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MARRYING MARK by Violette Kimball Dunn CHAPTER TEN But no!" "You see, It never was a suc- cess. Not really. First, there's th Ark. It wasn't much more than orrly fifty dollars. But has it cost ony fifty dollars. But has it cost me money since!" "That's the way with used cars." He spoke as if he had vast experience. She looked quickly at him, but he looked back seri- ously. "Most of the books were fath- ers," she explained. ' But I hadn't counted on their taste. It's changed, you see, since father's time. I tried to get them inter- ested in Dickens and Thackeray. But It was no use. So I had to stock up on detective stuff. It was .Quite expensive. Of course you can't blame them. Life must be pretty dull, specially on the farms. "Another thing was, I really could not take much money from them. And anyway, half of them ddn't have any. It was rather sweet, the way they'd watch for the Ark, and call to eadi other when they saw it, and run to meet us. So what could you do?" "Nothing but what you did. of course," agreed Mark. He couldn't quite laugh, even though he some- how wanted to. "So we were just about to col- lapse when you found us. Now the Ark has gone, it makes It practically unanimous. There's a man in this fown I think maybe I can sell the books to. And may- be the gara.ue will know \ junkie who will take the Ark." "And what about you?" asked Mark. Lucy made a small-boy gri- mace. "Make myself another Job, that's all. I have to work, so there must be something." "Do you like Valerie-?" asked Mark suddenly. The craziest Idea had crossed his mind while she had been talking. He watched her closely. Lucy Ofered a Job Her face softened a*, she half smiled across at Valerie's sleeping face. "I love her. I don't know Just why. I'm not not specially soft about people. But there's something about her I don't know what but it gets you. I can't see why it should when she's your daughter, and I suppose even a gold spoon hasn't been good enough for her." " Bue you see she's not my daughter." said Mark very quiet- ly. He eve-n looked a Ion; time at Valerie first, to be sure she was 3til! asleep. "She'd my wife's by a former marriage. Of course I adopted her legally and I don't think she could possibly be any more mine so far as the way I feel about her " "She adores you," said Lucy. "I tried to think up ways to make her say 'my father.' It sounds like a coronation, or something." He was looking at !wr now, though she realized he scarcely knew it. He seemed really look- Ing at his thoughts. Marshaling RED ATTACKER? To the tramp of marching feat, the roar of aeroplane engines, the rattle of machine guns and the rumble of tanks. Canada gives her answer to the world. And you're invited to see it all and Bee it often at the most dramatic, informative. inspiringExhibitiou ever held. SEE Navy. Army, Air Fore* man in thrilling action displays ! SEE Canadian-built fighting ma- chines go through their pacoal SEE a M*sserschmitt and other "souvenirs" from the Battle of Britain ! SEE Canadian women anawering the call in a dozen important ways! SEE the tools of war being manu- factured for use by Empire fighting men! SEE the stirring pageant, Britan- nia, on the 1000-foot grattdatand etagel SEE "Canada's Answr" in an Exhibition all Canada will ba talking about for months to come. Rayon's Progress In Textile Trade General Grigori M. Stern, above, Soviet hero of the Finnish war, is reported readying a Russian army of 500,000 for a big attack on the Karelian isthmus near the Russian-Finnish frontier. them, reviewing them. Suddenly coming to a decision. "We can offer you. a job," he said. "I don't know how good a one." Lucy jumped. It was like some- thing falling from the ceiling into her lap. She looked at him in a slight daze. "I what did you say?" she asked. "It won't surprise you when you hear" said Mark. "My wife dlel quite suddenly two months ago. Readjustments are well almost as difficult I fiud as the actual loss. One of them to about Val- erie. She has had a an unusual training " "We'll See Her Again" He stopped suddenly. Lucy could see he had meant to say no more. She wished she could help him, but she could only wait. "She well, I've decided not to send her back to school. But she must be educated. And ahe must have companionship. She seems to like you so tremendously 1 mean, I wonder if we couldn't pool our assets. If you wouldn't tutor Valerie." "Are you really and. truly offer- ing me- a chance at it?" "I think I am." said