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SA1AM TO THE HILT By Percival Chrittopher Wren CHAPTKR XXV11 There was a sudden rasp of tcel and a whirl of dust as in om- movement Bailitzin swung his horse about upon its haunches, drew his sword and rode at Wend- over, a Cossack cry upon his lips, the glare of his fierce eyes no less bright than the flashing word above his head. Wendover had but time to parry the sweeping downward cut with his sheathed sword, and with a turn. of the wrist to deflect it and drive his own scabbarded point at Bailitzin's throat.. Swinging his own horse to the near side, Wendover whipped his word from its scabbard, rode at Bailitzin, feinted at his head and a Blilltzin'a sword came up in parry, dropped his point and thrust again, tearing as he did o the side of Bailitzin's coat. As with knee and rein Wend- over again swung his horse, Bailitzin with a back-handed troke missed his neck by a hair's breadth, recovered, caught Wend- ovcr's answering slash upon the forte of his saber, lowered his point and in his turn thrust, the word grazing Wendover's shoul- der. Dashing past him, Bailitzin falloped a short distance, pulled his horse up suddenly, swung it bout and charged. As he did o, his saber across his left shoul- der, he aimed a mighty horizontal blow. Wendover was quick and cool. Swerving right without checking pace or attempting to go about, ke turned in his saddle, tried to five Bailitzin his point as he came up, and received that of Bailitzin through hi.s left shoul- der. * Well, first blood to Bailitzin. And now anything he could do were best done quickly. Wheeling his horse and draw- Ing back his sword, he raised it CANADA NEEDS YOU STRONG . Follow Canada's Food Rules for Health and Fitness FREE! 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Dead . . . he'd never move again after such a stroke as that, a stroke delivered with all a strong man's strength, almost a madman's might, with sharp- edged heavy sword in so vulner- able a spot. A stroke that had cut him free; free from shame and hor- ror. Free and dying . . . blind . . . falling. . . . With a heavy thud Wendover fell from his horse and lay mo- tionless in the blood of the man whom he had killed. Shere Khan glanced at the sun and the shadow thrown by a rock. "Mount and ride," he said. And leading the cavalcade of horsemen and the almost equally swift footmen, he dashed head- long down the tract by which his friend and his enemy had dis- appeared but a short hour be- fore, an hour that had seemed a lifetime. Hounding the hillside at break- neck pace and thundering down into the valley beyond, he saw what he had feared to see, a sight that by strange premonition he had expected; two horses standing still with hanging heads, two men lying yet more quiet. "By Allah! Both are dead," cried his cousin Hussein Shah, riding beside him. "Both? Liar and fool, I will slay thee if it be so," shouted Shere Khan, driving his horse ahead of the rest. First to the fatal spot, Shere Khan knelt beside his friend, raised his head, placed his ear upon his heart and praised the One True God. "He is alive," he said. "Make a litter, thrusting rifles through the sleeves of two of your posh- teens. . . . No. He i-s too big a man." "Lift him on to his horse and t\\i> of us will support him," said Uost Mahommed. "And start the bleeding again? Stand clear. I will carry him." Slowly Itichard Wendover re- turned from his long sojourn in tin' valley of the shadow of death. Slowly he regained" strength until tin- day came when he was ear- ric d from the chamber in which he had lain for weeks, and taken out on to the battlements of the fort, whence he could sec hi.s be- loved mountains and look down the great valley of the Khaira- bad to the far rugged ranges of the hills of Khairastan. To him came there daily the Shere Khan, sitting in silence, a silence which occasionally he broke to praise Allah and to thank, Him for Hi.s mercy and compassion in sparing the lives of his more-than-brother and him- self. * * "Well, 1 suppose it is time I thought about the best way of getting back," said Sybil one eve- ning aa she and the convalescent Wendover sat on the flat roof of his house in Khairiihail Fort. "Hack? Hark to what?" "Peshawar." "You are not going back to Peshawar." "Why not?" "Because I'm going to keep you here. You promised to marry me." "You don't want to marry me, Dickie," she said quietly, care- fully controlling her voice. "I didn't say I did." "Do you?" "No. I don't know that I want to marry you. But you get this quite clear in your young mind you are not going back to Pesha- war." "What am I going to do then?" "You arc going: to stay here." "Stay with you always?" "Always." "Dickie, Dr. Benncll performs marriages as a side line." "This