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«----sweet ? " Miss Jenkins had gone straight from her reception of the new min-- ister to the rescue ot Ginger Elia, 'for she had rightly interpreted both the sudden crash and the ensuing silence as indicative of disaster in that _ direction. Unfortunately _ for that young person, the apple barre \bad nails in it, nails that stuck in-- ward. Ginger, bleeding on hoth arms, md on both knees, and altogether : us, was further annoyed by the :M that she was pinned into the bar-- \Fel by the inturning nails, At every But when he went back into the room, he not only closed the door, «arefully, but turned the key in the lock as well. Hiram Buckwortb went to the bath-- room, and turned beth faucets into the tub. Marjory could hear the trickle ot the water over his fngers as bhe tested th» warimmth of it. * *V¥ery--con--fidentially--*» MarjJory, beneath the bed, was bathed in cold perspiration. He came deliberately back into the roum, took shoes from the baz, removed the shoetrees noisily, shook _ out fresh shirts and placed them in the drawer. Finally, from the rack, he chose a thick bath towel. Marjory watching through the sheitering lacefrince saw him return to the bathroom. The door --would he close it? His hand wias on the knob. Yes, he pulled it-- slowly. It was ajar--a little--just a very little-- The door slammed shut. Not one moment did Marjory Tol-- Hrer linger beneath that bed. _ She gathered together all her lithe young muscles, and with one vigorous Jjerk, propelied her slim body from be neath the tbed in the direction ot the door, the hall door. She leaped, to her feet. and flashed into the hallway. Hiram Buckwortb nearing the sligh sound, the click ot the latca, opened the bathroom door. "Yel'!"' be called. "What is it?" The door to the hail stood vpen. He crossed the rooin, and looked down the corridor. Ar the farther end. he saw, or thought he saw, tlfe Aying Frencbh heet of a white slipper. "Haunted," be suid to bimselit. *"That's nice." --*I ask gyou--very con--Aden--tially' ~ ----be whistled softly as be turned back into the bathroom--* 'Ain't--she "*'Now 1 ask you--very con--fiden. tlally--Ain't she--sweet» * Slowly, he removed 'his cont, shook It out, and hung it over the bnck of the chair, and took off his collar and tie. From his bag, he drew out a fresb lot of tles, and selecteq one with nice discrimination, his eyes fAnshing quick comparisons in color tones frowm sox to tie. "Oh, & hope he isn* going to change his elothes," thougnt Marjory., and shut her eyes very tigbhtly iIndeed. Hiram Bueckworth left the book: sheives, and had a look at the bath room. He was whistling softly be tween bis teeth No hyma the tune that he whistleq, something tight, sgomething catchy, with rolling _ ca dences. Presently he broke into song, low song, barely more than a bum, in & pleasant low voice. Beneath the bed, Marjory 'writh=d in belptess fury at the poor woman's Buttering anxiety. Bu she went out at last, and closed the door behitnd bér. -- Marjory lay rigld beneath the bed, hating the Founsg preacher, hating Missg Jenkins, despising herselt for her childish curiosity. Her only hope was that quick--wirted Ginger. missing ber, would ~guess her predicament and devise a scheme to get tae new boarder out of the room for a while Unfortunately, Ginger was in a pre dicament of her own. But Hiram Buckworth knew noth ing of these anpieasant complications Me put bis hbag on a echair, and opened it, leisurely. Then he went to the closet, and looked in. Crossed to the windows, and tevoked 0ut., Stood before the bookshetves. examining the titles of books, now and then taking out a yolume for a brief Inspection, "Oh, dear heaven," prayed Marjory, "don't let him get Inspired to write a sermon." your bathroom--you needn't be afruld to use It, i1 goes with this room _ We bave anuther one at the back. Mar Jory emptiec *h« eloge; for you, and the bureau drawers are empty. _ We have supper at six o'cluct, and-- Oh. 1 forgot to Introduce