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\ctmous for flavour since 1892 the 'Saloda' name assures you of a uniform blend of quality teas. TO THE HUT , , By Percival Christopher Wren , CHAPTER IX "My dear, you are alive now," B*M Mrs. Ffoulkes. "Oh, Mother, how can you talk BBfh mbbish? I'm completely drad, dear. Every time Dickie went away to school I felt perfectly dreadful. Sick. Couldn't eat. Each time he went back to Sandhurst < it was the same. When he went to India I had insomnia and if I . hadn't shaken myself seveiely, honnl ray ears and taken a tight hold, I should have gone into a decline. But what I think I shall do 18 to go out to India." "Sybil! D'you mean to tell me that you'd actually go out to India with the view to going and stay- . tag with somebody who's some- where near where Dickie Wend- over la stationed so that you can throw yourse-lf in his way?" "No, darling. But I know an or- ganization to which I can propose myself for all the cold weathers that stretch between now and the tine when Dickie is able to afford to marry me. That's his present defense.". "Organization? Defense?" "Yes. Q.A.M.N.S. And whenever I ask Dickie to marry me, his de- fense Is poverty, he says he can't afford to." "Sybil! You'd Join the Queen Alexandra Military Nursing Sister- hood? On the chance of btinK sent to India and stationed at a mili- tary hospital somewhere near where Dickie Wcndover's regiment Is?" "That's the idea. Mrs. F. I shall qualify, get a nomination or what- ever It Is. Join the Q.A.M.N.S.. wangle It that I'm sent to India at the earliest possible moment and then wangle my way to the Hilary hos-pital at Napierpur* "But, Sybil, it'g disgraceful, un- thinkable. A girl simply pursuing a man like* that. Think of ihe talk there 'd be." "And of the talks tbere'd be be- tween me and Dickie." smiled Sy- bil Ffourkrs. 'Dickie'. I'd say, Tve rome half across the world be- rause I lovp. you. Lay your head on my shoulder, Sonny, and turn your face to the east and the weft and give up this idea of not marry- ing me for. believe me. your SyVl knows best'." Ut-utenant-Oneral Sir Arthur Kfoulkes. K.O.H.. Featel in his library smokin.s the best pipe- of the day and reading the Times as was his wont for half an hour aft- er breakfast, suddenly mine upon an item which caused him to frown, to go back to the he>ad of the column and begin apain and finally to whisper In horrified dis- may: "Good God!" Again he read the ap] ulimg an- nouncement and remained even then half Incredulous. \V):at a truly dreadful th!ng! And for the first time since he lost his- old frle-nd. he> could be ttiaiukful that he was de-ad. It wouW have broken his heart. Gen- eral Sir Richard Wendover. K.C. M.G.. C.C.B., D.S.O.. was ns fine a soldier as ever stepped, and had he lived another year would have been Oommander-in-Chief of the Indian Army. Yes. It was a mercy he was dead. And his wite too. And by Jove\ poor Sybil! The boy had been her greatest pal, her lifelong friend. People had thought t one time that it would come to something. ViYii, thank God again thr.t it hadn't. He l.ii'l bf-ue,- tell her himself before somebody else did, or she hea:'d people talking as they'd be hound to do. Everybody knew him. All the hunting people. He rang the bell, and when the butlt-r answered it hade him find Miss Sybil and ask her if she would come along to the library for a mompiK before she we-nt out. * A few minutes later Sybil, in rat-catcher riding kit, bowler, gauntlets and spurred boots, strode into the library. "What is it. Daddy?" "Sit down, my dear. You doa'l read the Times, do you? Well, there's an item in it today. A bit of bad news. Very bad indeed. Young Wendover." Sybil went whit*. "Not . . . not dead?" she asked breathlessly. "What is it? Tell me quickly." "Court mart'aled for being drunk at his post at L'bele besieged; practically under fire. Blind drunk. Dead drunk. Speechless. Utterly unable to speak ;o the officer