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CHAPTER SIX

Roddy asked: "Did she want any,
thing-special?"
Peter Lord said to Elinor: "I must
be off now. There's nothing more
can do for the moment. I'll look in to-
morrow. Good-by, Miss Carlisle. Don't
don't worry too much"
He held her hand in his for a mo-
ment or two. He had a strangely re-
assuring and comforting clasp. He
looked at her, Elinor thought, rather
oddly as though-as though he were
sorry for her.
Elinor said: "Aunt Laura is wor-
ried about-about certain business
matters. I managed to pacify her and
told her Mr.. Seddon would certainly
come down tomorrow. We must tel
ephone him first thing"
Roddy asked: "She didn't say So"
"What did she-?" He stopped in
the middle of the question.
Mary Gerard was running down
the stairs. She crossed the hall and
disappeared through the door to the
kitchen quarters.
Elinor said in harsh voice: eyes?
What is it you wanted to ask?"
Roddy said vaguely: "I-what?
I've forgotten what it was" He was
staring at the door through which
Mary Gerard had gone.
Elinor's hands closed. She could
feel her long, pointed nails biting in
to the flesh of her palms.She thought:
81 can't bear it can't bear it
it's not imagination. it's true. :.
Roddy-Roddy, I can't lose you. !"
And she thought: What did that
mantle doctor-what did he see in
my face upstairs? He saw something
-. oh, God, how awful life is-tO
feel as I feel now. Say something,
fool Pull yourself togetherw Aloud
she said, in her calm voice: "About
meals, Roddy. Pm not very hungry.
I'll sit with Aunt Laura and the nur-
ses can both come down."
Roddy said in alarm: "And have
dinner with me? !"
Elinor said coldly: 'They won't
bite you'll"
"But what about you? You must
have something. Why don't we dine
first, and let them come down after
wards ?"
Elinor said: "No, the other ways
better" She added wildly, They're
so touchy, you know"
She thought: 81 can't sit through
a meal with Observation-Disclosures
having as usual. ="
She said impatiently: "Oh, do let
me arrange things my own way!"
# +
It was no mere housemaid who
wakened Elinor the following morn
ing. It was Mrs. Bishop in person,
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Wings for Youth
By l. r. HEGEL
HELICOPTERS.

Young people who like research
and experimentation might find in
the helicopter a fascinating subject
in which to eXpend their energies
and Whet their ambitions.
Helicopters, you know, are the
planes with those revolving blades
on the top Contrary to general
belief, they do fly and they may be,
as Devon Francis puts it. the an
sWer to flying for everybody
There is a new helicopter in Ger
many called the Folke Wulf, a ship
which can reach an altitude Of more
than 5000 feet and can travel so
miles an hour. That shakes the
lethargy from a good many hell
COpter- dOubters. In France some
worthwhile experiments have like
wise been made on helicopters.
In the United States the chief
supporters of the helicopter are
Prof. Montgomery Knight OF the
Georgia School of Technology in At
lanta. and Igor Sikorsky. the Rus
Sian-born engineering manager Of
the Vought- Sikorsky plant in STRAIT
ford. Conn.
After more than 80 years of trial
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Leaves Important
To Plant Life

Leaves aren't merely decorations
that come out Just to make spring
seem like spring They perform
very important functions fer our
plant life. and manufacture all Of
our food-even meat if you wish
to trace the process far. enough.
As sunlight strikes the leaf men,
brane, small quantities of air enter
through thousands of tiny mouths,
called stomata At once the color
ing matter of the leaf, called
chlorophyll. takes carbon dioXide
from the air and mixes it with the
water brought up by the plants
roots. Then. helped by the sun
light, the leaf manufactures he
sugars and starcheS upon which
the plant lives. At the same time
it breathes for the plant, returning
to the air surplus oxygen
The leaves also act as pores. They
perSpire away excess water sent up
from the roots. and keep the pia 1T
cool and healthy.
Sugars and starches made by the
leaves pass through its veins end
unite with the plants sap.
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Watch FidO's Diet
When His Waist
Begins to Bulge

