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BOYS OF LONG AGO.

TRANIO.

THE CHINA MAIL.

The

WENDY HUT.

Wrapped in a purple cloak | side, but, as the two fugitives which some noble had flung to gained the threshold, a great cry him in contempt as he

fled rang out in the sacred grove, and through the city with his par- the soldier dropped, exhausted. suers at his heels, Tranio limped "Asylum, my lord! Asylum"

Tranio. painfully in the darkness, his cried

And, gripping eyes scarching the shadows the armed man by the shoulders,

he ahend.

drugged him

the threshold as his enemies fell

at last upon him. Safety asylum!

""Asylum!" he whispered. "I must reach the temple before morning, or I am lost."

Ilc was a fourteen-years-old slave, fleeing from a cruel mas- ter. Aye, he had dared to leave

"Asylum!" whispered Tranio. "I must reach the temple before morning, or I am lost!"

over

Tranis crouched beside the man till the rising sun burst into the temple. Then the boy beheld the great General who had fallen into disgrace through defeat, and who had been condemned to death by the Greeks.

"Remember, slave, that it is more difficult to lose well than to win well," smiled the General, as they walked to the further side of the temple where a number of criminals and debtors had sought asylum also.

Now no law could force a man to leave Sanctuary, but it was within the rights of the rulers of Athens to induce a man to walk out of his own accord. And that day the enemies of the Gen- eral commanded the roof to be taken off the temple and all food removed, that the fugitives might die of cold and hunger.

"Flee with the others at night, Tranio," said the General. "I will not leave, but I shall bring misfortune upon you all.”

"I follow you,, my lord," smiled the boy.

WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS linen with matching embroidery

A "Surprise" Tea Tray..

Tink made a pretty surprise present" for Wendy the other day, and we thought you would like to hear about it, and perhaps

make one for Mother.

It is a tea-tray, the foundation of which is an old picture-frame, eighteen inches long and fourteen inches deep; there is a brass handle screwed on each end, and beneath the glass there is a piece of buff linen trimmed with ap- pliqued poppies and leaves in red and green.

I expect you will be able to find an old frame, and the size of the

linen will naturally correspond with the measurements of the one you use. You must do the ap-

The "surprise" tea-tray Tink made for Wendy, You can make one like it if you read Dressmaker's instructions.

plique work on the linen first of Three days later, bundles of all. Diagram A gives you a faggots were pied outside the "close-up" of the poppy, which temple. The General besought measures about two and a half the slave to leave him, but inches across. There are two Tranio shook his head. As the flowers this shape, and a third to two stood alone, with the faggots represent the side view of a beginning to blaze around them, flower as seen in the top picture there was a thunder of hoofs! Cut out the three flowers and tack them in position, as sug- Then a messenger arrived with a reprieve for the General, pray-gested by the sketch, and then ing him to come quickly and take buttonhole-stitch them to the his place at the head of the army, for enemies were approach-. ing the city and there was no suitable man to lead the soldiers. "I come only if Tranio, my adopted son, walks beside me- free," cried the General.

his master, knowing that death awaited him when captured; even if he reached sanctuary, he knew not what his future might bc. But at least he could lie down for a little while and allow the stripes on his back to heal.

Then the sweet perfume of cypress, cedar and yew was wafted on the air to Tranio, and he knew he was in the sacred grove of trees leading to the temple. A flash of steel caused him to pause for an instant, but it was only a man in armour running. Gathering all his strength, Tranio the slave ran in the man's wake, and they reach- ed the temple at the same mo- ment. A pale light gleamed in-out together!

Is This Impossible.

A moment later, they walked

captain went into room 10. There we have 11 men in 10 rooms, and each man got one

A cricket eleven journeyed room. some distance in order to play another cricket eleven, and after the game had to stay overnight at the village hotel. If there were only 10 vacant rooms, each man get one to himself?"

They did it this way. The cap- tain and vice-captain went into

how did

Prose Rhythm.