Mark. "Of course, I know people sometime! bind themselves to things in a flrst enthusiasm. I don't want you to do that. I want you to be free. You're young. Maybe you won't want to lie tied down. But there'll be a home, and a decent salary, and teaching If you want It. We can try it our, anyway, and then '' we don't iike it, w can call It a day, and quit." Lucy pinched herself quietly. She probably would wake up in another minute, among the dusty books In the Ark. "But yoti don't know a thing about mo." she said. "We can go fifty-fifty on that." "We can't. I've known you In the rotogravures since I was ten." "That isn't anything against me," said Mark. He reddened slightly. The world's Interest In his father's money never ceased to embarrass him. He was level- headed enough to know tliere was little that was personal about it. Valerie stirred, and sat up. Mark shook his head slightly, and Lucy understood that the confenr.ce was over. "I think I went to sleep." said Valerie. She blinked her eyes free from dreams, and looked at Lucy. "What a shame! I've mis- sed all this time with you!" "Maybe we'll be seeing Lucy again." said Mark. Valerie felt the undercurrent of excitement in his voice as they left Lucy at her door. (To be continued i V Propaganda The World Over Three Dots and a Dash Broadcast by the B. B. C. From Spain to South America British authorities claimed last week that 100,000,000 people in Europe listened to BBC broad- casts of the Morse dit-dit-dit-dar, the opening notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, various versions of V propaganda. In Gibraltar British Tommies with paint pots sloshed Vs on all cars passing into Spain. The campaign spread to South America, where Brazilian students plastered Vs on the walls of an Italian newspaper building. Best measure of the campaign's success were the efforts of the Vaterland and its vassals to neu- tralize it. From the Eiffel Tower hung a V flag. Nazi propaganda photographers snapped V-stenciled trains in Prague. To good Nazis, these Vs of course stood for tho unfamiliar word Viktorin. Moves Into Second Position Among World's Leading Tex- tile Products Statistics of the world produc- tion of rayon (artificial silk) last year provide the material of much speculation. It was a record pro- duction for any year, 2,380,810,- 000 pounds, an increase of seven percent on the production for tha previous year. Rayon was the only one of the great textile staples (if rayon can be called a textile) which last year showed a record production. More than that, rayon moved into second place among the big four of the textiles cotton, rayon, wool and silk displacing wool and being exceeded in production only by cotton. Perhaps it is not extravagant to say that rayon is coming more and more to be, in varying degrees, a universal syn- thetic substitute for the three standard textiles. Economists and political philo- sophers may be left "for the dura- tion" to make what they can of the fact that Germany was first last year in rayon production and Japan was second. Germany pro- duced 825,000,000 pounds, or 35 percent, and Japan 525,000,000 pounds, or 22 percent. TOTS' VERSATILE SAILOR OUTFIT Stores carried by a large battle- ship include 12,000 different classes of articles of all kind*. By Anne Adams Even little girls "take to the sea." This Anne Adams style, Pattern 476,3, has versatility and pert freh charm. The dress but- tona conveniently down the front, has smartly squared-uff side skirt sections and offers three neckline versions. A collar that's squared at both front and back, pointed front revers or a collarless V- neckline. There are two sleeve styles; neat little puffs and tiny open caps, as well as a sleeveless version. The back of the dress may be cut low for suntanning. You might let the collar contrast and u.-e gay braid trim, an em- broidered star motif or ric-rac. The saucy sailor cap may match the contrast or the dress. Pattern 4765 is available in children's sizes 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. Size (!, dress and cap, takes 2% yards 35 inch fabric, % yard con- trast and 'i yard braid. Send twenty cents C-Oc) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this Anne Adams pattern to for this pattern to Anne Adams, Room -125, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Write plainly size, name, address and style number. Tale of an Orange This saga of an orange was sent to me by a friend living in Lou- don: "I must tell you of the ; history of an