Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1933, Page 66

; e \ STORIES SPORTS' GAMES PUZZLES g HE inauguration of a new President of the United States is an important event which occurs every four years. oY THE U.S. £ TUITINA P ™ 4 Z’ ([ [ fl@fl@%fl‘@\\ The inauguration takes place at the Capitol in Washington; hence our word diamond. The s»cond line is to strike sharply, the third is cords, the fifth is part of a flower and the sixth @ the sun. Form the diamond. o] A P CAPITOL T o L gt Here we have the names of four United ciates Presidents with the letters all jumbled Can you straighten them out? 1. NELL CAVED. 2. RILL OF ME. 3. ODE LOGIC. 4. NO MORE. g Now for some more exercises in word addi- tion. Add part of a window to & small inclosure and get something to write with. Add not many to a mongrel and get an eve- n.ng bell. —~5— CROSS-WORD PUZZLE. HORIZONTAL. . Precious stone. . A number. . Boy’s nickname. . Source of light. . Morning (abbr.). . Manufacturing plant. . To hit a base ball. . Midday. Heavenly body. . Kind of snowshoe. . To speak of casually. . Mother. . To sprout, blossom. . We. Female sheep. . Indian tribe. VERTICAL. . Southern State (abbr.). Fairy. . Object of ridicule. Negative vote. Printer’s measure. . To scrutinize. Negative. . Overhead. . Fixed relation of numbers. . Hotel. . Noah’s home. . To slip sideways. . Daze. Daze. idouth, jaws. . Take nctice (abbr.). . Hard-shelled fruit. & 2 . Point of the compass (abbr.). THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 12, 1933 & el v &4 BOYS and . GIRLS PAGE Legend of Lost Cavern Thrilling Story of Adventure Underground Something soft struck her in the face and again she screamed. BY W. BOYCE MORGAN. While accompanying their parents on a motor tri through the South, ith and Jean Parker stop for a day to join Bob Youug in searching for Lost Cavern. According to a legend, the wives and chil- dren of the early settlers in this neighborhood hid in a cave during an Indian attack. men were killed. the entrance to the cave was closed up and only one little girl escaped to tell the story. Neither the cave nor any trace of the women and children has ever been found. Young has searched over much of the neighborhood without success, but, ac- companied by Keith and Jean, he tries once more. Before starting, however, they visit the Young's sture to look after an injured cow, find a small ole, pull away some stones and discover an entrance to a cavern. They lower themselves into it, follow a passage for some 200 feet and come to a bcautiful chamber full of stalactites, stalagmites and gorgeously colored rock formations. Bob feels sure that this is Lost Cavern, and they decide to g0 on with their exploring, undaunted even by the chance that they will come upon the skeletons of the lost women and children. INSTALLMENT IV. ITHOUT {further hesitation they chose the larger of the two passages leading from the chamber and started down it. Again they moved in single file, geing siowly so that Bob could drop a stone chip every few feet. They rounded a sharp angle in the tunnel and suddenly the descent became cdecper. Now they moved with even greater caution, helping each other, making sure of every foothold. They did not know what lay belcw them and a slip might be disastrous. Bob, who was in the lead, uttered an excla- mation and stopped. The others crowded up beside him and Jean flashed the light around. They found themselves in a broad, level passage, as wide as a room and much higher, extending both to the right and the left. Great boulders stood in grotesque positions on the floor and here and there were formations of rugged beauty. stream.” They hurried to the far side of the broad passageway, where Keith had detected the glint of water. There they found a stream several feet wide, flowing gently in a bed of solid rock cut out along the wall. cried Keith. “An underground EAN turned the light down into the water, and utter a gasp of surprise. “Why, there are fish in it!” she exclaimed. And as they peered down they could see dozens of tiny fish, no larger than minnows, but pale in color, darting about in the clear water. “I'll bet they're frightened to death by this light,” said Keith. “They probably have never seen light before.” “I guess it doesn't bother them,” replied Bob, “because they are blind. All the fish in these streams in the caverns are blind. They have lost the use of their eyes by living in pitch darkness for countless generations. And the lizards and spiders in the caves can't see, either ” -“Gee!” marveled Keith. “Imagine living all your life in a place like this. It would be tough, even for a spider.” Jean moved uneasily, and Keith inquired what the matter was. “I was just thinking of those lost women and children,” she said. “Maybe they lived all the rest of their lives down here, too—only they probably didn’t live very long.” Bob did not reply, nor did Keith, but they directed Jean to flash the light up and down the passageway. And now they discovered still another passage, leading off the main one. It was much smaller, and looked as though it might be a continuation of the way they had come. “Supposec we try going along the main pass- age to the left,” Bob suggested. *“That’s up- stream and might lead us back toward the surface.” others agreed, and they started along the rough floor. Bob placed his stone chips even more carefully now, and Jean turned the light constantly from side to side, bringing the wonders of the cavern into view. “This ceiling——" Bob began, and