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Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

By Ernie

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!"

..DIS IS A BAD CROSSIN'-- GOTTA BE CAREFUL HERE::

IT'S LUCKY I'M WITH

YA!

MY--- THIS IS A BAD

CROSSING!

Goodbye, Mr Chips

The Girl

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 utter a sten- torian "el-lo-01"

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

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

"Here I am," said the voice quite close to him. ilo Low netizing but mist at first, but as he tur sem : 1. wi, the form of a fair, beautiful girl, ... wati a feathered bat, took

sandwich

"On this mountain? And what

this. Catch hold of it."

SHE was sitting], “Anyhow, I'm awfully glad you on a low rock, come. It was going to be very if they did? I insist., Look-like

in her lonely. Won't you sit down?" "Hello, there!"--Ethanks. Eray_name Chipping--Charles Edward thought I heard a voice."

hand.

"Are you all right he asked anxiously.

Chipping."

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

SHE put half of the jacket about Chipping. He accept ed, stir and shy and dazzled.

She put

they leave school and the world geta hold of them.

"I don't see how you can ever get old in a world that's always young.” "never really thought of it in that way. When you talk about it, you make it sound exciting and kerole."

"It la."

•

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

"I've met only une- reckless! person who climbed the Glockner in amist to

His intense gazej

stopped her.

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

The moonlight had fallen, on hur? face and gave it a striking beauty. "Look at the lights in the valley. The mist has lifted!"

They stand up. "Yes," he anić,' and paused. "We can go down

now,"

"Yes

I'm almost sorry. ́ ́It

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

"It must be the future," said Chipping with a shy laugh. He dug his stick into the ground, and con- tinued, without looking at her:

DO you suppose person in middle age--could start life over ngala and make a go of it?"

"I am sure of it--

They continued to sit there in the mist, "Yes, quite, thanks. The mist Won't you have a sandwich? grew dark, hoping the fog would

from the pocket of the jacket, now talking, now silent, until quite sure," she said is a nuisance. isn't it?"

I've got loads of them."

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

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

"No-no, of course not." "You shouldn't be moying about, you know. It's awfully fogliah of you."

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

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

"As a matter of fact. I did,” he responded huffily.

"Now, really, I should be very angry with you.

Suppose you had fallen?"

"I must say I——” "I never heard of such utter stupidity! Where were you?"

"On the Gamsteig."

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

Then what were you scream- ing about?" he demanded, I wasn't screaming. lot out a shout at random."

I just

She pointed downwards' and shuddered.

"Well, thanks.

Jale mine

carly. I am hungry."

lift.

But it still drifted

about the | marooned pair, giving them a spec- tral air. Chipping was sunk in reveric.

"And I'm sorry I wasn't in [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. took u sly peep at her, wondering at her youth and beauty.

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

with sudden warmth and

under-

standing. It must be tremendous- ly interesting to be a schoolmaster."

"I thought so once."

To watch boys grow up.and help them along, kee

their characters develop,and what they become when

"WHAT are you Brookfield. was rather realising doing alone on a

what I had missed." mountain? Isn't it rather unusual for a Young lady?"

"I'm not usually alone.

you. I see very little of ladies at A Look Through

I have

friend at the inn."

"Se have 1. We're on a walking

Lour."

#

"If I may say so, Mr. Chipping, 1 think the ladies have missed a great deal, too."

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

"Afraid of them?"

"Terrified!"

humorously.

The Telegraph'

50 YEARS AGO

Jan. 12, 1800. A prominent Welshman has drafted, an elaborato sehomo for. Welsh

Parliament. he replied half-

"Really? We're bicycling." "Bleyeling? Through Austria ?"

"Not of me, I hope?" vens, I didn't know that indies rode He was incredulous. "Good hea-

"Not up here in the clouls-per- those awful things! With-erhaps the altitude has gone to my leg on each aide of the saddle?" head. But if I'd met you at the

ing-

"You don't imagine I'd ride side saddle, do you?"

"Because I'm a strong-minded female who rides a bicyclo and "But what happens to... your wants the vote?". dress?".

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

on

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

Magazine Rifles have been Issued to the troops ni Aldershot.

Victoria College was put to its Arst. The great gloomy hall, of the $200,000 public ure the morning, on the ocea

ion of the annual prize-distribution by II.E the Governor, Sir G. W. des Vosux.

25 YEARS AGO

Jan. 12, 2015. Archbishop Knvovsky has xoni a tele- "No, on the contrary-becau18 man operating in Poland are systema gram to Vatican stating that the Ger beransu you are so very nice look-tically uning... Catholic churches ing. I think--and charming.”

paritions for their mitrailleuses, wira- of maby hare bean destroyed. The lengvatations, etc. as the result whero-

Archbishop points out that the same danger threatens the old Cathedral of Cracuw, which contains the relies of B. Stanislaus, and boga the Hope for his protection.

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

"Good heavens!" he cried aghast. "No one has ever called me that

At her gay laugh he pondered a moment. tickled "nt being called

10 YEARS AGO

+

Jan, 12, 1030, between the Vatican and Bignor. Mus-

A sharp controversy is taking place);

olini correrning the education of}

originated children. The Entroversy in June, noon äftor the signing of the

"I like men to be old-fashioned. charming. Have another sandwich. We'll re-

"What extraordinary eng come serve the rest for emergencies. It's into one's head up here! Do you chilly, fan't it?"

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

" persons."

She turned up her collar.

"Oh, I say—I should have thought of it. Here, take my cont. I'm rather too warm.".

"When I think that road might

"I wouldn't think of it! Put have been payed with your good! Intentiona! Really, it was idio-back on nt oncel"

"No, really, you must take it,

please."

tid of you and rather wonder-insist

it

"Look here, why don't we share Sho gave him a sudden smile. it? It's big enough for both of us."

She started to put it about him. "Not at all;" he began uncom "Good heavens, no! If somcono fortably.

were to see yott!"

"We're roda,"

"Up here there's no time," he said, gravely now, "no growing old nothing lost."

Douglas Fairbanks in the star of "Don Q. Son of Zarro" now showing at the Warli Theatre.

5 YEARS AGO

Jan. 12, 1033, "We're young," said Inthis softly. Marking the end of the period of "We believe in ourselves," he dictatorship, President Carmaris to-day Bald.

opened the Art Portuguese Parliament "We've faith in the futuro." It to alt for nine years. There are ninety. Deputien and corporativa -Upper was a nort of antiphonal chant.

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"WI you-er-inke my hund? It's rather tricky just herų,“

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

TO-MORROW :

Blue Danube.

MANILA COUPLE WED

Two well-known nembers of British 'community, with Manila's many friends

Hongkong and married at the Shanghai, were Registry yesterday before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith, Registrar.

כנו

They were Mr. Richard Charles ti Deane, chartered accountant, Miss Joan Margot Sibbald. The ceremony Wis witnessed by Mr. Richard I. Dobson, Mr. H. F. Philips{ and Mrs. R. B. Phillips.

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