A Christmas Serial Story
MRS. SANTA CLAUS
hier
times
afterward,
hand. leg
Two mighty jumps had token many
She the face with her open Marion Trent from
at his check and he Anse was standing on one safe, slapped
the moment, and he went conservative New England home threw his hend bnek, and the al-at to the heart of a cuttle country most shifted his nose of its base. down with a crash. Marlon get feud. The first jump had been "I think," nie anid, "I've just behind him, her arm around his throat, and dragged him to the to normal school, and the second finished my Arst lesson."
seat. "Think that over, all of to Sentier Creek district school.
your you." the anid. "You can have the job for life."
"I'd the superintendent told her, "but you'll probably last only a week or £0. The turnover in teachers Is something ferce." He smiled sadly.
The singe driver gave Marion details
A the ne soon
lesson in love."
"You Can forget a lesson," she told him.
Sam
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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1948.
“Truth Drug”
COAL AS A SOURCE OF
Made Him See GASES AND FUELS
December 19,
A blind man recovered hla. sight within five minutes of kle being given an injection of an American "truth drug" In Vienna, according to Pro- -fessor Kauders, of the Pay. chloat Clinic of Vienna Uni versity.
The professer believed the Cause of the blindness to be psychle rather than physical. He gave an injection of the "truth drug" (sodium amy. thal) and while the patient war under ita influence sug- gested to him that
he could
要点件,
The professor sald that five minutes after the injection, the man, aged 21, was able to read newspaper.-ROU+
ter.
"From the colour in
Dolph retorted, checks," say you'd just learned first ་མnlht Yah " Sain Morgan
Jeered. "Licked by
Kiri Anne Elliot! Heked by a giri.”
Marion's
hand open
the mouth, across "You'll never forgot that one, blinked, then checked up on his horses though," he said, He started to teeth to see if he had lost any. sellel down to a steady pace, go, then his jaw Krew hard. AMarion went to the front of the "The schoolhouse is located on | mun Dolph Elliott's age-twenty-room and changed the pupils...TSUTSTEK İTÜSUSTUST: Scatter Creek which divides the
pounding dawn therbout until Morgans and Elliotts Valley range owned by the Mor-
There's road on a paint horse.
were well mixed. the mountains
runge Jed Margon," he pointed out, Kann and lend owned by the Elloits. Morgon and Elliott kids st to the schoul. There's chalk line down the mkksle of
"It 4sn't <I silly fend," he the room, which keeps the rival: factiona
in chout, Browled. ' "'s « nnish fight and upurt even Well, Booner or
school- at-wit side anybody but inter, one
or the other will accuse you ul playing favourliesi.
grief begins."
Then your
"Feuds are silly," Marion shid, "Tara"l the leacher the Jogiral person to end this voe by work- ing through the children?"
"Once # Jamb tried to nuke prace between a couple of wolf packs," the driver Griswered. "The story ends with bits wool scattered tt LL over the county."
"I'm
"Take your silly feud nway from here." Marion ordered.
By Frank Richardson Pierce
would
Arinly
GIANT AIRPORT FOR ALASKA
Anchorage, Ainsko.
December 20.
Plans for the airport call for: two conorete runways of 7.200 feet running East and West, and a No
North West-South East strip of 9,600 feet.
Chris administrator Airport Lomple said the plan is for com- piction of the airport by October. 1050, but it is hopeed to have one next in operation by winter.-Associated Press.
1
Pittsburgh, December 19. {Industry's exporimants with soft coal as a
now
source of commercial gazos and liquid fuel took an important stop forward today.
It was the climax to two years of extensive research by the world's biggest coal company and the world's biggest petroleum producer.
They begah joint operation "But we must anticipate that the of a $500,000 pilot plant for time will come when such con- will be commercially full-scale production tests
in versions
the new field of fluidised coal Justified, or necessary in the na- gasification.
the
Executives of both companies described the research pro. gramme as bring three-fold: availablity as a defence wea: pon in the event of national emergency, establishment of now markete for coal, and the croa tion of
store supplemental
tional Interest.”
SMALL BOATS ON LONG TRIP
Seattle, December 28. Small fishing vessels, manned by Fiji Island crews, left hero on the first leg of a 7,000 mile jaunt across the Pacific to FH island.
The 40 foot vessels were built
on order at Tacoma, near here, and eight Fiji Islanders
Blown here to man them for the trip to Suva.
