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OF THE SEA
By George E. Walsh
'SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER XII: Tucu tells. Dick
that. he must now show him where
the smuggled Jewels are floating
or die. Taking a desperate chance,
Dick leaps overboard In the storm
and swims back to the schooner.
Tie and Rose kill two Carribs who
had remained on the vessel.
CHAPTER XIII
The shock of the explosion
startled. Dick so that his hands un-
consciously relaxed their grip and
the big Carib rolled from him. He
was so dazed that it took him some
time to realize that Rose had come
to his assistance at the critical mo-
ment, putting the Carib where he
could commit no further deviltry,
with a bullet through his brain.
Captain Bedford had been knock-
ed on the head and left for dead
by the Caribs before they attacked
Rose in the cabin.
They found him hunched up in
the scuppers, where the sea brine
was threatening to finish what the
blow on the head had failed to
do. They carried him to the cabin
and placed him on a bed and, while
Rose worked over him to restore
him to consciousness, Dick quietly
moved the dead bodies of the Car -
ribs and dropped them into the sea.
With this unpleasant task fin-
ished he glanced at the sky before
returning. The scooner was labor-
ing heavily in the sea, rolling and
plunging like an old bull walrus,
every seam groaning under the
strain. The gale was playing havoc.
with what was left of the sails and
rigging.
* * *
"This means her finish," he mut-
tered. "She can never ride through
a second storm."
He returned to the cabin where
Rose had partly revived her father
through the liberal use of his favor-
ite stimulant. He was far from be-
ing dead. It took more than a
Carib's bludgeon to kill the doughty
New England skipper, born and
bred on the water, giving and re-
ceiving blows as a part of his daily
fife for half a century or more.
Rose glanced up at his entrance
and smiled.
"He'll recover," she said simply.
Dick nodded gravely, but did not
return the smile. IIe was worried,
.and could not conceal the fact from
her.
"What're we ,going to do?" he
asked. "The schooner is rocking
and shaking like an old man with
the ague. She'll never hold together
until morning."
"The Betty of New London,"
she replied slowly, a gleans of pride
in her face "was built in the days
when ships were made to hold to-
gether and not fall apart in the
first storm. Her keel's of hard
white oak, and her ribs of the best
hackmatack. She'll ride through
this storm as she did the other."
"We'll pull through," he said,
"but it's going to be a narrow
squeeze. The wind's blowing great
guns, and the seas are playing the
devil with the wreckage—using it
as a ram to batter in the sides."
"Yes, but we can stop that. Were
you ever a sailor?"
* * *,
Dick shook his head. "Nothing
bt': an amateur. T could sail a
yacht, and maybe qualify for a sec-
ond-rate seaman. That's about all."
"Then I'll take command," she
replied quietly. "You'll take orders
from me?"
"Aye? Aye! At your service, Cap-
tain Rose!"
He touched his forehead in sal-
ute and clicked his heels in . true
military form. Her face was very
rave, not a flicker of a smile light -
Ing it up.
"It's going to be a hard night
for both of us," she went on. "We
can't raise any of the sails, and
if we could the wind would blow
them to tatters. But the schooner's
wallowing broadside to the waves.
We must stop that or we'll go
under."
"Quite right, Captain. But how
are we going to do it? She won't
obdy her rudder with any sail."
"No," she answered shortly. "But
there's that wreckage. It may save
us yet. We must get axes and
clear it away before its too late."
"Aye! Aye, Captatn. But you
mustn't risk your lite In that work.
Let me do it."
* * *
She made no reply, but began
pulling an oiled slicker over her
shoulders, nodding to Dick to do
the same. She selected two stout
axes from a rack, and after hand-
ing one to him started for the
companion. Dick started to pro-
test. "This isn't your work, Rose.
Leave it to me. I'll follow orders."
"Then do as I do," she replied.
curtly.
Her plan was simple in explana-
tion but difficult of execution. The
schooner was wallowing loggily in
the seas, half buried at times by
the brine, but the crash of the
wreckage against the outboard was
the most alarming thing. It threat-
ened to smash the bulwarks and
shiver the timbers of the hulk to
splinters. Either that had to be
removed or the Betty was doomed.
But Rose's idea was to use the
thing that menaced their lives for
saving- the schooner. By cutting
it loose from the side, and fasten-
ing it with tow lines, the wind and
waves would convert It into a sea
anchor.
