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T •»*»!>«»: â- ; --- ^' 7lne4t QiioCiCiiTMi "salada; ©Iffl© U-^// THE SYLVESTER DIAMOND By BLANCHE ROBERTI lluiif> Munrur buct cHMrully dtealt th« fabulously vuluable 8>ive8ter Diamond. Her friend Joe Dunbunie, a proCeaBlonal thief. tri.;j» \,T -Rftt U from her l>ui Is ^ prev ent'--; Iroiii doing bo when he sets la ^^^*Kht with III* man she lovea, Daa Browmiff. dirirlci atioin<-,v. .She takes a planff . for Kan rrmiri8( i. hut it hecomes lost fp u fo4E aui] lands in the Bea just oft â- hort-- She is ptckud up. the lone survivor, by a youjiK lawyer,' An Ciircy. whn lives with bis mother near by. ahe tjUes them the name Honey Hoe. but that arternoon When she and Art cet the newspaper ber real name is listed anionK thti victims. Art afc-n-es t" Ut^ci* her secret and thftl.. . evening drtvea 1".t lu a reniet«j;jr »»*«r San Krani .Bco. at her request. CHAPTER VIII • Tears ru^licd witliout warning to the surfaci- and dimmed lier eyes. "Dan. Dan, my -darling â€" " she whispered Eoflly to'^hirsclf, her lips moving silently to form his name, "please live, my dearest. Please get well and keep on loving me. Don't let all this ma';e any difference to you; I am not a thiti. You will see when I explain it all. I didn't have time last night to tell you. Oh, Dan! I love you so and I want to come to you â€" hut I iim afraid." She stumhled hut (juickly re- gained hir balance and went on. "Wonder uiiat Joe did to youf I'riglit nous fur midwinter living! Pineapple design and gorgeous rose bring out beauty of your chairs. Keeps 'cm clean tool Chair-back made in .'! sections. Pineapple design also forms arm rests, rattcrn no.3 lias directions. Laura VVliceler's improved pat- tern makes needlework so simple with its charts, photos and concise directions. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins (stamps cannot be ac- cepted) for this pattern to Box 1, 12 J Kightccntli .Street, New Toronto, Ontario, .\eedkcraft Dept. Print plainlv PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME an' ADDRESS. He wouldn't fight fair, or he never would have had a chance with you. Joe never takes an unnecessary risk." A sob caught in her throat and she swallowed hard. "It is all my fault," she thought contritely. "I am the one to blame for you being in the hospital hurt. I should not have carried my trouble to you." She paused to listen suddenly and. it seen*-* «»»<•» «ie srence of the resting place was broken by the whisper;- of one who lay there. Honey's ear seemed to catch a soft, sweet tone and it kept saying triumphantly: "Honey, Honey â€" you did it! You are a very brave girl and I am proud of you. I knew you wouldn't fail me. .\nd now you have made me happy asain and 1 can rest in peace." * * * Honey answered back in a low murmur: "Yes, I got it. I kept my promise." And there was elation and pride in her reply to the un- seen voice. At last she came to the spot she was looking for, recognizing it by the tall, thin marker. She touched the small, carved wing-s at the top of the stone and let her hand slide along its contour, lovingly, as if she were caressing some one she loved very dearly. Then she knelt down quickly before the gray slab of granite whose inscription she could not read m the darkness, but she knew the words by memory; she had composed them herself. She lifted up her face to the foggy heavens above her and her lips moved in a little prayer, but the words were so low- and deep in her throat that only a whisper escaped through her lips, .^s she finished, there was a slight noise be- hind her, like a stealthy step. Her heart came right into her throat and the blood in her veins ran cold. Ever so slowly she moved her head by using every ounce of courage she had in her body, until she could see back of her. Then she wheeled violently about to face her foe. "Meow" said a little kitten at her heels and rubbed up against her leg. Honey choked back the hysterical sob that rose to her lips and put a hand over her quivering heart. She waited and in n moment she was calm again and the little black kit- ten walked slowly off. She turned back to the grave an^ started digging with the tool Art had given her. It was not a big cavity that she dug â€" just a place about 4 inches by fi. Satisfied, she sat back on her heels and took the jewel bo.x from her pocket. She opened it and placed her soft liiis against the cool, hard surface of the stone for a second. "You are home at last," she breathed against it. She moved it up against her tear-wet cheek. "Make her happy. Yon will never be dis- turbed and she can sleep in peace, too." (Continued next week.) ;??OSSWORD PUZZLE It. ',14. '•IS. !l7. ',lt' AiMlO.