1950-01-28

STORIES

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1950.

The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE

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PUZZLES

HOBBIES

THE FINAL INSTALMENT OF THAT EXCITING CHILDREN'S SERIAL, The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat

Surprise for the Inspector

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That they would be glad to go Le pod with him, The Inapred at the Dvé chuldren and Pipple,

A boy angler was relating melasting Zoe snad Boy sie in his

recent fishing trip taken malo. Bets shipped her band intri | "Fine" said Merlin. With that

his father. they b24

ang imbey off the book-

He ended his boasting by gay drew varele with bus started back for the Earth again. And turw, the you know what shelf,

ing "After three hours of bat- "Just like a star to move around There was time it is" Two 'clock. Has any hand on the carpet,

He surely

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i crackle in the air followed by and try hiding itself. It's a job ng handlet him,

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next instant Kharf

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everything the boy "Monster! I have

that Ash's picture and it wasn't Just think what the Dip- look like would

if the over six inches long."

the "OK."

angler young

of agreed, "but in three hours fighting a fish can lose a lot of weight"

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aware

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Mechanical Age

Maryellen

very hollow feeling in their thuel saw with tomu astonish- Hoy se stood bezade her.

The muddles.

!! knew him, out titre hally

taer that a large rocket was "Well, I hope you will do ine He did see151 s cat skan

un the iloor. "Step different stars in it began hiding it child-ca child thal DE called Go to his room, only HEgbed Cars rout

was saying behind one another." at the Royal Hotel," said the ght in!" Merlin brefabled and sinsk ardi clutched

# he held the door of the "It wouldn't look like the "I'll get someone to must wall for about twenty at Zoe's dress. Bets felt the tears inspector,

telephone your familles, who rocket open.

Dipper any more," said Kharf. Knarl apit Hunid stepped As they whooshed past the minutes before proceeding with coming into her eyes

"Well, Miss Markham," said will no doubt be warching the anything. Pippin has just phoned

Hand both And right"

Merth followed after moon, Koart and Inspector Jenks, "we have here countryside for you now, through. He's got fresh evidence.

I perhaps Miss Zoe would come, them, but and bolted the door, gazed as sharply as they could inan-on-the- Goon bristled like a hedgehog stueone else for questioning.

fou-under-the Pantomine pressed a button and-who-sist for sight of the He lecsn't know think you know him."

the Pocket shot up like ᎥᏆ MOGR But they saw no "Pippin, sir"

Alec. Cat?"

firecracker, right Not a

through the "Can't say no

Seven-year-old I've ever een a thing about this case.

**12id thing. I wouldn't let him work

"Oh, Butik you," said Zoe, all window and straight into the him either," Merlin remarked. visited her father's office for the with ine on it, be's such a turnip do it, Atec? Alee, you smiles. "Are we quite free now?" sky.

"But someone must have. Be first time, , say so. Would you let pour

There was a little round win-

otherwise how

"Is there anything you would would "Qulte," said the Inspector, low in the rocket, and Knarf anyone ever get

to think that like to take home with you?" "Course, he's only been with Boysle be sent right off his hend

with this, it you could help it? "Goon nike this fellow Grant and Hanid pressed their faces anyone lived on the moon?" her father asked, amused at her me n iltle while, but it's easy to

away. And wait here till 1 against it as they peered out- The rocket dropped right round-eyed stare. see he's not going to be much You hated the manager. You al-

And way said so. Did you do it?"

I shall have a few side. Merls wan

Maryellen nodded sombrely: good. Not enough brains.

Alec said nothing. The In- words to say to you."

steering the back in through the window to rocket. They were heading for the middle of the room again."I want the word-writer," she a bit too cocky, sir, if you'll ex-

spector turned to Pippin, "Pippin

dazzling-white "Well," said Merlin, I'd rather sald, pointing to the typewriter. cuse the slang."

say why you have "Certainly," said the Inspec--will you

ball. The mo

moon," Gald

Merlin. look at the stars then have to "Cause then I won't ever have. tor. "Well, we will wait. Pippin brought this man here, please?"

"Are we going to stop on 11?" look for them!"

to learn to spell." bringing a man for question

Pippin began his tale. He told

Knarf wanted to know.

head.

come back.

really enjoyed this

it extremely well and lucidly. It "mystery." ld Bets, as she 18 ing."

was plain to see that P.-c. Plppin Goon's mouth fell open. "A

would one day make a very good sat down at un, hotel table and But man for questioning?

policeman Indeed.

unfolded a snovy-white napkin.

