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CAST OF CHARACTERS ROBERT BARRY-—Hero, explorer, MELISSA LANE — Heroine, Barry's partner. HONEY BEE GIRL—Indian; of Barry’s party. HADES JONES — Pioneer; Barry's party.

down here, probably reporters from newspapers and everything. Maybe before we could explore it ourselves. See? So, keep it quiet. I could trust old Hades, but this Holliman is a stranger. He—" “Yes! Yes indeed, Bob!™ "Lissa was emphatic. “Honey Bee, Miss Lane and I are going to explore that new cave alone, tomorrow. We'll be gone a long time, maybe. But we will take he plenty of food and water. Don't CHANIER 1 DVEN : you breathe a word to the other OLLIMAN missed Mary Melissa | yon ever. Not a hint. Under4 at the corral, but when she |ctang2” : rode back later in the morning he was dragging in some timbers and so encountered her. “Purty day, ain’t it ’Lissa?” he greeted. “Whyn’'t you come ride over with me, where I'm cuttin’

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Yesterday: Search for the secret of the pueblos runs to fever pitch when Bob discovers an air suction in the castle wall, drawing inward, perhaps to some underground passage!

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we'll have maybe a dozen expeditions ridden into camp with more build- |

ing material, and with rather broad hints as to his hunger. Holliman sat across the table from the other two when the late lunch was served.

they knew. Holliman stared; rather openly at Mary Melissa. She was ignoring him, | was glowing.

and she

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girl. His tone was almost an insult. |

“Thank you, but I must go on to | camp.” She tried to be very formal. | “Aw, come on! Come on! There | ain’t no hurry. Might's well enjoy | this trip. We got to be out here a: long time together. I bet I could | show you a right good time.” It was the only approach Scott

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Holliman knew. He would have | used it in the tiny dance hall at | Blanco Canyon, or in the larger and greasier one at Nogales and the gaudier one at Tucson.

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UT it didn’t work here, Too mad to reply with dignity, and too refined to be undignified, Mary Me- | lissa, simply spurred her horse and | galloped off. She headed direct for camp, intending as a partner in the expedition to report the matter at once to Bob Barry and let him settle it with Holliman. “Dr. Barry?” she called, dismounting. She hadn’t quite decided to call him “Bob” yet, even though he used her pet name now. There was no answer. She investigated and found the camp empty. Hades Jones she knew was away for the day, but she had left Boh and Honey Bee Girl in camp. She wasn’t at all pleased to find herself alone there. she was fright- | ened, knowing’ that Holliman was | DDIE had been a solo for wd approaching? | long it seemed improbable that | She rode off again and stayed | he would give in to Manny and take | alone. Hunger drove her back about on the extra work of breaking in a| noon, and she saw Bob and Honey | girl to augment his act. Manny had | Bee climbing down the castle lad- | the persistence of the born agent, | ders. | however, and he kept at this pet | [ notion of his with unflagging devoER emotions were oddly mixed, | tion. in all truth, when the two| Eddie put forth arguments that reached camp. First made angry |seemed to him to be unanswerable. by an uncouth man, a hungry girl, | “Why should I team up with some who finds no food but sees the !dumb cluck that probably doesn't pretty cook out alone with the po- |know a cue from a tag line?” he tential lover, is in no mood for | asked Manny. frivolty. | “Now don't get all excited, Eddie!

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“The First Rehearsal Was a Revela-

“Delightful day for a walk, I'm sure!” She almost snapped it at | Bob and Honey Bee. She was not | smiling. Bob missed the implication en- | tirely. “Say, Lissa!” he was beaming | again. His boyish enthusiasms | were one very vital part of Robert Barry's charm. “Listen here— Honey Bee's a honey, and no joking!” Bob’s statement was, in reality, one of thanks, lest he hurt the In- | dian’s feelings again. But he did not notice the anger and hurt that his statement reflected in Mary Me- | lissa’s face. The white girl paled a little, her lips tight. “Know what she did, "Lissa? Be- | ing an Indian, she knows all sorts | of Indian signs and symbols. Well, ' she picked out one up in the cliff | that may be extremely valuable to us!”

