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Tea for every Taste mm TEA THE CHINA STAR By JOSEPH LEWIS CHADWICK i I V I |j 5g e v I 1 Hugh Moi-ley, U- S. Secret Service Service agent, is aboard the China Star, bound from Shanghai for San Francisco, Francisco, to guard one John B. Ellis, believed to be Eli J. Brandon, international international financier, and said to be in danger--either from r&d'cals, because because 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 Phil Lon; the belligerent belligerent Richard Stell and his 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. 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"I'll admit it was rather terrifying terrifying when that man grabbed me," said Sylvia. Morley leaned toward her. "Sylvia --■" he said, then stopped, "Yes?" she said softly. "What is it, Hugh?" "Sylvia," he said, with a rush, "last night when I found you lying there on the floor--I knew that if any -- anything had happened to you, my life would be--well, empty, Sylvia .... does it mean anything to you that I--I love you?" She lowered her eyes, and was silent a moment. When she spoke, her voice was low. "I--I don't know, Hugh. You'll have to let me think about it--" CHAPTER XI There was a masquerade ball a board the China Star that night, Mor- ley, in his stateroom, smeared burnt cork on his face. Thus blackened, his reflected image was passable for a mammy songster, tie donned a woolly . black wig procured by his steward, and put on a mask. He had just completed his preparations, preparations, when a knock took him to the door. It was a steward with a radio message. Morley ripped open the envelope envelope and scanned its contents. It was the reply to his query about Phil Lon. It was unenlightening: No Wong Phil Lon known. Not connected connected with Kwanti Exporting Company. Company. No criminal record. He crumpled the message into a roll and flung it to the floor. So Lon was still an enigma. And he was still missing., Morley found the ballroom, gaily decorated, decorated, thronged with masked and costumed dancers. He stood in the doorway, his eyes searching for Sylvia, Sylvia, He felt confident that he could penetrate her disguise. He saw her presently, approaching him. She wore a Martha Washington gown and a white wig. Morley's blackened face broke into a smile. "Mali, mah, honey, yo 'sho' do look sweet! " Sylvia curtseyed. "Thank you, kind sir! Shall we dance ?" Dancing with her, holding her in his arms, was ecstasy. She spoke --softly, almost in a whisper. "I--I wanted to tell you that- I was ready to give you my answer." His heart stood still. She said hesitantly, "It has to be 'No.' I'm sorry." She glanced up at him. "Please don't feel badly, at him. "Please don't feel badly, Carl --" Carl! Morley started. She had mistaken mistaken him for Van Doering, who must also have spoken his love and asked her to marry him! "Sylvia," lie choked, "Please, Carl -- don't. There--there is another man. I--" "Sylvia!" he burst out, "Will you please be quiet! Pm not Carl. I don't want to hear any more of these -- these confessions." Abruptly, she stopped dancing. And colour flooded her cheeks. "Oh, Hugh!" she cried. He swept her into his arms again, laughing. "Sylvia," he said in a whisper! "tel) me who this 'other' is.." She had no chance, to reply, for just then, someone in a mandarin costume collided with them. Morley felt a twitch at his coat. H! 3 hand dropped to his pocket. Something bulged in the pocket! Quickly, he led Sylvia off the floor, "What's wrong, Hugh?" When they had reached a secluded spot, ho empitied Mil pocket before Sylvia's astonished eyes. A long, heavy heavy envelope lay in one hand. In the other, he held a chamois pouch. Sylvia gasped. "It's Mr. Ellis' papers -- and his pearls!" "That man in Chinese costume," he said, "thrust the minto my pocket as he collided with us. I wonder -- I wonder wonder if that man wasn't Phil Lon! Sylvia, Sylvia, we have got to find him!" He thrust envelope and pouch back into his pocket. They walked slowly through the dancers searching for the Chinese costume. Morley shook his head, "It's useless, Lon's gone again--" Another man blackened with burnt cork approached them. Morley understood understood then why Sylvia had mistaken him for Carl Van Doerlng. "Sylvia," Van Doerlng said, "may I have the next dance?" Sylvia's eyes sought Morley's. He nodded, "I'm off to see the purser." purser." He left the ballroom and went dir ectly to Benson's office, but Benson was not there. He decided to go to his own room then. He disliked walking walking about unarmed with two hundred thousand dollars worth of pearls in his pocket. He would get his gun. He entered his room and locked the door. Then took off liis wig and mask, and began removing the burnt cork. When he had rid himself of his disguise, disguise, he slipped his automatic into his pocket and left the room, and he went again to the purser's office, but Benson was still absent He went out on deck with the hope of possibly finding Phil Lon lurking somewhere. There was, however, no sign of him. Morley wandered up onto the deserted boat, deck to continue his haphazard search. Suddenly, lie had the feeling that lie was being watched. He reached for his gun. The cold touch of steel was reassuring. Then--he cought the sound of a furtive furtive step behind him. Ho was about to turn when a harsh voice