Many Of you have probably seen
some fat. lazy and sluggish dog and
condemned the animal as some
thing pretty low in the canine
scale But in SO cases out of 100 it's
not the dog but mis- master who is
at fault.
A bulging Waistline in a dog means
either too much food or not enough
exercise, and usually both And if
your pet has lost his figure he's not
going to be the alert active pet you
want. Remember that when you
feed him.
The average grown dog requires
only one square meal a day. The
size depends on his own size and
how active a life he leads His
breakfast shouldn't be much larger
in comparison to his supper than
yours. and bone or two TO gnaw on
will take care of betWeen-meal
snacks. Stay away from pork, hot
or sloppy foods, and bones that can
be swallowed after a few minutes
chewing
If you live in the city, take him
out for run frequently When you
return home it's best not to give
him water for few minutes. Take
it easy on the quantity then-hes
apt to gulp 1t down and become
Waterlogged if you don't-and make
sure it isn't too cold.
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flights and research. Mr. SikorSky
is still experimenting with helicOp-
ters-this. in addition to his gigan-
tic task OF making clippers and
warplanes for Uncle Sam. He be-
lieves the day will come when there
will be a helicopter in every man S
garage, since the machine can rise
from an ordinary driveway and
whisk its owner away to his favorite
golf course or the roof of his down.
town office building.
A helicopter operates very simply.
Push the lever up and you rise.
Push the lever forward and you fly
in a forward direction. Push the
lever down and YOU descend. There
is certain gentleneSS of the ship,
even if the pilot does sit in an ele-
waited seat exposed to all the ele-
mentS.
1t is generally agreed that the
helicopter will never be a flying
fortress or a clipper, but if the ma
chine becomes, as Prof. Knight saws.
the ordinary mans private air.
plane research and study on the
helicopter will mean a future and
fortune for some one. Will it be
you?
Answering Your Questions.
Benjamin P-The compressed air
StratoSphere flying suit is q German
1nUent'on, pressure in The suit beinq
regulated by the nearer and con-
trolled By a manometer.
What's your question? Write I.
R. Hegel. care of this newspaper, for
a personal answer. Please inclose a
Scent stamp.
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one. I still have the book and still
think it's wonderful.
Jane and l went to a basket ball
game one day. Later that evening,
when I went to her house. dis
covered a new poem lying on her
bed. 1t was entitled Basket Ball, "
and read
Each minute seems an hour
AS the moment doth appear.
At last, the doors fling open.
A mad rush. a shout, a cheer
We scramble toward the entrance.
With a shove, we're jammed in
side.
We rest our weary bodies on
A seat, three inches wide.
The teams dressed in their colorS
Come prancing on the floor.
We raise our healthy voices in
A loud, encouraging roar.
The game has started now, at last,
Come on and make the goal.
Our team, our team, come on boys!
Basket! Made it, FOUL!
We sing and shout with voices loud
We clap our hands for joy.
We boo and hiss and yell and push.
We made score, oh. boy!
Last quarter, still we're going strong,
Our courage is not daunted.
Come on now, fellows, try your best,
Another score is wanted!
We gamely cheer with voice grown
weak.
Finale! The game is done!
And then, to asking friends outside.
We whisper, hoarse, They WON'T"
Jane impresses me as having the
potentialities of a great poet.
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JOBS, one Snouldnt get the IDEA that
they will raise themselves. They
require quite bit of study and close
attention to detail. You can get
complete information on methods of
production and marketing from the
United States Department of Agri-
culture, your State agricultural COL
lege, other breeders, pigeon journals,
feed mills that sell pigeon food and
other sources. Most of this liter
allure is free for the asking.
Most of the money made with
pigeons comes from squads, though
many producers have breeders to
sell There are several breeds. such
as the Dragons, White Maltese,
Hungarian, White and Red CarneuX,
White King, Silver King, and so on
Some varieties. especially white
ones, provide a market for the
feathers taken from squads when
they are dressed for market.
If you have never handled pigeons
you should not start with more than
half dozen pairs. You can in
crease from that number as you
gain knowledge and experience.
All breeding pigeons must be
handled in pairs-male and female.
After one of these birds selects its
mate. they stick together for life.
You need 10 by 20 square feet of
housing space for each 25 pairs,
fronted by a 10 by 20 foot fly pen
on the outside There must be two
nests for each pair. because the
female will be laying and sitting
on two eggs in one nest while she
is raising squads of the preceding
hatch in the other nest. Each pair
of breeding pigeons will raise to
10 pairs of Squabs a year.
Male Sits on Eggs.
The male and the female take
turns about sitting on the eggs that
are to be Matched, and cooperate
in feeding the squads after they are
Matched. Pigeons are fed specially
prepared grain mixture that can be
bought from commercial feed mills.
In addition to this they should have
grit and plenty OF water. Unlike
other kinds of poultry. these birds
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The
Reviewing
Stand
STORIES

