Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1935, Page 65

ories—Sports— Games The Fi re Bug A Thrilling Adventure of Ronnie and Hicky BY W. BOYCE MORGAN. Ronnie Duncan and George Hickman 6 to Coon Lake to spend a week with b Emily Mills. They reach the lake at night and stop along the lake because of a blowout. While Ronnie is looking for a telephone, he discovers & n Ore. with a man running sway from it. He burns his hands in fighti: the blaze. This is the second fire at the colony in_a week. and residents begin to think fire bug is starting them. The next morning. When they return to repair the tire a seedy individual named Charlie Coverley gives them a match. and Ronnie is suspicious of him. But Herb says Charlie has been around the colony for years and is harmless. A few nights later. after & day on the lake. they are sitting before the fireplace in the Mills cottage when Emily and Ronnie see a mad. distorted | face at the window. The boys race oui- gide. but can't ind the intruder. Because y fear it is the fire bug they decide to watch that ¢ Herd takes the | Fhouts the alarm ‘and Taces toward the | burning cottage. INSTALLMENT IV. IGHTS flashed on in the Mills cottage behind him as Hickey | raced over the ground to the Ruth cottage. Already the | flames were mounting to the | roof of the front veranda, and the high wind was fanning them fiercely. Hicky took a deep breath and plunged into the fire. He stumbled up on the front porch and hammered | frantically on the front door, shouting ! Suddenly his heart almost stopped. “He can't have followed me in there!” They stumbled toward the rear of | the cottage. Just as they turned the | corner, they saw Ronnie plunge into € | the back door, disappearing into the eddying smoke. | “Ronnie!” screamed Hicky. Then | he saw Mrs. Mills' face. She was Jscandmg nearby, and she looked as though she were about to faint. “Herb's in there!” she moaned. HICKY raced toward the burning building. Dragging his handker- chief from a hip pocket, he wrapped it around his face, covering his mouth and nose. He leaped to the back porch and plunged through the door, dropping to the fioor immediately. He scrambled frantically across the smok- ing boards to the dining room. There he found Ronnie, gasping and half unconscious from the smoke, trying desperately to drag Herb toward safety. Hicky crawled to them, while he could almost feel his skin crack- ing from the effects of the terrific heat. He grabbed Ronnie fiercely, sent him stumbling toward the door. Then he picked up Herb's limp body, swung it over his shoulder, and stum- THERE HE FOUND RONNIE TRYING DESPERATELY TO DRAG HERB TOWARD SAFETY. his warning of fire at the top of his | lungs. | The Ruth cottage was a broad, one- | story building. Hicky was unable to bear the heat of the flames on the porch. He staggered out and raced around to the back door. It was locked. | He raised his foot and kicked at the | lock, then flung the weight of his body | egainst the door. It crashed in. | He heafd frantic voices inside the | cottage. As he entered the kitchen, an elderly woman with a robe clutched | about her, stumbled through from the front of the house. She was carrying a little boy of about 6 years in her arms. “My daughter!” she screamed. ‘And my granddaughter! “I'll get them!” Hicky cried. He| knew that this woman was Mrs. Ruth’s mother. Mrs. Ruth and her little girl, Grace, were evidently still in the front of the house. He plunged bled back across the kitchen to the door and safety. Ronine was groggy but uninjured. Herb’s clothes were smoking. They laid him ocut on the grass, and Mrs. Mills and Emily began to bathe his face. Maj. Webb appeared, took in the situation, and raced to a tele- phone to call the doctor in Lake End. Herb groaned, opened his eyes, smiled wanly in the weird light from the mounting flames. - Hicky uttered sighs of relief. turned and hunted a place to st down. Then Ronnie grabbed Hicky's arm, squeezing it tensely. He pointed to the Mills cottage, a hundred yards | away. In the glare of the fire they could see a dim form stealing toward the front porch. “The fire bug!” roared Hicky. “Let’s get him!