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Jrtkta* >re l*otl, hurt- Bomeo • *
Is * P***ln( "*hln* boat w'thout
I the other*. ..——_ ■
Now continue with the story.
CHAPTER XVII
•fe might manage something
j powder out of the cartridges in
ipiitoV' Angus said. Pat, using
neo's knife, had managed to split
flakes of dry wood out of the
of one of the chunks of drift
to prepare fine "dfr^ shavings,
removed the bullet from one
ifte ihells and mixed powder and
together, and flashed the
otr into the mixture. The "ex-
Dent succeeded.
said abruptly: "We'll have
ibigfer flre tonight, but we'll need
wood for that. Miss Dale,
and I can go hunt aome—if
Kou're not too tired?*' -
She was sure she was not. They
jed the broken rocks slope
the shelter till they came to
ihingle beaetf,- exposed at low
i; and they followed it along, sal-
small bits of drift here and
Angus .was able to carry un-
bls arm what little wood they
in their progress around the
bern end of the island; but at
they came upon a real treas-
a spruce bolt four feet long
almost a foot thick. Angus
fked it up and turned to face her
|and his .eyes were shining.
They were as happy as children
jheir find. Angus dropped the
; of pulpwood affd went to heave-
the stump. "I can carry It." he
"I'll get it on my shoul-
i." He turned it on end, the roots
[lost, and squatted and chose
i hand holds and stood erect with
burdeif on his hack. "I'll come
for the other," he said.
&e was sure she could carry that.
i said, already panting: "Don't
lit"* too heavy." He strode strongly
along the beach. When they
to where that stick of spruce
j, she picked it up in her arms
i • baby and tried to follow him.
But the bolt Was terribly heavy,
arms ached as though they
feeing stretched on the rack,
legs were weak, and her knees
Ialmost refused to support ~~hcr_
I wight Whon-she came to the foot
|of the rubble slope below the shel-
r, Angus was already halfway up
She had not till then seen Pat
onohoe, busy at Some strange task
|« the slope below the shelter. On
Wi knees, he was building a rock
pile, long and narrow, laying each
boulder with care. When she came
to him she asked:
"What are you doing, Pat?
He looked at her gravely, without
^plying; but his silence answered
l r question, and her eyes filled. She
Wnt on hurriedly, looked past An-
I"* into the shelter. Mr. Jenkins
not there.
They had a flre presently in the
mouth of the shelter, with a crevice
•t the top of the barrier to let the
®>oke circulate. She and Pat stayed
"We, drying their clothes, drying
seaweed that served as their
®*ttress, revelling in the delicious
Maiding warmth of the flames, chok-
•n the smoke. Angus had de-
parted again to see what he could
j™ She was asleep^^vhen4ia
urned with another log and some
Waller stuff; and looking up at him
J* realized that he had grown terri-
v thin. His eyes were sunken, as
°ugh the flesh back of them was
•one. She was full of a great com-
Wssion, a rich tenderness. She
Be «t l° talte h'm in arms,
•wopped his burden and stepped
Jer tlleir into the shelter, and
Wn to fumble in his pockets.
"Brought our supper," he said tri-
bt'Im "y' Produced- handfuls
"diminutive, snail-like shellfish.
i „t7 ,f.t,weed!s full of them," he
saw. u.._ ., ..
<g<BEN AMES WILUAMS
V^N.U.FEATURES
longer greatly cared whether .he
lived or died. Angus came back at
H *nd ,he ,lept between him
and Pat, and when she woke it wai
broad day-and he was gone again.
She gpoke his name, and Pat laid:
"He's up on top ma'am, keeping
Watch, case anyone cornea handy
by." *
She did not see Angus till she
came close to him. He sat on the
shoreward side of the monument,
his back against it, his chin on his
chest.
When she touched him. he roused
instantly. "I was resting," he con-
fessed, shamedly. "I went to $leep."
She said< "I want to tell you some-
thing, Angus."'" ". .
He thought she was delirious, held
her close, tried" to lift her. She
shook her head. "No, don't," she
said. "I'm all right. Only I'm dy-
ing of course." She smiled, wrin-
kling her eyes at him. "Like the
apple trees, Angus. I'm dying, don't
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"We'll live high
watched him parefully break
hi., "l3'1 shells. collecting the tiny
w oi flesh on a flat rock. He tilt-
6 slab to face the flre, and
Nfi* ,n® shHveiled and charred in
th heat- R°hin thought
I Drnv«,|0r.u0* them delic'ous; but they
inoro i and watery. containing
I*™!!! S?tenance- The-bit of food
that I. to awaken hunger pangs
1 nad begun to dull.
