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is delicious .*.*,>.*I*I^.*lV^/,w> .v>:.»>:«».».»;«;»>»».»>.»;*>»i( EATHON THE . I AMOND , ^, BY CORTLAND FlTZSlMMONS\\)i-\/ ^ jyNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTALMENTS: It has been trn years since Pop Clark won a United League pennant K»lth his New York Blues. The sports writers, with the exception of Terry Burke of the Star, give them little •hance. He bets $10 on them at 200 to 1 at the restaurant of Tony Mur- alio ,a gambler, In the Broadway dis- Be sure of Appetiziii Bread! g BAKE WITH ROYAL , _,. - always fitU strength PWEW/IT ISMEUSCUEER/J IWfSHl'P u$Ep fumi •'â- â- â- <ms;/;^. Each cake of Royal comes sealed in an air-tight wrapper ...it stays fresh! IN A GOOD lo.if of bread you want no hint of soggincss, no unpleasant "off-taste" or grayish texture. It's important that you bake with a yeast that's always reliable . . . full strength and pure. Royal comes to you scaled in individual air-tight wrappers â€" free from contamination, its full leavening power assured. And it's the only dry yeast that has this «pe:.'i>l protection. ThatVjSihy 7 out of 8 Can- adian houscwiVt'S tfxiay bake with Royal when they use a dry yeast. They know they caii count on g(Kxl results . . . the day they buy Royal, or months later. For SO jcars, Royal has Stood for freshness and purity. Be sure of appetizing bread. Bake with Royal. Setuifor FREE Booklet! â-  'I o del uniform rc- fcutm In lirtMil'huk- Init, ii it Important to ki-cp thv spittige at ait even tempera- ture. The "Rdyul Ynitl Baku lliMjk" ftlvea Inntructluns for I h e Cii r e of duiifth. Send cou- pon ft»r free ropy of the l>iM>k, ftUIng H imiimI rvUiK'ii for teinptitiit brviida, coffr« cukes, buns iind rolln. Buy MADE -IN - CANADA OOOOS '.t.iiiJard Dranda I.td, Fr^iaer Atc. & Liberty .Si. Toronto 3, Ont. P1*«MS«nd in« the fr«« Royal Y«ii«f Uxke Dook. Addr Town .Pro»lnc«_ trict. In the opening game with Phil- adelphia, Whitper, the visitors star pitcher, dies from a rifle bullet as he is ncaring the home plate. The Blues win. There has been ill feeling be- tween Larry Doyle, the Blues' rookie shortstopfi cx-Fordh.im star, and Whitper because Clark's daughter Frances had shown her preference for Larry. Detective Kelly suspects Doyle until he learns that Larry was talk- ing with Frances under the stands at the time of the murder. When the Blues are to open in Boston, four of the Boston stars are Injured. Sid Stream, Nt ' York gunman, wrecked their taxi by firing a rifle bullet into a tire. Stream is found dead and Terry receives by mail the warning: "Peo- ple who know too much die. "When Dirkin, Chicago star, dies just after knocking out a homer, and Pietro, the Chicago bat boy, disapepars, it is sus- pected that Dirkin was poisoned by handling his favorite bat. Terry sug- gests that it be sought in the Harlem river, and that's where it is found. Clark sends Doyle to Newark. Three masked men, one with a gun, truss Terry up, demanding to know where \ri gets his news. "Woll, Hvpii if that 18 tiMi". Iiow did you know go much about Uiikiii be- forB anyone else?" "I didn't. I just look a chance and got myself In Dutch ull round be- cause of It." "I'll say you did.'' "Klrst, I get warning to fliut up and 1 did, didn't I?" "Like hell, you did. V'ou'vc been fil- ling the papers with the stuff. The only leason you haven't been humped off i.s publicity. \V'''v<! had enough." CHAPTER 15 '•What am I goiiif; to do'.'" Terry aski'd. "I've got my job and that's gelling news, iind because I do it I have you hounding me on one; hand anil the police on llie otiicr. Kelly lliinkH 1 am mixed up in the muiiliM's, thinks I'm doing it to increase circu- lation, and you think I hav(! inside dope. What am I going to do'? Kelly (Irai-'gcd me down to ("cntrc! streit jn llic middle of the ni^lit." "1 was coming to llmt. llow did you know that the bat would be in the rivei'.' " Ihe man witli the v-un clcniand- f<\. •'I'.se your be :ui. man! Wli.d uouid you do with Komelliing like that if you wanted (o get rid of it? Kelly had me oil the mat and I was just wiKi>- {racking wl.en I told him to look in llie liver. After tliey found Ihe hat. Ki'lly was sure 1 know all about Dlr- kin'H â- lialli. As if Id be fool enou.uh to li'll him if I really knew aiiythingl" ''You knrw too much. Wlnic do you gi't your dope 'J' ''liut I've just been telling yon â€" I don't get any dope from anywhere. "And I don't think you'ro iiiat smart, see? Come on, out with it." 