Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1925, Page 22

E‘:—'—‘—'—.—'—‘_————)—_ thrown perhaps into the South At- The Ark of the Covenant A Story of Mystery and Adventure BY VICTOR. MacCLURE. Copyright. 1924 Ly Harper & Brothers (Continued from Yestord: e It was New Year eve and a night of bright moonlight that paled the d down the early evening when, without warn{ng, we were caught by a tropieal stoxm at a considerable distance from ouf For the storm In fitself we to care llttle enough—Iit have been possible to ride er it. But we found ourselves the air with only sufficient strol for the home run. We had, cover, no stores aboard to permit | any comfort in waiting for the storm | to die down. There was nothing for |it but to run, v | Behind us the storm was rising en elled for half and the ship re \d as we gath. We shot up at a su and on the in tainty that I v finest craft tha ailed on sea or in air. She living thing obedient, gentle, ;. We te her thoroughly with it, and againg knowr we f What work othly by | + following wind, and it was a ques- tion of time if we could be at the entrance before the Impact ught us. The ship behaved ad- Iy, rolling little, keeping her and speeding like a thrown for home. We dropped into asin under a sky black ink. us the rising wind n precursor of swift It we could not get the the cave, the chances were e | would first be battered balance avelin the entranc then lifted and Makes a Family pply of Cough Remedy Renlly better than ready - made xh syrups, and saves about Ensily and quickly pi ) If you combined the curative properties of every known “ready- | made” cough remedy, you probably | could not get as much real curative power as there is in this simple, homemade cough syrup, which is | easily prepared in a few minutes. 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As cloud take shape and move plaln, now one way, now t We we stopped vou klllec And he looked what a question,™ he sald. ~And from you, Seton! No, no, my friend, they ars only astesp.” As he spoke he moved the hox back and forward quickly, and below the %as cloud was broken and began to disperse. “That s well for one morning,” the chief sal n, Covenant a Iater it see ships would pair The se atacks, wal that ml fotmance of her s 3 Ve taken out Ark of the Covenant I ¢ comtinued ‘tests, and we had oruising s 1f you are depressed agreatdeal constipa- tion maybe to blame. Give your intestinal tract a thorough cleaning with harmless Pluto Water. It flushes away the poison-breeding waste matter, Acts in 30 minutes to two hours. Never gripes. Prescribed by physicians, sold by druggists and bottled at French Lick Springs, Ind. When Nature Won’t Pluto Will Pinex is a most valuable concen- trated compound of genuine Norway pine extract, and has been used for generations to break severe coughs. 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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1925. sprang for the deflation gear and spun round the handle. In a second or two there was scarcely a foot of gas in the whole ship, and we sank into the basin. Now I shoved over the controls to half speed. Deprived of her buoyancy, the ship was easler to handle, and as the men resisted the drive of the wind, we [ o forged ahead Into the cavern, our ! gar. propellers lashing the water and our cabin awa by It was in the nick of time, for even as her rudder passed the jambs [ Al of the entrance, st of the hurricane caught the ship and threw her stern against the fender ropes but the ship swung the threatening They had toward From the cabin fons of the men both aboard ore, but the noise of the wind hearing difcult. It came to at If we did not act quickly, But we were Inside at the cost of stralned rudder stays and one pro- peller-blade broken. were closed against the storm, which fas now tury. To restore a measure of buoy- | We ancy to the ship, enough at least to take her out of the water, was only tion of the Covenant 1 was snugly secured her mooring stays in her own hangar cave. this time the moved from been clinging by a rall, and I tu The great doors upon us with clamorous turning on our re- 8. And In a littla Ark of watch Chief had not position. He had his single hand to ed to him with an apology for sousing him and his won- derful Instruments. ply 1 recelved was one of his ex- tremely rare handshakes, and I knew then that T had somehow pleased him. went together to the living quarters, and when we had changed I joined him the storm. windows of the living rooms were from the force of the wind, and we caught gothing but the eddles. side the land lay in half light, but t was possible to see that the trees and shrubs near us were bent laid flat by But the only re- part of the laboratry and sheltered Out- the terrific drive of the hurricane. would give, the earth below it would and mafestically into the air of broken soil uprooted trees would be and carrled through the alr like a feath- in his laboratory to|€T: Bushes were flung high, and the Fortunately the |4ir was filled with along at lightning speed. the lines from the *Deluge’ frae the pit-mirk on hle, Ttnel' had " coupit. 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