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dOel
an Far torris Closed
x undone White er the ootomehof
the **Jr into the disaster to ;tthe
' giant airshtpi R401. Britain 'will, not
build Ons More airships for a .long
t?me tq come. "
The Bowden airship station, Where.
Vie.
Airships Guarantee Company
L►It the -B -100,a vleitor' to Canada in
August, is closing down at the . end .of
1 oYember. SJi'.. Dannistoun Betnejr,-
head Of- the company,
turned the`
station was closing becarese the 'conn-.
Pani'• bad no orders for building and
he had too idea when if ever, it would
l?re
Fe -opened.
The 410 is at present laid up and
proposed alterations and enlarger
menta have been indefinitely post-
paned..
Plat and
Counter -Plot
He. Wanted to Help Here -and This
Was the. Only Way.
Bg Margaret Munro
Derek Peterson "toie rep • the fourth
sheet of paper and stared moodily on.t
of tine window.• Today the. idea for
'"*hide ha was groping would hot come,
and 'all he had to show• far two hours
..of.,concentrated thought was the torn •
fFagiments in Eris wa'stepaper-batiket:,. ;
It Was -exasperating, •'The editor of i
' the `. "Majestic Magazine" had , asked
kiln. for a seatiinental stets'. The price
would be good: And here he: was,
looking• .oat from- his third floor' `back
-Toone across a vista of Chelsea clam= l
aiey,pots, trying in vain to get inspires=/
them from ;the sinoke: •
W tat:• :mede it Worse was .that he
was feeling rc nutatic.. . And'; the, *-
Mance had begun at that very vrndaaw:'6
For ,e aetiy oppe tte--les than fifteen!
yards away'—was another window.6
:And behind that window there raved. a: t,
Pet He hart 'rust noticed. her two.
:Mentha ..before --a .slim, Olden -haired
Childs frying „sausages'• over a gas -ring:
At twelve o'clock on a weekday mettle
ing. There can be only . one explana-
tion -when a business girl living in one
back room does sncb, a thing et such
en hour—she` must. be' unemployed. 1
That ffact had aroused bis. iaiterest. i
It seemed so ur rair that a - slip gar of a g "'I
lila
lien
e t should F
have, '
'
o elbow
and
pueh her 'way through the crowds of
'i
other.Iuekless ones in search of a yob.
Ha had watebed-dnlotang
week he wr-.ham -a +:
--was rental and - eheesei tient time: A
• fortnight later she still po reit round
Iter raom where' she might . have been:
rkiag-ifForttme'Iead-been kinder.
One morning Peterson 'sat, near to
her -in the little restaaarrant• round the
corner that. sold a three -course lunch
fpr 35c- He saw that he* eyes were
blue, as the shine he wrote about; in
his stories: Aad he hoped that even
vise ..some° indirect means of hel
her.
If only And at that moment
plot came. ' The first two chap
• showed a girls' .unequal struggle in
Overcrowded city, The 'dlsappe .
'penny by penny—of her pathetic
email savings, , as she trudged
streets looking for work. trail)
Blank •day wherf her • Izenillord s
"Get out!"' Then came. the scan
had jest witnessed. The b $
man. -the proud coprage of the"
an the fact of this new. blow !Her'
lief even in that black hoer, that
luck would clung :
At ,that point the plot entered
:realm of . fiction. . ,Across the
overloaktng her window; hied t
!privily a; film producer *bo was
ing -for "life." ' Tired, of studio p
pets, he ;had "disappeared" into :
don's millions to discover h
throbs.
'The beauty `of .the girl-•cher. court
In the face•,• of despair -'made ' h
crazy with delights Herm was the .
star for which he wan looking—.t
iiew• Greta Garbo..,. Superb, .dignifi
!Peaty'. The sort, that woiild walk.
'the guillotine with head held b{
Be raced round•intersieawed thegi
she' • signed a, contract.. there
then which meant• an end to pinebin
and scraping.
