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THE HONGKONG

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THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1932.

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The wreckage in the Lyons landslide diaster, showing firemen and rescuera at work among the ruins of the fallen houses

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The centenary of Samuel Morse, the inventor of the famous telegraph code, was celebrated on May 14.

limet Pasha, the Premier of Tur- key, with M. Malatoll, during his recent visit to Moscow.

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Sum Vary, 19 am por as being grains, the girl felt suddenly up- in stenog rugby t a Chunga Portlled. Mr. Block's lectures, listen- Partiture who in th sheriand beged to an wearily for so many days, has fallega fronteri were jumbled together in her train in a muddled fashion. One thing was certain, The timi

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The facade of the building hous-

in the Mele company was anything but appealing. Huddled unter 1

The weeks wore on and on it elevated tracks, smoke stained and was Jine. Auddenly hot and weather wern, it seemed to the job breathless summer berodded over the seeker to have a slightly sinister city. The lake burned untier air. Susay consulted the slip summer sun and girls began to wear again. Yes, it was the right mm- their thinnest frocks and shadiest ber. Mentally girding herself for hats even in the downtown district, battle, she swung the heavy, dirty

To Susan, young and radiantly glass door inward. healthy, it was a plezeant bough

lim Shoked her best in the 3 red-headed office boy, chewing summer heat, her hair curled in gum, sat behind an ancient parti- it the ringlets around bey deliente- tion near the door. Behind him i ushed face. She Arch new; bromed slutes of all sizes and swenter suit of him knittet stulfonality, Susan

shudered. After

and felt very much the young the heat of the stret the place had businewonn wearing i'

la fetid mulness that remindert her

Still there seemid no chance of jot an unused cellar.

y securing a job. Calls came She advanced and said to the in. dribbled into the office, whern red-haired boy in what she hoped

a superior young women in white were the proper tones, "I wish to inen reived them i passed see Mr. Petterman. 1 um from them along to the super stenog Block's Institute."

raphers of Mr. Claude Block's up-| With a cynical gaze the youth per class, Suarn waited in vain rase and shnmbled toward the to be called. At last there arrived rear of the store. Susan's eyes, a day when Mr. Hock himself stood gradually accustoming themselves in the doorway and beckoned to her, to the grey light, could just make "You-Miss Carey. Will you out in the far corner the figure of come here, please?"

12 HER at a large, old-fashioned Trembling with pleasurable ex roll top desk. A single bulb, ocitement, she complied. Mr. Block shutted by a folded sheet of letter fingered a penciled slip on his paper, burned alege his head. desk. With deep-set black eyes he "Ugh, what a dismal place!" looked her over, head to foot, and she murmured to herself. Some- seemed to find the results satis how in her dreams of crisp, effi- factory.

glent offices there had been noth-

James Duncan, the former Olympic discus thrower, who attempted suicide at Boulogne recently.

Th Kreuger Palace at Stockholm which it in proposed to convert into niceum. Pictures show the front of the paines and the pillared court- yard.

A remarkable picture depicting the incident at the San Diego when the giant airship Akron suddenly shot up in the air carrying 200 men on the end of her ropes. Three failed to release their hold soon enough and were carried high in the air. One had been killed before the photo was taken. Another of the two man shown clinging to the rope alto fell to his death, but the third, Robert Cowert. somehow fashioned a cradle and two hours later was pulled to safely.

Thirteen were believed to have been killed when this train was wrecked and burned in California But careful search of the ruins by railroad and county officials failed to disclose any bodies.

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Russian officers who fled to Paris after the Revolution carry variety of jabr. Our photo shows an ex-General cutting the hair of another ex-General.

watering under sandy brows, re- pelled the shrinking girl. She re- minded herself sternly of her obli- gation to Aunt Jessle, of Mr. Block's probably disappointment if

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cine of will power was she enabled to endure another moment of the man's company.

He said, "We've a cult for a secre-ing like this: tary at the Melo Iron Manufactur- The boy shufled toward her and ing Company. West Lake street. pointing vaguely in the direction of Go up there and do your darndeat." the swinging electric bulb mumbled,

Susan accepted the slip from "Mist Petturman'll see ya." his angers. He rapped out, after Susan passed through the gate her, as she turned to leave, "Re- and picked her way fastidiously member all I've been telling you over the unbelievably dirty floorshe falled, and only by the exer- these months. Chin up, walk like to the desk where the man sat. a soldier, smilo!"

She heard an oily voice any in- Susan gave a very feeble imita-gratiatingly, "Sit down, young tion of the military manner as she lady," took lenve of the school martinet Shuddering Inwardly, Susan but her knees were shaking under slipped into the armchair besido hor. She was not sure the nuto him. The man called Petterman cratic Mr. Block of the super- had a long sharp nose and end- super business methods would aplow skin. His dark sult prove of her Just then so she did crumpled and spotted. He wore a not wait to find out.

high starched collar that should Jostling through the State streat have gone to the laundry several crowds, through hordes of women days ago. His pale blue eyes,

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Mr. Barney Oldfield, and Mr. Harry Millor studying a model of the special racing car to be used in an effort to ist a new 'world's speed record.

You won't," here he smirked "' be 20 in October," Susun horribly again, "And, me a hard¡ faltered. The answer seemed to taskmaster."

please him. He fanned toward Susan shrank into the farthest her and she caught the repellant corner of the oaken chair.

odor of old cigars. "I-I hope not."

(Continued on Page 12.)

Petterman hitched his own chair several inches nearer.

"Experience? barked the man, "Salary's $18 to start and we suddenly harah-voiced after the oili-work Saterday afternoons. No ness of his approach.

nonsense about us. Eight to 5:30. Susan shook her head. "Expect punctuality." haven't any. I'm a beginner," The pale blue eyes bulged at her. The man suilled and his smile! The muin seemed to be waiting for waa, curiously enough, uglier than an answer. Susan murmured, "Of bia frown. He said unctuously, course,"

"Well, well, we can't all be ex- Pelterman nodded. "You'll do. perienced. We'll teach you. You'll] You'll do. How old are you?"

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