Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1931, Page 99

‘STORTES SPORTS " = GAMES PUZZLES e ERE'’s a picture puzzle that should be easy for all you young cooks. How many ar- ticles beginning with the letter “P” can you Snd? You should get about twenty-six, “Recipes” form the basis of our word dia- mond. The second line is a color, the third is runs, the fifth is a railway station and the sixth is to place or put. Form the diamond. R E C RECIPES P E 8 - Cans are found in the kitchen and also the words below, which begin with the letters. Fill the blank spaces and find what the words are. g 1.Can - n -, 2. Can -1 - 3.Can-1--¢t- 4. Cant - - ou - -, R How - many words can you form from the Jetters in “Kettles”? You should get at Jeast 13. RS CROSS WORD PUZZLE. The definitions: HORIZONTAL. 1. Toward. . Part of a circle. . Night (abbr.). . A number, . To court. . A moving picture. . Greek letter. . Went first. . . Tuberculosis (abbr.). . Snow shoe. . To make a mistake. = 3 . By way of. . You. . Word of greeting. . Expire. . Enemy. . Half an em. . United States of America (abbr.). . North Side (abbr.). VERTICAL, . Ripped. . Upon. . Wander. . Negative. . A burial vault. . Printer’s measure. . You and I . Fruit used as & relish. . Standard of perfection. . Employ. . Attempt. . Fashion. . Organs of sight. . Personal pronoun. . Belonging to. . Within. . Upon. Try I: Pifle—Mowcher has a scheme for making one-cent stamps do as well as two-cent ones. Poof—How’s that? Piffie—Why, he uses two of them. 5%4e BOYS and GIRLS PAGE Beacons on Bar 4 Ranch Story of Adventure Near the Mexican Border BY W. BOYCE MORGAN. Cliff Btover has been recovering his health om the Circle Y ranch in the Southwest, where he and Obie Young, son of the owner of the ranch, become fast friends. One day they ride to town to make arrangements for Cliff’s journey back East. On the way home Mr. Granville, a mysterious man who has mentli’ taken the Bar 4 ranch nearby. meets them in hiz high-powered car and frightens Clifl's spirited horse, which bolts and throws him. CIliff, however. 15 not hurt. Late that night the boys are awakened by the sound of an airplane flying very low. They rush out, see it almost land on the ranch, then rise again and fly north. Then they hear the motor no more, and thinking the plane has crashed. they Jump on their jes and ride to investigate. Reach- ing the edge of the Bar 4 ranch, they see that the lane has come docwn safely in the midst of several acons lit to guide it. Mystified by the presence of 8 piane here at this hour of the night. they decide to mv‘ee their horses and go closer on foot to im- INSTALLMENT IIL HEY were able to move rapidly be- cause of the moonlight, and in a very few minutes they were almost upon the improvised landing field. They could make out five figures moving about the plane, which was an an- clent biplane such as was used for carrying mail in the early days of that service. “We don’t want to be seen,” said Obie. “Per- bhaps we’d better——" o But he was too late. Already one of the men had spotted them, and a sharp challenge rang out in the night. “Come on,” sald Obie. “We might as well go right ahead now. We'll tell them we thought the plane had crashed, just as we did.” The boys rapidly walked forward. As they reached the brighter area of light among the fires, Mr. Granville walked up to meet them. “Hello,” he said curtly. “What do you kids want?"” “That plane almost took the top off our ranch house,” said Obie. “We thought sure it had crashed over here, and we came to see if we could do anything to help.” “Well, it didn’t crash, as you can see if you use your eyes,” replied Mr. Granville. “I heard the motor giving trouble, so I lit these fires to show him a good place to land. It's a mail plane. It got off its course, and the motor was scting up.” “Oh,” safd Obie mildly. It was obvious that Mr. Granville did not wish them to stay, but the two boys ignored his surliness, and with enthusiasm that was only half assumed, walked on to examine the plane. But the pilot barred the way. “Keep back,” he ordered. “This is a mail plane, and you mustn’t come near it.” CHiff pointed. “You damaged a wheel in landing,” he said. “Too bad.” pilot grunted. Then he, Mr. Granville and a third man moved off to a short distance and talked in low tones. “Mall plane in trouble, my eye!” whispered CHff into Obie’s ear. “That old crate’s no mail plane, and the motor was running all right when we heard it.” “Yes, and that story about running out and lighting these beasons on the spur of the moment is a little too thin,” replied Obie in an equally low voice. “Look—the ground has been cleared here to make a smooth landing spot. And it took hours to gather the brush and wood for those fires. Granville was ex- pecting this plane, but I don’'t see why he’s lying about it.” “By the way,” replied Cliff. “I saw five men here before we got here. Where did the others go so suddenly?” “They must have left,” said Obie. they certainly didn’t lose any time.” He moved closer to the plane, and tried to crane his neck to see the instrument board in the cockpit. With an exclamation of anger the pilot came running over. “I told you to keep away from that plane?” he bellowed. “Now get out, and get out fast. Youll get in trouble fooling with the Govern- ment mail.” “I wasn't fooling with any mail, mister,” drawled Obie. Cliff, who had seen bis friend angry on a couple of occasions, recognized that slow drawl. “Well, beat it!” cried the pilot. “We dont want any fool kids hanging around here.” “But “I see you dcn’t, mister,” replied Obie. “But keep your shirt on. We aren't doing any harm.” BIE turned and sauntered