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SYNOPSIS
Seeking to elude mysterious pur '
sucrs. Colin Kae, of the lKndtiU',
Bay Company, hi<t in the hotel
room of an attractive youus woman
in Winnipeg. Canada, to whom
he promised plane transportation
to Learmonth where tin y have a
mutual friend. Rodney Selkirk.
She concealed Colin, bravely b.nring
self-styled "police" from lies
room. Then they observed a small,
bespectacled man staiuling across
the street. Once 1 heard hint
called the most dangerous man m
Canada,' said Colin. The fcirl identitied
herself as Irina Meredith.
Soon they succeeded in escaping to
a local airport where they met
Blair Benedict near her sm;>ll .tit - J
pl.iue. There was a brief, jovtu !
reunion between Colin and lil.iir :
before the plane took off with Blair
at its wl.-cl. En route to the airport.
Colin had told Irina that the
so-called "most dangerous man"
was Jonathan Dove who conducted
two Indian schools, one in Learmonth.
the other in Wolverine.
While flyinfi. Colin talked to Irina
of his life at Learmonth and its
fur-trapping activities. She a finished
him by saying that she is
going to ntarry "Rod" Selkirk.
Battling a snowstorm, Blair mintages
an emergency landing on
Trappers I.ake where they hope to
Find shelter with Alec Gunn, veteran
trapper. Colin has ji:-t said.
"Let's see if anyone is in the cabin."
I .- CIIAI'TKi: FIVE
1 The question was soon an-vercd.
Even before Colin ban 1 ift• •• I I mu
from the plane. foot t< n : ( mi,'
splashing down the sogry I r:i '. . ,1
a man in his middle lift it -• r-n t
ward them. Wind ar.d sua had
carved a network of lit'.' wrinl.l"
about hi< eyes: he was hath - . wit"
'Coarse grizzled liair. rut i'i a •' it
bob: nnJ lie wore a pair of 1 ! ie
overalls, n sweater, arl !> !. i
moccasins untlcr heavy Id:: i .
bers. The hair, the high e1 i
bones, and texture of lii - !
nouueed him Indian, but the
eyes told of white Id. od.
At sight of U-ie. lie l.'t nut a delighted
whoop. "Colin 1; . . i'i-.
back!" Eagerly lie clambered .!• v. p.
the bank.
Odin held nut both hands. "How
yroe< it. Alee'.'"
"l'lni." The white teeth flashed,
and Colin turned to Irina. "This i
jny friin.l, Abe Cunii. He tau '.t
me how to trap before I was tall a;
a canoe paddle." II;,e l:i;• 1 a hand
on the breed's should) r. "We'll lave
to bunk with you ti.ni ;l:t, Alee.
Can you put us up?"
"Sure. Plenty room. W!.at happened?
'
"We smashed a pontoon. V i
help Miss Miredith u;> with her
bags while lllair ami I t :t tie- plane
to bed."
It was the work of a short half i
hour ti moor tie wing . !;i : and1
cover tile prop, l it t was -no.ving ;
heavily before they lini ! ed, and
while ,he water drained tiny sat
in the warmth of the plain-':; cabin.
A sha.low of past tension lingered
.>n IllairV fine.
"T made an awful {, >1 i f n y • '
get t in-.; lo !. • n,.i i ■
and then blubbering. What <i.> y
think of me?"
"I think you're everything thii
wonderful. I always have."
"Yoi'iv a grand eon f..rt. C .
darling." Smiling. si. • I . I up
liini. "And big and t'.t ! ' ng
ever—and >otir hair tili ■ ;•
boll: as on'di-po-iti :i." ; t!:
unsuccessfully to pat down t
cU'etuiing cowlick. "Nil. nothing w
vver ! el|» it."
"K-i helped it on.".. when
v.-ere kills. You duused it with syrup.
IJcnu-mber'.'"
Tl.i.v In.ili laughed, and her eyes
v.i iv tiiiirlit.
"l»o .Mm knmv what decided me
to t-i.inc up in n ?" Colin asked.
