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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1936
LONDON OF THE THE BIRTHDAY
FUTURE
"City Of Towers Set In Greenery"
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But at the end of a fortnight. father came downstairs again and
Martin had] WORLD'S too, and her eyes would be bright seemed quite well
GREATEST and ber face sil flushed and lovely been dreadfully afraid father would PROPHECY OF WHAT IT WILL Perhaps it was the candlelight not be better in time to take him Skadstowe. for his birthday to made her eyes shine so. BE IN A. D. 2000
Martin remembered one evening But now everything was all right. The other fishermen, too, were Londoners in A.D. 2000 will be in the late summer—indeed, sum-] fewer in numbers, but magni- mer must have been over, for all out and about, most of the chil ficently developed, with an average the visitors had gone from Tre-dren were back at school, the gales were past, and people began to talk height of over 6ft, prophesied Mr. pery. He had lain awake a long- E. A A. Rowse, ARIBA, in a long while, it had seemed, listen of spring. Father and Ted Chaf fm spent two mornings overhaul- lecture at the Architectural Asso-ing to Mr. Travers langhing down
below. ciation's London headquarters.
And now and again her their boat, and in the after- He quoted a forecast that in 40 beard his mother's laughter, and noons were down in Barner's yard
· Leuve· Arring Leave Leave Lenee Leave Arrive making crab-pots. population of Britain then Mr. Travers gave a great years the
£/Canada Feb 11 Feb. 13
Feb. 16 Feb. 18 Feb, 25 MKE. I Max 14 would be down to the 1890 level of roar, and it sounded as if he were:
It was getting very near. to | 6/Russia. Feb. 26 Feb. 28 Man, à Mar. 9 Mar: 5
Man, 11 Mar, 13 Mar. 19 Maz. 24 $8,000,000. The Londoners of 65 dancing, for Martin could hear
Martin's birthday-only five more E/Japan Max. 6 Max S the red
EVABL Max. 90 Mar. 22 Mar. 2a Mar. 25 Mar. 99
April 6 days, four if you didn't count to /Canada Apt. 3 Apr. hence, he said, would be the chairs sliding over
Apt. 8 Apr 10 Apt. 17 Apr. 22 lightly clad in the open air, almost tiles on the floor.
day. Martin had been let out of Exsis Apt. 17 Apr. 19 Apr. 21 Apr. 23 Apr. 25
My 4 unclad indoors, and far more
And then for a long while there school early, before anyone else, E/Japan May 1 May ૐ
May 6 May 8 May 14 May 19 mentally alert than ourselves.
J12 1 was quiet, so long that Martin for answering questions, and heE/Akia May 15 May 17 May 19 May 21 May 23
June 3 June 5 June 12 June: Mr. Bowse drew a picture of a dropped off to sleep again. He had run all the way down Perrar E/Canada May 29 May 31
June London in which large, low-lying awoke suddenly and blinked at the Hin, so as to get home quickly, Bussia June 12 June 14 June 16 June 18 June 20
Inly 1 July 3 July 9 July areas unsuitable for residential candlelight. But that night and ask mother if he could go to
14 July 16 July 1S purposes would have been evacuat- mother did not just kiss him and Barney's yard to help father at ed, adding thousands of acres of
go away. She put the candle down stea-time Higher buildings on the dressing-table and, coming | space.
Martin pushed open the front would be our refuge in the co-over to the bed, sat down very door and ran into the the par- mercial, shopping and theatre carefully, so as not to sit upon lour. And then he stood still. centres, "which. will die of stagna- Martin's feet.
