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Qwn�up• Chrilcl's PiGayer
By B.ETTGURRE
Let me 'Please, oh Mother dear
-lay my bead upon your breast
And in silence surely • feel,
Here, at last, I can find rent.
ed, outroZn the
ander side the
table -top. onto his coat. He brushed it
rcl whose nature they could aY• .
SYNOPSIS 1pcwming hi rise. of the water Slackened.
' divine, only 'dim-ly.T It remain,
Attempts have been made on the life with a muffled report, the fawn Spoil It became Stationary,
pf Elise Mnea rip owner of a coffee . Inch b i chit
Part• Verde, Brazil., wall toward' the lake collapsed a �-� � Slowly began to fall. n y n, then,
Slanration, near o
Several ail Vilak,io Elise's
.line occur- huge. wave red against it. Aam'ad, crept down' the walls, exposing now;
red, and eakElise s cousin and pro= from: g a wider the black seat 'of a' broken chair, now
Elise s enemy? is that .he bottom oof salt' noting; r e standing on
mountain spreading
Elises enemy,. is at the and widgr as and:
want, it circ!; d duke the Boor, ops now 'with a pots
lswish vane'
ews' ,comes that the hurtled to r
dam at vs o's : as ,
at t od tower, •and hot wa .
Vale-
, ! ,eek swee tug A��i'a ees� !? al9s, lnw fishing and exposing the muddy, floor
r P itself s . :
. The . clinibed down from • the' table
Y,
and, going to; one:,of the• windows, ,at:
teinted °t,► r• out 't'o-'u ateh .the re -
eat o - the,e sing water. But the dL -
ap . n trot 'thee night
;appearing of ;the 'moon 1}.., , 'g
s'eemed:••permanent, their eyes. •could
not pierce the - obscurity They, could.
gauge' its fall. sem:what, howefuere. by
he owi'n faietnesrof.the•:murmur
the. . i . , : e and
it s'eddies as they dropped lbw t
lower •down the slight rises'on which
stood. the house and tower.
"Wonder how Prentiss fared.. in all
this?"' Vilak said. -.He stretched` again.
the trouble N
A '1 a broken and c
Elise and, Lincoln Nunna9 y lying Sheds anything
1 ride to : 'rrhrch citric
warn. Prentiss; Theyaare fired upon.: ,within . its fierce embrace: �•:
front•the ,woohe'end :Vilakthen .deter- 5,w on wave.caneedownuponthe'
t , e threat •of floods re a A sec d,
inmost, tha tPre _ . - . i ,_ the.Oen' . •-it swirled up •tire ground around
-'f ke to: get: Prentiss out in opehu •first•, r. Hokin „ at93lie
. e.,•mi. ht' be : murdered by itis. the 'tower- arid began g, .
that e g ,de. t h ernselves
• • `. barrtca.... , h . foundation ,stones• Tbe • three xnsid+4.
nemies; They
n a tower ;and are •besieged. 'When watched it -fascinated, tried •to distin-
t ammunition sett low Vilak anti
their : a m g fished whethe.�' the; ]Slack, forms bob-.
th n► � •.
e ell antra 'and'ge to •Blow its rest v�ere:branches'or:inert.
• . ell 0 dyke • , l ' :l lake. • e.. bing on, , c ,, Cloud
Ng the.dltke ho�ding a -.s • • But'tho •moon..had„ gyne:'urnder a
�� •,,, , , •• again and;'•they,couid. see clearly only,
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• a few -feet 'ah ad..:
Five ni nutes passed. -'Ten minutes: The waterhhhad. trickling.over: the
taco -taco, that strange South Amer- oar -sill.. The 'old man eyed it : er. t e -
A
'ran animal which like the. mole, lives 'hensiv ly Vilak caught his glances
�I cannot find the words to tell you,
:What burns in my heart so deep;.
Just let; nue; Mother, like a child
Sit near youand softly ween.. .
