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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1938.

The Story of

PENITENTIARY

with

Walter CONNOLLY • Jolin HOWARD Jean PARKER · Robert BARRAT Screenplay by Fred Niblo. Jt. & Saton I. Miller Based on a play by Martin Flavin COLUMBIA

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WHAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE

PICTURE

"Yeah?” he asked, “And if I don't go down-then what? They'll think I'm afraid of them. Listen: I've been taking taxpayers" money for a long time now. When I was dle- trict attorney it was my job to got convictions—and I got 'em. Well, now I'm warden. It's my job to boss this prison. An' that's just what I'm going to do Isn't that right, sweet- hoart?" he turned and gave Mir- abeth a quick hug. Then he strode from the omeo.

A Jordan, a young clark working in a strange city, fr ionosome on his twenty-first birthday. He asks a strange girl to help him celebrate his anni. versary. They go to a cheap night club where another man tries to take the girl away from Bull. She rofwace to go and the man calls her a foul name. B goda to her defense and demands that the stranger apologico. They The men were still yammering pet into a fight and the man when the door to the administra-

and roaches

Tom for

tion building, opened hta hip pocket. Thinking the man has a men, Mathews stepped out alone. Ma- Bill grabe a water carafe and

thows watched them curiously for a Nite him on the hoad, The man moment. Then he rellghted 215m dies and I la arrested. Diz- elgar, tossed the match away and walked down among the men in the trict Attorney Mathews sympa- thizes with the boy's plphi. Il is, yard. he says, an unfortunato circum alance that might happen to any- one. Instead of trying Jordan för Recond degree murder, Mathows allows the boy to plead guilty to manalaughter. But 45" con- tended to ten years in the state penitentiary... Sto years later we find Dill a hardened, ambit tered prisoner. He haa boon working in the prison juto miil since his incarceration and the dirt and dust of the mill is break- ing him down. Lie lunge aro af fected and he is close to nervous collapse. One of his climates aaya he might be able to wangle a transfer from the now warden. When i learna that the noro werden la the same Tom"Math- ows scha Bont him up he laughs bitterly, 14 cellmato dirbiorea that the convicia are preparing a Kurprias weteome for the warden when he arrivee the following

day.

NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

Chapter Two

As be approached they opened a lane for him and he was quickly In the midst of the mob. Well 10- word the centre of the yard he mado cut the thit, menacing ugura a Tex. a ter he had sent up for murder. Mathews guessed rightly that Tex was one of the leaders of the convicts, He walked directly tu. ward Tux.

"Hollo, Tox" ho said affably. "Haven't seen you since we were in court together."

Tex, unable to hide his admiro- ilon for the new warden's nerve, smiled briefly. "I'ya, Mr. Mathews," he said.

Tell the baym to shut up." Ma thews commanded. Tex studied the warden for a moment then he turn- ed to the men elose behind. "Pass LLO word along to pipe down," he or dores

When the yard was stilled Ma thews spoke ngain. "I'vo sent up a lot of the bays bore in my time, Tex," he said. "You were one of 'em. That was my job an' I did it. Now I'm the wardon horo. It's my job to boss this prison an' I'm going to do It But I do it fair an' square.

"I think you'll find this an nieo Every man in here will be treated Mec Tom." Commissionar Mo-according to how he behaves. If any Naulty of the State Prison Board of them want to be tough, that's

now showing the

wardan okay with me. I can be tough, too.

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*Tell the boys to pipo down,"

around the prison. Tom Mathews If they play on the level with me turned at the door.

I'll treat them the ame way, Tail that to the boys, Tex"

"Come in and suspect your dad-] dy's now office," he said. He stopped aside to allow his daughter, iza- beth-lim, wide-eyed and attraalive -to come in followed by her aunt, Katie Mathowa, who was to be ber brother's housekeeper at the prison and chaperone for her aloco,

Bicodo Mathews Lurried and through the allent prisoners back to his offico.

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1 Now Chauffeur With the passing works Bill Jor dani found the juto mill Incrensingly Elizabeth walked to the desk, In-gabearable. One day no collapsed apocted it and then strolled over and was taken to the prison has to the window that looked out on

pital. The doctor examined him. Its the prison yard. The men were hav studied his record, noted the boy's ing their recreation period but, in- stead of the usual hubbub and awarden. On the doctor's recommen. tivity of these daily periods, 10 yash was strangely quiet. The men were standing quietly, all eyes turn ed up to the warden's windows.

