Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 12, 1923, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT Che Casper Daily Tribune MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1923. A BEART = I WANN, Few “OW, WE WERE our \ Tale of Mystery, Treas ure, Love and the Sea. APovoétze FoR GRANDMA, “Te “He RACES LasT BY NORMAN SPRIN Rk WHAT SATURDAY AND WHEN - ” ENS WORSE FELL Douln “ ' Author of “The Blood Ship. uaprencn! } Oe Sue nome eroeta WE ACTED SomeTuwe 1 IM sorry. MR.Goodcte XI penser WISH Te USTEN Te ANY EXPLANATIONS - Mou HAD No BIGHT STALLMENT NO. SEVEN "s WI SCANDALOUS = AND Pa Ws WHO'S WHO AND ! u write down the tine and Z WHAT'S HAPPENED said Li Billy. I Thoveut So muen yw When the Jer “Good Luck.” » th first two out of New ord, was wrecked at at means, fourth the F av © island etter ‘s." You in the z ft pairs— ; the two survivors was umber 6. John Winters, who wrote down in ‘There are no numbers the code his Log of the finding of vast quant! Winters used a 6 to tndi- * thes of paces bk words. To Winter secret begins | 8 43344544236 Pair} d we have 43-3 h the diagram, letter, or of his cor or ‘o.’ 4th line the weird 4th line 4th letter, terious 1 letter, or ‘h.' That , or the word ‘south.’ no need of m con- translation. Friend Sm : ie ae By C. A. Voight 1 beach—in elephant head . = TTT ae windy cave—2 port— " \6oT A HONCH I USE Nove. HEAD — KEEP — READY FoR SECOND LESSON—WORDS HY ( f | t axe 1 (RSE Some Tees OF, 'T DowN Nov-Poor Boos!’ NOW Come AND PHRASES To BE USED ater. AVN | ‘ eation of the this ers faud ow Gedo Back Stow— NO!-Nor Like That “TOPPING OF DRIVE — GETTING OUT oF iat hi i | No doubt about it. It Avo TELL Me. wer You — SLow— SLOW — Tarts ((— KEEP SAWD TRAPS AND BUNKERS Aso : Vi | to get there first.” Mover HEAD Down—— Look UKE THE | EXTRA SPECIAL ONE To BE USED ONLY > Walt \ | 1 * commenced THINK OF IT PICTURES In THe Boot. . AFTER DRIVING INTO WATER-HOLE- INHALE Tit Y \ | ; OLY —— Now REPEAT “How did Smatt come to be in pos: DEEOWNY Now Rep AFTER a | years later, session of the skin? I am coming to - ok ‘ shback | + recov:| hin ee, accidentally finds an’s collec. | Litue Billy steward of t Jap, Ichi, brought tt to I fathomed the diagram, and much morning fron Mour I was just at the Jend of an e 1spree. All of a sudden, while T was working over that T collapsed 2 tve grand part aboard Ho was commis: | Ruth Le Moyne, {s mate of the] sioned by that Hakodate crowd of fur| brig. They are told of the Log and puyers to discover of the hunchback’ on that their|_ if this island was the one t ng points hadn't ambergri have stayed with us store of ambergris was hidé They (¢ 1ouy d tempted him, he would wre all in the dark as to the location | s he was doubtless a spy of the] og know ©. a i : of the cave, but Ruth sudden‘y dis-| syndicate,” assented Little Billy.| WOuld know Carew,” explained Little) Bil to Martin. favorably k tween the two poi covers the skin within the binding | “Certainly when I ran across him in and the following cipher message !s Frisco, he was anything but the revealed. of a windjammer seuss Sei isl —the cast- 8 some oe 423615 8314612151113236 361 when I woke up, that|!8hman—the cast-off son of some) [7 oo ‘i Zi —————=S== — = 5111464643441115 code had vanished with the at house, I be ave, And he is a| J i OF COURSE THAT'S REALLY \— Soe wos wee ‘15 pestle cruel, treacherous, brave, and cun HERE'S THE INVITATION NOT YOUR BIRTHDAY BUT IT'S |} MGUSEEUL WHAT WILE 83 442 “Ichi had tried unsuccessfully to] 75 C88: | “so Olner wore Blue TO YOUR BIRTHDAY THE DAY YOU WERE LEFT f 7 BE LIKE IF 2614416 . open the wafo in the Captain's room." | Add to that a rea'ly beautitul body ON MY OOORSTER Se 7 Be LIKE Dr. Ichi, a Japanese, had been! said Ruth. ‘He was undoubtedly after]? b’azen gall. and a well-bred and) THAT'S YOUR y 4 ave carr: Me ol and you have Wild an apt nick-nume BIRTHDAY AS BS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. shipped as cook by the Cohasset and igning almost complete tgnora of ish. ‘s officers talk over the ¢ nl st the cipher and sco becomes associated with E ‘arew, a splendid looking | offic s sea captain. Ichl| know empl | woulda t Josiah Smatt, a sharp lawyer, to de CHILOREN ANYWHE LE —, NEAR YOUR ained the en y of I Mou latitude and long. ACCEPT ? we ax man has come through more | wild, disreputable escapades than any | ther three men af He has rob-| vou | bed right and left all o the Pacific. He robbed the captain, here, when the} jcaptain first knew and trusted him Two years ago, his schooner — the San | Frisco, I accidently ran a lowed 1 to You aw invited te ettind we Velntine Party ow the eccosicon of And this brings | Aileen was confiscated for oplum- Sherine atecond. buthdoy us to running. Since that ti he has Ae Martin Blake, our hero, wt been employed by the same dicate Sthruary IF, 1923 veying the decoc latitude tain to a who have bought the cup of Jay s furs te Halts house counter ‘lam sure my captu Smatt his employer, de hound] result of forethought,” stated Tuth Pla P Felgning intoxicat sut thumping | “I think they concluded T was a spy. Sheu aply stes blank sheets of paper for the exelamation,, when | | e was not in| | I told him I'd kil! b Indecd s u Hes | they brought me before him, n's pocket. The sub- he bothered vineing proof that he did not knc ea whom his men had bagged at | seria fe may eplitre, teoarie 2 an HAROLD TEEN—THIS OUGHT TO MAKE THE SHEIK SHIVER ‘ | things to hin T know he meant to backers are sure to 1 Have iT- tl SEND HIS | have illic nber: ’ 1 4 ER- - oe | gris on Fire Mountain,” said Billy. ( Demes DENS can Se betters Back — HAT OUGHTA PACKET OF LETTECS } | “But he does not know the ts STAND \T—HAROLD NEVER, Ger a PEEP Baa To HAROLD ! Missus TEEN position. I am sure of that!” object STANED @wey Tis Lone BE- OUT oF ‘een- Here's A Package ed Ruth. €om HaRoLD— , Looks Uke LILLUMS HAS GIVE’M TH Thest OUGHTA Be WorRTH @THIN DIME, sis! FORE -1 WAS To THE DANCETTE SATURDAY WITH HoRace- HE DIDNT SEEM TO-MIND~ WONDER le HE REALLY IS SMITTEN WITH THAT ScHOOL “But he does know Bering Sea, a8 well as I," spoke up Captain “And knows the par ilar corner of Bering we bound That ambergris would represent profits 0 » of seal-raids- 1 besides, you, Ruth, draw ing him lik one. His at tempt to shanghai you, back there in , shows the temper of the a lode- “If it has come to a race, Cx schooner has the heels of ui Littte Billy the Dawn {s the better saller,” reluctantly admitted the captain. | “I hopo we don’t meet him up north. I am afraid,” muttered Ruth 1 now we will have to adjourn} this meeting till another time. Seven | ad | bells went some time ago. TI have] a | Just tlme to get my coffee and relieve the bosun by midnight “But—a claimed Little | Bi ly. ned our _ 7 A | ‘ ! L DIDN'T KNOW BUT WHAT You know, | 5 é ooKY ‘ERE WHY OF COURSE 4 there are no in y aren't You Gone \ SUSE SUT. Ea GOIN AP \ GUESS THATS PRETTY eS LETARE youre EDDIE YOU MIGHT