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OF THE SEA
By George E. Walsh
CHAPTER XXI
Dick tripped on a stone. With an
exultant animal cry, the half-breed
took advantage of the accident.
Dick made a fruitless effort to
wriggle away from him; but the
uplifted knife followed until it was
poised directly over his throat.
The near report of a gun did not
seem to be conneeted with his dan-
ger, and its echo in his ears made
no appreciable impression on his
miud. Even when the giant half-
breed shivered ,and began toppling
over, he could not assoclate the act
with the pistol crash. But the knife
did not descend. It dropped from
the nerveless hand of the Carib and
fell with a thud to the beach.
Tucu, like a giant forest tree
whose base had been shattered by
lightning, swayed a moment uncer-
tainly and then without a moan
or sigh fell with a crash, sprawl-
ing on top of his adversary and
pinning him to the ground.
* 4,
"Dick! Dick, are you hurt?"
Out of the strange apathy that
had numbed his mind, Dick heard',
the voice, and came to his senses
as Rose rushed to his side. She
grasped his shoulders and pulled
him from under the inert body of
the dead half-breed.
"Are you hurt?" she repeated
anxiously,
He smiled and shook his head,
his eyes on her as if unable to com-
prehend.
"I was afraid I'd be too late," she
murmured, tears close to the sur-
face, "or miss hintl"
"You shot him?" he asked in a
dazed voice.
"Yes"—shuddering and turning
away I om Tucu—"I—I had to, or
he'd have killed you."
In the excitement of the conflict
and the relief that followed their
deliverance from Tucu, neither
Dick nor Rose noticed Hen Petti-
grew, who had watched the pro-
ceeding• at close range, and who
now sat staring at them in evident
surprise and bewilderment. Al-
though weak and dazed by his own
wounds, the man was fully con-
scious of all that had been going
on, and when Dick finally glanced
up and caught his eye he started
with a grunt.'
Jordan!" he said thickly.
* *
Dick's face flushed an -instant
and then paled. Rose glanced from
one to the other, and asked: "Who
is he? Is he a frienc.?"
"Sure! We were both on the
City of Bahia before she went to
the bottom. So your boat wasn't
swamped, Jordan? You were lucky.
Ours toppled over, and all went to
the bottom except those who swam
to this island."
Dick sat up and faced the situa-
tion bravely. In saving Hen's life,
he had unwittingly made his own
exposure a certainty. There was no
need for further subterfuge; Rose
would have to know all.
"I was lucky," he rplicd, "but
not t:.e rest. They were all lost. I
clung to a raft for days and nights
until Tucu here picked me up on
the lugger, and then—"
He glanced at Rose, and added:
"Ask her. She'll tell you the rest."
But Rose's sympathy for Petti-
grew was unexpectedly aroused to
action. Hen's strength, that had
been restored for a time by the ex-
citement, showed signs of waning;
he grew deadly pale, and began
sinking rapidly. His eyes closed
and his head sagged forward until
it touched the ground.
"Oh!" she exclaimed, jumping to
her feet. "He's dying! We must get
help, Dick."
* * *
The rest of the party arrived in
time to give Hen alt the human aid
that was possible. He was serious-
ly but not dangerously wounded,
and after staunching the flow of
blood and binding up the ugly holes
the bull its had made in his side
and shoulders, he recovered from
his faint, and smiled grimly.
"I'll pull through—need rest—
that's all."
The 'story of how the handful of
sailors had battled through the surf
and reached the island on the night
of the shipwreck, and how for 'days
and nights they had existed on
shell fish and a few birds they
managed to kill, while they watched
and waited hopefully for a sail, was
told dramatically by the different
survivors.
When hen thelugger eared they
gg pp
hadhailed it1oyfell3, but later theyeY
had reasons to dread Captain Tucu
and his crew more than 'their lone-
ly isolation on the island. The old
pirate, when he round the ship-
wrecked seamen unarmed, attempt-
ed to rob them of what few posses-
sions they had carried away from
the steamer, and when they object-
ed the inevitable conflict had been
precipitated.
* * *
"He had a crazy idea we knew
something about smuggled jewels
that he said were aboard the steam-
er," Hen Pettigrew explained later.
'Don't know where he got the
idea, ?fust have dreamt it"
"No," replied Dick, smiling.; "I
told him."
Hen and the others looked at
him inquiringly.
