New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 7, 1923, Page 20

BEGIN HERE TODAY Cornet goes on a voyage (o n Canada and Alaska for his , Godfrey Cornet, He is to ex- two thousand silk and velvet W08 with the Indians for fine furs, profits are to he split 75-25, the i 's share to Ned, Beven persons ~ §0 on the ship with Ned, His flancee, Le Hardenworth, and her mother; E: Gllbert, & seamstréss; Captain utzen ,assisted, by MeNab and For. ~est and one cook. | L Mrs, Hardenworth objects to eating | " &t the same table with the seamstross, Beas resolves to avoid the three arls. | . toorats, Ned is polite to Hess when | Gocastonally they meet, but Lenore and her mother ignore the girl, As the voyuge continues and the weather grows colder much discom- . fort {s feit by Mrs, Hardenworth and . Lenoré who have come unsuitably glothed for a sea voyage 3 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY ' The name of the eraft was the Charon! The thought chilled him and dismayed him, For all his boasted reallsm, Ned | Cornet had never got away from su- g zflmu. Man 1is still not far dis- % t from the Cave and Squatting Place, and superstition s a specter from out of the dead centuries that haunts all his days . The coincidence that their craft, plying through these deathly waters, should bear such a name as the Charon suddenly suggest- ed ark possibility to Ned. All at ence this man, heretofore so sure, so .sufficlent, so Incredulous of any- ng except his own continued glory and happiness and life, was face to face 'with the first fear—the simple, primitive fear of death. 'Was that his fate at the journey's end? Not mere trial, mere hardship # and stress and adventure, but uncom. promising death! Was that training camp soon to be a reality, as terribly _real as these cold seas and this sky of stars, Instead of a mere figment of " an old man's childish fancy? 'The thought troubled and haunted him, but it proved to be the best possible influence for the man him- " sllf. For the first time in his life Ned Cornet was awake. He had been eaming before: for the first time he had wakened to life. Fear, disaster, . the dreadful omnipotence of fate were ' no longer empty words to him: they !stérn’ and immutable reality. ' knew what the wolf knows, when He howls to the winter moon from the spow-swept/ridge: that he was a child the hands of Powers so vast and wiul that the sublimest human thought could not even reach to em! He could see, dimly as yetl it unmistakably, the shadow of that | that haunts men's days from ginning to the end. “His father’s blood, and in some de- his father's wisdom, was begin. 1g to manifest itself in him. 1t was only a whispered voice as yet, wholly to be disregarded in the face of too great temptation, yet never- theless ‘It was the finest and most Hopeful thing “in " his life. And it came particularly clear one still, mys- terlous night, shortly after the din- ner hour, as he faced the North from _ the deck of the Charon. The schooner’s auxiliary bad pumped her through Unimak ss by now, the passage between and ‘Akun Islands, and naw engines had launched forth into that wide, oy "y 0000 16 Nome B8O way outside' western portal of the Arctic—Bering Bea . Still the wonderful succession of bright days had endured, no less than marvelous, along the mist-swept . southern shore of the peninsula, but now, the brisk, salty wind from tho northwest indicated an impending weather change, It had heen a re- markably clear and windless day, and the night had come down, so swiftly " ahd so0 soon, was of strange and stirring beauty. The stars had an in- credible luster; the sca itself was of an unnamed purple, marvelously deep—such a color as scientists might find lying beyond the spectrum. And Ned's eyes, tonight, were dulled by the effects of strong drink. For some reason that he himself eould not satistactorlly explain Ned Badn't partaken of his usual after- noon whiskies-and-sodas . He simply wasn't in a drinking mood, steadfast- ly refusing to partake. Lenore, though she had never made it a point to encourage Ned's drinking hnh*!. could not help but regard the refushl as {n some way a slight to herself, and was correspondingly downcast and irritable. Wholly out of sorts, #he had let him go to the deck alone. Facing over the how he