Do 'not question; Such, a . child
Cannot find expression
For the thoughts that Mack the mind
rAnd that need suppression,'•, h, .
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Eve hin ' is still too,; new;' .
i~Yt g
Do nor know its name;
Only lately have '!'.learnt
;To know—love, and'' pain'
Let. ranee Please„, ]1'iotlter• ale e
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ay mY�`head.ttpon Your, F • •.T .
And. in silence surely feel, .1 i
That• with your love I,•am blessed!
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"No u'se worrying;'Naniiy.'eerily. a Elise vigorously .slapped 'a:foot which
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always esonanroursd:, begaig. its: fan-
tastic.,. resonant hammering beneath
them. The green caterpillar, which
had crawled up' the wall, now crawled 1'
'down again and vanished into the
crack from which ''t had come.
Fifteen minutes..Shots : rang out
from the trees` near"the gate. Elise's.
powder-smoked:lips quivered.Twenty
minutes. Still' no sign of the two
men •.who had departed.
..Elise rested her weary Wrist,.. "Do.
you think . he's . . hit?" . she
"asked slowly.
"No no' ... Er • . no." : The
old map's voice expressed a cheerful-
'ness he did riot feel. "He's all right."
"Let use tie upyour arm main. The
bleeding's reconuneneed." •
. She made the bandage tighter. • As
-•'she 'did so, the door opened. cautiously:
Vilak stepped inside. His clothes were
'•covered with inud, his face '.scratched
with brambles- . •
"Bad shots," he grunted.. "Or they
would have had me. Moon Went under
for a minute...' Thought 1 'was safe but
it came Out in a hurry and they, saw
me: Fuse's lit all right"
The old: man wonderingly watched
him shtt the door. "Where is ' .. er
Prentiss?"
."Went over. .to , the house to get
something. Said' he'd 'he back in, a
minute"
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Once more the log 'thundered
against the gate• 'with an ''increased
Violence which showed that' the at-
tackers had well profited by .their rest,
The iron, weakened" -by the previous
assaults, could „iso longer resist the
tremendous blows rained upon it. 'It
cracked explosively. .
"Broken ;through," ' • Vilak snapped,g
"The water'll;have.to be fast."
•. A torch glared along the creek, then
• another and another.
"Try to smoke ,us out, .probably.'
Won't get them very far, when , we're
in this stone tower." h
• One torah seemed to speed through
the•gate. Vilak fired. The torch went
out. A moment later all the 'torches,.
were extinguished.
Vilak swiftly glanced at his watch.
"Fuse been burning seven minutes,"
he said placidly "Two minutes over-
due as nearly ds I can •calculate a
makeshift affair. Our friends are now
, undoubtedly crawling through the
gate. If it doesn't go off soon, we'll
be•'in trouble. Wonder what's keeping
Prentiss."
, He slipped a pellet of betel into his
nreelth and fixed his -gaze. tipdn his
watch. A bit of mortar loosened by
the firing, dropped down upon his
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She made the bandage tighter- As she did so, the door opened
. cautiously. Vilak stepped inside.
By BETTY GQURRE
I found a rose in an 'old, old• book,.
Hidden 'away in a dusty nook..
In a summer.,hodse by a.rippltng
brook!
It had ' shrivelled and • died'' in that • going to 'ave a race clown the ilia —
fumble•dawn shed 1. 1.Tit-Bits.
Had no bright green leas or petals
• of red, '
But, it brought,' to my, mind • a romance
Tong dead' ' ..
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111.0011 dens' .
the:g*0
•Lemon , P.udding
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Juice.o;P 11emion,and the grated rind
i emon. 1 coli sugar, yolks of, -two.•
of %.. lemon, .
eggs'• :(b'eeten.wyel•L)•;' 1 •teaspo'on of ,
to liutter,.';e tablespoons,'flour, el melted ... •
cu.p •sweet'•'inilk
h .�i in following.,
'`etliodt�.&irt•to8�et•e,.
