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to. was brought home to Roger eiit even below he left for uie Mediterranean. 1n London. news- paper placards reminded him o! it, 5nd as he was hurrying along Southampton Row he ran into Gav- in bixiliart . . . hello. Kent!’

"Oli, “l-lcllo, mdhtlrt! What's the ma!» ‘Tve

her lvtotoij sine. h?" been’ in spam. Came back a month

Carol

Alon: the road to Bethlehem The watchers o! the field

Allwonderinggo toseek theﬂign By Angel-hosts revealed.

Oomeklet us leave our grieh and

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are And follow after them-

Alon; the road. the winding road. The road to Bethlehem.

Along the road to Bethlehem.

Along the road to Bethlehem. By gleam and vision led,

The sages royal press on to seek That Lwllest cradle-bod.

Bo would ‘we haste the Child to

Andnkiess His ent’s hem- Along the road, the star-lit road, The road to Bethlehem.

eager shepherds, tireless scera, still speeding on the way We oi’ your brotherhood will OI

This happy Ohrlstmas Day; And hall the King with crib for Throne.

The dew His diadem- Adnwn the road. the "olessed road. That leads to Bethlehem.

"No," said uavdi Erdhart. ego

l-iis left iirin was _irl all orange coloured sliiigaiid his chili above; hi; ilouiiig lllageiita tie, was seam- ed with a iezeiit three inch scar. 1

"Aii!’ sillu rtogci‘ twin, nodding‘, vyisely. l-le “as as tareiully and dis-l creepy groomed as one might ex-f pect a young man who catches the- elght-ihmty to town every morrﬁ, to be. The only scar on his g - looking face was the line oi worry! bent-tn h... eyebrouu.

He didn't stop to say’ much to Gavin Erdiinit. Perhaps he envied Gain his freedom t0 collect scars_ and slings in Spain, but Roger was| E. C. Smtillbritigele private secre-. CZilTI Sinallbridge had sent for him to gli uiit to Saint Raphael and he Wil- Illllfjlllg IO QPI. ZLWQY. I

0n the terrace of hs villa at St. Raphael. 0n the following noon, E. C. siiiallbridge was showing Slglls of (‘Oﬂillnllllg anxie . I

“Gullick! Gulil-Ck!"

"Yr-s, Mr. Smrlllbridge?"

“Hzi- Vi". Kent com-c?"

“bio. Mr. Siiirlllbridgc."

"l lirzlrd seine-rm conic."

“Only: the niilliticr, git‘, with a hat lot‘ Miss Kitty!"

‘I fl-ldz!" hoiilci E. C. Smallhrtdgexl §ilicll be wanting no hats, unless hi‘!!! sch h-re soon!" t _"l {llll keep iig tin eye on the 108d,‘ sir. I shull lcl you know as soon as

I >02 2i taxi. as l told you."

“DWI \'0\l ‘phone the station to see if the Paris tmin had come in?"

"Yffs. sir, it came in ten minutes

It!" UllIIlCk retired to the front 0f theI tei-rzlice of the villa to watch thel ‘ l

to c.

E. C. Smallbridge reached for the‘ 8135i besrde the decanter or Scotch at his EIIJOW. and lay back on hs extension deck chair vizith a. can. His left lei: was stretched along the , chair tinder a rug. the other powedi the _ ground impatiently. florid-faced man, aged about, ﬁfty- ﬁve, he seemed totally oblivious of his exquisite surroundings, which

t

should have soothed the most pug- urgently

nacioiis temper.

king down from the villa, one day! Gullick bring Mr.

Loo cottld see the listless Mediterranean ﬁlling the bay with glistening calm.

A cloudlcss sky arched above the marble tpillzir< supporting the villa. roof. Oleandeis reared their above the baliistrade, and a mag- nolia. pushed enormous lemon-scent- vd ﬂowers towards Smallbridges

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Candlelight Fortune: a Thrill Are you inviting your crowd to

watch the old year out with you’! e

You can have a grand time with luch stunts as Candleligh. Fortunes -\vhich reveal to each his fate io 1940!

As the Witching hour approaches arrange i2 candles in a semi-circle, each one named for a month of the year. Then olindfold the guests in turn, allow everybody one puff at the candles. Helight the candles !or each.

A small, instructions, sir," he

mpstm say to you, my boy, won't wait

i-BEATRICE RDSENTHAL

chalr. But he looked about him with an indignant and excteo all".

Aiier a nioiilent, he, suddenly 56mm arm Jangled the little bell ce- .ltle iilili tranuually. uulllck came at a hasty trot. snialluridge ueiilallueu;

"has the wastepaper L Q Mr. ueoni-eys room been emptied?

"1 couiciiit say, suz" _ y

"‘l'lieii iiiiti_ out, and if it hﬂ-sn t.

bu“ L‘ hm" Gullltk retired

"very well, sir," agaui. ,

Four minutes passed, during whxh Snialloiluge loosed at, his platinum watch several tunes, llllblv CIIAILLK it:- turiied beaiuiig a blue wicker basket CCHLBJIIIIQ ‘d. ACW aCFﬂllbﬂ

"There don't seem to be ti great deal in it, sir." _

ls. u. sinallbridge took it._ and emptied the _ contents, including a liberal quantity of cigarette a, ll, on to the rug on his knees.