"We*6y a^0Wec* ^h® Are to go out.
lu* . i./10"® t0° much wood." An-
f somo *' and w® 11 ^Pve to keep
cEs-V 8i«nal & when it
iati li left them presently to
Lh fSly ^uesUn« around the is-
that was their prison, and Pat
that i?nd thought wearily
•tain on.SUn would never shine
ingtn i win<1, without ever ris-
I tli. hnffi. force* yet Persisted out of
I i'brounht6081' U *Pat rain at them;
on «n a sPr,nkle of sleet or snow
*Unn-^°CCasional co,der gust Life
Tin nn °Ut °' l,'r afternoon
com. * "he had been hungry and
1 ?lso «h® had wished to live.
W live. Now ahe no
Well, my dear, you've a bright
eye on you this morning! You're bet-
ter, Tm thinking."
They went along the rugged coast
to Corner Brook in a lubberly mo-
torboat that smelled most mightily
of cod, and It rolled and tossed on
the greasy seas and pot-potted at its
business in a humdrum way. Pat sat
with his leg in splints stretched out
before him; and Angus stayed near
Pat, and he had no word for Robin
at alL
Angus scarce spoke all that jour,
ney, but Pat talked to her. Pat was
an understanding big ' brute of a
man. At Corner Brook he insisted
they leave him there tNl his leg
could mend. He said she and An-
gus must take the train and catch
the boat at Port aux Basques. "Sure
and i>m sorr," Pat declared.
"I'll let you hear when I'm .fit for
traveling again. Now be off and
see the young lady safe home."
So she and Angus took the train
together; and at dusk that evening
they stood on the after deck, of the
Caribou, watching the last lights of
She laughed in flooding happiness.
you think? Bearing apples U their
way of loving, isn't it? Angus, I
love you." ,
He lifted her, stood erect She
wondered how he cpyljJ, '.'How can
you still be"strong?*^shfe whispered.
He bore her down toward the shel-
terj. "Do you love me?" she asked
quietly.
He said: "Hush! We'll be all
right."
So she knew that some things
could never change; yet when he
brought her back to the cave under
the ledge, she made him hold her
till she fell hard asleep in his arms.
Robin knew nothing after that till
she woke between rough sheets, with
something warm and delicious trick-
ling down her throat. She tried to
call Angus, and her closed eyes
filled, and tears welled out between
her lashes, and someone said ten-
derly: "There, poor lamb!"
Robin wanted to be comforted and
petted and tended, so she cried a
little more, and a woman with rough
hands was kind to her, and she slept
for hours or days, and woke to a
room full of sunshine, and the wom-
an said:
Caribbean
A
iracy
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BRENDA
CONRAD
Both Anne Heywood
and her friend, Capt. Peter
Wilcox of G 2, knew that
the urbane, well-informed
and slightly reptilian Mr.
Taussig was up to no
good. But his credentials
were impeccable and the
authorities were compla-
cent. It wasn't until a fool-
ish young wife, seeking to
help her husband's career,
put,,, into. Taussig's hands
the very dociiihents - he
wanted that the real peril
of his presence became
clear—and then it was al-
, most too late! .
Look for this exciting
story I
IN THIS PAPER
BEGINNING NEXT ISSUE
Is Result
Improved Weapons,
Better Use of Old,
Defeating Subs
"The submarine was utter-
ly defeated in May," Prime
Minister Churchill stated tri-
umphantly in a recent ad-
dress. The first lord of the
admiralty amended this by
aniiouncing that the British
navy had set a new record in
that month for U-boat sink-
ings, and that losses now ex-
ceeded German production.
Thus the gravest'threat to Allied
success, the submarine campaign
against shipping, is being answered,
as it was in Wqrld War I. Success
is coming faster tip an anyone dared
hope a little while ago. In April
Admiral King of the U. S. navy pre-
dicted that the submarine danger
Success in Undersea War f
of Coordinated Campaign
. _ . . , r_ would be brought under control with-
Port trux Basques"torH yellow"ancT ~1tt four~to~slx"months". SfcWeTary-of
then disappear in fog behind them. - ~
Robin had accepted defeat Angus
would never change. He would nev-
er love a woman. He would see her
safe on her homeward way; but
that was all.
