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- * It gives more pleasure than you thought tea could give n SALADA" TEA 'Fresh from the gardens' TM Jungl e Breath Ben Lucicn Burmaii THIS HAS HAPPENED Attempts have been mado on the life of Elise Marberry, owner of con- siderable property near Porto Verde, Brazil. Vilak, her cousin and protec- tor, believe* (iaylord Prentis.s to be responsible. They save Prentiss' life from the native*. Next day Tinky, Elise's two-year-old orphaned nephew, is kidnapped. Prentiss has been seen heading throJch the jung'v with a child. Elise, Vilak and Lincoln Nun- naily, elderly chemist, head an expe- dition and follow. Calamity overtakes them and when they emerg from the jungle only the three whites are left. They are captured and taken prisoner on the outskirts of an old Inca city, and discover they are in the power of Carlos D'Albentara, whom they had known as an ongineer in Porto Verd. The black ruler of the city decides to marry Elise and put Vilak and Nun- nally to death. They are to be tor- tured at the feast of Raymi. NOW BEGIN THE STORY CHAPTER XLII. That afternoon Vilak saw a pro- cession pass through the courtyard. At its head was Eltse, carried on a litter borne by four men. Her face was pale and drawn though she had been eating little; her black eyes had narrowed and darted nervously, feverishly about her at any pound, any movement near her, as do they eyes of a nervously over-wrought invalid who has not :.lcpt for days. She was still wearing the hunting suit she had donned in Porto Verde. Following her waddled a fat halfbreed woman with three golden rings in ea--h distended ear and an apron of painted bnrk at her waist; around her arms were tatooed threo scarlet lines. Eight other women came in two found nothing; the walls and flour were solid as a mountain side. He turned his attention to the stones about the window. Here, too, he could discover no weakness. While he was so engaged ho saw a shadow beneath his window. He craned his neck forward. The shadow disappeared. He return. ed to his groping investigation. He came upon a tiny rock splinter, hardly larger than the joint of his finger, wedged in a crevice. Carefully he dislodged it and examined it close- ly in the moonlight. It was rounded and hud no cutting e<lges. He began to rub it against the stone floor to make it into a knife, holding it almost under his body so that the sound might be checked and the guards not aroused. The work was slow, tedious. The rock was hard as granite; his position, strained, uncomfortable, greatly limit- ed his strength and effectiveness. Though he spent the entire night working in this laborious fashion, when morning came and he was com- pelled to cease there was no more of an edge than when he had begun. The next night he recommenced the task. Then, finding that all his efforts only succeeded in giving a high polish to the stone, he was reluctantly convinced that he was merely dissipat- ing his energies. He replaced the splinter in the crevice where he had found it. As he had examined ten times already, he again looked at the edges of the stones forming the win- dows to see if there was a single pro- jection against which he could rub his fetters and wear them down until they tened raptly. An hour before dawn,! at another grunt from Batalagos, he ceased. "There's the story of the man wl.o walked through the fire again," mur- wured Vilak, who had been listening to the old man's voice rising shrilly from the flame-dancing redness be- neath l.ini. "Spread all over this sec- tion of South America. Undoubtedly these fellows got that much at least from the Incas, directly or indirectly. And the Incas brought it from the Orient, I'd take oath to that. "I've heard that story too many times in the Malay Islands and seen the shamans there walk through fire too often not to recognize an old friend when I see it again. Wonder whether the halt in the ceremonies has anything to do with us? If I can't think of something pretty soon we'll be in rather a bad way. I wish to the devil I could get at my cigareb and have a smoke." The four white-and-green-painted priests made a new obeisance to the fire, once more droned a prayer. Then with a file of warriors carrying torch- es behind them, they made their way into the ruined building where Vilak and the old man w>re confined. They reached the prisoners. Four of the soldiers put each upon a crude- ly made litter of boughs and carried them down the stone steps into the fire-lit enclosure. A low, excited mur- mur ran through the crowd as they appeared. The soldiers deposited the litters near the seven table-like stones radiating out from th one-armed Quickly the priests placed them adjacent stones, secured their idol. upon cords to rings cut in the surface of the rock. Batalagos looked on and gave his iu.ua! silly giggle of pleasure; D'Albei.tara smiled urbanely. There was a short ceremony. Then a youn^ deer was flung down upon th* largest stone, a sort of altar directly under the arm of the idol, and killed with a knife. The priest examined the entrails; the marriage and sacri- fice wert set at sunset of the follow- ng day, the second ('ay of the festi- val. Suddenly the king spoke softly to D'Albetitara. The Portuguese clapp?d lis hands. The watching multitude fell to the ground and lay there grov- eling, while Batalagos waddled slowly forward to the ruined tempi . He reached the doo.