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WHAT do you think of this, from a paper of 18887

It says underneath it: "Now that cycling as a warlike expedient is engaging the attention of our military authorities, a correspondent humorously suggests that, in addition to our horse and infantry, a parachute cerps selected from Highland . regiments should be attached to the next flying column...

"The reason for selecting those of our gallant defenders who wear the 'garb of Old Gaul is cbvious. Thele kilis will merely have to be fitted with frames similar to those used for umbrellas. and at once, the country will be provided with a devoted band ready to swoop down on the foe from the clouds, like the eagles

of their native mountains.”

TELEGRAPH" WEEK-END MACAZINE

This Was

Drawn

More Than

*

Fifty *

Years Ago

THE BITER BIT-by Denis Wheatley

A Very Short Short Story: Reading Time 32 Minutes

LITTLE Mr. Thompson went to Scotland Yard with the highest patriotic motives; but he was a very busy man, so he thought it distinctly tiresoine that, having told his story to asympathetic policeman, ha should be kept in the bleak interviewing room for nearly an hour and then be asked to tell It again.

"Queer sort of policeman, too," he thought as he glanced at the tall, sinoping young man with absurdly long eyelashes whom the sergeant brought in. "Looks like one of those Hendon College chaps-university degree, I bet."

Ilis suppositions were, however, completely wrong. Vivien Pawlett- Browne was not a policeman and had never managed to puss 2012 examination In his life.

Having it a cigarette Mr. Thomp- son retold his story as briefly as pos-

to haul him in at any Vivien hazarded.

time air," me for a few days in case you catch it, too. But I've arranged for my doctor to call and collect the book

alble. "It's my partner I'm worried "Yes. But he's much more useful you promised me; it sounds very las about; my firm is a radio company in to us as a lead. Bauer we've got to teresting?" Croydon. Started it myself in 1933, get." but I never had enough capital to Jaunch out.

THEN

CHEN last spring Jacob Bauer come along and offered to put

five thousand pounds into the busi

very

That evening Vivien rang up Mr. must be kept out of the way from "Then," Vivien added, "Reichstahl Thompson and arranged to be signed first thing to-morrow until midnight. on to the factory staff under the Could you hold him for twelve hours name of Rudi Muller,

on suspicion of complicity in some civil crime, and apologise after-

The following morning at eight he started work. At twelve, when the whistle went for lunch, he put his

wards?"

Sir Charles gave his frosty smile.

ness, He's a German Jew, of course, tools in a neat pile and was about "Very good. Fit sec to both points but a clever engineer and a

to follow the other men towards the for you." decent chap, so took him .

canteen when a white pudgy hand "Well, now there's a

war on.

Bauer's very anti-er-and aff was laid on his arm.

that-but he's not even naturalised British.

Tic

At nine o'clock the following evening Vivica rang the bell of

"You're a new man, aren't you? Bauer's flat. Slipping quickly inside, I'm Mr. Bauer." The Government's just given me voice had only slight accent

German's Vivien seized the amazed man's hand a contract to make the new miula-

Each day when Bauer made his

and whispered "Hell, Hitlert" ture transinitiers Why secret. round of the workshop he Naturally, Dauer will expect to see pleasantly to Vivien, but the pseudo spoke the blue prints when they turn up. tudi Mailer remained non-committal

Do I show them to hun--or don't 17 and even seemed slightly embar: RAUER'S face went blank, but

Thot's what I want to know."

rassed by the attention he received Vivien grinned; *Sorry I had to

Vivien smiled slowly. "Thanks, from his compatriot, Mr. Thompson, My aume's Browne and I'll get in touch with you as soon as I've had a chance to check your partner up."

Tthe end of the week Vivien re-

AT ported to his chief and produced

be stand-offish in the factory, but we can't be too careful." He lowerexi his volee impressively; "Reichstahl's being watched. I'm the doctor and he sent me to collect the 'book,"

The German hesitated-a-moment, then beckoning, Vivien into his "I've arranged with Thompson sitting-room he produced a large en- office and half an hour later be that Bauer shall be given the blue- velope and said: "Here are the blue- was reporting to his chief.

prints to take hoine to-morrow prints. Get them photographed to- Sir Charles Forsyth or "Old night," he said, "and this, sir. is what night. I must to-morrow have them Frostyns lie was called by his I suggest. You've had Reichstall's back for certain." staff-nodded the snow-white head in and out mail watched, so we've

A TAXI look him back to his own

for his nickname,

n typewritten slip.

which was only partially responsible got photostatic coples of his writing. The ex-Rudi Muller look them want the departmental forger to with one hand and pulled out his "And Bauer, you say, is on that do this note in Reichstahl's hand and gun with the other. secret list of Reichstahl's that we post it off to-night." managed to copy; so he is o spy and The slip rend: probably passes on to Reichstahl

"It's curious," he said, "that your nome rhymes with Tower, isn't it, The is just to let you know that dear Herr Bauer, since it's nt the anything he gets,"

I've gone down with 'ju so it would Tower of London that "We've got enough on Relchstahl be best for you to keep away from people like you."

SSSSSSSE.

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Where Would

You Find

1. The Keystone State?

2. The Suez Canal?

3. Rembrandt's portrait of him-

self?

4. Greenfield Village?

6. The University of Minnesota?

d. Victoria Falls?

7. Huntington Library?

4. The Scilly Isles?

D. Crater Lake?

10. Scapa Flow?

ANSWERS

Pennsylvanial

2. It connecia the Redi

Son with the Mediterranean, and is 104,80 miles long.

3. The National Gallery in London.

Honry Ford's famous, educational ex- periment is in Dearborn, Michigan.

3. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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7. Pasadena, Caill, It contains.some of the world's chaleest books, and one ..of the noti colections of paintings -- of the 18th century: British School. 3. A group of 240 islands of the south-

western coast of England,

9. South-western Oregon; Lake of extra- ordinary blue in crater of extinet volcano. Its sides aro 1,000 feet hig 10. The British naval base in the Orkney

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