1928-05-29 — Page 11

`NEW AMERICAN SERIAL.

GIRL

CHAPTER XLVIII

Sally, crouching on the floor 'of her room, spread the crackling sheets of The Capital City Press, her eyes devouring the two-column picture of David Nagh. Two lines of type above the photograph leap ed out at her:

THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH,

ALONE

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

bábly turn up at your wedding and offer sincere congratulation with a whispered reassurance as to his ability to keep our-secret."

hands. "I-I was writing you a letter!" she gasped. "I-

"Perhaps I'd better read it now," Enid said in an odd voice, and reached for the scattered sheets of "When I marry David, not if" pale grey notepaper on the desk. Sally cried exultantly, flinging her Sally wavered to a chair and arms about her mother's neck. dropped into it, too dazed with "Oh, I'm so glad I have a mother!" She "Don't strangle met" Enid despair to think coherently.

at her laughed. "Leave me strength to could not bear to look mother, for she knew now, how write a proposal of marriage to brags that he is as capable in the mally selfish.

kitchen as on the seat of a culti- vator!"

TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1929

CENTENARY OF THE

200.

ROMANTIC STORY OF ITS

GROWTH;..

A hundred years ago to-day the first public visitor entered the Zoological Gardens by way of the rustic gate and lodge that did duty for the main entrance, with intent to visit the "Menagerie," a collection of about two hundred animale.

Then, as now, the publie paid an entrance fee of 18., but could only be admitted providing they pre- sented, along with the fee, a vou- cher signed by a Fellow

of the Society,

A NEW JAPANESE WARNING.

(Continued from Page 1)

the Chilli front win the Lunghai Railway in Honan. From Sin- hsiang the Marshal will proceed to the front by rail. Generals Ho Ching-jui, Fang Pan-jen, and other officers of the Army Headquarters are to accompany the Marshal.

General Tan Yen-kai, Chairman of the Nationalist Government, re- turned to. Nanking from Shantung yesterday and made a report at the Political Council meeting on the result of his discussion with Yenchow. Marshal Chiang in General Tan reports that while Marshal Chiang is at the front and Tientsin. military affairs in directing the campaign on. Pelang

General Chy Pei-teh.

lie hadn't been injured or killed/cowardly she had been, how abyg- this cocksure young farmer who about seven or eight acres, or Shantung will be entrusted to

!

Her flaming face was hidden by her hands when, after what seemed many long minutes, she heard her mother's voice again:

"Honour graduate of A. & M. inherits grandfather's farm," In an accident, he wasn't married! In a frenzy of feller and gratitude to the God she had just been accus- ing of deserting her, Sally Barr, who had been Sally Ford, bent her head until her lips rested on the lips of the photograph. And it was "Poor Sally! You couldn't trust rather a pity that Arthur Vanne? You'd have run away-like florac, "connoisseur, of kissing," that? Without giving me a chance was, not there to see the passionate to prove my love for you?" fervour of the kisses which the girl Sally dropped her hands and star whom he had dismissed 'contemplu-ed. stupidly at her mother. Enid Dusly was raining upon an unres ponsive newspaper picture."

The extent of the Gardens waa quarter their present size, and they did not extend over the Outer Circle, or Public Drive na it was then called, nor over the Regent's Canal on to the North bank, where the pleasantries and Rodent House now are, but were limited to a small triangular area on the south side of the Circle.

were anyone

Severe Fighting.

A Talyunn telegram states that a Shanel calvary contingent has captured Hsuanfn, but the main Fengtien forces there have since

severe

When at last she was calmer she ustling against the, crisp taffeta be fun if we could go back to Can-used for the Llamas, and the very doubtful, they have approved |

field and let the marrying parson' finish the job?"

"He can't cook half as well as I cant Sally scoffed." "You ought to taste one of my apple pies lie can play nurse to his blue-ribbon stock all he wants to, but he's got to let me do the cooking! And, Mother, you'll-you'll tell him how much I love him, won't you? And and you might remind him that was coming toward her, the new we only need half a marriage cere paper with David's picture in itmony the last half. Wouldn't it of her bouffant skirt. And on Enid's face was an expression of such sorrowful but loving reponch that Sally burst into wiki weeping. "Poor little darling En'd drop ped to her knees beside Sally's chair "Young Nash is. Hving alone in and took the girl's coll, sluking the fine old farmhouse, and ap-hands in hers. We all make mis- parently is as capable In the takes, Sally. Pre made more than kitchen an on the seat of a cul- my share. Maybe I'm getting old vator. He says his whole heart enough now to have a little wisdom. Is in scientific farming, and that And I want to keep you from mak- his only sweetheart la 'Sally, a in a mistake that would cause both blue-ribbon helfer which he is of us-and Court-untold scrrow." grooming to break the world's but-

"But I love David and I shan't ter-fat production record."

love anyone else, Sally sobbed, though she knew her resistance was

read the short item through. It was the last paragraph that brought her to her feet, her slight body electric with sudden defor

nination:

"David! Darling David!" She was laughing and crying at the same time, "He hasn't changed! He hasn't forgotten that, we're ⚫ half-married!"

broken..

