Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1937, Page 24

DAILY SHORT STORY SUPERSTITION By Richard ONE of us, you understand were superstitious, but when Ken Up- shaw shot the al- batross we were beset by ill luck. The bird had been eireling our ship all day. The fish- Ing had been poor. Ken had made & boast before leaving port. He had boasted (and wagered) that he'd eatch the biggest fish. He had told Lois Forbes what & wonderful fisher- man he was. He had promised to bring her home a trophy. And then to spend the whole day out there in the blazing sun without so much as & nibble— “It's that bird!” Ken cried savagely, | suddenly leaping to his feet. “Re- member the poem., ‘The Ancient Mariner'? Well, it was an albatross | that wrecked that ship.” ! He went below, reappearing a few moments later with & shotgun. And before anv one couid stop him he| had shot and kiiled the albatross. We | #tared at the floating body a mo- | ment in silence. Then Noel Mltrhell} Jaughed. “You ape. it was because the an- | cient mAnner shot the albatross that! they had such rotten luck.” | “Nonsense!" 1 declared. ‘‘Noei, vou look as though you actually mhevp' some harm will befall us simply be-! cause Ken winged that bird. Now let's get started back and take our poor luck like sports.” Just then Capt. Childs shouted at, nx from the stern. “Hey. vou guys, you'll have to fish a while longer. We've lost the rudder.” | We stared at each other. “Lost the rudder?” 1 declared. “How in the world could that happen?” ! Capt. Childs shrugged. “T've never known anything like it to happen be- fore Must have been some loose bolts.” { Just then Noel Mitchess grasped my arm. “Look there!" he cried. T looked. A great bank of fog was rolling in. In nn time at all we would be completely enveloped. It was un- eanny. A moment before the sea was | ax bright and clear as & bell. | * v % % | NAPT. CHILDS scanned the foz | “4 pank and looked worried “We'd | better put into Shoal Island.” he said “Maybe I can find some driftwood to improvise a rudder. Nothing on board.” i Noel and T laid hold with the cap-! tain in getting the small boat over-!| side. It was swunz on davits and hadn't been used since goodness knows when. Somehow or other the lines got tangled, the smali boat swung free. then crashed against the bulwarks and knocked out one of its plankings Ken Upshaw ler out a scream the albatross! We're bewitched! We're doomed!” He was pointing toward | the water. Just beneath us floated | the dead body of the slain albatross. | “Pshaw!" T snorted. yourself, Ken." ‘We managed after a fashion to get Naval Aide to Hoover and Roose- | velt Will Head 15th Naval District. Rear Admiral Walter N. Vernou, * who served as naval aide to Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt from June, 1932, to June, 1934, wil be the new com- " mandant of the 15th Naval District and commanding officer of the naval station at Balboa in the Canal Zone. This was announced yesterday by the Navy Department, which said that he will sail the latter part of August for his new assignment. He 18 now visiting in Washington. The admiral succeeds Rear Ad- miral Albert W. Marshall, who report- ed last montk for duty in the Office of Naval Operations at the depart- | ment. Since June, 1936, Admiral Ver- nou has commanded the cruisers of the battle force. Born February 10, 1878, at Fort Yarnard, Kans, Admiral Vernou served during the Spanish American War on the Newark and subesquently on the Lancaster and the Peoria. The Distinguished Service Medal eame to Admiral Vernou for his World War duty as commanding off- eer of the Destroyer Cassin, which ia credited with successfully engag- | ing & German submarine on October | 18, 1917, e e e e e g ke e e e e ok ok ok Salary $25—Fee $20. HONESDALE. Pa. (#).—The Town | Council decided the job of burgess was | worth $25 a year. They reduced the salary to that amount. Burgess John Goddard, candidate for a fifth term, protested. He pointed | out that to take out nomination papers | he must file $20 with the County Com- | mission. [ =G Wool Swapped for Plane. A wool firm at Melbourne, Australia, " has received a Diesel-engined air- plane in exchange for wool shipped to Germany. NEW YORK'S OUTSTANDING We stared at the floating body a moment, “Get hold of | | HOTEL VALUES ‘Add %o your New York stay the womiortand sonvenience of a tws- Soom suite —Parlor, Bedroom, Bath—at one of New Yerl largest and mest eonvenient MHetel PARK CENTRAL 900 ST, ot Tth AVE, New York City Wilkinson. the small boat patched, but it leaked like & sieve. I did my best to act cheerful, but every time I glanced at Noel I could see that his face wore an gwed, half - frightened expression. Ken had a wild, terri- fled look in his eyes. » It wasn't far to the island. We made it just before the fog blotted out every object with- in 10 feet. Mitchell went in | search of drift- wood while the rest of us built a fire. ‘Wehuddledaround it, not saying much. thinking about the il fortunes of that ancient mariner of | Coleridge's poem. We weren't super- stitious, you understand, but when the fog turned to rain, quenching the blaze, when we -at huddled in the shelter of a rock wondering what had become of Capt. Childs, when