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* COUNTRYMAN'S LOG

THE HONGKONG

Private Menagerie

OUNTRY children collect a queer assortment of peta. One by one they are ract with, brought home in the pocket handkerchief or oven a match-box, or upturned pinaforo. A corner has to be found for them. Again, in the villages, hawkers ply it most varied trame from door to 'door. The farther one lives. from a town with its, shopping" facilities, the more often these Itinerating merchants cail round with their rolls of floor covering. their clothes-line poga, and their tortoises.

As for us, wo foll for a pair of tor toires, a not very expansivo ouilny. 1. Bomeone had given me the idea tha!. tortoire thrives on green en slugs and wood-lice, an omnivorous friend of the garden, a creaturo enpablo of fending for itself.

One has a lot to learn. Yet per- 4onal observation of even the humblest creature bringa own interest.

Our Lortoren turned away time and again from pest delicacies one would hare imagined they must fancy. But A vegetarians, they advance with a pracision and determination upor any gleaming head of dandelion that would hardly be improved upon were they flesh eatern.

The same thing applies where the creeping clover on the lawn essays to binam its unwanted flower.

To sit and watch the champing milsfaction of those fawn in to feel certain that there are gardening worries as well left to be dealt with by

pair of hungry tortoises.

They have given us a nien litle problem to solve in another direction, however. After a winter spent hiber- nating beneath a heap of sand and dried leaves in the greenhouse one of the pale laid an ess

In fact, there have been two, as yet, another was Inid only a few days no io a border of young chrysanthem. do to satisfy the young

All one car Antlers of auch monstrosilien la te con- Algh their incubation to n hot linen Chipboard.

Hens cannot manage its business if what one is told is correct—that a tortoise egg takes 14 months to hatch mul under natural conditions.

Hungry Hedgehog

Not long are a family conference was held to disowns hedgehogs. The conclave came to a unanimous deel.

on that one would in welcome,

It may be hard to beftave, but it wan not long after that one of these weird but docile creatures wundered into the yard, a little dazed on meeting day- Light for the first time following a fong winter sleep, and was cally mught,

Unfortunately, this plky plavmate

by JOHN

SUSSEX

made himself far 100 popular with our family,

Nobody quite knew what consul- tuted a fair square meal for a baby hedgehog. Nearly overyone fcit it wasn't getting enough. Alas, in a few days it was dend. from much milk.

too

Yet another trio

of favourites are the rabbita.-

there

A Are

least nine now, ns Licso latte has more than fullied ex- pectations with

the recent delivery of a batch of six

She la not as certain of her pedigrea as the other two, but, as is often 10, the muxing of blood makes for liveller. sturdier off-spring

A child, grows up to take a lot for granted afier watching the maternal preparations even in a rabbit-kutch

Biripping her breast of long tufis of white wool, Lieselotte's cosy anticipa tions left not even the smallest in doubt as to their purpose. Ehe war - making a nest, much as birds will

Still They Come

Already there are claimants for each of the arrivals, themselves another actics of additions to this miniature but personal menagerie.

An odd couple of pups are also part of the picture. Both come from the name lifter although a stranger would be excused who doubted the fact.

So on from pups to cilkworms and Mid-summer from these to cocoot 'nights with the Frensen windows open and winged trophies like a gigantic eyed-hawk muth pass into the collec- tion. And there is alwayn n cat

Nearby there is a pony, which even though it is another's, shares the con- veration on the way to school as do rubblia and pups and allkworms.

Perhaps it sounds like exaggeration. but sharing the same field and hang- Ing over the same gate lives a donkey who like a good many more of this fraternity, prefera a pat on the neck to nac on the track-side.

It is a we approach taught carly, to come at an animal by its lead and not by its heels. And if there is ond

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approaching an animal

by its head and not its heels,"

thing more than another which i caught on of late years around the countryside it is these social institu tions to misleadingly called Young Farmers' Clubs.

A good half of their members must bo 1tle more than school-children.

The young teilow who walked away with two first prim's and a champion- ship at agriculture's premier chow this year was a white zmocked you ster of 11. The sleek creature he led, haltered, round the ring. this boy had fed and groomed from a call at threw day old

ROUND ABOUT by

The Showman

THE atmosphere which sur-

rounds a neat black jacket and waistcoat, neat striped trousers, a neat black hat, and a pained gentility-all Just shaken settled trco of moth-ball-has down again over our dear old (affectionately Omeo Foreign known in all the Chancelleries of Europe as the Wanglers' Rest).

Mr. Anthony Eden has returned, to take charge. And, so far as the events of Europe are concerned. I think I am safe in saying pertly that the charge will be a nominal one.

