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STORIES

PUZZLES

The Sorial, Five Fall into Adventure

Jo to the rescue

What has happened so for

Julian, Dick end Anne come to stay with thele toulin Georging and her dog timmy. Strongs things happened. There was a burglare at the house and important scientific popers ware stolen, Then George and Timmy were kidnapped and spirited away is a quer casti-like house on a cliff, owned by half-mad sciantis tailed Red Juline and Dick, and a ragamattin of a pal called Jo, want to rescue George. Jution and Dick were caught and tied up, but la bid and was not seen. Now she has opptated near the tethered boys,

CHAPTER 19

"Jor

anid the boys to- their gether, and spirits lifted at once. "Come

on!"

"There's a knife

back pocket," said Julian,

HOBBIES

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1950.

The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE

CRAFTS

STUNTS AND Travelling out of this world

STUFF

By Bess Rittor

CVE your friends something

by asking.

can you

to thlak about

names "How many think of that end with the came letter that they begin with?" Examples are David, Evangeline. Let your Anna, Greg, and companions take this stickeroo from here.

in my

It would be

My

the

never so

quicker to cut these ropey

"Get it out.

than to

word, Jo-1 was

untie them.

pleased to see anyone in my life!"

Jo beamed. She cut the

last bit of rope that hound

Julian and he swang

self away

from the

him-

iron

loop and began to rub his 1

stiff, aching wrists. Jo set

to work

She soon

un Dick's bonds.

through, too.

had those

cut

"Where's George?" she

arins.

Up and up went Jo

A pair of attractive book ends that cast absolutely nothing are easy to make from wooden cigar boxes and coloured lustrations ripped from old magazines. Fil

with

and Dr. two boxes small pebbles in order to give "beftiness." them the necessary

with cellulose Now cut your pictures one-inch-wide

Seal them shut

tape.

into

diagonal

strips. Paste them to the boxes. Place one strip close to the next, All the very carefully, until surfaces are completely covered. When this "wallpaper" is ther

ughly dry, waterproof it with transparent sheline.

101

with a saw

NCIENCE not only admits the possibility of a trip

If you're handy

a paintbrush, and there to the moon by rocket ship, and happens to be an old discarded but big-brained technicians and set of kitchen furniture in your say that not a single

yourself attle, you can make

colour.

Gre

Low

D

JUST HOW LONG BEFORE WE WILL BE MAKING SCHEDULED TRIPS TO THE MOON REMAING TO BE GEEN-OUR EXPERTS SAY WE NEED ONLY TO PERFECT THE INVENTIONS WE ALREADY HAVE-

IF THERE IS A MAN ON THE MOON (AND THAT IC UNLIKELY) HE WILL BE A CREATURE WHOSE APPEARANCE WE CAN

ONLY GUESS AT.

WHEN THE FIRST EARTH MAN REACHES

THE MOON HE WILL REQUIRE CLOTHING AND BREATHING EQUIPMENT

NECESSARY ?FOR ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS THAT ARE DIFFERENT-

10

-FADER.

in

GAMES

Formerly

JOKES

Robert

By Chuck Thurston

"VERYONE, young and to justify

hin own

old alike, called him actions. So I shot a fast

from the shoulder.

ayk "You wouldn'! Robert Wollers. Not Bob, or.

Just help, if you didn't have Rob, or even Bobble.

I asked. After plain Robert, the way his in my methods,

I went mother numed him.

Gel this, Take this

giuraly,

then.

talks,

craven

one

me to

faith

would you?" nodded

ho on: and no bilek

"Okay,

girl Russaline

along the

out aud, somewhere

Nearly everyone gets some sort of a nickname before he is high

Some little kink in line, slap her down. She'll give school age.

you plenty of opportunity, be- his personality seeps through and shows up in a nickname. Every cause to her you're only some- body knows this-I don't have to thing to wipe shoes on."

