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Show PAGE tWO PRGVO (UTAH) E VENIN G HER Ai D, MONDAY, DECE MB E R 28, 1 931. V -V V"' i I iv StHppiSnfltld rProclalm liberty throughout fci'.theTlandTf . .beciptlon tennaby carrier' in Utah county, 50 cents the month; 12.75 for six months in advance; c-t7:.;? . .$5.00 the year in advance; bymall, in the county, 14.50; outside Utah county, 85.00. R,VWGOODXL, Editor and Manager. J. A. OWENS, Advertising Manager 'yX''-:ir :V " neither ,thls newspaper, nor any of its stockholders or officials has any connection whatever, directly v. or indirectly, with any political party, public utility, real 'estate promotion or other private '.',-., business except the publication of newspapers devoted solely to disinterested publio service. fWmRight Side of, the World V Europe is In almost a state)f desperation. VThfcre is every prospect that the disarmament conference confer-ence will break lip. With every nation in more warlike mood thaU.ih 1913, the situation is tense. . -France and Poland, glutted with yictory, are mercilessly goading Gerniany, Austria and Hungary into a spirit of hate and resentment. There is greaTdanger that the nations defeated de-feated in: the world war will be driven to fascism or communism, com-munism, either course portending evil. England, tho temporarily tem-porarily aided by a spurt of trade from the Chinese boycott on J&$khi is vulnerable and unable to fill her fo'rmer role as ulioWer .of the "balance of power" on the continent, c vSKoUld we moan these facts in the United States ? LNoVwshould be- thankful we"are on the other side of thel world, that we have a 3000-mile, unfortified boundary with our largestrneighborrthat thereis no serious threat to peace"' in our hemisphere. Vfiuro'mayjcojneoutof note ' ; Our course is to stop the flow of American dollars . abroad and devote oar statesmanship to the building of closer friendships among North and South American nations. ; ; From Alaska to' Cape Horn there is a huge empire,, an " independent economic unit. It is free from ancient race v hatreds. It is rich. It is separated fromjhe starving Chi- nese,' fanatical Russians, degenerate Indians, desperate Ger-l Ger-l mans;, obsessed .Italians, greedy Frenchmen and stricken Englishmen by wide oceans. V-..- " The Americans, years ago, were called the "New World." ' ; Just's, keep our world ."New," new in concepts of decent 5 relations-between countries. r' , We. shed good red American blood on the age-old slaugh- ter fields of Europe in 1918. Since then, we've sunk billions bil-lions 'arid.billions of good American dollars in the same place, dollata that could have built an empire over here. v: .'Have we learned our lesson? Observations China's problem is to get ; . ;vThe night was made for sleep and the day was made for the -insomniac to lie about how little he slept. - Among "other pastimes of which we are not fond is rid- . ing'a motorcycle on an icy highway. . . 7 .A wise husband never forgets his wife's birthday; he merely forgets 'which one it is. . Who says the world is not getting better? You never hearof a tree-sitter any more. "-. " c: Political Note: . Campaign money talks, but it is carer iifulztiot tcVtell where it comes; from." ?" ?er.eiihiai Pet Peeves : Back-seat drivers. -1 ; ;. H'llyi pEANE RICHMOND f - You' read, "th6 'other day, of the ' death pf "a' blg newspaper in Los Aneies.' Bought and merged, the r wires' sajwrtth' one of ita'competi-' ita'competi-' tors.' "tf ust , a" sign of the times," ' yod ma, have thought, for the - wires couldn't : tell you the real ' 1 story.'" chuck full of the romance and ' tragedy of the v newspaper ,-wotld.i -"V 1 Merger? Well, yes-'that is tech-nicaUy tech-nicaUy cbrriejUr Jt was' like the fa- "the newspaper i . ' ; . . . , - ,. ' - silifHATHAD i - mous kitchen merger or tne noie ! and ,te doughnuts The dead news i . pajerrplayed;Uii " eholeof e. hole, ; The doughnutiis absorbingxcom-; absorbingxcom-; ' petit or jusl annexed ? iie : hole. '. '-Behind silthat!were34years"of ;-; battle; more thrilling and far more important to' human ; beings . than any.t,battle of-, the century; ever f dughfj ' Longer by -far, and more v deadly than that historic battle of : .75Trounds,t with - bare knuckles. ' when John- LL, Sullivan battered , JakeKilrairir for;$10;000 and the i -championship.: : v"l "' V 1 ' - 7' -I3he liatUe wasbetween -the Ex- 'press,n6w'deairahdisryoung'. rival. The