Eussian child who disappeared two weeks ago, is still missing. Has anybody seen him? His mother and nineteen-year-old sister are heart-broken and praying anxiously' for some clue to the child's whereabouts. Vladimir was cne of the! adventurous trio who set out to go to Tsingtao in a sampan on August 90. The sampan was brought to the attention of a river pilot on the Whangpco- when overturned and three small boys were rescued and brought back to Shanghai. The boys were released by French Police to go to. their homes. Two of them immediately reported to. their parents but certain shares have been raconted. The fact that 20,000 shares in China Realties of the China Realty Company, changed hands in a. single Gay, and that other stocks responded to the upward impetus shows the "new vigour instilled into the market.
Perhaps more than anything else, two advertisements in the columns Jof the daily newspapers, one to the: fect that coal and fire-wood are now available for the fireplace, and the other announcing that as' well known hairdressers have retarned from their holidays and milady may now have her neglected locks res horn, prove adequately that Shanghai is returning to normal.
Vladimir has never been heard of YVindimir loves his Mr. J. A. Carleton, so desperately sat he cannot bear to be separated from him for very long. It is not the first time that, he has disap-eared from home because he want-fed to be with his father. Before he came to Shanghai he lived in Tientsin with his mother and sister and step-father. Mr. Carleton had to make a business trip to Peking once and Vladimir ran away from home to eatech up swith him. Ho was discovered before he had a chance to travel very far, how-fever, and returned to his anxious mether.
Since he has been. in Shanghai his step-father has had to go to America on a business trip, He has been gone two months and young Vladimir has been very lonowithout him, His intentions were to go to America and find him, taking with him his two companions. It is believed that after} the trio were picked up and returned to Shanghai Vladimir esca and went on his way alone, try ing to ind Mr, Carleton Viadimis' is very fond -of the cinemas and has been imbued wit several adveniurcus ideas by Tisits t> local theatres. Coupled with a naturally fearless and brave ature the pictures which he has seen have served to incite him to zation. Young Vadin Gravesky, his 12 sear old of the has also 8 of desert ud sailors and adventures.
The combination of cinemas and tories inspired a unique:
Viadimie's not snimaginative mind. "He planned to take his {wo companions and find a desert island. Thereon, it was his pla they would raise wheat to supply Lead to the Russian nation. After three years they all were going eligible to. beconie sailors and would spend the rest of their I pon the bounding main, Viadi Would, of course, return ever often to visit his beloved stepfather. When the boys. set out to discover their desert had with them a cha cecmpass, a few tins of sardines, a few potatoes and a small gun, With these necessaries of life they' plan-nod to discover their island, set up. '2 stake thereon, visit America and tee Mr. Carleton, return and raise wheat for Russia. The River Police ruined that inspiration but ambitious Vladimir evidently decided that at least he could 0 to America alone and find his stepfather.
Vladimir has always had 9 habit Three times Shanghai ploring the countryside or in the home of scme fri Recently he was discovered at Villa Rio Rite, A few days previous to his latest escapade he made another attempt to sce the world but his mother discovered his plans and had a heart to-heart talk with the young man, She told him that if he ran away again she would not take him back and that furthermore she: would tell his step-father that he dead.
fever mind, wither," said Vladimir, "Father will know who ther or not Tam dead. And if I am not ho will always. find me, no matter where Tam."
His mother, however, decided to take no chances and put him into reown, removing his day clothes. When the escaped he was clad only in the single garment his micthor had inflicted upon _hiin. Howerer young Vadin Gravetsky supplied him with a suit of cloth ex before they embarked upon the sampan.
The faith of a child in the man he loves may de a prot straw upon which to base the hopes for his discovery. But Mr. Carleton is returning to Shanghai shortly. It is heped that he will ko able to find his devoted step-son, or that Viadimie will once more be overcome by longing fcr his father and return of his own accord. In the meantime, if anyone knows anything of a, bey 82 years old, four feet high, with brown eyes und chestnut hair, who speaks English, Russian, and four Chinese dialects, a word to the distracted mother: will be most wolecme, Vladimir was to have entered the American School this term. No har been to school in Tientsin and this the first-year he has toon in
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