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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1929.

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CHAMPION, AUSTRALIAN CHEDDER

Serve L.C's. Bacon and Hams

GUARANTEED IN PERFECT CONDITION.

Lane, Crawford, Ltd.

PROVI ION DEPARTMENT.

We have removed

OUR -

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AND

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LEE YU KEE

Sanitary Engineers.

COCHRAN

for

EVERY INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE.

STEAM AND HOT WATER.

THE STANDARD DONKEY BOILER FOR STEAM & MOTOR SHIP AUXILIARIES.

BOILERS

COCHRAN & CO. ANNAN, LTD. SOLE AGENTS :---

THE GENERAL ELECTRIC Co.

OF CHINA, LTD. Queen's Buildings.

Hongkong.

NEW SERIAL

HIGH

FLIGHT.

By Ruth Dewey Groves.

TIH HAS HAPPENED.

ار

Jerry Bay thinks that love in a celuinton and makes up her mind to marry for money. Her in for vacation al, Atlantin City are apolled by the Tows of, the money she land saved. Nothing remains but to go remping with her room-mate Myrtle on the north share

uf long island.

nwned by young Alester Carstairy crashon Inter it. The others vaenge injury, but Jerry

picked yn neurulas by Ben Harvey, the pilot. Alester drives dess to the docter who

| for, old_pain-in-the-face." "Well,

I'm not," but I should worry."

These and similar remarks were freely given until the store's bell heralded the end of another work-

Their camp in wrecked when an simpleng day. The return of the bertha was the straw that broke down Jerry's resistance. If customers could borrow things from the store why couldn't she. There wasn't a girl in her department who had worked so hard. And

finite that her Infury i mai serious.

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X (8 38,509,000.) alock," Shanghai), who are not res. Fal5-Up Capital ....Galide 10,000,000. ponsible for the cable, mutilations. Reserve Fund The quotations are fripation:

subject to con Previous Latest Price,, Price.

*****Authorised Capital...Guildars 180,000,000.

Anaconda Copper... 119 Baltimore and Ohio.. 192 Bethlehem Steel.... 123 Chrysler Corp. 4Com-`'

mon] General Motor (Com.

mon) she was

mon) ....

On the way back, Alester sig at my inn for dinner and memaased when derry refuses a drink. He introduces her in Leon.

Icbody. Une

*12 invites them

to a birthday party. Alerter abovem dorry guy time during her two weeks vacation and punctual. "She was loyal. Shel Generally Rly. Signal 113 tells her that he loves her madly but then had, spent her own money there,!

Goodyear Tyre and

Rubber

not bak ber to marry him. Myrtle war too. Why, she was a customer.

Furt Kainst him, but

Jetter from her.

mosher revealing poverty and fineiden herself,

her to continue her earia in win Alester,

even if she hadn't a

Consolidated

th's how will are be able to lay a neve frock

change account. And she

wouldn't BM FERITI Cement

for the big purty he has invited her to?

CHAPTER XIII.

he depriving the store of a chance

to sell the tunic if she waited until closing time to take it out,

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The big, white-pillared store and brought it back in the morn- Navadn hummed with pro-opening activity. ing.

The outer doors were thrown! She wished she hadn't tried to back to the public-the early shop-hide it earlier in the day. But pera and bargain hunters who at least it was there if anyone had pressed against the barrier rupes dag for it. And some people kept- that would not be let down by the things out for days and weeks aiste men until the nine o'clock belt even before returning them. struck,

The store closed at five during the summer months. Those 60 endless minutes between four and five were a nightmare to Jerry. In spite of all she told herself she couldn't shake off a sense of guilt. But she had to have the tunte!

At the various counters girls were busy putting merchandise out for display, accompanying their movements with a running chatter of overnight confidences.

One of these girls was silent, a little terrified, but determined to

It was easy to take R. She sim-

follow her plans through. It was ply folded 1 up and put it in her wrong, yes, but so much was at

Copper

122 124

132

70

71

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70

70

114

110

115

80

77

and Myer "B" 00

Pacific (Coin-

Consolidated

02

46

Rudlo Corporation of

Amerien (Cominen) 85 Standard Oll Co. of

New

York

Co. of New Jersey ... Southern Pacific Texas Corporation United States Steel Vacuum Oil Willys Overland

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THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.

