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Famous Story

JOHN STEINBECK'S Exclusive to the Telegraph LENNIE was in the seventh Heaven of bliss, for Slim had given him one of his pups to pet-and a brown and white one at that!

He lay in the straw, petting his pup and heedless of George's com- mand to wash up in preparation for supper, until George was forced to threaten him with taking away the

pup.

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"He ain't no cuckoo," protested George, sloshing his face.. "He's dumb, but he ain't crazy. Him and me was born in Auburn, and we grew up together. He ain't got sense enough to look after himself."

"He's a nice fella," conceded Slin. "A guy don't need no sense to be a nice fella.. Seems to me sometimes it's just the other way round."

I'M LENNIE

Later, while eating in the chuck house, George heaped a plate high with "grub" to hold aside for the tardy Lennie. Sizing up Slim as a man who could and would keep a confidence, he began to recount to the mule skinner the trouble he and Lennie had had at their last job in Weed; how Lennie, seeing a girl in

a red velvet dress, had given way Carlson, "He's all stiff with rheu- found a shovel in a corner, and led to his innocent impulse to stroke any malism. Why don't you shoot him?" the dog out. smooth surface and had taken hold of the dress,

Object Lessons

The French

were asked by

Japan to stop hongkong Telegraph.

the transport

of war supplies

to Generalis. simo

Chiang

Kalahek

"George says guys like us is the loneliest guys in the world.”

Cundy protested, temporized, tried The old, crippled man continued to change the subject. But Carlson The girl had screamed, Lennle In relentlessly pursued his point. The to le motionless on his back, scarcely

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a panie had held on to her tighter, aged animal was alllng and useless, seeming to breathe, wondering what and by the time George could pry "no good to anybody Includin' his would happen when kc WAS movement

in him loose a posse was being formed self." It would be an act of mercy longer any "good to himself." And Tokyo forto "get" them. That was the price to do away with him. And while when, after what seemed an eternity, strong

men. The paid for taking care of Lennie.. the others kept an impartial silence, the shot sounded from outside. Candy Candy continued to plead: he had rolled over and faced the wall, alone Nures. But a The huge fellow joined them be- raised the creature from a pup; it with his bitter thoughts. curious mes-

fore George could finish the story, had been the best sheep dog he had and extended his scrubbed hands ever seen; and (though this he left It was nearly bedtime when Stim. sage comes like a child to its mother,

unspoken) it was the only friend he went out to the barn to put tar on had. Finally, in almost tearful de- from "Domei," the semi- China. official Japanese news agency.

The

Ambassador Japanese in London, it says, con- ferred with Mr. R. A. Butler.

Monday, July 22, 1940.

Wyndham St., Hongkong

Telephone: 20015....

through French Indo The French agreed.

were

They also naked to allow Japan to send Japanese inspec-

tors to see that France kept her Under Secretary for Foreign agreement. To this the French Affairs on Friday. The subject Government also agreed.

of their conversation was out- standing problems between

"I did like you told me, George." spair, he turned appealingly to Slim, a mule's split hoof. Lennie was still "That's good. Now eat your sup-

there, fondling his brown and white per.'

"Carl's right," said Silm genuy, pup. Slim was working with, his "That dog ain't no good to himself.

usual silent concentration when Mac, * Lennie filled his mouth and beam- I wish somebody'd shoot me if I get bored beyond endurance by her hug- ed happily. "He's brown and white, George-just like. I wanted."

After supper, little by little, the

social life of the ranch took shape. the open space near the bar for

A number of the bands went out to

the nightly horseshoe pitching con-

test.

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Synopsis

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George Milton, wandering ranch worker in California, is guardian and travelling panion to Lenule Small, who is huge and powerful but has the mind of a child. They are Rep?

Lennie because

Britain was asked to reach an Britain and Japan. arrangement with the Japanese

The Japanese have obtained in Tientsin regarding the vexed-

important concessions from both subject of the Chinese silver in Britain and France. In, return the British Concession. Britain, we have gained nothing but loss the bunkhouse porch, or lay in their after the Concession had been of face In Chins. blockaded for over six months, ́· agreed. Then Britain was asked. Ito close the Burma Road and the

In the bunkhouse a youth sat in one of the windows that opened out

on the move.

hos on the warm summer night, sirum-

a strange compulsion to "pet soft ming a guitar and singing an old ballad_in_melodiow western singor a girl's velvet dress. It is an thing" such as a mouse, a bird, song,

The moral is obvious. The history of all Western diplomacy during the last ten years has Hongkong border. To this, too, been a history of concession of she agreed.

principle to the threat of force, It has been given out that the followed by further demands and independently carried out British further concessions. We know and French concessions might what was the result of that put an end to the dangerous vicions circle in Europe.

Other ranch-hands loitered around

bunks reading thriller magazines. George and Slim sot facing each other over a ricketty card table, sil- ting on boxes, still talking about Lennle who sprawled on the barn floor with his brown and white pup.

Candy Imped in, followed by his

venerable, aling, nearly blind old dog. Carlson, one of the ranchers, approached him.

Innocent habit but conducive to trouble because Lennie cannot control his vast strength.

They secure a job loading barley bags on a ranch, where they incur the cumity of Curley Jackson, the bose's son who constantly has a chip on his shoulder over the flirtatious tendencica of hir pretty wife, Mac. But Slim, the much admired mule skinner, becomes their friend.