Robert's ey c "Slap her?" be real smart on the subject of names to know it myself. The were big. "Oh, I couldn't"

you "Not with our hand. fact that Robert had no nick- name, showed what sort of a dope, but with words. Tell her stompt She'll find tellow he wan

not a worm, which

Are

05

Robert

off,

Shout,

You're

eyes,

65

sho

You've heard of people who out you're

her brighten as comfortable as an old she thinks you are. Love will shoe? Well, Robert was like be-

used realises that she had it coming. He never ce Brother,

11 man-or ing barefoot.

be when you start to any commotion, or gave out any will headaches so no one had ever

the fortnight, an Roughly bothered to give him a nickname, shave-go forth and conquer," As anonymous (I've bought my British say, passed before I got He met dictionary) self

at Steve's again, a new Dorsey's other trombone player, report from Robert.

walk and ha In his swagger that's Robert.

two inches at least incked personality, looked Maybe he

with a ring in or maybe he had some but it taller, His eyes sparkled and he

Up to the point told his story didn't show.

He'd taken my advice. where we begin our story, no une his voler.

squeezed knew.

me

1

Ic with rare, dateless

# in

2

date

the track

times his and still leap may By LEE PRIESTLEY

own height. Because there's no would air, there would be no sound and so he wouldn't need cars The heavy clothing

warm at a

he might be equipped with But he of hundreds of

extra-sensory powers. Maybe he new temperature

at night as X-ray eyes and can read trive to keep you

I was sitting at the counter at Russuline on

when all degrees below zero

of

n dime hamburger Saturday

to some meet, helicopter,

some sort of radar or radio to Steve's with

in my fist, when the quiet Robert men were off

and he'd taken her to a movie, would

talk and signal with. asked, after she had helped in that

he'd neted as usual. temperatures theme ready cash. Just convert invention is needed for the And it should also be made your thoughts, or he might have

Ko came in and nearly knocked me should 11 your rocket

Beatleman Dick to rub his, wrists and Timmy would be shot.

perfect the chales and table into nursery job. A little perfecting of asbestos because in the daytime Julian thought of

above the boiling point of water.

and land on off my perch with the quiet news At first beyond the moon tower and furniture. Hirmove about feur those we have, perhaps, but the

The man on the

on taking a moon. If

unt she insisted legs of each

that is all. "Up in that jower," said high square

fable the

ไม่ Tower

things there is one (which is unlikely), Mars, your problems would he that he was in Love with being But there

her un a bus, pushed would be a very nightmarish Ciferit. There is air on Mars, king-size capital L

water, but it

punlea Jalinn. "If we dared to 49 groaned. "There's no way inches from the

It was this way: Several times taxt home instead of a bus. He traffic ahead of there that it looking fellow, ite would have

her out into nursery rhyme Add out in that yard, you could of getting George out of chair.

recently he had been allowed to look up and see her. And that tower," he said aloud, match. Faint the wood a brighling up the take-off.

desty at the equator. According to one boy week-end on the moon your'd

on Mars and tag along as a book carrier for him and acted in general as if this need plenty of warm clothing, no inns, but instead he would possibly a little in

of American girlhood they'd been married 00 years. полет

Life can exist dehydrated have to get his oxygen or some-

flussaline. Now he wan there's poor old Tim, look "It'll be locked and barred

named

her home, re- When he got the trans- possibly --half-doped-lying in that or George would have got who earns pin

you've sold

oxides or enting over ent at once, We can't even way, a good job is worth $20k of condensed oxygen and have a very big stomach, Beds so cold

elted my script, telling her how plants. But

of two steps behind.

being walked instead no such thing. But carrying y net to her. It's no good try-1Attr:

going out on a limb and saying yearning to walk beside her aummer-house place

It she intelligent creatures

her. the profits,

"How?" he asked in as many sick he was of there are mu

by with only half there."

being to make our way inter formation, buy another oldi set water-oops! Beg pardon, there thing to take the place of oxygen possibly it does in the form of gem

from one of the lalong enough water would be

there. But supposing there are words as it would take to fill all

wanted to go out with him any be seen even less.

of Martions are

bookt

inore, ho shouleri ho'd have second-hand shops in town, and big problem because water is minerals in large quantities.

heavy and there's none on the

heat, air DECAUSE gravity

treated ilke moon. But without

is tow, he wouldn't and crowds

hangit around the airport to rocket from

I sized up the situation. The to be

and because hin 100 nlee and water you wouldn't enjoy con

poor goop Wis

on his shaving. Earth arrive. They'd be funny- your trip or live to see much of red sturdy fegn-but he might

have under-pinning like insects watch the 7:15

get up easy-going to looking people. the moon.

hind feet and holler, so Nusa- Because air is

searce, they'd probably have to eat a lot of the doormatted him something even gel their oxygen so they'd have big awful. Robert didn't

let him "I shan't shot," said Jo. "He's a nice the house--we'l

I shall go and drag and caught at once,”

Well-1 dog. him down into these caves underground."

