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Show Versatile Isles of Bermuda Abiding Satisfaction fountains Nov Enter the Air Picture T4 HE satisfaction are within" the announcement of a clean-ufrom Kay's claim. She had just I!e can't have your share!" Kay called to him that the flow of the sluices had been halted. snapped. "He's got to gol" McKer.ie Joe looked about him. Jack Hammond dropped his shovUneas:!v he wiped a shaking hand el and went upstream. Kay ap"Opening of regular passenger other navigational aids, however, across his lips. peared excited as usual, herself talk- air service between the United have virtually eliminated hazards answered "I guess the young lady ing a pan and filling it with a part States and Bermuda throws the to navigation, and today thoufor me," he said. Jack stamped of the scrapings. Hammond bent aviation spotlight oq the tiny, sands of tourists from the United into the cabin, to return almost as beside her at the stream, where, British colony out in States, Canada and England visit four arms in his held He quickly. n dipping water, she began the work the open Atlantic, says a bulle- the little island group heavy moosehide pouches, lumpy of reducing the conglomerated resitin from the National Geographic annually. with gold nuggets. due of the riffles to tangible loss "Industries are generally barred "Its everything Ive got," he said or gain. There beside her, as the society. Bermuda thus adds in the islands, yet Bermuda has "Versatile out." pan slowly twisted and dipped and to its role of health, pleasure, and some of the largest and finest reshortly. "Sign up and get raised and circled, it came to Jack yachting center, an Jeanne Towers straightened. sort hotels in the world, numerYou fool that Kay had learned much of min- function as a 'stepping important Jack!" she cried. stone on ous' shops and stores, and a per-half sob, ing in the short time she had been the you fool!" Then with a southern transatlan- fume factory. Of increasing imshe whirled and ran back to her here. Now .she spoke casually of tic projected the bulletin con- portance is its export trade of air route," cabin. 0 Court BC7 BjVy Cooper. pockets and faults, of pay gravel tinues. At present, only the Easter lilies and early vegetables. and sedimentation suddenly he WNUSsrvics. Air Base on Darrell Island. section between Port WashCH AFTER IK halted. The pan had been cleared, N. Y., and Hamilton, Berthe most conspicuous "Perhaps ington, the girl had given an exclamation muda, is in and the recent change is the new air base operation, was over had months two and More than passed it, pointbending traffic is shared Pan on Darrell island, in the sound since that morning when Jack had ing by a nod to a nubbin of gold American being and thebyBritish near Hamilton, the capital. One Airways CHAPTER VIII Continued walked drearily back from the lake, which lay there. d end of this rocky, Airways. 1-4Hammond ex- Imperial gaunt with the weight of strange, It's a knock-oubit of land has been cleared. Two Jack Hammond went forth Into foreboding sadness. Once the heat claimed, picking out the serrated Once Scene, at Many Shipwrecks. "Although Bermuda is such a concrete slipways run up from the the bush to search for him, although of their quarrel had begun to cool, piece of mineral. Then, as though map of the blue waters of the sound to an he knew it was useless. Somewhere memory had, to a degree, at least, the better to appraise its worth, he tiny pinprick on the radio space before a huge steel in this dense forest of stunted brought about a trace in the bitter- reached into a pocket for his pros- Atlantic ocean that neededdirec-to open and are tional beams glass hangar. g fir, tangled ness between McKenzie Joe and pectors magnifying glass. spruce and At the other end of the colony, guide modern flying boats to its creepers and matted junipers, Mc- himself. The signing over of the Beside him, Kay talked on of her shores, in earlier days, it was a in St. Georges, the returning Kenzie Joe had gone to his hideout necessary papers which had put She couldn't she thorn in the side of mariners. traveler may notice large liners hopes. and there was safe. Nevertheless, Jack in possession of all the claims said, why this claimunderstand, out Since its discoverer, Juan de Ber- anchored within the almost landdidnt pan Hammond kept up the search for had