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. 4 r y% Jobling 1~ inds_That.
Honesty is Still, the Best
Pd1Fcy
' By A. G. •G R:E EN W 000
-Everybody who know Stacey Park,
London's newest suburb, knows the,
little' general shop which old J.erb.ling
built out in• front of • the ancient and
ramshackle Manor House,:
, Young Harry, Jobling dived • there
• notti, alone, except: for Mre Brings.,
wine kept .house. for bite. • But thingd'
Weren't gots:; well, , Meltiplee chops..
. had 'sprung up, and.. competition.: had
become fierce. '
• .ff` you..,w,ent into .Jbhl:ing's, a girl,
• with• light brown; bobbed hair .and
eark.'brown; bright eyes served you,
Daisy. King was Harry's, only , assiste.
alit,' •• • • .• ;.
• it 'wee on .a .Friday—the thirteenth
• if •the ;month, took-when~•Dttisy, who:
',.had.•been even gttilotei _,than Visual' all
•• tthe • morning,• lingered bfore•,she•• went
off tee lunch, and ;then said nervously
to Harry:
"I'm. sorry,, Mr., Jobling;' I've got to
. give notice. -
• She went on ,the ` explain, tl at her
lather Was joining' his. brother .in parte
nership on :a farm in Canada, The
whole family. were: leading England
for good. Her uncle woutd•find jobs
for Peter and Dick; her brothers: ,:. •
• When 'she` had gone to, her lunch,
Harry stared at her usual .seat in the
dark corner behind •the counter: and
:the .perfumery showcase. .She, . was
leaving • England..., Never , had he ' ire.
a 'sed such: a gaster-•-N'everhadhe .
e -realized the truth with such blazing
e'xrety.. Did sh' knower No, never
•
• :hid he hinted by deed, *ardor glance:
;How. could lie speak. . of. love to.any girl
whe ' he had • nothing—less than no
think to offer? •
• ,It: was then, • 'th e. he ••suddenly
'thought how splendid•.it would be if he,
too, .could go. Was, it impossible? Her
father, he karat; had sold his.business
and. his, house,' and was putting capital
inteLlxis_ hers• farm 7jeying his
'.'footing. '':Swifily •calculating, Harty
believed . he could. meet,, his • liabilities
' and have a few hundreds over..-pree
• viding'he could find a' real purchaser
fez'. the freehold,of •.the old house. He
• blight make inquiries lat the estate
• agents,. anyhoW, and •see if he could
, get 'a giod'offer.
That same evening Mrs. Briggs► the
housekeeper, . celled Harry into • the
.kitchen. Since the dry weather had
- set in, she explained, the creek be-
tween window and fireplace had .been
'widening. Something .ught to be done,
said she. •
Harry investigated. In . the passage
above tyre crack, hidden •by a cupb; ard,
gaped. widely. On the first floor; ir'� •one
of . the 'disused' rooms, he could pot
his- fingers into it.. On the . second
floor,. in yet •another empty room, past
• rains had driven in and •rotted the
fldorb'oards,
A settlementof •old standing, made•
n.ore apparent by the draught, said a,
• friend—=a .clerk in a • London' survey-
'or's office—who came down that week-
• • end •at 'Harry's request and investi-
gated.. With a very long tace he,
. Made, his report. ,'
"The old house is doomed, old boy,"
he finished; "underpinning would cost
a' mint o' money."
"Nobody would buy, •1 suppose?
said aHrry. • . • .
"Only for the,eite value, I'm afraid.
'Old man. The' house itself is , worth
less than it would cost to Frill it down
•arid clear the 'site." .'
In bed that night, with a high wind
• filling the old •hou.se With strange
• noises, Harry, calculating; realized
that his capital, too was a ,minus
quantity,. Without the price he.. had
set against the house, he was no
longer solvent. Day -dreaming of Al-
berta and Daisy was folly. He wouldn't
think•of her. ' Tomorrow he: wouldn't
even look atelier. • ,
"But he .did look --constantly.
The presence of a rat in the base-
ment, where stock was stared, changed
• his plane. The rat caused Daisy's wac-
• ening cry, which ent Harry bolting
• downstairs. She had leapt up on a
a'te.