the girls. _ But they didn't come down, did they ?" Beneath the bed, Marjory 'writh=d in belpless fury at the poor woman's Buttering anxiety. Bu she went out CHAPTER V --Continued ww P J weee "Yes, such a nice man. Tha In the usually quiet home ot "ltev. Mr. Toliliver of Red Thru=h, lowa, his motheriless daughters, Helen, Miriam and Elien--"Giin-- ger Ella"®--are busy "grooming" the'ir sister Marjory for partici-- pation in the "beauty pazeant" that evening With Eddy Jac~k-- son, prosperous voung farmer. her escort, Marjory leaves for the anticipated triumph Over-- work has serious)ly affected A)r. Tolliver's eves fir)ory wins the beauty prize, $5W00 Bhe gives the money to her father to con. sult Chicago specialists . Ginger meets Alexander Murdock Mr. volliver returns, the doctore giv. Ing nim tittle hope. Ginker kets an idea for a "Parsonage Hame for the Blind" and solteite furca She gets results at once. Helen is married and leaves the par-- sonag e. Mr _ Tolitver goes to Ed+v Jackson's farm for a reat Hiram Buek worth is engaged as substitute pastor STORY FRoOMm THE stTtaRrt L 3 That's by Ethel Hueston Who Built Temple Bar? It is Just upuon 5v years ago that the last slopes of old Temple bar were tak. en away from their site, although de molition had begun !8 months before ! The stones were n:«mbered and stored in Farringdon rosad for @ight years, when the space they took up being wanted, thecity corporation gave them| to Sir lenry Meux, who spent several thousand pounds in re moving them and re--erecting the gate in his own growunds near Wailtham Cross. How mans neople, asks "Look-- er--on" in the London Dailly Chronicle, could say who bui!t Temple bar? It was erected by \Wren in 1670, and stood at the City "Bar" for over 200 years. Teddy's mistress, \Mrs. Marcella Yas chilla, bad been stabbed and taken away to a hospital !t was necessury for the Getectives to enter the house, but Toddy said, "No."_ That Teddy would have been a (arget for the ofi Lieut. Maurice A. Kelliher and Sergt,. Oliver J. Barron found this out when they tried to persuade Teddy to let them enter his home in the absence of any members of the family. Teddy was just plain "tuu;\-h" and the en thusiasm with which he indicated what he meant to do was very con vincing. "Teddy" is n dog, a police dog. Not a dog attuched to the pelice foree, but one of those up--stundinz--eared fellows alert from the tips of his paws to the tip of his husky tail _ The "police" refers to his breed and not to his af-- AlHations. s Little Child Led Where Police Feared to "Miriam is vyery prainy," interposed Ginger quickly "I thought there couldn't be two," he sald, in a tone of great relief, "Oh, no, no indeed tered Miss Jenking. site, you might say. and dark and--* you Marjory indicated the other rocker with a graceful gesture of a white hband. "Do sit down," she said Hiram Buckworth tooked harg at Marjory. . "'Twins," be said. "It doesn't seem possible," \Marjory's lovely eyes questioned him mutely. + . "Does she, the other twin, look like ovrer the other, hoth white arms er her hend, day Manrjory. se still and lovely that HMirrm Bnckwortb cuught his breuth at sight of her, "I beg pardon." he said Lleasantly, ~muy 1 come ouf? 1 dont hive 10 stay io my reem until supper, do 1?" Marjory sat stiMy uprizht in the nammeck. . Ginger shook the dust of the garden from her bands, and set the pan of peas on the floor at her side. . Miss Jenking tHushed und tu:t tered anxiously "Of course not," she stammered. "I mean, by all means. Come rizht over 1 was going to introduce you to the girls, anyhow." lliram Buckworth joined the s.nall group in the shndowv corner. "This is Marjory, Murjory TollHver," Nuttered Miss Jenkins "Not rthe old est--Heten is the olfest, but she's married--Marjory is one of the twing. And this is Ginger Elin. Eilen. . mean. We Just call ter Ginger. She's the bhaby." Hiram Buckworth tLocked MHard 1t Marjory. slight -- motion to extricate herself there wore ominous litile soumds of tearing 'cloth spelling ruin for the sumorer frock. _ With Miss Jenking hel>», however, she manugzged At Inst slowly, oovt without pains to get her selt out of the buarrel with only a few ininer rents and stains of blood ypon the precious garnent Some two hours Inter, Hirma Buea worth, -- with his mest ingratintine smhe, stepped out onto the ruinbler shaded verunda, where his eyes feli upeon &A pleasant pleture | Miss Jenkins sat in a low recker, carefully mending a torn new summer frock, while Gin ger. in a plain flame colored $mock rrill Co. _ W.N.U. SERVICE rdon," he said ple e ouf ? 