Dick attacked the wreckage near-
est him with his axe.
"Make your lines fast first," she
cried, intercepting him, "or we'll
lose it."
* * *
The sodden mass of sails, spars
and rigging were held to the side
by innumerable rt,pes which if cut
would immediately release it. They
were securely lashed to the broken
half of the main trunk, whose butt
end was slamming against the bul-
warks with every heave of the sea.
Their inner ends were caught in
the shrouds, but slack enough for
Dick to unloosen them.•
Fighting his way through the
roaring gray -backs, he climbed into
the shrouds and began unweaving
them from their tangled hold. Back
and forth the schooner rolled,
lurching so heavily that it seemed
a miracle he was not flung outward
into the boiling mass of green
waters.
Dick finally secured one loose
end, and made his way to the deck.
Rose seized it, and throwing it over
her shoulders walked to the for-
ward towing bitts. By the time
she had fastened and returned, Dick
had another for her.
"Let me carry it," he shouted
above the storm, his fear that she
might injure herself or be washed
overboard uppermost in his mind.
* * *
She shook her head andpointed
to a .third line. Grumblingly, Dick
took his orders, and leaped into
the shrouds the third time. Spent
and gasping, he waited a moment,
to get his,breath, and then throw-
ing the end over his own shoulders,
he carried it forward.
Witlr three slack lines running
from the mass of wreckage to the
forward towing bitts, they were
ready to cut away the rigging that
held the battering ram in position.
They hacked steadily at ropes and
wire, rigging, cutting in water some-
times a foot deep. They were
drenched to the skin, and nearly
exht usted when alt but a single
line was severed.
Rose raised her axe to cut this.
Dick seeing her danger shouted to
her, but she did not 'hear. The
rope parted with a loud snap and
writhing and twisting like a sea
serpent, it struck up and caught the
girl as if it had been the tentacle
of an octopus. Dick saw her stag-
ger under the blow, fall to the
deck, and then with the rope twist-
ed around her site was carried over-
board as the released wreckage
brought the line taut.
One horrified glance, and he was
after her, plunging recklessly into
the green brine. In his leap he
caught the slack end of a short
rope and clung to it. With his
other hand he clutched her skirts.
(To Be Continued)
How Can l?
By Anne Ashley
Q. ,How can 'I remove a glass
stopper from a bottle without
breaking it, - when every method
seems unavailing?
A. Pour a little glycerine
around the neck of the stopper,
and let it stand until it lifts 'out
easily. This may require a half-
hour or sometimes a day _or. two.
Q. c $ow can I relieve the pitch.
of new shoes?
A. Wring a cloth from Biot
water and lay it across the tight
spot whilethe shoe is on the foot,.
changing as it cools. This: --will
make the leather -shape • to the
Q. How can I remove var-
nish stains from goods?
A. Ruh the spot with tur-'
pentine or benzine, then wash the
goods thoroughly,
Q. How can I- leave house
plants for several days, so that
they will not dry up?
A. Place a number of bricks
in a tub, set the flower potson
the. bricks, and pour in water to
cover the bricks. The plants will
draw sufficient moisture.
Q. How can I give canned
goods a better flavor?
A. Always open canned fruits
and vegetables a few hours . be-
fore using, if possible, and the fla-
vorwill be far better than when
used immediately after opening.
"No Soap" Now
A Literal Truth
"No soapl" isn't just a slang ex:
pression.
Housewives for some time have
been complaining about the lack of
soap flakes ar.d laundry soap, but
a new quirk has been developing
the last week or so. Not only are
there no soap flakes, soap powders.
soap chips and soap for washing
out the family lines, but now ordin-
ary soap for washing hands and
faces is vanishing, too.
Hand soap bins in both big and
little grocery stores are gaping like
wide open mouths with nothing in
them. The well-known brands have
vanished almost completely, and
even those that have never been
seen before are being snapped up,
"Havn't you any hand soap ev-
en?" the manager of one store was
asked.
"Hand soap?" he asked. And that
was the end to that conversation.
Housewives are reported com-
pletely stymied now. Some of them,
caught onto the knack of cutting
shavings from bar soap for wash-
ing out their silks and rayons, It
was a lot of work but it did help.
If there's no bar soap either,
they're wondering if they're going
to have their own fats and ashes
and make some of their own.
