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THEN the attack came no officer at the party had been armed; but the Datu stand- ing by the table where the side arms had been laid had with almost drill-like precision picked up a service revolver and emptied its cartridges into the body of the Juramentado
quarters, where Mrs. Manning lay sleep- When she awoke she would need looking
Canavan kept the vigil at Manning's ing under the effects of a sedative after...
Linda waited on the porch. In the face of such in tragedy they, talked
whispers and there were long pauses when they seemed to lose themselves, or be hypnotised, by the false serenity of the night.
The whole village was still- with fear and sorrow rather than sleep, and the waters of the lagoon lay al their feet like
a smooth metallic shield under
she was so happy," Linda mur- mured.
the moon. "Poor thing.
Canavan rolled 狸 cigarette and looked at her wistful profile. "I hear you're going back by the same boat.".
"Yes,"
"What made you come OIL anyway?"
WAS
"I was in the earthquako in San Francisco. There was death and dying all around me. heard people crying out-call- ·
I ing names. Suddenly screaming: Father! Father! I hadn't seen him for years-he was a thousand miles away and yet I called to him-Funny. wasn't it?"
"No. People always have lo have someone to enli to when they're in trouble. You learn that when you attend to the dying. If they haven't got somebody, they invent somebody."
January 24, 1940.
THE REAL GLORY
him.
Only a few steps behind them, on off into the jungle on his murderous mission. "We've got to head him the other side of the narrow bridge. off," Canavan anid, and motioned were the three Maros with raised with his head for Miguel to follow apears, making for them with deadly
intent.
Miguel tung himself forward But neither of them noticed the, upturned faces of three Mero war-white Canavan, in one motion, pick- riors on the outskirts of the camp, ed up the fallon kria and slashed at scrutinizing their two figures out-the rattan binding of the footbridge lined against the rock by, the flikker-beneath him. As the Moros rushed onto the bridge it gave way and ing fires below.
sagged down over the chasm, drop- Neither Camway nor the boy wasping the screaming warriors in the
depth below.
Canavan himself almost plunged A BOLA MUS
to his death but managed to hoist through the air himself to safety with the help of the rope Lo and out over the Miguel. He jerked erude bamboo which the Juramentado was tied. fouthridge across "All right, Ink," he said to the which the Jura-scowling Moro, "Giddan!" Imentado
aware that they, too, followed.
were being
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TO-MORROW Cholera !
Jong effortless Jangle path. "You said yourself it's-n disense stood in long ceremonial white robe,
It twirled around his neck,) medicine can't eure," the padre re-as the priest chanted a high wail-1 strides.
and as he raised his hands to tear| ing ritual. behind In the room
them minded him.
Miguel dambered down the face loose the rawhide thong that choked the came the strangled voice of
"Yes, but there must be some of the rock, holding to the rope him his kris chattered onto Mabel Manning, crying her hus band's name.
way. I only knew the Achilles which Canavar slowly uncoiled from bridge. In a split second Canavani heel of the Moro-what he's afraid his hands. The Juramentado was was on him, pisioning his wrists. Miguel gave a shoul of alarını. Canavan went in swiftly, and of Bill shook his head. "I standing now before Alipang, the Moro Chieftain, and had thrown off Linda saw him bend over, sooth-apparently there's nothing."
his robe. ing, professional, saw him mix the sedative that would blot out the torture of consciousness-
from the woman's brain. . .
After a
while she turned)
away and walked slowly back to her father's quarters across the deserted parade grounds. No
THE padre tried
Only a breech-cloth covered his to help him-he know compact heavily-muscled body; eye- the More tem-brows and head were shaven in the perament a wel characteristic fashion of the Moro
as the Filipino,
but it was true]
dedicated to kill.
Canavan watched intently, crouch- he could thinked low on the rock cliff..
of nothing the Alipang gave him his instructions)
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"La Vie Parisienne" From. London Rarilo Programme Broadcast by Then he felt a quick jerk on the z. B. W. on a Frequency of 845 kc.c's
on 0.52
m.c's per
Trouble I Sees (arr. Gulon). Edba Thomas (Soprano) with Plano; Were You Dere? (arr. Ednu Thomas), Edna Thomas (Soprano) with Plano.
7.12 Magyart Imre and Its Hum-
Roaming
About; My Sweetic I How 1 Could Lament!
