THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH.
TUESDAY, AUGUST
24, 1937.
10
Kipper Kate, The Fish Wife
IN the days before the advent of
than
motor vans, the folk who lived in outlying villages rarely tasted sh. ather
upléss "burn-troots," Kluper Kate-now gathered to her fathers, came round with her well- Alled basket: She was never long in emptying it, for she had nothing to learn in the art of salesmanship, and was so full of cheery banter that no une could resist her for long.
were
Kipper Kute could be seen a mlie away, not only because of the gaudy striped petu-coat she favoured, but ot because her proportions
in ordinary least twice those of being She was enormous in every way, with a great, deep voice, and a boorning laugh that sounded from one end of the village to the other.
Hearing it the guldwives would say, "That's Kipper Kate! Get on We'll bate a baddie the fryin-pan
tae or tea,"
The Ashwife did not fash herself to knnek at any cottage door, but with a loud, loomed in suddenly
yer
"Here yo are," wifes. Fresh new out n' the sea. Kippers that'
freth waitter. Anna- for aking, an' herrin' jadelles t that pit new life intl ye Mak yer chuler quick. There's a dizzen fowls efter the Bush,"
Kipper Kate always impressed the fact that she had hundreds of cus- tomers at her heels in the hope of hurrying the husewives into a sale, So afraid were they that they would lose their "lush," that they accepted her price without demur, and handed Bahwife. over their money to the
who stowed it away into a myster- lous poeket in the ample folds of her peltienat.
When her basket was emplied, Kipper Kate led to have a "sit- doon" and a cup of tea in one of the cottages. "Gi'e me a bit ham or a taste of potted-heid," she would say guidelle. "Ony- to the hospitable thing but fish cunna lile the faste o'l.
Over tea she would relate loudly the story of her travels and tell how many fish she had sold to the minis- ter and what a skinflint the doctor's housekeeper was,
"Her!" Kipper Kate was wont to say with biting sacasın. waving her teacup alatt, "if ye gied her a fush for nethin' she'd ask for anither to make a palet Nat not ge me some- Body
openhanded like
yersel', guidwife.
have anither dad o that cheew. if yo
ve dinna mind!“ "Ay!" she would remark.
when repletion had brought on an expand-
mood. "sellin' fush may no' be verra high-falutin' profession. but, jings! I Inirn mair about the cots an ins foul than if I was the Prime Meenister aitin' in the House of Parliament. He doesn' care whit price kippers are the dizzen, but it's meble when a's said an' dune, juist as important as attairs o' the State Au I'll warrant the country fowk Hppen on me a great deal mair than they fash their heids aboot him. Ay, ye, can ha'e yer fryin'
Be day. I be pans on a week back then wi ma basket iu'.
*
Kipper Kate huf one great
rival
wine mustleed she was never wenty
of relating, and that was Tam,
だい
Fisher. Tan spent hus days coaxing
"trants" out of every country bura for nearly 30 tndles around, and was not particular how he caught them so long as they finally left the burd to repose in his hattered olti buket. Whites, he "guddle" them, and it was a wonderful sight to waten the anties of the old man as he wades into the middle of a noisy burn andl darted is hands underneath some old flat stone where he was pretty sure of finding a catch. Tam, being very poor man, did not Ash merely for the good of his bealth, or for the
out joy of the sport, but cked livelihood by selling his catch from door to door.
#
In Kipper Kate's opinion, he was "an uld twister," and his iden of the fishwife was even lower. When their visits to a village clashed, and they coltage arrived simultaneously at o door, there were always high words between them, but Kipper Kate, being better endowed with the "gift of the Kab," generally came off winner.
"Who wants to tnsle wairsh troots
the trac
burn?" she would sniff scornfully, "when ye can ha'e tasty kippers fresh oot the sea?"
"Kippers!" aul Tam would retaliate. "Bul-puzzen!"