"Darling, whet's happened?"
,
The wor'd's were instinctive. Not
till he noted her expxrexsxsixonx•xdix
..ti.11 ' he noted. her expression did ,he
•
•.,
444 gor-APe
. ,9
f- - O 01" Belt
"Qld.Bell. I
TIIat cheofafa the scllootboy of hie hours
Aud.•'t•allest him to lessons day by
daypla-v,,
Thtl• brazen tongue shalt now tns.p.lre
•
my • lay. •
•'t)Id tauglliilg $ell!' • '
•
Thy piercing voice seems sadly vice
of tune, • ' ' '
•Swiu.giag aloft fitom new' to wanfng
•
tnoon, ,
;With • t irctine ..years, •LLke 'leaves;
cram these, strewn.'
•
!"t5 mournful Belli. . •
Thu ..t)i'irin;s! my boyhood back, -to
n'e again: •. ° • •
its golden hopes Which now 1 seek.. in '
vain, •:
1'•he I eetitig lots ttt,at 1aneed about
its, trait. ' •
' 0 soleutli )tell!
Lae
;
I'ho,i 'seemest in ae ease to. sound
thnt' ;
tja Hive?e dear•kelIt1avivate-s whom loved
. •50 ';tiFll: .. .
Whoba•• 'the wayside in • the spring,
time trill.
Striking action photo�'gra h taken'a. Tom crashedinto'and over Phil Bishop,already d'o»•n, and E Willis . sliding clear: at recent Eleglistt race.•_
Ps O-- -_
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tant to lower her on to the sofa in
her mother's sittieg-room. • Left :alone
with•
stairs fetching bandages, he leant over
sofa.
his friend's 'rt •of the den r t di telt going to build.a big the- Cala Latest .Additions
"D nloekie,a, Bell!
Laughing, .the :years away with heed-.
• leas sound '
While young life ebbs and flows - lo'
• endless round! • •
\\'ill thou survive and they no "'more '
be found?
of collapse •I' atie and every bit if. the old house 1. to'Vegetarian . Fadi
'
•
and repo ge syn•
Daisy; while Mrs. King was np „
"Can't t Mr. Miers see it forhiniself, is to be demolished Answ Ye 'etariais' are congratulattnt
then?" asked Daisy. 1 ` —S g
themselves on'new converts just now
the f No. '• He tioesn t•,know a thing about Quee>Q a. ]�andiWOlrlC
"I'm so—fianticalty—err frantically --frightfully .building. That's •obvious:. The man's --and converts a rather is just
now
g Y
inp1Y� _ -_._._ f Baba _. rin —For recently report
a fool: Anyone could do hind ";
es for the nu 1'or •Inert -+nee It ♦ a
„ — -'bv lo"'th p
"Then he must be.tod, Harry, she ss bo
ed
n. Ba c
skip without' hesitation. cess born to the Duchess of York ed from Aberdeenshire'that a fox lord
•` Mr. Miers looked in the next morn- int u a rabbit.had been found shertngh
rs �., ne i
ing. 'His cheeks were more yellow; his.
„ :: , or y Princesspieces.
_sorry,__ he said .,df.d_rathereharbor._a..
,
l
million rats. than'hurt' one hair•of
your head. •
She• lay there; looking• up,at him.
,"What4—what was it you said when
von first came in?" she asked: : lisp more'pronot}nced than ever, and
He felt his cheeks .burn. Then he he Was evidently in the' worst of'tem-
•noticed that her pale lips were quiv- pers.
ering.. • `.`Can't viait any .'longer," 'he` said.
"Are—are you in frightful pain?" "It's now; or neve', Mr: Jobling:
Le asked. �*
"No. I'm' trying not' to 'laugh.
• "At me?" at said simply. :
She nod"d"ed. '•
included ded woollen garments • which
Queen Mary crocheted, threaded with
Pink ribbons;' •if was revealed. The
Queen also made .a cot covero e.
"Because'it•took a rat to do it!" she
said. '
Then Mrs. King appeared and. said
she felt sure. Harry must be anxious.
to get back to his business. Nor would.
she listen to protests. So back he went,
his' thoughts" : busy, alternately sb
happy and' miserable; exalted and
floored,. exulting and despairing.