orange. There were a few for sale, and we got one. We ate half each, and then the skin was used to flavor some rhu- barb jam. It. was then taken oul of the Jam, and wrapped in paper A day or two later it was used for flavoring some stewed rhubarb. M was then removed and dried in tin- sun, and Is now being used for .mil it- 1 peel In a cake. I expect you thought you knew all about economy." TABLE TALKS By SADIE B. CHAMBERS A Medley of Conserves All of us who like something different do delight in trying new recipes. Nothing gives us a bet- ter scope for this than the mak- ing of new conserves. I have a number of requests and I am go- ing to combine them in this week's column with a few very special favorites. Peach Conierva 15 large peaches 1 lemon 1 orange 1 grapefruit 1 teaspoon almond flavoring % teaspoon nutmeg 1 cup blanched shredded almond* Sugar, equal quantities for peaches Peel and slice peaches, add orange, grapefruit and lemon. Cook for one-half hour then add the sugar and cook for 45 minutes until a marmalade consistency. Add nuts and cook 5 minutes. Pour into sterile glasses; when cool seal with paraffin. If desired % cup chopped maraschino cher- ries may be added. Peach Conserve with Pineapple 3 cups sliced peaches % cup crushed pineapple 1 grapefruit 1 cup raisins 3 cups sugar % cup rolled or chopped pecans Scald and cold dip peaches, peel. Add pineapple and grape- fruit, sliced thin or chopped very fine. Add the raisins and cook until mixture thickens. Add the sugar and cook until it thickens again. Add the nuts and cook for five minutes. Pour into glasses and cover with paraffin when cold. Cantaloupe and Peach Conierv* 4 cups peaches 4 cups cantaloupe Juice and grated rind of 1 lemon and 1 orange 1 tablespoon of chopped citron peel % cup blanched and shredded almonds Cook all the fruit for H hour. Add the sugar and cook 12 min- utes, stirring constantly. Add nuta and cook 5 minutes. Pour into hot sterile glasses. When cool seal with paraffin. Melon Jam Choose melons which are al- most ripe but not overly rips. Peel, remove the seeds, and cut up the pulp into neat uniform pieces. Weigh the melon and for every pound of melon allow Vi Ib. of sugar and 4 tablespoons water. Put sugar and water together into preserving kettle, bring to the boil, add the melon and boil stead- ily until the syrup answers the usual tost for jelly. A drop or two of vegetable coloring makes a prettier yellow in color. This ia a delightful jelly for tarts and is very economical. Grape Conserve 4 Ibs. sugar 1 Ib. of seedless raisins 2 oranges (medium) 1% cups shelled and chopped pecans Sugar Wash and stem grapes. Place in kettle. Mash and cook until skins separate from pulp. Press through colander. For every cup of pulp use 34 cup sugar. Com- bine, adding the raisins and oranges which have been sliced very thin. Boil until thick, stir- ring frequently. Then add the nuts. Pour into sterile jolly glasses ami seal. M.s.s < ti.mii,, , - ,1 .,,..,,,,-.. |,t*r*omil Icllun Iron, liiKTi-ili-il rriuliTM. Mir IB pIciiNi'il in i. .,-,-, IIKK<-~II<>III> tin lupin* i..i ii|. r folium), mill in even rrm!} to I|MU>II lo >IMII *|ie( in-.-i.s Keiiiii-ktu lor -.I... - .11 Mittcinl 'in-iiMs it, it, MI, i, -i tihlrrNN your MCrrn to -"ll>. -:< II. ',.,,,, II.T-. 7:1 \\.,i .,],, .-mi, Mi-rel. To- ronlo." f>end mniniieil, ,, 1 1 ,1,1, it ,-,-,, i pnvclnoe If rnn ivliili n riMily London Citizens Raise Vegetables Tin; heart of London is now Cut- ting from its own farms hundreds of tons of meat and vegetables a year for the hospitals anrt other Institutions of the metropolis. London's citizens are the farm ers of 4,000 acres, mostly within the Green Belt, and in the iniuHt of the "blitz" area. They own 1,500 head of pedigree cattle, 3.000 pigs, 7.000 head of poultry and 550 sheep. In the year of tue "blitz" these farms, run by the London County Council, produced more than ever before: 360,000 eggs, 550,000 gal- lons of milk, 351 tons of meat, 1,668 tons of vegetables and 81 tons of fruit. They are even "digging for vic- tory" in London's famous par!rs. Two hundred acres are being worked by borough councils for food growing. Sheep graze on GOO acres. And in the centre of London ilium Individual Londoners arn raising food from their allotments on 460 acres. Chemical Process Restores Writing Signature* of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra Damaged by Fire Are Re- stored by New Chemical Process Signatures of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in book reduced to ashes by