HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1946-12-26, Page 2TREASURE
OF THE SEA
By George E. Walsh
CHAPTER XIX
Dick's hand reached for his own
pistol, and then dropped limply to
his side. Captain Tucu had dis-
armed him when he was trade a
prisoner, and Dick hadn't found any
substitute weapons. \Vere there
more firearms aboard the Betty?
Probably not; Captain Tucu had
robbed the schooner of every
weapon he could lay his hands on,
With a groan at his impotence,
he turned back to the beach, The
Caribs were attacking again,
The Caribs were checked again
by a volley of stones, and withdrew
after that to a safe distance, while
Burley and Tucu held a consulter
tion.
Dick struggled to his feet, a little
bewildered and uncertain what
course to pursue. There were six
white men, now that Pettigrew had
been killed, and a dozen Caribs at-
tacking then, an even disposition
of forces, perhaps if they had been
equally equipped for battle — for
one white man could ordinarily
handle two Caribs—but armed with
pistols that their enemies lacked
the black men had the advantage.
They could pick off their enemies
leisurely without running any risk
from flying stones, and in the end
conquer through their superior
weapons. Bravery did not count
touch as a factor in such a battle,
* * *
The sighteof Hen lying there on
the sand, treacherously shot by the
Caribs, suddenly changed Dick's
whole attitude; he felt sorry for
him, and forgave hint for much of
what he had condemned in the
past. Hen was human; he had a
heart; lie was brave and fearless;
he would not attack a ratan from
behind, and shoot hint in the back.
"Damn Tucu;" he exploded.
'He's a devil) I'll get him yet for
Hen's sake!"
It was a queer reason for arous-
ing hint to a fighting mood; or per-
haps it was the age-old instinct to
rally to the white man's side, when
those of anotI? r color had him at
his mercy more than any sympa-
thy for Hen Pettgrew. Hen was
merely a symbol oe the eternal
s truggle.
'Captain Bedford may have pis-
tol or rifles that Tucu overlooked,
Dick reasoned. "With two or three
we could rout the Caribs."
Animated by this thought, he
turned and began scrambling down
the rocks, scarring his hands and
knees and nearly losing his balance
once or twice through careless
haste. Rose saw him coming, and
waved to him; Dick gave no heed
to her until he stood on the deck,
hot, flushed, and panting;
"Captain Tucu's gang's on the
other side of the island!" he an-
nounced abruptly.
* * .
Rose recoiled and turned death-
ly white, but Captain Bedford's
face set in hard lines without a
trace of fear in it. "Then we must
get ready fur then," he said grimly.
"Did they see ye?"
"No, but I saw then."
The old skipper nodded: "Can ye
shoot?"
"Yes, if I had anything to shoot
with: Tucu disarmed me, and took
every weapon off the schooner."
"Did lie?" The skipper's face
was wreathed in a crafty smile. "I
reckon now," -he added a moment
later, "he overlooked some of 'em."
Dick turned eagerly to him.
"You have more?" he asked jerkily"'
"3,Iebbe he found 'enl," was the
grunting reply, "but r don't think
so..I hid 'eat fur Bich things as
mutiny ani boarding parties. We'll
see."
Leading the way into the cabin,
with Dick and Rose eagerly follow-
ing, the began prying up a section
of the floor. After loosening a few
boards he lifted out a small chest
hidden underneath, which, when
opened, disclosed a treasure more
precious to Dick than the gold tak-
en from the submarine. 1t consist-
ed of half a dozen brand-new
pistols of modern pattern, auto-
matics of a deadly type, with am-
munition enough to feed them for
a considerable time,
With a little cry of delight, Dick
seized then and began stuffing
them in his pockets. "Ye ain't
leavin' none fur me," protested the
skipper. "Ye ain't figgeritt' on
i'iping out Captain Tucu's crew
alone. Be ye?"
Dick laughed, the tension broken,
and then in a few words told then
what .he had discovered on the
other side of the island. Rose's eyes
widened and darkened, and her face
flushed with excitement; but Cap-
tain Bedford merely nodded and
grunted.
"We could do it alone," he mur-
mured finally, "but mebbee it would
be better to get down to the sail-
ors, an' let 'cam have some sort of
fun. Reckon they'd enjoy it,"
"Yes," nodded Dick, "w'e must
have nearly enough guns for all.
We must hurry,"
They started up the companion,
but they climbed over the side of
the schooner to get ashore Rose
suddenly protested.
* * ,n
"Aren't you going to help me
ashore ,Dick?"
"No," he replied gravely, "you
Must stay on the Betty. We'll
come back to you."
She sniffed and tossed her head
in the air. "If father's going I'm
going too," she answered.
Dick started to protest further,
but Captain Bedford nudged him.
"No use arguin'," fie whispered.
"I've spoilt her. She always has her
tray."
With a smile she acknowledged
this doubtful compliment, and
climbed down to the mass of
wreckage. Dirk somewhat unwill-
ingly extended a hand and helped
her ashore.
