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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1928-10-18, Page 2Clinton - News -Record CLINTON, ONTARIO' Terms of'Subscription-$2.00 per year• in advance, to Canadian. addresses; 62,50 to the U.S. or other foreign Countries. No paper discontinued' 'until all arrears are paid unlets at the, option of the publisher. The date to which every subscription is paid is denoted on the label. Advertising "Rates—Transient adver- tising, 12c per count line for, first insertion,. 8c for each subsequent insertion. Heading `Counts 2 lines. Small advertisements, not to exceed one inch,.snch as 'Wanted," "Lost," Strayed,', etc., inserted once for 355. each subsequent insertion. 150. 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Losses inspected' by the Director who lives nearest the scene, ve;WitY sem* TE SLVR HAMD-i BEGIN HERE TODAY Pater Pennington is engaged to marry Monica Viney sister of Cap- tain .:John Hewitt, Commissioner of Police at Jesselton, British North Bor- neo. Pennington is detailed by the government to appre: •nd Chai Hung, leader of The Yellow Seven, a gang of Chinese bandits. Denis Moorhouse, district officer, receives a call from a dusky Dyak belle who dances before the assembled chiefs at the rice har- vest. Moorhouse, attending this festi- val, notices that the girl wears won- derful silver gauntlets. NO,W GO ON WITH THE STORY Arid still Denis Moorhouse felt hope- lessly at sea. He -glanced back over his shoulder towards the living -room and his half -finished meal, then drew the tumbler from the arm of his chair and sent the soda hissing into the amber fluid. Ai; the time, while he stroveto establish a mental balance, he felt that the girl's eyes were fixed on him .and the mocking light that played in their made him uneasy. "I am a busy -man," he protested; "and I am tired. I do not yet under- stand the motive that has brought you here," Again that intoxicating smile. She leaned backward over the rail so that the tightening folds of her sarong accentuated the graceful curve of hilr form; the garment seemed to. have become part of her, like the plum- age of a bird or the down of a gor- geous butterfly that flutters for a brief moment, in the sunlight and is gone. Moorhouse knew that she would go knew that she must go; but a strange, y • %1%, ra "ice% falaffiror ,.,.moi • t 3V Always have the magic WRIGLEY package. in O your pocket. M G Soothes nerves, allays .6 • thirst, aids N a [After Every Meal ISSUE No. 42—'28 ,9y EOMUN •$•oN.tus1aA'% D 9y --i?,W 64orsafittimp • uncontrollable desire was swiftly building itself up within him to post- pone the moment of her departure. "The Tann-Hakim will remember that- when I left the clearing I ran quickly into the forest. I had gone but a little way through the trees when something tripped me and I fell. One of- the silver things that a chief had ,made for me slipped from my hand and I looked up presently to see that a great orang-China-.a. yellow man, tall and very fat—had picked the thing from the grass and was looking at it. I sprang at him like a tiger - cat, but a second man held my arms from behind, so that I could not move. There were other Chinamen in the jungle, for I could hear the bushes as they moved. The pian who held the silver hand carried one arm in a black cloth and his face was very evil. After a Iittle 1,hi1e he drew his arm from the cloth and thrust under my eyes the stump where a hand had been—" "Which hand was it?" interrupted Moorhouse quickly "The left, than," • "You are sure of this?" It had come back to the D. 0.'s memory that Pennington had told him how one of his men had severed Chair- Hung's left hand at the wrist. "I have reason to be sure, because the silver sheath' that I lost was from my left. hand. I -who am afraid of nothing—feared this man. '.Black girl; the orang-China said, 'I have more need of this thing than you, therefore I shall keep/it.' Presently from the folds of his coat he produced a knife. 'Bring me the head of the Englishman who sat . in the clearing when you danced—and you shall have your hand.' He walked 'away into the trees and it was a long while before he re- turned. `Listen,' he said again. 'There' is a white man whom .the na- tives call He Who Sees in the Dark. Hill him -and I will wive you hands of gold—that all other dancers may envy The magistrate smiled grimly. "The Chinaman said that, did he?" The girl nodded.. "It is a difficult thing," she added gravely, "for unless I hill you—I lose the silver hand forever and, if I kill you, I; lose a friend!" "You will also stand a very .good 'chance of being strung up by the peek for the crows to peck at! Did he tell you where to take the head of the white man?" "I must go to a certain house where they eat opium—and he -wilt take me with him to the orang-China." Moorhouse grunted, "Itis not -such a difficult thing, after all," he told her. "One day soon, when I shall tell you, I will give you a parcel to ' take to this Chinaman. You