Knowledge gained from
Millions of dollars have already pilot plant will form the planning been spent in gasification experi- basis for a multi-million dollar ments, but they have falled large- commercial plant for the produc- ly because of the use of a poor tion of gas, petrol, chemicals, mad | grade of coal, Vice-President olher, polential by-products of Joseph Puraglove, who henda re- bituminous coni.
search and development for Con- Costa of the experimental solidation, explained. "Usually," Marlon anld, "I an-
station were shared by the Pitts- Pursglove has high hopen for sign sents, then send you home,
burgh Consolidation Conl Com-the development of achenp, mar- but you take school so lightly, I
pany, ploneer_In_coal gasification | keinhle gas product breause of an think we had belier start study
processes, and the Standard Oil jalmost unlimited supply of ident right now."
Co. of New Jersey, which forbituminous coal.-United Press. When
slic
dismissed
yours has been exploring the pos Then, she was almost a nervous
A low bid of $8,879,142 has been abilities of producing synthetic
of a liquid fuels from coal. wreck Inwardly. She watched received for construction them disappear, then
Some 40 executives of went to, new international airport here
trans- her cabin, too tired and upset to which will handle planes flying portation, power and mining com eat. Nor did she sleep
to unthe great circle route the panies and John L. Lewis, Pre- nearly three o'clock in the marn-Orient.
sident of the United Mine Work- ing Hour ofler hour, she insa- The bid came from C.F. Tyle era, were among those present for ed on the bert, listening to the Company and Green Construction the formal opening of the pilot coyotes and reviewing the day's Company, both of Des Moines, plant, happenings.
The teacher, she Town, who bid jointly. understood, harl always been fair game for the
over-grown children who tame to Scatter Creek school. Most of the
ten teacher
had But!
heen chers, know it.
like
herself.
In a don't
This neutral young and Inexperienced. worry.
is tamb." grouti H reti-hearted
but few brief dinya they had turned and nobody fights Merion observed. "And I still the kids."
frota ambitious young women think feuds are silly. I'm sure, Suddenly, the schoolyard was int
inte beaten, nervous wrecks, Elliotts and the tue, the
More met with Morgam and
runway Murion didn't blame the chil- Elliott
She blamed the from dren. gang have horse sense."
children, ranging
feud, The driver lrked at Marion's six
Ject tix:ay1
youngsters red hair, her pretty, courageous | bargent in and introduced him-fancy to battle anyone not face,
then said, "Heaven help self. He was
a blond, smiling member of the clan. Morgans, the Elitos-or man, with flashing white teeth. she fell asleep, she decided to ne-
But While Dolph and Jed glower-rept
Gallop's invitation. The schoolhouse proved to be led, le Toughest man Marion
Was no grabbog prize, but it huge,
he would de until someone bet- ece-roum
building on had ever seen rode up and ter
dis- the creek bank, and the lencher's I mounted,
Cate alang-someone like quarters were a nearby cabin of and
The ball wout Dolph Elliott, three small rooms. The school "Miss Treat, t'in Bill Gallop, de- give her a chance to meet others bell was large, but even its silputy sheriff," he said. "I figger-
in the region.
in very toneN seemed to
When Bill moveed Pd And these two buzzards
drapped
af- timidly over the range land when here, Fer been
she appointed to ter school two days later, she ring it.
stop this feudis, I don't give n made him happy by accepting Reuter. A half-hour later, a spring
damn if you
blatherskites kill his invitation. "I hear you got wagon londed with children each other off-you're no good the jump on the kids," he said. Into the yard. A big, anyway-but feudin's lo "That's fine. but you'd better frowning man im a vicious black stop, because it's bad for the give up the ambillon of ending stallion dismounted
and Mited
i have money the feud. A schoolteacher can't country, You'd uit the doorway, moment later, if you'd pull together. Now, do it. It takes inwmen and hot He was over six feel, all muscle Miss Elliott, the Cattlemen's As- lead." and brawn, but he moved with seclation ball comes off Salur- "You can't blame a teacher for "How the grace of a mountain Monday night at West Bent'd be trying," she answered.
There was
you did the feud start?" Bavagery in his attitude.
His over."
"Nobody knows." Bill answer- bold, insolent black eyes thrill- That's lovely of you," Marion ed. "Maybe one family ed Marion to the depths one mo- answered, "but I
rent and made her sectie with fury the next.
the
you."
came
I'm
Kona,
in age
Morgan n
which trained
He hud brown hair
of a mouth.
eyes, o sht
Jion's repressed tickled to
death
got
to drive
from
Just as
didn't
DRINK KILLS FIVE COWS
Whitchurch, Devon,
December 20. While five cows were being liked at Ash Farm, Whitchurch, an electric short clrcuit гап through the water pipe into the trough from which they drinking,
All the cows were
of synthetic fuels in caso of decline in the present petroleum supplies.
The craft have Such small wheel houGOS that the Puget Sound pilots had to steer them all the way out of the sound as there was room for only one man inside.
