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die two rieA dl
Elise
ices 4%1 •
„t „T fir black, s\ve>e ting•fat,
sutLrto're.tch thein goo' then slleILt-'
the: window .
•:� .•.,n_ �--- •�n,.••-vigil at
'their
i p a n The battering of the log"recommenced.
bI Ben Lucien Burman The two defenders renewed their fire.
APPENEl) '
made ori .the tend cu`tnfriends ',outside my coinlili , ' ,,._,-.o—,--•.,
Once more the battering•'ceased..
ly Alined, .r Perfecly planned. I ex- (To be•, contiliue.\i.i
THIS HAS H.
A.tteli,pts :have beenmade on - the
We of .Elise. Marberry,
murders have occurred near the little
town of Porto Verde, Brazil, outside
• of which Elise owns.. a plantation er
c eusin•. and , pito cter, Vilak, believes
lord Prentiss. is' 04i:einsible
-that Gay
for all 4he trouble. Word comess that
the data at • Avilos has burst.'•H1ise;
Vilak and Lincoln Nunnaily, an.aged
• chenlist; ride to; warn. Prentiss They
are .fired upon°'asthey near .Prentiss
f azenda and Vilak learns that the,
-flood' ,,r'apning is but.a,ruse on the part
;.ef the natives to': get t he ntiray iii tlas ey
from his liom?, so.•tha t ur-,
der him. The et:Lae .gain: c shelter
, of Psrentiss'' house '. and Warn ee:him. of
the true staa,gof atfa•ire, then. prepare
to defend •'themselves' against air: •nt-'
tack. During the attack by the natives
Nanally is rounded. ,
NOW' BEGIN. THE STORY
CHAPTER XXIX. •
meats." '
He flicked the'ash from his cigaret.
"If any of you have any ideas, they'll
be .welcome."'
Elise and the old man looked et'hini
and ,shcok their heads:' Prentiss'.did
riot turn.fronr his window, but- kept.
his eyes fixed now .on`the gate, now on
the h•ense. - Vilak stretched again, then
returned. •to his. post, A, sound of chop-
ping
hop-
ping''rose up flog! the:creek, followed
soon after' by the -rumble. of a falling
What 1V' York
I's Wearing • •
BY. ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON-
rate . Thessiaaaking•• Lesson Fur
,illust ; d.
isish,ed 'With''Evevy Patte?•ri '
tree.
Elise glanced at Vilak questioningly.: �-
"A 'battering rani; Probably,", he said
"About time they thought.of it. They'll
at'
try `te=-b:i�ali dokvn;.the •gate And
the loss of a few men they'll undoubt-
edly do it, for most of ahem can keep
in the shelter of the `wall." d tie
A,few moments later they ,hear
dull, muffled, booming of wood against
iron • as' a log struck the gate. They
fired. The muffled thunder continued,:
in"short, regular intervals like the re
ports of some distant. artillery regi-
ment practicing •ori the range:- The
,
pile' of• cartridges grew smaller,.
The old man, despite his wounded`
°arm, had resu ped • firing. His. rifle
jammed , .yilak' cleared' it. "Gate.•
can't ;last much longer," he muttered.
The spring iii the corner' gurgled
softly,, the water rose an instant,; then
trickled •noislly over the stone door sill'.
A.. brilliant green caterpillar,..irritated
by the acrid smoke of the glens, crawl -I
ed. ,out of a crack:in the•'rocks and be-:
;gan climbing the wall. Some fright-
ened, unseen nightbird dashed .• against
the window;. a: jaguar;how:ed far 'off
in the jungle... '
• Vilak•Jok betel. ' He became absorb-
ed in contemplation; his ' finger be-.
chanically, pressing the trigger. of his
rifle; his eyes became, the dull, dream-
°�- �liyf�'sre iilosoplier in-some.eti�
Vilak ''turned his. blackened' face
from: -his ' rifle for an instant, shot a
lance at the: chemist, squeezed his
shoulder affectionately °`.'Hard luck,
Nanny," he said'cheerily. "Work for
Nanny,"
you; Elise." g,to''hi rifle
•
lie swung his head bac f his.