1 dont hiuive untll supper, do 1 Bat stiMy upright Ginger shook the from her bands, a pedas on the floor plain -- flame colored smeock w w b M Just Nit," chat--. the oppe n is still like ners, and to do a thousand other ful things, '*~ & A magic book 30Q years old is kept by a little woman in Brook street, London. Its faded pages tell bow to woo beauty, cure toothache, cock din-- "That'g' just It," retorted this mod-- ern miss, "I don't ever want to get to be as fat as mother." + Mother is counting calories in earnest !--Indianapolis News, you grow up big and strong." dog Innguage, submitting in the-- mean time .to being tied so that nhe was no longer a menace to officers of the law. Thus a little child did lend -- two husky _ bluecoats. -- Worcester Tele * gram, _ A we--sJLu iiGe on!y wiay. -- And then a smaill boy of the ncigh borhood appenred on the scene. Witb-- out hesitation he wnaiked into the house. _ Teddy wugged hls tail and snid, "Hello, old sport," in the best cers' bullets or seemed the only this afternceen, and he looked at M desp« tiiam, and stayed 1 don't think he'll | way ever go-- home agatn. And besides, | ind you didn't tell me to keep blm away itself from anvhedy but Marjory." b no or This Ginger could not deny, gso,. with and _ her usual sang froid. she dismissed the ,| keep entire subject, and led Eddy out to ; tHe meet the new minister. softls Hiram BRueckworth shook hands with Unust hitv cordially. "I am glad to meet an ofl you." he said, "*and 1 am moking for" | aznin ward most keenliy to knowing your | us father. 1 have heard snhlng but the | the, N recital of his rare w"tues since * | tne c reached Ited Thrush." . ' "Goiln "»My father?"" Koddy was nonplused . | food: "You must be mistaken. 1 have no f | Again father, my father is dead--* | theilp "Oh, I heg pardon. 1 see 1 am mis paine tnken. _1 Iinferred that it was your come furher--they merely «spoke of him as memo Fddy Jackson, Mr. Tolliver's partico ihe *) lar friend and crony." tPFRE Eddy looked unutternhle things. 8%Ohn hé a sou mean me. 1 am Eddy Jackson i anyth The only one." | wica "You? -- But., gractous, thery said-- N NSP Well, 1 anderstand-- _ My mistake, i |. _ *> see, eteuse me." | ahead "1 know." Eddy Jackson taughed | """® "You mean Ginger Ella. Sure sne: (U8®° °V puts me, and her father, and Moses A',M in the same class. We're all arch | '°"Z" angels together." 4 letter (TO BE CONTINUED) | home, "1 did not," he dAenied,. . towing hber line of thought invite him. . He ceame out this nfwrn-«»fi. and he loc riam, and stayed 1| don't ever go home nangatn. _ A "Nobody's, Eddy Jnckson Isn't that kinmd." said Ginger indiznuntly. "! may . as well explain Ginger 1 mean Ellen. right at the start." said Marjory, dauszhing. '"She is ngainst boy --friends _ She thinks they are sim py disgustinz. Anmd she thinks the rest of us--even Miss Jenakins--are simply man--mad. -- CGinger thinks a man who 'nuws should be shot at sunrise, If not sonner." a He similed unders'tandingly. _ "And who, then is EAddy Jackson?" "Eddy Jackson," excelaimed Ginger with one of her browvd sweeping ges tures." "Is father's best Aand denrest and most Invimate friend. a> genuine charnctoer. and no hase pretender."