Oll1LCH
Cav Kilties of Cane Breton. by
Amy Hogeboom. with illustrations by
the author CDutton) Interesting
and educational story of Jill, girl
of Highland descent. and CASTOR,
boy of French Acadian parentage.
who live on the ISe of Cape Breton.
Includes valuable historical notes.
Jud Goes Camping by Bernard S.
Mason CBarnesp-EXperiences Of an
u-year-Old boy and his pal on their
first camping trip. Contains much
valuable information on camping.
WOOdcraft and nature In other
words, a how to" book in story
form
ANIMALS
All About Elephants, by Dorothy
Lee Edwards tDutton,--Just what
the title implies, and good, too.
NON-FICTION.
The Soldier. The Sailor. The Air
man. told by NJ. c. Carey. illustrated
by Clifford Rowe oDuttonD Three
little books in series of nine, brief
and interesting, sketching the lives
of men in the armed services Of
Great Britain. For children in the
early grades
The Model Plane Annual, 1870
40" edited by Frederick P. Graham
and Reginald NJ Cleveland Me
Bride Every boy and girl inter
eSted in model airplaneS should have
this book, the first to present in text
and pictures a comprehensive de-
scription of the latest developments
in an increasingly popular hobby.
The Bird Book" Whitman
Descriptions and photos of IS birds.
from the ostrich to the Tyre. Educa-
tional.
How to Draw Horses" by John
Skeaping tStudio)-Helpfu instruc-
tons to boys and girls interested in
Sketching horses
How to Draw Planes" by Frank
A. A. Wootton CStudio)-A similar
guide for boys and girls who like to
draw airplanes. PHI.
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by a Washington warehouse. They
made nice pets. and they ate regu-
larly. I PLAYED with them frequently,
and fortunately, of course, they
never bit me. They are poisonous
as YOU know. but most of them are
pretty peaceful.
I guess the climate didn't agree
sith the tarantulas. One of them
died on March IS. 1888, and the
other on the corresponding day a
year later I didn't have good luck
with skunks, either. Skunks usually
make nice pets, especially after the
glands that secrete the notorious
skunk fluid have been extracted
MY last skunk, little fellow, was
taken about IS miles out into the
country and liberated a short time
ago. I decided to let him go be-
cause he did not make friends
easily. In fact, he did nothing but
eat. He seemed TO like it back in
the woods, and I hope he is happy.
He had been given to me by a
farmer who lived near place where
I had hunted skunks.
The main thing I am interested
In now is securing a black snake.
They make good pets. too, because
they are easy to get along with.
Farmers often use them to catch
rats.
I recently secured a snake on
one of the hikes of the Junior Bio
logical Society, of which I am a
member. On May 81. we went hik-
ing along the canal from Chain
Bridge to Cabin John. Louis Shook,
a friend and I were walking to-
eether. Nothing unusual happened
during the first half of the hike, but
finally we saw a dead water snake
floating in the canal. We snagged
it ard Louis insisted on skinning
the snake. He stretched the skin
on a board, and we picked it up on
the way back.
There were some rocks around
eulvert on our route, and under
them I captured a small water
snake and put it in cage I had
brought for that purpose. Now the
snake is living nicely in his private
cage at my home and growing nice
and fat.
Later on, Louis and I captured
a frog. We put it in a paper bag,
and the frog made wreck out of it
by jumping around. All in all, the
nature hike was quite success.
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- yOOtlllIS CluU Jahe hihihh>'
was organized by Jan in Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School, where she
is a junior. She never had lesson,
but Just learned how to yodel." She
also plays the flute il the school
orchestra. Among the other instru-
ments she plays are the piano, the
mandolin, oCarino. accordion, har-
monica. including one with an
echOphone attached, and an ancient
either, a string instrument unearthed
in the Biens' attic.
One harmonica is l inch in size
and is carried in JAMS purse. She
gave a performance on it recently
at banquet and at Mary Wash
ington College, where her sister at
tends At the college she also
yodeled.
Jan, who lives on Cedar lane,
Bethesda, Nd. has taken only three
flute and a few piano lessons. She
plays the remainder of the instru-
ments by elf-instruction.
Her only other hobby is mountain
climbing. she used to spend every
summer in the New Hampshire
mountains. She loves the feel of
dangling over a cliff on a rope"
She told of an experience when she
was in a line of climbers on a rope,
scaling cliff, and she sat on a
hornets nest. She had to remain
there till the other climbers reached
the ledge above. Although she re-
ceived 80 stings, she said: 1T didn't
hurt very much. When you're not
expecting thing to happen it
doesn't hurt nearly as much"
Jan is enjoying mountain climb
ing this summer and looks forward
to the day when she will perhaps
play the flute in a symphony Or
chestra.
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their work and plans.
On the afternoon Of July the
benefit was held on the rear lawn
of Marvin Franklin's home in the
1900 block of Oates street. 1t was
a delightful place. One could play
bingo, marbles, Chinese checkers
or work a puzzle for a penny, or
buy a piece of chocolate candy,
cookie with icing. homemade pop
sicle or a glass of iCe-cold lemonade
for the same amount.
When evening came as cents had
been taken in. The materials used
had cost IS cents, leaving a profit
OF II cents.
Not so much" said Marvin, but
We had a lot of fun out Of it. Got
into arguments and all.
And we'll do lot better the
next time" chimed in Morton.
But how questioned Leona. are
We going to get the money TO
England?'
ON, We'll just send it to the man
(Mr. Churchill and he'll take it.
Morton replied.
The children who presented the
penny event are pupils at Wheatley
School
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.peacetime mo-
Utilization, which
was held be-
t " e en- Four
tenth and Fiji
teenth streets on
SPennsy " a n i a
avenue NV. on
saturday, July
Dc.
The object was
10 see how fast
the Scouts could
sbe modified in
Tease of a ma
Stional e m e T.
sSency. The boys
arrived about 10
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Am. and after checking in were
ka ssigned various jobs around the
grounds. They worked in two shifts.
9 During the afternoon demonstra-
tons were given and contests were
held to show the spectators what
the boys can do and how well they
can do it. Among the demonstra-
tions were a blackout scene by the
Boy Scouts and lesson on how to
use the breeches buoy by the Sea
Scouts.
Early in the evening a camp
fire was held, attended by Scouts
and visitors alike. The fire was
lighted by Jerry Wilson. a full
blooded Choctaw Indian, member
Of Troop LOT, in Arlington. Jerry
was in the full regalia of his tribe.
Assistant Scout Executive Ben
Buckner led the boys in some sing
ing, after which LAM Mc1ntlre and
his Hawaiian orchestra played few
numbers to close the days activities.
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Books" which the Anacostia Pow
Wow and The Junior Star have
published.
Discovering this talent for writing,
she kept on, and while in Salem,
w. Va. she wrote many interesting
short stories, poems and essays.
Jane moved to Washington in 1888
and has continued to write. She
contributes frequently to this page
A year ago she started work on
book entitled when Spring
Comes" I insisted that the story
is wonderful and demanded a copy,
but Jane, deciding that she didn't
like her work at all, gave me the
one and only copy, making me
promise to show its contents to no
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Versatile Maryland Girl Finds Diversion in Music Mountain Climbing
Stones Are
Inspiration
For Hobby
Lead to Study of
How Indians Made
Their Implements
Prize Contribution.
BY PATRICIA BEAVERS, IA,