™ To be concluded next Sunday. Ronnie and’! They | : THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, is twice as much fun if you know how to dive well. It isn't hard to learn, and it is per- fectly safe if you use discretion and common sense. Before diving into unknown water, make sure that it is deep enough for diving, and that there are no sub- merged rocks, roots or branches to injure you. Always keep your eyes | open when diving, both while you are in the air and after you enter the | water. You will instinctively close them, of course, at the moment of impact. The hardest thing about learning to dive is making your first attempt, but the only reason it requires so much nerve is that you lack confi- dence in yourself. Here's an easy Swmumu in river, lake or pool or the edge of the pool and fix your ‘eyes on a spot about 5 feet out in ‘the water. Bend forward slightly, | stretching your arms in front of you, hands together, palms down. | Now extend one leg up in back as far as it will go, meanwhile bending forward still further. Finally you will | lose your balance and go in head first. | leg up. 1If you follow this method, you | will avold landing flat, and the first | dive will be comparatively easy. TH! secret of a neat dive is to enter the water cleanly, with as little splash as possible. It is not neces- sary to go deep, although a completely splashless dive requires some depth. After your first attempt has given you confidence, you can practice standing dives for some time, until you can perform them well. In this practice, stand on the edge of the platform with the toes over the edge. The hands should be at the sides. Lean slightly forward, then spring up and out. Swing the arms up, hands together and palms down. pends on the way you hold your head. body will follow, and your legs will go over too fyr, causing an awkwe.d splash. Keep your legs straight, with your feet oecther and your toes pointed. After you have learned this simple dive you can start on some of the ordinary stunts from a springboard. tion that make a good diver, so if you want to acquire real skill, make up your mind to stick to it. or compulsory in swimming meets are the plain front or swan dive, the and the back jackknife. Tfl’x swan dive is a pretty stunt, especially from a high board. |up front horizontally, then, as you rise, quickly bring the arms to side horizontal, getting a good arch. Keep the entire body arched throughout the dive until just before you strike the water, when the arms are brought togetieer in front. The body follows through in a straight line, entering the water head first. Keep the body relaxed all through the dive. The Back Dive. The back - dive is. simple, although it is sometimes hard for the beginner way to start: Stand on the platform | | It may help to have a friend hold your | The way you enter the water de- | If you bend it forward too far, the | Steady practice is necessary to de- | velop the confidence and co-ordina- | The four dives which are required | plain back dive, the front jackknife | Get a good spring, throw the arms | D. C., JUNE- 16, Y2l N\l il g R e 22N W TAKING YOUR FIRST DIVE. to master because he can't see where he is going. Stand on the edge of the board on the balls of your feet, facing in. With your arms at your sides, spring up and a little back. Swing your arms up front, horizontal to vertical. Remember that the position of your head determines your direction. If | you throw it back too far, your body will turn over too far; if not far enough, you will land on your back. | Hold a high arch all through the | dive, as this is what makes the stunt | pretty. e | If you land flat on any dive, don't be discouraged, bul try again. You IN THE JACKKNIFE POSITION. can't learn anything worth while without some difficulty. THE front jackknife is & valuable dive because it teaches you not to | performed from either & two-foot springboard or, better still, a high board. The higher the board the more time you have to open up and the easier the dive becomes. Spring straight up, rather than out. throwing your arms up to get added height. When the highest point of HOW THE PLAIN*FRONT DIVE IS COMPLETED. the spring is reached bend your body forward, touching the toes with the | finger tips. This puts your body in | | the jackknife position from which the | dive gets its name. Keep this position as long as pos- | sible, holding the knees straight. Then | gradually open up with the body re- | laxed and enter the water head first with the body in a straight line. Be sure not to throw the feet back. You should hit the water not more than six feet from the end of the springboard. The back jackknife looks difficult, 1935—PART FOUR, Crafts—Jokes— Puzzles Napoleon’s Bees | ; i v | L OUR puzzles this week are all about birds. Guess this one for a - | starter, Four Kinds A Real Feed. Johnny, age 6, had been the guest of honor at a party the day before, and one of his little friends was re- garding him enviously. “How