been done in silence, it is more values. after day, the mudez, piled his ship up on its locked harbor of the ancient capiDay the better part of two days. At true, but not taciturnity. output seemed the same enough coral reefs in 1515, tal of Bermuda. They have enleast here he had freedom from "Write to me sometime, Joe? ldt expenses, enough to keep the treacherous been the scene of tered through the Town cut, a Bermuda has the barbs of Kay Joyce. Jack had asked as the older man cottage going and to pay Mrs. countless shipwrecks, extending newly dredged channel, like a took his The story of the fight at Whoopee the woman of all work but down to last year when the Span- miniature Panama canal, between departure. had swept Lake Sapphire like a "Sure Ill be glad to do that, little more. Hammond hardly heard ish liner Cristobal Colon was lost the main island of St. George's hard wind. Beyond that, Bruce Jack. If there's anything to write her. Again he was confirming what off North Rock. and Paget island. he had confirmed every day since Kennings swollen eyes, his lac- about. And say "Channels dredged through "Across St. Georges harbor an erated cheeks and bruised lips had McKenzie Joe had pulled out the "Yes? and imposing new steel and concrete lighthouses powerful reefs, told their story all too plainly to "Don't hold it against Jeanne for fact this was true nugget gold and dislike what she said. Me 'n' Jeanne have that there was not the slightest inKay. Now, all her pent-ufor McKenzie Joe had surged to always thought a lot of each other. dication of sniper material. the surface. For the first time Jack It was kind of natural that she'd That had been a serious charge. Hammond found solace away from take up for me. It had meant that Kay was preher. He had found it impossible to "Of course, Joe. tending to find gold when such answer amicably her vilifications of The older man had looked far had not been the case. Why she McKenzie Joe. To Jacks viewdown the lake, glassy smooth, and should do this, Joe Britten had not point, Joe's attack had been the fully explained. He had only inresult of brooding, resentful dissisted that the tiny flakes and nugtrust bom of no foundations, it is gets were "sniper gold, gleaned by true, but certainly not deserving of scraping along the flat, ledgelike the murderous instincts which Kay rocks of the true current of Loon had attributed to him. The deCreek, where, acting in the same manner as the riffles of a flume, fense, however, had met only a these ledges had picked up stray barrage, both from the girl bits of new metal, washed down and the geologist from the hills by spring freshets. Now, at last, there was a truce. It The old prospector had Insisted that was the morning of the third day; they were not true nuggets, that the Jack and the girl stood together near force of water, driving them behis cabin. Kay had sought him tween thin ledges of stone, had to out excitedly, her left hand extenda degree flattened them and so ed, and in its palm a dozen or more marked them that the eyes of his particles of thin gold, the result could identify deep experience she said somewhat jerkily, of the them, thus making it impossible for Hammond bent to last clean-uthem to have come from Kay's examine them, only as quickly to Quality Rubber Lower gravel bar claim. Hammond himturn. Out of a comer of his eye self had not been given a chance to he had caught sight of an approachCost! More look; Kay, in her anger, had thrown ing figure. It was McKenzie Joe, them away. but sober, Gaunt But here was no doubt that Kays Manufacturing! Lower he was approaching from Loon acquisition was true gravel gold. creek. Silently they watched him The same had been true on come nearer; finally Jack said, in a Costs! other surreptitious investivoice tensely laconic: gations. It was as though Jack "Hello, Joe. THESE SAVINGS PASSED Hammond had put Joe Britton on "Hello," he said briefly and trial, and day after day was relooked at Kay. "Waiting to tell me ON TO YOU IN THE FORM peatedly proving him guilty. what you think of me, eh? said he at OF EXTRA VALUES AT NO good nugget, Pretty Kay Joyce whitened. She said last. "It must be about a pennyto Hammond EXTRA COST! nothing. attempted weight. cover the situation with a laugh, anAll of which the helps, girl "No. Of course not. She's just "Pretty Good Nugget, He Said swered, with a casual shrug