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They had had a long and arduous day. So far the strain had been held at arm‘s length by the excitement of the last few hours, but now it began to tell. Christine, despite her anxiety, her head suddenly â€"swimâ€" with weariness, . She moved briskly. "I think we‘d better get some rest. We may be able to do our bit later, so we ought in fairness to rest now." She urged the girls to lie down, and nobly set an example, though she knew that it was fantastic to think of sleep. Then they were gone. A flash of lightning showed them marching down the path, heads bent before the rain. The women returned slowly to the fire. They spoke little, and their eyes wanâ€" dered constantly to the window, where the lightning revealed _ spasmodic plimpses of the mountain. Christine, as the oldest, decided that it was up to her to take a firm grip of the situation. She knew what thoughts were passing through the girls‘ heads, because similar thoughts were passing through her own. But they must not give way to fancies. Another is Restliess Fortunately she had matches in her pocket. She struck one, and by its fickering light saw an electric light switch in the far corner of the little. beeâ€"hive shaped hut. She pressed it down and then looked around her. The place was sparsely furnished. There was a bed, a chair, and a screen which served as a wardrobe. Under the bed was a battered trunk, and a small folding table beside the bed held a few books. That was all Everything was neat and in precise orderâ€"a true reflection of the hut‘s eccupant. She pulled back the screen, and smiled her satisfaction. A stick rested against the wall, and a hat and waterâ€" progf hung from a peg in a rough wooden frame. On the ground were a pair of strong rubber boots. Hastily, for she feared th might see the light and c« vestigate she pulled on the donned the coat and the hat picked up the stick, put ou and left the rondavel. Florence Follows They went towards the door. Unconscicsly in this moment of crisis, each Torgetting the presence of the others, they split for a moment into couples. "Look after yourself, old boy," she murmured,. "Or T‘ll sue you for breach cf promise!" « She kissed him. "So long, Rupert," murmured Floâ€" rence. "Iâ€"I‘m sure it will be all right." "I nearly lost you once," whispered Dporothy. "Don‘t take risks!" Frank smiled, "Is it likelyâ€"with you #% * $ waiting here for me? "Here e sit," she remarked brightly, "remarkably like birds in the wilderâ€" nessâ€" while our men folks go hunting old bones! It‘s rather an idiotic situaâ€" tion, really!" The girls reluctantly agreed. But a faw minutes later Florence found herâ€" self standing at the window, gazing up at the mountain. "Goodbye, my dear!" said the proâ€" fessor heartily, to Christine. "Nothing to worry about, you know. We‘ll be back in a couple of hours." Subtly she guided the conversation into harmless channels that would keep their minds engaged. Rupert was out there. She had a sudden, swift presentiment of danger. He was so eager to get to the scene of his great discovery, he might hurry on ahead of the others, go off the path in the darkness, perhaps fall. . . She had a sudden, horrible vision of Rupert lying in a crevasse, helpless, perhaps unable to call for aid, while the others searched for him blindly. A moment later she down the path that led tain. Her mind was made up. She could not remain here while he was out there in the storm. She must go to him. She ~ecalled how they had caught Rupert emerging from the rondavel, a little way from the chalet, when he had formed his desperate plan to climb the mountain alone. That was where he must keep his gear and his clothes, She remembered the heavy rubber boots he had been wearing. Ecoftly she slipped out of the house, taking care to disturb no one, and esâ€" pecially the other ,*wo women, and made her way across the grass to the rondavel. It had stopped raining, but the night was black as pitch,. ‘The rondavel door was in two secâ€" tions, an upper and a lower. The lower was locked, but the upper half swung inwards at her touch. She put down a hand in the darkness and groped for the latch of the lower section. It lifted without difficulty, and she stepped into the rondavel. TAHAURSDAY . JUNE 13TH. 1940 She crossed a stream by a frail Published by Special Arrangement ALEXANDER CAMPBE and come was speeding to the mounâ€" yoots and Then she the light, someone Carter felt a glow of admiration. There was no denying the sincerity of Rupert‘s devotion to his work, They struggled on through the bushes. and the professor was making noises like a grampus when Rupert halted abruptly and lashed out with his stick. They could hear the reptile thrashâ€" ing angrily away through the bushes. The other