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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
Technique
of knife
throwing
M
OST people have paid their money to watch a knife-throwing act,
There is a subtle fascination about a man throwing knives all round a girl in tights, always the feeling that he may miss just once,
There are two kinds of knife-throwing, target work and fighting. For target work the orthodox technique is to hold tho knife at the point and throw it overhand.
Getting the point home
The difficulty is learning how to judge your distance so that the knife turns over and over, and finally straightens up at the right Instant to hit the target.
The other dimeulty is Ichrning how to throw knives all round the target but not in her.
in circles where friendly arguments sometimes end with knife battles n different technique is used..
One way is to carry the knife in a little harness strapped round theˆ wrist with the point resting on a little shelf.
In difficult moments you knock the point off its ledge by rubbing your wrist down your leg, so that the point slides down on to the palm of your hand.
Quicker than a gún
Jerk your arm up and away goes the knife.
Experts claim that this is quicker than drawing a gun. The gunman has to perform two actions, grabbing the gun and raising 11, against the knife merchant's simple Jerk.
ance,
These target and fighting knives are not very impressive in appear-
Just a point with no cutting edge.
New Theory of Earth's Creation
YOUNG English of these beautiful "married stars" re-
vealed by the telescope,
The intruding siar hit the sun's
scientist, R. A. Lyttle-companion, or came near enough to ton, has succeeded in draw it away from the sun with it
outer space, and as smoothing out some of the vast cloud of gas was formed between
recovery of British Income Tax, difficulties in accounting for the origin of the earth and other planets.
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Into them. This gas was not dense enough to escape the sun's pull and was left behind, broke up into fragments, and became ourselves and our sister
planets.
Sir James Jeans says that Lyttle- ton has done away with all the physi- cal and mathematical dimeulties, but some geological ones remain.
It has long been thought that Capital (fully paid-up). V.100,000,000 a star must have come. near
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The theory makes it even less like- ly that there can be other worlds out, by its attraction, into alike our own in the universe. It can cigar shape, that the cigar broke be shown that the chances of stars up and that out of the fragments coming sufficiently near one another to produce planets is very small in- the planets were born. The deed, and, of course, the chances of theory accounts for most of the it happening to a double star facts about the movements of even smaller.
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It 19 the solar system, but it leaves amid the countless points of light in odd to think that somewhere one or two unexplained.
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Grworm or PRECEDING CHAPTERS The beautiful Domini Enfilden, visiting the Algerian desert, te attracted to a stranger she móvia there, some haunted by 'some ascrel sorrow. Kia nama la Borla -androvsky, and he evades all questions about his past, An Arabian Diviner tolls Domini of great joy, and great danger that awaite her. Domini's · friends Count Anteont, and Father Bou bier, soarn her against Boris, but sho disregarde their warning,
Chapter Four
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riage ceremony tomorrow.
"God's blessing on you, Mother Jomphine, and on Domint”
The sky was ominous on their wedding day as it in fulfillment of the Band Diviner's prophecy. The desert sun was darkened by clouds of sand, blown about by ña evor- increasing wind,
Domini looked radiant at the coro- mony. In her face was a new fer- · vor, the flowing vigor of a glory that has suddenly become aware of itself. Sho was a woman, a woman who la love triumphant and is utter. ly fearless bocnuño aho boljevod ako was fulfilling her mission.
Boris was a strange contrast to ber. He appeared pa stene. Ilis hatred of the Priest and of being in that church were apparent in his syon. Only his great desire for Do- mial, it seemed, could have drag
Domini ross and walked to the door. "Pardon me if I disregard your warning. It is strango, and I hope it won't seem alwurd or god him into the church at all. Au- wrong to you, but I feel that every-] Leoni, as a witness, stood behind the thing that has happened horo has couple; his oyes botrayed nothing. been arranged beforehand. And I Father Roubler tried to put his feel that, too, about the futuro” whole heart into the ceremony but Father Roubler ebook ble band. It was obvious he was unhappy at "The fatalism of the East, know. his tank. And all during the Hluni, It is the guiding spirit of this land, the wind could be heard rouring and you, too, are going to be led outside and the palm leaven could by it. Take caro. You have como ba ason through the windows, ris- to a land of firo, and I think youing, descending, darting from sido. are made of firo!"
to aide ko the hands of the do- mentod.
It was a drastic stop for a girl na devout as Domini to ignore 40 strong a warning from a Priest but the feeling was strong in her that she was doing right.
The caravan which was to bene them on their wedding journey was waiting outaldo, the church, and directly the coremony was over, the
"Soon it will be dark," Domini sáid as she lifted' her face to his.
"All of the desert is, in that darkness-and our love is 'In that desert.”
But if her soul was troubled, that couple were escorted to the lavish of Boris was in positive torture, palanquin, firmly secured to tho When he was alone with Domini, he back of in largo chanel, in which Beamed to forget everything but her they were to ride into the desert. aweetness and beauty, but in the The wind was howing furiously and presence of other or by bigisolf, he fear was on the faces of Datouch, was in agony. When be realize)| Had) and the others who wore to bow.completely in love he was, he accompany thena, determined that, for her sake" at least, ho must go away.
|
Just as they started off, Anteont. came up with a mass of rouss which he presented to Domini.
