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SPORTS
STORIES
PUZZLES
MENTAL GYMNASIUM
CROSSWORD
20
25
16
ACROSS
1 Stout string
6 Contend with
9 Erns
10 Arabian gulf
Born
12 ded
10 Steamship (ab.)
17 Gibbon
18 Southeast, (ab.)
20 Not present
24 Weight deduction
20 Short-napped fabric
27
Italian city
28 Opera singez----
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29 Frult
30 Heavy Blow
1 Nave
DOWN
2 Type of moulding
3 Equal
4 East side tab.).
6 Antics,
0 Peam
7
Writing implements
8 Concludes
14 Click beetle
In
1 Little flap
10 Pace
10 Face
19 Gactie
19 Gaelle
21 Ireland
22 Church part
23 Former Ruslan iler
23 Greek letter
20 Accomplish
ANSWERS
CROSSWORD:
RIDDLES
1. Why is a elty like music?
2. Why may carpenters reu- sonably bellove there is no mich thing as stone?
9. What
the difference between a made-up actress and
a burglar?
4. Why in a baby like wheat?
HOUSEHOLD RHYMES
From the vorsifled ciues find five household articles:
1. Mixed with water i work
Aine
Give your clean shine.
home
nice
2. Ornamental I am today, I helped Grandma find her
Way.
3. I connect you here and
there
La dire need I'm like a "spare."
4. In a case but pull me out,
Full of things to know
about.
5. Some are pleased to look at
ma
Others scowl and say. "Oh Fee"
SCRAMBLERS Scramble "a rodent” and have "pltch"; scramble again and have
"skill"; rescramble and have “a Malayan col"
DIAMOND
MINERAL is the centre of this diamond, The second word ignited," the third "an ocean
sixth a girl's name."
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1949.
The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE
Part One of a grand new serial by ENID BLYTÓN
CRAFTS
GAMES
JOKES
By
DO-IT
Dale Goss
THE MYSTERY OF THE WHISPERING
PANTOMIME CAT
ARRY and Daisy were waiting for Fatty to come and call for them with Buster · and. Scottic. They swung on the gate and kept looking down the rond.
"Nico to be home for the hols. again," said Daisy, "I wish Fatty would buck up. Wo shan't be in time to meet Pip and Bets' train If he doesn't buck' up, I'm longing to see them again. It seems ages since the Christmas hols.
"There he is," said Larry, and jump- ed off the gate. "And there's Buster. Hallo, Fatty! We'll have to hurry or we won't be in time to meet Bets and Pip."
"Plenty of time," said Fatty, who nover seemed in a hurry. "I say, it'll be fun to be all together again. won't it- | the Five Find-Outers, ready to tackle the
next super-colossal mystery!"
"Fatty! I hoped you'd come and meat us! Hatie Larry, hello Daizy {"
"Woof," said Buster, feeling a bit [left out. Fatty corrected himself. "Tho Five Find-Outers and Don. Sorry, Buster,"
"Come on," said Daisy. They'll be full of pleases vessel "the ath "brief," and the "The train will be in, Fancy, and thank-yous and good
we've had almost week's manners for a few days!" holiday and haven't seen Beta and Pip. I bet they didn't like staying with their Aunt Sophie-she's fright- fully strict
and
M
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Everyone Saw the Rainbow
"It'll wear off" said Fatly "Anyone seen old Clear-Orf these hols.
Clear-Orf was the name the proper. children gave to Mr Goon, the village policeman. He couldn't bear the five children, and he hated Buster, who loved to dance round the fat police- man's ankles in a most ́nggra- vating way. The children had solved a good many mysteries, which Mr Goon had tried to puzzle out himself, and he was very fealous of them.
-Teddy Wanted to Find Gold at the End of It-
By MAX TRELL
TI NARF and Hanld, the shadows
turned-about names,
were telling everyone In the playroom about the wonderful | rainbow they had just seen.
