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TSA
TREASU RE
OF THE SEA
By George E. Walsh
CHA1'TEItt XIV: The schooner
rides out the storm, They make
plans to rig up a small sail, or that
.failing,to build a raft :and escape
before Tuou can return and capture
them.
CHAPTER XV
When morning dawned they
crept on deck, wan, pale and ex-
hausted, but happy. A quick glance
around the horizon revealed the
presence of no ship. The Lugger
had disappeared.
"I hope she went down in the
storm," murmured Rose, smiling
wickedly.
"No such luck, I'm afraid. Trust
old Tucu to save his skin. But if
he doesn't return 1 won't hick."
"He will," replied Rose with
conviction. "He'll come back to
seize the schooner."
"Then we must get away. How
long"—glancing at the top of the
forward utast—"would it take to
rig up a sail?"
She smiled and shook her head.
"We couldn't do it in a month just
by ourselves."
She surveyed the wreckage aloft
with critical eyes. "If we could get
up a jib," she mused, 'lust enough
canvas to steer by, we might lay
our course for land, if we knew
which way it was."
Rose was quiet, staring across
the heaving surface of the ocean.
"What is it?" he inquired, ad-
vancing- to her side." What do you
see?"
"I don't know," she replied slow-
ly. "It looks like a cloud on the
horizon or—or—"
"—land?" he interrupted eagerly.
"It might be. I don't know.
Things are so deceptive at sea."
* * *
They continued to gaze in the
direction of the object faintly out-
lined above the horizon.
"We'll believe it's land," he said
finally, "and when we get a sail
rigged up we'll steer for it."
"if Father was only in his right
mind," she murmured, "he could
tell whether it was land or—
"How is he now?" asked Dick,
when she paused.
"He slept peacefully all night. I
sl ouldn't wonder if he recovered,
and was better than ever. It may
be that blow on his head will—
will—"
I hope so," he smiled, following
her train of thought, "but we'd
better not put too much trust in
miracles. If he recovers his senses,
it will be a miracle, won't it? Per-
haps then," he added, his eyes
twinkling,us where he can tell he
hid that treasure."
She turned slowly toward him.
"You don't believe there was any
treasure?" she asked seriously.
He laughed pleasantly.' "Do
Yes," she admitted after a long
pause. "It's real, and it's aboard
the Betty."
* * *
Dick was too surprised to speak
for a time, and stared with incredu-
lous eyes at her. He drew a deep
breath finally, and said:
"Then your father's babbling
wasn't all moonshine? He knew
where it was hidden, but was sane
enough not to show Tucu?"
"No," slowly, "he didn't know
where it was. I hid it when he lost
his mind. I thought it would be
safer."
Dick stared in dumb admiration.
"And you bluffed Tucu Made
him believe no one knew where it
was except your father?? I never
dreamed you knew. You deceived
me, too."
"I never said I didn't know
where it was," she added, "neither
to you nor to Tucu."
"No, that's a fact, you didn't."
They stood by the port rail,
watching the sunlight dancing on
the waves. Dick glanced down at
the head so close to his, and felt
once more the passion of love
surging tip within hint. He turned
away abruptly; but she put out a
small hand im,
to detain h
***
"Don't you want to. know
,where
,it is, and what it is?" she asked in
an injured voice.
"Why—if you want to tell me,"
he stammered. "But why should
you? It's not mine. Ldiave nothing
to do with it." •
"Yes, it belongs partly to you,"
she replied quickly. "You helped
save it, and if we reach land you
trust have your share."
He shook his head slowly, "I
could. never do that. It would be
like accepting payment for—for—
doing your duty. You saved my
life when that ugly Carib fought
ane. You knew I couldn't overcome
him. I was too far spent. He'd
have killed me in the end, if you
hadn't shot him'.'
"And then killed me—or worse,"
she murmured, shuddering. "Was-
n't I protecting myself in shooting
him?"
"I suppose so, but—"
When he stopped she looked at
him with twinkling eyes, full of
amusement. "Haven't you any cu-
riosity?" she asked finally. "Don't
you want to know what the trea-
sure is, and how we got it? Or are
you afraid that will look like ac-
cepting payment?"
* * n
He broke in with a laugh. "I'm
dying with curiosity. What is this
treasure, and where'd you get it?"
She did not immediately answer,
but kept him waiting, smiling pro-
vokingly into his face. "It's a
rather long story," she began
finally, "we found It on a wrecked
submarine."
"A submarine!" Ile echoed in
bewilderment.
