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FRED was right, but it

FRE

SOUTH CHINA SUNDAY POST-HERALD, MAY 19, 1937.

RIDAY ADVENTURE

was not easy to say No. 7-A grunting dummy

"No, ao It And in that case we'd better get There's

out of 11. staircase," i anid, #kulong up!"

"How do you know we don't want to go down?" said Fred obstinately.

why,

We had never been 10 the

Department works Dispatch Department of Merry- Despatel worths, et, for that matter, in later. Or perhaps they're work

ing overtime. of Harrods or Selciiges,

Or peramps..." that Yet, like most people, washind

"I don't care for the iden of caught plings:s of the way the back to the office is Mr wheels went und nud, though Young's Hft," those places worked effel-nly and well, they did not give the. impression of búing ng gelmly efficient as this Nobody down here under

the bright

1ght whistled, or smiled, or spoke to one mother. The men seemed to be drilled with military pro

I've got an idea, Fred, that cision,

watching the light we've gone down far enough. I signals, eboying their orders

LEVERN and think

I think street level working as if there were not a breath moment to Joga Nobody we're several doors b.neath the of Det paleh Dejiurimeht smoked. There was no eletriness. rent There wete no supa of feu, Merryworths, which must be at There Wisse of hurry and street level." fear and secrecy. Without quite knowing why, we both off the need to stay in 1

It was a grit atmeghere. We had been shaken by what had happened to us already, "All that we want to do now," said Prz, "s fog out of Merrywunha

"We shan't do that, Fred, by slaying here in a corner of Mr Young's lift."

"Well, what are we going to do? Go up in the lift again for find a way up from thing Hour7 Merryworths is closed to the public

Perhaps

TIDA

I woke with a start!

their

We're

Boots

at tailor's Just then, either Gunny dressid in Harris tweed, or a human being, came down Gelato nearest to us. The #gure arriva jeet first just as mostly as its pedreams or the pland had dete. It must be rather fun to whizz down on of there chutes, Fred suit,

"But isn't it a bit odd people to whizz down, Froup

That's what they cut a lay Agure," Fred said. They're made

of wax, or plastic, something. Don't you rem ber? There were dozens of them in the Men's Wour Department,"

"But, Fred, this onoʻp siive! 1's making a funny note. It's spluttering lik Uncle Georg deer first thing in the morning

This Agure had been trus: up with bands of brown paper rather like one of the mummies Unels George had seal us to Lee in the British Museum, camo gently toboganning down from the chute on to the coun- t.r, making a rustling else like other peekages: When it drop- ved from the chute un to the counter, however, it seemned to me that an angry grunt of protest came from its carefully

waddled face.

That's on a dunumy, Fred, Didn't you hear it grunt?"?

"There did seem to be some

.But sort of milled nave. should think that was probably made by ons of the springs or joints. Some of hire dummies have a lot of joints so that they like real people. can be bent into aulfuds just That's why il sugs like that when they plek h; up. Look!"

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mare convinced than ever that of another bit Was Just window dressing like the rest of the stuff we had seen.

the one su ke down just after came arrived," he said, "except that that came down head first un was not so well wrapped, and

that Wo

I

was tact and slice middle

"And diún't nag in th when they picked it up." pointed out.

"They have these things all You must and sizes. shapes have stea that for yourself. You have eyes in your head," "The first Fred snid angrily. une we saw was a city suiting for a tall man. This one is just a tw.ed outilt for portly medium sized man

George.

like Uncle

They weru wheeling trolley away

to the Control Point wille we were having thi argument, wasting our precious time agala when we should have been trying to think cut our next moveand we pak for this by having our discussion cut short in the inost alarming way

came Le

Hinging land and clear from just 1Cwent! .45 twanging sound which was the signal of the lift's departur? or arrival,

Two of the grey-uniformed operators were In fact fing the cr

body, zone

Throwing all caution to the too gently.

bruke cover and They dumped ( a lot winds, we

dash for the cixar of trolley and once again I could d have sworn I heard it give off RA angry grunt. But Fred was

