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The Adventures Of
ROBIN HOOD
THE STORY THUS FAR: King Richard, leaving for the Crusades In 191, pul England under a Regency, mistrusling his Saxon- hating brother, Prince John. During a fount before the latter, Sir Rabin of Locksley, a awashbuckling young Saxon, worsts Sir Guy of Gisbourne, a Norman knight, thus winning the disilke of Lady King Marian Fitzwalter, Sir Guy's stoeetheart. Word comes that Richard has been captured and held for ransom abroad. Prince John, scheming to win the Crown, begins wholesale peraccution of the Saxons. After many during deeds in the cause of the Saxons, Robin, toith his squire, Will Scarlet, and Much-the-Miller's-Son, a poncher, go to the banquet of Norman barons, giren by Prince John in Nottingham Castle. The Normans are discussing Robin az be nears the Castle.
CHAPTER II •
The great hall of Nottingham state bordering on suffocation. Castle Harel and faded in the light
"By my faith.. "he panted at of torches that hung la cresets on last, wiphut his eyes, "you're a bold the dark stone walls, from which rascal, Robin... but 1 like you! klimmered. the gorgeous banners of Have you lind meat?"
the Normans-and the long table "None but this that I brought,
Your Highness!" was surrounded by banqueters.
"Sit down then, it down! Sit A lusty company they feasted fustily.
huge slabs of bread for there, opposite me! Get up, Sir. using huge their plates heaping them high with Ivor, and give him your place! Ho. ment from
rom the spits as the servants varlets, bring Sir Robin food! Plenty passed. They quaked with mighty of It! Such insolence must support laughter as they gulped the wassalt a mighty appetite!"" and gorged the food, and gust
"It does need something to support sald Robin genially, helping
boar-hounds skulked mong the it,"
shadows anupping up the morsel unself to food from his neighbour's trencher." for it has little to falten that were flung at them.
when you tax-gatherers through!
All those who were false to King
are
overtaxed?"
Richard were on hand as honoured you think you're guests of his brother, Prince John asked Prince Jolin, with a wink at the High Sheriff of Nottingham, his lite eyes ittler than ever-the the sandalised Bishop of the Black unactimonious Dishop of the Black: Capons.
Canons and Sir Gay of Gishnurne
with a dozen outs of his rank.
Prince Joh
John, resplendently b
Jewelled. partook of neither meal
Hobli nodded, energetically as he ate.
Overtaxed, overworked and pald
off with a knife or a club or a rope he murmured dreamily. Sud-
nor drink, but mused darkly on wayang
Prince John.
"You
and means to raise himself to the denly he stopped eating and looked
ents of the mightiest. At last he squarely at turned to the jocular knight next to know, we Saxons aren't 114m and asked
question. Alf up with it much longering to put
you're
"Oh, stopped to listen as the oracle spoke.
objections to the new cried Join, his
from
Isten to me!
not, aren't you?" his onger rising. "Well, Any mor Saxon Irion
I called this meet- to tell them Objections
Your
Highnessing of my friends
that to pay of Richard's ransom, rcumfuwed Sir Geoffrey, with Saxon dangling from every gallows they've got to collect, not two gold
three! from here to
Up- mares on the pound, but Charnwood!"
And the money is to be paid to me!" roarious laughter greeted this sally. “Why to you, Your Highness. . ." "Well Baid!"
excinimed Prince John, then, was
wagging a playful finger at Si asked Bobin with ominous calumess, Richard appointed King Guy, he added, "But not too many Longchamps as
Regent?! mind-or we'll have nobody left in 've kicked Longchamps out! Front till our land and pay our taxes!"
I'd except, Your now on, I'm Regent of England!" replied Si
of Locksley!"
One
"when
As c
Guy Ven-
loc
the tense
He said the words, lis crafty
Hark
with triumph. Lady "And that one is Sir Robin Marlan came to the upper balcony
down on ned. looked
It Was as
though a star shone
One after mother the knights vowed feally to Prince John now that he had innde his meaning clear,
omously,
"Oho, I see, Sir
Sir Knight," taunted Johrt. The one who jarred through the dusk. Prince Marian-and you, tou, if
the
remember rightly on the day ut
Joust! What's he been doing?" "Only to-day I caught him killing
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a Royal deer in the forest"
"Did you take
Prince Jean,
routed
secne.
and swollen with pride he turned to Robin. "And what
what about you, my young Saxon cockerel?"
Robin of Locksley sprang to his That Your Highness," began Sir feet and his words pierced that Guy apologetically, would not have silence like lightning.
