The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 21, 1925, Page 5

> 924 ry ttn LEACLO & IN Ae TODAY DRAKE erly soft and a thru. a ard the {lab ps at fren, Stevens | fee by Drak to the its cruise. > ter, Drake mfied in the 1 Pp lawyers have of the Orontes his new role and spot him in the sail locker for the peuness.. I can't believe it He was heard threate gr, and Mr, Stevens knocked him ng Tony, | BH “Never mind. Put him in the sail| ‘ jeker until morning. Is Tony dead? Cold, sir, Is—is—Mister Stev- | ee “Can't say. Get about your busi. gaa now. Steward! Where in blazes that steward?” HOUR. getting me hot water,”| galled out quietly from the faberth. Already she had open- | Wounded man's shirt ugly knife stab. “I'll take ie bere, Alden. Just let me have! Jooks nasty,” the skipper | scrutinizing the deep} Jake's hairy breast. “I) d pd it. Joe Bunting} f did that, I'm sure.” if an hour Mary fixed the | ap of adhesive tape to the pad Ming the clean wound. Stevens ‘opened his eyes. While she} the wound with biting anti-| and bravely stuck stitches | flesh with a darning needie | from her fancy work. he/| ly shown that he lived by the} fise andfall of his breast and | pmuffied groan. Bring me some brandy, Ike,” she| t Ike brought a whole bottle and/ 7, a8 if it were some price-| n he was bringing to the of Miracles. You can go now,” she ut him tersely; and Ike went out ba sheep. sMary watched by the bedside of file Stevens hour after hour. She/ forced brandy between his lips at in-| favais, and was satisfied that he was jesiy recovering vitality. ne in, received her report, and ‘her. He was conscious of a feel- Be of Jealousy; he put it from him ly unworthy. she waited for the closed ‘open, Mary curiously exam- the furnishings of the little} was a narrow, sheif- Most of it littered with a} Almanac, an Epitome of| n, and a part plug of tobac- She abruptly sat up | Drake 4 Was just one clear, spotless o® that crowded desk. On it es ully sarven ivory frame, frame was a picture. An at photography, taken Andifferent lens, In develop- 4 printing some of the initial ‘had been further blemish- ‘Was still a picture, wholly to Mary, for it was her likeness. she possessed had ever re- care revealed by that in- ivory carving. There was no Of dust or discoloration any- to be detected: and there wern and tiny crevices and carven Petals to catch a speck or ‘The silver edging inside the Shone with a soft pure luster. | ‘Was not sullied by a smear. | the picture—just a wild, pig: flapper of a girl. Writ- Across it was a queer, straggly. Wriggie of a name and date. Y, with Love to Jake—” There and the place “Batavia.” she breathed, and her face #4 red as Jake's port curtains. ire! She was 12 years old had not been long in her | ship. She had a vague recol-| Of giving that silly snapshot | nd vowing that he was her| heart. ly, now, she flitted to the # the bunk, stooped with the i dart of a bird, and kissed my between the closed eyes. q Well, Jake!" she whispered; ies Noa the cabin, softly cloned behind | Stevens’ eyes opened slow- | her. They were dark | Gn Pet. those blue eyes, heavy sae too; but there was a Glowed deep in their Which hintea that perhaps had but hastened the flinging eep that | at last the day when cadet himaelf able » That was the day Pas? was found to be within %t Java Head. The very Pept of Jake's appearance went of relief around the whip, that part of the crew 4 “hug 40 would readily have way Joe Bunting's very Ifo. Sotrne Bunting didn't knife , hes Btovens said testily, “f hy 6 told you that Jong ago. It aatealin rat Herbert Oats, nnting and clap th’ FON the right man, Bunting? had not entirely recovered day on dock, Mary ,_ | watebed him keenly under the} of SRR TEV NS, whose enmity he «hy mutual love gers bee a ter of the At Cape | jew GO ON WITH THE STORY) and scattered the