The plot' was a winner.' Peter*
knew instinetivelg•'that, with the f
ing he 'wp uld put into it, it would
one of
the. ?tonnes of his life. •Then
came to earth. How did that hel4p'
girl? For eonietbiaeg must be do
and ,quick y.. It • weu1dn't he Fair to
make Money out of her misfortune
and leave her,.to starve. �'i al
Ping'
the.
ters
an
ranee
really
the
the
aid
. he:
ging
girl
be -
her
road,
era-
IIook
up-
Lon-
earl
e
im
thee
s-
ed
to
gh.
grrl,
said
g
m
eel-
be
he
Flee
n9,
ose r e nnspirathen of .that se-
date little goldenn-hadired figure. In
act,, if he lost her he felt . he would
never write. a story..:again
..Why not send her. anonymously, the
nro�ney that he would receive for the
story? The idea appealed to hint.. He
lad drawn spina money from the bank
that morning. He put ' a sheet of
"that modest meal .meant .that. the tide.
of 111 hack had changed. But,apperent-'
ly not. Slee still seemed to live half t e�
thz_t day ice the little room opposite
;ibis window—reading the newspapers,
or, more likely, !coking through the
ade-ertisement columns in search of •a
apex in his typewriter ant.: wrote
T'a repay yen." That was nail: it
might have come from anyone. She
d have no qualms abont keeping
he money if she felt that someone
He would have spoken to her; but
there was a proud tilt to her chin' that
warned barn .against. suck a course if
times were chard, that chin seemed to
be sayFinp�g, the world steal/ never know.
Perhaps ' because he Was a- weaver
whom she or even her 'family had
benefited bad chosen that method of
repaying generosity.
He placed $50 and the 'slip of paper
in •an , envelope, and, took it roaand to
No. 17 in the next street.
The' landlady; who opened the door,
eemed''a motherly soul—hardly the
oft to . throw a lonely girl out. Bat
ou never can tell.
"Will you plea gitre this to the
outing lady in your third floor beck?
s a message from a friend of here,"
e said:
It was .dark when he returned to his
room. To -morrow he would write the
of stories; *with a vivid imagination; e
Detek Petersen found the occupant of t
the 'third &soh baek at No. /7, Nereus h
Crescent—he hail checked' the number,
, hertse by counting the backs
frera the beginning of the roati-oc-
eapying *ore of his thoughts than he'
, had ever given to a gill before.
When he first noticed this he tried
to forget her, but those two- bine eyes
turd the stint figare in the neat toe -
had first Seen tier at close quarters in e.
the restaurant kePt coming iietween
hint and the paper on which he wrote.
He gazed across the backyards
Perhaps there wee a , plot in
that fact, If he; cotdd invent a really
, convincing exemee ear calling on her.,
he could Weave a story round Wand
solve the bleeping problem of his life
at eee and the same tin*.
He beehe write, hoping that the
plot would Unfold. But before many
litres had been set down •ori paper he ee
had stoppednfid, was staring out of
the le -endear again. For something ee
was. happetring in the thfid hoar back be
of No. IT, Neeens -Crescent.
The 'girl hah come in. perhape to
coak her lunch. She had her hat and.
' coat tin. With her was a man, .who
seemed to tower over her fragile pret-
tineee like some ogre. ,
And 'the rnan was threatening her.
' . He we.s walking up and down the main
—two, steps' hi eaott. direction. And
'erehr !time he turned, he wotdd ,stop
arid rave at her. Peterson ,could not
hear anYtblrig that was said, of &arse.
but he cottid see fils gesturee. He saw,
--too\.. the pratut, quiet restraint of the
• girt in the face of thid attack..
