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‘"How did she do?"â€" "Splendid, my bay!" exclamed the professor. Magnl.flomt!" He turned to the. pretty 'woman at his side. "Fh, Christine?" .06 = ‘"‘Marvellous, Frank!" said the future Mrs. Eilingtbon:~ She emiled on her woruld: be neld. No other cars were about. The cther drivers practised later in t.hedazy Mnk knaw he was driving well. Reddy, ‘his libtle mechanic, had the bmnmadwahair”.l“rankand he had worked over it night and day since it was taken off the ship. Frank was pnmdarhxejobmeynaddone The car mas giving cof its® splendid best, nephew. "I‘ve never seen you drive so and. no arwer worth S Sall, WUOuid mVemled’@wpmd mkwr e ‘But there was another reason for his goofilormwdheknewit He had imsel into ‘the ‘task with more Iowonr had ever given. to any Job. betore. with one single objectâ€"to forget nis "obsession," as he calléd it, about Dorothy EHington. ‘And he had .not succeeded:. He had scarcely seen Dorothy since theyhadleftft.hesmp Nearly all his time. had tbeen spent with Reddy and Travelling in low gear, it drew alongâ€" side." Frank Carter lifted his goggles and grinned out of the iowâ€"sIung bucket It was ear;ymoming They were on the clmu(f. ‘over which the Grand Prix the car But they were all staying at thesamehdm ‘so that he could not avoid meeting her occasionally. And things were going badly. It: was bag. enough, Frank told himâ€" self ibibtaeflfig 9‘50 ‘be hopelessly in fove with a glrlvmo«wasenga.gedboammer man. "It was ten times worse when that other man was spending the larger part of his time with another girl, and there was mmlng he could do about 1itb. °> pose, The girl was Luciferâ€"proud. Of course she would not admit that she was hurt. But in her own way she did not lJove: Rupert. He ‘was convinced of it. And the cad was wounding her. Only that morning he had seen her _.amwewpemlookmgwmbeand miserable. : !‘4, they wereâ€"L lntovm,boch'awher agice. “ ‘mrbtme"fiesald “ltyouthinkyou can drag yoursel{f away from your proâ€" fegsor for halfâ€"anâ€"hour, «I‘d like to talk He had come to a decision. He would have a 1 with the pair of themâ€" Florence " Rupert. Florence‘s beâ€" Frank said that, there was something Christine glanced at him sharply. "Certainly, Frank. I‘d have suggested it myself, but T thought you‘d be too busy with the carâ€"â€"" "Oh, hang the car!" said Frank; and "Then you can take me to the beach." Who Loves Whom? The shattering roar of the big racing achine receded in the distance. It "Thanks, Christine." Frank answered anation was . obvicusly required. mtmmwm%ammm hristine. He seized the first opportunity, when For he had decided that Dorothy‘s ol reception of Rupert‘s obvious inâ€" "Wait until I get my hat," she said. Published by Special Arrangement tains. Before, he could talk of nothing else. He seems to be more human than I have ever known him. Yéet he does not appear altogether happy." " Christine laughed. ‘He‘s utterly misâ€" erableâ€"because he happens to be in love, and that‘s a new sensation for him. Oh, I know he wasâ€"and still is â€"engaged to Dorothy. But you must see now that they never really loved each uther. Otherwise ‘they‘d never have allowed themselves t» be separâ€" ‘ated for two years. The trouble is, that Rupert has fallen in love with another girlâ€"Florenceâ€"and because he thinks Dorothy is still in love with him he‘s too chivalrous to break off the engageâ€" wrapped in their traditional red blankâ€" ets, stood at the entrance to their huts and watched with inscrutable eyes this maw . evidence of European madness. Fatâ€"bellied piccanins whooped excitedly as the procession of cars moved slwly ‘"Rupert," he said, "has changed reâ€" markably in the dast few «days. T find it difficult to get him_to talk about his discoveries in the Drakensberg mounâ€" "B isn‘t rubbish! Can‘t you see how worried and distressed she‘s looking? What I can‘t understand," said Frank, "Is how Florence, who I‘d thought was tli‘roughfly decent kid, couldâ€"â€"" "Poor Ficrence!" Christine sighed. "What aim?" "I can tell you the whole story," sa.id Christine. "I naven‘t been going about with my eyes shut these last few days. She decided that Rupert needed to be cured of ‘being such a frightful prig. You will have noticed that Rupert has become almost humanâ€"â€"" "At Dorcthy‘s expense," said F‘rank grimy.