Harry's blissful dreams didn't last
long. •• All his worries seemed sudden-
ly to mome to a head. Wholesalers
became avid for payment.
raise another $500.- Not a penny
more. That's ,flat."
Hairy Sighed, smiled; • and shook his
"You've heard?" ejaculated.Miers
abruptly,' eyes Offering like beads.'
.Heard •• what?" asked • Harry
startled.
Mr. Miers 'flushed,.'and turned
orange.
"$1,000' then, and thats'' final!" he
exclaimed: "It's a' go! Yes?"
"No," said Harry: "Look here, I've
something' to show you." •
He . led Mr. Miers downstairs,
"See• that?. It's d settlement. Cone
upstairs. It runs right tarongh the_
And then; `One day, a little' dapper house: 'I want to.. sell,•.heaven knows.
man, with, a saffron skin, a black I'm not sticking out for a bigger. price'
smudge if moustache,'aid black eyes I'd have jumped et your first offer
behind' tortoiseshei7{ glasses,. sauntered But. couldn't, though. I wanted,:o.
into the. shop.. He introduced himself. The • ho' sc is rotten; tumbling down.
asa�►'Ir.' 'Miers. On behalf of. a client Barring the site="
he was looking for -well, pretty'much. Mr. Miers sat down on ;a crate,.
what he. now sa*. Had the idea of. staring up at Harry 'and rubbinn. his
selling ever struck Mr. Job/ing? podgy hands together: Then his Sol -
"Well," said Harry, his heart dick- ems face crumpled up, and abruptly,
ing, "more or less.' be began to laugh.
It • ended with 'Harry taking Mr. "What -what's up?" ' demanded
Miers over,,the house It 'wasn't till :Herry., r
they. stood in the•'garden—a fine, In answer Mr.'.Miers pulled out his "The R_100 is• far more robust in
long garden, now mostly' jungle, lar fountain -pen ••and the contract he had construction than the, Graf Zeppelin;'
behind the old house—that• Harry felt so often before put. in front oglflarr:,r:' said Sir John. The behaviour of bot -h
he had been a little unscrupulous in the R 1
standing in front •of the crack o
every floor they visited. •
"P'r'eps," said Mr. Miens,, at the"
finish. `1I might. have the first refusal'
for a month or so?';
In•'e few months the louse might
have coll.apsdd; so• Harry said: •
"Sorry. If i seal I want to sell
quickly." •
That night Harry went round to
inquire after Daisy. They were alone
together for the first time since that
Wonderful afternoon. •
Harry told her all about Mr. eaters
and how in the end he had, to Harry's
astonishment, made an offer for'the
house. ,
"More than • I,e::pected to get," said
Harm ."And the funny thing is that
he didn't say anylthing about it being
subject to surveyor's report. Just said `
same bu •row,,and bringing :up .. etr
res'�Ninnies nilies in it. •
•
d tt d But'' this doesn't necessarily' meat.
'with tiny pink embroidered rose buds that, the fro', in question had t.irt^t,
which was sent' o Glamis Cassie ' be '.vegetarian, - There have been cases of
fore the. birth' of the 'child. a similar kind before and the rabbits
The Queen's • choice, of pink was \f no share tivarters with A Brer F`?x
taken as art indication that she ant!- aren't quite so.foo'ish .as .h•o might.
irl as ntos� e, Quite ossibly they go on to the speech experts. The Prince has
cipated the birtU of a g, , suppos Q p a different pronunciation •from, his
royal women 'st 11 adhere W the old the sane psi ciple as the criminal' father " •
"bow and in - or-
_ _.,,b„, fue�for a `p ,- i 'sed•.-• .�.
idea'-ot .. nelss'ia �r"nta'n; who• -has 1 ste •
they
� l .l'•
a.. girl." b h thinks
• • tt .t t look ter t
to a good mane speeches,of the Prince;; .,
S
summed the difference up by saying
Glateis, Scotland --The progress of d -at least, for a that there is. a Dominion flavor 'about
the Duchess' of 'York acid the' new .has sometimes woyke, on hid there And ciin on fla or the
Princess continued satisfactory: time. Where rabbi and fox, are c
trig hness and the• infant .ce"k be prince's travels have left traces in hid'
"Her royal .g
princess are boat very'well; said"an c:.use ,foxes ave a of the cadences of 'Canada, 'and a
official biil'letin issued; on 'Aug. '9th :easing their neii.hbors alone, even touch of the tones .you hear.`•`flown,
• when they are a kind that:would Under" in Australia.