7.30 Lepton Relay-The News. 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
light shore but the one from Moro fenred. "Except," be in the low guttural Mero tongue and the house she had just left. Her amended, amiling rather apologetic Canavan saw the Bat-bladed kris heart filled with pity-and with ally for introducing so trivial a passed into his hands by Alipang. pride, too, thinking of the man matter, "he is mortally afraid of who fought with such kindly being buried in a pigskin. Ridies)•j rope's end and he began to haul his and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. karlan Gypsy Orchestra. weapons against the battalions ous isn't it? But for him it is to accomplice hand over hand up the war -11 p.m. of despair.
be barred from Paradise forever." rock-face. As soon as his head was second.
HARTLEY, us
You've done it." Cana. over the ledge, Miguel, was chatter-
excitedly: "Tuan,--Alipang¦| 12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter the new
con-Yan pumped the padre's hand vigor ing
Lonely "a pigskin may be the sal sent Juramentado to kill Hartley cession.
Selections from Wagner's, manding officer;;
--Canavan-jerked-hlm-quicklyover)12.30
The Mastersinger-of-Nu- cracked out his vallon of Mysaugie
the ledge and stared down once more Operas.
He remburg," "Tristan and Isolde, and "I'd rather have the Amerle on the wild. illuminated scene.
"Lohengrin." the Army,"
padre commented
saw the Juramentado already loping wryly.
orders..
Double sentry
duty. every Moro
"Father!
I WENT HUNGARY
IN GERMANY
(Continued from Pape 4.)
1. K. T.
8.03 Band Music.-Air Varie Sur Republienine Bond of France conci. Theme Suisse (Mohr) Gurdo- by Pierre Dupont: H. M. Jolles- 1.09 Local Time Signal and Wei Quick Murch, (Alford), The Band of ther Report.
H. M. Royal Marines, Plymouth Divi. 1.03 Quentin M. Maclean at the sion cond, by the Composer.
Organs.
9.15 London Relay-News
and
in the Mike, Canavne's Moro boy, know village rounded one sure American phrase-"you
8.15 London Relay-Ivy St. Heller Honolulu In A. P. Herbert's
"La Vie Pari- ...betcha life, and when his master up and put in the guardhouse
1.13. awallan Musle: if he knew his way
March, Kohala March, Frank Ferea lenne."
Sum- "McCool, I want a stockade built asked him
bush. that was his
and Juhn K. Palui (Hawaulen) around the fort at once and beyond around the
Guitars); Liu E, Lizzie Alohikea that barbed wire-nobody is to be prompt and grinning answer.
with The Royal Hawaiian Glee Club; mary.
9.30 Studio-Comments on Recent allowed inside without a pass!" He Of course Miguel was supposed some thirty miles out of Passou on Beautiful Woman, William Ewallko knew what was coming, he could to be locked up on Hartley's orders the road for Nuremberg. But the with The Royal Hawalian Glee Club: Events.
Cradle Dt Kalus,
9.10 Dvorak-Concerlo In B Minor, feel the tension in the man before
with the other village Moros, but most to be had was synthetic coffee,Rock Me In A
Op. 104. Pau Casals (Cello) him.
iwo rolls, rather stale, a small portion Maybe It's The Moon, Frank Ferera's Canavan was sick and tired of Hart of Jam, and some butter which made Inwalian Trio with Vocal Retrain, The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra "Captain," the Irishman's anley's orders, and deliberately hide curious about its ingredients.
1.30
Reuter and Bngby Press, conducted by Georg Szell. The place was empty and the walter Weather Forecast and Announce- 10.17 guished volco naid, "if a Moro can him out.
Benno Molscivitch at the talkative. I arked him about the ments,
Plano-Polonaise In B Flat Major, go Juramentado, why can't a while)
The disobeyed another order when butter. Be seemed surprised that 1 1.45 Carroli Glbons (Plano) and Op. 71, No. 2 (Chopin), Grillen man? Give me a squad-"
he left camp that very night after did not like 1.
the Savoy Hott Orphean-Page (Schumann), Song Without Words- Hartley banged the desk with bis his talk with the padre; int when But it is delicacy," he said. Miss Glory. You Turned Your Head, F Major (Mendelssohn), first. There are to be no expedia doctor in isolating a genn be "Many hotels have it, but few private kiss Me, Dear, Carroll Gibbons and 10.30 London Kelay-Rural Back- tions-alone or in groups!"
usually a renegade in the face of houses. As for the poor people.
the Savoy Hotel Orpheans; Bubbling i established rules.