HALDIN

82

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CANTON'S WATER,

BE INSTALLED.

stake. There were extenuating cir-bag-the old felt bag she had RAPID FILTRATION PLANT TO cumstances. And no one would be made from a hat in imitation of an harmed. She would be very care-import. There was a rule against ful..

keeping bags at the counter but

take the tunic, Her acilon was

The problem of a pure water

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Hongkong, rd May, 1026.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANE.

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THE CHARTERED BANK OF

Joriy picked up a cohowebby af-it was a dead letter-it was ignor fair and glanced quickly at the size el so often. No one noticed her

Sixteen! It was just what shef screened by the last minute hustle and the Intesi, methoils of treatment Barve Fundsen. T. 168,400,000 INDIA, AUSTRALIA '& CHINA wanted, but she couldn't, take it fand bustle so familiar at closing This

mark.

now. Too bad. Some of the tunles time. were one of a kind. She folded it

quickly and piled It up with others in the nent rows on the counter,

are being adopted by all countries. instanced in a contract re- cently signed by Dr. Wu. Pak The man at the employee's door liang, Commissioner of the Canton set her heart to thumphig hard as Municipal Waterworks, with a wall- This eye fell upon the bag tucked known British firm for a plant for It was unnecessary work, she con under her arm. If it looked sus the rapid filtration and treatment sidered, but the head of the depart-picious he would stop her, she of 10,000,000 gallons of water per ment was particular. Five minutes knew. But he only smiled-most hour. after the barriers were down the people who knew and dealt with The general method adopted, esunter would present a scene of Jerry smiled at her and said which may be varied to suit local such disorder as to make you weep good night very pleasantly.

It did. The sale had been well

conditions, in that of treating the Outride the door the tarned raw water with lime and congit advertiseil. Jerry watched the

weak, her knees trembled and her tents, passing to settling tanks and grabbing. pawing hands with hands felt numb for strong desire to speak her mind Myrtle was with her.

a moment. then bltration through rapid gravity and filters constructed of ferro- about those who owned them. But

"What's the matter, kid?" she concrete and filled with graded sand the customer was always right. That had been thoroughly drilled asked, alarmed.

through which the water circuintes inte her rebellious little head after

at the rate of nighty gallons per ung woman had complained of her

square foot of filtering surface per for asking that she plek wa lace)

hour. The water is then treated by scarf the customer had dropped to

the "Chloronome" process, which the floor and was stepping on,

adds continually alxint one part of chlorine gas per 2,000,000 parts of water, giving complete sterilisation without leaving any brace of tante bramell.

The eager pulling and digging became harder to bear when greedy hands reached for the tunic that Jerry had marked for herself. She was going to borrow that dress for the party, that la, if it remained unsold. There were others like it but one size 16. And the rest of the tunes were of heavy hire things she could not possible slip

into her handbag.

Two of the lighter tunics were [sold immediately and Jerry's heart fell. The one she wanted would

surely be the next to go.. Then, unaccountably, the Ede of favour turned to the coarser pieces. And the day wore on and the tunic she wanted for are precious night remained unyold on the counter she organ to manoeuvre to discourage its sale. Euch time it threatened to become exposed on top of the heap he deftly thrust it deper, if

she could,

4

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But Jerry quickly recovered her composure.

"Nothing," she said, moving on. "I'm just excited about the party," “Oh, so you're going? I thought you gave it up."

"I couldn't." Jerry replied; it means too much to me,

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THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED.

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Myrtle remained silent, but she looked decidedly out of sympathy

The raw water is to be taken from with Jerry's change of mind. the Canton River. nhout six miles Jerry did not fell her about the from the city, and pumped to the tunic, Myrtle would go out with Blters by means of three elu trieally-Bombay George before it was time for her driven low-lifi, pumps, each empable | Italphong to dress, she hoped, and make it hour, one pump beite a

of handling 5,000,000 gallons per Benalute unnecessary to reveal what she There will be a battery of sixteen

had done.

of these filtern.

spare.

The total cost of the whole equip. They had dinner together at the ment, including pumps, pipes, and eared restaurant and fried other accessories, is aroximately home where Myrtle took time only, a lakhs of Hongkong dollara (about ebange her dress and shows be- £23,000). The contract was, tecured fere she went, put again to meet in the face of severe foreign, com- George, Jerry was glad to know petition.

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Business Lanseted. Loans grested on sp-

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Chief Manager.