1. tasty al' Thus if•there is a
0 dismal • Bell! •
Ring as thou will, (thou •shall deet bring.
dismay; • • '
Thou • are a "thing ' ot_ earth's. swill
pas's'ing ,day. • •
ever fade
�• .shall n d
'Loe
and
But Life
jallay.. •
Bedford; Pollard. inthe Friend:
Ackaor'lr School • has • just " cele
..bi'ated its 130th annic'ersary.
The Prince's,Empire Accent' •
The •'King's English" is. .not the
Prince of Wales', English, according
•kf
Latest , Bulletin
grelereeco--lisseeright.einder_ tte_e ee
of the• police, , ecauie e
' him there.• .
In the case .of criminals this plan
reed, it . ale st always works,
curious habil ee speech. There is in. it a suggestion
by Sir. Henry Simon at' 5.30 p•ni• •
4citipnl.etaoin shrdlu cmfwyp .bgkgjp
British Dirigible
• . Will .Visit Egypt.
-. • Ottawa.' -=a Commercial possibilit es
Of the•British dirigibles will be tested
to a series of flights between Eng-
land and Egypt.; this winter.' accord-
ing to Sir John, F. A. Higgins of the
British' .Air, Ministry. who is in Ot-
taw a:,
• The iil'urability of tile 'R-100 was
•amply demonstrated in its trip to
Canada, he said. bat data on costs of
operating a regular servfce,•must be'
obtained:' : ' '
"I'm still- on," he said. ` What's
your price?"
"Whatwyou first offered. But, .man,
you—" i the Old. Country
•
Mr. 1Vlier� poised pen' descended Sir, John's• trip is in the nature of,
like's. hawk, then rose and hovered. a holiday, be said, His plans inoludea
"No;" he snapped, frowning fere-, a short trip to Toronto,'and an inspeo-
00 and .R-101' had been most
satisfactory and"the flight to Canada'
had been a sour�e of gratification in
ciously.. "I offered you• in all $1,71
wore. We'll split the difference 'Mr.
Jobling, just 'put your name here,
please." •
"So • I signed," Harry •:told Daisy
that evening. "I•shall;hav'• the money
in '' about a month. Oh, I do wish I
tion of the . airpolt et, St.'Hubert.
. Policeman: ,"Mise. you.. were doing
sixty miles, an hour " She: •"Oh. isn't
that Splendid! I onl.y•learnt to drive.
yesterday."—Tit-Bits. , .
•
make a a y me a
rabbit warren near a 'fox's 'quarters, The Prince seems to have aequired�
the fox will Lenore it when he is' the accent peculiar to the officers And
h ntin ,and travel st►nie instance to
engineers who man the' ships trading
& to Australia, Canada and. South
find another warren. •"
But there are cases .of cats who • Africa:, These men, ' fellow -travellers
have developed a taste for vegetables.I of the Prince' on many occasions,.'• all
could .come out with ,you in the same ' 'young B ow
► .. •n got married: On pat'
boat!" • j der he gave his bride 320 out of his
"You are' to,"she said. "1 told and kept only $out his
father all about us last night. He', $25"salary .
going to make uncle take' you on. But,. self.. The second- pay day he reversed
Harry, why didn't My. Miers mind the process. "Why. Robert." she said
about the settlement?" in injured tones, "how on earth do you
' "He'sactingfor a ' syndicate;' 1 k i can menage fora n e
he'd buy it as it,w.as. His solicitors Harry said. "He laughed 11 to any -
are. inve•sti+;atiflg the title already: thing at sty: getting the extra cash.
Seems in a `hurry." r He, called it'conscience money. The
"You accepted? It's void?" ,
Ilam* shook his head. He lined net
'et
•actual'y accepted. He had long' i t'.
