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RANDY SUAfNER told the girl
he loved her. She was beautiful
and he was luunau, and he couldn't
help himself. He feltchagrined
when he thought of it later because
that night he had forgotten that he
was a police detective and she the
girl frond and accomplice of the
notorious Tony Quarles,
He had to get away front her for
a few days. It was the only way he
could think clearly, So he ran up
to Chicago and there he dropped in
on the chief. The chief got sore
when he saw hits.
"Wh-t the hell! The dame will
take a powder on you, If she blows,
it's curtains as far as our chance of
bringing in Tony is concerned."
Randy felt like telling the chief
to jump in the lake. But he didn't.
He knew the chief was right, Pam-
ela was Tony's girl. A new one,
They'd been seen together at The
Lobster Club and the storywas that
Tony was suits over her.
Right after that the Ryegate job
was pulled; a' night watchman and
a cop shot dead. Of course Tony
vanished. They couldn't hope' to
find him. The girl vanished leo. A
week later one of the boys saw her
down at'Ocean Bluffs:" She was an
usher in a movie t'. eater.
They didn't pick her up. The
chief was too smart for that. He
sent Randy down, "You're a good
looking kid, Randy, with a nice,
friendly smile. Go down there and
play the sucker game. Sooner or
later; She and Tony will join up.
It's our only chance."
Randy's part was easy. Heplayed
the . part of a lumber king's son
down from Michigan on vacation.
The friendly smile worked, Pamela
trusted, him. -She seemed lonesome
and glad to have him around,
Then came that night when im-
pulsiveness gave way to logic. He
kissed her and told her he loved
her.
Randy made plans. The payoff
was due to come soon now. He had
orders to take both the girl and
Tony: Well,' he'd do just that.
Daws passed. They, saw each
other once at least' every: 24 hours.
They 'danced and went sailing and
i u
Days passed. They saw each
other once at least every 34
hours.
swam and played tennis. Randy
suffered lie was haunted by the
scene that was inevitable.
There was a haunting light in the
girl's eyes also. He wondered if she
too, were suffering because the
sane thing had happened to her.
TEEN ONE DAY he called for
her and found wild fright in her
eyes.
"Randy! I'm afraid! He's here!"
"Who's here?"
"That man, The man I tried to
tell you about— why I left Chicago,
He — he's horrible! At first he was
nice to tee, then — I had to rum
away to keep him from — from —"
"What's his name?" said Randy
hoarsely,
"Lancey. Tom -LLtncey, I:le's at
the Seaside, He called and said —"
"We'll go doiyn and have a talk
wick tiro," Randy :napped:
"Randy1 1 can't! 1 —"
"You're coming too!"
Site didn't unclerstanid Randy's
attitude, but she trusted hits.
They went to the Seaside. Inside
the door Pamela stopped, 'Those
ile is I" she whispered. "On the divan
readiftg the newspaper."
It was Tony Quarles. Grandy felt
nick. He put his haitd under hie
coat and started across the lobby,
Tony saw him coming, But it was
too,late. Randy got his gun out and
shot before Tony reached his feet,
The ganster went clown. Randy
looked at hint, then remembered the
girl, He had to take her too.
He looked around, and there she
was, staring In wild-eyed horror,
"Randy! Yon shouldn't have--
you've
ave—you've. killer! him."
Randy's lips curled Tony Quarles
opened his eyes and saw the situ,
"Hello, 'sister," he managed, "Con-
gratniations, You're the first
woman copper who ever fooled me,
but I 'geless you were worth it. Baby,
you're .a looker,"
Of course' site wasn't a copper.
But she wasn't 'I'ony.'s girl either.
She was just Who site said she was.
Shed been telling the truth. And
Randy was so surprised he let her
swoon in his arms before .he eottl8
gather -itis senses enough to explain
his owls identity,
Seeing Triple? -Sister Cloeta, first -grade 'teacher at St. "Leo's School, thought she was seeing
triple when these youngsters tools thein writs in her classroom. They are Donald, Jimmy and
David Bartley, triplet sons of Mr. and Mrs. David Bartley. Now Sister Cloeta can tell them .
apart because they usually ;,ear jackets With their names printed on them.
CI.ARMIliG
CHRISTMAS
...
..GIFTS...
Handmade candies, well-shapco
and delicately scented, make charm-
ing gifts for friends as well as con-
versation pieces for your own table
ornarnentei, It's easy to stake thein.
with a simple outlay of materials,
many of which you can find around
the'house.
Probably the first thing you think
of is that paraffin you had left over
from canning. Well, it can be used,
but is too often disappointing. It
takes a good shape, but it difficult
to color, and the candles made from
it are brittle and easily. broken.
Odds and ends of used candles,
on the other hand, are excellent.
They can be melted together,, or
each color can be kept separate.