pleco He didn’t do this dirty | STound. | game. She still con sidered him her patient. And when | the breese grew fitful towards mid | afternoon again, and the sun poured down its direct rays scalding she ue even persuaded Drake to have an av spread over t of the poop, tho the spanker had to come in to make room for it. Later suaded Drake to go up with her and join Stevens for an hour We'll play said she per at mah Jongg," she Play at 1 be he smiled indulgently open the game! w about right,”* Come, | He upset the s rox over the table, In silence they Neither understood the “Seems all about bamboos and the winds in ’em,"* Jake laughed shortly “Can't make head or stern of this game, Mary,” grumbled Drake pres ently under the awning the heat was oppressive, The three peo ple of necessity sat close together As they leaned upon the table, read supposed to lighten their leisure hour, the heads of Drake and Stevens were not far distant; both and | were so near to Mary that the scent | of her hair was in their nestrils, “Perhaps we had better cards,” Mary suggested. She sat up- right. Stevens breathed heavily, and there was a glitter in his eyes as he sianced swiftly at Drake “Don't let's be quitters,” laughed queeriy Down on the maindeck the Doctor gave water to the one sheep remain. , ing. Ho lingered at the pen, furtively scanning the de Swiftly dodging | back to the galley, he took out some- thing which he rolled up in his flithy | apron. Still as furtive as a thief he stole along to the big ventilator which ran down thru the midship | house into. the main held. When he| returned to his galley, to take his} afternoon rest, one of the boys quit | his work with Chips and climbed | nimbly on to the house. Mary caught | aight of his touseled head and mis- | chievous face. She welcomed the| break In her uneasy situation, for uneasy it had grown in a few min- utes. There was that infernal clvil- | ity again creeping into every word | uttered between the two men beside | her. She had caught one giimpse of Stevens’ face, and it made her shiver for all the heat, so charged with! strong passions was it. And Drake was still more disquieting by reason of his greater control over his out- ward emotions. But ever since that terrific melee in Cape Town, the long cut on his cheek, which Jake Stevens | had dealt him, tho it had healed, | still left a narrow scar from eye to} Mp corner; and if ever Alden Drake's | blood pulsed hot in anger, that rib bonlike scar stood out vividly white It appeared to throb; to writhe. It} was white now It throbbed. it seemed to writhe. Mary sat back | with a sharp scraping of her stool. | She could bear the tension no longer. And upon the heavy air, shrill and exeited, pealed the boyish yell from the midship house top. (Continued In Our Next Issue) he divided them | ing the rules of the game which was play | BOOTS AN yy | qh THE “GosH! GET UNDER THEM SHEETS, QUICK, MOLE! THE Ress WARNED ME T'CET YOU OVTA THis House LONG = hace AN' iF HE © f 2 GOOD NIGHT! ¥ SEATTLE STAR SPIES Youve’ Joe Was Kissed by a Wicked Pair af Hoofs! WELL, NOW THAT We'RE gREADY FoR OUR Hike To Bowie, LET 4 MAP OUT OUR BY KEN KLING iF TEVER REACH EARTH) | I'LL TEACH THAT SAP 7 \ To SToRe as DYNAMITE In MY fenblinc—3> P (Copyright, 1925, | WAS O06 THINKIN’ WOULD YOU LiKe MEAS WELL Ft DIONT HAVE My CAR? ; r moore ~ (Hom, = WHY ~ You ARENT | > GON TSELL (T. ARE No- | ) — BY MARTIN i| WHY, COURSE -f WOULD, SILLY ? ee 2 Tae 5 « | FRECKLES GEEOTUAT WAS A SWELL Show, WO2NT MASK? ILIKED | TH VANTRILoquisr J EAM: HE | BEST oR ALL = )( SWE 6000" ce! \ CLADDED MY | MOM’N POP GOING AWAY ONA TRIP MR. GUNN ? Ni O - JUST TAKING A SUIT DOWN To HAVE IT PRESSED Women's clubs have become nu- merous in Turkey. A few years ago (AeY. MASUREGS Ase ACS & Olive Rob they were unknown. erts Bartor, NO. 10—JOHNNY SWEEP WAKES UP ‘The