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THE CHINA, MAIL; CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT, DECEMBER 18, 1940.

Christmas Tree in the Sky

*

The Story Of A Strange Xmas

very

us. And we can expect them in chaps every boy has

BY

PAULINE PARSONS

But, even then, he'd been able "Rubber trees' grow from seeds to project his mind Into the on our East Indies concessions. funre and think of a tims that But I'd ke to know what these was coming when he could do seedlings" "Would do in the Atel- he pleased. And, oudly enough, Felu jungla, So, Martin, If you he would always think of himself can take a little time from your as bolig n hard-working musiclo musical studies, I'd appreciate a who was forever and permanent-report. of your findings, Dors ghì in the world." Fur, even should take hold down there. You then, music and feminine beauty can tell in a month or so whether were the only two things, which or not any of them are prosper-

ing." anything to him.

a die- Uncle Mark would be surprise Ruite pleture of the girl he wants if he could know that evers, lus' to fall in love with. But it seem- one of those shoots hall grown ed strange and wonderful to Mar-ke a weed. In 'fuct, theke growth un, when he arst saw Spray, that in this soil had been so luxuriant she should have been the girt of and rapid that some of the trees

Ножа long. golden

boyhood were already being tapped twice dreams, He'd felt that since iteki a clay their milklike litex. already had her created

in his

And the savage blacks mitud, she was his. He'd thought. easily tamed to be labourers on know. the rupidly growing plantation. too that it was something be- The question of wages was tween them which didn't have to be put into words. But now he knew that she hadn't known, also that she never would and never could know,

swarms of black flies, winged tied at the thought Kisco again. I somehow, that she musi

And Fiesta is already planning the big church wedding she's go- log to have, She's aure her chemist-flatice will still be walt-

but her coming in the ing for her. He was so swnet

fr

Were

out of their world. None of the f 110 scowlcil Always, ho had; At that. Martin had had the wix of them would ever know to struggle against that indefin- | enstest üme persuading his family Christman again. Moriin "wai) able chaim she had for him, that of any of them. Maybe that hail sure of that."

feeling of breathless wonder and been becaurs he had too many | They should have forgolion lightness which camo sweeping fathers and mothers. His family Christmas

and all those other over him at the sight of her. went in for alvoices In a big too hard with that rubber, es triramings of civilisation. Dress- "No one la supposed to bother way; so much that when pecially since we all know it ing for dinner, and so on. They'd me when I'm off by myself work- younger, he would sometimes accen'' come to anything.". been fools. And they could have ing on my music like this." His his own father and mother coll When he'd been starting off on had heaven, he and Spray. voice was stiff with formality, ' fured with all the

the trip, his uncle Muris, who was step-parents Martin clenched his hands as got the biggest news

"Oh, come off it, Martin: I've and ex-step-parents. He'd had a the president of the Great Anglo- you can spelled, wretched and loveless American Rubber Co., had given the memory of a long-forgotten possibly imagine."

childhood being pulled and push-him hundreds of tiny rubber tree yaplure was suddenly with him.

"Yes" One couldn't help but et about by too many people. shoots. Hard to belleve that he could feel that infectious enthusiasm of once have been so happy, But hers. "I suppose that old turkey she'd turned his happiness and businnt bird we caught has jaldi love into inisery and hate tast a setting of eggs. And now he

enough.

han to have his life spaved to- Thaf black hipte, when it came | morrow." clown upon him, Alled him with "She Ignored that, "Martin, you tension and started streams of know our blucks and their grape- perspiration down his forehend, ving telegraph which neverly married to the most beautiful seem as if one or two of thein for the air was very close with | minses? Well, they've got it nb- that particular muggy, ally, cling- | solutely straight that there's n ing heat that is found only in the rescue party coming in here after African Jungle.

A leopard screamed close by an hour or m."" above the ringing, anvil-like din "Great guns! A Christmas made by the hornbills, erlebets rescue for "The anger and mid tree londs, And Mariin stiffness left his voice. "Spray, moved closer to his homemade It's hard to believe." tables which Wat

poorly.

"Hard, but wonderful. Oh, it's lighted by an explore's Intern KO wonderful. And you CON

16 Frangipani vino and imagine how excited the others whose light was shadowed by are. Ann and Jo are it to be

of seeing thei ants and rhinoceros beetles.

Uitle house It was hard in make himself work, and Heaven knew he didn't have much time to spend, any way, on this musical composition of his which was going so buy been times, at the very Brst, when it would seem to be pince." said Martin, "yes," His he vet It was the fifth of these slange

could only hear just once more nimost within his grasp. If he Christranses how sine they'd hert host an the African jungle. He could tell himself that she his mind, wailing out their song

there woodwinds and violins in in the Jungle was cruel, without a heart, but of wonder and delight. Christmas season

Ko't always got on Martin Thornley's still there was something of an heard that imaglanry overture of

For how can one have angel about her. And he had to Christmas In a superheated hot malt

his once. It had been when he that sho WDS

a stenilor, arst saw Spray. And now he hexter with horribles sound effects?ancing, beautiful thing with her couldn't seem to get I back.

