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TO THE MLT
By
Percival! Christopiher Wren
CHAPTER XII
And then the Blaze of Glory..
The news that thrilled the Empire.
The wonderful defense of Giltraza
l?ert, its relief at the eleventh hour
and tbe amazing story of which
the papers had got hold, to the
affect that the successful defense
to the fort in the role of a Pathan
British who had been admitted
to the fort in a role of a Pathan
emissary from the leader of the
besieging force."
The two or three British officers
of the besieged force had been
killed or had died of wounds or
disease, and the weary and dis-
heartened garrison of sepoys,
* alf-starved, short of ammunition
and gradually reduced in numbers,
here despairing of being able to
continue the defense.
The apparent Pathan messenger,
admitted to parley with the
stonier native officer, bad declared
himself a British officer sent by
the Sirkar . to their help, had
announced the approaoh of a large
relieving force, put on the *teniform
of one of the dead officers and gal-
'fanized the garrison into new life
and activity.
And this officer was said to be
a captain of Napier's Horse.
And after the relief andhis re-
tovery from a wound, be had dis-
appeared as suddenly and silently
as he had arrived.
The affair caused a tremendous
etir and the story was a nine days'
wonder.
It was recalled that an officer
oS teat regiment had been cash -
tiered for drunkenness when in a
most responsible post on active
duty, had vanished and bad been
)tilled, as was supposed, by a
lion.
And new someone credibly re-
ported on excellent authority to
be be, had turned up in the wild
buffer state o1 Giltraza, bad saved
$be British fort there, kept the
flag fleing until relief came and
lead then disappeared into the blue
As he had come out ot it.
And the name was Wendover-.
And long after the matter had
been generally forgotten, Sybil
kot a letter from Major Hazel-
tigg telling her ail about it, and
at Richard Wendover, flatly re -
sing to use the occasion as a
basis of an appeal tor pardon and
{oinstatement, had declined to re-
alism to India with the rellef force
said had actually disappeared
again, presumably into the wilds
Khairastan.
And this, added Major Hazel -
g, in spite of the fact that he
cal been able to establish with
complete certainty and irrefutable
of that Richard Wendover had
een entirely innocent ot the
barge on which he had been con-
evnned. He had not been drunk;
a• had been drugged, and Iiazel-
illgg had obtained the confession
of the actual criminal.
What could one do with a man
3tke that?
'"What "could one do?" laughed
By0ii1.
Why, one could go and find him
taxed talk to bim for his good, of
Course.
The ancient elty of Klharkand
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Montreal, Canada
ibis Qflusaint to any ahanao In Government RoaslatIoaa
savateessaterrettates
is a picturesque and interesting
place, but rarely beheld by Euro-
pean eyes, or at least by those of
Britons.
The old town is a dilapidated
dust heap; the new, a medieval
high -walled city, the two forming.
the largest town in the southern
portion of the Province of Ching -
Kiang.
The two Pathans, large and stol-
id men, who sat cross-legged on
a, bench in front of a tea house
watched with apparently incurious
eyes and expressionless faces the
crowd haat eddied about the stalls
and shops of the covered bazaar.
Occasionally they exchanged re-
marks in murmured Pteshtn as they
speculated upon Turkis, Tungans,
Kazaks, Bokdaarans, Afghans, Rus-
sians, Indians and assorted Asiat-
ics.
A tall lean man with drooping
mutaches nearly a foot in length
clad in a long and filthy coat, plus
fours of ragged cotton and a par-
ticularly bright and beautiful skull-
cap of cherry -colored silk, stopped
to beg, but in doing so halted too
suddenly and too exactly in the
way of a swaggering crop -headed
Turcoman, half bandit, half sol-
dier, in a bandolier -begirt khaki
uniform and. red slippers, who
promptly knocked ' him down,
kicked him in the stomach and
went on his way rejoicing.
a
As the beggar slunk away the
Pathan rose to his feet, yawned
and stretched himself.
"Don't lose sight of him in the
erowd, Shere Khan," he said, and
led the way in pursuit of the un-
prepossessing mendicant.
The two Pathans swaggered
along, their eyes fixed upon a
cherry -colored skull -cap that shone
like an oriflamme through the
dust haze and disappeared behind
camel, stall, booth, or pile of mer-
chandise, quickly to reappear.
Finally, seeing that the two Pa-
thans were near and following,
he darted through a narrow alley,
waited at the further end of it
until they appeared in sight, turn-
ed to the right and, after shuffling
along with his eyes industriously
searching the gutter for such
treasure-trove as a Japanese cig-
arette end, finally came to anchor
by the steps of a .clean looking
respectable house.
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High capers ' in steel helmets
were cut by American soldiers
somewhere in North Africa as
Red Cross gave a block party
for goys back from the front.