-.'-- Street itri-hln Gray w.arljler of New Zen- t'lcxiia Lively ')re \.ho fi'Ut' rakes I'idv.er Stale of the I'n^on (nl> ) brlcrl Iei« VfS riiVv SlC' |> . 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Correlative of eltlier ANM€ HIRST I A Prince Of The Realm I»' Christenedâ€" With Ii<?r son, Prince Charles Arthur George, the Princess Elizabeth pn-ies for photo- grapViers immediately following the christenings ceremonies in Buckingham Palace. The Heck Of It Answer c'. :; ,'::r,- on this page The late John Barrymore was out strolling with a fellow actor when they passed the Lambs Club. They noticed the flag stood st half-mast. Barrymore's companion turned to go into the club. Barrymore laid a hand on his arm and said, "Where are you going?" "Inside to find out who's dead," was the reply. "It's not worth the trouble," said Barrymore. "You'll be disappoint- ed; it's never the right one." The Black Book .\ wise clergyman kept on his desk a notebook labeled "Com- plaints." When one of his people began to criticize another's doings, he would say, "I'll just write it down so I can take it up with the board." The sight of the complaint book and the ready pen had its effect. The clergyman kept the book for forty years, opened it hundreds of times, and never had occasion to write t line in it. "DE.\R ANNE HIRST: My son girl vvfho is' not She dislikes me desperately. I kfiow the mar- riage is a mis- take, and 1 am trying to break it up. "My son and 1 have always been so closet He has always come to me for advice, and we have managed his affairs together. His wife objects, and says I am interfering. He takes my side- ''I have tried every way 1 know to get this girl to leave. All it does is to make her argue more, and hurt my son more. My husband says if I'd leave them alone, they'd get along. What can I do? A REGULAR READER." Hands Off • Think back to the early days • of your own marriage. If your • husband's mother had shown that • she disliked you, tried actively to • persuade you to leave him, • wouldn't you have been tempted • to tell her to let you alone? If • she had attempted to continue to • "manage his affairs," wouldn't • you have reminded her that, as • his wife, it was your business • now? • ' How can you be so sure your • son's marriage is a mistake? That • you believe this girl is unworthy • of him is only your opinion and, • I may add, not unusual among • mothers. _He chose her, from • all the girls he knew, to be his • wife. She must have some re- • deeming qualities; why not admit • that, and let these 'two alone? • ^'ou cannot win, you know- A • young husband in love is not so • easily torn from -his bride. As a • loyal son, he "takes your side." • But after all, doesn't a man's • first loyalty belong to his wife? • Again, think back to your own • marriage. • I understand how hard it is for ♦ you, who have held your soo so ♦ close to you all tliese years, to • give him up to any other womau. ♦ Yet that is what you must learo * to do, and rjuickly. For all these ♦ arguments you cause between • them can turn him, finally, * againsi you â€" uul then you • would be forlorn indeed! * If you want to Keep your son's * affection and respect, tell him * that from now on he i- to coii- ♦ suit his wife on his affairs, that • you nill not criticize her again, â€"indeed, you will do your best to cliange her jcslousy to real friendship. Only when you do this, can all of \c'.i make your relationship the warm-heartedf harmonious allianci. it should be.. It seems to be iii your hand.