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Pearl Bollairs

Strange-strange thing to con- front the IDDQ-luflf possibility of the and of their woi cl. in which they had ‘hoped to live for manv a long year

He looked back at her. and his lace was suddenly grey as with a kind bf pain:

"I'll do everv earthly thing I can to act vou out of this!" he said.

"I don't see why vou shoiild— alter all that has happened!" burst from her lips.

"Why? Because, mug that I am. you're everything to me! You got inc going the first in tan! I set cyts on you. Might as well tell the truth; we may never get out of here. For all the good it may do me, you can

ow it!‘ ‘

She sat, gazing back. transfixed. in sience.

"I said some awful things to you this afternoon." he went on. "Some were true. perhaps. In a way. But you managed to hurt me like the deuce with .ome of the things you did! You can't help it, it's just the uav vou are. the wav vou were 1110112111 up . . . But one wants to gcl ones own back: even for things that can't be helped!"

He glanced at her ruefully as she gazed at him. breathless with the tumult of her thoughts.

"This is a nice way to be talking to you in your last hour!" he added. with a. kind of eilort, suddenly iis- ini: from under the shelter of the bank. "But at a time like this one sees things plain; one wants to say what wil horses wouldntdrag from one ordinarily. I'll see if I can see that blighter through this way!"

Turning a shamed face from her. he plunged away up the slope from the stream towards the further mar- gin of the bush. She ran after him instantly.

"Oh. be careful! Be careful!"

"I am being careful. but we've got to do something to get out of here, and 1 do nothing but waste time."

Shr- nui. her hands on his arm: there were tears running down her cheeks.

‘uont be frightened!"

She drew henelf up. shook her head Wllh a. movement of pride.

“ii isn't that I'm frightened. I ,iu.st--don‘t want you to be killed."

"Don't you?"

'I'll€l'6 was a wild question in his eves. She swayed a little. and he putl his hands on her shoulders to steady! her; her head went dovm and the| red curls were brushing his coat an she spoke. ~

"l couldn't bear it! After what iouyielsaid. 1 know now. too. that

Her voice failed. "You what?" His grip tightened painfully on her .houlders. "I love you!"

He slipped his arms round her. while she clung to him. and they stood there for a moment. in the stillness of the wood. with its whis- per of leaves a-nd flies dancing in the broken sunrays.

"Isn't it just (the situation?" Hawksford asked. hoarsely. "I'n't it inst that you found out I'm not so bad as you thought-and you're car. ried away?"

"I've never felt about anyone as I felt about you from the very first!" She raised her head. "But I wouldn't admit it! And then I thought you were a thief. and. everything was distorted!"

omai And I thought you hated me."

"I thought you knew I was too much attracted to you!"

"Perhaps I did. too! But I tho ht with your other. cynical. proud li tie self vou despised me for a back- a-oodsman."

"I thought you were laughing at me "

He held her closer. then let her : and they stood for a helpless elf-embarrassed instant. dazed by the new discovered zlorv in their lives. ‘Ilion fear rushed in quickly like a darkening shadow. terror cf losing what they had just found.

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He g-rippcd her wrist. "If we ever get out of this, will you illiil‘l‘_\' ine?" She nodded. "lama! Do you mean that?" "Yes, But I've just remembered." A little groan of misery bi'oke from her libs. "I arranged to marry Allen this morning! Oh ivhat a. beast. I am! I'm as bad. every bit a bat! as you said. But he doesn't feel as we ieei. and if I love you I couldn't- cguld I? l didn't know love was like 15A,.

"So you don't understand?” Hawksford said. There was com- passion in his face. the dai

“In the dark about what?"

But Hawksford had lifted his head. He was looking away to the left at the shadows of the thickest li. tening intently.

She whispered breathlessly.

"What is it?"

ghastly quiet.

“Come along down here!"

