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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY

1929.

A ROUSING TALE OF ROMANCE & ADVENTURE !

THE

RIVER PIRATE

With

VICTOR McLAGLEN, LOIS MORAN, NICK STUART, EARLE FOXE, DONALD CRISP FRIDAY and SATURDAY

AT THE

QUEEN'S THEATRE

STAR THEATRE

TO-NIGHT

At 8.15 p.m.

SIGNOR CARPI'S

ITALIAN GRAND OPERA COMPANY

DIRECT FROM MILAN

75—ARTISTS-75

The biggest combination of stara ever in the Enat FULL ORCHESTRA, CHORUS & BALLET

To-night May. 1

To-morrow

May 2

Friday

May 3

Sat.

May 4

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SUN GALA CONCERT

MAY

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By Anne Austin.

CHAPTER XX. "Well, what about the office boy. Birdwell? Why, the devil hasn't he shown up?" McMann demanded of his subordinate, after the waltor

had been dismissed.

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ManagW, Hongkong, 16th March, 1928.

THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK.

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Chler Manager.

A. G. BYNES,

Hongkong, 18th September, 1911.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL

"Callahan traced the Smith family to their new addreas, and has just phoned from the neighbourhood;

"Really?" McMan was politely sir." Birdwell anawered wearily surprised. "With Miss Lester

The boy. Benny Smith, is sick in suffering from a cold, you walked business transacted. bed. Callahan says the doctor has her about in Saturday's high Fixed Deposit at Rates that zaky, by naokr been there, and won't let the boy wind? I'm surprised at you, Hay-tained on application, out of the house until the middle ward " of the afternoon. If then."

flouskong, 19h July, 1978, "I was not cold, any longer. I'd "What's the matter with the had two or three cups of hot cof boy?" McMann barked impatiently fee while waiting for Mr. Hay- Birdwell coughed. "Upset stom-ward!" Ruth cut in determinedly. ach, it seems. The boy was sick I preferred walking to sitting in this morning, but insisted on 'com-

A draughty theatre." ing down to the office. Callahan

"I suppose you checked. your saya, leaving the house about half-briefense, Hayward?" BicMann de CABLE QUOTATIONS FROM past 10. At 11 he was back, andmanded, after a brief, measuring seemed so sick that his mother had glance at Ruth. a doctor in."

Again that convulsive presapro "Benny sick!" Ruth marvelled to on Ruth's shoulder. "No, I kept close of the market on Tuesday have herself. "Why, he has the,con-it with me-my overcont also."

Bean received from their correspon stitution of an ox! 1 wonder-" "Not taking any chances on the dents, Mesara. Hayden, Stone and Whatever it was she was about check room girl's curiosity. were Co., of New York by Messrs. Swant to ask herself was cut short by you?" McMann insinuated.

Culbertson and Fritz, Sassoon Houer, CURRENCY and FIXED DEPOSITS McMann's next question, aimed at "I don't think she would have Shanghai, (eable address "Swanstock" for one year or shorter periods in LOCAL Birdwell: "What about Rita Du-been interested in the contents Shanghai), who are not, responsible CURRENCY and STERLING os teme which bols? Any word from Clay 7"

Hfe insurance literature and lista fons are subject to confirmation:

for cable mutilations. These quota- will be quoted on application. "Yes, sir. Clay has traced her of prospects." Jack answered even- Anaconda Copper to the home of a friend of hers-a

ly. "There was no gun in that Bethlehem Steel Miss Wilbur --Willette Wilbur, An-

briefense, MeMann." other dancer, living with her moth-

"That's your story, and you're er at and he consulted a mem-going to stick to it, eh?" McMann orandum for the address,

growled. "Listen, Hayward, you Granby Consolidated Copper "Then why doesn't he bring her must realize that I've got the goods International Cement (Common) in?" MeMann demanded impa-un you! Three people the eleva-Liggett, and Myers "1" tiently.

for operator. Moran; Cowan, a Missouri Pacific (Common) Birdwell refused to be hurried. friend of yours, who would have Nevada Consolidated Copper "The girls are out, sir, according lied to protect you if he had dared: Packard Motor Car (Common) 130 12 Mr. Wilbur, She saya Miss and Phillips, the walter-have told Radio Corporation of Amerien

(Common) Dubois spent the night with her substantially the same story: you daughter, and that after breakfast were in a white-hot rage against this morning the two girls went Harry Borden and theatened to downtown together, to do some kill him. shopping. They expected to have "By your own admission you re- Bunch with Mrs. Wilbur, and men-turned to your ofee, where you tions that they would be, back by kept a gun. Your secretary says one o'clock."

