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STORIES
PUZZLES
HOBBIES
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1950.
The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE
ON THE KIDNAPPER'S TRAIL IN TO-DAY'S INSTALMENT OF THE
CHILDREN'S SERIAL,
Off in
Five Fall into Adventure
George's boat
What has happened so far
Julian, Dick and Anne have been staying with their cousin Georging (George for short) and her dag Timmy. Strange things have been happening. Georga's father has had valuable scientific papers stolen. Kidnappers hava A coptured George and Timmy ond spirited them away. little rogamutin git colled Jo has somehow get mixed up in all this, and has rescued Julian and the others when they got lost in Rarens Wood. Now they are on their way home again, and jo has promised to take them to where a man called Red Tower lives, because they feel sure he has got George and Timmy.
JOAN
CHAPTER 17
was extremely thankful to see them. She had been so worried the night before that if the telephone wires in the house had been mended, she would most certainly have rung up the police.. As it was, she couldn't telephone, and the night was so dark that she was really afraid of walking all the way down to the village.
"I haven't slept all night." she declared. This mustn't happen again, Master Julian. It's worrying me to death.
And JOW you haven't pot George or Timmy. I tell you, if
by Gud Blylow
tiwy don't turn up soen till take to go when you are. We'll have
hope
matters to my own hands. haven't heard from your uncle
ether-let's and nunt they're not lost, tout"
Sise busted about after this was soon fryingt outburst, nud Sausages and tomatoes for them. They couldn't wait till they were cooked, and helped themselves to great hunks of bread and butter.
"It's a spade and trowel you want for your food this nur ing, not a knife and fork," gnid "You're Joan. disapprovingly. just shovelling it in. No, I can't moro, Master cock you any Julian. There's not a usage left in the here nor a bit of incon either.
You fill up with toast and marmalade."
They had a conference, after breakfast. "About this fellow, Red Tower," said Julian. "Whd in he, Jo? What do you know about him?"
"I's
Jo began to climb up the rocky cliff like a monkey
"What's the
about?"
to get any
CRAFTS
GAMES
Counting our animal friends Skywriting as
By Dan Murdoch
I'M FROM
THE BUREAU
OF THE CENSUS, AND THERE'S
A PEW THINGS.
1950 IS THE YEAR
THAT QUESTIONS CONCERNING ABOUT 150 MILLION AUER- ICANS WILL BE AGKED BY AGENTS OF THE
16.CENSUS BUREAU - QUESTIONS WILL ALSO BE ASKED ABOUT OUR FARM ANIMALS, AND SPECIAL SURVEYS WILL BE MADE OF OUR WILD BEASTS, BIRDS AND FISH
weather's good
already
Inst
much
-FADER-
តារ
JOKES
a Trade
upon by the
the ing of
chemicals SLAPPY HOOPER,
Ras, oil and legendary artist who which make smoke when acted bent from the painted signs on a cloud, plane's exhaust. It requires an must take a back seat for average of 50 miles of flying to This sen today's skywriters who can form a thort sign.
of course must be wrliten back- splash words across
ward so it will be rondable to whole horizon.
people looking up from tho ground.
the
Twenty-Ave yourn ngo an English pilot got the idea of Alywriting. He wrote the first
YOU'VE MIGPELLED A
WORD! GO UP AGAIN AND SKYWRITE IT 25 TIMES/
"I want to come," saki Aune "If my Dad enn climb up, sures report to the President, who oftener than every 10 years. Some worn if wildlife is increasing or /only a dozen or so skywriting
af once.
of
Skywriters warn bora not to quit school to join their glamo- rous ranks, at least not unul
learned they have
to spell, Imagine the embarrassment the pilot who saw his spelling mistako written in the sky to be read for 30 miles! He was obliged to go up again and cross ou the wrong letter and writo the correct one above It.
wrile
But he didn't have to the misspelled word 25 times.
T
Sixth Sense
HE
that Ales
first robin north in the spring attracts newspaper notices attention, and sometimes even acute rivalry among the neighbour- watches. hood's cafer birch
that Everyone wants first robin.
to see
folks door foller in teneral, including before travels.
