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A Strange Visitor From Afar
M
-It's the Man on the Moon, And He's Very Oddí--
By MAX TRELL -
PUNCIPS private tele-
phone rang.
It was really a Very, very. private telephone because
ho
private
the
most places, sometimes behind bookcase. sometimes under his bed, sometimes in a crock · be- tween two bricks in the
fires
place. Nobody could ever be sure where he kept it, and some- ilmes he forgot himself.
5 p.m. 25th Aug.
6 p.m. 25th Aug.*
kept it in the
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"PERSEUR"
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S. "AUTOMEDON"
G. "PERSEUS"
G. "MYRMIDON”
Marsellles, Liverpool
But today, Kaart and Hanld.
shadow-children with the turned-about
the
names,
came into Mr Punch's room, the telephone was ringing. "Pardon me," he said. Then he groped
behind the curtain and brought Mr Punch poked into several the telephone out.
"Hello," he
said into it, "this is Mr Punch.
Who's
An- please?" speaking,
bags.
Mr Spoon tasted just a bit of
had For
other remarkable thing about it or the end of the spoon. the telephone was that it long wires attached to it, the wires never seemed to attached to anything. They just hung in a big tangle from the on bottom and kept catching chairs and table-legs and other things around the room.
a moment Kamf and but danid-not merition
to
Mr be Punch-didn't dare breathe.
Lighted Up
"Ah," Mr Punch was saying
it's ns his eyes lighted up, nice to hear
Mr from you Spoon How's everything up there?"
ZOO'S WHO P&O B.I. E&A
IN MAURITIUS AND MALABAR, BATS ARE
USED AS FOOD...” ̈ ̈
A NEWLY-HATCHED
OSTRICH
WEIGHS ABOUT:
THREE POUNDS...
"Just right," he said, K.THE NOSE PRINT OF A DOG WISH RANGE IN SIZE FROM 50-FOOT
just right, Not a bit of
It's as cold as a plece in t of yesterday's toast," And he ale it all up, every smitch.
Philately
S a new stamp collector to be you're going
A$
"It's My Spoon, the Man on the Moun," Mr Punch said quickly to Knari and Hamid, pretty baffled at your first the meetings with other collect- holding his hand over
mouthpiece as he spoke to them. ors who talk of "perfs" and Knarf and Hanid didn't have time to express their astonish-
23rd Aug.
30th Aug.
6th Sept, 1th Sep,
Arrives
Hong Kons
of room
- In Port Holl's Wharf -In Port Holt's Wharf 29th Aug. 4th Sept
Sails Liverpool
Salla Rotterdam
Salled
tio
cle
ત્°
:
8. "BELLEROPHON"
do
- 8th Sept.
do
17th Aug.
15- Sept.
8. "ANTILOCKUS"
21st Aug.
2 Sept.
38th Aust,
0. "MARON"
G. "PYERHUS"
G. "CYCLOPS"
S. "AUTOLYCUS" 4th Sept.
G. Loading Glasgow before Liverpool.
S. Loading Swansen before Liverpool."
Carriers' opilan in proceed via other porta to
load & discharge carto.
5th Oct
Alh Oct,
DE LA RAMA LINES
ARRIVING via MANILA -FROM
US. ATLANTIC & PACIFIC COAST PORTS "DONA AURORA"
"MENESTHEUS"
"Imperfs" as glibly as if
ment, for Mr Punch was talk- they were saying "shoe" or "You "house." Every hobby has #goin to Mr Spoon. you're
to come a language of its own, so if say
planning down for a visit? That will be wonderful. Yes, there's plenty you add the correct terms for you to stay with to your vocabulary you can me. When do you think you'll start talking like a veteran be coming?"
atamp collector. Naturally, one Punch listened for an- Mr other
Mr words moment. "Fine,
you'll Spoon, 'll be looking for you."philately," which means
the of
Arst encounter is
"the
IS AS DISTINCTIVE AS THE WHALE SHARKS TO TINY GOBIES FINGERPRINT OF A HUMAN ONLY ONE-HALF INCH IN LENGTH.
Has Own Language
I'VE À NEW MAINT
A11 0.6. AND
„AN "IMPERP”
MY EDUCATION
HAS SURE
BEEN NEGLECTED
"Gun" is the adhesive on the back of stamps for attaching stamps to envelopes.
To be "On Cover" a ́stamp la still attached to the envelope ou
which it was used. "Cover" ap- plies to a folded letter or er. velope which has passed through the mails and is complete with hddress, postal markings and stamp..
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"block" is at least four con- nected stamps arranged four- square rather than in a 'strip, to. show original perforations, cr 19 show them as imperforate. A "plate number block" shows the On the steel plate.
I be sure to leave the win-study and collection of postage utampa." Do not hesitate to use dow open." He hung up.
"He's coming tonight about it for fear you'll mispronounce
identification number Punch it. Once you can say it correctly. half-pas!
seven," Mr sakt, after tucking the phone practise until it comes easily. away at the bottom of a clothes Divide it 8-LAT-c-ly, and give all vowels the short sound. If you are a collector, you are a "philatelist" (A-LAT-e-list), and
your the adjective describing hobby is "philatelic" -a- TEL-ic).
stamps
hamper.