High Hopes But how long it will be before construction ΟΙ # commercial plant can be contemplated or how great its capacity might be, are bail for
The boats will be used to catch larger tuns clippers. among the questions that Con Two of the larger clippers, built solidation's 130-mon research dl-in California, will join them at vision is still unable to answer.
San Pedro to make up a four ship
"At present there is no appar-convoy across ent economic justification for the sociated Press. Investment of large sums in com-
were meréial facilities to convert coal into petrol." according to George killed.-H. Love, President of Consolida-
tion.
Peace Pact With
Japan
Unlikely
Washington, December 20.
must have like the way the other parted its A peace treaty with Japan appears unlikely as long
time to collect my wits.
ure happening so fast,"
The
T
for
1Without occupation forces,
the Pacific-As-
Reconstruction In Europe
New York. December 20. The World Council of Churches hundred called today for one Christian American youths aged over 18 years to volunteer for reconstruction work in Europe,
next summer,
World The Secretary of the Council's Youth Department, Mr. William Keys, said work campa for "Christian reconstruction" have already been set up by the Department in France, Germany and Italy.
Italy.---Reuter.
Things hair. It's been going on
as Communism remains a throat in the Far nearly forty years." He appraised her, "Red-head- "Take all the time in the "I'd like to see peace here by Eost, highly placed American officials indicato. ed, blue eyes, five-foot-three, world," Bill, Gallop replied. Christmas." Marion sald.
The Red tide, now running,ly now that the U.S. will sug- weight about a hundred and ten
"I'd As the men rode away in three "Huh!" Bill snorted,
be high in China, makes it just as gest to American businessmen directions, pounds. You look like a Morgan different
Among the projects arranged Marion glad to see it ve years from unlikely that there will be unyin China that they undertake by the Counell were the rebuild- woman."
had taken now." noticed the children You must be Dolph Elliott," seals-Morgans on one side of "You can't make me believe early withdrawal of occupation only such business with them as ing of a youth centre at Stuttgart forces from Japan, they said. would maintain the dow of and continued construction of the other. either Elliott or Morgan women Marion retorted. "If you're the room, Elllotts sample of the rest of the tribe, She started to mix them up, but are happy when their men come
If the Communists win China strategic materials from China i Agapeyouth village" at Praly,
possible.Associated Press. Marion there will be at least two rea- glad I look like the Mor- Anse Elliolt protested, "That with bullets in them,"
white chalk line is Scatter Creek, told him.
sons to delay a treaty and with- "Seventeen Elliot! kids arc and we keep the Morgans
They separated, on
with Billedrawal of forces: comin' to your school," Delph theirs."
promise to cally early Saturday caid, when he recovered from "The schoolroom -- is - neutral evening.. Marion was in the Japan would be..easy prey...for. amazement. "Treat 'em ground," Murion answered laundry tub in the middle of Communist groups. Japan is right. And, remember, you firmly.
the kitchen floor, letting the allowed to whip 'em." "Not for kids, it ain't," Anse steam give her red hair a natural "Do they know that,"
Inaksteel.
curl, when she heard his buck- 3-The bellet has sprung up "Sure."
here that the Democracies of the "Anse, you take that seat over hoard arrive. She got into a there," Marion said, pointing to wrapper. before he knocked, and world need bulwark in the "I'm making the rules, Mr. the Morgan side of the room, shouted through
window, Orient against Communism. By Elliott," Marion said. "I'm herd "Joe Morgan, you take Anse's "Hold your horses, Bill"
a curious twist, it is the former to teach them, and we start from old sent.""
"I'm in 'fo hurry,"
"Bil answer-enemy nation that 13 moving scratch, playing, no favouriten,"
Anseed. And when she finally ap swiftly into that position-once "Nobody ever taught 'em any
peared, he said, "It took a long held by China, the former ally. thing yet," Dolph observed with
time, but the result is worth it." Japan's location is important evident pride.
He let her off at the dance and in this concept. She could play put up his rig, then had to fight the role of the unsinkable air. his way through the men sur- craft carrier held by England in rounding her. As he got hald relation to Europe during the of her programme, Dolph Elliott war against Germany. come up.
his
aren't
pudently.
He grinned im-
" try to teach them some- thing Marion told him, "and if they give me trouble, I'll whip the devil out of them."
"I stay where I nm," declared.
This," thought Marion, "is the showdown. Here I win or lose my first battle." She wondered how she was going to drng a hulk of a boy from behind f tight-fitting desk. Anso solved that problem by getting out, and squaring off for battle.
"Sock her, brother yelled.
stripped of any military or even substantial police strength.
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"Hold on!" Dolph roured. "No girl's ever talked to me like that before." He caught her to his arms and seemed un- decided whether to shake her or Anne's eyes were silts, "Back kiss her.
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Marlon snap- can't scare 'me?"
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