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19 Compass point

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14 Russian storehouse

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Nautical term

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Rupert's Queer Path--60

After watching the conures' and

Tigerlily out of night Rupert runs

back and huds his mother standing

on the cracy path. **i thought"} heard voices so i canse out to see (what - was happening.” she says. "Thm is the firm time I've really been' vour_beautdul math.". Rupert „augha giecivily, "It's lucks for voo that wou weren't here before *** he

ries.

- You would; have dropped fight through inco-Czary Land just

ka Bill and | dial Conte on indoors. Wain my twa and I'll tell you "all **bout it.**

THE END,

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

(Another new adventure

- on Tuesday).

POSERS

HOBBIES

Through which does sound travel faster, water or air?

2. What Is the principal river in Alaska?

3. What hato The Pyramids and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in common?

RIDDLES

1. What is that which though only four inches long and three inches wido containin a solid foot?

• 2. If I were in the sun and you were out of it, what would the sun be?

3. What is that which gvery- bat rarely often holds

"

one touchen?

4. Who cares it before the queen with his hat on?

SCRAMBLED CITIES

Here are the names of 10 cities of the United States, spelled with scrambled lettera. Try to write then correctly. The first letter of each city is placed correctly to give you a start,

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C-ITININCAN

M-ANIEPSOLNI

5 G-OSTVALEN

7

2

I-PINILASANO

D-ASLAL

F-HIBURTTGS

4. J-ONSACK

3. 1-OSTOUN

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ANSWERS

WACKY COMPASS:

Jicka.

You teach an pid dog new

HOMONYM: Polc, poll.

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They

are two of the Seven Ancient Wondim of the World.

BRONCHO BILL

Aprur

SECRETLY

RIDDLES: 1-A youngster's 2-Sin 3-11 tongue. 4-Her coachman,

shoe.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1949.

The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE

MYSTERY OF THE PANTOMIME CAT'. THE CHILDREN'S SERIAL

★ The Five Find-Outers plant clues at the Estile Theatre so lure P-¢ Pippin on the trail of a false mystery. stumbles on a real crimă, injured man, an open esta.

Ifut Pippin

WHO ROBBED

THE SAFE?

THE five children know nothing about P-c Pippin's exciting night, of Pip and Beta were asleep

course.

in bed when he smashed the window at the back of the Little Theatre, and Larry and Daisy had been told they could listen to the nine o'clock news, and then go to bed. Fatty had been in his room trying out a wonder- ful new Aid to Disguise- little pads to put inside tho cheeks and make them fat.

"*11 try these tomorrow. thought Fatty, with a grin. "I put them in before breakfast and see if any one notices."

Fatty went to bed wondering J P.-c. Pippin had found the clues he had spread about the verandah, and how long he had walled for the mythical meet

Ing.

Gud Bluiten

Fatty's relief he went on read- ing his newspaper,

"I'll ring up the dentist im- mediately after breakfast," said Fatty's mother.

"Aha! That was the raice of his vid

nemy."

CRAFTS

*polit

a perfectly super "real} mystery by making up a stupid pretend onol

"I'll come with you to ex- plain," said Larry.

to

"No," rald Fa.ty. "I take the ty for this, I'd ko the rest of you out of tif Pippla takes it into his head to complain of us, my "parents won't take a lot of notice--but yours will, Larry---| and as for Pip's parents, they'}}| go right off the deep end."

do" såld Pip

"They always His parents were very stricl with him and Bo's, and bad been very much annoyed three or four times already when Mr Goon had complained to them about the children.

"Noth-

GAMES

-JOKES

ZOO'S WHO

don't want our parents to know a thing Mother's already ro said she's glad Goon is away seasho because now prehaps we won' get Into any mischief these holidays, and make Goon come round and grumble about us."

"I'll go and see Pippin now," ned a meeting there. Plp and said Fatty, getting up.

a nasty thing Bets had a fine big playroom ing like getting of their own, where they were done at once. I do hope Pippin

often disturbed, and It In desperation Fatty put his not

won't mind too muchi, Actually meeting- to his mouth and

a very good re- made

I think he's rather nice. He'll hands moved the two cheek-nnd place.

be thrilled at getting a case and

had Bets

heard but instead

like this when Goon is away." of being pleased

of the grent ROWEL that 's checks wen now no nothing longer swollen his mother cried Fatty told them, and they were “Whail Λ robbery amared. out in disgust.

night at the "Frederick! How can you be committed Inst

Did it happen Theatre! Litte have like that! Berhoving food

out, with Buster went there?" cried Helose at his heels. whilst

we were with your from your

He inouth

exeltement. fingers! What is the matter with Larry, with Daly. I my. Larry, didn't care about

Pip. In

"Here's whistled loudly to show that he anything in you this morning? You'd better leave the table."

heard the news about the Little the world. Theatre Robbery?"

