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Contrary to expectations, Renfroe was not at all enthusiastic Madeline going into the cage alone with Lucy...

."

"I don't trust that beast," the elreus owner said. "I never have, and I never will. Oh, I know Madeline has been working with the cat for several weeks but, just the same, she's afraki of her. If she should auddenly less her nerve

"But she why, you won't," Con protonted well Lucy behaves now. Madellno

11, 1935.

by BEULAH

POYNIET

The door of the cage was opened no effort to stop them. There was no then and, armed only with a whip, announcement that the girl was not Madeline all through the aperture badly injured and that the perform- Spectators held their breath. The ance would continue. The circus own lg tent that had been hushed before er was too shocked to think or to care

what happened next.

Renfrow was a simple soul-n kind. seemed utterly still and silent.

There were men on guard outsida armed with revolvers but few of the ly, generous man at heart. Though watchers

know that. Lucy stood in ambitious and somewhat mercenary, the centre of the cage, her yellow eyes he had always placed human life be meeting Madeline's as the graceul fore financial gain, lie had heard feline body crouched low.

Con demanding to know who had by step; the girl advanced, killed the tiger, and dull, cold con

tempt filled him. To think that a speaking ofte e le chait, need.

man, carrying his wife who was un- questionably dying in his arms, could that had even think of the brute

On the chair.

Suddenly a man in a sent just be hind the first row arose to his feet, voice that penetrated called out in

I can handle her ns well as I can not flo gave a low, mirthless laugh and destroyed her!

we

Renfroe shook his hend. afraid that anything will hapoca when

you're in the cage, Con. With Madeline it's different. An accident now would ruin our business hero need the and, God knows, business'

Con laughed. "Then what are you complaining about? This net will get business for you. It's going to bo a sensation!

thrills and watch them some real flock in

·

the entire tent, "is to it, Baby! I

As Con stepped back from the said I'd be here and here I aml" couch where he had placed Madeline hoarsely, sald circua owner Unmindful of her danger, Madeline the turned. She saw Trafford, standing "You've killed her, Con. I didn't want

and caught the her to RO into

cago and in the second row, leering, grin on his face. It was at you know it. You sent her to her

instant while her attention death!"

Give the crowded that the tigress leapeu

that

rost happened so swiftly car. Nobody's blaming you," Con hiç- |

of orange

vivid splash of

and white and

"And you're through,"

you're

Renfroo

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But Renfroe was not convinced.. It black shooting through the air, the added. "Whether she lives or dien,

through."! Con's lips were distorted in required several minutes of argument blood-curdling scream and the great the circus owner finally gave beast bearing the slender body to the

"50 Raid. a grudging assent. Even then ho ground that the horrified spectators grimace that was intended to be a

were gripped in compléte inactivity smile. "Thanks," he refused to make the announcement

you'd kick a man when he's down, that Madeline would enter the cage by the shock.

But with my best animal dead and alone with the tigress.

beat Your my wife-"

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There was an air of hushed gua- Even the men on guard to provent penso in the big tent an hour later accidents were too stunned to move. when the striped beautien and their

the

doctor

Both men stopped talking. Thoro was a moment's silence and then the faintest murmuring came from the couch. "Con," Madeline said softly,

Con

larger, less ferocious cousins, the Con cried out, "Goed God!" and tore lions. Ale in through the wooden that the fastenings of the door. Per- damned beast myself! To think that closure and took their places in the haps because he jerked so violently, you can mention that eat in the samo

the lock caught and jammed. Then breath with your dying wifel"

"Please, gentlemen—”. huge steel

Madeline stood near cage.

a shot rang out. The tigress sprang at hand and watched Con go through the act that had first won her into the air, gave a dying groan and protested.

fell back across the mutilated, bleed. miration.

ing body of the girl. The great spotlight shone on Con. It was then that the audience cand Madeline's slender, yellow-clad figuro

