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By KELVIN BEODI

TRIAL

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The trim-looking maid set down the tray and withdrew. Tony lleal -- looked enquiringly at his guest.

"Black, please, old man. One Xtunp. Thanks" -

' The visitor tocik the cup of coffee and sank luxuriously ilito 3 com- fortable arincliatr.

“Quite the Benedict, aren't you? Pity I missed your wife. I zay, What's this?"

He picked up a silver ornament and examined it carefully. It was a -beautifully made model of a sheep lying curled up, apparently asleep.

Tony grinned reininiscently, "' List I inemcnto—;i. reminder of a pre- monition."

. . . . ..‘‘Don't be so cleuced tantalising. What's the story?”

Tony shrugged his shouldeis, 'All'ight," he laughed". “It's mainly of sentimental interest, but I'll tell

;' ‘ [on if you wisii."

It all dates back to the time I went on that. Alpine Trial it v:ou,l.o, of years ugo, he continued. You remember I nrrltliged to go with 'I‘irn Beckett as one of his passeng- ers. I was thrilled to the marrow about it. We were going across to Vienna in his car to take part in ii. three days’ trial through the Aus- trian ’Iyrol. You know the style of thing. Got to keep up a steady speed and not be more than ten minutes early or late anywhere, Tiunult Fild shouting at the finish and then .1 comfortable trck home with, we hoped, a Cup or trophy of some sort. Altogether a most delightful holl- tiny.

As the time approached. however, something seemed to go wrong. An indefinablc uneasiness assailed me which I did my best to shake off.

-fliwo days before I was due to start

Cecily excelled herself by bursting into tears one evening without any warning.

“It's no good," she sobbed, “I can't keep it in."

"Keep what in?" I asked in as- tonislinient.

"I know I shall never see you again," she cried. “Somethings

_ -going to happen to you. Something dreadful." ' You can imagine what I felt like. Here was an rbsolute echo of my own feeling, yet I did not dare to admit it. I soothed her as best I could. Laughed at her‘ fears. Point- ed out that anyhow I could not back out at this stage and so on, but for all that, the remainder of the wait- ing period was very strained. The forced cheerfullless which we both o.ff)ected did not really help matters I it.

Eventually the day for my de- parture arrived. I had to leave home about five, u.ud I remember creep- ing into the nursery to kiss Peter in his cut with the full conviction that I should never see him again. Cec- HY Came with me to town, where I Joined the others--our meeting place, I remember, was the south

_ side of London Bridge—and though our progress was very silent I give

‘her credit for the fact that she smiled the whole time when it frame to the actual leave-taking.

The excitement of getting ulider way distracted my attention for s time. We ‘went over on one of the

~»Townsend ferries which had only Just been started. Unfortunately, no 500nel' had we ensconsecl ourselves in the Cabin than Tim produced a. wad of documents and said tn 3. cheery tone, "Well, let's have 1 look at these insurance papers and see how much you blokes are worth.“ It was quite ll nominal value—-about a thousand pounds each. I believe.’ One can, of course, take out spec- ial short term policies for these events for quite large sums, but I had refused to do this, acting, I think, from a sense of bravado be. cause I did not want to believe my » premonition.

The journey across the Continent i-xns full of fun and frolic, and for t Jig periods I quite forgot my lzoubles. Every now and then, how- ever, something would come along which would set me off again. Early In the second day Geoff Meaker, the

_pare driver, took over the wheel, trio" in getting the feel of the car skidded us dangerously near the edge in a stunt ascent of one of the hills en route, Under normal condi- tions I should have laughed at it, “cause it was not really much of a. risk, but in the circumstances I felt ghastly.

';j:very time I saw one of those turning boards dotted about Ger- with a huge hand painted

ron and “Lang,sam" underneath became 5 positive rubbei.--neck in

y anticipation of trouble. By the bvenlng I had become absolutely rc- tigned to my fate.

I wasn't scnred~merely waiting hr the inevitable. I saw people going about their business in the streets, and thought, “They don't realise how fortunate they are. .'1'iiey'll be alive to-morrow . . ."

;F‘0l' all that we pulled into Vienna at about twelve o'clock on the sat- \n_‘dAy night, left the car in the 310191 Yard and went straight to deep.

