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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1929.

RIVAL WIVES

By Anuo Austin."

THIS HAS HAPPENED. NAN CARROLL, private secretary to AT- TORNEY JOHN CURNS MORGAN, is happy in her work and in het prospects for passing dus in examinations in June unt) ale muid denly realize that she la in love with Mor, Kan. This realization brought about when WILLIS TODD, an ardent suitor, Nan of loving Morgan.

ROUBY

Delag honourable, Nan despises herself and next day. In the morning mail she did blackmail not addressed to Morgan warn Coy," former telephone operator of a fan

determines to hand in her reclamation she

ing to "ny off the enemies of Grace

able country club' whom ho tu deferating in m bincktail mul

Its a postscript, a nasty Insinuation is made about Morgan's wife, IRIB. Nin,keeps the deller from Morgan. Because of her brillant reasoning, Nan is able to bring into meurt bringing MRS. FLEMING, the real auther of the Blackmal! noles, to confulon and winning for Morgan sofher apectreuse trlump),

witness who testifies in the Grace Cox case,

In the maury, mom, Nan and Morgan biet HERBERT CRAWFORD, bandsome friend of

Iris and John Curtin Morgan and sing young

lawyer invites Nan and Crawford to his home

for a cobation dinner that evening, ring the dinner and throughout the evening sha la treated with imperial dadain by Crawford and Iris, who are signifcantly interested in each other. Nan cul to the quick by this Lreatment anal because the mus see the man abe loves paying' paasfonaté homage to a wo-

man who shows him the farest attention and Ing afirr dinner, a maid shears in the chard

Teelfont While Crawford and Iris are dance

way. Tehind her stand a pollerman and man In civilian clothes. "Sorry to Interrupt a

for the surest of Herbert Crawford."

arty, Mr. Morgan, but we have a warrant

CHAPTER Vin

At I1 o'clock the next day, Sat- urday, very miserable private secretary awaited the arrival of her employer at his law office.Nan Carroll had not seen John Curtis Morgan since the night before, when she had watched him leave his home in company with the men from police headquarters, and the accused man, Herbert S. Crawford, She had ngered only a few minutes in the Margan living room, offering brusque reassurance and sympathy to Iris Morgan, who had stalk of the flower for which she was named?

Ayther of The Black Pigoon, ".

"notice" had been lived through, somehow.

"I'll leave town, of course-go to Chicago or New York. What does it matter where I go, or what I do, when my heart will be here, with him was as near us she had come to a decision. But her letter of resignation, coldly final and formal, lay on her deak, waiting for Morgan—...

WATER SUPPLIES FROM “I DID NOT KILL MISS

SHANGHAI.

ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR

TRANSPORT.

BRANSON."

HOTEL MANAGER'S LIFE

IN PRISON.

Marseilles, May 10.

BUSINESS CONDITIONS

IN THE EAST. "

WHITEAWAY LAIDLAW'S COMPANY MEETING.

Welcome news with regard to

The twenty-first annual general relieving the local water shortage Francois Pinet, imprisoned meeting-of, Whiteaway Laidlaw & comes to hand from Shanghai, here, charged with the murder of || Co., Ltd., was held on May 8, at the where Mr. R. Sutherland, of Miss Olive Branson, the English offices, 6, Cripplegate Building, Messrs. Jarding Matheson and Co., nrtist, has written to his brother, E.G., Mr, Mence Wilkinson (chair- has been successful in making a house agent here,, asking advice man and managing director) pre-- arrangements for obtaining water as to choice of an advocate.

siding.. from the Waterworks Company "You know the terrible thing 1 there and transporting it to Hong-am accused of," writes the ex- kong by steamer.

manager of Miss Branson's hotel The supply of water to Hong-to his brother,

should be considerably "I am the victim of unfortunate augmented as the result of the circumstances and extraordinary activities of Mir. R. Sutherland, of coincidences. I swear I did not Messrs. Jardine Matheson and Co. Mr. Sutherland went up to Shang hal on a business visit some time ago and being fully acquainted

kong

The door opened to admit the with the local water position, pro-tained an almost Trappist silence have curtailed the sponding capa-

man of whom she was always thinking, and the man about whom whole outraged city was buzzing. "Good morning, Ñan," Morgan greeted soberly.