Record born Jn 1897, when the .' Expresspalready was big and pow- : erfuLft;was A battle iof different I li eals-dsily, gruelling rounds, year I after'year,' thrdugh more thnn, a . thiVd of a".'" cehturyV xFocus : your V eyes- on the5 long f perspective, and you will thrill with the romance 'of ,i lt- i r -v tr ; v In one corner of the ring, the Ex-f Ex-f press powerful, honored 'in high ; circles eminently respedtable and i conservative, with a string of 'suc-: 'suc-: c'esslve "owners lavishing gold upon i . i ior their own purposes. It faith- fully genred its masters, ioc-those ' .'mars'who thought that money, milch ' money, could make a hews-j' hews-j' paper J list a you might - build a I garage?, ur'fiiu . wjjwi. . ., t. ; ' In the other -corner or thering, its young rival, .The "Reoitirhad next to nothing when it started no tit bankroll, no friendly power trust. .Just a second-hand press f tzi a fcaadful 9t typesj ancl a rent- A SCBIPPS-CANFEELD NEWSPAPER Every Afternoon, except Saturday; and Sunday Morning Published by the Herald Corporation, N. Gunnar Raamuson, president. In the Herald Building, 60 South .First West Street, Provo, Utah. Enured as second-class - matter. at the postofflce In Provo. Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879. Oilman, Nicoll 4. Ruthman, National Advertising Representatives San Francisco office, 525 Market street. Room '523; Chicago office, 410 North Michigan avenue; York office, 19 West Forty-fourth street; Boston office, 18 Treniont street; Detroit, Michigan, office, 601 New Center Bldg. ' raE RUT II QUICK her pres her present fix ,or she may fusion Out o'f confusion. ! TO DIE ed shack. Practically nothing you could add up on a comptometer. Its important possessions were intangible in-tangible all in the minds of poor young men courage, grit, energy, daring. These assets they flung into in-to the battle for the cause of the oppressed, with a vision of enlightened enlight-ened public - service; . - . No bullying threats could swerve them; no punishment could stop thenv no gag could choke them. Down' through the years there was a . procession of I such men, editors and -managers t who gloried, in the fight,' Some of them died' in .the trenches, too-died fighting. Others carried .on, with4 proud scars. - '. And so the Express died the other' day, after a f ftial nine months of desperately mistaken effort to pulmote it with yet more money $549,00Q of Tea! red gold bet on tne fool Idea .that money makei newspapers. news-papers. ..And. gold "very scarce this yearr "as perhaps yoii know. : i So, also its ypung; rival lives on, healthyand; battling because it has 'personality, v Integrity,' brains ahdygrjt,. It is modestly, successful, too, in that other way . of 'measuring, 'measur-ing, with financial yardstick. For neither.: men iorv newspapers .can thrive and serve best unless they sire healthy -animals, plus Intelligence. Intelli-gence. . Money can't . make ' newspapersbut news-papersbut ; good newspapers can, and should, make some money. - And what about the doughnut that absorbed the hole? . Well, that is .'yet another Log Angeles paper and- has nothing to dov with this story.; i- ;, . - - x - - Oh, yes; one thought more. You friendly readers will . be Interested to know that the Los Angeles Record, Rec-ord, victorlin ' the long newspaper battle, is a sister paper of the Herald Her-ald in the Scripps-Canfield league of .western publications, all devoted to the same high ideals of -news paper.duty and service. - Ill rht ., -even 'dean' :. wfTh theme songr 'Hke "Sanitary District Blues." -vj.jj. THE OBSERVER By Jim Marshall V A gentleman in Los Angeles sends this - Department of Doubtr- a piece from a magazine proving that the earth isn't a ball with us living outside it. but u hollow sphere with us living inside it and. strange to say this' discovery dis-covery is going to abolish depressions... depres-sions... tho hollow earth boys have it all worked out but don't ask US to explain it S Sf S According to this hollow ball theory we ar.e all placed "in a different relationship to God" and thus we' can aH figure out different relationships with each other and thus all the factories will reopen just as soon as everybody believes he is living Inside the earth instead of clinging to the outside it's all a bit involved but we have no doubt you get the drift which for the moment escapes us , Sfc ' 9f ff f "We are as