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Storm Country Polly by Grace Miller White

CopTTl*ht br U<d«, Browo A Co.

"God. kid," be growled, joa dual Mem human no more. It'a all m <1—d terrible I'm gettln' hauote<l. If you change j-our mind. Poll, an' not kill A gurgling tools* came from under the pillows an the cot, and aa If an unseen hand were pushing her forward, Pollyop strode to the bed and Jerked «w«r the small feather tick*. Breljn'* eyas sought out the squat Loan In mute pleading. Polly and gray with horror at her a attitude, Larry slunk to the "I guess this ain't none of my business." he mumbled, aifrt opening It, be fled as If pursued by a rindlctire spirit at the Storm country. .Again with swift, long stride* the girt went to the door and barred It. Wien with utmost deliberation she lighted several other candles and set them In different pens or the hut until s flood of light was diffused through the ro*m. |A long deep sigh fell from her Ups •• she finished her task. She granted ■ee every wave of pain that shot •croai Evelyn UacKentie's pallid

CRYSTAL DETECTOR EASY TO CONSTRUCT Telephone Condenser and Receivers Can Better Be Purchased—Mounting the Set The material neoded to construct a simple crystal detector la as follows: Piece of rillcoo or galena molded In * metal button, 25 cents. Two binding posts. SO cent*. A block of shellacked pr stained wood S by 8V4 Inches.

meota, tbs tuner, tbs crystal detector and tbs telephone condenser, can be mounted on a stained haee of wood, say. eight Inches square and one-half inch thick. This will keep the component parts of the set together, making a compact unit of the whole and also be advantageous In that It will bold the Instruments while adjustments are being made. The sketch shows how the Instruments are connected with each other and to the ground. The condenser Is connected to one side of the tuner and to the crystal detector. The ground Is connected to the other side of the phones and the condenser and the

liner.

Lamp cord U excellent for connecting up small radio seta of this kind— It being a good conductor, well mao- ‘ ted and easy to handle.

HOW TO LISTEN IN

There are tw *> variables In our radio celver that require edjustment when It Is desired to llsten-ln; first, the detector, and second, the slide position on the tuner. Once the slider position has been determined for any

ttlng station. It la only adjust the detector to

pick up that same station again. To opethte the receiver for the Brat

it la best to wait i

of fine springy copper or brass wire. | station like KDKA is transmitting beBy placing the button of metal coo- tween 8 JO and 8 JO p. m. Then ad-

Tie explanation of several characteristics of these miniature giants " ra met with In daily operation to prove of great Interest to teur. In tasee where the acof the

Jtwt the detector by changing the point at which the spring and crystal of the detector make contact until, when a nearby electric light is snapped on and off. a dick Is heard to the bead phone* The detector Is now a aecsltiv- spot oo the crystal By changing the slider position. the transmitting station should be picked up. After a station Is ooce picked up It Is an easy matter to adjust the detector and slider position until tnaxlresponwe U obtained In the telophooe receiver. With a simple set of the kind described In this and precedUg artides and a I a given station, derived from Usteolng-tq la usually •rati worth the time spent and the

TIBS TO THE RADIOI8T Fired 22 caliber rifle shells make good switch points for tuning coda and receiving transformers A single wire aerial 100 to 150 feet long is so AS elect for local and long distance reception of broadcasting stations Do not string aertsls across

wire* Keep antenna wires off electric light and tekphone

tain. Berk behind a few i a little natter women had given bar. She hud kept It against Daddy Hopkins’ bom*-coming and for Jerry, too— perhap* With woeful, ha-caught sob* she poured half of It into the cup. Then she crossed to Evelyn and picked

don't squeal, or I'll si quick to your first man •till! This'll hurt s Mt!” (TO BE CONTI* LIEU ) Net a Second Time. What a man he* done you can do. But those who have been duoe you cant do so easily.

One instance of a newborn fan's fright wx* brought to attention in a letter of taquby. TV LDStrumau had Just been set up and was' being opsr at ad fra- the first time. The tubes had been firmly adjusted and were Just at the spilling point and—over they went, t unearthly

explode. He Jumped «way from the Instrument and out of the room. dM not ventara near It 2er several

round the comer of the dpor with a long stick and trailing the battery

swttck off.

have come to generate variseed vapor* in the vacuum chamber.

Good ccntaet with a piece of mineral like galena can be had by wrapping It In tlnfoU. Of coura* the top of the crystal Is left exposed. The brass ends of large cartridge shells . crystal detector should be cleaned out thoroughly before they are used. •

knowledge la the

Revenue officer, seeking distillers of the far-fsmod and hardhitting “white Hghmia'“ In (hr mount*Ids of r

few month* have proves l aL dW- to the adoption of rat as a mean* of i

In winding toning coll* with bare wire a thread should bo wound on with the wire. This

the coil 1- finished the thread can be taken off. Hheil*.- should be applied Immediately. Wban the shellac la dry the cuppsr —- will hold -