There is also the problem of the
necks and ears of their young off-
spring. It looks to them as if the
atom age is going to produce a
dirty -faced generation,
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ISSUE 46-1940
"R+F,~SS AUSTRAiLIA" ARRIVES IN CANADA'
Miss Rhondda Kelly, 20 -year-old "Miss Australia", was welcomed
in Toronto, first stop' in her Canadian tour, by "Miss Canada" who
presented her with a bouquet of Canadian Roses. "Miss Canada" in
turn received a corsage of Australian orchids flown to this continent
by the "Truculent Turtle", which set a record on a non-stop flight
from Perth, Australia, to Columbus, O. "Miss Australia" arrives
in Vancouver on Nov. 23 where she will embark for Australia.
1 Sunday School Lesson
How Christ Changes People
Acts 17:1-7; 1 Thess. 1:2-8
Golden Text:—"Be not weary in
well -doing," -1 Thess. 3:13. .
Paul's Procedure
Paul had at this time a uniform
mode of procedure: first, he began
with the Jews at their regular
place of meeting, the synagogue.
Second, he made use of the Sab-
bath Day, the regular Jewish day
of assembly. Those already
Christians met on the first day of,
the week for, their own distinctive
service. In order to reach the
Jews, Paul wisely made use of
their day, as missionaries among
the Jews still do. Third, "he rea-
soned with them from the Scrip-
tures." Nothing else has the pow-
er to convince and regenerate men
that the Nord of God has. •
The True Jesus
In his preaching, Paul empha-
sized three points: (1) The Christ
must suffer because we have sinn-
ed, and are therefore under the
curse of the broken law of God
and He must suffer even unto the
death by crucifxiot. to redeem us
from that curse by taking the
curse upon Himself. (2) The.
Christ must "rise again from the
dead," This, too, he proved from
the Old Testament as Peter, did.
on Pentecost. (3) That "this Je-
sus Whom I proclaim unto you is
the Christ." There are many in
these days who wish to substitute
some other Jesus for the One
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Whom Paul preached, some Jesus
of their own conception and not
the actual historic Jesus.
Those who believed threw in
their lot with Paul and Silas; true
converts always seek the society of
other Christians. But the gospel
caused division in Thessalonica;
union of believers, division be-
tween believers and the world.
Paul's success aroused the envy of
the Jews.
The Gospel Victorious
A church was fashioned out of
the raw material of the pagans of
Thessalonica, as they were con-
verted under the effective preach-
ing of Paul. After they were re-
generated by the Holy Spirit, they
lived nobly and true for Christ.
They were now complimented by
Paul for their "work of faith,"
"their labor of love," "their pa-
tience of hope." These former
pagans now knew they were born
of God and therefore the eternal
children of God.
The Thessalonians soon devel-
oped into saints. They suffered,
but through all their suffering
they came to know Jesus better.
From points which they person-
ally evangelized the gospel further
spread through the outlying dis-
tricts. Their faith in God had thus
gone forth until it resounded far
and wide throughout that section
of Southern Europe.
Modern Etiquette
By Roberta Les
1. Is, it necessary fora we,.
man to rise from her chair when
acknowledging an introduction? ;
2. How long should a business
caller remain when 'making a busi-
ness call?
3. Is there any difference In
the arrangement' of the table for
a formal dinner and an informal
one?
3. Is it considered good Corm
to use the letters "R S V.P." on
invitations?
5. Is it all right for a girl • to
invite her escort into her home
after returning late at night front
some party, . dance, or the theatre?
0. Does the clergyman receive
a fee and how much?
Answers
1. It is not necessary unless
she wishes to show special res-
pect to an elderly man or woman,
or to some celebrity. 2. Not one
minute longer than the time re-
quired to state his business and
secure an answer. 3. No; only
for an informal dinned the center-
piece is not so large or elaborate.
A bowl of fruit or flowers is alt
that is necessary. 4. While this -
is often done, it is really a reflec-
tion on a well-bred person who
knows enough to acknowledge an
invitation without being requested
to do so. 5. According to the
rules of etiquette, she should not
'do so. 6. Yes; the amount de-
pends
o-pends entirely upon the means of
the family.
The mechanism of Big Ben, giant
London clock, includes a 13,A -foot
pendulum and numerals two feet
high.
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