Shortage of girls made cutting -
In scenes like this numerous,
Ignoring the man, the Pathans
entered the verandah, were ac-
costed by a servant and after brief
colloquy were conducted further
into the building, Which was the
house and office of the function-
ary known as the British aksaaa'aL
(A sort of acting -sub -deputy -assist-
ant -adjutant -vice-consul.) This in-
dividual proved to be a 'Powindah
merchant who, having for forty
years trodden the roads of Cen-
tral Asia from Kabul to Nanking,
from Irkutsk to Kashgar, from
Srinagar to Calcutta, had at last
unwillingly settled down in Kbark-
and, a Tungan robber's bullet hav-
ing shattered his . knee and crip-
pled him severely. '
*
Having introduced himself and
given proofs of his good faith, the
Pathan calling himself Gul Ma-
hommed proceeded to question the
Powindab aksakal on such sub-
jects as the state of the road to
Kashgar, the best form of trans-
port — camel, horse, or donkey—
the news as to changes in the
political situation, the latest ba-
zaar gossip and other matters of
interest.
The aksakal clapped his hands,
and as the servant entered bade
him bring tea. The tea was brought
already milked and sweetened in
a kettle and poured *Ito large
cheap mugs of Japanese make. -
Gul Mahommed raised the mug
to his bearded lips and took a long
drink.
"By Allah, that is good tea!" he
said, and smacked his lips loudly.
"Caravan brick tea, I should say."
"Yes," admitted the aksakal,
"that is one thing good that one
gets in this hole — overland tea."
"Yes?' murmured Gul 1Vlabom-
metl, and added, "and Russian cig-
arettes a few, Russian caviar a
little. And Russian pamphlets a
lot."
The Powindah shot a quick
glance at the speaker.
"Where has he gone?" asked
Gul Mahommed.
"Who knows the way of a bird
through the air, a fish through
the water, or of a Russian agent
through Ching -Kiang?" . shrugged
the Powindah.
"Look," said Gua Mahommed
suddenly. "The English are better
friends than the Russians. Better
paymasters."
"Yes?"
"1 hare the ear of a sahib who
speaks with authority and whose
words are heard when he makes
recommendations. Would it not be
a fitting and a pleasing thing tfor
you if you were transferred ,to,
say, Yarkand, Iiashgar, or Srin-
agar yea, even to Kabul itself?"
"It would indeed. It would be a
change from the desert to the
oasis, from the barren to the
sown. To Kabul? It would be a
ohange from lblis to Paradise."
(Continued Next Week)
Netherlands Queen
Now Shakes Hands
It isn't generally known but
it wasn't until her first visit to
Canada about a year ago that
Queen Wilhlemina of the Neth-
erlands began to shake hands.
Her Majesty now is back in
Ottawa for another visit with her
daughter, Princess Juliana—and
shaking hands with people she
Meets comes quite naturally.
In her own country the Queen
of the Netherlands maintains a
more formal position. On her
first arrival here by air from
'overseas he didn't quite know
what was expected of her.
And vo one of the official wel-
ct�e,ming party from Governnient
YA oitse told her shaking hands
was the custom in Canada.
"That's tine," Her Majesty re-
plied. ".I want to do anything
Caanadaane would like ins to do."
She's been shaking hands when
the occataion culla for it, ever
sitetie
A ; LE TALKS
eAD1E R. AHAMBER8
1' Some Requests About
Lamb
The leg of lamb for roasting
and the chops for broiling are the
generally well known cuts of
lamlb tut, to be economical, con-
centrate on breast, shank and
neck.
In cooking lamb the cardinal
principle is the same as all meat
cookery, that is, "cook at a mod-
erate temperature, at least most
of the time.' Any meat cooked
at high temperature loses juice
and flavour; it also .shrinks and
becomes dry.
For roasting tender cuts there
'*are .two important rules. - The
first, use no lid on the pan; the
second,—add no water. .Covered
roasters and added water go to
make steam and when meat is
cooked with steam the flavor In
iota and also the meat juices.
The fat on lamb hardens at
higher temperature than the fat
on other meats, so be sure to
serve lamb either piping hot or
cold; not lukewarm,
„Stuffed Breast el' Lamb
8 lbs. breast of lamb
1 tablespoon minced onion
% cup diced celery
% cup butter
6 cups soft bread crumbs
es teaspoon salt
Dash of , pepper
%. teaspoon sage
% teaspoon nutmeg
% teaspoon thyme
1 egg slightly beaten
af4 cup boiling water
% cup mint jelly
'/4 cup vinegar
3 tablespoons flour
2 cups water
Sprinkle the lamb with salt and
pepper. Fry the onion and celery
in the butter until delicately
browned. Add the bread crumbs
and cook about one minute, mix-
ing gently, Remove from the heat
and add the salt, pepper season-
ings and egg, tossing with a fork
until well mixed. Place stuffing on
one side of each piece of lamb and
fold the other side over the stuff-
ing, making two or three rolls. Tie
each roll separately and place in
a baking pan. Bake in an uncov-
ered dish in hot oven for 15 min-
utes. Add the boiling water, cover
and bake in a moderate oven for
1%, hours. Spread with mixture of
jelly and vinegar. }Bake uncover-
ed for 15 minutes longer, basting
frequently.- Pour off the - excess
fat, leaving two tablespoons in the
pan with the dripping. Add the
flour, blend well and add two cups
water. Stir constantly and cook
until smooth and thickened. Sea-
son to taste and serve with the
Iamb. Yields 6 servings.