will say to the man at the opium -house that the head of the white 'man ,is there, but ;you can only show it to the orang- China; who has the silver hand. Ie will take you with him and, at a little distance, I shall follow carefully. Come to me every evening until that day, Good night!" She left the rail and canto toward him hesitantly, her arms outstretched in front of her. "I have no Home," she said softly. "Will not the Tuan -Hakim let me stay?" There was a choking• sensation in his throat as Mooncccse avoided her gaze. He shook his head. "It 'would be neither good for you nor for me, little silver hand," he stammered. He turned abruptly to- ward the door of the inner room to indicate that the palaver was at an end. Presently something clattered to the floor -and the girl was gone. He swung Slowly round on his heel and saw the thing that she had drop - She cametoward him hesitatingly. ped., It was a knife with a long steel blade and a' yellow .handle ornamented with black. dots. He ;stooped and re- covered it; as he. did. 00 he recognised the grim sign of the Yellow Seven. . * 0 a• , a 0 Moorhouse was not 11 little surprised when, emerging i_om his room at shortly.after sevem he caught sight of along, youthful figure comfortably in - stalled in the only easy chair the bun- galow possessed. "Morning, Moo -rho -use!" The D. 0. laughed.: "Hullo, Pennington! When the deuce did you roll up?" Chinese Pennington tretched him- self and sal; up. "Oh, somewhere in the early hours Met your black chow' in the garden. Ile was barking at the moon,—and the few odd shouts he did on my account didn't appear to make much differ- ence." He moved his legsto one ,side and the magistrate squatted down on the foot -rest. "Not too bad.' I had an interesting piece of news last night..I've struck a black girl who's promised to guide us to Chai-Hung." Pennington pursed his lips, "Women are the very deuce!" he de- clared. "I'd like to :,be reasonably sure -before. I embaals ]upon this 'cam- paign -that your lady friend isn't 'con- templating leading us to the devil." The Oriental eyes thiat had somehow found their way into a purely 'Anglo - Saxon countenance wandered slowly round the walls. "I'm inclined to put 1117 shirt on this particular girl," said Moorhouse, and told him the story of the silver hand. All through the narrative the man with the Chinese eyes kept them fixed upon his host. "So that's your heroine 1" he remark- ed as the other concluded. The magistrate started. "Know her?" "I rather imagine I do. She's a Dyak girl who drifted into B. N. B. from Sarawak. A rather unique char- acter with a touch of white blood in her veins. As far as I remember, she had a billet once with the Sultan of Brunei and possibly boned those hands from his treasure -house when he en- gaged another premiere danseuse." "Why bid he fire her?" "I 'gather she was rather a disturb- ing element in his household, with a marked leaning toward intrigue. Hew- itt could tell you more about her than I can, He had her name on his books for some time, but decided there was a screw loose somewhere—and let her go. Guaya! She's certainly a remark- able woman!" - Guaya?" "That's her name—or, rather, she says its her name." Moorhouse's jaw dropped. "All things cona:dered, _.suppose we'd better wash her out 'of it alto- gether and try and get a snack at Chai-Hung through other channels?" Chinese Pennington sprang to his feet and began pacing the verandah. "That depends," he jerked out sud- clenly, "In some respects I believe her to be straight, She appearsto. have taken a fancy to your honest, open countenance!" The district officer grinned. Pennington halted in the centre of the floor. "As I told :you before, Moorhouse, women are the very devil—when they're as clever as Guaya is and have taken a rooted dislike .to,one. You can take it fron, me the knife's authentic enough. The only shag hi the wholt proceedings•appears to be that Chai- Hung intended her. to is'ing it here with the happy notion of enticing us into his clutches" "We could keep our eyes open for ally{}ling, iii tine rll}t}!50 Of till embed:, Fr€tnkly, Penn, I'M ir,c ixi d 10 trfye It a trli}l I tae the 611vs' hands myself; Chat Iltlu)si had 110 5506001 t9 believe i Was'Rvrate Qi 1116 drea --and lie 'Frtainiy vra'rid the hast to -ad "braise it," Pennington perched himselfon the ridge of the table, "Goodenough!" he. declared, "We'll mnlro the ,experiment and repo in old Dawson into the barrgrdn," Moorhouse Left' the verandah five minutes later to complete hit toilet. As ho drew the Lomb from the leather case where it zceased in company with the brushes, his fingers touched some,. thing that was wound in between thr teeth. IIo released it gingerly and stepped toward the open.window, Even in the dimmer recesses of the room he had understood the signifiean..c of the seven black circles daubed upon a y6. low hard the size and shape of his forefinger! At the spot; where two forest tracks crossed, a solitary, squat hut rose from the waist -high lalang. Pennington. caught Mcorhouse's arm and pulled him'- dawn beside him: ("Steady on, old son! Don't take any chances, Dawson -a short,red-faced man of, uncertain age and inclined to stout- ness, crawled up to them on his hands and knees. "Hanged if I like this ge ie, Penn! I've collected aobut as many thorns as a' porcupine has quills." (To be c'ontinued.) Soul -Saving ' rive y SI rgan Stirs ritish ,'attention K)i 0 London.