"It was raining, and the sun suddenly started to shine right through the rain. And. then,
slowly, the rainbow began to appear in the sky just opposite to wire the sun was shining." "It had all the colours of the of the rainbow!" Knart ex- claimed, not being able to And anything else that had quite as HOUSEHOLD RHYMES: 1 many colours as the rainbow Soap, 2-Candle. 3-Telephone. 4-Book. -Looking glass.
SCRAMBLERS: Ral, Tar, Art,
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itself.
"I'd love to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow" Teddy the Stuffed Bear finally sald.
Shook Their Hoads
At this Knart and Hanid and
-7-22
Teddy thought about the.
pol et gold,
seeing "Fancy
said you!" Fatty. I hope you are quite well Mr Goon-not feeling depress ed at this weather, or
Mr Goon was getting ready to be very mappish when the train came in with a thun- derous roar that made it im- possible to talk.
Bets and Pip tumbled out of the train in excitement. Bets ran to Fatty and hugged him. Fatty! I hoped you'd come and meet Daisy"
us Hallo. Larry hallo.
*
Fallyoung Bele," said
He was very fond of "He'll say Clear-orf!' as soon Bets. He smacked Plp on the as ever he spots one of us any back. "Hallo, Pip! You've just where," said Larry with a grin, come back in time to help in a "I!'s sort of automatic with supercolossal mystery!" him. I say I wonder ' there'll This was said in a very loud be any more mysteries these voice, which was meant to reach hole. I feel I could just use Bir Goon's ears.
But unfortu-
my brains nicely on a good nately, he didn't hear. He was Juicy mystery!"
shaking hands with another policeman, a young, pink-faced.
miling fellow,
"Lonk!" said Larry. "Another policeman! Arc we going to
"Oh, Mr Goon, don't cay there's going to be two of you chasing poor Busler" began Falty. always ready for argument with Mr Goon.
"There's not going to be two of us," said Mr Goon. "I'm off on a holiday-about time, too-- and the here's my colleague, P.-c. Pippin, who's coming to take over when I'm away.
"And I'm very glad wo've seen you, because now I can point you all out to him, and tell him to Keep his Eyo on You, And that dog, too."
artfulness. The times that 'boy's ployed his tricks en mo-mers- ed me up properly-given me all kinds of false clues, and spolit some of my best cases! Ho's a half-wit that's what he io-always
himself up acling the
and
"But isn't he the boy that inspector Jenks has got such a high opinion of?" said P.-c. Pippin, frowning in perplexity. "I seem to remember him say- in that...."
sald Mr
Turis was quite the wrong remark to make to Mr Goon. He went purple in the face and glared at Pippin, who looked back at him in alarm.
That boy Inspector
Jenkes Up to Goon, "See? He's a regular that boy in Don't sucker-up. you believe a word that the Inspector says about him. And Just look
for mysterious out think themselves very clever red-headed boys dashing about think they can
solve all the all over the place, see?"
Pippin's mysteries in the district The trouble they've put me to you popped out of his head. "Er- wouldn't believe it!
red-headed boys?" he said, in an astonished voice. "I don't understand."
Ito turned to his companion, who was looking a little startled.
"Sco
these five kids? They
you
cyes
almost
1
"Keep your eye on them, Pippi and if there's any "Use your brains, Pippin," mystery about, keep it to your- said Mr Goon, in a lofty voice self.
If you don't you'll have "That boy, Fatty-he's got no these kids poking their noses end of disguises, and one of his into what concerns the law, and favourite ones is a red wig. making themselves
"The times I've seen red- regular
been headed boyal And It's nuisances."
Fatty dressed up just to trick
mc.