suddenly percelved a faint silver radiance close to the horizon. His first impression was that the boat had taken a south- easterly course, and this argent gleam was merely the banner of the rising moon. Immeriately he knew better: except by the absolute disruption of cosmic law, the moon could not rise for at least four hours. He knew of no coast light anywhere in the region, and it was hard to believe that he had caught the far-off glim- mer of a ship's light Seemingly Bueh followers of the sea had heen left far behind them But as he watched the light grew. Ilis own quickened And presently a radiant str burst | straight upward like a rocket, flut-| tered a moment, and died away A strange thrill and stir through the intricacy of his He knew now what this light tended: it was known to every w farer in the North, yet the keenest excitement took hold of him. . “The Northern Lights!’ he told him- | pulse amer moved nerves. | Horlicks ORIGINAL Aalted Milk “The Original Food-Drink for All Ages. Lunchet Home Officea Fountains. k, Malted Grain Extractia Pow- Aeras Tabletforms. Nourishing-No eocking. @ Avoid Imitations and Substitutes | A few feet distant on the deck Hess' eyes turned from the miracle in the skies to watoh the slowly grow. Ing light in Ned Cornet's face, It was well enough for him te find hws inspiration in the majesty of nature, Ness was a woman, and that meant that man that is born of woman was her work and her belng, ®he turned her eyes from God to behold this man, viur, Refore ever that long night was done, elouds had overswept the sky and a cold rain was beating upon the hea, The drizzle changed to snow that Iay white on the deck and hissed soft. Iy In the water, Onece more the craft plied among Ivlands; but now that they had passed into Bering Sea the character of the land had changed, These were not the dull-green, wooded isles met with on first entering Alaskan waters, Wild and inhospitable though the lat. ter had seemed they were falry bowers compared to these, Nor did DO YOU KNOW WRERE WE'RE GETTING"” HE ASKED, the mossy mainland continue to show a marvelous heryl green through mist. The truth was that these islands were far-scattered fragments of the Barrens, those great wastes of moss and tundra between the timber belt and the eternal ice cap of the pole. Lately the ship had taken a north- ern turn, following the fsland chain, and the cloudy, windy, rainy days found them not far from the main- land, in a region that would be whol- ly icebound tn a few weeks more, And when they were still a full day from thelr turning point, Knutsen sought out Ned on the deck. “Mr. Cornet, do you know where we're getting?” he asked quletly. Unconsciously startled by his tone, Ned whirled toward him. *I doh't know these waters,” he replied. "1 suppose we'ré approaching Muchin- off Island."” “Quite a sail between here and der, yet. Mr. Cornet, we're getting into de most unknown and untraveled waters in all dis part of the Nort‘.l here, and de trut' is I'm way out of my old haunts. I'm traveling by chart only; neither me nor McNab, nor very many oder people know very much the waterways between dese islands. You're up here to trade for furs ,and you haven't got all winter. e — —_______} | i { in the old Swimmin'Hole Por the most refreshing bath you have had in years, add a tablespoontul of Sylphe. Nathol to a full tub of water and step in, Sylpho-Nathol is a wonder. ful aid, too, in keeping tender, sensitive feet happy. Busy dealers sell it—15c, 35c, 65c and $1.28. THE SULPHO-NAPTHOL CO. Boston, Mass. | SYLPFHO- | NATHOL ==—————= $ALESMAN $AM —( SA-) uP 10! —— 1 DEANTERS AT T FA(TORY |8 BT A f JUST_ BOUGHT \ A quiver of exultation passed You know dat dese waters here, shut off from the surrents, are going to be tighter dan a drum hefore very many weeks, Why don't you make your destination Tzar Isiand, and start back from here?" “¥You think it's really dangerous?" ‘Not really dangerous, maybe, hut mighty awkward If anything should g0 wrong wit' de old brig. You understan’ dat no one out of four of dese islands is inhabited, Some of de larges islands have only a seat. tered village or two; some of ‘em bhaven't & living human helng, Der's plenty and plenty of islands not even amed In dis chart, and I'd hate to hit the reefs of one after