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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH." WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1936.

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THINGS TO COME. From the Alexander Korda Production of the H. G. Wells' Screen Play.

Hostilities in the World War of 1940 come with- -out woming. The enemy aircraft swoops over EVERYTOWN raining down death and destruce Wow. The great city lies in ruins.

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Harding, a young scientist, John Cabal, our hero, and Passworthy mest to discuss the war before leaving for the front. Harding and Cabal see the and of civilization. Passworthy is optimistic.

"TELEGRAPH'S"

The spies before leaving, kill Andre, Terry, moved by Suzy's insistence they must do some- thing to make it appear he died a hero, leaves her with the dead n and wearing Andre's Aving coat and cap, dashes off on its motorcycle.

CHAPTER TWELVE

up on the Acid,

The essential nobility of man triumphs over the horrors of war, Cabal'è plana brings down an enemy aviator, who gives up his mask to save a little girl from polion gas.

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ception of Andre's plane, was lin

In a tense group the aviators stood near the hangars, They turned as they heard Andre's cycle roll onto the field and cross to the plane standing, waiting, fur-

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best man sying for France to-day." The officer replaced the receiver and walked to the door. Through bis field glasses he peered anxiously toward the northwest. Off toward the horizon, there was a tiny speck. It came nearer. It was a plane.

"It's Charville!" he cried. "He's come back."

He must time it carefully. That wus the frat lucld thought he had, as he roared down the road. He must arrive at his destination on lime, but with not a moment to spare. There was something else what was 117 He puzzied over minute. Then he stopped the cycle

Terry, all his senses koyed to such and dismounted. He opened the Ilt- tle box of tools

"His luck, as well as his nerve and rummaged pitch that he observed everything around in it, Ile sighed with relict without knowing that he was recing He pulled out the goggles and al-anything, saw that the motor was held out," said one of the staff ad-

idling and the mechanic

miringly, bending skidded to a stop und though he did not need them, he put over it. He them on. So far, the gods had been

He did not speak. He on his side. But the real test lay only waved

waved to the mechanic as he He must go slowly for. a time, hopped into the cockpit. He raised

his hand in signal. The man quick Ite chafed at that. His excitemently removed the blocks from under called for speed, but he must stine the wheels.. that. There must be no slip-up. ile could not huve Suzy face the morn- ing alone. Her agonized vigil must end with the night.

ohead of him.

At last he saw the flying held ahead. There were two sentinels on the rond. They heard the rour of his cycle and turned. The The WILS dim,

but they recognized An- dre's insignia. They stepped aside and presented arms, as tooting his horn he slowed down to pass them. The gods had been with him, still The whole squadron with the ex-

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He circled the plane, uncertainly. salute. There- was something In that to brlog new determination to He saw that it had all worked out him they, too, would want Andre as he had planned. He could not hear what the men below were to have a glorious death.

lle headed for the enemy's lines, shouting, but he could guess. He It was not yet quite dawn, but the saw them run to the ambulance. darkness had

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make. It didn't matter minutes he flew low. Suddenly he whistled softly. A long strip of rond much, if it seemed to those watch- lay below him. It was deserted ex- ing that, he had regained control of cept for one car, travelling at break the machine. All that mattered was neck speed. Could it be but or that he should have time enough LONDON SERVICE . course, it was the obvious thing for for that Anal thing he must

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Das 16 Uct. "I'm all right," came ed over. He knew as he mounted from the cockpit. Smiling reassur PHELIUS Duo 19 Oct. again, that it was wrecked and that ingly he climbed out. It was only beneath the wreckage, lay Madame then he knew that one arm had de Charbis and the accomplice.

Terry glanced at his watch. In a "It is nothing," he said, brusque- minute now, the other planes would

"Come. ly.

We've something to do he roaring off from the flying field. and we haven't much time-some- He rose to about six thousand feet thing we must do for Andre." and let his engine out he must

He was taking off the coat-An- be well in front of those who were dre's cont-as he ran up the stairs. to come after him. At first he seem- They put it on the dead man. He ed alone in the universe.

Then for

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uff but coming toward him, he put on his own coat. Together they managed to carry the body down glimpsed something. It was the the stairs and into the garden. They German

nan squadron.

laid it near the plane. Mind and muscle were in absolute;

They had done it! It was the one coordination in the minutes that thought in his mind, as he heard followed. He knew perfectly just the cars, furiously down the road what he meant to do and he did it. bnd then come to a stop.. Each movement of the control, each Terry nodded allently, as the men firing of the guns was his will approached and looked first at An- directed. But, afterward, he had no dre, stretched at the grass and then clear recollection of that memory at him. They stood uncovered.

knew that he had done what seem the Commanding Officer speaking... ed to him inust be done. One thing "a

come report had

In that was uppermost in his mind. He the offensive is proceeding splendidly must not be shot down. He wasn't beyond what we had hoped." thinking of himself; it was not the He turned to Sury. primitive fastinct of self-preserva-| That, madame, is his epitaph. tion. He must not fail Andre-and The knowledge of that must com Suzy.

his, beloved father I can not At last as ho-circled to escape a find words for the tribute I would plane coming directly toward him, wish I could pay him. But it is not be saw what he had been waiting needed that I should. No one could for. The

other planes, the ones pay Captain Cherville the tribute which were to follow Andre, were he has paid himself. His last hour coming close. It was time for him was his greatest During all the to give the fight over Into their meaningless horror of war, we can hands.

cling to the memory of the selfless

of what had happened. He only "Just

fust as we left the field"-it was

fort

In the office on the flying field, courage of men like Andre Char- the phone rang. An officer took the ville. It is such courage, and such receiver off the hook.

courage only, that purifies war.

that

"This is headquarters at Souilly. He went to Suzy, took her hand Our number seven observer just and bowed low over it.

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