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3 OF 1 BY REX ; HE GODS BEACH ! S08 SYNOPSIS 3 'When Lee Ying, a prosperous 'Chinese merchant of San Francisco, announces that a son has arrived at his home, only one other person besides his wife knows that the child really is a white fund- ling. That person is Officer Dunne, xho promises to keep the secret. The :hild, christened Sa: Lee, is raised as Lee ing's son. He is sent to astern Col lege as a Chinese student. He makes rapid Leaawuy in his studies and ath- letics, but finds a sueial barrier becauss of his suppuscd Chinese blood. A college girl, Alice Hart, pretends to think a go @ deal of Sam and is sent by Sam's father to Paris to pursue her art studies. She refuses *o wrarry Sam, who iteturns to college dixil usioned. "We shall not adopt him, for he is ours, It would be an affront to the beneficent powers who laid him in our arms," "But, man dear! Anybody can tell he's not a Chinee kid. . . I figgered| it was a great break for him to be adopted by a rich man like you: a lot; better than a foundlings' home. Those | kids never amount to anything. But! I'm supposed to report such wingel | said Officer Dunne. "You look at it through Western eyes, we through eyes of deeper under- standing," retorted Lee Ying. "He is a "godling, a boy from the azure sky, but his flesh has been made our flesh, his blood our blood." "He may be a Chinee, at that" Dunne admitted, after consideration. 'Babies look pretty much alike. But suppose he ain't? Suppose he grows up to look white?" "It is of more importance to con- sider how he will thinky how he will act, how he 'will live, In view of his celestial origin is it reasonable to ex- pect him to look like other boys? No. He shall be reared like the superior being he is." 1 "That's all right, too," Dunne said, still unconvinced and with misgivings in his mind, "but you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear." "Heredity! A myth of the Occi- dent." Lee Ying dismissed the sub- ject with a wave of his loose silken sleeve, '"We Chinese are old in wis- dom. The perfection of a vase lies not in the potter's clay but in the craft of the artist who fashions it and in the skill of the glazier.. A son of the; clouds has come to me, my life shall be devoted to rearing him in the lilke- "ness of a prince. I have meditated: I have no fear." ; No doubt there were some residents of San Francisco's Chinatown who eonsidered it strange that a son had! come to a couple so old as Lee Yirg and his wife and who. thersfore ox- changed gossip on the subject, but, if 80, they were too polite or too politic to permit their words to reach the importer's ears. Fur that matter sons are not seem- ly subject for joking among Lee Ying's people: lacking a boy of his own he would have been expected to adopt one out of regard for his family line. Ancestral worship and respect for the family as a social integer has induced the Chinese to cdrry adoption to extremes, or to what any other people would consider extremes. Sons are adopted to act for their new par- ents as commercial agents. Children of poor parents are purchased for adoption and, upon occasion, kidnap- pers make a profit rom the sale of stolen children. 80 it was that his friends and well- wishers entered heartily into the cele- bration, tetore wcscrived, when the baby received its "milk name," Lee Sam, and its head was shaved. They expressed themselves as hopeful of joining in the ceremonies attendans | upon the commencement of the boy's ] studies, when he would receive his "book name," and still later, at the time of his marriage, when he would be presented with his "great name." Soon it was forgotten that hig arrival |' had been attended by circumstances in any wise unusual, Little Sam was a pretty and beguil- ing infant, he was plump and dimpled, his limbs were straight, his eyes were black and shiny, he laughed more often than he cried. He developed rapidly, too. Who ever heard of an ordinary mortal with a tooth at three months of age? But Sam had two, as white as rice kernels. Lee Ying became daily more attach- ed to his son and as for heart-hungry Pan Yi, the years fell away fram her and she bloomed inte a girl again. She made frequent thank offerings to the various deities, slighting not even the l:0st important, and she gave ex- pensive presents to her friends, as- suming a new importance not only in their eyes but also in the eyes of her own servants by reason of her