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Show THE BULLETIN i Out of the Fog Floyd (jjWfamL By GREGORY JONAS 'ADVENTURERS' CLUB (Released by HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI Ncwapapcra BARRY STUART, bachelor, was his road ster over the country roads at a pace quite inconsistent with its ability for speed. Barry was drinking in the beauties of the night A fog rose from the river and floated lightly above the low lands, wandering clouds touched by the magic of the moon. Like a the huge, disgorged feather-bebank of white awaited Barry's dip into the valley only to disappear upon his advent "Like all my troubles," mused Barry. Now and then oblongs of yellow light showed through the blur of white and Barry knew there was a home and he wished vaguely that there were a yellow light beckon ing him. With these vague wishes was mixed the shadowy dream of a girl's face, her blue eyes and her bright hair as soft and intangible as the feathers of fog about him. Barry had been unable to forget this particular girl for one moment after meeting her; and now he was running away from her; she threat ened to crystallize his vague dreams into reality; she imperiled his celibacy, and he wasn't read-ynot yet His memories of her min gled so enticingly with the night that he was startled, as his car rose to the hilltop, to see a slight figure hurrying along ahead of him, "Won't you ride?" asked Barry, sensing that there must be some reason for a girl's treading this lone-tome road so long after teatime, Her voice sounded sharp and there was recklessness in her acceptance of his invitation. "Yes, I'll ride," she answered. and slumped down into the seat beside him. "On your way to Moorestown? he asked. 'As well as anywhere," she re His plied, and Barry was silent dreams were lost in the fog as he puzzled about the girl beside him. They drove along quietly, dipping into the valleys and rising to the hilltops with a swift clean motion that was worthy of his car. When they had gone another ten miles the girl spoke suddenly: 'I'm leaving my husband!" "Indeed!" ejaculated Barry, and added: "How old are you?" "Twenty-fou- r and I'm tired of drudgery and tending babies and having nothing!" 'I see," commented Barry soft ly. "Husbands and babies aren't much compensation unless they're nice, he added tentatively. "My babies are adorable!" she 4- Ruth Wyeth Spears SEEDS Crested Wheat high-power- "Ten Terrible Seconds" moon-floode- EVERYBODY: is a yarn about a couple of ropes. The yarn-w- ell told it's by Herman R. Wallin of Brooklyn, N. Y. Herman is supposed to be the adventurer and principal character in it, but somehow or other the ropes managed to take over the story. One of those ropes chisels into this story solely on the strength of the fact that it well that it just wasn't. If we mentioned it here, it's only to post it as A. W. 0. L. at a time when it was needed for guard duty. The other rope comes in at the crucial point in our story. Like the hero of the old melodrama it shows up in the nick of time to right the wrong the other rope has done and prove to the world that though some ropes may be low down and onery, there are good ropes as well as bad. And now that I've told you the plot of today's little drama, let's bring in Herman Wallin and on with the show. Today, Herman is a radio operator on the S. S. Birken head, but this adventure happened in July. 1926. when HELLO, Herman wai occupying the radio shack of the S. S. Cornelia plying between New York and the West In diet. The Cornelia wai almost at the end of her "out" trip just two or three hours run from the first of the tropical island ports at which she was due to call. Herman's Radio Shack Located on After Part of Boat Deck. . A undated WNU Service.) HOWSEW cJ? It was a dark night, and Herman was on the lower deck, making his way np to the boat deck where his room was located. And well before we go any farther with this yam we'll have to tell yon something about the way the S. S. Cornelia was constructed. Suppose we let Herman de that himself. "My radio shack," Herman says, "was on the after part of the boat deckthe only quarters located on this part of the ship. A few feet away from my room, on either side of the shack were davits for two lifeboats which had been removed. Since the members of the crew He went through an open space between the two boat davits and walked overboard. seldom came up on this deck, and then in the daytime only, no ropes had been stretched across the openings between the davits." And there you have not only the layout of Herman's g pent house but also the lowdown on that rope that just wasn't there. That missing rope was quite a problem. Ton know they don't have any open lights on the top deck of a ship because they Interfere with the vision of the officer on watch up on the bridge. On nights when there wasn't any moon, Herman used to have to watch his step pretty carefully. Usually he would start walking from the ladder In a straight line, counting out the number of steps It required to get to his door. But on this particular night he paused half way In his course and looked back. Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt for stopping and looking back. Herman just sort of lost his bearings, but that was almost as bad. When he started out again he was going the wrong way in the dark. He was still counting steps when, all of a sudden he went through an open space between two boat davits and walked overboard. sea-goin- And Then Came the Ten Terrible Seconds. And then came those ten terrible seconds the worst moments In Herman's life. It felt as if time had been slowed down like one of those movies seemed as though that dive from the top deck was taking a year. Herman can still count over every one of those seconds can still remember how the lights of the lower deck went crawling past him as he fell. One of his arms grazed the rail of the lower deck as he went by, and through his mind flashed the thought that that rail was the last thing be could possibly have caught hold of. Below him now were only the smooth steel plates of the ship's side, straight down to the water line. Herman thought of the propeller, threshing the water at the ship's stern and remembered hearing that anyone falling overboard close to the side inevitably gets sucked into the vortex of the churning water and chopped to mincemeat The water was coming up at him now. He could see It gleaming dully beneath him and he braced himself for the shock of hitting it. Then, suddenly, his left arm hit something bit It with a sharp, stinging blow that bent it double and almost took Herman's breath away. Herman didn't know what it was, but instinctively he made a grab for it. He caught ltand his hand skidded several yards along a wet, slimy surface before he realised what it was. A rope! A missing rope had gotten him Into this spot in the first place. Another onea rope that was very much present seemed to be helping him out of it. slow-moti- His Feet Were Dragging in the Water When He Stopped. Herman clutched at that rope until he thought his arm would come "My feet were dragging in the water as I came to a stop," he says, "and the tug of the water added to the strain on my hands, heard faint shouts above me. The engineroom telegraph rang and could feel the side of the ship shuddering as though it had hit some ob struction in the water. Then I could see heads thrust out over the deck rail and several voices were calling to me to hang on. A couple of men sitting on the lower deck had seen me flash by and had shouted to the officer on watch to stop the ship." A rope ladder came over the aide and a deckhand came down to help Herman back aboard. "When I reached the deck," he says, "I was so weak with fright that I couldn't stand up. They took me to a stateroom and put me In a bunk. Outside of a few bruises and a pair of skinned hands, I was as good as ever In a few hours, but I saw to It next day that a couple of lines were stretched between those empty boat davits." And in case you're wondering what that other rope was doing hang' ins over the side of the ship, here's Herman with the answer. "It was what Is known ss the guest line," he says. 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Try an idea of 3. What do the racing clothes your own. These gay unbleached boots of a jockey weigh? muslin aprons are just sugges including 4. are the two smallest Which to tions get you started. states in Europe? EDITOR'S NOTE: The new 5. A gnomon is a person of no Sewing Booklet which Mrs. Spears importance, a dwarf, Scottish chieftain or a geometrical figure? 6. To what does the song, "Comin' Through the Rye" refer? 7. The unit of current or flow of electricity is called an am1 pere, a volt or a watt? I Xlmil in Ait mar I I 8. Which is the correct B expression "If worst comes to Spotted Aristocrats worst or "if worse comes to flashed. The world's 250,000,000 Moslems worst"? "They must be unusual, then," he observe Friday as their Sabbath 9. What American city was first observed. "Most babies are pests! because, according to Mohammed, known as New Amsterdam? 10. What kind of foundations are "Have you any?" she demanded. this was the day Adam was cre"Good Lord, no I'm a bachelor.1 ated, the day he entered and was under the buildings in Venice, "Then you don't know a thing also expelled from Paradise, the Italy? about it They're so soft and ador day of his repentance, the day of The Answers able and and cute! Twin girls. his death and the day he will be But his mother Is always there-ma- king resurrected. 1. (a) Various species of yucca Chameleons are trouble. She'll take care of (b) Mountain peak in Cey fighters. When two enemies start plants; them." Ion: (c) Gardening. battle, many minutes, even "Of course," agreed Barry. "In 2. Because such wells were first between each thrust another six months they'll probably hours, pass think she s their mother they're un and perry. Sometimes the only way that one can tell a fight is in Flowered Hat Came feeling little brutes, at best" progress is by the color of their 'Mine are not! They know mi when I leave them I" Si skins, which have turned black To Do Double Duty they cry lence enveloped them, when sud with rage. A young matron found herself Increasing age diminishes at donly the girl's voice broke it "I've got to go back! Take me tendance at the movies to an as- somewhat hustled by the number to the next bus stop you'll think tonishing degree. Surveys indi and variety of her engagements. One day in particular she found cate that the number who no longI'm crazy!" 