Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1934, Page 26

HAPPY Anything Might Happen on {a Treasure Hunt Through 'HROUGH the |4 warm, sea- scented air of the South Caroiina night the head- lights of the roaa- ster ripped im- mense holes in the clinging darkness. The arrow on the speedometer’s il- luminated dial swung slowly from 60 to 60, to 70. Jim settled him- self more comfort- ably behind the wheel and enjoyed the rush of wind insistently ~whip- ping back over the slanted windshield. He smiled to himself as he re- flected that this was, in all prob- ability, the last time he would be driving like this, with a good car, & perfect night and one of the most attractive women in the world at his side. No more country club treasure hunts either, unless—unless he man- sged to win this one. Rather like an old-fashioned melo- drama, he thought, with modern im- provements. The mortgage on the old homestead falling due; only this time it was not only the homestead but the family’s entire mortgageable property, the house and furnishings, the stable of thoroughbreds, the three cars and what remained of the family jewels. No bemustached villain foreclosing this time, either, but a pleasantly firm young man from the branch of the New York bank in Charleston, who would sympathetically tender the fore- closure papers if that damnable $4,000 were not evident next week. Jim decided that his dad had made & poor move after the crash when he had borrowed all that money to bolster up the business—some $30,000. With the plant running on part-time sched- ule now, it was just about making ex- penses and keeping the family, with nothing left over with which to pay off mortgages. A glance to the right at his com- panion revealed a smartly dressed, fresh young person easily ceclining against the cushion, staring ahead at the road as it unwound before them and swiftly dropped behind. “Read the directions again, will you, Anne?” Jim broke the silence. “Clue 20: Go to a point 5 miles southwest of Fort Sumpter, where you will find a marker. With your watch pointed north, take the direction of the hour hand at 5 o'clock. Walk 100 paces, then 14 paces left, where you will find last clue,” Anne read from the paper in her hand. Jim chuckled at her moue of bore- dom. “Don’'t give up the ship, Lady Nelson. A prize of a year's member- ship worth $5,000 isn't to be sneezed at.” The thought of the prize was tan- talizing. Jim realised that it could be converted into cash very readily merely by selling it to one of the gang who would have paid for another year’s membership anyway. 4 mile later they pulled to a stop at a checkered pennant nailed to & post at the side of the road. Alighting, Jim removed his watch from his wrist and placed it upon the top of the post and followed directions. THEY BOTH . The two of them paced carefully 100 | hgfnor vs. self-preservation after a | paces, over the beach and beneath the Jow, scraggly branches of the beaten untain-climbing accident left two pines. liges in jeopardy. Grombmenledll o WALLACE VOWS TO CUT ACTIVITY FOR THINKING Resolves to Reduce Hustle After 40,000 Miles of Travel and 88 Speeches. By the Assoclated Press. Secretary Wallace, known to his friends as s quiet philosopher who likes to sit and think, looked back today on a year of hustle and bustle ‘him—smashed Here's what he did: Traveled 40,000 miles through all 48 States, made 88 speeches, wrote 20 articles and three books, and picked up two college degrees. A1l this is in addition to the job of sdministering his department and in ing taking part frequent conferences st the White House. But Wallace Every convenience ailaits you here for leisurely tmfill your CHRISTMAS § Greetm;g Cards § No wild scramble here to ifiind the proper envelope for a card, for all cards Hiave matching envelopes \ ENTURE romantic, if noth- ing else, he thought. It made one imagine the figures of Capt. Kidd and Mary Read and all those other swaggering buccaneers who were reputed to have infested these waters back in col- onization days. An apt place to end & treasure hunt, even & modern one. Under the influ- ence of his reflec- tions Jim's heart « RECOILED left at the 100th * pace and stepped ofl’ 14 more, halting in the triangle npiide by three trees which grew al- ed in the branches was a spade, dd. unfastening it, they dug down 2 ffeet and pulled cut a flat tin box. Agine opened the lid, and in the light of] Jim's cigarette lighter read: “Hard IAk. Join the party at the club hguse.” Jim made a wry grimace and leaned arily on the spade handle. “There,” thought, “goes the mortgage mymey, family pride, m{'mberships—oh, well. What's the ds1” He stepped back and flung the spade it o the hole. A hollow bump came upl from the shadowed ground, and, krjzeling, Jim felt curiously beneath : spade. “There's something else here,” he gijinted. Again he grasped the spade. By difit of a good deal of exertion and ating, he presently exposed to the P lucid rays of the moon a large ob- lonig chest nearly 5 feet long and 2 feg t square at the ends, bound around wi.h rusted metal straps which held pedilocks at either end. Jim scraped th{: mold from a copper plate on the lid and traced out “J. Diggs. Mate, py Venture. 1773." “Trembling with suppressed excite- md nt, Jim glanced wordlessly at Anne, thyn attacked the chest with the spiude, ripping off the rotted locks and ogl>ning the lid. Once more he held hii: lighter over the darkness within tii> chest and flicked it on. With gay ps of revulsion, they both instinc- tipely recoiled from the horribly grin- 1g skeleton, with portions of cloth- ing: and immense sea boots still cling- ; to it, which glared sightlessly up at] them. “For heaven's sake, let’s get out of! this,” Anne hysterically sobbed. “All right,” agreed Jim, “but wait, wiiat’s this?” With the lighter still filiming in his hand, he bent over the chest and groped about in the ntents. Smothering a shout, he st{ aightened up, and the light flashed jescently from a thousand points ort the two immense diamonds incased ‘a a pair of dully gleaming golden e rrings which he held in his hand. (Copyright, 1934.) *.!‘mnmnw: “No Greater Love,” by Jq ry Wilder, presents the problem of | s made a New Year resolution in aq vance. He says he won't deliver so any speeches next year. He wants gna to sit and think, Lo WS MARTINI 2 ROSSI Y/ERMOUTH WV. A. TAYLOR & CO., N. Y. ) ) 2 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 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