"Every man been easy you see I
here he gives allegiance to Prince Sir Geoffery John," he cried, "is a toaltori Prince "Right" broke in "Give the devit his due, Sir Robin John has used the King's misfortune
of Locksley is the finest archer in to seize his
and he'll power all England!"
use that power with the help of you "But
sweet
here cut-throats
to grind John, off on one of his most terrille Richard's rassom out of our helpless tantrums, "killing a Royal deer!! Saxon hindsa ransom that will be want him brought here at once and seed, not to release Richard, but to hanged! D'ye hear men?
1
"thundered Prince
Hanged, buy John's way to the throne. suy! At once! I'll tolerate no..." Furious was the uproar that rose
He got no further.
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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER
26,
1938,
The Caledonis leaving on one of her transatlantic test fights.
Race to catch
the Atlantic
post
BY J. STUBBS-WALKER
who reveals some of the truths behind the four-nation battle.
JOUR countries have joined In the battle for inter- national transatlantic air traffic. And so far Britain
is winning.
The air link between Europe and the United States is not to the only
most dimcult operate. It is the route with the biggest potentialities.
From time to time n con- siderable amount of rubbish has been spoken and written about the passenger service across the Atlantic.
Traffic operators, though, are not hall so interested in the as the potential passengers known mail loads that are nlready wailing for the air ser- vice. They are of tremendous commercial importance:
The position now is that it is a practical possibility to run a daily air service between Southampton, Canada and New York, to carry one ton of malis in each direction.
HEN you visualise the Queen Mary, and realise that even the
from the Norman knights. All big new flying boats being built From beyond the outer doors leaned forward tensely, hands on
for Imperial Airways will be caine sounds that brought the piests swords. It was Sir Guy who plead.
approximately the same tonnage ed darkly, to their feet, hands on swords.
"Moy 1 not dispose of
as two of her lifeboats, it seems The door burnt open and Robin han, Your Highness?"
Incredible that the mail load for entered thrusting the lackeys to "No, let
spout,
for tho
the Atlantic could ever be carried "replied John, livid with right and left. "Who's this?" cried moment,"
by air. Prince Jolin. Then he remembered, fury, then, to Robin. "Wint do for the young man was striding to you propose to do next?" ward him vigorously with the body To organise revolt!" cried Robin, of a deer across his shoulders. When "To exact a death for a death! And be reached the banquet table he never to stop till every Saxon in our glanced nt the
remnants of the meal shire can stand up to you, free men. and at the Prince, and sald with an and strike a blow for Richard of
*I impudently charming smile. hope England!"
Sir Guy has given me a better meal Take him! Kill hime" was the than my reception indicates!
no cry.
sooner enter the Castle with a bit
A dozen men with drown swords
of neat-than his hungry servants leapt on him but fits blade Bashed Ho turn out und eut down the nearest. Sez-
try to snatch it from
ed to Sir Guy saying with mild re- vants, squires andi knights tried to proach, "You shouldn't starve them bar his way to the door, but
shouldn't! They'd hacked his way through. really
ally you
A man at-arms, behind him raised his sword work better well-fed"
With these
these words he deposited the to mow him down. At the shrill deer on the table, directly under the serent of woman Robin whirled high-and-mighty nose of Prince caught the mas in the belly with John, saying with n ceremonious his shoulder, and with terrific force bow, "With the compliments of your heaved him at his enemies. Then royal brother. King Richard, God cutting down another le dashed to Bless him!"
the doorway. Pausing only to flash Prince John whose anger had been up to Marian a salute of thanks with melting into stupefaction, suddenly his sword he was out, pulling the sank into his chair. threw back his door shut behind him, head, and laughed himself into a
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and the United States la likely to hold up our service.
Despite tremendous pubilelty from the other side of the Atlantic, the United Sintes has no machines suited for Atlantic work.
S
ENSATIONAL stories ocensionally reach Eng- land of passenger planes capable of carrying three hundred people; machines that will carry tons and tons of load over the Atlantic at hundreds and hun- dreds of miles an hour.
This, though, does not alter the fact that at the present time there are no American Atlantic planes, and the more intelligent of the air experts here are not very sanguine over the prospects of there being any United States boats to operate the reciprocal service
agreement. This,
as
things. aro at present, may mean that Britain, with some half-dozen pianes ready to work the route, will have to mark time until Pan-American Atr- 20ays are ready with their machines.
