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Smith sees the tide come in-

HENEVER Smith goes to the seaside he is shocked at the amount of litter that covers

beach every evening

goes

the

Yet when he

out for his carly morning walk it looks as clean as a new carpet: for during the night it has been swept by the tido. A good thing too: otherwise the decaying rubbish deposited by the sea would soon prevent any one from going within miles of the coast.

in

Further, without this periodical rise and fall the level of the sca. many ports would be Useless because ships would not be able to cross the harbour bars. Nor would river mouths be us deep as they are without the scrubbing they now rerelve twice daily.

The way in which the tides are crised was first explained by an Englishman, Sir Isane Newton. Every bit of matter in the universe, he said, attracts every other bit Smith attracts the stars and the stars attract Smith.

As the moon travels across the Parise it pulls water towards it. A great wave, two or three feet high rises on its surface and travels westwards at 850 milles per hour, and, at the same time, a corresponding wave is formed on the opposite side of the earth.

TEITHER the height

of

these waves nor the speed

ut which they travel remains con-

stant, because the changing depth of

the ocean and the irregular shape

ut coasts introduce complicating fat- tory,

Here are some facts about the Stars

S late in the evening as possible walch any portion of the sky for ten minutes. If possible, get two friends to accompany you to watch other parts of the sky. Time yourself: ten minutes will seem a long time..

During this interval you may be certain A single of seeing at least one shooting atar.

bolween four and eight every watcher Kees hour.

a clear, calm, moonless evening ON

take out your camera and fix it firmly with the lens pointing towards the Pole Star. There must be no obstacles, such as trees or houses, in the way.

Open the shutter and leave the camera for three or four hours. Close the shutter and have the film developed and printed. On the picture obtained the Pole Star will be seen as a point. All the other stars have left tracks, and they are aff part of circles.

Note. that the stars that are more distant from the Pole Star have moved over larger tracks than those nearer to it.

-of course, he's always known

it had “something to do with

Still, twice a day, all round the MOON"--but never exactly

the consts the sea riscs and fails in Gecordance with the motion of the imoon.

Everybody knows that the in- terval between corresponding high

is not exactly

day, but

waters

nearly twenty-five hours. This is due to the fact that the moon does

not stay still in the heavens, but

what.

Now he learns all sorts

of other fascinating things about

moves in an ellipse round the earth, the moon besides

taking about twenty-eight days

complete its circuit. Consequently

It rises above the horizon fifty- tion. He

serve.

of

of

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1937.

Rolanjek Tatrimotional Presenta,

Marleme

DIETRICH

Charles

BOYER

OF ALLAH

IN TECTIN

ByKorma or Pascading Chartand Domini Enfliden, on a visti to the Algerian desert, meets_and marries the mysterious Boris Androusky, who is strangely re- ticint about his post. Cho is supremely happy with him on their honeymoon in the dosári, until they meet up with a young French officer, who seama to re- popnice Koria and to recoll from him. Domini learns the Truth about her husband. He is a Traps plat monk who has broken his vows and fled from tha mon- astery.

Chapter Six

bellove we have come in the camp," said Domini.

Boris started to aposk, but Bn touch said, "Yes, Kadame, I'll bring,

COLO

Pruduced by

·DAVID O∙BREZNICK

Retamend thee huyen akristo,

"What could have happened to take all that away from you?" Do mini was deeply moved by the beau- tiful and peaceful expression that came over his face as he talked.

Vhen the old Abbo died, the now Abbo put me in chargs of the tis hoteltorio where visitors aro receive ed. He absolved me from the vOW of allenco. For the first time in years I anw and talked with pao- plo from the world. For the first ine ince I was a child, I listened to the voices of women.

"I talked with a man who w tortured by his lava for a woman. His talk of this woman, day after day of her beauty, of his agony, robbed me of my own peace. Then one day the woman came to the manastery seeking him out. I saw them rush into cach other's arms. Their faced wore tho faced DI angels.

"At night alone in my cell - I began to think of what I had seen

Anteon began to tell the story of all the things that were de- of the liqueur, watching the effect nied to me forever, I would look out of what he said on his ilstoners. It over the monnatary walls toward was made, he told them, at the the glits of the city and think: Trappist Monastery of El-Lagarni] "They are living there, those pospla the only product of the vineyards — livlugi' I fought desperately, thore. But now it had a special week after wook, to conquer thổị value because when all the extant ; feeling, but at lont it conquered stock was gone, there would bo no me. I fled front the monastery." more Lagarine. It seemed that the| His volco grow intense, angulabed. necret of a manufacture belonged "But I never lived, Dominí. I was to one monk only, who was suppen- tortured by the thought of what I ed to confida it on his deathbed tol had done. Ã'hen I met you,