Wild boys and girls as well as drawn- They dranged the boat up.
war on summer with treat art-
*Tho Dick draped it
counted in ups, all help nul. Private organi-
Dally minds ure usually and on it fuls of CNWO,
HIS mouth 150,000 the winter-time. In that reason, sations of animal lovers take perial message,
agency Mail" as a stunt to advertise more part. The government Jocked almost like a rock itself,
T United States govern- rout
bris and beasts don't
an End newspaper. Seeing Not many generations ago, the was con- "Now, what next
they in charge is the U. S. Fish and much. Instead,
the possibilities of skywriting, migration of birda
Allan J. Cameron sidered " profound mystery. Jubati
"Where's this eave you ment workers begin the 17th gather together in central spots. Wildlife Service.
Counting wild animals is har-American
the American rights
Where birds flew in nutumn or laidu, ami began Census. They ring door: Besides, there aren't so many of Up here,"
in winter-time, which der in many ways Un counting obtained
was a question a bit people. You can't ring doorbells and established the Skywriting why they suddenly reappeared
His organisation in the spring to have a boat though."
to climb up the rocky cliff like a bells, ask questions, fill in them
make counting them
Today. take George's sald monkey. "We'll
an answer, Toth the boys were the answers for about 150 easier. Accordingly, our animal and ask animnis questions. The Corporation.
an et la in the business in this without Dirk getting up. "Look, Jo-1
census takers try to make
through research and study, we counts this year have better rave Au yery Bood clinberg, but noon they million Americans. Then for Think werd
preurate count of animals in just country.
the little Blackpoll found it impossible
beginning made,
know that bind this time.
travels 7,000 several months the Census been I don't like further.
a few definite areas. The gures
Skywriting is certainly not n
Warbler actually taking her
from into something that
those areas are far
compared
in his journey miles do scrambled down to them.Bureau counts up these an- December.
matter?" she said.
time to from may be dangerous."
In December, they Animals get counterl
tine. Thus we crowded field because there are
Alanka to South America: the swers,
the United States. Plover, 2,400 miles. And a bird flyers in We count every few
drereating, even if we aren't These men learned their smoke called the "Wheatear" migrates year or re others
every
writing P's and Q's in the hard exactly sure number is.
No one has ever been able to on the type of animal, their Bic-
Observers watch the sides and school of experience. There is from North America to Africa. and so
watering-places to count birds no other school specialising in explain satisfactorily just what
Six span, travelling habits,
special trade. this very
it unerringly This year in a big census-year on.
that tends as they come and go. Aeroplanes
months to a year of constant it is in a small feathered erea- and flocks to too, for animals
The regular
fly over herds
needed before the
taste, touch, ash cenats-takers
farmers
Helicopters practice are photograph them.
cannot be sight,
It must be a exactly how many birds and
above
hard-to-got-nt pilot becomes skilled enough to over the miles of migration. It count over But for wik!
sixth sense: direction, brasts they own.
before
birds
way, is your the land, picture
How, by the and waters
forest scatter of the noise of the motor.
Do you of direction? We count our people every 10 Cleverminent surveys are made.
where you want to go? and the animals counted head by head or wing by wing, years in the spring when the rangers, scientists, hunters, out- The photographs are enarged.
Birds are
you can!
aumals
opens Constress next several times a year. It depends
years,
Your Dad was an acrobat," announces the figures when "No you stay with me," said said Julina, sliding down a few | he Joan. I want company today. feet, much too suddenly. "Oooh! January.
"I'm getting seared of being I don't much like this, I wish we by myself with all these things had happening. You stay with me."
the
Jo
So Anne stayed behind, really rather glad, and watched other three go off together. shipped into the pole to avoid being seen by Jake, in case he was anywhere about. Julian and Dick went down to the bench and make sure tho danced round to
was nowhere in sight. They beckoned to Jo and
the what
total
jure
climbed up ogain with the rope animal life, special counts and the wild animals, in foresta Places,, Jet planes get a fast attempt commercial advertising. smell or hearing.
rope." There's one in the boat. 1 grt it," said Jo and thered down the cliff to the cove below She at a must alarming rate.
She went on
good bit higher and tied the rope to something. It hung
town to where Dick and life
Noth
#
HOUT 2,000 workers
all over
pincers.