"The man in the moon is
Mr here,
Punch?" coming!
Hanid exclaimed. "He's really and truly coming?"
The condition of the Mr
are described by such terms as mint, original gum, unused, and A "mint" stamp is on used. used exactly as it came from the couldn't printer. It is clean, has a crisp feel to the fingers, and the like?" gum (the adhesive on the back) is unmarred by fingerprints or hinge marks.
"Certainly he is," said Funch, "and I don't see what ere's to be so surprised at. He's often been here."
Kraf and Hanid 29th Aug.sicp being excited. 14th Sept. wwint
does he look Kearf demanded.
"Very shiny," said Mr Punch, "Is he tall? Is he short? What--kind-of-clothes does he wrar?" asked Hanid, speaking all in one breath.
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ACROSS
STAMP is "O. G.” (ab.
for breviation
"Original Gum") when it is almost mint, It has all the characteristics- of Bend in Middle
a mint, except the gum is mark ed by hinges, and perhaps a very "Sort of curved, with
mall piece of hinge la stuck to bend in the middle," said Mr it. Some of your collector friends Punch, "like someone leaning may insist such a stamp is ovo. and about to jump in mint, but strictly speaking, it is the lake. And now I've got to not. Once stamp has been B busy."
hinged, it is not a mint stamp. Great Lake Mr Punch started to look An unused" stamp, s the 11 Trial
to Remark around in the bin where he word indicates, is one kept his bags of vegetables. He has not been cancelled. It may 14 Swiss river poked to several bags. "I'm bo gummed, or it may not. It15 Smiled breadly ali out of them-just my luck is still unused.
19 Presently
cold moon
1 Amouns (ab). Health resort Young salmon Ocze
10
which 12
DOWN
1 Mimic 2 Grape refuse
3 Group of three singers 4 Observed
-not a single one in the house.” A "used" stamp, of course, is 20 Redact "Single one of what?" Knart cancelled regardless of the kind 22 Hurl demanded.
of cancellation-light or dark. 24 Fruit drink
23 City
in Nevada "Peas," said Mr Punch. "To When collecting used stamps, a 25 Scine make cold pease porridge. You light cancellation is usually can't just give a person like preferred. the man in the
An imperforate" "("imperf" turnips for supper, or a steak, for short) is separated from its or roast furitey-no sir, you've sheets by knife or scissors, got to give him cold pease while "perforated" ("perf") ap- porridge,
It's the only thing plies where paper between the he'll cat And it's got to be stamps is punched out 1 cold, The least tle warmth "Se tenant," a French term in it and he'll take off his meaning "holding itself," is sald 13 Male napkin and say, 'No thank you, of two stamps when the perfors-15 Kind I'm not very hungry tonight, tlons between them are un-10 Flower not for warm pease porridge, broken, or if imperforate, when 17 Paradise thank you just the same."
they are not cut apart.
Mr Punch hurriedly went
*
5 Nuisance 6 Qualified 8 Strys D Harsher
18 Eat
19 Station (ab.)
21
out with his shopping bag to "GRILLED" stamp is de buy some peas. He also bought A faced with a grill, (grille) Small child
a large round cheese coloured
green. "He cometimes likes of small holes which resembles
ANAGRAMS
Recrrange the letters la the
PATCH
DIAMOND
The contre
of Puzzle Pete's diamond REMAINS the Eme
Geroes and down, The second word is "a golt device," third is "a city in Florida," fifth "herole poems," and sixth is an abbre- viation for "answer."
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REMAINS
S
TRUE OR FALSE? Decide which of the following
are true sepieces
ard which
The bat is not the only flying mainmal.
The letter "a" always follows the letter "q."
The telephono' plays a vital part in radio,
A banshee is a female ghost.
WACKY COMPASS
GORKLEUN
Tw
N
START AT SOUTHWEST, AND USE EVERY
7TH LETTER: YOU DECIDE
DIRECTION) TO FIND THE PROVERB HIDDEN HERE
POSERS
1. Is he plural of elf. elfs, elves, or clvo.
Is Mammoth Cave located in New Mexico, Kentucky, or Wisconsin?
3. Is the number of square nutmeg grater, arst part of three anagrams fa inches in a square foot, 144, 24,
defined by the or 307
to nibble on a piece of grom the print of a checse and cracker," explained and is used to let ink sank into form the ward
the paper at time of cancellarecend part: Mr Punch.
.
.
By Open Window
At exnelly half-past seven Koort and Hanid were waiting by the open window in Mr Punch's room. And sure enough, there was the moon, just rising up over the bill behind the house. They saw a thin, curved figure spring Bightly.. off and come rolling down, the hat like hoop. A few seconds inter ise
in through: the
window and came to rest, standing on his head, In the middle of the room. Then he rocked back on his feet and shook hands with. verybody.
a pleasure to meet you,” heinid to Kmart and Hand
I've been watching, you from
Wathbaky for a long time
hope I haven't come too soon, le sald Ao Me Puñola.RANDE
Bull" Mr Finch, gestir
big bowl of fon
Kabtor Miss Spoon's ||briettered Brid he quicidy, tied:
↑ napkin around his pedag
tions.
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