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utility counts most for that rich, satisfying flavour which only a fine quality tea yields t use . SAIAM TO THE HILT By Percival Chriitopher Wren CHAPTER XXVI Tbat eight as Major Richard Wendover of Napier's Horse sat n the side of his bed in Mr. Dndd's pare bedroom, and yawning, wound up his watch, there came light tapping at the open win- tew, The eyes of Major Klchard Wendover raised towards the win- dow became those of Gul Mahom- led as, dropping to the floor, he Inquired In Pushtu and a harsh whisper: "Who's there?" "It la I, Dost Mahommed, broth r of Shere Khan." was the reply. "Salaam, Dost Mahommed," he aid. "Whta's the matter?" "Sahib, my brother Shere Khan the police have got him." "The police? What for?" -A killing, Sahib. He has i-l.iin man." "Where Is he?" "At the police thana in the Sud 4er Hazaar. The police cannot get him to Peshawar jail because ot the mob. but soldiers will soon come and take him. He'll be hang d for murder, Sahib." "Whom did he kill?" "A Powlndah. He was bargain- ing with the man for a silk Khawl, nd they KOI angry. Suddenly the borah or bunnla, or whatever he was, snatched the shawl from Cbin- Khan's haml.<<, railed him nn vll name, thrust him over the tep of iii. shop and spat upon him So Shere Khan killed him, f course." "Of rourse." apived Wendover, nd climbed out of the window. And by devious ways known nly to the Border rlever. the out- law, the brigand and the raider. Wrndover anil Shere Khan, with band of Khairastan men who were Shore Khan's retainers and bodyguard, rame roundabout to Khaiiabaxl, eventually nppron'-hlng Ihn fort from the north. "Huzoor! Gul Maliomnipd! Awake and arise", shouted Shere Khan's great voice a few days later at the door of the room that Wendover now occupied In the big Fort of Kbairabad. "Great news. 1.,1'ten. They've got him. and they re bringing him along. Seized him yesterday evening between Kurnal and our Border. Young Dost Mahommed rode swiftly head to tell the good news." Wendovcr sprang out of bed. "Halm/In!" he whispered. "Ilailltzln," grinned Shere Khan. "What shall we do with him? Whip him to death with a nagalka. or feed him, feet first, slowly Into the fire? Or what about a cauldron f boiling fat?" "You leave him to me," growled Wendover. "Bcshak, Hu/.oor. He Is your mn. for you to kill as you please." Removing bolls and lirs from the outskln of the room In which Ballltzln was Imprisoned, Hit-hard Wendover fluiiK open the door and nil-mil. In, followed liy Shere Khitu, who bore In his right hand a heavy whip. ISSUE No. 4243 "Well, Bailiuin," said Weud- ovor, "BO we meet again." "Yes. Your turn now, Muter Renegade. Your turn for the mo- ment. What Is it going to i-ost me to get away?" "I don't know. Comrade Itail- Itzin. That remains to be seen, but 1 think It will cost you your life." "Look here, my good ex-British oir.i . r, let's talk sense and talk business, shall we? Your treacher- ous blackguards turned on me last olght, and here I am. Well, I made a mistake at Kurnai, and I'm ready to pay for it" "You will, Bailitzin," replied Wendover, eyeing the Russian grimly. Turning to Shere Khan, Wend- over took the terrible whip from his hand. "Not a nagaika, Bailitzin, but perhaps, In its different way, as good as a Russian knout. And now, strip to the waist," he added ID a voice that cut like a whip. "Wendover, 1 can make you a rich man. I can " "Shere Khan!" said Wendover over his shoulder. And Ballltzln threw off his Pathan coat, gold embroidered velvet waistcoat, and drew off his shirt. "Kneel down," growled Wend- over, "before I knock you down and put my foot on your neck." Bailitzin obeyed, and Shere Kban stepped forward with great clutching hands. "A-h-h-h!" breathed Wendover. "That's better, Bailitzin. That's what I wanted. Wanted, night and day, since I crouched In the filth of your cell at Tashkent and was whipped like a dog. Now then. You're a Russian, aren't you?" "You know I am." "Yes, and I'm an Englishman. You know I am. And if you don't, you ran know It by this," and he threw the whip away from him. "We don't flog captives. Get up. Put your clothes on." "Murder