The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 18, 1925, Page 12

WATER'S CAPTAIN A.E.DINGLE= = INC ALL A vce “O% BEGIN MEK | DEN DRARI TANOS NEA Vv under the e enmity he mutual uring tts of maator td and dignified in Stevens, now | sow his | coding hip | Aman ts | and ‘Erb, | heard | ny | tise, In hin Drake becomes ¢ the presence ohiel mate Tony i profane throats ON WITH THE st t of the gloom forward | The heard it 1 looked appre Their os moet NOW Go mate } ship rolled. it THE MATE ROLLED AWAY ON THE FLOOD, | and fought his way outcry was terrific the shriek of the wind noises of the Soon it stopped. Steve the poop, and on his storm “The devil’ forward It rose The | above ing ship. rn © was a grim ed face. got into the mil old dbx, from their fr chuckled quiet the doctor deting ; “Mig! Doctor room for ‘Stevens ter time. & seems possible! I never 80 certain of- Drake had gone below for ment. Mary heard Stevens’ ehoky laughter in the dark; dils hand gripped hers and squeezed It as St laf on t 1; and he to her ear “Mary girl, & mo- spoke close you've been having dreams again! Nothing’s goinig to happen to you. If it does, cry out!" CHAPTER XIX With th the Lord into the dirty cook.’ and cook believed the 1 threat of the| adze which Chips had hurled at him. The D pent much thne work-| ing cut nd chopp edges of u at French poultry knife, bigger thhn anything Ike Saintly had. ‘Erb, seeking comfort and protection from the last one in the ship to af. ford it jur er the “We kin ‘elp each other, Doctor,” | ™ argued "Erb. “EL give Yuh my/ word | no Dago’s goin’ to hopen my tripes an’ tromple on ‘em!* j “Did Tony say ‘e'd do that?” de- manded the Doctor. “"E did, Wat's more. come arter you, next,” crafty ‘Erb. “Let ‘em all comet’ shattered the Doctor, bending over his steel. “Fust come fust served! Chips sez he'll| skin me wiv a ep | You stop | tere, m’son. We'll show ‘em.” | fo said said ‘dy the The Orontes wallowed north be- fore the faintest of.airs. Every dizzy dip she took into thé swell wus followed by a drenchin downpour of brine from back re and chain bobstays like nothing much as a tropical rain squall. Rain squalls shed at her, te ‘The heavy, tho blue as Mary's eyes. The sea had giare, like the eye of a dea Her book was the silliest thing ever printed, she suddenly discovered Dri suddenly appeared in the} doory and she slipped her hand| under his arm, and stepped out on | deck again with him | “Oh, Alden, I'm #o glad you've! come up,” she whisp 1. ery- | thing seems so Oh, funny!” she said with a little stumbling rush of words. He patted her hand on his arm and smiled down at her the heavy weather, Mary,’ “T think all hands will feet | when whatever is coming has| nd gone.” | know, Alden. 1 know, But 1} have never felt quite the same over- powering air of something about to happen. I have ‘made several voy- ‘ore, and never— Oh!" he soothed her. A terrific! din had burst out from some point! nearby on the tmuindeck; and it did! not seem human, 19» led her Po the bucket rail, soothing her with quiet} They stood together at} The kneeling men, scat-| the rail, fered all across the wide expanse of plank deck, had stopped work and remained In grotesque attitudes list- ening to the din that came from the hen coops. Here a man held his siimed holystone halfway to his shoulder while he turned up his shirt | sleeve. Over there a man had both hands beaing heavily upon hi his back arched, his face upturned wacantly. Young Mr. Adams paused | of the polit of hurling a bucketfut | of water along the An up prentice who had been working in a eorner under the fiferall with a sma}! Holystone called a prayerbook had been helping the toil by singing, “Holy, holy, holy!’ peered out thru qtangle of rope gear with his mouth tone, plank . | captal | flooded And to the galley came | |) .