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I FOUND A "BETTER WAY" TO CORRECT MY CONSTIPATION! War means harder work for most of us. It's certainly no time to be handicapped by that common type of constipation caused by lack of "bulk" in the diet. If you have that trouble, here's a simple, enjoyable method that so many people use to correct the cause they eat ALLBRAN njularly instead of resorting to harsh purgatives that give only temporary relief. This delicious cereal it's grand tasting in muffins, too keeps thous- ands regular, naturally . . . stops their trouble "before it starts". Try this pleasant plan. Eat KBLLOGG'S ALL-BRAN every day . . . drink plenty of water . . . and see why it's called a "better way". Your favorite grocer has ALL-BRAN in two conve- nient sizes. Made by Kellogg's in London, Canada. TO THE HILT By Pcrcival Chriitopher Wren CHAPTER XXII It was Vert'-Vaug-han's turn to tare open-mouthed. "Hut . . . but . . . there must be some mistake, sir. Major Hazelrigg wouldn't write that. He helped me to escape." "I'm sure he did. Succeeded, too. Got you into the best place for you, moreover. Very clever. Cleverest man in the Intelligence. Heard of some of his coups be- fore. . . . Well, we've got you all right. . . . Now then, what be- came of the other men those that Major Hazelrigg must have ent you off with his own men, our agents?" "Why, I ... I ... I brought them in here, sir. They are here in the fort." "Oh, are they? Well, my in- formation is that they are not. The information I have just re- eeived from Mr. Maclntyre is that you've brought into this fort ON YOUK OWN PKKSONAL WORD AND ABSOLUTE GUAK- ANTKK, a collection of the big- gest scoundrels, outlaws, agita- tors, terrorists and most danger- ous enemies we've got." "You are looking after them, I suppose?" he interrupted him- self, turning to Maclntyre. "Yes, sir. I thought 1 had better speak to you before put- ting them under arrest, but I turned out the guard and toll! the sergeant to see they keep as they are, lying down where they are until I came back." Colonel Garstan stared at the paper in front of him and then at Vere-V'aughan. "Anything to say before I put you under arrest?" he asked. "But I ... 1 ... I don't under- stand, sir. Major H-ui'lrigg, dis- guised as a nl'ii.iiii. came into the cell where I was imprisoned and said that these people were all right nad that they'd get me to Giltraza Fort, and that he'd give me a note to you which he would write in Russian ir case it went astray." "Quite so," smiled Colonel Garstan unpleasantly. "He said he had got a most important message for you about the Hadji of Tunngzai and the Singing Hadji of Sufed Kot, and that he'd let you know that my escort were good fellows who - though doubtless with some hope of reward would see me safe here. I promised one of them a thousand rupees and "And all the rest >.t it," inter- rupted Colonel Garstan. "And >ou actually mean to tell me that Major Hazelrigg, who ha: spent lost of his service on the Border acre disguised as a Pathan didn't recognize the infamous Chimnai, the man he has been after for Months?" "Of course he knew them all," continued Garstan, "and I haven't the slightest doubt that he was In Sufed Kot simply because r; rfy * _Jfoft LtA*'LLL'd:LU ISSUE No. 3843 Chimnai and his gang had taken refuge there. Well, ancc again, have you anything to say bfeore I put you under arrest?" "I can only say, sir, that I cannot understand what has hap- pened. I can't tell "I can, though. I can tell you exactly what happened. You got away from Sufed Kot with Major Hazelrigg's help AND with some of our people, his agents. You got away all right - - but you were followed and the whole of your lot were scuppered, all except you, by Chimnai and the rest. And they gave you the choice of having your throat i ut or com- ing here with them. Isn't that it? Something of that sort?" "N'o, sir. Absolutely nothing of the sort, I swear." Colonel Garstan rose to his feet. "Well, you are under ar- rest. I'll see to you when I come back. I'm now going to handcuff your friends whom you guaran- teed and brought in here with their rifles loaded. Before I do so, are you disposed to ei- give me any help?" "I'll give you every possible help I can ,sir. Why shouldn't 1 ? I can't understand ... I ... what can I do?" And the stout Garstan with his one-way mind, his forthright simple and