Lamb Fricasse
2 lbs- breast of lanab
6 cups boiling water
4 small onions
4 small carrots
1 turnip, quartered
1 teaspoon salt
% teaspoon pepper
cup flour
cup cold water
Cut lamb in small pieces, place
In kettle, add water and cook
slowly until tender, about two
hours, Prepare vegetables and put
them in the kettle with the meat
after it has cooked for one hour.
Add salt and pepper and continue
to cook until the meat and vege-
tables are tender. Lift ineat and
vegetables to service platter, Make
a paste of flour and cold water,
add to the stock and cook until
thickened, stirring constantly,
about five minutes. Pour over the
meat and vegetables on the plat-
ter.
Lamb Culets With Celery Sauce
4 tablespoons butter
ie cup flour
1, cups milk
% teaspoon salt
Few grains pepper
R cups ground cooked Iamb
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
Dry bread crumbs
r,4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
a./4 teaspoon celery seed
ea cup celery stock
% cup finely chopped cooked
celery
Melt the butter in a double boil-
er, add floiar and mix well. Add
134 cupd of milk gradually and
cook, stirring constantly until
thickened. Add salt and pepper.
Add. 1 cup of this sauce tto the
lamb, mix well and chill. Shape
the lamb mixture into chops or
cutlets and insert two inch pieces
of macaroni ends to resemble
bone. Dip in slightly beaten egg,
mixed with two tablespoons of
milk. Roll in crumbs and fry in
deep fat or saute until deep browu.
Serve with celery sauce made by'
adding to the remainder of the
white sauce, Worcestershire sauce,
celery seed, celery stock and re-
maining milk. Mix well -aid re-
heat.
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Bevin Solves
Labor Problem
Obtained Help of Labor, Says
New York Post
You don't get very many speech -
oar from Ernest Bevin, British Min-
ister of Labour and National Serv-
ice, but he has done one of the
biggest jobs of the war. It's an
odd thing, but Mr. Bevin has been
loping along, about a year ahead
of Cas on almost every problem,
solving them, and teaching us a
lot, if we but cared to learn it.
Bevin has drafted labour under
the British National Service Act
and Control of Employment Act.
Out of a population of 33,000,000
between the ages of 14 and 65,
22,000,000, or two out of three, are
in the Armed Services or in fac-
tories or other war work. Bevin
found out a few things while doing
all this. He found that be couldn't
even make a start until the cost
of living had been pegged down
tight. This was done, largely by
the use of subsidies for food pro-
ducers.
Amazing Discovery.
Sevin found that control of in-
flation, including prices, profits,
wages, was one indivisible
problem that could not be chipped
at piecemeal. You can't make
striking a crime, and also put up
the price of food. You can't freeze
wages and do nothing about
profits and executive salaries,
you can't build a total war sys-
tem on ifs, ands, buts and excep-
tions. But Bevin's most amazing
discovery was that this war is
not a war against labour, but a
war against Hitler. He need-
ed the help of labour. He obtained
it through the greatest program
of Labour -Management Collabor-
ation the world has ever seen.
But, first, all the essential condi-
tions were set np.
Cut Hay After
The Sun Shines
To the old adage, "Make hay
while the sun shines," modern
science added today the indica-
tion farmers should do their hay-
ing in the afternoon.
Preliminary studies at the New
York State Agriculture College,
reported by Prof. Otis F. Curtis,
show the food content of alfalfa.
and other hay and forage crops
is influenced by tbe time of day
at which they are cut.
Farmers who cut such crops in
the late afternoon, instead of in
the morning, niay stow away in
their barns and silos hundreds of
pounds more of actual sugar and
starch for their livestock, Curtis
declared.
The reason, he explained, is
that all carbohydrates are manu-
factured by plants from carhon-
dioxide and water only in the
presence of light, and "it stands
tc reason, as the tests have shown•
that the plant tissues contain :be
most food after a full day of
sunshin e,"
Happy "Adventure
In Neighborliness"
An "Adventure in Neighborli-
ness" was tried in Chesley last
year, says The Wiarton Echo.
By it 19 knitting groups were
formed, usually of women living
in the same neighborhood, who
didn't play bridge but who were
glad to meet regularly and sew
or knit for the soldiers. The
groups were the idea of Mrs.
Stewart Malcolm and over 300
women joined. Ten cents a week
per member was paid and the
grand total of $532 was real-
ied. It seemed a well worth-
while project and brought a lot
of women into definite war work
who would otherwise have been
left out in the cold.
FLAT ON HIS SACK! William Oliphant
and William, Jr. show how it's done
Jou Jitsu style. Mighty handy thing to
know. Handy to know a bowl of Kellogg's
Corn Flakes tastes wonderful anytime,
too. "Gives me real zest for breakfast,"
says father. "We eat theme at our house
all hours," says son. By independent
survey, Kellogg's Corn Flakes are the
favourite in a majority of Canadian homes.
Ready to eat in 30 seconds, they leave
no pots and pans to wash. Economical,
too. Get some tomorrow, Made by
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