When they reached the sunlit
of the cliff, the situation below was
not changed. The Caribs were still
at a safe distance, shooting occa-
sionally at the breastwork behind
which the white men were crouch-
ed, Their bullets went wide of the
mark, which induced Captain Bed-
ford to remark, "Ye can't never
teach a Carib to shoot straight.
'Tain't born in 'eat, Reckon we'll
show 'em holy to do it."
* * fi
• Diek had been scanning the rocks
below with a careful estimate of
the danger ahead. The shipwrecked
men had reached the upper part
of the beach, and it was possible
to get within a hundred feet of
them without exposing their bodies
by following closely a ridge of
outcropping boulders. When he in-
dicated this to Captain Bedford,
the old skipper nodded, and waited
for him to lead,
The Caribs had their attention
directed upon the breastwork of
their enemies, and, not expecting
danger from above, they never
once raised their eyes to the sum-
mit of the cliff. This more than
any skill on their part enabled the
three to creep stealthily down the
ridge until close to the hiding place
of the sailors. Crouching therefor
a moment they considered the next
move. Between them and the
breastwork was an open stretch
of flat sand. To cross this they had
to expose their bodies to the cross
fire of the Caribs.
"I'll go first," Dick whispered.
"No, wait a minute," replied the
skipper. "Likely's not them -sailors
wJ1 take ye for a ftankin' party an'
land a ton of stones on yer head.
got to let 'eat know we're
friends:'
"How ran we do it without
alarming the Caribs.?"
"Reckon we can't. But it's got
to be done,"
Suddenly, without warning of his
intentions, the skipper raised his
voice without exposing his head:
"Ahoy, there, -shipmates -1 Look
aloft Keep them stuns for the en-
emy, an' don't shy any of 'em aft!
We're co'nug to Help ye." .
(To Be Conlinned,
DUKE'S DAUGHTER WEDS
Woodstock, England, ancestral home of the Marlborougha, was all agog when London's society folk
flocked to attend the wedding of Lady Caroline Spencer -Churchill, daughter of the Duke and Duchess
of Marlborough; to Maj. Hugo Waterhouse. The woman at left, above, used her bicycle and a con-
venient tree to get a better glimpse: One of the bridesmaids was Mary Churchill, center, daughter of
the wartime prime minister, who will soon be a bride herself. The bride and groom are pictured, left,
leaving historic St, Mary Magdalene Church after the ceremony.
Modern Baby
Goes A -visiting
The modern baby is an exacting
`little person. She's a gadabout too,
but whether she travels by plane,
train, or motor she can be nice to
have around. It's all a matter of
routine and camaraderie with her
parents, says The Christian Science
Monitor,
Sally's visit showed Inc how this
can be accomplished. She arrived
by car on a Saturday, having slept
or cooed in her bassinet in the back
,seat' during most of the four-hour
drive. She came into the House
followed by the bassinet that her
parents stood on its legs in the
living room. Also from the car
came Sally's own suitcase of clothes
and toys, and a hamper contain-
ing her food. During- the night
Sally slept in the bassinet in an
upstairs bedroom. In the morning
she giggled with her mother while
she bathed in a wash basin. The
rest of the time Sally spent in the
living room, sleeping in her bed
or wiggling on her play rug on the
floor.
We were not asked to keep quiet
and none of the fun of the visit
was spoiled by the little five -
months -old lady. She was quite
happy because she was one of the
household group. yet she had her
Own routine and her mother with
110 fuss or apologies saw that noth-
ing jogged her out of it.
\Vhen Sally grows up she won't
be able to live her oivu life while
visiting. But I'm sure she will be
courteous and well-mannered be-
cause her mother taught her to he
a perfect guest at the age of fire
months1
Sugar Known
Since 325 BC
To the average man sugar is
sugar. but to the chemist it is "su-
crose"—just one of over a hun-
dred sugars with which he is fa-
miliar. Alt are members of the -
chemical group called "sacchar-
ides". The saccharides, in turn,
belong to the still larger group of
carbohydrates, Well-known sugars
in addition to sucrose include lac-
tose or milk sugar (generally pre-
pared from goat's milk) dextrose
or corn sugar, and maltose or malt
sugar, states the New York Times,
Probably the first mention of
sugar in history can found in the
records of Nearchus, an athniral
who accompanied Alexander the
Great on an expedition down the
Indus River in 325 B.C. He said
the party discovered "honey -bear-
ing reeds".
By the seventh century sugar
was known throughout the Orient
and a hundred years later it was
being refined by a process con-
trived by the Egyptians, Many '
historians hold that Marco Polo
introduced sugar to Europe. Sugar
first seemed to have taken on the
aspect of big business when an
Italian inventor of the Middle
Ages was awarded the equivalent
of more than $100,000 for perfect-
ing a method of making sugar
loaves.
