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ACTIVITIES OF |j ADAMS COUNTY 4-H CLUBS | Berne Girls 4-H The reorganization meeting of I the Berne Girls’ 4-H Club was held Tuesday evening May 17, at the Berne school building. Carolyn Mus-, elman, former president, presideed until the newly elected president, I Mary Ellen Parrish, took charge.’ Other officers elected are as follows: Carolyn Muselniann, vice-pre-sident; Margaret Allspa w, secre-tary-treasurer; Berdaline Gerig, inSnist; Wauneta Stauffer, song »w 4 yell leader; and Ruth Musel-, inann. news reporter. Thirty-six old and new members , were present at the meeting, as well as the three leaders. Mrs. M. L. | Sprunger, Mrs. Charles Abraham,

- NOTICE- - account of necessary repairs to the switchboard at the City Plant, all light and power will be shut off, Monday, May 30 from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. City Light & Power Plant M. J. MYLOTT, Supt.

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Mrs. Don Sweeney, and County CltMb I Leader, Mrs. Helen E. Mann. Regular meetings are scheduled I to be held at the school house at 1:30 o’clock every Friday afternoon ' from May 17 on. Jolly Juniors The Preble Jolly Junior 4-H Club held their third meeting May 21 at ' the home of Marjorie Dillin", Ele- ' ven members reeponded to the roll call by naming their favorite houeeI hold duty. After the business meetI ing and instruction period, Phyllis Dilling gave a recitation and Ar[dena and Eldora Kirchner sang a ' duet. The program committee was ' named and they will have the local j club programs completed by the I next meeting. The club discussed picnic plans and a program for the mothers. | The next meeting will be held on May 28, at the home of the leader,

Misti Marjorie Dilling, at 1:30 o'(lock. Those present were: Lllhnn and Selma Koeneman, Betty Musser, | Ardena. Eldora and Vernics Kirch-1 ner, Betty Skiles, Norma Werling,; Florence Hoffman, and Phylis and | Marjorie Dilling. Monmouth Rooters The Monmouth Rooters 4-H Club i held their organization Monday eve-1 ning, May 23, at the home of Law-, rence Beckmeyer. The officers [ elected for the coming year are as '

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CHAPTER XXIV A group of men ran over to each ' plane as its propellers ceased to [ twinkle and began to unload its carI go with well-drilled precision. Then, as the last plane landed, there came the puff, puff, puff of the midnight train, and the earth quivered below ' the embankment until its driver . brought it to a standstill. Wells touched Gregory upon the elbow and began to back away down the gully. Gregory followed, and when they were out of earshot the Inspector whispered, “We’ve got to get over the bank—far side of the train—so they can't see us by those beastly lights. Then we’ll try to get into one of the box cars unobserved." Climbing the wire fence, they crawled up the steep slope, crossed , the tracks on hands and knees, slid down the other side, and made their I way back to the place where the train was standing. Intense activity was now in progress on the far side of it The men were hurling out the boxes from its foremost cars. Wells scaled the bank again and slung himself up | to one of the rear trucks but found it padlocked. Gregory tried another with the same disappointing result. Dropping off, the two men conferred I again in whispers. “They won’t unlock the doors of the cars on this side,” Gregory mut- ! tered. “No. Got to take a chance on being spotted and reach the boxes," Wells replied. “Come on, let’s get beneath the train and wait our opportunity.” They crawled between the wheels, Wells leading, then a little way along, until they were below the couplings between two cars. The smugglers were hard at work unloading within a few feet of them. One of the wooden cases which the smugglers were pitching out of | the wagons caught in the rough grass only about a third of the way down the embankment Gerry Wells decided to take a chance. Praying to all his gods that if the men saw him in the semi-darkness they would take him to be one of themselves, he I slipped out from beneath the train and, drawing himself upright, launched himself upon the stranded case. As he heaved it up to throw it down among the rest, he tried to read the big label which was tacked to its top, before it left his hands. “Hi!” a shout came out of the darkness in hisj-ear. “What’s that feller doing titre!” It was the driver or the fireman who had witnessed Wells’ sudden appearance from beneath the train. i Instantly the mob of workers I dropped their cases and turned toward him. Next moment a new voice called from the bottom of the embankment. “You there—come here—else I’ll plug you.” A torch flashed out, and Gregory, who was still concealed under the train, an immobile witness of the scene, saw that the order came from the Limper. Gregory’s hand closed on the butt ; of his torch and he silently drew himself up between the two cars. Then, before Wells had time to answer, he flung the torch with all his force and unerring aim straight at the Limper’s head. “Run, man!” Gregory shouted, as it struck the Limper full on the , forehead, and he went down under the impact. Wells leapt on to the tracks, but the man who had first I spotted the Inspector sprang from

