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m "SALAM T SERIAL STORY MURDER IN FERRY COMMAND BY A. W. O'BRIEN THE STORY: A merle, of eUver deduction! have brought Clyde Dawton, of the Canadian Intelligence Department, from Newfoundland, where one py vva hanged for murder, to Chicago, wbere hit confederate* make their keadquartert. The girl in the case, wbo may hold the key to the py ring'* operation, hat agreed to eet Dawton secretly, after first meeting in which Dawson knocks out her insulting compan- ion. At the apreed meeting place, Dawson narrowly escapes a hail of In:!!. '.5 from a car in which the gi. 1 and two men are riding. * A "SHOCKING" DISCOVERY CHAPTER VII Indecision had never been one of Clyde Dawson's failings. Even as he washed the blood from his face and dabbed iodine on the scalp cut, his mind had gone to work on the immediate problem of *hat to do next. The twisted knee was swelling rapidly but Dawson found he eould still walk. There was work to do, ritrlit now. He felt his would-be assassins, not knowing his fate, would hardly return to that limestone house without pausing somewhere to establish an alibi. And Dawson intended paying that house in Homowood an un- invited visit. Stopping the taxi a block from Ms destination, Dawson tugged at bin hat brim and turned up his eoat collar. As he limped to the opposite side of the street from the house, the investigator glanced at his wrist watch in the light of a street lamp. It was five minutes after )(). He inspected the lock with a vest-pocket flashlight. The third key did the trick and the door swun^' open . . . and Dawson kalted abruptly as he saw a partly opened door at the end of a long kail leading into a lighted room. Leaving the light on, Dawson walked heavily across to the atai. From the lighted room came sound* of motion followed by steps in the hall. Quickening kds step, he mounted as rapidly as ching knee would allow. He was barely in the shadows at the top when the tall, dark housekeeper reached the bottom, looked upwards and said some- thing that sounded like a guttural "Good night." Dawson grunted deep-throatedly in reply and wheeled into the first room, whip- ping out his revolver as he did no. Inside, he located the switch and turned on the light, jumping qnickly to one side. I!ut his pre- caution was needless the room was tmpty. He returned to tho door and laid an ear against the Jamb, listening intently. * * His bold entry had evidently worked. The housekeeper clicked off the hall light and walked back along the hall. The room looked uninteresting obviously a man's room. He de- voted only a few minutes to ex- amining it before slipping into the kail find tiptoeing to the next room. It was a girl's room a photo of a couple on the wall told Mm it was Carolo Fiske'g. Boside her in the picture was Darwin Lemoy in a baseball uniform. It looked like a newspaper photo snapped at a game as Lemoy was standing beside the box seats talking to the girl. Working in speedy, experienced fashion, Dawson gave the room a thorough search but without re- sult. He even probed gingerly through multi-colored articles in bureau drawers with the forlorn hope of finding some letters. The next room lay behind a locked door. A brief inspection told Dawson skeleton keys wouldn't work here. From a vest pocket he produced a strip of cel- luloid about six inches long and two and one-half inches wide. Praying that the 3oor was held only by a sinjjle spring he poked into the minute opening . . . ah, he was in luck! The lock slid back easily. Slowly opening the door, Daw- son explored the interior with the thin ribbon of light from his flash before turning on a switch. He whistled under his breath at the sight that greeted him. The room's walls were covered with air charts and assorted diagrams and photographs. There was a large radio receiving set, two desks, an unusually big world globe, a filing cabinet, and three bookcases containing reference books. * * The air charts Interested him. It took only a few minutes for him to decide what they were the charts, marked with numer- ous "probable routes," dealt with the Royal Air Force Ferry Com- mand operations. Varie-colored pins were tacked on points throughout the United States and colored string ran from one to another it was notable that most of the ones in the IT. S. A. con- verged on Chicago. He looked above to the right noting the course through Mont- real and up to Newfoundland. It had the right location of the se- cret take-off airport. Six black pins were situated at a number of points and Dawson glanced nt an index on the wall. "Black pins," he read, "indicate reported locations of known crashes to date." Other lines puzzled him haz- ily, he recalled having seen ones like them somewhere. Then he re- membered. They hnd been on the charts in the meteorologist's de- partment at the Ferry Command airport in Newfoundland nests of concentric ovals in black lines were the "isobars," lines of equal barometric pressure. Across these, Krcat curves, drawn in crayon, indicated wnrm and cold fronts ... a large red covered book on the nearby desk confirmed his opinion. The book contained weather reports, from Newfound- land to Florida, dating back over the past nine months. * * Beside the book a mimeograph- ed sheet caught