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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH January 31, 1940,

By Ernie Bushmiller

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NINOTCHKA

Throw Russian agents sent to Paris to sell the jewels of the former Grand Duchess Swana, find their deal with Mercier, the jeweller, blocked, when Count Leon d'Algout presents himself as the agent of Duchess Swana, with an injunction against the sale of the jewels or their removal from France until a French court has heard the case. Count d'Algout, the lover of the Duchess, by means of champagne and a friendly manner. wins the confidence and liking of the Soviel agents, and he writes for them a telegram to the Commissar of the Board of Trade in Mos- cow suggesting a fifty-fifty split with Swana.

THE ENVOY

COMRADE IRANOFF was at the tele- phone when Comrade Buljanoff entered the Royal Suite two days later.

"You can't hurry such things, Leon. You must give Moscow a little time. Why - don't you drop in later? .

Au revoir."

From the novel by

"Mischa! Mischa cried: Buljanoff excitedly. "Here's a telegram from Moscow!!

M. LENGYEL It must have been all day!' It says: Halt negotiations Adapted from the M.-G.-M. immediately.

film Envoy Ex- traordinary arrives Thurs- day sixten with full power. Your authority cancelled herewith. Razinin.'"

"This is Thursday!" ex- claimed Iranoff.

"And it's six o'clock ready!" said Iranoff.

by Lebbous. Mitchell which will shortly be screened in Hongkong.

work. Let's not waste

Shall we go?"

"I thought it my business to warn you.'

"I am ashamed to put the pic-gering. If I nd it all up I must it.

years waiting for fure of Lenin in a room like this," have spent said Ninotchka, nevertheless plac-signals. Imagine! An important lug it on the desk. "Comrades, part of my life wasted between your telegram was received with whistles." great disfavour in Moscow."

"We did our best, pleaded Kopalski,

d

In other words, you don't

"No."

Contrade," know."

"I hope so for your sakes. What

the lawyer say?"

"We didn't want to get mixed up with Inwyers," said Buljanoll. time."They are very expensive here."

"We dealt directly with the re- presentative of the Grand Duchess. Nina Yakushova stooped to if we call him I am sure he will pick up her suitcases, and Iran-give you a very clear picture." al-off hastily called for a porter. Comrade Ninotchka sat at the

"Well, that's my business, Madame."

before her. "I shall not repent

That's "That's no business. social injustice." She even re-noff in fright.

"I'd love to."

SHE turned høv attention away from him to the map in her band.

"Can I help you?" asked Leon, deference in his voice.

"You might hold

map. I

Ninotchka examined the "Correct me if I'm wrong-we are, facing north, aren't we?"

Eiffel Tower Let me sve..

Your finger, plense."

HE took her finger and pointed to the map with

st,

"Why do you need my finger?"

she asked skepti-

cally.

nannere

Bad to point with" your own. Here; that's the Eiffel Tower."

"And where are we?"

"Here we are." He shifted her finger back to the hotel. "Herc you are and here I am. Feel it?"

"I am interested only in the shortest distance between these two points. Must you flirt?"

"I don't have to, but I find it natural."

"Suppress it. For my informa- tlon would you call your approach to me typical of the local morale?"

"Madame, it is the kind of an- proach which has matte Paris what it is."

"I have heard of the arrogant male in Capitalistic society-"

"A Russian I love Russians!

She refused to surrender them. desk and drew a sheet of paper this man for me." "I always said it would "Why should you carry other your mistake. I will have no deal- be Siberia!" said Kapolski, people's bags?" she asked then with the Grand Duchess no

porter.

her representative." She began to entering the room. "Iranoff,

write. "Comrade Buljanoff, do you tell the manager a Special

spoll-your- name with one or two "Facing north?" repeated-Leon, L'87 Envoy is coming from Mos-

bewildered. "I'd hate to commit cow and will occupy the

""With two," stammered Bulja-myself without my compass.... Royal Suite and to move fused to let Kopalski carry the tion to pass final judgment but at

Pardon me, are you an explorer?" "Comrades, I am not in a posi-

"No, I am looking for the Eiffel our things to the smallest bags.

the best, you have been careless Tower." room he's got. "We'll have "How are things in Moscow?" in your duty to the State. You "Is that thing lost again ?" Listen a taxi waiting in front."

asked Buljanoff to make conver-were entrusted with more than a if you are interested in a view-" The train had already sation.

mere sale of jewellery. Our next "I am interested In the Eilies Comrade, 1 have been fascinated and you Tower from 11 technical stand-by your five year plan for the past arrived when they reached "Very good. The last mass year's crop is in danger

fifteen years!" trials were the station, Not knowing There are going to be fewer will not be enough bread for our from that angle.

