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BUILDING BLOCKS
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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&r.OI'UIR: bobby June, fourth
atn of tha Vicar of Uarchbolt, te
Slaving golf with Or, Thomae,
obby'a ball dropa into the chaem
he ehould have allot over, and in
tht bottom 0 tht chaem he and tha
doctor find a dying man tanned,
handao.ne. ubout torty. Bobby etave
with tha man tchtle te doctor gnta
for help, but tha man dice mutter
intt. "Why dtrfn't they aak Evnnat"
and Hobby, tn taking out tha mnn'a
handkerchief to cover hie face,
pulla out n photograph. The fare
of the picture attra htm atrongely.
Chapter Two
THE STRANGER
DUT It was the arresting quality
of tha face Bobby saw in the
photograph rather than the beauty
Itself that aetzed upon the boy't
Imagination. It waa the kind ot face,
be thought, tot easy to forget.
Gently and reverently, he replaced
the photograph In the pocket from
which It had come. Then he sat
down again to await the doctor's
return.
The time passed very slowly or
at least so It seemed to the waiting
boy. Also, he had Just remembered
something. He bad promised his
father to play the organ at the eve
ning service at six o'clock, and It
was now ten minutes to sli.
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Bobby replaced the photograph In the man's pocket.
Naturally bis father would under
tnnd tbe circumstances, but all tbe
ame be wished that he bad remem
bered to sond a message by tbe
Doctor. Tbe Kev. Thomas Jones was
I man of extremely nervous tem
perament. Me was a fusser, and
when he fussod, his digestive ap
paratus collapsed and he suffered
igonlilng pain.
Bobby, thougb be considered bis
father a nuisance, was nevertheless
extremely fond of hlra. The flev.
Thomas, on the other band, consid
ered his fourth son a pitiful young
ass, and with less tolerance than
Bobby sought to effect Improvement
In the young man.
"The poor old gov'nor," thought
Bobby. "He'll be ramping up and
lown. He won't know whether to
tsrt the service or not. He'll work
ilmeelf up till be gets that pain In
the tummy, and thea he won't be
ible to eat his supper.
"He won't have the sense to real
ise that I wouldn't let him down un
less It wore quite unavoidable. And
uiyhow, what does It matter?
"But he'll never see It that way.
Nobody over fifty has got any sense
tbey worry thonisolves to doath
ibout little things that don't matter.
They've been brought up all wrong.
I suppose, and ow they can't belp
tnemselvos. Poor old Dad, he's got
less sense than a chicken!"
W.T "V? 'J1""""' M,
father with m nr ori fr..Hnn
father with mingled affection
and exasperation. Ills lite at home
seemed to blm to be one long sacri
fice to his father's peculiar Ideas.
To Mr. Jonoa. the same life seomed
to be one long sacrifice on bis part.
Ill understood or sppreclated by the
younger genorullou. 8o may Ideas
on the same subject differ.
What an age the Doctor waal
Burely ho might have been back by
thl time?
Ilolby got up and stamped his
feet moodily. At that moment he
heard something above him and
looked up. thankful thai help waj
at hand and that bis own services
were no longer needed.
Uut It was not the Doctor. It wok
uinii in luiiriuuil w Hltm HUHUy Ql(l
not know.
"1 sny." said the newcomer. "Ii
anything the matter) Has there
TICKET FOR C.O.P.
IS
NEW YOHK. Frb. ft. (API TltP
Nw York Tlmta. In cltspth from
Phllmlclphii. Buys the Hrpublh n tic
ket tlitfi yrar Mill bp Indon and
Warlxworth, If tit plana of nomr mst
urn republican who met In the IVn
aylvnnla rtty lnit tverk are fiillllltxt
Their pruKtmn, the Times aaya. t
to ariid iinlnfttmrtod delPRntlona to
Cleveland and divert their atrenjtth
to the Knimflsi Rovprnor and to Jnmoo
W. Wadsworth. former senator from
New York and now a member of the
hoiiKe of representative
The Times did not aay who n I tend
ed the Philadelphia conference, but
Mid that .ruder In Prnnv!vnni.
New York, New Jertwy and Masaa-.
rhuftetta "are vermis to the KauM
governor."
been an accldont? Can 1 help tn any
way?"
lie waa a tall man with a pleas
ant tenor voice. Bobby could not aee
him very clearly, for It was now fast
growing dusk.
He explained what bad happened.
while the stranger made shocked
comments.
"There's nothing 1 can dot" he
asked. "Get help or anything?"
Bobby explained that belp waa on
the way and asked If tbe other could
see any signs of Its arriving.
"There's nothing at present."
"You see." went on Bobby, "I've
got an appointment at six."
"And you don't llkt to leave
"No, I don't quite," said Bobby.
"I mean, the poor chap's. dead and
all that, and of courst one can't do
anything, but all the same "
He paused, finding It, aa usual,
difficult to put confused emotions
Into words.
The other, however, seemed to
understand.
"I know," he said. "Look here, I'll
come down that is, if I can see . vy
way and I'll stay till these fellows
arrive."
Oh! would you?" said Bobby
gratefully. "You see, It's my father.
He's not a bn:l sort really, and
things upset hi: i. Can you see your
way? A bit more to tbe left now to
tbe right that's it. It's not really
dlhlcult."
HE encouraged the other With di
rections until tbe two mon were
taco'to face on tbe narrow plateau.