|March Haro, putting hi THE SEAT JOE QUINCE [WHERE AR F a \ To FIND A PLACE For HER To SLEEP! You GOING WITH HER SHeE's GOTTA HANE , COMFORT! ‘ Q Now ¢ on the last “Holy! And still the z ion ship's gear gave forth ils own tre mendous thunder M ationt what -_~ HTS OFSEAVED ING it i'm He scowling nappel Jake Ked tow he her the and fought, m coop, poultry the feathers flew dered: nquawied 1th » won ain't right aboard this bloody ‘ship! muttered one. “The ship started one of her rolling spells as Jake 8 ed the hen coop and k side, "The A ma And capsized mad. he no wat bucket curse i slopped and filled OL Mig neti ie "sterens| BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES ruked out from the hen coop a half. | ——_— ns hredded rat as big as tho s } CHLOROPHYLL PLAYS "THE which had 1 th oop for emga | MOST IMPORTANT PART AG 100 of beaks, a| AT BREAKS UP THE CARBONIC n tox KID GAS INTO Two ELEMENTS, = a a | Adams’ ‘ He seaboots. | On.tty GRACIOUS P | HAD NO IDEA IT WAS SO LATE EXCUSE ME PROF.” (Most TELL BOOTS — nig hip's cat invade to po in one bruised the bars of the Th bur » flood w oop In his hands the glassy swell dotted with high doomed fowls th flapped wings and ¢ beaks in moment ward were juawking Land h open that a ne liberty meant a watery deat “Dammit! What did ua clumsy fool!* Ne me vu do that . Drake | oe — = pt ( FRECKLES AND HIS FRIE in alarm, staring up at Drake's white | fac He ned #o human, #0 pleas. | antly different to her a moment She had warmed to him; had nestled m; had begun to expe haw out of hi could have the si Ne ed swiftly shivery Jake Stevens and glar nt up. He grating coop door 4 on the Jake's fa ; under hi vd curls his blue diminished In size until they ap. like twin points of fire set flat blond eaves in a mask of | His teeth she | seemed to be b ba hen th The wood, 4 talkin’ to me?” be use if you are, captain or r I tell you to go plumb hell? If y been your ship, inst “Go ahead!" “Bee : h “POP OH POP vens, “I| YAW? - OLSEN 0 me, Clear that beat! Come tevens! That is an that in Dra ven the shel up here order? ew bet | en | inobey meant bordination t than to carry on. Dra he film of wind creep which could not 1 hose confused moments do: waist. He would for a 1 the po: Mary stepped eulty refrained from scr saw the two men f d ompared 1 weakness here, captain!” Stevens belligerently (To Be Continued) sky, een precious « time in announced On wer a AOvernURer arate = hee TAKS PUN? & Olive Roberts Barton NO. 7—BIMBO THE CLOWN * said the Circus ™ March Hare and the “It is time for tho circus to get ready for, spring, it. can go} around to the cities and let people it. Will you please find my| clowns for me. 5 th t for Fairy Queen | choso Wi ner to get things | started. | Bimbo ating on his in| White paint when bh door opened ng {and in walked the March Hare and eo man, the Hare went |? hung | tal lights a was just “Yes, to the ry “Yes the ready he's here tc Twin: Hello, No, act,” said the Mar : ald and he marched right in and 80 “Come,” Bimbo. “Are Hare on: ‘ed the needing You don't jumping up and looking “@ calen- on the wall. “Why so it ix’ “Would you rather be there than here?" ney in. surprine “Oh. 7 cried Bim- bo. “You just b A (To Be Continued.) At! (Copyrtent, 19 “But Youu come thru a big red velvet room all > You'd better with pictures and ery tho 1} He walk ater ence and clown of all him first.” “We'll push doo d down the aisle of th book away followed by the Twin up his glasses. “Come| ‘Then up onto the stage he climb childrén, Jump on my back andjed and pushed back the edge of the | be off.” ibig curtains and squeezed in—the Away. they went to look for Bim-| Twins still following. bo, the clown. “where's Firat they went to the Hippo-|man in h drome—a great theater in New| — York where people do all sorte act isk the man The n seeing in a place me elfous time evied wo at once," said the the: | | dar and folding 6 Bimbo?” he shirt asked, sleeves Bimbo here?’ the March Hare at the ticket office | wa wcustomed to strange things where people al ways doing and saying strange thing», that he thought nothing of it when a« large hare, larger than any Jack Rabbit he had ever seen, suddenly spoke to him in plain Eng- lish: “No, he was here two wee but he's gone,” said the man, might try the Million Dollay ater in Cleveland.” hearing were jled by private letters) Jack, that I think you are paying altogether too much MESSAGE FROM ay 5 Y PRESCOTT TO The} “I cannot understand, John, WhY| 5 yeavon why I have not heard yo said the March | morning At what Hare. “Hop on again, children, | Comins to take me There is no time to lose, and from| “You are not going New York ‘to Cleveland is quite ajmorning train? You step.” will go today? What you | time Away they went, the three of|mean? Here, 1 am all packed up,/you are them, down Broadway until they|my bonnet on and my outside wr P| “Oh, came to the end of New York, 'Then}on a chair, T have already had Miss | 7 oui they swam a river—a gr wide | Anderson