mother- hood. : How good that home was bécame more apparent as tire went on. Only the best foods were given to the child and they were prepared with the high- est skill: his garments were of rich materials and they were embroidered with royal insignia, his toys were numerous and expensive, upon his tiny cap was sewn the ruby button of a Mandarin of the first rank. When the time came for Sam to commence hig studies he was not sent to school, a Chinese tutor was engaged for him and his education was began in the time-honored, orthodox manner, which is to say that a book was put into his chubby hands--an imposing work the introductory statement in which read, "Men at their birth are by nature radically good." This entice volume Sam wag forced t6 memorize. Hour after hour, day after day, week after week, he repeated, parrot- like, the sentences of his tutor until he could lisp them without an error. Page upon page of characters he list- lessly traced in total ignorance of their meaning, book after book he learned by rote. He was taught the names of the thousands of arbitrary Chinese word signs, a four-years' la- bor in itself, and in time their signi- cance was made known to him., Not until them did his studies begin to hold interest. . Sam had his occasional holidays, of course: on the birthdays of the gods or during religious festivals his fa. ther took him by the hand and led him out upon the streets where he could stare owl-eyed at all the en- trancing sights. New Year was the most glorious time of all for then, among other things, Sam went with Lee Ying to pay his New Year's calls and to receive his presents from their friends. He had no contact whatever with things American, his mind was train- ed in the Oriental school. He was thoroughly Chinese. Pan Yi ascended th: dragon when Sam was eleven years old and he mourned for her as sincerely as did his honorable father. The next year Lee Ying moved to New York. This change was prompted partly by griex and partly in order that the importer might the better attend to his eastern store, which was steadily growing in importance. So, at least, Lee Ying declared. In reality there was another reason for his going. Sam was growing to look more and more like a Son of the Gods, that is to say, | he was growing to look less #nd leas like a Chi boy. ~ "The hard times and scarcity of money makes it more important than ever to economize. One way I save on clothes is by renewing the color faded or out-of-style dresses, coats, , and underwear, For dyeing, To the father this was confirmation of his belief in the lad's celestial ori. gin, not that confirmation of an im- plicit faith was necessary but he heard whisperings that disturbed him and one day Qfficer Dunne came to Lim in considerable distress of mind. nese. . . . 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Enclose 20c¢ ir stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully). for each number, and address your order to Wilson Patterrt Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. En CY You can always tell a donkey by his lack of horse sense, --_-- they adapted themsélves to it, the new life began, Lee Ying procured an English tu- tor for Sam, a bespectacled Cantonese with a bulging, pear-shaped head. The fellow had graduated from Yale, and in his hands Sam's education took a new turn. In a year he had learned to speak a stilted, pedantic sort of book-English and there were few tricks of pronunciation that bothered him. He had learned also to wear American clothes which he did when- eve: he and his myopic tutor went out into the streets. At fourteen ho had grown into a sallow, spindling, owlish youth crammed to the point of indigestion with a learning far be- yond his years. One day Sam and his tutor were sitting in Mulberry Bend Park, that breathing place tucked in between Chinatown and its environs on the east and.the crowded .Italiag neigh- borhood to the west of it. It was a favorite resting place of theirs, for here ihe tutor could read while Sam watched the white children at play. Their amusements were rough and meaningless to the boy, the yelling and the quarreling that went with every game struck him as senseless and undignified; nevertheless he felt a timid eagerness to take a hand, This ay he noticed on the bench next to his a little girl, somewhat younger than himself, She was bundl- ed up in more clothes than the wea- ther called for and from her color it was plain that she had been ill. She possessed