I can see the start now. We were no of! shortly after half-put nine

on the Sunday night. The whole of the day had been spent in making final adjustments, weighing-in ma generally checking everything -up, and we were now ready for the first up, which was 8 ruzht run for the greater part of its length. The stufa called the ‘ Bechsundfunfz1I— ...°*°”:.:'.“:.‘..t=;.“'* . L — - Neiinundrunftil-—

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- "Bil" yelled nu crowd. ' “,wlt_s.t's up?" wi“"..l.".:.:x mo peclctai

“ “Oh.” said Tim with a laugh. Thanks very mucii." And with a wave of his hand he let in the clutch again.

Curiously enough, once we had started I felt better. "Might as well

enjoy it." I thought, “as long as it _,g

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bodied wine tiiat sent us on our way glowing and cheery, but beyond a rather exhilarating climb up the Josefsburg Just as dawn was break- irxilgt the journey was without incid. e .

We checked in at Leben, put the 091' “WW In the sealed park--for we were allowed no adjustments ex-. Debt on the road. when any time taken had to be made up again by} hard drlvlng—and tackled a wel—?

The HOUSEWIFE and HER AC TI VI ‘HES

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come breakfast of bacon and eggs, mit beer. I went back to my room

to Mud off ,, leuex. to Cecuy_I had It is not Love that gives the clear.

arr-iugcd not to wire until the nd 95‘ 5‘g"‘3. 0; me um], because even if :,m, For oultegf bitter tears-and fears are expecting it, a telegram always um‘ '" , Barrios a suggestion of bad news. Risen‘ llhe d Rambo“ of sorrow w. . i ,. .‘ over lea L began to E“ mend” mm And 'nEath the Rainbow is the

some of the other competitors, and in particular with von Heiling, who “fit: di'ii'[irtig in Annflcar with his re er fl‘l‘Zl(‘ ve w e as his 35. senger. He was an old llilfldp at TABLND

these trials, and was immediately; Finger marks in books can be re- ahead of us‘ in the starting order‘ moved by covering with Fl‘i‘llCl’l each day. We also made the ac-,‘ chalk and leaving for some hours. quainialzce of numerous of the of- Then cover with blotting paper flcinls and other wlnpetitol's, and in, and iron ca_refu]Iy_

fact tlic whole proccediligg became? ________._ "HY 10”)’ “S the “Y WW0 OIL Soil ('l€p0SiiE‘(l by floods was re- Tht‘ Ht‘-‘It day‘-< run to Innsbruck cently tested in Newmunpslnre and “"15 ‘Vmioul ‘P5‘Ci€11 Nlcidcmn W9; found to be la;-king in mineral nu- "Bed W“ Heiumé P“““d UP bl’ trlents needed by plants

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I,-’_. cup green peppers, chopped, 1 cup cooked peas. 1 cup mayonnaise. Thoroughly mix the above ingre- tllents and serve on crisp lettuce. Garnish with chili sauce mayon- naise. Serves six. Chill Sauce Mayonnaise

1 cup mayonnaise. 1-2 teaspoon

lemon juice, l-2 teaspoon confec-

tloners’ sugar, 2 teaspoons chili sauce, 1-2 teaspoon horseradish- Blend ingredients thoroughly.

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SOCIAL GOSSIP FROM MAY- FAIR

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Dorothy '8 Letter Box

Self-Invited Week-End Guests Usually Are Not Welcome by Relatwesy Especlany. Those Who go to the Country and Make a. Nuisance of Themselves

{roan the Dear Dorothy Dix—We live on a. small farm, one 130111’! 115° ud‘ city. We are a young couple of small means and have {Jll‘e:3"5u9h‘;xhury' ren. We work hard to try to let 310118 and deny "‘-“'39 V“ my ,1 km- - But here is our trouble: Fkiendl 3“ mm folks. We are fond of them 3-1151 °n1°¥ me?’ but we can’: aflord them. '1-hay Us on ally eating us out of WW0 554 h°‘“°- m_ the week-ends they Wm d°‘°°”d °n ‘fears teen or twenty strong and eat “D 3 don,‘ supply of provisions, so by Mvudl-Y $0 have even have milk for the children. e mm wrestled wtui this rrroblem 10! “We °*,', 1 years without finding any solution for . do all of my own housework and’ it K9398‘ 1119 “ed to the range so that I dont BBVB :19 to even speak to the 81195“ W110 “'9 5° V‘ ish in their praise, but not with their money

I 1 them. What to do? °1 W’ g°°d mod 8 "I?AR.MER’S WIFE.