Safe? She thought she would nev-
er be safe and at ease again. She
asked: "How did they come to res-
cue us, Angus?"
"By the. time they got Romeo
ashore he was delirious," Angus re-
plied. "Something he said started
them wondering, and they finally
sent a second boat to the island
to check his story.",
Robin pondered this a moment,
then asked: "How can I get to Ri-
mouski? My car is there." She wore
a dress bought in Corner Brook.
"I've no,"clothes,, nor money. You
had to pay for these things I'm
wearing, and you'll have to lend me
money for a railroad ticket."
"If you write-a cheque, the purser
will cash it."
She stared at him in the darkness.
hurt beyond words. Then she
turned, and he went with her to find
the purser.' She asked for a blank
cheque, filled it in. With the money
in her hands she turned to Angus:
"Now, how much was it?" she
asked. "Clothes, tickets, every-
thing?" He told her, to the penny.
"You're Scotch, aren't you?" she re-
flected gravely, and gave him bills
and waited for her change. Then
she said: "Good night," and went
to her cabin and hoped she need not
see him again.
But in the morning when she ap-
peared, he was waiting at the end
of the corridor. "We're* in," he
satid. "We're tied up at the dock,
waiting for the immigration men."
"Are we?"
"Yes!" He spoke almost roughly.
He said: "You're safe now. You
don't need me any more. You don't
owe me anything. You're not dy-
ing. You're all right."
Robin looked up at him with a
sudden beating interest. "Yes," sha
assented. "Of course I am. Why?"
His hand gripped her arm so hara
she wished to cry out, but she was
not sure whether she felt rapture
or pain. He said harshly: "You were
crazy, delirious, on the island; bul
we're both sane now. There's no ap«
pie tree business in this! I want ta
—marry you!"
At his own words perspiration
beaded his brow, and his lips wer«
white with fear. He was a little boy.
. . . She laughed in flooding happi«
ness. "Heavens to Betsy !" she whis<
pered. "What a blessed man!"
[THE END1
Navy Knox a few days later said
that the increasing "numbers of de-
stroyers now guarding convoys
would soon have their beneficial ef-
fect. • '
The peril to the "bridge of ships"
carrying war supplies to Europe and
the Orient is not being met by any
one "secret weapon." Destroyers,
airplanes, cannon, radar, helicop-
ters, balloons and many other war
machines are being employed in
combinations best adapted to the
task.
The change for the better has
come rather suddenly. Only la^t
January the tremendous losses in
shipping tonnage were causing ex-
treme concern in Allied war coun-
cils. Almost a million tons a month
was beirig sunk last year. Charles
E. Walsh, chief of the maritimejarq;
curement division, has revealed that
over 11 million-tons went down in
the first year of war. The Mer-
chant Marine reports that nearly
5,000 men have been lost in the last
20 months. Until very lately, there
was little light through the dark
Clouds,.
Ships Getting Through.
Now the great fleets of merchant
ships are arriving in Allied ports
with small losses. The protection
devised by the navy is succeeding.
A convoy, which may consi*t~ oT
hundreds of ships carrying ammu-
nition, food, plane parts, oil and
thousands of other war materials,
as well as troops, offers many tar-
JLIKfc A> DUCK'S BACK—The new
Morner lifesaving suit keeps seamen
dry and warm under all conditions.
A jackknife for cutting away entan-
glVng ropes, and a red signal light
and police whistle for attracting at-
tention of rescuers are attached to
the shoulder.
gets for enemy submarines and tor-
pedo planes, Destroyers, ranging
along the flanks, and ahead and
behind the convoy, are the usual
defenders of the slow and helpless
freighters, tankers and troopships.
But the "greyhounds of the sea"
have a lot of auxiliaries under the
new system.
One of these is the corvette, a
small merchant ship converted to a
light warship. It can function much
as the destroyer does, although" it
A HELICOF^pR TLANDS—Settling slowly on the apace marked out as its
landing "field" on the deck of a Victory ahip, this helicopter makes a per-
fect landing. This peculiar aircraft can rise and descend almost vertically,
and can hover over the water, spotting submarines.
does not have its speed or maneu-
verability. Then tfcere \s the air-
craft carrier, which is accompany-
ing large convoys lately. Planes
_from the-xarrjer can patrol- a wid&
circle and prevent any enemy sur-
face craft from surprising the con-
voy.
