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By Ernie
January 17 1940.
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They Drank A Toast To The Future
During the 20 years that, as a bachelor, he had been a master at Brookfield School Chipping had not been able to get on friendly terms with the boys. But, after a walking trip" in the Tyrols" where he had met (and later married) Katherine Ellis, a transforination was worked in him.
ONE
NE night, when Chips was on dormitory inspection, as the lights out" bell rang, Kathie accompanied him to the 'door.
"Chips," she said, and paused. Then, with mock daring, she continued: "Cough a little before you come to No. 11, will you?"
"Kathie-why?" he asked with instant suspicion of her wiles.
"Well, Jones Minor got a tuck-box from home to-day
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"Is it?"
Goodbye, Mr Chips
From the Novel by
JAMES HILTON Adapted from the M.-G.-M. Picture by LEBBEUS MITCHELL,
APRIL FOOLS' DAY
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"It's all right," strange, dend voice that came from Chippingʼa tipa, ...
"But, Chips, there's no need
He was silent as he watched the stricken man descend the stairs with dragging footsteps, Chips was not even aware of the pathetic figure of Nellie who could scarcely see him through her tears. Mechanically he got This hat and left the house.
Chips is coming: take your
warmed seats." Martin
hiy classmates. They watched Chips enter and go slowly to his desk without speaking, without look ing at them.
THEIR gleeful anticipation of the April Fool joke! turned to puzzle. ment: Chips did not appear even to see the letters on his. desk. He took up a book, then put it down. Martin stood
up.
"Please, sir, there are a lot of letters for you."
Chips looked up, frowning as though in an effort to concen trate.
"Er-thank you, Martin," he aaid vaguely, took up one of the letters, opened it, drow out a blank sheet of paper, looked at it, opened another.
The boys writhed in the scats, some stuffed handkerchiefs into their mouths to keep from laughing outright. Chips drew. the sheet of paper from the second envelope, looked at one side, turned it over, raised his eyes vaguely towards his class. "First of April, sir!" "April Fool, sir" cried the boys.
CHIPS passed' a hand bewildered
across his
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Their laughter was beginning to die away at Chips's strange lack of response to their joke, when a late comer quietly took his seat, and whispered some- thing to the boy in front of him; that boy turned sharply to the next boy and whispered with an angry gesture that silenced the "April Fool, sir" in his throat. Whispering ran from boy to They returned to the desk boy,-from-row-to-row,-and-the and stuck used stamps on the room became still as death. envelopes. One boy was pain- fully drawing a postmark in pencil across a cancelled stamp. "Bring the postmark' across the letter," cautioned Martin. Chips won't notice it. He'll think they're really letters and
"Turn to
page open them
to find only blank 29." Shocked, sympathetic, the sheets of paper."
boys got their books, opened "I don't see much in that," them quietly, hardly rustling a commented a fat lad.
page. "Martin, will you
be **That's the point-there's gin," continued the expression- isn't explained Martin. "Chips' less voice of the master, see the Joke. He's jolly good at Martin 'stood up and began seeing jokes Tately,"
reading the Latin, translating CHIPPING'Sit line by line into stumbling DOCTOR OF THE OLD home seemed de English, his voice choked, un- was certain, faltering,
for
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back and put an end to the some day, just as I'm sure one feast
day you'll be Head. I've been trying to make up my mind AT the Christ-which of the houses I'd like mas holidays best." that year, the "Well, upon my word! The boys did not presumption of the woman!" seek to avoid He chuckled as Kathie led him Chips, didn't you ever Chips; they made it a point to his chair by the fire. have a dormitory feast when to tell him goodbye, wish him "Imagine, Chips, Longhurst's you were a little boy?"
and his wife a Merry Christ- will have to be called "Chippin's' His eyes twinkled at her.mas and to ask him to give "'Chippin's? I suppose 50. "Well, I remember once- Mrs. Chips such messages as well, well! And I do believe you but that's entirely beside the that, "I'm going to bring meant it-thut one day I'll be
her some silk-worms", "I'll Hendmaster!" point."
bring her a picture of my "My darling," said Kathic,
SCHOOL sister" of the Mater, of our snuggling close, you're a very "Kathie, I sometimes house, etc.
sweet person--and modust
Never once did Chips stop (Continued from Page 4.) person. think you are trying to pull
And then Jenks, the school sorts of unexpected gift and
monotonous him, help him through a difficult by Kinly, who has the sharpest Brookfield down stone by
qualities, so unexpected that
ticking of a grand-passage or explain a new word, tongue and kindest heart in this dis porter, approached with
father's clock. stonel"
Aan obscure reference. Martin's trist. If it were not for her the the message that
Head- you keep surprising even me
doctor would seldom have anything. went on with them." She put her hand shaft of light streamed through voice
monotonously He was very solemn as he master wanted to see him.
more abitantial to eat their black in his. "Never be afrald, a window upon the stairway through the entire assignment, tools, for would he ever remembe's left her, but when he opened
landing.