his eye a pub- licity release from the News liur- cau of Nova Scotia, with an ad- dress in New York City. The release stated that "no re- strictions on off-shore fishing along the Nova Scotia coast have THRIFTY BUYERS *4)^AVINGS "" W r STAMPS Get them from your Grocer. "Buy for the future when you buy for today." a Chritti* Bfecvft. for every fqsfe" been suggested as ytt and no li- cense cards are required and fishermen go out daily as before the war." It went on to state that unless something very unforeseen occurs no restrictions would be put on the pastime in 1942. Evidently the lads are interest- ed in off-shore fishing along tho Atlantic coast, Dawson noted for future consideration. Time was passing with danger- ous rapidity but the large filing cabinet demanded a brief study. He tugged at the handles but all the diawers were locked. He studied the top lock carefully be- fore selecting a tiny key resem- bling a twisted hairpin from his skeleton collections. Bending down, Dawson shoved the key slowly into the key hole suddenly he felt a tingling sensa- tion followed by one of sinking into an ocean of feathers. The sound of a clanging bell came to his ears from across an eternity of distance . . . growing dimmer and dimmer. When consciousness returned, Dawson found himself mentally alert although little devils seemed to be pounding at his head. Al- most instantly he recalled the fil- ing cabinet and the queer sensa- tion he cursed himself for hav- ing neglected to anticipate ;in elec- trical guard device . . . then he realized he was bound hand and feet and that there were people in the room. From his position he couldn't see anybody, but two shadows on the wall were those of men. Almost imperceptibly, he tested the bonds holding his wrists. They didn't budge. A good job had also been done on his ankles. There was only one thing to do play possum until a hetter op- portunity cropped up. For fully half an hour he re- mained in that position before the two men came over to him. He felt a hand being pressed on hii heart. "The dog got a good shot of Juice . . ." said a gruff voice, John's beyond a doubt . . . "He's still out cold. The meddle- ome fool, whoever he is. Grab his feet and we'll carry him into the store- room. Sammy will be around with the truck some time tomorrow and we'll ship him off he's too damn nosey to leave alive. Let's go!" Through scarcely opened eye- lids he saw he was being car- ried through the hall, up a short flight of stairs and into a store- room. The men dropped him on the floor with a painful thud. His injured knee screnmed in protest and Dawson fought to control his facial muscles. John's rasping voice came again: "Sleep tight, my clever one !" A blinding flash of pain surged from Dawson's heart and red hot flames seared his brain he felt this was death but fight was gone from him. All he wanted was escape from that crushing agony. (Continued Next Week) A YOUNG TWO-PIECER By Anne Adaint For u nine o'clock scholar the favorite two-piece style Pat- tern -U7U by Anne Adams. The long or short-sleeved jacket may be in cross-grain or contrast. The ikirt is gathered onto n yoke top. Optional contrasting collar and cuffs. 1'attcrii 4170 is available in girls' si/.es fi. 8, 10, 12, 14. Size 10, jacket and kirt, takes 214 yards 85-inch; % yard contrast. Send twenty cents (20c) in coins (stamps i'i\nnot lie accepted) for this Anne Adams pattern to Hoc. in I'JI, 7!t Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Wiite plainly size, namo, r . nnd st.vlo number. TflBLE TALKS School Lunch Box Suggestions We hear much about nutrition these days and how essential it is for our daily menus to fill onr nutritive needs. And it is equally important for mothers to see that the contents of their children's lunch boxes are also nutritious. Since sandwiches form a main part of the school lunch, their pre- paration is most important. Wholesome breads should be used for sandwiches, Graham, whole wheat, oatmeal, brown, raisin, and nut bread are excel- lent. Cold bran or whole wheat muffins or filled rolls are also tempting. Fillings of the sandwiches re- quire special preparation. Cheese, nil :it, eggs, nuts, dried fruits or vegetables should be put through the food chopper. Cream cheese, peanut butter and other compact substances should be thinned with cream. Ground meats, eggs, and vegetables should be moistened with a small amount of salad dressing or cream and vinegar. Succulent vegetables should be provided, if possible. Finely chopped celery, lettuce, water cress or sliced tomato may be used alone or with cottage cheese. Jellies, jams and conserves make sweet sandwiches or a tiny jar of the fruited sweet may be tucked into the lunch box. And please don't forget to in- clude a thermos container of milk, and some kind of fresh fruit such as an apple, pear, orange, banana, etc. Care should be taken in the packing of the lunch. All foods not in containers should be wrap- ped separately in waxed paper be- fore being placed in the box. The neatly wrapped articles should be placed, so far as is possible, in the order in which the food will be eaten, so that those found first may be eaten first without dis- turbing the remainder. The heavi- st foods, however, should be plac- ed at the bottom. Select a lunch box that