- and disappeared in- side. Five minutes later dawn began to streak the horizon. A cry of joy went up from the black and tawny savages, Some British M.P.'s Who Fought Pirates Some of British Legislators Have Proved Themselves Men In the Hour of Danger. "A set of plump, prosperous, middle- dass business men " was the rather cruel comment of a hard-bitten young Australian, sittii g for the first time in the Gallery o* the .Mother of Par- liaments. He wou. 1 not believe when told that whole books of wild adven- ture might be written from the lift- records of some of these quiet-looking, quiet-spoken- men who carry on the business of the British E-npire. Yet it is true. True of the present Parliament and rf all past Parlia- ments. Many of these men lought in the Great War. Young Oliver r>ald\vin, for instance, w <o ended up, i fter the war, in a Bolshevik prison, where he had a very cold and hungry time. Mr. F. Shillaker, Member for Acton, was once a member of the French Foreign Legion, and can tell hair- laising stories of battles <ith savage tnbes in the burning wastes of the Sahara. SHANGHAIED IN 'FRISCO Mr. James Sexton, who represents St. Helen's, began life as a sailor be- fore the mast. Once, at San Fran- cisco, in the old, bad days, he was doped and found himself shanghaied They melt in your mouth. No one ever says "No thank you" to such a dessert as Christie's Water Ice Wafers. Serve them to anyone at an y time and you are sure to please. Just tasty water ice sandwiched between crisp pure biscuit wafers. Delicious . . . and dainty too. Christie's WATER. ICE WAFERS on an American ship under a "bucko Yankee skipper. The voyage took him across the Pacific, nd off the Chine* CfOWS Not THICVCS Children's Feet Grossly Accused j Need Daily Care still prostrate. A chief reappeared. fffoment later the The worshippers snapped. There again he found no- thing, only smooth rounded surfaces, files behind her, garbed in the same { which testified to the expert crafts- fashion except that the rings in their manship of the long dead builders. turf were fewer and their tattooing The next day he determined to try and the decoration on their aprons an expedient he had so far left un- less brilliant. The huge chief stood: used; bribery. When the guards en- 1 on a stone seat i,nd watched, grinning. J tered on their morning rounds, he told j "The On a smaller seat sat D'A Ibon Urn. | them in Guarnny that he would give: Standing at their feet was the half- ' them many presents and charms if 1 they would hlp him escape. They scrambled to their feet and began to move away. Soon the court was empty except for a singl kinky-haired sol- dier standing guard. (To be continued.) THE TONGUE The Proverbs of Many Landi Speak About It. boneless tongue, so small nnd weak, breed with the enormous nose. The procession entered the ruined temple, remained half an hour while the prisoners could hear far-off voicsg raised in a droning chant, then re- appeared and crossed the court once more. Eliw's European dress had now Can toast the ship was attacked by junks manned by Chinese pirates, who were only beaten off after a bloody and violent battle. There is perhaps no Member who has had wilder adventures than Mr. Winston Churchill, who nowaday* in- dulges in the quiet amusement of building brick walls with his own lands. As correspondent of the "Morning Pest" in the South African War, he was captured by Boen and imprisoned n a "laager," from which he managed to escape. He stowed himself away in an open truck of a luggage train under tarpaulin, and, after all sorts of lardfhips, at last reached safety, very nearly dead with hunger. Cl SED BY AN OSTRICH Another little adventure of his was being held by the heels over the par- apet of the famous Blarney Castle so hat h might kill the Blarney Stone. Mr. Churchill has also learned to pilot an aeroplane. Speaking of Mr. Churchill's African adventures calls to mind the experi- tnce near Ladysmith of the late Sir Joseph Walton, formerly Member of Parliament for Barnsley. He had left his horse to walk up the hill to an old camp, when he was tackled by a big cock ostrich. It was the breeding sea- son, and the bird was savage. Sir Jo- seph bolted for a laager of rough stones, and got on the wall. The bird followed, striking up at listened willingly and were impressed. "The tongue But Batalagos, they muttered, was! horde,' very, very wise; instantly he would i The Turk asserts, know their treachery, instantly would he kill them. And then what use would be their presents? crush and kill." declares the; him viciously with its huge claws, the Greek. I blow of which is worse than the kick In the afternoon signs of the ap- destroys a greater "than does the sword." The Persian proverb wisely sallh, "A lengthy tongue an early death!" Or sometimes takes this form Instead, "Don't let your head." tongue cut off your given way to a robe of brilliantly col- j proaching festival began to be notice- ored wool. Her long, magnificent black j able in the courtyard. Numbers of hair had been cut very short and Indians began to walk to and fro twisted into tiny ringlets which hung through it, carrying great bundle* of "The tongue can speak a word whose grotesquely about her forehead. Into ; mountain and forest flowers and a I these green birds' feathers had been * r t of Indjan corn which grew in the 1 woven. Batalagos