"Not now!" said Julian, horrified. "If you're seen now, you'll spoil everything. We'll all be tied up then

But Jo had already dar

the summer- ted over to house and was fondling poor old Timmy,

The slam of a duor madle the boys jump and sent Jo into the shadows at

the

over

the

tower,

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Puzzle Answers

said

or

get her, begin again. fo and then," said Jo, and she got up as

a dry if she really tocant it.

You can always have

shower if you "Don't make jokes now," said towel when you

This really is serious, a wire coat hanger pulled Julan.

lengthwise as far as it will go. Without another wurd she Pince the book end on the out- climbed the steep steps lightlystic of the shower curtain red, as a go and stort poise in and slip your towel through the All loop end at the bottom. You'll The archway of the door.

Like a squirrel she find that it will be just where was quiet.

you want it when you want 11. teapt and binder!

came to the fool yet absolutely dry. courtyard and

the ivy-covered Julien und Dick were now at the doorway that led into the

killed." "Shen and, watching her.

Juhan

Talk

pluck!" Dick. "I never saw such a kid in my hie. Thrie she goes--J51

kemo-diey."

un went He's coming

And sure ewitmb,

lightly up 1 climbin over here!" said Dick, in a

jeed panic. "Let's get back to the as that covered the tower, ller

reached out ani otr haalt reneh

threw Lefone she iron loops and put

it and her fet her weight hand ehital us so that he each stem

fried each tut, on, blare the thinks we're still bound."

it stond on

the first So. when Red came over

t. Pust Up un to the door of the shed, it

air the sorry, past the second, and up looked exactly boys still had their hands to the mind, only one tied behind them. He laugh. aw and she would be

back of the summer-house at once. It was Red, eming across the yard!

"Quick!

1.

be

about

nare

the top one.

komill at very

up to She scrined the neared the

"You can stay here till top the police come" he said. Then he shut the shed door

and locked it

When everything

Jo now sal triumphantly on the windowsill ut

She Was the broad

to George's. room next

quiet, lo sped back from ved impudently to the boys:

to the far below. Then the disappear- the summer-house

Window.

heartfell shed. She unlocked the duor ed through the

of the shed.

"Come out,"

hs of relict.

she said. "And we'll lock it again. Then nobody will his knees were shaking. He and

know you aren't here. fur- ry!"

nothing for

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A Very Alarming Experience

MRS

-Knarf and His Friends Met a Hippopotamus- By MAX TRELL

RS Quack, Willy Toad and Kanrt were paddling about Just off the far in the water bank of the pond, and Mrs Quack was saying how pleasant it was to paddle-puddle and puddle- and paddle with no large creatures

as wholes such about

splash 10 hippomotopuses around and disturb everyons when all of a sudden Willy tet cul shout.

N

kept looking

SCRAMBLED

RC

The Huimal stood there look- Ing at Kuari.

scientists

areu'l

over

man.

was going to clart

sk

*

*t

are real

whooperdoos when they get stomachs 100, but not as large upset. He felt hucky to be reenSE quiet types as the moon people who would with her when she wasn't dated cranked up and our Robert had oxygen. by one of the high-powered the girl on the ropes with big. have to eat all their

school athletes. Honest, salty tears messing her make- But they'd also have large chests high because they'd need plant lungs how far can the other cheek be up when he left for home. The remembered, as inst thing he he stomped off her front porch, to get any oxygen at all out of

her expression. was

If she were

the air.

DECAUSE

might eat upa

xider thint

turner?

*

*

*

tk

ordered me a looked as

WHILE Robert

She

seeing

would malted I gave the problem the Grand Canyon for the first

Martions have to spend so much energy just keeping alive, they deep thought. And, by the time time,

Gee, Robert." I said, "this you might appear to be unfriendly, noished it--which at Steve's

is wonderful. No doubt because they doesn't take long-I had the per- But it's simply

"you aro and Russaline are full time he to have good feet solution. have no time

"Robert," I shid.

