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JK % i m m TEA # so* is delirious % © © V .© THE CHINA STAR By JOSEPH LEWIS CHADWICK Hugh Morley, U. S. Secret Service Service agent, is aboard the China Star, bound from Shanghai for San Fran- ciseU, to guard one John B. Fills, believed to be Eli J. Brandon, international international financier, and said to be in danger--either from rh-d cals, be- ' cause of a trade pact he recently signed in the Orient, or from jewel thieves. Morley is attracted to the lovely Sylvia Ames, who is Ellis' Secretary. Secretary. Other passengers include the over-inquisitive Flisi Lon; the belligerent belligerent Richard Stell and Ms sister, Rennie; and Carl Van Doering, wealthy wealthy young sportsman. One afternoon, afternoon, Ellis is slugged by a man in a black hood. A little later, Van Doering is also attacked. That night, a man is seen snooping near Ellis' suite. He is chased and escapes--but drops a small camera, it belongs to Wong Phil Lon. CHAPTER IX Benson stared at Morley. "But what would Phil I/on be doing with a camera at night in a storm?" "That's exactly what I intend asking asking him, if wo can find him. Purser, " a search made." .ey went to the purser's office, .'ti'vv off their oilskins, and examined examined the camera more'closely. "One lens is cracked," said Morley. Morley. "Looks as though it got a hard rap when it struck deck." What, as Benson had asked, had Lon been doing' with a camera on deck at such a time ? And why had he been loitering about the door to John Ellis' suite? Morley Scowled at the camera thoughtfully. Suddenly, his scowl vanished. "I've got it! Lon knows that John Ellis is Eli J. Brandon, and he wanted to photograph the copy of the trade J 'set that Ellis undoubtedly has with "But why?" ,i Morley shook his head. "I don't kr. ow-r-but I'm going to find out. { may be that Lon represents some ■X-dtprcry or organisation affected by I** I* When I beat my seed CEBESAN, 11»W FI! fee money eked! 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After dispatching it, he went to. his stateroom. A few minutes later, there came a soft knock on the door. He opened it to find Bennie Stell in the passageway. "Hugh," she said tensely, "don't ask any questions, but can you come with me--please." Her face showed illy suppressed excitement. Wondering, Morley permitted her to take his hand and lead him along the passageway. She led him to the lounge and across it to a tiny alcove where there was solitude behind a group of potted palms. "Why all the mystery ?" he demanded. demanded. "I have something to show you. Hugh. I don't want anything to happen." happen." He frowned. "What could happen? happen? And why ?" She pulled him about. "Stand with your back to the lounge. That's it. I want you to shield me from prying prying eyes. Now look--" She pulled a piece of black silk from the bosom of her dress, and let it unfold. It was a small sack, with two holes, the size of a quarter, cut in it. ,. Morley grabbed it, rolled it into a ball, and thrust it into his pocket. "It's tho gunman's hood! Where did you get it?" "It was behind the fire extinguisher extinguisher in the passageway--just outside my room," she told him. He glanced across the lounge -- saw Sylvia and Van Doering conversing conversing with Stell. "Come along," he said to Rennie. He strode across the room to the group. "Hollo, folks," he said- "I thought you might be interested to learn that the mask the mystery man wore has turned up." Van Doering looked at him sharply. sharply. "The mask ? Where did . you find it?" Stell was smiling, out his smile was set and mechanical. "You're quite a detective, Morley," Morley," he said. Bennie slipped her. arm through Morley's. "I found it," she said, "in tho passageway outside my room. I'm getting to be quite a detective, too, don't you think?" Van Doering was studying Morley with narrowed eyes. _ "Mr. Morley," he said suddenly, "just why are you taking such an interest in all.'this, mystery? What is it to you?" Morley suddenly decided to broadcast broadcast his identity. He'd give them a surprise. "My interest is Uncle Sam's interest. interest. I am a government officer. There is concern over John Ellis' safety. That is my interest in the affair." Van Doering and Stell exchanged glances. _ "Weill Something really is happening happening !" exclaimed Van Doering. Morley nodded and swung on his heel. He had seen Benson across the room. The purser shook 1rs nead as Morley Morley approached. "We've searched the, ship," he said. "No trace of Lon." !mts OWN •SOAP• fJ&St lot Ifini fynd. iîcJnjjiw issue No. 33---'37 B--2 «si ififp ÉiÉIitÉ Morley was disapp oi . nted * "Well, I suppose there's no'^ m S more we can do for the piw. vl! -- But he'll have to turn up evë n ' :ua *ly- He said good-night: t° the purser and returned to his stateroom. Morley made sure that there was a full slip of bullets in his automatic before he retired that night. He laid the gun on tho stand beside the bed before switching off the lights. He could not sleep, kept turning and tossing, his nerves taut, his mind working furiously. At last, he was just dropping off, when-- A woman's scream shattered the stillness. Morley, jerked wide awake, went cold. One horror-nlled thought flashed through his head. It might be Sylvia ! He leaped but of bed, grabbing his automatic. In a split second, he was at the do of, tearing it open. Down the passageway, he saw Sylvia struggling to slip .out of the grasp of a man in a black hood who was half dragging, half carrying her toward the doorway at the end of the passage. Morley shouted, jerking up his gun, but lie dared not shoot for fear of hitting Sylvia. He lunged forward. The man half turned, ,a gun in his hand. A burst of flame and sound filled the narrow passage. Morley heard the bullet splinter the wood panelling beside him. He pressed against the wall. Another shot roared. Then the door at the end of the passage slammed. (TO BE CONTINUED) sieve. Mixture should be thick. Stir,, in the remaining ingredients, Four into a bowl. Garnish with a light! drizzling of cinnamon. Serve hot or cold as desired. Keeping 'Em Down Try putting a heavy button or coat weight in the front seam, of lightweight lightweight raincoat, or cape to keep it, down in the wind. Or snaps may be sewn on if preferred. Household Science By SUSAN FLETCHER /v-v.; .. p-. T? -Y • 0 -ft •-* i The Perfect Sandwich Some foods seem to be just right for sandwiches--and cheese is one oi them. Cheese sandwiches are, with out doubt, the most popular and most practical way to serve cheese. It is a good idea, and an easy matter to vary the sandwiches by making use of the many cheese fillings which can be so quickly and economically prepared. prepared. For tasty and nourishing sandwiches, sandwiches, blend cheese--either grated Canadian Cheddar, processed, cottage or cream.