There were men and women in the tion if they are not freed from Martin looked at her. He could room. There were Ted Chaffin congestion."
not see her face very plainly be and his wife, and Charlie Dunstan The centre of London would because the candle was away behind and his wife, and Maurice Cole and “ city of hage, isolated towers them, but he could see that she bis mother, and Mrs. Larcom, and She was breathing Granny Hearle, and so many more set in greenery, in no way mother was smiling.
years
open
Lin
of
Manhattan, but based on the best very quickly, and one hand was that Martin could not see all of that much-abused idea." thek against her cheek. And then them They did not see him come would be crossed by a few great she leant over Martin and, taking in He felt saddenly frightened. speed tracks, with a much sim-him from the bed. held him closely And then he saw mother lying on pler broader pattern of streets in against her. Then she wrapped the couch She was very still the intervening zones.
the quilt about both them. Her face was white and blood was Factories and dwellings, separ-Martin was warm and very sleepy-on her forehead and over her ated by broad green belts, would It was delicious being held by closed eyes. Grammy Hearle was
Mother Die in rings round the heavily mother like that.
was holding a cloth to mother's head. still breathing very fast. It was But mother was not moving- built-up centre.
knew. the steep stairs, Martin
And then Martin screamed and Some
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They were very steep, and wound every one tarned about. round twice before they reached one said, “God! wind the boy. his little rOOM.
Mother's heart mind the boy!" Mrs. Larcom and was beating quickly. She opened Charlie Dunstan's wife her dress and held his face to her hurrying over to Martin. But breast It was very soft and Martin did not see them. He was And presently Martin fell staring at the floor. Some one was lying on the floor with some asleep.
But he awoke some time later overcoats covering hiwa. He did not know how long he had (could only see the boots. slept, but he was back in his bed, were new brown boots, the kind of and mother was gone. His cheek boots Mr. Travers always wore. tickled, and he put up his hand What was the matter with mother* and found that he must have been why was Mr. Travers lying on the crying Perhaps he had cried in floor covered with overcoats. his sleep. But why had he cried? Where was father? "Mother, He was very happy and cosy and mother," cried Martin. But Mra comfortable
Larcom caught him to her and tried to carry him from the room. Autumn had come and passed, "No! No!" he cried "Mother! and winter was come with its long Mother !” But mother did noti evenings by the fireside.
Mr.move
Martin broke loose from Travers had began to look in of Mrs. Larcom, and then suddenly He turned and an evening more and more often, he was afraid. until daring the terrible weather rushed out of the room, out of the The following quotations from Lon-that had followed Christmas there front door; and then he stopped don were received last night between was no evening that he did tot and gave a sobbing cy of relief 5.30 pm and 10.30 pm.
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Silver Spot 19-11/16 (last close), come to sit and amcke with father There was father. 19-13/16 (la recd.), up (change).and to make mother laugh.
Father was leaning against the Silver Forward anguoted.
Martin thought that father did low wall, talking to Policernan Silver Report:India bought. Bas not laugh so often as he used to White. Police an White and ness small Market steady.
Liverpool Cotton May 5.74 (last do. Perhaps he was worried be father were great friends Police
the man White close), 5.78
up cause the boats had been on
was a fine laugher (last recd), 04 (change).
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Martin could hear his father breathing harshly in the next Toom when he went to bed. And when mother had tucked him in
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VOLCANIC ASH ON TOKYO CITY
Carried Eighty Miles By Wind
and kissed him, she would go în to father and give him his medi- cine. Martin would Esten to the chink of the glass, and to father's ASAMA. IN VIOLENT ERUPTION deep voice, and to mother moving
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about the room, arranging the 15.08% 15.20
curtains and moving the bedside, Clouds of fine "volezzie" ash' re- 15.16 15.28
table nearer the bed. 15.41
cently fell on Tokyo from a vio 15.30 15.42 15.523 And, later, Martin would wake flert eruption of,” Japan's largest 15.63 15.76 up and hear father's deep, long-active volcano, Mount Asama, 20
drawn breaths, and down below miles way.
It was one of the largest einp. mother busy with something for
upper. Several evenings while tion of the volcano for many ather lay in bed Mr. Travers months. Columns of smoke and †would come upstairs, peep into rashes were suddenly discharged Martin's room, and then to in for four miles into the sky early in
a chat with father And after-the afternoonist. wards, when he had gone down- 'Ashes and pebbles fell, damage stairs again, Hartin would hearing crops in the enrounding [him talking, But there was no country of Nagano and Gumma
langhter, became father was sick. Prefectures, and the wind Perhaps father was very fl fr-jclouds of fine ash as far as Reed: because one night mother: had csize to "bed,"
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