'and began to• redouble the rate o
already rapid fire.. Cheer' up, 'Nanny
'• .. Needed another wouleclii d man to aeeep
me compa?iy. You -with yourarm
I with the wrist I got the other•night
. will go around singing with a grind -
organ after we get opt of this Make
more that' way than you . do With
chemistry." • •
1 • Elise 'had' . hastened forward to "exp
amine, the wound. Nunnally tried to
prevent her. "No• .... er .. No,
he stammered "It isn't .. anything.
. Just a scratch: ,. '... A splinter of
Steel . . a .... er • Splinter. Fix
N . it Myself .•....' Need - you •4'the ,win
e,.;.••:.dow.'?----.- ,----.M,a.- -.,. .,®.�..b-:,
- Elise did not heed him.. She looke i
at the:fiobr,, now in places covered'with-
an inch ,;or two of.water from the•.
•sr zing. trickling ; in , the. corner., -She•
found t • clear pool and. in one instant
had. brought Water. from,it and *ash-. ed the wound; in the next had, for
strip of cloth . from her' dress and tied
it in a- tight bandage, 'checking the.
:flow of blood.,``
The; gray silk appeared'like a grew
butterfly which had settled, on .,his
wispy arm.: A bell began to 'ring in
some. far off part of the house..' The
dog. hayed loudly.' Prentiss' cadaver,
ous body ,writher, his.angular f he'
contorted. with fear, his eyes were
eyes of a trapped beast. - "`T nfy've go't- m ,=heft over . • blasting .
ten in , • ." he pante .. "Gotten. in ...ifeve'ishly.
•
:Vilak'shook ''-ds head• "No.. Sure for wall.', His lace was flaming, "G.ot!
they haven't. I can' see 'too plainly, a plan? Got a plan?"
A bullet Must ..have cut one of:the �Vilale nodded' quickly: "Where is.
electric wires' arouid . the 'Jock• A it.
man's silhouette • appeared on the "Little shed ....few feet back
barbed wire which overtopped the wall. here :. °''
Vilak fired. The silhouette toppled. .' "Let'e get. it."
•
Goo 1VIa,.. They crept out the door. keeping to
lid s They wera`: n
Trees often V strangle themselves
with,• their own roots Fortunately,
this takes twine; and°if it •is detected,'
the offending • Parts may becut away.
tsaving the tree's 11fe. ' • .
Tree suicide, little known, and often•
'overlooked, 'is. described In Tree Talk
';(Stamford,.tonna;'by,k'. A. Bartlett,
whowrites;. i •
""The practise .o' hail -kill, or coin-
nutting suicide,; ia. ,far meet Qinman
anlong-trees than is .genitally 3'co
"Many a fiire specimen of jnaple,,
pine, .oak,, or.,eim has..taken its life or
own accord'• It has not been killed
b'y,foreigf agents, such as insects, die
ease, wind,• l glitiusrg, staiPvation, .,:or`
unfav'oiable soil, but by the peinicionse
'habit °'of ` winding its roots -about its,
steric:,- usuall +,,)ust 'below the surface;.
a
11
but
tilts.
rad .,
d Y.
gl ourrd,' an g u
ly 'sti•angling its own hfeFbloocl and'
cutting away its circulation. • '
"Them seems to.'be a greater ten,
deney on the part of I certain varieties
of 'trees to'.resoyt to self;destr action.
than en others.. The.:swamp maple is.
particularly. ' prone , to `. such ,means,
though th'e practise is in :no way con-
fined to:this variety, and may occur,
and often does, in nearly.all spe'cies,
•including•the forest and orchard trees.
1'
"Norway, maples', and ' particutlai. Y
transplanted ones,. are .more apt to u -
jure th•,mselves'than. trees growing°in
their natural state.':A perfectly. nor-
tnal.'tree has ,a well-rounded :trunk
with buttressed roots. running radially
in all directions'. As the' tree grows
older, the' buttresses become more and:
more pronounced. The yearly growth'.
of annalar cells is much greater ; on
the 'buttresses' than the a.nnuiar•ceils
between'the buttresses'of great roots;.
