Zurich Herald, 1946-10-03, Page 6By George E. Walsh
SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER \'1: DIck slips over the
side into the sea unnoticed, Swims
to the schooner and climbs aboard.
The girl levels an automatic at
.Tucu, ordering him away, Tucu
stalls for time while two of his men
sneak on de'k. In the ensuing fight
they drive Tucu and his crew back
to the lu„ger. "We've got rid of
thane for a time:.” Dick tells the girl,
"but they'll return."
CHAPTER VII
She trade no pressing inquiry
f:u' an explanation, but her eyes
were watching him inquisitively.
"It sounds like a stage farce," he
laughed finally, "but it was the
hest 1 could do r,t the time. That
ira,,:,,nt 'Tucu swt.dlnwed the story
'.vaS a surprise to me."
"\`,i':1 you please tell Inc what
the ..c.ly is?"
l.irictiv as he could, Dict: sketch•
ed all that had happened to hint
sii:;c the foundering of the City
r f L;„hia, ave iduig, as much
as ':ossible ictcrence to his
own .uttering. Ile subconscious
lc noticed what tine eyes she had,
and how absorbingly. .they follow
ed hir: as he told the story. • When
he catt,c to .the sntt•;,;;ling
they lighted up. and, the first giin,
mer of sable played about her lips
"Nutt,' lie concluded, "you cab
undersand why (lieu will pvrsi,i
in taking the schooner. So Ione
as fist aboard 11e'l1 keep at it. 1'w
not sure but 1 can chi yon the
greatest favor by lcaving. Perhaps
I will.'
"Where will you go:'" shea:-.ked,
snii1iiig with iter ey es and lips.
"Bach to the lugger."
"Wouldn't they kill you if the\
laid hands on you again?"
"No, not right away," lie tc•.
plied. 'It's my supposed know.
ledge of the existence of tho$e
jewels that would protect me. Al-
ter they were convinced 1 11c:4
been deceiving them — why, then,
I don't imagine Tucu would a,e
restrainer by any scruples from
wreaking vengeance."
"But you didn't intend
until then?" she added.
'No, 1 was planning to leave at
the first opportunity. I was on the
lookout for ships.'
"And this schooner being the
first, you took it to get away from
them -"
"No, that isn't quite true,' he
returned, his eyes twinkling. "I
really didn't think of myself when
1 cecided to charge ships. I saw
what they intended to do, and
heard your defiance of them, ft
was—was—well, a habit of mint,
we'll call it, of jumping in when-
ever there's a chance of an adven-
ture. I wanted to see the fun, and
Tucu had refused to let me come
aboard "
to watt
'5 :a *
She appeared a little amused by
his evident attempt to avoid the
real reason. She suddenly grew
more friendly. 'Turning to him,
she said frankly: "I'm glad you
carte, and 1 hope you'll stay. Since
father lost his reason, I've had
everything to do. It was the storm
and the crew — they abandoned us
right in the midst of it. rather
was down with a high fever, and
I—I—tine men didn't trust me to
manage things. 1 think they were
superstitious about father; he talk
ed and acted in a way that fright
cued theist. His mind -- here he
corn: s now," she broke off in a
whisper. "Never mind what he
says. I-le's not responsible for
what Inc tells."
Captain Bedford, with a vacant
stare in his eyes, carne tumbling
up the companion, mumbling and
grinning to himself. He was a
man past fifty, stout and thick -set
grizzled of heard and hard of mus.
cies; but the mind had been
thrown out of gear by a knock on
fhe heart, caused by a falling spar
ir.the midst of the storm. Catching
night of Dick, he stopped and
blinked hard at hint. Then with Al
idiotic grin on his face, he ap-
proached with both hands extend-
ed.
"Is it ye, Mr. Crew?" he called
cheerily.
"He takes you for the mate,"
whispered the girl. "Humor him."
"Well, it's most time we pulled
up anchor, ain't it? There ain't
goin' to be a storm after all. I
told ye so — I told ye so, Mr.
C-cw l If it wasn't for that pig-
headed superstition of yours that
an easterly wind means a big blow
ye'd believed me afore."