Before Fatty could explain about the check-pads, his father "Well, ал exclama lon.

in the 1.Jaten 10 this

well!

paper,

Next day at breakfast, Fatty put in his

Aid to new

Dis gulse-the check-pads that forced out the soft part of his cheeks and mnde him look plumper than ever.

His father, buried behind his paper, didn't seem to notice any He always thought difference. Fatty was too plump anyhow,

But his mother was puzzled Fatty looked different. Whol

it that was

him look ve made strange? It wan his cheeksl They were quite blown out,

Last night it was disclosed "Frederick-Mave you Fot toothache?" suddenly asked his that the manager of the Little mother. "Your checks are very Theatre, in Peterswood, Bucks,

was found drugged In "Oh no, Mother, and Fatty. wffled, and the safe in the wall "My leath are quite all right.” behind him was open, the con- "Well, you don't reem to be tents having been stolen, The eating as much as usual, which police already have one suspect 16 very queer, and certainly in their hands'."

our checks look swollen." per- your sisted his mather. "I shall ring and manke an appointment with the dentist."

Awollen.

THIS

THIS was really very alarm- ing. Fatty didn't want the dentist poking round his mouth and finding holes in his teeth. He felt quite certain that even if there wasn't a hole the den 2- Pittsburgh. tist would make one with that

nasty 4 Jackson.

Instrument scrapey - Houston. bla. 8-Frankfort.

SCRAMBLED CITES; 1-Cincinnati,

3--Minneapolis.

Galveston

7-Indianapolis.

9-Dallas 10-Louisville.

CROSSWORD:

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MR

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By Dolo Goss

of

"Mother-do belleve me--not one of my teeth has holes in," Faid Fatty, desperately. "I ought to know."

مال

Fa ty was so astounded in bear This that he absent-

into

PIP

But actually Fatty did enro LAITY and Daisy had heard quite n fot this morning. fte all about L. They knew even felt gulity about all those false more than Fatty because Janet, clues, He could have kicked

knew their cook.

the woman himself for spoiling his chance who cleaned the Little Thea re, of working in with P.-c. Pippin, and had got come news from which she had passed on her, to Larry and Dalsy.

Laivy sald Janet felt. certain that the robhers were the two ruffinns she had seen the other night in the beam of light from the klichen decri

Pippin wasn't like Goon. He looked sensible, and Fatty felt

sure he would have welcomed his, Fatty's, help.

He came to Goon's house,

Pippin was now living which whilst Goon was away. To his

the door surprise

was wide open. Faty walked in to find Pippin,

"To think we were all thers mindedly put his check-pads last

evening mooching round. his mouth thinking they hanging about and everything!" were bis of bread and began groaned Fatly. "And we never There was a loud voice talk- room. Falty to chew them,

saw a thing. We were so busy ing in the front

the news.

He simply couldn't believe preparing clues for old Pippin stopped as if he had been shot. that we never saw anything of It was Goon's voice, Goon! Had Why he and the

must have he came back then? others had actually been hang- a real crime that

DA almost under ing round

Fatty stood there, wondering the Litle Theatre been going half the evening, and they had our noses."

what to do. He wasn't going en nothing at all-except the Pantomime Cal

"Janet rays that Mrs Trotter, to confess to Pippin in front of

the Goon! That would be woman who cleans

Goon might even that very foollsh, Theatre, told her

tell Inspec or Jenks, the chil- manager stretched out across

great friend and his office desk, his head on his dren's very

somehow arms, asleep from some drug-

Fatty felt that the

"Could I see the plece, Dad”

the

Little

VETY.

THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS RECOGNIZED THE WORTH OF

VULTURES

AS AGENTS OF SANITATION AND GAVE THEM RANKS

OF DEITIES...

IMPRINTS OF EIGHT VARIETIES OFDINOSAUR HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN ONE SECTION OF UTAH, THEY LEFT THEIR TRACKS IN THE SAND WHICH HAS SINCE TURNED TO STONE...

Caterpillars Are Foolish

ÎN FLIGHT A SPARROW'S WINGS MAKE 13 STROKES A

SECOND..

-They Won't Touch Anything They Can't Nibble →→→

By MAX TRELL

CATERPILLARS,"

sald

Mr Punch to Knarf and Hanid. the shadow- children with the turned- about names, "aren't very bright. They do foolish To make matters things. even worse," he added, "they don't even know they're foolish."

