1928-10-09 — Page 11

ROMANCE AND INTRIGUE

"HIS WIFE."

By Mrs. VICTOR RICKARD, VA,

Author of "The Light above the Cronornada" i "The Howe of Courage, **A_ Recklvom. Usaidan, "' ate,

SYNOPISIS.

WALTER PRIESTLY, an engineer, returned from South Atria to settle down with Mrs. PRIESTLY, his mother, and ADA, his sister, meets in London

when he lands

ORANGE LAVINGE, who appeare to be in great trouble. She does not conûde the trouble, but, in- atend, asks if he will marry her. Walter ja astounded, bat consents, and the marriage is contracted, Arriving home a fortnight inter Walter staggers his mother and sister by appearing with a wife,

Going

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

Cadogan Square, intending never to come back.

If only her mother and father had lived it would have been different; but, heiress as she was, she was no- body's child. No one would care if she disappeared, and yet youth was alive and strong in her, and

he revolted against her fate.

She rut up and stood near the dressing table. Her face, reflected

looked drawn in the grass, tired. What madness had come upon her in Kensington Garden?

2114

The quiet man at the table, who had taken off his glasses, looked at her kindly, the insane, impulsive her room, after a luke-question she had put to him; and wurm reception, Orange writes a then the queer feeling of sleep letter to her husband, explaining walking which carne instead of pain, that she loves another man. This and comforted her somehow. That inan jilted her on the day before false ponce had held mitil she found he was to have married her. herself sitting in the gaunt room iri Orange points out that she can this house in Highbury Quadrant, so wholly unlike her Aunt's guy dining- not live with Walter,

room,

Sho was up against reality, Priestly discovers the letter, and fear overtook her pushed under Orange's bedroom" door.

CHAPTEIN...

Mrs.

Yet, some dim feeling that Walter must not be too grievenaly hurt awoke in the depths of her heart, The moment Orange had shipped She owed it to him, at least, to ap the letter under the door and shear docile and obedient and she realised that it had fallen into the hands of Mrs. Priestly, she felt thin she had made a mistake.

She had taken a falso step under the stress of violent emotion, and lied herself for life to a man who, to her dismay, she now realised loved her with chivalrous devotion. it was dreadfully hard on him that hia people were unsympathetic and even terrifying. Ada, with her pale, watchful eyes and intense curiosity, Mrs. Priestly with her steady magnificence of manner which, Ornage suspected, hid a very acute and diplomatic craftiness of

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1928.

NEGRO ENTERTAINERS AT KOWLOON,

Some of Wilbur's Black Birds," the talented company of negro entertainers who open a brief season at the Star. Theatre to-morrow night.

HONGKONG'S BOY PIANIST.

REGISTERS BIG SUCCESS IN AMERICA.

..

Master Emil Danenberg, the well-known Hongkong boy paulst, made his first appearance in the United States with an orchudira we would accept her de-recently, when he played at the cision. He was not thinking of "California Night of Music" given himself, and Instinctively she knew by Adolf Tandler's Symphony at that she could trust ihm. But there Hollywood Bowl, a huge open-air were his people. Mrs. Priestly arena with a seating capacity for was strong with a strength un-20,000 people. known to Orange in all her former experience of life.

His contribution was Chamin-| ade's Concertsuck, and, in the A soft knock at her door made words of the conductor of the Orange turn round. Her nervea Symphony, he played it faultlessly were badly on edge, and she knew and with an expression most extra- that she was shaking inwardly, ordinary for his age.. "With your though she tried to tell herself that talent and your sincere musician- he felt perfectly calm. It must be ship," said Mr. Tendler in a letter Water coming to give her his views to the youthful antist, "you have on her letter, which he had every a splendid future before you.".. right to do. With bent head she The Press comments were walked to the door and opened it. equally faltering, one "writer sny- She stared before her, wide-eyed In the doorway, advancing at once ing "the boy's technichal develop- and tragic, as she clasped and un- to prevent any possibility of Orangement is astonishing, and ho plays clasped her hatitis. A picture of changing her mind was, not. Walter, with musical intelligence and her own lost home in the house of hut Mstriestly. She smiled quite feeling." Another report stated her Aunt Laura Beaumont, akitully and sat down on an offens, that the little artist was called peared before her. Aunt Laura which had ones belonged to her back for two encores by the lived on the surface of things, and | grandwakher, noting as she did so, "amazed gathering." had collapsed before the disaster, of that a little of the gimp round the

Cushions needed attention. the broken engagement,

character.

"But, darling, the wedding cake has come," she had muid again and again. And then she had said, "But what will the servants think?