â€" "Gc on, Christine." ‘"No." said Christine. "I won‘t. If asked Ellington doubtfully. Christine shook ‘her head decisively. "No. They‘ll have to work out a sqg_u- Reddy, the little mechanic was there, mtmmhe‘dtotoot,gflmflmfim But before they went to take Mmeflw:mpmbdmo the pits. post. "Florence" continued Christine, "is, I am pretty sure, in love with Rupert, strange as it may seem. First she turnâ€" ed him into a human being, and then she fell in love with her creationâ€"as is often the way. But she imagines that Rupert is too intellectual to fall for a girl in a revue company. Whereas, of gourse, a girl in a revue company, esâ€" perially a splendid, vivaciousgirl like Filorence, is just what Rupert needed to snap him out of it!" over south. Africa for weeks past. Now a great pilgrimage set out towards the track. â€" Cars blocked every roadway. Sixty thousand race fans were astir. Under the glaring sun white dust was whipped up from the roads and hung like a cloud in the air. Exhaust fumes were added to make the air almost unâ€" cleared for them. ‘ x Frank had secured them seats in the you‘re as blind as that, it‘s hopeless. Do you think Dorothy is worried about tion for themselves. Our interfering would probably only make matters yzm'se.” Overture to Speed The day iof the big race dawned bright and clear. Visitors had been "Certainly she is!" "You‘ll learn," said Christine. And more than that he could not get cut of her. Christine cutlined the position to her proféessor that evening. "Dorothy is in love with Frank. She won‘t admit it, because she rebuffed him once, and she thinks that he has now fallen in love with Florence, and that she doesn‘t mean anything to him ‘"She‘s succeeded in her aimâ€"and now ‘The wisest were those who set out in the dawn, or even the night before, any longer. Frank won‘t speak because he thinks Dorothy is still in love with Professor Bilington . cleared his said Christine briskly. The prodfessor glanced at his watch. "Time we were getting along, Frank. Show them how it‘s done!" Christine reached up and kissed her ...E\ ... b Abarn‘ .. ‘of him even while he was through his gearsâ€"a blue car, with a Union Jack on the back. Frank had scored: an initial triumph by reaching the corner first. j A second ilater, the whole field had rounded the corner and were temporaâ€" rily out of sight of the gra.ndstand spectators. But the burst and roar (of the etngines was still deafening. Derothy Bechaves Strangely j mepmfemsankbackmt.omsseat. He mopped his brow. _"Phew! That ‘was exciting!" Dorothy felt a pain in the fingers of her left hand. She glanced down and found that she was gripping them so tightly with her right hand that it hurt.. Wit an effort, she relaxed. But her heart was pounding to the u‘hythm of the car engines, a fierce excitement was burning like fire in her veins, and her mind was repeating a savage reâ€" frain: "He must win! He must win!" "I‘m afraid this must be rather boring for you." said ‘Christine.. She was looking straight ahead, craning her neck to see ‘the cars come into sight again. ‘"You‘re not interested in racing, are you?" "Glood luck, Frank!" "Thanks, Dorothy," he said grwvely The others had started to lewve the pits. ‘"Look after yourself, Frank!" Frank found himself looking into the eyes of Dorothy Eliington. She held out He felt her hand in his, warm and intimate. Suddenly it tighbened. imâ€" pulsively. redy, of Hungary, was at the wheel of glossy black machine. Lebrun of France was the only man not wearing 2 helmet. Disdaining that clumsy proâ€" tection, he flaunted a red beret, and waved to friends in the crowd. .. § ‘~A tense silence fell on the great multitude. It was broken a second later by a spontaneous yell of excitement. The flag dropped. To the terrific belâ€" lowing and barking of engines, the field roared off. : Mancini, the Italian, shot out of the ruck. But another car deaped in front The cars were swept towards the turn at breakneck speed, mere streaks of woloured light. The tightâ€"lipped drivers mereest fraction of the safety skidâ€" limitâ€"but the blue car held the lead. The cars shot round the bendg three and four abreast, and were gone agaim. Frank came back ‘with a start to realities. "Nonsense!" It was Rupert who snapped out the wonds. He was standâ€" ‘They turned and looked at him.. But Rupert was cblivious of their stares. He was waving wilkdly. ‘‘Come on, Carter! Bravo! He‘s sbflxl ahead!" ‘The roar of the spectators alongside the track told them that the cars were coming again, rushing into the second "You will be careful, won‘t you?" she whispered. | ‘Then she was gone. Frank gazed after her. ‘"Hurry, guy‘nor," said