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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST– 21, 1955.
THE DREAM
"I was so disturbed-so oppressed by a sense of warning-that I could not sleep again... But did this story actually happen? Is it fact or fiction? Tomorrow the answer will be published.
C
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4
re- purple and I shouted in alarm. A
yellow flowers we be warned,
volce came from my which might have been statice. in a dream, against string
with stranger by my By now we were level & course of action it, from a
side, He Wha
cheerful, the lorry. In a matter of which may lead to middle-aged map. Ho wore seronlis we would be ahead.
shirt open-necked this hard on
of But then the lorry turned into disaster? I find
heavy silk and n maroon us, deliberately. The man in to believe, for the obvious bel
tried I couldn't tell what he the maroon berot swore, reasons, If we glimpse the sald: he spoke in rapid French, to swerve clear. There was
by and a dream or
10 French rending noise from the back of future, in any other means, then sure elementary. I didn't care what the car, an explosion, the earth he said. My eyes were on his seemed 10 turn upside down. ly the future must already chubby, well-manicured hands, the noise of flame ronred in my exist. In which case what which gripped tho steering cars. I wakened, sweating,,
I was so disturbed, so op- happens to the idea of free wheel. The car was a left-hand
of warning will, our responsibility for drive. He, not I, was in control. pressed by a sense our own lives? How can our
my
own
Safely round the bend 'we actions matter--to ourselves swung out to overtake. The rond stretched straight ahead, a or to anybody else?
Here,
the
dream Itself, is a
word or two of
background.
IL
was the summer
of
ugo:
iher.
four
hot
driving
years
wea-
was
my
family back from
Italy.
Blac
through
of
South
France. My son
nol
had
yel
learned to drive, my daughter was
too young, my
wife drive.
at
pretty tently
better
three
doran
I'd been
the
wheel
consts-
for
the
O!
$0
was
perhaps
part weeks,
fred, perhaps I'd
Brain
cars on the
The town
A woman sat beside a table of flowers on the grass verge outside
a whitewashed
I couldn't sleep again. I had to explain the dream away.
Even if warnings are possible, doubts and I've confessed my this didn't make sense. A warn- ing against what? Overtaking heavy lorries on a clear stretch of road? The road towards Paris would be alive with those big lorries which come up from Marseilles, 1 must pass them where the road continuously was clear. No, the dream had u definite root of fear; dig it out should promptly forget it.
The bumpers of the torry touched the rear mudguard of the car... enough to send it skidding towards the woman soith the flowere..
by Frank Tilsley
CRANK TILSLEY, 51 last, mekih, has collected jobs the way other people collect curios, including directing a chalk company, school teaching, ranking an art gallery, and loading an RAP muadiek. A forthright,voice on the SPC Celtics Programme, his biggest selling novels are, Pleasure Beach, Champion Road, and Neeras And Herbert Common. Tilslay, is = Lancashire "man who prefera te ilvo fu the south—Buckenham, Kink...” if anly because of the climate,” Hi son is in tiimu, kli daughter at the Gulldball, Ho thede walking recreative, but, épes net mention driving.
the
You just move your car into went hard down on the brake. the centre of the road and stay The car lurched,
tyres from behind, squealed and there, full speed ahead. Sooner or later another car appears, came the wild hooling of an
you with the other car. I knew precisely
Dowerful
cream - coupe coming behind
and all would be well. I coming towards the one who what I would see in my mirror:
A Clue
same
intention.
gives way is the chicken. Far
neither gives way,
I
time
The beret maroon,
dream.
Was
not
a
up
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Nathaniel Gubbins
a
coloured ยส st 100 expressed myself about this tremendous lick. I Just had of time, at my reduced speed, to 1 reviewed the driving in- game in the homely words
and luck myself safely behind the eldents of the last three weeks, any native north country,
we played it no more. But lorry and make a frantic hand the lorries I'd overtaken, cream-
The newcomer ignored coloured cars, oltages by the floublies some spam of fear at algnul.