Knarf and Hanid asked Mr Punch to explain what he meant about caterpillars not being bright and doing foolish things.

"Well," answered Mr Punch,

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Caterpillars Bike lauvos,

asked Fatty, wondering why last night the police found the take it into his head to go and pets. Ons was named Archibald afternoon I saw them walking

the bread in his mouth was so tough.

He suddenly realised that I wasn't bread-ugh, how horrible, he had been chawing his "Well then, why are your

check-pads! And now he didn't .cheeks so pulled out?" asked

dare to remove them again in his mother, who never could

case his mother accused him of leave a subject alone once she

once more. on it. She disgus ing manners had really started turned to his father. "Don't It was very awkward. you think Frederick's checks "Don't talk with your mouth

are swollen?"

fuli, Frederick," His father glanced up in an mother.

"AI absent-minded таласт ways does look too fat," he said. "Eats too much." Then

Things to Make With Materials at Hand

Jambour me

1. Cut a piece

of plain CLOTHI

inches wider than a pair of EMBROIDERY HOOPS.

Opoc

2. Put cloth through hoops. Trim edges to one half inch.

(Z'M GİTETİNİ

TOO OLD PEA THIS, BOYD RECKON

PLANTING ONG) TEL GO STRAIGHT-

OF HID MEN

PS DEPUTY BHERIFF, BLAGH MOR- LAY UNGERE-

OLC

9.Sex small CHRISTMAS BELLS

and PEARL BUTTONS loosely to edge of the cloth.

4.Stretch cloth tightly and paint it with clear SHELLAC orTHIN GLUE. ...let dry theroughly

and paint

again.

9:10

Smoke Signal

MICAN-

APTE

SPENDING

THE NIGHT"

IN THE GET-

TLEMENT.

BILL AND

BOY ANGER NEAR MEAD- QUARTERS

NEX MORNINGER

CHONORI

to

and behind him was his empty safe," said. Larry.

"It was one that was built á the wall, hidden by a big wall- mirror hanging in front of it She said the police must have discovered the whole thing not very long after it was done."

hig sald

And of course you can't have You can your father's paper. read it when he has Anished with it."

Very fortunately at that moment the telephone bell rang. The house-parlourmald answer ed it and came to fetch Fatty's mother.

We

Inspector would not approve of the little trick they had played on the unsuspecting Pippin.

and the

Was other

"I once had two caterpillars for for a walk by themselves, Onu named round and round the top of a Clarence. They were just about flower-pot. How did you ep- long as their names, and quite joy your walk today. boys' 1 back. fuzzy. I used to feed them fresh asked when they camo green leaves and a bit of butter They both exclaimed that they walk. milk. They liked the leaves had had a wonderful

wouldn't touch the We walked for miles and miles on a beautiful paved path, gald Archibald. But we kopt pas5 same houses "Why not?" asked Knart. Ing the

and the "Why wouldn't they touch the same trees and the same bushes buttermilk?”

all along the way. And when "Because," gald Mr Punch, wo got off the bath there we

home nenir, were right

Just touch any W

where WO started," sald

sald Mr Punch, "that they had Clarence. They had no idea," done all their walking around the rim of the flower-polt Cat-- terpillars are very foolish."

Goon WES

very but they evidently voice was raised, buttermilk.” angry. His and he was Eoing for poor Pippin unmercifully

Foty couldn't help hearing. as ho stood in the passage, undecided whether to go in or out.

1

"Why didn't you and for me "caterpillors won't "THE police. I suppose that when you first saw those rogues thing they can't nibble. And they 1 means Pc. Pippin," said under the bush in the gardent" never could manage to nibble

me buttermilk." didn't you tell "Why think Fatty. "Gosh-to

Not So Foolish planted him there

that about the torn-up note? on verandah. surrounded

a by

"Didn't. I tell you to let me

Hanid said she didn't think whole lot of false clues and know if anything happened?

But Mr

Hanid said she thought that there he was right on the spot Tumip-head! Dolt! Soon as I that was so foolish.

when you were as small as D when a real robbery was com o away they put in a dud like Punch went right on.

Caterpillar you probably didn't mittedi

you, who hasn't even got the

Sone day

Archibald and know you were walking around You has superior maddening sense to send for

Clorence went for a walk with the rim of a flower-pot. when something happens but me. I mean I took them out thought all the time that it was the half-chewed check-pads and If only we'd snooped round a

deelded to Fatty put them into his pocket. Ho bit more, the might have hit Buster decided differently. Aha! for a walk. But where do you a regular paved roadway. decided never to wear them on the mystery ourselves.

enemy, wasn't 117 Wiha joy- think they walked?" again at meal-times.

