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THE CHINA MAIL, CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT, DECEMBER 10, 1946, '
Christmas Tree
WITH LOVE By Blake Reed
vulce were
You remembered so many of the living-betting on horses- Instend lyrics of tho oldies, everyone of wing his talents, who wanted thought you werd. Joe Miller's to be one of the Broadway 'gang, daughter."
but wanted his wife far away Vandy smiled wonly. She knew from It when he wasn't" around, what Shea was building up. to, He would pawn Her engagement but a stubborn slovak a mile wide ring to throw a party, but was tool possession of her. She was too chicken-hearted to tell her going to have this Christmas Eve that he was leaving for camp in alone with him, or else!
Lone week. What a study in con-
It was "or elio." After a quar-tradictionst rel that was so bitter, it frighten- "That's why I'll always love ed Vandy, Shea banged out of the him,” Vandy walled. "Just when room saying, “O.K...girl, be alub- I might successfully hate him; ho horn, but I'm going over and have does something to toss me right one drink with them, at least, binek into love with him again. I'll be buck in about an hour." I'il dress-I can still make an
lio didn't kiss her good-by, appearance in my black Persian lio didn't come back in an hour. rimmed broadcloth suit. I'll walk Vandy spread the festive table Into Bream's and join the party, cloth with the Santa Clauses be gayer than I've ever bean around the edge on the rickety before. For one whole week I'll table. She ordered cracked ice, do anything and everything he then put the bottle of wine in the take me to. I won't let anything pitcher to cool. When the stul spoil this last week." came from the
deliestessen, she spread thug out, too, then sat down to watch it dry out.
At twelve sharp, the phone rang and Vandy. rushed to answer .
It was Shen musking her to relent and meet han at Bream's, she guessed, she would. She certainly
won't getting much of a thril. out of sitting alone, staring al this tree she had wanted so badly, One of the strings of lights had burned out. The tree gleamed lopsidedly at her, as it "Well, I'm doing my best to cheer
say
you up."
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Shea cane in while she was dressing. He was very tight. Ho had flowers for her-violets.. The had sat on it. He looked at the box was bnahed in as if someone
haggard-looking table and smiled sheepishly!
"I'm a heel," he said, “a__210= Rood heel. Why don't you leave me. Vandy?"
I'm stuck with you,
"Because you're my heel and vandy answered brightly. Her
I guess,"
volte insisted on trying out all together in the one big armchair the notes in the scale. They sat
drank the warm wine. and ate the dried-up chicken,
When she said "hello" into the mouthpiece, her volce was quit-
"It's much better warm-mora very, and her brother Jack boorn- potent, Vandy msisted, and Shea ed back at her. "Hello, kitton, why looked at her adoringly,
so sad? Gotta keep your spirits "I don't want to drink," he said. up. You know, this tline next "I want to Inve you, Vandy, for year we'll be celebrating victory, whole week,"
I bet. Now, look, I'm driving He stopped short as if he'd made down for you on New Year's Day.a bad silp, and Vandy put her Tell that husband of yours not to arms around his neck, worry so much we take good care of you while he's away.
"But why New Year's Day?" Vandy asked feebly.
"Well. Shra wrate me that's the nyhe leaves for camp. He and he illetry' want you hanging ground New York afler ho loves."
"I know, Sheo, you're leaving Now Year's Day. Jack called while you were out."
"He would," Shen blurted, "Well, you weren't going to run out me without a word, wero you?" Vandy demamted,
"No, but I didn't want you to know until the last minute,”
Vanity felt her knees go spongy. "I won't weep," Vandy promis- Shea had said in the werks, ed. "We'll have a week together let une, Jack's voice cume to for the book. I won't say 'no' to her through a blur of ringing cars you once all week-I swear it." and choked throat.
"And don't worry about money, I'll take you up on
Shen grinned. "O.K., sweet.
that." Van. If yu're in hock at the
The hotel. take care of it when 1 awakened Vandy
of ringing the phone Shen Hennesy's gleaming dari terra cotta. Her engagement rink. Lushed to it as if he'd been wall get there. I haven't forgotten it was afternoon. Shea stil!, slept the next day. eyes regarded the tree rebellious-a small square, blue-white atoning for its cheery sound, lie Shea's a good guy with
monotunes.
"No. 1 he has it. Wall a minute--mon fully and boyish, naleep.
when blissfully. He looked so peace- ly. Vandy knew what he was bought with part of the proceeds talked in
Lucky sliff......O.K. wants to wish you a Merry Christ- Ihluking. Not that it up the of Shen's one hit tune, seemed in Aldn't.
It was Jimmy Bream | tired-looking hotel room, made it
on the mag." His voice lowered. "She's wink on Idea at him. He stared thanks,"
When he turned back to Vandy, been crying a little because you're phone "Hi-ya, Vandy,
What look more honely-Oh, not Hat It. Vandy, sensing what was! was thinking that the five dollars in his mind, quickly put her hand his eyes and
mu- not here. You know the way she happenext to you two, anyway, who always is at Christmas." one
Shea sald last night?
he was Vandy had spent to trba it, placed behind her in a childish gesture.inous. "I'm the only on that long shot's nose in the "Oh, no, you don't, Shen Hen didn't cash in on that long shot. "Yes, I know, Vandy saldoing home to bring you back to
We did O...for our fifth race at Hlaleah, would hav nesvi" she snapped. You pawned Jimmy Bream won
and faintly, and by superhuman the party. mitted them
hundred your watch and never get it back, He's throwing a party for the effort, she, mapaged to keep the selves. Broke up at seven; this dollars, and that hey could have so just don't give me that line. mob at his place we're invited. tears out of her volco, while she morning." had Shea's idea of a real Christ- It's only for a few days-fil get The Memory Lane you 'remen- talked to her mother.