The Camel and His Humps
Oval-NOW
-What Good Were They, Knarf Wondered?— It was much easier to climb up came swiftly from hiding, and with the help of a rope.
By MAX TRELL standing D She boys were soon "Not much, saj to,
lay down in
that she ige, bolding 10
into a curious-
JOW there's a strange look:- rich, and he talks queer, and 1
It The boys shaper enve
wan
ing ammal," Knart was think he's mad, He gets fellows couldn't be sc011. like Dad and Jake to do his dirty hauled the bot down to the ca. shaped, and very dark.
Bister Hamid. They Dick jumped in, and Julian "In here," said do and lett roying to
were work for bin,
pusi alt when a bir wave the way.
Dick and Julian fol- were at the Zoo, and came. Then he jumped in teo. lowed stumblingly. Where in standing in front of one of the 12. the world were they going to canes. The animat on the other
side of the burg was
tail and pow?
NEXT WEEK
brownish and had two Things Bezia to Happen!
humps on his back.
"It's a camel." said -(Wildon Express
reading the alga
work"
#ked
"What dirty Dick.
"Oh-straling and ratch," safel Jo, vaguely, "I don't really know. Dad don't tell me much. just do what I'm lold, and don't ask questions, I don't want intre slaps than I get
"When does he live?" sate Anne. "Far away!"
11
'le's taken a home of daff," said Jn. I don't know the way by fand. Only by bust. Its quer place-like a small castle alust, with very thick stone walls. Just the place for Rud, my Dad says.'
Dick, eagerly.
'1' beat wont gandung at times before a fair- ly strong wel. Julian took the liller from Ja. "We've come
hotkich. atresuly. Bong way "Where is this place? Are you sure you'll knuse it, Joy"
"OL CORES" said do,
scorn-
IDEAS
Service)
fully. "I think it's round that DON'T throw away
far-out rocky caff."
the high cliff, which jutted
"What's it doing with
its thinks
bagi Fuart.
large
Hamid,
Bose said
<It
who had thin mel
stave a bent eyeing KAIT
Thing I like that! antoud snort.
Things indeed!"
empty nail polish bottle. "Ob, we beg your pardon,"
2-16 Knart looked at the camel.
She was right. As they rounded Clean it out with turpentine, | Hanid said. "This is my inte ing in deep sand. No horse "Have you been there?" asked freely with great slanting rocks. fill it with water, and keep brother Karf. He didn't mean
anything to hurt it on your desk. The "built-to See that in brush is perfect for feelings He's never sech
flaps of envelopes,
The pointed in triumph.
There yuu are!
Your
plac
he
plare up there? That's Red's moistening stamps and the camel like you before."
've never reen mybody
a
like him before either." retorted Kharf eyed pair of pliking shears is the camel. He
well worth owning it
Fail: "Those again, then he
have
Ju.
on
yes' Ju nodded. 'Oh, said, *Twice. My dad took a big iron hox there are, and another time he took something in a suck. I went with him."
Juliani. "Why?" naked shouldn't have thought he'd wanted you messing round!"
""I"
pat," sale! rowed the boat,"
in up place
11 certainly was. The boat We got to reach it by went right past it before they
the way by re's a sort of cave be road.
There's hind a cove we landed at and we went in there. Red met ds. came from his house on the cliff, he said, but I don't know how."
Dick looked at Jo closely, uppose you'll say next
"I told you, Red's
the cliff.
boat. I don't know
Saw it. urgently.
A
*
+
and half-
*
arc
"My anything
extra a
you
to
moon.
5
ns
know
from
MILE HIGH ADS Charges for the mile high sense advertisements range lagged around U.S.$500 to $1,000, depending the incentive that makes you of the writing start strong enough to keep you on the course leading to your the leg from year to yene. When on the length
of times it
Hon!? or observed and the number they're caught.
country over rough binoculars, the tag gives repeated. If the Information for counting that which the sign is written pre- type
of bird. One butterfly sents Aying hazards that will be enthusiast In
actually Texas
brands the insects by stamping
n number on the wings (it's
ninless).