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follows: Karl Johnson, president; j Arthur Werst, vice-president; Russel Deams, aecretary-treasurer, HerI man Frans, press reporter; and j Charles Darkless, song and yell I leader. | The next meeting will be at the I home of Russel Deams on June 2. Busy Fingers I The Busy Fingers 4-H Club of ! | North St. Ma rye Township met I (Tuesday afternoon, May 17, at the ■ Bolk> School, After the business I ' meeting the record bodks were

the step of the engine cab and grabbed him round the waist. Next moment the Limper was on his feet again, yelling blasphemous instructions to his men as half a dozen of them closed in on Gregory. He laid one of them out with a blow behind the ear and tripped another who went plunging hcad-over-heels down the embankment. Wells had torn himself from the grip of the man who had jumped off the train and turned to Gregory's assistance, but below them now the smugglers were running from all directions, throwing themselves over the fence and scrambling up the bank. The Inspector hit out valiantly but he could not reach Gregory who had been dragged to the ground. A second later he too was hurled off his feet by the rush of a dozen brawny ruffians. He went down with a thud, one of the men kicked him in the ribs and another, kneeling on his back, pinioned his arms behind him. Bruised and half stunned from their desperate struggle the two men were lugged to their feet andi thrust down the bank. Half a hundred threatening figures milled round them, their scowling faces lit by the glare of the torches. Pilots, loaders, and the men off the train—all left their jobs to crowd about the captives. Every man at the secret base arrived at the scene of the excitement where they jostled together muttering hoarse questions. A tall figure elbowed his way through the press. "Silence!" he thundered. “Stand back, there. I'll attend to this.” It was the Limper. He stood glowering at the prisoners, a little trickle of blood oozing from his forehead where Gregory’s torch had cut it. “You, you, you, you,” he jabbed his finger at four husky fellows, “take these birds over to the inn. This upset’s put us two minutes behind schedule. You’ve got to make it up. To work! Like blazes now!” The four men thrust Gregory and the Inspector forward. The Limper followed close behind. At the inn they were dragged into the little bar parlor and the door slammed behind them. The fat landlord was still behind his bar and the handsome knife thrower of Trouville, now in airman’s kit, leaned against it drinking a tot of brandy. “Q’est-ce qu ’il-y-a," he exclaimed, as the others tumbled into the room. “Spies,” snapped the Limper. “Caught trying to board the train. Customs officers I expect; we’ll soon find out.” The Frenchman evidently understood English. An evil little smile twitched at his lips. With a single jerk he drew a murderous-looking knife from his sleeve. “Etpions, hein," he murmured. "Ca t’arrange tris As the blade flashed high above Corot’s head Gregory jerked himself backwards but, before the knife came down, the Limper grabbed the Frenchman’s arm. “Not here,” he said sharply. “Your planes are leaving. Get back to them and see them home. !’!!• handle this and I’ll see these two never worry us again.” Corot’s handsome face went sullen, like that of a greedy child who has been robbed of an entertain-’ ment, but he shrugged, spat on the floor at Gregory’s feet and, turning, slouched out of the inn. “Search them," snapped the Limper, raising his automatic a

started, and the members worked l on their sewing projects. Those present were Thelma Myers. Betty j Tumbleson, Myrle and Veda Stevens, Joanne Chronbter. and the leaders, Mary Koos and Myrtle Clements. Happy-Go-Lucky The Happy-Go-Lucky '*’H Club of i South St. Marys Township met at ■ I the home of Dora Mae McCullough l on May 18. The name for the clutr I was selected at this meeting. After j > the business meeting the sewing'

little, as an indication that he meant to shoot if they tried to break away, while his four henchmen ran through their pockets. Pistols, night glasses, torches, let ters and money were piled upon the drink-puddled bar. When they wen held firm again the Limper glance, through the papers; then stuffed them in his jacket “Quick march now," he ordered “Take them to my plane." The prisoners were hustled out into the night and across the grass. The smuggler’s fleet was leaving; only four planes remained now upon the landing ground. The men wvre busily transporting the cargo from the railway embankment to the fleet of lorries beyond the inn; the tre’n had gone. A four-seater monoplane stooc a little apart from the big do Havilands. The Limper scrambled into it dived down to a locker near the floor, and pulled out some lengths of cord. “Tie them up," he said, “then push them into the back of the plane.” Gregory and Wells were securely tied hand and foot and bundled in behind. One of the men got into the plane with them and the Limper went off to supervise the departure of the convoy. At short intervals the other planes roared away into the air. The landing ground was now in darkness and the trucks began to rumble down the road; the smugglers had disappeared when the Limper returned and climbeo into the pilot’a seat. He slammed the door, pressed home the self-starter. Th; piano ran forward, bumped a little and lifted, then with a steady hum it sailed away lightlcss into the night. Gregory was hunched on his side in a back seat but his face was turned toward one of the windows and he could see a section of the sky. After they had been flying for a few moments he managed to pick up one of the major constellations and knew, from its position, that they were flying in a northwesterly directon, toward Quex Park. His agilo mind began to conjure frantically with the possibilities of drawing Mrs. Bird’s attention to their wretched plight so that she could secure help. The situation began to assume the grimmest of aspects in his mind. From the moment when he had gone down under the rush of men, every second had been occupied until now, so he had not had a chance to realize the full danger in which they stood. No one except Wells and himself knew of the secret landing ground at Romney Marshes, or what their intentions had been when they left Quex Park, so no one would worry about them if they failed to turn up until a day or two, at ledst, had elapsed without news of them. The plane banked steeply and began to descend. Beads of perspiration broke out on G ~jry’s forehead. They scarcely felt the bump as the Limper landed the plane and it flashed through Gregory’s mind that the fellow was a first class pilot The engine ceased to hum and for a moment there was dead silence, then the Limper opened the dqpr of the cockpit and wriggled out. The beam of a torch showed from nearby where he had descended and a new voice came out of the darkness. “lie’s on his way over.” “Good,” replied the Limper. “I’ve got them both here. Get ’em out and bring ’em inside.” (To Be Continued) Copyright, I tit, by King Featurm Syndicate, to*.

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