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NEW AMERICAN 'SERIAL.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

GIRL ALONE

CHAPTER XXXIL

"Then I reckon I'd better not tell you that I did save the money," David grinned at her. "I surely

By ANNE AUSTIN. Author of "Saint and Sinner."

Dave here for what he's done for the outfit. Davo--" he began, lift- ing his voice as if he intended to make an eration.

"Oh, that's all right, Mr. Bybee," hate to see you falat, ma'am. David blushed vividly. "We'll just It isn't so pleasant."

"Dave, you answer me this min- call it square. You didn't turn me utc!"

yet

now,

again.

was raised in the orphanage, like Sally. He'd get a great kick out of being a hero to the kid at the Home. Ho can go with you to get the suitcases, after you've sent for the police to go along with you,

"Til lie low, Eddie can tell the

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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1928.

PARTIES COME TO AGREEMENT.

(Continued from Page 7.)

indication of auch a suggestion it was never intended and he (coun- sel) could say, as his Lordship knew, that in fact no such sug- gestion had been made.

Language Difficulty.

Mr. Jenkiù said he was much obliged for Mr. Potter's generous statement with regard to the at- titudes of the parties during the case. He continued:—""Would your Lordship allow me also to mention

No Moral Misconduct.

the old lady commanded, over to the palico last night, and story I've told you, and the cops a matter that concerns a small shaiding a skinny finger in his face. you've taken Bally and me in and will never be the wiser. I can give incident in the course of the trial "Do you know the outfit'll be given us work and protected us" him a pretty good description of to which a good deal of publicity ****I'm going to do more than that, Steve, I had plenty of chances to has been given in the local press, stranded if those two crooks did by golly Bybee shouted. "I'm study his face after I'd knocked having reference to a reprimand get away with the money? Every going to the district attorney of him out. I imagine he's best it in by your Lordship to my client in ceat we had in the world was in that safe! you ought to be ashamed this town and tell him the whole his car by this time, if he was able the witness box? The language

got them

charges to drive; otherwise you'll find him used by my client could possibly of yourself, teasing an old woman" yarni I'll

"I did save the money, if that's against you and Sally quashed in in the road just as I told you: Of convey to your Lordship that he less time than it takes to say it! course he'd know it wasn't Eddie was impertinent. It was merely what they had in the suitcase, Mrs. You're a hero, boy, and by golly, I that fought with him, but the po- a language difficulty under which Bybee," David

answered more feel like charging admission for lice wouldn't have any reason to he was labouring which gave seriously.

rise to words which appeared to Then where is It? What have the folks to look at you! The doubt Eddie's word."

biggest and bravest hero in "But Nita may have told him your Lordship to indicate he was you done with it? Left it lying in captivity! Yes, sir! How's that about you and me!" Sally cried. fencing. He had no such intention, the road?" the showman's wife for a cry, Gua?" he shouted to "Oh, David, don't bother about me!!

my Lord.". screeched, her eyes wild in her the crier.

Take your chance while you have

His Lordship said he was very grey, wrinkled face.

New

"Mother," Bybee "Dave don't seem to think it's it to be cleared of those terrible soothed her. "If he did, he shan't grand!" Gus chuckled. "Look charges! I'll go back to the glad that the settlement had been be blained. How could you expect at him! A body'd think he'd been Home and--and wait for you. I arrived at as he thought it was

It somehow if very hard ease. If he had had to him to walk six or seven miles with socked in the eye instead of slapped could stand

knew you were back in college, give a decision, it would have been two heavy suitcases and his shoul- on the back!"

It was true, David was looking hero, and working for both of a hard case whichever side ho found der shot through?"

for. He was glad that the parties Please, David! Think of Sally lifted her face from David's white und sick and his eyes us.

had regarded the matter not merely caressing hund and glared at Mrs. Were so filled with embarrassment yourself, not me!"