The Chairman, in the course of his speech, sald: I have to ax- press the regret of your directors that the results for the year have proved leas favourable than they could have wished, the profit on trading showing a decrease of kill Miss Branson. I am innocent,244,336 when compared with the and want to clear my name of this previous year. General conditions terrible charge. Do help me!"

in the East have been, and still are, For three days Pinet has main difficult. In India political un- rest, together with serious strikes,

city of our customers, while In Burma the falling off in the ex- port of rice has interfered with normal trade to a greater extent than in any previous year in my experience. In Ceylon, the FM.S., and in Java and Sumatra the low prices realised for rubber and tin, their principal exports, have bean adversely felt by all classes, and, although the demand for our goods. has not been much less, we have been compelled to sell them at a smaller margin of profit.

coeded to see what could be dono in his cell. with the view to relieving the situation here,

:

A Reuter message received yes- terday stated that Mr. Sutherland has successfully completed the

When he entered the prison after his long ordeal of exmina- tlon by the detectives (the "third degree") he slept for 13 hours.,

Since then he has been eating

"Hello, Nan," Crawford hang out, only a little leas blithe than usual. task of arranging water transport and sleeping woli,

The tivo men passed on into Morto Hongkong from Shanghai. He His warders are Instructed to gun's private office. After a few interviewed the Shanghai Water-keep him company and cheer him minutes the buzzer on Nan's desk works Company who assured him up, but they have not been able sounded, and she answered it, note-that they could supply all the to do much. book in hund. ·

water Hongkong wanted without Pinet apends most of his time "I'd like for you to listen in on Interference to local needs. The sitting or lying on his pallett, and this from the first, Nan," Morgan next step was to get into touch fails to respond to the cheery talk told her. "I've grown to acpend a with the various shipping com- of his warders,

Our business in China has shown lot on Nant's logic and that sixth panics, as the result of which all When they try to make him varying, results. Trade in Hong- sense which all women claim to ships, irrespective of nationality, laugh by the latest bit of Mar-kong and Shanghai has been good, have and which she actually po are now readily co-operating and seilles humour, he simply closes Besses," he explained to Crawford.

scheme is being organised his eyes and says nothing... That's not news me," Craw whereby vessels will not lose much! Almost the only thing he asks ford beamed upon Nan. Why, time in leading and discharging them for is cigarettes, which he you didn't have Nan, I'd insist on water. No interference with the smokes in silence. getting two or three other legal regular unflings is anticipated. It M. Rochu, the investigating lights to help you. Not that we're is welcome news to learn that magistrate, told me to-dny that going to need a battery of talent," already two ships have left with there are all some puzzling he hastened to discount his words, their tanks. full of water for points about the cage. "But

fifty a chap on whom

Hongkong and more ships thousand bail has just been clapped being brought into the service feels like grabbing off all the help

daily. he can get." .

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Shanghal, June 11.

are

but, owing to the unsettled condi- tiona in Northern China, our managers in Hankow and Tientsin have not been able to show a autisfactory return on the smaller trade they have been able to do. The latest figures from these Branches. I am glad to say, are distinctly more hopeful. Stam, year, and the profits made at our almost alone, has had a prosperous Bangkok branch have been equal to our expectations.

Burden of the Import Duty. business conditions generally in While I am on the subject of

the bullet which killed Miss "I want to know," he said. "if

Branson was really fired from her revolver, Nan pulled out a leaf, of the desk Active measures are being taken

"Both will be examined by and aented herself beside Mor-by the Shanghai Waterworks Com-experts.