That.new marvel, radar, can lo-
cate enemy planes and submarines
with amazing accuracy, in fogs or
at night Destroyers are being
equipped with radar now. Listen-
ing device? to detect submarines by
the pulsations of their propellers,
have been in use for some time, so
the officers in charge of the de-
fense of a convoy have several
means of knowing when the enemy
is approaching.
Only about 500 . miles of the voy-
age between the United States and
British ports is beyond the range of
land based aircraft, according to
Secretary Knox. The patrol planes
of the Allies can protect shipping
withm an. arc six or seven hundred
miles in-iadius.
Ships Mount Heavy Guns.
. Convoys are so large, "however,
that, despite all $orts of armed
guardians, ' some ships will be -at-
tacked,.-and perhaps damaged "or
sunk. Often.-to©; a single merchant
ship has to travel without escort to
enter a small port off the regular
run, or for a number of other rea-
sons. Merchant ships have long been
accustomed to mount some cannon
in wartime, but against modern en-
-emy- craft, ordinary seamen'have
.little chance to~us'e their weapons
effectively. .The maritime commis-
sion has ordered every American
ship to carry a five-inch gun. A
crew from the navy mans the piece,
which is deadly to enemy subma-
rines and destroyers, or any vessel
with thinner armor than a cruiser.
Ships are protected against air-
craft by anti-aircraft guns and .50
caliber machine guns. Expert navy
crews also handle "these ordnance^
Submarines and planes are Teluc-
tant to-get too close to a ship that
can defend herself, and torpedoes,
bombs and gunfire aimed from a dis-
tance are less accurate.
A barrage balloon is now being
added to the defensive equipment
of merchant ships. The balloon
trails steel cables when in the air,
thereby preventing a divebombing
plane from getting too close to the
ship, or from running along it and
strafing the crew with machine gun
bullets. The gas bag is raised and
lowered by a cable attached to a
winch near the stern.
Last month the maritime com-
mission and the War Shipping ad-
ministration decided, after a suc-
cessful demonstration, that helicop-
ters can be employed to give added
protection to individual ships. Ev-
ery" new Liberty model ship will
carry a helicopter, according to
present plans. As these peculiar
aircraft can rise and descend almost
vertically, they can operate from
a small area on the deck of a ves-
sel. Whether the ship is part of a
convoy or pailing alone, the helicop-
ter can hover around, watching for
the enemy.
Some Sinkings Inevitable.
Ships will be damaged and sunk,
however, despite all 'defensive pre-
cautions and efforts. Some are
wrecked by storms, or are smashed
on rocks or icebejrgs. Even when
in a sinking condition, nevertheless,
a ship may someitimes be saved by
some of the .safety features that are
part of a modern ship. If the ship
must be abandoned, other emer-
gency features help to save the lives
of the crew-
Many safety devices have been
added, and old ones have been im-
proved. Several have been built
into the ship itself. The maritime
commission found that men were
hurt frequently^in the dark passage-
ways when the lights went out after
a torpedo had struck. Luminous-
paint signs now mark all passage-
ways and exits, and directions point
to ladders and indicate the switches
of emergency lighter .
Crash panels must now be put into
every door, by coast guard regula-
tions. These are sections of thin
wood within every door, that can be
.smashed -out by _tcapped '.crewmen.
leaving a space big enough to* per-
mit escape.
To preserve the nerve centers of a
ship as long as possible, the pilot
house and radio shack are covered
with reinforced concrete and steel
cSpablfr"of-withstanding submarine
shelling. ^
Latest In Life Boats.
Finally, when seamen have to
abandon ship, the latest and best in
life-saving equipment comes into
play. By orders ofjthe coast guard,
the life boats are always kept swung
out and clamped against canvas-cov-
ered cushions. The ropes holding
the boats are secured by a single
"pelican" hook which can be tripped
by simply releasing a catch allow-
ing the boat-to be lowered into the
water in a minute or two.__
At the same time a boat is low.
ered, a life «net,. kept rolled up
against the side of the ship just be-
Cautions for Home 1
doing home
fit cape arei cat
' tly the Inst"
of the ca
effort to
wait* In
serve. Spoilage of food and brea
of jars is certain to
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tions are not followed to the letter.