* In the earty eveninz answering their meek _ request -- over the -- telephone, Eobly Jackson, busy with his expert ments sent one of the college stu-- dents In his car for them and they dreve out to the farm. Eddg was still busy In the Inboratory, but Mr. To tiver waited an the porch for tRem: with Miriam, and--thls too Ginser's speechiess fury--Alesunder Murdeck Wirhout a word to uny of them, she marched iInto the iaborrtory, com pletely spoiling a deticate expertment. "Fldy Jackson, you double crossed me. * On. ha mmeck "And 1 will do your laundry with the girls'." added Miss Jenkins "And there really isn't much to spend money for In Ited Fhrush." . 0=c They told him ot their father, of his pntience, his frith, his sense of hu-- mur. _ They told him ot Joplin West. bury, and the new church. Theg told bim of Eddy Janckson, at Pay Pirt "And _ whose hboy friend is Faldy Jackson?" he asked. reffeetive eves on Marjory, sitring stiMy erect in the "Lut wien you c«.-ml'der that you only get fifteen--" (Ginger's volce trulled off to a signifiennt sitence. "But we deckled that it gyou ob Jected, we would keep you for eight." encouraged Marjory. . "! shouldn't think oft objecting," he snld. "Quite the contrary. 1 am sure putting up with me is wortb even wmore." $ "Or perhaps Miss Jenkins here forgot to tell you about it," Marjory added. "1 don't recall that she mentioned It," he said pleassuntly. "It seems very reasonable indeed." a "Can't we jJust rent a car? |1 hnt.e to bother your friends--and it wouldn't cost muych." "But when you take out ten doliars for board,." said tiinger wurningly. Magic Book 300 Years Old "Mr. --sucb king. "Eddy Jackson would come for us," said Ginger. ' "Tub Andrews would take us," sug-- gested Murjory. "Mr. Tolliver would be so pleased --sucb a oice man," sald Miss Jen-- "1 wish 1 could see your father to-- day," he said. °"1 should feel more at 'home in hbis pulpt "f 1 knew him personally. <-- Don't you sguppose we could rent a car tonight, and® drive olt to see him? If it is not too far?" They talked together in the com radely fashion of pursonuge people the world over, as a family, one in Spirit. LIBERTYVILLE INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER ne ef thought. "I didn't He eamme out by himself he denied. quickiy fol victim of gassing | Enter | _ Many of our New Year resolutions 'nre designated to correct trivial fail-- ings, but the importance of their be rtng kept is only Increased thereby. 'l-'ur they are the trivialitiee which wear one down and take ceaseless toll of him, as the Chinese corftrive an exquisite torture of the slow drop-- ping of water. There are few men who do not face a great matter bold-- ly, and with dignity and courage, but they are many who conclude that the small matter is not worthy of facing, since it seems to make but little de mand upon heroism. Nevertheless, at thiw time of the year we see truly for the once, perceiving the small matters to be ominocs in the aggregate, and of proportions sufficiently fearsome to engage of the interest of any valiant. A great pity it is that this clarity of vision must pass, in large degree, and that we shall wonder why ever we thought it worth while to resolve against our minor follies and struggle to overcome them, the consequences., \__Added to the other memories the longing expressed in his mother's last 4It~"er served to &huarpen his wish for !humo. and before he realized it he | was rushing down the street. In one | pocket was enough money for the iferr_v trip and across the river he '('nuld walk home. The object in his | otlfer pocket he would throw into the |river and have that off his mina. "This is a real New Year," he hap pily excliimed. Just then he bumped into some one--"Wherer do you think you are going!" the person growled and he looked into the eyes of a police officer, but there was no fear in his volce or eyes, jJust peace and Joy as he answered, "Why goin' home*" and laughed with sheer delight at the advice--"Welt go then." (@ 1929. Western Newspaper Union.) Importance of Keeping _--_ Ne¥ Year Resolutions v"Goln' Home." Scenes long forgotten fooded _ Harlan _ Moore's memory. Again he saw the old home, and agnain the pained look in his futher's eyes-- palned to think that his son eould come home in such