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The Samuel Goldwyn Film

EDWARD ARNOLD

JOEL MCCREA - FRANCES FARMER

COMING SHORTLY TO HONGKONG

Barney Glasgow had risen from chore dog to Dig Down of the Line of Blas Hewitt's vost lumber demain in Wisconsin. To colobrote his promotion Barney and his friend, Broan Bostrom, whooped it up at the Alencar Baloon in Iron Ridge. There Bar

met Lotta "Morgan, the sep singer, and fell in love with her. But true to the teachings of his mother, who had died hoping Barney would some day bo an important man, ha left Lotta to marry Emma Louise Howitt, his boss daughter, in Butts dos Morts. On the day of his wed- ding Swan married Lätta in Fron Ridge.

Chaptor Throo

"Barney, you old polecat!". Swan roturnad delightedly. Then his face Tell. "I got bad news, Barney. Your campalio burn in the middle of ntrht-but in two weeks I fix it

Wo get door, any-. good as new. way. You Alay at my house."

Barney could barely conceal his dianppointment. He contemplated roturning to Butis des Morts that night. But he was curious to see young Lotta, and he permitted Bwan to land him to Ridge Housa for breakfast, Karle, who was hend waitress, greeted Barney offusively.,

"How'd you like to came to Ewan's tonight?" she suggested. "And I'll get you a good supper. All Bwede cooking."

No thanks I'm going back to-, night" cald Barney firmly.

Well, wait and soc. A pity to go back without getting a door or boar. Do you good to stay up at the Ridge awhile. You look kind of jumpy.

The calendar in the office of the

But all thoughts of returning to Glasgow Paper Mtils bore the dato: October, 1000, Twenty-dve years Bulte des Morts were forgolion had passed since the day Barney when Barney met Letta. Lotta was Glasgow walked out of Iron Ridge, nineteen and a beauty. She had leaving Swan to consola Lotta. Ho a strong alim guro, eyes of meil won a big man now, the richest ing brown, soft full lips and bright and most powerful in Wisconsin. gold hair. An incredible creature His father-la-law had died, leaving to be in such a place! The thought him owner of the paper mill at rang famillariy in Barnoy's mind. Bulte des Morts and the vant Gazlog raptly at the girl, he was Howilt lumber holdings. Two chil- carried back to his first meeting dren. Evvio and Richard, were the with her mother, overcome by the result of ble union with Emmy rushing memory of that other Lotta Louise. The yours had not been as and the electrio realization that sho kind to Emmy Louise as they had was now standing before him, only

"You and Pa boon dumb all your ilves?" Lotta burst out. "Mr. Glasgow's rich and can do a lot for me.”

ravishingly

While the man went into the with their guns, Karto woods bustled about making preparations for the evening.

She was dour and younger and more to Barney. faded, clinging tenaciously to her beautiful love for the still-handsome Barney, Ho slayed. Bwan was delighted. In two moalbe' time Evvio, Bar "By Golly, what you want, Bar- ney's favorite chlid, was to marryney? Smorgasbord and schnappa Orville Brommer, a marriago that and beer and artsoppa and kalɗo- had been arranged by her mother. mar, eb. Karia? By Jimmalny, wo Evvie had no joy in the prospect, give you feed that make you fee!

decretly for

loved sho

Tonny ko shanty boy again! Whea! Youp! Bohwarke, a third hand at hor Wheel Ele-ow!' fathara mill. Tony was too proud to marry hor and necept help from her father. Provided, that is, that her father would consent to the marriage, which Evvie doubted. "Look Lotta--soon's dinner's over Every time she and Tony met they this noon, I'm going to hump right realized the hopelessness of it, but home and get things goin" for sup It was always the ano. Evvio per then fil come back at six and loved him too much to let him go. you get off and be up there time "Bo we aren't going to see each air. Glasgow and your Pa get there." No," said Lotta, quietly, as she ather any mora? cald Evvie one day when they had gone over the ironed her second clean dress that name ground and as usual, bad day. Barney's interest had not been lost on her, and already a plan quarrelled,

was forming in har mind. "T come later. Mr. Glasgow'll like it better if I'm not there when he comes and then he walls awhile and thinks maybe I'm not coming

and then I come "

"No," replied Tony soberly, What's the usD7"

"In that case, sald Evvic, her eyes sparkling, "I'll sneak out to the summerhouse after I get home from Orvie's party,"

"I won't be there!" Tony retorted hofly,

Neverthelons he took hor in his arks and kissed her almost fiercely before he thrust her abruptly from

him.

