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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1935

The Horrible God

(Continued From Page 9).

If a friend was announced he shaken. He was a mild and would hurriedly hide it. If he amiable man, but could, as mild heard his housekeeper's step out and amiable people can, be capable side the door he would throws of ferocity when really roused and newspaper over it. When he had when there was some concrete ob had it for three weeks his de-ject of his ferocity. meanour had become almost fur- Such as a man who, insisted on tive.

having the window of a railway

And then began that feeling of carriage closed on a warm day. baing followed and its climax of But against intangible, hostility, that muttered message. He wished or against anything unfamiliar, he he had never

seen the wretched was a reed. His heart didn't give thing, or having seen it, had re-way, but his nerves did. None of sisted the temptation to buy it. the incidents of the last four days The thing itself was a horror and had made him afraid, but they had now it was leading to this uncanny brought him to the edge of a break- following and this uncanny message down. He needed a drink.

Sitting there in the midnight delivered in a crowded street. He didn't know what to do about it. silence he began to hear, or to think | It wasn't the threat that disturb he could hear; odd noises from the ed him so much as the stealthy fol- street. Little soft noises, of the lowing and the manner in which kind that make people usk each the threat had been delivered. If other in whispers "What's that?" it was the ju-ju of some tribe or Once or twice, without knowing creed with representatives in Lon-why, he looked over at the lacquer don why couldn't they come to him cabinet, and found himself relieved openly? Why the following about, to see that it was still there and which had begun apparently from still a lacquer cabinet.

Ginger Rogers la appearing' shortly at the King's Theatre In "The Gay Divorcee,”,

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Instrumental Music, Songs And Humour

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the moment he bought it, when het He wanted to go to the window had been followed to his home? again, but couldn't. He wanted to And how could he put

the little know if the figure had gone, but, hideous god back in his own place there was the possibility that he

Variety; The word conjures when nobody, not even

scholars, would see it standing in the same

position; and he didn't want to see nosed comedians, jugglers and of red- up, for many, visions know whence it came?

some disturb There was nothing in the acrobats: but if anyone contem He walked on in

Its attitude to plates seeing such capers at the Every now and then he figure itself, or in ance. looked back or stopped by a shop/disturb anyone. It was just a soli-Helena May Institute variety | whose side-window reflected the tary motionless man, yet ita mere concert on Thursday next, path behind him, but he saw nobody presence conveyed a stream of mea- February 7, he is doomed to dis who might be the follower, and did the more potent for being obscure. which begins at the usual hour of ace, and portent and alarm which appointment, though the concert, not expect to: Whoever had been following him the last few days was skin which man always knows be-character.

It created that shrinking of the 5.30 p.m., is very varied in an experienced shadower; clever fore the nameless peril. In its im A Schubert sonata for violin enough to convey the horrid sense

mobility it of his neighbourhood and clever Rainwater didn't want to see it. E. Schroeder and Mrs. J. A was horrid, and Mr. and piano will be played by Mrs. enough to remain unperceived.

Also, he had a feeling that, horrid Riach, while Mr. Li Chor-chi, the Mr. Rainwater was beginning to as it was in stillness it would all well-known singer and favourite realise that there is something in him with more horrid if it moved. of Hong Kong audiences, will being followed which is more shock- He wanted to go to bed, but contribute several songs. ing than a revolver at the head or couldn't. He had half an idea of The remaining two artists, who a knife

at the throat. There is taking the horrible idol from the have not previously appeared at nothing to grasp; nothing to com cabinet, opening the window, an Helena May concerts, are Mrs. bat; only a persistent nagging at

flinging it out to the watcher. But Murray Lewis and Mr. Howard the nerves, which in time can wear if it fell in the roadway it might Fairthough. The former will smash, and that might mean more play pianoforte solos, while the And Rainwater water being worn of this furtive persecution. And he latter will provide the humourous down. If they wanted their god felt that he couldn't stand much element, in case anyone should they could have it, so far as he was more of it. He was secustomed to find the rest of the programme concerned. He couldn't throw an peaceful life, and be could not ad- possibly just a little "high-brow." artistic treasure away, but if.it just himself to this invasion of his meant something more to people Ithan it did to him they were wel-