The newcomer was a man ot about
thirty-five. He had a rather Indeci
sive face which seemed to be calling
for a monocle and a little mous
tache "I'm a stranger down here," he
explained. "My name's Bnsslugton
ffrench. by the way. Came down to
see about a house. 1 say, -what a
beastly thing to happen! Did be
walk ovor the edgo?"
Bobby nodded.
"Bit of mist got up," he explained.
"It's a dangerous bit of path. Well,
so lonr. Thanks very much. I've Ll
to hurry. It's awfully good of you."
"Not at all," the other protested.
"Anybody would do the same. Can't
leave the poor chap lying well, I
mean. It wouldn't be decent some
how.'" Bobby was scrambling up the pre
cipitous path. At the top be wavod
his hand to the othor then sot off at
brisk run across country. To save
time be vaulted the churchyard wall
Instead of going round to the gate
on the road a proceeding observed
by tho VIcnr from the vestry window
and docply disapproved of by blm.
I. was Ave minutes past six, but
the bell was still tolling.
Explanations and recriminations
wore postponed until aftor the ser-
vli-a Ilrnnltiln,. ..nk I ,
f -oat and mapnlatod the stop,
. . .. .
oi me ancum organ Association or
Idoas led bis lingers Into Chopin's
fune-al mnrcb.
Afterwards, more In sorrow than
tn anair Ins lie expressly polntod
out) the VIcnr took his son to tosk.
"If you cannot do a thing properly,
my dear Hobby." he said. "It Is bet
tor not to do It at al. 1 know that
you and all your young ftlends seem
to have no Itloo of time, but there
Is One whom we should not een
waiting Vou olrored to piny the or
gan ot your own accord. I did not
coerce you. Instead, faint-hearted,
you preferred ploying a game"
Hobby thought ho had better In-
I terrupt before his father got too well
0?rhy faltt on hit fact, tomor
row, Dfffort 0 frltnd.
GENTRALIAI.W.W.
WAU W.MJ . rrb. R. (API
ftay ne.-ker Me remaining prison ln
niAte of the r!r:ht 1 v. W.'a who were
iM.mutfMt in tvnitAlta'jt bloody 1K10
ArmtMite lnv oMtbretik, whs bn. k In
the aintr ihmi u mt lm y n'ulii UvUiy af
ter anotht-r failure to gain freedom
through the eomta.
JtuUe O. C Cnvanah. of lw, dla
mU-ird Hr.'ker'i hnb.'ftn coiptia appeal
111 federal r.mrt yeteMny Me aua
tnllied a denuiir.T ni y a Toner
HmMXflnt fltatc R'UMiu-v-Keueral.
Judk'e Cavaunh tii;a th intr -
not Intimidated at the tti.ii in M.u.to.
anno bv the ptrsenct i .i,,i.-r., ntvu.
he murtliuile, lie kn' petition
aliped.
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ONE CWO
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McKancht SmfaU.
Leopold, called the Angel," aon
of Emperor Ferdinand of Portugal,
believed that by denying hlmseli
pleasurea In life he waa sure to gain
merit In heaven. Strange aa it
seem, he planted many flowers
with perfumed blossoms, but when
they bloomed he would never go
near enough to smell their frag
rance. The knight of old, wearing a suit
of armor, struggled into battle with
a load of about 70 pounds of Iron
and steel. Strange aa It seems, the
American soldier during the World
War carried equipment regularly
that weighed almost as much as a
suit of medieval armor sometimes
he carried much more.
The pack proper alone carried by
the doughboy weighed a Uttlo more
than afi pounds and It Included
no fighting equipment, overcoat,
raincoat, or gas mask. The gas
mask generally used In the World
War weighed a little mere than
three pounds, while the overcoat and
rain cont totalled about 10 pounds.
Soldiers wearing a cnrtrld;e belt
and two bandoleers wero cnrrylng
almost 13 pounds of ammunition.
Add to that another 10 pounds fori
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the rifle and bayonet, and you get
a little more than 60 pounds.
If there were a hundred million
stars In the heavens for every one
there now is, then the light of the
stars received by the earth would
about equal the light of the sun.
As It Is, a single candle held 100
feet away, casts as much light as
the earth receives from all the stars
combined.
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WAttHtS, WHILE AUN-f BE6IK&
BUlLDIrlfe WlfrJ HIS BLOCKS
WHAT SHE SAYS WILL BE A
BEAUTIFUL PM.ACE
LISfEMS WHILE SHE EXPLAINS
SHE'S OUS-f P0IH6 -frilS fO
AM05E HIM AND h)E MOSfW
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AUNT)SI6Hlrl6, STARTS OlER
A6AIM. PECIOES HE'D LINE 10
DO IT HIMSELF AND WRESTLES
FOR A BLOCK
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PEMOLISHES STRUCIWE
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(Copyright, 1936, by Th Ball Syndicate,
BEAMS AT AUNT WHO DOE?lT
SEEM -rO-fHlNK SO MUCH OF
-The joke
CAN'T RESIST THE IMPULSE TO
LET HI5 FEET FLV iKfO HE.
MlDt)lE OF BUILOINS
AUNT LEAVES ROOM HUFFllV
DECIDES MORE FUN CHEW.'Na
BLOCKS THAN BUILDING WITH
THEM. AfVVvVAY
Inc.)
By C M. PAYNE
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