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LBSERIAL STORY
WM T ERY AT
Y CLARKE NEWLON
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Nikki JEROME, heroine; blond,
popular, is engaged to six-foot,
black -haired
STEVE MALLORY, hero; who is
accompanying her on a trip to Nik-
ki's aunt and uncle on a Wyo•
ening dude ranch. Nikki's father,
PETER JEROME, is a wealthy
New York jewel merchant.
Yesterday: Steve and Nikki are
nearly caught in a dangerous land.
elide. Then a rock hits Nikki. She
kneels in pain.
CHAPTER X
Steve 'lifted Nikki to her feet.
"You go on," she gasped. `I'm a
little—a little bit slow." Her words
were spaced and labored. "Go on.
I'll make it."
The rain had slackened a little.
High up on the cliff a wavering,
jagged cut appeared and widened
slowly as tons of earth slipped
foot by foot from their moorings
of centuries.
Steve stooped and in one swift
movement tossed Nikki on his
shoulder and stumbled forward in
heavy, heart -breaking strides. The
mud. dragged at his feet and a
ahower of rocks fell in vicious,
bruising hail. The rumble behind
him became a thundering roar. He
threw himself and Nikki around
the bend as a huge section of the
mountain slid slowly, irresistibly
forward, obliterating a quarter of
a mile of the trail as completely
as though it had never existed.
Tliey lay flat fur several min-
utes, ;spent, too out of breath to
speak. Finally Steve said:
"I'm teeing back to New York
and find something easy—like
crossing Times Square at 6 o' -
Clock." Ise grinned. "Somehow
these traits don't seen safe to me»
Nikki got to her feet. and felt
carefully of , her • side • where,, the,
rock had struck,- wondering ei et
rib was broken. She was aware
of het own emotion subsiding and
was grateful for Steve's lightness.
"Are you all intact, honey," he
asked.
"Feels like a mule had kicked
me," she said. "But it seems to
be only bruised. I'll live,"
Impassable
They stood staring back for a
moment at the shattered mountain
where th c trail had been. The slide
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had accentuated the steepness.
Five minutes before they had been
walking along a narrow, but solid
enough path. Where that path had
been there now was precipitous,
gashed earth, hopelessly impass-
able.
'Woody made it back all right,
didn't he?" asked Nikki, a little of
her own fearful reaction creeping
into her voice.
"'I'm sure he did," said Steve
truthfully. He didn't have as far to
go as we did and he wasn't wast-
ing any time when I saw him last,
We can't signal. Our guns are
somewhere down there." He mo-
tioned toward that slide that was
settling far below in a haze of dust,
despite the rain. Nikki shuddered.
"I suppose Woody lost his gun
too," he continued. "I guess we'd
better follow this trail on and try
to circle back to camp. We cer-
tainly can't go back the way we
came." '
The rain had stopped as sudden-
ly as it began. They were soaked.
Mud was caked on their clothes.
They mopped off soiled hands and
faces with wet grass.
"The sun will dry us out in a
few minutes," said Steve, and it
did. They walked along the trail
and followed its course around the
curve of the mountain, but when it
continued on, obviously away from
camp, Steve suggested they try a
cutback along a tiny canyon. So
they changed courses and walked
until they believed they should be
somewhere near the camp. Without
guns they could only call. Their
shouts echoed hack and forth be-
tween the hills, but they got no
answer. Suddenly both realized it
was far past noon and they hadn't
eaten. So they sat down and took
battered sandwiches from capacious
pockets.
• , "Nothing eeter tasted •any better,"
'said Nikki, as she took a bite of
bread and cold beef. "But I expect
we'd better save at least hale of
it. It's just possible, isn't it, Stev-
ie. my dear, that we're lost?"
"Just possible," admitted Steve,
his mouth. full.
Are We Lost?
The possibility became increas-
ingly a probability as the next two
hours passed and they found no
sign of the camp nor received ans-
wers to their shouts. Just before
sundown Nikki stepped.
"It gets dark quickly up here,
Steve, and it looks like were go-
ing to spend the night out."
"I've been thinking of that," he
admitted, "and this seems to be
as good a spot as any.
"Water." He pointed to a tiny
creek. They had crossed dozens of
them; filled by the afternoon's
storm. "Shelter." He pointed to the
trees.
"And food,"
have,"
"Sure," said Steve, "and when
that runs out I'll hit a rabbit with
a rock—or something."
'"i,Vell start Bitting,"
ki, and we'll have roast
breakfast."
Makeshift Camp
Steve wasn't much of a woods-
man but he was enough to lash a
branch between two trees with
vines, hack down limbs with his
hunting knife and make a lean-to
that was closed on three sides and
open he front. That would pro-
tect them from the weather.