trunk to the one easily as you slide | station Vor) “why long, one}do that alt | “Ldhought 1 And then off went ike the |as wind in, while they reached Cleveland. | | “T must attention to your business. Thero is you could not have © from you thi me off whatever is keeping you to the train? to take not do are you | Put here Thank and taken me to Atlantic City the | today. Your mother and your wife entitled % ome of Have you told Leslie not coming today? that is the reason, is 8 been Med unexpec Don't’ try excuse probably left Atlantic she knew you y il we your that } | 9gAtbar tO? ne you to} city send my ny down the end of a beth tub, wine She hould 1 for because wait were Leslle naiderate than! What have important to her than a much anything, 1 the with mage can taking ‘ou of |i over 1 must do vould relieve powalble are very much worry as ay, J that you in Iderate of You should have went Lppity lop. | tought of me the first thing when unt they }¥ou thought It might be Imponsibl came ‘to the Millior : rjto take me to City today. |was anxious to go there T must ven your are could been more of het noth |have waited me vinit hui mid her 1 band hue And then the pity along Buelid | should | 1 band’ certa us, She knew Atlantic Bimbo | ,| down TLE §'l © I WANNA BOARE Dis BABY FER A COUPLA DAYS, Boss — X BOOTS, DBAR-KOU MUSTNT GIAY UP “TOO LATE TONIGHT! REMEMBER YOU HAVE AN "AR Hospitality ——s } (ae SOINT ihe AWRIGHTIE ~0US' AS SOON AS WE 3- (4 =e ( (5 BAN THIS MRS GUNN? I BAN OLGA THE NEW | It's better when you affair for a Nga’s Tre PACKED! __ A 3egins at Home BY KEN (‘Ar's Wav t SAID! NIK? [=] NEGER MIND, Babys \D'y' THINK We're ConnAl=\_DAY THO . TAKE & CHANCC OF }) HAVIN’ CUR HORSE sf \ KICKED BY LTHAT Lone aa GUYS ‘UL Be \PRovup TEVEN (Ge. BY MAR ‘OA, 00 YOU HANE TO 60, PROFESSOR? ALL GO OOT AND PREPARE A Lhe Mae ‘VS NOT SO VERY LATE! | WA KINDA WAITING ON YOu, PROFESSOR. ‘YOu LIVE DOWN MY SUITS ME! HURRY OFF To RED, Now), 7as=FRECKLES!! IT'S TIME FOR GooD Boys To eC BUT, MO: REMEMBER T nbianitaninecentiteead to have loved and lost can write up your love confessions lantic I'm City not be me with suc | kno bye call That y it. Me had finished by you “No, I will If you want will find me I shail tell to tho trunks back “AIL right, while suppose fo: you have ni trouble and and set my one that th bad for my ‘s Bimbo the Clown hi the| What is the Ja it busl-| “Don't speak impatiently, March Hare asked the ticket man,’ news? John, 1 don't to go to At matter? 80 want NY SM NE An MLDS SL VA mya wat WY f sot my seems to roalize without you sniveling. ch great disrespect I'm crying | ps, CS #6 my only child for whom 1| have sacrificed so much has treated | | “Oh, 1 beg your pardon, 1 didn’t} you wanted me to say good: | ou had a tong distance | ost sons would talking, All right, I'm tuwsed to being set aside for anything not call you up again. to speak to me, you here waiting for you, Miss Anderson to go station and send the ri if leave them there you think best you understand great that of nerves on edge thum| No not even you, heart ring slightest excitement is very heart. | think | that might walt until their mother | City (try |(Copyright, 19 “Call me up when you have made ! chang your plans, I shall probably not be dott and OH YAW! BUT WHEN You SAY 1) TO TELL VISITORS You BAN OUT WHEN) YOU BAN IN I CANT BO BOTH t TM SURE You WILL BUT OLGA THERE ARE TWO THINGS L INSIST ON AND THAT'S TRUTHFULNESS AND 4 " OBEDIENCE ‘ let y 1 TANK L BAN | GONNA LIKEIT | HERE MRS | GUNN - NO-NO-OTEY) Ano SHOULD CHUCK) Tom HOODLUMS IN TOWN ARE : SEP magazine. + | J -S)))) NY BEFORE IT BECAME GENERALLY KNOWN THAT OTEY WALKER WAS BACK AS THE TOWN MARSHAL HE WAS RUN DOWN IN A TRAFFIC JAM ON MAIN STREET ToDay H,,.. able to leave even if my apartment you Wisp to later, Good-bye, and be today Atlantic 1! ove’ BIG FAIR DEFICIT LONDON, — Parliament has been sked to appropriate more than $5,- | 000,000 to make up the deficit of the big British Empire exhibition at Wembley last y ind to continue jit this year, ‘Pho deficit ts almost double that amount, but much of it has been made up by private indi| iduals 0 to my too unhappy habitual neglect . Tho consion bureaw oft trade : ing and heating ind is time to stop making PUBETS butt of superannuated JOG sponding $250,000 @ YOR tag tier public relat prestige for the plu not your Seattle TOMORROW—T elegrams 1 between John Alden Pr lie Preséott, ©