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ON THE THREAD LINE ' ! . BUSY WOMEN come to the workrooms in hundreds to sew dirty bags, hospital garments, refugee clothing."When there's lot to be done, a good deal depends on getting a head start in the day," says Emily Allen, business girl (?c/0. u KeUogg's Corn Flakes are my favourite at breakfast time or anytime.*' Yes, Kellogg's Orn Flakes arc the favourite in an overwhelming majority of Canadian homes. They're rtady to eat in 30 seconds, leave no pots and pans to wash. Economical, too. Get tame tomorrow. Two convenient sizes. Made by Kellogg's in London, Canada. TO THE HILT By Percival Christopher Wren CHAPTER XIII "Then which way did he go?" asked Gul Mahommed with appar- ent Irrelevance, of the native of- ficial. "He went to Kashgar," was the prompt reply. "Ah, that's better. With how many?" "Absolutely alone, except for a servant, a Kirghiz. He bought four donkeys." "Wnere shall I look for him in Kashgar?" "Try the Yang! Hissar," eaid the aksakal. "Ah! There, eh?" Again silence fell, pregnant and tense. Suddenly Gul Mahommed said In English: "Do you speak English, Abdurraman Powindah?" "Have I not dwelt for years in Calcutta. Delhi. Lahore. Pindi and Peshawar, Sahib?" replied the ak- sakal In excellent English. "Very well, then, you'll be able to believe me when I tell you that I am a British officer. If not, ak any questions you like." "Sahib, I would not doubt. Yt a minute ago I did not doubt that you were- a Pathau." "Now let us speak with single tongue." Gul Mahommed contin- ued. "Tell me things of interest." "What sort of things. Sahib?" "Come, come. You know. Tell me about the new road that couies out of Russia In the direction of Kashgar; the truth about the Tor- tlnjis, and whether the Russians are really organizing those Kirg- hlx Into innumerab'.e cavalry regi- ments. Who really rules fere, the ProTincial Government or Mos- cow r* And on these lines the conver- sation proceeded a little more vas- tly until suddenly Gul Mahommed observed, "Yes, that tallies with' my information. Now then, about him. Where has he- gone?" "By the ninety .uuliiitit' uarnee ot Allah and by the Ueanl of the " ISSUE No. 2943 Prophet on whom he peace, I swear to you, Sahib, I know no more, than that he set out on the Kashgar road mounted on a pure bred. Badakshani mare, a bay with three white socks, his servant rid- ing a half bred Kabull mare, a flea-bitten grey, long-eared, ewe- necked and somewhat goose rump- ed. He had four well-laden don- keys. " "And who looked' after the don- keys?" "An Afghan and three Tungans." "And who looked after the Af- ghan and the three Tungans^" 'There was a pair of Turkf- Chinese half castes." "Oh, our numbers are growing. You are sure there wasn't a squad- ron of Cossaks?" The aksakal smiled and w.ig- gled deprecating hands. "I'm tell- ing you the truth." Sahib," he said with a note of gentle remon- strance. "And what were yu telling me before?" inquired Gul Mahommed. ".Now go on remembering, and tell me everything you can remeffi ber; where he stayed, whom he visited, with whom he talked, any- thing which may be interesting and helpful to me and to you. Likely to help you along the road to Kabul, eh?" And the good aksakal. smiling inwardly at the thought of the Ru!au roubles already in .his cache, frowned in deep thou^Nt as he strove to re*ember. or to Invent. Interesting details of the sort desired by his visitor. For ru- pees are even better than roubles, and both are acceptable in the banks and bazaars of Kabul. Apparently the only living things In the illimitable space of that howling Central Asian desert, Gul Mahommed and Shere Khan camp- ed that night beside the ancient if almost invisible track that leads from Kharkand to Kashgar. Gul Mahommed sat huddled in his poshteen beside the embers of the fire. Shere Khan, vrrappped from head to (oot in a dirty sheet that by day was sash, shawl, or girdle, lay srark and stiff as a corpse. The shroudlike suggestion of the shert was increased by the fact that it covered even his face and hands. A GOOD DINNER The housewives of Canada, e anxious to provide attractive and nourishing meals for their families, re "Housoldiers". They haw learned that deligHttul desserts. made easily and at little cost with Canada Corn Starch, are a welcome addition to meals pre- pared in accordance^ with Canada's Food Rules. They know the high quality of Canada Corn Starch ensures fine, smooth results. Fellow Conodo's Food <tu/$ for HwM) end Fitrmss. _ A pndutl cf tfx CANADA STARCH COMPANY, limited A queer Idea, mused Gul Ma- hommed. It must be some sub- conscious symbolism. There are certainly no warmth or protection against the bitter wind in that thin cotton covering. And yet, ly- ing on the hot aand of the deep- est valley of Taklamakan, or at fifteen thousand feet on ihe Pam- irs, lying on ground so frozen that it was practically ice. Shere K ban's idea of going to bed was to roll himself in that cotton sheet like a caterpillar in a cocoon. * V'-ll, so long as he rested and si. . -soundly the faithful fellow. Did ever man in need of a friend have finer, truer friend than Rich- ard Wendover had in this ex-se- poy, of birth, breeding, race, caste and creed so diametrically differ- ent from his" own; this Pathan, once big servant, now his blood brother? He was more than a brother, he was his friend. Not only friend, faithful unto death, but body-servant, retainer, watchdog, and Bis stout fighting man. cheerful companion, -;rfa;!