Soirething had held him back. That
reci!ize *hat he had said. The rat, crack., t:hat'fa.tal settlement, had..pee-
vented his leaping at the ,offer.. ,Alt
by running , again across • the floor, very well to argue that a purchaser
came to Harre's rescue. He snatched must look out for Himself, but no pru-
dent man buys a• house Without his
surveyor' first reporting on• it. Well,
up a, bundle of, fireweed and let fly: nt••
it The bundle glanced ori a barrel
at.:l l,reught a pyramid of'•paint.pot,s Slierswas ititprudent then. Miers <Sas
t. the floor. ' the 'fool he Iooked,-then. Still, that
Si :uitahcouAly' Daisy iutnp••.d do• wn.' •didfl�t justify doing him.
'Her f cot landed nn a rolling tin. She
fedi, scrambled up as Harry .darted
' f re-erd. then drew ' a laud breath
o" ,-.tint and stood halenced on one; her.
"You're hurt? It tvts all i -y- beast- keep'. your mouth. shut, old'boy."
'ly Saul; ! 1 --1 sax-, I ani a 'clumsy Harry, did. He rept his .moted. hit
it:.n.', is---isi it your ankle?",
She tier1.1»,1 and blinked. Two tears so firstly that heekouldn't eae "Yes,"
littered on her ,cheek,. She put her ''to Mr. Miers' first offer•'the next tlay,
feee to the• ground anda'ent tel';; i To his dismay the only result wee an
we:to.. Harre's arm shot round her.! increase of $500 in the price., ,Evi-•
-••:•nrainen? Oh, I say,, 1 arra ,1 dently Miers was keen on the place,.
__._._ . f,r..rc. w r_.. rt*±c w.,+4't-''t►rtii•Ft._ rs..it ! for some,unkrtawn reason._ ,
i "Give incTtill the meriting. , ai.T'
le . mix.-- Harryl.
Iii lifted her es though she .w.r; •
trade of gla�v. Ile rniried her, star -t That night he laid the matter bee
•Ing steadfastly aheard,'upstair.s ii•nd fore D91sy. Ile told het 11 that de-
ltttn his little parlor. • I Mended on,. it. If he kept silent and
"Mrs, Pr i!'gs!" he -hauled. • • I let the sale ea through, he could clear'
• The old Woman casae hustl•ine, II, oil' his liabilities 'and land_ in Canada
• hovered, gaffing* at Deist., saying': " e with .:evernl hundred dellen It least,
• etector?' D'you think. I'd better get...ii "In -Canada, anadfia, Harr•. ' ' • o
' doctor?' •Sure it all right? Hadn't I.: "Ye 1 mean In fallow yob elite t' 11
better t' :ephone?'` ' get a ;,1h somewhere' within • riding
An hrrttr late, he shut up the!sh�•'r rlt�•t aro . 111 n' '1•:.1.1 - entre eiMes---
and took tar home in a Ude. To t ir; i Wilkins and. \' lei .a' u; tr, r.
from it ht tarried her. 11e Was. i,=''tr •\ 1 ...t":1' h. 't'•t. i h•r f:lire cries
His surveyor, friend, over the tele-
phone, 'declared, however, that ol'ily a
fool' would point out the settlement:
"it's up to Miers to find 'out. Yo i
4
Two of then, who never,' bothered to
interfere with such titbits as•canari.ea
and goldfi"sh, 'were perfectly unscru.e-
ulous when 'it came to cucumbers. •
They could not resist this vegetabi,+.