absolutely certain the earth is concave" says this magazine "as we are that up is up and down is down . . , " which is something a lot of people are more , sure of tHan we are it usei- to puzzle us in youth how the Australians could bang on with all their heads pointing down while ours pointed up , but we once met an Australian who wondered how WE hung on while all the Australians stood on top Sfi Sf 2f 3ft "Up" for an Australian is just about opposite to what "up" is to us .. and-lfho 'points down anu we, point . down . we both point in opposite op-posite directions yet each of us is rieht (o' Xmaybe wrong) as a matter of scientific fac 'straight up" and "straight down" are different directions l'or every human on earth . 9ft 3ft 3ft 3ft Well, anyway, . if we live inside the "world somebody ought, to dig a hole through the casing and :'in out wnat'3 outside and then 'make -ar whole lot ol 6od exits so we could all get out once 1n a .while for a breath of fresh air.: . it would be good fun to sneak out an3- travel .around" the outside of Australia and then sneak ur "nVernViath an Australian and tickle him V AND, LISTEN: Living inside a hollow ball would have advantages advan-tages because you could' have private trapdoors through which to push people you didn't like and just lose 'em that way. The president of Wyoming University Uni-versity is staging a one-man cru- jkuhwuc students stu-dents are still neck and neck In fact some of the co-eds-are-io fast they're several laps ahead. OUT OUR WAY - HE.-H6. MAkKES' OS UOOV L.IKB AFAmivHOF BOMe LOOK AT -THAT! , TRA1UM& AUOhJCf -THE. BeST PAW U OF tbvMM . v Wm Howdy, folks ! Congress is thinking: think-ing: of broadcasting' speeches over Its own radio -station. Wonder what rave-length it will use? i;. tjc ' . Back, in 1917, the American people peo-ple went without meat for Mr. Hoover. A lot' of them are still doing it. MOVIE PATRON BUNS AMUCK! With shriek of maniacal rage, Horace Sapolta (right) leaped from his seat in a 1 o o a 1 movie theater last night, and bit three ushers and the manager mana-ger before he could be . subdued. sub-dued. It is believed be-lieved that Mr. Sapolio went violently insane in-sane after seeing see-ing for the third tlme'in a week, a newsreei showing a group of physical culture Idiots breaking the ice to go in swimming in December. De-cember. Congress has adjourned for the holidays. It does this every year. Anything to make the people happy during the Christmas season. (- -.- SCIENCE ITEM Prof Einstein says that light rays bend. Then why can't we see traffic traf-fic lights around a corner? :Jc :J; Li'l.Gee Gee is paying no attention atten-tion to the green and red traffic lights these days. Th little dumbbell dumb-bell thinks they are Christmas dc-orations. dc-orations. : TRAGEDY DOGS MAN'S I FOOTSTEPS i The merry Yuletlde holidays bring no cheer to Herbert Horseradish, Horse-radish, upon whose head the bludgeon of Fat has descended with crushing force. Poor Herbert, he lost so much money in the stock market last month that now he has to wear the neckties and mufflers given to him by maiden aunts for Christmas! ' Government statistician says that the wealth of the average American is $1273.' We've been short-changed! ... "V A good New Year's resolution is to keep ufr the payments on the Christmas presents. :'.: HOMER BREW'S DIARY (December 27) (Lord's Day.) Ear lie up, and to the basement, where building a fyre in the furnace, and Lord! how jBk. man, who can make a hole-in-one on tho gowf links, can miss hitting a furnace door with a shovelful of coal, I know not, albeit-1 have never made a ho!e-ln-one, nor even, hcavenjielp me, a hole-in-six! And so, mighty vexed, to breakfast, and high words with my guidwyfe, which I did anon rezret, for the prettie creature did make me toast of salt-rising bread, which . 