She stood her guard -L -she answere.cl red
hack. ,Finalty. she opened the door, .•
sent 'the Man oh. and im.esediatety dEs-
appeered from Pesereena views with era
the exception of one/white hand that ese
hung limply sea in his rine of viefOrs. ego
,kerscri which he jadeed she had flung "
...herself on the•frel and was crging. or hap
" For- one wild moment he thought of 0,se
her that he' hived 'her. It wae all so at
clear: She had come to the end ot her -be
reseurcee arid had got into debt. The yea
big man who bellied her Was a deist xis
corteetor. ft 'mattered hothing to him eon
"'' that • the girl hadn't a friend fri the •sees
'a Fit
Peterson clreeked the imenhe in !tee
tiatte, tie knew withoth being told s
that ehe Una tea. Proud to accept the
help Of a strange mail. Ile nreet y
room was in darknees. Proliably she
s oritcelebrating her geed for-
e. He wondered when and how he
mid get to know her.
At nine-thiety next morning his
_landlady informed him that Miss ?a
tricia Suet/ wished 110 see him.
"Send her air," he said, thfnitin,g it
was serneerre With Poses. A minute
defiant air and uptifted chin.
-He had guessed elm, was the sort
of, girl " who alwayS weft steafght
tie& point. She was.
"You sent me /.50; yesterday after -
or - cetad Peen and remove "him
dit3r from the gaze of those eyes-
-Mee Peterson, Indy ask why I was
choSen as the object of your charite-h
I was net aware that yet owed me any
Ile capitulated without en effete.
It was hopeiess to do otherwise.
"No, Miss Snelle anewered. "But
—Weil, from this room can tree your
roera. And after yesterday moraine—
yea know what inearr—I badly want-
ed tq help You. We are neighhers. you
,know.• It seemed such hard luck after
of any other way of helping you.
That's all. didn't mean any harrn-L-
suppose not„"', said
s it imagination that' t•he eyes were
king at 'IPA more kindly?, hheirt
To' ,get Work." PeterSoit said. un -
pity eonscious of eavestiropPing.
see, during Week day's• there' are
te. hate/dent seem to do enything
'hotrieeeforgiee Me, het fatinet
.rasticing - that 'you are', often le
tealfe earned that armee.; bfcatis•e
ng-ron about invited me to'i.
orsa So de Please keen I ores
0 toot to Worry PrittikatA.
ret title Jeerer he an :aceross."
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Ford in Wand
' Daring hie'' recent visit 'to England, Henry Ford visited Premier Raineay MacDonald at 10 Downing St. He
15 seen with ;Alastair . MacDonald, Prime minister's son, afar his interview In London.
Peterson felt himself, growing red;
he began to realize that' he was an
outsize in fools'. Yet it had all seemed
so' clear. But she did not'spare him:
`It was father you saw in my • room.
He's. a real dear, but .terribly old-
fashioned. hrvned.
He
objects to, my going on
the stage. He objects to my living
alone in London -even .though Mrs.
Prosser, :iny )andlady, is an old cook,
of ours. And when Mrs. Prosser.
wrote teliin _ h
my own' lunches he came up • . in a
towering rage. Y bad to promise to go
home for they week -End to get rid of
him
Caste is Decorated
In. Legion of Honor
Paris—Diendonne Coste and Maur-
ice Beilonte,home from their trans-
Atlantic flying adventure, caue'e in
triumph
Paris
Pin toNovember 1st ' where;
rap spite of bursts of rain, wind • and
occasional 'thunderclaps;. thousands
lined the streets to shout themselves
hoarse' in welcome.
re—we • ace,
where President Donmergue, Premier
Tardieu and other ,members of the
Government .'tendered official greet=
ings. The President_ decorated 'them
with their recently granted promo-
tions in the Legion of Honor: Vast
crowdsmilled about Elysee Palace.
Parts --The ' French Government an:
noiineedhat desiring to- associate
Colonel'Chartes A. Lindbergh, for his'
epochal trans-Atlantic flight, with the
trinrnpleal return of Dieudonne Coste
and Maurice Beiionte; it 'has promul-
gated a decree promoting' Lindbergh
to the grade of Commander he the
Legion ofHonor.
Nelson Column Grown
Over 14. Feet in 90 Years
London—The Nelson column in Tra-
falgar Square has "grown" 14' feet 4
inches., in the 90 years it ' has been
erected.
