THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1930.
A BRANDY THAT'S MORE THAN A GOOD LIQUEUR
"E"
Brown Brandy
ال العمل محيا
IT'S A GLORIOUS CLOW
IT HEARTENS & INSPIRES. IT RIPENS & MELLOWS
IT HAS THE WARMTH AND
RICHNESS OF THE SUN IN IT.
IT'S
BRANDY
THE REAL THING
Specially Matured & Aged in
•
LTHOUGH
☆
Nobody eats, but they hurry off, now happily chattering, to share the feast with other mom-.
E STANDS among his My New Year resolution was Night falls and the master shining eyes they take their HE
geraniums,
gazing to treat him as a human being. gives a dinner in honour of the doles rice, scraps of chicken The New Studebaker Champion"
Ho carinot possibly have any new departure.
́and of duck, vegétáble." to Hangkong steadily through the rain such conception of us. is now, enroute
Fokis, clansfolk, valued cus-The elcopy children rouse and WAIT FOR THE CHAMPION obscured panes of the old
tomers cheerily and noisily fall. aniff and push towards the front, to. Nor is there false shame sharing in the joy for the simple it is something new in high class buy-window of the cottage:
parlour.
another New or. undue modcety about the blessings of the night, ECONOMICAL transportation.
Elderly, grizzled and Year has long since passed feast, which is visible to all who stoutly built. Already he away a salvo of crackers rude wish.
ly splits the morning air, such
But in the bitter wind outside has donned oilskins and boing, among other ceremonics, another party walts. Perhaps Sou'wester; his great knee- a herald of the Inauguration of
dozen, IL
mostly youngish boots wait upon the hearth. a new rice-shop.
clad in thin black "There she goes, Mother!"
A blazing rocket rears its fiery appeal across the dark- ness of the raging bay.
"Mother' helps him
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with his boots,' nor does shc misunderstand
the hasty, per- functory kiss of
his leave-taking.
bera of the brood.
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hungry.
Streaming scarlet bannera mothers encomiums of the wares to be bent to the weight of baby. bearing, it is presumed, suitable cotton, Canton-capped, figures HE MUST have been extremely supplied; gally dreas the
Tiny children cling to mother's premises.
skirts or shelter from the cold
The proy upon which ho pounced was far bulkier than he, always excopting his power-
MIXED GRILL
Again a gleaming rocket
Fokis, in their best clean behind her, sleepy little eyes Cognac, France, by Renault et Cie SEE THE CHAMPION BEFORE snakes aloft as Bunton clumps cottons, are eager to see the now scarcely able to remain open.
along the cobbled garden path adventure well upon its feet, and A strangely silent little group, and hurries down. the cliff walk the master, rotund and self- rarely speaking except to hush contained, sits at the seat of the whimpers caused by a pass- to the beach below.
custom, apparently oblivious of ing dog. They await the plea- the world, but in reality perfect sure of the feasting guests in
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'Phone 26615 March 30, 1939
How Long?
A
DISTRACTED Chinese mother found guilty of killing her eighteen-months-old daughter, has been pardoned after being sentenced to impri- sonment for the term of her natural life with all the horrid paraphernalia of the law.
The remainder of the lifeboat's crew is already assembled, in cluding Bunton's married son and, in raging storm and smash- ing waves, the little band cheer- fully and almost silently, risk life to save life. . . .
George Bunton had no love for the sea, despite his forebears, and he could not remember his grandfather,
But the sen, with the calm
ful spread of wing And his exploit was in full view of several passers- by and on much frequen- ̈ ted pathway.
No sign of his existence until the frantic squawk of the terri- fled hen drew attention to the fray, she hugging the ground which she was naturally loth to leave, he beating his wings in an endeavour to compel her to
ly cognisant of the very smallest side, trusting that appetites may do so. Incident affect
ing his new ven-
ture.
In the dusky background tower great stacks of bags of rice, and in
aloofness of disinterested nature the nation's stand-by. of miles in comfort.
safely bore him some thousands
·By- N. B. W.
too
J
not prove
The hen's astonished owner Gargantuan. acared the hawk away, and tho
Two hours at intended victim, apparently un Içast they wait, injured, though partly bald and patient, uncom- entirely bereft of dignity, cropt plaining, now fearfully away. and again nd- miring through poles which form
Upon what does the local hawk exist?
