The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 6, 1947, Page 3

’ president and the captaiti~-Michel - Ardan was resting from - the ~~ atigues of his triumph:': Ardan ‘was'sleeping, then, dreams. Th ‘his door. “Open the re - one shrieked, “for heaver’s sake!” ‘Ardan saw no reason for plying with a demand so. ro _ @xpressed. However, he: and opened the door just as mony. ing. Hi bs morning in the wood of Skersnaw. We must: prevent this duel; and one man alone has ‘enough ‘influ- ence over Barbicane to stop. him, and that man is Miche] Ardan.” _ In less than two minutes, the two friends: were making for the suburbs of Tampa: Town with rapid strides. — i Seah After an ‘hour spent :in vain pursuit the two stopped, in in- tensified anxiety. on igs ~“It must be all over,” *‘ said Maston, discouraged. “A man like Barbicane would not dodge with, his enemy, or ensnare him, would not even maneuver!” ‘ “But surely,” ‘replied Michel Ardan, “since we entered the wood we should have heard!” For another hour their search was continued. Ardan was about to sab gone thei- abandoning this useless pursuit. when all at. once Maston stopped. , . “Hush!” said he, “there is some one down there!” “But can you recognize him?” asked Ardan, whose short sight was of little use to him in- such circumstances. “Captain Nicholl!” | Key West Writer. + By. JOHN, R. City, Editor of the Readers of. S. Robert. Russell, , the stocky, little Key West out- doorsman who recently. built the “Tropical Tramp” out of an Army ‘command car for a trip jinto, the ‘xican+ jungle, will be: glad, to | w> that» he’s’. back’ jin print again. _ Quite a few conchs no, doubt saw Russell’s thrilling, , fiction yarn in the April number‘ of; “Sports Afield”. describing his! attempt to. catch a two-ton giant ray in the Pacific off Acapulco, Mexico. If so, they’ll want more from the same ‘author; and will find it in. the June issue of “Esquire.” The veteran fisherman, hunter, reel maker, columnist and fiction| writer has penned here a fasci- } nating piece® called “Upsetting' , Nature’s Balance.” He tells what ‘ | happens when some sportsmen in| “Texas wanted to increase all the quails in their preserve. ; First, they killed off all the} hawks, which they thought were preying on the quails; This caus- - ed such a rise in the field rat} population that the rats de-; stroyed the quail eggs and young. So the sportsmen killed off all Unfortunately, when the! hawks arrived from the north; there were no rats to eat so they | gorged*on quail and the sports- | men were right back where they started. A similar, \thing happened when some sportsmen seined all the garfish from a lake with the expectation of making it safe for bass fingerlings which they dumped into the lake. The | bass wouldn’t grow very big, however, the reason being that bass feed on gar spawn and baby gars. Thus, Ryssell puts across his | theme that nature maintains her own balance and if man is to as- | sist her, it must be only after’: careful study. Russell’s story about hooking | one of the gigantic rays is no imaginary tale. He was’ actually carried seven miles to sea by a | ray in nothing but a small skiff | equipped with a native paddler. | His disappearanse made feature ' TJ PeoL LL LLL ke * x * THE ARTMAN PRESS PRINTING ia wk * x * MS Lk hk kh Lak hh the contract of this duel n, when @ frightful noise disturbed; his undering blows shook was giving way before the blows of this. determined visitor. The secretary of the Gun Club burst into the room. A. bomb could not have made more moisé or have entered the room with léss cere- “Last night,” cried J. T. Maston, ex abrupto, “our president was publicly insulted during the meet- e provoked his adversary, ho is none other than. Captain Nicholl! They are fighting this "leaning against a gigantic catalpa Pens Fascinating - ! | city. They .are waiting for new |of a famed physician; born in Ger- When Ardan took his ‘hand, he ‘looked up and stared at his vis- _ 7. rg yee he cried at last.” “] have’ found it, my friend, I have found it!” > | ; “What?” nm had barely taken fifty ‘steps, when they paused to aime the cap- tain more.attentively, =. Ss On seeing : stupefied. ‘ { A net, composed ‘of. very fine s, hung between two’ enor- mous tulip-trees, and in the midst. of.this snare, with its wings ‘en- | tdngled, was a poor little bird, ie uttering pitiful cries, while it] lan for counteracting the vainly struggled to: esca pe. effect of the shock at the depar- Here, then, was Nicholl, his|‘ture of the projectile!” | gun on the ground, forgetful of| “Indeed?” said. Michel Ardan. danger, trying if possible to save|’ “Yes! . water! simply water, — the victim from its cobweb prison.