without flogging, eh?" aid Bailitzin as he faced Wend- over. "No, we don't murder prisoners either. We execute them after fair trial. If they are found guilty of murder or are caught behind the lines In disguise spying In time of war." "Bailitzin. you are going to fi^-ht." Thp somewhat weary and aimth- ptle: look faded from Bnllltzln's fiire and his eyes brightened an he looked tip at Wemlovrr. "Fight? How? Whom?" "Me. You anil I are going to fight privately intimately, if you know what I mean. Hailltzln. No seconds, no .spectators, no 'gate', no ringside seals, no nothing but just you and me. A pair of ciivalry swords. Bailitzin. We are going to have two of the liest stal- lions in Khairastan, mill \ve are going to have two perfectly good regulation cavalry sabers. British Army swords, taken from their dead owners after some Honlcr crap." "And what'll be wrong with the one that I nm to use?" "That I can't tell you for you shall have the choice, of the Iwo sahers." "Listen, Shere Khan." snid Wendover, "for I inn about to say at less than y2 price You can make 44 stand- in <l cigarettes for 191 (plus papers) . . . 'ready in. nli s' would cnst you twice as much. How? liy rolling your own with MACDONALD'S FINK CUT TOBACCO, the mildest, smoothes! "Virginia Bright" you can buy. Think of (he extra smoking enjoy- mentthink of the money you save . . . LARGE PACKAGE INCIUDINO TAX INVEST WHAT YOU SAVE IN WAR SAVINGS STAMPS ' words of great Import. In a few minutes' time I ride out alone with the Russian. Follow me not, and see that no mail follows me. If 1 return, tiallltzln will be dead and we will give him burial where he dies. If I return not within an hour, then I shall be dead or bad- ly wounded. Should that bo so, bring me back here and do what you can for me, at the same time sending mounted men In pursuit of I'uilitzln. Let them catcb him if that be possible. "And this is the important part. If you tako him alive do him no further liurm, but deliver him safe- ly at Uiltraza Fort with the letter tli.it I shall leave. "Good! Are the horses ready? . . . Bring me the swords . . . Have you had them sharpened, edge and point?" "There you are, Bailitzin. Choo.se one of those swords, resheathe it and don't touch it again until 1 say, 'Draw swords'," said Wend- over. "Follow me." Along the upward sloping track the cavalcade wound its way. Arrived at the ziarat, Wendover reined in his horse, raised his hand and addressed the men of Khair- abad. "Hear, ob men of Khairastan," he said in Pushtu. "I have asked a favor of your Khan and he has granted It. No man Is to follow me, for I would fight my enemy alone. If I see you not again, fare- well. And may each one of you when his time comes have as happy a death as mine will be." And turning to Shere Khan, be grasped his hand. "Farewell, Shere Khan, my friend and brother." "Dismount that I may embrace the, Hutoor," replied Shere Khan. The path began to descend to- wards the little valley with its central plain, not more than twice the size of a polo ground. Obvious- ly this was the appointed spot, the place where the agony of his spirit would end in death or heal- ing cure. (Concluded Next Week) Big Ben's Chimes Reassured Brazil The Early Buyers Catch The Shoes On September 1, the third cloth- Ing coupon book to be issued in Great Britain came into use. C.othes rationing introduced in June, 1941, ia now well in its stride, and though total war in- evitably brings with it many shortages, the control of produc- tion and sale of clothes by the Board of Trade has meunt that everyone in Great Britain hat been able to buy essential min- imum clothing at prices within reach. At present, th>' leather shortage makes it necessary for would-be shoe buyers to be at the hop at 9 a.m., as the day's quota of shoes is sold out by 10.30 each day. Men usually begin to decrease In height after the age ,of thirty. UP-TO-THE-MINUTE! SI'c, IIID, can In- ri-'hl n the ivvini wit.li Anne Adams 1'aitern 4-17!