He pulled her hastily down the slope towards the protecting bank of the stream. The movement was onlv just 1n time. A bullet whlned through the air where l-lawksfords head had been an instant before. and the report of the rifle hidden among the trees blew the silence into ten thousand echoing frag- merits. WHO IS TI-IE SNIPER?

Among the echoes came the sound of footsteps crashing hastily away among the bushes beyond the creek. Automatic in hand, l-Iawksford

d of the stream. and dashed into the thicket in pursuit.

Lorna uttered a wild cry of ter- row. and stood paralysed by the stream.

The automatic barked twlre among the trees; and then she heard Hawksford come crashing back. She ran acros the stream. stumbling into the water, to mect

"Missed him!" he said. tersey. "He ran out into the open and I nearly got him. and then he dashed back into cover. He's in here some- where still."

"Wliat shall we do?" _

"If he's decided to hunt us like this, there's onlv one thing to (lo- I'll have to hunt him!"

She was terrified for him.

"But you might be killed!"

"We might as easily both be killed standing here!"

He led her hurriedly along the stream to a place where the banks narrowed and the rock made an overhanging ledge: underneath was a. space deep enough for her to creep into, sufficiently screened by fems to hide her from a casual glance. _ _ 1

"In there with you!" he said. “Andi if I don't come back. wait until it's quite dark. and then make for the Kaikoura track. Don't risk trying to get to oura, though. Strike across the paddocks through the first gate you come to on the right, and there's a. homestead over the hill. If he gets me. and you git away. he might lie in wait for you on the wav to Kalkoura!"

Loma tried to steel herself to the horrow of Hawk lord's going. She succeeded. and managed to ask:

"You saw him? Who was he?"

(To be Continued)

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other desire than to accomplish Thy will. Teach me to pray. Pray Thy- self in me Amen-Francois do la Mothe Fenelon (1651-1715). O Imd, let me not henceforth de- sire health or life. except to spend them for Thee. with Thec. and in Thee. Thou alone knowest what is good for me; do, therefore. what scemeth Thee best. Give to me, or take from me: conform my will to Thine; and grant that. with hum- ble and perfect submission, and in holy co" fidence. I may receive the orders of Thine eternal Provid- ence: and may equally adore all that comes to me from Thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen-Eloise Pascal (1623-1662) O Lord, come quickly and reign on Thy throne, for now oft-times

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Lord, I know not what I ought to knowest what I need; Thou loves mo better

y t which he himself known not how to ask. I dam not ask cit-her for simply present myself before Thee. I open my heart to ‘Thee. Behold my needs which I know not myself; see and

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LOVE MAY BE A IT IS NEEDED IN THE HOME

Sentiment And Common Sense Vie For Top

Place In Reasons

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many of our _ could not possibly qualify as

So, why in heaven's name

“Y°""‘° 5n“ i" something rises up within me, and shouldn't a man marry a woman Th; '-because she ls a good cook instead

of because she has blue eyes and

cleanness. and sloth want to be my naturally wavy hair? And why

kings; and then evil-speaking, anger. hatred. and the whole train of vices join with me in ivarring against myself, and try to reign over me.

"Somegng 1,; mqvlng Lhrgugh I resist them. I cry out against there!" them, and say, "I have no other They listened. and she could hear king than Christ " O King i

her heart hammering heavily in the Peace. come and reign in me. for

I will have no king but Thee! Amen. -St. Bernard (1091-1153).

shouldn't. a woman pick out a go- getter for a husband instead of a poet who might feed her soul on white hyacinths, but would starve her for fllet mignon?

The Matrimonial Bet But. still and all, these figures on

what lpeope marry for should mean somet ing or other, and we can

For Monday, March 10th

MARCH 21 to APRIL 20 (Aries) —You born before April 4th have m.re generous vibrations than other Arieiis but the whole day carries a. warning to be on your toes, espec- ially in money markers, fltallngs in land, produce, mining, transactions expected to produce quck turn- overs.