| which will act as a spring—ah! At last it was accomplished, and} Masten,” cried’ Barbicane, “you the little bird flew joyfully away] here also?” ‘ sy and disappeared. “Himself,” replied Ardan; “and Nicholl. lovingly . watched its] permit. me to introduce to you flight, when he heard these words | at the same time the worthy, Cap- - pronounced by a voice full of} tain Nicholl!” emotion: ae 9 “Nicholl!” cried Barbicane, who “You are indeed a brave man.”| jumped up at ortce. “Pardon me, : He turned. Michel Ardan was ap ay : me quite forgotten— efore him, repeating in a differ-| 1 am_ready!” eae ee ent tomer ee iffer<|" “Michel Ardan interfered, witl- “And a kindhearted one!” out giving the two enemies time “Michel Ardan!” cried the cap-| to say anything more. sg tain. “Why are you here?” “My good friends,” said he, | _“To press your hand, Nicholl,| with his most bewitching smile, and to prevent you from either} this is nothing but a misunder- _. killing Barbicane or being killed | Standing. Nothing more! well! to . im,” prove that it is all over between - “Between President Barbicane| You. accept frankly the proposal rand . myself,” . gravely re lied Nichol * OMake it said Nicholl” icholl, “there is a ri h| “Make it,” *said Nicholl. the death or nae hier dg ci “Our friend Barbicane believes “Pooh, - pooh!” - said Ardan. that his projectile will go straight >. “Brave fellows like you jndeed!| to, the moon?”: st ge you shall not fight. Indeed I have} “Yes, certainly,” replied the so attractive a proposal’ to make] President. ; “And our friend Nicholl is per- suaded it will fall back upon the earth?” - é “I- am Certain of it,” cried the captain. <«- ! “Good!” said Ardan. “I. cannot yn to make you agree; but suggest this: Go with me, and so see whether we are stopped | on our journey.” : HE -three men started off at] The two rivals, on this sudden once. Another half-hour propoenl looked steadily at. each passed, and the pursuit was stilljomer. ? fruitless. Suddenly Maston paused.| “Done!” they both cried, as tionless figure of a man| With one voice. aed Matas ee (Te be continued) to tie two rivals, that both will be eager to accept it.” “What is it?” asked Nicholl with manifest incredulity, “Patience!” exclaimed Ardan. “I can only reveal it in the pres- ense .of Barbicane.” — “Let us go in search of. him then!” cried the captain. Seek Divorces Petitions seeking divorces $459 +6 ; i fj 9 || were filed yesterday with Circuit Gy: : ‘Spor ts A eld Court Clerk Ross'C. Sawyer by ‘ POSBURGH | | “| © "| Eddie Led’ Williamson. Sweeting %., “1¢t wid against’ Wilbur Sweeting, and by “. David D, Dowd against Dorothy.~“® Key ‘West Citizen : : headlines all over the States and Mexico.. ; ' ; i * eae © Mas) nited “It'wasn’t’ too bad, though,” | ° T ees & diel : ay’s Anniversaries Russell 'says, “The Pacific-ts-just |-- oday’s iversa' ‘ about’ like its name.” ’ , a) 4 eee , (Kpow America) ‘Russell, who made some of the Ini aaah Penn, ne re ci “{ finest large-seale- fishing. reels|/!94 lawyer, signer of Declaration ever seen—(he makes them in, Independence, untee pa; ‘one | piece of steel on a lathe)== aioe Panag i. ee agra “oe Va. had ‘the satisfaction of seeing:one}: ee ee che Ann C. fanafo of his\finest reels given to: the|i oq her sex to be ordaltied late President Roosevelt by some | tniversalist preacher, autho Texas sportsmen. born in Nantucket, Mass. Died The writer and Mrs. Russell | June 2 160h.o 2 a are will leave. for. Mexies..ituthe | 1830-Abraham Jacobi; New “Tropical Tramp”. about June 1,|York’s famed physician some 60 in search of a hidden Mayan ' years, children specialist, husband tires in a parking space behind/many. Died July 10, 1919. a hardware store here. 1831—Samuel I. J. Schereschew- isky, Protestant Episcopal mis- ;Sionary-bishop in China, transla- tor of the Bible into Chinese, son . of Jewish parents, born in Lithu- ania. Died Oct. 15, 1906. 1856—Robert E: Peary, famed ; Arctic explorer, first to reach the year-old daughter in her arms, | North Pole, who wanted “to add she swam - for five hours but!to the sum total of human knowl- fainted as a fishing smack ap- |edge,” born at Creston, Pa. Died proached to rescue them. She/Feb. 20, 1920. was saved, but the child slipped from her arms and was lost. -- ee SWIMS FIVE HOURS LE HAVRE, France. — Mrs. Helen Stafford jumped from a plane as it crashed into the Eng- lish Channel. 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