spoke from the darkness to his right. "Morley! Don't move ! I've got you covered." Morley stood rigid. "What do you want?" "You know what I want," the voice said evenly. "I saw you in the ballroom ballroom when you took those pearls out of your pocket. Now do as I say. Lay the pearls and your gun at, your feet Then walk away. Keep walking, understand?" understand?" "And if I don't?" Morley asked calmly, "If you don't, I'll shoot you down, take the pearls, and risk capture." Morley hesitated a moment. "All right," he said- finally. "But you must answer some questions. Why did you shoot Carl Van Doering?" There was a long silence. Then: "That's none of your business!" There was something funny about that answer. Why didn't the man admit admit that he had though Van Doerlng had some clue to his identity? It was screwy, that answer -- "That's none of your business." Then, as Morley stood there, with the unseen gun of a desperate man leveled at him, lie had a flash of intuition. intuition. He knew, then, why and how Van Doering had been shot!" He suppressed the excitement that threatened to crop out in his voice. "Okay," he said. "I'll do as you say." He drew the pouch from his pocket,. pocket,. threw it and his gun, onto the deck, waited for a moment, then he walked hurriedly aft. When he reached the purser's office, office, Benson had returned. Morley stumbled in and dropped into a chair, The purser looked at him in surprise. surprise. "What's wrong?" "I haven't time to explain now," Morley said. "But I want you to seize a man at once -- for robbery and attempted attempted murder!" (To be continued) "You can't teach acting." --Ethel Barrymore. Issue No. 35--'37 BABSyKNOWStfl B--2 ^AIDS mesr/oM Household Science By SUSAN FLETCHER AFTER EVERY w ■' a* )->.. m s ... illl v'^Sl Many of you may recognize this recipe as sour cream Devil's Food Cake but when it is all dressed up in its new frosting and flavour, it looks and tastes like a brand new recipe. As a matter of fact, it's a combination of two irrestistible old- fashioned flavours that you've relished relished all your life--chocolate and peppermint- As anyone knows, pink and brown make a grand color combination and so do chocolate and peppermint when presented in this high, two- layer cake, mantled in a pretty pale pink frosting. Just to set it all off, there is a lovely border of flaked chocolate like a garland around the edge of the cake. This border adds a lot to the looks of the cake and it is very easy to make. You'll find this cake grand for birthday parties for adults and children's children's parties too. It is an ideal recipe recipe for the new bride to try on her husband and we'll wager that there will be no unfavourable comparisons comparisons to "mother's cooking" when she serves it. Chocolate Peppermint Cake - 2 cups sifted cake flour 1 teaspoon soda Half teaspoon salt Third cup butter or other shortening. shortening. 1 1-4 cups sugar 1 egg, unbeaten 3 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted. Half cup thick sour cream Three-quarters cup sweet milk 1 teaspoon vanilla Sift flour once, measure, add soda and salt, and sift three times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, gradually, and cream well- Beat in egg, then chocolate. Add about one- quarter of flour and beat well; then sour cream. Add remaining flour, alternately with milk, in small amounts, amounts, heating after each addition. Add vanilla. Bake in two greased 9-inch layer pans in moderate oven (350 degrees F.) 30 minutes. Spread with peppermint frosting, which is seven minute frosting with color and flavour added. Frosting 2 eg-g whites unbeaten One and one-half cups sugar 5 tablespoons water One and one-half teaspoons light corn syrup 1 tçaspoon vanilla Combine egg whites, sugar, water and corn syrup in top of double boiler, beating with rotary egg heater heater until thoroughly mixed. Place over rapidly boiling water, beat constantly with rotary egg beater, and cook 7 minutes, or until frost; ing will stand in peaks. Remove from boiling water, add vanilla, red coloring and peppermint and beat until thick enough to spread. You can g'ct food coloring at both grocers and drug stores. If you use liquid coloring add it {very carefully, carefully, ■ drop by drop and do it so slowly that you can 'stop When you have just the shade you want. If you use paste coloring,, just a Speck on the end of a knife is enough. enough. Add it directly to the frost ing--you do not need to dissolve | first. For the peppermint flavouj use oil of peppermint, it is strongej than essence of peppermint and cal be obtained at drug stores. Add 1 a tiny drop at a time and taste it a( you go until you get the exact flavi our you want. This recipe requira six to ten drops but some peopll don't like it as strong as that- Fo( the border, scrape down on a cak< of unsweetened chocolate with 1 sharp knife. Grand Old Lady Dies WASHINGTON.---Old Babe, the: "grand old lady" of the elephant kingdom, died recently. Washington Zoo officials said she was the oldest elephant in captivity. The weight of 99 years and an 8,500-pound body bore her down.' For the first time in nine years, old 1 Babe took the ponderous weight off her tired old feet last Sunday. Sho stretched out on her side and expert attention and soft food failed to save her. «tftee» v ' N<1- ^ e ° 8 • 1 6,1.00. p } ' (L ï- to °Gclve ,al ^ IB CggjggU*