March Hare looked over the edge of the big barrel where John- ny Sweep was peacefully sleeping beside the broom store. ‘Zrax! Snrrr! Zzxz! Johnny. Nancy and Nick laughed and even | the March Hare smiled a sort of thoughtful, worried smile. “Wako up, Johnny Sweep,” he shouted. “Wh—whiz at?” asked Johnny sleeping. “I won't do any sush zing, And he turned over and began to | snore all over again. | This time the March Hare reach- | ed in and shook him. ‘Wake up, wake up, Johnny—spring’s here and there are about a million chimneys to sweep out,” he said loudly. : “"$ too many,” muttered John- ny. And off he went to sleep again. Indeed it looked as tho Johnny | was ready to sleep thru another winter, but suddenly Nick had an idea. | He ran off and was back in two minutes with an old can full of water. “I'll sprinkle him,” he sald, | “That'll get him out.” “Huh! Rain!’ shouted Johnny, jumping up and rolling out of his barrel the minute the wager touch~ ed him. You'd have thought he was yelling “fire,” he was #0 6X- cited. But if you ask, anybody will tell you that chimney sweeps sim: ply hate water, “Hello, here!’ he exclaimed when he waw that the sky wag clear and the moon out, and that threo very interested people were looking at him, @ “Hello!” aid Nancy and Nick and the March Hare. “Well,” sald Johnny. “Now that I've had my bath and breakfast ta over, will you please tell me what you are staring for—-and why you are here, and what you woke me up for, and a few thousand other things besides?’ “AN explained Snrrrf’ went in two words,” said the March Hare. “Spring’s here.” “Well, well, well! So it is!’ grin- ned Johnny. “And that means/ work, doesn't it?’ “Tt certainly does," sald the March Hare “I cleaned all Christmas for Santa Claus,” John- ny reminded him. “They're all full of soot again,” said the March Hare. “The Fairy Queen has had a miliion letters, nearly, asking where you were, No- body can get his fire to draw do- cently and —* “All right! All right! I'm going,” sald Johnny. “I'll have to go into the broom store when it opens and buy me a new broom tho, My old one ia worn out Comoe along, please, and help mo pick a good one.” you and not with Leslie, we hadjcnd Wind. He ts working at his “Do you wish to hear some of the | * rl best to retrieve himself, and you ” our first quarrel over {t tonight at y ; letters?” asked the March Hare, Ainne You seo how much more know that Jim's best is about 100 reaching down into his pocket Searhavelte abawak: CF |per cent. 1 hope you will be back “gure,” said Johnny. ‘I'll bet |¥OU Nave fo ans Rupe, [800m for Tam very tired. With they are cranky ones." pa * |Jimmy, the now business, and you “Judge for yourself,” said the | = an Pres. | | Walking up and down like a caged Hare, “Here, Nancy, plenao read | | Telegam baa A aed Pres: | ton because your wito was away, | these out loud, My eyes smart al. ott: to Huth, Burke | }iifo has certainly been very strenu- little and the moon doesn't give |%——— ©) ous for me lately. much light. Notwithstanding your telegram, Wire me any change of address, But the Twins and Johnny Sweep knew that the March Hare's educa. tion had been neglected and he never got past the line in the first render that anys, "I seo n dog.” « Nancy unfolded the first letter and began to read. Such saucy let- tera you never heard! But you will hear them next time, if you are very patient. (To Be Continued.) (Copyright, 1925, N. B. A. Hervioe, Ine.) Experiments have proved that bar nacies do not attach themselves to ship bottoms painted certain colors, They collect in large numbers only on bottoma with blue and black plates, staying away from white, yel- low, red and groen colors, the chimneys at/ DAY Byck hotel. | not May want intercede for levery wire. | | | bs is very, tho she again. ney as sho was al sign for you, | least Walter 1 need