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ENTHRALLING STORY OF MODERN LIFE.

SHADOWS"

By PATRICIA LEICH.

AUTHOR OF A MODERN GIRL, ETC.

CHAPTER XXIIL

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

FOOCHOW ALL QUIET.

BACK TO "PRE-WAR” CONDITIONS

THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1928:

"THE SORROWS OF SATAN."

MARIE CORELLI FILM AT THE

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The inimitable Douglas Fair- Fuochow, July 21.

banka will be seen in one of his Foochow remains delightfully D. W. Grifth has made a big greatest picturo, "The Mark of quiet, though it is getting rather success in the film version of Marie Zorro," which will be screened at unpleasantly hot.

Corell's novel, "The Sorrows of the World Theatro from to-day There are many rumours of im-Satan," now showing. at the till Saturday. The picture is the pending changes that are to take Queen's Theatre. From a produc-forerunner of "Don Q" and finds placo in the Government, but just tion standpoint it is cloverly done, Fairbanks playing a dual role, ap- latter, and lighting his pipe he made who are to go and who are to stay so that the allegory contained in Pearing first as "Zorro" himself, off at a good page.

is not at present very cleap Woth modern story is well maintain and Inter as Don Q, his son. "Tho "The marriage has been arranged It was a perfect day, with a fare told that the matter will be led but never overdone. There are Mark of Zorro" has romance, ac- and will take place quietly between fresh, salt breeze that prevented settled at the approaching meeting some quite striking settings, in tion, suspenso and comedy, not to Shelagh Hurethorne, daughter of it from being too hot. The sea was of the Party in Nanking. Oun Hollywood's best style, and the mention numerous thrills which Hen. Mr. 1. D. F. the late James Hurstborne, of Lon-gloriously blue. against the yellow cannot help hoping that it will be novel has been closely followed are introduced from time to time. don, and Hugh Moyalon..."

garse. Wild flowers bloomed in settled aright, though such hopes throughout, excepting for one or Fairbanks performs a series of...G.. Drake did not attempt to read scented profusion in the hedges; are so often fated to disappoint two Americanisms in the titling. agile "stunts," smiles his usual infectious.smile and throws such any further. He crushed the paper violets with the "smooth intensity ment in this country. * in his hands, dropping it to the

Adolphe Monjou has the part devil-may-care "pep" Inton part of velvet, forget-me-nots like As àsual, Foochow residents are floor.

It was less than three days since broken pieces of inpls luzuli, cow-taking advantage of the proximity of the modern Satan, and, as is to that is one of his finest schleve Shelagh heu loft him. She had slips and meadowsweet, binzing of Kallang to escape the heat, and be expected, he plays it with much menta.

-"Love 'Em and Lenye 'Em." not lost timo. If any hopes still popples, and cool cornflowers, all already there are said to be over effect. His acting all through is lingered that, she might come buckling in the breeze, and visited 170 adults on the mountain, and excellent: Ricardo Cortez makes

by droning bees and gorgeosuly more are arriving almost every an ideal Geoffrey Tempest, whilst Light, entertaining, and modern this shattered them.

tinted butterflies.

As he came to a stream, rushing day.In accordance with precedent, Carol Dempster as Mavis is reas the theme of "Love 'em and He was alone in the library, Since that scene with Shelagh lie down from the moor, and gurgling the Chinese authorities have sent ponsible for some very forceful. Leave 'em," a picture which will had barely moved from it. He had over mosscovered granite, Drake up a guard of marines to protect eling. The other parts are also be screened at the Star Theatre sat there, hour after hour, like caught a glimpse of something in- foreign lives and property, so those in capable hands. We can com- from to-day to Saturday. The le had wondered at first if the tensely coloured, like a living jewel, who are enjoying the cool may mend the film na really well worth story concerns two young sisters

that dashed across the surface of lot be free from all danger of seeing. and murely been suffering from the water and disappeared. It was attack of hysteria. Then he de

For a moment the exotic beauty cided that she would regret the ima kingfisher. pulse. It was not the real Shehuthur the vision sent a thrill through who had spoken; it had not been the him. And yet, what meaning had woman he had loved and who haddy for hin now? What meant

But id she loved him? 1 bad life?