You think a and she around town?" manners. They'd be suspicious

sald for fear he without spine. of any

stranger

"The name is Bob,"

"And we are lot of good once-in-awhile library date "Look!" he cried. "It's here!"

them-te peak of love. You tell your Robert firmly,

Kentleman they need Inasmuch as Willy didn't say

time he and she around town. for whatever it

relves. But if they were smart, self that you are a where to look

that at that he

sub-basement of your we are no sort of him and her hey'd sinna trade agreement and being noble, white deep it full time, not even a part 1993

are dy afraid and swap cold, silver and even in the moment, Khart and Nee Quck

for terrestrint oxides mind you in all different

uranium

to the girl. Right around town of all." speak up

"But, Robert-Bob, that is--I at the saying

and water. rel

"Oh, no. Robert protested. directions

If you went on beyond Mars same Ume: "What? Where? Who

Into his maited Pul, started

count the is it? What's the matter?"

cver, there wasn't time, so they to Jupiter you'd find the tem-m not afraid of her. Nu! No! thought she saw the light?"

milk a long time, "It's

like in the daylime and you'd have divine that I can only du as she

we'd bubbles before he answered: rinss waly exclaimed in an alarmed both his as best they could be-perature 120 degrees below zero She is so sweet and so nearly

WHE Kourt,

suit such as wishes."

In psychology vrice. "Look!"

"If there's one thing I can't demanded in running away, ton. Meanwhile to pack a "Zero Here Knarf

Jupiter, studied about this sort of thing. breathe the hipponatopars, or whatever the Navy has developed. You loud voice: "Where?"

ambling and couin't came

the air contain knew that the poor egg was,

we psychologists say, trying stand, it's a snivelingt feroale." Willow Tree

its polsonous gases. of Willy pointed at the clump of grunting toward them, stopping because

fect or so to opra

When R rat-talls that clood out of the every

n yawn. water just past the willow tree, mouth in

yuwned

you could see all the about ten feet off.

Knarf and Mes Quack took a way down is throat.

sce Finally it reached Kumari, with could good look.

black, Willy and Mrs Quack rhaking something with huge mouth and pap-out and shivering behind him.

SENTENCE: Buenos Aires is the capital the Republic of Argentina.

TRIANGLE:

IMPORTS

MARTYR

PRATE

OTTO

RYE TR 5

#1

hippomotopus!**

They large and

Jaizard

was,

fell

"If you're hipnowatamus, go Knart said in please!" like an away,

as Kentle

eyes, and short, very thick legs. It looked something enormous plg.

At

a voice as he could at

surprised,

Both Nick found that

REBUS: Cordillera; RIVER

it suddenly gave a deep grunt use this it looked nto the under- Julian retired into

Voice: American and walked toward them. Latin MIX-UPS:

rumbling grunty Willy was for running sway, then it yawned and said in a Discovered by ground passage below the steep Papa Plata; Central. steps and sat there in silence.

und so was Mrs Quack. How drep

Td like to take a swim in your Ja tiptoed to the door of the nation;

Her Spaniards,

pond. Do you mind?"

Knart, "Well," room she found herself in.

and made

thought perhaps it wasn't quite it bat to come out and hope fert were

She looked out. there was nobody looking, sound at nt.

There was a very large key in door the shel Jo locked

and hurried the lock of the room next door and a great bolt had been drawn

There was

after them

led

underground.

bare

them back to the door that cross. Jo leapt across and drag- They get at the bolt. It made a loud noise and she darted back into the room again. But still nobody tain and this the turned the same. Back she went to the door cormous key. It was well oiled and turned easily.

slipped through it and half- fell down the steep steps.

"Thanks, Je," said Dick,

They sat down, Juliun scratched his head and for him could not the life of think of anything sensible to do. The police were not coming because they didn't know a thing about Red, or where George was anything. And before long George would be flown off

BRONCHO

or

Jo pushed open the door and put her head cautiously round. and George was there-a thin unhappy George, sitting by the window. She stared at Jo as if "Psssst!" said Jo, enjoying all I've she couldn't believe her eyes!

Ruch indeed. this very come to get you out!"

NEXT WEEK: The Adventure Balls Up.