LL my sympathy goes had dipped under- it, passed me with a derisivo wayside. Nothing of interest the
caught
out to the 84-year-old emerged Then I got a clue. I ground to reappear in this now blast of his horn,
This explanation was with the lorry-and the lorry setting.
man who began to had assumed, by the emptiness
over break- veered towards him.
climb
when tree of the straight dream-road, that reinforced
Board It must be in Now I fast, I remembered at the cak
For a moment I thought the National Assistance was un- coupe, moving so fast, would remembered we had overtaken we played chicken the lorry on the right. There commonly windy; we had stop get away unscathed. Then the visitor said to him, "How
Chesterfeld and ped in country it must be
the bumper of the lorry touched the are you?" fore where traffic moves on the left American bought a beret
rear mudguard of the car only. black,
the old I had #
It was believed England. At once,
but you don't need a graze but enough to send it
to skidding
the grass verge, chap was trying to prove rational solution.
I'd toured every detail correct la explain towards the woman with the
fit, but in my he was Two years back
The with a the North and Midlands
way trying to By a masterpiece of handling opinion he
who of which 1, certainly, wouki not escape from people Now for the dream. I was sunlit ribbon of safety, deserted, an American radio producer: we from my imagination,
have been capable even sitting in a big, powerful, cream- Only one other living creature were compiling a series of pro-
with ask, "How are you?" not coloured car, driving at high
that car-the driver corrected in sight, a countrywoman Krammes for the States. He had brought over his car, a con- speed along n country road, sitting outside o whitewashed
though This,
skid, swerved back on to caring how you are and vortible. approaching a bend. Alend was
almost immediately collage,
had
shook one fist hoping you won't tell them left-hand an enormous lorry.
the nhend. She sat by
forry, unless it is to answer, "Very iable, 11 arranging flowers, obviously for
be
well, thank you." a reckless driver, frequently know, sometimes play a game and tore out of sight.
We be
stayed sale: she waved some sort
that night in overtaking against my advice of their own which might
A big cream to M
Fontainebleau. chicken:
a time Once upon I was in the better described as inverted garland at us, inviting
remember
was parked outside the asked me this question when I stop.
to position
Onco, seo.
for the sake of kooping hotel, the rear mudguard newly was fooling terrible. As there just Nottingham, he played "chicken" they hog the centre of the road coupe
behind. Sometimes you scratched. I sought
were no trees to climb I said: not *Wear crawl along for endless miles: driver. He did the noods deserted except for maroon berot nor a heavy silk the pair of you,
where we stayed this night of the Talo dream was Hermitage.
the My fool reached for touch of the brake; there was I glanced down: no contact.
Worse: there was no brake.
held empty my hands there was no sicering wheel, no controls of any sort. we were almost into the back
of the lorry.
air:
WES
cottage...
11.3
of
The gesture, for some reason, filled me with dread. Then I Already saw that what she waved was not a garland but a wreath; a wreath of sweet peas, roses and
Miniature
Masterpieces
for Milady..
not
by common sense.
dream
fzded. defeated
flowers.
Endless Miles
bis
Until mid-afternoon. These the
roadway,
creamused here proved to big French lorries as you may backward towards
Chicken, as you
probably you
know, is a game lamentably on the increase in America, where long road journeys can be over whelmingly dull.
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This afternoon we found our-
shirt.
out
the
selves behind a monster which Young Parisian
me
by the sound of the creaks und groans, seemed to be loaded with cannon. I tooted, hope- fully. He moved, but not to the right to the left. This gave a tempting space to pass him on the wrong side. I held on for a
couple of mlics, resist- ing temptation, my ingrained respect for law, for common sense, battling with my judg- ment of the prospects.
He Was a young Parisian, burly, dashing, nothing like the driver of my dream. And he spoke good English. He laughed when I asked if he would like the number of the
what
.redress have you, LAVADE CO
I
D
man
"You have asked me 'how' 477 I will tell you. Apart from a slow fire burning in my vitair, which is probably I have headaches, heartburn,
and flat feet, scutral kinds of rheumatism
lumbago, including yout
actarica, and cramp in -the
tera.
was a
sovero
right; Thump, thump, thump 1 have now recovered from the it goes if I run up the stairs experience mentioned, though I and bang wallop bang if I must admit it get annoyed about something, shock at the time. As you are with cough, probably aware, sudden immer- and blow, sion in cold water does not help astemach in its digestive pro- and your thump. bang.
cesses.
down, As you do not
often
what "50 cough, coughing, blow, blowing, heart going
Moreover, I agree it was a wallop, you chut get much peace,"
pity the incident occurred, soon' Again the man tried to get after the Cornish cream away, but I cut off his retreat.