- Ing support Literally, there was nothing that She-re Khan would not do for him. even to the giving of his life-; nay, rather, beginning with that, for he would think noth- ing of it. Why was it? Surely not merely because when he, Gul Mahommed, had been Captain Richard Wend- over of Napier's Horse, and Shere Khan a trooper, the latter's lifa had been saved by his squadrou leader. He liked to think that Shera Khan had been really at- tached to him before that. For it had been nothing. Merely a mat- ter of pulling up when he saw Shere Khan crash and roll like a shot rabbit, lining the unconscious man. carrying him to his own horse and keeping off the nearest Mahsuds with his revolver, scramb- ling up behind the wounded man and, by the greatest good luck, getting away under heavy fire. "Yes, he liked to think that Shere Khan's unfaltering, ungrudg- ing, unlimited devotion was not due to tbat episode only. * Anyway, there it was. Sir-re Khan had prayed to be taken with him as his batman when bis cap- tain was seconded from the regi- ment, the regiment that he had never seen again. And when the crash came, when the well-built edifice of his career fell about him in ruins and he de- cided that death was far better than the life that had turned so suddenly to dust and ashes, it had been Shere Khan, and Shere Khan alone, who had saved him: the only man or woman, apparently, in the whole world who believed in him. the only person who bad stood by him and stuck to him. And when he had decided that there was no road that he could take, nothing that he could do, it had been Shere Khan who had shown him one and put his feet upon it: Shere Khan who b^ad said: "Let my people be thy people, my country thy country, my home thy home. Come and be a Pathau." unconsciously implying, "and how could man live better?" And it had been a good road, a good life upon that road apart from the Thing ever present in his mind even whea he slept. He had not been unhappy, and at times had for a space enjoyed life to the full, leading a hard life among hard men as a mountain- eer, a tribesman, a respected mem- ber of the hardiest, freest, most independent and most warlike people in the world. And then the awful and unfor- gettable Thing that had happened to him. The- Thing . . . (Continued Next WeekO Ontario Cattle Win At Brandon Show Ontario exhibitors scored hijrh in the cattle division at the Mani- toba Provincial Exhibition in Brandon last week. Many prize ribbons were taken by the en- tries of F. H. Deacon & Son, Unionville. Ont.. and John Card- house of Wvston, Ont. In the shorthorn division. Guardhouse placed Glenburn Goldcup as reserve jrrand cham- pion bull. Killarney Revelanta, owned by H. F. Washington, Ninjra, Man., was the grand cham- pion. A Deacon entry won the junior championship for bulls, with Guardhouse taking reserve junior. Sunhill Mayflower, entered by W. K. Parker & Son, Waterford, Ont., captured the award for grami champion cow. The Deacons took reserve ribbons. Ox Blood Used In Transfusions Discovery of a method of using hydrolized ox blood in place of human blood in transfusions for human benigs was reported re- cently to the Brazilian Academy of Medicine. Th method was developed M a rivult of resaerch to find m more abundant and less expensive supply of plasma for increasing wart i mi need*. TABLE TALKS SADIE 6 CHAMBERS W^rt.-ne Canning. Some weeks ago I to!d yon about the bulletin*, which were being issued by the Department of Agriculture, In Ottawa. prepartrd by the Household Economic De- partment. Any one- may have these bulletins at anytime by writing and akin? for the subject in wiiicb. you are interested. Household bul- letin o.V. 20 entitled. "Wartime Canning." is well worth writing for. Here aret some of the hign points from this bulletin: "Home canning takes on new important:- in wartime, for as much as possible of Canada's per- ishable fruits and vegetables should be canned tor use- through- out the winter. In order to avoid any waste of sugar or fruit, extra care should be taken to follow di- rections and recipes given in this bulletin prepared especially for wartime camning. If this is done, even the beginner may feel confi- dent of successful results. Safe Canning. "If food product--" are left in their natural state most of them spoil in a few days some in a