an impudent nose and a pair of imperious blue eyes the which were contradicted hy a wistful moutk, When her glance met Sam's she shyly averted it. This happened two or three times, when ihe little girl smil- ed, Sam's lips parted. A moment later he was standing at her side, "Are you sick, 100?" she inquired. | Sam shook his head. "I been sick. I 'most died." "I am sorry," he managed to say. "Wasn't you ever sick?" from digeffse." - "Well, why don't you n' : 4 eh bet te wand Chi BY ANNEBELLE WORTHINGTON gS ig he a tg ee sl Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur- E curtain of the past fell behind them, a "No. I have been remarkably free B( we /The lowest since 882 and wettest season since 1924 were recorded during the first seven and one-half months of 1931, ie DECIDEDLY TRYING ferred to as the most trying in man years. It is said to be the year with. out a summer, rained every day in the London area. During the first 13 days of August 8.23 inches of rain fell in Kew Gar- amount. for the first two weeks of June, July and August, Eight hours of sunshine were the greatest number registered for a single day at Kew between July 15 and Aug. 16. Dur- ing the first two weeks of August fire burned in many office buildings and homes. On Aug. 10 two degrees of {frost were recorded in many parts of England. : % Agriculture and resorts have suf- fered severely' from continuous ad- verse weather conditions. Crops in many districts have Leen flattened out or-washed away. Holiday resorts 're in despair and the season is generally declared to be the worst on record. HOLIDAYS STORMY Easter, Whitsun and August Bank holidays were wet and stormy. Since May 1 there have never been three cosecutive days with nine hours' sun- shine each, On Aug. 14 it rained 1.18 inches in Dondon, and Birmingham ex- tory. * Roads and railroads have been flood- ed to depths up to six feet; transpor- tation in some sections has been at a standst'll for periods exceeding 36 hours; houses and shops have been inundated; many people have been maximtm temperature | The present season is generally re- : Between July 16 and Aug. 17 it; dens London. the average comibined| perienced the wettest day of its hiss} drowned and struck by lightning;| ato sto I ng had soaked most of the passengers with his hose and one of the crew had dived overboard to avoid getting drowned at his 'hands, we finally got. the stream un- 'der control and played it on the burn- ing ship, while the freghter took off the people on board. In spite of the use of two hose, the fire burned rapidly and as tHe ship's officers finally left their boat, the decks smoked under their feet, In another moment wo cut the freght- er free and backed away full speed astern, We were only a few hundred feet away when the decks blew up with a tremendous crash, shooting columns of flame- and sparks bigh in'o the alr. The ship now burned brightly all over and began to settle rapidly into the sea. There was nothing more to do, so after watching it for a few minutes, we put about and soon the burning vessel was but a red glare on the horizon. We sailed on fof a few days after we had rescued the crew of the burn- ing ship, then, early one morning we came in sight of a long dark shore- line. - "Formosa" the captain call- ed it--and what a picture that brings to mind. Formosa; the beautiful Island - of ot to eration to to times of on ; , Island without permission e soldiers might shoot first and inquire-after- wards." x? or dn It was still early in when Captain Stuart, of ship whose crew we had r I took cff in the plane, The island presented 4 splendid picture, sleep- ing in the bright sunlight: coast at the eastern side rose abruptly thousands of feet above water. | Picture for you | rself those nnscal able cliffs, five or even six + thousand feet © high. Over be _ yond Were deep wooded leys' and high mountain peaks, while far to the . i west a coastal plain reached down to From the north to the south side of the island 'runs a wide, cleared path- wav, This is the "Guard-Line' that separates the mountain couatry of the Taiwans or head biinting savages from the rest of the island. Away up in the valleys they live, in a beauti- ful wooded country. (To be' continued.) Note: Any of our young readers writing to "Captain Jimmy," 2010 Star Bldg. Toronto will recelve his signed photo free. gales have swept seaside resorts and towns, and thlind:istorms have raged throughout Britain, Fire brigades have been summoned