>. Tho bodice top mal;os it so comfortable to wear. And tiny darts in the briefly cut jacket make it very neat looking. In i'ot- ton edged with crisp rio-rar it's such n practical dross for school. Pattern 4471' ionics in chil- dren's si/cs '2, 4, <;, K and 10. Si/.e li takes 214 yards .'lf>-inch fabric ; bodice top. :l yard contrast. .Send TWKNTY CUNTS (20c) in coins (stamps cannot he ac- cepted) for thin Anne Adams pat- tern to Hoom -121, 7H Adelnid* St. West, Toronto. Write plain- ly di/c, nninc, address, style num- ber. A Gracious Tribute To Bri- tain and The Empire A leaderette in a recent issue of the Journal do Brasil one of Brazil's most important national newspapers speaks of the an- xious fear felt there for our fate following the fall of France. It contrasts the war news of the present time of Allies victories everywhere, of Germany's diffi- culties inside Russia and of the strength of the Allied Air Force with the "dreadful days of the blitz" in 1940. "During the Luftwaffe's fierce raids," it says, "one's fears in- creased nightly that one might not be able to get the BBC. But, without fail, there it was, as steadfast as England herself." The news, the writer recalls, was anything but cheering: "like Churchill, the BBC spoke .. nly of blood, sweat and tears." But, he emphasizes, it wasn'* only the news they waited to hear. It was also "those resounding, lingering strokes which chimed a message of hope and proved that some- thing, at any rate, still stood firm, determined to fight the machiavellian German fury which was concentrated on the heroic rock that was Britaii. c.nd the faithful Dominions." The article concludes: "Little do you know, oh London chimes, how you encouraged us in those hours of almost total darkness. . Night after night, when our spirits were at their lowest, when ah hope seemed senseless, from London came the assurance that superhuman will stood firm, ready to bear any suffering or lacrifice except that of capitula- tion. And who gave u. the as- surance of that epic resistance? You, Big Ben, in the City of London, with your regular chimes echoing in homes throughout the world." A Few Practical Facts Concerning Racial Problems Those Who Raise Race Cry Are Branded as Traitors A plea for a better understand- ing between the races In Canada was voiced by the Hon. Valmore Bicnvenue, Quebec Minister of (ame and Fisheries, In an address to the Toronto Rotary Club last week. Mr. Dienvenue said: "Let us not hesitate to brand a* traitors those who raise the race cry .... It is so much easier to sow prejudice than to uproot It. ... If a dis- senting voice be heard among our people, for example, as regards the war effort, at once certain ill- Inspired English-Canadians jump to general conclusions and yell I hut we all possess a feudal and reactionary mentality that we are as a blind flock led by a fascist clergy. At that rate, why not Judge all Americans after Al ('a pone'.'" There IB a measure of justice in Sir. Bicnvenue's words. No doubt Ontario people, or many of them, ilo seize too willingly upon in- *-\; nces of Isolationist sentiment in Quebec, says the Toronto Star. Hut we think that the Al Capone comparison is extreme. If Isola- CONSTIPATION When we're all doing our best to help win the war none of us can afford to be slowed up physically and men- tally by common constipation . . . the kind caused by lack of "bulk" in the diet. If you're troubled that way, why not get right at the cruse instead of "dosing" with purgatives that give, at best, only temporary relief. Here's a simple, "better way" to prevent constipation caused by lack Of "bulk" eat KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN every day . . . grand tasting as a cereal or in crispy muffins . . . drink plenty of water. Then see if you don't notice a big difference in the way you /eel and look! Get started right away. Your grocer has ALL-BRAN in two convenient sizes. Made by Kellogg's in London, Canada. tionists were no more plentiful in our sister province than Al Ca- pones are In the States, a rap- prochement between Ontario and Quebec would be more easily ac- complished. It may well be, how- ever, that Ontario, as well as Que- bec, is responsible for the semi- alienation of Quebec from the rest of Canada. The faults are not all on one side. And a recognition of that fact Is the best basis