He set his teeth grimly and looked now an though she bad hurried on. Certain words that spoken the literal truth. She ladesch had dung at him still roar planned this denouement in every in his ears. They were like detall, and as a climax she had shrieking, gibbering voices; ty gone back to Moyston.

Hied to taunt him and mock him,

to facerate his very soul. There

man stunned.

loved him.

lo drew a deep breath. face was drawn and lined.

were shadows under his There was a quick nervousness, repressed, in his movements.

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trouble.

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who are both in love with the same A goodly number of foreign re- A new feature is included in the man, the anid man being umble now running, this to make up his mind which one sidents are also going to Sharprogramme

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened in LOCAL CURRENDY and FIXED DEPOSITS received Peak, at the mouth of the Min, for being the first of a series of filma he prefers. One of the girls has as illustrating the works of famous always followed the slogan of

STERLING on term the summer. "In fact, so far summer holidays go, Foochow has music masters. The present one "Love 'em and Leave "en" and

lunghong, 26th. February, 1928. resumed its "pre-war" habits is "nust," which is admirably things become highly complicated CURRENCY AND periods in LOCAL

epitomised, and for which the when the second one suddenly which will be quoted on application.

decides to adopt it too! Such is Our Own Correspondent,

Queen's Theatre orchestra pro-a-brief outline of this story which HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK. vides some excellently-rendered excerpts.

"MOST WANTON CRIME."

"You've been fuolex-fooled," MR. PHILIP SNOWDEN'S VIEWS

eyeshe had said. And she had laugh-

Was he to believe, then, that she

passionate kisses,

-would it be worth making a fal Tube?

appeal to her

ON TREATY OF TRIANON.

Mr. Philip Snowden, M.P.. the

LETTER GOLF'.

SOLUTION.

Ilere in the solution to the

JUNE, JUTE, JUTS, JUGS,

BUGS.

He was powerless, of course. had never loved him? Was she Chancellor of the Exchequer in the There was nothing he could do only superb actress? ad every late Socialist Government, eri-puzzle on another page.

and Leises the Treaty of Trianon in a This engagement with Moyston had! set a gulf between them. And yet, word, Bose caresses

been utterly letter to Sir Robert Donald, author of the recently published "Tragedy The foundations of his life had of Trinnon." He writes:."

I have always, Telt that the dis- As he pondered a gong sounded been shaken. She was the first

Mr. Guy Hargreaves, of White- from the interior of the house. wonnan he had ever looked upon. ruption of the old Austro-Hun was the lunch hour. The mere had worshipped her-still wor-garian territorial unity was the nights Park near Reading, now thought of food nausealed him, but shipped her. His heart was still most unjust and wanton of the joint-master of the South Berk-

and a silver: ho must try to eat. He must not calling to her if only she would many crimes committed by the shire Foxhounds, has been present- betray what he was suffering.

Paris Conference. The divisioned with a motor-ear le mother was waiting for him hear and come back.

was one which was bound to leave hunting horn in recognition of nine a profound feeling of wrong years' service as sole master. over that part of Europe and to cause grave unsettlement.

Ju the great panelled dining-room.

Tender Memories,

He fancied whe WIN looking troubled, and a sickening fear But by this time perhaps she had crossed his mind. Had she read forgotten him. What to him had the advertisement?

been an idyll to her had been a

I wonder," were Mrs. Drake's mockery. Already she was prepar- first words, "why we haven't hearding, no doubt, for mer wedding with

anther man. from Shelagh ?”