Ile spent an hour gathering wood.
and piling it within their reach,
while Nikki piled twigs and leaves
en the ground within the lean-to,e
That done, they built a fire after
a few false starts and sat with-
in their little house, watching the
flame just as the sun plunged their
Little valley into dusk and dark-
ness.
Very cozy," said Nikki.
".Anti warm," said Steve,
"You know," said Nikki, moving
closer, "being lost up here is seri-
ous. 01 course we're bound to be
found iu a day or so, though in
the meantime ewe. could get pretty
lltingry. But Somehow I can't
worry. We're together and it's just
1011."
"Right," said Steve, putting his
arm around her.
,.Tomorrow the sun •twill i11w and
well find the camp. Tonight we
r•an sit and love the night, the
fire and each other,"
"I'll be compromised," said Nik-
ki, sleepily. "You'll have to marry
Die."
-Darn it," said Stevr, "but that's
all right. 1 woe going, to anyway,'
r•t`11l(mbe r?"
said Nikki.
we
said Nik-
rabbit for
"Oh sure, I remember now,"
"If this was the xnoviee I would
give you the lean-to and I would
go sleep on the other side of the
Sire."
"I'm glad It isn't the movies,"
said Nikki,
"So am I" said Stove. Some.
tiling might bite me out there,"
"Much warmer here."
"And anucit nicer."
A Shot Rings Out
So the night passed and the suet
awakened them the next morning,
Steve started to rekindle the fire
and then decided there wasn't much
point in it, They washed their
faces in the little creek and start-
ed
tarted out. Steve took his bearings
by the sun and deckled they had
been travelling too much to the
right, so he altered their course
and they struck out directly over
the hill at their left.
The walking was hard. The rain
had made the ground soft and they
frequently had to stop and rest.
Branches tore at their clothing and
scratched their faces, but they
kept on pushing diagonally up-
ward.
They were almost at the top of
the hill when they heard a shot,
They looked at each other in glee.
"A shot means man and man
means food," said Steve. "Come
on."
They hurried on upward and
when they reached the top they.,
could see down into the •valley be-
low.
"Now to locate that shot—or the,
shooter," said Steve. They search-
ed through the sparse brush with
their eyes and finally Nikki caught •
a movement and she cried:
"There he is" She pointed and
they both watched a figure whose
movements were veiled by dis-
tance wand the brownish growths
which matched his clothing. The
man stood quietly for a moment,
looking carefully about him and
then his head rose as he scanned
the hills.
Steve took Nikki's arm and pull-
ed her down out of sight behind
a bush. He wondered if the man
had seen them. Nikki was looking
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"at him in bewilderment.
"Aren't you going to call to
trim?" Steve was intent on the dis-
taut figure.
"Look at the ,man carefully. Can
you tell who it is?"
Nikik stared and then a familiar
movement brought that stubby
form into recognition.
"Sarto," she breathed. "But he
could lead up back to camp
couldn't he?"
"He could," said Steve slowly.
"But I wonder if he would. .... ..
He didn't come out here alone,
surely."
And then Nikki remembered the
shot they had heard.
(To Se Continued)
Canadian Ship Is Bringing Their Majesties To Canada
The ei,UIW ton 1'. M.S. Empress of Ati aria, of the Canadian t acifie
Steamships' fleet, is the ship aboard which King George Vl and Queen
EIizabetL are travelling, to Canada, following a decision to keep the
battle -cruiser P.en;llse in Europe. The white -painted three -funnelled liner
khich brought the Prince of Wales to Canada in 1927 has been service on
both Pacific and Atlantic oceans and was the "heroine -ship" of the
earthquake at Yokohama in 1923. Their Majesties will arrive at Quebec
aboard the Empress of Australia on May 15,
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The Secrets
of
Good Looks
btj
CHASE THOSE WRINKLES!
So many women defer proper
skin care until wrinkles appear
when, of course, it is so much more
difficult to repair the damage. The
best way to avoid wrinkles is to
begin early, taking regular care of
the skin. Don't make it a grim
teeth -grinding matter'. Just a few
minutes each day patting in a good
cream.
These simple rules will help you
to ward off aging lines; first, wash
regularly with gentle palmolive
soap. Follow with a cold rinse, Sec-
ondly, make it a daily habit to give
yourself the "six -minute makeup
treatment" with the aid of the
new Three -Purpose cream that is
at once a cleansing cream, a found-
ation base for powder and a skin
food.
11 you already have wrinkles,
hero are some specific hints:
Around the eyes and on the temp-
les, take a dab of three -purpose
cream and pat it very gently in
with the finger-tips, working out-
wards.