She nodded, and continued:
"Yes, she must have been wrecked
ages and ages ago, probably during
the World War, and was actually
buried deep in the sand. You see,
she'd been washed up from the
bottom of the sea, and got wedged
between two saw-toothed rocks
where the sand piled over her until
she was almost invisible."
"Where was this?" interrupted
Dick.
"On one of the small islands in
the Caribbean, so small that it
hasn't any name—Father didn't
know it anyway. We'd stopped
there to make some repairs, and
Father and I rowed ashore to get
some gulls' eggs on the beach.
When we crossed to the other side
of the island we stumbled upon
the buried submarine."
* * *
She 'shivered and drew her jacket
closer.
"We fours themenaboard"
d it c
she added officers and crew, or
Father did I didn't go in her. It
was too- horrible. She must have
been washed up from the bottom
in a storm, and years later, cast
upon the island and got wedged
between the rocks. Then the sand
nearly buried her from sight.
Nothing but the top of the con-
ning
tower was visible when we
discovered her,"
She once more drew her jacket
around her, as if cold. Dick noticed
she frowned and glanced across
the sea as if anxious to blot out of
memory all impressions of the
adventure.
"She was an outlaw submarine,"
she went on finally, in a hard little
voice, "and she'd been robbing her
victims before sending them to the
bottom. There was enough prize
money aboard to make all the crew
satisfied—stolen money, you know.
They were pirates, this crew were,
for there was the evidence. There
were rings and jewels, too. We
searched for the submarine's pa-
pers, thinking perhaps we might
find a clue to the ships from which
the loot was taken, so that it could
be restored to the owners. But the
log couldn't be found, and there
was nothing to identify the ships
that had been sunk. Father wanted
to bring everything of value away,
but I couldn't do it. I wouldn't
let him touch the blood-stained
ones. We left them there with the
skeletons of the robbers. Maybe
others will find them some day. I
don't want them. I never want to
see the island again!'!
(To be continued)
IT'ALL
NOW ITS NO CHORE AT
Picking chickens is a tiresome but necessary chore for any poultry
farmer, but was doubly so for Ford Bush, of Darrowville, Ohio,
who lost an arm in an accident. But with the mechanical .picker he's
shown operating, above, he does better than ever, finding the
machine's 100 rubber fingers do a better job than he did with 10.
How Can I ?
By Anne Ashley
Q. How can.I make a good lun-
cheon dish out of leftover fish?
A. Place the leftover fish in the
casserole with a mound of strained
cooked spinach. Cover with white
sauce and cheese, and put in the
oven to bake.
Q.. How can I remove grit from
the eye?
A. By applying a drop of castor
oil. Or, bathe it well with warm
witch hazel or pure olive oil.
Q. How can I remove scorched
spots from cloth?
A. Wet the spots with water
and cover with borax or cornstarch,
rubbing it in well. Let it dry be-
fore removing it.
Q, Flow can d remove a broken
cork that has fallen inside a bottle?
A. Pour enough ammonia into
the bottle to float the cork'and put
it away for a few days. The ammo-
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permit its easy removal.
Q. How can I make all the mo-
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cup?
A. Grease the cup lightly before
measuring molasses, or dip it full
of flour, then empty it; this enables
every drop of molasses to conte out
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A New Industry:
Earthworm Farms
Exhibit in New York Shows
How "Nature's Plowmen"
Aid' Plant Life
A little pink stranger nestled con-
fidingly in his_booth beside the gay
sweaters, tooled leathers, new wash-
ing machines, hammered silver and
treated furs at the Women's In-
ternational Exposition in New
York.
He was the earthworm, hitherto
neglected and scorned denison of
the topsoil. And, championed by
Miss Bernice Warner of Worth-
ington. Ohio, he now has taken
his place beside the loom as an
up -and -coining industry for women.
Miss Warner was off some-
where explaining the benefits of
earthworm farms when a reporter
approached her booth, but Mrs•
Scott Krouse, another fervent
earthworm fan. took over and dis-
cussed the habits of the little guys
As Old As Creation
"Earthworms," she said; "are as
old as creation, as old as the stor-
ies of the Valley of the Nile. They
are Nature's own little plowmen.
What we take from the earth, they
put back."
Mrs, Krouse, a dignified, gray-
ing lady who has no compunctions
about running a well -kept hand
through a knot of writhing worms, '
pointed proudly to a thriving
strawberry plant which stood next
to a weak -looking growth.
"They're the same age" she said, •
"treated and untreated. The big
one has in it two teaspoons of soil
that the .worsts have enriched. And
we're in the business of raising
them and selling thein on our
farm."