"All Pinet's clothes, which were gan,, poising her penell above herjpany in co-operating with all the unsmiling.

water to Hongkong. All available be carefully examined to see if "Jack keeps saying, 'Now tell me tankage space has been taken in there are any bloodstains on The morning papers had everything you know about this vessels, the arrangements being them." "broken" the stary on the front business, Bert," Crawford smiled effected under the direction of Mr. page, with enormous headings but at Nan. "And for the life of me, R. Sutherland, of Messra Jardine, very little rent information in the all I can answer is, I don't know Matheson, who is returning to small type below. On charges sud-u damned thing!" I was just as Hongkong, Our Own Correspon- denly and frantically preferred by much surprised as you two were dent. the secretary of the Mid-West when the cops busted up our parly Packing Company, a poration, of which Herbert S. Crawford was president, warrants for the arrest of both the president and the treasurer had been sworn out. The treasurer, Roy Bland, had not been found, and there were rumours, according to the papers, that Bland had made good his getaway.

eccording to Crane, secretary of the company, the chairman of the was investigating some mines of the position and had experi

crumpled into a chair like a broken notebook. Her face was.impassive, shipping companies to convey nelzed at the hotel, have also to the East I would like to express

new cor-

board of directors had a letter of resignation from Bland, but had not yet met to act upon it when the company's auditor had discovered

a shortage of nearly a quarter of

a million dollars in the corpora tion's bank accounts,

It had been on information ob tained from Gladys Payne, private secretary of the vanished treasurer, that Crawford had been drawn into the case, but what this information was the district attorney's nice had refused to divulge.

was promoting--"

to you,

Kowloon Situation,

Reference was made to the

writing.

LETTER GOLF SOLUTION.

discussed,

while depreciation to the amount of £137,768 has been written off. During the past year we have thought it advisable to have our properties revalued by competent firms of architects and surveyors. The net result is an appreciation. of £244,691, so that the present value is £896,100..

the opinion that the most sovere check on the demand for British goods in India and Burma is the [high rate of import duty now im- posed. In some cases the duty amounts to no less than 30 per cont, and in a varied stock like oure we can reckon on having to last night. I'll leave it

pay an average of nearly 20 per Nanny actions haven't been

Here is the solution to the cent, British manufacturers com- those of a guilty man, have they?

pete to a very limited extent with Would I have hung around town, water shortage at the monthly puzzle on another page.

DAWN, DARN, BARN, BURN, local Industries, and the heavy tax waiting to be arrested? I didn't meeting of the General Committee

of the Kowloon Residents Associa-TURN, TURK, TUSK, DUSK.

not only checks the demands for beat it, did 17-like Itey Bland!

"Honestly, Jack, I still can't be tion held on Monday evening. The every suggestion be reduced to supply, but it also adds to the cost the goods which this country could C. M. Manners, lieve it of Roy! Nicest chap you Presideht, Mr.

of living of both Indiana and Eu- ever knew.. W, I've known him 0.B.E., said it was unnecessary to four or five years. First met him enlarge on Its importance,

It was unanimously agreed that ropeans. The vast majority of the down in South Amerien, where everyone present was fully awer mittee should meet every Monday, pleased to buy British-made goods during the emergency the Com-Indian spending public is only too eneed the difficulties and ineon- order that all suggestions if the prices are within their "South America?" Morgan intervenience attendant on the restric-brought forward might be prompt means. This we know by experi- rupted eagerly, and Nan made the ted water supply. He informed by investigated and dealt with, and ence, as we have the largest retall that action thereon might be ex- connexion of any firm carrying on first note on the case of the State the meeting that a public com- versus Herbert S. Crawford. mittee was being formed by Gov-pedited.