"My 1. iu-i V"
"Vcs. You're worried about your
father, aren't you, Itlair?"
S1.4 nodded.
you rather not talk about
it now'.'"
"I".! rather you'd see Father first.
Colin."
"II.his trouble anything to no
with .Imtathan Ilove'.'"
" Y»
"Thnt'ji what I thought." Rae
:it I'm a ■ ■*.< • nii-fit \\ i11 n>111 speaking.
I'MUie h.>.v Ihir.rs piece tiiemi\
- 11 •••-." Tin n abruptly lie
I. "V.I..it aUiut Nate Tennant
.'"
S-iiiii-ihing in the way Colin
. p. 1.riunio l.t-r do > ks iln^h, hut
! >• an ■.; v red li;;htiy, "Uli, lie's
i.lou; I."
\« ( ,
to lihle it t>y net>f\.i . !■• •
Culin*s t'i|rarf(l" m1 • ••
water with a IVint lu • u In \
what thi- Imiuui;' i.i!! Isiin " h - i< ■
minitcil her.
"Woman llawk." A rain t!.«. e
cheeks were tolorinj;.
"I ilon't ever want—"
"Colin," she broke hi. "I'm vriuvn
up."
"Are you?" The <|tiiet i<l>ul.i:
slun^ him, hut lie knew lie had
hrotmht it on himself.
Silenoo, while the wirtii ru 1 !• I
the pine brunches ami water la..; i ll
lit i n!I\ against the pontoon . "n»-. t
Nate ever speak of inc.'" lie :t: l.i.l.
"Not often, lie ha-n't fm .\< n
ynu for what l.appeni il." I i •> • m
of hers. usual I > • milin • r< ■ ailmvy
ai;ain. "Colin, I'm v...ii . -1 :.t
what Nate may now tn.it yi.u'r liai'l;.
If theie v.ir" only s
way —"
•" There isn't any wav. W. *11 ju*t
have to take tini"; a- Mi ruine.
liul 1 van pivmi&i; you tl.i . I .: .u'l
Alec Gunn, the trnppcr, Mgerly rr.n toward (h?m.
' I ilon't douht it! Hp must fool
nt i :r.>- 1!! t rits* world of dictators
i ! I rut.' forn . Ill-; Dili' In lift ill
life was the right «»f tho strong to
rule."
"That's 11.-t entirely fair, Colin.
You i.i vi-r liked liim."
"Vis I tiiil, oner. I even admire
him iimv in many ways." He turned
■ iii Uy toward her. "Why isn't
Nat.- in the army'.'"
Blair siiiiliil. "Don't ever ask
Nate that i|iii -I i.»n. The first week
of the war iie went down to Winnipeg
to take examinations for aviatioti.
and tlie.v rejected him for color
I In..|iu fts. Nate was like a wild
n an. lie w. lit to Ottawa and tried
a-.-.iiii, hat i.o use. Nate won't oven
talk ahout it; if they want him now,
he snvs. they rail come for him."
Colin looked up. "Blair, just how
fond are you of Nate Tennant? It
•Hinds like prying, hut you and I
! .iv.-r.'t : • n each other for two
• i>. If my little sister's in love
with Nate—"
"Wi i! I it make a difference if
your little sister was in love with
him?"
So'.i. rly he answerer, "I want you
to he happy, whatever happens."
It v..i- a loin; moment In-fore she
. p.d.e. "i i.>re\s this ahout Nate,"
• -.i:d at last, "lie shows a dif•
i :it >:de to me than he does to
• riof the world, lie's a great
1 d of a child—yes, don't smile—
,i ...Id that':- fi ;.htcivd and trying
crimp here In :: '!it with V '<•. Tf
there's any way «.f 1 ' ti.U
with hint, I'l! ta!;e it. i: a 1 u.n't
let any man ti 11 me t. !.i ■ ■: «»t* a
country that's ni.no :i< *11 a« hi-.
Ami the chances are 1 won't It la-re
vrry long."
"Vou moan—the war?"
"Yes. I've askid tor overseas
duly."