"I almost forgot to tell you fancy rich food it was an un- usual treat for me and I looked about my varicose veins,"
to aald. "Just feel this one on forward enjoying it in my leg. Give me your hand, Go on, it won't hurt you. Feel T Big as a small egg, isn't
looked
if he The man might
be sick at any moment. "But that's nothing pared to my sciatica and lum- bago," I said. "Do you know where they get you?
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warmth and comfort.
Regarding your excuse, which is noted, may I respectfully sug gest that factors other than temporary loss of concentration on the advico of experta may have been the real cause of the accident.
Without wishing to "Sciatica gets you there embarrassing details,
into diy
and there and there," I said, tiretly remember being drench- hitting him on the rump, ed by quantities of rough cider' "and lumbago gets you there before receiving the pasty, cake, and there like a punch. the kidneys.
:
in and cream. Since we are 1060- customed to this beverage, and cince rough elder has a reputa tion for making people. walk becicwards, I find it difficult to the two incidents believe that are unrelated.
I punched him in the kid- neys. "I really must be going now," said the man, whimpering.
"A pity," I said. "I was Just going to tell you about my nightmares,"
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But considering we were on holiday your apologies accepted, with the hope that in future you will ofther keep
When the Letter To A Stomach way from cidar or from boats.
*The cramp in the legs comes on at night. The leg the muscles tighten up and the wrong side of the road?
toes to him
go Besides,
such an incident was all in the day's cramp has pone it leaves me with a headache. Sometimca play, a challenge to your nerve Ten to one he was only hav and skill. He found the word this headache is in the front,
sometimes at the back ing a bit of fun. But he might "fun" and added, hastily: "I bo
ΟΠ
and MY
for
last
I remain, faithfully.
Your Stomach,
Y dear Stomach,
This is to apologise "If and when the headache falling into the river at Very Fonny
Quay, Fowey, Cornwall, has gone I get floating specks week. It must have been. before the vision.
grert shock just when you were I SUPPOSE the funny stories get rid of these. by, count-
enjoying the Cornish pasly, (described as feebla), told ty ing them, but as soon as I saitron cake, and cream sent a mechanical voice over the have counted one tot another down.
telephone to Dusseldorf havs- lot appears and as I am not My only excuse is that I am fraus after
they have dialed I not at arithmetic very good
not very clever at this sort of for the daily monu
aro rather have to gloe up."
thing and must have forgotten like the jokes told in my Ger to get away the advice of experts
to step man
Shelter Conversations The man tried from me, but I pinned him in into the centre, of the boat during the war. -
sometimes dead centre, out for mischief. Once I your car is sufficiently power- moved into that gap he could, ful, I would not care to guess he wished, run me down the result, Monsieur, 101 nobody would be any the wiser, had tried to get through." nobody could pin any the funked it: he was in too much didn't tell him why I'd to him. He would have rights of it. But the lorry would of a hurry to get back to Paris. handle. clumsily: I reckoned II had not funked it. In could
scepticism skip round him with a spite of my
about. reasonable margin for safety. dreams I can't shake off the The road stretched ahead. feeling that we were saved
after deserted mile, I from a térrible disaster, dropped back a bit, whacked up
mile
my
speed to the maximum
made for that
about seventy with this lond- and gop,
tempting
סברס
The nose of my Car was almost level with the back of the lorry when I saw something which knocked the breath
out
the
of my body: a woman sat be side a table of flowers on grass
outsido a white- vergo washed cottage.
For the first time in my fo I changed my mind in the pro- of overtaking: my
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a corner.
RUSSELL SPURR'S IMPRESSIONS
I
"I also have catarrh," said,
"and what may be sinus trouble. This sinus trouble. makes you feel or if your face is full of cream cheese. The catarrh blocks up your nose and throat,
which means that don't
sleep get much you coughing and blowing.
rather than on the edge.
I hope you are now dully re- covered.
•
Sincerely,
N. Gubbins,
After taking down the recipe
for knuckle of schwein fleisch mit dumplings (or whatever it ia) the hausfrau will sta
PS. You were Jucky the carefully to the jokes and try water was only about 4ft deep to repeat them to her husband If the tide had been higher you over dimmer. might have had a pint of mud to mix with the pasty,
"Then there's my heart, or and cream.-N.G. course there's nothing wrong with my heart because they Dear Sir, never feal a bad say you heart. But I feel mine
cake,
your undated
In reply to all letter I have to inform you that
OF THE PEOPLE'S CHINA'
Peking Getting A Facelift
and
Fire
"A very fonny joke today over der telephon vos told, ID ven der rain ask vot up goes down comes?"
