Copyright by Francos Shelley Wet
CHAPTER VIII?Continued
?17?
"What you're hinting at." Tubby said
boldly, "is that we've got to capture
him, then, and dispose of him finally,
once and for all. Murder, 1 suppose.
Of course, it doesn't matter. Any of
use would gladly oblige, but it would
L* nice to know your plans first. We
might draw lots to see who would stab
him. That's the fairest way, really."
"What we've got to do," Bryn said,
disregarding Tubby, "is to let him
come here, all unsuspecting; hut we've
got to know ahead of time. We've got
to let him come hero to make sure of
getting our hands on him. Inside our
own gates we can be sure of being undisturbed."
"I know," Deborah said suddenly.
"Joe."
"Joe?"
She turned to Bryn. "Yes. Joe is
our nearest neighbor's boy. Before you
came," she explained, "when Joe's father
brought us any mail from town,
or anything we didn't expect, he used
to sound a call on a horn lie has there.
A kind of hunting bugle he made himself
out of a deer-horn. lie's terribly
proud of it, and he loves to do it. He's
taught Joe, too, and you can hoar it
for miles. Why not . . . why not have
Joe watch the road? Nothing could
get past him, especially if you told him
nough to make him see how serious it
was. And the minute he sees the car
he can sound the horn, and we'll have
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"Well, there you are," Brjrn said,
Knllln^ down at Deborah. "We're all
right, aren't we?"
"We're ... all right," Deborah said,
end her lashes dropped to her cheek at
the look in his eyes.
Brvn, very boldly, had proposed a
Starlit walk to Deborah, and to his surprise
she hud made do excuse. She
had been pale and weary after the excitement
of the letter, and now that
ome solution had been reached, she put
it behind her with relief. She walked
along beside him In silence, holding to
her face, from time to time, the sheaf
of clove-pinks he had gathered for her
beside the walk. Their perfume, heady '
and sweet, drifted up to him.
"It's a beautiful night," he said
steadily.
"Yes."
"What's It like up here in the winter
time, Deborah?"
"Oh," she replied, "It's beautiful. 1
love it. Wo get ever so much snow.
Just here in the valley, but it doesn't
last long. When It comes, It makes
me think of Lorna Doone. Do you remember?
When the snow was so heavy
and thick, and they were all winterbound?"
"What do you do with yourself when j
you are snow-bound?"
"There was alwavs olontv tn rtn
Mending, you know, and sewing, and
keeping the house In order."
"But In the evenings?"
She glanced up at him. "Sometimes
It Is a little dull," she suld. "But Joe's
father brought us a load of logs each
fall, and we would put one on the Ere,
Gary and I, and sit beside It reading.
Or playing chess."
"It sound's very pleasant," Bryn said.
"We'll get a radio this winter, shall
we? And how about a kitten or two?
A hearth Isn't really complete without
a kitten."
She murmured something under her
breath. Bryn bent toward her. "I beg
your pardon?"
"I said," she replied, lifting her
voice, "I said, you would probably be
bored. The road will be Impassable as
soon as the rains set in. You will find
It very dull, shut away from the world
for so long."
"No," he said. "I'd be looking at
you."
She caught her breath. "You'd . . .
you!d get tired of that"
"I'd never get tired of looking at
you. Don't yon know how beautiful
you are, Deborah? You're the prettiest
thing In the world."
"Oh, no. No, I'm not."
She bent her head and lifted the
pinks to her lips. She held them there,
silent
"Deborah."
-Yes?"
"Do you . . . Uke me at all?"
She did not answer. Bryn could
hear bis own heart pounding. He
waited.
She stirred. "You have been more
than kind to me," she said, "and to
Grandmother, too. I am very grateful."
She put her handa beside her on the
wall and Jumped lightly down. "I
think we ought to go in." aho said
astckly.
She did not apeak on the way back
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I you"' xis he hehl the door. Once Inside j
I she went directly up the stairs, quickly, |
' as if she wanted to get away from
him.
For n long time Bryn stood at the
foot of the stairs, thinking, wondering,
remembering. Then, slowly, he went
on up, and down to Tubby's room.
Bryn shut the door behind hitn and
sat down uninvited, lie looked at
Tubby. "You do a lot of thinking these
days." he said commiseratingly. '"Must
be hard on you."