repeated to pump out submerged cals lars. In one week-end basements in more than 400 London homes were flooded. Barrels of beer and other alcoholics have been washed out of b ts) and into streets. In one Kentish vil. lage barrels of beer washed into a narrow lane halted traffic for several hours, But there is hoye in the offing. Sir Richard Gregory, the well known wea- ther expért declares: "Periods of bad weather come 'in cycles of 50 years. To take rough dates, 1770-80, 1820-30 and 1870-80! were wet periods, with an interval of 50 years of comparatively good wea- ther. "The year 1920 initiated a wet per- fod which is still with us, but its allotted time is up, and the probability is that next year will introduce the 50 year fine weather spell." \ Crewless Vessel May Study Arctic Weather Russian scientists will 'make next year the first Polar expedition on which nobody needs to go, if plans of Professor P. A, Malshanov, of the Aerophysical Observatory of the So- into effect. Recently Professor Mols- ballons which were curried on the Are- tic cruise of the German airship, the Graf Zeppelin, and by which readings of temperature, wind, speed, and other, conditions in the upper air were ob- tained without need of sending up a rea" also pedition. A special vessel built strong. | ly enough to withstand any possible ments, astronomical instruments to! determine the vessel's position and a robot-like radio sender arranged to and to report at regular intervals to pected that the vessel will freeze into | the ice and drift with:it for several years, probably We aad frees dvetim ut don't you play? I'd play tI man, , .. Deen Te vauid, but can only T hate it or 0. ,e plete assortment of weather fnstru- ern English. receiving stations in Siberia. It ig ex- once" /. entirely across the| "W N ups, | Borders Chocolate Mahad Milk The health-giving, delicious drink for children and grown. Pound and Half Pound tins at your grocers. Ashes Laid in a quiek, corner of the world There will be left no more of me 'seme night Than the lone bat could carry In'his flight | 5 Over the meadows when the moon is furled; I shall be then so little and so lost Only the many-fingered rain: willl find me, And I have taken thought to leave behind me Nothing 'to feel the long oncoming frost, : : | ' | Simple Cus Found Anaemia them left-handed? search work in thé east end of Lon- don by a woman doctor, Dr. Mackay, and her colleagues. London. --A "simple and cheap" .remody for fhe scourgs of infant It is "the result: 'ot five years' re- They have discovered that the, ad- dition of ifen,! together with aa monium citrite, to a normal milk djet for infants prevents and cures anae- mia; raises the resistance to tntection, | Now without sorrow and without ela- considerably improves the rate of tion | growth, I can lay down my body, nor deplore | The chief experiment was conducted v a . How little, with her insufficient ra. at the Queen's Hgspital for Children, WAS necessary to imagine the influence tion, where two eveniy malched sets of val- | | Fishbein has receatly given a large Helen" number 11 Health Superstitions." There is still a. , In everyaay lite many beieis a1 ed on old custoins. The eating | was, until recently, considered a person accepts as correct, nd) and criticism has a long way to go to 'bring him away 'from it. The more primitive a person is, the more incline special field of knowledge, the majors ity of people are primitive. d The sick person, for example is especially close to the primitive states | In him everything revolves around | hope for recovery. - What this or person promises is believed withouk | criticism until it has been proved that it does not help, or that it even makes matters worse, The patient becomes & . child once more, Most people do not . know much more than a .child about. "disease and health; especially when entirely on belief and hope, and rea- son is put aside. : Do you believe that: | by cooking sheep's parasites into jam? To take dog's lard and goat's fal will help in tuberculosis? A person will be protected against: rheumatism if he carried a wild chegts I nut in his pocket. ! The severity of a disease can be judged by observing how many of nine pieces of charcoal swim on top aftem: they have been thrown into water. An eye disease will develop when. an enemy takes a photograph and: pierces the eye? .A hunchback child may be cured. by pulling it through a split tree at the time of new moon, before sunrise? Epilepsy