Dick' chuckled ruefully at the
thought of .tow his ruse had com-
plicated the situation so that
others, perfectly innocent 'of any
attempt at deception, had been
drawn into the net. His invention
had nearly cost the lives of a dozen
men including that of his old
enemy, and for a moment he grew
grave and serious; then, recalling
the various sequences of events
that had ended so satisfactorily., he
laughed again.
"I guess,. after all, that was the
best story I ever invented," he
added. "Anyway, it seems to have
worked."
* * a
Briefly as he could he outlined
this part of his adventure. The
others listened and nodded their
heads with grinning approval.
"I could almost believe you were
a smuggler, Jordan, if I didn't
know you weren't."
Dick flushed. "Perhaps I am,"
he retorted challengingly. "How do
you know I'm not? You know my
record."
"Yes," slowly, "I know your
record."
"Dick's record," she said slowly,
thrusting an arm into one of his,
"is clean. Whatever it might have
been in the past, it's been wiped out
now."
There was a silent pause, an
awkward ; eriod in which the two
men exchanged glances that none
of the others could interpret; but
there was evident hostility between
them based upon something in the
past. Rose pulled Dick gently
away,
* *
"Come, There's so much to do.
We must help the wounded, even if
they are Caribs and our enemies."
Captain Bedford had already as-
sumed charge of the situation, and
the seamen willingly took orders
from him. The dead Caribs were
' uried on the beach, and the
wounded cared for. Then with the
small _boats they made a visit to the
lugger, which had been rolling
lazily at anchor in the cove.
Captain Bedford overhauled the
craft, and finally sniffed his. scorn.
"She ain't worth sailin' into pori
She's a stinking hulk that ought to
have gone to the bottom long ago
Well leave her."
"But, Cap'n," protested one, of
the seamen, "she's, good enough to
carry us home, We ain't figgerin`
on staying here longr'n we have to
We're a bit homesick."
"Sure!" was the grinning retort
"But the . Betty's worth a dozen
sich tuggers. I figgcr we can patch
her up in less'n a week an' sail
home. We'll have a full crew now,
Wait'll ye see her:"
(To Be Concluded;
JAPS WORSHIP ON BOMBED CAMPUS
From oldsters like white-haired man at left to youngsters pictured
in foreground with their mother, hundreds of Christian Japanese
attended recent St.' Andrew's Day services on the bombed -out
campus of Tokyo's Central Theological College. The first postwar
service of rededication was sponsored by the Brotherhood of St.
Andrew in Japan.
Sunday School Lesson
Jesus' Authority in Home and
Church
John 2: 1-16.
Golden Text. — Whatsoever he
saith unto you, do it.—John 2: 5.
The Marriage Feast
The marriage feast had been in
progress several days when sonic
thing happened which threatened
to disgrace the bridegroom and his
family in the eyes of their neigh-
bors: the supply of wine had been
exhausted. In these grape -growing.
lands wine was a common article
of diet and was also a symbol of
joy and festivity. Somehow Mary
hoped that Jesus would be able to
meet the emergency. But she was
mow to receive the first 'intima-
tion of a separation from her Son,
and it came in the form of a gentle
rebuke, The phrase "What have 1
to do` with thee"? was equivalent to
telling His mother that their rela-
tion had changed. Hitherto He had
been a subservient and obedient
Son but from henceforth He was
to be under the direction of His
Heavenly Father only. Whatever
rebuke was implied in Jesus' reply,
His mother's faith in him was un-
disturbed, "whatsoever He saith un-
to you, do it."
How Can I?
By Anne Ashley
Q. How can I keep the grains
of rice separate when cooking?
A. Add a teaspoonful of lemon
juice to each quart of water when
boiling rice and it will keep the
grains separate, and also make the
rice white.
Q. What is a remedy for dan-
druff?
A. Dissolve one ounce of flour
of sulphur in one quart of soft
water. Do not use it until it is
thoroughly mixed and, settled. Ap-
ply it at night. .
Q. How can T take away that
faded and worn appearance at the
scams of a carpet?
A. Try using paint or soft cray-
ons of the sante shade as in the
rug and touching up the worn places
with these.
Q. How can I keep dust from
coming up through the furnace re-
gister?
A. Part of it can be prevented
if, before sweeping and dusting a
room, a damp cloth is spread over
the furnace register. The dust will
cling to the cloth instead og go-
ing down the register, to circulate
later through the room,
Q. How can I remove acid
stains from fabrics?