seems to be your chance then. While I'm weak and de- fenceless." "Do you love me, Dickie?" "I don't know anything about that, but I like you about the place. I'm not going to let you out of my sight again, young Sybil." To the wedding came Ganesh Hazelrigg .vith the intention of being best man, only to discover that Khan Shere Khan Khudadad Khan Hassan Ali Khan of Khair- astan had no intention whatso- ever of yielding that office to any man on earth. As he saw it, Khan or no Khan, he was Kich- ard Wendover's man, his best man. his only man, and by his side he would stand at his wed- ding as Wendover had stood at his. "Why, of course," agreed Sybil. "Who's to give me away if you are Dickie's best man, Major Hazelrigg?" And so, with a radiant happi- ness and an ineffable gratitude to God who had brought this marvel about, she was married to Richard Wendover, and she knew that in his way he loved her, loved her and wanted her. His way might be different from the way of other men, but BO was he different from other men which was why she loved him so. The honeymoon was spent in one of the loveliest spots in the whole world, a Paradise on earth, and to Sybil Ffoulkes was given the great reward of her great faithfulness. THK END Two Cows Served In The Front Line In the last war the Scots Guards had two Belgian cows, captured by their second battal- ion at Fleurbaix and called Bella and Bertha. They stayed with their captors right through the war and then went into Germany with the occupation forces. As they had to do a lot of marching they were shod like horses. They accompanied the battalion on its victory march through London In July, 1919, and retired to a tranquil old age of grazing (by special permission of King George) in the royal meadows at Windsor. SMART JUMPER It's n bin' season for jumpers! Anne Adams Pattern -Mill! is an unusually smart jumper .style . . . smoothly paneled, with a trim, nippetl-in waist, easy for the young figure to wear . . . easy for young hands to make. TRANS- FKU KOK INITIALS INCl.UDKD. I'atern 4411(1 comes in junior miss sizes 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, Hi, 17. Size lit, jumper, 2% yards ttil-indi; blouse, 1% yards 36-inch. Send TWKNTY OKNTS (20c> in coins (stamps cannot be ac- cepted) for this Anne Adams pat- tern to Koom 421, 73 Adelaide St. West. Toronto. Write plainly size, name, address, style number. TABLE TALKS SADIE B. CHAMBERS I The Humble Pumpkin What could be more fitting than a little chat about the hum- ble pumpkin on this beautiful Autumn morning? Everything IB dressed in the very best Au- tumnal colors. Indoors the air is "brim full" of aromatic flav- ors of the last fruits and pickles and outdoors the burning of leaves and the newly gathered roots. The poor old pumpkin just lies in its chosen place throughout the summer while we all enthuse over more attractive things, and when everything else has been garnered in we find the humble pumpkin dressed in the most beautiful smooth , and colorful coat and we wonder how we could be so neglectful. The \ery color of the pumpkin tells us that it should not be neg- lected in our menu, for like all the other yellow good things to eat it contains many vitamins. Home-Canned Pumpkin We like best the pumpkin we can ourselves it seems to have better color and flavor. It is very simply done. Wash, peel the pumpkin and cut up into three- inch squares. Boil until tender, about one hour. Drain and press through a sieve. Process about one half hour. Pumpkin Soup Did you ever try pumpkin soup? Take one cup of pump- kin, add a little chopped onion, half a cup of water and season- ing to taste. Cook 15 minutes. Then add one pint of rich milk and see if that does not satisfy the most finicky appetite on a cold night. Pumpkin Cuitard Beat yolks of 2 eggs until light, add ^ cup sugar, few grains of salt, 2 cups of cooked well-drain- ed pumpkin, & teaspoon vanilla, a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg, 3 cups of milk. Fold in the beaten whites of the eggs and pour into greased custard cups or casserole, if custard cups, set in pan of water. Bake in moderate oven for about 25 minutes. Serve hot or cold with cream or jelly. MUa I li.iniln i IM !..,,. i, . ,,,-IMIII:I| Idler* from Inierented miilcra. MM- I* ileued 1,1 receive lUgBeitluna <> loplo fur ber column, and In nlnam rendjr to llntrn to <m "prt in-even." it.