"As it is, we've presented it ful bork Buster pushed open. of the sitting-room He glanced longingly at his to the police or rather to P.-c. the door father's paper. Ah-ha had Pippin and they will get in with his black nose, and bound-

and solve the ed inl folded it over again and the bit straight away about the robbery was on the whole thing" back, but upside down.

So Fat'y was able to remove "I's' obsolutely

There was a dolcful silence. Fatly managed to read it two It did seem very hard luck.

or three times. He began to feel very excited,

"I suppose Pippin will think all

and those cigarette-ends hanky and ad on are real clues now clues to the real robbers, I mean" said Bets after a long WOULD It be a Mystery? pause.

Suppose they hadn't got the right Suspect? Then the Five Find-Outers could get on

o-It' at once.

Fatty felt that he couldn't

cat any more break possibly fast. He alid away quietly from be table before his rather come back. His father didn't notice him go.

Fatty flew off to Pipe at once Larry

would be and Daisy along zoon, for they had p

By Harry F. O'Neill

GREAT SCOTT - "THE CHUCK HOUSE

IS ON FIRE

COME ON,

MORE NEXT WEEK

-(London Expresa Service)

HOW

ARE

"Then one fine day" said Mr "Where?" Hanid said.

Punch, "Archibald and Clarence "Archibald walked up to the came un to me; they were both top of a cherry tree, and so sleepy they could Clarence walked up to the top keep their eyes opent

hardly 'You'd of a plum tree. I was never so better ge and take a nap, boys," Ured in my life. In fact, from T. said. 'I' no x ypur beds that day on I made them go out. They both feet on a bod of mosa which kept in a shady comer of my window" Mr Punch explained.

TACTFUL

YOU?

"Gosh! So he will Hell be right off on the wrong track," sad Falty. "That's awkward. Very awkward. I don't mind LTERE'S a new game to test. playing a silly trick on either Goon or Pippin--but I wouldn't want to do anything that would prevent them from catching the Those clues of ours burglars. will certainly tog them a bit.”.

"You menn--they'll art

looking for people whose names begin with 2 and they'll go and watch that Sunday train?" cald Dalsy. "Instead of going on the right trail,"

your boiling point. It gives you a chance to tell what you SHOULD do and what you, ac- tally do in matters where some- times you get angry.

The situation:. One of your friends insists on airing opinions which are opposite to yours and he insists you are wrong in your viewpoint.

What would you do? Mark what you'd actually do with an "Yes," said Fatty. Well-X think I'd better go and see P.-c.

What should you do? Mark Pippin, and own up. I don't what you SHOULD do with an want fo set him off on the wrong, track-make him wasto Time solving ja protend

do mystery when he's got a real- one to see to,"

1. I'd for very annoyed, but wer

my best not to show - my |foʻlings.

2. I'd tell him: “You're crazy way, but I won't

"Blow! It will be very awk- ward, having to explain. And to tolle that

het he won't give ma; any in-jargue the matter with you." formation, either, because he'll

9. I'd let his offensive re-

I'M RIGHT!

YOU'RE WRONG. MM RIGHT.

Back Of Garden

"But when I come back," Mr Punch went on, "I found that Archibald and Clarence had both gone off to a tree at the back of the garden. And there they were, high up on the trunk, busily spinning their own beds. Befons I could get them down they had crept inside their beds, noned the top and were fort | asleep. So I let them sleep.^.

They slept for days and days and days-which is quito, long enough for a nap and finally I decided to wake them up. 'So I rapped on their bods, and by and by two little heads. crme out. But they weren't Archibald and ClaroneCÍ”

"No?" cald Knarf and Haula. In astonishment. "Who werd they

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**Two butterflies. Look what happened to you, Archibad!' I sald. Look what happened to you, Clarencet 'You're not cat- erpillars any morol But they didn't seem to be at all sur- prised. They just fluttered off. Now, did you ever bear of any- thing as foolish as that?—to go.... The solullon: No. 3 is best, to bed as caterpillars and wako. thea Nos. b, 1, 2 and 4 in that up as butterflies!"

B. I'd let him argue his points and keep my opposite statements

be so annoyed wijh me for play, marki go by and if he incirled to a minimum. - ing a trick on lin

19 on continuing the argument, "We could have worked in I'd change the subject. nicely

with old Pippin, We 4. T'd be so provoked I'd give order, No. 4 is the worst thing never could work with Goon" him a good piece of my mind, you could do. You'd losen But Knart and Hanid

Every

one fol: very glum. Wavho I'd even. punch him on friend and nothing, would be smulet it happens To think they had gọno and the nose,

settled

timb," Hanlı baki.

only

all the