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The arrogance of the new States, and of the old ones which have received portions of the body of the old States, is a menace to the pence of Europe, and I am very be doubtful if the danger can averted by any pacific settlement. Your volime should at least help inform public opinion of the menacing situation.

She had sought to punish him, to He poured out a liff whisky,

haterul it, make him aufer-how well, he re- This deception was lving started it, he was compelled derted, she had sugecelent,

ite climbed the steep slope with to keep it up.

"Perhaps her relative is worse? out passing for breath, and pre-to

sently he found himself outside the he suggested.

rúined cottage which and sheltered then on the night of the mist.

"I absurd of me to worry. But hope she arrived safely. She was looking quite ill when she came down here.

t loss sumbre, in this world

of flushing sunlight. Grass cover "London is ghastly this time of the sunken lagstones. Masses stained the crumbing walls Bats the your."

"I know." Mrs. Drake knitted had nude, their home in the shatter- her brows. "Don't you think you root. It was only a shell, could make her work, less hard or fisk, yet once it had been inhabited, stop altogether? There's no rou- Children's voices had broken this son why you shouldn't be married serie allence. They had grown up, Krown old; Hved and toiled and very on."

"I've done my best," he declared loved and died here, within sight helplessly. But every word uneon-of the pitiless moor and the relent- sciously soured acid into the wound, less sea.

He crossed the threshold, disturb Mrs. Drake was thoughtful for a moment. She sipped a glass of inp a toul, which until now had water, and as she touched her lips watched him, as motionless as a with a napkin she glanced again at stone. In the room where he and Shelagh had slept he felt his heart her 6011.

quicken. They had sat there, by A Mother's Concern.

the hearth; she had rested her "Shelagh is quite wrong," she head, with its soft silky hair, on his went on, "about her father. In breast. She had been so wonder- her present

circumstances she fully youthful and feminine in her needn't wait for the twelve months fears; she had seemed so lissame to marry, And I know slie in devoted and delicate, no sweet and desirable, to vou-she will make you a per- fect wife."

public "She's sensitive opinion," said Drake. "And there's an idea that I deliberately ruined her father."

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ls army had enfolded her pro- tertively. As she slept he had stared into the leaping flames, build- ing up dreams of the future,

The hours of that night had sure.

ly belonged to romance. Had she! "But Shelagh doesn't believe not clung to him, kissed him, vowed that cried the old lady in alarm, that she loved him? Had she not

"No-but--"

been happy, too, as the warm fire

He broke off in confusion. What had illumined a world peopled only by themselves, while darkness had was he to say?

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"I don't understand," continued (descended like a black curtain on Mrs. Drake looking perplexed.all else in the universe? "There's something on your mind. Love had transformed this My son are you unwell?"

wretched hovel. It had thrown a

He had suddenly rlsen from his spell of magic and glamour on these chair. His face was the colour of broken walls and rotting floors. wax. The whole of this conversa-But now-the fire no longer burned tion had been unbroken torture, in the hearth, and the dreams It and he could bear it no longer. had conjured up were dead,

"I've just remembered," he mut- His eyes. fell on the dark pile tered. "I forgot a letter--it's of ashes. They had been undis- Iturbed since that night and they most important."

Drake, however, did not go back seemed to fascinate him. He re to the library, He had a restless,mained there, losing all sense of overhelming desire to walk and time, and staring at the cold grey walk until this dreadful 'dejection ruin in the hearth.

Finally he turned and was about

was subdued by sheer physical to leave, but there was a slight Latigue.

He burried from the house, sound outside. The next moment scross the lawn, hesitating after he was startled to see a figure in leaving the main gates between the white appear in the doorway. It cliffe and the moor. He chose the was Esme Crittal,

(To De Continued.)

The Bexley Hoath, Kent, by- The Society of Motor Manu- pass, one of the roads in the 1923-facturers and Traders (the or- 24 programme of Greater London ganisers) state that the profit on artorial road construction, hus last year'e motor show at Olympia'

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