"The current had turned at right angles, sweeping round along with it the tall schooner and the little dancing coracle;

higher, ever muttering louder, it went spinning through the nar- rows for the open sea."

thread. (Diagram D shows you how to do the buttonhole stitch, in case you've forgotten!)

Work a bluck salin-stitch blob in the centre of each open flower, and make little black stitches all

THE BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP,

A Toy Railway Truck.

This strong toy will please the small brother and is not at: all difficult to make. Cut floor of the truck from three-eighths- inch wood to the sizes given in dingram A. Plano both sides, and plane the edges square. The two sides, which are seven and & half inches long and two and a half inches wide, should be cut from wood a quarter of an inch thick. Use wood of the same thickness for the ends B.B. which measure three and a half inches

by two and a half inches. Nail the first diagram, and make sure the sides to the ends, as shown in

that the lower edges all rest Nail the floor to the sides and evenly on the floor of the truck.

a quarter of an inch of the floor ends from underneath, allowing

to project at each end.

round to represent the stamens. Draw stems from each, and work these in green satin-stitch--Dia-

Cut the axle blocks C.C. to the gram E. Now cut out three sizes given in diagram D, mak- leaves, from green linen, the shape of Diagram C, tack them in place, and buttonhole-stitch them down as you did the pop- pies. Each leaf will be roughly three and a half inches long and one inch across at the widest

part. Finally cut a green linen bud, one inch deep and three quarters of an inch wide, and sew it besides the left-hand poppy; Diagram B gives you the shape, and also shows how you can sug- gest the hairy appearance of the stem by tiny stitches sticking out all the way down.

Press the linen, put it under the glass of the frame, and nail the wooden backing in place. You may have to nsk Big Brother to help you with this part of the job-Tink had to enlist Billkins' aid!

When you have screwed the two handles in place, the tea-truy is ready. You can buy suitable handles from most iron-mongers.

Wendy's Dressmaker.

Examples of Carelessness.

Dropping an acquaintance. Crack- ing a joke. Breaking the currents of one's thoughts. Letting fall a hint. Allowing a secret to escape. Losing a chance. Failing to catch a sentence. Missing the point. Falling over ourselves. Stumbling over an apology. Running against astone wall, and making a blot on the record.

You can now paint the finish- ed truck, using dark brown for the body and axle blocks, black for the floor and wheels, and red for the buffers.

If you are handy with your paint brush, you can paint the initial letters of a railway on each side of the truck, and also the lines to represent the side door. This should be done in white paint.

The Hut Carpetler.

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Cup Hook

Bray

Μπού

The toy railway-truck. You will easily be able to construct one like it if you follow Carpenter's instruc- tions.

ing each block three inches" long as indicated.. Screw the blocks to the floor of the truck in the positions indicated by dotted lines in diagram A. Two screws to each block will be sufficient.

The wheels should be one and a half inches in diameter, and may be of wood or iron. Each wheel is held in place by a stout round-headed screw. When mak- ing the holes in the axle blocks for these screws, see that they are exactly seven-eighths of an inch from the floor on each side of the truck,

Small brass knobs with screw- ed stems, like that shown at E, can be used for buffers. Screw a pair into each end of the truck floor, about three inches apart. Midway between each pair of buffers screw in a small brass cup-hook, like that shown at F.

(Continued at foot of preceding Column.)

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the first room, and began to quar-ever quickening, ever bubbling rel over it. Meanwhile the other men went into their respective rooms; that is, the third man, into the second room, the fourth in the third, the fifth in the fourth room, etc., and so the 10th man got room nine. The captain won the quarrel, and so the vice-

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GEE WHIZ-NOW

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FRONT OF

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SELLUM'S

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I'LL TELL HER I'M A SALESMAN FOR LANGUM AND SELLUM- 1TS A FIB- BUT ITIL MAKE

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GEE-SHES A LONG TIME ON THE WAY—. WHEN SHE COMES I'LL PRETEND. I'M JUSTTOO.

Busy To do AWAY FROM THE OFFICE-

SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1931.

TINK'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE.

The arrangement of words beside last weck's puzzle was: ord in ary, so of course you made up your minds that the hidden word must be "ordinary"—and it was. Here is the solution:-

Across.