iReddy agiâ€" tatedly.. ‘"Time we were moving!" his neck. "This is terrific! Anyone who isn‘t interested is no better than aâ€"Aa â€" Suddenly a {ast moving mass of cars shot into sight. They arrived in what noise was terrific. So was the speed. It seemed impossible that these monâ€" ters, packed together in the narrow roadway, could all get safely round the intp the pits with a slipping clutch. He The cars lined up. From the grandstand, the drivers were indistinguishable from one anâ€" goggles. Only the colours and numbers of ‘the cars told which was which. Hoffman, the Genman ace, was drivâ€" ing a green car with a snarling. front Copyright altas Mickey Banner, who was arrested here last ‘week after he attempted to hold up the local branch of the Canaâ€" adian National Bank, was sentenced at Amos to four years in St Vm(;emt de Paul Penitentiary. Reddy stood amid a welter of petrol tips and spare parts. He had a flag in his hand,â€"andâ€" a number of .others at his. feet He was signalling to Carter, as the cars tore past, what the position Dorothy felt that she could sit still no longer. She was at the end of a row. The others were intent on the race. She left ‘the grondstand and made her way ,to the pits. "Oh, well, in that case," said the vicar, ‘‘we had better have one ¢f the hymns ‘for those at sea.‘ "â€"Nothing Serious. A: special preacher, about to ascend the pulpit in a country church, was asked if he would like any particular hymn to be sung in keelping with his sermon. Carter still in the lead. . Hotz, the. Polish ariver, was forced dut of the race with piston trouble. ‘At the end of the fourth Jlap, Hoffâ€" man, in a terrific burst of speed, passed Imredy directly opposite the grandâ€" stand. FPxr a second the cars wheels seemed interlocked. Then Hoffman nosed gahead. The : crowd> ‘breathed @gain. » WIEUCL,. â€" JAILICRELIOGRACL , _ ‘Lil€ grimly trailed them. . f At the end of the sixth lap the order was still the same. Carter had slightly increased his lead. . Simpson, the Canadian â€"{driver, fell out. wlhh engine trmmle At the end of the seventh lap the order ‘was still the same. It was obvicusly going to be a fight between the Emglishman,, the Italian and the German. The crowd sat back to watclh it. At the end of the fifth lap Lebrun tore down the straight to the grandâ€" stand in a cloud of smoke. He shiot off the track into the pits, to resign with cylinder trouble. Carter Mancini, Hofiman and Imâ€" redy were still in the leaid, in that "No, no," was the reply. "As a matter off act, I seldom know what I‘m going to say until I arrive in the pulpit." who has fjust been appointed as manager of the Kirkland Lake branch of the Canada Life Assurâ€" anceâ€" Company. Mr. Campbell has been one of the company‘s represenâ€" tatives over the past ten years. He replaces H. W. Hare who is now ‘a members of the Canadian ~Active Service Force. Cadillac, May 2#0â€"Romeo Pelletier, Too Accommodating "A lot of people look at Pontiac‘s size and qualityâ€"figure the price out of their reach." (To ‘be continusd) Pontiar deserves this kind of friendship. Toâ€" day, there‘s a Pontiac for everyoneâ€"27 models in 5 new series of Sixes and Eightsâ€"and prices start with the lowest! They‘re great big cars with long wheelbasesâ€"wideâ€"seated and roomyâ€"with fit;wet-packgd engines that challenge the gasoâ€" ine economy of the smallest cars. And Pontiac is engineered to cut repair and service bills almost to a vanishing point. Visit your Pontiac dealer, "CVULE ADVISED A ~â€" 209 OF PEOPLE T‘S human nature to let your friends in on a good thing. That‘s why 1940 Pontiac owners are advising so many of their friends to buy a Pontiac. Phone 229 MARSHALL â€" ECCLESTONE LTD. about to be built, but little of ‘the day to day routine of the convoy service carried on under all tkinds of adverse conditions. The Navy, however, has been truly on active service since the outbreak of war. It has grown in imâ€" portance and strength. Soon a ‘forâ€" midable fleet of over 220 vessels wili be incorporated in the command of Rear Admiral P. W. Nelles, R.CN., ments will be manned by 6,000 to 7,000 all ranks of the Royal Canodian Navy. The main strength of the flieet will be incorporated in seven destroyers,. inâ€" cluding the fiotilla leader, as it is toâ€" day, but the existing 75 auxiliary vesâ€" sels will be increased by 64 patrol vesâ€" sels and 80 mineâ€"sweepers now under Besides the work of conâ€" voy, there are, and there will need to be, more vessels engaged in antiâ€"subâ€" marine