Whittle them into small pieces and
remove the wicks, or if you prefer
just drop "them into the melting can
and remove the wicks later. If you
do this, though, cut off !the burned
part of the wick first, so that it
won't make your wax dirty.
Mutton Tallow and Beeswax
;Mutton tallow make excellent
candles. Mix it with a !little bees-
wax to give the candlesstrength
and t to prevent too -fast burning,
To make hard tallow candles, try a
batch made with 10 ounces of mut-
ton tallow," four ounces of beeswax,
two ounces of alum, and one-half -
ounce of camphor.
Or if you live where you can get
bayberries, by all means cook up a
batch of candles, Bayberry candles,
with their pungent old-fashioned -
fragrance, so familiar to the early
settlers, are especially appropriate
at Christmas.
Gather beries, clean their of twigs -
and stents and put them into boiling
water. As the wax frons the berries
floats to the surface, skim it off and
place in a can. Melt again (over
hot water) and allow impurities to
settle). Pour the dlear wax into yet
another can and use it as you would
tallow, or, if you like, niix it with
tallow.
Add a Bit of Scent
Other candles can be scented with
liquid incense; or a few finely crush-
ed sage leaves tossed into the melt-
ed wax or tallow will give your fin-
ished candles a delightful fragrance
when burned,
Candles niay be colored by add-
ing dry paint to the melted wax.
Or you can use a drop of vegetable
coloring, or even a tiny bit from
a water -color tube.
Wicks are important in achieving
a steady bright light. You can get
brilliance and strength if you'll dip
your wicks in turpentine and let
them dry thoroughly before using.
Small wicks are best. You can make
wicks of ordinary twine, or you can
buy candle wicking in the dime
store. Use this single, or for a nice
spiral candle double the wick and
twist it, and have the wax very hot
when dipping the candle.
Always melt your wax or tallow
over hot water.. Use any saucepan
• for the water, and use tin food cans
for melting wax. Set the melting
can into :the pan of water. Or if
you prefer, set a pie tin over the
saucepan of water and put the Melt-
ing can on that.
Once the wax is thoroughly melt-
ed, it is ready to work with. To
let it get any hotter is unnecessary
and,, if left too long, it may flare
up. It should never, never smoke.
Now Ready to Mold
Once the wax is melted, 'color
and scent added, you are ready to
make -the candles. If you are mak-
ing molded candles, prepare the
*ofd's before melting 'the wax, and
set them in a clear space that leaves
you room to pour without spilling.
The heavy -set candles so popu-
lar for Thanksgiving and Christmas
can be made of cardboard milk car-
tons.
Cut the top off square. With a
large needle punch a hole in the
exact center of the bottom. Tie a
knot in your wick and thread it up
through this hole. At the top, fasten
it securely around a pencil or small
stick which will fit across the top
of the carton and hold the wick
reasonably taut, Pour the wax in
all at once and when the candle is
thoroughly cool, put into the refrig-
erator for a couple of hours. Then
cut off the bottom knot, undo the
wick at the top, and peel off the
cardboard.
Colored red or green for Christ-
mas, these are lovely. And you can
make them any size you like by cut-
ting the cartons down.
Candles for low table center-
pieces can be molded in muffin tins.
Or lovely petaled candles to float
on a dish of water can be made by
using individual jelly molds. Both
these candles need'a core. Just pour
your wax, then take one of those
ends of used candle front which
you've cut the burned part of the
wick, and set this into the center of
the mold. It should be even with
the surface of the melted wax. This
will provide a sturdy core and make
Champion Potain Grower—Co , The :Honourable' T. 1., Ken-
nedy, Midget' of Agricttitu e, presents handsome trophy to
Pratt'& Rink, Trost Creek, Ontario's champion potato grower, •
Besides trophy Rick also won $i250 cash award.
the candles burn evenly. Let cool,
then set into the refrigerator until
the candles loosen acd can be re-
moved easily from the molds.
For Dipped Candles
For dipped candies, tie one end
of your wick to a pencil or stick.
Fasten a small weight to the other
end. You can tie more than one
wick to a pencil if your can of
melted wax is wide enough to ac-
comodate them as they grow into
candles. The can, of course, must
be deep enough to make the candles
the height you desire. For dipping
one at• a time, you can ruse narrow
cans, such at' soup cans:
Dip the wick. into melted wax
briefly. If you are working in a cool
room,' it may not be necessary to
dip the candles in cold water to
hardest, but -otherwise, have a can
of told water ready, and dip the -
candles after each wax dipping.
Repeat until candles are the thick-
ness you desire. You can inake these
candies the same color all through,
or drop your color into the wax for
your final dipping, which will give
the candles a colored coat.
