The Lucknow Sentinel, 1930-05-08, Page 2OIL
by
Bch Lucien _.Burman
THIS HAS HAPPENED Vilak Aliaa glance 'at a • BlILXlow
Attempts have been:made on the life pool of water forced in the mldillii thf
Of Elise' Marberry,, owner of a, coffee the room where:the:gr'ound^t411e'fifi4itllE
' �lazitation near Porto Verde, Brazil; `"T have.azt idea," he.whispeaed to telt'
Vilak, her cousin,. and Lincoln Nun- old -zuan beside hint, '
tally, aged chemist, believe that Gay- "To escape?", Nunnally's eyes were,
lord Prentiss, a neighbor and enemy of eager.
Elise's to 'be involved, although they, ply But • ion't. be toil hopeful. nit; rare ignorant' of the reason.. Word is just an idem. It nay not .work, but t
brought to Elise that •her'ma'nager at..hope it will.. •These rppes tv.}th ivhfoh
Villapa is desperately ill She,, Mary- „
iaally and Vilak start on a visit to hien we are tied" are'. hide, like most of.' the
but'' are .ambushed and,. taken ter a .roper in this part•.of the country.They
lonely and filthy hut, where .rthey are ought to expand consideerablyi .in water
.:' told they must the for the- rnurder of if ;they haven't been cured too much.,
' the leader ofthe' band of ruffians who and allow us to .squirm out, of "'then.
capture°them.• Theyknow.i't is but a You. remember the; story. in your prim-
•txumped up change..•• They,: sore trussed'
er of the' girl who• was captured by the.
up and thrown on the wet.flOr. Indians and escaped because "a• heavy,
NSW $FGIN TOP +STORY'„ rain fell and
sweledtheciords'oideer
hide that hound hes? The is the; same
,CHAPTER.Principle:" •
"After' all, .they .are- or�a4ats,„Hreflect-to•the.
edge of the pool;
• Vilak replied, his digs barely moving. then into it, the water coming upal-
"They're not interested iri us.'-They're'most to the 'b•ittons.'of his coat. Here
:a merely :.looking : for; a meal—sugar, he lay, without stirriiig' for half an
.leather,. or. a leaf -they can use in.their
• houses. • Interesting little brutes They
could tear'down this house: in a dait or
hour, which to. Ws old. manseethed
ntermanab.1 Then 'he rolled out
again an. iiegan manipulating his long
• two i it were. made of wood they fan -.wrists u> liah• now from the
they .�.: � P: P pies-
�•_•.,t; ea3::b.TLrtcky,.. ax. tlL-tkeY.,a e:iiat'tar- sure of the cords upon the veins.
azillides; which are so thick in so many ' . The old man watched him reathless-
of these old deseed houses. „Look out ly, „For; ted minutes; Vilak pulled, tug-
for:•that• corner) .otter , these...near ,the •reed, twisted, writhed: Now it was his
window. I think 1 saw the hairy foot we:sts.he was attempting:to free, now
• . — —
• He rolled to the edge of the pool, then into it,:the: water coming up
almost` to the buttons of his coat.
.r
•of one of them a minute ego. Maybe
a nest of them there; Mal don't'think
they'll
both 'r
7
y e • lis, unless we' bother
them.”
He stopped short as he heard Elise's
voice in the other room but the Wooden!
door• effectually kept out most :of • the
sound; he couldl not distinguish what
:she said.. ' • - •
The two men beca•me siTe'ht again,
anotionless except' for their _'regular
crushing of the ':inquisitive crawling
visitors., There was a crackling noise
in a ,hole near the bed, A small rat-
like animal, with ristling .whiskers,,
and bright. g t bullet -like, eyes, ,emerged
from the• orifice, looked at the ''two
men curiously, then retreated to his
black home,
•
A moment later,e swarm of brilliant
purple butterflies swept down through
the betoken roof and, settling on tables,
walls, bed; and men, for, an instant,
left nothing to be' seen but their vivid
flaming wings. Then they flew away.
WRIGLEY%'t it good; cstnpai v
Ibn any trip.
It's delicious flavor adds zest
and'cnjoyment. The sugar sup,.
plies pep and energy when the
day seems long. ,
In short it'sgood'
and gotid jot • .oiew..r
L SLJE No. 1
s.
•
it was his knees, now it Was his' bony
tinkles.. -
"It's s no go,,>•"They've slid. They ve only
stretched an infinitesimal fraction, 'if
it all. Thgy,'re oily, a•nd•take up prac-
tically no,water.' Sorry: Wish I could
smoke.: a ,'cigarette." He tolled out
onto, the .dry . ground , again. • The 614
man gazed at him dejectedly and .let
his head sieinp ack to the mud.