APRIL 21 to MAY 20 (Taurus)- Your pers.na1 attention g.ven to all important. issues will aid their pro- ductivity or iruitfulmss but don't be IIWDQUGIII. if they seem to ad- vance slowly. Keep striving patient-

MAY 21 to JUNE 21 (Gemini)- You'll probably find more roblems than you'd like tday. an opposi- tion tao, but you s.mply have to take them in stride. Dont ex-art a prisonal dominance; suggest and offer HOVICQ then i-st. it go at that.

JUNE 22 t-o JULY 23 (Cancer!- lndications warn against yu in- duiging pteves or carrying a grouch this day. It's HOW you nact to events that. arise that will deter- mine your accomplishment. Be per- sistent. but not over-aggressive.

JULY 24 t0 AUGUST 2J2 (Leo)- A.M. warns against undue ex- travagance for unnecessary items and financial risks. P.M. fairly favorable fr constructLve, useful endeavors and interests. for labor- ious ivork and difficult taski.

AUGUST 23 to SEPTEMBER 33 (Virgo) - Favorable with reserva- tions. The more urgent and essen- tiai your duties. the better will be, your pngress IF ycu atlend Lghtly to them. Quality and efficiency are earning powers.

SEPTEMBER 24 to OCTOBER 23 (Libra) - A day that requires careful judgment and clever, quck thinking to beat the IFS and BUTS that lurk around. But you can handle the situation.

OCTOBER 24 to NOVEMBER. 22 (Scorpio) — You will przbaloly iino y_ur biggest difficulty in maintain- ing poise and harmony but it is e:- siehtinl that you do botti, so start out on the right track the first thing this morning and save yzur nerves and disposition in general. NOVEMBER 23 to DECEMBER.

(Sagittarius) — Slightly fawr- 3.111s [or your usual work and rou- tine matters. Be particularly rud- ent in business transactions, nan- cels, congraghtst, agreements.

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JANUARY 22 to FEBRUARY 20 (Aquarius) -- You'll need an extra close of ambition and initiative this- npsettixig day. Your naturally gen- ial disposition will be a big asset. You can reach your goal if y.u try.

FEBRUARY 21 t0 MAR-CH 20 (Pisces; - Advice to Aquariazis is applicable in your case today. Don't be satisfied with mediocre achieve- mcnt when you s59 capable of the best. Keep broadening your mind and enlarging y ur field for ac- tivity. New trys are in order.

A CHILD BORN ON THIS DAY Amiaible, not carrying malice or jealousy in its kindly. sympathctlc soul, but. can be courageously firm at the right mrment for the Just cause. Help it to conserve its own strength and its resources f.r its own future.

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A SLIGHT SLIP

Travelling on a bus route strange to her, the old lady was very anx- ious not to pars her destination. Suddenly she leaned forward and

d the conductor in the ribs with 1.er umbrella.

Is that the Bank of England. my good man?" she asked.

No, mafiam, replied the conductor, coldly; it's me!

0N THE RUN

The managzr asked his offce b y: Hasn't the cashier been in this morning?

Yes, sir. replied the boy. He. came in very early and lcft again al- most at once. I scarcely recognized him in a. beard’.

Nowadays

An interesting parlor guessing game is why people marry. Tho con- ventional and romantic answer is because they were in love. or thought they were at the time they took the fatal trip to the altar. t

. ars that is only one of many reasons that se " Fife wedding bells ringing. According to a ques-, tlonnalre sent out by the Institute of Mari Relations to 18,000 applicants for marriage lic- enses. only 56 per cent stated that they married for love. The others said they married for fin- ancial security ’ n prestige," ‘companionship.’ "Symlblthy 811d 5° To those of us who have been brought up no the treacly. six-best-seller, . where, after 4-00 pages of chills and thrills. mis- understandings. cruel parents and separations a man and woman are finally u bonds of matrimony. it seems quite shocking to learn that any one ever marries for any reason whatsoever except love. 0r what they mistook for love, for in the face of divorce statistics we are bound to admit that quite a few guess wrong. Of course. when we consider the subject dispas- ' sionately. we are bound to adm low travelers who are not romantically inclined and who reat lovers. there are a great many more tilngs in life than sentiment and t at most cf us are fed up more quickly on lollypops than we are on roas