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I: I I we we - we ""‘°...“‘:"*...':’....°“°“.....“.“‘l..°“.°;.': :2: of your self-invited guests and tell ltlragmpmfimoney by sewing mews pression you have decided to earn a e h ‘ lunch and so much over the week-end at so much for dinner, 50 mu“ -°r m have me” pap 10*‘ 5Ul’P°’- “N1 "ha" you hope 'very much ul‘.l‘:tbyol"ilOv1]l9e1l.s'2 and be sure ronage. Make it plain to them that there w e

to present your bill to the Very first ones who come ts: he 0:1; 6¥;t,!h‘V1':1l”?: out it is no bluff on your part. and that “WY have WY "

eat.

d your Get busy at once with your announcement that you have tul"ne mm - W ‘““°“‘l “.5 saw. ..:: the tline when grafters are abroad n t e lives on a farm or has a country PW-‘B 15 l-he l>1‘°d95"m°d “cum °‘ m°5° who want to eat and drink without money and without D“0°- They EN‘

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me W}.r§”,§§§§'ie°§lltioei§°:{ne wintertime and in town would neverlgrfgéli of inviting themselves to your house to visit or to a. meal, not won I be capable of the impertinence of taking along with T-hfim Bnlglfitof family and friends and superimlmsmil them “Don WW‘ 11°51’ mg;e _ mit these crimes against even common decency in the suinme . “O body knows. But they do.

hat had vcilet ribbon round it. The whole effect was most pleasing. Lady Jersey struck a compro-

Sumed “U “'35 1“ °1‘d9T- and lfilfrj from 160 to 180 degrees F. before °n he dull’ D355-ed 115 lI1q°1'd91' ‘O, the canning pro ess regain his correct place. ‘

We clocked in on time and were

so far without loss of marks. much, to our jubilation. Tim was very} quiet. l-Ie Sllrw the trophy within? his grasp. but was too old a hand: to indulge in an} premature re_:‘ joicings.

I woke an the morning of the

third day with all my fears back

ngnu in their most unpleasant

form. We snaffled some coifee and

rolls at We and were in our places

ready to start shortly after half-

past. It was not ye’: light, and we

had some tricky road finding to

do which occupied all our attention

for the next hour or so, but some-

how I knew, that today was the

day, and try as I would I could not shake off my forebodings ,

Tim drove superbly. He was talc-

mg no chances whatever and nor-

mally I should have said it was

the safest of the three days. And

then it happened! A most ludicrous

occurrence. and as you may guess,

quite different from the wild imag-

inings of my fevered brain.

We had reached the Arlberg—e.

timed climb on which we had to

make very fast time, for ours was

one of the most powerful cars in

the trial and in addition I knew

that Tim wanted to make the fast-

est climb of the day. All went well

until about the middle, on probably the safest stretch of the whole climb, when suddenly a sheep—I

ask you, of all things, a sheep—— bounded into the middle of the road right in front of us.

Talk about anti—climax. Tim tried to avoid it, but skidded into the side of the road and broke a. front axle. And with it- went our chance of the cup. let alone the hill climb record. All our careful driving of the past two days counted for noth- ing.

Tim never said a word. It meant the end of his hopes and aspira- tions ftlld not a. little financial loss too, but he simply smiled rather grimly as we set about getting the car off the road as far as possible so as not to hinder the following competitors. Then with a. patheti- cally cheery countenance. he left us with the wreckage and set off on foot down the bill for help.

I was bewildered. Was this triv- ial mishap the cause of all my ag- onising premonition.-4? I looked again at the sheep. The impact had killed it outright and it was lying there, as if sleeping, by the road- side, where we had dragged it. No wonder they called sheep silly. What on earth had induced this lunatic animal to choose that particular moment to skip light-hearted]-y to its death and our undoing?

I was aroused from my reverie by a shout from Geoff Mcaker. He was a taciturn chap, solemn but steady, and I had forgotten all about him in the happenings of the past ten minutes. In answer to his hall I walked over to the car where he W85 examining the damage thought- fully.

‘The sheep never did this," he greevd me.

“How do you mean?"

“There's a flaw in this axle. Look for yourself.“

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significant. Only a small section at: the edge was clean and new. The greater part was tarnished, show- ing that it had been done some time ago. I looked at him in as- tonlshmcnt-.

“But how have we managed to come so far without finding it?" I objected.

“A flaw like that is very difficult to detect, if it's not actually visible on the surface. You could go for thousands of miles under normal running conditions before any- thing happened.

