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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12,

1937.

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She tried to break away but the bean Increasingly kind, Wang the Wang oyed the speaker quizzieni- poor farmer had grown to be Wang ly. What was he talking about? mob cartled her forward, farther the rich farmer. Olan the slave Manchu Tyranny? Victorious Re and farther from her hut. With #

terrible, beastlike roar, it junged. hand buried ber years of servitude publicana? Ho odged closer, beneath the quiet will with which The republican army 18 on in ko n lngle body toward the gaton of the Great House, Like match- THE FINDING OF THE PEARLS aho worked by his aide, with which way to take this city!"

Wang glanced at the tense faces wood, the gates crashed under the The wind bi thru the twino-nhe bore his two sons, with which

about him. Did the others under terrifle Impact. The rabbie poured woven mat walls an Wang, wet and she cared for Little Girl.

But the famine had reduced them stand the things this man spoke? into the court, trampling down the cold, crawled inrido the hovel. He

Ife tried to. nak ono near him and guards, urging onward like a t throw himself onto a pile of straw all to dust. and lay

notionless. He there

The drought had dilled the grow. was hushed. He,abrugged hin shouldal wave, a thousand iparse. cries sensed rather than nuw O-lan'a bont Ing things in his Beld; shriveled the ders and started to break away, fallencing the thunder of goon.

gun at the maise-shift stove, Old rice and deled up the pools; caked ho speaker next father, aquatting nearby, mumbled the land in a hard crust that was words rooted him to to himself. The children hurged the barren even of roots they might the spot.

"In spite of relan ground, fatigue and hunger atelied eat.

Wangt skivered in Uls in every line of face and body,

taltora, in the North, the Ke- Wang'a eyes closed in despair. Here in the city rain fell to make publican army has "Do we have to steal or bag to men cold and weary, to turn the been marching thirty livo?" he cried. lut tho words strests to mud. In the North, where miles a day,” choked him. For he had seen O-lan farm earth choked for waler, nono teach the children to beg in this fell, and dally the sun baked the t with sudden Ught. "Rains In the North! The famize hind mpped

It's raining in tho Father of his atrength. The famine North!" bo orlod kad stunted the children. The loud, ramine hind taken from Little Girl fine will to talk or think. The drowned, his famine had awopt them cruelly into "Soldiers! Boldlor!" the haggard cuo that wended its The warning blasted

vory but.

"So I begged," she had whispered. "when I was a child in itnee like theno."

I had beaton Elder Son for atening meat, the first they lind taated in months, And, la bla rogo, he had hurled it the length of their

thy hut-only to perinli Olan to ratriovo it and then to partake of it na cagerly as did the others.

What morn could this cursed Iminine do to him?

earth to clay.

"This is the revolution.”

Old

Wang's face glow-

A grone about

cry.

way toward the great cities of the the air. "Soidlern!" The mob hurled South. The famine had reduced him the word, as horses hooren pounded now to a thing of pain and unched the pavements and shots rang oui. tears which huddled with cold and In an instant the crowd took to hunger in a Bithy straw hut lungite heels, propelling Wang with it, "A man can't stand it here," hoariant the wail of the city's Great down the street, pinat the rawn of muttered, "with land of his own in ouse.

bovela against the Great Wall, into the North-”

the aquare, there dispersing wildly under an onslaught of bullets,

Only Olan remained the same. The vision of his farm assation "If I lind anything to neli, I'd sell bim. He heard again the wind and it and go back to the land." The ruin singing thru hia five grant words burat from Wang in angulah, falda rich with tipe wheat. He felt Qian picked up Little Girl and again the rhythmic movement of pressed her close. Her eyen met liis body and G-lan'a na they work- | Wang's in a look of fear and reno- ed, Janda tightly clasping alchlea; lution. an they led the sheaves; as they loaded the ox-cart. In memory, the slowly, "my parents found a way savory odor of O-inn's little colored to go back. They sold me to Olú enken tantalized his nostrils; the Mistress New Year's enken which they land Hier words brought Wang to his

"I mens ko thene," aho said:

"You would sell the Little Girl?" Wang asked.