it i month, statements the dis Keeler for $6 got going on all very However, Telegram From to John Alden Prescott, Albany | |TheTangle LETTER FROM ALDEN PRESCOTT TO SALLY | ATHERTON I will be in Albany this afternoon You can reach me there at the Ten If I leave the hotel I will wire you my address. {is staying at the apartment. | quite sure whether be a welcome for me there or not. | you to come over and] as 1 am pulling| JOHN PRESCOTT. me, x” ene eae Night Letter From Roth Burke to John Alden Prescott Havo just returned from Tsalie’s. | You had better not come over here, | and do not wire or write her any more until you hear from me, She] bitter, wanta to sho is beginning to be angry Instead of terribly hurt, or it first. to my surprise, he sympathizes with which I have just recelved, leaving for Albany now, This thing |has got to be settled today or nt negotiations must womiit I appreciate his sympathy, Yesterday being the first of the The signature looks a and if you did write it must have been shaky, your personal bank! TORONTO, Ontarlo-Fifteen hun One cheek capied 9") dred domosticn were brought to this made out ty Mamie province by the Salvation Army dur. | ,000, Is this all right?) ing the past year, according to a little queer,|atatement made by Commissioner your hand|/Charigg Sowton, ‘The commissioner byerything |furth@ stated that a similar num: right here, Jimmy! ber would be brought over this your, Walter says. YOU OUGHTA BEEN \WITR ALEK AN AE = WE WUT To TH’ ORPHEOM AN! SAM A NANTRILOQUIST— DYA BVER SEE ONE -T MEAN VENTRILOQUIST 3? W’AEAN A FELLA THANKS! = BUT TM ONLY TAKING A SUIT DOWNTO BE PRESSED x] T | GOING AWAY ? TILL DRIVE YOu DOWN To THE JOHN Leslie Am} there will] | Ot 7 | feels as} neo you She ©1929 By WEA SERVICE mc A pessimist is a man who first asks a girl if he can kiss her. That is a good Muct MUCH) Condon is evidently, getting his sec JT amjand if you wish me to como to Albany give me at least 12 hours’ notice, I'll be very glad to como, because I want to see Leslie and the new baby, SALLY ATHIRTON, (Copyright, 1925, The Seattle Star) TOMORROW—Telegram from John Alden Prescott to Sally Ather- ton, Tell JACK. i eae ana ally Atherton | Where the Cr Ditching the Question ward Island—The total marketed /and cartings produced in Canada in| thousand automobiles are now being value of the product of the fisheries} the month of January reached a to-| operated by citizens of the Province of Prince Edward Island in 1924) tal of 27,126 long vons, an increase | of Quebec, representing, at an avers {Wam, $1,201, according to a pre-jof 3 per cent over the tons }uge upkeep of $800 per year each, InMMary statement issued by the|in the month of December, Steel in |@ total expenditure for maintenance bureau of statistics, Capital invested | gots advanced by 603 tons, to a to-;alone of 6,000,000 in each 12 in the industry last year was $93 tal of 26,187 tons, and steel cast-|months, according to a statement edit Belongs! SAY-T LIKE NEATRILOQUISTS | BETTERN ANYTHING- Wty, TA6-1 THOUGHT Nov LIKED _f Him so SJ T WOULD HAVE LAPPED FoR TH’ WD S - cu. lees VANTRILOQUIST ONEY DID MA CUAL meee Th’ DUMMY DID ALL AOT FOR) ( Da TH WORK!! OH- JUST GETTING BACK FROM A TRIP MR.GUNN ? 1 DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOUD LEFT TOWN ! es ©1925 ey HEA "stavict, noe AYR, BY STANLEY ) (mice Youre DIGGIN” Look ) For. 1H’ BASS \— ey Hh? MAIN STREET (S TORN UP AGAIN — AFTER FOUR. HOURS WORK HANK HIBBARD DUG OUT THE OVERSHOES HE LOST TWO MONTHS AGO - THE SHOES WERE IN AN EXCELLENT STATE OF PRESERVATION - CHARLOTTNTOWN, Prince Td OTTAWA, Steel ingots Quebec, — Bighty-four QUEBEC, Ontario, 028, While the number of men o ings rose to 989 tons, or an increase !mado by the president of the Mon- ployed in these operations was 2,037, |of 284 tons, treal Automobile Trade association, ,