"I thought I ho company am! Iho
provincial govi-i nment want <1 yna
to liO'p on with \.:r v.-orl Iter*-."
"They <lo. Hut c-:ahli.-hitvr I'ur
farms doesn't mm ;*o important
wlion you ri::.i ii; !■. .11 ui■ those
days."
His eye.' had grown resile?*
again, and for a : omeut lin y s:il
in silence; thin, opening tiiu door
of the plane, he jumped out upon
the rocks and swunjj I'.iair down
beside hint.
A swirl of wol s-iowflal:.'•
his face, and he 1< ' > <1 up. ' i ia*
first storm of winter."
Blair locked her arm through his,
and fell into it ;> I : i him. "<\di-i,
what aiiont >our Mi-s .V i ■ litli?"
'"She's IJodney's Mi.-s .Meredith,
not mine."
"It's hard to think of l!od .Selkirk
marrying."
"What do you make of her,
Blair?"
(To be continued)
CopllisU I » Tim i: II;
Di'trlt utc-J l y Kins Feature* frVn l!:ate. lac.
CHINA'S. RAW MANPOWER BUILDS ALLIED AIRFIELDS
AS CHINA'S VAST PROGRAM pocs forward in the building of many modern airfields for use ofrnlnst
the Japs, U. S. and Chinese nnny engineersplan the lie'.ds and supervise the toil of :$<>0.00l> Chinese workers.
Machinery is not available so, in the age-old tradition, hand and muscle is made to serve instead. A larj-o
body of laborers <top) pull n heavy roller over stones, chipped into small pieees by hand, io snvth a runway
as n Liberator bomber flies overhead. As soon as one airstrip is completed, the woikers pick up the r
makeshift v. heelk. t row s and other conveyances f bottom) and head toward another section of the elected
•its to start building other runways to be Uicd for assaults against the enemy. (/u(ir/:u(i'>u<it)
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Hypnotism Aeiually
A Piracti««i.l Scieitec
Ii.» s.ui; \\ I'l.t- Nlll'.MNIi. *1. It.
I IIK \\ r»{ \<;K 1 iri'ii pro'illllt
I.. til ll\ . in as IiikIV
nr If. . 111 ill-- cla.-s .is palmi:liy.
phieti piritiial m.
table tipping >iilit er\ lal >'a'/.in;r.
As a matter of fact tli..- i- unfair.
»l»r. < leuihiiiiijr wiil answer
questions of wiieial i-il.n'-t
only, ami then only through
liis «olumn.
Hypnotism is u perferily n al.
piovrd >»-ii niiiic pu. ii.iuy. Anyone
ran hypnotize ami anybody
can In- hynnoti/.eil 1t i ;t 11 y the
hypnotic .-talc run !«• raudtil by
tlii' rhythmic stimulation of a
finale sense.
I*iil a rooster oil the I'.wr with
his rye elm I in a stiaarlit chaik
line ami |»|-«-ltv soon lie will fall
over in a trance. lb- iias liasl his
sijflit rhythmically si iimikited. Mr j
put a person in a (tail, iimiii, in a j
colulition of relaxation, ami l it tr
a lilt lo bell every m> often ami
the tram - will result from the
rhythmic stimulation of the sense
of li< ai inir. IShythmif touches or
stroking of the face ami arms will
do the same tliintf.
In the hypnotic state the subject
is very sum'est ililc anil his
j'liliriiHiit is >ii pcmled: he will j
ilo thiiit's that lie is tMil. although
they are ridiculous. Sometimes '
he oilii do thiiijrs that lie cannot
do voluntarily in the \i..rmu state.
Some Misconceptions
Several inhcmice ptions about
hypnotism are that one ran I"- [
hy|iiioti/e.l a-.'.-in. t his will: that
is nut trin.', althoiijrh when a suh- '
ject has lieen h\pilot i i'il sevt i :il
tiims he jrors into a trance very !
readily. Al it i-- n- t true that j
the hypnotist <:in steal the will of |
the hypnotized subject. That is a ,
hohlnver from ihe o;.l novel I iilhi/
by licorjrc tin Mauricr.