business in the East. "Sure South America!" Craw-ernment, and three members of Residents, having any sugges If you will turn to the balance- ford repeated. "Didn't I ever tell the Committee of the Association tions for conserving the water (sheet, you will see that the reserve The money had been accumulated you about that silver mine deal Le. Messrs. Wylle, Cock and Man- supply or any kindred matters are account now stands at £300,000 in during the last month in a sensa-down there? I met Roy Blandners had been requested to serve therefore requested to submit consequence of an addition of tional, whirlwind stock-selling inlet's see, yes, it was in Bogota, thercon. The subject was one in them to any member of the Cora- £15,000 from the previous year's campaign, and was to have been capital of Colombia, you know which the Association was vitally mittee; however nebulous the idea accounts. Freehold and leasehold for interested, and he would be grate-miy be, It will be fully considered premises now stand in the books at speedily used in building a huge He'd been in the mountains packing plant. It was the success months; looked like a tramp. Had ful for any suggestions the Com-and exploited.

£651,409. Since the formation of ful promotion of this enterprise lost everything he had in some fool mittee had to offer.

the company this item has risen which Crawford had been celebrat- scheme, and 1 staked him to a trip The matter was then discussed The question having arisen as

from £235,703 to its present figure, ing at the home of Morgan the home.

"After we got back to the states at length, various statisties being to water supply for fire fighting night before.

was able to put him next to a placed on the table. In the course purposes, the feasibility of utilis good thing every now and then, of the discussion, Mr. Wylie stated ing sea-water for this purpose and till he'd got quite prosperous again. that he considered every possible for flush systems was When I got busy on this packing aspect of the question should be and a very interesting and prac- company merger,

I naturally re-explored, no matter how indefinite tical scheme in this connexion membered him and sent for him to the origin might be, and suggest was put forward by Mr. Cock.

end in view In view of the obvious necessity come on and get in on the ground ed that with this

for better arrangements for deal- floor. Goed, dependable chap, al-

ing with water supply in the "Miss Payne," ale of the ways a little cracked on the sub- papers stated circumspectly, "con- ject of South Americn, but one of

Dividend 10 Per Cent. Crawford misinterpreted the look streets, the possibility of erecting fesses that she was the fiancee the best friends I ever had. I tell on his friend's face. He leaned far storage tanks similar to those in

Turning to the profit and loss of the accused treasurer, and you, Jack, it knocks me cold to find across the desk, to fix Morgan com- Hongkong, equipped with pipes

account, after reserving an addi- stoutly maintains that he is inso-out that Bey Bland double-crossed pellingly with his light-blue eyes, and taps, was also discussed.

tional sum of £2,746 for Income- cent of the charge of embezzlement, me and the people who trusted me "Old man, before we go a step

tax and a slightly larger amount alleging that he was a dupe in the to protect their interests."

further, you believe in my inno hands of a cleverer man. She ad "Probably," Nun 'put in quietly cenee, don't you ?"

The total consumption of the for depreciation, the balance car- mits, however, that she has had no "your close association with Bland

Morgan stretched out his hand Island of Hongkong at present ried to balance sheet is £92,167. word from Binnd since he left the in the past is one big reason you're to grasp the one Crawford was of may be taken at 4,000,000 gallons In order to pay a final dividend of eity 10 days ago, asterisibly on his suspected now of being his accom-fering dramatically. "I do belleve per day of which 260,000 is re- 5 per cent, making 10 per cent, way to Chicago on business for the plfce."

you're innocent, Bert. I'm stakingquired for the Mid Level supply free of tax, for the year, we have. firm.

"Good Lord!" Crawford ejacu- my professional honour on your in: and 120,000 for the Teak and Hill had to draw upon the balance "It was largely due to Bland's lated, outraged. Just because a nocence. I've never, since I was District supply. I will be seen brought forward to the extent of failure to communicate with the mun unfortunate enough to have admitted to the bar, defended an therefore that the low level con- 19,280. I would, of course, have company since his departure for a friend who turns crook-"

accused person of whose innocence sumption is over nine-tenths of been possible to maintain the Chicago that Secretary Crane, who "Keep your shirt on, Bert," Mor-1 was not convinced. If you should the total.

