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The Story of FRANK CAPRA'S Mightiest Production RONALD COLMAN in

LOST HORIZON

A serialization of Ruben Riskin's screen version of James Hilton's novel. Narrative by Albert"Dully

WHAT HAD Harranco Before Robert Conway, British dipló mat in the Boat, te found in a amali Chinese mission after having boon missing for mora than a year. Ela has lost hia memory but readily agrees to return to England" with Lord Calmsford, his resouar. En route, hia mamory anddenly, comes back and he inelata that he must leave the boat and return to Bhongri-la, ile tells Galwa ford of the evacuation of Bas. Jul where ho was consut-- during a bandit altack. The white residents gscape by plant and Comedy with his brother, George, an American named Barnard, Gloria Stone, a sullen prostituto, and Lovett, an Kng- l'ah scientist, are the pictaan. pers in the last pinne. They soon discover that they have boon kidnapped. For a day and a night the plane files on. climbing higher and higher to clear the treacherous moun Iain peaks. At lant the motors aputter Al

vo dead. The opy o 506 e 2nporat to the ground and Conway and George enter the cockpit to nule due the pilot. They find him alumped, aver his controta- dead. Conway shidies the pilot'e map and concludes that they have come about fres-thousand miles into Tibst and are at least a thousand miles from the near- eat civilization. Facing a slow and torturous death from star- vation, they are rescued by caravan of nativea lend by it Chinese who introduces himself as Chang and offers them shel- ter in a nearby tamanery, fla a terrifying journey through Harrow, precipitour" mountain puanes and the entire party la erhouated when, at last, they creep around a narrow ledge and stop to gape at the right litjore them. It is a strange cue-filing horizon diffusing at noftness and warmth that is unbelievable. "Welcome Shangri-la", anys Chang.

NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

Chaptor Four

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"Your Western mind is given to fights of fancy," Chang ropiled. "Bhail we go In* I should like to show you some of our fare trenge ures." Conway followed him into a huge library whose walls were Uned with books

"Two hundred and fifty thousand volumes -- and more," Chang an- nounced proudly.

"You keep yourself welt informed here," he commented.

"Oh ye," said Chang "Are you interested in comparative religion"" "Only casually Incidentally, what religion do you follow here?"

"We follow many,” Chang, ex- plained. "We do not hold that any particular religion is completely fa'ae. To put it simply, I should say that our general belief in in moderation. We preach the virtue of avoiding excesses of all kinds- even including excesave of virtue," "That's intelligent," sald Conway. "In the valley," Chang continued. "wo rule with moderate strictness- and in return we are satisfied with moderate obedience As a resuit, our people are moderately, sober. moderately chuste and modérately honest"

"Aren't there any disputes about women?"

"Only rarely You see, it is not considered good manners to take woman that another man wants" "Suppose." Conway

persisted. "somebody wanted her so badly he didn't give a hang about good man- ners**

In that event." "Chang smiled, "It would be good manners on the part of the other man to let him have her You'd be surprised, Con- way, how a Hille courtesy al, around helps to smooth out the most com. pilated problems"

Conway's attention during the lal- ter part of Chang's explanation had wandered to the adjoining music room where he could see and hear his mysterious girl of yesterday playing a violin to the accompani ment of a white haired old man "At some time in the future," {Chang said. "you'll have the pleas- jure of meeting her"

Conway took one last look at her and then turned to follow Chang "Some man," he said. "had beiter

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ready to be very courtrous to

A strange peace settled over the liltle group at Shangri-la in the ensuing weeks · The racking cough The party soon made the descent that had hounded Gloria Bione left into the valley and came to a halt her and she seemed to bloom anew at the foot of a wide marble stale-lo this peaceful environmen' She

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Conway found himself more and more attracted by the beautiful Bondra Bite!, (Posed up Ronald Colman and Inne Wyatt.)