st. Michaels School, Silver Spring Nd.
Many people who have established
hobbies can write and speak of them
on the basis of their experiences
and pleasures.
I believe my effort here is a novel
one, for I am writing of what I an
ticipate as thrilling hobby in a
field in which I have as yet had no
experience.
Scattered on the top of an old
bookcase in my home is group
OF old dust-collecting stone frag-
mentS. some of them obviously In
dian relics, which until the present
have meant naught to me. But
lying in bed the other night and
trying to picture the workings of
the American Indians back CEN
turtles ago, tried to fathom how
they acquired the implements with
which they worked
Obviously they did not buy the
various tools they needed by SIM
ply going TO a hardware or 10
cent store, for such emporiums
were nonresident during their age
Of long ago.
was filled W it'll admiration
when I realized that each small
Indian tribe had TO be skilled not
only in providing meat and other
food for their kinfolks but in con-
structing the very implements by
which the food was obtained and
the utensils in which it was pre-
pared.
Wondering about their technique
and workmanship. I slipped out of
bed and to the bookcase. Reach
ing up, I brought down the first
stone my hand touched.
The stone was a fiat object and
rather sharp at its edge I made
up my mind at that moment to find
out how the redmen could con-
Struct these stone elements when,
as matter of fact. they had no
metal tools with which to chip the
rock
The next morning I confronted
my father with the question He
said that he dug the particular
stone from flower bed beside the
house and was no authority on the
subject of analyzing Indian relics
He thought, however that the stone
/ implement, If it had been a knife
blade, was made by heating a
/ boulder red hot and then drop
ping another boulder on it Thus a
side piece was struck from the hot
boulder, and this wafer usually had
a sharp edge. The Indian work
man then shaped the stone wafer
so that the subsequent user would
not cut his hand in using it
! I am now checking over the other
stones, which include wedges and
points and intend to advance my
knowledge of this intriguing art
by adopting it as a hobby.
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Riddles