Por dripless candles, add a very
small amount of stearic acid to the
wax for the last dipping. When
they are the right size, dipped can-
dles can be hung from the edge of
a table;until thoroughly cold. Then
store in the refrigerator for awhile.
Use Small Cans -
There will be wax left over from
the dipped candles. Put it into tom-
ato soup or shrimp or even baby
food cans. Lower into ,it a length
of used candle, or a short hand-
dipped candle. Let harden, cool in
the refrigerator, and remove from
the can. Using a paring knife, carve
into any appropriate shape, such as
snowballs, Christmas trees, snow
men, little houses or churches; or
for Thanksgiving, turkeys, or yel-
low pumpkins, With care, you can
get some very good results, When
the candles are carved, you can
dip again for smoothness or if the
color is imperfect.
If you like unusual things and
enjoy .having a hand in them your-
self, you'll like making candles in
your kitchen!
"Wrist Watch" -- Time hangs
heavily on the hand of Laura
Barone, who finds this giant,
jewel-stuclded timepiece about
all she can carry. - A local
watchmaker designed: the big
watch, fitting it with precision
movement and otitsi to band. '
Fishing Parson
Forgot Funeral
Alder people who remember the
country doctor of half a century
ago° can tell strange stenos of un-
usual aharaeters,
When Dr. Harry Roberts, fam-
ous in London's East End, bought
his first practice at Hayle, Corn-
wall, his nearest colleague was as
oldish man who, when tailed al
night to remote confinement, would
have his horse taken out and
stabled if he found things were not
moving quickly, remove his boote
and coat, and get into bed beside
the patient to finish his night's
sleep in peace, telling the nurse to
wake Mtn when anything was
doing!
Doctor's Horseback Visit
A former doctor in Roberta'
practice' had been a very fat mai
who rode a heavy roadster horse.
The narrow, steep staircases of
many of the little stone cottages
of his patients presented a problem
which he would solve by riding to
the front door and shouting up the
stairway: "'Morning, Charles, how
are you this morning? Hold out
your hand." Then, with his arm
full -stretch up the stairs, he'd put
the end of his riding whip on the
patient's, wrist and pretend to feel
his pulse with it. "All right. Doing
nicely," he'd say. "I'll look in again
in a week or so." Then off he'd go.
the visit ended,!
Witchcraft Wonder
There were "white witches" still
in those parts, including an old man
who charmed warts and cured sick
cattle. Dr. Roberts' housemaid had
a crop of warts on her hands that
made her miserable, and he tried
every remedy he could think of,
unsuccessfully. At last, in despera-
tion, she said she was going to the
white witch to have them charmed
away, She was quite welcome to,
he told her;.aiuch good might it do
her! Next morning, she,hadn't one
wart, nor did they ever reappear,
Among •other local stories in
Miss Winifred Stamp's excellent
biography of Roberts, is one of a
St. Ives curate who was' helping to
harvest "d phenomenal haul of pil-
chards at Porthminster Bay. Sud-
denly at lurch, he exclaimed: "Good
Lord! I've forgotten . old Mrs.
Baragwaneth's funeral. Two hours
ago!" He tore up the streets to the
cemetery, to find the mourners sit-
ting in a row like crows on the wall
with the coffin behind them on the
grass.
"Bless 'ee, my dear," said the
chief mourner, "you've no cause to
be put out. We hadn't anything
else to do; and as for the poor soul
beneath, she don't know•newthen
'bout it"
Socialism Comes
Mighty High
It may be too much to hope that
the Socialist doctrinaires will ever
be willing or able to comprehend
the facts. But there are a few about
the results of their nationalization
schemes in Britain that should make
them think.
The nationalized coal industry
both in 1947 and 1948 failed to
reach the modest targets set for it.
After two years in which the
workers worked in "their own" pits,
output per man was 30 tons less
than in 1939 despite important ad-
vances in mechinization.
In 1948 absenteeism was 11.6%.
In 1939 it was 6.9%.
Despite the frantic recruiting pro-
gram the 1948 target was missed by
24,000 men and during the past half
of 1949 the total number employed
in the industry fell by 4,000.
In the first years of nationaliza-
tion the railways lost £25 millions.
In three years, civil aviation lost
%30 millions.
In the first year of nationaliza-
tion, cable and wireless profits were
£1.7 million. But in the immediate-
ly preceding period under private
operation, profits had been £3.5
millions.
Sinceelectricitywas nationalized
in, 1948 the price has risen in many
areas 15-20% and for some there
is an additional substantial sur-
charge.
There's part of the British re-
cord. Yet the determination to push
the iron and steel bill seems_ as firm
as ever, and the Socialists cling to
their gospel that govei'.ihnent must
run everything.
Surely somewhere in the Socialist
party of Britain and Canada is a
mind which can comprehend the fol-
ly of their course. Have they no men
of sense and courage?
GOOD ADVICE
"1can't quite diagnose your
case," said the doctor, "I think it
must be drink:"
"That's OIC, doctor: I know just
how you feel," said the patient. "I 11
come hack when you're (ober."
IIWFA1ZM FRONT
Joluassea
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For a long time, I have been
wondering why so few newspapers,
when the name of a little-known
town or village appears in the news,
fail to mention what county or dis-
trict it is in, or near what big
town it is located. Doing this, I
believe, adds a whole lot to the in-
terest of the readers.
* * x:
This thought came to mind when
I read an item recently to the effect
that Frank Rick, of Trout Creek
Ont., for the second time in three
years, had copped the championship
potato award, given each year to
the fanner who not only grows the
'best 'Murpliies," but also has the
largest yield.
* 4 1,
"Where in heck is Trout Creek?"
I said tomyself—a confession of
shocking ignorance, I suppose, but
anyway. 1' didn't know, so looked
it up. Well, it's in Parry Sound
County and when the 1941 census
was taken, it had a population of
370:
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So that's that, and now back to
Frank Rick, whose success as a
pomme de terrier (ouch!) started
all this. Besides a handsome trophy
Rick won himself the nice packet
of $250 in cash. The contort is
judged on yield per acre, the qual-
ity, grade and marketability of the
spuds, selected etehibit plus a score
for cooking quality.
* * 4
,Ricky or at least his potatoes, '
passed all these hurdles with flying
colors, garnering it total of 519
points. His nearest competitor was
14 points below this. Second prise
of $125 went to Dave C. Hackett,
of Cochrane, Ont., while third
money was taken by W. A. Vail
& Son, of Denfield, in Middlesex
County.
* 4 4,
Rick was particularly happy
about winning again, after losing .
out last' year. This year was an
unusually dry one and therefor
potato growing required more at-
tention than usual. During July,
he had no rain. "If we had only
a little rain during this hot month,
I am sure that I could have gotten
another 100 bushels off my—acre,"
he said. As it was, he got 836
bushels per acro, a very high aver-
age considering conditions of the
past year.
* 4,
Since Rick has entered into the
contest, he finde that building up
soil for potatoes results in better
crops of grain, hay 'and pastures
in succeeding years. As his soil
is a sandy loam texture, he has
therefore obtained good cash crops
as well as saving his soil,
* 4 4
Now here's something which,
while it may not exactly belong In
a farm coluann, still slight iattereet
a whole lot of folk living on faints
—and some of the "city slickers"
es well.
4 * *
Many home owners consider that
sheet asbestos paper applied "aa
sulation to bite bright metal pipes
of their furnace improves their heat
carrying capacity. However, re-
search work has proven that bite
heat loss is 62% greater with one
thickness of 12 -pound asbestos
paper covering a bright tin pipe
than when the same pipe is loft
uncovered. This test applies to
bright tin warm air ,,leader pipes
through which air is flowing at
relatively low velocity under a grav-
ity system—the gravity system be.
ing by far the moat common aye -
tem of central heating in use lit
Canada today.
In order to demonstrate the in-
efficiency of..a layer of asbestos
paper as a heat insulator, taste
were run in which the number of
thicknesses of paper was increased.
until the heat lose became' less than
the loss through a bare, bright Ott
specimen. Eight thicknesses of 1$ -
pound asbestos paper were applied
before the dwired result was ob-
tained. The impractical features a('
such a method of insulating are,
of course, evident. The, conclusion
drawn was that the use a a this
layer of asbestos paper east
around warm° air furnace leader
pipes should be abandoned.
. * 4 4
For the average, up-to-darte grav-
ity warm air fume* installation, a
practical method is merely to °est
the joints of all pipes with two -incl.
asbestos strips in order to mak*
the system closed" and therefor*
dust -tight. The return air side, is -
eluding joist panning if used,
should be stripped in a like man-
ner. It is pointed out, however,.
that leader pipes which might ba
exposed to the ohillitug effect oQ
basement windows, or which ar*
extremely long, or run through
cold spaces, should be adequately
insulated ---a minimum. of three
layersofoonrugated abesstos being
reeommended in such eases.
HALF OUR READERS
WILL AGREE
"I've watched new cars roll oli` -
the assembly line," says our nearest
neighbor. "It's amazing. Firer, they
start out with little pieces, then. it
rolls down the lime and thousands
of men and a million dollars' worth
of machinery put everything to-
gether. Finally, a shiny new cat
emerges. Then a woman driver
buys it. Five minutes later" --back to
little pieces,"
Off Tackle Slant—This turkey does some nifty broken -field rum.
ning ai he eludes three comely ppursuers, lie has just snake -
hipped out of a flying tickle. by Beverly -Day and has left Erna
Rossntan, left, and Lee :Austin far behind.
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