"Huh," Tubby retorted, meeting bis
gaze, "you don't look any too peaceful
>curse!f. And yet, here am I, doing at
least half your thinking for you, and
d n' near all the worrying. Lord,
you're slow, Bryn. 1 never saw anything
like it. I suppose you haven't
told her yet how you feel about her.
have you? Using the correct technique?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, one of the first rules Is for a
gentleman to confess his tender passion
first. T suppose you had sense
enough to do that?"
Bryn drew a deep breath. "I don't
know. I can't remember. I don't think
so. What I wanted was to find out how
she felt. I know how I feel."
"There you go, old dunderhead. She
doesn't know how you feel, does she?
That is, you couldn't expect her to be
any more sensible than you, under the
circumstances, and you're as blind ns
an owl. So you Just asked the girl
where she stood and omitted to mention
your own state of affections first?
Bright boy. Women love that kind of
thing. It gives them so much ground to
stand on."
Tlrvn tra*t%A of l> I l?~" 11 ? ' *?
J Bwvg av. II1U1 un/icuij. lUDOy
groaned. lie reached over to the table
beside him and lifted Pllar's letter,
open. Its words leaping out from the
page. "Head that," he commanded. "If
anything can sober you up, this will."
"I don't want to read It. It hasn't
anything to do with me."
"That's Just what you'd like to think.
Let me tell you, my son, it's got everything
to do with you. It may be addressed
to me, but if I hadn't been here
. with you, I'd never have seen It. She
; knows darn well I'll pass the word on ,
to you."
"What word?" ,
"Take It. Head It."
Bryn took it, and sighed, but settled
down to It.
My Dear Tubby:
1 do hope you are having a pleasant
visit away up there in the mountains. 1 !
must say 1 was completely taken by
surprise to hear that you had gone,
and without telling anyone your address! '
But Bryn naturally would not care to
have the world know the location of
his idyllic retreat. Isn't it romantic?
I think it is too thrilling, and together
with every one else, 1 can scarcely
wait to meet, his bride. I hear she is
very beautiful and completely charming,
and 1 am so glad for Bryn. Do give
blrn my kindest regards, and give Deborah
my love.
Affectionately,
PILAR.
Bryn looked up. "How does she
know Deborah's name? How does she
know you're here with us?"
"I'll bet a nickel she searched the
records of the license bureau for the
answer to vour first mipstinn Anri 1
Sugar That Is Sweeter
Found Plentii
Sugar that Is "sweeter than sugar"
is the product of a model experimental
plant at Iowa State college, says the
Scientific. American. Here Prof. J. H.
McGumphy and J. W. Eichinger have
developed a process for the production
of a form of sugar which Is sweeter
than ordinary cane sugar, and which
has never before been produced at a
cost permitting commercial exploitation.
The source of their sugar Is the
Jerusalem artichoke which contains
from 7 to 24 per cent of levulose. The
artichoke Is said to produce more
sugar per acre than any other plant
except sugar cane, while the cost of
production per acre Is less than for
any other sugar-yielding plant.
The artichokes when harvested are
washed, sliced and dried. The dried
chips will keep indefinitely without
losing their sugar content As needed,
chips are "extracted" with hot water,
dissolving out the sugars. This solution
Is acidified to convert the natural
inulln and levulln to levulose which la
then precipitated by the addition of
lime. It Is at this point in the process
that Professor McGlumphy has developed
a new technique that makes the
process commercially practical tm the
first time. After precipitation, the
lime is liberated from the ttme levulate
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^^WNUServlce^^
the other, Sally anil Simon left a forwarding
address. Pilar would get what
she wanted or die in the attempt.'*
"Well, why shouldn't she?** Bryn demanded.
"She should have been told, I
as far as that goes. I thought you 1
would tell her something to satisfy her.
She's one of the gang isn't she, and, j
after all, we did go around together
pretty steadily. Tubby. If she's upset,
I don't hlame her much. It would have
been only common courtesy on my part
to write and tell her the whole story, j
but it was too damned awkward. I
tried.'*
"And the reason it was awkward,"
Tubby said evenly, "was because she
wasn't just one of the gang, and you 1
knew perfectly well that she expected
to marry you in the end. Didn't you?"
"I didn't ask her to."
"Don't quibble."
"I never told her I was In love with
her. I wasn't In love with her. I've
never kissed Pilar In my life." He
looked down at the note. "It's a very
kind note, under the circumstances,"
he said. "She might perfectly well have
written It to me. I don't see why she
didn't."
"That note," Tubby said deliberately,
"Is about as Innocent and kind as a
stick of dynamite with a fuse burning."
"Oh, don't be a fool, Tubby. What's
got Into you, anyway? You used to like
her. You said she was a good sport,
and a lot of other things. You and she
were great pals."