it was still there Saturday morn-Willys Overland "Well, I guess there's nothing to ing, and it's not there now. Cowan do but to wait," McMann admitted hears Borden defying your inter grudgingly "By the way Birdference and threats over the tele- well, Clay didn't tip off Mr. Wil-phone at 10 minutes. after two. ! bur that Rita was wanted by the submit that Borden came to the "THE RIVER PIRATE.” police, did he?".

window on the airshaft, directly Birdwell smiled slightly. "Not opposite your own window, not Clay! He's watching the house knowing that you had been tele and has instructed the central tel-phoning from your own office, that ephone alice to plug in any calls you saw him, reached for your gun from or to the Wilbur number on and shot him down before he sus- the phone I'm holding down outpected his danger; that you then here. Just in case Mrs. Wilbur came to his office, opened the outer might try to warn the gift, youdour with the key so providentially know."

placed in your hands by the walter, closed the window without taking "Good!" McMann applauded. time to notice that one of the "That's all-no, send Covev in tapigeons had already betrayed you me, He's in 715 down the hall, by leaving tracks of blood outside you know.... And now, Hayward, the window na well as on the floor another question, If you can spare inside the room: that you then the time," he called out anrcastically robbed the dead man's body of the to the young man who stood at one 3500 so that it would look like the of the two front windows, his arm work of a hold-up man, or because about Rath Lester's shoulders. you badly needed the money. That's

"Yea?" Jack wheeled.

my case, Hayward, and if I were Victor McLaglep, who will be re- "You've said you and Miss Les prosecuting attorney I'd be will-membered

for his wonderful for attended a matinee. Which ing to take it to court as it is!" theatre? When did the curtain go

Us?"

10:41)

Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey 59 Standard Oil Co. of New York 43 Southern Pacific Texas Corporation United States Leather "A" United States Steel

Vacuum Oll

Missing.

VICTOR McLAGLEN IN STRIKING ROLE.

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24 Authorbed Capital Chalderm. 101,600,000.

thrills of Charles Francis Coc's Plenty of action and all the great, novel, "The River Pirate," are promised with the showing of a pleture of the same name which will be screened at the Queen's Theatre on Friday and Saturday.

The central figurea in the ex- tremely interesting story are a pair of boon companions; a hardened son of the sea and a mere youth, who join forces and engage in river piracy; working always in the dead of night and ever pursued by the watchful harbour police.

Fold-Up Capital .....Güllders

Reserve Fund

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(418)

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6. ETERNETRA.

Manager.

Hongkong, 11th March, 1929.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BÁNK, LIMITED.

(Established 1080.2

.... Y. 108,000,000

HEAD OFFICE:~YOKOHAMA,

Branches and Agenzie si

whose Alriandria Į Earschi ⚫ Salgon

Hombay

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characterization in the great war Captial (fully paid up).... Y. 100,900,000 Just a minute, Jack!" Ruth film, "What Price Glory," again

Eeserve Fund jcried peremptorily, as the furious has striking part to play, Ruth saw the drift of the ques- young man started forward. "Lik-this time 03 the redoubt- tion before it was apparent to ten, Mr. McMann. Remember that able

"Sailor Frink," Jack, but there was nothing to do you've got to find someone who alarming adventures along the tal but to stand quietly in the circle saw him in this wing of the build-New York waterfront keep A Busto Arre Los Angeles of his arm as he answered:

ing after he returned to his office, Princess Theatre. The There were cleaning women and the story. Others worthy of men-Changebun

never failing interest throughout *The play was Murder. The curtain undoubtedly other tenants on the lion in the cast are Nick Stuart of Dairen (Dalny) Nagoya rose at 2:45,"

floor, and Rita Dubois was certain-

Pengtien

[Kakden} "Murder Rather a next co-ly here about the time you Insist The Air Cireus" fame, Lois Moran

and Earle Foxe, two popular trimberg Incidence, eh? I hope you both that Jack was in Borden's office. I

number of out-Hankon enjoyed the show?"

know he wasn't, for he couldn't players with a Rath, remembering how she had have got in, and my evidence about standing screen successes to their Hongkong wept uncontrollably during the the key would not be ignored in sezand act because the district at-court as you have chosen to ignore which first ran serially in The This story of modern piratea torney reminded her of her dead {it.” father, did not answer except with

Saturday Evening Post had a tre-

screen version bas 'proved equally and Jack's only response, was ation in McMann's eyes as they tighening of his arm about the studied the girl. "When did Hay-shown, according to advance

popular wherever it has been ward return your key, Miss Lea- porta.