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Karlo was dumbfounded. What was the minx up to, anyway? Glu ng herself air and with Mr. Glasgow, tool

"You and Pa been dumb all your whole lives," Lotta burst out "But I'm not going to be like that. I got The air was clear and crisp, the ideas-Mr. Gfangowe rich and can bite of an early Wisconsin Wintor do a lot for me. I'm Swan Bas- was in the air one morning when trom's girl-and I got looks-I can Evvie found her father-dressing in amount to something and he'll help his room. He had just received a me--you just walt and soo!" Jetter from Swan, whom he bad not Lotta was na good na her word. nees in four years. Lotta, Swan's She kept Barney waiting until ho daughter, was growing up, the let had worked himself into a fever tor pald. When her mother had of impatience. He was an infatu- died some years previously Swan's ntod as a boy of twenty. Finally Biator Karlo had mothered the giri: Lotta came. who was now a waitress at the

"She wen't going to walt on any- Ridge House, Swan urged Barney body any more if I can help It" to come up for a week of hunting. Barney told the incredulous Swan. Unable to face the tedious round of "Giri like her's got no businers in n hotel dining room-the way those partics Emmy Louise had arranged In honor of Evvin's engagement to men looked at her this morning! Orville Bremmer, Barney made an You don't realize, Swan-sho' gat excuse of urgent business to be to have the right start-I want to help her." Then, almost belloving wife and left.

As he alighted from the train at himself and feeling virtuous, he Tron Judge, Barney was greeted by added hastily, "Least I could do Swan. Swan was sixty-three now, for old times soko... .

but he had lived a lifetime in iké

In the kitchen Lotta gleefully

open and he tooked ten years food Kare,

younger. Besing him again, Barney

What did I tell you?" nhe cried.

ww struck with the thought, that triumphantly. "You stick to me ho himself was getting on, much as and you'll wear diamondal"

he disliked the idea..

"Ille Gwant" shouted Barney

henrifty. "Where are thom deart"

CANTON

(To be continuoc.)

AGENTS

for the

Hongkong Telegraph

WM. FARMER & CO.

Victoria Hotel Building. Shameen, Canton.

Tel. 13501.

FEBRUARY

15, 1938.

TO-DAY IN THE PAST

SUICIDE on

on the

were

INSHIPS and submarines at their A best

their dangers to enemies during the Great War; at their worst both these types of ves- scls were deathtraps to their own

OCEAN BED

found

crews. And when trouble avertook board side there came the explosion nified considerably, it was them it came with quick, though of a powerful mine, and In spite of possible to open the forward and the surprising strength, and double conning-tower hatches against the heavy, tread.

hull of these submarines, she re- pressure outside, Consider the plight of that Ger- ceived considerable damage.

Through the latter escaped the in UBB, which

and man submarine

captain and engineer-officer, What now ensues is a study of about a score of the crew made their February 1918 was operating off the North of Ireland, an area that is inevitability: the tragedy of human way through the former. This was of the greatest importance; for along helplessness against merciless fate. another dread experience. Such was

Everyono

who has been for

through here ran the steamship

the pressure of the air in the men's track from America to Liverpool,

cruise In a submarine well knows lungs that whilst escaping some were carrying great liners with troops and that she is a marine box-of-tricks, unable to keep their mouths closed,

bound ultimately for supplies

continually exhaled Jorge as .full of gadgets · ES the volumes France.