'The writer' has observed an,ave:nue
of Norway maple trees nearly one-
halfhalf mile in length, the trees •averag-
ing one-
:
inches in diameter, with
More than one-half the trees in vari-
ous.stages of root -strangulation; some
ealready-tieact some-elyrng', : aadeniany
weakened by self-infiIt tion.; • -
"Fortunately for' the tree 'that , is
suffering, and when the period,of self-'
.infiiction'has not reached the. stage •of
actual'decay,''there is a remedy; and
that remedy is to eut away the' offend-
ing member, 'Soniethhes severing the
rooe will relieve: the pressure, but it
is often necessary; to chisel away, chip,
by chip; the girdling member, which
Maybe deeply imbedded in the trunk,
taking are not to break through the
bareltet the-treet Careful. worke often -
saves ,the tree. Indication' of root -gird-
•ling, or self -strangulation,. is apparent
by the dull -appearance, of the.bark of
the tree on' the girdled side, .the' ab-
sence of.large;.roots. or_ buttresses, and
a general depressed area at the sur-
face and 'along t ie trunk.
'In 'the transplanting of small trees
'care should be -exercised that roots•
are •spread radially from • the tree anti
'net • twisted into' a small'hole,.•for who;
ever des so is aiding and abetting the.
tree to'self-destruction 'or suicide: i:n
later years."
Th•Ed
'event
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'the ardefs'; . _. •
:h pro .�
'.set.
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• bh
�,Airplanes
• , - Epi �n Parti O�
• .. �trress•
1 won
. wan ee:•�: ngiareeih; a'1 e, oeiu, ,t ui.,i-Y- l.amap . too s1i 1t a''. ,gs of
• es'.in, theft* studies�-lo•',fesQ"the the hlm:w,ithin .
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n.
'•Trayer, a' research •engiueei; speaking, The 1
before' the :futility confereirce of ,t ie slopes and c.
U)riversity of< Wisconsreee engineering
college here recently,' explained • boil,'
the use.of thin soap rilin oxer special
l. designed holes nablecl• scientists tond mapping topos;i appy.
Y .
compute stresses. n all rplane phi
One of the :principaldifficul'ties in
using the soap film method for ipves;ti;
' gating: torsional stresses, as de'scr'ibed
'by 'Mr. Trager, wa�s:that the ordinary..
,soap bubble is a'•fragile, thing totally
unsuited to standing the wear and tear
,of. a bard day's work.. Pet si ten•t ef:
fort resulted in the pi'odnction.of'a
soap film that will' last for adayunde
.continuous measurements.•• •
•
• A hole of the size and Shape of the
cross-section, ' of • the.. airplane • marts
which :is tit be 'studied: •is• cut,
metal plate.. Over this hole is Swept,a
'Slip• of soap' by• a sweep .of the type
of brew. Then the' film is blown up
slightly by a; cutgent or vere afr•.. Or-
A !nautical blue and white pique
ensemble of French origin that would
make. any': wee modern happy.
ing, eyT --The- brief ski' way .so._pretti:ly,
tan 'lamasery; the.thin film like a With its all-around. box -plaits : The
besleeveless, bodice is ' of plain white
liiid`s, inner eyelid crept .slowly aver
eyeballs again. ' • pique. • It is stitched ,to.the lskirt.
the white ey
Suddenly he'.put down. his• rifle. "A' Style 'No. 3430 coin's in itizes '2;; 4,
'perfect idiot," he flashed, as .he hur- 6' and 8 years-
'rigid to the other side.' of the tower and ' For' cool days, wool jersey in navy
began surveying the low' plateau back bine with the 'bodice of vivid red jer-
of,' Prentiss' house.:. "Complete'ly' los-,'sey offers a definite' change. .
ing my 'imagination. ..Far the second' • •,.French blue linen with bodice ,of
time in•a week I've ignored a means dress o'white linen with blue dots is
of escape• when it was, rying. .to be adorable
used Any' •powder, or dynamite here, Printed dimity' in pink and white
Prentiss?" r 'dress With, Jacket of pink pique is very
The other 'Whipped away from, the pretty outfit.
window. The mark en hisforehead.HOW TO ORDER! PATTERNS .
fwas `quivering. "Dynamite? . Not
Write your name
out.ours of the `bub,b e
This iS tr delicate and tedious process
'similar to the work •which is ,done. ;by
tl land surieyo•r in gathei•iug'.'lleld data'.:
•
lets ; :i •
\\'lieu the step . is t;ompletef
?t.s
vestigator•has data.from which he can
compute the stresses that will be, pro
diced , in th•e', airplane part by th:e. ,
loads •
and twisting it will suffer' in ler
vice. ' .The soap Min, is not ;loaded or•'
twisted.; it so 'liap.pens that thele he'a
envious anal•
a,Y between the eon -t
the bubble aid. the stresses 1nf
t
oui•s.of
the airplane 'part r{�hoee ,cross•sectiort '
ft represent•5.