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way leading into the lamasery. accepted the sincere proffer of "The servants wil show you to friendship that Barnard made to your quartera," Chang sold. do hope you will find them sull

Lovett contented himself with able,"

dally trips in search of foasika The party mounted the stairs of which he felt certain must abound ter the servants, leaving only Con in this mountain fasiness Con way who was raptly studying the way spent most of his time riding lamasery building. In an upper win-through the valley and nurturing dow he saw two robed ismas watch-his friendship with the valley folk Ing him curiously Farther over, on and with Sondra Bizet, the mysteri a narrow terrace half hidden by a ous girl whom he had met at long Moral arbor. his eyes were arrested last,

by the sight of a girl--a girl whone Only George remained rebellious beautiful oval face was framed the uat. their enforced confinement n halo of rich brown hair She was Shangri-la Nor standing quietly, looking down, nt he had met and been attracted to did the fact int Conway intently.

a beautiful Russian girl, Maria, After dinner that night i was quict his restlessness Each pasan Lovell who first broached the sub-day saw him becoming more im ject of their departure.

patient and his taut nerves snapped

1 regret that I cannot help you." one night after dinner Drawing said Chang, "Unfortunately,

wea putol, he, started out with the

have no wireless here. In fact, we avowed Intention of foreing Chang have no means of contact with the to give him information about the outside world."

"In

that event." said Lovett, Porters, A servant, terrified at the sight of the gun, fed from George

"hadn't wa. better make armoRS white the latter putapso a stream

ments for porters to take us back of bullet aftar to elvilization?"

was ther "Are you so certain" Chang disarmed him and knocked him out thal, Conway overtook his brother. sked quietly, that you're away with a single, well-directed punch. from "

Lovett mumbled a confused apol George. Chang joined the group While they were trying to revive ogy. "We'll pay your natives any-Conway spoke to him. "Personally „thing within rrasan.“ he offered

I have enjoyed every minute of our "That of no use." said Chankenforced stay at Shangri-la he "We have no porters here. The men sald, "but my brother is not of the. You saw this morning are our own same mind I think it's time we people and they never venture be were given some idea as to what yond the point where you met there thin in all about."

"Strenge" said the imperturable

It is much too hazardous How-

ever, there is a tribe of porters some Chang. when all this happened 1 ave hundred miles from here. They was bringing the most exciting newf are our only contret with the out- to you The High Lama wants to aide world and in that respect you see you." are indeed fortunate for we are ex-

"The High Lama”": Barnard de..

pecting a shipment from them al-manded. "Who in blazes is he? most any firmë, ve",

Chang acted as Conway's guide on his inspection of Shangri-la the

next morning”.

"Bhangra, Conway said, “you

thought you ran this joint.”

"The High Lama is the only one from whom any information or sa-

stance can come."

Conway stood up. That's the

-that mysifflölis,plöl--are all fled man I want to seg." he said quietly..

up in a well-worked-out plan to kid. "Let's go to him

nap us and bring na horD UGAİNET.

our will. Am I right?"-

(To Be Continued)

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Why Not a Rock Garden?

How to make one is here explained

by RICHARD SUDELL

OME day I shall make a geographical rock garden. In one part of it I shall buy British only, and every plant allowed there will be of the species and varieties that are British by birth. It was a collection of photographs and dried speck- mens of rock plants from the Andes that reminded me once again of this old resolution: of mine,

They came from a continent quite isolated from Europe.

And so, though the plants were of the same familles and were doubtless related closely in pre-historic times, they were of different species from those that grow in this continent.

Cousins

AT the same time there different

rock plants are just as closely related to some of the giants of the herbaceous border, and to some of the shrubs and climbers.

Every plant family has bad, during the ages to struggle for existence in various climates and altitudes.

And wherever high, mountainous conditions have fallen to their lot species have evolved that are specially suited to alpine regions.

All these differences and relation- chips make the classification of rock plants a little bewildering.

All the same, some sort of classifica- tlon nakes a planting scheme very much more interesting to the owner, and I suggest this method of grouping according to the country of origin as Jcing

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very attractive and practical

It allows for the use of suitable soil with a minimum of trouble, since plants from one district usually re- quire similar soll.

Formation

WHEN you build a rock garden, the

first and most important ques- tlon is that of situation.

There are three points that I regard ns. essentials-a place in the sun, a place away from the drip of trees, and a place where a real picture can be made, not just a mound of soil pep- pered with rocks and looking Just "spotty."

Rock plants are used to the open, Bunny alopes of the hillside, and hate to be cramped and shut in.