He W85 still sorting scraps oi pziper, clgtiitue packets and matcli sticks. when Roger Kent arrived.

Utullick showed him oil to the lei-

last!" cried Smallbridge. l.c discarded the refuse from the WIL»! paper basket, checked uull.ck'§ el-I forts to shake the ash oil the rug. and held out his hand to Roger:

"I thought you'd never get here!’ -

"How do you do. sir?" said Hilgtil‘ I somewhat surprised by the v.0 diiccl of his welcome. I

"Eviiiwrnmtivs WRONLI" i

He had never thought himself persoilially indispensable to C. smallbridge. though he had tried to nizike himself indispensable to Smallbridges business of exporting hardware all over the world.

"I came in accordance with your said, sitting down on the chair Gullictk brought forward.

"Yes, ye>! But I want you more than I did when I wrote! you were due to arrive to- Kent e. drink! Oh, l forgot, you don't drink do you? Have you had lunch? uul- lick, bring Mr. Kent someihi a to teat. out here on a tray. What 1 ave

"At

It s lucky

,a.nother ten minutes- not another tenénmutes!" m?

" somﬁthil§ wrong, '- "Wrong? erythingir. wrong! Here 1 am, helpless, phlebitls in the leg; I can't move. as you see. Some- one must act for me. and you're the rson who can! You can

band e a. yacht, can't you?"

"I can," said Roger, and his heart gave a. bound.

So whatever was afoot concerned vsmallbridses motor-yﬂcht. the Glor- ious Kate, that £5,000 beauty Roger had seen illustrated in the yacht- i.n% magazines-I fmnialtbridgg learﬁucwwards him,

wning, en 4_ ,

Kitty." he said, "has run away with the Glorious Kate! Shes taken the Glorious Kate against my orders, li_iy express wish, and gone oﬂ to Madorca on a

thare-hrained errand that I deﬁnite-

, by s many starting doubts. in iact.

"I want you Kent, to go after her, Set _the yaC , and get her too. i! ‘possible, and bring them both bug here! Bring tlhem back! Bring them back here!’

It was wore than Roger had ex- pected. He had never met Kitty, but ie had gathered that her obstinacy was the bane of her father's exist-

nce. Besides, he was no adventurer! His life had ‘been a routine matter during the nine ears 511166 he had .leit school to go to a city ofiice. He had schooled himself rlmly to push his way up in the wor d. His sole qualiﬁcations for the job in hand were his knowledge of Spent h and French and a trip he had made across the channel to DUIIQUBTCEJQ with a. trend in a 20 ft. ketch; is one, his only escape from the cares

Perhaps Jim gives a mighty puff,’ that had fallen on him too early in

blowing out iour candles-April, June. October and November. Thai moans four fateful months next year [or Jim! To find out what happens In each he draws four fortunes from a box of fortunes you have written on slips of paper.

First he draws the slip ior April- a pleasant surprise. A vital etter will come in June, business success In October. In November-o new, important friend.

And to keep the lun sizzling you‘

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life . . . He played for time for a distinct- ed moment. "And where are they now?" “On the wav to Marseilles.

My daughter ha disappeared this mornii and she lelt. a note behind

her say rig she had taken the yacht. I sent down to the harbour and found that. the yacht went out at three a. m. I tcluld do nothing! I had no idea that my daughter was going to do it. I thought 1 had set- ltled the matter when I forbade her y w w o. a - télotii “with I it??? tim-"éﬁiii" bridge produced a handkerchiel and wiped is p<erspirinii1 brow. "He. at any rate, t all never dark~

en Tytid$IIS againl!" to ill ? “ n e ‘re on Morse es " y g they're going to

"Yes: I know Marseilles first. 'I'he'y should take about nine hours to get there. Kitty mentioned that they were to go there for lnstructitonsl-on the way! I've just; been looking throu h the wastepaper basket there, look ng for more clues as to what they propose to do. Found nothing. of course! ' “Those two are in charge of the yacht, tihen?" "Oh. no: it's manned by a boy. and an engineer navigator, with a master's certificate, named Cullen. Cullen has been in my employ lor "years. But, of course, there he is. taking Kitty's ordcrs—I shOUId have warned “him !"

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to good children.

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, now been ch Admiral

a bearing int-o her Italian application for an injunction to keep her from sailing.

counsel for the Gdynia Am- erica Line.- owners o! the 14.000-

Polish Liner

UITAWA. Dec. lb-Jlhe crack in a arter-

a and dam o! Jenn e the ree P011811 11w Blwry Wise M-m oi the t. i tate CIHB-dlln W" h" B!!!“ b! IBUM the soot. o! 9d b? m? Bail-Bi! chimneys in order to deliver tpyg wee revealed today at

u-nment property. and this ship en e

is Goverum t wet-t for 2h time MIDI." he d Decision was reserved in the

application. second since the war broke out. An earlier injunction

main; at Ilene

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