com- manding the relieving force." "I don't believe a word of it," Interrupted Sybil. "No? Unfortunately the court martial did on the evidence. And sentenced him to be cashiered, dismissed from the army with ig- nominy." The girl sat down on the near- est chair. "As you know." continued the General, "he was seconded from his regiment on special duty to Madrutta and thence to the Afri- can show, on active- service, lie was In command of an important post and admittedly put up a very good fight. Then apparently the strain was too much for him and he turned to the bottle as other fools have done before him. drank to excess and. being the only surviving combatant officer, left everything to the doctor. \Vent from bad to worse until he drank himself absolutely insensible. And that is how the relieving force found him. Blind to the world on the camp bed in his hut with two empty whisky bottles." "I don't believe- it." "Do you mean you don't beiieve tht> Times account of it?" "I Jou't believe that Dickie ever got really drunk in his life. And 1 know as we-11 as I know that I am siamliuK here that he never got drunk on duty when he had responsibility with other men's lives and the safe-ty of a fort de- pending on him. Where is be now?" "How should I know, my df-arT He can go where he- '.ikes and do what he likes, except ever again serve his country In any capacity whatsoever." "Do you think he'll come hme7" "Last place In the world he'd come to. 1 should think." "Yes, the las; place in the world that he'd come to. Where would he go? What would he do? If she knew anything of Dickie and surely If anybody alive knew him, she did he wouldn't blow up and go off the- deep end, whether lie fel; the sentence of the court martial to be just or not. lie wouldn't, for example, commit suuide. Of that she was quite cer- tain. Of course he would feel it a most appalling disgrace and It would he u shattering blow, but he'd stand up to it. He wasn't the ort of vessei Lhat waf easily aunlc and he'd weather the storm, somehow. His life was wre*-ki-d and smashed, but he'd pick up the pieces and rebuild it. What would he do. and abov all. where would he go? Would he write to her? Alter all, she was his oldest friend. His best friend. His dearest friend? * \Ytrll, she could write to him cafe of the- War Office without much hope, care of his club and his hank without much more, an* car of his regiment. A that reminded one of the hoi. .iile fact that he'd no longer have a club or a regiment. But still, they'd send on letters if t:uy had any address to which to for- ward them and that was just what they wouldn't have. Meanwhile, what could s.it- do? How could sfce get in tou.-h with him. since she hadn't the slightest faith or hope that Setters would reach him? And theu came the second blow far worse though that had .not seemtd possible. General Ffoulkes had written a nunvbe-r of letters to various \>f-a- ple who might be in a position to give him further information on the subject of the tragedy of Richard Wendover. From their re- plies he had learned little more than he had from the newspapers, gave for one written by a Colonel Maiheaon who had been preside-nt of the court martial to the effect that Weadove-r had completely vanished. H* had not sailed from Kilindini by the ship IB which he> had taken passage, and had ab- solutely disappeared. And now Colouel Matheson had written what was evidently the last chapter of the sad r ory of Richard Wendover. He had gone big game shoot- inir. or at any rate on safari through the lion country, appar- ently alone or almost alone, and had been killed by a lion. Proof of the Identity of tie remains of the partly eaten corpse, discover- ed by som natives, was pro\idtd by the tab sewn on the heavy khaki hunting shirt, upon which was woven the name H. Wi-nd- over. And that was -iia?. (Continued Next Week) East Coast Within Nazi Bomber Range Got-i'iiijf knows how to jret pkines here. Henry