Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1928, Page 10

10 BYRD WILL CARRY ALL CONVENIENCES | fiflmlmmuumunmmlmumumllwmllllu|uumuumummuumnnmlmmu|||mnmn|nu|l|umuuuuluuumlmmmmmun||||||ummm||numm-mn Anarctica Expedition Will Take Music Books and Houses. tor's Note.—This is the fifth of a of stories on {OrNCOMINE exps of exploration into the Antarcti BY JOHN L. COOLEY, Associated cience Editor NEW YORK Press August 18.—Antarctica 2300 miles from civilization, but meany, if not ail. of the celebrated comforts of twentieth century lving wil rovided for the men of the Eyrd expedition when they reach their basc on the Ross Sea ice barrier A village of six or more houses, car- south in sections aboard ship. will erected on the snowy fringe of the south polar continent. The buildings will be set into the ice to a depth of four feet and will be strongly anchored to protect them from the terrific gales that sweep seaward from the high con- tinental dome. In Winter the quar- ters will be buried in snow to safeguard further, and communication various units will be through hewn out of the ice R0 Degrees Below Zero. the long Winter months. temperature will approach 80 low zero, the outdoor activi- tics of the expadition will be sharply restricted, but the boys will find plenty 1o do indoors. Between turns at wash- ing dishes. mending clothes, doing each other's barbering. keeping the records jate, tending the dogs. overhaul- equipment and maintaining " tine they'll be playing their 115 records on the three camp phono- nging out tunes on the small reading the library of nearly olumes or serenading themseives ikulele and banjo. red thousand cigarettes. f c0. A vast store of chewing and candy and a mighty cache be drawn on liberally to long davs of Winter piano, 0 gum of pipes wil help pass storm and kness. There wi be the dailv sun bath stunt too. Several devices for provid- ing artificial sunshine in the form of made-to-order ultraviolet rays are in the equipment, and Comdr. Byrd has issued orders that every man take a treatment every day to forestall phys- fee! unfitness The food supplies are packed in boxes so constructed that they will serve as the wall of the storehouses. ‘The 15.000 gallons of gasoline awaiting the expedition at Dunedin. New Zea- 1and. will be kept in drums Recreational Headquarters. Between meals the mess hall will serve as recreation headquarters. Other buildings will house the bunks and cots, the kitchen and the machine thop. Georg> F. Tennant of Manistee. Mich.. chief cook. and Albert E. Geth- ing of New York, assistant cook and baker, will work with a familiar type of coal range. Twenty-five tons of fuel will be jeft behind by the Samson for the use of the kitchen staff. Electricity for power and light will be turnished by a generator driven by a gasoline engine. Portable generators. turned by hand. are being taken for use in the field stations. The cooking problem a base camp is a big problem on all polar expeditions and has long taxed the ingenuity of explorers. Byrd and will take on their travels the newest type of gasoline stove,-a closed receptacle made of three ftriangular, set over the barner, also THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. €. SATURDAY. AUGUST 18 1928 I mnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnmmmmmmm|u|fiM|nWWIM|||||||ulummmmmmm THE FORTUNATE WAYFARER - 8 3 Martin Barnes. traveling salesman. st PIng to admire & curious auented street. becomes the principal acto: in a family drama. Lord Ardrington, believ- ing he has only a few days to live. presents the dazed young man with £80.060 {n cash n the presence of his doctor, his lawyar an his_disinherited_scapegrace nephew. Gerald Garnham | being eccentric, Lord Ardrington had pledged himself to present this fortune (o the first connections. Next d: un s ald. who introduces his companion. | Blanche Hanningham. Settling easily into Ithe life of a leisured sentieman. Martin Is disturbed ta read of Lord Ardrington’s re- covers from his supposedly fatal operation With 'the intention of making some return | aged to hold my own when there was | correclty of the foriune. Martin motors to Ardrms- ton Park. which he finds