Sugar by any name is still not
the sweetest substance known to
Titan. Saccharin, for instance, is
200 to 700 times as sweet as cane
sugar. Then there is P.eryllartine, -
which is some 2.000 times as sweet
as sugar. But if its real sweetness
you're after consider 1-n-propoxy- --
2-amina-1-nitro-benzene, which is
the atomic age's gift to your sweet.
tooth. Developed during the war,
the tiniest pinch on the tongue can
still be tasted half an hour later,
Music Everywhere
Can't you bear the bells a -ringing
In the wind and in the rain,
Ih the rustling in the treetops,
In a field of ripening grain.
In the meadows, where -the fairies
And the elves are wont to play,
In the snow upon the mountains,
In the dawning of each day.
In tate whispers of love's message,
In the brooks that laugh and sing,
In the dancing of the moonbeams,
In a bird on outstretched wing.
In the rushing of the rivers,
In the perfume of a rose,
In the friends who give us
courage,
In a baby's sweet repose.
In the laughter of young children,
In the pattering of their feet,
In a fragrant old-world garden,
In two lives, as one, complete!
All the world is full of music!
If you listen, you will hear
Syntphoules of God's Creation,
Every moment of each year,
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Posture is important in relation
to health, So, consider your back-
bone. Don't slump in your chair
as though it were a bell. Straighten
u't. whenever you find y-ottrself
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ISSUE 58-1946
THE BOOKSHELF
Return to Jalna
By Mazo de la Roche -
In this tenth book of the White -
oaks saga, Miss de la Roche pieces
together- a new 'pattern with ef-
fortless skill, bringing the old
house back to turbulent life after
the bleak years of ttte war. It is
1043 when the story opens with
the return of young Maurice from
Cousin Derntot's in Ireland and
we see Jalna through his youthful
critical eyes. Then Finch comes
back from a concert tour, Piers is
released front Germany in an 'ex-
change of Liar prisoner's, young
t deline arrives back from school
to rush iter beloved stables, and
Colonel Reuny Whiteoak, the mas-
ter of Jalna, comes . hack front the
war.
The huge family, with its under
current of quarrels and loyalties,
lives for us again in alis delightful
book. Miss de la Roche's touch is
as sure and the charm of her style
as compelling as ever,
Return to Jalna . By Mazo.
de la Roche . The Macmillan
Company of Canada ... Price $3,00,
Stained Cups
If dishes must stand before
washing, be sure to empty and
rinse ottt coffee and tea cups.
Otherwise, these beverages may
leave a dark stain that is hard to
remove.
1f a cup becomes so stained that
soap and water will not remove
the discoloration, rub with a moist
cloth dipped in baking soda. Do
not scour china or pottery. Bard
rubbing a1111 cleaning powders may
cause color or gilt to fade and
damage the smooth finish.
Chipped or cracked dishes or
those with the glaze off are not
sanitary, however they are wash-
ed. Wash and handle with care
to prevent such damage.
Sunday School Lesson
Paul Claims The World For
Christ '
Actd 9:13; 16:21; 23:11; 28:28-31,
Romans 1:13-16; 16;22-24,
Golden Text.—I ata debtor both
to the Greeks and to the Barbar) -
ens; both to the wise, and to the
unwise, ---Romans 1:14.
Paul's Programme'
The world programme for Paul
was divinely designated for hiin at
Damascus where ire was converted.
God had chosen Birt as an apostle
to the Gentiles and as a gospel
messenger to his own kinsmen, the
Children of Israel.
Paul's great purpose was to re-
visit fields and friends in southern
Europe (Macedonia and Achaia),
a hurried trip to Jerusalem, and
afterward "I must also see Rome?'
God Stands by Paul
God's promiseto stand by Paul
was revealed to himi at t, tine of -
great discouragement far Paul's
trip to Jerusaleut was featured by
the outcry of a snob and his sub-
sequent arrest.
The Lord declared that 'Paul's
tesimony at Jerusalem must be
duplicated at the world's capital,
Route.
Patil was desirous of organizing
an evangelistic and missionary cam-
'paign that would be world-wide in
its scope and service. His heart was
set upon Christ for the world and
the world for Christ.
The Power. of God
Paul would group all men to-
gether and not divide them as the
Jews into "Jews and •Gentiles,"
nor with the Greeks into "Greeks
and Barbarians," nor with the in-
tellectuals into "wise and unwise."
He was therefore ready to preach
the gospel in the cajiital city of
the empire with all its racial and
religious admixture.
Though Rome was the mighty
mistress of the world, Paul would
in her midst be unashamed of the
gospel, for it contained a greater
power than Rome could ever boast
"The power of God unto salva-
tion" of soul to all eternity. And
that power is available to everyone
who believes on Jesus Christ as
Saviour and Lord, the offer coming
to the Jew first in point of time,
but extending also and immediate-
ly to the Gentiles on exactly the
sante terns..
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Norway's reindeer herds were
'26%o destroyed by the Germans
during occupancy but are now
reaching normal 123,000 head again.
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