"Don't be too confident!" Enid But at sight of Sally's dismay she warned her. "He may refuse your relented. "1 know he loves you, darling? Don't worry. If I were I'd get busy immediately on a troussenu."

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mado ♫ counter-attack, fighting being still in progress. Supposing there

Chen Chien Dismissed. still alive who visited the Gar dens in those early days the only Although the Nanking Nation- things that could be recognised alists" attitudo towards. the would be the Camel's House, then "Kwangs Clique" in Hankow is Ravens Aviary, formerly the cage General Li Chung-yan's recent for the South American Macaws, extraordinary action in disarming. En- and arresting General Chen Chien. The Bear Pit, the Pelicans'

Great closures, and the Eastern and This approval is given in order to

Aviáries. still

accupy encourage the Hankow faction to approximately the same spots, but send forces to join the Northern have been altered and improved expedition. out of all recognition.

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A mandate was issued by the Nationalist, Government yesterday dismissing General Chen Chien, at the same time ordering that the Hupch and Hunan Pollitcal Com- mittee should be abolished.

The Nationalist Government Java, who, as early as 1816 medita-as appointed General Shi Ching- ted the founding of a Society on tang, a follower of Marshal Feng the principle of the Jardin des Yu-hsiang, as acting Chairman of Plantes, his dream becoming a the Shantung Provincial Govern-

mont.—Nam Chung Pao reality in 1826.

The Death of Tommy. "One dozen kitchen aprons will

The idea of founding a Zoolo- top the list," Sally lauglied,

Four days Juter the second telexical Society in London seems to gram that Sally had received from have originated with Sir Stamford David arrived: "Catching next Rafles, Lieutenant-Governor of train East, darling Happiest man in the world. Can we he married day I arrive? Am wiring your blessed mother also. E be loving you always. David.".

Jerking open a drawer of her our happiness with him. That is the day he arrives!" Exid ex-ing creatures il possessed were a Christian General, has wired to

dressing table she caught sight of her face in the mirror, and her eyes widened with delighted sur prise. Gone was the pinched, white, shame-stricken face, and in its place was beauty such as she had never dreamed the possessed. She turned away from the mirror, tremulous and abashed, for what she had to do would be easy, Her eyes tried to avoid the exquisite photograph of her mother that stood In its blue leather frame on the dressing table but at last she snatched it up and carried it against her breast as she ran to her

desk.

She fell that, she was talking to Enid as she wrote, pleading for understanding and forgiveness from those dreaming, misty, corn-flower- blue eyes:

"I'm forced to believe that now darling," Enid said gently. "And I shall t stand in the way of not the mistake I meant."

mean that you'll let me marry him? Sally cried incredu- lously. "Oh, Mother! I love you 60!"

"You

"And I love you, Sally." Enid's test. "A quiet, impromptu wed-the powdered wig from the ancred obedience to the Nationalist Gov-

voice broke and she cuddled cold hands against the warmth of her own throat. Your mistake would have been to run away to marry David. You have a mother and a father now, Sally. You're no longer a girl alone, us David called you. You have a place in society as our daughter, whether you want it or not. If David wants to marry you, he must come here to do so, must marry you with our consent and our blessing."

Sally kissed him impulsively, aware, though the knowledge did not hurt her, that he liked her better now that she was to leave his home, than he had ever liked

her.

ridiculous little own

ernment.

Commissioner Returns.

Tokyo, May 28. The Foreign Office Commis- just returned from stoner has Shantung and it is understood that the official explanation of the Tainan incident, based on his flad- ings, will be drawn up and cabled to the League of Nations shortly.