can be kept clean. Lunch boxes should be washed, scalded and aired daily. Those made of light-weight metal are best. Many atractive boxes are now made with a vac- uum bottle which fits the box. These are highly desirable. A lunch box should not be air-tight, as a circulation of air prevents the mingling of odors. Paper napkins and cups are es- sential lunch box accessories. Russia Ready For Sacrifices (By Wm. Henry Chamberlin In Harper's Magazine) Both physically and psychologi- cally the Russians arc a tough, re- silient people. I was visting a Cossack vilage in the Kuban re- gion of southeastern Russia in the autumn of 1933. It was the after- math of a great famine. In the first house which I entered there was an old woman, her daughter and the latter's newly born babr . The daughter's brother, his ntJfe and five children died of hunger. But this young woman herself was full of energy and will to live. She had borne a child in this ter- rible year. And she had gone back to work in the collective farm as oon as possible after giving birth. The toll of death in this famine was staggering. It might have beon a mortal blow to a western country with a stationary or de- clining birthrate. Rut in Russia, as In China, the progress of re- covery from such a natural catas- trophe as war or famine is amaz- ingly swift. Willing To Sacrifice One can imagine how much this quality of toughness has l>een cul- tivated since 1914. Russia has lived through two major foreign wars, a violent social revolution, a ferocious civil war, and two dis- astrous famines. A peoplo to whom death, sometimes in very horrible, forms, has become so familiar would not shrink from any sacrifice in a struggle for national survival. While the French thought of the incomparable beauties of OVER-BUYING OF COAL UNFAIR TO COMMUNITY Buying up nil the coal In sight iiir.ni . that you deprive someone elso In your community. So bo patient as fnr as your full winter's requirements are concerned for, whon the present rush Is over, evo-y houselioldw will have some coal in his bin and deule-rs will be able to catch up with the de- mand and fill your future orders promptly. And when ordering. npwlfy 'blue coal'. Then you'll be sure of better boat nil winter and you'll save money, too. Why not task your nearest 'blue coal' donli'i 1 for further Inforrmitinn. ISSUES '42 HELP CANADA KEEP FIT *' "\ In peace or war, two Nabisco Shredded Wheat with milk is a favorite breakfast dish with men who lik to "keep fit". Nabisco Shredded Wheat is 700% whole wheat, retaining all the bran and wheat germ. For general fitness keep well nourished. Eat tasty. convenient Nabisco ShreddAd VV^qpt regolarlyl THE CANADIAN SHREDDED WHEAT COMPANY, tTD. Niagara Falls, Canada NABISCO --.,.. SHREDDED WHEAT Paris and surrendered their capi- tal without firing a shot, the Rus- sians were willing to throw into the melting pot of total war their first industrial achievement, the Denieprostroi dam and electric power pant, together with the westernized architecture of Lenin- grad and the more eastern glories of Moscow, the Kremlin, and the Church of St. Basil. Languages The total number of present day spoken languages, exclusive of minor dialects, says pathfinder, IB placed at 2,769 by Prof. Mario Pei of Columbia University's ro- mance language department. Arctic Weather In Summertime Engineers at the Wright Aero- nautical Corporation laboratories said they had created polar clim- ate in a New Jersey test cell, de- signed to prepare aricraft engines for use this winter in Iceland and other "iceboxes" of the world. Woiking through thi hot summer months in collaboration with re- search workers of the Standard Oil Company, the fur-clad engine- ers encountered a synthetic winter when they entered a cold chamber. Even at its warmost the cell was more than 100 degrees colder than the outside temperature. GOOD EATING NEWS Start the day the better way with a good hearty bre/^fast which includes a plateful of hot, sweet-smelling All-Bran Muffins. Add spices and molasses for an extra-delicious muffin that pairs off beautifully with hot coffee. Here's the recipe: All-Bran Spice Muffin* 15 teaspoon w<a teaspoons cinnamon teaspoon ginger this Alices raw apple or other fruit Cinnamon and suurar mixture > cups All-Bran % cup light molasses 1 '-- cups milk 1 egg 1 cup flour 'r teaspoon salt Add All-Bran to molasses and milk and allow to soak for 15 minutes. Beat egg and add to first mixture. Sift flour, salt, soda and spices together and combine with All-Bran mixture. Fill greased muffin pans two-thirds full. Dip apple slices in cinnamon-sugar mixture and place on top. Bake in moderately hot oven (400F.) bout 20 minutes. Yield: 15 muffins (2^i; inches in diameter). Enjoy Its Robust Flavor T30STUM is a grand beverage for meal- time or bedtime. Its Savor is delicious jiinl satisfying. Postum contains no caffein or tannin to upset nerves or stomach. It's a safe beverage for adults and children alike.! And ! line's no waste or fuss because you prepare Postum right in the cup, quickly and easily. Postura is economical and helps save on sugar. THAT POSTUM IS CERTAINLY GRAND. EVER SINCE WE SWITCHED TO POSTUM WE BOTH FEELBETTER, SLEEP BETTER AND DO OUR WORK BETTER! <^ POSTUM 4 01 SIZE MAKES 50 CUPS a OZ. SIZi MAKES 100 ^ _ ^^*^^^r