Nazi in- cendiary bombs have been made legible again by a new chemical process discovered by research chemists of London's Metropolitan Police Laboratory. The autographs were written in 1883, when the pair were Prince and Princess of Wales, in the visi- tors' book of the City of London College. Razed to the ground one night by incendiary bombs, the College lost all its possessions, yet re- sumed work next day in loaned prtmises without even a sheet of note paper. The blackened remains of its treasured visitors' book were sent to the Police Laboratory where the page bearing the Royal sijf- natures was treated with chloral hydrate in a 25 percent, alcoholic solution and dried at 60 degree* Centigrade. After repeating this several times, a mass of chloral hydrate crystals formed on the surface, and at this stage a simi- lar solution, containing 10 per- cent, glycerine, was applied and the paper dried as before. It was then photographed, and the result was excellent. "Beaufighter's" Power Disclosed Powerful British "3 e a u- fighter," with Range of 1Sr 000 Mil-, s I* Practically Flying Panzer The Ministry of Aircraft Pro- duction baa disclosed that the. Royal Air Force's Bristol Beau- fighter carries the exceptionally powerful armament of four can nou in the fuselage and six -ma- chine guns in the wings. Other details released for the first time: It is an all-metal mid-wing monoplame with a nominal top speed of more than 330 miles an hour at 14,01)0 feet, carrying a load of 7,200 pounds. Including oil and armament. It is powered by two Bristol Hercules 14 cylinder 111 engine! developing 1.400 horsepower for the take-off. It has a nominal rang* of 1,500 miles, carries a crew of two and is "designed and equip- ped as a formidable long- rang* day and night fighter." It has an all-over weight of 21,- 000 pounds, wing span of 57 feet 10 inches and length of 41 feet four inches. One of its features Is two hatch., in the underside of :im fuselage which when released, create a dead air region for the crew's emergency parachute exit. Overwork Kills Three Goldfish The last of three "working' goldfish Is (lead. A large industrial plant In New York found that it took a man seven hours a week to keep algao from the sides of a measuring bowl (Hied with water. The firm put the goldfish to work and the algae disappeared. But after five months of algae diet the tirst goldfish turi.ed brown and succumbed. The second was caught in a drainage pipe, sprain- ed its back, and succumbed. The lasi one declined and died of loneliness. Falcons Called For Army Duty Birds in United States to be Trained to Attack Parachut- ists and Homing Pigeons Falcons are on the way to the United States Army's Signal Corps headquarters for a tryout as the newest weapon against carrier pigeons and parachute troops. Lieut. Thomas MacClure is 46 and springs from a long line of Scottish falconers, and as a re- sult has bffii assigned to direct the experiment. "I know I can bring them down," MacClure said with a soft highland brogue as, he explained the anti-parachutist plans. Details are secret but circular knives will be strapped to the chests of Mac- Clure's "first pursuit squadron" with the intent that they will rip descending parachutists and cause thciin to collapse in mid-air. Falcons, among the fastest birds in the world, can dive at 300 miles .111 hour. They attack by rolling over on their backs and slashing out a drumbeat as- sault with their feet. 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The species chosen for the ex- periments is the Peregrine falcon, native throughout the country. Most of the untamed fighters are> to be caught in the heart of N'ew York. Within a few days Mac- Clure will swing out by rope from atop some of N T ew York's tallest buildings to set his traps, made of net and baited with live pig- eons, on likely ledges. Between 200 and 300 birds are to be used, and the men will be trained to handle a dozen birds at a time. The falcons, which stand about two feet high and have an average wing spread of 44 inches, can be turned into first-class pursuers in three weeks. Tie up to Og den's.' Ask any old timer how to got th9 greatest satisfaction from rolling your own and he'll toll you to tio up to Ogden's the light green package that is your green light to the best smoke of your life! For Ogden's isn't "just another fine cut". It's different, gorgeously different a distinctive) blend of choicer, riper tobaccos. Try it today. 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