"Well, vot up goes ven dur rain down comes??
"Der umbrella up-poes,peIL der rain down comer,”
"Dot very fondy vow," "Und yesterday anodder very jonny joke vos told. It ask pen iss a door not a door?”azi
Well, ven iss a door not
"Ven it a jam jar vosit "Poddan?" "Ven it, a jam far, vos?”
Pliss,
door?"
In Peking, new buildings are the smug solid men who run foundries dmanded by the Five 'Down the mile-long procession
ན ་ at an amazing rate. China's revolution.
Year Plans, have swept away of palaces and pavilions are going up
but I do not onder- Others are being repaired. The Outside the city wall a whole auch unessential decorations as posters pushing the latest prop- cathedral city of Chinese Com- township of square red build- curly roots and elaborato hand aganda line. Not Formosa now, standi
Also, but peace. of course,
**Den 'you' der sense · of," muminum is getting a facelift. ings has sprung out of the painted pillars.
'The supreme power of the farmlands.
There is still money, though, pictures of new factories, state humour has not. Perhape you Communist regime
Here are the for repairing the
magnincent farms, anything to give ainews will enderstand der uddle joke naturally it "New Pekiple already call speeds
up the process. Sites colleges
administrative buildings of the Forbidden City. to the growing Communist state which, aste why, in der desert
those i. can be commandeered, building centres for training the techno- Quite naturally, becaẠC
nobody hongry lea? Nobody in of ruthlessly removed, without too crats and housing the bureau- more than others reflect a by-
The biggest crowds collect der desert hongry is because marty protests from owners or crats who must master-mind gone glory soon to be restored. tenants.
the socialization programme. -
"Poddon, but is not dy joke Buslcade of gawking model around the goldfish displayed in der hamburger vos vos dere" That's how the
triimphal'
workers and peasants are haul- big earthen jars. There roadway past the Tien An Mex..
Here are also such important ed from all over China to be every shape and size and colour, dot nobody In der desert hoery
duly tate has been widened so fast-d
impressed by all the from great black fantail to ratu
They so far. A regular Rod state instruments as the souvenirs of splendour.
little silver tiddlers that seem } {% PROmuo` of der sand which and
"Over der telephon it a ham In some Institute a factor shuffle and stumble, awe-struck, to have been picked Square has been created before Minoritica
of This entrarice to the Forbidden for turning out Lebinist-Marxists the ornate, halls where country stream all tended by burger pos
patient old men with packots "Pliss let us not any more A pagoda is now being from Tibet, Chinese Turkestan the Sons of Heaven once dis City.
straw
Acr idle joka make but morg Chirl of an off the midday mun built across the way to com- and other minority areas. They pensed law and justice.
of der schwein fleisch hat. memorate the heroes of the Ro receive the indoctrination that lecturers with red armbands to
Comrades in their plain rum- will eventually enable them to remind the visitors of their volution,
mer clothes crowd around the Well Hit; Sir roadk
countries. more closely Another big
is being fit their
cultural heritage. Chinese plantad
It's all rather like a state goldfehacking leesan through the northern into
Porcelaitis,
arid munching peanuts, › Mush part of the city to the huge new forte, have been made to bronzes are laid out in show sightseen anywhere) farshire co-operative store The red Eff
Jabal eye-catching with
Viher wander son, happily was once: Morrison Street Cordmunists are anxious to seir culture and patriotiem It ing on traditional lines, For will soon be opened.
eggs and.
matling
stone: building - dominates what style a few of the new bullde only difference is this story,' chattering, to the next pep talk Protectorsbar! are usually given
In the next pavilon full of
perfected when the Werberts haw, peopleng full lived in caves." The The contempt in the voice is
The stylo similar to that orablish some commotion with The bronze mirrors were culture. favoured by our boutgools China's mighty phat grandfather diffynyming mod
is smug and solid and very
Tribesmen In that Ader the alterative of pay or' enduring-PAGAME action being bombo could
The Time
Hothing