Wrinkles on the brow need more
vigorous massage. Smooth a coarse
with the finger-tips along the lines
of the wrinkles, from the centl'e
mf the brow to the temples. Do this.,
frequently daring the tiny. At
night, =sage with cream,
It you have any personal beauty
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the following subjects are available
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oral Spread Your
Charm Too Thinly
Pleasing Everyone Usually
Enols Up With Pleasing
No One
Woman's charm can be like the
filling of sandwiches. Spread so
thinly that it isn't slightly tempt-
ing to anyone with a real appetite,
writes Ruth Millett.
You know that kind of woman—
dozens of her, perhaps. A woman
who sets out to be charming with a
capital "C". to please all comers,
and whogoes about spreading
sweetness and light.
You know her, for she is always
smiling. Always delighted to see
,¥on, though you have a feeling that
everything you say goes in one ear
-and out a smile.
She talks to you with a pleasant
set expression on her face, but
keeps her eye out for someone else
to .draw into the circle of her
charm.
Without Discrimination
You are never quite at ease with
her, for her personality is all sweet-
ness, with no solid foundation of
truth.
Her compliments are so frequent
that they have no meaning Her
pleasure at seeing you is meaning•_ -
leis mice you have learned that it
is lavished on everyone, without
discl'ilnination.
She has spread herself so thinly,
pleasing everyone, that her charm
is too skimpy for the person who
likes "people".
Pleasant
Ittnproves Looks
Whatever the shape and size of
your mouth may be, remember
that turned down corners detract
from ;your appearance. Don't iet
the corners of.. your mouth. droop
and sag. Yott don't want to wear
a perpetual grin but neither should
you assume a down -trodden, hang -
deg expressico. so much of the
Lime that eventually your mouth
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:Being goon natured ^.'d
it is en ireportant requisite for
ttYtracti'i eli^:i5,
Urges Importance
Of Homemaking
Mrs. P. Dewan, Wife of Provin-
cial
Minister of Agriculture,
Says Every Woman Should
Be Wife, Lady, Woman And
Mother.
Mrs. Patrick Dewan, wife of On-
tario's Minister of Agriculture,
pleaded a cause for women in a
brilliant address delivered to a
large gathering at Niagara Falls
last week.
"I am pleading a cause for wom-
en that she may be proud of her
heritage, be loyal to her mission,
be pioneer always in the cause of
justice and right; that she may
continue to break down what bar-
riers o£ prejudices remain, and
that she may weld in a harmoni-
ous whole this disturbed society
in which we find ourselves. In all
that she may be the wife, the lady,
the woman and the mother that
Divinity ordained.
Understanding Is Essential
"Are we honest weavers, honest
loaf -breakers and honest produc-
ers? I wonder if we are. I1 more
of us were more concerned about
such important things as cakes and
happy homes ands less bothereclw
about getting to ,some impol:tattt
destination or completing some ...er-•
rand three minutes earlier—well,
civilization would be safe, anyway,"
Mrs. Dewan declared. `.end if
mothers and colleges would instill
into girls that sound advice of Dr.
H. Hart, professor of social ethics
at Hartford College, that under-
standing one's wife or husband is
far more important than earning a
college degree and even more
thrilling and absorbing; and that
marriage is a partnership, not a
debating society, then civilization,
too, would become more secure"
World's Only
Woman Clown
English Lulu Is A Bright, Alert
Young Lady In Spangles
Who Travels With The Cir-
cus.
Albertino Adams is probably the
only man in the world who gets
away with saying "You look just
like a clown" when his wife puts
the finishing touches to her make-
up.
His wife, l..ulu, not only doesn't
mind tate remark, she's pleased at
his approval.
The catch? Lulu is a circus
clown — the one and only lady
clown in the world. Right now she
is clowning for the first time on
this continent, but during the last
ten years she has publicly fallen
on her nose and lost a seemingly
endless stocking all over the rest
of the world.
Loses Endless Stocking
Lulu, if you happen to talk to
her between performances, instead
of seeing her . in spangles and
white paint chasing about the Ring-
ling Brothers Barnum and Bailey
circus with the rest of the clowns,
is a bright-eyed alert young woman
with a very British accent that
somehow doesn't' seen: to fit It
clown.
How orme
an Their 40's
Can Attract ' ° en
Here's good advice for n woman during her
change (usually from 38 to 621, who fears
she'll lose her appeal to men, who worries
about hotflashes, loss of pep, dizzy spells,
upset nerves and moody spells.
lust get more fresh air, 8 hrs. sleep and it
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may be worn in five different Ways
--as a fichu, as an ascot, trucked
under the neckline of the dress as
a piping, as a -plastron tucked uat-
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another fichu idea is the draped
cowl, which is shorter than a flan -
proper, with full graceful drapes
clone in embroidered organdie.
Canada's mineral production
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a decrease of 2.7 per cent. from
the record year of 1937 when the
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