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———= onlv wish that they had indicated which is the better matrimonial bet - sentiment or common sense; whether we should pick out our mates with our hearts or our heads. and particularlyy which wears bet- ter in marriage-a husband or wife who fires our fancies. or who comes up to our ideals and meets our needs.

‘There is much to be said on both sides of the subject. Most. of us are born with a sweet tooth and crave at least~a bite of angel's food. Many starve to death if they are not fed continually on the flatteries and cajolerles and kiss- es and thrills of love.

Also, admitted‘y marriage is a hard road to travel, mostly uphill and full of bumps. and love lubri- cates the domestic machinery and makes the going easier and pleas- anter. VIn a word, love is the fancy icing on the Wedding cake, but it isn't the cake itself. Sentiment Often Fleeting

And the catch in marrying for love alone is that no one can guarantee how long it will last. Sometimes it is as good as new after the wear and tear of 50 years‘ hard usage. Often it ls in shreds and tatters before the bride's trousseau is out of fashion. Sometimes one or the other out-

. And sometimes they jus lose their taste for each other for no reason except that their appet-

lies change, Love is just gone. And what of it? And what's to do about it? Nothing.

On the other hand. we have the vast number of people who regard love as a frill instead of a neces- sity in thehome. and who would rather have a cabbage in the pan- ry than an orchid in the parlor any day. and who marry tn get a working partner instead of a lady love or a gigolo.

Some Reasons for Marriage

‘There is the man who marries because he wants a good cook and home comforts. and the man who marries because he wants children, and the man who marries because he is lonesome. and the man who marries because he wants some- body to mother him, and the man who marries because he wants somebody to support him.

And among women. there is the woman who marries for fear she will be an o‘d maid; the woman who marries because she hates of- nce work and loves domesticity and wants a home of her own; the woman who ls afraid of the future and marries to get a husband to support her; the woman who mar- ries for companionship.

That these marriages turn out. as the phrase oes, as well as the love marriages s not to be denied. Possibly they have a shade better chance because they are not tang- led up with’ any ntanglble emo-

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Thev are all on the practical side. and as lo as the woman who was marrie because she was

a good cook kee s on turning out cu! nary maste eces her husband is satisfied, an as long as the

woman who married for a shop- ping ticket still has a charge ac- count at the best stores. all is well.

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THE COOK ‘S CORNER

APPLE- GINGERBREAD DESSERT

f 31-2 cups sliced apples

- cup sugar

1-2 cup awortenlng

1-2 cup brown sugar

l 0E8- Well beaten

2 cups sifted flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

l-2 teaspoon m

1 teaspoon ngq-

I teaspoon c nnamon

1-2 teaspoon salt

1 cup light, molasses

l-2 cup hot wa-ter

Method: Pare, com, and slice apples. Arrange in parallel r-ws in a. well-greased square pun. Sprinkle with sugar and place in a. moderately hot oven (400 deg. 1".) for about 10 to 12 minutes-while preparing the gingerbread batter. Cream the shortening and giadu- ally cream in the brown sugar. Iieat in the egg. Sift the flour and, hen the baking powder, soda, ginger, cinnamon and salt. Add the hot water t; the light molasses and-mix well. New add the sifted dry in- gradients to the creamed mxturel alternately with (the molasses and! wa-ter mixture, a small amount, at a time.

Pzur the batter over the partially cooked apples and bake in a mod- eratq oven (350 deg. F.) for about 45 minutes, or until cine. Remove] from oven and turn onto cake plat- ter immediately. Serve with sweetened and flavored whl cream.

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