He came up and poked Dick
playfully in the ribs. Then glanc•
ing at his daughter, he added'
"Did ye tell him about our treas-
ure. Rose? No? Then I11 tell hint
— pici,ecl it up—up— What's the
name of that reef now?" He plac-
ed a hand to his forehead in an at
titude of thought.
"hobcador Bank?" asked Dick,
smiling.
"1 hat's it — Roncador flank!
How'd ye know it, Mr. 'Crew?
Rose trust have told yc. No, ye
can't fool me --she told ye. Ye
couldn't have guessed a thing right
in yer life. Remember when ve
guessed ve was corning down with
the measles? iia! Ha! That was
a jni:e on yc', Mr, Crew."
!'c slopped' sudc.enly and gaz set
•tt the lugger. "What ship's that
d:.: liter? 1 don't seem to realer -re
hc: her Hail her. an' ask the cap
t-' r aboard We'll have a dram of
reel together. Cal:'ns have to ne
fr; :.d Iv when in harbor No,"
sir: ting for the side, "I'll Trail her "
"No, father." interrupted Rose
"n.,1 now. You must go below and
Air. Crew and I will follow.
1 f You'll make conte hot coff.'t.
we'll drink it with von."
"Cottee! Coffee! What drink's
that for a capt'n and mate- Ile
snorted. "That's for ladies w
children. 1\'c'll have a sip of ::iat
ole. Medford. Air grew." He wink-
ed broadly. "Inose can have the
coffee. but we'll drink to each oth-
er's health in good old Jamaica.
Ill?
Dick nodded and smiled, which
seemed to please the captain, for
he descended the stairs, rubbing
his hands and mumbling gleefully
* k *
Rose Bedford was a child of the
sea, born in t small seaport vii•
lage, but bred and brought up on
the ;•ca under the tutelage of her
father. her mother having died at
an age when daughters have only
the faintest conception of cit
need of maternal care. Captain
Bedford was lonely; jealous of re.
latives who gave his child a home
when he was away. and absolutely
hungry for her companionship;
and when he could no longer en-
durC the separation he literally
kidnapped her and carried her
away to sea with hint.
When Dick Jordan met her she
was as competent a navigator of a
sailing craft as any man afloat, and
her knowledge of seamanship had
enabled her in the crisis to save
the schooner after the crew had
abandoned her. Captain Bedford
had been injured by a falling spar,.
and for twenty-four hours had
hovered between life and death
When he recovered the use of nis
muscles, but not of his miind, Le
was worse than useless. His wild
babbling frightened the supersti-
tious crew, and reduced then to a
surly disorganized, mutinous mob.
Rose suddenly found that hti
seamanship was of little avail
without the power to command
obedience. It upset her more than
anything that had happened to fin 1
she was weak and helpless in a
position whe! ; her father would
have triumphed through sheer
physical dominance. The crew
disregarded her otders, and took
m' 'tern in their own hands. They
abandoned the schooner in the
middle of the storm. ,
(To Ds Coattiousd)
MARY HAS A LITTLE LAMB
And so does this market in Cincinnati. But Mary's real name
is Joy Heuber and the lamb will some day make a nice roast dinner.
Despite the current shortage of meat, the market decided to advertise
its supply this way.
New Saving and
On Sale In ®ekober
Individual purchases of the new
Canada savings bond which will go
on sale throughout the Dominion
in mid-October will be limited to
$2,000, it was announced.
The bond will be available in
units of $50, $100, $500 and $1,000
or any combination of these units.
A striking feature of the new
bonds is the privilege of turning
them into •cash "any time at full
face value, plus interest, at any
bank.
Designed purely as a personal
savings facility for . the; people of
Canada, the bonds''*111:-be largely
'sold through the payroll. deduction
scheme set up in.• most firms dur-
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bonds. They will ,also be. sold
through banks, authorized invest-
ment dealers and trust and loan
corporations.
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ISSUE 40--146
100 Years Ago—
Believe It or Not
(From a menu card '"put out by
. Honiss' Oyster House, Hartford,
Conn.)
a Honiss' opened in 1845, when
women wore hoop skirts, frilled
cotton drawers, did cleaning, wash-
ing, ironing, raised big families,
went to church Sundays, and were
too busy to be sick.