He knelt beside her and her fum- was in the shadows. But when, just to life. There were before the finish of the usual routine, grans and Con paused and announced that Miile.mon, shuddering and sickened, hid bling fingers stroked his cheek. "Kiss

me, Con," the girl whispered Gabriel would

put the tigress through their faces behind trembling hands,

Con tore open the door of the case loved you so much. If you don't for- her paces, the on and reached his wife As he lifted give me 1-" about fell directly on Madeline her small figure in its gay finery of lighting her beauty and emphasizing yellow and purple his voice could be the delicacy of her figure,

Drawn by snow-white horses, an-heard above the tumult crying, "Who other other ence was

devil shot the tiger 7" Madeline was still breathing ཝོ་ arena.

the

snarling, wh

women

screams and fainted. Even

ser. through

He kissed, the pain-drawn mouth, agony of contrition. Only when her pressing his own against it in lips grew cold and her tortured was brought into the

breathing ceased did he draw hock. Lucy, Inok

looking magnificent and

stricken auddenly one at the same time repellant, glared Con carried her across the arena to Then, like through the bars as the cage made a the nearest dressing room, which was blind, Con David stumbled out of the circuit of the tent. Then the other La Belle Matikie's, but it was obvious little room, out of the run-way and animals were driven back through that life was ebbing fast. A doctor into the open air.

who had been in the audience and wil their run-way nhd Lucy',

Lurching drunkenly, he made his the alley where the snilling and deflant, was prodded with messed the tragedy offered his

Waz concession stands wore grouped, prongs until she entered the massive vices. It took only the briefest ex-

amination before ho

told

them the girl

past the sideshow of freaks, the cage.

had only a few moments to live.

exit from the grounds. Perhaps at that moment Con had a Meanwhile Trafford, the man who peanut and lemonade vendors to the premonition of what was to happen. had caused the accident, slipped out It was the irony of fate that he

one to inform Perhaps he felt a twinge of cons of the tent unnoticed, sobered by what should be the

But cience or a spark of tenderness to he had done and discovering that re- Trafford of Madeline's death.

He lingered Con did not know who the man was ward the girl who stood beside him. venge was not sweet.

the grounds, who accosted him. The animal train- He leaned toward her and whispered, near the entrance to "If you're afraid. Honey, we'll call the waiting to hear whether Madeline er's filmed, blond what eves saw only the bulk of a man in the shadows. whole thing off."

lived or died.

career He did not recognize Trafford's volce, Madeline raised her shadowed eyes For the first time ir is

"How is she?" the man in to his, a bitter smile twisting her Renfree forgot that "the show must lovely, roured Hus. "I'll go out in a go on." The accident in which Donna blaze of glory," she said. She was had been injured had been bad enough, thinking that this was

to be her but Donna had not been torn and

certain farewell anncarance with the circus, mangled and

to die, As aron as the net was over she would merciful God could not let Madeline Tell Con that she was "Jumping the linger-long show, that she was through with him and with Renfroe's circus forever.

MUI-TSAI PROBLEM

A

When the spectators, in a body, rose and left the big top Itenfroe made

Kindred Sociction

"Nor are we alone in our task. In Amoy of the province of Fukien, an organization kindred to ours, namely,

ANNUAL MEETING OF he Society for the Relief of Chinese

The

SOCIETY

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and

WAS

informed that

a

Slave Girls, was formed five years ago. They have erected compound

asked. shadows

Ned

the

"Dead! Dead!" Con answered. Ile stregerel on toward the city, still wearing his costume of yellow and purple, Yellow had been the colour that Madeline had feared. She had said that it brought bad luck!

(To Be Continued).

R.EO.C.A. DANCE

LARGE ATTENDANCE AT FLEET CLUB FUNCTION

in which 160 mul-tani are housed and The second fortnightly dance of fed. More than forty have been given the Royal Engineers Old Comrades on Saturday in marriage under the auspices of the Association was held Society,

night at the China Fleet Club. The

"I wish to say how much we are in-dancing started at 8.30. p.m. and at 9 dabited to the general public, Chinese p.m. there were over a hundred couples as well as European, for their gener. on the floor. ous support and encouragement."