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E paused, dramatically. Mary Melissa was just staring, her big brown eyes studying him. Bob saw then that she was unusually sober. He had become accustomed to her smile. Instantly he was concerned. His voice was lowered. “Why—what is it, ’Lissa?” He took her hand, held it, stooped a bit to be near her. “Is something | wrong? Something I—?” He wasn’t sure what to say, and so he stammered. He was so very honest about it that Mary Melissa’s emotions gave way to her good sense. She forced a bit more animation, a feeble smile, and answered him. “Nothing important—Bob. Just— one of the horses gave a little trouble. Nothing really. Please go on. What about the Indian signs? Why is it important? I am very interested.”

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8 On ” E smiled back at her then in renewed enthusiasm for his report. “It led to a secret chamber. We dug into it. First thought it was| nothing but a cairn. We found one | body near the entrance. But later 1 discovered a draft, an up-current of air. ’'Lissa, this may be a secret | tunnel to that cave, from the valley level somewhere! See?” “I see. Oh, Bob!” | His excitement was contagious, 50 | that ‘Lissa relaxed from her ugly | mood. This was no time, she realized, to tell him about Scott | Holliman, even if she got him away | from Honey Bee, in private. Far better to ignore Holliman, or work | out her own problem with him, than to bother scientist Barry with such | an extraneous detail now. Besides, | she reminded herself, she had never | yet found the man she couldn't] handle alone. She was a little] ashamed for thinking to run for | help from Holliman; it seemed somehow like tattling. After all the | man had not definitely insulted her, | in any tangible way. She had, simply been a jittery New York girl, | scared because of inexperience with crude men. She would find a way | to squelch Mr. Holliman!

HE thoughts raced through her mind in a few seconds. while | Bob was explaining in detail the | Indian sign and the walled opening | up in the cliff castle. Honey Bee had hastened about the business of | preparing food. “And now listen, both of vou.” Bob called Honey Bee back into the conference. “I've given this con- | siderable thought. After all, Miss | Lane is the real patron of this ex-| pedition. We two are the main- | stays, I mean. I don’t know what | that new dungeon means, but I have a hunch it’s important as possible. Now—if that news gets out and the

u'iversity professors get wind of it,

Eddie

I never steered you wrong yet, have I?” Manny's tone was aggrieved. “There's always a first time!” retorted with some heat. “You've got a lot of nerve even to consider asking me to risk the reputation I've spent six years building just to give some skirted stooge a chance to get on the stage!” Eddie snorted.

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v Ul 1 give you my personal word of honor, Eddie, this girl is a natural!” Manny persisted undaunted. “She's just what you need. | It's time for you to expand—and with a good looker like Denise . . . !” Manny's gesture supplied the rest of the idea. Eddie was still skeptical when he promised that at least he would interview Manny's find. Here he was, | breaking in on the big time him- | self, unaided, and letting his agent talk him into taking on a green girl who would probably gum up the act | for him. She's .got to be something | very especially extraordinary, he decided. She was. Eddie saw that at once | without any prompting from his agent whatever. . . .

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HE whole business was concluded so fast that Eddie real-

|ized afterward that he hadn’t had

a chance to give the matter the proper attention. Eddie had seen a lot of pretty girls girls. But Denise had something that he had never run into before— a disarming air of fragility and feminineness t h a t successfully cloaked a wiry, supple body and a determined will. The first time they met, Eddie spent practically all his time viewing the phenomenon of the girls personality. The frank look in her

| blue eyes completely drove from |CPeration in a way that Eddie could

his head all his preconceived obJections to the deal. Their first rehearsal was a revela-

Mind Your Manners

Test your knowledge of correct social usage hy answering the following questions, then checking against the authoritative answers below: 1. Should one lower his head to meet his soup spoon halfway? 2. Should one hold the bread in his hand or against the plate when buttering it? 3. Should unfrosted cake be broken and eaten with the fingers like bread? 4. What does the French word “saute” on a menu mean? 5. Is it better to say mints or peppermints?