* When a son marriij, his molher's first rule of condii.t should f>e "hands off" â€" and to treat his wife with the consideration that, as his wife, she deserves. U you face t.hi» situation, let Anne Hirst guide you througk Address her at UJ Eighteenth Street, New Toronto, Ontario . "The deepest spot in the Atlantic is the Nares Deep, noitli of Puerto Rico, where the keel of a shi() i» more than five miles above the ocean floor. Answer to This Week's Puzzle « R A I ,#• 1' R\0 ^|/ \/e\o\ Jf £ T £ /9 N / M A r\£\-p / C £ R T U L 1 f> ms\p s £ N N â-  ^ £ T Pk 0\£ |VV|J UU QBQQ • n £ OQ A L E e\sm B £ » 5- n M 1 c\e f> L £ C'^ "â-  A J9 £ N » B p a A r fv- ^1 If £ N T A T S r • H^ c L V £ -^ R -1 H £ T M £ -9 It u s £ O >P £ s\ ft MOV Y N £ S w / N £\ EsJ TIP£ S S il £] L EJ T S_\ ISSUE 1 â€" 1949 - -^ 30\N IN JH\S JOURNEY ACROSS CANADA' VOUMiMY AOfOSS CANADA'' Game MAKE PUH pay! You Will Have Fun Joining in This Contest and You Can Make it Pa^ Handsome Dividends Too 1 You cai, win Fir.t Prize of $1 ,000 or Second HOW TO FIQURE TOUR SCORE Prue of $1,000, or Third Priie of $1,000, Of any one of ninety -leven other generous caih Every letter in the *Iphat>et hat been |ivca prizes. In this new exciting contest sponsored • numerical value, »ee the "Table of Lettw by The Farmer.'! Advocate and Home Values" on the Entry Blank. Ycu must Magazine. select towns or cities containing the most of The first step is. to figure out the best w<^ the highest counting letters, so as to produ c* to make that "Journey Across Canada." the highest possible total count. Oct paper and pencil and start right now. O" the Entry Blank, the values of Halifac It will take a certain amount of time and •"<• Vancouver have already Iwen computed pains; but it will befun, too. and we know for you. All you have to do is select from you can do it. the other points on the map, those six cities or towns which count the highest. Enter HOW TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE '*><'" "'â- ^ ^<^><' numerical values onto the Entry Blank exactly as we have done in the You are going to make your trip across case of Halifax and Vancouver, then add up Canada In seven stages, starting at Halifu your grand total score and mail in to^lay. and ending at Vancouver. That is to t«y, A place name consisting of two words you will stop ofr at six cities or towns enroutc. should be entered without spacing as if it For instance, you might go from Halifax were one word. It is not necessary to mail ftrst to Ottawa. That would be your first in the map. Simply fill in the Entry Blank stop. Then you might go from Ottawa to with the six highest counting points between Toronto and stop again there. Then 'on to Halifax and Vancouver, and you will b* well London, third stop, Brandon, fourth stop, on your way toward winning one of thote Moose Jaw, fifth stop, Calgary, sixth stop, $1,000 first prizes I and oi> to the finish at Vancouver. But Do not hesitate . . . $1,000.00 can come you must choose six stop-off poinU which in very handy at any time, and we have three Will produce a higher score than tame of of these big cash prist* waiting for three very those cities we have just named. lucky people. %S,000.(iO IN CASH PRIZES THREE PRIZES OF $1,000.00 EACH _ (Maximum Awards) 1ST GRAND PRIZE $1,000.00 Sth Grand Pria« „.... 1*80.00 (incliulmg $100.00 for pro(pptness) 6th Grand Prlia ....... iioo 00 IND CRANO PRIZE .'^..."*^ $1,000.00 7th Grand PriwIIZZi:.:: tlOolw (inchHluiK $100.00 fpr promptness) Sth Grand Priz4> ._..„,_ tSO 00 3RD GRAND PRIZE , $1,000.00 9th Grand P,i,. 3' So.OO (including $100.00 for promptness) 10th Grand Priu .. $50 00 4th Grand Prize $500.00 90 Priies each of ,...,««,>_." "I $10.00 ENTRY BLANK BELOW li^ >!- H v^ ^ ;^ i^ V. V 26 V. V V V. V V V V V V. V V V. V V. V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Vc V V V V V V v V V V V V V V V V V V V V V ^ V v^ ;^ nM- c^ ^ i)^ >^ K ^ 32 aiUND TOTAL TABLE OF LEfrER VALUES -I Eâ€" I Iâ€" 1 Mâ€" » (^» uâ€" » >tj Fâ€" 7 J-7 Nâ€" I R-l Vâ€" a Zr-4 Câ€" » Câ€" S K-7 aâ€" 1 »-t Wâ€" » D-a Hâ€" S L-J Pâ€" a T-J Xâ€" • IVnLE IMANAOER. The Finmr't Advooati^ 122 Carlini StTMt. Here is my solution. Please tell i those $1,000.00 First Prizes. I what I have to do to win one of Mv Name .. .. My Aodrbu.. ..R. R.. WHO MAY ENTERâ€" Any man, woman, boy or girl living on a farm Or in a town under 2,500 population in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland, excepting employees of Ttie Farmer'a Advocate, or any member of their families, or any person, including members of their families, who has won over $300.00 in any previous contest conducted by The Farmer's Advocate, or pcrsonn who accept aid from such a person. Oiilr *m Mtrj l« Mth MntestanI Dupll:.^tl«P -"â-  re :•» I" d!'w«iint»HiK 1