12
Long Ago Stories
Edwina And The Wolf
were
The
THE CHINA MAIL,
WENDY HUT
WENDY'S LITTLE NEEDLEWOMEN
An Uncommon
"Soiled Linen Bag"
Tink has made a jolly present
MIKE AND THE "ROVING
KIDNAPPER"
Mike the monkey sometimes saw aeroplanes flying over the jungle, and he longed to have one.
"I'd get one back on Prim the
for Wendy, and we think you'd parrot if I had," thought Mike.
like to copy it for Mother. is a bag for soiled linen, with an
her wings, and saying how sad It "She's always boasting about
amusing clothes line decoration it must be only to have legs, appliqued on one side, as you see in the sketch.
My whiskers! Woudn't she look the tree tops!" blue if she saw me flying over
You will need a piece of crash, fifteen inches wide and twenty- four inches long; a piece of case- Sonny, the little. boy who lived Then he ambled off to watch ment cloth in a bright colour, on the edge of the jungle. When exactly the same size, for the lin- Sonny, came out When the Romans
Nevertheless she was afraid ofling; two flat canes, sixteen had something very queer indeed of his hut, he marching towards the north of wolves. She kept Dart close to inches long; two lengths of cot-In his hand. England, the Britons determined her all day because the sun was ton braid, the same colour as the out of his tree when he saw this Mike nearly fell lining, for the handles of the to set a trap to capture the ad-shining, and she thought that bag: some odd scraps of bright queer thing flying in the air like vance guard of the Roman army, wolves were so greedy that they coloured materials for the appli- he thought it was a new sort of a flat bird with a long tail, and and to do this. It was necessary sun to swallow it. To keep her some oddments of brown, black, went about trying to get to the qued "clothes" on the line; and
aeroplane. to send a messenger
over the mind off wolves, she repeated green and red wools. Quite a mountain to warn their friends the orders abe was to give to her big order, isn't it? on the other side of their plans. father's friends.
Night fell before she reached
As Roman aples were lurking in the other side of the mountain.
and, to her horror, the moon came out. Then Edwina, afraid to go on, crept under a bush to rest.
.
"At night the wolves try to swallow the moon, Dart," she said. "We must lie quiet till day."
With her arm round Dart's neck, Edwina slept on and off, but suddenly she was awakened by a terrible howl. Up she sprang, away rushed Dart, and in the grey light of dawn she [saw a huge wolf. She could not scream, because her voice had gone; she thought the wolf had stolen it, for a wolf was suppos- ed to do this if it saw a person before the person saw it. Think- ing that the wolf would kill Dart,
Work the trimming on the side of the bag before making it up.
口
The amusing coiled-linen bag, which you can copy as a present for Mother. Dressmaker tells you all about it,
bled Mike.. "Don't hold it on a "Let the poor thing go," gab- string, you nasty, cruel little boy."
Then Sonny's mother called. and, putting a big stone on the
THE BILLY BOY'S WORKSHOP
An Easily Made Knife Box
To make this knife box you will require some three-eighths inch wood for the sides, ends and centre division; and a piece of quarter-inch plywood for the bottom.
The sides are twelve inches long and two inches wide, and the ends are the same width but eight and three-quarter-inches long. Carefully plane these parts on aides and edges, then mark out the, centre slot across each end piece, as indicated in dia- gram C. Saw down these lines to-a-depth-of-one-eighth of an inch and chisel out the slots.
For the centre division, saw a piece of wood to the sizes given in diagram B, and, after planing
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1932,
TINK'S CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
Here is the solution to last week's puzzle:-
19. Girl's name
20. Therefore 22. Not bad
24. In the midst of 26. To possÈSS 27. Conclusion
Across..
1. Twinkles at night
(Star).
4. Shell-fish
(Crab).
8. Your father, is one
(Man),
10. Girl's name 11. Teaches
(Ena)..
(Instructs).
12. Full of energy 16. Road to be taken
(Energetic).
(Route).
17. Part of verb "to be"
(Am).
(Ann).
(So).
(Good).
(Amid).
-(Own)
(End),
Downl
(Smile),
2. Brownish colour
3. Reply
5. Give a recitation
(Tan). (Answer). (Recite).
(Ant).
(Basic).
· (Or).
(Road).
(Gun).
15. Volcano in Sicily
(Etņa).
17. Gone by ...
(Ago).
18. Cut (grass, etc.)
(Mow),
20. Transgression
(Sin).
21. Not even
(Odd).
23. Upon
(On).
25. Pronoun
(Me)...
1. Look pleasant
6. Insect
7. Forming the base
9. Conjunction"
13. Highway
14. Weapon
And here are the clues for this week's puzzle, which
is another straightforward one?—
Rodies
2
13
7
about which Carpenter talks
string of the kite, sonny went.all over, mark out the curved, into the house. Down the tree shape of the top. To form the hand hole, make two holes with popped Mike, grabbed the string,
bit it through with his strong and cut away the wood between a three-quarter-inch centre-bit teeth, and screamed:
"I've got an aeroplane! I can hole with glasspaper, then rough- them. Smooth the edges of the go where I like! I can fly!"
Away went the kite with Mike cut the curved top to shape clinging to the string. But, with a pad-saw and chisel. Fin- alas! he couldn't go where helish the edge with a rough file and liked. He was horrified to find glasspaper.