honest stupidity, stood for a moment staring at Vere- Vaughan in deep thought, an un- wonted exercise for the good fellow. "What puzzles me," said he and the whole thing puzzled him pretty nearly to death "is why you didn't give the shew away (their show, of course I mean) directly you were in this room, in safety." Poor young Yere-Vaughan's face lit up. "But of course, sir! If I had thought my only wy of getting safe in here was to come in with these men, and I had done such a cowardly, foul, fool thing, shouldn't I round on them the moment I was safe?" "Aye," murmured Maclntyre, nodding 1 his wise head. "Well, you didn't, anyway," snapped Garstan. "Oh, God," protested Vere- Vaughan, "of course I didn't! Ik-cause I never was in any dan- ger from them. 1 tell you, sir, they are my friends. They have helped me to escape. We have had a running fight more or less the whole way, three parts of them doing rear-guard action while I pushed on with the others." "Look here, Verc-Vaughan," replied Garstan. "Here's the test. Do you give me your word of honor as an officer and a gentle- man that you know each one of these men to be an enemy of the Singing- Hadji of Sufed Kot and a friend of the Sirkar? Do you guarantee that they are all escaping from Sufed Kot and genuinely taking refuge in this fort? And with no other object or hope hut to get safe across the Border before the Singing Hadji catches them?" "YKS, SIR, I DO," replied Vcre-Vnughan immediately. "1 guarantee that Wali Dad, the leader, conies from Kurnni; that he was the leader of the men who caught me when the plane crash- ed, saved me then, as long ago as that, from being killed by the followers of the Mullah of Kurnai and took mo to the Malik. In the end the Mullah of Kurnai would have got me and handed me over to the Singing Hadji, but Wali Dad was in charge of me and more or less prevented me from being put to death, protected me both on the way and at Kurnai. "Then, while I was in Kurnai, expecting to be handed over for the ll.i-'ii to cut my throat at any moment, Wali Dad brought another man with him, Khoda Khan Abazai, when he brought my food one night. This man ad- mitted that ho was an unwilling deserter from the Indian army and wanted to go back and asked If I would do my best for him if he helped me to escape. Of course I said I would, and bar- Kained with him. Then he and Wali Dad got to work and no doubt promised all sorts of things to friends of theirs whom they knew r. i.ild be induced to come in with them. They all wanted me ot promise something, hut I took the line that this man, Khoda Khan, was my agent, so to speak, in the matter, and they must deal with him. I've no doubt he bribed them with all sorts of promises and encouraged the be- lief that there would be a big ransom to divide." "And you mean to tell me that you believed all this?" asked Colonel Garstan. "I'm telling you everything exactly as it happened, sir," re- plied Verc-Vaughan. "I hadn't implicit faith in any of them unless it were Khoda Khan, who had been a Sepoy and seemed a good chap, and ni Wali Dad until I found that every one of them was willing to take the most solemn oath with the .Koran in his hand, that they would get me safely here. I believed it was all right, sir, and just before I got away I was <|uite sure it was." "Why?" "Because Major Hazelrigg him- self guaranteed the men and told me that with any luck I should reach Giltraza Fort safely, and that I was to tell you that he was in the Sufed Kot country, and give you a message. I can't understand it, sir." And then Garstan, who is a I mna of action, promptly got down to it with the outlaws. And one has to admit that Usman Shah wa. able to clear away any linger- ing doubt that might have re- mained in what we must call Garstan's mind. From the door of a disused storeroom that happened to be empty and that had been allotted to Vcre-Vaughnn's friends, Us- man Shah suddenly ' whispered "Chimnai!" And Chimnai, doubt- less thinking it was one of the band, promptly answered, "What's up? Who is it?" "It's I, Usman Shah. Don't you remember me, Chimnai? I recog- nized you at once. What do I get if I don't betray you, Chim- nai? What, do I get if I help you?" "Come in here," whispered Chimnai. "No fear," replied Usman Shah. "Not I. You come out here, Chimnai, if you want to talk business." And out crept Chimnai, to find a powerful electric