Earthworms, Mrs. Krouse added,
are bi-sexual. A breeding worm
throws off a miniscule capsule from
which spring 8 to 11 young who
live to be about 12 years old.
"They're little fellows," Mrs.
Krouse said, "but. have buried a
whole chicken and the worms di-
gested all of it. Miss Warner has
a 90 -acre farm which is full of
earthworms and it's never been
sprayed, it's so rich and loamy."
Good for the Hands, Too
In addition, aI
• rs, Krouse said
proudly, earthworms are good for
you.
"Miss Warner's mother is 75
i
years old,"she said. "And her
hands are as white and beautiful
as a young girl's due to the oil .
thrown off from the worms."
But a woman visitor had the
last word. Pausing before the ex-
hibit, she watched Mrs. Krouse sift
a loamy and wormy clod of dirt.
"'Voints;" she said with a shud-
der. "Maybe they're good for
strawberries, but I bet they crawl
out of the spot and you step on
'0111 011 over the house."
•
Self -Discipline
An appeal to parents to permit
their children to take life's little
knocks in order to develop self-dis-
cipline and adjust their behavior to
social standard's, is made by the
Department of National health and
Welfare, Ottawa, Learning the hard
sway has advantages," the depart -
Ment states. "A pampered child has
little opportunity tcy learn to solve
life's problems in the school of hard
knocks, through trial and error.
Only through personal experience
can we learn to conform to the.
standards of conduct which living
demands,"
ISSUE 48-1946.
Sunday School
Lesson
A' Letter On Christian Living
Acts 19: 23-30; Ephesians 8: 13-18,
Golden. Text.—Finally, be strong
in the Lord, and in the strength of
his might.—Ephesians 6: 10.
Riot in Ephesus
In consequence of Paul's minis-
try the business of idol -making in
Ephesus was on the decline. The
waning market for silver shrines of.
Diana was first felt by the silver-
smiths of the. city, and they deter-
mined to get Paul out of the :way:
The crowd, in an outburst of.
fury, rushed into the streets and
crowded into the great amphithea-
tre, intent on crushing out Ephe-
sign Christianity and its apostle.
Finally the crowd was quieted and
dispersed without striking the blow
intended for Paul
Call to Arms
Conflict is faced in the call to
arms. (1) There is the call to
strength. Be strengthened and be-
come
powerful in the Lord. We
must have strength from Him in
order to be strong in Him.
(2) There is the calf to stead-
fastness. Stand firm against the
subtle, deceiving schemes of Satan.
Such steadfastness is possible only
to those who have put on the
whole armour of God.
(3) There is the call to conflict.
Christian warfare is personal and
perpetual against unseen forces of
evil.
(4) There is the call to victory.
In a conflict naturally so unequal,
how may we conquer? "Put on
thg' whole armour of God," says
Paul with emphasis.
Victory Assured
When the "whole armour of
God" has been put on and the
"sword of the spirit" has been
firmly grasped, there is one thing
still needed if we are to win this
conflict with the Devil and his
hosts; that is prayer.
We must pray "always," on all
occasions. We must pray "with all
prayer and supplication." We must
pray "in the spirit". It is the pray-
er which the Holy Spirit prompts
and teaches that God the Father
hears.
The Nastiest Noise
Known to Nature
Some little time ago the BBC in
broadcasting animal noises from the
Zoo — and, incidentally, it was as-
tonishing how like the lion the
alligator sounded — asked the ex-
pert who was helping in the broad-'
cast whether he could identify a
noise, admittedly greatly magnified,
which resembled something be-
tween the crunch of leaves and the
ripple of water. The clue was that
the noise was quite the nastiest
known to nature, and the answer,
given after both expert and listener
had time to think of the more hor-
rific of beasts and their grisly work
of killing and eating, was at once
ingenious and unsatisfactory. It
was "a in o t h gnawing a dinner -
jacket,"
Gift For Queen:
Two Dozen Eggs
In Plastic Jackets'
Two dozezn eggs—in plastic
jaekets—have been delivered to
Balmoral Castle for the King and
Queen, says The London Daily
Mail,
They were brought over from
America in an air liner by 22 -year-
old Miss Constatice. Liddieoat, who
won a free trip to Britain • given by
an American plastic firm,
Miss Liddicoat said: "1 was in-
structed'to send the eggs on to the
King' gand Queen at Balmoral as
soon as I arrived:' The eggs will.
keep for nine months. They're
unbreakable,, and all you have to
do is to peel off the plastic cover-
ing."
SUCCESS FOR A PARTS
is assured by serving Max-
well House. This su-
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lights guests because its .-
blend contains all the
stimulating goodness of
choice Latin-American
coffees
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