Inside of

economy

a

a

and

the

agony.

air

of In the case of a few, watch, To

sudden

change of pressure caused On the fourth of that month the mind not in tune with all

that the

their lungs to burst, so that the hd is claimed for the benefits of ma bodies sank again screaming with liner Aurania (13,930 tons)

submarine's

internal been torpedoed without any warn- chinery, Ing. and sunk about 15 miles N. W brought on in the days of our youth nightmare suggests n

Now, some might have wondered by reading Jules Verne's stories too it were any good to reach the surface at all. There would be On the following day the liner recently before going to bed.

nothing to which liey could cling, Tuscania (14,348 tons)

had been

It would be a case of leaping sunit in a similar manner, and with

of Inishirahull.

ຕ

The canned air, the fumes of fuel, and

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of tinuous turning of levers and screws east: that is seven miles northi Rathlin Island lighthouse.

dinning the nerves, the sense

of The loss of two within one small suppressed Jale de vivre, the deadly-

to gain the light of day, arca was serious enough to cause earnest look on the faces of all, and altempt Low

young henda gone prematurely most definitely perished; but a hand- anxiety.

grey, the sense of being cooped up ful, representative of all ranks, sur- And then a week' later H.M.S. in a steel prison that may never bo vived, and these consisted of two Roxburgh, a cruiser, was steaming opened; and, finally, the environ- officers, two pelly officers, besides through these waters where U80 ment which has no ennobling effect two men,

on Its inhabitants.

But how come they to be saved? was lurking to sink others.

The answer is that just after four The general impression is not that that morning a patrol vessel on her It was February 12, the time was free sen-life which belongs to cur- station heard a heavy double ex- 11.20 p.m.; the weather had been face ships, but a clever, subtle de- plosion, which was evidently close foggy, but ten minutes ago it had vilishness that is characteristic of a by, for this ship, too, was shaken.

different sphere. somewhat cleared. The night was,

The latter began senching the neighbourhood, und soon came to however, very dark, with low vial-

large patches of all. Having followed bility, and at this particular moment

So, when UZ101 found the water this oll up-tide, e spot was reached Roxburgh was steaming at 18 knots through about the very position pouring into the stern torpedo com- where bubbles of air were rising. where Aurania had been bli partment, every one of these clever It was still dark, so the position was and search was continued Suddenly on 150 yards just on the mechanical seamen knew that the buoyed port bow a dark object was seen on worst thing which can happen to a for any wreckage.

An hour later came daylight, when the surface: both the cruiser's navi- submarine had begun.

the patrol vessel sighted three Ger- gating officer and the officer of the

Modern marine engineers are mare mons

In watch agreed that this was no other vellous wizards when up against bad were promptly picked up by her, swimming the tide. They than a submarine.

luck, and many a liner with broken and a further three were bauled

patrol craft: Here was one of those incidents shaft has been brought safe home; aboard by another

Ono which at first seems a mere coinci- but to repair the hull of a submarine dead body was also discovered, and

was picked up by a dence: but actually it was most no- surrounded by an Increasing pres- this tural. The submarine was (from the sure of water is too much. In or- patrol.

to restore the boat's trim the rightly der

Iost All six survivors had enemy's point of view) placed in the very centre of an on she was too far down aft for this rescued, but they were taken ashore an im- captain sent his crew forward, but sciousness by the time they were portant. line 01 communication, Quite properly. too, this

submarine to have any influence.

to hospital and given every atten- Hon. They was on the surface, because under

Down and down she dropped, and but even for some days after being eventually recovered, the cover of darkness and fog she in the sen poured. The ballast tanks hauled out of the sea they were stili could charge her batterics, give the craft an airing, and allow her crew in the stern were now falling with expectorating blood and complaining

to come up for a "breather."

water.

of deafness.