was it?” he asked. “Did you have a good time?” “Did I!” was the emphatic answer. “I ain’t hungry yet!” e Really Bad. “How is your insomnia?” “Worse than ever. Now I can't even sleep when it's time to get up.” TB tion business en profusely over the imperial robes. e 10 Per Cent in Transport. extent to which the transporta- ters into the em- forms of transportation. Fun at Home | | I YOUR mother has a number ot | 1} old flower pots that are not in | use, ask her to allow you to arrange them on a long pole or frame for a novelty musical chime set. If the | pots are carefully selected you will | have & musical instrument that will cause a big. melodious surprise among your friends, or when it is played upon at some school entertainment. Wire and place thru drainage hole Sor cross anchor Flower Pot Musical Chimes.|nall I‘l a e BY RAY J. MARRAN. prece o¥ JDroormstick padded With simple musical Hang the pots upside down from |can be ??ié throw your feet back too far, a com- | but it isn't s hard if you just remem- | wires placed through the drainage | be enecountered when assembling the mon fault of beginners. High Lights of History— @o Hanueal mSPAIN (218 B.CD) CAME NEWS THAT ROME HAD Hannibal Crosses the Alps —By J. Carroll Mansfield OuCE SOUTH OF HE ALPS OUR It can be | ber to spring back far enough. It can |hole in the bottom, using a large | chime rack for a public performance. o Birxds A bird forms the center of & word diamond. The second line is rever- ential fear, the third is jewels, the fifth is & girl's name, and the sixth is s male child. Form the diamond. Here are more birds, with the let- ters disarranged, Don't let them baf- Behead a class of birds and get a wise bird. Behead what crows eat and get what the farmer needs. —— Even the cross-word puzzle has the names of several birds in it. WATCH THE BIRDIE! The definitions: HORIZONTAL. 2. Red-breasted bird. 6. Where birds fiy. 8. A noisy bird. through the thickening smoke into the dining room. The glare of the rising | flames gave him some light, but the smoke made his eyes smart, and he could hardly see. FRAENDS , THE GAULS, WiLL HELP US WITH FOOD AND MEN AGAINST DECLARED WAR ON CARTHAGE AND WAS PLANNING TO INVADE AFRICA. THE GREAT CARTHAGINIAN GENERAL AT ONCE RESOLVED TO DRAW OFF THIS ATTACK BY CARRYING THE WAR INTO [TALY AND THREATENING ROME 10. Right (abbr.). 11. Cents (abbr.). 13. 1 Small, brown birds. Brazilian city. Paper signed in evidence of debt. Cleaned with a broom. Campfire Stories por R S 14 16. 17, 19. BY EL COMANCHO. TH‘B dining room opened into a i 4 larger room, and beyond it Hicky dimly made out the porch, now a mass of roaring flames. Already the | fire had eaten through the fiimsy front | wall of the house, and the heat in the living room was intense. He dropped to his knees and scrambled across the | floor toward the bed rooms on the | other side of the house. The first one he entered was empty. | By the time he came out, the living | room was a furnace, and the smoke | was choking. He started into the second bed room. Just inside the door he stumbled over a huddled form. It was Mrs. Ruth. | He slammed the bed room door be- | hind him to keep out part of the smoke. Bending down, he caught the | woman in his arms and picked her up. He stumbled to the open win- dow. There was a screen in it. Hicky laid the woman on the bed and kicked the screen out with two mighty kicks. ‘Then he heard shouts outside the window. He saw dim forms running | toward him. Eager nands reached up a8 he passed the woman's inert body girl’s still in here!” he . “I'll get her.” ‘When he opened the door to the hall a blast of searing air struck him. He gaspad and dropped to the floor. | It was raging hot to his hands, but he crawled along the hall to still an- | other and smaller room beyond. As he entered it, his eves straining | through the choking smoke, he heard & whimper. out. “The little seid hoarsely. E DIMLY made out a small bed in one corner of the room. He plunged toward the window, kicked out the screen, then gathered the cment he lay gasping, while bent above him anxiously. he sat up. " 11 right,” he breathed. “Just & little smoke in my throat. Are they all out?” % “Yes!” somebody cried. “Everybody is safe.” Hicky eot to his feet. was a roaring mass of flames now. Only a small part of the building at the beck door was still clear. People were dashing excitedly about. They had started carrying water from the lake, but almost immediately saw that it was hopeless. Hicky started toward the rear of the cottage. Then suddenly Emily dashed up to him, her