BILL

DEUBERATELY WOUNCED BY HID OWN PARDE, THE DOUBLE-CROSSED JIM AGAIN ESSURES HIS BOSS THE YOUNG SHERIFF IS TAKEN CARE OF

(GULP) OPEN UP!

-(London Express Service)

GOOD WORT, PEAN/BONS / KAUL OUT THAT

VARMINT'S CARCASS AND,

BURY IT ~

Rupert and Miranda-10

neat his cottage when a ferte squali The other little people need no

anches him and forces him to second warning when they are the

shelter behind a large tree, while aize of the Approaching clouds.

the wind whistles and great flakes They take to their heels and scam.

of snow swirl around him. "This per af in different directions, each

is bad," he moans, with his teeth Let's hope it will trying to find the shonen way to

chattering. Hupen has the his own home.

be unly a short worm." furthest to go, and he is nowhere

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Under Arrest

RONCHO BULL, COMES CUT SHOOTING I

By Harry F. O'Neill

D-er j SAID

HOWDY, METER GORMLEY YOU'R WANTED FOR DESERTION

FROM THE

(UNITED STATES FAMI“,

as dangerous

guess it's

who

said

ns it looked, "

all right. Only I

hope you won't splash. I mean.

not too much." "

The hippowatomus sald hel would try to be as splashless un Then he looked be- possible.

hind Knart

to see who was

shaking and shivering. When he saw it was only a toad and a duck, he nodded politely and said: Good-afternoon!

name

Is Hippopotamus, going in for a swim."

Then he jumped in.

In the Air

M3

I'm

There was such a tremendos splash that half the water of the pond seemed to rise up in the air and fall back again.

Puzzle Patch

112.

ACROSS

1 Operatic solo

5 Wireless receiver

"I'm

7 Greal (ub.)

the

9 Accomplish

Italian city

earch)," Very. being hippopotamus sald. "You should see the splash I can make when

I really don't care."

However, once it was in the water the hippopotamus re- mained quite still, just opeping and then to lis mouth now

great deal yawn and to lot in of water and snort it out again. it Invited "Sit on my back,"

Mrs and Knart and Willy Quack, "and I'll take you for a ride around the pond."

It was quite a pleasant ride at that, as Knurl and Willy and Mrs Quack agreed later-except that Willy and Mrs Quack fell in

the hippopotamus's mouth when

11 Number

13 Oriental name

14 Correlative of nether 14 Any

DOWN

1 The subject of this puzzle 2 Rodents

3 Hypothetical structural unit

4 Military assistant

6 Hawaiian bird

10 Singing volee

12 Famous English school

Scrambled Sentence

This sentence is badly mixed

it yawned, But at least it didn't up. Can you put the words into

splash; not very much: not more their right places?

than half the water of the pond

went up in the

again.

air and down is Argentin, the of of Re-

publlo the Aires capital Buenos

Trianglo

Argentina: Land of Pampas and Gauchos

Mix-Ups

Make two facts about Argen- tina from the two strange lines This triangle hangs from Ar-

IMPOUTS, Thof words below: gentina's

second word is "a person," the third "to prattle."

persecuted NIT AI CAMEL TRAIN ANON SPY IS Ban did SCARED

(Answers in Cal. 3)

the fourth "a man's name," the ROVE ifth "a cereal graip," and the

abbreviation sixth

an

"transpose."

IMPORTS

M

P

5

River Robus

You'll

10,

un-

And it easy to cover the four Argentine rivers the hidden in this rebus, Use words and pictures to learn the names:

DON'T THIS BOOK IS FEEL ABOUT THE AGE WELL OF CHIVALRY

I'M GOING TO

HAVE TO TELL YOUR FATHER

• YOG BOKÉT KIJUWE

ONE

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Intellectual Pup

ICE CREAM

"Bumps" is a

year-old tox terrier who buys his own le cream. The dog's owner

because Bump embarrassed

frequented a corner

WO

delicates

sen and sat for long periods time begging for ice cream, the yoman owner bought a ke with a coin devicett chain kind that motorisis use to car

nickels for parkir spare meters. This she fastened to t dog's collar.

Now, when Bumps wants i cream, his owner puts a nich In

the coin container,

Bumps out the door and goes to the delicatesson Imoney to pay for the trest.

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