"He's a Bad Lot, All of those are pesis-interfering THANKS for the introduc- children
tion. Mr Goon," said Fatty, pests. No respect for the Law with a 'grin. He smiled at the at all." other policeman. "Pleased to P.-c. Pippin listened in gur welcome you to Peterswood, Mr prise, but most respectfully. Pippin, I hope you'll be happy Mr Goon was twice his age and here. And--er-lf at any time must have had
a lot of ex- we can help you, just let us perience. P.c. Pippin was very know,"
new and very keen. Ho proud to take Mr Goon's place "There you are! What did I whilst he was away on holiday. tell you?" said Mr Goon, going "I don't expect anything dif- red in the face. "Can't stop in cult will turn up when I'm terfering. You clear-crf, all of away, " said Mr Goon, as they you, and take that pestiferous turned into the gate of his little dog with you.
front garden
"And mind you, I shall warn
"But if something tums up, P.-c. Pippin of all your ilttle keep it to yourself, Pipplo tricky and you'll find he won't don't let those kids get their
noses into it, whatever you do stand any nonsense. Bee?"
and just you send for me If Mr Goon stalked off with his they dry and get that dog
do, sec? friend Pippin, who looked round
at the children rather apologell- run in for cally as he went.
ព
something. It's Fatty gave dangerous dog, and I'd like to get it out of the way. You see what you can do."
him a large wink. Pippin wink
Paterswood now, ed back.
THE others laughed. "Don't have two in
let Daddy hear you say then?" that," Anid Daisy. "You had
'I don't know.' said Fatty, such a bad report that he'l looking hard at the
second wonder why you don't use your policeman. "I father like the brains for Latin and Maths, in- jook of Goon's friend-he looks stead of mysteries!"
"Idiot,"
"I like him," said Bots. "He's got a nice face. And his cars...“
P.-c. Pippin felt rather dazed. He had Uked the children and the dog. It was surprising to Goon had much find that Mr "Stick out. Yes, you told us different Ideas. Still he ought that before," said Pip. "I say, to know! P.-e, Pippin deter- mined to Do His Very Best for Mr Goon. His Very, Very Best
MORE NEXT WEEK
-(London Express Service)
a jolly sort of chap." "Yes," said Mr Punch; "I bad his brains better,' or 'Does not
"I suppose he had 'Could use-like-the-way-his-enes-stick-Fatty, I bet-old Coon is going
out." said Bets. But it was fading rapidly make the best use of his brains,' LE everyone else in the room except and I knew that I would have on his report," said Fally," old Buster, Fatty?
to work quickly to get the pot know the sort of thing." of gold before the rainbow dis- No
appeared. So I dug with all my
Mr Punch shook their heads and said it couldn't be done. one hind ever been able to find pot of gold at the end of the the rainbow for the very
simple reason that, try as hard as you RIDDLES: 1-Because it is would, you couldn't ever seem full of Ants, 2-Because they to catch up with the end. 11 never saw it. 3-One wears false always kept moving ahead of locks, the other talse koys, 4. you.
sald Pip. "Where's
"Here, Buster come out from under that seat," said Fatty. "You couldn't ever have had "Shame on you for being such might and then, just as the last those remarks put on
your a coward!" shred of the rainbow was fading report, Fatty," said Daisy, who
I pcized the pot. nway,
Sure had
1 great admiration for enough, it was filled with gold. Fatty's brains. The gold sparkled 50 brightly
"Well," sald Fatty, modestly,
USTER came out, suw two that I could hardly keep looking
A brilliant "I usually have
pairs of dark-blue legs "So I put the pot of gold under term's work, or far surpasses walking towards him, and ran my arm and began to run
the average for his form' of
at them joyfully. Mr ⚫ kicked out.
nt it. But I was rich!
And
Because it is frat cradled, "Oh no!" said Mr Punch; "you then thrashed, and finally be- can get to the end of the rain-do you know what happened?" comes the flower of the family. bow all right. You have to go "What?" cried everyone in the Larry gave him a punch.
round and round it as fast as
"Sull the same modest but can- celted old Fatty! It's marvellous to boast in how you manage
1..."
to
Hooked On End
Rupert's Queer Path-30 around. Then suddenly there it "The rainbow started follow-such a modest tone of volce,
grab hold of it. I once got to ing me, for the pot of gold was Fatty.
and closer each time you
you can, and keep getting closer
la, right in front of you and you
WO
ed.
the end of the rainbow" he add-
hooked on to the end of it and
gold?