eyes wide with terror. < +Hicky!” she gasped. “Where's Herb? Ronnle is around back, but 1 can't find Herb. Is he around here?” . “I haven't seen him,” Hicky cried. sf The cottage When the Forest Burned. NUMBER of years ago I was in the Flathead Lake country doing some work among the Blackfoot In- dians for the Great Northern Rail- road. This work took me over the country that is now Glacier Park. One afternoon I worked up along the slopes that came down from what is now celled Gunsight Pass. For several heurs I had noticed a thin blue haze over the high peaks, but had thought nothing of it except that a storm was probably on its way east from the Pacific Coast, and that it would probably be raining by tomor- row. I.had a pack train of horses to carry my outfit and was camping out all the time, so I had to take the weather as I found it, and storms made little difference in my daily life. But when I reached the divide, not far from Gunsight Pass, 1 met a high wind from the west which was carry- ing the smoke from a big timber fire on the west side of the peaks. Below me the whole side of the mountain was a red, roaring furnace. The hot wind from ihe burning tim- ber ran up the mountain faster than I could climb away. The country was very steep and rugged behind me, and I wanted to go forward, so I followed the high divide around to the right until I reached a ridge that ran down toward Lake McDonald. This seemed a safe route around the fire, so I started down. I had gone perhaps 2 miles when the wind, which had been blowing from the west, suddenly veered to the south and started the fire straight up the steep slopes toward me. Within 10 minutes the smoke was thick and choking and I had to do something quickly or my horses and I would be impassable canyons, and down I worked out below clear air. Soon I found an trail which I followed to0 & small \ bR ; 1 LEAVING HIS BROTHER HASDRUBAL TO GUARD SPAIN, HANNIBAL WITH SOME 60,000 SOLDIERS AND NUMERQOUS WAR ELEPHANTS SET OUT ON WHAT WAS DESTINED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST MARCHING SWIFTLY, HANNIBAL LED THE CARTHAGINIAN ARMY OVEQ THE PYRENEES INTO GAUL., CROSSED THE RHONE AND SOON REACHED THE TOWERING ALPS THAT BARRED THE WAY TO ITALY + - ... FON (B Z >4, i/ H BowbLy HANNIBAL AND HIS MEN TOILED UP THE SNOW- CAPPED RIDGES. THOUGH T WAS STILL SUMMER, SNOW HAD FALLEN IN THE PASSES AND g'r LAST HANNIBAL DESCENDED INTO THE SMILING VALLEY OF THE PO. ITALY,HIS GOAL LAY JUST AHEAD, BUT HE HAD LOST MANY HARDSHIPS AND PERILS BESET THE CARTHAGINIANS ... 0s0e 7, [ [Bovs aw GIRLS i ms‘\.\‘;omv OVER . ANGERED BY THIS INVASION OF THEIR DOMAIN, THE SAVAGE ALPINE MOUNTAINEERS DISLODGED GREAT BOULDERS AND SENT AVALANCHES OF ROCK CRASHING DOWN UPON THE HEADS OF THE CARTHAGINIANS. R HiGH IN THE MOUNTAINS THE QOCKY PATH WAS SNOWY ANP COATED WITH ICE -~ ON THIS TREACHEROUS FOOTING MEN ,HORSES AND ELE- PHANTS SLIPPED AND FELL OVER STEEP PRECIPICES <. vovvee HALF HIS ARMY -2/ THE THIRD LARGEST ISLAND IN THE WORLD, AREA 310,000 SQUARE MILES ,-LYING MILES NORTH OF AUSTRALIA ---+ THE WESTEQN PART OF THE ISLAND 1S A DUTCH PROVINCE ; THE EASTERN TERRITORIES ARE UNDER AUSTRALIAN MANDATE .....c.0 @ HE 1SLAND 1S ABOUT 1500 MILES LONG AND 430 MILES ACROSS AT ITS WIDEST PART. THE CLIMATE 1S HOT, BUT THERE D). 1935, 7 Gannou Mawsrimip. 1,000,000.THEY ARE A DARK-SKINNED RACE ,RELATED TO THE AFRICAN NEGRO. THE NATIVES ARE GOOP- NATURED, BUT REGARDED AS “TDANGEROUS , DUE TO THEIR MANY SUPERSTITIOUS PRACTISES, WHICH MAKE THEM DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH. MANY KINDS OF BEAUTIFUL BIRDS, - AMONG THEM THE BIRD OF PARADISE. . Indefinite article. Saint (fem. abbr.). Greek letter, To court. Wise bird. c o el VERTICAL. . Bird with & sweet song. . Railroad (abbr.). . Chew. ., Xastern State (abbr.). 22, 24, 25. 26. 28. 29. . The Badger State (abbr.). . Drunken person. . A bird of prey. . English school. . Water bird. . Negative. . Point of the compass. .. g to. . Exclamation. ANSWERS. 1. Crane, swallow, canary and gold- finch. 2. The diamond is 8, awe, opals, swallow, Ellen, son, W. 3. Nightingale, cardinal, bluebird and woodpecker. 4. F-owl. G-rain. Sharpen up your wits! Here are five riddles that are tricky enough to fool any one. 1, What is smoked in Alaska?— James Mannis. 2. How do you know a spider likes to write?—Eileen Mannis. 3. When is a dog most likely to enter & bungalow?—Walter Malmborg. 4. What's between Heaven and earth, and it's not a tree; I've told you, now you tell me—Mabel Redding 2. Because it drops a line at the door is open. . 5. Because he on the