torch turned on him, and to see Colonel Gar- stan, revolver in hand and a business-like firing squad stand- ing at the ready. "Hands up, Chimnai! Quick!" ordered Garstan, raising his re- volver. Chimnai, who had escap- ed out of that sort of fix before, put them up and was promptly seized by half a dozen hearties who had been waiting on either side of the doorway. After waiting a few minutes, a score of rifles pointing at the doorway, Garstan told Chimnai to call to Mahazil and tell him to come out. And on Chimnni's taking no notice of the order, he promised him faithfully, on his word of honor as an officer and a gentleman, that he d hang him at dawn. Chimnai, knowing his Gnrstan of old, culled Mahazil, and an- swering to the name of Mahazil a man came out and was prompt- ly seized. Yes, Usmaif Shah had not been mistaken. "Now tell Mirzn Khan Iskander Khan Jumn, son of the Singing Hadji of Sufed Kot, to come out," said Garstan, "and just mention that if there's a rush there will be a volley from twenty rifles. And that the sur- vviors, if any, will be hanged in about an hour's time. And you with "em." Chimnai, as would any I'athan have done in like circumstances, did his best to save his own hide. And in about five minutes from leaving his charters Garstan had got the lot of them trussed up. Well, there it was, and Gnrstan being Garstan, what followed was inevitable. (Continued Next Week) Night Fliers Some U. S. Army currier pig- eons become night fliers, after being reared in darkened mobile lofts and given their first flights in early dnwn. Gef the BLACK LEAF' 40! For lice and feather mites, Black Leaf 40 Is outstanding. Apply with the Black Leaf 40 applicator accord- Ing to directions. The fumes pas* under the feathers of the roosting fowls and kill the pests. Also Kills Garden Insecta Use on flowers, plants, shrubs, trees and other foliage to kill aphis, leaf- hopper, young sucking bugs, lac* bug, mealy bug and similar insects. fnilat Ineiot Queen Elizabeth Defends Porridge Her Majesty Also Has A Good Word For Potatoes James Maxton, the outspoken radical in the British Parliament, started something when he said that oatmeal porridge was a swindle as far as nutritional value was concerned, declares the Winnipeg Free Press. The defence came appropriately from Tom Johnston, Secretary of Slate for Scotland, who asserted the high value of porridge because of its content of vitamins, carbohydrates and fats. . Then Queen Elizbeth rallied to the cause and told a group of Scot- tish girls that Scots were coming again to the traditional nutritious foodstuffs oatmeal porridge and potatoes. All the old practices are not bad and some of the new-fangled food products leave much to be desired. Many witnesses would testify' as to the energy producing quality of oatmeal, but there can be too much of any good thing, and the juniors are right in demanding a change. The Queen had a good word for potatoes, also. The Irish always knew their value, and with the new attention now given to nu- trition, that common article of diet has an assured position with numerous options as to how It should he served. TABLE TALKS SADIE B. CHAMBERS HOW YOUNG CANADIANS CAN HELP TO WIN THE WAX A CHAT ON PICKLES The homemaker and the good provider of the family has always cons!' ! ?red late August and Sep- tember as the time when she makes a final Inventory of the fruit storage and mentally or otherwise Jots down her final list for her family's requirements. We hear every day, "What about the sugar?" especially as the subject of pickles is mention- ad. Do not be discouraged. Many pickle ventures are successful with little or no sugar and maybe you might make some of them your special favorites until our supply of sugar is once again back to normal. This recipe has been tried and not found wanting, so I am pass- IIIR it on to you, Mixed Pickle (Using Saccharine) V,. cup salt 1 teaspoon powdered saccharine 2 tablespoons white mustard seed 2 tablespoons dry tiimerlc V, teaspoon cayenne 1 teaspoon curry powder 1 cup corn syrup t> nips cold vinegar (if strong, diluted) 8 good-sized cucumbers 10 small green tomatoes 6 small onions 1 cup chopped celery Combine dry Ingredients very thoroughly. Mix to a smooth paste with one cup of vinegar. Add the corn syrup and rest of the vine- gar. Place this dressing in large crock. . Wash the cucumbers and to- matoes (not peeled) and