"Mhm,'? Tubby agreed. "So we were.
So we were. But why? That's what
I found out when you pulled your little
stunt. She didn't care two pins
about me. The only reason she ever
spread herself about me was because
she thought It might make it easier
for her to get you. See? And that
night when I went to tell her that you
were married, I caught her off her
guard. Never ugaln. I wouldn't go
near her with a suit of boilerplate on."
Bryn folded the note and put it back
on the table.
"And now," Tubby said, watching
him, "she knows where you are."
"And what of it?"
"Nothing. Nothing at all. Go ou
mooning, old hophead."
Bryn took out his case and lit a
cigarette.
"Say, Bryn," Tubby said at last, "did
you hear what Madeline said to me
tonight?"
"What did she say?"
"Well, nothing much," Tubby answered,
embarrassed. "It was the way
she said it. You know, Madeline's a
darn nice girl. I never really thought
much about it before, sort of took her
for granted, you know. But she's a
peach."
Bryn got up leisurely and went to
the door. He opened it. Bryn moved
across the hall and tapped at Madeline's
door. Tubby sat up, stiff with
horror.
"Madeline," Bryn called through the
keyhole.
"Mhm?"
"Madeline, Tubby says he likes you."
"Oh," Madeline said, and obviously
cat lir, I n Ka/1 ? - - 1 ?
? up .u ucu. iiuw uiucn t" sne inquired
after a moment.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Than Cane Is
ful in Artichoke Plant
by carbonatioD, the calcium carbonate
filtered out, and the filtrate evaporated
In vacuo to a thick syrup. Crystallization
Is accomplished by the usual sugarhouse
methods.
Elephant Wrecker
It happened In Uganda?not exactly
the motorist's earthly paradise, because
there are lots of wooden bridges
to cross, and sometimes, after the
rains, the bridges aren't there. On
this occasion, however, the trouble was
a pedestrian. The car ran Into him
from behind. The driver?a native?
didn't wait to apologize; be got out
and legged It to the nearest settlement,
where he reported the accident. A rescue
party went out to bring In the motor
and found It In little bits. Tbs
pedestrian was an elephant and the
driver not being available, he had
taken his revenge on the car, which he
destroyed.
A Great Life Purpose
Set before yourself a great life pur
pose. Devote your best energies to Its
sccompllshment. Make It the one
definite aim of your dally Hfe. Be
enthusiastic about It The great things
of the world are done by the men
who specialise and concentrate mad
who believe that .they can.
lay, October 15, 1936
nl%y
TODAY
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TAILED ADOOT
Use of Drugs
WHI?X we remember that
what we call drugs are in
most cases the leaves of the field
and the roots of the ground, all
provided by Nature, it may be i
only natural to believe that they
should be used often and regularly.
However Osier, our greatest modern
physician, stated that he had
reduced the number
fSj^ h's drugs to a
^ total of 15, that he
^ 1 thought he would
I soon have the numNBP&-CH
ber down to 4, and
| perhaps, if he lived (
pi', |p^ 1 long enough, he j
3 would use no drugs ,
However, every
thinking physician
' and every thinking
Dr. Barton. layman recognizes
that there are times
of extreme need for powerful drugs
?strychnine or digitalis for a fast
failing heart and morphine for unbearable
pain.
What abcut all the other drugs
commonly used for headaches,
rheumatic pains, pain of stomach j
ulcer, to correct constipation, t o
prevent diarrhoea?
Give Nature a Chance.
There isn't any question but that
a headache powder, some baking
soda for the stomach, and the usual
remedies for diarrhoea are helpful
and harmless when used for short
periods. It is considered better to
use the drug than to have the whole
nervous tone of the body lowered
by the depressing effects of the i
pain. 1
Then of course there are simple
tonics containing iron, phosphorus ]
and lime that put these body building
materials into the blood and ]
tissues .direct, instead of trying to j
get them by eating large quantities <
of food with no appetite and a poor
digestion.
However, what is wrong is the |
habit so many have acquired of
drugging themselves regularly and
often for slight headaches, constipation
and other little disturbances,
failing to realize that nature will
correct conditions if given the least
chance.
What caused the headache? Eat
ing too fast or too much; eyestrain?
Why not correct the cause? What
caused the "gas" pains in the stom- ]
ach or intestines? Certain foods (
that you know cause it? Why are
you constipated? Is it no exercise:
not enough fruit and vegetables?