l. What's the difference between a
man going up the stairs and one
looking up the stairs?
2. Why is dogs tail like the heart
of a tree?
3. What has teeth but never uses
them to eat with?
4. Why are laundresses wide trav-
elers?
5. What indication is there that
Jesse James was an artist?
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When You've Done
Your Very Best
. By RAYMOND BLAND, IA,

n
st. Paurs Academy.
When you've done your very best,
And you can't do any more,
And the people then detest
All the things you've done it for,
Why, don't feel down and out,
Just about these little things.
I say. what's it all about?
This misfortune sadness brings
For you've a will yourself, young
man.
Don't steer it another way.
Just try and try again, you can,
Don't listen to what others say.
Wear a grin like good men
Who have vanquished the foe
and won,
For yours is a glorious life then,
When your very best Is done.
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No Fishing

BY JUNE SICkELS, Is,
Powell Junior High School.
All put worm upon ma hook,
An tossed it in to see
II Ole Man Luck had come along
To bring good luck to me.
And soon, ma line grew heavy
NV heart was all aflre-!
But, alas, to ma dismay;
All found a wornout tire.
All never gave up hope.
But tried an tried agln;
But the only thing ah caught
Was a rusty piece OF tin.
When ali finally got a bite,
Upon ma wormy hook:
n ierked so doggone hard,
] fell into de brook!
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Our Flag
BY RUTH Nj. DAVIS, |:

BY KC II NJ. DAVIS, It,
Paul Junior High School.
I stand and gaze to see on high,
A flag unfurling in the sky:
It's colors float upon the breeze,
Our f1ag-through freedoms cen
turtles.
Let our flag from wars be free,
Red. white and blue where all may
see:
The battles din. the greed of war
Lord, save us from it ever more.
This flag and emblem is to me
Of life and hope and liberty:
Long may we keep it floating there
Our flag-still waving in the air
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At this point,
Jan, who is II,
whipped fro m
her purse two
strips of card
board with eX-
actly placed in
dentationS o n
their sides. Run
a pepcil yer
these notCheS,"
she said, and a
n OF S e sounding
like two ShaveS
and a haircut, 10
cents will be
produced"