Now the crowd edged in upon it- self and awayed, tightly-packed, up the slopa and into the house, handi reaching for whatever met eyes. Beggars, peddlers, criminais. Men, boys, women, All hiruggled to keep their footing and fought space with thoir elbows,

O-lan clung frantically to the rall of the steps But the realitiesá power of the throne carried her on. The impulse of the screaming, protest- ing mob thrust her thru the doublo doors into a vast chamber. Tha crowd healtated a monent an if to decide which way next to turn.

In that second'a hesitation O-an lost the support of the jammed throng. She tõttured for an instant. A second wave of ragged humanity surged up behind her and threw her to the floor. She tried to rise, but the crowd rushed over her, forcing her prone. A heavy foot trend on her, violently, alekrangly. With n cry he bent double, filling upon her face.

It was dark when she came to, to Wang leaped toward a building and hernelf alone in the great and nought shriler behind a pillar, chamber. For a moment the Iny An aged peddler crouched nearby, quiet, uncertain of her whereabouts "What is " whispered Wing. She tried to move, but an agony of "The revolution," answered the pain stayed her. With it earns the other. "China is a Republic." return of memory, the dragged support. "What is a revolution. What lan bergolf to a pillar for republle?" The question, rom and slowly, gaspingly, she rose to a died in a thrent na the cavalry crouching position, her hand com- rodo perilously close, their guno forting her senring side. Bho starod unrking dro in every direction. The inhout vaguely, her gaza encompass- "You would noll the Little Girivialon of O-lan, his father, the chiling the wrecked room.

(dren Ipomed up before Wengi. A-eurlótta-awarenes lighted her Would the bulloin reach them in the eyes as they found a small tenther "I'd sell her." answered O-lan "to (hut. Als heart leaped sickeningly pouch sensby. She reached for it take you back to the land."

If it weren't for me, you'd din

In their hoval, Wang's family unsteadily. She thrust her hand before you'd nell her," he cried and clung together in fear nu trembi trenblingly Inalde 1. Blis turned it turning abruptly, thrust ulmeelt ng. O-lan covered Old Father and upside down and into her lap, pour the children with straw and then stream of glittering jewels. Outside a great tumult greeted crept cautiously to the street. What Peak. Diamonde. Ilubles. Jade. him. He looked towards the sound was appening? Where was Wang?

carried to Old Mixtrena whono slave|fect. nhe had once bruk.

"Sugar and lard!" Old Father | ho naked. had exclaimed nn be reached cor the cakes laying two by two In their reed-skin basket. "There's no end

to the money spent in this house!" ahe admonished. They are all for thru the lap out into the street.

O-fan had stopped his hand. "No," The Old Mistress, She must-see how well we've done."

Her voice was low and faltering

"We can go back now-to the

of cheering and shouting, then seething milling crowdy rushed as she whispered: made for a huge crowd surrounding st engulfing her,

a speaker who perched on a rough| "Where din we go?" she cried nailand."

cart.

she felt herself awept along in the

Then Olan, banket on arm, and Wang, carrying their first child, a minn-child, had ant out in pride for The Grent House. It had been their day of triumphi For O-lan, because "In a few days China will be a mob. nhe was no longer a slave but the free country," the speaker shouted "To the Great Notise," answered wilo" of 'n farmer, the mother of a (na Wang found a place" on the romeane. "You may have whatever non. For Wang, because on that fringe of the crowd. "The day of you want there. The trennurei in day he bought the first of his five Manchu Tyranny in over, Their the Great House are ours. A man An elds.

army in running from the victorious may take what he likes. This is the For eight years the Gods had Republicana,”

revolution..."

NATURE

This insect

Timber

wherever

N the dark unnumbered ages of the past the ter-

over:

Then the ice-age whelmed it, leaving only fossilised remains to prove the insect's ancestry and existence.

and

it

The termite, commonly known

an the walle ant, is not related to the anisor is it "white," but has dark white-ringed body. In Aimerick, Africa, Australia, and Indta, owing to ste destructive jin- Un- bits, it la renmenace fortunately the numbers of this bind, deaf, subterranean insect, lesa Ruan a quarter of an Ineli long, are increasing.

HIFI

0-lan han found the means to "tāko Wang änd her family back to their farmy, but what, meanwhile has happened to har dear ones! Don't miss the next chapter in this stirring story.

