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Map shows the probable location of the five "floating islanda” Edward R. Armstrong, president of the Sea drome Ocean Dock Corp. of Wilmington, Del., plans to string across the Atlantic from New York to Vigo, Spain, as airplane refueling and repali stations, in the event present plans for a regular trans-Atlantic air service work out. Armstrong recently applied to the RFC_tar ■'$30,000,000 loan to put his idem lato opera tion The floating island" plan is interesting in view of the report chat Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh has decided against a regular afr route to Europe via Greenland and levland The colonel and his wife.recently made anezhaustive survey over that, route with a view to determining the feasibility of a regular air pas senger service.

THE GOOD

THING

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"At first I'd thought of keepin' loss by twenty yarda and 'e was refilled the empty glass, but it seem- the thing to myself, but the 'oas a never going more than 'arf speeded that the teller of the tale was in no hurry to continue. He sipped improvement was so great and the neither.

price of meat so 'igh there was no "That night I asked the guv'nor:hla gin and hot water slowly and cholce but to tell the guv'nor. You When are we goin' to run the grey? his glance wandered sorrowfully should 'ave seen 'is face when I told Ain't it time we made something to about the whisky advertisements on

the wall... him. But when 'ed seen the grey pay the butcher?'

At last one spirit bolder than the eat three pound of cat's meat and s "Master Quick smiled and said: leg of lamb wat 'ad been left in the We're going to wait until Newmar- rest interrupted his reverie. sun that the butcher could spare and ket, and the butcher can wait until "Did it win, sir?" he asked.

The old man nodded.

"Aye. seen im lick all the selling platers then too."

Monastic Calm won by a furlong into a cocked 'at next morning, 'el

.." He drained his glass and went away very very cogitatious.

Cam-reached for his cap, but somehow "Later 'e takes me on one side and bridgeshire,' sez 'e: The oss will the group were aware that his story 25th Jan. sez

Nat me ind (Nathaniel's me get about seven stone and will be

was not ended. 24th Feb.name) we'll keep this to our two a certainty.'

Mon TueL.,

6th Mar.

Mon.,

5th Feb,

"In a seller" sez Į

"No, you fool. In the

"And the bookmakera paid up all

selves, and oo knows perhaps get a "I suppose I said somethin' about that money?" ventured one. packet o' money out of the old quod dyin' too high, but 'e cuts in quick The old man shook his head No one else is to know. You'll feed and supercilious 'Do you know what "No," he said, "the Jockey couldn't im 'is meat o' nights when all theuss it was you beat this morning? weigh in, the 'oss was disqualified. 5th Feb. other lads is gone and from now on it was Bachelor, 'im what was second You see, there was no boy with loin

you'll work the 'oss alone.'

in the Eclipse. And you gave 'im chops after the winning post, and I **But 'ow are we to know 'ow 'e stone. Now go and give the grey suppose the 'oss was 'ungry.

He Improves? sez I.

's 'la entree and joint,

threw the little lad wot rode him "You have that to me,' ser "e. "Well, when 1 thought it over ....and ate him, boots and all.... I can fix up a trial one early morn-realised what that meant. We'd got Good-night." ing with a oss of me brother's over the fastest "oss in the world. on Beecham Down. We'll find out "With seven stone in the Cam- If 'e's improved all right when the bridgeshire 'ed probably win by a time comes."

l'undred yards; 'ed be like a racing "Well, I'd 'ate to think what it car amongst a lot of push bicycles. cost the guv'nor in legs of mutton "Now In those days you could bet and sides of beef. But 'e wasn't Bookies were bookies. They didn't one to spare the golden eggs that say the book's closed after you'd put 'atch the goose. The best of every-ja measly hundred on a 'oss. They'd thing wasn't good enough for take all you cared to lay and open Monastic Calm after 'e'd looked 'im their mouths for more. When the Steamer 12th Jan over the mile once or twice. Course entries appeared, our 'oss was quoted

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where we lay low to avoid the touts of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd., at Kow Well, after about a month we My orders was to 'ack him out in non, whering antror from the wharves ad a secret trial with an 'oss wot clothing in the afternoons when no delivery may be obtained. belonged to the guvnor's brother. one expected any 'oss to gallop, strip Optional Cargo will not be landed I didn't know what the weights was, "im quietly be'ind the ditch, give 'imbers, unless notice has been given d but Monastic Calm beat the other a breezer and off back to the farm

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"I always fuished the gallop not far from the Cambridgeshire Win nin' post, where another Ind waited with a second pet of clothing and à couple of loin chops for the oss as a sort of encourager, Comin' across the fat the grey seemed to anell those loin chops, and.............. well, fy. ing Isn't the word. I often laugh- ed to meself and thought of the crowd when they'd see this unknown grey 'ose 'undreds of yards in front of the others. I could almost fear them aside theirselves wot's this out in front? It would be the biggest wenention there'd ever been.

"Well, the night before, the race I went to the subscription rooms with Mr. Quick to ear them, call over the

backed him with then, and he

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