barricaded against sitors. At the gates he meets Lady Blanche and her voung cousin Laurita. “Both prom- tse to help him gain admission Back at village fon Martin makes the acquaint- twn vory centlemen. Selomon and Victor Porle. also intent on ng admitted to Ardriigton Park. When a nass arrives for Martin, to his astonish- ment and disgust. one of the men offers to buy it Sitting before Lord Ardrinston. Mar- tin wonders anew at the unusual precaution against visitors and is surprised and s bit fattered to be invited to remain as a guest At dinner that night he tells Lord Ardring- ton of the two men at the inn and is startied at the effect of his news. (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) INSTALLMENT XV. A Startling Suggestion. WHERE are they now--thess . two?" Lord Ardrington dem2nded presently At the village inn, or rather they were this aft- ernoon.” Lord Ardrington rose to his feet, made his way to the windows and looked out |into the mauve twilight. The gardens and the park beyond were silent and de- serted. On the left the broad flagged | | approach to the house was empty of any | living creature. It was a peaceful, even a beautiful view. yet as he stood there he shivered. “They may come tonight,” he mut- tered Martin was conscious of a sudden ac- inclosed. A thin tube conducts the fuel from a small pressure tank to the burner. The flame flares around the bottom and the asbestos-insulated sides of the pots, melting in 20 minutes the ice that has been placed in the in- teriors. When the ice has been re- duced to water the food to be cooked |is put into the pots. A meal for six men can be prepared in these stovs an hour's time. To Use Airplane Cloth. Many explorers have solved the ques ttion of sheiter in the field by using snow houses or light silk and cotton < tents. Byrd has decided on tents made of the best grade airplane cloth, which is light, windproof and very strong. | Small tents: of this material will be | carried on the sledge trips, on the air- plane flights and on field expeditions afoot. In addition, little cloth shelters will | be scattered along the path toward th- {Pole to serve as landmarks and to house food supplies. The tents will be dyad burnt orange to give them a high visability. and to increase the warmth incide. (Copyrizht, 1928, —e Cenvenience of Overnight Train Service to the South. Leave Washington 5 p.m., arrive Atlanta, 9:35 am.; leave Washington, , arrive Ashevile, 9:20 a.m. arrive Au- Western North Caro- | lina Mountains for a cool, delightful va- | cation. Excellent tourist hotels, good boarding houses. Reduced fares. Ask for Summer Vacation Folder. Southern Railway, City Ticket Office, 1510 H st. n.w. Phones, Main 1465-1466.—Adver- tisement. 4 i | ing Cobsright by K Phillips Oppenhetm cession of sympathy for this man, for | wham up till then his feelings had been curiously mixed. He had been inclined |to resent the farceur, the almost inso- 3 |lent assumption of ome vital differ- ence, not only in their station but in Living up to his reputation for | thefr whole outlook and scheme of daily | glad. life. Yet in that moment of his bene- | factor's weakness a kindliness amount- aimost to affection established itself. old me so much, sir” he said gently, “why don't you tell me a |little more? If you want a protector | from a physical point of view, I'm not afraid of a scrap. I've generally man- “You hav anything of that sort doing. I'll sleep | anywhere in the house—outside vour 1 think I eould stop any one coming in." That's very good of vou, Barnes,” he acknowledged. “but I'm afraid that sort of help wouldn't be of much use. These meon will get at me all right. haven't waited all these years for noth- ing. “Well. how can I kelp, then?” persisted. Lord Ardrington had resumed his seat The question he suddenly asked was the most astoninshing which his could possibly have conceived ¥ ou_ever thought of marriage?" “Merriege?” Martin gasped. * . “Well, not lately. I suppose I marry some day.” Aftar 811 Lord Ardrington went on, g half to himself, “you are in Chance selected vou as by beneficiary, but still you owe me your altered state in life.” ‘I acknowledge it willingly,” Martin | deciared. “As I told you hefore, if there |is anything I can do, you can count {on me.” “Will you marry my stepdaughter— say, the day after tomorrow?” Martin stered across at his ques- tioner dumbfounded. his senses con- | tused, deprived for the moment of the power of speech ‘Marry--your stendaughter—the day after tomorrow! Why, I only met her this a‘ternoan “That is bes riin shall the ouestion. Will Laurita—NMiss Laurita--she wouldn't dream of it." Not in an ordinary way perhaps.” Lord Ardrington admitted. “but your marriage need be one of form only and it may save her from a far more ter- rible fote. One of those men is father." Mariin was proof against further sho He remained speechless. Part of the terror in which I live,” Lord Avdrington continuved, on her account. I loved Lar mother with every breath cf my body and on her deathbed re to keep Laurita from the fate th wiich her father threatened her. Will you do what I ask?" “But it wouldn't be possible,” Martin | faltered. 1t i possible. You could motor up to | London tomorrow, get a special license {and return with it at night. You could | be married the next dey | "“But would she consent>” Martin | asked doubtfully. “She has oniy known me for a few hours and in » way I have not been brought up in her world. Tam Inot at 2ll the sort of person she has been used to." ‘She would ccnsent to the ceremony | " Lord it 1 explained matters to hey | Ardrington insisted. of course, that the ceremony is on2 of | protection only. If, when you get to know one another better, you found that any sufficient amount of affection de- | veloped. vhy, then you might become | husband an ife In earnest. Other- wise, of cour: be possible and ezs: Martin sat for several moments in He was striving to see his way, ut his thoughts were in confusion. His | host rose and laid his hand upon the youngz man’s shoulder, - ‘Remember that you pledge yourself B A commun ness—where design and e T W.C & 1112 Seventeenth St Pesley Heights ity of protected exclusive every home is of special very owner sympathetic with the plan of development. A. N. MILLER Owners and Developers. reet Decatur 610 They | her | Tt is understood, | owning easily possible. By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM to nothing.” he urged. “The only thing |1s that you will not be able to marry |any one else for a time. You're voung | enough to wait, however, and when you | learn, as you very soon shall learn, from \whm you're saving Laurita, you'll be * We'll finish our conversa- tion presently. mind. Laurita must be prepared first by me." ! Phere seemed to Martin something entirely unreal about the remainder of that ning. In the hall, quaint an- | achronism as it seemed under the stately domed cefling and among surroundings and | imvressively medieval, | the twa girls were dancing to the music lof a talking machine. They left off at once as the two men approached the table whers the coffse was awaiting 1°m You 6o nol. by eny T suppos2, Martin?” Laur ful chance. dance. a ashed wist- 1" he admitted. | ake, If you can stand | up on two legs at all, try,” Lady Blanche | begged. surita’s crazy about it.” Mariin's performance was duly ap- |proved. He wes, in fact, a reasonably ‘f!rm(l dancer. A f w suggestions as to alterations in his steps were tentatively made and good-naturedly accepted. “And you must really hold me to you and not away from you," Laurita in- ststed Your difiidence Lady nointed out. engaging, but for the purpose of dancing impossible. You i must remember that it is the dance and nothing but the dance. In other words, |it is_your partrer you are clasping and | not Laurita.” | Nevertheless, Martin knew v well |that it was Laurita whose body clung | softly to his as they moved away to the music. For a moment he was bewil dered by 2 rush of unanalyzable sensa |tions. The thought of merriage with | her sudden!y presented itself with a new |and amazing significance. She glanced up at him, wondering at his silence, | and. meeting his eves, looked away with a nervous little laugh, herself conscious of a momentary wave of agitation Blanche, from the easy chair into which she had sunk. watched them with a cuvious expression