France
the
most next Advanced contender. For years now Air France has been operating a regular air mail service across the Southern Atlantic. Its mono- tonous success has killed its fame; only failure of a machine to make the crossing can occasionally re- mind the outside world that week by week the Air France planes roar
But, in actual fact, the first- across 1,800 miles of desolate water between the African coast and class malls for Canada and the United States amount to between Brazli.
one and two tons per day; and if British Antle tests and experi- ments which are to be continued succeed, there is no reason why that amount of mall should not be
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UT so far, though, the French air company has made no serious ex-
cult North
A
carried regularly by air next year. periments on the much more dim-
Atlantic route. The International "battie" will number of planes has been de really come later. So far, Britain signed, and has been ordered by well ahead of her rivals, the French Government to make the United States, France and these fights. None, however, has Garmiany. In her machines for been built. Atlantic work. But a reciprocal One.
trip experimental agreement between this country an old-type craft is likely to be
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Otherwise, I doubt whether France will have any planes kulted for the route until next summer, French experimental machines are notoriously "tricky," and if any of the planes scheduled to be in the air this autumn are flying by next spring I shall be surprised.
Germany is the fourth serious competitor. Here again you have a country with plenty of experience With of Bouth Atlantic nying. their catapult ships atationed half- way across the Atlantic, where planes can stop, refuel, and be shat on towards the Brazilian coast. the Germans have maintainet practically the same regularity as the French.
The
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An extremely successful there. and-back flight was made this month with a four-motored Focke- Wulf Condor transport plane, non-stop from Berlin to New York at 159 miles an hour: return at 207 m.p.h. with a favourable wind. The machine, however, was heavily overloaded.
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RITAIN'S position this: We have experi mental landplanes, the craft, and the "pick-a-back" strengthened flying boats all ready for experimental trips this year.
Landplanes are important, be- cause the England-Canadian route cannot be operated by flying boats during the winter because of Ice at Botwood, the landing place on the other side. The landplanes built for the experiment will be fast, but they will not carry more than half a ton of load.
From the immediate commer- cini point of view, the specially strengthened Empire flying boats are of tremendous importance,
They are built on practically the same design as the machines that are making flying history on the Australian and South African alr routes, but they will be capable, in theory, of carrying a full load of two tons-probably more than would be needed if ́a daily service were operated.
On the stocks, and being built slowly, boats of nearly twice the size are being constructed, and will, if it is decided to do so, be able to carry passengers.
Personally, this passenger carry- ing idea across the Atlantic does not appeal. However good are however well- your neroplanes. trained are your plots, and how- ever well-organised your meteoro- logical services. the Atlantic route. will always be dangerous.
The idea that a flying boat can night and float on the Atlantic is title more than a piece of in- fensive optimism; the idea that the machine could successfully ride
storms out Atlantic eldiculous.
HE neroplane is now one of the safest means of travel; but, at the same time, there are still frequent forced landings, which in normal clrcumstances do little damage and seldom slaughter passengers,
But a forced landing on the Atlantic could mean no
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So I think that, with the Atlanta Ashes well in our hands, We shall be sensible enough to con- centrate on the luctativo if less dramatic business of carrying
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1 Something very hard to resolve that might be on at Dorking for
9
a chunge (two words-7, 4). Na single Oriental has any right to it surely (5).
10 Whereon in America one might sec animals of various brands,
·
and whereon this (two words
0,
11 Defective service, possibly (8). 12 Soundly received by the middle
of it (5).
15 Is proverbially hard, but soft if
beheaded (B).
47 May be a mere winter costing
(3).
113
A ruler (4).
19 14 down has to get down to it
(5).
21 A lazy sound? (5).
22 He can make you see stars it
you look at him (3).
23 A high-line (5).
28 1t usually finds a resting place
in woods (4). 27 it would be
stone (3) 28 Bird
(5).
é Having grasped nothing at all
apparently (11).
12 Description of a bullet that ad-
variation of no mits words 4, 3, 4).
13 A popular game (11).
(three
14 He is not in his element when
doing his job (8).
15 This is reversed on a halfpenny
(3).
10 Without the thread it cannot be
mado fast (3).
20 More than a whole town, but less than a decent house (5),
24 In a thing it is getting less 36
across (3).
25 From 27 across to this is only
a small change (3).
28 This won't hurry the job along
(5).
20 A stage In the life of a book
(3).
31 An Inter-change (6). 12 Dodge (5).
34 22 a sweet one in
30 Foolscap may be, und .co may
any cup (5).
33 This sort of occurrence has a grave sequel, as a rule (5),
33 Unusual (four words-3, 2, 3,
3).
36 Not a sparo drink (5);
37 A relative (11).
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2 Needles, advice to the tolka-
tive (5).
3 Lal mine follow to ascertain
(B).
4 The first recorded casualty (4) 5 It has a shady population (8). The thought behind the con- templation of this is abstract
(8)7-
works 7 What the smith
on in rough. In part" (two words, 4).
(4).
across has more than one
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