The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 17, 1920, Page 21

Page 236 THE SECOND MATE EN gasped when they heart it, and tho the second mate was o brave man, his face turned white, for the order was that Mr Fox, the mate whom everybody loved, was to go and examine the channel Hate gleamed tn the captain's ‘eyes ag he called out his order, and ® wicked smile twisted his thin Ips as be name! the men whe were to man the little boat. A very off Frenchman was chosen first; then three young Ca- Radiane who knew but little of the sea and nothing of sea service, one of them being a barber from Montreal, “But, str™ protested Mr. Fox, “you will not send out a small beat tn such a sea, with no real sailors to handle her? “Orders are oriers on this ship® the captain snariel “I send out whom I please, I've no other men to spare!” Tt was, as every one knew, @ foothardy thing to do, even with the most skilful men to handle the oat, and thé mate made one fur. ther effort to prevent the sending of the boat at that time “If, sir,” he said, “om account Of this poor crew and the severity of the storm, you will allow us to wait a bit for a calmer spell of weather, we shall stand a better ake chance of bringing back the In formation you desire; no doubt, within a few days favorable weather will be oura Would it not seem wiser not to throw away so many lives when there is no necessity ™ At that, the captain flew tnto & rage and stamped up and down | the deck and swore frightfully. The men tried to reagon with him, they tried to plead with him, to argue with him, but he would not change his order or listen to them. You ene, he was seeing things al wrong because he had let jeab ouny and hate get into his heart-- Jealousy because the men liked the second mate better than the captain, and hate on account of that Jealousy Bo he was deaf to thetr beggine. and his heart was as bard as his “You are al joined against me be raged. “I can never make a plan but some of you, or al! of you, rise up and spoil it! You are ungrateful wretebes, bat I am captain of this ship; my plan is that the mate and this crew whom I have chosen shall go and exam- ine yonder bart And—they—shall cr (Po Be Continued) ake oN es ° al fe, Twi ; WASP WEASEL’S TRICK Pa iisd 7 it tne pink silk lining out of the re uthroom's hat, ft was) This pocket and been safe. But it was no time L} mow to think of that! Cobbie \ f 5) S YEH YS Farmer Brown Sets a Trap He had got into mischief, and ing peach orchard. He tothe young orchard in the moon-| the sound of their voices light the night before, and he had) had such @ feast of delicious bark | m the young peach trees! Then wer the Hound had found him almost caught him. How Peter ed tie old stone wall in which had found a safe hiding piace!| had hung around nearly all| it, no that Peter had not dared| safe to put hie nose outside of the old stone wall, ‘ Peter was worrled, go worried that he couldn't go to sleep as he usually does in the daytime. So he sat hid- den in the old stone wall and watched and watched. By and by he saw Farmer Brown and Farmer Brown's Boy come out into the orchard. Right away they «aw the mischief which Peter had done, and he could tell by hat they were very, very angry went | away, but before long they were back again, and all day jong Peter watch ed them at work, putting something around each of the young peach he forgot all about his troubles and He could herdly wait ‘for night to come, so that he might see what they to try to get home. Now it was day- new it would not be trees, Peter grew #0 curious that) how far away from home he wan | DOINGS OF THE DUFFS Loox Tor, | BovawT Some wane Hose WO WEAR Wry My OXFOROS “This ware! Pova mery! War peer? rHE SPATTLE STAR Tom Tries to Stage a Comeback )Gor Me MANER Kino! They Ate AST TLC WARMeR- 1 BAD “TD PAY SIX DOLLARS Form THESE - TayRe The VERY LATEST Thwie | APoLoetze For Aim, ouvia! | hope Some Dey HOLL rom! on sname! ) ; hovtstoacmc! 7 You veomeal Avi” 4 es SO PAR AnEAD OF | 17 THe Teses «IVE ly Gh ie Been Wenema EA | Hate 7 iy & peso ms wires | WUT AUTTER. WEL, SLIM, You'Re WT HUA? 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He/here when their demands for he admitted he was wanted at no wonders how the thief happened to| took one bottle of perfume and the|of cloth for the festival of A | fewer than $4 places for theft! ‘leave the auto, | cops hope to get on bis scent thereby. | were refused. ~ Was Wanted at 84 __ | Thief Overlooked ONES. couldnt get any, he wanted some Bas 7 4 aie A Reputation A ee to Sustain Terk He bedn't intended to vaxe| gn any, for he had meant to go right) : 1 a 3 straight home, but now that hel ; Hi Re ; ANY a good cook is pleasantly antici I 1th that? thought Peter. “Whe will it fix? Can it be me? I don't need any fixing.” He waited fost as long as he could. ‘When all was still and the moonlight had begun to make shadows of the trees on the snow, Peter very cau- tiously crept out of hia hiding place. Bowner the Hound wae nowhere in sight, and everything was ag quiet and peaceful ag it had been when he first came into the orehard the night before. Peter had fully made up his mind to go straight home as fast as | his long legs would take him, but | his dreadful curiosity insisted that first he must find oul what Parmer Brown and his boy had been doing to the young peach trees. So Peter hurried over to the near est tree, All around the trunk of the tree, from the ground clear up high- er than Peter could reach, was wrap- ped wire netting, Peter couldn't get light and Peter kn A Great Xmas Gift for Men Pajam had been doing. TRADES The NiGHTwear | 80 much as a nibble of the delicious >! RN ~~ y M pating the test of healthy holiday appetites with the certainty of her own skill and the dependability of Otympic Flour. more than ever—just a bite, Peter | and then he would go home. But the next tres wae with wire. Peter hesitated, looked around, turn: ed to go home, thought of how good that bark had tasted the night be fore, hesitated again, and then hur- ried over to the third trea Then Peter forgot al) about going home. 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