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NANCY

OH, TEACHER

I BOUGHT

YOU SOME

FLOWERS/

OH, THANK

YOU,

Monday,

MI55 ORCHID ISN'T

HERE

TODAY!

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

SMACK

By Ernie

BUT I' LOVE FLOWERS

TOO!

January 15, 1940.

Bushmiller

YOU SURE HAVE A WAY

WITH THE

GIRLS!

BURHA

Goodbye, Mr Chips

From the Novel by

JAMES HILTON

Adapted from the M.-G.-M. Picture by LEBBEUS MITCHELL,

THE KISS

DANCING with Kathie did strange things to Chipping: his heart beat faster than it had for ages; a feeling of contentment, of happiness, flowed through his veins; even his musclės, unaccustomed to the movements of the dance, limbered; almost it was as if he were floating about in the mists of a mountain top-alone with Kathie.

ness.

"Like it?" he asked, with a tentative smile of tender-

"Love it!"

"As much as you hoped?"

"And more. You're doing splendidly."

She had in-

Chipping and Kathic smiled at cach other in an embarrassed way.

vented a nickname champagne at for him. A sudden we come to!" warmth of tenderness, jand ache of loneliness to come,

Many eyes followed them about the ballroom, for swept over Chips. Katherine Ellis was a strikingly beautiful girl, and

"He might at least have hnd the good sense to keep the wo man to himself!" said Hilders- ley.

"Women aren't allowed in this room in any case!" said McCul-

the first cafe that loch

"Hush!" warned Max. "I IN the masters hear them coming!" common room at "This is a nice start for the Brookeld, the in- new term!" said Raven gloomi- structors had ly

gathered about Rn-

ven at his sudden The door opened, and Chips shout. He looked Appeared shyly in it and stood up from the newspaper. He hesitating CHIPS stood in had been reading.

And then, suddenly, Kathie Farose on her tiptoes, and kissed) Chipping cut a fine figure in his rented evening clothes, him lightly on the lips, turned for he had never put on excess weight and he was half a fand jumped hastily into the head taller than Kathic. Max and Flora turned amazed train. eyes upon them every time they whirled past.

"Evening dress is very

becoming to you, Mr. Chip-

ping," Kathie said.

He preened a little at the compliment.

prove?

"Heartily."

"You

"Then I sup- pose I shall have to buy it."

As time went on the dancers

ap-

thinned, but Chipping was on the floor with Kathie for every number. The last waltz, Strauss's dreamy, half melancholy "Wiener- blut," was drawing towards its end. Their faces had become graver, and they were silent.

SYNOPSIS

Charles Edward Chipping, a master at Brookfield School for 20 years, has never been able to make friends with the boys due to his diffident nature and to having gotton in "bad with them carly in his first The German master tcrm. persuades him to accompany him on a walking tour of the Ho is Tyrols one summer. caught in a mist on. the mountain and in the fog climbs up to "roscua" an Eng lish girl, Kathie Ellis. They are both greatly attracted to each other and moot again in Vienna where Kathic per- suades him to dance with her.

Chipping looked down at the face so close to him, at the long, curved eyelashes. 50 Of what was she thinking that gave such a serious, almost sad, a look to her face.

"Miss Kathie

"He

An

utter daze of "Just listen to this item, will; amazement and de-you? Chipping-Ellis on Sept. light, unable to/22, at St. James's Church, believe his senses, Bloomsbury, Katherine Mary, A woman, an ador-only daughter of the late Henry able. beautiful Forbes Ellis, to Charles Edward young woman, hud kissed him Chipping of Brookfield School!" -Chips, the old bachelor school- There was a buzz of amazed master!

conmment. "What, old Chip- Then a whistle shrieked and ping!" "It can't be?" "Must be the train began to move and some mistake! "It's fantastic!" Max jumped down to the plat- "Here's Stucfel now," said Ra- form. Chips awoke from his ven-"He ought to know. Stae- daze,

fel. you sly dog, did you know "Miss Kathie! Kathie!" he about this?" He waved the

newspaper. cried and ran after the moving train.

"Of course I know. They met in a fog.".

"What? In London?" asked

Kathie's face appeared at the window of her compartment. McCulloch. He ran, Jaid his hand on the sill, and, breathless with emo- tion, stammered:

"No. no! In Austria-a mountain mist!"

"Some mist!" laughed Hil- "You... you kissed me!"

dersley, smiling at his fellow "I know. It was dreadful of masters.

me!"

"I've got it cried Raven. "No, no!" cried Chips, increas-"He proposed to the lady before ing his puce as the train the fog had cleared! Bright old] gathered headway. "But do you Chipping!... I suppose she's "You know what I mean, it's are we-oh, this is awful! elderly, Staefel?"

**It is, very. Rather, crowded train, isn't it?"

Kathie laughed. "You said. that before, too!"

hesitated until she glanced you know." up at him. "I. .

A penny solemn thoughts.”