'Should I put the screws on him, boss" one of lh(! men asked eagerly. "Keep out of this!" the leader growh'd. "Now, listen. Ilurki', and pet it Bti-.iiglit! We won't stand for any more hutting in from you, undersland? Maybe you're telling the truth, and mayb(i you ain'l, but we'll know be- fore ry long. It looks like a leak to lis, and If it is, we'll get you and the guy who is spilling his stuff, flet me?" Terry nodded. â- 'Ain't -ou goin' to ask iiim why he put up dough on Ihe Ulues?'' the eager henchman asked. "This guy is givln' ymi the riinaround. Why don't you ^^^ they ^ SEEDS fheyre right ' N* â- â€¢me standi higher amoiigsf gawd^nlng ejrp«rf« To rr.altc certain of r*> •utts but Mcdf with a rtputiilon â€" R/dtn' I Then you will fet doubt*. CMUd iccd« u reason. •bl« price* from â-  firm with iTOyean'reputaUon. Or*ml CfmuUtt r«ar sifD tooni Writ* loday for • FPIEE copy' of Kyden' laleet aad grMtMC Mad book. Ill pafat. U11I4U* mvtltlat. Old hvourltM. PracUal adyk*. t^ Drpl. we I, 1' o H..X -.iL-il. M.inlrMl. Otdera for aeecla inuit ha sent Olrecl ('•:-Uy(ln « 8<jn (1920) Ltil.. SfeU S|,«:lallil(, 81 Allium, Knxland. iMue No. 15 â€" '37 oâ€" t let me play with his toes?'' be asked plaintively. Terry shivered. "Remember, Burke, you're playing with dynamite and you ean never tell when it win go off. 'You know that, don't you?" "Yes." Terry felt relieved. ''Gag him," the leader said to the man who had beer so anxious to have a little fun torturing Terry. Taking Terry's head roughly In one hand, the man said, ''Open It up Come on!'' and he gave Terry's neck a twist. Terry opened his Jawa wide and 'â- !<nld just see a roll of cotton wad- ding before it was rammed into his mouth. He gagged and the man laugh- ed. "Voii'ie lucky, sucker. Guys like you is better dead. It's a gooil thing 1 ain't runiiin' this show." The gag was hound in jilace with a handkerchief taken from his dresser and he was thankful lliat it was clean. â-  This is just a little warning to you, IJuike, so you'll know vo mean busi- ness. "The man wont over to the desk and rummaged around, finally finding a "Don't disturb" sign. "We'll lock you in and hang this outside. They'll find you sooner or later.'' One of the men cutiliously opened th(! door and peered ont. Terry could see him slip off his mask, but he could see only the back of his head. He stepped out into tile hall and after a moment said the coa.st was dear. The leader ami the .second man with their liacks 10 liim, look off their masks and sli|ipe(| into the hall also. The door closed and In; heard the lock go- ing liome. Terry squirmed in Ihe chair aiul lin- .iliy managed to get liis feet flat on tlio door. Then ho tried to stand up and found it an ::iiiaxin:;ly dilliciilt thing to do. After a great deal of effort he was erect, but found it very hard to keep ills balance. His only chance of movina was to jump. Ho tried and made two or tliree small hops, alway.s tottering. With a final effort, he gave a bound, felt liimr;eU' going over, and Hied valiunlly to ki'ep his feet. liut over lie went, striking his head on tlie edge of the couch as he went down. When I'erry came to, he was stiff and sore. The cord aliout liis wrists was cutting into his flesli. Ho wrig- gled, but each move was an agony of pain for liis head. He could see his electric clock on the desk. It was twelve thirty and he had promised to call Alice. He tried to move, but (C)uldn'l bear the pain. At twelve thirtyseveii tlie telephone jangled. He thought of the things lie had read about and seen in the mo- vies. Ml n l^iocened their bonds with bits of stone or liroken glas:;. They sawed 111 rough ropes and were free. Tile lelephDiie kept ringing. If ho (•oiilii only i;i|| over to tiie door into the hall, he miglit be ablt' to make a noise iind attract attenlion that way. He cdiihl hear the whirring, siK'king sounii (if thi' vacuum cleaner in tlie liall. .Ma)!.