ARTICLE

Destroys

Crops Goes

ways, and furniture and household treasures would be attacked,

No compensating circumstances such as are recognised abroad would South Africa they pre making con- exist, for the termites, mysteriously eerted onslaughts on standing crops. sensing the danger vt discovery,

Plantations use preventive measures would bulid no mounds

humus manufactured

with more or less success, but so far

STORIES FROM ST. ANDREW'S LINKS

T

THE „coddies of St. Andrewn golf links are famed as much for their pawkiness as for their undoubted nbility to guide an employer round the Old Course or any of the less intricate courses.

A distinguished Cabinet Minister, who was at one time a regular, visitar to 51. Andrews, chose for his enddie one occasion a young fellow vazing willi confidence,

011

When the ball was lying on heavy ground, the Cabinet Minister asked, "What do you think I should play here?" After studying the situation in the authoritative way St. Andrews replied, "Ye cuddles can, the enddle should tak your brassy."

The Minister considered the advice very sound and prove thanked, the proceeded to lay his

bull on the green.

young man as he returned the brassy. for the but was hardly prepared reply "Ohi ny, sir; if you had my brains and I had your height we wad mak' a grand pair in a foursome."

The player was on the fee of the short eighth on the banks of the Eden. "What should one take to "Just a mashile the hole, caddie?" and a palt, came the reply,

Lifting his hend u the critical moment, the player moved the ball only a yard. "Great Scot," muttered the caddle, "lic's ta'en the putt first."

*

*

The slout old geatieman hand found the New Course very heavy, and by the time he had come to the fifteenth hole, he has not only broken several clubs, and lost some balls, but he suffering from physical ex-

was

haustion.

"I think I'll give it up and walk in." he said. "Tuts, man, finish the round," retorted the cuddie. "ye ha'e three clubs left yet"

A, caddle noted for his anartress was once charged before a certain Magistrale known equally for his arrogance as for his ignorance. The carrier of clubs admitted the offence, but pleaded in extenuation that he was unaware he was committing a breach of the regulations.

Thal winna' dac," sald the Balle, "ignoranes of the law is nuc excuse for any man. "Awveel Ballie, was the reply, "that's gey hard on the

anith o' s,"

A man who carried clubs on the link for many years was regarded as a person of prudent counsel. One day he was carrying for a beginner, I who said hlt. "The

to

garne played yesterday was shocking bad. Have you any nulvice to give me for. 10-day?"

"Weel, sir." answered the caddie, "It you'll no dze what you're gaun to dae, ye'll dag better the day thun you did yesterday."

The affable clergyman inquired of the old man carrying his clubs what was his name. "Andra Melville," said the worthy, "Ah, that's a well- known name in Scotland," remarked the clergyman. "1 daur say that, I've been carryin' clubs here for the last"dfty years.”-

A major was goling at St. Andrews when war broke out, and he had to leave at the end of a day's golf with some haste, having been recalled by telegram to join his regiment,

Some years elapsed before he re- turned, and as he set out on a round his caddle passed the remark, "Pm glad to see ye lookin' Rac weel, Mujor Pleased at being re- cognised, the major said, "Do you remember me?" Said the enddie, "Ay, fino dne a mind ye. You owe me five bob.**

A disgruntled player turned to his caddie after one more bad shot, and said, "What a mess I'm making of it! Do you think anybody could play worse than I've been doing?"

Used to speaking the blunt truth, his caddie replied, "Oh weel, there may be worse players, but it's likely they dinna try to play."

D. W.

at the PEIPING CENSORS

within their

NEWSPAPER REPORTS

no proved speelfle has been discover- cilies would not be concentrated for | BUREAU TO SUPERVISE ed for the protection of maize or the benefit of the farmer or gardener, similar grain.

evolved by the termites' wondrous Bearing in mind the surprising chemistry would not be utilised here adaptability of the termite, there as it is elsewhere,

Is reuson why, orice established,

it should not dourish in the warm Made into Bricks

alrs of Cornwall and the west of

Fon

Shanghai, Nov. 11 (10.2 pan.).

A Pelping mesage states that the Peace Maintenance Commission has promulgated a set of 22 regulations governing censorship of newspaperu and news agencies.

The regulations are to be adminis- tered by a special bureau headed by a Chinese director, ¡assisted by a Japanese adviser,

Less than ten years ago the

They appear to have overcome England.