lew hours owing to the growth on their surface or in their tissues of bacteria moulds or yeasts. If such organisms can be destroyed and the entrance of these organ- isms prevented, the fiodd can be kept in good condition indefinitely. Therefore, successful canning de- pends on destroying all micros- copic life by using sufficient heat for the proper lecgth ot time and by using air-tight containers which protect from re-infection. The aim in canning fruits and vegetables :* to assure this result while preserv- ing natural shape, color and fresh flavor. Safe canning depends on strict attention to every step in the process. "When canning fresh fruits and vegetables, tile fresher they are the better will be the fin- ished product and the smaller the chance of failure. For the best re- sults vegetables should be canned within a few hours of gathering. Spoilage of Canned Goods. "Improper sterilization and seal- ing of canned fruirs and vege- A SLIM TWO-P1ECER Pattern 4423 is available only in women's sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42. 44 and 46. Size 36 requires 3H yards 35-inch fabric. Send TWENTY CENTS (20c> in coins (stamps cannot be ac- cepted) for this Anne Adams pattern to Room 421, 73 Adelaide .St. West, Toronto. Write plainly "size, name, address, style num- ber. HOW YOUNG CANADIANS CAN HELP TO WIN THE WAR 68 CMBIS. WE MUSTN'T M ^ *- OMS-4 FtMO KKK M TOMOItaW * JM urun wOTOts M> aSWN!)#.iCl - II 3 " " / ^^^ZV - - . - - ... I Christies Biscuits "There's a wartime duty for every Canadian" <~ tables may result in the following types of spoilage: Mould, fermen- tation and bacterial spoilage (flat curing). In the case of mould it It is detected soon enough the growth may be removed from the surface, the contents of the sea! brought to the boiling poin: ai : the fruit used immediately. When slight yeast fermentation occurs th boiling of the- fruit wirii additional sugar generally makt~ it palatable-.. With bacterial spoii age, which usually takes the form of what is known as "flat souring, no gas is formed bat the contend- er the sealer can develop a sour or rancid odor and the liquid :- general^- cloudy. Size of Corrtairter If any sign of bacterial spoilage is detected the entire seale.- should be discarded without test- ins, a toxins may be present which are extremely poisonous. Containers should be of a size to suit the needs of the household so that the contents may be cou- sumed shortly after opening. oaerTvise deterioration acd spoil- age may occur. "It Is u wise pre- caution to boil canned vegetable* gently for at least ten minures after they are removed from the sealer or can. This do^s not im- ply that they nfust be deaten hot. When the> vegetables are required for salads, etc.. thejfcBniay be set aside a'ter boiling, and chilled be- fore use." leltrri frum in t-r^-.t<-d reader*. !>b l (lrar<J li> rr-ri % e uggntitfaa UB topic* for her ouluota. and ! lna< r-dy 10 lUlra cu iur -i>,-i *r." Kr<|ur*< for rr.ip<- ur iK.-lal mrmam arc In order. Addreu >uur letter* ti "Mis* Sadie H. I'haiiiiMT-.. 73 H> Adelaide i . Toroalv." s.-nj taaipd el(-ad- drvwted eMielvp* If you vl*a> reply. Don't Throw Any Old Socks Away Don't throw out your has . : s or your son's old sockj. even when they seem darned ar. i tend- ed to death. They can ? ruada into warm, colorful ifg-hapjs. Firs:, dip ail the socks y > 7 hav on hand in gntie, f:r.^-:j7r:c suds that "won't shrink w-joler.s.'' rinse, and dry thoroughly. Then cut off the feet and th* ribbed tops, cut it up the centre-, and you have a piece of material about eight inches sijaar- W'r.er. you have a quantity of these -:ia.-e ojllected, featherstitch :/err. to- gether, and embroider a small decoratior. in the centre .-:' each square. If you hav c enough socks, tio a back for the afghar. :r. :h same way. If not, a lining >'. ^ome kind will add extra v arr.::l . These warm afghans are particularly appreciated in such serv.^s as those of the mjne Heat Treatment By Short Waves When a doctor treats yr.r ach- ing joint by short-wave -.herapy you hold your hand or your foot in an electric field. Shot-: -wave radio waves heat the join:. ?_ without your being awar? >f it. An egg can be held in :'-* hand and cooked in this way. N >* i.ie sa.::-e principle is being implied to treat machine part* a : ply- wood. Other uss of shorr *aves include the heat tretu. .-: of tobacco without rec'.ovir.^ '.-. from the hogshead and the killing of insects in grains and 3 Pad* only 10 ; UlOC LLLLLi COVW'EM 44 FINE VIRGINIA CIGARETTES . . . That's rigtu.' You can make 44 -: i u' iro cigarcicci from ery package of M ACDON ALD'S FINE CUT TOBACCO--Bright Virginia", tht finest you can buy. 44 cigarenes cost only ;<. plus cigarette papers. Start enjoying these smoother smokes to-day you'll welcome their mildness and you'll appreciate the money you a\t. LARGE PACKAGEJO C INCLUDING TAX INVIST WHAT YOU SAVI IN WAt SAVINGS STAMPS 2M