for a better future understanding. * As Mr. Blenvenue pointed out, the French-Canadians "shouldered arms with the conquerors of yes- terday to drive off the armies of the American revolution," and "have shed their blood courageous- ly side by side with the British in several wars." He Is justified In claiming for his people the virtues of politeness, generosity and hos- pitality. And he Is correct In say- Ing that there Is no Inferiority in speaking two languages when some others take pride in speak- ing only one. There are, of course, great masses of Quebe's own people who take that same pride. But it is to be said for the God- bout government to which Mr. Birnvenue belongs that It has fought Isolationism and emphasiz- ed the importance of learning English as perhaps no other Que- bec administration has done be- fore It. Tbe Quebec minister said very wisely that the British and French in Canada cannot hope to become exactly the same. "I believe, on the contrary, tbat since God wished us different we should remain tbat way. 'It takes all kinds of people to make a world,' says the pro- verb, and I am sure that applies to the building of a vigorous country. We must therefore strive to become a whole, not homo- geneous, but harmonious. And it is not by standardizing the races, nor by passing a steamroller over the country that we can secceed in creating harmony. . . . Let us re- member that we can fraternize and esteem one another without being similiar, and that it Is not necessary to be twins to be brothers" That is a great truth excellently put, and |ts general acceptance in Ontario would be a first step to national unity. The Most Valuable Road In The World One of the world's unusual roads connects Zandervy Field, Dutch Guiana, with the capital city of Paramaribo a highway variously called j he Million Dollar Highway .inu The Most Valuable Road in the World. Built on a base of mahogany and surfaced with aluminum, the road was constructed in record time by United States Army en- gineers. There i= no estimating the intrinsic value of the mate- rials which went into its construc- tion but here, the materials are the cheapest and most readily available. Mahogany is one of the most common and most durable woods, and can be had anywhere just for the cutting. And Dutch Guiana has the world's richest deposit of bauxite, the ore from which alum- inum is obtained. CEftEAIS FAMILY? HO OTHER H/nURAL OKU C/KES VOU mOLE-GMiH UMTS mum flEMEHIS SO RICHLY! More than any other natural cereal, whole -grain oatmeal helps make up shortage of meat's great vitality food element, Protein without \vhich children can't grow properly and adults cannot have real stamina! Also leads every natural cereal in vitamin II .. essential to good nerves, digestion and energy! More and more mothers are sen-ing big delicious bowls of hot Quaker Oats for break- fast every day and insuring extra growth and stamina protection for their families. Serve your family the "one best cereal" now that so many other valuable foods are rationed ! QUAKER OATS The Quaker Oil* C'olnpir.y i t CaUAd Um!tI - WANTED - MEN AND WOMEN to Train as CHEESEMAKERS And BUTTERMAKERS COURSES LASTING APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS TO COMMENCE Ontario Agricultural Colhg:, Guelph, Nov. 1 and Feb. 1 KempviMe Dairy School, Kempville, Jan 1 SUBSISTENCE RATES PAID WHILE IN TRAINING 1 . Single People boarding at home $7.00 per week 2. Single People boarding away from home $9.00 per week 3. Head) of families living at home $13.00 per week 4. Heads of families living a\vay from home $18.00 per week TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED TO AND FROM SCHOOL Applicants, who must be over 16 years of a^e, must agree to accept employment in ;i Jairy plant or cheese factory at the end oi the course. Apply Immediate!} to PROF. W. H. SPROULE, Dairy Department, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph Dr. A. L. GIBSON, Dairy Deparlment, Kempville Agricultural School, Kempville This Goiirse is Uiuler the Joint Auspices of the ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE aiul the Dominion-Provincial War Emergency Training Programme