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NANCY

IT'S SO NICE OF

YOU TO

WALK HOME WITH ME,

SLUGGO?

("OH, BOY---DIS IS

SWELL IT'S JUST LIKE BEIN" HER REAL BOY

FRIEND!")

Friday,

DIS 15 A BAD. 'CROSSIN'--GOTTA.

BE CAREFUL HERE--

IT'S LUCKY I'M WITH

YA!

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Goodbye, Mr Chips The Girl

By Ernie

MY--THIS- IS A BAD

CROSSING!

January 12, 1940. Bushmiller

From the Novel by

JAMES HILTON

Adapted from the M. - G. - M.

Film by Lebbeus Mitchell

in the Mist

CHIPS, of Brookfield School, is refused pro- motion after 20 years. On a Tyrol holiday he goes climbing, and loses his way. Suddenly he hears a girl calling in the fog.

AFTER an hour of climbing in the fog, feeling every step of his way, often loosening stones that bounded and rumbled into some hidden abyss below, Chipping drew himself carefully up on a narrow ledge.

Mist floated thickly past. Above his head was one of those mountain monuments begging the traveller to pray for the soul of one who had perished there.

Giving it a grim, sidelong glance, Chipping continued on the slightly ascending ledge, often obstructed by outjutting rocks.

At one of the bends he halted to siter a sten- torian "Hel-lo-o!"

"Hello!" answered a girl's voice so close that Chipping gave a startled jump.

"Why well-er-I don't see you," he said, stepping around the bend.

"Here I am," said the voice quite close to him. He saw nothing but mist at first, but as he advanced slowly, the form of a fair, beautiful girl, wearing suit, scarf and a feathered hut, Look shape.

in

►

"On this mountain? they did? insist. Catch hold of it."

SHE was sitting "Anyhow, I'm awfully glad you on a low rock, ajenme. It was going to be very sandwich her lonely. Won't you sit down?" this. hand:

"Hello, there! thought I heard voice."

"Are you all right?" he askeri anxiously.

"Er thanks. Er my name

is Chipping-Charles Edward Chipping."

"Mine's Ellis Katherine) Ellis." She withdrew her hand

And what Look-like

itey leave school and the world gets hult of them.

"I don't see how you can ever get! jold in a world that's always young."

"I never really thought of it in that way. When you talk about . you make it sound exciting andi heroic."

"It 18."

"And the schoolmaster-is he ex-i citing and herole, too?"

"I've met only one-a reckless! person who climbed the Glockner in a mist to—"

His Intense guzo stopped her.

"Is my nose shiny?" "There's a light on your face-al atrange light"

The muonlight had fallen on her! face and gave it a striking beauty,!

"Look at the lights in the valley. The mist has lifted!"

They stood up. "Yes," he said," go down and pansed, "We can HOW."

Yes.

I'm almost sorry. it

She put was an adventure, wasn't it? I half the wonder if we're not leaving it be jacket about hind us.". Chipping. He accepted.

"It must be the future," unid his stick into the ground, and con- Chipping with a aby laugh. He dug tinued, without looking at her: SHE put half of

Micket aboutDO you suppose the

a person in middle Chipping. He accept- ed, stiff and shy and age-could start fe over again - and dazzled.

They continued to sit there in the mist,

from the pocket of the jacket, now talking, now silent, until it "Yes, quite, thanks. The mist Won't you have a sandwich? grew dark, hoping the fog would

I've got loads of them."

is a nuisance, isn't it?"

"Well, thanks. I ate minic indigna-early. I am hungry."

"You're not in any danger?" There was unconscious tion in Chipping's voice.

"No." Her eyes twinkled. "Do you mind?"

"No-no, of course not."

lift.

make a go of it?"

"I am sure of it quite sure," she said

with sudden warmth and under- standing. "It must be tremendous- ly interesting to be a schoolmaster."

"I thought so once."

"Will you-er-take my hand? It's rather tricky just here."

She took his hand and they started to descend the mountain.

TO-MORROW :

Blue Danube.

MANILA COUPLE WED Two well-known members of with British community, Manila's

and friends in Hongkong many were

the Shanghai,

at married Registry yesterday before Mr. T. S.

But it still drifted about the marooned pair, giving them a spec

Whyte-Smith, Registrar. tral air. Chipping was sunk in

"And I'm sorry I wasn't in reverie. any danger," she said contritely.

"A penny for your thoughts," "It was rather inconsiderate of you" he agreed humorously as he said Kathie Ellis at length. touk a sly peep at her, wondering at

"You shouldn't be moving hor youth and beauty. about, you know. It's awfully foolish of you."

"Foolish!" Chipping all but choked. "I heard you call, I thought you were in some diffi- culty."

"Don't tell me you climbed up here to rescue me!"