in ‘her eyes “You know how to take hints, Mr. Barnes.” she remarked. “Uncle, tell me you think of this modern dancing. ou find it just a trifie affection- For heaven Blanche cannct regard it as dancing.” Lord Ardrirgton pronounced dryly Barnes' age, for Instance—I probably embrace my opportunities as he_does.” Laurita suddenly stopped in the mid- dle of a record. ran to the instrument »0"05 ’ Fop p gew Not a word to any one, | “At the | same time, if I were a young man--Mr. | should | lmd removed it: She spoke to her part- | mers but she looked away from ft. | “You must have your coffee before it |lfl cold, Martin. It is too bad to drag |you into this without a moment's notice.” | There was a brief interval, then more idnnclnx. Afterward Blanche took Mar- {tin for a little tour around the hall, | showing iiim some of the better known {pictures. In one of the farthest re- | e s she paused and they seated them- |sclves on a great divan with an oak back, “Are vou falling in love | rita®™ she asked abruptly | “I don't think so0." ‘Why?" Blanche shrugged her shoulders “You locked like a human being for a minute or two,” che remarked care- | les: | ding him welcome. ringe? demanded. vely e He n~dded. where T worked.” ebvigus,” che with Lau- | “Pr veary." “You're not going to t2ll me.” |eliimed with a sudden “that you gave her up heeay ridiculous windfall of yours!" He shook his head. I . he answered. “Perhaps 1 forgot myself.” he said. he “She dances wonderfully and I enfjoyed | thouzh if. As 2 rule, ing for | wrong. “Tdiot 1 ¢ 'm going to do something |shz had told me that s 2 scoffed. “You're all right if only zou had a little more confidence “T don't think T am.” he answered I don't think that would help me in the least. It is the same with my da it is with everything els> in life.’ what do you mean?" she de- with my employer. ward thet 't w “What an ill, why or_at oIl 1 thit ment’s reflect of th posit holid 4 ape!” she he ion, “Wel ," he tried to ex- e | plain, “you can't get over the fact that there is a difference, almost a differ- ence of fundameatals, between Martin Barnes, with little better than a board ing school education, a hard-working commercial traveler until a fow woeeks |ago, and you others. Mr. Garnham doesn’t hesiteie to meke me realize it and as o matter of fact I half recognize his point of view and the point of view of vour friends. ¥our menners are im- pressive, you all wear clothes wonder- fully and it must hove taken genera- | tions to acquire such a gift of cultivated |insolence. I don't resent it: T rather {sdmire it. T'm quite certain T couldn’t [ 1iva up to it.” She laughed at him softly and kindly. her eyes full of a pleasant expression. He felt an absurd desire to possess him- self of the hand wkich rested so close to his—not a dainty, doll-like hand, with rose-tipped finger nails like Lau- rita’s, but a woman's strong, capable. | hand, with long but also square-tipped ingers, a few freckles on the back, well shaped and comely. “1 think you'll da ell right if you re- main natural.” she assured him. “You may put your foot in it occasionally. but nothing's unforgivable nowada and we're all sick of our own type. Be- sides, Imitation is never, after all. the real thing. You wouldn'i be able to emulate, for instance, Gerald's cour- teous but deadly insolence to any one he dislikes. If T were you I should just prune off the gaucheri»s and remain myself." alore. ‘And wha inquired € them frea ag in,” he cxplrined. nd £ eight carfortable. T don't can understard me, 2 lusury to o rich ene.” Blanche laughed softl “Well, take my advice,” “Don't hurry.” His tickled. spacious hail Roberto Fierro, will stop “good-will” he announced today Mexican army he asked with a , “supposing I wanted to marry any one, say, of your world, what | would they think of it?” She looked at him curiously, remind- ing him at that moment of the time °en he had seen her in the quaint v’ Wilt Slowly The Tolman Laundry, § Breakfast, dinner and supper without the an- novance of a permanent protection against mosquitoes. FLY-TOX aprayed in the sleeping rooms insures undisturbed reatful sleep. 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