♫

4

credit.

Harbin

Newchwang

New York

Ganks ikking

Kangoon

Rio de

Janeiro

Honolulu En Yen

Vladivostock (Temporarily closed) Interest allowed on Current Accounts, Deposita received for Sxed perioda strata

a nervous flicker of her eyelashes, i There was a fleker of admira-mendous sale in book form and the to be obtained on application.

EL. MORT

when Cowan

| girl's shouldera,

"Two forty-five curtain, eh?" Mcter ?" he asked at last, very quietly. Mann nodded, his eyes narrowing "The key to Borden's office ?" to points of steely light. "You say "He did not return it, because you were not in your office út 2:10 he had never seen it or touched

was plugged in on it," Ruth denied passionately. "A a busy line after he'd called your I explained a while ago, the key number, that you were rejoining the waller found on the floor could Miss Lester, at the Chester Hotel not have been the office key. It was at that moment. Right?"

my apartment key, the only one That's correct," Jack retorted that could have fallen out of my eurtly.

bag when I dropped it. He re- McMann skulled his notes, pre-turned it immediately to my bag, tending to consult them to refresh for it was there when I reached his memory. "And yet, Hayward, the apartment Saturday evening, you were in such a hurry to leave and the bag had not been out of my

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BRANCHES —

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"Detective Covey, air," Birdwell announced, and the peppy, Jolly

ESTABLISHED 1913. little detective swaggered into the Head Office:-Hongkong. dead man's private office.,

Authorised Capital "What about the cleaning wom-Faid-Up Fond en, Covey?" McMann' demanded im-nerve Fend patiently,

"Haven't been able to find either ore of them-Minnie Cassidy and Letty Miller are the names, sir," LONDON BANKERS -- Covey answered cheerfully. Cassidy woman left home at 10 this morning, according to her daugh-end re deseription franaketad

another part of town, but the daughter don't know the name or address, and the Miller hasn't been living at the address Coghlan, the superintendent, gave us, for a month Its a rooming house and the landlady says old. Mrs, Miller didn't leave a forward- ing_address."

The Lord's Bank, Limited Correspondente in all Principal cities of kin

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LOOK POONG KHAN,

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Studio, Ice House St." Branch 7, Beaconsfield Arcade,

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to read the figures on your check, table before Mr. Hayward left for and started off in a rush without the theatre tickets." your briefense. According to the

But as Ruth was concluding her waiter's story, you didn't have des- argument in a triumphant rush sert after you got back to the hotel, of words, her too-clear memory be- If. as you say, it was only 10 trayed her. Like a scrap of mu- after two when you returned, what tion picture 1 m, a scene passed be was your hurry?"

fare her mind's eye: Jack and her- "f was not in a hurry," Jack con-self in the bank Saturday evening: tradleted. "I had a cup of coffee, Jack, waiting for her to make her sat talking with Miss Lester for a deposit, and holding her handbag few minutes, and left the dining for her: Jack's guilty flush when room at 2:26. We were both un-she railled him on having opened der the impression, that it was 11: "Pecking to see what kind of a 2:30 curtain and walked directly lipstick I use, darling?" to the theatre, which is four blocks

"Haven't you remembered some- from the Chester Hotel,"

thing you'd like to forget, Mins "Hmm!" McMann considered. Lester?" McMann asked. almost Then, "So you were, among the first kindly. arrivals, eh? The doorman and "No!" Ruth denied. No, no! She usher would be likely to remember had told him the truth. It must you, I suppose, and could corrobo-have been her apartment key which rate your story?"

bad fallen out of her purse and Jack's hand closed so tightly which Jack had been returning. over Ruth's shoulder that sho But--why hadn't he explained winced, but his voice was steady, then?

Woman

Chief Manag.

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As McMann reached for the ex- Kowloon tension on Borden's dask, Ruth's

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CAITTAL

Authorised Capital Ioaned

Peld-Up

Baserve

Kdabilities 鳗

bolders

808,050,000

6.800,000

4.900.000

Burplus.****

HEAD OFFICI—KINGAPOR

- Branibas, Agenda and Correspondante în

cold right hand went involuntarily Correspondents in all principal elties of the to her throat: If the caliber of the scription of Bask and Exchange all the principal sétime of the worth bullet which had killed Borden Bostra tracted. Louna gomated es ap- matched the cabifer of the pistol proved securities.

BAFE DEPOSIT BOXES to lot.. missing from Jack's desk..

(To Be Continued.).

Uhlet Manager.

Henckona, Hist March 1827,...

Every Smaription of Banking and Rodam Ernalzoom - transacted.

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