.made a pretty fool a himself, and
with the one gill whet mattered.• Talk
about nnagratatle.sd
"My piot seems to have been a lit
met all round," he said at last, 'not dar-'I.
ing to loek un.
"On the contrary, think year plot
was rather swieet and very sym-
'pathetic,' she answered, Placing $50
on the tabie. -"And, as usually 'hap -
Penn, the plot that, cOunts is the one
for an instant and Was gone again.
"I wented to find out why you did
it," she said, aad leer voice now- wee
musicel and soft. "Now I know I
think it- was perfectly' wonderful of
you. So wondeeful that I'd like my
father to thank you—if only to let him
see. how niceist I'm lopked after when
I'm aione Loedon. Then he won't
insist on my leaving the 'Stage ay
just spt months later. And, strange
to relate. Patricia did not tilt her
proud little dila and refuse. On the
nontrary, she said ,`If you wish!' verY
sweetly, and kissed hint again. ,
Which Was Was all in the
Answers.
An Old Canadian Industry
.7ariada'S eei fishery is an old indus-
try.. Early explorers Made reference
to• the importance of the der fishery
carried on by the *thane. •
This diecovery was made by 'a
steeplejack names-. Larkin who com-
pared its height with, the .Mlicial rec-
ords. in the office. of works.
ofhcia/ explanation has been
forthcoming. Iileanivhile the Govena-
ment has ordered scientific measure-
ments t6 be taken to find out what is
wrong, with the famous London land -
Bush Blooms Three Times
Canon City, Colo.-eA snowball buele
bloomtng foe the third time this year,
was discovered on the greunds of the
Southern Colorado Poerer Company
plant ,here. Eveh a. second bloOni-
Rural Buyers _Want.
Canaan Goods
Imported Products: Being R
placed, Department .Of-•
ficial Says
Canadian goods are replacing Im-
France }folds -Gold
In Writable Fart'•
Paris Hai Largest Stock of
Yellow. Metal in
Europe
Paris.=Entr'eaeped hi casements
stranger than the Verdun fort* locked.
up in a frame of 'steel, Water and rock;
Lies buried deep in the middle of Paris
the gold bullion of France. It is the
largest stock ,of yellow • metal •in •
• Europe. In the latest 'Weekly re 'rt
France's total gold was ft ,' at,
$1;939,09,000: But almost eve y day,
brings to. the vaults of the Bank of
,Fiance new barrels loaded with •gold,•
and' this total doubtless exceeds $2,=
,000.000,$00.
It would die no exaggeration to .say
that the Bank 'of' France keeps its :
golds in a fortress. Bombs' thrown on
Paris from an airplane would never
pass through the armour which pro
tects the cellars; and • in. case of 'a
revolution• 1,000 iriep ,*soldiers and,
bartk a i:iloyes, would;Vbe in a position
to stand. an underground in
'of al
lest a month. Every danger . which •.
might threaten the stock of golh has
been foreseen anti avoided by .the en-.
glneers who some years ago built the
vaults. They . are 'belied ' under
ninety-six .feet .of compact. rock.
ITnderneath and around them flows
the tamed stream of the • subterran-
ean river of the Grande Batellece,.
which the engineers found on that
Spot when they Began to `dig. They,
decided to use it as a means of de -
fens?. against possible undermining
of the cellars. • The Water. has been
drained .in , 'a intricate system' of
canals that surrounds the waterproot
wails.
The 'access to' the vault's reminds of
the' defense 'organization of. , a fort.