"No." David hook his hands one of law but as one of the right Bybee. "Of course he didn't leave and distress that Sally was in tears

stubbornly. "This little thing feeling between man and man, He it lying in the rund! After risking "What's

the matter, Dave?"I've done wouldn't get you out of thought the terms of the settlement his life to save it for you? David Bybee asked in bewilderment. "I trouble. They might clap you were acceptable to both sides. is the cleverest and bravest man in thought you and the kid would be into the reformatory, as a juve the world! Don't you know, that tickled to death to get a clean bill nile delinquent. We can't take a of health from the cops. What's chance on that Besides, you've -Her-eyes-dropped-then-to-David's wrong?

had enough of the orphanage. We face, softened and glowed with such

David struggled upon the elbow stick together, darling, and that's a divine light of love that the boy's of his right arm, his white face that May I have another cup head jerked impulsively upward twitching with a spasm of pain. of coffee, if it isn't too much trou- from the pillow. "Where did you'd be gind to be free of those ble?" hide it, David darling?"

"Dear little Sally!" he murmured, charges, Mr. Bybee, but I guess

"You're both a pair of fools, so we'd better let them stand for a crazy you can't see straight!" as he fell back, overcome with while. I might get off all right, Mrs. Bybee scolded, as she blew dizziness. "She guessed it, sir, he sald drowsily, turning his head but-it's Sally. You see, sir, she's her nose violently. "But I'd like with an effort to face Bybee. "It of age, and the state would to see Winfield Bybee try to do any knew I couldn't carry it far, so 1 make her go back into the orphan- thing you don't want him to! Far have hid it. The Stive chap was knock-ge. The law in this state makes as I'm concerned, you can ed out cold-1'suppose they'll have till she's 18, and it would kill her to it!"

her answerable to the orphanage anything I've got and welcome another charge of "assault with in to go back.. I couldn't bear it, .Of Course there was nothing tent to kill' against me now-Ho I

either, Mr. Bybee. Sally and I hope then for Pop Bybee to do but to knew he couldn't see what I was to be married when this trouble adopt David's plan. The boy was doing..

blows over." Although he was transferred to a lower berth, "I took the two suitcases across blushing furiously, his voice was where he was anfely hidden until the rond, holding them in one hand, because by that time my shoulder rong and clear, his eyes un-after the detectives had arrived was bleeding so I was afraid to vering as they met the bright, and departed with Pop Bybee, strain it. There's a fum right at frowning blue eyes of Pop Bybice. Eddie Cobb and Gus, the crier.

"But man alive," Pop protested, Eddie, in his zeal for playing the bend of the roud. I struck and it was noticeable to both Sally his part well, had torn his shirt, match and read the name on the and David that he did not call him bruised his knuckles, scraped dirt mail box nailed to a post on the "boy" after David's declaration of on his arms, rolled in mud, and road. The name'a. Randall-C. J. Itandall, R. F. D. 2. You oughtn't his intentions towards Sally. "We done everything else to make-up to have any trouble finding the can't simply hush this whole thing for the part.

jup! You did follow the crooks and For the rest of the day Eddie There wasn't any moon, but the take the money away from them! strutted about in the limelight of

I've got to notify the police that publicity. Newspaper stars were so bright after the the money has been recovered." Atorm that could just make out

graphers and reporters arrived "Can't you tell them it was all within a few A barn about a hundred yards from mistake and call them off the detectives

minutes after the had phoned head-

place.

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His Lordship continued that the only other-thing-ho-wanted-to-say- was with regard to the remarks made by Mr. Jenkin, There was, his Lordship went on to say, no wrong or moral misconduct by the defendant in the witness box and there was nothing said that could be regarded as false evidence. What he did endeavour to prevent in the Court was anything in the nature of rough treatment or bullying by counsel of witnesses or, which was equally necessary, anything in the nature of liberty or impertinence on the part of witnesses.

After all, If the work of the Court was to be conducted in a proper manner, there must be mutual considération shown both by the witnesses and by the counsel, his Lordship continued. So far

as the words of the defendant la the incident referred to were concern- ed, he (his Lordship) thought that. the defendant was not answering the question that was put to him, which was a perfectly fair one, in

the right spirit,

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Hongkong Bank, $1290. Chartered Bank, £21 b. Mercantile A. &. B., £33}, n. P. and O. on. East Asia. $75.

Insurances.

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Shipping.

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Mining.