J
He 40;0 them painatata kiaigly'aKaitlt
and slammed the door.
The sudden, darknes1 of the equator- q �a#'1>kI
14 regions begs► tip clutch house, field. a, ;
alta forest in its ebony embrace. Peer- ---
tag+ agtalde _again throrigb the trek • BY ANNEBELLE WORTHINGTON
to the wall, Vilak,saw Elise led to a •
log on w'h:leh two soldiers were sitting. Illust.'aded Dresshuakistf Lesson
A. Third who was guarding her ordered ' Furnished. With Every Pattern •
I rot to alt. Own between:,them. • She
i til SIR* In obeying. The guard jerk.
ed her arm cruelly She struck vao
lently ngiinat the wood, then stared
up nt her •captors, helpless but defiant.'
Vilek. bit his lilt fiercely H. watched
ai moment longer, then rolled back' to
•the edge of the pool mild. once 'more
•ixn:niersing himself'far an •instant,
'rolled• out.and again began tugging' at
his .shackles. It was useless. 'Th ngh
his 'powerful. muscles strained. until it
seeniedthey, must burst, the' leathern
sinews. held. ' '
He ceased• his••futile• efforts and lay
on the ground; 'breathing heavily, too.
exhausted for the 'moment •to' protect.
himself ' from the greenish ' term'ites
crawling iri swarms- all aver. ;his,`long
'Suddenly he beg.#uri•, to laugh, a lqw,
cifuckling ;laugh.. The old man looked'
at him in amazement, unwilling to be-
li:eve>thnt the :sound had come from
between' his friene's lips. But • there
could be ne:doubt.., Vil'ak.was stili.
'chuckling. He tasted his head smi1=•
ingly`to th'e old ,man,'then "Vegan rub-.
bing his. thonged 'body . against the
wall. "No, I'm na crazy, Nanny," he,
murmured, "I'm merely, chuckling be-
duee have. been` crazy ever. since'
we've been in here. Or stupid, which-
ever you prefer to call it. We've, had;
a ',key' .oi..escape'here: all the time•'t ..
The old man squinted wonderingly
around .the: darkening. wane,. "I don't,
see'...• anything. .. Real'ly .•; er ,
anything." '
"These termites," He lay upon the
ground'..again, and let the insects:
swarm over him:, "The're -wild aboii •.
leather and' hides of any sort. • I've
had the soles of far too many' shoes
eaten up over night :down here not to
know that • They want •to eat these
hide .ropes witch: 'which.., we're tied.
That's. undonte'diy,what's drawn them
to us. The ropes have probably been
soaked in oil besides, and that's•rnade
them'doubly attractive. •They've been
trying •to save' us ancoilze wouldn't let
theft. .. • • . (�' :
•
"Don't beat them oft ane langer.'•At
the expense of a few stray nips they'll
have .us cut .loose in half an hour or
Iess." ,
` He• put his; eye to the crack in the
wall again, and watched, while the
inseeta, finding theniseives 'unmolested,
crawled upon him in increasing num-
bers open his body -seemed a. trembling
greenish carpet. Some hurl'•.d -therm-:
selves • uponhis leathar,' puttees and
shoes and, digging . their. razor -like.,
pineers ' deep .into the. fibre, -began
carrying off tiny- morsels to their un-
seen home not 'far ;,off in the' jungle.
Others began to : attack the thick,
squarish ropes that bound his limbs.'
It had now• becomecompletely dark
and fly, the firelight he could see' the
soldiers -gat round .for their stream_,
ing, meal. Elise still sat on the log,
patient, 'imrrlobile...Each nionient Vil-
ales lingers roamed along the hide for
the' few inches theycould reach to see
how the work of destruction was pro-
gressing. ••At, length he felt a notch
•where the insects ha&' bitten more
deeply -than the rest. Concentrating all
his energies ' in 'One tremendous
pulse,• he. thrust his arms .forward
from his chest. Hall the effort would
have sufficed, for the curd; almost sev-
ered, sna ed as thou it had been a
., h
a e
PP g
tl.read .. He was -free. •
(To be 'continued.)