,and address plain-
ly,muchwhispered
crying 'number and size of_ suchpatterns a's you Went. Enclose 20c instamps or coin .(coin preferred; wrapit 'carefully) for each numbeie, andaddress your order to Wilsen PatternService, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto.FiVe O'Cloalcs Eggs?' ..
"Geed d idea that extra wire. • - of perceived
them perfect targets. Don't think the tha wsThinw a moment ved
they'll Try that" again even if ethey
do�By e attackers;
i h had ret rued to the `tower roma with
:know • now that it isn't carrying high
„ tyro pal ages wrapped iii dirty :news-
voltage.", ' ' .
The besiebers' firing became desult-papers. These. Vilak untied and, ex-
cry: Vilak - took advantage of the. posing a number of"'stieks of dynamite,
interval •of ina. tion to stretch • his examined' them closely "Still good all.
cramped .museles and ' light. 'a cigaret. right. Not touched by 'dampness- He
The match sputtered into the water shot a glance toward the old man and
at his feet He gazed at is pitiloe the igrl. '`Fire as' fast as you can.
sopiiically. "Hope none of you are.Delay them. Time's the important
susceptible•to pnhumonia, with allthis thing ndw." boomedmonotonously
water on the fldox. S ems • to • me 'I've The • log. te.. d He took monotonously
piece
been living in the liquid for' the past against the ga
' f twine in which o
month,"one package had
He splashed'over to t -1 -11 -15 -0x -of_- le_en wrapped and began- rubbing it
cartridges, which' for security against' with the explusive-to--make a -fuse'-.`_
a stray bul,Net had been put behind a "What's your••plan'r What's your
d h t Ire fingered the plan Prentiss anted.
I"Not mine N�tu
Whitby. -The fi'eaic egg champien-
ship for this district is claimed on be-
half of a Rhode Island Red pullet by
its owner, William Maw, of Whitby.
On the' shell of the egg recently' pro,.
daced by the enterprising pullet, the
face of a clock With the hands indicat-
ing five o'clock, is plainly marked. It
has been suggested that the pullet de
'termtned • to out -de' the Oshawa hen
that laid the "Teddy Bear" egg, 4ever-
al weeks ago. ,
heavy woo enc •.es . re +s, Should have.
bullets thoughtfully.
• "No Use losing our • heads, but the: thought of it at once; with, that sprint;
cold .fact has Ito be admitted that we're Th water up in these
in a pretty situatic•n, Our antmuni-
tion's running Very low, our enemy is
superior in .numbers, at least four
•
gurgling there and soaking our shoes
s
all the.. time. •
The
little • lakes on the high ground all
around, you is doingits best to break
through and come down on us. Well
times ourselves, I shquld • say, judgiig't be it a little assistance.
, by the rifle bullets. At the most, even just g4
with no change ottactics on their part He searched among the newspa�pecrs
and with everything in our favor, we,fora detonator. "Blow up part
n lipid them off only two hours or that retaining wall I noticed.daenrein
'Use Minard'r for Rheumat` m. •
'A strong minded woman and a weak-
ly gentleman came on board a trans-
-atlantic -liner.. _._The._pale gentleman
retired, tt his cabin, .and the strong
woman • tucked, him• up . with sham*
Then she strode on deck and hailed
'the' captain. "We'll 'ma'am?" asked
i. Parti-
cularly'
skipper. MY husband is par
cap-
tain,"
a -
p
.
culaily',lla• t
o sea -sickness,
•tain, ` said tine • woman: The- skipper
nodded.• "'l've ,heard o f the com-
plaint before, ma'am;' he said. "Could
you tell .him. what to do incase of an
attack?" asked the ' burly .woman
"'Tain't necessary, ma'am" •replied
the, skipper. "He'll •do •it!"
The'End «I
Mrs Higgs -"I 'ave seen yer 'us -
hand about lately, Mrs.iris, I 'ope:
e's'quite well." . .
