Three Winning Prize Contestants Give Solutions to Captains Captain's Delemma Contest I Here are the solutions to The Captains Captain's Dilemma written by the three prize winning contestants in inThe inThe inThe The Salt Lal Lake e Telegrams Telegram's What Would You Do c contest 6 I First Prize I Any man aggressive Ive enough to become become be be- come a captain responsible enough to fulfill the duties of a captain dependable dependable dependable de de- de- de enough to remain a a capLain captain cap- cap tam Lain tain should never be bo called upon to make such a decision Such an attitude of abandoning all aU hope liopo of lifo for himself and for the men of ot othis his crew Sparks and the mate and of making no fight for the lives Jives of two of ot his loved ones ones is not the attitude nor would it be the action of ot a captain Granted that there were no provisions provisions provisions pro pro- visions such as life rafts life liCe belts nor any other pre-arranged pre means of nf afloat for fn- tun te en enough t to be lie e- e elii left lii- lii liin on n b board d dan an abandoned ship hip a real reat captain would never never accept defeat In such ucb sucha a manner Therefore to continue If ItI I 1 were he But B t wait T Tell TeU ll the boat to shove off oft Bring both girls here rio no no bring them to the wen well deck deckand deckand deckand deck deck- and grab an an axe as you ou como come Sparks Sparks Como Come on bo boy Lets Let's get got going Bring a fire axe with you The captain quickly took his knife kniCe from his pocket cut the signal l hl halyards ards and dashed down the tho companionway over the tho sl slopIng slop p. p ing deck forward to tho the cargo h hatch the tho halyards trailing after him and hissing over the steel scams of ot the tho deck By this time the thc mate and Sparks and the girls arrived Rip that tarp torp down the sides Hurry This done the pressure from within the hold began to flutter the heavy canvas cover Its Ils It only a matter maUer of at seconds now flow They threw two of the big bIS hatch timbers over then Over you go Sparks Keep Kep off t a little and gather those thos two timbers Umbers in if It you can Th They threw four more timbers over Then Over you vou 1 0 go Helen Ann Anna Annal They obeyed ed instantly knowing seemingly that the cap cap- tams tain's plans were perfect That's three of oC them he ho thought Let Leta go mate We Well We'll lash them together In Jn th water wate All now were over Reli Relieved ved of at the hatch cover the cargo bold quickly filled with water The big ship settled atthe at atthe atthe the bo bow the stern ster lifted she shuddered and began to slide under unde silently Good Goodbye bye There were yere tears in his eyes as ho watched She was a i good ship I 6 1 L I S Second cond Prize J Captain Hardy was plainly a wise and efficient commander of ot his ship as his voyage had been free from mishaps through the years F Heres Here's C Correct Solution Helen I Captain Hardy addressed addressed ad ad- d dressed hi his b be beautiful c aut a U t it I f u I young oung daughter Go on on deck for a moment I want to talk with Anna Ann H Helen len obeyed Intuitively Caplain Cap Cap- tam lain tain Hardy placed his muscled hands on the shoulders of his fiance At Anna n we haven't time for mush and sweet sayings Theres There's room in that lifeboat for only one i j You cant can't see me with those tears filling your eyes ces wipe them away aay there Now look at me Im I'm going to put that in that lifeboat and then 1 Ill I'll come back and tell you OU what youre you're going to do While Im I'm gone pray gone pray Captain Hardy picked Op ip his daughter In his brawny arms and ran with her to the lifeboat and placed her safely in it Without giving Helen an opportunity to resist ho he kissed hissed her and ordered the boat lowered One look down at it as he brushed away a truant truant truant tru tru- ant tear Then back to his cabin Anna was on her knees at tho the compass Already the thc stern of ot the ship was lifted half out of at the water Out of tho the night came came the of ot Daddy The c captain went to the bridge There was but one onG order order De De Desert sert ship 1 I am told that the only ones who remained as th the ship made macic its its' final Cinal plunge was Cap- Cap Hardy and Anna Oh yes yea and and Sparks Copyright 1934 Zain Corporation r In this tragic accident he did hi his best to save his women passengers passengers women and children first first and faced with courage the probability of going goin down with his ship No special specia mention was made of saving himself himself him hint self or the crew Although it would naturally b be his desire to save savo his daughter an and have his sweetheart with him to th the thelast last I think he would order his betrothed betrothed be be- be bet to take the ono one and only seat scat in the last boat to leave th the doomed ship and call caU his daughter Helen to his side depending o on himself to save savo her if possible t to throw overboard something whIch would float and sustain them until help arrived and they were picked up He sent out S. 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S by wireless wireless wireless wire wire- wire wire- less at first first Augusta Long West Vest Sixth North street Salt Snit Lake Cit City Utah I Third Jl Prize ize I Q Death is no m more re than t th the r re removal rea re- moval mo of earthly limitations Ye Yet John Hard Hardy as he ho sits in judgment judgment judg judg- ment meat must weigh carefully for tor his bis decision holds the finality of eternity His dilemma then then- Which of the tho two he loves will most successfully cope with the limitations set forth by life tife By a n process of ot simple elimina climina- tion his choice must inevitably fall faU upon Helen his daughter Motherless since early childhood childhood child chUd- hood and since the awakening of reason steeled to the knowledge that her her father was bound by the tho irrevocable seamans seaman's code to the death with his ship Helen cango can cango cango go on without too great a a sense of loss In the morning of her life lite Helen represents unexpended value value- a 1 clean page on wh which ch to write the history of at tomorrow Anna in the early evening of life Ufe has experienced tho the pleasures an and heartaches coincident wll with living and having found the thc man man mansbe she loves should be content yes yes eager cager to die with him hm rather than administer to the he wound of great loss Joss that heals so slowly and Imperfectly imperfectly Im im- perfectly with the adva advancing cIng years Let Let John I Hardy urd send Helen Jelen back bar to a life Ufe she has not lived and nd take Anna with him to explore explore ex ex- whatever lies beyond J J. 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