1. Disorderly crowds

4. Except

6. Climbing plant

7. Strike lightly

8. Compass point

9. Put on

11.

Hidden word

14. Within

15. Girl's name (abbreviated) 16. Upon

17. Require

18. Combat between two persons 20. Ocean

21. Command

22. Prefix meaning "formerly"

Down.

1.

Person under age

2. Above

9. Near

4. Fruit

5. To a higher position

7. Weight

9. Loud noise

10. Part of grammar

12. Had dinner

13. Hindu queen

16. Belonging to us

18. Perform

(Mobs).

(But).

(Ivy).

(Tap).

(NE).

(Don).

(Ordinary).

(In).

(Nan).

(On).

(Want).

(Duel).

(Sco).

(Order).

(Ex).

(Minor).

(Over). (By).

(Bañanas).

(Up).

(Ton).

(Din).

(Syntax).

(Dined).

{Tance).

(Our).

(Do).

19. French for "the" (Masculine) (Le).

Now look at this week's picture, and decide which English word it suggests to you. The word is hidden in the puzzle, but not in the usual way. The second letter of 6 across is the first letter of the hidden word; the third of 9 across is the second; the fourth of 12 across is the third; the first of 14 across is the fourth; the first of 19 across is the fifth; and the first of 23 across is the sixth.

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What English word does

this suggest to you?

Clues:-

Across.

1. Fragrant odours..

6. Part of verb "to be." 7. Nicer.

9. Pinch.

11. Preposition.

12. Have courage to. 14. Limbs.

18. Preposition.

19. Soldier's outfit 20. Short letters.

23. Steam Ship (abbreviated). 24. Those which give motive power.

BENJAMIN BROWN MEETS TWO LITTLE RAGGEDY BOYS!

Benjamin Brown met two lit-

tle boys--

Two little boys with raggedy

clothes.

One little boy had a little pale

face;

And the other wee boy had a

little red nose!

"My!" said Benjie, "You poor

little fellows,

"Out in this wind with your

raggedy clothes!

"Come along in and sit by the

fire

"And both of you tell me all

your woes,"

Two little boys said: "We're

SO HUNGRY!

"Couldn't you give us somefing

to eat?"

Benjamin B looked into the

larder-

"My!" said Benjamin, "Here's

a treat!

"Here's Ple for supper,

Mummy made it-

YES-ROSIE-I'M AT THE „OFFICE NOW-BUT YOU

CAN'T PHONE ME AS I'M USING THE BOSS 'PHONE AND IT'S FOR BUSINESS ONLY-

AK! ARCHIE! I HEARD YOU LOST. YOURJOB-YOU ARE JUST THE MAN WE NEED - HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK FOR

LANDUM AND SELLUM?

OH-MR- LANDUM-

my

1. A continent.

2. Preposition.

4. Mingle.

4. One.

5. Group.

Down.

1. Native of India.

8. Cooks.

10.

Peep.

29. Noah's

16. Fail to hit.

2. Boy's name (abbreviated).

18. By this time.

21. As far as

23. Therefore,

Beautiful Pie

brown."

all golden

Benjamin B reached up to the

shelf

Benjamin lifted the Big Pie

down!

Two little raggedy boys were

HAPPY,

Eating that pie as fast as they

could.

Presently Benjamin looked

and NOTHING, NOTHING remained... where

the ple had stood! Two little raggedy boys went

home,

Warm and comfle they went

away,

•

And Btnjamin Brown began to

wonder

Whatever his Mummy would

have to say?

Benjamin B EXPLAINED to

Mummy;

"I tried hard to be kind and

GOOD,

"Same as you always taught

me, Mummy."

AND BENJAMIN'S MUMMY

UNDERSTOOD!

OH! I'M SO GLAD TO KNOW YOU ARE

WORKING-I'M COMING

DOWN TO CALL ON YOU-GOOD-BYE-

ROSIE DARLING-I JUST HAD A PHONE PUT IN SO YOU CAN COME

RIGHT UP TO MY OFFICE-