peel the onions. Cut all into small cubes. If you have not the celery add a teaspoon of celery salt to season- ings. Add prepared vegetables to the dressing In the crock and com- bine well. Cover crock in a cool place and stir twice a day for two weeks. Fruit Relish 6 cups finely chopped celery 4 cups chopped apple 6 green peppers 6 sweet red peppers 1 tablespoon salt % Ib. seedless raisins 2 cups corn syrup 2 cups elder vinegar (diluted) % cup water 2 sticks of cinnamon 6 cloves Wash celery thoroughly, and chop fine. Combine with tho apples which have been pared and cored, then put through the chop- per, (medium knife). Combine celery, apples and peppers. Mix well and then mix In the salt. GEE, fill THE GANGS MERE BUT JOE BROWN LISTEN GANG... LET'S All TAKE TURNS WRIT/M6 TO JOE EACH WEEK RMEI8ER,HES OVERSEAS FIGHTING FOR US GUESS HE'S RIGHT-IN THE FIGHTING NOW S, LET'S SHOW JOt WE'RE RIGHT BEHIND HIM T HOWE YOU REMEMBER JOE BROWN. DOC.. ME AIL TAKINfr TURNS WRITING TO HIM EUERY WEEK no OF urrusMR you MHtcMT.aNBfwf, NMT LETTCIS FROM MEANT TO Mf IN THE IflST WAR Chri&ies Biscuits "There's a wartime duty for every Canadiah" ci , Place over the direct heat and simmer, covered until celery Is tender. Add the washed raisins, corn syrup, vinegar, and broken cin- namon sticks (in :. cloth). Simmer uncovered for 15 minutes. Remove the cinnamon and simmer another 20 minutes. Pour into hot sterile jars and seal. .Minn I'htinilierM welcome* pernonal otter* from tut, r, <,-<) reader*. She tiiriiM-il (o receive UKgratlon* topic* for her column, and I* ray* rrady to Iliten lo your "pet trove*." Requent* for recipe* or 'Clnl menu* are In order. Addre** ynur lelter* to "Ml Sadie n < linnilier*. 7:i Writ Adelaide St., Toronto." Send ctnmped *elf-ad- drrKKcd envelope It rnu nl*b reply. Synthetic Tires For Sale In Canada The Munitions Department an- nourced last week that under tire-rationing regulations pas- senger car tires made of synthe- tic rubber imported from the United States will be released for sale immediately, and that man- ufacture of the synthetic tires has already begun in Canada. The departmental announce- ment emphasized that existing tire regulations have not been relaxed, and that the synthetic tires will be available only to es- sential users eligible to buy new tires. i Rubber Controller Alan H. Williamson said tests so far have shown that synthetic rubber is not as tough as natural rubber for tire manufacture, and that the .lew synthetic tires therefore, must be driven "at low speed and with great care." Cars etiuippei 1 with the new tires should not be driven at ii. .re than 35 mile5 an hour, and overloading must be avoided, Mr. Williamson added. Inflation pres- sures should be checked at least once weekly. The makinj, of reclaim tires, the announcement said, now will be discontinued. Only limited quantities of synthetic tires will be manufactured, and they will be sold by tire ration permit. By January, 1943, 1,491 Mal- tese had been killed and more than 1,500 seriously injured in air raids. FOR YEAR'S FINAL PICNiC Take to the backyard or the nearest picnic grounds for a final fling at open air sunshine, nature and food that's fun! The old standbys are the best drawing cards, salads, pickles, hardboiled eggs, pie or layer cake. But with your sandwiches why not include something new delicious, freshly made, crunchy All-Bran Rolls? The rich, nut-like taste of bran enhances the flavor of any spread you choose; puts something new in hamburgers. So simple to make, too. Here's the recipe! \k cup shortening 1 cup boiling water % cup sugar 2 eggs 2 cups All-Bran 2 cakes compressed yeast 2 teaspoons salt 1 cup lukewarm water 6 l s (or more) cups flour Put shortening, sugar, All-Bran ami salt in large mixing bowl; add boiling water and stir until shortening is melted. Let stand until mixture is lukewarm. Add woll-beaten eggs and yeast softened in lukewarm water. Add half the flour and beat until smooth; add remaining flour, mix well. Let rise until double in ball;; punch down. Form balls of dough to fill greased muffin pans about half full. Let rise in a warm place about two hours or until double in bulk. Hake in a moderately hot oven (425 r F.) about 15 minutes. Yield: -1 dozen rolls (2'.2-inch diameter). Note After flour is added this dough may be stored in the refrigerator, and rolls formed, allowed to rise and baked as nee:'ed. I