1 do dearly love. So passed this dale, the Ne-,v Year coming on apace. Local bootleggers announce that they will reman-, open New Year's for the convenience of shoppers. - J , Whip behind, mister! -ART SHANNON. wjeuu , WOU CAWt EXPECT A -TROCVC T LOOK UVe. n l ' 'Hi1 A I-IMOOSIKE. I ALL iS-VEl LL CARPS lo A COOPLA DAl4nLJaTTLE, PACKAGES- AM X WAFTA CAPtR TH' , SPUDS AKlrUVJHR AM' AUU Tr-V LOW dPtONAJ STUFP- 6He Ptmfcs ALOMCV A UKAOOGME. , TRisiA BE. . . r-WGH HA-TVVJVTYV A TfVMlER MUlHLRb tat. I CaWAW. I . I. i -mm. B i .ii i ' r -r-mrrT r rnr.rrr-irrTr-r n .j " BEGIN HERB TO0AY MARY BARKNE8S plots 0 ihn Tk Fly, whe "fnuBed" ke brother, EDDIB, with the ataraer V t MRS. JCPITER mmk tmm him 'wa t Sreep him from telllos. Sho Is oMMI by HR. JUPITER BOWED of tho Star. Mary' Banc. DIKK RDYTHER, bellevoo Ejcdlo aallty aad brcaka with Mary when aho will aot kIt tho loveat'lsatloo. Mary aalla for Miami oo the Jooltev yacht to follow The Ply. BRUCE JUPITER aad COUNTESS LOUISE, a qaeatloaable frlead, o aloasr. They vow to root Mary, who they coaalder a a;old-dis;ser tryisa to Steal Brneca Inherltaaee. Brace qaarreta with Louise over a diamond braeelet aho oaya be-Iobk be-Iobk to Mary. Do. Loma cave Ii to her aecarlty for a loan. Bruct mnkf her give the bracelet to "Mnry. tvbo dlaeovera It was tolrik from Mr. Jupiter the night he tvaa killed. - l.uuUf intrutfor-ea the party to f'OUKT UK LOMA. who Mnry lettrn la The - Kly. Ualns the Jufillrr arrklnrc bait, MarP danrea UU bint. He areta It front lier li m ruxr, then klsees her. Dirk knot'ka hint dovm. Injured nntl uaconacloaa. Dirk l Inkrn nit oar J the yacht, the ;.vik." 'I'be Kl Koct a Ionic and iricM nitnln lu ateal the aeeklaee. Itotvru isitr lar proof that the "uunlrn la nn ntl vrntureaa. The ;! aalla tvith all oa board. 'I'hf t-'l re.'illxra he baa walked itiio a rnt. The tiypay" anils viih on ltu:irtl. I'he Fly real-lie real-lie lana. wnlkrd Into a trap. The (;ia- icoca nic round oa a reff. The tti'ltl. iiinniilun; nnd eon-llnuii) eon-llnuii) .iabl of old Knrl JelVeraon lriaon nt':irb drive The Fly nearly near-ly I rant if SOW GO t WITH ITIE STOHV CI1APTEH XLV LOMA pushed Mary roughly to one side aud leaned over the rail, peering down into the clear water. The moon silvered, lt so that Ii was like a mirror to one look ins down from above. Hates j:impecl almost as quickly as The Fly had and seized him by lha arm "What do you mean by speaking to Miss darkness . that , way?" he r.ianded. shaking I he other's viselike vise-like grip loose from t!:e rail. By a visible effort of will De Loma got his emotions under control. He bowed stiffly from the waist to Mary. "My apologies." he said. "I forget for-get mys3lf." Me turned and left. The. others had rusted to the rail, and were offering suggestions about the recovery of the stones. "You can see them by daylight. Why not leave them there till morning?" morn-ing?" was Louise's surprising suggestion. sug-gestion. "And have them washed off the reef perhaps? Nonsense!" Bruce snapped. Mr. Jupiter remained seated. He was apparently lin ruffled by the mishap and called up to the bridge to Hendricks. The captain ordered two men over the side to dive for the necklace and In 10 minutes one ol them bad ,found it and returned re-turned it. But the truce was over. Before long what remained of the party broke up. Bates walked with Mary to her stateroom. - "He gave himself time," he growled. 1 throw him overboard." away that I wish I'd "He's like a crazy man. isn't be allowed to drink?" Why Bates did not answer for a minute. min-ute. ' . And it's a cinch Jana couldn't feature her prince forming. BY, WILLIAMS V NS LL AT LEAST "The. "Tf?a COOLO Be. LOAOEO A UTTlE. l TOO CLA TO CARfW AnW, OF if- ,J.R.W)U-ifcM3 j I ii cti "yw i J ems of ferili "A man who Is not himself is hardly fair game." he said. - npHQEE days passed, as like as peas, except for the heat which grew steadily worse. The glare of the sun on the water was so bright it seared the eyeballs. The heat on deck was frightful but below stairs lt was stifling. The tempers of all on board the "Gypsy" were strained to snapping point. The boat's master alone remained tranquil and appeared to be enjoying enjoy-ing himself. Every morning, before be-fore . dawn, he was out in the dinghy, sometimes returning with a catch, sometimes not. Bates stayed behind, smoking interminably. intermin-ably. In the shade of the bridge, unobtrusively keeping an eye on things. There was no longer any pretense of association between the others. All were tense, waiting, while overhead, in a corner of the chart-room, the tinkering with the radio apparatus went endlessly on. Mary kept to herself the monotony" monot-ony" was wearing on her, too but she did not go near Dirk again. The invalid's ankle was so nauc'i lm proved that be was able to be carried car-ried on deck, and there be and an amiable steward played bridge for hours on end. De Loma bad gone to bis stateroom state-room the night the necklace bad taken its unexpected plunge overboard over-board and came