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A' bizarre -colored toucan flitted onto
;tl:e windowsill, cocked his huge .billed
head grotesquely, then ftew.away. The
sound of a horse's hoofs' sloughing
through the road• drifted, through' the
natieless window. Vilak rolled to a,
stack in 'the wall and peered outside,
"Another one- of our coldier comrades,"
he ,announced.' "Looks as if he' were
bringing a message. We ought ti► know
what they are going to do with us
pretty, quickly now." '
They heard the newcomer tramp into
the other room. There was a long ex-
cited conversation which. -they could.
not hear.' Then the door into their'
•raon► opened and the elstling mustach-
ed captain entered. • '
"We have j o'hdei•ed ,well what is to
he. dobe with you=; rooting- pigs who
call yourselves men," he j rumlijjed ,
glancing' down disgustedly at th'e two
•mud -covered prisoners and hestowirg
nn
thein a well -directed k'iele."And we
have decided.' Your woman goes With
us. For she is.he'autiful. Yourselves
shall hang like the gallows dogs that
1 you are.' My men now get ready their
.Tar•inhl and .touchino for they. have
eaten little because they watch for you.
and they have long' to travel. -
"The'y are hungry. When they htt•ve
eaten, -then they will rest. Par it te-
net good to teasel quickly rater -Ming.
Tired they. will. takeaway *your woman.
Arid Hien you will hang. We do riot'
hang .now for this might make i1 ick.
the wo1nan, and a sick woman is a
Nutlet As are ail women . • ." •
•lie glapced • outside the window
whew two soldier's were toiling ,over
'streaming lacy pot "fjy-the' y the
tourhino •boils 1 will say you have Per-
haps. 0r. '; Maybe • two hours in which
ltd "a'iitl clesinsre vo W fel s r ls; It
this. Is not . neugh, so •«•i.1I it be the
het ter.. In Fat m Ren Lai the 11o'vil that
rt: i. the (a off pf •Cripi tai •T TaipeihT
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The.. new fitted- hipline, swathed in
Grecian- manner, Makes' this printed,
crepe frock very desirable.
' The ,:neckline is, generally becoming
in deep open • V, finished With ,rolled
collar of 'plain harn%onizing crepe. '
The hemline achieves a fluttery ful-
ness through the gradual widening of
the.. circler' skirt that moulds the figura
through the hips;
Plain crepe., silk' :and light, weight
woolens appropriate. . ' • ' .
Style No.. 3382 comes ie sites 16,
18 yea:rs.,.36, 38; 40 and 42 inches, bust..
In the medium size, 3 yards of 39 -inch
material .•With '/z'yard of. 27 -inch con-
trast is sufficient.
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`Fresh from the gardens'
INDULGENCES
•Suppose that the" m6ney pow, wast-
ed in foolish• 'indulgence's. were • ex•
pend'ed'••lipoii whcleh3on a •.•food . ancr-
furiiiture :and 'clothing, or were in
ested ' in such a way .as to become
part ot ;the capital or `,wage paying
fund of the col munity,:wliaf a• trans-
foi mation .fol• the better would be u
-volved in this!L-Beam Vaughan. ,
The: conference was over and the
ladies were returning froin seeing the
visitors off. "Whom did you have,, Mrs:
Tones?.' asked one 'h•pstess ."O1, •ryuite
a nice clergyman. . Whom did • Ddu
have 7" •'"1 Irad. two locust preachers,"
saidthe ether...Li "You . mean lode!
preachers.' ' Locust's are those things
that come in swarms and eat,up•every.
thing." • "That's right,'.' said .her
'friend. "I" iiad •two of them." .
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_The Customer. .complained. of the
•cost of shay. ing. • • "les; .'but have you
considered the extra labor involved,
Sir?" asked •the barber "What extra
40oi'7" snapped, the ,Irritatel.'cus-
tomer. "Well, sir," .replied •the•••barber,
"what. with bad weather and the in --
come -tax falling due, men's faces, are
considerably longer thbtn thef were."
"Attacking the problem • of crime
and ,,criprinals. through prisons is Jo.
approach 'the•'problem hih!h-end £ore•
most."--1-Lewis E. Lawes: • .
"We. inust not .confound:leisure 'with
ahiftlessne'ss:"—Hehry. Ford. '
:.fudge (to '.oy witnesao.n stand)- •
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'W e11,. .my ' ;little .man, do you • know ••;
what an oath is?"' '• • •
.Boy—"Yes .sir) 1 was your golg,
caddie , for a whole• week,: last stam-
mer.
•• LEARNING ,
No science is, speedily°' learned', by •
the `noblest ;genius without• tuition,—
Watts. -
A real estate . salesman s of 'West'
•Teta had just finished describing the
gloribns opportunitiesof that .part of
the country. "All" West Texas needs to
become the .garden Spot of the world
is good people and `water," . lie said.
"I-Iuh,". rePlied the 'prospect; '.'that's
all hell needs.", ' •
:110W T -O ORDER PATTERNS • '
Write-yourname-and addre s •plain- -
ly, giving number and size of such
patterns as you want. Enclose 24c in.ro:
stamps or coin (coin preferred; .wrap
it carefully) fpr each number, .and
address your artier' to Wilson- Pattern
Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto;
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T—
Heel the Sprain with. Minard's. .