Proper methods and careful can-
ning, will insure excellent result*,
more important in the present food
situation than at any other time.
The Glass-Top Seal j
a wartime product deM
The Glass-Top Seal Fruit Jar Call,
roduct developed to
serve metal, requires careful 11
according to the home serviea de-
partments of fruit jar manufacturers.
This cap consists of a metal band,
glass lid and rubber ring. With these
three widely varied material* making
up its component parts, the cap must
be used according to important bat
easily followed instructions. First oi
all, the cap is not recommended for.
and must not be used in, oven can>
i/the food is processed (cooked In
a jar), one inch of space must be left
in the top of the jar when Oiled. In
order to allow room for expansion.
If an open kettle is used a half-inch
of space must be left in the top at
the jar.
The next step is to place the rub-
ber around the projection on the bot-
tom side of the lid. and" the lid must
then be placed so that the rubber lies
between it and the top edge of the
jar. All jars on which top-seal clos-
ures, either glass or metal, are Used
must have smooth-top edges.
The band is then applied tightlr
and immediately loosened slightly
about one-quarter of a turn. Bands
must fit loosely during the processing
or -cooking:—if~an-oyeii kettle is used;-
the bands are to be screwed tight as
soon as the jar is filled. After the
processing is completed the bands
are screwed tight to complete the
seal. The bands may be removed
twelve hours after the canning opera-
tion. At no time should the filled
jars be turned up-side-down.
The housewife who takes no chances
on variance from any one of these
simple but important steps is assured
of success ana the enjoyment of the
delicious flavor of home canned
foods this winter.—Adv.
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LIFE RAFT—Six research men are
shown testing the new rubber life
raft under actual shipwreck condi-
tions for the Maritime commission.
They were "cast adrift" near Cape
Fear, N. C., to study conditions of
survival at sea, and to report de-
fects and possibilities for improve-
ment. Merchant ships carry , these
rafts in addition to the lifeboats.
low the boat deck, is released. Three
or four men can scramble down this
net at the same time.
Merchant ships must—also carry
liferafts, since the boats may * be
damaged by shells, or the sinking
ship may be leaning so far over^
that it is impossible to lower life-
boats on one side. .
Boats Carry Radios.
A portable sending and receiving
radio set must be included in the
equipment of at least one lifeboat on
every ship.
Water rations on each boat have
been increased from three to ten
quarts per person. Fourteen ounces
each of pemmican, malted milk
tablets, chocolate and type C army
ration biscuits must be included in'
every boat for each person.
Rubber lifesaving suits' are is-
sued to each member of the.cxew^
Besides keeping a ffiandry while in
the water, the suits give protection
against exposure in a lifeboat or
raft. Attached to the shoulder of
each suit is a jackknife with which
a man can tree himself if he is en-
tangled in ropes, and a police whis-
tle and a red signal light to at-
tract the attention of rescuers.
11 So the perils to Allied shipping are
being combatted successfullyhy,
combining all known resources of
,warships, planes, guns and radio.
The war goods are getting through.
The ships are arriving safely. But
when a ship does go down the brave
seamen have^ a much better chance
of living to sail again than ever
before, thanks to ever better equip-
ment
FOR SHIPWRECKED SAILORS—
the boat has built-in air tanks that
render it non-sinkable, and there are
grab-rails fastened to the bottom, so
that seamen can hang on if it over-
turns. A bright red triangular San
Is part of the accessories. Canned
food and drinking water, a fishing
kit, a first aid outfit, and a machine
for making sea water drinkable, are
part of the supplies and equipment
shown. \
1 Be Wary
Though the mastiff be gentle,
yet bite him not by the lip.
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from the follow*^'
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JUST
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OR SPREAD ON ROOSTS
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• "Dire Bombing" tnosqoitoes —
"Four Motor" flies— ro ju t two of
the insect-enemies that wage war on
our soldien on many batdefronts,,.
and two reasons why the army-uses
such vast quantities of FLIT and our
other insecticides^
For these super-slayer* kill many
vicious foreign pests just aa they
mow down household insects here
at home!
FLIT has the A A Rating *.. the
highest established for household
insecticides by the US.
Bureau of Standards.
Buy a bottle—today!
FLIT
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