"Technicul? I couldn't help you 4 great success. know it. Unless we can get for point."

eign currency to buy tractors there

"Your type will soon be extinct," You see, a real she said, and left him as the, traffic the name of the Envoy but better Russians."

Parisian only goes to the top of whistle blew. people." Extraordinary, they were The three Russians glanced "We acted with the best inten- the tower in moments of despair

tions-" trying to discover an au- at each other in covert panic.

to jump off." "We cannot feed the Russian "How long does it take a man thoritative, Russian-looking In spite of the new Envoy's)

"Now that's too bad! The last man among the scurrying pet before a hat shop in the per cent. to a so-called Duchess!

being all for business, she stop- people on your intentions. Fifty to land?" passengers, when a woman lobby of the Hotel Clarence, Half of every loaf of bread to our time I jumped. I forgot to clock with two suitcases address-"What's that?" she asked, in-cany! Comrade Kopalski, go at once to our Embassy and get the ed them.

Inddress of the best lawyer in "I am looking for Michael "It's a hat, Comrade. A wo- Paris. You, Comrade Iranoff, go to the public library and get me the Simonovitch Iranoff." Iran-man's hut," replied Kopalski,

"Tak, isk, how can such a section of the Civil Code on proper- off acknowledge that he civilisation survive which per-1y. Comrade Buljanott, you might was the person she was mits women to put things like get me an accurate map of Paris, looking for, and she con- that on their heads! It won't I want to use my spare time to in- tinued: "I am Nina Ivanova be long now, Comrades."

Yakushova, Envoy Extra- ordinary, acting under direct orders of Comrade Commissar Razinin. Pre-

sent me to your colleagues," NERVOUS-

LY they shook

her hand as

dicating a hat.

"You see,

pect the public utilities and make n audy of all outstanding technical COMRADE |netdevements in the city." Yakushova

SHE took a map glanced around

of Paris from n the enormous

suitense and Jeft Royal Suite, andį

inquired serious-

ly: "Which part

of the room la mine?"

.." began Iran-

off diffidently, "It .

them.

Slie WAH step- ping off the safety isle in the middle of the street in front of the Hotel

ped back on the isle of anfety, just

it's dif- Clarence when the signal for street Iran off pre-ferent hore. They don't rent a traffle to go was given. She step- sented them, room in pieces. We had to take confused at the whole nuite." finding the

Special Envoy a woman, and fearful of what her in- structions might be regard- ing them.

"How much does this cost?" "Two thousand franca." "A week?"

"No, a day,"

"A day! That is the price of

a cow, Comrade Iranoff If I "What a charming idea stay here a week it will cost the Russian people seven cows! for Moscow to surprise us And who am I to cost the Rus- with a lady comrade," said, saian people seven cows?” Iranoff...

"We had to take it on account of the safe" explained Buljanoff, "Don't make an issue of my visions of exile to Siberia in his womanhood. We are here for mind's eyo.

THEY WED IN MISTAKE!

1

Lilian Lloyd nineteen, and i Dennis Scott, twenylthree, both of Sunbury, Middlesex, were se excited when they obtained the consent of the Feltham magis- trates to their marriage that Scott inadvertently arranged the wedding at a register office in- stend of a church.

So instead of walking to the altar of the focal church that day, Lilian, in her fall bridal dress and with bouquet, had to go to Stalnes Register Office to be married. Later they will be re-wed at a church.

"I got my wedding dress and made

as did Count Leon d'Algaut ou his all arrangements for a wedding at a

way to see the Soviet agents.

do

Wo

"My flanco was so excited after the Court case that be misread the form

about giving notice of marriage. But later we shall be re-married at tho

local church," she said. "I was You,

please," Ninotchka

nds amazed when a few days ago. The dressed him impersonally. "Could registrar notified us that we were to you give me some information: be married at his office, How long

have to wait. here?"

"Well ..ol, antil the police "At what intervala does he church," man whistles again." whistle?"

That's funny! I never gave it ives at Yeovil, objected to his At the police court, Mr. Lloyd, who thought before!"

daugher'n marriage on the grounde "Have you never been caught in tint she was too young, and that a similar situation?"

Scott would probably be called up "Have I? Do you know, when I for the Army and would live to come to think about it, it's stag-leave her..

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