Countless times have I watch- the forefront great baskets are the massive piled high with every variety of the barrier the wealth inside. ed his easy graceful soar-only At last! The waiting women, this once have I known him Paddy, the so-called and still silent, stand in orderly line swoop. ignorantly despised "red," in- and from some recesses of their Strangely perhaps, small wild One dark, foreboding, tem- numerable qualities of the in- clothing produce their bowls. birds seem unconcerned, but pestuous September afternoon iquitous polished grain.
With grateful thankfulness and cage-birds cower at his shadow. the typhoon struck the island.
In a lofty, palm-besprinkled,
well-upholstered
lounge far
above the city stood a little band # 'A MILLION DOLLARS REWARD,
of watchers.
Two naval men fix keen, grey, understanding eyes upon the wicked seascape.
ounce
A
WE WERE standing near the en-
trance to the Post Office.
I mopped my brow and Wuffles loosened his collar.
"I'm afraid we've lost it," I said. The words were hardly out of my mouth when Waffles excitedly clut- ched my arm and pointed across the road.
on there it
It is again," he "Come on!"
I was close at his heels
the chase spurred me on,
shouted.
介绍 we
"I'll bet . it's making for.
DEAD OR ALIVE"
-by-
GEOFFREY
SUCKLING
session of the Overdraft, Department, and was barricading itself in with ledgers.
We threw a gordon around the building.
You know how the most inconse- quential things often occur to you at the most dramatle moments of your life?
Weil, looking at Waffles crouching at the entrance to the bank, I could not help thinking how much he re- sembled one of the bronze lions on either side. His hair, loosened by running, the wind and the strenuous was not unlike a lion's mane.
It did not surprise me, therefore, when a man in the crowd, carrying a bucket of paste, stuck a bill on his
Not one word do they speak as, hands in pockets, they stand immobile. George, too, is there. His eye is cheerful and his tongue is flippant as he looks upon the torment of four sweat- ing, all-but-naked
men, who, amadly drifting junk leapt across the bows of a passing upon The Chief Justice was as kind exert every
of waning tram. Speeding up Padder Street, in furious but vain opened-mouthed pedestrians automa- strength as he could be. But, as was
Some- endeavour to best the smashing tically, cleared a path for us.
one blew pointed out by the Crown force of elemental malignity.
police whistle. Other people joined us, but Waffles The "Thing" turned down Ice Counsel, it was mandatory un-
and I were always a few yards ahead. House Street, as Waffles had pre- der the law to sentence the
I am not so nimble on my feet as dieted, and the crowd surged after I used to be, but the excilement of it. mother to life imprisonment if
One of the brokers threw his bow- MIRIAM SAT, silent, wonder-
ler hat at it, but missed. It hesitated ing and patient, eyes fixed fee House Street, shouted Waffles for a few seconds, and we all thought "There is only one sentence upon the beauties of the island as we run. "I'm sure that's where it was going to attack the Stock Ex- which she is approaching, and init slceps at night in some kind change Building, Then it must have which I
changed its mind, for, Ilke pass upon you which she will be accorded but a { of Jair."
on express "I believe you're right," I punted. train. It rounded the corner into Das according to the law which I cold and grudging welcome, even
Road Central ankt made we Baw our quarry turning Voeux have to administer, and that is for the few hours she will be sharply to the left in Queen's Road straight for the Hongkong Bank.
Central.
taking
cover, that-you-bo-confined to prison permitted to remain.
Conversation under the circum- Waffles, as it dived through the serious,
swing doors of the bank. with such labour as you are fit
stances was rather difficult.
elbow. If only we had a gun!
I held my hand up to the crowd. to perform (the girl-mother is
The traffic cop.
at the corner It was time to call a halt. We need- about to give birth to another
"shouted Wallies, ed a few minutes respite in which to may get him.
recover our breath.
Half of Hongkong seemed to be child) for the term of your
PERSPIRATION trickling down my
face rather blurred my vision, I spotted Ah, Lum, and signalled and I'm not quite certain what did him to join us in the front line.
"Ah Lum," I said, "double pay
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A lovely Jewish-girl-of-about fifteen years. The perfect oval of the olive-complexioned face,' the slightly curling dusky hair, the air of shy enquiry, the alim youth of her lithe and graceful form, present a picture too seldom seen in such latitudes.