^. he could roll over to the door. At twlv( lliirly Alice had slopped her work anti wa;te<l for Terry's call. At twelve' lliliiy-live site s:,'em-d to CI'o lie fonliiiued. ) Boost Port of Hali.a:: â€" 900 VcgccIs Ca'icd in 1778-1731 Period IIAl.Il-'A.X. - Nine liundred sea- going vessels of all descriptions en- tered Ihe port ( r Halifax during the American War of Independence per- ioii between .luly, 177S, and .N'ovem- ber, 1781, according to Provincial Ar- chivist I). C. Harvey in his annual report tabled with ilie .N'ova .Scotia Leglslaluie. Tlie original list of slii|)s, giving the iiame.s of the crews and the passen- gers carried, Is now in the Archives here. It was pulilished as part of tlu' annual repoii. "for the liKlit it throws upon .Nova .Scotian sea-borno trade during the middle years of the Am- erican War of Independence when the lieailciuarters of llie Ihilish army were in .Vcw York and Halifax was the comnieiclal emiiorUim of llritisli North America." An analysis of the list of vessels shows that Lunenburg, Llv(upool, Chester, Yaiiiiouth and Uarrington kept up most frequent communications with llJilifax. During the period, Lunenburg ships iiindo 28G round trips, while Liverpool craft followed with IL'I. "Halifax llself seems 10 have done little more than send out an occa- sional vessel to lish, to transport hay or to carry despatches," the report comiiieiits. The list further 'illiislrates the ex- lent to which prizes ot war that had been condemned in the vice admiralty court were utilized as the nucleus of a hhipping lleet In the out lying ports 'lefore shiphuilding became an Indus- try In the pioN'iiiie. "It will bo seen from this list that 70 prizes or recaptures wero sent out from Halifax to various ports, chief- ly In Nova Scotia and the West In- dies, but also to Quebec, Newfound- land, London, Glasgow and oven to Madiera, and Azores nud Gibraltar. It Bhould he noted also that the first vessel to leave the province ou a whaling \oynge was a prize ship, Ihe brig 'Jenny' under Stephen Atwnod." A healthy fern plant produces shout 45,000,000 spores, each cap- able of producing • new plant. Home Hints By LAURA KNIGHI GOES OVER BIG When you take three very delicious foods such as coconut, custard and pie and put them all toi^cther with capital letters, you can't help but get something special such as Coconut Custard I'ie. Ilecause each part of this three-in-one dessert is a delicious food in itself, it Is three times aa good when all -are served together. It certainly goes over big with (! M'yone from father to tlio children and their expressions of pleasure when they find Coconut Custard Pie is ou tlie day's menu, are very genu- ine. It is ono of those desserts which are a delight to behold. It will not upset young digestions and is good for growing children becarso there is real food value and nourishment iu tills dessert. Be sure that your ingredients are the best and particularly the coconut. If it is not fresh and moist, the wiiole flavor of the pie will be ruin- ed. I'"resh, moist, tender coconut can be purchased from your grocer in sealed cartons or tins and only the freshest coconut can make the pie taste right. When you know this se- cret, you will Iind Coconut Custard I'ie niueli in demand in your house hold so he prepared to make it often and well. Coccnut Custard Pie •1 eggs, sliglitly beaten; 'i cup su- gar, I'l teaspoon .~alt, 3 cups milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 cup coconut, pre- mium shred. Line a deep O-inoh pie plate with pastry rolled 1-S-incli thick, allowing pastry to extend 1 inch beyond the edge. Kohl edge hack to form stand- rim; flute with fingers. Combine in- gredients in order given. Pour into pie shell. H;.ke in hot oven (450' F.) 20 minutes, then decrease heat to moderate (350' F.) and bake 10 to 15 minutes longer, or until knife insert- ed come.i out clean. "Pep Up Fish Day" Fish makes a templing party dish. In the seasoning, one may attain quite appetizing e.fect from the use in cook- ing, and in sauces, of such simple seasoning agents as prepared must- ard, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, chill, tabasco, onion and vegetable stock preparation, wliile orange and lemon, grapes, pimicnlo cups and Pajamas for Rejuvenation 'Vi»h Feminine D^t-'"' When you consider how mm li lime we .spend living and sleepiiii; in pajamas, you'll agree that it's just as imporlan to your self- esteem to apjicar in smart lied togs as in stylish daytime froik-. Today's model gives you llio he.-t chance in the world to put new life into your pajanui wardrul)-.'. A charming SLallop-yoke is re- peated in the rounded jacket bot- tom. Yoke and sleeves are loose- ly made for comfort, too. Collar and front faring are in one piece, further simplifying the sewing. Harl.ara IleirPatern No. lilSl-R is availahle for si'^es 14, Id, IS, 20, 10 and 42. Correspondinc: bust measurements 'Vi, 34, ."ili, 38, 40 and 4'2. With short sleeves size 1(! (â- '?4) ref|iiires 4 7-8 yards, !!!) inches wide. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write voiir nam* and addrcis plainly, ffivin? nitm^T and sire of patern wanted. Encloae 20c in itampa or coin (coin prefc-^rd- wrap it careful!". «n«l -ddreaa your order lo R^rSara "ell. R00-1 421, 7.^ Weil Adelaide Street. Toronto. Onl. (dives give a range of flavor possi- bilities that add Immeasurably to any flsh under the sun. Very little imagination Is used In the average home In the saucing and serving of flsh. Yet garnishing is quite a trick, and color has its importance, for food should bo as enchantingly and becomingly garbed as the luaplea In their Fall costumes. If you are planning a party, sur- jirise your family and guests by ser- ving them fish. Take two halibut steaks. Dip your steaks in finely sif- ted brt^ad crumbs, seasoned with salt and pepper and a little Worcester shire, and fry them in salad oil. The oil cooking is splendid, for the lish does not stick to the frying pan, does not burn or smell, and cooks and browns to perfection. For the sauce, make a light-textur- ed cream sauce, using two tablespoons of butter and one tablespoon of flour to two cups or milk, or one and a halt cups of milk and a half a cup of cream or evaporated milk, well sea- soned with salt and pepper and pap rika and about a teaspoon of Worces- tershire sauce. If you wish to be particularly festive, add a can of shrimps, cut thom fine and add to the sauce. Cooking the whole for halt an hour, beating It while cook- ing . . with the egg beater occasion- ally. Garnishings can be added at will: grapes, slices ot orange and lemon are appetizing. Fish, if nicely prepared, is a d'sh any cook may be proud to serve. It e-n bo used in so many ways. Fish with fisl), lish witli fruit, fish with crisp salad, with mushrooms, with on- ions and peppers and sweet herbs. Na- ture is not narrow-minded. She pro- vides th': fruits of the earth . . . and combined with a little Imagination, fish day can be made as thrilling as a Neronian banquet. A New Treatment For The Nail Biter Mothers used to put bitter aloes on nails to discourage the boy or girl bent on nail destruction. Still another way was to use a ruler. Ty- ing hands behind backs, as a re- minder, was resorted to, alos. And of course, lengthy scolding and lectures. Such tactics were almost useless, and besides, cruel. Try an expereimeht and take your Johnny, one line day lit he is a ner- vous little nail-chewer) on a round of pleasure, with nothing to worry about, sucli as friends who bulldoze him or lessons to burden him; put on his best and most becoming clothes and give him some money to spend. Keep him laughing and sun- ny all day. and also an eye out for those hands. We'd venture to say that net once has ho lifted his hands to his mouth, unless it was fro'i sheer over-excitement and joy. Which proves tliat the habit is emotional. Perhaps it is a direct worry, sin ii aa lessons, or playmates, or even family trouble that causes it. Ihit it may be that the whole pressure of living Is just too much. Inferinrity. lack of conlideuce, per haps a secret ^feeling of guilt, which some children develop easily, are worries that count for far more ner vousness than tangible reasons. Pants Will Soon Be Conventional Ccstumes for Wo:nen Russell Patterson, Artist and De- signer, Believes Skirts Will Seem Outlandish in the Near Future 110! I, VWOODâ€" Trousers for women long ago passed the fad stage in the movie colony, but now they have the official blessing of a noted nrtir.t and designer, I'usscll Patterson, of New York. "iMcn u.seil to wear skirts, too," Patterson said. "The time is near at hand when skirts for women will .seem as outlandish as thpy woulJ now for men." He preilicts women soon will wear trousers for every phase of life, formal and informal. lie said tliey will be adopted by iiusinesa women, and presently they will he as cor- rect for evening wear in public as they are now for morning wear in private. ".Not the present type of 'slacks' " Patterson said. "There will have to be some fancy work done. Hut essentially, pants are goMig to be the conventional costume for women, and it will be soon." The television aerial at the .-\le\- andra Palace, London, is 202 feet liigh and ri.scs to nearly (iOO feet above sea level. The oyster-tree is really a man- grove, found on the shores of the ('aribbean Sea, upon the branches of which the oysters attach themselves when the tide goes out. Mangroves are among the few trees that flour- ish in salt water. Appro.