dark! Der's no one to send 8 O R calls to, in case of trouble, even If we had wireless, De only boat I know dat works care. fully through dis country is anot'er trader, the Intrepid—and dat won't be along till spring, Mr, Cornet, it's best for you to know dat you're in one of the most uninhabited and bar- ren countries—"' “And the most dreary and general- ly damnable,” Ned agreed with en. thusiasm, “Why didn't you tell me this before? Muchinoff Island isn't anything In my yvoung life, 1 pleked it out as a starting point simply be. cause it was the farthest north of the Bkopins, but since there seems to be plenty of territory—" “It will make you hump some to cover all de good territory now, In- cluding some of the hest of de Aleuts, and get around Alaskan Peninsula be. fore winter sets In, In earnest, Tzar Island Is yust to nur northeast, Shall I head toward 1t?" “How long will it take—" “Depends on de wind, Dis Is a ticklish stretch of water In here, shallow In spots, but safe enough, 1 guess, 1 think we can skim along and make it long hefore dawn.' “Then do It!" Ned's face suddenly brightened, “The sooner T can shake ‘| my legs on shore, the better I'll like it The seaman left him, and for & mo- ment Ned stood almost drunk with exultation on the deck, Even now they were nearing the journey's end. Presently he turned, made his way into the holt, and opened one of & plle of iron-bound wooden cases. When he returned to the dining saloon he carried a dark bottle in each hand. “All hands celebrate tonight!" he crled. “We're going to go home!" Out of the sea the wind seemed to answer him. It swept by, laughing. IX. Ned's news was recelved with the keenest delight by lenore and Mrs. Hardenworth. The latter regained her lost amiability with promptness. trom Ned's; in her native city she could come into her own again, The bottles were greeted with shouts of delight. Ned went imme- diately to the sideboard and procured half a dozen glasses. “All hands partake tonight,” he ex- plained. “It's going to be a real party.” He mixed whiskies-and-sodas for Lenore and Mrs. Hardenworth; then started to make the rounds of the crew with a bottle and glasses, - He did not, however ,waste time offering. any to Bess. The latter had already evinced an innate fear of it, whelly apart from sentimentality and non- sense. But Ned found plenty of customers for his whiskey. McNab, at the wheel wished him happy days over two fingers of straight liquor in the glass, and Knutsen, his pale eyes gleaming, poured himself a stagger- ing portion. “Go ahead,"” Ned en- couraged him when the seaman apo- logized for his greediness. *The sky's the limit tonight.” And Forest in the engine room, and Julius " in the kitchen, absorbed a man's-size drink with right good will. Ned was able to make the rounds again before the call for dinner; and the attitude of his guests was changed in but one instance. McNab seemed to be measuring his liquor with ex- ceeding care ., He was a man who knew his limits, and he apparently aid not intend to overstep them. He took a small drink, but Knutsen, his superior consumed as big-a portion as Lefore. 1t was an elated, spirited trio that sat dawn at the little table in the saloon . Not one of them could ever remember a happier mood. Julius gerved the dinner with a flourish; and they had only laughter when a suil- den lurch of the craft siid the sugar bowl off the table to the floor. “Hello, the ship's drunk, too." Ned commented gaily. They were really in too glad a mood to ‘see anything but sport in the suddenly rocking table. The truth was that the wind had suddenly sprung Into a brisk gale, rolling heavy spag and bobbing the little craft about like a cork. Ned made his way through the gale that swept the deck, and procured Lenore’s and Mrs. Hardenworth's heaviest coats. He noticed as passed that Bess had sought refuge in the engine room. Ned waved to her then returned to his guests. The room was already colder, not so much from the drop In temperature—a thermometer would have still registered ahove. freezing— as from the chilling penetrating qual- ity of the wind that forced an en- trance as if through the ship's seams. There was no opportunity to make comment before Knutsen lurched into the room. “It's tough, isn’t it?" he commented. ‘Mr. Cornet, noticeably {ing us into hell. Lenore's reaction was not dissimilar|and mind your own business.” he | L want BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1423, another shot of dat stuff before 1 take de wheel " Ned, ‘not uninfluenced by his eups, extended the bettle with & of langhter. “You know what's geod for you," heycommented, Where's MoNab Let him have one, too." “He's still at de wheel, but 1 den't think he'd care for ene He's a funny old wolf, at times. Mrs. Hars denworth, how do you like dis weat'er?" “I don't like it very well" Hhe held fast to the slipping tathle “or course, you'd tell us if there was any danger—" “Not a bit of danger. Yust a squall, Dis fsn't rough—you ought to see what it would be outside dis chain of islands, But it's mighty ehilly," He poured the stiff drink down his great throat, then buttoned his coat tight, Ned, for & moment secretly ap- palled by the storm, felt his old reck- lessness returning, “There's only three or four shots left in this bottle,” he sald, holding up the second of the two quarts he ha® taken from the case, “You'd better have one more with us hefore you go, A man burns up lots of whiskey without hurting him any on A night like this, Then take the bottle In with you ta keep you warm at the wheel" Knutsen neocded no second urging. He was of a race that yields easlly to drink, and he wanted to conquer the last, least little whisper of his fear of the night and the storm, He drank once more, pocketed the hottle, then made his way to the pliot house, “You're not going to try to ride her through?" MeNab asked, as he ylelded the wheel, “Of course, You're not afrald of a little flurry like dis."” McNab stared into his glittering eyes, and for a moment his lips were tightly compressed, “This fisn't a little flurry,” he answered at last, coldly, “It's a young gale, and God knows what it will be in the morning, You know and 1 know we slouldn't attempt things here ‘that we can do with safety In waters we're familiar with, Right now we can run into the lea of Ivan Island and find a harbor, There's a good one just south of the point.” “We're not going to run into Ivan Island, I want to feel dry land, We're going to head on toward Tzar Island . “You run a little more of that bottle down your neck and you'll be heas Listen, Cap'n McNab paused, deeply troubled. “You let me take the wheel, and you go in and cefebrate with the party, You | won't do any damage then."” “And you get back to your engine Little angry points of light shot into Knut- sen's eyes, McNab turned to the door, where for a moment he stood listening to the wild raging of the wind. Then he climbed down into the engine room, There was nothing in his face, as he entered, to reveeal the paths.of his thought, He was wholly casual, wholly commonplace, seemingly not in the least alarmed. He stepped to. Bess' side, half smiling. “I wonder if you can help me?" he asked. The girl stood up, a straight, ath- letic figure at his side. “I'll try, of course.” “It depends—have you fluence with young Cornet-" Bess slowly shook her head. "I'm afraid I can't help you,” she told him, very gravely.| “I have no influence with him at all. What is it you wanted me to do?" “I wanted you to tell him to put up the booze. Particularly to keep the captain from getting any more." “There's only one way The girl's lips were close to his ear, else he couldn't have heard in the roar of the storm and the flapping of the sails. McNab looked at her as before now he had looked at strong men with whom he had stood the watch, ““What are you gettin’ at?" His voice was gruff, but it didn't offend her, She felt that'they were on common ground.| he success of a gown or waist may depend upon how well it is fastened. The SO-E-Z Snap Fastener never cuts the thread or wears loose, 10c foradozen, at all notion counters. THE AUTOYRE CO, OAKVILLE, CONN, ““It Stays Sewed!’’ any in- “¥ou know as well as 1 do 1 rnw his father before 1 left that look after Ned, He was ln ear- L Ned_ needs lookin now If he ever did, My, won't blame me, either, how to get down in the hold. MeNabh suddenly chuckied and pat- ted her en the hack with rough fa- miliarity, yet with fervent companion- hip, Rut you can't NHft them with you till the last dog is hung." 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