-,,u, -i, for reclpei or ipcctal mi-mi* are In order. Adilrma yur letter* to ".lllm Smile n. < lianiliera, 73 Wenf Adelaide St., I .pronto." Send tnmped nelf-nd- ilri-xiird envelope if you ivlub a ri'iily. Who Is To Blame If Children "Bad"? In disposing of a case of child delinquency the other day a Cleveland magistrate said: "I have encountered very few de- linquent children, but I have come in contact with a lot of delinquent parents." Kvery magistrate's court has had this experience, says The St. Thomas Times-Journal. When c-liild is brought in as a "dclin- t|'.:out," he or she has to be "dealt with," whereas in many cases the parents are more to blame than the child. There are, of course, children who are "bad" notwith- standing good training at hone, due perhaps to an atavistic inher- itance. Parents may have poor .<.>.-iuI records themselves. But .uc::'i-ally speaking the child that <!ots not obey, or who runs wild so letimes, has simply lacked proper training. In that respect tjje parents themselves have been "delinquent." Chinese parents have a sound idea about these things. If their child steals or commits some other wrong they blame them- selves and suffer serious "loss of face" among their neighbors. When dolimiuent children are brought before the 1 courts the magistrate deals with the parents instead of the children. To Surrender, Japs Must Undress First A Japanese soldier who wants to surrender to United States troops in the Pacific must first take off all his clothes and ad- vance in the nude, says Pet. Al- bert S. Vodovelli, a veteran of (iiiudalcannl. Vcdovelli, undei treatment for shrapnel wounds, explained why: "U. S. soldiers have been fooled by treacherous Japs who feign sum-mid 1 Jind then blow them- selves anil their captors to bits with hidden hand grenades." HOW >JCni CANADIANS CAN HELP TO WIN THE WAR Germans Ordered To "Scorch" Italy I -- docuimnts cnpt tired by the Allies in Italy was an order tu the Hermann (Sol-inn; Kngin- i eer lliittnlion to carry out "a ! full scorched-ei'.rth program" in it:, withdrawal, Allied Headquar- ters said. The (iormnn en"i eers were li'KI to destroy all hrid '.is, r;iil- way stations, \ jitcr in, ;a!l:'.l;n.is, and any other buildings of to the Allies. Si'Mt f H.-Esi *io CHft{ri{$>r<.. BISCUITS ' nd SPEED THE VICTORY" KOURISHINt FOODS <_ Chrtelie's Biscuits "There's a wartime duty for every Canadian : - 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 ALL-BRAN regularly 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 KELLOGC'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. Bombs Bounce Off A Thatched Roof Instead of going through a thick straw thatched roof, the bombs simply slide off and burn out harmlessly on the ground. This rather surprising discovery was made by people in Scotland following a bombing raid. After the raid their friends asked them if any of the incen- diaries had hit their home. They said some had. When people be- gan to sympathize with them be- cause they believed an incen- diary bomb would burn up a thatched roof house, the people Mmled indulgently. They explained that the incen- diaries had hit the thatch and it liii.l been so resilient, the bomb had simply bounced and then ^Uiiided off to the ground. Where Inures with ordinary roofs had h.ul the bombs go through to *tart a blaze in the house, the owners of the thatched roof homes escaped harm from the incendiaries. Stories Of Origin Of Word 'Canada 1 From Ir.dirn Name. Says Letter in Peterborough Examiner Sir: It is pretty well accepted now that Canada i-omi's from the Indian word "Kannata", meaning a cluster of huts or an Indian vil- lage. When Cartior returned to France from his first voyage to Canada in 1534 lie took with him two little Indian boys whom lie had raptured at Uaspe. Their home- was at Stadaeona (Quebec), and when lie brought (hem hack they told him that thpii Kamuita was a great village a long way up the bis? river (St. Lawrence). They talked a great deal about their Kanuata, and Cartier seems to have got the idea that it was the name of the whole country. There is another story that the Indians called all of Eastern Can- ada "Akka Xada" but the one about "Kannata" seenis to be the accepted one. The Fathers of Con- federation wanted to call it "The Kingdom of Canada" but the Bri- tish Government objected to the ' word Kingdom as it would offend the United States who were very sore on England over their help to the South in the Civil War which had Just ended, and perhaps also felt that Canada as a king- dom would be aspiring to equality with England. . . . A. E. XELSON. Inspector of Public Schools. Stratford, Out. Scientists believe a great vari- ety of flying cockroaches existed thousands of years ago. How in the world can a woman have charm anil po.se" if she feels "all wound up' with nervous tension? On the Other hand . . . calm, strong nerves actually give a woman |x>isc and quiet nerves tako (he hard, tense look from her lacial muscles. If nerves bother treat them with rest, wholesome (IKK) WWW activities, plemy (1 f sunshine and Ireui air. in the meantime take a nerve sedative . . . Ur. 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