Rupert a beginning to feci exam- perated. "How can anyone know what to do in this stupid place>" he cries. Perhaps y too. 1. aḥall get everything | Fight instead of • . • * He breaks ol short as he hears a sudden- click atud swishing naiac, and the next instant little figurs rushes down the chute and lands with a back somersault just as he himselt had done. "Why, isa Bu shouta Rupert. "You Doodle I told you not to come on the path without your shots. Now we're both lost ?** ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
BRONCHO BILL
C
"And did you find the pot of everyone in the room asked.
"Well, just fet me about what happened.
I couldn't shake it loose. No matter how fast I ran, the rain-
bow followed me just as fast,
of
me
said
like a great long, half-faded tall TOP arguing; there's the
whistic," train's a kite, streaming out behind tell you
for miles and miles. It got Daisy, beginning to run. "W* It was a tangled up in the trees, it would simply must be on the platform day just like today, line and itself around rocks and chim to meet Plp and Bels, Oh warm and fair. And then all at neys and
telegraph poles. It
getting left once the sky darkened and
poor Buster-be's began to shower. But the sun made me stumble and trip and behind on his short legs, Come broke through while it was still fall And it kept growing on, Buster!"
Uko an The three children and..Bus- raining and a few minutes later tighter and tighter, there was a rainbow. So I de enormous rubber band. olded to get to the end of it and "And just as I reached
tor burst, through the door :on to the platform." Buster gave a
blue
find the pot of gold that every house," said Mr. Punch, and delighted bark, and sniffed at one sald was there.
Was opening the door
I was the boltom of a pair of-stouf whose trousers, Well" continued Mr Punch; foolish enough to loosen my grip dark "I ran round and round it as fast on the pot of gold. And the owner
was standing by the as I was able,
getting closer and next moment-200-00-com-the book-stall.
There was closer all the time until at inal, rainbow mapped back and my there it was, right in front of pot of gold went flying off into mort, Clear-orf!" me. I gave a great jump with the sky, scattering the pieces of familiar voice. "Put that dog my arms stretched out and the gold like sunbeams. And per on a lead!". - next instant---”
an exasperated .said "a
haps that's what those pieces of "Oh hallo, Mr Goon"
"Did you get it? Did you grab gold really wero-golden sun-chorused. Fatty,!· Larry : and It?" everyone shouted in exclte beams at the end of the rain-Daisy, as if Mr Goon was their {ment
-bow!"
doarest friend.
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By Harry F. OʻN«ill
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WHY, MISTER BULL PALMER
*
Goon
"That there dog!" he said, balefully. He turned to his com panion. "You want to look out for this here dog," he told him
a loud voice. "He wants in reporting. He's not under proper control, sce? You keep your eyes open for him, Pippin, and don't you stand no nonsense."
to have a wonderful time tell ing P.-c. Pippin all about us, He'll make us out to be a band of young cungsters or some- thing."
"I bet he will!" said Fatty. "I'd just love to hear what he I guess our ears says about us. will burn,"
They did burn! Mr Goon was really enjoying himself warning P.-c. Pippin about the Five Find-Outers-and Dog!
Are You Tactful?
TUDY. this picture and try to decide what you, would do situation.
"You keep a firm hand on them," said
"And in this embarrassing Mr Goon don't you stand any nonsense The tactful answer is in the last from that fat boy--regular toad paragraph. he is."
The situation: You have just met/Jonany Addlestone and are
"I thought he looked quite a good sort," said P.-c. Pippin, surprised.
Mr Goon did one of his best snorts. "That's all part of his
ZOO'S WHO
CAUSE A OF LIFE IN "ALL'OTHER'
-
GALLY, I WANT YOU TO MEET--ER-
GOLLY. I'VE
FORGOTTEN
HIS
MAME
aboutto: Introduce him to a friend of yours, · Just as you start you really you have al-
VOLAR BEARS ready forgotten his rather un-
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usual namo.
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and friendly. Say hello an MAKE your greetings sincere If you were really interested in meeting the other person; not a saluto de- just giving him manded by good manners. a grand friendship builder.
Watch for likeable charateris- ties in your schoolmates, neighbours, and friends, and det them know you seo and admire these things. Forget
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comes
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