gured into the price also,
an
Those who find le meaning- less are the ones who pick a small objective that is reached A purpose with little effort. To skywrite, a pilot goes up should be so big that the pur- feet and muter loses himself in its big- through from 12,000 to 15,000
pushing flies at approximately 150 miles ness, Fish are especially tricky to
following a diagram thick and thin, curing little for count. In Jakes, sometimes, per hour
is sent which maps out the banks the pricks of disappointment or
teran occasional setback. weak electric current
Your sixth sense is the most But through the water. This drives turns required for the letters. to the top for a After each letter is completed, all the fish
cousi-important sense you have.
valueless it you fail while, where they can be einsei-the pilot must
prevent it can be dams derable distance
worthwhile goal in ned
counted. At and
propeller to have a
Look ahead to that goal salg. Ile view. and irrigation projects, too, fish the wash
ARE you going Where and from scattering "rounded up" counted off as they try to go up or down stream in certain sel- fot. One speelally fitted ship s faking five years to count the food-lish, such
257
as eod, on our
North Allintic coast.
44.
-$
*
IRD censuses in general have
D been going on very year since 1009, among organisations.
These
certain
counts
Dimba
31
10
from
will we fran
20 to 30 pelons now,
consist-
of a mixture of "ink"
DO-IT By Dala Goss
Bottle Co BELT
1.Decorate about 14
and Whi
Things to Make With Materials at Hand
reasons for
MILK BOTTLE CAPS with CRAYONS.
2. Punch
4
holes in
.cich
bottle
сар
with
a
arc
can walk in deep and the way I can. Du you know where I come from??
Kwarf said he didn't know.ren't at nt! complete, but they our birds for But Hanid, who had read about how by comparison what has camels, answered promptly: heen happening to our The boys looked at it. It was
50 years. Official counting of bir "You come from the desert." Flour, rey stone building, and
The care! let't really game began in 1937, and it is a heavy correspondent, things on my back aren't things smile, but he
twitched
tis taken every few years. We keep was ag Jo had sail, a little like s
It brooded over you're
Use them for culling around hey're humps."
deer and bent large mouth around so that it count today of 15 different kinds
of small castle.
with the sea, with one square tower;
game, envelopes Jeftover
milling heading the list, it with looked as if he were
A special "What overlooking the waves.
used pheels of stationery.
desert "There's a
my dear; the rove before you
times Result-dainty, miniature pages them?" asked Kharf.
B year Jo. come to the place," said
They Just Grow tay home. And there's nothing census of waterfowl has been Watch out for i-it's very for short notes,
dear boy, I don't do so filled with sand as a desert talten several
You well hidden
can go for miles and miles since 1947.
Food We have them. They with
counting our animals. Many Dress up the cake, when you just grew
there. But people and miles withaul seeing any
I ride people thing but sand." "There is" cried Jo, give your next birthday party, can sit on them.
"More rand than there is at large herds graze in our national
forests. The
pay rent owners jush, around." covering it with a by
this the seashore?" Kuart asked.
for government "Like a horse?"
"Don't make me laugh." said to the
count
domestic Ho They took the salt den and white icing. Now place spark-
"Pehaw!" snorted the camel
"There's so much service. We
therefore, 40 know The cave iny ling, multi-coloured stars
edge. These inround the then rowed back.
much to charge the between two high layers ei rocitnrou
cut ini again. "I ride people around the camel. that utied out from the clit.made from gumdrops
And ranchers and farmers concerned. the proper shape with a sharp much better than a horse. Look sand in the desert that if you animals,
horse's back. It's nt. put it all in one pile it would hrw
the that They rowed right into it. It was
Among
Wild animals. something calm there, and knife. For
there's one thing that you can There's n secret way from the very quiet and
underneath the feing. but anybody who sits on my always and at the seashore and certain harmful birds, beasts, the and insects. We're on the watch hold on to one of to the house!" he said. their boat merely rose and fell special, place fortune-telling to There's nothing to hold on to reach
linck can ns the water swelled and sub-kens
Cover each one with n star
to see if they're increasing, no much zafer, never my humps. It's
we can plan some action against Look
he suk, dezert." nt my foot,"
them before it's too late, one of his legs close holding up
"You On the other hand, we can't If there's an old shower cur-
afford to lose
valuable tain in the house, the material to the bars,
Knarf and Hand bolli peered
dwindling, wonderful waterproof
his animals. If they're twitcher The
about it, so covers.