The night intruder

I could hear the wind how

ng outside and the soft noise

of the drizzling rain. The candle

Instinctively I got out of bed and, with a torch in my hand. went to the front door to in- vestigate,

hooks lately, and you are be- glaning to imagine things."

the

the B. There wo paused, bul only long wough to hear the click:lly-click and the whirring sound 83 the machinery came into operation.

the

Tin we were out in opin in full blaze of light-only 'The steel just in lime too,

down at our shutter came backs. Somebody was operating Mr Young's lift.

shave)

FROM

"What if I won't tell you?" I inquired in a low tone as he Feeling rather crestfallen, I ordered, lost should be hurt went out of my parents' room and unable to warn the others. in my Loom was filektring a and quietly alosti the door. "In that case, i'll just leave draught, and seemed that I did not make my way to my you here and search for what (Next Sunday! someone had opened a door in bedroom, however, for 1 re I want myself,” replied the man, the house.

solved to find out who the su- "But it will be, better, for you truder was, and to bowl him out if you do as I ask, for I only If it were possible,

want some money and to stay I was walking stealthily along heto for the night, and I don't

that led to the curricor

want to hurt

But if anyone. I could find nothing that

silting room, when suddenly.... you'll not tell me what I ask, would arouse my suspicion

"Oh!" I uttered a cry. For then I'll be forced to use my them, so I hurriedly made my someone had suddenly held me knife as necesilly requires, and way o the buck door.

two hards und

your parents may be injured To my utter harrer, I found fast by my

killed. You don't want I felt the pain run that it was wide open and for

·រ my arm. "Let nie go, you.....

could

on orphan, do you?" a moment I thought that it was

Looking once more into the my servant who had forgotten to close it, but remembering the

mon's face as he spoke the last sound

few sentences. I suddenly re I heard in my room, realised that someone,

called where I had seen his face sider ur

before. It was in a newspaper a burglar. inust have

the day before. Ah yes, it sal that a prtioner had opopped and nothing about his hiding place had been discovered. la name was Big Joe.

I

and

t fall my sentence, for the mun, now that 1 could see that it was a inan, gauged my mouthy an out pushed

with J “Lunarfrchief,

me into the

store Waz close

to the stbing-room.

"You'll not be hurt if you're fact when I examined the lock quiet and good," the mireder

forced it open, either with are, which

knife of some hard obfest.

I was soon convinced of this

I began to feel frightened, for I did not know what wouki happen I found myself face

be

I realised that I was on the horns of a dilemma, for I had to save my parcats lives and property as well as prevent the man who was standing in front of me from craping the law,

of the door and found that it threatened, or else I'll nut show was broken,

you any therey with this." lie pulled out a sharp kalle from hits pusket and showed it to me,

There was a faint light com- to face with the person who had ind into the store-rugan from secretly entered the house, the street light outside, so that

However, I tried be as calm 1 could look closer hito the man's My mind was all in a whirl! us porrible and cautiously made facu 1 found it little bit and I did not know what to do my way to my parents' coom, familiar, and yet I could not or how to make up my mind,

"Why,

what's the matter, remember where I had seen it At

At last

decided that to save Katie

usked my mother in as before,

my parents' lives was more im tonliment. "What made you get up in the middle of

"Now tell me," said the in- portant, and so I Angly told the night? Do you want to get a

truder, "where is your parents the intruder what he wanted to chill?"

room and where is the safe in know. He quickly went out of "Sht, not

the store-room, locking the door which their money is kepi?” so loud, mother,"

after him. and made his way, I pleaded, and # AL ence I I could make no muswer as my

as I thought, to my parents began pouring out all I knew of mouth was Bugge), 50 I just the happenings in the house, gestured with my hands which

I could not escape from the But 10 matter how

were tied in front of my body. miany

room as all the windows wer times I said that I was not my The intruder knew what I meant imagination or a nightmare, my and after warning me not to barred. So all I could do we parents still would not belleve make any unnecessary sounds, to sit down on the floor, try to my hands, or he would kill me, he untic untie the bonds on You lind better go back to the handkerchict

my with helpless teata in my cy bed, Katie," said my father, mouth, but did not unlle my thinking of the way which "you've, read too many detective hands.

helped, indirectly, a prisoner to exape, and feel quite ashamed

Euilty. Suddenly my thoughts

were broken by the voices of my parents, and the click of a key in the door of the store-room; then the door opened wide,

me.