But while 'many people cut 'off the evolution ' of . ah Empire 'accent?—
rind before eating cucumber, it was ,,,\tt' veers, •
this part of the• vegetable that inter- '
ested the cats. They: would nibble all Are Skyscrapers Safe? •
the rind off: leaving the'rest.
speak in much the Same • way • It is •
not an obvious accent, but a keen •ear .,
soon detects ' it,• '
• As fast liners, wireless, and talking
fi'Itns aleilish distance, shall ive see the
Even instances like these,'however. The increasing extent to which steel
is being used as a building matelial. is
are hardly prof of vegetarianism:. causing the question of safet/.,to be
There is no, evidence that the cucum-
ber -eating cats refused meat or.fish
when offered them.' And Most flesh-
•.cating. animals end•at least some fruit• erica: for instance, many rails`expand-
oT vegetables to their normal dietary, ed and heckled because of the heat,
and some 'pets—particularly doggy— ted anxiety was •felt' regarding the.
would he 'healthier if .they get fret
more frequently'>—"Answers:" '
:seat .steel • skyscrapers.' So a' very
ti careful• study of the effects .of the
1t lesiva a Int •of differenre teh• Melee ann•armnl heat an these buildings. teas
your supply of bono` is.in the Iia+k of :undertaken:'l;.p'to theej,_time of wi•iti•n;,
t.hp•head. •nathing'hus been founts 'amiss.
" This .seems •to confirm the opinion
Ifunger. sharpens ,the iyits, we are J. Pistor, a •tgember of
told. We knnvi a.fety .easir1'P h, trd• the executive eo•mcil of the AmericFFla'
ing•hrni'ea share. rhe. roni•f•rsatinn. Inrt;tuae ..f •Steel Construction, \v':•►o.
tttust bes pasitively siiarkline I:otr 1•ln addi•oaged •;i meeting 'of the Itist•itti-
ifmm�ri:i, ti'�ll •f •Mecletnical Engineers iH. Lon'
1 •n rF:neland I i•ecehtly, 'He believes
"Eales;" said a 'fri?till of ttt", f,tttt•ly 'hat ky:ci,11iers use quite Safe:
•to the old colored tea •hnrwenian•.I indc-' I.' he expre: sed the view th•it
1 ,;a �t they ' •inti-afely~be built to.a.height
of, 2!►4,1 feet -=which is ;,much highir
t . •tallest sk• n er`bu'1t 'a
raised, in.couttries where tle.•sumtner
may. be very hot. ` • - . •
Uurine the recent heatw ive in Ana.
think whole week . have , u s ..n lss r itch 111,4.
on 'i paltry $5?`' "Hanged it. I know,' "\r., ma'am," •she' answered,•"ii .11
he answered. " 1 had a ,rott:entime berir in "ha wash vete—else red
myself Last week. 11's your turn'unw" tern.: „ •
•
Submarine ' Adventurer
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Sir 11 �1�ti. •
'.....�,.' i‘.i'1n f,��{�i't I.� j'rr.n•
thin h ysct p i t .
11rnj1*'1 i t'iday,--"•A.nswer,
Mental Tests for. Babies
\ ver% a baby begin .o ;dhety
.n; -•f inte;liienc'•"-
•
• 1 't. have recently been itrade by
redeedeei-t= in .Ir'dei••.tn answer [his
v'.i t;. e, over sixty 'youn'gster's be -
;,1 .n th.• air..- of ftfte'cn minutes and'
r•. dey, '.eine:; thiseeubjeets.
Tied!' enr. iu,inn.'is that, at birth, a
it l:'1 net a .mental unit. but that it
heeins to. display intelligertA41
to '1imuli •of vario'is
Led- Ily t.l , time it is one month old
' ,', , 1ay be -a;•1 to !xi a complete
•, . • ' ,
't'! at : u by the .•arty years of a
.• • .'1 • are ;o, important • .The
`,i !delve period is before It
f •' •
4 •.,l al all, first impressions
•'. . 1 i t-ttni . "answers."
tridtan Summer -
;tle ,f 4ninkv hills
' ;il<'n forest stands. '
lir the bhie jay calls,
ere ,1Ntlnnlit tends.
• . •k tile: tilaple' lean* •
1', , :.; 41; fory nnr•�ad, • •.
‘..11 I:, 'h • : r:,,t.'hs en tiro hills
,.•I 'eels. ;,r«•en,to red.
:� r• • st"s•.1.t,lpt itt.tniat;
`Ir ' ''•,-,' iiter'il r'rtntfth
•r rh•nlr tee iene, volt aitfituitt
•
,1 r 1 1,, '`"1 •It I'ttr,k i ... • dying' s nth,
• \Viifr$'d C2ifnpboll: