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LOUIS ARTHUR CUNNINGHAM
CHAPTER XIII
"I do not!" She was as swift
with her denial as any schoolgirl.
°'I do not! I keep it because I re-
member him pleasantly, because
I had some lovely hours with him,
because he seemed—"
"I'm sorry, sweet. Forgive me.
He is a marvelous fellow, Mike.
Anyone who ever knew him will
tell you that. He was always a
romantic figure—remote, doing
fascinating things such as climb-
ing giantess in Alaska, exploring
the regions of the Congo and dig-
ging in Mayan ruins. And he could
charm the birds out of the tree.
What a One John Alden 1 have
turned out to be! John was a fel-
low, Meridel, who pleaded for an-
other man, while he himself really
loved the girl he was trying to win
for the, other. I'm not going to
give Mike any more of a build-up.
l've praised him too highly now.
From now on, I shall tell you
what a wonderful fellow Is Roger
Fabre, what the king said to him,
how Mr. Churchill, looking at a
few hundred of the Air Force boys
one day said, 'And 'who Is that tall
dark fellow there? Can that be
this Fabre I've heard so much
about, the man at the mere men-
tion of whose name Marshal Goer
ing says, 'Gronndt der Luftwaffe
at vonce!' And, •believe it or not,
it really was Roger."
* m *
"Ah, you are fine, Roger. You
can laugh always and have fun,
Deep inside, though, yon do not
laugh so much, eh?"
"I try not to look too deep in-
side, Meridel, It's no good. And
right now especially. After this Is
over, after 'we can think quietly
for a while and no longer hear
the thunder of the guns and the
roar of flames—why, then, per-
baps, we can look Into our hearts
and raise them up to God, Right
now, it's laugh while you can, he
merry while there's gayety about.
Would you like to go somewhere
and dance with me?"
"Dance? It is so long since I
have danced that I shouldn't know
how, to go about it. And you are
fatigued. You must be so weary."
"But I'm not. I snactb a wink
here, a wink there. I can't be tired
when I am with you"
"T think it is better that we
stay here, and you will rest. If
you like I shall sing to you."
"A lullaby, no doubt, You want
to put me to sleep to get rice of
me."
She laughed. "I wouldn't leave
You, even if you slept" And she
crooned In French,
"Sleep, sleep,
My little one; sleep.
The day has gone and the night
is here;
Sleep, oh sleep,
My little one sleep,
While the angels hover near."
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She sang on. Roger listened. She
saw him nod, his eyelids droop.
Sbe smiled, sang more softly.
Slowly his dark head came to her
shoulder and rested there. Merl -
del did not move—not until almost
an hour had passed. He stirred
looking at her in utter confusion.
"I dreamed of angels," he said.
"And this is one dream that car-
ries on into waking, Why ever
did you let me go to sleep, Meri-
del?"
"So that I might see what you
looked like in repose."
"I must have looked horrible."
He rubbed his short hair. "1 feel
fine now."
"You looked like a tired little
boy—like Pol Martin and Emil aft-
er
fter they have played so long In the
snow that they drop off before
they can get into bed. And that is
where you must go now."
"My first night home," mutter-
ed Roger, "and 1 fall asleep! Why,
1 planned that it would be all
mirth and flowers and music! You
and I were to dance till dawn. You
were never to leave my arms; 1n -
stead—"
"1 held you in my arms while
you slept,"
"Which is why I dreamed so
pleasantly. Ab, well, there will be
other nights, I shall be here for a
while. And you are coming back
to Plillibort with us?"
"Yes, Madame Fabre has Iteked
ns all."
* * *
Roger, aided by a lawyer who
bad been his classmate at McGill,
was trying to bring some --semb-
lance or order out of the chaos
left by that lord of misrule, Gab-
riel Pellet. "We shall make some
fair arrangement, madame," he
told his aunt. "It will be all right,
But you. will be a working girl,
mind—directress of all these little
refugees you have taken In."
"That will be no work. And
Meridel has promised now to stay
here and help pie, and Rudolph
will come too."
Late that evening, Madame
raised the delicate, thin -stemmed
glass and watched the ruby fires i
in the depths of the wine, the
warm heart's blood of the Buis
gently grapes.
"There is one more toast," she
said slowly. "And tonight, some.
how, I do not hesitate to propose
it. You know what it is, Roger—
you all know — let ns drink to
Miehel."
Suddenly, as if a hand invisible
had dashed the glass from her
lips, the fragile bit of crystal the
old lady held was shattered on the
hearthstone at her feet and the
wine spread like blood. Her hand
stayed halted near her lips. The
others were on their feet, staring
at the two men in sheepskin jack-
ets who stood in the wide door-
way, at the darlr menace of the
automatic the short one held, at
the grim, red -stubbed visage of
the tall one who surveyed them
with bine eyes cold as the ice of
the river.
"Be quiet, all of you," said he,
And the voice was the voice of
Michel Fabre—but how altered,
how harsh, how hatetttli"—We are
sorry to spoil this occasion, but
our lives are important to us. We
escaped from your prison ramp
back in the woods. You will re-
member me as Oberlientenant Fa-
ber. My companion is Manfred
Kehl. What we want from you,
my friends, is the key of the sta-
tion wagon parked in front 01 the
house. Yon will have them, broth-
er." He looked at Roger, his face
expressionless. "Bring them here."
"The laughing soldier who kill-
ed Bonhomme Fricot," said Ma-
dame softly, "And 1 thought it
was some wild story the children
had made up."
* *
Michel started. His eyes stray-
ed from Roger to the scornful face
of his aunt, "We have no time for
talk. The keys, please; and at
once. We cut your telephone wires
and have fixed the other car so
it will not go. Ah—" he had seen
Roger reach for a bronze book -end
as he passed behind a chair and
in one leap he was on him. Hie
1lost shot out and cracked cruelly
against h i s brother's mouth,
bloodying it, sending Roger crash-
ing to the floor.
(To Be Continued)
AT SE int CE
ES BONG
Heated "Sandwich"
United Kingdom scientists have
invented two novel devices which
will raise the safety and comfort
standards of Britain's civil air lin-
ers to new high revels. The first
of these inventions—which will be
applied to high altitude flying—is
a heated "sandwich", which over-
comes the menace of ice and mist
formation on the windscreen at
great heights. It consists, of a very
light device by which warmed air
is pumped between the double lay-
ers of glazing forming the press-
ure -resisting surface of the coupe.
One important advantage of this
device is that even at temperatures
as low as -78 degrees F, the cock-
pit is so warm that special cloth-
ing can be dispensed with.
The second invention is an in-
genious robot valve which auto
maticaily regulates the cabin air
pressure in correct proportion,
without attention from the pilot.
Both these advices have been in-
corporated in Britain's latest sera-
tosphere single -seater fighter the
Westland -Welkin. The Welkin,
which has been specially design-
ed to combat the menace of high
flying Japanese raiders, Is the
largest single -seater fighter ever
built. The experience gained in op-
eration of the Welkin Is expected
to lead to still further develop-
ments in stratosphere flying and
these two will be applied to Bri-
tain's civil air finers.
This charming frock and hat for
the teen-ager can be made by the
young lady herself. Pattern 4786
has ribbon drawn through white
eyelet trim. Make hat to match.
Pattern 4766 comes in sites 10,
12, 14 and 16. Size 12, frock and
hat, takes 234 yards 3O -inch fabric.
Send Twenty Cents (20c) in
:oins (stamps cannot be accepted)
for this pattern. .Room .421, .73
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plainly Size, Name, Address, Style
Number.
flaw Can 1?
Anne. Ashley
Q. Dow can 1 renew old jar lids?
A. Boil in a solution or borax
and ivory soap, using three table-
epoonfuls of borax and one-third
cake of soap to about two gallons
of water. Put in just enough lids
at e, time to be well covered by
the water. Boil for thirty minutes,
then rinse well with hot water.
Q. How can I drive rats away?
A. Sprinkle a liberal quantity of
chloride of lime in the garage,
cellar, or other haunts, and the
rats will not bother.
Q. How can I clean a leather
article?
A, Make a lather of castile soap
and cold water. Apply it, and when
dry, polish with a soft woolen
cloth.
Q. How can 1 matte butter spread
easily?
A. Mien spreading butter on
tbin slices of bread for making
sandwiches, dip theknife frequent-
ly in hot water. By doing this the
batter will spread easily:
Q. How can I whiten the bone
handles of knives that loolesbabby
and hecome yellow after a time?
A. To whiten them, use •a solu-
tion of peroxide mixed with water.
Modern Etiquette
By Roberts Lee
1. How should a woman sign her
name when she is traveling alone
and registers at a hotel?
2. Is it impolite when a person
is talking, for the person who is
being addressed to let his eyes
wander around the room or to an-
other person?
3. How many maids are neces-
sary for a hostess to have for
serving ten guests?
4, Is ft. all right for a guest to
remain for awhile, following an
informal luncheon?
6. Would it be all right to ask
a girl to dance when she is sit-
ting along the wall talking with
nuother man?
8. Where should the napkins be
placed at a formal dinner?
Answers
1. Miss Mary R. Jones, or Mrs.
W. B. Smith; and do not omit the
prefix "Miss" or "Mrs." 2. Yes, it
Is very rude to do so. 8. If the
heat efficiency is desired, two
maids are necessary for ten guests.
4. Yes, for about a half hour. Of
course, if some special entertain-
ment has been provided for the
afternoon, he should remain. 5. No;
a girl who is sitting out a dance
with another man should he lett
alone. 6. On the service plate.
It's In The Bag
It almost takes a magician to
know what to do with alt those
odds and ends or paper, envelopes
and flattened cartons that you
know are needed in the waste
paper salvage 'but seem more
bother than they are worth to
collect. It's a paper shopping bag
that does the trick. Hang It in
the kitchen where it can con-
veniently catch those odd pieces
of paper. When the hag le full
simply told the top over and tie
with string.
R Coaxes The Best Out of Any Pipe
CHRONICLES
of MUER FARM
By
Gwendoline P. Clarke
Another week gaze and with it
a sense of satisfaction fcr work
accomplieheo iNe have finished
haying. The wheat is cut and
stooked. It doesn't take long to tell
it — it would take longer to de-
scribe our joy at seeing the barn
well stocked with hay and the
wheal to stooks. You people on
farms know what an anxious few
weeks we put in from the day the
grain starts heading out to the
time it is ready to cut. Every time
it thunders or the sky looks over-
cast there comes that dread that a
bad storm may blow up to flatten
the crops, making them difficult or
even impossible to cut.
* *
Cutting 'the wheat was quite an
interesting event at Ginger Farm
this year. You see we did some-
thing that hadn't been done on this
farm before. We had the binder
hitched to the tractor and cut the
wheat clown that way. Of course
that was son Bob's little do. He
fixed up the binder, made a short
tongue for it, and was soon away,
with young John bouncing up and
down on the seat of the binder,
where he was supposedly watching
for anything that might go wrong
with operations. The wheat was
very heavy and there were plenty
of stops but the only breakage was
a slat on the reel, so we thought
we were pretty lucky on the
whole. Partner of course, was also
out in the field, stooking a bit and
lending a hand whenever the
sheaves bunged up and gave trou-
ble. Out of curiosity I went around
the field once on the tractor. Once
was enough. It wasn't any joy
ride. I night also add that the
wheat wasn't cut without me get-
ting my own particular job- handed
out to me. Patching binder can-
vas! Oh -oh. It is things like that
that make me wonder why I ever
married a farmer.
Binder canvas and grain bags.
To mend either is a guarantee that
I will be in a bad humour -- at
least as long as the job lasts.
* * *
However it is all over now ..
the wheat is cut and we can take ,
a breathing spell. Not to do no-
thing, of course, but to catch up
with some of the odd jobs that
haying and harvesting have pushed
to one side, But wouldn't it be nice
to take a holiday? Just imagine
having a notice in the paper —
"Ginger Farm will be closed for
one week — from August 1 to
August 8." If only the cows could,
milk themselves and the chickens
hunt their own .feed and find their
own water. And the eggs — what
would happen to the eggs in the
hen -pen if there was no one around
to pick them up several times a
day. Yes, it is possible to shut up
a store, a factory or an office but
a farm — never. At least not a
farm with livestock on it'depend-
ing on the owners for daily care.
* * *
But I was talking about odd jobs
one of then is experimenting
with DDT Insecticide. I can tell
you we didn't waste any tune in
ordering a supply once we knew it
was on the market for we are sick
to death of association with flies.
We surely hope DDT will live up
to its wonderful reputation. As far
as I can see its one disadvantage
is in its poisonous quality which
makes it unsafe for household use.
However there is one safe way of
using it around the house. It can
be sprayed around the outside of
the window frames, being careful
to shut the windows first and to
wear gloves for the job. It cer-
tainly discourages flies from mak-
ing a rendezvous of your windows
and from them eventually gaining
access to your rooms, fly screens
notwithstanding,
Of course we really bought it
for barn use but Partner has not
yet had a chance to try it out.
WITH MASTERLY SIKILL
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than any other brand of
coffee in the world. Have
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