then paused abruptly, while the others started. A hollow echo, thrown back by the walls of the cavern, had repeated Bob's words, and the sound came as a shock to them. But in a moment they were over their fright and were laughing about the incident, while the rock threw back a ghost- ly imitation of their mirth. On they moved, but now. the passage nar- rowed somewhat, and again they had to go in single file. Ahead of them loomed a rock wall, with a huge boulder blocking their path. Bob turned aside, rounded the boulder, found an opening beyond it, and stooped to go through. Jean was only a few feet behind him with the light, but for a moment Bob was in total dark- ness. Then Jean came abreast of him and flashed the light ahcad. Immediately she uttered a piercing scream. In the rays of light she had seen something black whirling straight toward her out of the inky darkness. She flung herself back, but something struck her in the face, and again she screamed. The light was whirling crazily about in her hand, and the air seemed full of black demons darting at them. EITH, just behind her, caught Jean's arm and pulled her backward, with Bob crowd- ing after. Somehow they got back through the opening, and huddled beside the boulder, while Jean leaned against it, trembling as though she were freezing. “What was that?” she gasped, so frightened that she could scarely speak. “What in the world was it?” Bob laughed shakily. “Bats,” he said. “The place was full of them. They were hanging from the walls and flying through the air— literally hundreds of them. I should have been expecting them, but I wasn't, and they scared me plenty!” Jean drew a long, trembling sigh of relief. “Scared!” she echoed. “When that soft, black thing hit my face, I thought I'd die that minute.” “Well, I guess we won't go any farther in that direction,” said Bob. “There’s nothing to do but go back and try the downstream passage.” In the light of the flashlight, Keith gazed anxiously at his sister. She had recovered somewhat from the fright, and smiled bravely, but her lips were still pale and her hand trembled as she held the light. * ul REALLY think we'd better start back pretty soon,” he suggested. “For one thing, we must have been gone several hours already, although it doesn’t seem very long, and I feel like I could eat some lunch. Also, that flashlight battery won't be good forever, and I'd certainly hate to have it go out.” “It’s still strong,” said Jean. “You just think you ought to get me out of here because I was frightened. Well, I won't go! Why, we don’t even know yet whether this is really Lost Cavern or not.” Bob, who had been bending over beside the boulder, straightened up, and his face bore a queer expression. “I guess it's Lost Cavern, all right,” he said gravely. “At any rate, somebody has been here before us, and unless I'm wrong, it was over a hundred years ago.” He stretched forth his hand, and showed them an old-fashioned powder horn from which the metal tip had all but rusted away. (To be continued next Sunday.) CRAFTS JCKES PUZZLES RIDDLES TODAY'S five riddles were sent in by Earline Schexnaydre, and we think they are all pretty good. If you have some you think are as good or better, send them in to the Riddle man, .in care of this newspaper. 1. What does an artist like to draw best? 2. What is the difference between one yard and two yards? 3. What ships seldom go out of sight? 4. What is the difference between a mountain and a pill? 5. What is smaller than an ant's mouth? ANSWERS. 1. His salary. 2. One fence. 3. Hardships. 4. One is hard to get up; the other is hard to get down. 5. What goes in it. Stand for Hockey Clubs YOU will need a stand for use on the ice, particularly when contests are being staged with hockey e¢lubs. The moment you are through with your club, you can lean it up against the stand and keep the handle out of the snow. The stand is made of four 2x4-inch timbers, 26 inches high, and two shorter pieces of 2x4- inch material 16 inches long. Besides this, there is a brace required for holding the legs rigid. This is cut from a piece of plank 2 inches thick and 12 inches square. Notch the top pieces so they will fit together, then nail these cross pieces to the top of the legs and fasten the brace by means of four iag screws which are put in through holes bored through the legs. While this will be just the thing for ice In Winter, you can also use it on the ball dia- mond for supporting your bat during a ball game. It is also suitable for use on a golt course for holding golf clubs upright. Also in a Fog SKED by her teacher to write an essay on London, Little Alice began with the state- ment: “The people of London are very stupid.” Of course, the teacher was much surprised at this information and inquired how the young lady got that idea. Alice replied: “Well, teach, it says in the textbook that the population of London is very dense.” Geogmph y Teacher—Ferdinand, can you tell me any- thing about the shape of the earth? Ferdinand—Only what my father learnea about it in the newspapers. Teacher—Why, what was that? Ferdinand—He says it’s in mighty bad shape right now. Scared to Bath Hobo—Madam, could you lend me a cake of soap? Lady—Soap? What do you want with that? Hobo—Well, Madam, me partner's got de heecups an’ I want to scare him! ANSWERS. 1. Adsms, Pierce, Hayes and Garfield. 2. The diamond is C, rap, ropes, Capital, petal, sol, L. 3. Cleveland, Fillmore, Coolidge and Monroe. 4, Pen-cil. 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