"I didn't feel like going out last schampagne, dellcatessent right back for you,"
her it, don't you, where they play Afterward, she sat down and night," Vandy said, matter-of- turkey and a crowd of his noisy "I will, too," Shea promised and sing the old songs? You had cried brokenly. Shea, the unpro- factly. elbow - bending,
a grund me there song-writing regily. Morgan Vall offered me
to make a (Continued On Page 10), fifty bucks for that potrlotle song title of mine before he went to Hollywood and I turned him down because I wanted to write a tune for il He'll be back next week. If you'll let me borrow Arty dollars on the ring. I'll let him have the title the minute he gets back. It's a matter of a few days,
trlonds.
over one
No use for Vandy to tell Shes that her Iden of Christmas and what it stood for was different. There would only be that bored why-don't-you-grow-up look, and a monologue such as, "You knew All about me when you marrie me. I didn't pull - Daniel Boone
on
you, did I?" Wisceracks that's all." Broadway wisecracks, How "No," Vandy insisted. "I won't Vandy hated them all now. Mar- do it. Shea, I can't. It's any on- rying Shea had changed her some-gagement ring. It's the senti- how, made her want to be a real ment." old-fashioned wife.
Shen glared at her. "You've
"It's the mother Instinct in you," | still got" me to remind you that} Shea hod tounted. "Holy cow, we're married."
Van, don't start mothering me. Vandy shook her hend negative- I'm not the type, Look, I'll prove ly, and Shea tumed. "Of all the it. He'd kiss her then, and stubborn brats! What gives with Vandy would remember why she women once they get aman loved him so why, no matter hooked? Before marriage 11'8 how disillusioned ahe became 'yes, darling-anything you say,' about the sort of life that they'd Afterward, everything is "no."" drifted into, she'd stick because she couldn't live without this tali, straight, blond, dynamır, impor- alble man.
"Not everything. Shea." Vandy reminded him softly. "I'm only trying to be good wife to you." Shea pulled her into his arms Horses! The very word made roughly." "I don't want a good Vandy see red now. At home on wife. I want back the gal I fell the farm, she'd loved them all, in love with, the gal who didn't They are her favourite animals, have a lot of ideals that goi lan- In fact Buy Shea and his crowd gled up with any good times we had changed them into creatures might have."
hit
Sheo'a dark
cy's widened
that stole into her room in the "But life con't be all good Head of the night and took the tines," Vandy walled. "You have lunch money right out of her to work-you have to plan ahead pursc. Whatever happened to a little." Shea's Idea of writing another song, anyway? Right this minute threateningly He ran long, sien- he was humming a Strain he'd der Anders through his unruly plcked out on his guitar. It was hair, "Well, I do work, the only catchy, and if worked on, could kind. I know-song-writing. But be, developed, but just about the you can't pick tunes out of the time he'd get engrossed, someone alr, You know that. You've got would be sure to call to give him to have an inspiration."
a red-hat tip, and the song would You have horses!" Vandy be forgotten.
taunted. "Why don't you write n Vandy snuggled around In song entitled, My Sweetheart Shea's lap until she got comfort- Left Me At The Post With My eble, without any help from him. Horse"?"
He had one of his "silent mads"- ion.
"It's
Shea grinned. As mad as, he might be, his sense of humour al- lovely tree" Vandy ways triumphed, sighed. "At home we always
Do you think that's bad?" n had one. It just wouldn't be demanded. "Tell you what I'll Christmas without a tree, She. do. I'll bet you a now hat I "Oh, yes," Shea agreed in that and you know me when I get ün
write a song around that title half-busky, humourous voice that Vandy adured. "'I KNOW
Iden. I'll go to work on to-
that
routine backward, but we could] morrow."
"Why not today?" Vandy In-
ill have had the tree and a few sisted. Maybe I can help you." presents to put under it and
Shea's arms shot into the
big blow-out, it you hadn't been in a gesture of being held up Buch sudden, righteous drip."
five
ong
night,dictable, who tried
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Vandy sat up straight, her I haven't even had one little drink "Look, woman, it's Christmas Eve. lovely blue-green eyes Adoring
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Shea's mind was running in the could be sporting enough to for- Is It fair? Don't you think you same groove, too. He stood up, dropped her none too gently on et sentiment for a breath, at her feet, then looked down at her,: Iċsat?", annoyance flaming in his dark Vandy shook her head. "Not my ring. Shea. Look, I've got a "How do I know where i'll be bottle of wine I bought on sale this time next year? I'll be in a two months ago. I've been saving. uniform in three weeks. Why it for Christmas. I've got should't we have a darned good chicken and all the axings com- blow-out that will last right into ing from the delicatessen at six Now Year's Day? We will, too, thirty. I charged it. We'll have ho insisted stubbornly.
a party by ourselves. Shes. Then, With
what I nak" afterward, maybe the wins will Vandy asked tightly. She raised give you inspiration—maybe you her left hand to smooth back, a can start on the song.”. lock of hair that Shea called The phono trang,- and.... Sbeul
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