The point is that drugs?leaves
and roots?have their place in our
present civilization under circumstances.
To use them often and
regularly for conditions that nature
or your common sense can correct
is a big mistake.
Advantages of Fasting.
That too much food or the wrong
kinds of foods can cause disturbances
in the body whether the individual
is sick or well is now generally
known. That most of us eat
more food than we need is likewise
known and admitted.
Thus most physicians agree that
fasting seems to be of real help in
various disturbances of the body.
The ailments in which fasting
seems to be good treatment are
some acute ailments such as flu,
simple colds, and high blood pressure,
bronchial asthma, rheumatic
disturbances, acute stomach or intestinal
upsets and overweight.
However, fasting is really dangerous
in many cases if not supervised
by a physician. Dr. W. Eisenberg,
Munich, states that the fasting cure
may involve danger. Patients with
cancer and with tuberculosis should
not fast. Hysterical patients should
not be allowed to fast, and most
cases of mental disturbances should
not undergo fasting cures.
Sometimes the fasting cure is
used on patients with a poor appetite,
the idea being that if allowed .
to go without food for some time
the appetite will increase. Dr.
Eisenberg points our that this i*
dangerous in cases of neurasthenia
(being tired physically and mentally)
as these cases need food to keep
up their strength.
While the fasting cure is helpful
in many cases of heart disease, it
should not be used when there is
rheumatism 01 tonsillitis.
S-WSB Scrrle*.
Belief in Ourselves B
WHEN we Wicve in our. I
? * selves and in others, when
we teach and practice The 9
Golden Rule?when we smile I
in defeat and never repeat the B
things that harm others?when
we do the right thing at the |
right time, and then keep on I
doing this thing, we grow; an(J
when we grow, somebody is I
bound to need our services. I
A man in ripe age is like a
sword in a ship wit dow. Men I
that look upon the pe.fect blade |
do not imagine the process by I
which it was completed.? I
Henry Ward Beecher I
The Mind * I
lovtell 1
Meter HENDERs<? I
? Bell Syndicate ?WNU Service. 8
XI.II1II..II...... aS
The Syllables Test I
In this test there are two col- H
imns of syllables. Take a syllable B
out of the first column and unite |
it with one in the second column
to form a word. When you are H
finished, you should have ten com- H
plete words. H
First Column Second Column I
1 bar 1 gest B
2. out 2. ploy
It. ex 2. si on
4. tac 4- den r
5. mis 2. port
6. gro 8- B3"1 B
7. con ' tics |
8. sud 89.
em 8. look H
in 1
IV. aUU 1U. cer
Answers
1. bargain. 6 grocer.
2. outlook. 7. congest
3. export. 8. sudden.
4. tactics. 9 employ.
& mission. 10. subject
Floats 6,500 Miles
Floating 6,500 miles in flvi
years, a bottle has been picked up
n the Bahamas and returned to
the navy hydrogruphic officer >t
Washington for record-makinf
purposes. It was thrown into the
sea oft the coast of Virginia is
1930. Hydrographers say that in
its journeys, the bottle has twice
crossed the Atlantic.
CLEANS APPAREL.ANYTHING
IEAVESNDRIND.NQ ODOR
Flat Puns
A pun that is "built up to"
lacks savor; most of them do,
anyway.
Wky Laxatives
Fail In Stubborn
Cnnati nation
Twelve t? 24 hour* It too long te wj*
tihon relief from clogged bowels f"
ooMtlpatisn U needed, for then saw
maul quantities of bacteria acciurn
late, causing GAS, indigestion so.
many rottleas, sleopless nights
If you want REAL. QUICK RELIEF,
take a liquid compound suchi as
lerika. Adtorlka contains SEVEN"
thartlo and carminative Ingredises.
that act on tha stomach and ?v"J
bowels. Moat "overnight It"?*;
contain one Ingredient that acts on
lower bowel only. ?-r,nW mvee
Adierikn'a DOUBLE ACTIONI g??
volar system a thorough tW"JJ
bringing out old poisonous waste w
ra'da'ch-sVl.^^"'JSSrfcS
TSBSSI ..o-'h Of^
ones and usually removes bow" N,
ooption la lees than two hsui*-^
waiting for overnight "Brecon*
famous troatmont has bean <t
mended by many joetom ?J*J ?w
plate for 34 years. Take Adlerlt
half hour before breakfast or omgj
before bedtime and In a abort ^
you wIM foal marvelously retro""?
Leadlng Druggists.
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sod NseriHs saKseon. A paded . j
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