BAFE DEPORIT BOXES to let

KAN TONG PO,

Hosrkoor, ist March 1937. u wasn't coming to the bouse for When the rebeure is completed | THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

er tonight. Myrtle's disapprov. the city of Canton will have a water ing silence wat gelling on her supply equal in efficiency to that of

INDIA, LIMITED. perves, She felt relieved

when the largest rities of Europe or

Head Oncer 18, Gracechurch Street, her friend left,..

America.

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£1,000,000 11,000,000

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Hopxkana, 16th March, 1911,

THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK Capital, Surplus

and Undivided

Profits ... G166,998,300 Commercial and Travellers' Let ters of Credit, Travellers' Chequea Bills of Exchange and Cable Transfers bought and sold. Cur rent accounts and Savings Band accounts opened and Fixed De posita in local and foreign curren- cies taken at rates that may be as- certained op application to the Bank.

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Manager.

Alester came for her at nine. And by four o'clock, one hour o'clock.. Jerry had lingered long before closing time, Jerry's tunic over her toilette. She had bathed was still there. But the had begun a given herself a "facial" as to weaken. Of arse she would re-best she could. Her hair shone turn it in the morning undamaged bright as polished amber. Her But suppose someone dainty feet were encased in slip. and unvailed. saw her taking it. Prying eyes Ders she had bought at a brevement wore about. She would be accused ale. They were painted with of stealing. What a terrible meas silver. High-priced slippers ori- he'd be in. Jerry Ray-a com-ginally, they were reduced because

When Jerry was seated in the mon thief!

their white satin had become car--the black roadster-he hand- soiled. They made Jerry's feet ed her a ribbon-tied box.

She Some more returns for you a lock as exquisitely shod as ever opened it eagerly and for an in-interest allowed on Current Accounts and sinck girl grinned at her as she the bad seen Leontine's. And the stant it seemed to Jerry that she dumped an armful of merchandise tunic atted as perfectly as if it must be dreaming. down on the counter. Jerry re had been made for her by a Fifth was not merely a little shopgirl Surely she garded the stuff with a

Avenue modiste. scowl. | That was the worst of being naid in Jwas about to powder her going to a party in a dress she did not own. Orchids were for first commissions. Things came back-neck and arms when she remem ladies, the wires of public men or especially from charge customers,, bered having read of a smart fash- favourites of the stage and screen. And you didn't know anything on on the Riviera. Modish women Women who were snapped for the about half the time. Unless the were wearing white with ochra togravure pages were orchids on customer paid cash. Then-she had makeup. Her own skin was sun- the Avenue-she had seen them. to talk to the aisle man. And mourned to a deep tan. The white,

No. matter how inetfully he tried to re-jeeveless tunic with its deep V fure he always, had to take the the back would show it off bent. goods, back. Even when it was the tifully, she realized,

Alester ought to approve of that. safest guess in the world that they; had been worn. If Jerry had seen He was denied the opportunity,

Jerry caught her breath in sheer this happen once she had seen it however, to admire her when she ecstasy. It was the first time in happen a hundred times.

came down to him for Jerry was her life that superlative beauty had She picked up the things the wearing a light summer cont that been showered upon her, stock girl bad returned and nut concealed her dress and all that it could not help thrilling to it and them away. There was a at her revealed, ·

to the thought that Alester wanted to make her happy.

and of the counter. She remembered One glance at her slippers satis- ruefully that she had spent nearly fed him that she was in evening half an hour with the woman who clothes, He grasped her hands had bought the face bertha. It cagerly. Jerry's beauty always was an expansive piezo and had moved him, brought Jerry's book for the day But a shopgirl

Orchids, in Jerry's eyes, were the symbol of luxury. And Alester had given her three! They cost at least she'd heard-twenty-five dollars apiece!

She

She

He was starting the car. looked up at him with dewy eyes.

Thank you," they seemed to his family He looked around and caught

say.

up to a good figure. Before the simply wouldn't have it! Neither the expression. Her lips uttered sale was completed she had wors he so keen on a mesalliance what her eyes had seemed to say.. ried over the report she must make himself if only Jerry would Alester smiled with deep satisfac- at the end of the day. Usually, reasonable, or if only he could tion. about four o'clock, the girls begun forget her

1. "So she likes orchids," ho to whisper to one another:

"You need nothing more to make thought, "That ought to make "What you got?" "I've had brought you some flowers."'

you lovelier" he said, "but I've you feel good, Mr. Alester Car- fierce luck." "I'm sitting pretty

staire."

(To Be Continued),

MRS. MOTONO

HAND & ELECTRIC MASSAGE 51B, Top Floor, Wyndham St.

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