Shanghai, May 28,

The Society's first Office was at

Feng's Suggestion. "Of course you can't be married 4, Regent-street, and the first liv. Marshal Teng Yu-hsiang, the claimed indignantly when Sally griffon vulture, a white-headed Chang Tao-lin declaring that showed her the telegram. "I'm go-eagle, and a deer from Saugor. ing to give you a real wedding." Later the Society migrated to 33, Fengtien Army is withdrawn to peace can only be arranged if the think the children are right, Braton-street, and hore it was Manchuria, and if Chang Tso-lin Enid." Courtney Burr unexpect that a Wanderao monkey, with is prepared to declare complete: edly championed Sully in her pro-mischievous irreverence, snatched Sally's ding, by all

means. Our an velvety nouncement to the papers will in head of a bishop and placed it

Hankow Declaration. › dicate that we approve, and since upon his the boy is unknown in New York poll

General Li Chung-yen, the and Sally has only just been in-

It was not until 1829 that the Hupoh and Hunan leader, who troduced, 1 think the less fusa serious development of the Gar- recently disarmed and held the better."

dens was begun, mere land thon General Chen Chien a prisoner, in being acquired and the tunnel a circular telegram states he is built to connect the two gardens. making all preparations to send all The collection of animals was the available troops in Hunan and greatly augmented in 1830 by the upch to the Poking-Hankow line. addition of the Menagerie from

General L Chung-yen cm- Windsor Park, presented by the phasiace, that all military, leaders, "But Sally's joy suddenly "turned .Lo despair again. "He David arrived on Monday, and Society's new "tron, King Wil-in Hunan and Hupeh will remain wouldn't marry a girl with a far- was guest of honour that night at wapiti, zebras, goats, kangaroos, a shek.

liam IV. This gift included loyal to Manshal Chang Kai- une. He told me so when be, was a small party of Enid's and Sally's wild boar, and a peccary, as well "Mother, darling: I'm running here."

most intimate friends, at which away, to go to David. Please don't That was when he was penniless time announcement of the forth- as widow birds, crowned cranes, try to stop me or bring me back, himself," Enid pointed out, "I've coming marriage was made: They and many other animals and birds. for I'll have to run away again if just read this newspaper story remembered having seen him During the following year his Ma- you do. I'm going to marry David about his inheriting his grand briefly at Sally's coming-out party jesty followed up this gift by the because I love him with all my heart father's farm. It's L small for and so handsome he was, so much presentation of all the animals and because he is the only tune in itself, and since there's no į at case, now that he was to be from the Tower. man I could ever marry without immediate danger of your inherit married to the girl he loved, that

The First Rhinoceros, causing you shame, Ho slreadying either my money or Court's, it occurred to none of Enid's knows the truth, and it made no don't believe he will let your pros-guests to question his eligibility. The first rhinoceros to be ex- difference in his love for me. You pective wealth stand in the way-Sally, allting proudly beside him, hibited hailed from India, and cost-Reuter, know how it was with Grant Proc-if he loves you."

looked happily from her mother the Society £1,050. This was in You said yourself that if I "Oh, he does!''

Sally laughed to David, knew that in gaining a 1834, and the following year Lon- told him, he would not want to through her tears. "Look!" She husband she was not losing a don was on tiptoe with excitement marry me. And I could never murrynatched the newspaper from the mother, as she would have done over the arrival of "Tommy," a a man without first telling him the Hoor and pointed to the last para- if Enid had not interrupted the chimpanzee from Gambin, the first truth. Arthur Van Horne knew graph of the story about David. writing of that terrible letter,

Japanese Threaten Reprisals. anthropoid. to bo exhibited. and wanted me to be his mistress. He named his prize heifer utter

Tokyo, May 28 (7.65 p.m.). He told me to-day. He did not me! It says here his only sweet- On Tuesday Sully and David, Tommy was landed at Bristol, and

The War Office reports that as think I was good enough to be his heart is Sally'! Oh, Mother, accompanied by Enid and Court how to get him to London was a wife. It would always be the same, didn't, know anyone could live ney Barr, went to the municipal problem. Stage conch proprietors the result of a Manchurian bandit And so I am going to David, who through such misery and such hap building for the marriage license, naturally objected to such a pas-raid across the Korean frontier in knows and loves me anyway, I piness as I felt to-day! I wanted and the afternoon papers carried senger, but at last two inside seats the neighbourhood of Chukochin

"Oh, Mother, forgive me for hurt to kill myself after Van-Oh!"

the front pages, wefe secured in a night coach for and Manpo-chin, Upper Yulu, in- ing you like this! But don't you "Tell me just exactly what he ander such headlines as: "Popu- him and his attendant, and he ar- volving the capture of a Japanese see that I would hurt you more by said to you!" Enid commanded, her lar Deb to Marry Rich Farmer."rived in high spirits. His popu-subaltern also several casualties staying. After a while you would lovely voice sharpened with anger But in all the stories there was larity was immense, but poor among the Japanese Garrison, the be ashamed of me because I could and fear,

no hint of scandal, no repertorial Tommy lived only six months, and headquarters at Ryuzan has de not marry.