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The loss of this submarine was to

What could be done? The engine- Roxburgh's responsible

officer,

room was now filling with water. Ideut.-Commander R Smitharck,

What could be done? The I.N., had only seconds in, which to

en the Allies important and necessary gineer-offeer plainly realised avail himself of this golden oppor- the craft was beyond the possibility at a period when merchantmen and were being sunk ́with tunity that had come as a reward of being saved: all that he could do war vessels of vigilance: and he took it:

that

was to keep her on an even keel. terrible regularity. At a Ume when The order was given to starboard But at this point she stopped sink- the enemy was likely to beat Britain helm, and forthwith U89 was ram- ing and touch bottom in about 30 through starvation, every U-boat med with such force as to cause a odd feet. From that grave she could sunk was for the people's welfare.

The whole of the anti-submarine never rise again by the combined flash and explosion.

war was a matter of wits plus a _skill_of_even 35 men,

certain amount of luck, good-or-bad; Whilst, fathoms above, the sun If UZ101, instead of

snag, sighted a was leaping from the sen to en- had on the contrary, and lighten a spring day, the stream and hospital nurses, or a big battle- 20,000-ton transport full of troops water began to advance steadily in- to this steel cavern from aft

There was a great noise, and the shock was terrife, the cruiser (in spite of her speed) being brought up temporarily almost to still.

the

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BRITISH CROSSWORDS

ET

ship with a thousand officers and Cries from drowning men rose

men, a couple of well-placed tor- and faded away, and then one por- It penerated Into the control room pedocs tion of the submarine sped by along through the voice-pipes and venit pedoes would have sent hundreds of

people into eternity.

It was, only 20 passed over the port side: Leg and her men aling-trunks; It got into the electrie

which began to gas off great divide. But the lesson of life were out of sight-falling, dropping, batteries,

which hurtling fast through the cold dark polsonous fumes.

their

experience must surely waters,

The Next morning two pieces of metal unbearable, and to this affliction was awful of crises there is always the been that even in the most from Germany, were recovered from Roxburgh's bow. Commander Smith- now added the most diabolical of all, chance of hope winning through.

Out of this particular submarine's arok was awarded the Distinguished was as if selence, which had been

against its will employed for set-pathetic horror one has no desire to Service Order for his achievement. tling men's quarrels, was now about make political gain, or to plead that to exert its own ability to punish.

cervice has all the virtues and For the advancing water gradually Of course, such

suggestion would be untrue. might have ended in an exactly op- increased the air pressure in an ever the other has all defects. Such o posite manner; for the submarine diminishing space, so that the men. But it is undeniable that, in the attack. could breathe only with the utmost above affair discipline broke under was excellently placed for

power was Had she been trimmed down, with difficulty. Hydraulic

weight of exceptional circum-

1 He is naturally kind to his kind tubes and men ready, nothing but now the bullying terror.

stances. Heroism and self-denial, a

(14). firm resolution to dic chance could have prevented her

quietly and

Dit la far from a disgrace to this from torpedoing Roxburgh-except

man if he is petty (7). Think of this incredible situation; nobly without impatience or pante,

features, 10 Make of car (7). that one most essential element of a

the thoughts

not distinguishing Imagine

that raced and there was something about the smart lookout.

sensitive minds; Vivid Imaginations may decide for through the more

the conceive the community trying hard manner of the final scramble which themselves #13 to which J8 more terrible death: cremation in a to find on excuse for delaying the had better not be told.

with Death the visi appointment faming Zeppelin or drowning in a apl

tor." U-boat.

a brief drama

:

the

were

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سوال

3

ACROSS

would describe this fish (4). 11 Were the second letter

O It

12 This part of Arabia might have atarted an address to English- men

of old (5),

14 Though it might be a boy it is

for smaller (4), 10 Freed. (3).

18 Walt for with possibly ill inten-

tion (0),

22 You

118

7 This Derby winner must surely have been a brilliant horse.(7).

8 One need not go to the theatre

to see this opera (0).

13 This ram makes a Fersion sun-

god (7).

15 This well known Frenchmon might suggest a rodent to us (5). 17 Slacken (5).

19 This tropical food upset the

English girl (3),

22

20 Might be a faint or contain one Following praise this would be commendable (0),

was

more when cut short oddly enough (7):

23 This old garment

25 Not a pleasant expression (7), 20 Mild gambles much honoured In

Malayn (7).