dividend at 15 per cont, by with- is also assistant general manager gran. admonished him quietly, be

the proved guilty, beyond The area of the City supplied drawing the amount needed from of the company, asked the auditor "Nan's right. We've got to look at shadow of a doubt, I can tell you by the four tanke now in opera- the reservo account, but your

district Friday to check the bank balance, this thing from the

right now, Bert, that you would dotion lies between Queen's Road directors have judged, it beat, in and the big shortage was discov attorney's standpoint, not yours. me more harm than you can well and the Prays from Water Street the interests of the company, to cred. Crawford was not taken And your friendship with Bland,. imagine.

to Pottinger Street. With the leave the reserve undisturbed. into Crane's confidence when bis your having brought him into the "Just play square with me, Bert, additional tanks being brought In the previous year's accounts

will certainly suspicions of the treasurer were company,

scorc Tell me the whole truth, no matter into use it is hoped to give this we carried forward £34,106,, To aroused, and a few hours later both against you. Now, Bert, what do how much it may go against the district a more liberal allowance. this we add the balance of profit -warrants were issued."

you know about this Gladys Payne,

for the year which has just 'closed "Well, Im glad I won't have to Bland's secretary? She evidently grain, or how damaging it may

Tung Wah Hospital Meeting.

£92,168, making a total of 2123,- worry about it," Nan reflected, as has more up her sleeve than came look, and. I'll get you out of this her Angers flew over the typewriter out at the preliminary hearing this that I think they have a case tioned by Mr. M. K. Lo at a meet the following

mess if it's humanly possible. Not The water shortage was men-264. Your directors, recommend amropriation-*** keys, answering letters which didmorning."

Crawford flushed, then laughed against you that will even result in ing of the Tung Wah Hospital namely, to pay a final dividend of not require Morgan's personal"at- tention. "Here's my letter of realg- apologetically. "Well, I guess an indictment," he added reassur

in an interview with the author per annum, free of tak, on the nation and I'm going to present it, used to folly her along pretty free-ingly, as Crawford's beaming smile last night, when he stated that 5 per cent., making 10 per cent. ties of the Publle Works Depart- Ordinary shares; to the trustees Nan?" Crawford, Crawford mess. I never did trust Bland, if she

mont yesterday he was informed of the employees' provident fund, blithe again, turned to the girl, of the Government intention to £1,000; and to carry forward-£24,- that man!"

whose castdown eyes were upon her build nine moro tanks along the 826 12s, to the next account. But her heart throbbed heavily with an emotion that was not glad: Morgan nodded thoughtfully, note-book.

As regards the current year, 1 The ringing of the telephone Mr. Lo also said that it is feel justified in telling you that ness. In getting out of the Craw "And when she couldn't land you ford megy she was also getting she nursed a grudge against you. saved Nan from answering. She estimated the Government will be the outlook is a little brighter. I thought so. took the call at her own desk, then, able to transport with the aid of We have already recolved cabled out of everything else that had Right? made life wonderful for three I've warned you to be careful, Bert, when she had replaced the receiver, steamers and naval vessels about particulars of the trade done since confirmed lady she picked up the letter of resigna three million gallons of water the accounts now presented were years, She was still too dazed with but you're the ahame and grief that had taken killer. This is a little worse, tion which she had sworn to her into Hongkong every day.

closed, and these show improve- possession of her heart when she though, than the breach-of-promise self to present to John Curtis Mor

ment when compared with the had discovered that she was in love unit I was joking about last night," gan that morning. Slowly she tore

corresponding period of last year. with her employer to plan what And Morgan looked so worried it to bits,

The report and acounts were un- she should do after. her week's that Nan's heart ached for him.

animously adopted;

"

faded.

to

too. I'll be glad to be out of the ly, before she became engaged to "And

him

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was engaged

you,

(To Be Continued).

praya.

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The meeting last night was confined to discussions of water relief, Mr. Lo being the chair-

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