Will you those

for

"I was thinking of to- morrow and railway sta- tions..... and goodbyes."

Chipping and Max were at the station to see Kathie and Flora off for their re- turn to London. In the bustle and confusion of the platform, Chipping and Kathie had paired off, and approached her compart ment, tense and self-consci- ous, hiding their feelings in the stiff commonplaces of an English farewell.

"Did I? It's saying goodbye,

"I know. It's awful."- "Miss Kathie.. "Yes?"

Look here," he cried, his sense "Well," Max appeared to con- of humour coming to his aid:sider, "I would hardly call her "You'll have to marry me now, that." you know!"

Max, after hesitating, replied: "Yes."

"Is she in the scholastic And then suddenly Kathie line?" smiled with tears in her eyes. "Do you want to?"

"Rather!" He all but stumbled "I thought sol Plain i h in keeping up with the train. post, I suppose?" "Do you?"

"Drendfully! Goodbye,

I wanted to say something dear!"

"Kathie! .

my

"My dear fellow, please!" beg- ged Max. "She 8 Chipping's choice."

"Is it as bad as that?" asked THE toot of a you can't go now!" But the train

Oh, my dear, Hildersley in dismby. horn, and the con- was going so fast that his hand eagerly. "Do I give a wrong im- "No, no!" exclaimed Max ductor calling slipped from the sill of her "Bitte, Platze neh-window, and Kathie's face was pression? She is a good crea- man!" brought him disappearing. "Kathiel Good-ture. Her, nose is perhaps a to a stop. "Oh, bye!"

little red-"} dear, it's time for

"Good Gad!" cried McCulloch. He came to a standstill, star-"Does she drink?" you to get aboard!"

ing after Kathie's window, stark "No, no-it's only Indigestion. Max and Flora overtook them. tragedy on his face. And then She-" Come along. Kathie," called Max Staefel laid a hand on his Florn. "Goodbye, Mr. Chip-arm. Chips turned to him. ping"

"She's gone! I don't know{ where she's gone! I may never

"Can't you remember?"

"I wanted to say that you've see her again!" made this the most wonderful holiday of my life, and

"I. should not worry, Chip- ping," sald Max comfortingly.

TO-MORROW "Mrs. Chips"

STOCK MARKET REPORT

Hongkong Stock Exchange Official Summary issued yesterday says:

"At the slightly lower rate of $21 Docks were a feature of the morning's changed hands trading. Shares @$21% after which 3,200 shares

passed @ $21. Cements were again, In favour sales reported @ 1870 & $184. Transactions were also re- corded in Cantons, Watsons, Govern: 4% Loan & Trams. Market closing slcadly.

Вкуств

Union Ins. $460 Douglases $721⁄41⁄2 Wharves $102 Docks $21 Providents $4.05 Lands $3334 Itumphreys $0.10 Realties $414

Tramways $17.00 Yaumati Ferries $24

China Lights (Old)) $74 China Lights (New) $44 Electrics $554

Sandakan Lights $11 Telephones (Old) $0.60 ..... Cements $18.70

Dairy Farms (New) $214 Watsons $0.15 Entertainments 50.00 Vibro Piling $8

Docks $211⁄2 Cements $10 Watsons $0

Sellers

Sales

Canton Ins. $207 Docks $21/21 Tramways $17 Comenis $10.707.75 Watsons $9.20 Govern: 4% Loan $101

Food Shortage In Spain

*MADRID.

For the first time since the civil RAVEN jumped war ended an 'official' reference to to his feet. I'm Spain's shortage of food was minds in off!"

nboardenst speech by Senor Sortino Suner, Minister of the Interior, He No,

please," said it would be foolish to hide the said Stacfel. "I fact that they were experiencing dif-

Acult timer. told Chipping to Again the horn tooted, and Miss Flora has selected the meet you this afternoon. They was all, and there were no reserve bring her in torberated in the latter part of the war Production in Republic territory Irdo hope you have a comfortable journey," said Chip- the voices of Max and Flora church already and I am to be will be here any minute. You storica The shortage mostly con-

called from the compartment: best man." ping.

hope so, too."

"Kathie!" "Miss Kathle!",

At Chip's be must be kind to her for Chipcerned milk, olive oil and sugar, Milk wildered look, Max laughed with ping's sake!"

production was a fourth of the What time do you get to You must go," said Chipping amused, affectionato sympathy,

Inmount required. London? Oh, I asked you forlornly. "Goodbye, Miss My good fellow, do you ima-Masters,

"He's bringing her here!" The Government had decided to Min Kathid.”

had remained import stocks in some cases, and the that before, didn't Í?!!!

gine that we were both blind silent during the clamour, get Ministry of Industry would burne Ian't saying good-Kathie took his hand. "Good- and deaf? Come along. We up, his eyes staring at Max as control of staple articles to ensure bye awful?"

bye. Mr. Chips!"

are going to open a bottle of though they might pop out.

who

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