Men wore whiskers, chopped
wood, bathed once a week, drank
10 -cent whiskey, and a 5 -cent beer,
worked 12 hours a day and lived
to a ripe old age.
Stores burned coal oil lamps. car-
ried everything from a needle to
a plow, trusted everybody, never
took inventory, placed orders for
goods a year i•' advance, and al-
ways made money.
Now women wear an ounce of
underwear, smoke, paint, powder,
drink cocktails, have pet dogs and
;o to for politics. ics
Men have
high
blood pressure, little hair, bathe
"twice a day, are misunderstood at
home, play the stock market, drink
poison, work five hours a day, and
die young.
Stores have: electric lights, cash
registers, elevators, never have
what the customer wants, trust no-
body, take inventory daily, never
buy in advance, have overhead,
mark-up, markdown, stock control,
dollar day, founder's day, rummage
sales, economy day — and never
make any stoney.
Sunday ScLool
Lesso
Paul's Background and Early
Years
Acts 21:39; 22:3, 27-28; 26:4-5;
Phillippians 3:5-0
Golden Text: — Remember also
thy Creator in the days of thy
youth.—Philippians 3;5-5.
Paul's Citizenship
Paul declares his nationality and
his citizenship. He was a Jew, but
bonr in a Roman free city, Tarsus,
and by being born there, Paul him-
self was by birth a Roman citizen,
with all the rights and privileges
of Roman citizenship.
Paul was proud of his citizen-
ship and forwent no opportunity
to declare it. There was ever a fine
self-respect about the man; not
for his own aggrandisement, but
in order that those who opposed
the Lord and the message he felt
called to proclaim should ,.realize
that he had forfeited nothing that
became the dignity of a .Boman in
following a Nazarene.
Paul's Religious Faith
Paul was a Pharisee, a member
of a Jewish sect which held rigidly
to the letter of Judaic la*. As a
Pharisee Paul hated the followers
of Jesus. Belonging to the San-
hedrin, the governing group in Ju-
daism, he was a person of impor-
tance. He undoubtedly regarded
Jesus as an imposter and sought
to put an end to His enfluence. It
was while so engaged that Paul
was arrested and miraculously con-
verted.
Saul's Conversion
Saul, before his conversion, had
everything in which a Jew gloried.
But his eyes were opened and he
saw clearly that the things that
were of such great value in his
eyes were of no value whatever in
the eyes of God, and he counted
them all but loss "for the excel-
lency of the knowledge of Christ
Jesus my Lord." He gave them
alt up and counted them as nothing
that he might find Christ and the
priceless treasures that there are
in hint.
John Barleycorn
Not A Doctor Now
It hasn't been generally adver-
tised, but John Barlecorn has lost
his job as a doctor. Officially, that
is. \Vhislcy is no longer to be
listed in the United States Pharma-
copoeia, says The Christian Science
Monitor. '
This means that the standard
book of authority on drugs and
medicines, whichguide is the and
counselor of the man behind the
prescription counter, will hereafter
Omit mention of spiritus frumenti
as a remedy. The announcement
comes from those who are work-
ing on the twelfth revision.
Reputable physicians long ago
.ceased the general use of whisky
as a medicine Its omission from
U.S.P. means that if the United
States ever had prohibition again,
whisky would no longer be avail-
able on prescription. Which is
nothing to worry about.
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With" Full Brush
Varnish should always he applied
with a full brush and "flowed" 'on
in a light even coat. The vigorous
back and forth motion ordinarily
associated with painting should not
be used for varnish. Such a motion
causes the material tc foam under
the brush and to dry in a. rough-
ened film.
Specks appearing on a newly
varnished surface indicate that dust
or the varnish brush was not c'ont-
pletely clean. When a brush Inas
been used in varnish and riot •thor-
oughly cleaned with turpentine, the
inside portion of the brush may
become coated with small soft skins
of varnish which loosen the next
time the brush is useci and mar the
finish.
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