condition. . As memories crowded fast on each other be wiped a mist from his eyes. He Jerked 'himself ap quick!ly--he coultdn't ne n hahvy--hesifies he ha anything wicked -- hadn't -- whispered, but he hiad plat As the dread of fucing ahead gripped him,. the t came to see his plun througzh Ree) niin fof & long Time, He steppedt out angd felt the now softly fulling snow, which filled the unususally wiarm air. on his face But aznin. Just before the usual din prociaimed theg, New Year's birth, the orchestra in the cabaret swung into the strains of Mworv In thi friend father EC ""'T SIC and dunging within the J_M brightly I§hted _ catmret, '{'/2 vhile across the street in --------A ithe shelter of a doorway a shabblly dressed gyoung man, his conat pulled closely around him and his right hand on a& ce1d object in .his pocket, watched the glowly moving line of cars stop. leave their passen-- gers and move on V O PC To T9 U Ma hn s hn gne ons P a 0 0. °+ o v 0 o 0 0 0 60. 86 0 0 0 8 60808 °6 * * 8 6 CAVSANSECAEACC CCC 68 88. 88608 1. t Isu2QY wiarm air, on his face. But oflicer approaching drove him back I come with the message of winter chill, And the blessings of rain and sun; The glory of forest, and field and hill, And lhe.nfloa'wbae nvers run-- 1 bring sweet life to the rose and clod, And you----from the vaults of a watchiul God. Each day a gift from the God who sees Your innermost soul: will you pain or please? * HL. Each is handed, a gift, to 'l'«'amcd.:oya-lum-l-ady'.will;'mL You can live them false or live them true Tfidflhyo.pdtunm---- But be not deceived, for the sen--cless clod Will sell the tale in the face of God. ive _ years . ago tonight, | Harlan re had ceiebruted New Yenr's eve this same «city with some school nds. A uitter quarrel witbh his er _ thad 10l" m _ ed his-- arrival l"""" in e, -- across -- the , \ fi f r, out in the ) ; * ntry, euriy the o M ; C t morning Lat *"I 553 --.'.-/ n anncls..., 3?:. d P t e S ht Each day is a j F. t 1 REAL NN .. YEAR .. By Blanche Tanner Dillin wias diangero red what nappe nlue of those Of on hbe hadn't done idn't -- something d planned to. icing the years the tempration wt suggested us --but .then ned to him-- jewels would and take Wask 2t This briefly traces the gastronomic trail of New Year dinners and other feasts through a number of countries. Dining in the homes of England and western Europe, the Amierlcan abroad on New Year's day would find the chief dish a reminder of bome. Tur-- key, duck, or goose the most popular roast in England, while plum pudding usually tops-- off the meal, New Year's dinner, which consti-- tutes one of the most widely observed of man's feasts, is not a fixed feast. That is, it is not if you can put aside a notion all too easily acquired--that your way is necessarily the only way. As a matter of fact, there are four very widely observed New Year's days --those of Christendom, Islam, the He-- brews and the Chinese--and numerous others celebrated by smaller groups. If a mean were struck of the vari-- ous dates, what might loosely be called the world's "average New Year Day" would fall several months far-- ther atong toward the summer than January 1. Consciously, be was not awanre that this was different from --any other night., Yet subconsciously he realized something wus unusual. He might see many more New Year's eves--as. in-- deed, he has been privileged to do-- but he would never again see the passing of an old century. New Year's Feasts Other Countries Enjoy The evening was cool and crisp; the sky bright and cloudless, the ground covered with snow, heavily crusted. _ 2 e As _ Joiun . peers y Te NA «d ?,l'f," "\é '{'\ into the ruddy em \98)h foth io NINY--Ps s bers he wonders if A\,':' ty 4 C '7 R es S such _ things could e Coot N 353 ; "'\\\'t'//)""'/TA:/'; be -- possihle . now ~ 'f,fi':'.'.,.".