.M l ,
os.der:'Sugar, juice and rind of lemon,
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egg -•Yolks, , 'butter, •flour, male" and,,
lastly, fold in beaten whites of eggs.
Voir into buttered pudding -dish, sett
dish in large► 'pan of w^ter and bakei.
r. 90 minutes. •
"'Why are j ou.' stoPpipg here?" :he, :..•
asked; nervously. • • •
"It's all right, guienos " the ettendr,
ant replied. "I' only waiting fr`iuy
Mate, with another . old 'gent •W'e're
• .:y$portng • .
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Old Brown had ha.d.a'•ter!ible nit rn-
a
in : • He .was unable::to watk,. ani!. diad
engaged a: pian to ,pull' frim aaout• In
on
valid's chair. • Tevecle' they.;,h'ad
'an.
nearly 'been •crushed.under ;a: traiiica>,,
and 'wire the invand-chair .man had;
nlricost' dropped. his. chai�ge into :a
ger: •' ; .. .
They 'halted' at the top. of a *very
steep hill. At first Brown •welcomed,
the halt. But at last he began to get
estless
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lit hip cigaret: The trickle became
more rapid. Vilak held out his eigaret
case. The old man shook his head
"I tell you there's no use worrying,"
Fragrant and sweet in that 'old book
it lies, '
And though its. long; long ago, and I'm
old and wise -•
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Minerd's Drives Away the; Headache.
Little Jdsepla had recently' taken up
the study of. physiology, , which he
fotradriointerestiagehat he was eager
'aPplyi.lis' teachings le ,the home.
Particularly as regarded the daily
or approve • uncomprornisingly frail
his Physiological winder& One even-
ing hie 'aunt' Was serving seine freih
higly ‘'How 'abeut this eider be-
loeking very serioue, replied, "I ...don't
-"think it is very .gotul for us, uncle
Contains 1.0 per cent. alcohol!" "Ip
that go?" said uncle' William. "Well,
how can you. explain the. case of our
gresii many apples; made cider by the
barrel, and all his' the :dratik quanti-
ties Qg it, aeil,'Yet lived to be 94 years
old?" Little • Joseph felt; his ' pet
,study was heing severely assailed,
7 and it was necessdry ler him- to de-
fend. it With a clinching arguthent, so,
with quivering lips, ' he staminered,
"Well, I—I'll—bet he Wasn't very
healthy when. he died!"
Great inventions7-• are' often the :Sim:
pleat: .The architect took the door off
a clothes 'closet and called a break-
fast nibeik.
Frei:mei Ferguson gives' S:.•.:10.1in:4.
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all the Credit. for Canada"; Preigrees
to datee. Evidentle Meet 'of the niiiney.
Men of Canada" eras „eel:steel,.
lee Europe
this AlIttaltitil
for less money
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,The fsmous Passion Play is '
'-clraWing added thousands. Its 44,
-August, an51 September, the '
crowd hai. passed—there's
choice of .accornmddations
had gone to sleee; the old mareshiftel
the ;bandage, to euriously regard the
In a quarter of an hour they were
Vilak wen' t on, his eyes again at -the flashing his electric torch on the water
Window. "Either the. water rises, and n the low gully which lay between the
makee the tower collapse, or it doesn't. tower and the house. "Be dovin enough
These are the only two things that can to get egress in a few rninates," he
muddy black hair arid a few of the possibly' happen, 'If it collaphes, then said :thoughtfully. • "Funny about
grains fell intt? one ef: Elise's eyes. it'll be time to think about it Mean- Prentiss. Welt a little while, and if
Quickly; dextrously, he began to re- while, We've done evetything we can, he doetn't tome we'll go Out to look
move them. and there's nothing to be gaieed by, for him."