Betler let

band's neglect and her father-in- low's harsh antagonism, entered the b.n. She paused as she saw Slim,

"Hey, Lennic," said Silm. Ignor- ing her. "Better quit pettin' that pup for to-night. It ain't good for him. Put him back with his mother and go on over to the bunkhouse."

Lenulo obeyed with alacrity. Cur- ley was in the bunkhouse, looking for his wife as usual, when Lennie arrived. Finding no sign of May, "asidˇprecious little Informnaflön about her, he inquired to 81m's where- abouts,

"He went out to the barn," sald a ranch hand. "Srid he was goin' to put some tar on a split hoof." Curley was off for the barn like un arrow sped from a bow.

"1 gucas maybe I'd like to see this," said Carlson, throwing down his hand at cards. Scenting excitement and entertainment, the others crowded through the door after him.

But George and Lennie remained In the bunkhouse...

"If there's any fightin', Lennie," George told him for the hundredth

"Phew, that dog smells! Get him nothin' that smells as bad as old dogs him go, Candy I'll give you one out of here, Candy. I don't know old and a_cripple._

does!"

of my pups to raise up." Candy, shrinking from Carlson's Silently Candy relinquished the Alme, "you get out of the way and look, went to his bunk and toy down crude rope leash on which he held stay out." on it, pushing the dog underneath to his dog, and lay looking up at the "I don't went, no fight, George. hide him from his maligner's gaze, celling, moving not a muscle. Carl- I don't want no fight."

son quietly took his Luger revolver "Look at him, Candy," pursued out of his weatherbeaten suitcase,

When the Gestapo

ACIU

(To be continued)

Came to Holland

revolvers and kept the people at a ************** distanca pacifying them with the ag- exporting goods to Germany, which

only was a contravention being called up for interrogation.

of Neutrality men

This is an extract from an many relatives in Holland, whoj man engineering works had let not collected and assumed a menacing of a union of dock labourers, Wherr article which appeared in a Jave would undoubtedly suffer horribly at gross grow under his feet and had attitude, but the Germans drew their N.5.3. merchants were busy re- paper. In it a Dutchman re- the hands of the Gestapo if they dis- counts what ho

in the friends had already been put to

covered my identity. Several of my ********** Netherlands some days after the death even before I left Arnsterdam. Germans had become the rulers Some of them were seized by Fifth of the land, several days after Columnists and handed over to the the surrender of Holland.

German Invadera; nearly nil of them faced a Gring squad.

I am one of the comparatively Amongst their worst enemies the few Netherlanders who were Germans counted those merchants successful in escaping the Nazi- } who had refused to adopt a tran- occupation. I stood among my conception of Neutrality. However sigent attitude towards the national fellow countrymen who were hard they were pressed and Intimi watching in angry silence. I dated, they had repeatedly declined saw the arrival of the Gestapo to allow the transport into Germany in luxurious motor cars driving of goods which had been imported behind the triumphant army.

under

guarantee that they were for home consumption only. Other mer-

surance that the prisoners were on regulations, he instructed his POCKET CARTOON

One of the spectators threateningly not to handle the cargo, suld that they would get the in- The men did not wish to assist the former in due course. Without any Germans and simply went on sirike. further ado he was also pushed into The leader thus sequired the 'reputa- . the car: since then nothing has been tion of being anti-German, and he heard of any one of the three.

also disappeared mysteriously,

+

The Nazi's lust for revenge is now One of my business acquaintances, being indulged in to the full. As a good friend of the English, had soon as they had completed the first done England many a good turn. He part of their programme and bad had repeatedly wamed the British Authorities in Holland when N.5.B. Gemmon occupation had not hesitated dealt with those who prior to the (the National Socialist Party) me to express their anti-German feel- bers had falsified export documents

covering German goods which had ings they turned their mallelous at- | tention to all who in the future were beer camouflaged to make them likely to thwart them or to encourage appear to be of Netherlands origin. a spirit of revolt among the Dutch. This method was being practised re- Hundreds of my fellow countrymen gularly by N.S.B. people in order to evade the British embargo on Ger- disappeared-for good. man- goods,...

Suleides increase by leaps and bounds. Some were fugitives who This non was one of the arst vic had succeeded in escaping from a tims of the Gestapo. In the early Concentration Camp, others again morning he was arrested and the were Germans who had never been ********* [following day his dead body, able to reconcile, themselves to the

offered to his widow." OmeÏally !!!

them

. My name appeared on the lats, chants had been helping the Allies which were found on German officers whenever and wherever they could. who had been captured. Together The names of all these people with countless others of my country appeared on the German Black List. men was predestined to be

Two Netherlands Represeziatives liquidated. And so when I saw the of an English engineering concern Germans parading past with their disappeared without leaving Chang

"Herr Kommandant, we; have hateful "Goose-step my mind was trace. Instead of hiding, as I did,

direct evidence, that the Inhuman French have sdon made up.

dean. Aring, on, up. I was most careful they had carried on their daily life toomen and children.“ be' not

seen anywhere near

myaenal. home or my office.

If so chanced that I was in the 444444444 For days on end I had to hide in neighbourhood and watched Agents every possible place and in the mean- of the Gestapo arrest them in their seen to it that they were reported was said that he had accidentally knew what their taxe would be t time I made plans for escaping to office in the heart of Amsterdam and a Nazi chemies,

safer shores. But even now. I dare drive them away, in a cur Their He himself showed the Gestapol

not mention my real name as I havel competitor who represented a Ger- men the way. A crowd Immediately

been killed in an air raid.

they fell into the hands of the Nazis Another of my friends was leader Turn to Page 7. Sixth Column):