Kindly disposed as I am to all men,

I wish the members of the "National" 'Government would recognire publie opinion of ther foreign policy. It u 10 15:

-ade· ·bon't · expect-tliem to: da...any. thing cutative or dignified while they are on sonday:

We don't expect them to do any thing ecclive or dignified whlic they are NO on holiday:

But we do expel them to give up pretending that they can or will.

You see, wo know all the answers so well,

About Theodore-

O turn now to a serious subject, there is the news from America of course) of Mr. Cullen's second divorce from her husband Theodore.

Sho had belfer be careful. If she wins him a third time she has to keep kira.

Tall Girl's Dilemma TWICE recently I have seen the same question put to different ex- perts on heart-throbs. It is the problem of the tall girl who has icen proposed to by a very short man.

Boll experta were inclined to funk the rent issue, and trotted not tho ancient "Do you really LOVE each other? stuff..

The real test-and i need hardly say that I speak with the authority of having successfully posed as Aunt Adenoid for sixty years-the real test Is this. When you reach for the man's hand to lead him across a streci, do you or do you not find yourself graspe ing the top of his car?

Fan Taste-ic

too silly for THAT nothing is

"puolielty" purposes has been proved again for me by as announce- ment that a flm star serve: tea, biscuits and pastries, every day, from her own kitchen, to all the selor m technicians in the studies.

Important Actors: "Oh, thank you very much, Miss Wa-Wat":

Crowd Players: "00-00-h! Thank you very much, Ariss Wa-Wa!"

Technicians: 00-00-h! THANK vou VERY much, Miss Wa+Wa!" · "You're MUCH too kind All: Itva!"

At least, that is the picture which the publicity man conjures up. Why make fact of the girl? 'she's quite a good actress..

Wags' Corner On her way to bed the maid looked

into her mistress' room

The master's locked up for the night" she said.

Really. Mary?" sald the mistress. "Ie must have been very quiet. didn't hear him come in."

I

"He hasn't, much," said Mary, "Tho police-station has just phoned to tell

us."

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-To-day's Thought- MANY people are so afraid to did that they never, begin to live.

-HENRY VAN DYKE.

TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1936.

Terry secs his employer Mrs. Schmidt hand a man and woman, whose faces he can not scc, some letters. She has just dismissed him in a rage, but now fawns on Hins and Bay she didn't mean it and intends to raise his wages. Terry rides off with Suzy to be married and Mrs. Schmidt gives Terry's name and address to her callers.

Chapter IV

WOVREIZED FROM T

Goldeyə haqor LUCY HUFFAKER

"She's gone," some one screamed. as the crowd entered Terry's room and found him lying on the flour, "Get the murderess."

"We'll get her, all right," and one of the police,

Suzy knew her feet must be may- Ing, withough she felt as if she were. standing still. She knew because

RAJPUTAN CRIENOLE

sometimes she was in a dark, little & O-BRITISH INDIA-APCAR AND

street, sametimes in a wide, lighted one. Or was she dreaming? Was it nil just a horrible nightmare? Would she wake up and find Terry comforting her, asking what her bad dream had been?

She thought she would halt a taxi and ask to be driven a long way, any way at all. But she was afraid she wouldn't be able to speak, Per- hops the driver would notice some- thing strange about her. Best in take no chances. It was too late to go Into. a park and sit down. She must keep on walking,

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"What's the matter, dear?" Terry usked, "You aren't going to tell me again that you won't be doing right by marrying me, are you? It'll be This night's just a waste of breath. going to be perfect I know how to finish my stabilizer, I'm practic cally promised the managership of the factory. All because I took you to the factory and then peeked over

Where she went she never knew. a transom."

"I'm worried, Terry," she answer-As long as she was to live, sne could remember anything ed. "If only you knew German-never but you couldn't understand one clear about that night-except one word they said. What were those thing. Perhaps she had been walk- ing in something like a circle. For paper-and why the mystery?"

suddenly she saw she was opposite "Auswer your own

It don't care. Probably that old bag is the house where Terry lived. double-crossing her partners-but must have been hours since she had

me?"

There were lights burning RANPURA left it. what is that to

in the hall, is always, but for the

*KIDDERPORE "But secret papers"

even all was

Terry's dark, "Snap out of it. These aren't war

was n BHUTAN She shivered. It times and so what's the use of apics room,

him lying in the to think or secret agents or such? Give me a horrible smile now. You're bride or will.norgue. She wished she had stay- RAWALPINDI

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Suzy said no more of her worry but even while they were pledge

vows which would bin ing the them for life, she felt she was de- liberately pushing something into the

back of her mind, something she would have to face another time.

