THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 17, 1940.
RAKE'S PROGRESS
THE BLINDING LIGHT
(Continued from 18)
Abel went away exhilarated. He had never gambled till now. He felt like a man who has bought fifty sweep- stake tickets. He knows he isn't cer- tain of a prize, but he also knows that he has fifty times
chance of
more
Abel felt confused. All his thoughts ön the matter were being overturned, These people had been feeding Corney all along without a hope of returni
"Now, Mr. Lean," she said, speaking tenderly as she turned upon him her serious grey eyes, not worried now, "why do you make yourself look
SO
IT is one of the features of history winning it than the owners of only hard and talk so hard when you have
one ticket.
that nations which have trouble
such a soft heart? You gave Corney with their own internal affairs gen- And the cream of the joke was that that lovely cottage without saying a erally seek to divert the attention of while the others would lose their tea, word about it." the people to foreign problems, The broth, bacon, barn and kippers when "Gave? Gave? he 'said, and his French revolutionaries set Europe Corney died, he would still have his indignation prevented him from say- ablaze by their zeal for republicanism |cottage, which he could either let oring more. He had to gasp for breath, and Queen Elizabeth was quite an sell at a profit.
"Now please, Mrs. Mylchreest," he said firmly, "I
expert in distracting public attention In a way Abel felt quite sorry for the from home politics to distant pro-poor little schemers who were his blems and exploits. It was Shakes-rivals. They hadn't his equipment peare who put into the mouth of mental or material. Henry IV the well-known words of advice to Henry V.
"Busy giddy minds with foreign
quarrels
That action hence borne out may waste the memory of the former years."
"
"Oh, you won't stop me, Mr. Lean. You won't stop me from thanking you and saying what I think. I know the sort of man you are. You hide your light under a bushel. You never let your right hand see what your left hand gives "
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"Let's get this straight." "There's been a miracle, Mr. Lean, and you've brought it to pass."
He went back and found a letter from his manager which decided him to go home at once, instead of waiting till sa-urday as he had intended. He was careful to make a pleasant farewell parting with Mrs. Mylchreest, for he was depending on her to let him know
He was standing up now, for he Hitler is certainly trying to waste now Corney was getting on. He gave the memory of his former years, Hav- her his address, was very affable, and really could bear no more of it. He wanted to shout to her that the cot, ing accustomed his people to the prac-said he would write. tice of brutality, cruelty and treachery He hadn't been home four days when tage was not hers, and that Christian could keep his fowls,, but placing her and having given rein to the strong a letter came from her. strain of sadism in them as they tor-
"Dear Mr. Lean," she wrote in awk-hands affectionately on his shoulders tured the Jews and Bolsheviks in the ward writing which showed she wasn't she pressed him gently back in his
chair. concentration camps, they then pro- used to holding a pen. gressed still further downward when they came to deal with the weaker and Czecho-
nations such as Poland Slovakia.
Here no restraint of any kind was exercised as is proved by the reports made to the Pope by the Catholic bishops in the country. It is simply one long record of evil doing. Words
By "CIVIS"
I hope you are well. Poor Corney died suddenly yesterday and he has eft me his coitage. The minister came and told me. It is all your doing.
Yours truly,
Margaret Mylchreest ̧'
Abel had to read the letter several times before he could believe it, and then he was furious. The impudent cunning of the woman! She thought she could rush him into letting her have the cottage. She didn't know the are not available to describe the stark sort of man she had to deal with. He Horror and inhuman behaviour of the made arrangements at once to leave German conquerors.
The Germans for the island, and in five hours he was door. have touched depths of viciousness of knocking at Mrs. Mlychreest's which no one
suspected the human She opened it, and as soon as he saw being to be capable, and so it goes on. her face he had to admit that it was Now the Germans have merely been not guile which had made her write in training through these methods. the letter but sheer ignorance. The brutalising of the nation is now complete and the internal discontent demands that other fields should now be conquered. Its effects are already seen in the ghastly war that is now being waged.
"Come in," she said affectionately, and for the first time she led him into the kitchen of her own accord.
"I'll put the kettle on," she said, breathing, moving talking with the same rapture that her face expressed. It has, for example, always been an "How much did he leave?" asked accepted axiom that soldiers should be Abel, determined to have his curiosity dressed as soldiers and not as civilians, on that points satisfied before he tackl→ but Germany finds, that sabotage be-fed the other affair. hind the lines is much more easily "Who? Corney? accomplished by parachutists who are nothing to leave." disguised as peasants, policemen, clergy "Nothing?"
-.
Why, he had
men or, even as nuns and therefore "How could he? He hadn't done a the rule of warfare is promptly ignor-stroke of work since his accident.”.... ed. If one of these men is shot for
"What accident?"
"The accident that blinded him." "You didn't tell me he was blinded.” "Everybody knew Corney was
the violation of international law, Ger- many will immediately, the Fuehrer says, on her part violate international law again by shooting 10 French_pri-blind," she said in surprise. "Couldn't soners. But why speak of rules, laws you see it?" *
or human conduct where Germany is "I thought he had strange eyes, but concerned? They do not exist. [1 didn't think he was blind. He didn't What can the Allies do in such a case? walk like a blind man. I saw him boil Must they descend to these low levels a kettle, make his own tea-" and compete with the Germans in
"Yes, he could do anything.
makes a difference and Germans by their prepared.
this terrible form of wariare? Will been blind so long." each side go on devising with more and more ingenuity newer forms of frightfulness, thinking thereby to strike horror into the hearts of the enemy and so paralysing their efforts. Germany has taken steps to eliminate every possible sign of pity, gentleness, and decency. The problem is whe- ther such an enemy can really be overcome by those who are not for- getful of the moral and religious code in which they have been steeped.
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"I worried and worried," she said, "about what I would do when Chris- tian got married. I prayed for home of my own. I didn't see how it would come. But it has come."
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She stopped at last and, turned to the kettle which was boiling. Now he could speak. He intended to say, kindly but very firmly, that he had only lent Corney the cottage, but instead, quite different
words. came from his mouth.
"It will have to be done legally," he said faintly. You must come with me to a solicitor."
And then he closed his eyes. For he was giving away a hundred pounds, and it didn't hurt.
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