Insurance Agent -"Conte along with
me,• my roan, I can get' you damages
for thi." . Big Nigger' (hit by 'bus) :
• "Good 'lawksie; man, Alt don't need
any mo' damages. What I needs t,
repairs."
. Ernpire-.Free Trade . •
Calchas.. In the • National *View'
(London) : ' An .op oi'tanity is like a
lass; ICA is not f keti when it is of-
fered, itis not again to he counted up-
on. 1n .1887- the Colonies would prob-
ably have agreed.to a complete fiscal
union' if •they had been offered securi-
ty in the British market for their pro-
duce; it was the old Colonial system
against the destruction of which by
Cobden and. Bright they. had passion-
ately but'Vainly protested.' • But in
1930 It is differernt; Great Britain in,
'deed begins to repent•herself of Free
Trade; hat the Dominions show no,
sign of repenting of Protection.
SUN'S'HINE'
• I do not say you can' make yourself
merry, and happy when you are in a
phylgicali condition which is conkrary
to such m$nta•l cdnd'rtinn bnt,'by Arae-
•tide and 'effort you can learn to with -
ilraw from it, refusing to allow yotir
judgments and actions to be ruled by
it, "What does •that matter?" you will
learn to say. -"It is enough tor me to
know that the sun does shine; and
that thiis.is Onlyea weary fog that risk
roundabout me for 'a motatenr. I.
shall: come out into the light beyond
jhresentiy," This Is 'faith -faith hi
God, who is Light.-Gieorge'MacDon-
ald.
CONTENTMENT
It is meet to be Contented with what
tvo have, but neer with what We are.
-:-• Sir J• 4ackh'moSh: '
Contentment consi;teth not In add,1'
.11V. more foal, but in taking away sotre
fire. --T. Salle;..
:.•'.V0 1'i( eoi'rtent, with out, state 4s the
best Menne to • prevent ambitious de.
sires: Avc,hinredes. •
• ighatlwe &tee by -tie tt_:orld.is miss,,
eh°y, What We lave by core e•nt is Wis.
dom.—
Chap. da. Until an hour, goodbye.:'£ firm
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�i•'d's Cheeks railing Hair,•
1
sMARTTs
" LAWN • .
MOWERS:
CAi1rA,DA'S Bisr'!
'itiarn'tpossiblefobli'fld '
a better lawn mowir '
thatSr'iuk's• -
Smart%Mowers have
proved their superiority
whereverg 4ss Is groown .
Easy irunnfntlteere
' tithing mesataolutet,
,guaranteed.
Asst oUn 4A41OwA4 t4AN
JaaitaSnuuri Fust
eROCrtVniE CNr.
ANY Y S> ASON . ,
Is Vacation Time
In Atlantic City
ANY 'VACATION .
Ig An Assured Success -
If You Stay at the
ST. C.E1ARLFS
'ire file T iriest Loration• and the
Longest forth on the Boardwalk.
Offering the ultimate in
with Unexcelled Culiitee
Prices
• irom
8oc
to.
$4.00
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Watch for the SMP ' label e
of qualify on all Enameled
Kitchen Utensils . you buy.
10
No 'matter how' severe,
you can always have
immediate relief:
OVER
Aspirin always, stops pain quickly. ^It
.does it Without any ill effects, Harmless .
• to the heart;. harmless to anybody.. But
it alwi4ys brings'relief. /Whysuffer? • •
It
?RADE MAI*REQ. •
t.
Y 1 HAT une. pected spacious-
ness in this Cunard Tourist
Third . Cabin Dining -Room, typical
lof the accommodation •on.. this
,Ipopular classl ,Intimate little
cables, laden with Rowers; spot- •
Tess napery; and a';tinen:u of
endless variety and astonishing •
generosity 1. Tourist Third Cabin
_ rates adjusted. Cabin Class rates .
revised. As•k for inFormation.
PL. ,
' - Weekly 'aai:Tn , froth Mentrcal
• (and' Quebec t
18bok through The Canard tine,,
Corner of Bay ons' Wellington+
. Sireots, Toronto, (Tat: Elgin
3471), or any siea shtii agent'
UNARD
CANADIAN' SERVICE .
CABIN,+TOURiST THIRD CABIN4 THIRD CLASS. '
T '
Scraggly, tinshaveri beards are like dull, unpolish1
ed
shots... both are entirely out of kerping.with your •
pride of persoital appearance . o 1ppfy your shoes,
t at all thes smart with "Nugget" which,
- waterproofs the shoea.as it poliahek
NUGGET'SIN *en)Ivith pit