Hypnotism has been used in
mi •Ileal treatment for many years.
There is currently a revival of it i
lfil by a New York | ;. cholt'jri t. '
Mr. Andrew Salter, v.im l<a writ- ,
ten a hook Wlmt Is 11 j' 'His IS •
(published by Uichard K. Smith, |
New York).
Mr. Salter has hail a erreat deal '
of success in trea'. r^ patients i
with nervous troll!.1. — nail-l.itinir.
flut terms;— an i also alcoholics.
lb appears t.> lie pa;lieu- :
larly succesl'ul with patients who J
urc troubled wish <;eii-<ial shyness. |
IS pOS
! !• lias knil n iiiiH'lwn out
« a i i \ |. • »! (•> him.
i • • i i i • urprisim;
ii. i Uc» known
to till' I..run .11 11• i. .-ion fur
A |»c. I. ut about
(!.• tulle l"i' I iheMa was
nil •! ' I - I.-!■> ni, claimcil
that ill lllilta \vi ' - t •• |iriK'til'ill
In ha.] in -a |"i • ii- Mimical
u|Hiuti»tw 01. natives far yearn,
V. : 1 tilt tl.C II I II' ill;;, .ll'UK f«r
MiiH'iillii'siti- tnerel; . pomit, lli?
vi.i.ii' !'• 1 In..t!- . i.. •.,'V> r. :imi
I'l l r:ii i! •!I.i !. 1 mi the 1 -.1
: u .1 plii.U' .\I.i.■ ii pcl'Monalii
v.
i lie new part nt Mr. Salter's
tin- : i- that auto:.;.
«ible uml thai the subject
make ; . • •.us ii ii<- r:ii'liivi
in'* ,n tin- liyiM'tio trance
*'*-> .n'tl\say* Mr. :i r. MHS 1
wiuiM irivi- ii.• in i i with the
?Mm-I'llVrt if not In tt<T." Thrntisrh
imltu iii-.r 11> j«i:i• i- iii'nii oneself by
.Itltuhyi'in i ami •• it—'U:ri»l\slinli
it may lie t» ihh ic • : ohliers til
!«• fni'il nf |Var 1 to feel no
pain when won Mr. Salter
11:i• t r:-.i.1 "!'• i-. .• :■ ally ami
mentally healthy aihilt ■ to ninaiit
i ninpli ti'ly insi i ii-le ti> pain anil
the miund of trtitt tin in tin- wakin
if ki ut«." Thi'V ran turn this
late "ii ami o'l themselves.
Mr. Salt< i i< ii i; 'o pirsunile
military :iuti■. t. I" .llnw autoliyiimmin
In the urinitl fnttri. It
Will, 111' I"I.|'\IS. Ill ' ' ".'II to L'">
pi I* ii lit fi ar- free in ! : " le.
(Jl i:STl(i.NS AMI W-WKItS
I'eader:—(l> 111 i'v ran a fat
man reilueu vreitrht? (2) How van
a hal'l man jfi'ow hair'.'
Atiswi r: <1» 11eating on«»f'
urth a> much a- Ik »!•" s. t_) He
can't.
II. II. S.: — I'nve rrail :i hook by
a Russian on "Miihlie ntre is what
ymi make it" Mini s:iy- that miil•llc-ntte
foiu do not need Alkalinix:i.tr.
I hey nenl all the arid they
can >ret. Others -ay t: I • l.icaih.inato:
it won't li'.iit y Who shall
decide when yiu-h auU'iities disagree?"
Ar.. \vi r: Who railed them nuthorities'.'
'I lie Hi: sound- like
a fake. Soda hieariu'iiate won't
hurt you at any |:ut that it
rhirucs your ciicmitrv oniethlnjt
el.-e. The hunmn IkhI.v i.-;
r.i-utral :n reaction from ii;rtll to
ilealh. an,I preservi its neutrality
lierei ly. \\ hen ymi n ail;, , id
or alkaline you are in n :■! i :■
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