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The Adventures Of
ROBIN
اب
HOOD
THE STORY THUS FAR: King Richard, leaving for the Crusades in 1191, put England under a Regency, mistrusting his Saxon- hating brother, Prince John. In a jousting match before the latter, Sir Robin of
swashbuckling Saxon youth, worsts Sir || of Locksley, Guy of Gisbourne, a Norman Knight, thereby winning the dislike Lady Marian Fitzwalter, Sir Guy's sweetheart, King Richard is captured abroad and held for ransom, and Prince John plota to seize the throne-taxing and otherwise persecuting the Saxons. Robin does many daring deeds to flout Prince John and findly denounces him as a traitor. Prince John makes Robin an outlaw toith a price on his head. In retaliation, Robin bands together a host of victims of Sir Guy and Princu John. They hide in Sher- wood Forest and vow to restore King Richard to the throne-to take from the rich and give to the poor. When Sir Guy and his retine go through the forest twith a huge sum of money-Robin taker it and make the knights change raiment with the serfs. Prince John arranges for an archery tournament to balt Robin. He comes with his Merry Men to Nottingham-wina the prize of the Golden Arrow from the hands of Marian-but is surrounded by the men-at-arms of Prince John. His own men are on hand and a fight is imminent.-
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CHAPTER IX
Your memory for voices, Sir for him shone in the tear-dimmed Guy, is far better than my own!" eyes of Lady Marlan.
Robin Hood bowed low before the Robin-ringed now with steel- royal box where all the Norman fought desperately, but at last they dignitaries sat in gilttering state bore him down. The mob was yell- and the Lady Marian whose face init as they fought blindly. Meri-at- was white with dread at what the arms pinioned Rabia's arms, and fates might have in store for the dragged him, bleeding and unitered soul-stirring outlaw of Sherwood toward the royal box. Porest.
Sir Guy, after eyeing him
from For the moment the only sound in head to foot with a contemptuous the crowded courtyard of Notting- smile, reached out and struck him ham Castle was the wind, for storm heavily across the face. clouds
darkening the sky
crled faith,
led the High Sheriff, were
" very good luca!" He reached for. where a lone hawk was wheeling.
"A long bore-and a short memory, ward but as he was about to emulate ch? said Prince John with his wily Sir Guy-Robin launched out with smile. Both very convenient at his foot and gave him such a terrifle
kick in times!"
the mid-region that the breath was
was knocked out of him all but permanently.
Prince John!" cried Robin, ominously.
"Memories sometimes. stretch, Your Highness.. ." retorted Robin with an impudent grin.
"And so do necks, my friend!" cried Sir Guy, angrily. "How is 1 you
didn't use a black arrow to day?"
"That is my last resort! Its ver dict is always final!"
falked the soldiers were As they slowly but surely closing in and
"Your turn now.
"You're a very rash young man!" replied Prince John stepping back precipitately. "I'm sorry I can't re- mula in No
Nottingham to see what Sir Guy has in store for you! be special, I can you
Robin's men were having difficulty Cuy! The
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I' assure
"Sorry I underestimated you, Sir
next time
next time for
Up!
no
in holding their positions without There'll be giving themselves away by open pou," shouted Sir Guy. Then, to
Sir hostility. Suddenly Guy sig Dickon: "Lock
nulled his leader.
"Arrest this man!" bellowed Dic the storm
Lady
kon and in that instant
was on.
the
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As they led Robin away, Sir Guy and Prince John noted with sardonic ainusement pallor of the face of Martan. Robin's captors lost Instead of trying to flee back no time in bringing him to trial. through the crowd, Robin leapt into The Great Hall of Nottingham the royal box, smashed full Into Sir Castle the
was Guy, clutched his throat and forced
place.
Sir Guy, S
Sir Geoffrey, Sir Mor- him back gasping. Next he bowled timer and Sir Ralf sat in judgment the High Sheriff over and with a with the High Sheriff and a num- quick smile at Lady Marian, dashed ber of Norman ladies were in attend- to the rear of the box, and out ance-among them Lady Marian. through tho silken canopies that Robin Hodd, heavily guarded by formed the back of it.
men-at-arms under Dickson, stood before his accusers, dirty, tattered and blood-stained.
..
Sir Guy
to
Sir Guy was astonishingly calm as he picked himself up and wiped the blood from his. face. The High
"Robin of Lockalen, known Sheriff sull But
blinking stupidly, some as the outlaw Robin Hood and bellowing: "Hey, gel
around
reading pompously, behind there! Ilead him off" Sle "after a fair trial in which you were you have been
theft, mur o, con- In the and high treason!" """Haven't y
you forgotten a count or es quickly ran back again. Other two ..?" asked Robin coolly. soldiers were frantically trying to "What do you mean?"
Guy advised bilm to stop shouting, not able to produce one witness an
and whispered something in his ear, your own behalf, "which made him smile broadly,
found guilty of
abduction, faise
At the rear of the royal box Robin der, was confronted with a solid flank of tempt of the Crown, nearing
ing men-at-arms He doubled Royal and ran parallel to the pavilion, and
forcats
get around to the rear of the royal "Isn't it a crime under the noble box.
The-moss-of people rushed Prince John to love my country? back and forth In bewilderment.
a felony to protect the seris Robin's Merry Men-disguised in against your rapacity?...
a mis- anything but the Lincoln green- demeanor to be loyal to my King?" were doing their best to delay the "If I could add anything to the
"What's soldiery
-the
matter?" charges against you, I'd gladly do people were saying. "What's hap- so!" answered Sir Guy and went on: pened?" "It's Robin Hood!" "Don't "It is the sentence of this tribunal let them take him?"