A. Dampen spots and then
cover with salts of wormwood. Let
this remain for a few minutes, and
then rub the stains ivitli a dry
cloth,
Communist Leaders
To o Meet in Britain
An interesting conference will be
held in London next February, when
Communist leaclers from all parts
of the British Empire will gather
for an exchange of views. \)rliile
they are discussing ways and means
of breaking up the British Empire,
they will, of coarse, enjoy the pro-
tection of British. law: they will
be allowed to speak freely, to come
and go as they ,please, and to dis-
tribute literalurc of a mendacious
and inflammatory nature. Enemies
of' freedom themselves, and sworn
to destroy ,freedom the moment
they seize power, they .will never-
theless take full advantage of it
in their London meeting.
ISSUE 2-1947
Miracle of the Wine
r
Obeying Jesus, the servants fill-
ed the"waterpots with water and
then poured out the contents. Rich
red wine flowed out from the
jars which they themselves had just
filled with clear water. Notice that
Jesus had only directed the opera-
tion, touching nothing Himself.
In performing this miracle Jesus
did the family a great favor in re-
lieving their embarrassment, He also
gratified His mother. But the ob-
ject of the miracle was to manifest
His glory to the end that His newly -
chosen disciples might believe on
Him.
"His Father's House"
When Jesus entered the spacious
Temple courts at Jerusalem, whittler
He had journeyed, He was roused to
indignation by the sight of cattle
pens along withclay dishes and
ovens required in thecooking of
Passover lamb, and money chang-
ers plying their fraudulent trade.
This desecration of His Father's
House was not to be tolerated. Ty-
ing together small cords (probably
made by twisting the rushes
spread for bedding). He made a
"scourge." Descending upon the
traders, "He drove them .all out
of the Temple" with their sheep
and oxen, and overturned the
tables of the money changers. "My
Father's House" reminds us of
the phrase Jesus used; when at
the age of twelve, He attended the
Passover, and said to His parents,
"Wist ye not that I must be about
My Father's business?"
Mcdern Etiquette
By Roberta Lee
1. Is there a certain order in
which automobiles leave, following
a church wedding? c
2. Where should the napkins be
laid when setting the' dinner table?
- 2. When a girl's first sorority,
dance comes aloiyg and ,she doesn't ,
IdnoW any boy well enough to in-
vite,
tvite, what does she do?
4. When a bride is :to he mar-
ried in an sfternoon dress and is
attended by bridesmaids, 'h o w
should the br'desm ids dress?.
5.. Is it customary at a private
dance' to introduce time :)'oung man
to the girls without asking permis-
sion of the girls?
6. Is it correct to say, "I ex-
pect ,to .see .him inside ;of "a few
weeks"?
ANSWERS.
1. les. The car of the bride and
br:clegroom leaves first, then the
bridesmaids, followed by the bride's
parents,,tlten thc.bridegroom's par-
ents, next the ,nearest relatives, last
the friends, 2 The napkins, folded
square, are laid on each place plate.i
3. She can let her sorority. Sis-
ters arrange a blind date for her.
4. They must also be in afternoon
dress, and of design and color to
harmonize with the bride's costume.
5. Yes, It is assumed that all the
young men invited are desirable, or
they'iwouldt not be present. 6.
No. Say, "within a feiv weeks".
All German POWs
- To Leave Canada
No, German prisoners of war are
to be retained in Canada, Arthur
MacNamara, Deputy Minister' of
last week.
Labor, announced
a ,
Decision of the Federal govern-
ment to ship -all captives back to
Europe before the end of the year,
it was understood, was a reversal of
an earlier order that some of them
were to be kept in Canada as labor-
ers.
Reports that some of the remain-
ing:2,200 in the country were to be
retained, it was learned, had evoked
complaints from some quarters
against this step. In View of the
opposition, it was reported the
number of men involved in the gov-
ernment's earlier decision-200--
was
ecision-200—was not considerable enough to
make an issue of the matter.
The Deputy Minister's announce-
ment said that "all prisoners of war
now in Canada will have been re-,
turned to Europe by the end of the
month."
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Baker's, which dates,,back to the
reign of Veiny Il, recently had a
banquet at, . London's Mansion
House.
No bread ;was served.
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