Sometimes, however, Turn went one better than produring "burn-troots," for on moonlight nights he had many successful expeditions in search of sulnign, and though he had also many narrow escapes from justice, he al- ways managed in the end to steer clear of trouble. On the days when fat kalmon lay reposing under his troots" Kipper Kate found it dial- cult to compete with him, for the country folk were eager to taste the luxury at the cheap price Tum ofter- ed it to thein.
Twelve
Epic Months
by W. M. Towler
REVOLT
("Dally Herald" Foreign News Editor)
IN SPAIN
At midnight on July 17.
JULY 1030. Spale was sud- denly cut off from communication with the world.
International calls to Madrid onan
Censorship: radio stations swered faded into silence.
Revolt had broken out in the garri ons of Spanish Murocro, Madrid, Seville. Malign, Saragosa. Burgos
*The Government decided imstedl ately to arm the workers. Within two day the rising of the Madrki garrison was crushed, but Franco held Morocco, Seville. Burtos.
A work later the rebel leader zet ep provisional goverament in Burgos. finieral Mela began his acvatice on The capital from there; was halted on Girraws mountain front, with lows at 2,000 men.
BLUM
APPEALS "KEEP OUT "
Full extent of
AUGUST Fascist inter-
vention
German
soon
became evident, Steamer left Hamburg with 20 aeroplanes and shells for a Spanish rebel port. Day by day reports showed Germany and Italy behind the rebels.
"I ha'e the law on ye!" Kipper Kate often runted at him witen he had spolled her sales.
M. Blum made historic appeal to The nations for a palley of non-inter- vention.
With Britain taking Arst action, all Later banned export of arms and am- muunktion to either side,
and
Fighting their way up from the south, reinforced with Moors Legionaris from Morocro. rebela swept into Indujo, near the Portu- ps frontier Two thousand Govern- ment supporters were herded to the bull-ring, ringed round with machine- guns, shot down in cold blood,
Ja the north rebela moved swiftly along the Pyrenees, opened their offensive against Irun.
"BACKS TO THE
WALL "
On the 9th SEPTEMBER of the month the Non-Intervention Com- mittee met in London for the first time.
spain saw a series of vicious jabs at Government lerntory by the rebels. in sell after slav. of heroic resistance.
The ore beautiful town ended as a great funeral pyre for its brave de fenders.
After Irun, San Sebastinn fell.
Two weeks taler Francu's southern army entered Toledo, relieved the Fas eists besieged in the ancient Alcazar fortress.
Sensing the danger. Madrid issued "Backs to the Wall" appeal: "The enemy, profiling by superiority ne rruing from armis furnished by föreign countries, is making the greatest efforts to reach the capital"
ONSLAUGHT ON CAPITAL
A week's lull,
OCTOBER then Franco
launched terrifle ulr bombardment against Government lines about 30 miles south-west of Madrid.
From north-west, another rebel force drew nearer the capital.
As tanks crashed through defences of Navalcarnero. Madrid called all able-bodied men to arats, broke down The censorship and proclaimed "The
at our gales." enemy
CABINET LEAVES
MADRID
NOVEMBER
With city in range
of Franco's artillery, war-planes raining death from the skies, the Government left Madrid for Valen- cía, leaving Counell of Defence in 'charge.
Four days later, reinforcements, In- International Column, cluding marched into the capital from Cata-, Ionin.
Thinking he was on the point of victory, Germany and Italy openly ahowed their harils and recommised the "government" of General Franco na legal Government of Spain.
But his advance wha checked.
FRANCO HELD IN CHECK
DESPERATE AVERT M GOVER
Malaga In
Fall G
Bad wen- DECEMBER
ther and discouragement at failure of their uriginal assault kept rebels at a, standstill throughout the month.
Rebel reinforcements sped up to the outskirts of Madrid, bet sud- denly Franco changed plan and
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Always the horo behind the Spanish nows has been the loyal Republican militiaman.
the threatened mass attack was never launched,
Outside Spain feeling grew against number of non-Spaniards fighting on both sides in the campaign.