of her PLANNING your Fourth at Last. had a clean-u- p down at her claim, of July trip, plan now for the shoulders. "Maybe Ill get down Shes gotten into pay dirt. SAFETY of yourself and family by imaginary islands to real money some day you never So? The older man strode with drifting, can tell." in floating mirage. replacing your smooth, worn tires abruptly forward and stared into For that matter, shes always with a set ofnew Firestone Standard Nobody can, with gold mining,1 Washed that her cupped hand. thought an awful lot of you. A lot Hammond answered. After a time Tires! Firestone makes great savings out of the gravel, eh? more'n she did of me. he returned to his own labors, again by controlling rubber and cotton "Yes. She bit out the word. Mcknow it, Joe. "I feverish, again driving in his intensupplies at their sources, by more Kenzie Jde fixed her with his bloodhad looked at him sity. He knew that this claim el! The older-maefficient manufacturing methods, shot eyes. if as he his was his to eyes sparkling, keenly, beginning weaken; the The hell you did! he snapped, were about to say that this was nuggets were selling in such large volume that by not as large or as freThats sniper gold. distribution costs are lower. These just the trouble, that Jack didn't quent as when he and Joe first had slashed into it. Doggedly he told savings are passed on to you in the Kay flung her hand angrily down- know it. But he only replied: form of extra values. "Well, I guess Id better be get-ti- himself that it could not, must ward, scattering the gold in deep on better be takin advantage not, flash out There must be money grass. Her blue eyes gleamed with EIGHT EXTRA POUNDS OF of this calm. Old Sapphire gets to keep that work going above, and rage. RUBBER to every 100 pounds of "It isn't enough that you should pretty nasty sometimes. he knew that Kenning could not cord. Extra value AT NO Yes it does, Joe. Impetuously furnish it. In truth. Kenning was jump on Brace. Now you include EXTRA COST. he had put forth his hand. "Shake providing little in the form of funds; me!" , Joe? thrown had their PROTECTION AGAINST they "I ain't jumping on you, said holdings into The prospector had shifted his one pot, share for share. But the Joe. "Im just telling Jack that BLOWOUTS, because Gum. canoe paddle suddenly and turned cash to keep development going gold never came from your claim! Dipping, that famous patented to his former partner. Then had must come from Hammond. KenWatch what youre saying I Firestone Process, makes these tires run up to 28 come silence, except for the faint ning made up for his lack of it by Jack exclaimed. degrees cooler. By this process, every fiber of every McKenzie Joe eyed him. grind of callus against callus, the his advice. cord in every ply is saturated and coated with pure, Late afternoon arrived. Abstract"Pick up that gold if you can find jerky intake of heightened breath. liquid rubber, counteracting internal friction and onas no he beother worked, Hammond sound; edly, it, he answered coldly. "You'll find There had been heat that ordinarily destroy tire life. Extra safety came aware of moccasins that was there swish Joes the a on old with scratches it great ly flat, its AT NO EXTRA COST. scraped out from ledge riffles in the as he had centered his weight in deal of loud conversation of a joyPROTECTION AGAINST PUNCTURES, main body of the stream. It never the canoe, and the soft dip of his ous type from upstream, where OlbecauM under the tread are two extra came from gravel." paddle. After a long time, the rip- son seemed to find a new pocket layers of Then I was lying?" asked Kay. ples had rolled smoothly into glossi- only that he might dig into another, EXtn tir gttmgth AT NO of the Several a was Joe more &TRACOsrd8 and ness successful only tiny again; She swept her glance suddenly to include another figure; Jeanne Tow- silhouette rounding a faraway bend. placer miners from more distant RQTECTION AG AINST SKIDDING, because So now, two months had gone claims were there, poking about. ers had rounded the side of the tread is scientifically designed to the also Mrs. with was was It for at Joyce early September, present; cabin. Kay glared her, then by. prevent ehl danger Extra safeguard AT NO EXTRA COST. turned back to McKenzie Joe. "An- the nights beginning to be sharp that matter, it was seldom that with frost, the foliage of