James Httle. It was not mordly that his Fedden. Otta Rigg was their un collar had been up and his hat doubted leader and master force. drawn down, but he had managed to secure the shadowy side of her soldateds," though not to their hand nodded towards the chaffeur bike lamp all the time.. All she faces, because they had all been and herself sitting beside the could remember was a suggestion directors of that great but ill-fated chauffeur, and it indicated unmia of a lean face, curiously firm and trading Venture Consolidated Ex- takably that Hugo was to be care resolute, with steady gray eyen, ploitations,

Otto Rigg said, "Shut up, Hugo." And in the wind screen Joyce saw They were called "The Old Con- him make a significant gesture. His

She was still thinking of the man. The term was one of affection, when, an hour later, that is, about even pride. It was a tribute to 9.20, she saw him again.

men, who, in spite of the disaster

ful and not utter things that it would be dangerous for the chauffeur and herself to overhear, (To be continued.)

players become so impatient or fretful over delay that thely game is ruined for the day.

Of course the sensible man will school himself against such an at- titude. The swing, the stance, and Indeed all the physical operations Associated with play should be largely automatic but always rea- Bon must be dominant because It is responsible for judgment and dis- crimination,

Reason and Habit,

The neurologists who have studi- ed golf are convinced that experi ence is nothing in putting, but everything in the rest of the game. Anybody who is good at games gen-

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COMING SOON.

Elale Stoller. and Carol Lovett, two of the girls of the Banvard Musical Comedy Company, which opens a sea- son at the Theatre Royal on February 6th.

erally can putt like a professional with but, a little practice, but the driver, brassle or mashie constitute different problems.

The man full of fear is likely to putt short; so will the man who thinks that the length of his putt is a matter settled by fate;

The right attitude according to Hyslop is one of determination, the will to act effectively. Such a player says to the ball, "Now, you little devil, down you go"-and it does. Golf is not a game of chance but of consciously guided effort.

Stabilized Effort.

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The purpose of practice at any stroke or at any physical action is to stabilize the effort. Then the movement becomes & matter of the subconscious and takes place the same way every time. Such an action is modified by the reasoning control. "The reasoning ralfer," guys Hyslop, "will subjugate his fears by confidence, and his fatalism by determinism."

As far as I am concerned, nothing bothers me as much as playing with an opponent who wag- gles interminably when addressing the ball. Professionals seldom if ever waggle.

The only possible help a waggle can be to a golfer in to help him hypnotize himself into correct tim- ing of his atroke. It may irritate or bore his friends, and sometimes ruin their play by causing them un consciously to imitate the waggle.

LETTER GOLF SOLUTION.

Hero la the solution to the puzzle an another page.

WEEK WEAK WEAR YEAR

SOME SHANGHAI TOPICS.

(Continued from Page F.)

copper harvest because few Chin- use could resist outstretched hands and importunate voices at a time of year when it is regarded as necessary to propitiate the gods by bestowing largesse on the mon- dicunt section of the community.

It may not be generally known that the beggara of Shanghai boast a monarch of their own who rejoices in the title of "King of the Beggari" to whom tribute is paid by his subjecta month in and month out. He exercises despotle sway over his little kingdom, and astern code of ethics all their own is adhered to, non-compliance with which invites expulsion from ita honourable domnín.

This regal personage. Initiates his subjects in all manner of tricks by way of awelling the re- venue flowing into the Beggar King's exchequer. For example, during the Chinese New Year the edifying spectacle was witnessed of an entire beggar family, con- sisting of mother, father and five small children, taking possession of a definite area in the Hongkow district, the father directing his little army like a general and supervising the collection with an eagle bye.

| Passing of An Ancient Landmark, There is a touch of sadness at- tached to the act of doing anything for the last time, and so there was a note of melancholy in the proceedings at the Masonic Hall: on the Bund the other day, when both the Masonic Club and vari- ous Lodges had to move out bag and baggage to their new home in rented premises within a stone's throw so as to ensure the dantoll-

on of the old masonic property! at the stipulated time in accord ance with the terms of the pur- chase agreement concluded with the N.Y.K. interesta.

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The three owning Lodges with whom the disposition of the money. acquired by the sale of the pro-

QUEEN'S THEATRE

DOUGLAS

FAIRBANKS

THE GAUCHO

COMING NEXT WEEK.

Buy

PURICO

THE UNEXCELLED COOKING FAT

NEWSPAPERS LEAD

ALL

OTHERS

perty rests-the Northern Lodge An interesting survey was recently con-

of China, the Royal, Sussex Lodge- and the Tuscan Lodge-have not yet decided the question of re- building a new Temple and for the time being will hold rituals in the rented premises in Yuen, Ming Yuen Road in which the Masonie Club will also. be housed.

Aside from the sense,

of loss felt from the viewpoint of senti- mental associations, the new pre-. mises are actually more commo- dious and of a modern typo ensur- ing greater comfort all round. It was Atting that the inaugural ceremony should be performed by one who, next to Mr. Brodie Clarke, is the oldest living Freemason in China, In the person of Mr. A. M. A. Evans, who throw the minds of the gathering back to the misty days of January 1882 when the question frat came up of the formation of a Masonic Club.

Mr. Evans, with his keen sense of humour, asked any of those in attendance who were present at that meeting in January 1882 to stand up, and there being no res- ponse to the Invitation, it was patent that Mr. Evans should have to play a sole part. His reminis- cences were like a breath from the eighties.

ducted of a middle western American

city of more than half a million people, to find out where the buying public received its

inspiration for their purchasing. The question was asked what form of advertising influenced them most- magazine, street car, billboard or newspaper. In order to be fair, newspapers were put at the end of the list. The results were as follows:

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Kind of advertising

Newspapers Magazine... Street Car... Billboard

TIENTSIN, INDIAN

and PERSIAN CARPETS.

Now Showing in Great Variety at Chellaram's.

An opportunity to purchase beautiful carpets in all sizes at reduced prices.

D. CHELLARAM

Right Opposite Queen's Theatre

Number Influenced

Per Cent Population

.110,868

90.3

9,050

7.9

2,030

1.8

731

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