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winners

ANOTHER SUGGESTION that we print from Alan Chan: the names of those

had right answers In who

the lucky competitions where winners are drawn out of a bag.

have noted

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your new address,

CHAU WINK: I'm afraid your poem will not be published,

In

answer to your questions: way of saying poem in

und something using rhyme metre.

The

words rhyming may be:

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1-2-2-1: 1-2-1-2; 1-2-3-3-2-1.

In the first example, the first two lines and the last two lines rhyme. In the second example, the first and last lines and the secord and third lines rhyme. In The third example, the first and third lines and the second and fourth lines rhyme. In sonnets of two verses of three Ines each,

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WAL KWOK-BONG: ATU two pen-pais from places you mentioned:-

Here the

Miss Sandra Sudikoff of 0 St, Cheisen

50,

It was my father and with a Larel

Lane, 2. London, Hobbies; reading, swimming.

cry of joy I flew into his anno, Massachusetts, USA. Age: 15.

He said that the intruder had Mica Patricia Sharkey of 21 been caught, that I had had Ballater noad, Acre enough excitement for one night Brixton S. W.

15. and was to go up to bed at England. Age:

Collecting stamps, writing,

music, all, to go to sleep, so at last, cricket and tennis. yielding to my urging, my father told me that it was Tinimy, our

ANNE BARNO:-A I doz, who went out looking for hava

pen pals

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MEAN BALDY ARE

MON" IN THE

OULCH

WANTED

FOR

MURDER

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CHARLES

LANDERS

KEEP HIM CO ALL GET HIS GUNS!

ILL GET YOR!

OMP

NE HEAD SHOT AND COME FAST!

DOC HEAD YOU'VE GOT A PATIENT WHO SAW THE MONSTER IN THE GULCH, I'D LIKE TO TALK TO HIM

FIS A CINEL WITH THE MEN ASCARI

HE'S IN THE BACK

ROOM!

THE

LOVE BAYGER'S

LEADING

THAY POUND GOLD IN THE CAVE, BUT THEYG HAVE BETA | ARRÉSTED IF THEY TRIED

TO FILE A CLAIM

Night walker

Honour certificate to Jore- plique Tang of I Fung Wong Terrace, 2nd floor, Wanchai.

self is a good idea, but there is don't no harm in doing so if you wish.

from

me after he discovered that I the places you mentioned, hore was missing from my bed, and are met the Intruder in the corridor. instead:-

Timmy blt him and he fell ta

the ground.

newspaper

The Editor, Pueblo, 70, Madrid, Spain,

Narvaez

The sound woke my parents

The Editor, Le Monde, 5 rue who immediately not up and des Italiens, Paris, France,

Tempo di caught the intruder,

The Editor, II Even after the police and Milano, Piazza Cavour 2, Milan,

Italy. come and taken the man 'nway,

to:

BOTT:00.

PARKS:

At

NOTIFICAN

HELP IT!

CARLES FRAIDER

Puga: 16

By FRÁN STRIKER

HEY!

BANG

AS FOR

YOU WERE JUSTIN, TIME, TONTO! LET'S

ROPE THE 56 CROOKS,

BEFORE WE TAKE THEM TO TOWN WELL

EXPLORE THE QULCH.

BIMMB) WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH

YOU?

I SEE THE

THING!

IT'S COMIN!

HERE

SHERIFF THE SE MEN ARE WANTED FOR

MURDER.