two stepped even more ginâ€" gerly. water warned her that the stream had woden bridge, and the roar of the been swolien to a torrent. In the darkâ€" ness, however, she could see nothing. The path followed the river bank for a little, and then, so abruptly that she nearly went off it altogether, turned at right angles and went steeply upwards. She had not left the hostel undetectâ€" ed, as she had hoped. Dorothy, also, had ‘been unable to rest. Crossing to the window she had fancied she had seen light bobHing on the mountain far above. That would be the little party. Then her attention was attracted by another light, this time close at hand. As she watched it, the light went out. Dorothy saw a figure steal rather furâ€" tively away from the hostel. It wore a man‘s coat and hat, but it was unâ€" mistakably a woman. "I had to hit him." he said calmly. I trod on his tail and he was going to strike. Fortunately he was a slow one â€"probably had just had his supper." Rupert Shows His Spirit "The storm is passing away!" There was jubilation in Frank Carâ€" ter‘s voice. "We‘ll make it!" he said. The three men toiled up the steep path that led to the top of the mounâ€" tain. Rupert was in the lead, the proâ€" fessor came next, and Frank brought up theâ€"rgar.. She ha 1 iA 4 begun to climb the mounâ€" The height told her that it could not be Christine. For a moment she thought of rousing Christine. Then she realized that by the time she did so, Florence would be well on her way. she must act at once. She ran out of the house and after some difficulty found the path. But the figure had vanished. She peered ahead into the darkness. She saw nothing. There was no sound but the angry murmur of the swollen Sstream. She hesitated for a second. Then she‘ went on along the path after Florence. Professor Ellington eyed the bushes dubiously. "Snakes?" he suggested. "Possibly," said Rupert cheerfully. "But we have to risk that. In any case they won‘t attack unless you attack them. If you see one the thing to do 1s to stand still until it clears off. They usually glide away pretty fast. Fortunâ€" ately this isn‘t tree country." "Why fortunately?" asked Prank. "Because that might mean mambas. They lurk in the trees, and they attack on sight. They drop on to the head of their victim. That‘s why the natives when they‘re going through tree counâ€" try usually carry flat stones on their heads. For a mamba bite in the face or chest is fatal. You can‘t apply a tourâ€" niquet." They left the path and plunged into the bushes. The other two stepped somewhat gingerly, but Rupert walked confidently. He seemed to have no thcught save for the cave which was their objective. "A good thing that I got plenty of exercise on board ship!" he panted. "If my muscles hadn‘t been limbered up, I should have been having conâ€" siderable difficulty by now! Even as it 1sâ€"â€"â€"*" "The heights afforded them protecâ€" tion against wild beasts and other tribes," Rupert explained. "They could cast down stones on‘ their enemies and protect themselves in other ways." He peered upwards. "It isn‘t far to go now." Professor Eilington breathed someâ€" what heavily. The lightning had ceased to flash, and the rain had gone off. The storm had left the air cooler and cleaner. But the black sky held neither stars nor moo.n. They toiled on. The path grew more broken as they progressed, and several times they had to climb round huge boulders and outcroppings of rock. He paused to mop his brow. "It‘s a stiff climb," agreed Frank. "Dashed if I know why your friends the neanderthal men or whoever they were couldn‘t have camped in the valley!" They had brought torches with them and the flickering lights revealed a rocky path winding upwards, bounded on either side by thick prickly bushes. "We‘re coming to the end of it, said Rupert. "It starts again a little higher up, but it branches to the left. The cave is on the right. Rupert paused again and raised his torch. Then he gave a little cry of satisfaction and pointed upwards. "The cave!" Two huge boulders were buried deep in the hillside. like gigantic jJaws. There was a tiny, black opening beâ€" tween the jaws. "The natives were superstitious about the place," said Rupert. "I suppose that‘s why it had been undisturbed. Of course there was nothing to see, but the floor was covered with soil, about five feet deep. That was what made me dig. It turned out not to be soil at all, but an accumulation of debris and powdered bones. At the five foot level I found deflnite traces of occupation and when I excavated thoroughly I found the skull and the teeth." (To ‘ be Continued) "And when were you born?" the ser-l geant asked the recruit. *"December, 19817," was the reply. "Ah," mused the sergeant, "I well remember that winter. It was bitterly cold." "Cold!" echoed the recruit. "T‘ll say it was cold. I was brought by a penguin â€" the stork couldn‘t make it!"