A

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NAVAL WEDDING ·

LT. J. K. TOD MARRIES CHINESE WOMAN

MISS U. WESTERN woman, Chincao A 40-year-old

The wedding took place at St. Tong Olching, was fined $3,000, with

on Saturday. Cathedral John's hard

Urzula Phyllis the alternative of eight months labour, when she appeared before afternoon of Miss Mr. E. 1. Wynne-Jones at the Kow: Western and Lt. John Kenneth Mac- on a Alister Tod, R.N.,. of H.M.S. Daring. loon Magistracy on Saturday charge of having possession of forty The Rev. H. W. Baines offelated.

the The bride is

daughter of Mr. Western Mrs.

of Dinthill, last and taels of prepared opium at the Kow

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whilst the bridegroom is the older Wednesday.

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ontered the refused to grand an adjournment.

Revenue Officer A. W. Grimmitt sp-Cathedral on the arm of Captain A.S. peared for the prosecution, and stated Benson, R.N., looked charming in a that about God in on Wednesday white wedding

In

The

bouquet

Revenue-Officor H. Major was wore flowered chitton whilst the

Tho fourteenth annual genera meeting of the Anti-Muitsal Society. was held at the Chinese Y.W.C.A. on Saturday night, when a general re- view of the past year's work was

report showed that deul remains to be done be fore the mui tani evil can be finally

Mr. Mak's Speech bradicated, although much good had been done by the Society in conjunc-

An old member of the Society, Rev. tion with the Mui tsai Registrallon

Secretariat of M. S. Mak, also spoke. He said in Department of the

part

Dancing included the Valetta, Paul "Since 1885 there has been Jones, Tag. Dance, and the moderns. In the absence of Mr. J. D. Bush, the Hon. English Secretary, Mr. 9. S. establish in Koo Long Chui a society The spot waltz was won by Miss A. Fu gave a summary of the cares dealt for the relief of Chinese slave girls. Bruin and Mr. D. Saunderson. Light with by the Seciely last wear. At Under no circumstances are slaves to refreshments were served.

be returned to their masters if the

The Entertainment Committee of September the former voluntarily gain admittance the R. 0. the beginning of Socicly wrote to the Government, urging the necessity of enforcing the to the Society. There are those who in Re E. O. C. A. are finding difficulty registration of all adopted daughters,

tere, would wingly make blood-sacrifice for faighing a suitable hand for these

at the railway station at Taimshatsui, marguerites. She carried question was watched by the Govern- might endanger the liberty thus reslite dances should prove to be popular last, when the Canton express arrived lovely tulle train trimmed with white

defendant was seen coming off with of white flowers

Attending the bride were the Misses ment, and that if it should be proved tored to those poor girls, so daringly during the winter months..

baggage consisting of about five or that registration of adopted daughters do they act that they can now furnish

six rattan baskets and a tin in a net. Evelyn Tod. Prudence Johuson and Bara Mary Coventry, The bridesmaid was necessary to prevent evasion of comfortable home for

drod such slave girls. It is true that tend more to propaganda and datec-

WEA confronted with al- tive work, we guarantee that every charge of a search party.

to open flower girls were attired in dresses steps would be taken.

most

R. O. Major told her The Chairman's Speech. time went on oppressors began to sur- us will be kept absolutely confidential, the tin and let him see the contents of pale green organdio. They all

render to justice. Now as slave-trade so there is nothing to be afraid of.

and defendant opened the tin and carried ponies of pink flowers.

The duties of best man were under- biscuits, then sho In presenting his report, the Chair- is forbidden by our constitutional law,

"Slave girls should by no means be took out a few masters slave-b

have gradually lost man, Mr. Wong Sum-kan, said:

allowed, however kind some masters placed her hand inside and pressed taken by Lt. Commander A. B.