Mrs. 'iggins-"Didn't you..'ear? .,'E
got• hit by a car'•an' ' got 'conclusion,
my dear." , -
Mrs; Higgs -"You mean concussion;'
Mrs. 'Iggina-`'I mean conclusion,i'e ^ TUflSoT • "MAGI NIi -
"my dear?"
ca
so while it' will be morning before, that first fairly large a Sick if we
Alutnnly--"I 'hope you were a good
anyone learns that the report of the your house.. .Do it with a Pi 1 boy at the Party, and didn't 'ask for. a
flood is false and• returns to Porto�liave ttti, but the dynamites quicker.,
Verde. So we can•, expect no help Out friends outside said there was a •second piece of cake?" 'fornmy-"1`'0,
there. A beautiful'jcb this, Perfect- .flood.. We'll give them one. Nothing
original. The Dutch did it all the
fume when i country ut the dikes, if you -remember."
mummy. I tapk two pieces the first
time:' '
the teas invaded.
He tiedthe sticks in'seriies of threes.
"Not so safe here• Taking' Chances. j
Long chances. A lot of water up there.
Don't knoW exactly how much, And'
we're only ten feet or so higher than
the creek bed. Perfectly apt to get us
•as well, as the others- ,,gut it's the .
.41111"1".":-••••':' Only chance we've got."
The booming of the log ceased, probe
'. ably to aUow the attackers to •rent•',
it Prentiss stared at Vilak,.helf fearful,
half incredulous. "Going' to : • . let
life tike
geed gotfy-is made 'the Iakes •. ; • down on cis"•"
•
typ-af .rriatryr lithe thingsetch ( " 'es." ,•
°flea which ie ps rhe score.
- t -"- .. tis - aevav . _ r°ythin,
. Better digestion -=steadier 1 away:'have.a less dangerous plan,
ner'ves•-clearer brain, are all . ! 'if yo
factors that count and are ' well be delighted to take it."
gained,•fram the Prentiss shookhil; head sullenly.
•'use of Wrigley's. (Yk y�� Vilak swiftly 'rebundled the ekpla- t
;rye in a newspaper and started to-
ward the stool• Ile,torned to Prentihs. ;
'Any nay reale get through the wall?
Don't WaiA1To clrmtl rsverunless I halm_
1 te. Almost sure to be seen" ---.'''''T
ew
"There''s a place. Old drainage
I ewer. Barred up.now: ' But can get,.
through. if you know how. 'Straight?
lire from kitchen•"
"Better cnme4 and show lure. Save
• ti'nie." , ,
"All right. Want to get outside apj s
a
A cynic says:'. If you rate• •'giyen'.
•
: something for nothing, there is' usual` „'
ly something wrong with'' something: �'
Minard.'s for. Insect. Biteet
' roved: by
app .
the mothers of
Canada
Your mother's mother gave
lier children •Christie's
Arrowroots, .Canada's orig-
inal Arrowroot Biscuits.
• baked inCanadabyChristie's
since J853. There's nothing
better for' yob . children..
The Cruisabouts
a' t l n su r
died." • home.' 29' long, 8' • 10"
wide and 4•' draft .
fully equipped • with
'berths for• five and
deck ,'space or more
than twelve at tl . n-
-usually low price of
53'ti$Ec at the --factory:
Because :of stand-
ardization ,Richardson-,•. •
Zrulsaboutr' are low .1n.' •
• price.• Built' of. Clear,
;Cedar, Whits Oak and
Mahogany beautifully
vlin ler
flnls
lied.
. 60• I1>f. Gray Marine
Motor gives a speed
of 13 miles per" hour. •
Write ',for •bonelet
telling all the facts •
• on the three •12iehnr.1
son 29' fru(Cingts.
termor ti15EC
f V%
The lower
*hats uarattteed
Iltematelialsiromwhith
3tatt itolowersaTemade
atheway�theyarelnade
guarantee durable and
satisfactory service.`
'li'elnetieat cutleryour"-
riionay. nbuy muteraSftbMowerl4n me.'
J'Ai4EsSF(APTPLANT:.
a.: setwer ILLI
• • ISSUE No, 24-'30
• b
7UR•SE your
child, of course, if, .
' poosible,butdon't
,experitrieft with
'all sorts of food'
that you know •
littler about.
Eagle' Brand has been
the standard infant
food since 1.8'$7. It is
entirely pure, it is ex-
ceedingly' digestible
and there is ars ever
r-
.ead3r_supply at any
dealer's rio matter
where you: live or'
where, you• go. •
13 elpfnl buoy bonks.senr file
on mows/ . • • L`se c oapbi