poplar Hammond looked toward Olson's swer me, was I lying? on' ke chances with worn tires on your Yes, you were lying, Joe an- splashing the deeper green, heav- claim without finding her somethe uly SAVE A trip floods in with of where TSKJhy the the ier gold, picture. growths swered quietly. LIFE Campaign todayLet your It was not a new strike, he knew Firestone Dealer or nearby grizzly wandering the berry patches "Joe! Take that back! Firestone Amo Supply & Service Store Never mind doubling your fists, on tiie rock slides, and night com- that there was no shouting anc equip your car with a set of new Firestone Standard Tires today's hills no more of out the moveconcerted about, quickly running Jack, the older man said. "I could ing top tire value! kill you the best day you ever lived. and for longer duration. Yet time ment of curious miners from other the Uitm to Voice of Firestone featuring Margaret Steak had only brought Jack the deeper diggings. After a time Jack forgot But I wouldnt. And I'm going Monday overrun over Nationwide N.B.C. Red Network conviction that McKenzie Joe had the matter. Then the work day endgettin out of here." ed and his men made the clean-ubeen wrong in his suspicions. "One of us has got to go. V0U LlfE 0H Hammond pouched the nuggets IN WORH TIRES for frenzied these He man was older said. the "I days "Sure, mywmIow walked a with bit on therefrom, found out at him over there in gold. Early morning Kay thought that all THAT last year highway the bush. But before I go, heres his placer workings on Loon Creek, the trail to the cottage, and finally accident, cost the live of more from cut her he that to man away extra an for with That find's help might gold engaged you. something than II ,000 men, women lead and find " at come-oupstream with two the other his Kenning employees a and children? new the some dozen development "Youve said enough, Joe.. grueling work of raising the gravel THAT a million more were "Sure. I know it. But remember from the pit which ran down to shafts, driving deep into the earth injured? broad a far from himself upon and front, the little a bedrock in the gravels, hay you dangle just THAT more than 40,000 ef front of a horse to make him follow laboring hour after hour to shovel last test pit which McKenzie Joe them deafhsandiniwnei were wrw, rT earth into the cease- had dug, over against the slope, in caused directly fay punctures, I SKito.wwfVwfMw you into a corral. Youre bein' led the piled-u- p This the was forest. now of abandoned water of flow sluice the blowouts less and I into something." skidding due to unsafe tires? Jack Hammond lunged angrily to- boxes. There was something in his and covered with logs. Jack ha ward his partner, only to be con- efforts which amounted almost to not been near it since the day Mcfronted by Jeanne Towers, a queer, desperation; big work was going Kenzie Joe went away. At last, 3SW desperate expression in her face. on above, where he and Kenning sighting Kenning on the flat, he theshouted: out the geologist's Kay Joyce merely stood still, her were testing "Anything good today? lips livid, her eyes strangely nar- ories, and men must be paid, esThe geologist shook his head. rowed. The Northern girl braced pecially up here, north of '58, where labor brought a dollar an hour. Then as Hammond approached herself. "Cant expect much yet. Were "Get hold of yourself, Jack," she Jack and Bruce Kenning were partstill twenty or twenty-fiv- e ners now. commanded. feet Only two things could break the above where the stuff ought to be. Slowly, Jack Hammond moved back. There was a long silence, continuity of Hammond's labors ' Hammond laughed. Then the younger man asked: a trip to the upper workings or ( TO BE CONTINUED) y. 000000004000S4090044 uo .m !. J..?t c!j I buy you out or my p share?" POOSu IKAMS GOL1B semi-tropic- al mid-ocea- Csurtaey Kylcy Cooper - 770-mi- le cedar-covere- t, high-flun- . Car-ew- e, of m! outside well can give a waters of satisfaction peace. They have all been tried, and men and womon are foolish to try them still m, our well of satisfaction must one that is not endangered by change of circumstances- ' -. H. Jowett. ' True taste is forever grow, learning, reading, laying it hand upon ta mouth because it is astonits shoes from fastl?g off its feet because it finds all tag, ground holy. 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