work, mineâ€"sweeping, patrolling and exaimination. ‘All} these forces respond to the direcâ€" tion of Rear Admiral Percy Walker Nelles, RCN., a Canadian officer of wide experience. He joined the Royal Canadian Navy as a cadet of 16, in 108, althcugh as the son of the late Brigadierâ€"General \Charles M. Nelles, he might have been expected to favor the land forces. Lakefield and Trinity College school, Port Hope, did not change his youthful choice. With the Great War came active service in the ships of the Royal Canadian Navy afioat for almost three years. Successively Senior Naval Officer at Halifax and Senicr Naval Officer at Esquimault after the war, his progress was topped in 1936 when he was apâ€" pointed to the highest position in the Canadian Naval Service as Director and Chief of the Naval Staff. The Chief of Neval Staff has been one of the busiest men in Canada since the iwar crisis ‘began to take shape. The. story uf the current naval expansion has never been fully told and cannot, for obvious reasons, be revealed, yet. It is a brilliant story of fulfilment of thoughtful planning and careful adâ€" ministration. Small though the RC.N. was at the beginning of the war, it was at the beginning of the war, it has proved itself to be a trained nucâ€" leus capable, withiout conflict, confusion or waste, of immediate expansion along its preâ€"arranged course. Hamilton Spectattrâ€"Local man has a pullet with â€"@a consistently good reâ€" cord which surpassed itself on Friday when it laid an egg weighing four cunces, with three yolks. Here is a shellâ€"worker that toils oonbentedly just for chicken feed. The Church, the Army and the Navy are represented in three generations of Admiral Nelles‘ family. His grandfather was the Rev. S. S. Nelles, D.D., a disâ€" tinguished educator who, at the age of 27, became chancellor of Victoria University, then located at Cobourg, Ont. This institution later was affiliâ€" ated with the University of Toronto. The ‘Admiral‘s father iwas Brigadierâ€" General C. M. Nelles, C.M.G., who cliâ€" maxed a ibrilliant career by commandâ€" ing the Royal Canadian Dragoons in France during the first World ‘War. "Friends see me in my new Pontiac. Next time we meet, they ask how can I afford it." Showroomsâ€"7 Third Avenue Xâ€"Ray Trtatment of Severe Goitre Successful in Most Cases I have spoken before of physician who had exopthalimic goitreâ€"the severe tyDe of goitre, with buiging eyes, very rapid heart and extreme nervousness, who, three weeks after having ‘he goaitre removed hby operation, walked a number of blocks to my office, sat down for two cr three minutes and then had me take his pulse. It was just 72, whereas before operâ€" ation it was usually from 110 to 130. . It is these very quick results that cause physicians to recommend tperaâ€" tion ‘for the severe type of geitre, Of ccurse, there is the expense of the surâ€" geon, the anaesthetist, and hospital stay, aside from the danger of any operation, small or large. when operation is considâ€" ered unsafe or the patient is unwilling to undergo it, the other forms of treatâ€" mentâ€"iprolonged rest with ijoding, Xâ€"rays, and radiumâ€"are available, but the time necessary to attain results may be so long that from the standâ€" ’pzomt of expense at least itperation often costs less, as the patient is back l at his work a few weeks after operation. _ _ When the symptoms are not too seâ€" vere or when the patient wishes to carry on his regular employment, the Xâ€"ray treatment has some advantages. O. Raagaard, Copemnhagen, reâ€" pâ€"rts his results in the treatment of exopthalmic goitre by Xâ€"ray in a series of sixtyâ€"eight cases (thirtyâ€"six mild cases, twentyâ€"six moderately grave, six grave) in which the Xâ€"ray treatment was given from 1922 to 1933 and which were observed for from three to eleven and a half years after treatment ended. The afterâ€"examination showed recovery in 70 percent and almcst complete rcâ€" covery in 7% per cent and no change in 15% per cent. The goitre completely disappeared in 64 per cent and partly disappeared in 14 per cent, or 78 per | cent whole or in part. The time required to bring about these cures or partial cures was usually from one to two years; the average length . of time during which treatâ€" ments were given for all the cases was about one year. The average number of treatments given was about seven. No patient was rejected as unfit for roentgen (Xâ€"ray) treatment. 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