J. Taylor writes in The American Mercury. When it is over, we are not likely to know exactly how it wax done any more than the Japs knew exactly how Doolittle and his boys managed the job. A squadron can hop from Gt-r- many to the barren stretches of Labrador, let ue say, with the jrreatest of ease. Fruni such a hid- ing place it could come down alor.u our seaboard, drop its load of explosives, and return. Such x trip is remiiiy within Nazi boir.'cer ran;re. Both the Graf Zvppt-iin and the Hindenburg in their day survi-yrd and chartrxi the air currents around Labrador and Uie Germans had we ither stations in the Far North continuously until e.Npelie<i by American and Canadian f <> cet. Children In Quebec Must Go To School Thousands of children of school age in Montreal an.! throughout the Province of Quebec will now come under the new law which makes education for children i ivn- pulsory in Quebec Province. The passage of this law. which pots into effect on July 1, now bridges the jrap between all the provinces concerning the e-i .. tional nee<i of juveniles. Free instruction throughout the prov- inces will be of equal standaro. The new law makes school at- teniiunce mandatory for all those under 14 yetirt; of a^re. It was jtivcn royal assent by the I.icu- tenant-Governor of tht Province of Quebec. Maj.-Gen. Sir Eug'ene *.-< on May :'6. alter 30 years of agitation by advoo;: U-s of edu- cation fnr the young. , IUL& L.LILLHI /dl! LIU Empire's Casualties Since War's Start The British Kmpire h.is s;if- fereil 5H.!i;t c.isi-altH-s in all rank.^ of Knipire armi'il force' in the t'ii-st three year? of war. Dep- uty Ti i'ne Minister Clement Att'ee told Commons recently. Mr. Attlee said i'L'.OSJ had been killed; U'-JO.Tl'J are missing: lOT.Si'l are prisoners of war and S8.21M were woundcl. The casualties as distributed among Knipire foroi's. vrcri 1 lited thus: rnitenl Kingdom. L'7.").S44; Camuia. 10, -rj'.'; Ausv niia. ;>:i.!i:>! : New Xealand, 1!),345; South Africa. I'.Slo; T n d i :, I'll.SW; Colonies, 30,S2i>. He gave CatKiiIa'f total as com- prised of 3.142 killed, J.O-'iS rniss- in>r. 1.357 woun.lcil :ind :!.M!."> t.i!u'n prisoners. The kil'cct in- cluded those who died of wounds or injuries. Rules For Saving And Brewing Tea Instructions Issued To All British Service Canteen* For their guidance, a booklet, complete with diagrams and photo- graphs, has been issued to the staffs of Army, Navy and Air Force Institutes instructing them how to brew ti-a to the best advantage. li is pointed out that if one gal- lon of tea wt-re wasted each day, through overmaking. in every NAAFf canteen, there would be a total wastage in a year, not count- ing fno~l. over ihe whole organiza- tion of more than 5't.d'tO.OOO cups of tea. and that this is equivalent to 250.000 in cash. Emphasis is plared on the vital necessity of cleanliness and the proper handling of equipment for the production of the ideal cup of tea. The positive side of the'ques- tion is urged in practical style. "The- tea leaf", it is stated, "only yields Its best when it is subjected to water at boiling point that is, bubbling fiercely. Boiling Just means bubbling up aeration and freshly boiling water captures this aeration at its hei^h' and makes the best of tea. "The length of time allowed for Infusion is. a very important factor in tea-making. Anything less than five minute!; means that a large proportion of the goodness of the tea will be thrown away while- the tea itstif will be weak. Adding new tea to an old brew is Just .;- bad as putting new wine into old bottle*, particulary if the tea has irea<!v hee-n milked. " Ottawa Publishes Farm Account Book For several years modern farm- ing has been too complicated a Lusin-.Nf to be carried out by sim- ply making a few important notes and carrying the other details in the rnirni, so the Farm Account ook. which was designed by the Dominion Department of Agri- culture to provide farmers with a simple set