What would you do if — You receive an invitation to lunch at 1 o’clock—

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(A) Plan to arrive 10 or 15 minutes before one? (B) Arrive at twelve-thirty? (C) Arrive five or 10 minutes after one? 1. No. 2. Against the bread and butter plate if there is one: otherwise against the dinner plate. 3. Yes. 4 Fried in butter. 5. Peppermints.

Best “What Would You Do” solutions (A).

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tion to Eddie. For the first time he came off his cloud and realized that he would have to change all his ideas about what use he would make of his new partner in the act. As a solo, Eddie had done a clever dance routine mingled with a bit of patter. He had intended to use a pretty girl merely to feed him the gags—nothing more,

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UT Denise, he discovered, had quite different ideas about it. Eddie also came to know that she was a born manager. It was Denise who practically revamped the whole act so that they both danced together and split the gags about evenly. And in the first engagement they had, in a small town, he realized that there was no use playing tanks to try out the act. Manny traveled with them and Eddie was amused at the way he worried and fluttered around the new partner like a hen jealously guarding a lone chick. That, too, was something that was a bit un-

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ANNY did a grand job of press-agenting all on his own

the first time the act hit the big town. The mornifdg editions and

all the trade publications carried | raves about Eddie's new find. “You see that I was right!” the agent gloated, waving a handful of clippings at Eddie. “Trust good old Manny to pick a winner!” Eddie had to admit the truth of it. Denise took it in her stride. Without a great deal of comment she went about the serious business of | keeping the act up to top notch. | The slim little eyeful gradually took [over the management of details which Eddie ordinarily would have | attended to.

She talked over their bookings with Manny. Their billing was changed so that Denise was placed practically equal with Eddie. She devised new routines and invented clever gags to be introduced into the act at regular intervals to keep (it from becoming stale. At re- | hearsal Eddie would find her out | front charming the leader of the house orchestra and getting his co-

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ND what surprised Eddie himself was that she got away with | it. With anyone else there would | have been the unconditional status | of employer and employee. With | her there was never a thought of | contradicting her whims or her wishes. Eddie tried to puzzle it all out. He finally got wise to himself. He was in love with his partner!

‘He told Manny about his sudden discovery. “Please forget about it,” Manny pleaded. There was real anguish in his voice. “It's no good, I tell you!” But Eddie, afloat with his new knowledge, rushed off to find Denise and settle the matter at once. He found her in her dressIng room, managing the operations on their wardrobe. Eddie burst in and shooed the dressmaker out of the room. A bit excitedly he laid his case before Denise. “We've made a great team So far, darling,” he pleaded warmly. “Why can’t we make it permanent?” Denise's smile faded and her eyes were suddenly serious. “That's the nicest compliment I ever had, Eddie, but I'm afraid it couldn't be managed at all,” she declined. “I can’t think of anyone I like better than you—but Manny and I were married just before you took me into your act!”

THE END, (Copyright. 1937)

SO THEY SAY

I don’t want to leave again, this is as good a home as a man could ask.—James Deering, 64-year-old paroled convict as he returned to prison of his own free will, McAlester, Okla. -—

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The enthusiasm of ' Bob's discovery was reflected in her |

OUT OUR WAY

By Williams

_ TUESDAY, NOV. 30, 1937 FLAPPER FANNY

By Sylvia

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“But 1 just gotta get it back! I wrote him I never wanted to see him again and he's sittin’ on the sofa this very min.

ute with a box of candy.”

—By Al Capp

WiLL MARRY YO, Ly AER RIGHT NYA! r NOW.”

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

TOMORROW NIGHT. THEY RE GONNA HONOR You AT THE ANNUAL FOOTBALL ‘BANQUET, FRECK ! THEY'RE GONNA GIVE You A CUP OF SOMETHING !