A Warm Reception

As Bilzabeth appeared in the win- down low murmur rose from the mon, Sho shrank back involuntarily. "How how many prisoners are there, Daddy?" she asked.

Mathaws looked Inquiringly at Grady, captain of the prison guards, who was standing beside the desk Twenty-Dva hundred and fty two, sir," Grady said,

youth and then he wont to the dallon Mathowa sent for Jordan.

When Jordan was brought to the warden'a puce Mathews looked at the card on hla denk. "Your name is William Jordan," he said. "Mind if I call you 'Bill'7"

There was a hint of bitterness in Jordan's voice when he replied. "You naked me that once before," he said.

Mathewn studied him more close- ly. "Yeah," he said. "Now I remem- ber. The Parker case, Lemme soe, that was olx years ago."

"We're having ton, Father," Eliz- aboth said.

At that moment the door opened "Yeah" Mathews grinned. "And) and Elizabeth came into the office. I'll bat I convicted more than a Sho stopped just inside the door and thousand of those fellown myself." looked at Bilf curtoutaly. When Bill He walked over and joined his saw her his drooping shouldern daughter at the window. With one straightened instinctively. He looked volco the mon in the yard sent up a down at his dirty, gelmy clothes full-throated, dorisivo "TAHI" as and then tried to hide his gnarled weon as they saw Mathews,

handa behind his back. Mathews turned, bewildered, to

What is it?" he asked. Grady,

Mathews looked up at her, “What's They call it yammer sen

when ❘ that?" he naked. "Test All right. Grady explained. They they're sore at something or some Run along. I'll be there in a mi- body. This is probably their idea of nute." Bill watched her as she left Welcoming you. I'd botter go down and Mathowa, turning back to his and abut them up."

desic, noted the change in the boy's Mathew smiled down at his face. He studied the card before daughter. "I'm sorta popular with him. the boys, eh?"

"Change of occupation and en- Don't let that worry you, air,vironment recommended," he mut- Grady sold. "Wall shuế them up." | ierod to himself. He looked up at He started for the door.

Jordan. "Wait a minuta, Grady," Mathawa ordered. "You stay here. I'll go down there toyself.”

"You'd better not, Tom," Me-

"Can you drive a car, son?" ho naked.

"You, sir,” Bili replied.

“Then you've got a now job. Start-

Naulty interposed. "I may meaning tomorrow you're my chauffeur."

trouble."

Mathews took a cigar from his! mouth and turned boligerently.1

(To da Contínuod)

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Bobby Breen's

HARMONICA LESSONS

By

BOBBY BREEN

Harmonica play- Ing is loads of fun. You can get some swell sound effects, too, with just a little practice and experi- menting The

other

day at the studio one of the electri- clans heard me prac- ticing my hormon- ien between "takes." "Iley, Bobby." he called,

"come over

here and I'll show you something to try on your harmon- len. How would you

monica Music. How he learned to play is cxplained in a series of six articlen zoritten especially for the boy and girl readers of this paper. The first five articles appeared in previous issues.

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BETDANIER

UMPIRE

THE OLD FRENCH TERM."NON PER” (NO PAIR) MEANT ANY TWO PEOPLE UNMATCHED IN EITHER STRENGTH OR WITS, WHEN AN OCCASION CALLED FOR A THIRD PERSON TO ARBITRATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THEM. THIS REFEREE WAS TERMED THE. “NOUMPER WHICH WA5 ADOPTED INTO ENGLISH AS “UMPIRE.

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VICTORIA REGÍNA

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for gall, who was not struck with this graceful, touching evidence of the love her. sub- jects bear her."

Wo, perhaps, may look back with some regret to days when legend grew more naturally in our soil, and when we could trust to our emotions with no anxious calculation of the quar- ter from which, or the ends to- wards which, they are suggested or inspired. The figure of the Queen, which no historian of biographer can displace, was the authentic creation of her people, of their approval as well as their affection: loving her for what in old age she had grown to be, and because the promise of that far- off June had been fulfilled.

"OLD BLACK JOE"

(Far Kay of “C” Harmanica)

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like to make it sound like an organ -deep vibrato?" "Sure," I replied, "how do you do it?"

"Like this," he said, "with plain drinking glass. Hold harmonies the regular way, in your left hand. Now, grasp the bottom of the glass firmly in your right hard and slide the open end of the glass over the right side of the harmonicu. (See the picture.) Care- shake the glans back and left, being from right to careful not to strike the harmon-

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I tried it and it was just awell Sweet, Bentimental ballads sound really beautiful when played this

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new song for "Old Black Joe."

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