He shrugged expressively,
"I myself Over, Muonberums Daner, Carroll around to Wales. If Canavan wanted to condona hisave not eaten butter for almost Gibbons (Piano); They Say,
onger an I can remember. But Little Miles From Town, Mine Alone, conduct he could think of Pasteur then time passes slowly now, and My Own, Carroll Gibbons and the Harley strode over to the hospi-but he didn't particularly want to. so it may not be so long as it seems." Savoy Hotel Orpheons.
I began asking about German tal and marched through the slek lie was rather pleased about dis wards where every cot was filled obeying the old pickle-puss even if coffee when the mirager approkeh- with the still figures of Filipinos. he was Lindae lather. He found Canavan' In conversation with the padre.
McCool anluted sharply, his Irishi face unusually grim.
"Look here, Canavan! What's this business of turning your hospital into a refuge for slackera?! I want them turned loose. Thare's nothing the matter with them."
"Yen, there is," Canavan u aword. "The Moro that struck
down Manning struck them down, smell danger.
too, but not with 'n kris.
curo, fear."
They're
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Closing Local Stock Quota- away. The nuutger had nn utions. MIGUEL pleasant eye, but I cared nothing for: 7.02 Nero Spirituals-Rum, Mary; knew the jungle that, remembering the Brith pass Run (urr. Guion), Nobody Knows De all right. He part in my breast pocket, and know-
ing little of loped along lire Gestapo. Perhaps unwisely I direct-
the activities
uf
the
lessly and with ed my questions to him, receiving
An
amniscient non-committal replies, given with an sense of direc-in-grace, and a few personal questions tion. And he which bordered on the impertinent,i could almost The sequel tameh few hours later..
Too Inquisitive.
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Hongkong Stock Exchange Oficial Summary Issued yesterday says:
Conditions on the market remain At one point the boy suddenly down with a disease medicine can't stopped and pushed his tall com- Nuremburg was draped in Nazi quiet and nro ilkely to do so until panicu back from the path. With banners, and I hoped that this did not the somewhat clouded political sky "Rebbish! Those men will be alle bare, foot he pressed down on mean that the restaurants would be clears up.
the rubble of ground before him. packed with delegates to some Her rally, for 1 was hungry. But I wng right when they learn to handle aj
Immediately there was a rising,given no time to think of food, gun."
dunt of collapsed earth, and a high A large polleoman camne pedalling| "What's the use of a gun when humming sound in the trees alove, towards me on a bleycle and prompt- For four your fingers are su paralyzed with as of taut strings released, and aly arrested me and my car fright you can't pull the trigger?" dozen speara buried themselves in hours I was held in a prison yard Cabaran sald with considerable the concealed plt before them-dug fencing, even feet high. No passport surrounded with heavily unbered
'violence.
long and wide for a man's body.
was asked for; the car was not)
And no questions of any For answer Hartley turned and
A spar-trap, a Moro weapon of searched. issued an order to the Sergeant at defense! The Junglo was full of sort were answered.
Presently I asked a policeman if I the door of the ward: "Sorgeant them! "You betehn life. Mike could go and gel some food. There Get those men out of there and said, and Canavan blessed his stars was a meaning look in his eye when have them report to duty at oncel" that the grinning kid was along he replied, "No, this time you will go Without another glance at Canavan
hungry."
At last an oficial arrived from the When they at last reached a high town and ordered my relcase. He Canavan looked after him, dis- ridge of rock overlooking Alipang'e also answered no questions, and gave gusted. All he knows is what camp, a ceremonial was in progress me to understand that I asked far too comes out of a book of regulations. Camp fires dotted the clearing and many.
Hasil Faller He's so hipped on uniforms-" before a native altar a Juramentado
he left the ward.
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The following awards were made; Silver Gilt meda).-Mr. L E. Drew, for, a fine collection of 'Hongkong postmarks; Bronze medal in Clara The fifth vanuni exhibition of the Mr. L. C. Baker, for Great Bri- tain: Honourable Mention In Class Hongkong Philatelle Society opened 11:-Mr. Ellery Denison for China; yesterday afternoon in the Boardroom Bronze medal in Class III:Mr. of the South China Morning Post Ellery Denison for Trans-Atlantic Building. Similar to exhibitions. ín
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