Judge — January 10, 1931 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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“Where the Young Men’s Feet Are Turning” (Continued from page 10) I'll stroll on ahead—might stir up a partridge. Just take it easy.” Simon added his cautions on this score, then crooked the under his arm and helped boost the canoe up on to my shoulders, where it left a ridge I shall carry to the grave. He hurried off after Sanford. It was the worst half mile I shall ever know. Its agony was not less- ened by the distant thuds of the guns, and the faint, triumphant cries. At st, with the lake in sight, I slipped and crashed. Sanford panted up. “Gosh,” he exclaimed, “you might have broken a rib.” “Maybe I did,” I gasped. “It cer- Is like it.” meant one of the canoe’s ribs. We'd have had a nice walk if you had, all right, ch, Simon?” Simon nodded at me reproachfully. “Five mile, mebbe six.” Sanford held up two partridges. “Pretty good, heh? Show him how to clean rd, Simon. Once you learn, you never forget.” “Wait a minute,” I interrupted, pulling my neck out from between the thwarts. I was frightened, but a whole weck of fearsome possibilities scourged me on. Sanford and the guide exchanged puzzled glances. I drew a long breath. “There seems to a misunderstanding. 1 want to do my share on this trip, and no more. I'm not figuring on being a guide, ever. I don’t care about pad- dling bow, or carrying, or making a fire with two sticks. And I don’t want to see my food until it’s on my plate y to eat. What's more—" don’t want to be a real “T'll teach you to cast,” wheedled Sanford. “Cast yourself,” I sat down on a rock. “I'll watch Simon fix the par- tridges.”. With a discouraged air, the guide picked them up. Sanford shook his head, selected a rod, and moved off along the shore. He tried once more. “You'll never get in any kind of shape, just sitting around. “T know it,” I said. ‘All I aim to do now is to get home and—when my time comes—to die quietly in a big bed, surrounded by doctors.” He muttered “tech, teh, teh” and disappeared behind some hemlocks. Simon cleaned the birds, lighted a fire, but didn’t seem to get any fun out of it. Then, his eye falling on his pack, he opened it and tried on my boots. They seemed to fit, and presently he was whistling as his knife dripped expert curlycues of potato-peelings on the ground THE STEADY SCIENTIVIC PROGRESS OF THE BELL LABORATORIES SHOWS IN THE EVER-INCREASING QUALITY AND SCOPE OF YOUR TELEPHONE SERVICE To clear all barriers for the human voice An Advertisement of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company Bext Terernone Lasoratortes, In- The steady scientific progress of the corporated, is the scene of a progres- Bell Laboratories shows in the ever- sive conquest of natural forces that increasing quality and scope of your aims to let you speak clearly, quickly telephone service. Its new develop- and cheaply to any one, anywhere in ments in every type of equipment the land and even to distant coun- clarify and speed up your telephone tries. More than 5000 scientists and talks and give you more and better assistants are busy there and else- service at low rates. Every advance where in the Bell System studying it makes is available throughout the the problems of sound transmission. Bell Syster Its work is the growing foundation of The Bell System is an American in- the telephone art; and it has, besides, _ stitution owned by more than 500,000 helped to make possible the radio, stockholders. It places before you the sound pictures and special apparatus _ benefits of its technical achievements for the medical profession. and the co-ordinated efforts of more Among its achievements are the than 400,000 trained workers. It underground cables which make accepts its responsibility to further city telephone service possible, the development and welfare of the better and faster long dis- nation by furnishing the public tance service, service to ships SR the best of telephone service at at sea, and to millions of (/ the least cost consistent with telephones beyond the seas. i financial safety. LENZ SOLUTIONS OF PROBLEMS IN $22,000.00 BRIDGE CONTEST START JANUARY 17th JUDGE * comicbooks.com