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Tales from Travellers Homeward
Bound Out of the Orient.

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THOSE who trek through
4 strange lands and into far
places, come sooner or later to the
realization that after all is said
and done and seen, the world is
small indeed. When one least ex-
poets it, time and space are ami
hilated
Out of East Hampton, L. l., trav-
els William C. Hall for a months
stay in Peiping, China, with which
he became so fascinated that moth
ing would do but to lease snugly
furnished, servanted and properly
equipped cottage on Rue de La
creme, French legation quarter,
shortest street in the ancient CAPT
tai, thoroughfare so abbreviated
that only three houses could find
space to park there.
Mystery of the Two Halls.
"To facilitate the delivery of my
MAIL" said Mr.. Hall, II had a
small name plate made for the
front gate. Imagine my surprise to
discover the next day that at the
other end Of Rue de Lagrene, my
own residence being No. i, another
William C. Hall had his name up on
house No. 8. At all events, that
same afternoon in the Peiping club
I met William c. Hall, captain
of the marine corps, a resident of
China for many years. 1t was as
much a shock to him when he
saw my name as it was to me when
I saw his. Startling, wasn't it? And
hard to match"
II wouldn't say that" said Mrs.
Hall, occupying the next steamer
chair. Recently, while dining with
mixed company, a gentleman
whom I had never met before told
a story that had to do with the
making of mint julep in Louis
vile, KY. AS the narrative unfold
ed and, recognizing it as having
happened to my father, I took &C.
casion to say so.
Rather stiff1y, and in doubt
ing mood, the teller advised me
that he had been assured by the
lady that it had happened to her
father, Crittendon Ceilings. In fur
Their support, and with evident high
esteem for minute particulars, he
advised me that the source of his
inform alton was a Mrs. Holdings
worth Sitter.
Survivor of the Titanic.
"Of course, you know" continued
Mrs. Hall, "that there was nothing
could do other than to inform the
gentleman that I happen to be a
sister to Mrs. Sitter"
A married couple, whose court
ship began in Japan, went back in
their story to the sinking of the
Titanic, disaster of such proper
tons that the news was circulated
into the uttermost corners of the
earth. A young woman, spending a
few days at Miyanoshita, learned
through an English newspaper on
file there that a Mrs. Stone, an old
friend, was among the rescued, a
piece of good news, calling for a
letter of congratulation. At the no.
tel desk, while buying postage
stamps, she remarked to her moth
er that Mrs. Stones American adj
dress had slipped her mind. eff,
by any coincidence" said a wom-
an standing near, sit is Mrs. George
w. Stone of Cincinnati, to whom
you refer, here is her address on a
letter have just written"
Henry Georges Daughters.
AS result of that remarkably
fortuitous circumstance, a friend
ship was formed which brought the
travellers together, and the son of
the woman who supplied the adj
dress became the husband of the
girl who had forgotten it.
The foregoing three episodes, in
teresting indeed, would seem to
have been ample out of one pas
senger list, but the fourth into which
I found myself drawn was even
more remarkable in that it carried
a double dose of fortuity. Believe
it or not, here it is: An Austin
P. Suffer of Los Angeles, associated
with the moving picture industry,
told of a Toxic acquaintance who,
taken to the Toxic Imperial hospital
suffering from heart trouble, was
restored by the use of a prepara-
ton invented in the United States.
The conversation on this subject,
interrupted by something more en-
pertaining, ended there. Two or
three days later, off Honolulu, the
film man and I went into huddle
on the screen industry and mutual
friends connected with it. In the
course of our prattle Suffer spoke
of Cecil DeMille. Did I know him?
Yes, but I knew his brother, Billy