BRITAIN BANS VOLUNTEERS
Germany opened cam- paign of reprisals when cruiser Koenigsberg sheiled Spanish steamer Boton, off Santander, be- cause Bilbao authorities had seized the German steamer Palos Palos was released later.
Britain banned attempt to lead to general European agreement, but five weeks parZOU before all other Fawers followed.
JANUARY
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Days of bittor fighting and Malaga fell. In the terror, hundreds were drowned in the sea, fecing wildly from the rebel troops,
Bombing planes harried fugitives In the along the coastal rond. city, Franco's first order was for Instant execution of all prisoners. 5,000 were butchered.
ITALIAN TROOPS
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Garden of Eden or Tempting the
Tuun was wary chough to beat a retreat when he saw Kipper Kate's large figure looming into the villaga. "Kippers," she would shout, In a
"Awal" he would scoil. " gic voice that would have done a fog- ye haut this salmon for a dizzen horn proud. "Pey yer sillar an' tak" kippersit ye keep yer mooth shut."
sus- yer chuice," and then, with a Angry though Kipper Kale Was, she could never shut her eyer to the picious Jook ground to see if her ad- advantages of such a bargain, and versary was lurking unywhere about,
LOOK OUT
For
"THE LAST TRAIN
so, though alio still wagad, wor on added. "They'll tak' the taste of
auld Tam's burn-rubbish not yer FROM MADRID”
Tam the two of them had an under-
glanding which worked out very well. Contornily, Bowever, they tried to keep out of each other's way, and.
mooths."
Lavinia Derwent.
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mitter agreed on attempting a scheme of control to prevent arms and men going to either side in Spain,
Near Madrid Franco suffered worst reverse of the campaign. In attempt to ring round the cuphal he 7.000 Italian troops into drive from Gundalajara.
Two days of awift advances and Madrid hit back. Counter-attack by land and air turned Itullans back.
Abandoning anns, equipment, lorry- loads of ammunition. They fled 20 miles. Henring of defeat. Mussolini cut short triumphal tour of Libya, hurried home to Rome in a rage.
GERMAN AIR ATROCITY
APRIL
Franco turned again to the North, opene J main advance towards Bilbao.
Worst atrocity of the war followed. Franco massed his Gennan aleman and sent them over Gueralca.
Four thousand bombs and 100 serial torpedoes blotted out the anetent - Basque capitul. Machine-gunninn from the air wiped out the remainder of its 900 inhabitants.
BRITISH WARSHIP
MAY
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war-
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Off Majorca, Italian warship was bombed with six men killed.
German warship Deutschland, neur bland of Iviza, was bombed as her Rumers were about to fire on two Government planes. Twenty German caltors were killed, 70 wounded.
iler hurriedly summoned his war chiefs to decide what should follow.
REBELS ENTER BILBAO
Decision came
JUNE Swiftly, German war-
ships gathered off Almeria, bom- barded the port, killing and injur- ing many civilians, Germany and Italy withdrew from Non-Inter- vention Committee, returning later of safety withou assurances originally demanded.
Air crash robbed Franco of his northern commander. General Mola, killed with other staff officers on n reconnaissance flight over the Bilbao front.
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Germany alleged torpedo attack ugainst the cruiser Leipzig had been made by unsighted submarine: she withdrew from control scheme, taking Haly out with her,
Britain and France offered to fill the gap, but Fascist Powers opposed.
MADRID HITS BACK
In agreement with
JULY France, Britain Issued
warning
non-intervention
that could not continue if control was abandoned.
Italo-German plan for giving Franco belligerent rights, dropping se control but retaining land frontier control was rejected,
Britain accepted tank of suggesting new plan and the Non-Intervention Committee will consider, Utal to-day.
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SEVENTH ANNUAL
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