No other boy was called on to to put of 2 top-coat or change His Kathie, helped by Nellie, the Chips, that you can't do any
At the bottom of the steps, recite. Chips. the door of No. 11, where maid; was busily decorating a thing you've made up your mind
was not even wet bools the contents of the tuck-box Christmas tree in the altting to. As long as you don't lose stood Kathie's little maid, Nel following the text. were spread out in the cen-room whon Chips came in with faith in yourself, you can go as lie, looking up with white, far as you dream. Certainly shocked face. Her eyelids were tre of the bed, and the young a rush of excitement. occupants sat about in their "Käthio! Such news! They're you'll be Headmaster if you red and swollen. night attire, eyes shining, making mo Housemaster! Long-want to."
Max Staefel camo in a little mouths open in alarm at the hurt's leaving, and the Head's
later and they drank a toast to-' discovery of the forbidden offering me his house
Durling! I'm so happy!" she gether to the future, dormitory feast.
cried, going into his arms and Chips just stared clear kissing him. "Not that it's any more than you deserve! It's across the room. He did a lovely old house, and there's not act as though he saw a most Imposing library for you
a green house with either the feast nor the fear--and ful boys.
grapevine. I think we should
to
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APRIL Fool's Day always brings a certain licence to
A nurse came out of a second: floor room and appeared at the hend of the stairs. Nellie called in hushed, tearful voice! **Is it all right?” "It's all over;
Nellie. Mrs. Chipping.
"And and the baby,, too?
TO-MORROW REVOLT
SPARTAN SPORTSMEN
(Continued from Euge 6.3
"He's waur than a bairn," BAYA Kirsty but there'is a kind gleam In her eyes when alie speaks of the docter, and there is no doubt that she think the world of him, although he often" says,"" with a mild," that he candot call his soul his own when Kirsty fr about.
How he grinnigen to make a living we have long fives up tryide 20 gucis, for most of his patients are poor, and as often as not he deliber ately forgets to send in his”, Hill. Often, too, when bo murives at some poor collere, he will produce from school boys and The nurse did not trust her wing three-afiarters, both with the his pocket a packet of ten or some those at Brookfield self to speak; she nodded and Union and the League
thing that he knows is Tucking from ware no exception. abruptly disappeared. Nellio He went to England with the Wal- his patient's cupboard. But,bois. In Chips's class- laid her head against the newellables in 1800 and the Kangaroos in very indignant It anyone tries to have lighter paint in the hill room several of the pupils were post and broke into soft weep 1911. When his football days were thank him.
aver, Hussell became. State and "Nosac Nonsense" ho says "Hum," he said as though though it's a little gloomy as gathered. One boy had just ing.
Australian Rugby League, selector, grully, Walt till I send in the bill!” comes, and the * Manese in finid some letters on the master's The bedroom door opened and and, at different times, when not en-But the bill never. himself. "Thought it is"
desk when another rushed in Chips
out, walking, gaged upon those dutles, coached the doctor ellen has to go without tobge heard a noise. Must have Here! Here, not so fast!"
But she continued:"but bursting with news.
heavily, his eyes dazed and dead, Newtown players. He is a life mem-ca himself; and has hot had a hew been: the cat.
the bedrooms are lovely, and oh, "I say, have you heard the unable to realise that wife and or of that club, and next month will winter cont for more years than we
go up for election for a similar can recall having a child' were both gone that honour. In the New South Wales Some of his patients, however, there's altile room at the head nows? Chips is
[repoy him in kind. On more than Kathic's sweet, sympathotic League,
Charlie Russell is another of the ong beciton he has been told that, that would be perfect for a nur- "Chips is?" queried Martin." voice would never again we growing number of Rugby men to go "We'll to killin' the 100 ad mune na He stopped for a moment, servis
Mrs. Chips, you fooll 'ex- come him home. The doctor through severe illnesses in recent ye've cured Wolfy. bronchitis, A. plained an older boy.
followed, him, touched his arm months. The others are shaking his head arrow You always thought.
making hamll no' come imise 15 ye, doclor.”
The general Verdict of the country gulped. Chips," "but you could” “Just like.
good progress, and it la to be sin- surprised hardly have expected"
mented Martines.com; gently.
would P send a message to the corel hoped that Boxer will beside la "He's a ground man oor and shocked at his action,But of course, dear, I was have in baby on Amil Fool's common room. Someone elle runde wife him a speedy re-lfe'll either kill ye, or cure ye
of doctor, Nae haul-measures wi, him. equally fatturale. "His army but not so shocked an to go aure you would be Headmaster Day. Lot's finish hero" can take your clake"
He went quietly out, clos- ing the door.
fully, thoroughly"
of the stair. I always thought| baby P
came
covery."
Lavinia Derwent
la Carte
Hanków Rd., Kowloon.
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