Fix the sides and ends of the himself swinging in the air. Over the jungle tree tops he sall-box together as shown in dia ed, and all the jungle folk went a A, coating the joints with tearing after him, on the ground glue, and driving fine wire naile and in the trees.
or panel pins through the ends "What's he doing?" screamed into the sales. Take care to see Prim. "Must we laugh or cry that the top and bottom edges Fortunately, a tree, knocked tre straight, and that the sides
and ends are square. Mike into the river, As he "In the grey light of dawn,
she ran forward to drag him away Told the crash in half, and rule of jungle folk waiting, all ready tom thirteen inches long and nine scrambled out, he saw quantities Cut the plywood for the bot- Edwina saw a huge wolf!" from the dreadful creature, and two vertical lines down each to laugh, but luckily he had an edges with glasspaper. Fix this shabuer ser at that moment a great spear aide of the top fold, two inches idea.
inches wide, and well rub the mission, but at last the Chief pierced the wolf's heart. Then away from the edgo, making said he would send his little a Roman soldier came up to the rach line
"A dreadful adventure," he part in place with nails driven seven inches long, murmured. "That thing with 2
through it into the sides and girl, daughter.
These are for the supports of the tail was the wild, roving kidnap ends. Glue the ends of the cen- "Brave little maid," he said, "clothes-line." Next draw the Edwina is thirteen years of "The danger is over now. What clothes-line across the crash from per, and he nearly got me. Look tre division in the slote, and fix age, and nobody will suspect are you doing alone on the moun- one post to the other.
it with three countersunk screws cher said the Chief. "She tain?"
Away rushed the jungle folk driven in through the bottom. the be in black wool stem-to warn their children that a hor-round ball beading. can be glued "I am seeking my father's stitch; and the supports in brown ible new creature had come to end pinned to the edges of the must learn our plans as a sing-
- Fancy edging, known as half- ing boy learns a song, and we sheep," replied Edwins, "I thank wool satin-stitch, as shown in their forest! will dress her in rags, and put a you, sir, with all my heart-but Diagram C, making staff in her hand, and send her
a little with a dog in search of lost Janeep...
Plans and sent her across the mountain with Dart, the sheep
on
Work
top to
out!?
box, as shown in the first dia- gram. An enlarged view of a iece of this beading is shown at varnish stain of any desired D. Coat the finished box with
clour."
The Hut Carpenter.
hate all the Romans save you!" satin-stitch knob
The Roman laughed heartily, finish each post..
FRENCH PRUNE SWEETS and Edwina fled away to deliver Now cut out the "clothes" Bo they took away Edwina's the message which saved her the picture shows you the dif- Get some large prunes, slit red wool dress and her necklace father's people from the enemyferent shapes. of shells, unplaited her long
Tack thera in each one down the side and take place, as shown in Diagram A, out the stone. Put an almond, faren hair, taught her their
then buttonhole gether on the wrong side to make firmly, like Diagram B. Work coconut into each prune, and sound of icing sugar till there
them round a little marzipan, or some grated bag; then do the same with wee black wool clothes-pegs to press the edges together. Icing are no lumps left; use half a the lining. Slip the lining inside join them to the line, then do a sugar and cocoa; mixed to a cream pound, if there are many prunes must not be afraid," thought the outer cover, taking care to ine of grasses and tiny flowers with a very little water or milk, to cover. Put the sugar into a dwina, when she was alone in get the two wrong sides facing, along the bottom of the decora- will also make a delicious filling, basin and mix it to a thick cream
mountain. This is my and, join along the top.
and I must help to keep hem each side of the top stroke-stitches, and the flowers be used, too; when all the prunea or water. Pour this Icing care- Make tion; the grasses are just green and pieces of candied peel may with lemon Juice, orange juice, the Romans. The wolves through which you can slip the are red French knots. See Dia are filled, place them on a large fully over the prunes, and leave hot come near me because I canes; then sew a length of gram D."
Bwolf's tooth hanging braid to each cane to form
dish, leaving spaces between to set. When set, take them off Sew the edges of the crash to them. my neck, and it is so sharp handles.
(Continued at foot of preceding
the dish with a knife, trim the Make some Icing in the follow-edges, and put each into a colour column.)⠀⠀
ing way. Roll a quarter of a ed paper case,
ill protect me from all
Good for your Cold.
Wendy's Dressmaker.
Rosie's
BEAU GET M-MANUS
NOW ISN'T ROSIE JUST A DEAR!?SHE SENT ME SOME COOKIES SHE MADE-I'LE: HIDE THEM IN MY DRESSER AND EAT THEM WHEN I GET HOME MUST HURRY I TOLD
ROSIE I'D CALL ON HER AT SEVEN O'CLOCK-
HEY ARCHIE! WHERE IS THAT GUY? HE HARDLY GETS HOME AND HES COME AGAIN I WANTED TO BORROW SOME
MONEY FROM HIM-
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13
15
Clues:-
1. Remain.
ACEONE.
4. Health resort.
7- Upon.
8.
Untrutha.
9. As far as
10.
11.
What you sing or Worn on the Anger,
12. A wasp will do mis
14: Form of address. 15. Work to be done. 16. Obtain.
17. Animal of the deer fam
18. Kind of cake; 19, Comes down.)
THE
18
Also..
3. One.
DOWB
4. You do this with 10 across.
Used to fasten clothes on the
jine.
jine.
Gri
-Declare,
8. Not short.
9. Tried the flavour of
10. What the sun will do at night.
11. Hazards.
13. Story,
14. Repair.
16. Weapon.
18. Το Μίνο,
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