Evening star., 1921-02-27

will send the horses over the day be-
fore to a little town that is only four
miles away from the Hills, and we
can go over after breakfast and meet
them there" hastened to explain Miss
Mosher. who had become most en-
thusiastic over the trip.
So the regrets Of the four American
visitors were duly sent to the tennis
, party (some of whom returned Fred
dies compliment by looking upon all
tourists as regular bores"), and Fri
day morning found them on the hotel
launch Steaming down the harbor in
! the direction of the Pale Moon Hills.
The colonel took comfortable seat
center of gravity that he could find:
Mrs. Fairbanks. feeling that the re-
sponsibility for the party's pleasure
and comfort rested entirely on her,
spent her time in going over. with
Ching Ming and the boys. the various
baskets and bundles that contained
| the eatables and drinkabIes for the
picnic, and Miss Mosher and her gal
liant escort were left to enjoy the two
| wicker chairs in the stern.
TITS really lovely in Mrs. F.-he al
ways spoke of her by her initial when
they were alone-to give us this pic
mic, but it seems an awful lot of trou-
BILE for just an old tooth, especially
when no one knows whether it's gem
uine or not. Why. you can see glass
any old auack dentists in an Ameri
can town"
"Oh. you prosaic mon" as Mrs. Fair
banks said to the colonel, you really
haven't bit of the proper kind of
romance in your makeup
oh. yes. l have" exclaimed Freddie
Tearing that the well merited rebuke
might interfere with the real romance
of the trip; for just between ourselves
II was the attractive presence of the
represe ntative of the Freetown Daily
Press that had induced this genial
young man to continue down the
coast with the Smallkins party. and
not loiter a few months away in the
fair lotus land Of Japan. I'm just
full OF the right kind of romance
chair right alongside Of her and, sud-
denly assuming the voice and ges-
lures of some gay Romeo, began,
Behold. how rapturous is our envi-
ronment! Overhead the golden orb of
day glistening in all his regal splen-
dor and beneath us the blue waters
OF the loveliest of bays. Behind US
towers that majestic peak whose sum
INIT Kisses the silver clouds, while in
shadowy foreground loom up the Pale
Noon Hills. their sylphlike forms
draped with the purple haze. their
ethereai outstretched hands seeming
to beckon US to our destiny-Our
Destlny--oh. why should we longer
delay! Now, now is he time To-
Have a ham sandwich" cried a
voice from amidships, as the colonel
sent the waiter aft with a plate This
very prosaic Interruption, accomp pa
MED by Miss Moshers Freddie. Be
nave yourself; YOU don't realize what
you're saving" brought the romance
test to a sudden end but not without
leaving a golden afterglow of hope IN
Romeo's heart, for Juliet had actually
gone SO !ar as to call him Freddie"
and he knew that if she was only
namg ,namklng 1un OF him she would have
called him Apple"
me picnic proved all that Mrs.
Fairbanks and Ching Ming had want
ed IL TO be. They had a glorious
Gay and splendid view of the great
procession from an improvised grand
stano. which couple of dollars had
erected IN remarkably short time.
ihere were no ends of priests in gor-
geous robes, all kinds of flags, ban
ners, Rongs, cymbais. frecrackers and
eVerything that could tickle the ma
i've eye and ear. Their only real
disappointment was the actuaJ relir
itself. which. instead of being the
normal size of Il human dental. was
some eight inches long by sonne s;y
inches wide and evidently belonged
todon.
so that is Buddha's original tooth
is it?" asked the colonel, smilinrly, of
Ching Ming. "Well, all l have To sav
is l hope he took laughing gas when
they pulled it,"
"Noblongee Chinee side: b.lonpee
Indee side; long time ago hav' blineee
dis side"
'Ah. I see it's not native fraud.
it's an importation from India. is it,
suppose We shall see lots more of
them when We get there. eh"'
Indee side man talkee. plenty
piecee tooth hav' got"
We'll. now I can understand why
they all are vegetarians. "a tough
elephant steak wouldn't stand anv
chance with a pair of grinders like
that"
Fortunately the two ladies did not
overhear these remarks and simnIv
replied to Ching Ming's assertion that
"Buddha he blongee velly big man"
Yes. of course. and these simple
hearted creatures have adapted the
size of the tooth to their ideal con-
ception Of him.
SO. after a sumptuous lunch and a
ride through some of the neighboring
villages. the party returned to the
shore and. boarding the launch, start
ed of across the bay for Hongkonr.
AS they all occupied chairs in a row
while Ching Ming served the after
noon tea. the continuation of the
Romeo and Juliet scene Of the morn