YOU'RE NOT BOING © WHATSA MATTER, IS YOUR ANKLE IN THAT (GowG! BESIDES, BAD SHAPE 7

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Q—How can a leaky umbrella be'| waterproofed ? |

A—First sponge the cloth on both sides with a solution of 1 part of sulphate of alumina in 10 parts of water, and next with a solution of | soap that is prepared by boiling 1 | part of light-colored rosin and 1 part of crystallized carbonate of soda with 10 parts of water until the rosin is dissolved. The rosin | soap thus formed is separated by | the addition of common salt and this soap is then dissolved with 1 part of soda soap by boiling in 30 parts of water. After the last] | sponging, rinse in the rain.

Q—Give the comparative amounts of the gold reserve of the United Kingdom and the United States. A—As of Aug. 31, 1937, the gold reserve of the United Kingdom was | estimated at $2,689,000,000 compared | with $12,567,000,000 for the United States.

Q—Does the National Youth Ad-

ministration obtain jobs for young people? A—During the last summer the NYA obtained jobs for 11,493 young

“I wish you'd stop sending pep letters to Nome, Alaska— that pin holds up the map!”

men and women.

Q—Are there any Negroes in the U. S. Naval Academy at the present time? A—No. Q—Does an enlisted man in the U. S. Army receive additional pay for foreign service? A—No.

Q—How is Boston ivy propagated? A—By seed, cuttings and layers.

YOUR HEALTH

By Dr. Morris Fishbein American Medical Journal Editor HEN the shoulders and the coat collar are covered with | rather than decrease it. It is, of ; | course, quite possible for scaling, White, shiny scales, anybody CaN | once it develops, to become subdiagnose dandruff. Dandruff is a jected to a secondary infection and scurf from the scalp representing |for this secondary infection to be scaling of the skin. transplanted to the skin of the

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oversecretion of the glands supplving fat to the hair. It has been suggested that it may be associated with infection by some sort of germ but this has not been definitely established.

Dandruff is “uncommon among children but rather frequent among older people. It was not seen often among women when they wore their hair long, but nowadays when the scalp is being constantly manipulated and treated, it is more in evidence. There seems to be evidence that the application of irritants in the form of some hair tonics may

| who fear to dislodge a permanent | wave: when the scalp is insufficiently washed and cleaned and in- | sufficiently brushed and combed, | dandruff is likely to increase.

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RDINARY dandruff is controlled by keeping one's health

BECKY CROUCHES IN A CORNER~HER EYES SLOWLY BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO THE INKY BLACKNESS. A FIGURE EMERGES ~ THE BULKY FIGURE OF A MAN,

EGYPTIAN FRESCOES SHOW US THAT

CARPETS WERE BEING MADE AT LEAST FIVE

Oo YEARS AGO.

TF HE WORKED WITH THE EFFICIENCY AND SKILL. OF THE

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WHY SHOULD HE ! EVERY

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SETTLED IN AMERICA FROM BOTH THE ATLANTIC AND

PACIFIC SHORES.

COPR. 1937 BY NEA SERVICE, WNC ”%e

CARPETS originated in Asia, although we know little of their

early history.

Egyptian frescoes show pictures of

ancient Egyptian

weavers with their loom, and this fresco dates back to 3000 vears before

the birth of Christ.

general, dandruff is not responsible for falling hair but may be associated with falling of the hair, It

(up to par, by using a fresh comb |is serious to mistake ringworm of

land brush, and by keeping the

|scalp suitably cleansed and using | dandruff.

| enough oil to keep the oiliness of [the hair at the right level.

the scalp, or psoriasis for ordinary

but not Even in

Dandruff is frequent, everyone suffers from it.

| It is | the same home, among people usincrease the amount of dandruff not advisable to use any kind of | ing the same brush and comb, some

| hair tonic containing alcohol, stim-! will have much dandruff and others

| ulants or irritants to the skin withlout a definite understanding of | what is wrong. There are certain scaly condi- | tions of the scalp that are like ordi- | dandruff but which represen much more serious disturbances.

will not have any. However, if the scalp becomes exceedingly irritated and inflamed as a result of too much scratching or too much disturbance in an attempt to conigol dandruff, falling of the hair

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