The Jungle-the pushing, viral. long bob of honey-enioured hair

"Darm it all," Enid Martin, as Matthar ki te which was n web

to catch the he made a hopeless blot of the ent jungle.

ht, her smile

which was romantic novellets plenty about

notes ke'd just put all gay and Aashing than the jungle and its stark, wild.or

"Oh, Marijn, the world. And diamonds

girl's voice was calling him from the clearing where a fire burned hey

eyes! If she lost blue-gray

in front of their three bungalows, that because of him—

***Dann shuddered.

it, He wishet he wore out of here, that's Spray. She shouldn't come It would be for her sake as well here away from the others like Don now it spemed to Martinas liks. He could forget her then, this," He clenched his hands. that there was a jungle in his hard though it might be to keep

Light footsteps come running, ining which was even more fear the memory of her beauty from and then the tiny circle of light fui. Once he had thought that haunting his heart, mind aud

by his

his work lantern re- mante he knew his own mind perfect- senses forever.

vealed the vision

the of girl who Jy, it no longer. His thoughts Hight που Martin WES es- still seemed to be the loveliest were too dark, too filed with pecially sure he could forget her. creature ever created. hate toward a girl whom he had beenuse he was weary with the It was the gire bated. Her unce loved.

work it had taken to snare and over, it that particular spotlight, then fatten wild birdt, tire were the extraordinary colour of from dragging himself over roots Blues by moonlight which no one und through swamps to find red can describe. Her face had the drehkls, liffes and fragipani, along lovely luminosity of pearl with assorted Spanish nosses framed by plumes of light-brown which, according to her, looked hair which feathered out like Christmas evergreens, And her shouldere in the most en- one might as well try to And u trancing way. And she hurt her Christmas tree in the sky as here pet ocelot kitten clinging to her in the jungle. What was the use shoulder, as was its custom. of it, anyway?

"Martin! Martin!"

heg var

was all thot work and planning with the rubber trees.

mysterious beauty, is des tomat rapturous, impcent light in

crowd one oui, its stuffy, fernyi hot-water-pipe smells, ils weird

Heht anch

Breen Jes/ex

monotonous

It wasn't an ordinary hate ho It was the festering sort which held him Imprisoned in his thoughts. Martin

was frightened of himself. The worst

that she refused of whe

to treat him like an enemy. Lucky that there were the other two **** | couples lost in here with him a

Spray, so that he need never be alone with her. Lucky that there

Christmus was

There's

He

voice sounded faraway. He was stunned by this news.

"S'long. Come up soon's you can, and Spray went back to the fire.

running

Won

He'd never forget, as long as

the hour of hava Spray struggle against his arma with that look of anger and loath- Ing in her eyes. That was when his love became hate an ever- Iusting hate.

simple one. Pockets of needles, hatchets, mirrors, all throw them into eestarles. When they went back to the jungle and lorded it over their wilder brothers they. too, would come begging to be taken

on.

The rubber shoots, as it, lurned out, were only a starter. Now they had roofed krasts full of black, crute rubber which the

natives had gathered and cured "I think it's all this rouding be for them. Anti There was also tween you and Spray which has

quite

stand of young trees put the fron late you", od ob- which were being cultivated from servad once, "You didn't soun! wild rubber seed. The rubber to much when you enine in here. I plustation might only be a menu Anyone could see that you were ment to the hate lie And for one of those mamma's boys."

"Why, thanks, al," said Mar- Spiny, but it was a big he

Even while he was closing up in.

the fine, Florentine leather covers "But, man, you're as strong as of life music manuscript book

You don't look like

which were now green and soggy uny Hy-fingered musician. Those from Jungle rot and mold; he was an-hari

work aid that:

suddenly overcome by a wretch You've always been trying to ed feeling of futilis

He und show Spray something or other. Spray had been like gods in these You really owe the girl a debt of

natives. Between thein, iffey had thanks,'*

molded them over from savage beings into men with surprising qualities of stamina, fineness and

an ex now.

Martin sat there, silent. So i was going to happen after all. Practically as soon as their plane had crashed, he'd given up any idea of their ever gotting out. Hir remembered his mother's words Athen, and how she had called him music-mad and swing-cruzy for wanting to job the other five young people who'd also prizes in that radio contest. But, to lim, it had beemed like, # glorious chance at romantic ad- venture.

"It's que chance to study native Afritun music' and its effect on present-day swing," Martin had told his mother. "Swing is im- portant. It's the new

music." "But you don't know any of He hoped none of them sus- those other young people." pected what Spray had done, top

We were the king and the "We've wrilten plenty

of hint.

Only a she-devil coul!

queen,” he whispered 'softly. Angl round-robin letters back and sound andthur human being once he and Spray and the others forth. And, after all, un told Spray had wounded him. But were gone, the blacks, like the sau, two

of those people are as far as the thoughts of Ann, Jo, rubber trees, would be quickly married. That makes everything Flesta and Rod went, he and absorbed and smothered by the entirely proper. And the pilot's Spray were contending with each jungle. Hard to know that the

After over a very fine fellow.

all, other to be big boss of the rub-work of their hearts and hands Ungle Mark got him for us." Be ber plantation.

would have to go for nothing. cause Uncle Mark had more

could "If you

be king and They really had done all that to money than all the rest

of the queen and rule together, It would gether, he and she' family put together, and since he | be a lot cusler on all of us,” noid approveit, Marlin got his way. Ja one day, "You make us work

"Like the devil I do," had been Martin's answer.

devotion.

(Continued On Page 13}

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