Aunt Laura, with her fragile beauty had been a very poor help the crash. Orange sut quite still, thinking, And Staveling Staveling with his power 10 make her and other women care for him; his insincerity and his queer, compelling charm. Suppose that he came back now she would still care and his voice would still sound desperately dear to her. He had not shown the smallest consideration for her, and

"Orange, my dear, for since you are, Walter's wife, we must not be Formal, I have come to live a little talk with you. Sit down, and drink

little cold water. My dear Mother's doctor always recom- mended cold water."

Oldient to Mrs. Priestly, Orange filled Floss at the washstand, drank a few sips. "I Walter bich?" she asked.

"Walter is back and is very much it out by your letter." Mrs. Priest linked her eyelids. "Far too much so I think. Ah, my dear, Eve was the mother of us, and I fear we take after her still."

Unable to think of any suitable

he had lied up to the very last mo-response, Orange at silent, her ment.

eyes downcast.

At the same performance, Pro-| fessor Danenberg, Endl's falker.; was one of the fourteen-plano ensemble which rendered Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsodie,

་

BIG TUBERCULOSIS DISCOVERY.

NEW ACID FOUND. BY SCIENTISTS.

\ New York, Sept. 14: A discovery by research chem- ists of Yale University holds aut the prospect of an immunising agent for tuberculosis,

Professor R. J. Anderson; of; Yale, addressing the Biologiculi " quite understand your motive Chemistry Division of the Ameri- Covering her face with her hands she thought of Violet Hamar, her writing that letter," Mrs. Priest-can Chemical Society last night. cousin, and closest friend. Violet went on, "and I do not disap said that selenee had an entirely had played the game of treachery prove of It. It is one of our few new factor to consider in studying With Privileges, after all, and therefore the cause and prevention of tuber with consummaty skill. her beauty and power und her free-it is perfectly excusable." dom as a young widow she seemed "But did Walter tell you....?"

"He did. He did not want to to hold all the cards, and while she tell me, Orange, but when you have set herself deliberately to steal the love of the man who was engaged in of your own, you will realise to her cousin, she had smiled her that a mother's duty often is to sweet, fidse smile and Orange had make her children frank with her

been fooled.

And she would have married Staveling-she not her white teeth

Walter was frank with, mi.”

Oranke Itushed quickly. "I don't call that fair," she said, "Walter can't have wished...

Mrs. Priestly held up her hand, as she thought of this-married him, not guessing anything,Believe me, I knew best both in hnd it not been for an intercepted his case and yours. Remember, telephone call. She still felt, weak Orange, that you are my son's wife, and faint when she remembered the and 1 foresed the possibility of ahock it had given her, and how her serious trouble to you both, worki had tumbled into dast. However, I am not here to discuss Then had come the interview with that.. Wo are having a little re- Staveling, his sudden change of at-ception lo-night and I wish to pre- titude. Perhaps he had been sincere sent you formally to some of my at the last when he said that, it was intimate friends." True that he cared for Violet, and, if Orange was not prepared to ac. cept a second place in his life, the simply cannot face it. In any

wedding had better not take place.

Violet threatened him; he tried

"Oh, I cannot!" Orange put down the glass on a table near her.

I

Jim.

case, I do not know what. Walter feels.

told Mrs. Priestly smiled. "All that to excuse himself in that way; slie story about another man." Sho held a revolver to her head and fixed Orange with a steady, hard swore she should shoot herself if look. "It is a very old story, in- he left her. What was he to do? deed, and he might have believed it What could any man do? Besides, had not been there." he had other worries; Green Silk, the horse which he had entered for the Derby, hud Broken down in training..

Orange recalled the details of their wretched interview and crush-

ed It painfully to her heart. When

it was all over Mrs. Beaumont had cried a little, fanned herself, arid finally decided to leave London and go to Aix for the rest of the season, "I aimply cannot face it," she had Bald, "It makes one appear too ridi- culous,"

She had invited Orange to come with her, and Orange had refused abruptly.

The fight of Mrs. Beaumont had followed, and Orange, left alone with the foolish wedding dress and all the gala that was to be no 'gala at all, went out of the big house in

"Its true," Orange faced her, her hunds damp, cold,

"As I was saying," Mrs. Priestly ignored the interruption, "I saved The situation. Walter is. in some ways, a simpleton."

"ilo's a very straight man," or ange resented the yearn just evident in Mra. Priestly's voice. She began to kalo the large, black-clothed wo- man, with her hard eyes and net smile,

(To Be Continued.)

Count the

TELEGRAPHS!

ruinsia.