Reception on B.M.S. During **Ladlos and

Four- their right of action. Gentlemen:

may be. We sincerely hope that all something to one side and told the Coventry. teen years ago the birth of this "When we put our society side by slave-masters will soon yield at the Revenue Officer to look. The officer Society was heralded. Looking back alde with the society for the relief thought of God to whom they shall took the tin from defendant and took

the happy couple left for their honey- over these eventful years, I am proud of Chinese slave girls, I have just have to account for what they privily all biscuits out, and found the oplum ceremony on II.M.S. Daring, and later

in sausage skina. to say that our labour has not been mentioned, we cannot but confess that

Revenus-Oficer H. Major in ovid-moon, which is being spent at Fenling. "In conclusion, I beg to thank all finished, and I believe that, if we held to the front. For in spite of longer of you for the assistance you have once stated that when he told the

vain. But our task is yet un-we have not been pushing our work and cruelly do in this world. fast to, we shall yet make greater establishment, and strong assistance hitherto given to the Society and hope woman he would search the tin him resulting in the even- rendered us by the Hongkong Govern that you in to refrain from giving self, she replied in English. "You achievements,

dirty." tual abolishment of this abominablement, we still find that many violate us your generous support from now will make them

mui-

Eventually witness took the tin in

taint A on our coun- the law privily such as keeping

tho from system which

woman and found about General Committee try..

In this connection, we hope we tsal.

five strings of sausage skins contain- have been of some service to the with a view to abolishing all these!

The following were aleated to the ing what witness thought to be opium, the Female Government. In 1923 Domestic Service Ordinance was

was hidden evils we find it necessary to General Committee from whom the Tho woman was then taken to tho measures. officials for 1035-1030 will be chosen: The woman in the course of her

Police Station, forceful tako new and passed, designed to secure the the Thus we have asked the Government}

Moara. Wong Sum-kan (re-elected and to provent the -mai-tsni trailon of

of. further mul-tsai. Yet, to enforce the registration of adopted Chairman), bi-Ka-fan, Wong-Soo-tin, evidence alleged that the tin bélonged taking aven with this provision, ther

Questioned, witness stated that she Education Department in Sum-yu, Tao Yan-kwong, J. D. Bush, still neople who keep mui-tsai in the Minister of Educle written to the Wat Lak-hing, Kong Yat-sun, Bo to an amah who was with her. gulee of adopted daughters. So in Nanking to introduce into school text. Woo Yee-tung, S. B. Fu, Wong Kam- had not actually employed the amah.

Kat

The amah had agreed to follow with WM. FARMER & CO. September this year the Society made books the "Evils of Keeping Slave ying, Mak Mul-sang, Chang Ant ness to Singapore when they had met

that througli the shing, S. C. Yeung, Lam Chick-sang, an application to the Secretary for Girls" hoping on we can at last Wong Sat-hing. Wong Sun-tat, Cheak on the train coming down from Can- Victoria Hotel: Building, Chinese Affairs for the registration medium of

Yan-ko,

Lo Chik-fan, Koo. Kwan-yu ton. Witness had not seen her since,

Shameen, Canton." of adopted daughters. I am glad to up-root the tradition of slave-kco and Cheung King-sung, Missus Wong and did not know where she lived.

that our application has been ing from our country. We nre glad

Tel: 13501 kindly acknowledged, and I trust that to say that this has been favourably See-ku, Shin Tak-hing, Kwok Fung in no distant date, the Government carried out by the Commercial Press. hin, and Ng Man-Chee, Dr. Sin Lok will-take-action with regard to the furthermore, it is my sincere hope cane, MrNao Yun-kwong and Mrs.

|that members of our society will at Jackman-To and Rev. Id Kau-yan proposed measure,,

in

say

on."

of under the pretext adopted

His Worship convicted defendant

and dined her as stated.

Defendant: May I appeal?

His Worship: Yes,

A reception was hold fellowing the

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