hours passed and he didn't return and the rain increased—well, even then we weren't superstitious. Every once in a while Ken's voice came out of the darkness. He kept muttering to himself about being be- witched and doomed. % % AWN came. We were sore and St and out of sorts. Ken's eyes | still had their wild. terrified look. Capt. Childs hadn't returned. We | considered going in search of him. Ken objected frantically. “T tell you we're bewitched! Capt.! Childs is dead. We'll die, too, if we | 80 looking for him!" “Well. you sap!” I said disgustedly. | “Snap out of it, man.” I was really worried about him. So was Noel. We were both wondering what to do. when Capt. Childs came along the beach carrying a makeshift rudder. “Found some stuff and rigged this' up.” he explained. “Took me longer | than I expected. Thought I'd save time bv not making a trip back here last night.” We went down to the shore, bailed Hate your mat- fress converied into the reatful -spring g Nat'l. 9410 breeze. Luncheon Afternoon Enjoy the inspiri 'ELECTRICIAN KILLED | pasesd completely through him. | 1dge but were thrown to the floor by ...rain on the roof...” We turn the “rain” on the huge awning covering the Roof Deck and the steady pitter-pattering shower cools even the Late Supper our long-range telescopes. ¥HOTEL WASHINGTON BR800 8.8.8.8.8.8.0.0. 8.0 8.8 8 8 20 o< THE EVENING out the small boat and were about to embark when Ken let out s shriek. “Look! It's the albatross! It's fol- lowed us! It's put a spell on us!" 1 stared at the dead sea bird that had been washed ashore. After a minute I went down and picked it up grinning. 3 “Pshaw!” I sald. “It isn't an alba- tross at all. It's a heron. 8o you aee, Ken, all your worries were for nothing.” Ken stared at the bird. He licked his lips. A relieved look came into his eyes. He grinned sheepishly. “Well, I'll be darned.” It was a lucky thing we found that bird. Ken's recovery was compiete. He even joked about his wild fears during our slow progress back to port with the makeshift rudder. Personally, I was glad Ken didn't know an albatross from a heron. For the bird I picked up on the shore was, in fact, an albatross, and it was the one Ken had shot. But mark you, I'm not superstitious. (Copyright. 1937.) e REPAIRING SWITCH R. C. Loveridge, 32, Was Working on Damp Floor—Head Struck 220-Volt Charge. Robert C. Loveridge, 32, of 1820 Six- teenth atreet was killed by a 220-volt charge late yesterday while repairing an electric switch in a warehouse at 1250 Twenty-fourth street. Companions said Loveridge, working on a slightly damp surface, was sud- dely drawn in by the current, his head striking the bare switch. His feet being grounded, the current When he shouted for help H. F. Hooff of 2201 K atreet, who was work- | ing with the victim, said he and an. other companion grabbed at Lover-| the force of the current. Besides Hooff those working with Loveridge | were Pred Williams. 723 Shepherd | street, and Herbert Wallach of 1146 E street southeast. Loveridge was pronounced dead by | Dr. P. 8. Prevo of Emergency Hos- | pital. WALL PAPER 100 Beautifu! paiterns (o select from. Enough for room 10x12 “MORGAN’S Paints and Hardware 421 10th St. N.W. NA. 7888 STAR, WASHINGTON, Young Washington Carol Sievers painting a mural depicting an Egyptian library scene on the wall of the sixth grade at the John Bur- Carol, 11, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Tomorrow: Dock Yuen, roughs School. 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Ave. Dist 3616 of Washington BRANCHES Mayfiower Hotel—Raleigh Hotel—Dodge Hotel 10 Tuselfth St AIR CCOLED FINAL CLEARANCE (WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ) 1/2 OFF ALL REMAINING SUMMER SUITS; WERE $13.95 to $19.75, Now $6.95 to $9.85 ALL REMAINING SUMMER COATS— FULL LENGTH AND JIGGER COATS. WERE $1695 TO $39.75. 93 REMAINING STOCK OF HIGHER PRICED COATS AND SUITS. ALL SALES FINAL IMIEINS SHOIES formerly 63°1012°° D. C, WEDNESDAY, JOLY 14, 1937. ; children from 8 to 8:30, the evening | secretary, will be wound up with & gala party. 5% PLAYGROUND BENEFIT PARTY IS SCHEDULED | Band Concert and Show by Chil- dren on Program Sponsored by Mothers’ Club. A children's performance, band concert and party as a benefit for the Georgetown Playground will be held tomorrow evening at the play- ground, Wisconsin avenue and Volta place. Scheduled to begin at 7 o'clock | with a concert by the Chestnut Farms Dairy Band, followed by a program presented by talented playground and Mrs. Irma Cherry, The program will be aponsored by Feasurer: g the Mothers' Club of the playground. | Officers of the club are Mrs. Rose| Scouts Ate 200 Tons of Food. Gavin, president; Mrs. Gladys Hand,| Boy Scouts at their jamboree here vice president; Mrs. Isabel Rockwell, | ate 200 tons of food daily. Why FURS in JULY ? Answer: JELLEFF’S Summer Sale offering quaranteed savings of 15% (i not more ' over Octoper prices. Answer: JELLEFF’S odvonce collaction nf outhentic fashions. THE fur fashions for 1937-1933 Answer: JELLEFF’S excellent fur reputation You can depend upon full satisfaction in Jelleff furs as well os real savings! Answer: JELLEFF’S cool store. 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