" the past," he said, "there has been no way of proving whe- ther the growth of tubercle, in tubercular organisms was the re- suit of direct action by living bacillus. We have prepared from living tubercle bacilli a series of fatty acids previously not known to chemistry.

"It would appear that the bacil- lus creates them by action and (frum inoculation tests on rabbits) that, these acids in turn cause the development of tubercle."

The work at Yale, which is pure-i ly chemical, is supplemental to that at The Rockefeller institute) and other institutions.

MYSTERY OF FOUR RICK FIRES.

ARSON THE CAUSE OF OUTBREAKS7

Alton (Hints), Sopt. 14,

SHARE PRICES.

TO-DAYS QUOTATIONS.

The following is the list of local eharo quotations issued to-day:

Banks.

Hongkong Bank, #1335 b. Chartered Bank. £424 b. Marcantilo A. & B., £36

д

P. and 19 n. East As'a 177 m.

Insurances. Osuton Ine., $690 b. Union Ina., $372 8, North China, Ins., Tla. 160 b. Yangtuzo Ink., $541 n. Chins Underwriters, $2 50 b China Firas, $275 h. H. R. Fire Ins., $800 s

Shipping. Douglases, 6381 .

b.

H. K. Steamboats, $27.65 a H. K. Tugs, $2 n. Indo-Chinas, (Dof:) #721 Shell Trane, 107/6 n Union Waterboats, $221, b. Mining. Rouguets, $2.15 6 Kailans, 65- b. Langkats, Ts. 101.. Shal Exploration, Tis: 2.45 o Raubs, $4.25 b, Tronohs, 17/6 n.

n

Docks, etc. Kowloon Wharvos, $138) n° Whampoa Books, $37 Chica Providente $5.75 n. Hongkowe, Tle,, 156 n. New Engineeringe, Tis. 5 'n Shanghai Dock. Tix. 106 h Coltons.

Ewo Cottons, Tls 11.25 Orientals, Tir.. 250 s. B'hial Cottons, Tis. 62 told) an Lands, Hotels, etc.

H. and S. Hotels, $8.70 a H. K. Landa, #662 b. 9'hai Ianda TIB. 138 b Humphroys, $15.15 b Ronition, 1 b

π

Public Utilities. Framways, $4,15 Peak Trams, (old) $13 b. Star Worries, $67) b China Lights, (Old.) $137 b. H. K. Electrics, $53,40 b. Macao Electrica, $267 Telephones $7.15 Cum Rights b. China Busos, Tls. 11 b. Singapore Tractions. 12/- 'n' Industrials, China Sugarı, $1 Malabona, $18 b Canton Icon, $3,50 B. Cements (Comb: $9.90 b. Ropes (Old) $7.20 b. United Asbestos $5.

Blores &c. Dairy Farms, 842.80 Watsons, $14 n. Dor A. Wing, .50 m. Lane Crawfords, 821 n Mackintosh, $20 n. Binceres, $9.50 Wm. Powells, $36b. Miscellaneous. Amusements, $28. #.. Constructions, $1.50. b. B'que Ind. G. Bouds, 641 % H. K. G Loan, 61%

b.

Situatlón Discussed.

В

Peking, Oct. 8.

Arson is suspected as the cause Pel Chung-hai and Yang Yu-

2 conversation for of a number of mysterious rieking held

yes- fires which occurred this after-two hours at Luancho v noon at the Norton farm, near the terday, after which the latter village of Selborne, about four interviewed Chinese pressmen to whom he declared that they miles from here,

had discussed military but not political matters.

Fur hours two ricks of out and two of straw standing within a

Yang Yu-ting is going to Jehol few yards of the road were ablaze.

Despite the efforts of the Afton shortly, apparently to attempt to fire brigade the straw ricks and clear up the situation there.

Yang Yu-ting stated that the one oat rick were destroyed, the other rick being badly damaged. trains from Mukden would proceed. Police are now busy investigatas far as Tongshan from the 8th ing the strange circumstances,inst., but the question of handing All the ricks belonged to Mr. T. S. over the rolling stock is still undor

consideration-Reuter

alderman

of the

Mitchell, an Hampshire County Council and

largest in Hants

owner of Norton Farm, one of the time. The fire is believed to be the work of the same person or Three of the ricks were closo persons.

These frej ure the latest of a together one being on one álde of the road and the other two imme-series of unfortunate diately opposite. The fourth rick, which Mr, Mitchell has been, the a month ago. & however, is nearly half a mila vietim. About. away, yet all the ricks are belleved 40-ton hay rick on his farm WA to have caught fire about the same burned, arson being suspected.

MARINE COURT.

BIG BATCH OF CASES DEALT WITH.