~â€"Exchange, ASTHMA DUE TO ALLERGY A few years ago an attack of asthma was taken for granted; the patient was simply ‘an asthmatic. There was no cure; that attack was relieved by inâ€" haling amyl nitrite, or taking nitroâ€" glycerin by mouth. The patients rarely died. Finding that a few drops of adrenalin (epinephrin) injected under the skin would relieve an attack was thought . to be: all that could â€"be expected. j What do we find toâ€"day. Although able to cut short the attack with adrenalin, the psysician toâ€"day searches for the cause of asthma and is often able to find it. 2. bacterial allergy; 3. contact allergy Atopy is best shown by hay fever, pollen asthma, or asthma due to the protein of foods, fur and feathers, house dust, orris root. These substances bring en the usual head cold or asthâ€" matic attack if the individual is exposed to them. The asthmatic attack follows The three most important causes of allergy or."sensitiveness" are outlined by Dr. H. K. Detweiler, Toronto, in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. They are: 1. atcpy or atopic (hereditary) alâ€" lergy: The contact type of allergy due to handling substances to which the inâ€" dividual is sensitive, brings on skin irritation but not asthma or hay fever. The treatment of asthma is to try to remove underlying cause. In the atopic by avoiding the substance or being inoculated against it; in the bacterial type by avoiding those suffering with colds or bronchitis, exposure to wet colds, draughts and chilling of the body surface, irritating gases and dusty atmospheres. Besides avoiding the substances to which he is allergic, he should avoid those cirecumstances which he has found will bring on an attackâ€" hurrying to catch a car, eating a generâ€" ous meal, stepping out into the frosty air, attending an exciting hockey match â€"or even indulging in a hearty laugh. The thought then is that while asthâ€" ma may be due to other causesâ€"â€"nerâ€" veusness, nose and throat deformities, heredityâ€"a great many cases are due to allergy, and if found by skin and other testsâ€"avoiding the substances, being inoculated against them, or eatâ€" ing them in small quantities to overâ€" come the sensitiveness, may bring about VvCuUstI herec to al other Allergy Ssend for Dr. Barton‘s helpful bookâ€" let entitled ‘Allergy‘ (No. 106). Enclose ten cents with your reguest to cover cost of handling and mailing and send it to The Bell Library, Post Office Box 75, Station O, New York, N. Y., mentioning the name of this newsâ€" paper. "immediately" after exposure to these substances. In the bacterial typeâ€"due to preâ€" sence of some infectionâ€"bronchitis, sinus infectionâ€"the symptoms do not appear till 24 to 48 hours after infecâ€" tion is noted. By lames W . Barton, 1€ ed in accordance _Copyright Act) Copyright of Pours That Body THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TTMMINS ’Kmsmen Urge Use :of All Service Clubs in United War Effort Timmins Well Rrepresented at Convention at North Bay Last Week. Fourteen clubs were represented in the eighty delegates present at the convention at North Bay on Saturday last of the Kinsmen Clubs of Ontario District No. 6. Delegates from Timmins were:â€" B. Montgomery, Bill Burgess, Ramsay Park, Jack Gauthier and Bud Burgess. Kirkland Lake was representâ€" ed by Ted Jones and John Rankin. Noranda, Que., had V. A. Dille ond A. W. Derby, and Rouyn‘s representative was Lionel Beauchamp. Other clubs nepresented by delegates were:â€"Toâ€" ronto, Cobourg, Sault Ste,. Marie, Peterâ€" torough, Kingston, Sudbury, Oshawa, North Toronto and Oshawa. The message to the prime minister said : The outstanding feature of the conâ€" vention from the public standpoint was the sending of a telegram to Premier Mackenzie King urging the Governâ€" ment "to instruct all service clubs in Canada to coâ€"operate as a unit in war services." "Representatives of 700 members of Kinsmen clubs in District No. 6, in conâ€" vention at North Bay, respectfully reâ€" quest that you instruct all service clubs in Canada to coâ€"operate as a unit in war services in this present national crisis; that you instruct all service clubs to act at once to set up a national war service club board, representative of all clubs, to coâ€"relate and to initiate the war service efforts possible in the united strength of the 25,000 service club members in Canada. "These Kinsmen clubs pledge again their united loyvalty, and ask your apâ€" proval and action for the immediate establishment of this board." The message was signed by District Governor Peters, and by the founder of the Kinsmen organization, Hal A. Rogers, of Toronto. The convention was attended by many