A flash of light colored the -sky be- gettieg pervoui sheet it. "Wish it I , §bon after the odd trio slushed
'hind the Mese; the rear of a power- wasn't so confounded darL Could see iihroughthe mild to the house. Vilik's
ful explosion shook the , ground. then whether our friends had gotten lantern sprayed. the gloomy exterior
"There it goes," Vilak murmured. away or tot. Wonder what's happen- vvith it white, circle of light. "Pren-
The roar of the explosien was fol- ed to Prentiss?" lid eitended.the eig- tiss!" he Shouted. Thepe- Was no ao-
rowed: by the clatter of crashing rocks, 'aid ease to Elise. "You're net goirig giver. "Prentise! Where the devil gra
then the steady, dull thunder of rush- to desert nie too, are you, cousni? • you?" he galled again, tinakingri mega -
big water. 'Frightetied ehouts 'arose She brtished her hair back from her phorte of his hands to shin greater
, from the betties at the. creek; tint bleckened .fece. "Surely 191- smoke volume. ' • . ' -
• -watchers in the towers could see. with yee." She smiled faintly. "Not His only %TOY waS a Wolf -like howl
shadows scurrying frantieally about, one of yours . . . if you don't Mind." from an aguara off 'in the forep His
some dodging back to the gate through The old man decided to join them. great blond eyebrows puckered. "Fun -
which they hall come others racing to
f Vilak took the candle 'from the corner, -nY. Mighty funny. . . :Let's go in- :
the house, all fleeing frem the unseen.* lit the eigarets; then put the cand e sule."
upon a shelf. The water began to in- Thciy.enteved the desolate structure.
undate The room- " Again they 'walked through erunibline-
Vilak sled, as he pushed a heavy table ruins Of a kitchen- They Peered into
"Might as well get comfortable," living rooms, moldering hedrooms, the
' towaed the centre ot the room. "If we every musty cupbeard-arid pried itto
all sit on this, we may riot get so wet." every skeleton 'of an attic.. In ore
They climbed up. "More water tharethall evhieh formed the gloomy eritranee
I expected," he wen on. "Lake either :to tho forlort brilding Were a few
deeper, or we started that one next tp ;muddy prints which Vilak had no dif-
RIGLEY it on a little voyage, too. One thires .ficulty in recognizirg is the marks of
rises, the more ground it has to cover. !,:tantly weee: Beyond this th'ere was
li our favor: the higher the water Ithe heavy huntirg shoes Prentiss eon-
, , Certainly oughtn't rise rauch.more. Lot:hirer,. Man: and dog as welt had
Wrie,,*.eils 'creates pep ,and•
erge iled-keeps you aerie!
A 50 neatest they save 'On
. froth going to sleep at the wheel
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tlakes
hey stretched ,ciut on the table,
1th ir feet overhaaging .the edge, the (To be 'confirmed.)
old man, watching the waiter ereeping
;higher and hikher up Ole Walls. Elise
r leaning down and trying to mash some '
' of the powder stain,s from her eyes ,
Mal mouth. in •Whitsentide corigress, and added
Th6 water climbed half way- up the ;
, table, then eeared the tan. The towev I __ausdhel. to the legion of ertisting Ger-,
gave A slight grivee Anti a ear) :ap-+4.14°4'444=tle's" tle"l'e.vz'a-TQld) i' `'dli
..tklumaily ietilis cizall'ef i...44.1.e_bit 0 'ile.l. said , Vie organization' would strive to
schemes AN -11101 inight partly1 gave .the
. 11,Reftee te werry uetil it gets at AlotoringeMilie rays: "Not ell the -
Iraq a couple of feet bi2her• Then i wnoderr-Iteaded drivers are; foute on
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Vi'rite. for a cata-
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1930 CritiSgbota,
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sales and Service,by
T. B. F. BENSON, N.A;
371 Bay Street Toronto, Ont.
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withOut a-
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nor doe, he go about i‘ith.
(lusty, unponshed shoes ...
Personal pride steggeets. a
to 'keep tlie •shoes.srnattly