'What difference does it make er attend increases from 50 per troublesome, for she had to go what I think? I don't even know cent at the age of forty to 75 per first to a funeral service and your name. But you're foolish to go cent at sixty to 98 per cent at then to a garden party. She solved the dress problem by back. We could go to the show and eighty. Although about nine thousand wearing smart but sober clothes have a good time" He turned and caught the appeal in her up members of Britain's aristocracy and taking in a hat box a flow and sporting world are admitted ered hat which, during the service, turned face. to the Royal Enclosure at Ascot, she placed in the vestry. "Honestly, I didn't mean that!" Her sense of quiet pleasure at he said contritely, turning the car England, at each meeting, thou successful solution of the this excluded because are sands to they about take you "I'm going home." The car flew like a live are in bankruptcy, involved in a problem was somewhat marred, divorce, owe too much money however, when the coffin was thing. "Tell me the house," said Barry. to a bookmaker or have not been brought into church. For reposing in the center of the wreaths "IwilL" He could feel her tense- presented at a royal court. on the coffin was her flowered hat. ness; once she put out a small hand and laid it over bis on the ANOTH ER d? Strange Facts If 1 n" Mr,Ba LiiMi.Oeaaa Trustworthy Fellow Somebody has aptly said, "He may have greasy hands and the seat of his trousers may be shiny, but if his children have their noses pressed against the window-panbefore he is due home a half-hotnr nirmar vnu ran trust him with everything you have." e ur ACV" "slow-motio- A Quiz With Answers aOatIMr WatJa7 Jail aST ' ffl rUrrMrlPIAfl JJiVi UlUMVii 0tt Various Subjects sunk in Artois (anc. France. Arte-sium- ),, 3. A jockey's outfit seldom weighs' more than 30 ounces. , 4. Monaco, the smallest state, is 8 square miles, and San Marino, the next smallest state, is 38 square; miles. 5. A geometrical figure. 6. A small river. 7. An ampere, named after Andre Ampere, French scientist who' established the relationship between electricity and magnetism.' 8. Dr. Rossiter Johnson, in "Alphabet of Rhetoric," says "'If worse comes to worst' is often rendered meaningless by being changed to 'If worst comes to worst.' The original and correct form is evident on a moment's thought. It is essentially a continuation of from 'bad to worse from worse to worst.' " 9. New York. 10. Mostly piles. HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS Constant Preserving Bags. turning preserves rugs. They should be turned around every six months. Shiny Windows. A lump "I don't know how to thank you' "Your husband won't abuse you?" he inquired. "Phil? Good heavens, no!" "Men MORE PLEASURE PER PUFF-MO- RE Retaining Color of Spinach. The color of spinach will be preserved if a pinch of soda is added to the water in which it is boiled. Rest Your Ferns. After maiden hair fern has grown all during the year it begins to turn brown. This is a sign it needs rest as ferns, like all other plants, want and take their season for rest. Repot it and set in a shady place, water sparingly until a good growth of fronds appear, then give more water. PUFFS PER PACKI burning 25 slower than the average of the 15 other of the largest selling brands tested slower than any of them CAMELS give a smoking plus equal to do" By so" y. 7iy kn LONG-BURNIN- G . PENNY FOR PENNY YOUR BEST CIGARETTE BUY of starch dissolved in the water with which windows are to be washed will make the glass shine. wheel. "Not mine It's just that his moth er bosses me "I know I have a boss myself and some day I'm going to wax in dependent and fire myself but not till I see that it won't ruin my own nappineu," he told her. She touched his arm when at last two rectangles of light gleamed through the lifting fog. Aunoipnere nas cleared, remarked Barry, drawing up to the house and sounding his horn. The door opened and a frenzied young man iiooa outlined behind him woman twisting her apron. "I've brought back Tour wife " he announced, handing her out of Donkey Was Responsible for Discovery of Silver Mines uie car. Wives are hard to get," une nigm wnen ine smau ne ooservea. "and harder to KeUofCs Jack, a diminutive but thoroughbred jackass, was responsi- made camp they turned the ani- I'm told. When I find one I'm going ble for the discovery s few decades mal loose to graze. In the morn- to make it my business to keep ago of two silver mines in the Coeur ing it was not in sight, but the trail ucr: was found easily. Kellogg and his The young man, with hia d'Alene mountains of northern Idaabout his wife, tried to thank Bar. partners followed it ho that were worth $4,000,000. Finally they emerged into a com- ry; out with a wave of his hand The story is that the "Jack." not toward whose head was nearly ss Urge as paratively clear canyon and spotted Barry was gone; its body, was the pack animal for the "jack" on a hillside. It seemed Moorestown. but in the other di N. S. Kellogg. Phil O'Rourke and to be on a point like a dog. Ad- rection where the girl with the blue Con Sullivnn when the trio went vancing they said they saw the an- eyes and lovely hair must be sitting Liimal gazing intently at a broad somewhere behind oblongs of yellow prospecting up a creek near the M lian road, one of the first military splash of mineralized rock, which ..fint waning. proved to be a slab of rich galena routes through Idaho. ' ; COSTLIER TOBACCOS |