Domin! was standing on the bal- cony of the hotel, looting out over the town upon which evening was beginning to fall, when Batouching his hand in farewell. brought her the nows that Borl was leaving Boni-Morn
"A gift from the garden," he said. "Thank you," said Domini, prom
The moment she heard it, she knew what that news was going to mean to her. It would be the end of the first happiness she had ever known in her life. Buddenly she heard some one behind her.
"I came to say good-bye," Boris Bald. He had a sult-caso in his hand,
"Why are you going, Borte?" "Domini, with you I'm at ease and happy. But among the people you know and ilko, II must go nway."
Then I shall be alone." That Journey into the desort you've spoken of you will take it alone?"
"What else can I do?" "L.shall never know the decert. I have wanted to go - you have made me want to go-
As the caravan passed through the city gates and into the open desert, the full strength of the wind and the driving, binding sand hit them, and it was only with the ut- most difficulty that the horses and camels were able to make their way. But they persevered through the storm si afternoon, sad ko night foll, the wind died down. The stars were bright in the heavens and the desert night was beautiful, when the caravan came to a halt for the first encampment, and the Androvskys' tent, was pitched for their wedding night.
Baris gat in the entrancs of the text watching the fire while Do- mint changed her clothing. In her ¡negilgoo she appeared beside him.
The Band Divinor was right. My whole life seemed to begin today, Domini paid softly. She looked up at the sky. "Isn't it bonutiful? It "You. Once you said to me that makes me feel an if I were watchod peace and happiness-must dwell over and protected by the desert." out there. You gave me dreams- "No, by me. Think only of me to- and now now we have to say-night, only of me." Boris apoko pag- good-bye."
sionately and drew her down busida Overcome with emotion, be stari-[him as if he were jealous even of
ed away from her toward the dour, the desert. "Forgot överything that Domini stood rigidly, gazing out has gone before in your life and beyond the life below into the domino,"
Te Tears came into her eyes. Bud In the distance they heard sing- denly Boris turned back and came tng from the encampment of their up behind her.
"Forgive me, Domial, I have no right to say it. But I can't go until I, any it. I love you?"
"Don't go. Don't ever go!" she Bald softly.
"I love you. I love you." He took Eer in his arma, prassing her body close to him. They remained a tons
cimo in that first embrace.
There was no thought of separa- tion now. They were married in the Church at Ben-Mora by the reluct- ant Father Roubler. The day ho- fore the ceremony, the Priest wrote to Mother Josephine:
"I cautioned Domini about this mysterious stranger, especially be cause you put her in my "care, Mother Josephine. But her löve and faith are great, and she says tha past is unimportant..I have no al- Lornative. I must perform the mar-!
Arab retinue. It was the song which Domini had heard on her first night in Beni-Morn. She repeated the words, «" "No ene but God and I knows what la tn my heart' That's no longer true-now you also know what is in my heart, don't you?" out," he said, "Soon will be dark- Boris nodded, "The firo in nearly
news.**
-Domini lifted har face to his. "Ail of the desert is in that darkness and all our love is in the desert." "Let us stay in it forever —- for- over." He drew her body even closer to him and her lips to his. They Were conscious of nothing in tha world exoopt each other.
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1 "Any P.S., Cedric?" There's
something wrong (anag),
9 Tackle out of temper. 10 Flowing.
11 Though a point has no
paris
and no magnitude this animal can be reduced to n'dot.
13 There are no comedians in such
casts.
of
15 To many a different way
putting it is studied by budding medicos. 10 Disturbs a garden pest and pulls
lustily,
17 A distressful complaint.
19 She is bound to prove an attrac-
tion with 29.
20 Moke, diMculties: perhaps bo- cause there's neither land nor water here.
21 The fish that sounds as though It should feel at home in gymnnslum
23 See 10 but 'ware trop.
24 Come in for money? No, the
reverse.
7 The future fate of many Bills;
I didn't any Williams.
28 Brighten up, dear Solver, this
isn't a bad clue.
20 River goddesses in a sad way.
Tut, tuti
32 What most of us have to do
with our 24.
33 Can't be seen through.
34.Only boot leather.
35 The cel-like characteristie, of
the "gymnast.
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2 Bootless.
3 What a charwoman does with
broken weapons.
4. Being this it is put in.
5.When the sun enters Libra (two-
"words).
6 Lic-pack, in fact,
7 This ought to result in a good
24.
B It's clearly S when made to take
definite shape.
12 Dog burn it! "Its a discredit- able fold, in sooth (hyphen).
14 Vulgarity that could make
smlic be pain,
15 The king with a delicate walk. 18 In the fashion, as beet may be. 22 The "composer who lost one
letter
out of a whole lot. 26 Eminence in a nice pickle,
20 Engross. This is more a matter for the blotting-paper maker than for the lawyer's clock. 27 Storm like something seen at
Indeed.
мед.
90 The something seen at son.
31 A system of difficulty.
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