10 Terry's When they returned

Probably they were searching for out room, Suzy erled

delight. her now! She must hide somewhere There

were great bowls of lovely before they caught up with her. But where? Then there came to her the Blowers.

"Now don't say I ever overlook ne clear thought she had had since anything, Mrs. Moore," ha sald. the moment when she had seen the

strange woman standing in the door | SANTHIA "You

didn't, but 1 certainly did, know that this was to be our wed- to Terry's room. She knew what ding day at least I hoped it 60 she must do it only there was still hard I knew it must come true,"

time.

In a hospital room, an Inspector SIRALA "Oh, Terry" she broke off und looked as if she were going to cry from Scotland Yard, bent over a "And one thing more." Terry said bed. On It lay Terry. A nurse was In a matter-of-fact volee, opening trying to quiet Terry but he could

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a little box from his pocket. "My father gave this to my mother the night they were married and now I give it to my wife."

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"I need to know where my wife CORFU is then I'll rest."

"Yod'll take a sleeping powder. now and when you wake up, she'll And it says inside 'With all my be right here. She'll come to her love," Terry whispered as he placence against her, even before she senses - realize there is no evi-

ed it on her Anger.

Suzy raised her face from her knows you are living and going to hand to give Terry his kiss. Then be living sight along

"So

you know it's idiotle to think hor- suddenly she stood frozen with ror. The door behind Terry had

had she did it?"

"Sure, we know. We haven't opened slowly and silently. The woman she had seen entering the caught the woman who did do it, In In her hand an but we will. Lucky thing for her factory stood It, automatic pistol. Before Terry could and Mrs. Schmidt and the rest of wheel

uround to see what had hap-their Hittle circle that the alm wasn't репед

ned to terrify Suzy, the woman so good."

raised her arm, took deliberate aim "Mrs. Schmidt?" Terry gasped. at Terry and fired.

"Evidently you're a pretty bad fell on the floor. The Terry

the inspector said woman tossed the pistol toward him, factory worker,"

laugh. "If your employer and

quietly vanished. Suzy tried to with scream, to give the alarm, but her had to have some one try to kill voice would not come. She sugged you." to the floor beside Terry's limp body. She touched him. He made

"But-

to "You're in no condition

be

110 sound. She put her head down thinking of plots and counter-plots to his breast. She could hear no now. That's our business. Yours is beat of his heart. Suddenly her free to go to sleep and wake up to see hand came in contact with some your wife right here."

She had not been stopped at the thing cold. It was the metal of the ticket office. She had walked, un- pistol. In fascinated horror she pleked it up and stared at it.

challenged CA the channel boat, Only a few hours and she would be. safe, with Mazlel

There was a scream, Suzy raised her eyes to the door which was still open. A middle-aged woman with

She had bought a morning paper. wild eyes stood there. She came Perhaps but no, it there was swiftly in, looked down at Terry anything in it about what had hap- and cried: "You've killed him."

pened to Terry, she couldn't read it. Then, like one possessed, she She knew all that mattered. She rushed through the door and down saw only one thing, a big head line:

"'Arry, quickl the hall, screaming,

"Austrian Archduke. Assassinated Moore 'as been shot dead by his At Sarajevo." girl! Call the police! 'urry, Police. And a doctor though 'e can't do nothing."

Suzy dropped the pistol and look- ed around helplessly. She could hea calls for the police shouted from the windows of the house. She bent over Terry, trying, frantically to feel his pulse. Then, when she heard the police whistles outside, she managed to get to her feel,

She thought she would never be able to move again. But she must -the must. By a tremendous ef- fort of will, despite her panic, she reached the door. She nolleed her purse. Scarcely conscious of what she did, the picked it up and went through the door.

Below in the hall there was great excitement as the police shouted orders for a passage to be cleared for them. There was no escupe there. Perhaps the back stairs-at least she would try. She ran hur- rledly. Thank God, the back of the house seemed empty and the key was in the outer door at the foot of the stairs. She erept quietly, out; just as she held the police mount- ing the stairs. She remembered to traighten her hat, to walk calmly as if she were out for a little stroll. She passed a few men and women but at first they were too absorbed hurrying to see what had brought wit the mallee, to notice her and av she wound her way from one street) to another, she knew that for the moment at least, she had escaped.

(To-morrow: While Terry knows, triumph and bitterness in Lon- don, a flip of a coin in Paris brings new and far-reaching ad- ventures to Suzy.)

(To be continued.)

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