\'matcly ::!,11S slerillzatlon operations hav.i been performed to date in the United States. Want Good To Overthrow Evil Children Prefer Virtue to Triumph in Their Movies ''Children when they go to the cin ema, definitely want to see evil re- placed by good. They look for bad authority to be overthrown and for the ultimate triumph ot the right." This was the conclusion drawn by Dr. Emanuel Miller, a director of the Child Guidance Clinic, at a confer- ence held In I.K)ndon, England, re- cently to consider how special film entertainment could be provided for children. "It is true," Dr. .Miller continued, according to the Christian Sciencfc Monitor, ''that many children seen' to have inborn aggressive or ilestruc five tendencies; that is why they like eventfulness in the cinema expressed in action and speed. But roughhouse stuff must be of the slapstick var- iety it it is to please them; cruelty or brutality is not to their taste." This fits in with conclusions rea- ched some time ago by Dr. Cyril Bert, member of the Industrial Ue search Board, whose studies in the problems of juvenile delinquency are well known. He is convinced that the youngster who commits some petty crime and then tells the judge that he "saw it on the filbs'' is disclos Ing only a part of the truth. He may have imitated the methods shown in gangster stories, and to thai extent they are to be deprecated, but the motive which impelled him tc unlawful activity must be soughl outside the cinema. DEMAND BELIEVABLE TALES The confeionce heard that children are interested 1.. nature studies and pictures of animals, oarticularly the familiar ones, especially if the stories are wrapped up in some adventure or In the activities of explorers. Historical or literary subjects arf liked only if they conform to reality. Strange as it may seem to those ac- customed to associate fairy stories with children, it was said that they are merely bored by anything that is historically unbelievable. There Is apparently no difficulty li. obtaining a sufficient supply of ah»rt films suitable for children, but spe- cial performances for the youngsters it was revealed, are only given by 10 to 15 per cent, ot the cinemas iu Britain, and by them not mor' than once a week. Servant Retained By British Queen Simple Scottish Maid Has Served Her Majesty for 25 Years DINGWALL, SCOTLAND. â€" Amid the grandeur of Buckingham Palace. Queen Elizabeth will be attended by the simple Scottish maid who has ser ved her for 25 years. Catherine MacLean, daughter of a Dingwall builder, faithfully worked tor her mistress when she was Lady Elizabeth BowesLyon and later as Duchess of York, but she feared that she never would be skilled sufficiently to wait upon a queen. "If you cannot do It for me, Ca- therine,'' cried Her Majesty, "who can'? I cannot do without you now." ' With that," wrote Catherine Mac- Lean to a Dingwell friend, "Her Ma- jesty threw her arms around my neck and kissed me. saying: 'I shall try to make Buckingham I'aiace as bright :,ml cheerful and homey as 145 Pic- cadilly.' " You Bet Your Life Writes the \ancouver Sun:â€" If a man were to bet $17,000,000 against $1 that he could toss a booklet into the air, and catch it as it falls, 'le certainly would be thought to be foolish. lie probably would win, but the small gain would not be worth th€ huge risk. Hy the same token, the pedestrian v\lio risk ull the remaining minutes of his life just to save a single minute by crossinj;: the street reck- lessly, is an exceeding'y fooli.sh man. In a looklet, "You Bet Vour Life" that it has just issued, a prominent insurance company uses the above illustration, amonp others to demon- strate the folly of gambling with your life. Cold Honeymoon: â€"A ncwly-werl couple have just finished a honey- moon, ppcnt in a tent, (lurin,£; a bliz- zard, amid snow-drifts, at Tisvilde- leie. Denmark. FROM GIRL rO WOMAN QKUWINU girls arc often suffer- ers from female ir- rcgul.iritics, head- ache, backache or nervousness. Dr. .i>- I'icrce's I'avorite Prescription is the vegetable tonic to Rive your daughter .\In. .\. Chukic of 175 rath- arinc M. So. Ilaiiiilton, Onl. said: "When grew ini! into womanhood I Iwrume palt and thin, had not innrh .-ippciitr. suffered from headaclifs. p.iin^ in nt\ l»aik and cramps .Mulhci ga\" im I'l I'kicc's Fa- vorite Prcsi-ription .tntl I toek it until all feminine disturhani-c \v119 rorrvctfd Soon my appetite improved, 1 hud hcltet color and all piiii^ :\% wtII as tlir i^ivuu.-i fet-ling disappeared 1 think this Pti-Mriplion' !â-  a Rplendid medicine for Rrowing Ktrb.' Ktw tilt, tablet* SO ccnt^ liquid at siK li times L\