What's
inore, at the camel's foot. "Do you "You're sure it is all true, Jo? house above?" naked Dick, as book
enough plastic teftes any hoof on it?"
night find a we can protect them. Animals Knart and Hanid said they mouth again. "Of course, here we want to know
and there you We don't want to go on a wild- they roved right to the back of you'll have
over for a large, envelope-style
few palm censuses thus help the plates goose chase again, you know."
portfollo as well, if you fashion couldn't.
count. make hunting seasons and game "I don't know," said Jo.
said the camel. little well, and "Exactly."
anima! "There's no wild goose in my
But they hardly
and to establish Ste alfouldn't think so. Look-pull it like the paper ones that are
and "refuges"
"sanctuaries" Blury, said Jo, puzzleri.
You'll be ging! That's because I haven't got a
live in hadn't the faintest iden what a the boat up behind that big rock. sold in store
next rainy school hoof. I've got toes-good, big Most of the desert is as dry as laws,
for walk biscuit?"
sold Hanid, where wild things can "I'm We dun': know who else might you did, the chure
"Al wild-goose
that toes. They're telling you about Red, I'm ready come here."
which was the driest thing she pafety.
One animal we've saved from could think of just then.
dear child, dying out is the blcon or buffalo. "Probably, my
in settled that probably. And
means When white
of these that when you go on the desert, America, 50 million you'd better take a good long animals roamed the
you plains. By 1880, there were only drink of water before
to 541 bison left in the country! stari. That's what I used
cave
• "Co on!"
"Must be," said Jo. She sud- sided under 11. dely glared at Dick. "Don't you
believe me? All right, find the
place yourself!
"Well it does sound like a
tale in a book," said Jultan.
was.
BRONCHO BILL
"VYAITING FOR THE DOCTOR. THE WELLS FARIDO CLERK, A SPARE TIME ARTIST, WOUNDED IN THE THROAT, BECKONS TO BRONCHO BILL, FOR TWO OBJECTS
"Can anyone see us from the makes
the coves
M
#
*
day.
Cause for Worry
By Harry F. O'Neill
AS LUKE STARTS WORKING OVER THE FACE
OP THE DESCRKER --
FAAT IN THUNDER DO YUM WANT WITH THIS OLD ARMY
PLACARD AND A PENCIL NOW?
THE DOCTOR'S PULLING
UP NOW!
FACROSS THE DIREET, WRICHING ACTIVITES AROUND THE WELLS FARGO OFFICE, IS BLAZE CORMLEY
(GURPS THATS
THE DOCTOR GON IN~~~~ (NOT THE UNDERTAKER =
THE HID STILL
LIVES ME
NEVER
Ansl
In
So Much Sand "I know," said Hanid. mean water."
camel
trees.
-"
a
our
men
western
do. That's what plt we camels But now, after careful counting on and wise protection, we have before we about 4000, sinried out. Then we wouldn't
used to do. We'd take one good long
drink
Deer 400 were disappearing Now they
be thirsty for days and days. only 35 years ago.
And do you know where we represent nine out of 10 big-
drink of game creatures. kept that good long
Wien askel Knart.
We've been
helping bears Increase also, over": the last 10 years.
Waterfowl are getting rearcer "On my back," said the chinel. "In my humps. Or In the United States, but they're anyway, that's what I think" increasing in Canada. The cen- And with that, ho really smiled sus figures warn Uncle Sam to to protect and and walked off, clump, clump, take steps clump.
Increase these birds.
NAIL.
3.Cut 2 pieces of RUG YARN or heavy CORD about
78 inches long...String/ it through holes in
caps... The knots
at each end..
Rupert and the Dragon Pills-40
As soon as it is free from the rocket the mushroom-shaped piece on the top of the container changes as form. Our of it billows a lot of sough silk the air catches it and wells it into a parachute, and the whole thing Boati gently down. To Rupert's velit he finds himself sight
way up. He waits for the bump. but it is very alight because three springs underneath take the shock. The contsier copples over and the parathain covers it. Pushing open the foot, kupert wiggles his way *** Why,`thin a Nutwood Common" he cries.
Our
ALL NICHITA - KRIZASED
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