«':'x He -- knows _ that parents and chil dren are rurety if ever seen togzether now at social functions and that ther are seldom seen at theaters or in church in the same groups. "But we did it, anyway," he mur murs in a tone of somewhat sup pressed wonder that it could ever have been possible! -- For more than 1000, John, hbis ; As he draws his chair close to the cheerful wood fire, the sinoke from which bhas given the rojm an aroma as of resinous incense, he cannot but become reminiscetft. -- Refore him are mental pictures imprinted upon his mind twenty nine ;,ears agzo--pictitres which the comin@ and going of many winters aund the joys of us many sum mers can never efface. No other century would be ringing for him with such ciamorous din of bells and whistles. T WAS more than & quarter century ago that John. & young man then. saw the present century ashered in As a mun of mature years now. he looks bnck to that epochal midnight with interest. s It s--enms strange that that New Year's eve Appeared different from any other in his life. And yet, the reason is not far to seek. There could be no other such midnigzht in all his life. White, and unmarked, the page of And this is as be recalls it : 'flllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll?'. HHHINNHAEuttntmmnuune T he New Year and Evolution By W. D. Pehnypacker a Cecade prion to rrenis, and groups of _ younger _ and older folk in a small town met ftdr a _ sucial _ evening and _ remained _ to weleome _ in _ the New Yerr. It was in tho--e old--fush loned _ times when young -- folks _ and their -- elders _ fre quently -- spent _ so clal _ evenings --to-- il _ evenit ther. As _ Jotn o the ru 26, 1929. oo In northern Africa, whatever the date of the feast, it would be sure to have as its central dish cous--cous. This consists of wheat prepared like fine grains of rice, steamed with lamb or mutton, and vegetables, if the lat. ter are obtainable. It is served in a In France and Spain, our American explorer of the world's tables would again enc@unter the turkey, but there he would find the capon and the pheasant sharing its popularity, Meth-- ods of preparation and side dishes, however, would tell him unmistakably that he was getting farther afield. Trufies, chestnuts and olives are im-- portant «ngredients of the dressing of the New Year's fowls in those Latin countries. In France snails might be numbered among the viands that sup-- plement the piece de resistance, and in Spain the meat, starting, say, with almond soup, would be sure to include among the secondary dishes a sopa, rice cooked in olive oil, with tomatoes and other vegetables and perhaps bits of meat. . When Alice and Jack returned home in the wee hours the cotor was just coming into the eastern sky. They wished Dad a bhappy New Year--a%@m they meant it sincerely--though. both were conscious that he teleng@d to a different epoch. The breaking day, with an auspi clous 'opening, waus a bappy one for the entire Ross family, and all were conscious that it marked more than a New Year--they sensed that it marked the beginning of another cycle in the evolution of the race, (@. 1929, Western Newspaper Union ) away Joinn had, in f I { faticy, been back in 3', Cl f the old days. BHe 'd\ " Cal |1 -fi had returned to his ® l &A¥ ) V 7 y o ung manhood _ 2. / (a6 and the oig recep _ / , g\'\ + tion every one gave [ to the coming in of the new century. It is onty another New Year now Mileposts seem much closer than they did then. As he takes another lonz pull on his friendly pipe there is a glow, followed by a dense cloud of smoke. The euri Ing rings ascending in the half light of a lessening fire give the appearance of. and. in renlity, cause the full effect of dreaminess. How tong John sleeps in the quiet reom, while younger members of his family are out to welcome a Nexw Year, we could not say. In the op pressive silence, the tick of the man tet clock can be heard distinetly. It's regulnrity would not suggest that a year is dying. nor would it suzggest the joy of the coming of a New Year and the possihbility of 190 being one of earth's happiest New Years. Save for the clock, all is silent Then there is the outbreak -- of whistles, the din of tin ngrns and bells. . For a mo nent, protracted T ' into ten minutes o ":& ' more the darkness o = . " <<@P of the night is rent F ,.