Swords
that on the morrow, at high noon, flashing-knives you are to be taken to the town gleaming-quarterstaffs falling. aquare of Nottingham, and there
wero
The meice was at its height when hauged by the neck till you are Friar Tuck whanged his staff down dead."
on the skull of a soldier who was
about
There may be some..
sug-
you think," Interposed
the
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Microbes
join the Army
but they make poor recruits
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Fall the potential weapons suggested for the next world war, perhaps nono arouses as much horror in the mind of the average man as the mention of bacteria warfare.
This is probably because bacteria warfare is the only known killing method which hasn't yet been thoroughly discussed by the Press.
The limitations of poison gases, submarines, tanks, bombing planes, liquid fire, and similar mon- strosities of civilisation, have all been exposed until the 'average man of every nation knows all about their respectivo disad- vantages for large scale use.
Open Letter to Everywoman
D
EAR MADAM,--What on earth are you doing? Where are you going? Who are you trying to be? Someone has drawn my attention to what you propose to wear this autumn and winter. For your own sake I must say what I think,
Women have, I know, always been imitative in dress.
Their fashions have often been influ- enced by some oriental outline. some military effect or sentimen- tallsed peasant design. But usually one could recognise the style of a period. Whether you like them or not, the late Georgian, Regency, early Victorian, mid-Victorian, late Victorian, Edwardian, Wartime and Post-War fashions all had their own distinction.
Every decade of the last century can be called to mind by a different cut of alcové, set of bodice, flow of skirt or shape of hat.
You, they tell me, have revolted against all that. You are asserting once again the natural Gothic sen- timentality of this England. You are leading us back to the pretty-" pretty, to fluff and frills, to curves and coyness, after your atark and simple display during the years when the memory of tribulation was still keenly with us,
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If that is what you are doing. I suppose we must make the best of it. But I wish you would do it with come sense of style, of form, of line, of grace and dignity. I wish you would make up your mind about yourself.
I have seen you within a few days, hours, minutes even, aping the Edwardian, the Victorian (several varieties), the Regency, the Restoration, the Mediaeval, the Chinese, the Spanish, the Aus- trian.
Your, hats are chaotic. You can never decide from one day to un- other whether they shall be halos.
to brain Little John. "Thanks, gested Sir Guy, his eyes resting on sald John, a bit reluctantly. Marian, "who will regret that a man pleasure was all mine!" grunted of your peculiar talents should be Tuck. At the moment they over- cut off so early in life. But per- heard WHI Scarlet whisper, to an sanally.. other of their comrades: "He's
voy! Give the signal to scatter!" Robin,"
sentence exceedingly CONSIGNEES' NOTICE. The man blew a binst on his hunt- lenient! I thank you!" ing horn.
Staring straight ahead Robin Hood Robin ran desperately but another was led along the resounding ring of horseman appeared suddenly ridora and down Interminable steps from around the end of the pavilion to dungeon door. A turnkey open- and closed in on him. Mounted ed it and Robin was thrust inside." soldiers were advancing on three The cell was empty but for chains sides. He sild to a stop, looked bolted Into the wall and to these about for a way of escape, then, with Rabin was feltered. The door open- The Motor Vessel a bound, he ducked back into the ed-clanged shut. The sky turned. rear of the pavilon. When he was The coll was in darkness. scen a roar went up from the crowd,
cor-
Storian, at her window was look-
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Two solid Ales of mounted men-at- ing out into the night, her closed st arms rode in from the flanks, cutting beating Impotently against the frame. landed at their risk into the hazar off his escape. Now from every side Her eyes were filled with tears.
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He was trapped.
"What's troublin' you, me lady?" - naked the nurse, tenderly.
"You know, Bess, where his, men "Oo's men, me Lody ly complacent. The Bishop of the Jinutfawr's men? ·
.7 The 'Ow' should I Black Canons raised lila eyes in know?"
(Continued to-morrow)
Sir Guy observed this with a sardonic smile--the High Sheriff was may be found]" jubilant-Princo John mountainouEB-
thankfulness. The only compassion
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It is only when bacteria warfare is mentioned that the informed man of to-day shudders and speaks of civilisation destroying itself.
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OR the purposes of war, bacteria can be divided into three main groups. The first classification constata of the microbes of those diseases which can be transmitted from person to person only by means of direct contact.
The second classification in- cludes the microbes of those di- seases which are transmitted from man to man through an inter- mediary agency, whether it be an insect, bird or animal or just plain water.
The third group consists of the microbes, as yet unknown, which supposedly cause such diseases na Influenza, mensies, scarlet fever, mumps, and the common cold,
The first group is hardly to be considered as potentially "useful" In war. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to infect a sumelent number of the enemy to justify the dangera involved for the agents who would do the infecting.
Granting that the infection could somehow be achieved, 15 would be a simple measure for the enemy to quarantine the men in- fected and thus prevent any disas trous spread of the discase.
"T is in the second group that we And the most probable bacteria wea- pons of the next war. The most important of these is probably the bacillus of the dreaded bubonic and pneumonie plague.
This bacillus can be transmitted from man to man or it can be transmitted by fena which are quickly distributed over a wide arça by rate.
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Another dangerous disease in this category is the typhus plague which is spread by infected ice.
This too, however, is a type of disease which would be apt to in- fect both friendly and enemy troops alike, Cooties are no re- specters of nationalities, as any war veteran will affirm.
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In the very remote possibilty that a Government could keep the secret of a new microbe weapon, however, there would still be a bet- ter-than-even chance of avoiding a serious epidemic.
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And if the enemy were starving. there would be little need to resort bacteria, methods in the first place.
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If the disease was transmitted. through an animal host, the fact Would very quickly be found out, and an appropriate means of con- trol inaugurated.
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