Goods The doors of steel and cement weigh.,
eight tons each, and a mere.twist of
a handle is sufficient to block them
Re
withadditional� w i
an weight of twelve
g
tons. There is a turret A. and a •tur•
ret B, a. well witha winding'staircase ,
and lifts, and long corridors built on
the principle which had been adopted.
g -"the • th for—fhe7_digging, • of
trenches. Even if a' shell could pens
trate through the roof of . rock, it
would be stopped from exploding on
•a large'.surface by the thick steeel.
wars ,that—form the angles of the •
and vtilage store in Ontario as a reseit
of eurh/ resideats, demanding home
grown ant.% manufactured products,
lions and they support them with ac-
tion. Women's Institutes have passed
'ducts to , the community and mer -
,resolutions comineeding Canadian pro -
chants and clerks are learning a lot
ly in those sections where there are
of things about Canada and her pool;
9f doing things when they pass resolue
branches of the *omen's Institute.
is replacing the imported, particular-
Countrs women have a downright way
Mr. Putnam. "The Canaaian article
have taken on a new aspect;" .sh'id
ment of agriculture. and adeisor and
counsellor to the Womeic's "Institutes;
stated recently in an interview,
G. A. Paine*, et the Ontario depart -
"Stocks in country and tpwn etores
are studying geography
and brands," continued Mr. Putnam.
"They are finding out that their cus-
tomers who telt them 'they peeler
Canedian products are not only send-
Eger/tally .patriotic but shrewdIg Wise.
Behind the label is quint:rand value."
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en Beats World Record
Columbia White Leghorn, the prop-
erty of William Whiting' of Port Hells
passeh the world'e record recently for
production when it Iaid its 353rd egg
in 'as mane da7e. This fien comes
from the famous University of British
Colnmfria, stock. and was bred by
'Many a true word Is. spoken when
Russia's Guns
Bettie, which' is errid to be Causing,' cr. .1-ast ries s roriihou t, ' l'europe.
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:esti Melee
SOfficials of the bank who sh6W the
vaults, give the turrets and doors the
military name of "first" and second
`, Use riot:should occur in Paris to-
morrow, the Bank of 'France woeld be
in a positioe to go immediately On a
state of siege and resiet any ettacks
of the rioters for several weeks. In
less than a half-hour all the clerks
and managers would be down ie the
vaults, where desks and chairs stand
ready far them. Sixty airpipes, whose
outer ends are dispersed and .hidden
so carefully that it would be nalikely
for the besiegers to discover them,
would supply fresh air: •Electrice
heating machines, *stalled in. the
cellars and entirely 'indepepdent of
the heating apPerales of the upper
huildings, eserld keep the temperature
at a pleasant, degree. In a half -minute
the_dynamos of the vaults would pro-
duce' enough energy to supply light,
•heat and air.
Provisione Received Daily
The feeding ot the defenders of the
vaulte, in case of emergency has been
fully' prqvided for. The kitchens are
ready to cook at any,moment enough
food ,for at least .1.000 'persons and
cellars 'cupboards filled with, plates.
dishes, forke, knives and spoons.
Huge saecepans and caldrons worked
by electrical pewer await the soup and
stew-. Not the tiniest detail has been
Hunting Ducks
.Give Mee gun and some old marsh,
• And the whistle • et wed' ducks'
When the roar Of my shetgiOn wakes
•
The mud hens patter across the pond.
Andthe teal come whizzing In,
And tghreasgsrthc4honeadd, jumps from oa
And the hunters all begin.
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With a pop. pop here,' and a ban
hang there;
The opening hes.son's elan
And the next duck comes from. ue
know not where.
AcrosS the gray skyrline.
And we judge the speed and the Pro*
As opnelyr -la.e.ahdn'n. ter can.
There's honor, toO, and a Comradeship
Ainong the hunter clan.
There's a sWapping yarns and a friend-
ly tip,
And a meeting of, man'to man.
SO give me: a gun and some old inarSh,
And the whi9tle of wild flacks;
tnegsr'Oar.of ray shotgun wa,kes
the Morn
Arid a hundred 'flying things, '
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Canadian Newsprint Output
Nearly Twiee That. of �S.
e Canadian preelection of. nevegbrint
in 1529' totalled 2,729,600 tone, er neat,
ly twice. the amount phodeced by the
ifs Deminiorhe tayareSt competitor, the
' 'United States.
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