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China Buses, Tls 7 D.

Singapore Tractions, 11/9 h.

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"As Mr. Jenkin has pointed out, perhaps I ought to have remember- ed that the witness was endeavour- ing, largely for the convenience of the Court, to give his evidence in the road. cut across the corn-case?" David pleaded earnestly. quarters that the suitcases filled a language with which he was not field and managed to reach the barn. There wasn't a suund, not "And let that Hula-hussy get off with silver and bills had been familiar. Probably he spoke in a even a dog barking, lucky for me, Sent-free?" Bybee hooted. "No, found in the myloft; and when way which he would not have done If he had understood the language She ain't a member of this Eddie returned with the showman thoroughly, and I accept what Mr. for if I'd been caught with the sir!

was prevailed suitcases I'd have had a fine time family no more, and she'll have to and, the erfer, he explaining how I happened to get pay for double-crossing me upon to pose. bashfully for his Jenkin has said, that there is no question of a very serious re- them and what I was doing with was good to that girl! Staked her pictures.

Perhaps, primand.

in my them. But I had to take that to cakes and clothes when she join

The newspaper reporters com chance."

ed up, whining she didn't have a mented admirably on the boy natural anxiety to see the work of "Even if the police had caught cent to her name! Stringing me hero's admirable modeaty and this Court carried on in a perfectly you with them, I'd never have be all along! Just joined up to learn difdence in the big front-page little severe in the way I spoke. I proper way, I might have been a lieved that you robbed Pop Bybee," he lay of the land! Sally assured him, tears slurring "Besides, we've already put the carnival robbery, and Eddie's accept what Mr. Jenkin has said. FISHERMEN OPEN FIRE. her voice, but her eyes shining with ease in the hands of the police and freckled face, grinning bashfully, If there was any reprimand, all I pride.

they've seen the safe for them- from the centre of the pages, con- can say is that the cause for it elves. The sergeant said it was afirmed every word written about has disappeared and I withdraw professional job, all right, as neat him.

"If you'd seen me robbing the safe, you wouldn't have believed it," David said softly, his free Arm drawing her down to the berth so

that he could klas her.

There was a rustle of whispering,

a giggle or two from the audience

{Tore you're 24 hours older. Too

stories that they wrote about the

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FRANCO-ITALIAN DISPUTE

- OFF CORSICA. safe-cracking trick as he'd ever His kewpie doll booth at the seen turned. I couldn't hush it up carnival that afternoon and even- if I wanted to.

ing was mobbed by his admirers, Hia Lordship went on to say that

Paris, Apr. 11. Shata were exchanged yesterday "I'll do what I can for Sally, lie and before the day was ended he fully agreed with what Mr. Pot- like a gentleman for her, say sheddie almost believed that he had ter had said with regand to the between French and Italian fisher- crammed into the corridor outside ever joined up with us, we don't routed two famous criminals and general conduct of the defendant men off the coasts of Corsica.

Raved a small fortune for the

The Italian fishing trawler, An- in the whole of the transaction. the door. But David and Sally did know where she is anything you

defendant After all, the not mind. The kiss was none the like, but I'm afraid you're bound owner of the carnival.

was nina, is reported to have develop- Sally was permitted to stay shorter or sweeter because it was to be the hero of Capital City be with David 'during the afternoon,

under a very great indebted-ed a habit of poaching in French

to Iu Po-lun

territorial waters. Three months and he witnessed by the carnival family

but Bybee apologetically, asked ess "Well, sir." David went on after Hund, sou, but I don't see how it her to go on for the evening per- Chia Lordship) thought that ago it was seized by coast-guards that unashamed kiss, which had left can be helped," he twinkled.

formances, since a record-break- great deal of Tsang Fook's success for fishing near Bastia,

Despite this lesson. It appeared Sally trembling and radiant, "I got "I don't care à rap about being ing crowd had turned out, drawn in business was due to the in the suitcases into the barn and up a hero, David snapped. The only mirty Wy the fine weather that fluence of Is Po-kun, a man whom once again yesterday off the Cor Bican coast, where it was observed a ladder to the hayloft. You'll find thing in God's world I care about followed the storm, but largely he had no reason to suppose was by French fishermen, who them buried under the hay, unless is Sally Ford. Listen, Mr. Bybee, by the front page publicity which anything but a thoroughly respec- Une Randall horses have made a tell the police that one of the other the robbery ind won for the show, table and honest person and pro- into the air tower of the A meal off them by this time." boys chased the crooks and took the

