Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-10

going to Sydney to take charge of the
construction of some big electrical
works somewhere in Australia He
knows terrible lot about electricity.
Jimmy Jackson, the senior Marconi
man. told me that the doctor is going
to revolutionize the radio industry
don't know what he means. But both
times I've been up to send messages
Doctor Oestler has been in the wire
less room. He sends and receives a
great number of messages.
There's nobody to fall in love with,
or nobody I've found so far, mean.
There's perfectly dreadful woman at
the chiefs table Gold Corcoran is chief
engineer. Do you know him?). Some
sort of half-caste. A truly terrible pig.
l don't know her name and haven't
troubled to find out. But old Corky has
fallen badly: everybody's laughing
about it,
Charley Winter says she's some sort
of vaudeville act going out to an Aus
tralian engagement. l hope she gets
the bird the first night she opens.
There are two very unholy- looking
Cinnamon living somewhere on the
deck below-at least, l thought they
were Cinnamon, but some one told me
they're Siamese. One is small and high
brow and wears glasses, and the other
is quite tall with long neck. think
they must have tried to hang him at
some time, but he was too tough. He's
a poisonous-looking brute. ;"
A scratching on the glass of the
window Immediately in front of the
table attracted Eileen's attention. She
paused. pen in hand, looking up to see
the chief officer, Jack Rattray, per-
forming an excellent pantomime of a
very thirsty man drinking.
Eileen shook her head and pointed
with her pen to the writing table. But
Jack persisted, and finally Eileen nod
ded consent
''The doctors compliments" said
Rattray seriously, eff you will step
along to his room, he will make up
prescription"
They went downstairs together, head
ing for the doctors cabin.
Rattray took short cut through
some of the serving quarters, and, pass
ing an open doorway, Eileen detected
over the rattle of a nearby kitchen the
strains of gram0phone.
us that the chiefs gramophone? 2"
she asked, turning to Jack.
Hes entertaining the lady snake
charmer." was the reply.
She's not really snake charmer,
is she?'
mo. | don't think she could charm
SnakeS-as matter of fact, | believe
she trains elephants"
There is fine old house in the Darb
ell Ahmar, in the native quarter of
Cairo, which, after standing vacant for
a number of years, apparently found
tenant Some time in 1923 it was
leased, and ever since had been occu-
pied.
The frontage on the street Is not
imposing, except for two rather fine
windows above bleached door COW
cred with Arabic Inscriptions. But it
contains some fine apartments on the
first floor, and ON the night of the
twentieth-two days before the Walla-
roo was due at Port Said-one of them
was the setting of a scene to witness
which Dawson Haig would have paid
much.
Under the light of one of the lamps
was set coffee table, and near to IL,
buried in cushions, Orange Blossom lay.
She smoked cigarettes and drank tea
from porcelain cup. A large silver
incense burner sent up clouds of per-
fumed smoke
The native latch of one of the three
doors to the apartment was depressed
Yuan Hee See came in. He closed the
door and looked along the room.
Little blossom" he said, his strange
voice echong in the nearly empty
room. You love the perfume of Ho
Nan. |. too, love it. but you burn too
much.p
The woman pouted. ~ can never do
as | like" she exclaimed "Since you
brought me from China, have never
known any happiness. What have you
come to tell me? Is it that | must en-
be sick in an airplane? Something.
see in your eyes"
Yuan lee See watched her, smiling.