FOR instance, from one single crow of an

distaste for colder their natural ocean liner lying

termitary or "antheap" in Hence it was surprising to come. climates and have now spread ali alongside a wharf at San Fran over America south of the Canadian across an advertisement for a colony the Congo country enough iron-hard, cisco rediscovered some of the border. Damage done by termiles to of live termites. For the persons indestructible bricks were made to

·breed in strange surrounding the value of £8,000,000 is reported responsibio could not have known build a hall capable of holding 400 of the wood-natives, a bungalow for the mission- ings. They found that termites yearly by United States' farmers, but that it specimens

that figure by no means represents eating, and destructive subterranean had invaded the ship and were the total nccount against the termite, insects were so imported, the danger aty, and a small village as well. They limited to Chinese concerns, but later devouring all the woodwork and Many owners replace their damaged of their overrunning Britain would be are also used for making roads. cellulose-containing material on property without undue advertisement at least conceivable.

and take, precautions, so far as is

We should have no use for such board.

material here. We have better, if humanly possible, against further If they came Here

more costly, methods of road sur- They had probably embarked at depredations. For who wants a ter

facing, and as a food the termite Gome South Sea port, or perhaps u tufte-lufested farm?

IT may appear a remote con farvis or young would only be up pair had come ap the gangway an

Sul, when timber is not in actual

tingency, but one pair of preciated by those who have eaten traveller's guests. But it is cer- tain that another species was already contact with the soil the problem of the perfect winged insects might and enjoyed it.

throughout the race timber of the guarding against the insects can be spread their hard at work on the

country.. wharves, which presently crumbled tackled."

into dust.

More recently termites have at- tacked the old bulldings of the East

Taste for Potatoes

We

However much we may ndinfre the termite's wonderful abilities, If this should happen, all wooders should not benent by ita presence, buildings and timber in contact with and, with the example of Americn the ground would in time disappear before us, we might well put the it wood-enting, the termile, and lattices would crumble. Later, immigranta. established in Now England.

lands. crops and British Columbia, an the other side cata ten, rubber, sugar, and other perhaps, grass of the continent, they are creeping plants; in Avstralis, though cellulose cultivated Delds would be assailed. northwards towards the heavy timber food is plentiful, they have recently Worst of all, houses of brick, stone ar developed a taste for potatoes: In concrete would be entered by covered

Side of New York; they are firmly IN the truples, apart from Hallway sleepers, fences, posts, poles insert nitong the list of prohibited

lands..

Herbert Noyes

The regulations are at present

may be extended to foreign Arms Reuter.

PRINCE KILLED

INDIAN VISITOR TO ENGLAND

Hounslow, Eng., Nov. 2.

A verdict of accidental death was returned to-day at the inquest on Prince Victor Nltyendra of Cooch Behar, who was, killed by a motor- car on Saturday. The driver was completely exonerated as the avid- enco showed ho had no chance to avold the prince-Neuter.

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1 Bright anyhow, painted sky-

blue perhaps (14)

D Athlevish action (7)

10 A window bar (7)

11 The kind of bird to abuse, ap-

parently (4)

12 It is a frisky movement to cut

this shrub (5)

14 This 30 across is. part of a for-

tress (4)

10 This her used to be lower (3) 18 This little town could have pro- vided shelter and food for fugitive. King (6)

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20 Author who advised abstention

from porcine food (0)

21 Relying on ridiculelo rebuko

(7)

22 Supply as a matter of business

(6)

24 Canine or card game (8)

28 Court (3)

20 Used in winter sports (4)

29 Port on an Inland sen (5)

30 This might be mude tame (see

14 ncross) (4)

33 Cold (7)

34 The dog thunt

may advise punishment for another (7) 35 Not haphazard (14)

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1 One of the sights of Edinburgh

(two words-B, 0)

2 Famous actor of old (7)

3 This vegetable has an ominous

sound to the sailor (4)

4 A cousin of the crocodile -(6)

5 Tals molluse has apparently

swallowed a legislator (0)

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7 Herein the lute are praised (7)

8 Thus the light of many light-

houses appears (14)

13 A semi-precious stone (7). 15 Enclosed in a 14 across (5). 17 Seed from which a beverage is

made (5).

10 There seems to be some doubt

about this tree (3).

20 Fish that appears

meals (3).

at nursery

23 In accordance with Justice (7),

25 Sell cap” (anagram) ⋅ (7).

20 Oxford college (V),

27 Övertench in brains (0).

31 Should this work be done. In

pine? (4).

32 Metal (4).

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