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come to it, if only they would come rid of the thing. He couldn't give CHINA NEW YEAR! and ask for it. They must know it to a museum, because that might bis address or they wouldn't be able bring persecution on the museum's to follow him as they did. Why, curator, and if he burnt it or drop- then, this menacing and muttering ped it in the river, he still wouldn't be free of their attentiona. And

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Fortuitous Snowfall Before New Year

On reaching home he learned he couldn't hand it over to them that they did know. his address. because they never came near

Snow fell in Shanghai early in His housekeeper met him in the enough to him. If he took it out the week, not heavily, but most] hall. She held a grubby piece of now, and went downstairs to give noticeably in the Western Dis- pink paper. "I don't know what it to the solitary watcher, he was trict, the Hungjao area being this is, air, or how it came, Icertain that the solitary watcher particularly favoured. Through found it on the mat under the even-would have vanished.

this, the traditional fear of fll-

ing paper. Would it be anything| But about three o'clock in the luck, according to Chinese ideas, you know about?" She passed it to morning, after his third drink, has been averted, the age-old him. It bare six words in an un-which had done his nerves little theory having it that should gainly scrawl: "Imbrolu waits. You good, an idea came to him. A show not fall before the China have been warned!"

simple Idea which should have come New Year, it is an ill-omen for Mr. Rainwater made a noise of to him when the persecution began. the year to come.

He would pass it to the people most Snow was not expected by irritation.

able to deal with the situation. He those whose attention was He passed it back to her. "No would resell it to the shop where he focussed on thermometers and I don't know anything about it. Some odd bit of waste paper that bought it, at, any price they cared the like, for the maximum tem blow in, I should think." But he to give. It was a dim little shop,perature during the day was 1.3 kept by two swarthy old men who degrees Fahrenheit higher than went upstairs feeling a little sick. looked as though they could under-that of the previous Friday, 45.8 When he got to his room he went stand and answer any roundabout degrees being registered

10th Feb. frat to the little cabinet in which 28rd Mar: he kept the horrible thing.

The room was filled with the re- sults of his collecting mania. They hung on the walls, they stood on Zlat Feb. tables and they decorated half a 21st Mar, dozen glass cabineta; tribal work mainly, äll of it bizarre. The hor- rible thing was not resting in one for the glass cabinets. It was in

an old lacquer cabinet a nest of three times concealed

4th Tab. drawers 6th Mar.

7th Feb. 7th Mar.

ard Feb;'

within other drawers. He had just

messages.

(Continued on Page 11.)

JUBILEE

STAMP ISSUE

FROM MAY, 6 TO DECEMBER 31

In connection with the forthcom

opened it and had reached the ing celebrations to commemórate drawer containing the, thing, when, the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of

at

Siccawei. The minimum for the day was, however, a good deal]] lower, dropping from 88 degrees for Friday to 28.4 in the early

hours of Monday morning.

WHICH SHOULD HE SAVE?

Wife, Mother Or Child

*IN FLOOD

without conscious Impulse, he went His Majesty's Accession, the King RESCUER'S DESPERATE CHOICE to, the window" and moved the cur- has been pleased to approve the talo aside. He moved it aside Lasue of a series of special postage casually; he dropped it swiftly. stamps for use throughout the

On the opposite pavement under Colonial Empire

he overhanging trees of a front The' 'series will comprise‹, foúr garden, was a motionless figure. denominations only, in uniform

was dressed in a raincoat, and design.

Manila, Philippine Islands, A terrible problem had to be decided by a man of Sampaloc, Tayabas Luzon Island), during

its soft hat had the brim turned It is His Majesty's wish that this arising flood which had driven down. To see the face was impos issue should be placed on sale on home to the top of a mango tree. him and his family from their sible, but something about the pose May 6, and be continued In use

As the water rose the tree

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