away, with CIiff at his side. Mr. Granviiie and the two other men stood watching them. Just as they reached the edge of the firee light, Obie turned. “By the way, Mr. Granville,” he said in that easy drawl, “you ought to be more careful how you go raeing over the roads around here in that big car of yours. You made my friend's horse throw him this afternoon, and he might have had his neck broken.” “Is that s0?” said Mr. Granville, sarcasti- cally. *“Well, you mind your own business, young fellow, and don't be telling me what to do.” “My friend's neck is my business,” retorted Obje. “And so is your driving, when you put other people into danger.” “Go on,” howled Mr. Granville. “Get off my ranch before I throw you off!” ‘The boys were now some distance from the fleld and hurrying back to their ponies. From the tense hand that he laid on his arm, CIliff knew that Obie was excited about something. But not until they reached the ponies did he speak. “Cliff,” he began then, in a voice that quiv- ered with suppressed excitement, ““there’s some- thing queer about this business. What do you think I heard when I was standing up close to that plane?” “What?” demanded CIiff. “A sneeze! Somebody was hidden in that plane, and he sneezed.” LIFF uttered an exclamation of amazement. Then he cried, “It must have been those other two men we saw. They must have hidden In the plane.” “That's what I think,” said Obie. *“But why? What's it all about? Those men cer- tainly didn't want us hanging around. They are up to some mischief, as sure as shootin’.” Just then they heard the pound of hoofs on the hard ground, and Mr. Young rode up. Reining in his horse, he greeted the boys. “So here you are,” he said. “Well, what did you find out?” Briefly they told him the story. He ques- tioned them closely about the men who had disappeared, and the sneeze. At the close of the recital he spoke grimly. “I think I understand it,” he said. “Those fellows are smuggling in foreigners from Mex- ico in defiance of the immigration laws. I read the other day that it was being done by air- plane, but I didn't expect they would land them so far north.” Mr. Young paid no attention to the boys’ exclte:i questions. Instead he ordered them to mount. “Back to the house,” he directed, leading the way. “Something must be done about this business.” (To be continped next Sunday.) RIDDLES There’s no better way to work off some of your surplus energy than by pondering over a tough riddle or two. Try these! 1. Why is modesty the strongest character- istic of a watch? 2. Why is a gardener like a detective-story writer? 3. What have tongues but talk mnot? 4. What instrument of war does the earth resemble? 5. What food is an emblem of stupidity? ANSWERS. 1. Because it always keeps its hands before fts face, and runs down its own works. 2. Because he works up his plot. 3. Wagons. 4. A revolver. 5. Goose. , "CRAFTS JOKES. “PUZZLES POSERS You'd better oil up your patented answerer, because here comes a list of questions that are going to be pretty much of a job for it. Eight of them—and pot one is too easy. 1. What is the normal temperature of the human body? B 2. What is the chief material used in mak- ing glass? 3. Where are the Lakes of Killarney? 4. How many dollars are there in an eagle? 5. Who is famous as manager of the New York Giants base ball team? 6. What is a whippet? 7. By what people is the garment kmown as a kilt worn? : 8. What State now occupies what was for- merly known as Indian Territory? ANSWZRS. 1. It is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. 2. Sand. 3. In Ireland. 4. Ten. 5. John McGraw. 6. A dog resembling a greyhound, used for racing. 7. The men of the Scottish Highlands. 8. Oklahoma. Parrots NOW that the scare of psittacosis—the paryot disease—is over, the birds are.coming back to popularity. They are mighty fine pets when caught young and given th: right treatment. Birds that were trapped in the jungles after they reached maturity are nearly always wild snd ugly and thus bring the lowest prices. There are many different specics of parrots, but the best of all is the African Gray. A young bird tames quickly and learns to talk much better than most of the cther varieties. Parrots should have a fairly roomy cage, al- though narrow quarters do not seem to affect their health a bit. Space enough te climb around and a swinging perch zppear to be all that is necessary. Some ¢f the tamer and stronger birds are kept on stands with a chaid fastening them to this perch. The tray under the perch or the one on the bottom of the cage ought to be kept covered with clean sand. This not only gives greater cleanliness but also pro- vides the grit so necessary for grinding the ‘food for digestion. If a cage is used, it should be of galvanized jron rather than brass, for there is danger of the bird becoming poisoned by biting corroded brass wires. Parrots are nearly always fed sunflower seed exclusively, and this is not to be recommended, for this seed is highly heating and fattening. It should be diluted with a lot of dari, oats and canary seed. Nuts, ripe fruit and fresh, clean greens may be given as much as the bird de- sires them. Some parrots are given tea, coffee, meat and sweets. None of these is good and should positively not be given. - Crackers do no harm and may ANSWERS. 1. Pot, pan, pastry, plate, pie, pail, peaches, pears, package, pitcher, peelings, pepper, par- rot, perch, pane, paring knife, pin (rolling pin), pills, powder, pencil, pad, paper, plums, pine- percolator. 3. Canine, candid, candidate and cantaloupe. 4. Keel, eke, elk, eel, tee, lest, let, lee, leek, set, settle, see, and seek. B 5. Cross Word Puzzle solution.