It was just before the 10 bably he had a disposition to help away. The skipper of the Annina "Glory be to the Lord!" Mrs. money away from them. Let n'clock show that Sally, slipping In Po-lun or convenience him in took no notice, but brought his boat close to the French fleet, cut- Bybee screamed, pounding her hus-Eddie Cobb he the hero! Eddie'd into the throne-like chair before any way he could, which accounting into its nets, while members sailings from Hongkong-Daily at 10.30 band on the back. "The show'll go like that, wouldn't you, Eddie?" the crystal, heard 1 familiar, ed for the involved position in on, Winfield! And what are you he sang out to the freckled-faced mocking voice: o standing there for? Hustle right youngster

which he found himself. "I think of the crew are alleged to have who was looking on, "It's not fair! out after them suitcases or I'll go goggle-eyed, among the crowd that Tresh as a daisy!

You look as there is no cause for any question fired on the French with their railings from Canton-Daily at 8 a.m.

volvera, And I've been as to the defendant's honesty." myself! You've got to go yourself, jammed the door of the stateroom. frantic with anxiety all day, ex- His Lordship, concluding, said carrying with it several hundred The Italian boat then made off, or the farmer Randall will take a

"Oh, Davet" Eddie protested, pecting to hear that Princess that judgment would be entered in yards of the Frenchmen's nets. pot 'shot at anybody that goes med flushing brightly under his freckles. Lalla had sickened with pneu- accordance with the terms Mr. No one was hurt. dling around his bárn."

"Sure you would like it!" David monia. I've come to collect thanks, Potter had read out. "All right, Mother, all right!" laughed feebly, sinking back to his your highness, for saving your Bybee protested. "I'll handle it, pillows. "Listen, Mr. Bybee: this life!" Don't worry. But I want to thank is Eddie Cobb's home town. Hel (To Be Continued.)

OUR DAILY TALK

ON HEALTH..

FAT—SYPTOM OF DIABETES IN CHILD.

The symptoms of diabetes as

On Tuesday night a number of local Japanese merchants planned to give a dinner at the Nam Tong Chinese Restaurant, to which a

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LETTER GOLF · SOLUTION.

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Here is the solution to the large number of Chinese merchants puzzle on another page, were invited, for the purpose of discussing the plans for the coming exhibition of Japanese products.

It is also generally well realized It is also known that the woman that when one of the glands with who has ceased to bear children in the body la disordered, there tends to become overweight after are likely to be disturbances of the age of 45. the others. In fact, the glands) Diabeles in grown-ups appears of Internal secretion are known in most instances after the age of to be a sort of interlocking sys-50, whereas it appears in children,

in about one-half of the cases, be A Chinese report says that in view Dr. Pribellla White, who studied tween the ages of 10 and 15.

of the Tainanfu affair none of the Chinese invited attended the party.

tem..

The Hon. Mr. E. 'D. C. Wolfe,

seen in the child are about the a number of diabetic children, The average age of the onset same as those of grown-ups. points out that the influence of of diabeten in children' was 13.6 Investigators are in doubt as to these glands on the growth of the years, the age dofinitely associated the exact cause for the tendency body and on its weight is best with transition from youth to ma- C.M.G.; Captain Superintendent of to overgrowth in the diabetic chil- shown at two periods. Early maturity. It is possible that the over- Police, is to be the guest at dinner dren. The disease is known to re- turity in girls means that the height of the diabetic child is as of the Hon. Bir Shou-aon Chow sult from a disorder of one of the growth in height is near Its end, sociated with some disorder of and the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotwall, glands of internal secretion in the whereas delayed maturity in asso- the pituitary gland, which is and other leading members of the human body known as the pan- ciated with growth above the known to have a definite relation Chinese community, to-morrow

night.

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