Evening Star Newspaper, February 29, 1928, Page 29

__(Continued from Yesterdny's Star) ‘When Peter opened his eyes again, he became conscious of a violent pitch- ing motoin, of the sweep of wind in his face, of & furious onward rushing et great speed through space. But that aloofness of brain which had be- fore so strangely detached himself from himself, as it were, was gone now And now, at first, he 1y regretted that change. Previously & blisstul absence of pain, except for ¥ there had been that one brief instant at the end; but Yow pain was the one dominating ensation, Something stabbed and elabbed n hideous rhythm and tempo | at his back, causing him excrutiating agony—and. in lesser degree. his en- tire body ached as though it had been bruised and battered without mercy. l’ nitlle He sat up now, straining his eyes about him. He could just make out his immediate surroundings. Some- thing almost within his reach took on {a familiar aspect—he stretched out his hand and touched it. Yes, that was what it was—the fly-wheel of an en- gine. He was in a motor boat. And then Peter laughed a little, in a hoarse, uncontrolled sort of way. Of course! A motor boat! Then, it must be Murchison's—the one that was al- ways moored to the little dock. And if 1t was Murchison's, then there was a small locker aft of the engine, and there were tools in the locker—some- | thing with which he could cut the mo- | tor boat adrift from that thing out | there ahead that went on and on through the night like some evil, silent phantom pulling the motor boat to de- T A Mystery Story By FRANK L. PACKARD. Covvrieht. 1927, by Frank L. Packard. filmy sails that towered high to the heavens, danced and curvetted out there in the night ahead of him. It was not easy, though the hawcer, made fast inboard, lay stiff and taut enough across the bow. His blows were feeble: and sometimes the hammer, because of the darkness, and because of the roll of the launch, went wide of its mark and bruised his hand and wrist and fingers. He struck grimly gain—and again. Strand after d he sever d the last onc It ran into his eyes. Mis arm across his eyes, wiping them with the sleeve of his jacket—and stared out ahead of him. The wraith- like thing was gone. There was noth- ing there now—-nothing—just the night FEVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, body was on fire. His blood burned him up. He stared about him in sick amaze. And then gradually under- standing drifted back upon him. But primarily he understood that there Was no water. Peter raised himself upon his elbow. It brought him agony—as though a thousand flends were at his back in- tent upon exquisite torture. His brain reeled. But he persisted. He got his head up above the level of the gun- wale, There was nothing—nothing but the blazing sun that scorched his eye- balls—nothing but that and an end- less sweep of sea. And then suddenly he cried out sharply. He was wrong! D. C. WED There was something! Right out of the sea over there appeared a grove of trees, cool, shady, a great avenue of them; and winding, twisting, bubbling through this avenue was a stream of crystal water. But the boat, rather than approaching the trees, seemed to be_receding from them. Peter's head sank down again. A bitter laugh came from him. It was only another form of torture. A mir- age! He thought about that for a time. Perhaps it wasn’t & mirage. How did he know it was a mirage? It might be—but also those trees might be real. He didn't know how far the boat had been towed, or where it had drifted ESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1928. since he had cut it loose. It was possi- ble those trees might even be on Murchison Island. It was possible. Anything was possible. But whethes it was a mirage or reality, the boat was drawing farther and farther away from it. The thing to do was to drive the boat toward it anyhow. Peter began a grim journey toward the after end of the boat. It was a matter of perhaps two yards to the engine. It took him an_interval of time that was measured only by periods of dizzy flashes, by moments of ob- livion, by the pain to which he suc- cumbed in payment for every few inches of progress. And at the end a mirage in truth knocked him. He might have known! Yesterday, he could have turned the engine over without thought of effort: today. the flg-whul was as some fixed immovable thing that taunted him for his weakness and his impotence. He fought with it, gnawing at his lips, until he fainted. He was too far gone to start the en- gine. Thirst became more and more intolerable; the trees had disappeared: the sun grew hoter—and it reflected on some small, bright object that seemed to protrude from one of the little squares of grating on the bottom of the boat there in the stern. It annoyed 29 him. The glint hurt his eyes; but could not keep his eyes from straying to it every now and then. The thing be- came an obsession. The more he tried not to look, tHe