In contrast with this incident may certain There is on record that weird An exit by way of the torpedo be mentioned that of a

was British submarine. Her captain was story

in the torpedo-room of the German submarine hatch which cruised about the North Sea thought of, so that by this means one of my friends.

A young, promising officer, little almlessly with every man and oficer at least they might reach the sur- below dead.

face, even if it meant perishing in more than a boy, full of spirits and This yarn has been already told the tide. But, after several unsuc- always up to some pranks, he was, 20 French artist or politician (8). and need not be stressed further, cessful attempts to open this hatch, however, very much the commander 21 Famous Italian old master (7).

of his craft and strictly a For the authenticity of the follow the idea was given

up. ing terrible episode I will youch. From now the drama's pace quick, ciplinarian in service matters.

The number of the submarine, ens. Every notion and experiment, Now, one day this submarine was accident unfortunate most the names of officers, the base had been reviewed and dismissed, In whence

and and the water had so far risen that rammed by one of our she issued, the date locality of her loss are all available, even the bravest men forfeited even troyers during the war,

result that, as UZI01, she sank to but it will be enough to call this the thought of escape.

fake submarine by the

number Not all the crudest stories in the the bottom.

When it became unquestioned that U2101: otherwise the facts are liter- grandest Guignol manner could beat ally faithful,

the polgnancy of this middle set: officers and men were all doomed,

JO OMFULBTONEW but the tenseness was suddenly ag- and that the submarine's gaping

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few minutes after four o'clock; Sulchile! They would not

a

own

des- with the

can always get some stuffing with the joint in this College (6).

24 Were there a bit of the saint In this foreman he would be- come a criminal (6).

27 Surely not one of the fair? (B). 20 Auction in Scotland (4)..

30 Novelist or craftsman (D). 31 An African (4).

36 What the upright man always

obrys (two words-1, 0). ".

DOWN

1 No, one should not necessarily blame Parliament for passing these Acts (7),

34 This might be carved by the chief or apparently by someone gravated by the most desperate of wound in a short time would admit The total complement, officers and the company.

death, the young skipper informed

assisting (7). his shipmates that they had just 35 A lady's mald (7). men, consisted of 35, and all had

to time scribble a few Inst words gone well until this fatal morning

aur- relatives, and told them that even that psychological hour when human render to suffocation; they owned no tually there would arrive a salvoge nature is at its weakest, and most philosophy of life which demanded party, who, after raising the craft, collisions at sea take place.

of them patience till finality; thus would see that the letters reached At this time her captain had just some of them plugged up their nose home.

dive, having, as and mouth with wadding. threw Next, having himself sat down and given orders to Linkm), been proceeding during the themselves into the water that was written his official report, telling the whole story of the accident and: dark hours on the surface, when within the bont, and so died.

one of hla there was an ominous grating noise As this self-murder fashion spread low admirably every

some tried to shipmates had behaved, and how outside the hull as if she had fouled through the ship, some wire net, or perhaps a mine: shoot themselves, but found the re- they were going to meet death to the kind of noise, In fact, that some lenas denied them. The pistols had gether as real sallora, the captain

drow his men up in line. of our submarines which negotiated become wet and did not fire.

And, just as he placed ilmaelt at This was the climax of the great the Chanak minefeld up the Dar-:

drama, for after the water had risen their head, as if about to receive) danielles exparienced.

distinguished. gutet. Death UZ101 had just reached her ap- to a height of three feet and the in- somo pointed depth when along the star-ternal pressure had now been mag- himsolt come aboard.

2 Early years in Imagination (7). 3 In the West this makes money

for armaments (4):

4 Ife may do his daily rounds in

one place (6). 5 Trusted, though apparently un- truthful not for the first time (a),..

0 This servant may often be found

deep in a book (4),

27 Book of the O.T. (0).

28 No this parlour game is not a

noisy one (0).

32 The blood more stirs to start a

than to rouse a 'hare" ("Henry IV") (4).

33 Kind of mole (4).,

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