--with salad dressing, and add chopped green pepper, green onions, onions, pimento, nuts, pickles, olives or celery. Use a generous amount of filling filling with brown or white bread cut to suit the occasion--in other words, not too thin, or, for a change, use the filling filling in buttered tea biscuits or rolls. Another suggestion is to serve plain buttered bread or rolls in place of the sandwiches and make cheese a part of the salad by combining grated cheese with the other ingredients, or by serving serving a cheese dressing with the salad. For the dressing blend together equal parts of grated Canadian Cheddar cheese, processed, cream or cottage cheese with salad dressing, folding in whipped cream if desired. Small balls of cottage or cream cheese, slices of Canadian Cheddar or processed cheese, large prunes or celery stocks stuffed with a cheese mixture will add flavor and good value to the picnic salad Plate. And speaking of salads, keep in mind that cucumbers, tomatoes, celery asparagus, pineapple, peaches and pears are especially accompaniment. And here is a pie that will call forth oh's and ah's from the family: Raspberry Cream Pie One baked shell, one and three- fourths cups scalded milk, three tablespoons tablespoons flour, three tablespoons cornstarch, cornstarch, two-thirds cup sugar,: one- fourth teaspoon salt, tw'o egg yolks, one teaspoon vanilla, one-half cup cream, whipped ; one-half cup fresh respberries. Prepare baked shell, and you will find it easier to bake it on tho back of the same size. Scald milk. Mix flour, cornstarch, sugar, salt. Add hot milk to them slowly, stirring it in carefully to prevent lumping. Return all to double boiler. Cook over hot water, stirring constantly at first until the filling is thickened and smooth. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally occasionally until flour and cornstarch are thoroughly cooked (taste to make certain certain no raw starch taste remains). Beat egg yolks, add a portion of the hot mixture to them, stirring it in slowly. Return all to double boiler and cook two minutes longer. Remove from heat. Let stand until lukewarm. Add vanilla. Whip cream and fold it in, Fold in raspberries also, if desired, desired, or they may be sprinkled over the top. Turn into baked shell. Top with additional whipped cream or with an egg meringue, using the two egg White. Beat them to a stiff froth and add one-fourth cup sugar gradually, beating it in by the tablespoonful. Bake in a moderate oven, 350 degrees Fahrenheit until delicately browned. Horae Kinks A problem that puzzles many, especially especially apartment dwellers with uninteresting uninteresting oblong rooms and "institution" "institution" glass windows forming one end, says Mrs. Edna H, Kern, interior decorator, is changing the room shape and dressing up the bleak emptiness of the window expanse. A beaver board or wooden partition partition with a high centre doorway arch and, if the width is sufficient, two smaller arches on either side, placed about 20 inches from the window, gives a delightful balcony effect. Plants placed between the actual window window and the partition make the balcony balcony appearance even more realistic, and the arches can be draped just as they would bo if they actually did lead out onto a balcony. The expense entailed entailed for a beaver board partition of this kind is very small, and the. transformation transformation of an uninterestingly shaped room is little short of miraculous. The partition, of course can be painted or papered to blend with the other walls. Curdling Tomato Soup How many times we have all had our cream of tomato soup curdle. The trouble lies in adding the tomatoes slowly to the heated milk. Not in adding just the first portion slowly, but adding all slowly and stirring it carefully. However, if there are too many tomatoes; no matter how slowly they are stirred into the milk, curdling curdling will result. Apple Sauce De Luxe One dozen apples, one and one-half I cups apple cider, granulated sugar to taste, one teaspoon lemon juice, one tablespoon butter, pinch salt. Wash evore and cut into apples. Put them in a saucepan with the cider and cook until tender enough to rub through a ■Bi VI IP&fes ipi; MmmM •mmm r.j .<• • MF-3? They Were Laughed At Mr. H. G. Wells says he is hopeful hopeful for the peace of the world. It is to be hoped that Mr. Wells is on sound ground in his belief. It was Mr. Wells who wrote "The War in the Air" just a little after the end of the war in South Africa, It was Mr. Wells who visualized aircraft dropping bombs in the Strand, in Trafalgar Square, who told us about "Bert" and "Albert", who found themselves in a great German aeronautical park--and what happened to them. But it was Mr. Wells, like Norman Angell---now Sir Norman Angell -- who was laughed at in those days 1 prior to 1914. "The War in the Air" and "The Great Illusion" almost look like back numbers now. How prophetic those two pre-war books were! Careless Pedestrians An educational campaign might well be undertaken to make the pedestrian more careful in crossing street and highway. As a rule, younft' pedestrians are much ' more careful ! where motor vehicles are concerned than are their elders. Because of 1 the repeated admonitions of parents and teachers, the young have learn- ! ed to stop and look. Education thus plays a part in promoting highway safety. It may not reach some careless careless adult pedestrians, but it should ■ be emphasized and intensified among ■ the young who will constitute all the - pedestrians of tomorrow. mmm v The fun festival of the year, featuring the famous screen star Tom Mix. Three big- time shows in one. Alfred Rogers, President Elwood A. 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