"11 wis we've got the people who did the

Alec Grant Tooked more and

very, very difficul~~~ job now. What he want to

more uncomfortable as time but it wasn't fightening at all." bring a man for? Who is it?"

And he's also bringing five went on. When Pippin and Fatty

between them related how the

enormous,

"No, not tonight. Some other" time maybe... We've got to find that lost star first."

The Lost Star Knarf and Hanld wondered "Oh, yes was to the and how Merlin was going to find She filed a the lost star. There were stars children, he says," went on the children had gone to Sheepridge Boysle," said Zoe. Inspector, enjoying himself very and seen the different autograph glass with lemonade and held it all around them now, twinking much, for he did not like the in Julia's album--which Pippin up to the children. domincering, conceited Mr. Goon

"One of them is, I believe, that laced before the Inspector as

clever boy-the ono who has

helped un in so many mysteries

-Frederick Trotteville!"

evidence he turned very pale..

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like gigantle lanterns. Finally "Here's you!" she cried. Merlin said, pointing out to a

Ühe "The Five Find-Outers and spot between North Star and the Dipper: That lost star Dog!"

belonged right here. It must The Inspector raised his glass, have dropped straight down. two get over rinned. "Hero's to the Now--a 2000 ettyes--whɑ solved the the spot, we'll go down, too.”

mast mysterious They were just over the spot! Heir career-theand Merlin was starting to turn Pantomime Cat!" the rocket down when Knort shouted: "Merlini Walt a minutal I sco. 1"

Goon opened and shut his mouth like a goldẞah and for O you think this man here too, and "Spirit this man here great t two minutes couldn't say a single word. He went slowly purple personnte him whilst he slipped insolub and the Inspector looked at him back to the theatre, doped

in alarm.

Boysie, got bilo the cat-skin, Pippin duly arrived with Alec fook up a doped cup of ten to the Grant, the five children nud, of manager, robbed the wife, and course, Buster, Goon's face grew then pulled the skin the

cose

Mysler

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Empresa, Serulea,)

"Where?" cried "Merlin.

CAUSE

BRONCHO BILL

KAND TBELIEVE ZIPPER WAS A WILD HOSS ONLY A WEEK AGO - HE'S GENTLE AS A LAMB NOW, RND NEVER FORGETS,

LTM_HIS MASTER-

The shoemaker culs the shape rougly with a sharp but-

Roy L. Warren

Then he dishes the shoo

cart is workbench which is simply four pegs. to

a log set up than

of which is an iron

A long kaufe with a hook cm the ent is hooked to the

The

betaler takes the shʊe

In his left hand and grasps the krufe by the handle mul starts shieng The knife, which may The four feet long, permits So worth rapidly and noun shape of the shoe appeOFA.

him the

Next, the shoe is pinced in a hutzh on the workbench and steel gouge seve

hollow

count the insides. Skill, acquired from years of practice, pecinits the sheemiker to work rupidly,

made

The last step is smoothing the shoe. About three pairs can be In an average working day, but in the old days, when longer hours prevailed, the quota was six.

CROSSWORD;

Puzzle Answers

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CARIES

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PALINDROMEK: T-OR, SA-G-AS; KA-Y-AK; CI-Y-

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ANAGRAM NOTION ATILT

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POSERA: 1-Wood Pewee, Wood Lark, Wood Thrush, 2-No. The names are Barn Swallow and House Wreti 3--Itummingbird_and Song Sparrow, Illue Jay and Blue- hled; Cardinal Grunbeak. 4-Cow- bird and Cathard Phucts,

Rupert and the Snuff-box-16

The night of the cord has made Rupert inquisitive. Picking it ost of the water he follows it along the bank and finds that the end is tied to strong branch right in the middle of a large bush. He and Agy easily make their way into the bush and look puzzled, and then Rupert gives a cry. "I see it all

His Master's Voice

BUT MARY JAMES PET FING

TAIL FRIGHTENS SPEČIUS/ NEW MOUNT IN IT SHRDE

AND BREAKS THE HALTER

now," he calls. “Thứ is the bush where the Fox brothers were hiding before they came out and laughed at us. They must have heard ua say that we were coming down to the river to pick blackberties and they must have raced ahead 'and prepared this booby trap for us by tying the cord to the end of that plank "

HTYY WHOR/ STOP! QUIT! PULL UP STAND STILL MALTY

DROP DEAD/

By Harry F. O'Neill

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