can be cured by carrying the charred bones of a magpie onthe chest, or by wearing the skull bone of donkey on the forehend? =~ New-born infants should not lie on their left side because that will make - If some one should ask you these or similar questions you would laugh and | vhink him crazy. And yet such beliefs angemia ig announced by the Medical &re found not only among primitive Research Council, people, but even among civilized per sons of the world today. Dr, Morris in' his book, "Shattering great deal of superstition, particulars ly relating to health. One's beliefs depend somewhat on the environment. In olden days, and among primitive peoples today, some end was considered the cause of all evil and disease. However, since fiends: could not be seen to enter the body it and the power of the fiends as separe Life has to feed us--bvt these hands, Children wero kept under observation, | te from the human body--as ghosts. must they Go in. the same blank, ignominious salt, and the other vsed ag controls, way more? . hanov built the small radio equipped --Sara Teasdale, in The Saturday Re- view of Literature," re enn. The American Language Iron treatment halved 'ha morbidity The infants in tho fron gronp, after Commenting on Vr. Mackay's work Herbert Agar in the New States the Medical Research Council says: man and Nation (London): The Eng- strictly Honest, A Bosfon man called up a bird store "Send me 80,000 cockroachés at i ' read these instrunfents periodically tlie other day and said: ; 4 i "What in heaven's name do you ER | 'cockroach FARSI. GOLD N "Her report shows that 'anaemia! i i ! lish should train themselves to realize persists widespread among infants in h ah es Ble Sopsratne that it is neither absurd nor vulgar |London, and that there is still a group radio signals at brief intervals the that @ language which was once the fof illnesses in infancy directly associ- '3 of the various instruments, S8me should in the course of venturies ated with anaemia, cried by the balloon.. This ex. develop differently in different parts perieiice gave Professor Molshanoy Of the world. If such were not the iron (perhaps also with infinitesimal | the idea for an unmanned Arctic ex-| ¢88¢; We should all still be speaking a quantities of copper and manganese). sort of Ur-Sanskrit. Just as French to the milk diet. d and Italian may be gescrived as di- | 3 | ur : vergent forme of modern Latin, so it and her results have proved that treat. ies deer ye Jo tobe got adriftgen: would be helpful to think of the lan-| ment of this kind given not only defin- northwest of Berhing Strait. The guage o Oxford and the Janguage OF Jue Japrovement Gi the genera) health , Harvard us divérgent forms of_mod- ut increases their r 8 g x vessel will be equipped with a com- gel 06 16 the Vorlons cory a ay to spare their victims or to make infections common in early life, and readily cur- | able by the simple method of adding ""Thig is a simple and cheap remedy, "possessed" voluntari them to good rather Superstition is not necessarily cone | nected with transcendental 4 one group being ziven nen end iron | The ghosts are looked for everywhere in the surroundings even in inanimate things--in storms, lightning. thunder viet Government, at Leningrad, are put 40d fold upon themselves, at last, no rate for diseasoc cf tas respiratory 2nd rain. ? » . and gastro-intestinnl 'rast. The imagination gave ghosts the form of fearsome things--of ugly wo- three months' treatment, averageq a Men, dwarfs, deformed persons, scor- 'pound more in weight than the ordin-| Pions, cats, ravens, lions, wolves, ete. ary diet group. or. fantastic creatures such as basil- isks, vampires and werwolves were considered demons of disease. The Babylonians and the Egyptians coms bined the different human and animal forms to make fantastic 'creatures and the devil may bs fcund in old cave 3rawingy to be wearing a "horse's oof." These bringers of disease were reated in the same manner as were force, terror, noise and unpleasant odors, by invocation of still more POWs erful spirits, by kindness. fricndliness, sul siveness, gifts and promises it was attempted to induce,them either eir stay unbearable, either to fake Ineis ly or to dispose than harm. u iL she consider "biochemistry," If fox instance, a misleadingly the sea, | they themselves are ill; they depend Anacmia and jaundice can be cured i ' Tn] he is to believe. Aside from the = up i omestic animals and fellow men. By... © ' \