"As a matter of fact, I did,"

he responded hullily.

"Now, really, I should be very

"Er" he said, started. "As a matter of fact, I was thinking about

you.

"If I may say no, Mr. Chipping, I think the ladies tave missed a great; deal, too."

"To watch bays grow up and help them along, see their characters develop, and what they become when

The "Telegraph"

1 see very little of indies at A Look Through "WHAT are you Brookfield. I was rather realising) doing alone on n mountain? Isn't it what I had missed" rather unusual for a young lady".

"I'm not usually alone.

I have aļ friend at the inn."

"So have I. We're on a walking! tour."

"Really? We're bicycling." "Bicycling? Through Austria ?" He was incredulous. "Good hen- vous, I didn't know that ladies roun leg on each side of the anddio?"

"You don't imagine I'd ride niduj sadille, do you?"

"That's very kind of you, but I'm} really not a ladies' man."

"Afraid of them?" "Terrified!" humorously.

he replied half-

"Not of me, I hope?" "Not up here in the clouds-per- head. But if I'd met you at "the inn-"

angry with you. Suppose you those awful things! With-erhaps the altitude has gone to my

had fallen?"

"I must say "

"I never heard of such utter stupidity! Where were you?"

"On the Gamsteig."

"And you climbed up in that miat-to rescue me-when I'm probably a better climber than you are!"

"Then what were you scream- ing about?" ho demanded.

“I wasn't screaming. I just let out a shout at random."

She pointed downwards and shuddered.

"Because I'm a strong-minded female who ridea n bicycle and your wants the vote?"

"But what happens to dress?"

"Oh, they breed female bicycles now. Didn't you know?"

"I don't like all this rushing about on wheels. Human beings were navar intended to go at speed! I suppose you think I'm old-fashioned?

"No, on the contrary-because because you are so very nice lock ing, I think--and charming."

"And so are you, Mr. Chipping, frankly."

"Good henvena!" ho cried aghast. Auch "No one has over called me that I'

At her gay laugh he pondered a moment. tickled at being enlled charming.

"What extraordinary ideas come

50 YEARS AGO

Jan. 12, 1890. A prominent Welshman Lins drafte

Welsh elaborato chomo Parliament.

at

for

Magaxino es have been insued to the troops at . Aldershot.

The great gloomy hall of the $500,000) Victoria College was put to its frat pablic use this morning, on the occa

ion of the annual prize-distribution by: H.E. the Governor, Sir G. W. des Voeux. 25 YEARS AGO

Jan. 12, 1916. Archbishop, Kavovsky has sent a tele- Kram to Vatican stating that the fier man operating in Poland ars systema-

Catholic churches feally sing pozitions for their mitrailleuses, 'wiro-1 Jess stations, etc., as the result whara- of many have been destroyed. The Archbishop points out that the sam danger threatens the old Cathedral of Cracow, which contains the relles of B. Stablelans, and begs the Pope for his protection.

"I like men to be old-fashioned. Have another sandwich. We'll re- serve the reat for emergencles. It's into one's head up here! Do you between the Vatican and Bignor Musl chilly, lon't it?"

She turned up her collar. "Oh, I say should have thought of it. Here, take my cont. I'm rather too warm"

"I wouldn't think of it! Pat it

"When I think that road might have been pavot with your goud intentions! Really, it was Idio-lick on ut oncol tie of you and rather wonder- "No, really, you must take it.

insist please." full"

She gave him a sudden amile. "Not at all," he began uncom- fortably.

"Look hare, why don't we shara it? It's big enough for both of us." She started to put it about him.

"Good heavens, no! If nomcone wore to see you!".

experience a sort of exhilaration?". Definitely. It's the altitude." "It's as though we owned the mountains, We're, pretty superior persons."

"Wa're goda."

"Up here there's no time," he said, Igravely now, "no growing old-

nothing lost."

"We're young," said Kathie softly. "We believe in ourselvan," he

"Wovo falth in the future," was a sort of antiphonal chant.

It

10 YEARS AGO

Jan, 12, 1930. A sharp controversy is taking place #olini concerning the education of -originated children. The controversy In June, soon after the signing of the Lateran Treaty.

Dougin Fairbanks is the air of "Don . Son of Zorra” now showing si the World Theatre.

5 YEARS AGO

Jan. 12, 198L Marking the end of the period "of dictatorship, President Carmona to-day opened the frat Portuguese Parilament 10 lt for,ning; years. There are ninety Deputies and a córporative Upper ∙Itauise.

I

They were Mr. Richard Charles and Deane, chartered accountant, Misa Jour Margot Sibbald. The ceremony was witnessed by Mr. Richard I. Dobron, Mr. H. F. Phillips and Mrs. R. B. Phillips.

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