of forms for record- ing commercial transactions, has been found very useful. The book requires no special knowledge of accountancy. It is Dimple and I efficient. The 1943 edition ap- pears in revised form, and, while covering all farm operations a* formerly, will be found helpful in preparing official statements which farmers have to make from time to time. The Farm Account Book may be obtained from the Kind's Printer. Ottawa, at the nominal price of 10 First ff Malta's wartime babiee to reach England i* two-year-old Kathleen Everset who is now in Weymouth. Do- -ttshii . For 2- momhs after birth little Kathleen lived in i; rock air raid shelter "DOUBLE FEATURE" By Anne Adanu Two captivating styles 1'roin one simple pattern is a value no smart mo'. her c.in resist! First use Pattern 4373 by Anne Adams for a jumper Slid blouse outfit. Then make the saucy ruffled pinafore version. Koth the styles button down the hack! Pattern -1373 is available only in chilli-en's sizes -. 4, i>. 8, 10. Size (>. juniper, requires !* .:u..s 3o-inoh: blousi'. 7 s yard 35- invh: pinafrre. I 3 * yariU 35-inch. Send TWKNTY CENTS (20c) in ci.-in< l^tamp.; cannot be ac- cip;r.ll for this Anno Adams pat- tern to Kooni -IL'1. 73 Adelaide t-'t. \\\-t. Toro:;:o. Write plainly Sl/K. XA.MK, APMKKSS STYLK NUMBER, BOMBS TONIGHT? TOY HOUSES, darts for bombs! A.R.P. workers study models like these, to be leady if real bombs come. They're out training all hours ... come in hungry. "Man, that flavour of Kellogg'a Corn Fakes hits file spot when I get home!'' uys Cecil Fiddy (centre). Hits the spot with 4 out of 5 housewives in Canada, too. And they're ready in 30 seconds, leave BO pots and pans to wash. Get some to- morrow. Two convenient sizes. Mide by Keilogg's in London, Canada. TABLE TALKS SAOlE B. CHAMBERS MORE ABOUT RATIONING Wei!, now about your meat ra- tioning? 1 think you will agree that it is not o bad. t-icept per- haps for those who are excessive meat eaters, and their ht-uith may be better with less mt-at. How- ever, one- o! the problems confront- ing ne.tr.y everyone is that the meats not rationed a.'e> so hard to obtain. Therefore it is advi^- able ' >rt h tht^e meats as much s ,-i"i*-i.> The followiuT rwipe *i ; .v-r w-.li <lo 'his fiu- you ard .is wt-il provide a lit!'.-.- T.I, I > Liver Patt'es 1 UK pork 14 : |)fii oi:;c-!)~ ; ; '1 '-< ' '- ' ' 1 f^K 1 '-, . ; i >.,i: ^ c.;p dr;. I 1 >.a! i ..mb 3 talvt--' Oils cf fa* "r Miiilv- alent ' .[. h.T .. ; for 10 minutf .n:cl jtrind 'Ci.nxly. Mix with ~g. salt and brcaii- rruml's. t'( m into S !-ui;il! patties. Brown :r, '..r and Sirve on platter with a i-t-rttr of r:<'f .ind jfr^-n pesis. L.ver Pie i'cm\',:> .1 :in of \---i.ibie soup with v 4 . ; ;p flour, i 'owr bot:om of ca>Mrri'.f with ! 4 l.\ <i : .c-ed liv- er Bausagf. Add soup a::d addi- tional \ Hi. of sa'-sui;" in alter- nate layers. Add '_. ; Cover wit'n 3 cups .i mas!'; otatoes am! ivi-n-n. Canned Rhubarb Did \i-ii ever try i .inmng rhu- barb \v;- .(..: suis;ir? T.:t 'irst way rhiib.ii-'o c.in he kept ci;:.;e wrll is by COT< - c -.\i:i cold water. Be sure o' -.! :hlngs: that the rhu- barb is thi rciushiy w;is'.i^d and that yi ir jars .i/e sterili Cut tiie rhubarb up Jito uni- form its. i>iU''c> ;n sterile jar fiiieni with ci-.id w;i:ir .ir.d . ;il tighi:>. rhis wiil ketji fcr months or nut 1 >i>;i ha\e savwl some more >:u.i from yo . .- . ..: sup- ply. The- M-I end .iy t-iju-mhtr ' an ind STOMACH MISERY TtMW uflcriBf wit* tfcit fllir:;on can 4ui taluull .nfenutiM nnn r:.d > MeuiM i tw-t liter yan * .-<;* Om >' < rettwt ka*fi diiwwrie*. H -: Inoiptmivt. N medicine, jutt *;- ctirt vailabl* tf. *y ht#. QUICK r>alinl. ur>M- tntmni MtlM wuk Sttiticn ilBMt .- t#nrtWe- rttr* oit Miitf anil . -onty. *00'fl P.O. Boi 20i. Var.cou.e- i sterile jars. Prepa: f '.!* -.-! in the same way. 'nut tlii- rook rhubarb for Vn Oi:.. i. Thc^n place in jar? ami proc* -* Tor 15 min.ite?. 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