saw her. He gig- region. These they hung in strands gled in delight. The procession dift- upon the walls of the buildings or appeared into one of the doors of the j placed in great mounds at the foot chief's apartments from which it had I of tht stone shafts and idols and upon come. Vilak chewed his lip. A tiny spot of red appeared on the pink surface. He had bitten through. He cloned his jaws stonily. After the guards had brought th4 customary food and departed, he re- doubled his efforts to escape. He roll- ed over every stone on the floor, ran his fingers along every cranny in the wall that his shackled hands could reach, tugging here, thrusting ther", hoping to find some section of the wail which time an decay had weakened, and through which he could perhaps force his way into some other portion of the building and there find means to free himself and his friends. He BENEFIT ^^^ No other iweet lam 10 long, coit> 10 little or doe* 10 much for you. WRIGLEYS Promote* good health when used regularly after every meal. It cleantei teeth and throat, weetent mouth and breath, and ttrengthcns the gum*. Your health is aided while your pleas- ure is tervtd. the flat, tablelike stones. A few of these Indians were lighter- skimied thnn *? others and seemed to have more finely molded, more intelli- gc.it fun-? . As each passed the burn- ing fire before the tw idols, he care- fully tossed a flower into it and made a low obeisance. Night came. The workers did not depart. Instead they took seats upon the ground around the fire crackling within a circle of small, triangular stones. Other Indians began to file in and take places beside them. Soon the court was packed with a mass of naked, silent savages. Then through the throng strode four men whose painted and feather-decorated bodies pronounced them priests. They were followed by Batalagos, now wearing a robe of purple-dyed wool fairly covered with gold ornaments. With him was D'Albentara, clad in a similar but somewhat less magnifi- cent mantle, and the ugly nosed In- dian. They assembled before the fire. The rhief stir rod it with his ceremonial * wand. The fantastically garbed priests danced and prayed that the sun might ;.ncit, he clouded during the three rlays jflf the feast of Raymi, the feast which I was to do him hon.>r. The priests 1 danced again. An old man, with face wrinkled like j a nut, so weak from age that he could I not walk without two tawny youths he used like crutches on either side, came forward at the chief's grunted command. He began to tell of the Good and Good for You ISSUE No. 37 feast of Raymi of his far-distant childhood, then of the feasts of Raymi greater than men's feasts, the first feast of Raymi when the little gods worshipped the mightiest god, their master, the sun. Hour aftor hour he told the legends mon hs, and I can't swim a stroke." of the moon, the stars, the snored speed," Say the Chinese, "outstrip* the steed." And Arab sages this Impart, i tongue's great storehouse Is the heart." From Hebrew wit the maxim sprung, "Though feet should slip, ne'er let the tongue." The sacred writer crown* the whole, "Who keeps hit tongue doth keep his -*- Tactful A very short woman said to a mil- linery assistant who came forward to serve her, "I've come In to buy a hat, but I don't want you to tell me that any particular shape adds to my height. I've had to listen to that HO many times that It makes me feel as If I were dumpy. And I'm not clumpy, am I?" "No, Indeed," replied the assistant, who promised that, no matter how many huts the customer tried on, nlie would aay nothing about her size. The woman tried on hat after hat, and then at last she selected a shape that suited the assistant, whn express- ed honest admiration. "You wouldn't Hud anything more becoming. It suits the way you wear your hair and the quill adds to your " She clapped a huml over her mouth. "Well?" asked the customer, Indig- nantly. "Your literary appearance," finish- ed the tactful assistant. NO RESULT The conversation was on the fas- hionable topic. It was about dieting. "Yes," said Farmer. "I've eaten beef all my life." "Hut do you think It has done you any good?" she asked. "Good?" he returned confidently. "I feel as strong ns an ox." "That's strange," she ventured. "I've been eating fish for about three of a horse. Fortunately it was unable to reach him. Sir Joseph hurled stoneg at the bird, but only made it more frantic. At last he managed to lure it round to the far side of the laager. Then, bending double, he bolted across the enclosure and raced for his horse. He reacl.ed it just in time, and gal- loped away, vainly pursued by the bird. WHEN THE LION CHARGED Another legislator, the late . Philip Glazebrook, wa on a shooting expedition : n Somaliland when a lion sprang right into the camp and seized a donke-. One of the party fired and hit the great beast, which retreated. Mr. Glazebrook and his companion followed. It is no joke hunting a wounded lion, and just when they least expected it the brute charged. Mr. Glatebrook fired, and the great beast fell dead at his feet. His bullet had smashed its skull. Mr. John Burns' early career was a stormy one, and most of us know that he ha* seen the inside of a prison. Perhaps it is not so well known that, on one occasion, he disguised himself in old clothes and worked for long days with the pea-pickers on an Essex fnrm in or l.