I would humiliate your When Sally had repeated the con- prying into the "past" of the spent the last few weeks of his patched a battalion to the scene a precaution In the eyes of your friends, And Lemptuous, scoring speech as ac-adopted daughter of the rich and life aftting beside the kitchen, fire, of the outrage as 1 could not be happy ever, away curately as possible, her mother's prominent Courtney Barrs.

hin head on his hand, pengively against further trouble. The wedding took place on watching the joints revolving on At the same time a strong pro- from David. I wanted to die after face, which had been almost ugly Arthur Van Horne told me to-day with anger and disgust, cleared Wednesday, in the drawing-room their spite or gazing with melan- test has been lodged with the local what he really wanted of me, but miraculously, now I know I want to live-with

"The man is an unspeakable cad, sion, and the next morning, in his choly eyes into the dancing flames. Chinese authorities demanding that Fifteen years after "Tommy's" immediate atepa be taken to rescue David. Please, Mother, don't think darling but I am almost glad it account of the "very quiet" wed-arrival came the first hippopo- the officer, otherwise Japanese my love for you-"

happened, since you escaped un-ding, a society editor commented: temus, which later was provided troops will be compelled to take She could write no more just reathed. He won't bother us again. "The ceremony was read by the with a mate, and the pair pre whatever action they may consider

necessary to effect the rescue, then. Laying her hot cheek against I'm sure of it! He's not quite low Reverend Horace Greer, of Can--

In the meantime two infantry the cold glass of the framed photo-enough to gossip about me to my field, the choice of celebrant sented the gratified Society with a graph of her mother she sobbed an friends. It is evident that he being dictated by unexplained son-he healthy girl baby, misnamed battalions, a machine gun unit and

дг "Guy Fawkes," because she

some guns are being held in readi- loudly, so heart-brokenly that she planned all along to use his know timent."

rived on November 5: She lived

ness to proceed to the scene in case did not hear a knock upon the door," ledge as a club to force you to sub- What the society editor did not for over thirty years. Littlef necessity-Reuter. did not know her grief was being it to his deures. And now that know was that "the marrying Jimny," who appeared in 1926, he doesn't want you any more, he parson" of Canfield spoke only to the only other hippo that has will lose interest in the whole sub-the last half of the marriage ser- been reared in the Gardens. ject. I've known Van nearly all vice, beginning where he had

Elephants had been in the Gar-

tor.

witnessed until she fell a hand upon her shoulder.

"Sally, darling! What in the world is the matter?" It was Enid Barr's tender, throaty contralto.

Sally sprang to her feel, her eyes wild with fear, her mother's pic ture still tightly clutched in her

FIVE YEARS FOR BULLY.

the news on

of the Barrs' Fifth Avenue man-

my life and I've never known him been interrupted nearly three dens as early as 1831, but the most to act the cad before. He's pro-years before.

famous of them all, "Jumbo," the hably despising himself, now that Bally and David were no longer first African elephant ever seen his fever has cooled. If you marry "half married." David, with our consent, he'll pro- |

THE END.

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The Shansi forces claim to have captured Kalgan on the 25th Inst.

Reuter.

J

LETTER GOLF SOLUTION.

ITero is the solution to the in this country, did not arrive puzzle on another page. until 1865. His fame spread throughout the length and breadth of the land, and great was the Simpson, a former boxer, with a two of whom were beaten, but the outery from young and old when carving fork at East Ham.

victims would not proceed against he was sold to Mr.. Barnum

1882. Poor Jumbo was taken to Mr. Percival Clarke, prosecut him through. fear of him and his New York, but was killed on the ing, stated that Watts Wan a associatos. monaco and a pest.

At one time, he stated, Watts railway three years later.

The collection of animals was Detective Inspector Lawrence was a member of the gangs that gradually added to until, at the stated that Watts had been con- assaulted book-makers who do-end of last year, they totalled victed, among other things, for clined to pay money when black 8,772, excluding fishes and insects, Ernest Watto, a fruiterer, who wounding a man by hitting him mailed, but since the gangs had the biggest number ever attained. was described as an associate of jon the head with a bottle, assault-been broken up he had inspired

The centenary celebrations are

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