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"T'S
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screamed
"I think you may rest assured
She is surprisingly-and per-happen at the corner of Ice House that the sentence which you will
haps ominously-dressed in I did, however, catch a glimpse of and six months' holiday if you cap- eventually have to undergo will something suspiciously akin to the consternation and horror on the "Very warm to-day," he replied. he considerably less than the the Teutonic student's uniform: Chinese constable's face as he saw "Bye and bye I tink we have some
what was approaching him and blue reefer and peaked cap; only crowd that followed in its wake. one which I have formally pass- the knee-length skirt seems to made a wild swipe at it as it passed, ed upon you."
but, whether in self defence or whe- THE BANK But though he expressed him-
be her own.
The
He rain."
*
OFFICIALS
were
back.
"I read it.
Whereas,
the
under
Powers a Slate granted me, etc. ele. of Emergency $1,000,000 will be pald
Dend or Alive!" Things were certainly looking I found Mrs. FitzPillsbury at my
I do 'ope they catch it!" she It's been aunting us said to me. for years.' everyone. Married or single, male And she echoed the feelings of
were all after the blood of Hong- or female, Patricians or Plebs, kong's Public Enemy No. 1.
MRS
scream.
we
ARS. FITZPILLSBURY gave a "Lor-luv-a-duck! They're a'calling out the sofers!"
It was frue enough. I could see in the distance a regiment of men, sur-led by Colonel Pimpleton Boomer, making its way with rhythmle tread
The cap, jauntily and askew ther he seriously thought he could evacuating. I was not a bit
have a distinctly ludicrous air sympathy, and the Jury added but for the fact that the whole
self in the terms of the greatest/sitting atop her head, might stop it with his baton, I don't know.'prised. The "Thing" had taken pos- towards us.
to its verdict a strong recom- ensemble presents so lovely a mendation for mercy, the Chief picture.
Justice had, to go through with a sentence which no one expect- ed to be carried out.
Why should this cruel pro- cedure continue? In such cases the judge could, and should, be
The stout, untidy parents they too, silent and anxious give no hint of the beauty which they have somehow contrived to creato,
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WE E-need tolerance to-day. Toler ance meane understanding the point of view of your neighbour.
If you can do this, you will not persecute Jews. You will not at tack the Church of England or criticise Methodists. You will learn to respect another man's opinion
gularly every morning?
We blindly shove at him our ten-cent piece, grab our ticket.
Only when the poor harassed individual overshoots the mark do we look into his face, and then in furious expostulation, unmindful of the fact that it is humanly impossible to sce through the орадие bodies which throng the vehicle and obstruct his view.
Ho must watch the stops, collect the money (carefully avoiding "duda," or, ho will be while still believing in your own. muleted, give change, punch And be sure that in training and deliver tickets, pull the bell- yourself to be tolerant you do not strap, fill in returns, assist the sacrifice your own bellefs. Don't heavily-laden, and mentally note The so open-minded that you never the destination of cach passci- ger-all simultaneously, so it
make up your mind about anything. That kind of mind is so broad that it is only shallow,
Goema.
How will ho face the double- decker 7
GRIN AND BEAR IT
By Lichty
"I can't pay any alimony jet, Judge-I'm still paying off on our engagement ring!!
Police, with drawn revolvers, and soldiers, with fixed bayonets, soon formed a phalanx around the bank building, somewhere inside of which turked the foulest of flends.
"It's on an occasion like this," said Waffles, that I feel at my best. I ean ploture my overdraft being de-. voured by this monster Incarnate piece by piece . cent by and I can pleture myself receiving a cheque for $1,000,000
cent
I can see my photograph in the "Hongkong Telegraph"... I can
s୯୯
I cut him short.
"I can see you being blown to atoms," I said, "if you don't come nway from that door."
"What do you mean?" he asked. "I mean," I replied, pointing to the harbour, "that, unless I am very much mistaken, one of His Majesty's cruisers is going to open Are..".
Waltics gosped.
"Surely they tire not going to shell the bank!"
"That's precisely what they are going to do," . I answered. "Can't you see them clearing the deck for... action. What does it matter if they damage the bank, so long as 'It' la destroyed."
We bent a hasty retreat across the road.
WITH THE BARK of the first gun, Waffled turned a zomer-. sault and Ah Lum turned green. I hoord the Unkle of breaking gluas as Mrs. Filzpillsbury's lorgnettes crashed to the ground.
As salvo after salvo screamed over our heads, I metaphorically took my hat off twice. Once to the navy for their accurate shooting, and once to the police for such per fect alson work.
A traffic policemen was stationed. at the bank entenner, and each time (Continuel, on Page 7.)
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