+y+ | with distracting a creF .é' ' noises. t " a L John rouses swith a start. Mis pijp has fallen to the« floor, and the fire is out.. He is stil! tione A broad grin sweeps his face, un-- noticed by others in the room _ The dim light and the crackling warmth of the fireside made ali drowsy. Late hours and wild testivities ure no part 0f the present life of one who had reached -- adult life when the bells clanged and whistles tooted, and horng blew, as 1900 was ushered in. Chlidren, and in some cusgs grand: children are out in the wild jazziness of the night. Every cne is doing it. be thinks, but himsolf. A world pleas ure--mad is seeing a new year's arrival amidst a gaiety and thougzhtléss frivol that is astounding. It is all in the way we are brought up,. he admits. to himself, and is broad--minded enufu:h to recognize that with the turning of the wheel of time a graduail but none the less effective evolution has taken an unwritten book--the before him. HMe was to world's billions of peopté in transcribing:a new re The thought was imn» 1C€ he had dozed John hbad,. in He was to he one of the is of people to bave part g'a new record. impressive iay. in the op ck of the man distinetly. | It's suggest that : year--spread ' xom:m»mma_g are already recognized. The council's demand is thought to have been prompted more by political than by religious motives. The authorities recognized a claim submitted by the supreme Mostem council that the Mohommedan new year, the first day of the month of Moharrem, should be"an official holi-- day. This usually occurs in June or July. g In addition, the Jewish new year, in Septembe; or October, and January 1 Under a government decree Pales tine will henceforth celebrate three official new year holidays annually. large,. almost hemispé--ical, basket--dish so closely woven that it holds water. About this container the diners sit, twking their food with their fingers. Olives, dates, and figs bhelp to com-- pléte the meal; and on occasion there may be a dish of locusts--"grasshop-- pers"--prepared with wheat The legs, wings and heads are removed before the creatures are cooked. Three Observances Are Ordered in Palestine book bigger than this h« use: *L resoive to leave well enough alone and not try to do everything at once.'" _Ine sneeze got worse and the blue ox had to be put to bed.. Paut made his New Year's resolve over. "Me whittled a tall pine into a penholder, put in a fresh point; and wrote in letters ten feet high, in a book biggzer than this hense* cut a hunrdred fogs." "How 'could it?"" Bob asked "Oh, easy! Paut fastened i sawmill by radio." "Sure!" scorned Jim. "But." eontinued -- Unele reysching "the sne "But eos the ox cut Cown with his tail 4 him until he began to sneeze. didn't think it would burt the blue ox. but he didn't want such -- viofent sneezoes to waste. So one of his, axmen curved a gigantic wooden windmill and set it ino front of the ox every time they stopped "'Kerchoo! Kerchoo! the blue ox would sneeze agd, 'whiz" would go the windmill. _ Every time it whizzed it would nake IPaul Bunton's «sawimifl tail rested in wet thing about the giant wood "Well. it was on New tike this, the winter of the He _resoived he-- wouldn't speck of time or a single 0xX "Was that d Griand C: nvron Dakota that v6 mile at a stf l)p l1€ €6 (@ 1929 w to his it o w blade iul neoticed whenever the blue 11 0 W -- scorned Jim. continued _ Unele -- Charlie, for another handful of nuts, ze got worse and the blue ron t t Everytime It whizzed it ke Paul Bunton's sawimnill stood sw nd forth went the tail. and ick the great trees fell y swish. And they went trees and not wasting a estern Newspaper Union.J busv id4 mountuin th his fis trees. 1N ie time \hlhad to Ing off N. ar. He harnessed tree shaver and m it by breaking off nging its tail fetch his he plowed the An TT he it to the ¥A y 2 off the bammer-- North d the n in day blue 1 O 1(