Owing to the suspension of the work-of the Courts over the holl- day period, there were a large. number of cases heard by the Mn- rine Magistate this morning, all of which were for breaches of Harbour Regulations. Commdr. J. B. Nowill, D.S.O. R.N., was on the bench,

The most serious of the cases was that against Li Yee, tho mis- tress of 'a tinding Junk," "who wis charged with having on board her junk 500 bags of sulphur, in n place other than the Dangerous Goods Anchorage. Action was taken under an amended Ordin- ance of 1927, enacted subsequent to the blowing up of a junk, at Yaumati last year.

Defendant pleaded guilty and stated that the

cargo had been taken on board for conveyance to Canton.

A fine of $25, with the usual al- ternative, was inflicted.

No Permission.

Four mistresses of cargo bonis were charged with making fast to the s.s. President Cleveland while that vessel was under way, without permission of the Commanding Officer. Pleading guilty, the de- fendants stated that the ship was nearly berthed when they made fnst.

Fines of $10 were each of the cases.

inflicted in

The master of a cargo bont and the mistress of a bumbont were charged with a similar offence in respect of, the e.s. Oreon and pleaded not guilty. Police 'evid- ence was to the effect that the Oregon was at least 60 yards from" her buoy when the police launch came alongside. The two craft were made fast on the port quar- Lor. The attention of the accused was then called 'to the fact that the vessel's screws were still turn- ing. Corroborative evidence waa given by the coxswain of the police launch,

Defendants, both stated that they had seen the ship secured be- fore making fast, but it was point- ed out that as they were on the port quarter and the buoy was out on the starboard bow, it was im- possible for them to ascertain whe- ther the ship was made fast or 1101.

Fines of $10 were filleted in both cases,

So Kun-lee, master of a" curgo boat, and La Tai-loi, steersman of a cargo bout, were separately charged with navigating the har- bour without regulation lights and pleaded guilty. The defence in both cases was the same, that the wind had blown out the musthead 1ghts. The fine in both cases was $10.

Too Many Passengers. Chan Sam, the aged mistress of a pussenger boat, was charged with carrying 12 passengers in ex- cess of the number allowed by licence, she being registered for 11 and had on board, 23.

The accused pleaded guilty and stated that when she hall bargain- ed for the passage of five coolles from a steamer for 80 cents, n number of others boarded the boat and she was unable to prevent them, they in turn, refusing to go back to the steamer.

Inspector Moss informed his Worship that the accusel's craft; was being towed by a motor boat, which was in turn being summon- ed for carrying excess passengers,, His Worship muleted the accused in the sum of $12, at the rate of $1 per head for the excess..

SHIPBUILDERS,

SHIP REPAIRERS, BOILER MAKERS. FORGE MASTERS.

SAFETY 1ST

SCIENCE PROVES COLD WEATHER NO PROTECTION FOR FOOD

Without SAFE REFRIGERATION FOOD SPOILS AND HEALTH IS MENACED IN WINTER AS

IN SUMMER

Health authORITIES URGE THAT FOOD BE SAFELY KEPT IN A CONSTANT TEMPERATURE

AS WITH FRIGIDAIRE

INSTALL

OXY-ACETYLENE AND ELECTRIC WELDERS.

MECHANICAL AND

ELECTRICAL

YOURS

NOW!

NO!

&

3RD

FRIGIDAIRE

MOTORS

PRODUCT OF GENERAL SOLE DISTRIBUTORS FOR HONG KONG & S.CHINA'

DODWELL&COLD

QUEEN'S BUILDING.

TEL.C.1030

USE THE WISDOM GAINED YESTERDAY

LINCOLN said, "I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.".

Are you one of those who daily sce the value of Life Insurance, yet are still without its benefits?

Enquire Today

THE

MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

HEAD OFFICE

TORONTO, CANADA.

ARNHOLD & CO...

Agents.

LTD.

French Bank Building, Hong Kong. Tel. C. 1500.

THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING

OF

HONGKONG, LIMITED,

COMPÁNY

ENGINEERS.

events of

TEL ADORES.

"TAJKOGDOCK?

TELEPHONE NO. 22.

MALL FLAG:-

DRY DOCK-

LENGTH 787 FELT,

LENGTH ON BLOCKS 750 FEET

DEPTH ON CENTRE OF

SILL (H W..S.T.)'34 FT. & INS.

-THREE SLIPWAYS-

CAPABLE OF HANDLING SHIPS UP TO 3000 TONS DISPLACEMENT. ELECTRIC CRANE AT SEA WALL CAPABLE OF LIFTING 100 TONS AT 70 FEET RADIUS,

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents

HONGKONG, CHINA & JAPAN,