CAHEL

ZA KUOLPINE FROM THE GRMAL CORDS, THE TOKS USED IT TO

SUPRSTITIOUS. AWAY FROM THE GULCH

THOSE THEY COČALOUN SCARE THEY MUROBRED JU PROTECT TABIR

ESCANT

"THEY STAYED IN THE

GULCH TO DIG AS MUCH GOLD AS THE CAMEL COULD CARRY BEFORE THE

FLED TO MEXICO

AND SO THE CROOKS ARE IN JAL, THE CAMEL, IS BENO TURNED OVER TO THE ARMY AND THE GOLD IS WAITING FOR THE MAN WHO

STAKES HIS CLAIM,

ANT

WHAT'S THEIR

SECRET?

BWTH THA HAD AVE

TWATÝ HX7" IM

"ŽOVE RANGER HOPED YOUD)

LATER THAT DAY

NEXT BONDAY

A NEW ADVENTURE

What's your worry?

Anners to worries published Any suggestions what I can do

Obstructions

Why didn't without having to remove the medicine?

markod: Keep Battle Ughtly oorked, and so I couldn't 'get

you take your on May 5, are as follows:

Eleanor Lec, Lily Lo and mattress?" asks Martina Leung| I couldn't. One bottle was

that of 110 Relcher Garons. Malale Wong all suggest Heather Collins use u pičce n° plastic string to tle up her.

of 27 any medicine out of 3. Dony-tail. For 10 cents she cut

bottle said: For adults Wus other got quito a jong place, waleh Mongkok Road, 1st floor

and the can be wound round and round told he would be receiving a onlyand T and led firmly. It won't slip pair of pigeons, he appealed to adults in all my life. off or break' as clasps do and reader for suggestions how to

con be

When Solomon You

removed without prepare a home for them. Well trouble unlike the elastic bands the answer was given a forte which tangio with the hair, night ago and adopted. Also the plastic string comes in mon got the pigeons but as the many proity colours to match days passed. ho noticed that one Heather's frocks and she won't of the pigcons hardly eats, only

drinka. Solomon have to buy ribbons,

really dejected, his pigeon is goilia thinner and thirušar, I ans sure many pet-lovers will come to is rescue with some good sug- gtations.

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Hawkin Ting of 9 Ying-Wah Terrace, 1st door suggests that Felix Ko buy seeds of marimid, white-laurine, as these flower's |white-illy, rose, sun-Bower and

bealdos being beautiful aro suitable for the season.

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An Honour Certificate of One Point over 19 each gentrikular addresses KWOK CHEE-WAR - Write

of the rat answer, one of Three Points to the second an The Editor, North Bomoa Nows, Sandakon, British North pigeon are the causes of worry for each worry.

Warps, a mattress and a swer, and one of Two-points

to the following reader-

Now answers and worries Andrea Threifall RE 174 The should reach me no later than TRUCIA

the Peak BRYE: "There is a waspa' Wednesday afternoon, May 88.

outaite my bedroùm Present moment I don't have ány pen-pole of the ages you | window, and it is too high for I was still thinking about the When writing to the Editor, mentioned, from Los Angeles anyone to reach. When I open capture and secretly in my heart, ask him the favour of priming and New York. Hete are news the window, a

come flying in. -- Can any one I was longing for a repetition your name and particulars in ale altor, vening Herald- halp me with this problem?"

addresoca, however:---- of the night's adventure,

Paper under thepen-pala wanted column if there is cos. Express, 128 Trenton St, Los Give your full name, pakizaar, Angeles California, USA. Honour certifients to Kathleen | 594: ita hobbles and your The Editor,ily News of 3 Staunton Street, in genwg). I don't Record, 7 Bast 11th #, New

ground floor,

think waelcaing a plete at your. Yerk, USA,

Chiu

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fow big wasps

"The rubber-mattress that ↑ sleep on le your gory during winterstima,

Showing off

Bhow the an Irishman and I'll show you a foal,

I'm en triebman?

never

The

On a windy day

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