leading officials of the Kinsmen organization. Among them were Govâ€" ernor Austin Peters, Hal Rogers, JoOhn Maddocks, of North Bay, district deâ€" puty governor; D. J. Rankin, of Toronâ€" to, district secretary; L. G. Rice, of Toronto, district treasurer; J. Harvey Lynes, of Toronto, chairman of the district service committee. Election of officers was marked by the election of John Maddocks, of North Bay, deputy governor during the past term, to office of district governor, and W. A. Honey, of Toronto, to the post of deputy governor. They will asâ€" sume office September 1. One of the guest speakers at the convention was Mr. J. P. Johnson, genâ€" eral superintendent of Northern Onâ€" An interesting address by Charles Chumpton, of Toronto, on "How Kinsâ€" men can play their part in assisting Canada‘s war effort" was received with enthusiasm. The election of officers followed, with the resulting election of John Madâ€" docks of North Bay to the office of disâ€" trict governor. The gathering voted in favour Oof accepting the invitation of Ottawa Kinsmen Club to hold the 1941 convention in that city. Mr. Maddocks will attend the Kinsmen national conâ€" vention at Edmonton in August. tario District Canadian National Railâ€" ways. Dr. Allan Dafoe also spoke to the delegates. An interesting feature of the day was the introduction of "Lick Hitler" stamps by Hal Rogers. The stamps, originated by the Halifax Kinsmen Club, are a means of raising money for the war effort. Profits from the sale are divided among the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the Canadian Legion, YMCA., Knights of Columbus, and other war work organizations, and furnished facts and figures conâ€" cerning the British Empire that proved inspiring to his hearers. Among the social features of the convention was a stag party for the men and an afternoon tea for the ladâ€" ies. . Saturday evening the Kinsmen and their ladies enjoyed dinner at Lakeview Inn. A toast to "the foundâ€" er" was proposed by Kinsman Stan Dellar, and responded to in able fashâ€" ion by Hal Rogers. Mr. Rogers spoke on "Fellowship‘" in replying. Bouquets of ~flowers were presented to Mrs Charles Sherwood, Mrs. W. A. Peters and Mrs. K. Palmer, as a mark Oof gratitude from the men to the "Kinâ€" ettes" for their assistance in carrying out the convention programme. A toast to "The Ladies‘" was proposed by J. Harvery Lynes. Sally Johnstone, of Timmins, replied. The entire assembly attended the governor‘s ball later in the evening. At midnight, the playing of the national Anthem concluded the convention. B. G. Gosse was speaker at the Satâ€" urday noon luncheon. He discussed the British Commonwealth of Nations, "Why leave two quarters in _ my pocket?" the victim asked the hoeldâ€" up man. "The bloke round the corner gets nasty if I don‘t leave him something,‘" explained the other.â€"Globe and Mail. ANOTHER AXIS ‘ardinal Villeneuve Calls Hitler a Callous Murderer Canmore Briquettes, Western Stoker, Iron F ireâ€" man Stoker, Western stove and furnace Coal, Alexo, Pocahontas, Coke, Steam, W elsh, American Blue and Welsh Blower. 86 Spruce South FOR GOOD COAL AND sERVICE Coal and Woodyard and Office ED COAL ? Just Phone 32 for prompt delivery Phone 32 a sacred right to be supernaturally de«â€" voted to the cause of our Allies. I inâ€" cline to think, nay, I remain comvincâ€" ed. that the civil authoritiese will, in this effort towards victory, make use of a great prudence and will measure our sacrifices to the limits of our means." Speedy Air Service Now Available to Old Land ‘There are many in the North, and especially in Timmins, with relatives and friends in the Old Country, and these are particularly interested in the air mail service just announced by the Dominien post office department. The particulars of the service are given in the following memo received from Mr. E. H. King, postmaster at Timmins:â€" Ke Air Mail Service Ov@rseas Effective June 4th, 1940, a twiceâ€"aâ€" week Air Service has been placed in operation from Lisbon, Portugal, to I«andon, Eng., to connect with the Transâ€"Atlantic air mail service perâ€" formed by Panâ€"American â€" Airways Company between New York and Lis«â€" bon. This noew service will expedite the transmission â€" of Transâ€"Atlantic Air mail, and depending on weather conâ€" ditions at Horta, Azores, will mean that letter mail sent by Transâ€"Atlantic service leaving Timmins at noon on Mondays or Fridays, should reach London, Eng., on the following Priday or Tuesday or considerably less than week between Timmins and points in week iDeUweQcn ALiIliIlliLl} AiiU the British Isles. The letter rate of postage on this service is 30 cents per half ounce, plus an additional 10 cents per item if reâ€" cistration is desired. T‘ry The Advance Want Advertisements. Timmins‘