Front Ovn Our Amoy, July 17, manager of the 'Bank, leaves unrope on long He will not return, of course, \moy, and there is not a person among the' business community of the city, nor the residents of Kulangsu who does not deeply regret his departure. He has been here five }years and his tall, broad, stern look-Ing gute has become as much a part of our landscape as the Camel Rock that watches over the harbour. His stern countenance, however, hides a sympathetic soul Many have had reason to bless his quiet unostentatious Kindness and ess of heart, He was born in Duntries and comes from a well-known Scottish family. His father served through the Indian Mutiny as colonel of the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders. His maternal grandfather was a surgeon during the Crimean War, and ancestor, Capt. Bell, was aide-decamp to General Wolfe who met his death on the Heights of Abraham.
On a St, Andrew's Night, when Mr. Bell appears clad in the dress of his country, one can in Imagination catch fa glimpse of what stalwart, gallant men his forebears must have been.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.