A THOUGHT I family. Now, I suggest, you | To HELP THE PARRYS |) Gir EDOIE SIMPSON To | HEAVY EH SIMPson 2 You SURE YOU SIMPSON was SAMSON !! , eminently qualified to assist the | TO MOVE FAWTHAW? /! ete me! TH’ PARRY'S GOT ME RIGHT ¢ — steward.” GOT SOME HEAVY STUFF! | XQ Pp AX ag? “AY phe y laugh from the girl and the old man checked the hunchback's veech. No, you are not going to sluft job upon poor Mr. Blake's shoul cried Ruth. at {s—unless | es tot 1g ome a rte | want to be a sailor is: | g serted emp! we'll assign you to a wat 8 he capt “Of course, you will] ‘Ruth with a half sob, turned a nd sped across the deck.” | live saft. Keep your present berth P | Billy. You had better Join the} a at my word!] starboard watch, I think. The bosun| | when | is a reat hand to break in a greer | was sober, | Martin was watching Ruth.] white Mart There was, he dared to think, a wel cemcaee TOU was not in-| come twinkle caning message | oo q , At : X j the sidewise glance she shot at hi 6; "I would rather be in tho mate's but Bosun, and gig g watch,” he sald | ing game of hearts. Ruth attended to| shipboard intimacy with her, and dis-| own tattoo upon his ribs. A man, al rail, a golden voice suddenly com.| without conscious movement. Martin t human devil pi ay re thin. vinned, Little Bill [this particular instruction uncon-| covers her to be at once an exciting starry night upon the water,| menced to sing an age-old song of| put his arms about Ruth and drew covery th hae led nd enuttered ee nly; sciously, perhaps, but none the less| tyrant*and a Jo'ly chum, when the|a song of love—of course it was in-| love, Anna Laura her into a close embrace. He pressed overy that| chuckled and er omething| sciously, perhaps, ss | ty effectively maid {s possessed of a strange and | evitable! Softly the hunchback sang; his| his hot lips to hers, and with a thrill fair was! about » to the slaughter,” Car fort a Tee ee ter and eet course, ft was Inevitable, When | exciting history, and congenial tastcs,| Ruth teased him and deftly parried | voice seemed to melt into and become | so Keen It felt like a stab, he realized 1 hot the That nal ce wert att are ae ED a Ja romantic-minded young man aida in| When she is not unaware of her own | his crude attempts to make the grand] one with tho hum of the breeze aloft| her ps rctur the pressu , eRe CA Waa Ge tease Jthe thrilling rescue of an imprisoned| excellence, and, at times, not disin ion the sole topic of their chats.| and the snore of the forefoot thrust- It tasted but a second this heaven giad to have you in h rilling ee red | cad’ ita Goquet before a] She would hold him rm's length, | ing apart the waters. Its seemed t th, with a half half laugh, is wat she said I e jma 3 ae . in n-| and then for a swift r ent «voy her| Martin that the whe world was] turned and sped a the deck, and work 1 no pla lil aes ne ; outs | guard, It would be but a trifle—a| sing singing of lov | through the open all ny door, into 8 ; at : ‘ manent ature, and| fugitive f shoulders | girl trembled aga b t . 1 dart ies bias ania! tee re are mom his heart | haps—b ake Martin: to/ der. Martin leaned eagerly 1 upon s 1 the |. at si \ ahib, Gree a. Mactin lock 1d intarally: enhanced lodges uncomfortably in his throat, | bis sou ; | and thelr ¢yes met. The s un. eipher and shows Bikey. 4 “I I sou ite 7 ihe aut fa und disgulst “When he is. thrown into a e!and moments whgn it beats a devil's! One evening as th ut the fened at that el