Bo that if you can only spare a corner that is under an old tree, don't make a rock garden, but make a rocky bank for ferns, violets, les of the valley and Solomon's seal

Whatever atylo of rock garden you attempt, whether it is a ročky hillside, ravine, alpino meadow, or dry moralne (Le.. the heap of stones left at the foot of a glacier, damp and gritty under- neath, and stony on the surface), fet It imitate as nearly as possible the natural scenery.

If you live near London, and if you can stand a peep at the'ident without losing faith in your own work, go to Kew and collect a few ideas.

The original Kew Rock Garden was built in a ravine, a sort of miniature Cheddar Gorge.

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Lately they have introduced stratified sandstone formation. My own feeling is that this rather apolis the original simplicity, but it certainly adds variety.

Work Upwards

THE commonest and easiest way to

build a rock garden is to make a stoping hillside and create the impres sion of a natural outcrop of rocks.

Begin by setting some large stones nt, the lowest part, and work from them upwards.

The stones should it in to the bank.

so that the rains run into the pockets

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Imitate Nature and plant' as she does--in groups.

of soll. These soil pockets are really soll beds supported by the protruding rocks. They need rough material de low to make good drainage, and a sur face layer of several inches of Ane gritty soll.

Whierover two pieces of rock are net close together, similar no soll should be packed an tightly possible into the crevice. Loosely built, rockeries are draughty homes for the plants, '

I once extracted a root of rock pink, and behind a surface tuft threa inches in diameter was a three-foot length of root, going far back into the cracks of the rock.

If such a root finds merely empty air spaces, the plant naturally gets cold feet!

Apart from these practicat details, use your rocks as decoratively as pos sible.

If you are lucky enough to have limestone. weatherwor

the keep weathered surface exposed, so that your finished picture really looks like a bit of natural outcrop.

How Nature Plants SINCE you are out to imitate Nature, plant as she does, that is, in groups.

Beeds do not often fall in isolated ones, but in small groups, and the natural rock gardens have their plants scattered in irregular clusters.

Often a group of plants will nestie ́s against a large rock, na if the seed had been caught and carried there by the wind.

So, for instance, five plants of viola gracilis in one place, and a fow early snowdrops close enough to them to en- sure a double sensori of Bower from one packet, or a group of autume crocus planted among primula julle, will gke a good imitation of the natural rock garden, while showing also the touch of the canny gardener. ----An enormous number of rock plants can be set out at any season, since they are grown in nurseries as pot plants and can be transplanted without root disturbance.

Some good, ahowy plants that would provide carpets- of colour-most of them to be discovered about this time

in the cheap markets and stores, as well as in local nurseries are these:-- Dwarf columbines, such as aquileplo

airita

Aubriclia" Dr. Mules."

Campanula carpatica.

Dianthus alpinus.

Gentiana acaulis.

Hypericum reptans.

Tris reticulata.

Saxifraga alzoon (and other species). Sedum acr

Silene schafla. Thymus serpyllum.

Viola cornuta.

Water Charm

you can introduce water to the rock garden, you probably do not need any encouragement from me.

To watch tiny stream cascading from pool to pool or tumbling noisily over rough stones to a quiet pool at the lower end of the rock garden 13 a joy in itself.

To add waterlilies and aquatics, and such lovely waterside plants as the musks and the "molly-bleba" to the ordinary rockery plants is no less a source of increased pleasure and de light.

to

Plants that I should use now stock the marshy sides of an informal water garden are:-

or

Molty-blobs

Iris Kaempferi Marsh Marigolds (Caltha palustris).

Primula bulleyand. Musk (Mimulus), Astlides. Cypripedium calocolas for some other member of the orchid family),

As They Fade... WINTER and early spring bloomers can generally bo pruned (if at all) immediately the flowers fade.

Blow growers, like Daphne, need no prunlog. Winter Jaani "you can treat with discretion.

If you want it to cover a tall pillar, don't cut all the stems hard back, but begin by taking out entirely the weakest growths.

Leave the strong ones full length, or just trim, away the tips where the flowers were.

If the stems are already too long for the support, cut all the ties, and twist the growths spirally round and round the pillar as you `re-tle them; you will get a travo mags of colour next season from Jasmine so treated.

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