He spoke, “At night — alone -- I began to think of what I had seon, of all the things that were denied to me forever." another whom he had chosen. Butj might come across new port such beliefs and scientists do

"Domini, I tried to tell you -- I quite recently, the monk who had tried to give you up. I couldn't! one minutes later every day.

and valuable minerals, but the dif- not accept them. Newton Dlso

this explained

the secret had left the monastery, Domini, apeak to me what can disappeared. motion. He showed that the moon Acuity of bringing them back would Besides tides the only physical

wo do — what?" be stupendous. Nor would I be effects traced to the influence

"Do you mban he left it a "I don't know, Baris. I don't was continually falling towards the easy to do the necessary exploration; the moon are small deflections

Trappist monk?" naked Damini, know. But thle I do know no one earth, Just bu a stone would do.

deenly shocked at the idea. "After is bad who loves God will not But

this falling combines with its though small in comparison with the magnetic compasses and small tides

taking the final vows? How har punish us, Boris — if you — If we rible! How could a man do'such a cas trist Him to show us the tendency to fly away into space to earth, the moon is large. It mea in the atmosphere. Smith weighs a curry 7,000 miles round, its equator little less, and the ground beneath make it describe the orbit we ob- and its surface is rather larger than his feet rises a little, when the moon

thing?"

way." The moon does not shine by its that of Asia and Europe combined, passes overhead."

Smith's main reward would be Eclipses are caused by the moon. own light. It merely nets like an the spectacle of sky of astonishing Sometimes the moon gets between inferior mirror, reflecting about one-beauty--hot, biuish sun shining in-us and-the-sun-and-blots out either- sixth of the light it receives from a deep black sky studded with bril- the whole or part of the sun's disc. the sun-It has about the same re- llant necting

sturs. During the night he At other times the moon gets into power light-coloured would see the earth, looking brighter the shadow of the earth and is it- sandstone.

than the moon does, und about self darkened. At full moon we con seg. the sixteen times as large. whole of the illuminated part, at But Smith need not travel so far half-moon we can see it edgeways on, and at new moon only the dark part is turned towards us,

Before long Smith may find

то

to see this "earthshine" Near the time of the new moon, the whole of it can be seen as a pole ruddy disc,

Smith these dis- which is called "the new moon in

appearances are interest- possible to take trip to the moon. the old moon's arms."

ing but not a matter for fear. In He'll probably travel in a rocket,

China special astronomers see is sunlight ancient because, for most of the way, there which has been reflected from the Were

appointed to beat drums and would be no air to support the curth

moon and back blow trumpets during eclipses. on to the wings of an airplane.

again. Its reddish colour is

hoped that the due was

din

would At a

m:p.h. steady 1,000

the

What we then

Journey would take about ten days. our atmosphere. Before landing Smith would have

to put on some sort of diving sulf and take with him his own supply

of oxygen, because there is no air

on the moon;

to its having passed twice through frighten away the evil spirits that were devouring the sun or the moon, in Britain, too. e few hundred years ago, fear was common on these occasions.

The extra weight wouldn't trou-.

of

In 1135, for instance, oue TROM the earth,

the Smith's ancestors wrote: "The day moon presents 19 ap- darkened over alt lands, and

the

ble him on the contrary he would pearance so striking that men have Sun was all as it were a three-night- welcome On so small a world long thought that its changes must old Moon, and the stars about him he would feet though his body affect human affairs.

at midday. Men were very much weighed less than two stone, and Smith, still calls a madman a astonished and terrified, and sald jumping over houses would be "unatic" or moon-struck person, that a great event should come here- child's play.

and many farmers will not sow their after. So did, for that same year seeds unless the phase of the moon, was the king dead.", Is favourable,

But now that Smith's daily news- Most people think there is some paper warns him of coming eclipses TAXTREMES of tempera- connection between. the moon and long in advance they are no longer

would be Smith's the weather. Statistics do not sup- a source of panic.

Eture

greatest trouble on the moon; in the sunshine rocks would be hot enough to fry bacon, but after sunset would be so cold that even air would freeze.

scenery would be most de The scenery pressing; wide desert regions pitted with gigantic craters, fifty or one hundred miles across, caused by the impact of meteorites. Every- where he would see rugged hills, some at high us. Everest.

The whole land is deserted and desolate; not a trace of water, and not a trace of life would he fnd. At most, if he were lucky and looked carefully he might come a few. mosses or lichens of across the bottom of some crater.*******

The material of which the moon is composed would be familiar; probably. it is not very different from what we find la our own de serts. We should expect this alte the moon was once part of the earth:

、“”

a

Millions of years ago, when the earth was not yet solid, it whirled much faster than it does now; day only lasted a few of our hours. As the earth cooled, It contracted and

spun faster and faster. Ulti- mately plece flew off into space and formed our moon. The

gop

that was left 'slowly filled up and its last remains are now covered

by the Pacific Ocean,

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"Why not?" snapped Boris.