—The "saving of souls by slogans" movement is drawing sum port from every walk of British life. Piccadilly Circus at night and all ether public places in London where there -arc large gathering's now .see the . Gospel silently proclaimed by sandwich -men. .One of these is a wealthy London stock broker. The movement was started by Com- mander,Gaiwey, a retired naval officer, who set out from Worthing to work his way north with a banner. A win- dow cleaner, unknown to him, also. had.sot out from the north -country to tramp south and the two met half way. That meeting was the origin of the unofficial slogan -carrying move- ment. One of the most zealous supporters is H. Aveling Baker, a Stack broker. He is a picturesque figure, with a patriarchal white beard, anti he pur- sues his policy of passing on the mes- sages of the Bible even in his every- day business life. Clients who visit his private office cannot escape a bold, blue and red poster on the wall, bear- ing this injunction: "Believe in the Lord Sesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." "It is a wonderful, lovely work," says Baker. "Those who take part in it recleive not a penny and some are as poor as church mice.. We have taxicab drivers, window cleaners, sol- diers and sailors and all manner of simple working men who are prepared to give up a day's work to carry the Word at some great gathering. Peo- ple often laugh, but we tan bear ridi- cule. 'I have tramped the slums at mid- night and have come to no Harm. I have seen drunken men, go down on their knees to say their prayers. Our policy is never to obtrude Ourselves on the"'public. Carrying 'a slogan is the most inoffensive way of preaching to the people. Those who wish can ignore the message, but time and time again it goes home." The Anglo-French Agreement New York Tines: So some quarters hard things are said about America standing aloof and proposing to dic- tate to nations across -the sea just because she is richer than they are. But It should not be forgotten that the Anglo-French agreement, according to its very .terms, and by the explicit statement of Lord Cushendun at Ge- neva, would not be proceeded.. with unless it was assented to by the United States and the other naval powers., So there is no- question of our Government having stepped in to force the English and French to give tip what they would like to do. . The Diamond'' Merchant's Song: "Tiara boom -cue -ay!" China's suers F,:. now Policy of Mi>Iid. tion. Appointment of New Customs Inspector -General eral ;, Seen asReassurilj g Sign London.—The decision of the Nan- king Government to confirm the ap- pointment of A. S. F. Edwardes as. officiating Inspector -General. of Chi- nese- Customs is regarded in business circles here as one of the most re- - assuring sign yet received that the new rulers of China: intend to follow a polciy of moderation, commercial and financial, in dealing with other na- tion&, On being interviewed, a leading' authority indicated that there has been much anxiety lest the customs organ- izations built up so much under the care of Sir Robert Hart should be al- lowed to pass into inexperienced hands, thus imperilling the pre -Boxer and reorganization loans floated on the security of customs. revenue. Mr. Edwardes's appointment is fur- ther regarded as an indication that the recent decision of the Nationalists to ignore the terms of the reorganiza- tion loan agrement and pay the salt duties into banks chosen by themselves instead of banks .with which an agree- ment has been made represents an at- tempt to escape their financial obliga- tions. The names of the new reposi- tories are not yet known, but are now awaited with greater confidence. The Chinese Government is expected in the market for further large loans in the near future and the steps being taken to place the old debts on a se- cure footing are likely to help ma- teriallyto improve the prospects of getting new Ova -aces. Mr. Edwardes first took up the du- ties of Inspector -General at the re- quest of the Peking authorities as suc- cessor to Sir Francis Aglen, who re- signed last year, but Nanking refused to recognize the appointment. He was formerly Commissioner of Customs at Canton and was present during the disturbances at Shameen in 1925. "A woman Is bound to broadcast over the wrong hook-up." Irrydi:rble/nr ' ®� FAMILY �'S¢E 754 iTR1AL 517E 354 'PEN'eOrTLE More and more Christie's Soda Wafers are sold every, year. Maintained Quality, . means increased popularity. In the store or on the 'phone, always ask for Christie's Biscuits.