... the Eternal SHADOW i 1 I II Hi Du nial qu'une amour ignoree Nous fait souffrir J 'en porte l'ame dechiree Jusqu'a mourir. WE had been down at the Roman Catholic chapel of the French Mission to hear a little music. Pleasure of this kind rarely came our way in the little Malayan town which lay so far from the track of modern civilisation. There were three of us living there together in the C.P ...

... h' A Housing Problem i j u j I jrfp] V VHm %UjT/ THE SOLUTION OF AN INSOLUBLE DILEMMA \^j|W I'M in a frightful position, exclaimed Mrs. Duff-Chubleigh, sinking into an armchair and closing her eyes as though to shut out some distressing vision. Really What has happened said Mrs. Pallitson, preparing herself to hear some kitchen tragedy. c The more one tries to make one's house-parties t a ...

... I THE PRICE OF F FAME -ii i By I Muriel Htne J FH WHEN Pandora Bigge had completed her new novel she decided to give it the title of Any. it was the tashion in those times to clotne nction with a loose, misleading, and figurative name. It piqued the jaded appetite of the reading public, weary of the definitely outlined love-affair of the latest Elizabeth and those turgid problems of domestic ...

... Q j W.M. J 4 O'Kinealy JJ l __Z3 IT was natural she should be entangled with a French savant; she would have been entangled with every biologist, zoologist, and other sort of learned bug in Europe-- if she had had time. The curtain was rung up in Paris, in the Salon des Livres Exposes, at the Bibliotheque Nationale, a setting by no means without picturesqueness and charm. An elderly man is ...

... I a 4. J t, 1 i 5y Elinor II i Mordaunt jj CZZ3 The Grand Hotel, Curepipe. DEAR SIR,-- I believe that the shooting rights over the Charmarel Basin are in your hands. Might I have your permission to try for a stag or two there some time next week? I would not venture to ask, but that I hear how very plentiful the deer are on your estate, and how much harm they do to the young sugar canes. ...

... f Shadows L Q^_ lira The jj Slory of If Tasteful J ^Revenge S3 3=5^) SIGNOR LUIGI BARECCI liked hot days. He had always done so, ever since his childhood, spent in the sunniest part of Italy, where the years had, so to speak, grown over him lying half- naked upon a sun-beaten shore. And that was why Signor Luigi Barecci lived in Beato. The walls of his villa were almost washed by the ...

... /VTopal Rac k bonk e^s) vj t zJ By Euphrasia Lewis Jj GEOFF'S face, clean-shaven and lined, was as expressionless as a face could be. Yet he glanced with gratified hope across the few feet of space between him and the woman entering his office. With outstretched hand he sprang to his feet. At the same time he made a huge mental effort to brace himself up for the coming scene. Haven't seen you ...