thought about it a great deal on that day and the next. But we reached Alanga on the Monday afternoon, and I had things think about. When I len the ship, other to I came at once to this hotel, which is the best in the place. I sitting garden ofthe hotel aftcr dinncr on was in the that first night when spoke to me He was another man about thirty of age. I did not know him, ofcourse, years but I am always glad to talk to people because they may say something interesting. So when he asked me to have a drink, I thanked him. The night was very beautiful out there in the garden. As we sat under the trees, we could hear nothing except a few voices and the gentle sound of the sea. ITe quiet told me that he bea-planter, and that he hoped to was a spend most of his life in this part of the world. And what your pl he asked. are ave come from England," I answered, "and I I am I h on my way to Hong Kong. But I haven't reached Hong Kong yet I laughed Why do you laugh?" he asked riend the story of the man i the I told my new On iro. "He says that I shall never see Hong Kong again in my life,'' I went on. But I don't believe things like that. How d he know anything about me? I'vc never seen him before My ship leaves on Friday, an! I shall be in it The people who live in this part of the world know a lot more than we do," said the tea-planter. Of course, we mustn't believe all of them. A few of them say things like that just to get money from people. Thc samc kind of thing happens in cvery country in the world. But 5omc of them know thc truth. What kind of man was this? "I remember him quite well," I answered. "He had