>r to find out the real eon- ruinhnw; the legends of thp mountains A "How did you find the wenther ditions under "Answers." which they worked. and the desert and thp pods ronming, while you were away?" B "Just ' them who were sometimes surprised ( went outside and there it was." in thrir hunting or their pleasures by far-wandering men. His hearers dis- Mlnard's Liniment for Foot Ailment*. TRUST One of 'the most beautiful things In the world Is the trust that someone places In us. Of course, there are vary- ing kinds of trust. If we are trusted in our business af- fairs, how WL thrill at the opportunity of proving that the trust is entirely justified! P haps there steals Into us, at some untoward moment, the still, small, and cunning vole, of evil and we forget. Then our world tum- bles around us. We have failed; and the Iron of rilsappointmei. '. enters Into our soul. It happens, too, sometimes, In our private life. We are loved dearly, and with sacrifice. We feal tha. we shall never fall before the specious tempta- tions that jostle us as we go a-wander- Ing. Alas! it Is the pride in us that lets down tho drawbridge for the tempter to enter our castle. We must watch our trust valiantly; aye, i.nd ruthlessly, or lesj . . .! U.H.O. in Tit-Bits. Teacher A slratuir Is a layer of anything. Can you name one, Tom-] my? Tomm) Yes'm A hen! I Humane I'leailur. i By M. Graexser, In "The Humaue Pleader." "Even when crows have been seen among the hills of sprouting corn and have been shot on the spot, I have always found the stomach contained quite as large an amount of Insect re- mains as of corn, the cut-worm form- ing one of the crow's choicest articles of diet, and the question arises as to whether It is not better to let the crow have a little corn and get rid of the cut-worm than to let the cut-worm take off a lot of corn If we get rid of the crow." This opinion Is expressed by Charles W. Nash, in Bulletin 218 of the On- tario Department of Agriculture. He believes that crows are not so black as they are painted, and that though their number should bs reduced it would be a mistake to exterminate them. Scheleh, a German investigator, says that no less than 78 per cent, of 375 crows examined, fed on Insects. Es- pecially noteworthy is the number of injurious Insects and their larvae des- troyed. 178 crows had devoured cut- worms, 133 maggots, and 92 weevils of various species, including some very Injurious sorts. Animal food la of special value to nesting crows. At that tlnii; they take eggs and attack young birds. But be- cause this animal food includes a num- ber of Insect pests Scheleh declares emphatically that the nesting crow Is of special assistance to agriculture. It Is a dangerous experiment to exter- minate a bird or animal, for by doing so we may disturb the balance of na- ture. Crows are regarded by many natur- alists as belonging to the highest family of birds. They make mis- chievous but most Interesting and amusing pets. They are so Intelligent and well able to take care of them- selves that they are likely to survive even 1 the most stringent measures are adopted against them. "Calls the crow :rom the pine tree top when April air IB still," writes one of our poets. If that cheerful caw were silenced something dear and fa- miii:> would be missing from the countryside. During hot weather children shoiiM wear sandals instead of boots or shoes. Sandals allow the air to get about \kfi feet, thus keeping them cool and free from perspiration. Care should be taken that the sandals are not too short, otherwise they will squeeze the feet and spoil the balance of the body. The nails of the children's feet should receive as much care as the nails on their fingers. These should be carefully pared at least once every week. Should any of them show an ingrowing tendency, cut a little V- shaped nick in the middle. This will oause the nail to close up, .hus remov- ing the growth from the skin. Stockings made of wool or cashmere are best. Those made of cotton, or a mixture of silk and cotton, are not to be recommended, as they have a t*ml- ei.cy to draw the feet. The feet should be washed ever) evening. A little table salt may l> added to the water. During summer the temperature of the water should 1 slightly cooler than blood heat. Here are a few definitions given by some school-children: "Ktc. Is a sign used to make believe you know more than you do." "The equator Is menagerie lion running around the centre of the earth." "The zebra l like a horse only striped and used to Illustrate the letter Z." "The vacuum Is nothing shut up in a box." Chris- Ian Observer. "Thought without action la a dig- ease." Dr. Will Durant. Although most of us know only two varieties of banana by sight, there are numerous others, the Philippine Is- lands claiming fifty-seven, Malaya thirteen, Spain ten, and Burma eight. PAINS No matter how severe, you can always have immediate relief: Minard's Liniment a household friend. Aspirin always ttopt pain quickly. It does it without any ill effects. Harmless to the heart; harmleu to anybody. But it always bring* relief. Why suffer? AS PI III IV Tiupt MARK use. n be a social lion this A faded, battered hat is hardly respectable . . . yet no worse than dull, gray-looking shoes . . . your morning toilet should always include a "Nugget" shine which waterproofs the shoes as it polishes. SHOE POLISH MUGOET TIN fJHMuOt - v