Next morning the caravan start- Anteoni spoke in mensured tones. ed the long journey back to Bani- "Why not? A man who had taken Mora. They were days and nights of Yows a man who had made the torture for both of them. Wher empat sacred of marriages -- a mar. ) they reached the town where they ringe to the Church? He could nol had first known happiness. Domini be happy in the world for long, went to the hotel, Boris went to

· Monsieur. There must be angulah Father Roubler's church. in that man, thors must be despair such a few men have known.”

"No! Why should he be in de- apair? Why?" Borts Inaisted.

"Because he knows inside himself he has no right to the delights of the world."

"Why shouldn't he have? How can you judget I tell you he has a right to live as oiler men to love as other mon love."

Domini looked at him, knowing now the grim truth.

To a woman of devout as tho

and, as completely in love, thore

could be no greater shock than

From the balcony she saw him returning a few hours inter. The look on his face, a look almost of Joy, told her that his mind was at last at peace.

"Boris, you needn't tell me. It's In your face,”

"Domini, you know what I have to do, don't you?"

"Yes. How far is it to the mon- notery?"

"A few hourg- "A few hours—”

“A lifetime.”

They traveled to Tunis by train. Father Roubler and Batouch came

the realization that the man she to the station to bid them fare- had married was a Trappist monk. well

Can you arrange for a carriage to El-Lagaral 74-

"The Trappist monastery? Cor tainly, Mondfour" said the clerk," Would you care to wait in the private parlor?"

She watched Boria na ho rose, stum- At the hotel, by the railway sta- bled to the door. Ho stood there a tion in Tunis, Borks went up to the moment with his back to them, his desk, arms outflung and grabbing at the flap of the tent almost na If for support. Then he dropped his arms to his gides and went out into the desert.

Domini fallowed him with her eyes. As he went out, she started to follow..him, then stood in the doorway where he had stood, dazed, staring after him like one in a trance.

Anteon! came up behind her.

"Domini,” ba_said, "if it were, any other woman, I. phould never have Interfered. – But knowing you and your faith, I thought you would pro-; for to know."!

They walked slowly into, a bare, tawdry little room, the desolation of which seemed to accentuate their own adiction. Boris reached out his hand to her, but so he did, Domini withdraw ever so slightly.

"Picasa - you must, not touch me. I am trying to be strong, Plesso don't make it any harder.”

. "How can I boar to give you up?” "Yes, I prefer to know."

"Boria, we know this isn't all. It "All my Ure I shall gorrot that it can't be. And surely in that other was.from me you learned the truth.world—the real and Insting world I am going deep into the desert- - we shall be together forever" perhaps never to return,. Goodbye, "But in this world — ?" Domini."

"Goodbye." Her eyes were on monastery you will find it again, The happiness you found in the Boris, and as Antsons went to his Boris. Perhaps if you try not to horse, she followed her husband to think of me -- 7". where he knelt, milhouetted against

the night sky on the sand dunes always to the end of my life,

"No, Domin, no! I will love you He saw her coming.

"Domial! Dominit" haarfod in yes born perhaps to serve God, but I dare to ballove that I was also anguich;

Why did you do it. Boria? born that I might know your beauty Why

and your tendernaes. Bince I have "How can I explains How boen able to pray again, I have can I?"

Dad asked God to forgive me for loving Wore the vows too hard to you, for in knowing your love, I

16! have known Him.” koopta

“No, Domini, not For years I kept A coschman entered. “The car- thom, gladly, proudly. He began riago, Madame, Monsieur." to spask' mora calmly, es If the act At the outer gåts of the mones- of confession were giving him some tory, the carriage stopped and Horta of the peace be had sought so long got out. Their eyes said their fare "Even as a boy. I was vory-davoul, walis. Then he started to walk down It bomed, to zoot-oemed to the long, arbored driveway to the all my family that I should give entrance of the monastery. Domini up the world. I was still very young watched him for a few seconds. when I went into the monastery. Then she cried to, the coachman, was at peace thora. I wZUN

"Drive back to Tunisi happy

"It was a lonely gort of happiness,Madame" yom -- but it was, happiness. When

*Delve back! Driva bački”.

It came time to tako the 'eternal The conobrían obeyed, and tho wow, I did not bonitato. It never carriage turned around and 'started cócurred to me to go out again into on its way. It disappeared around the world sa many novioss did, I a curve in a cloud@bryant, ^^

worked in the fields, in the garden. · Boris straightened, and his strids I lived in the sun and the rain -

worked close to the earth day became more rapid as he approach- after day. And at night there whed the doorway to El-Lagarni, te the long plain chapel where L:pray-

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