more he looked. Hc became intolerantly angry. He cursed the thing. It was a long way to craw! in order to pitch it overboard. H= couldn’t erawl that far. " (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) RO For the first time since the inaugura- tlon of the Imperial Airways of Great Britain, the lines have just begun to earn a profit even above the govern- ment subsidy. ;\s\t\\\\\\ssss\xtx\mmmxummxs»ss‘xxssvsxssv‘ssss\\mxsxsssxs“xsfisnssxxsxssxxsssxixsssussn“\s\\u\\s\ss“\s\\s‘ 23 NEW . .. Fresh . . One-Pound Jar . Tempting Phone These Prices Are Also Effective at Peoples Service Drug Store, 705 King Street, Alexandria, Va. SALE! $2.50 Value —just blackness. The chisel clattered to the bottom | of the boat from Peter's fingers, and Peter’s knees slid away from bencath struction in its wake, and . . Peter clenched his hands “Brains _growing _wobbly Peter snarled_at himself. be damned! Cutthroats 2 what they are! you fool! And his brain seemed to be stupidly obsessed with only that one thing to the exclusion of all else—pain—where- as there was so much else that mat-| tered. Where was he? What had hap- poned? Neva-Smok Ash Receivers Mammy Lou Hard Main 5215 again!™ Phantom s, that's d cu him And the hours of darkness passed in merciful unconsclousness for Peter. Get a grip on yourself, His head seemed to be hanging over. ! fm i 5 There was mo time to losc. How [Then the dawn came. And then the . St "q‘}‘r‘fs"‘“[;ndg}‘d"w“‘:““: wHe | could e tell how long it was since | sun blazed down upon the drifting 6 ;::?!.I»v $ 1 98 difficultv—they were free, but the | they had left the island! How could | boat, and upon the figure, curiously anl lCS rices trength seemed to have oozed out of he tell how near they were to that | crumpled, that lay inert in the bow. S o i 2 = “somewhere” that was to be the end of | It grew hotter—still hotter. In the s b T R e e them. ied his head—and staved |the motor boat's journcy—and his! |late forenoon Peter stitred. His faint Special T, p T wtitanting featore o (his ash recelver lo that s e 5 A Stsmed. to | He began to crawl toward the stern. | ery was inarticulate—a hoarse, cronk- Special 3 \ @1 gt ok Do N vm e things | Perhaps Murchison was here after all - | ing sound that emanated from parched This Week c { Y y_&\Y) et b atd D ymany (DINGS | lying somewhere here on the bottom of | L. His cves were burning with an “ the boat. He called again. No answer. | unhealthy brilliance out of a red, fever- “A1l O T ver 1ol s, blurred, in- v n” shapeless, nameless thi | He reached the stern: and his fingers, o In Airtight Glass Jars Cigarette Sale! distinct outlines that rose up ghostlike out of a He moaned | He reached out with his hands and | found that a rope was coiled around | the small of his back and around what | seemed to be a narrow flat board Across | which he must have been flung, for he | became aware now that his legs were | without support. waggling this way d t in unison with that violent pi moticn which had been the first to impress itself upon his con- | eese That His * Peter croaked. onsumed_with_thirst. YH Y BAMD ess | fumbling, found the locker. surrounding z’l“‘“{:.‘:‘{‘g"nrnpm around inside. There w. in pain through shu ; | anything with any cutting edge to i except & cold chisel. Well, a cold chisel and a hammer, then! With these in his possession crawled forward again—this time to the bow of the boat. He gritted his teeth against the pain, as he raised himse | to his knees—and, swaying with weak- ness, pitching with the pitch of the bo: he began to back at a small Hi: —The Better to Serve You Chesterfleld — Camel — Lucky Strike — Old Gold — Piedmont — Yorktown — Sweet Caporal — Old Mill—Old North State. Pkg. of 20 Cart. of 200 2 for 25¢ S1.19 A tempting assortment of pure sugar hard candies made fresh in the sanitary Mammy Lou Candy Kitchen. Packed in airtight glass containers to keep it fresh. A delicious as well as wholesome confection. This candy has been made especially for this sale which is effective this week only. Get several jars and treat the family. he noc! imples under Money-Back Guar- antee. Barbers or druggists stretched out over the March Brings Lower Prices. hawser that bow to where a wraithlike thing, with 810 His brain was clearing now. was the sound of water, wasn't it?— the slap, slap. slap of it & boat beat with her nose at a never | ending succession of waves—the faint and gurgle of it as though the| wia rushed swiftly past a boat'ssides. | as though | esat! g | LI g T 0| Sound Judgment now. He was to be (h:\\tn Jnto . | y ) . : . :ga;mau?g Jost e lahef‘.hh':d‘ g\:;;,‘ far | built your estate—but you cannot bequeath Values T’l(’t W'll Help lhe Thrlfty I’Ollsfillf!fe Keep W ithin th(} F("n '_ly Budgel L ewhere— t quite = s far ‘enough— | the former to your heirs. to sink the boat. { s s head again, as high up i as he could, and again stared He could see better now. 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