“You wouldn't exactly call these conditions normal."

"That's just the point. The extra strain of the last few days has been‘ too mucl'i~probulbly extended the} flaw nearly to the outside~made it‘ lisbie to go at any minute."

“Then the collision with the sheep supplied the fintshing touch?"

"We didn‘t touch the sheep with this wheel. It was the sudden swerve that (lid it. Any sudden swerve would do it."

Any sudden srwervel Tile signifi- cance of the words suddenly broke through my bewilderment.

"You mean . . .7"

'‘I mean that there are three hairpin bends just ahead," inter- rupted Geoff harshly, “all requir- ing heavy cornering at specd—end all of them on the very edge of the mountain!"

mire. Her tiny pill-‘box hat was; almost enfil".‘ly hidden by a gigan- tl~ snray of pink and mauve orchids

Orchids worn in the daytime and on R. hat is a new one on us—but we're converted

THINKS SPINSTERS SHOULD BE REG-ARDED AS VALIANT

“Anyone can get married, but it takes a good. valiant woman to re- mai.n unlnarried," said Miss Hector of Ashton, championing the cause of spinsters at the conference of the United tentile Workers association at Blackpool recently.

Pensions for spinsters at 55 was the subject of debate, and Mrs. Hnilworth, of Great I-larwood, op- posed the motion

Said Mrs. Hallwortll: “Pensions at 55 for spinsters would not be an economic admncement to our sex.

“We, in the weaving industry,

pride ouisclves on th_e equality of

the sexes. We have the same wages as our menfolk. We have . the independent spirit to work ,

alongside our man and demand the same rates e.’ pay " '

She nsscrlcd that it was the war widow and women with pensions who had stayed at work and ac- cepted reductions in pay. Widows were paid a pension, but st wid- owcr did not get one.

Then up spoke Miss Hector, who sal‘ she made no apology for be- ing a. splnster; indeed, she defend- ed it.

The widow drew her pension and the splnster paid for it, she de- clnrcd.

Dclegfttes considered these rival points

of vlmv and voted—for

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Everybody who lives out of town has eimerlenced the sudden passion of affection and longing to see them that arises in -11113’ and AUG‘-13? "-: the breasts of their city friends and relatives who Write or teiesrwh ""3 they can‘t be parted from them any 1onse_r and to meet them It ‘he 6-30 ti-u.n on sa.li...:iy and mat. tney are coming for a nice long visit.

And everybody who has a country place knows comes in the pits of their stomachs when they see a crowded EU-Wm°b11° drive up and seven or eight people descend ‘«11e!‘511‘°m d¢m|mdmB N331‘ balls and food. They are just starved and any little thing will do. PTO‘ vided it consists of a square meal. And they have brousht 310118 me“ friends, the Joneses and the smiths. Wh°m they NOW 30“ “'0 1"“ d3’“‘3 to meet and to feed.

Usually the hostess gives these spongers B. welcome that is cold enoush to freeez the cocktail intheir glasses, but it does no good. No be-med speech penetrates their rhinoceros’ hides. The Yhave saved a few €101- lars by posing by all of the hot-dog stands and restaurants that SUBW the road, and they should worry that they have made you treat them find their friends. They forget that it is ten times more trouble to 9M8!‘ tain company in the country than it is in town. and thflvt You 33-V9 °°m° to the country yourself for a rest, which you never set. Something would be done about the dead-beat guest.

Dear Miss Dlx—My husband is an A-1 plus perfect piece 01 humm- lty. He doesn't drink, smokes moderately and remembers always to use the ashtray. He is instantly concernec if I look blue or not well and he does someLhing about it. Plans for a good time or takes me to the doctor. He gives me all the money I want. Never makes me feel that he is hold- ing the purse strings. He is always bringing home little treats mat Ere S\\’L‘CLL‘llilig to any woman's soul. He is man enough to be head of the house without being bumptlous about it. He doesn't want to stay at home like a castofl shoe every night. Neither does he crave wild PB-W03. He doesn't go into a trance every time he sees a pretty 8111- 116 C1085!”- rave to me about some beautiful woman he has met. He does not 1011 stale Jokes. Neither his people nor mine live with us. He treats my fa.mily just as he does his own. He never brags about how his mother used to cook. He is kind, considerate, lovable, good—look.ing, healthy, a good wonker and provider and a real help around the house. In a. word, he is perfection. A HAPPY WIFE.