out only rarely. Louise was the restless one now. She bad developed a savage temper and lashed at all who crossed her path, even Bruce. Deprived of the services of a beauty parlor and still wearing the same gown in which she had come aboard, she began to look less the siren and more the shrew. That night the night of the fourth day Mary lay in her bed staring wild-eyed into the darkness Sleep seemed farther away than the hot stars that hung low and burning burn-ing bright in a sky that pressed down smotheringly just above her porthole window. She tried to shake lt off, but the sense of impending disaster was heavy on her heart. The crowded events of the last few days Dirk's fight with De Loma, her anxiety for the necklace, his fiery resentment at being brought aboard the yacht, and then this unforeseen mishap had been almost too much for her nerves. "If was breathlessly hot. Mary slipped an a thin black sDk coat and stepped out on deck. Through the open portholes of Mr. Jupiter's stateroom came the sound of bis heavy breathing. He, at least, could sleep, and she was thankful for that. There was a faint breath of air-scarcely air-scarcely more than a stirring. She stood gratefully a moment in the black shadow cast by the upper deck, almost invisible in her black wrap. Back along the deck a stateroom state-room door opened and someone stepped out on deck. Mary hesitated, hesi-tated, uncertain whether to turn back. The other moy.ed to the rail and stood there, apparently unaware un-aware of her existence. The girl stepped further back into the shadows and stood silent, waiting for him to go away. Who could it be 7 She tried to estimate what door it was be had come from Louise's door came first, then Bruce's, then De Loma's. He was not tall enough to be Bruce. He must be The Fly. K - . rat -i ' Q. When a gentleman is walking with two ladies should he walk between be-tween them? A. He-should walk on the outside just the same as with one" lady. Q. Is the proverb "God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb," in the Bible? A. No. It is an old English proverb. prov-erb. In Sterne's "Sentimental Journey" it is given in italics as a quotation. Q. When were Oklahoma and Indian In-dian Territory admitted to the Union as a state? A. They were united in the State of Oklahoma and admitted to the Union in 1907: Q. What is the origin of the rod twined with serpents as insignia for the Medical Corps of the United States army? A. Aesculapius was the Greek God of Medicine. His chief temple was at Epidaurus. Serpents , were sacred to him because they were a symbol of renovation;-and were believed be-lieved to have the power of revealing re-vealing herbs. He is frequently represented rep-resented with ya" rod twined 'with serpents. The symbol is sometimes confused with the i caduceus of Mercury, the God 'of Commerce. 'f ' J Q. Are there more -women than 1 men in the United States? UA J&erewere jBip&Lrnales. and 60,637,966 females in the United Unit-ed States in 1930. JJE stood a moment or two longer, then gilded away down the deck so softly that she was not aware of it until he had gone. That was curious! Without stopping to think, she kicked off her slippers and slipped silently along the wall after him. At the first gangway she climbed qulcklj up to the sun deck and hur ried along to take refuge in the shadows under the lifeboat perched there. Peering cautiously over the edge she saw him leaning over the tall-rail, looking down at the little dinghy bobbing about in the uneasy sea. "Looks like a storm coming up." A voice Just beneath her caused her to jump. The Fly also mii3t have been startled, for he swung about quickly. Out of thd shadows almost under Mary's nose the sailor on deck watch appeared and strolled over to the rail to join him. "Stopm. eh?" He turned back to staring at the sea. The sailor apparently was lonesome lone-some for someone to talk to. and was not to be easily repulsed. "Yes. sir. It certainly looks like we were In for a good one. See that black patch over there? That's one forming or I miss my guess You can actually see them form out here sometimes. The breeze has gone down. too. and that's always a sign. And the barometer's drop ping. Don't believe lt will be much of a blow coming from that dime tlon. though. 1 sure wouldn't want to see much wind, with us stuck up here on this reef like this." "How are you coming on that radio? the other asked crossly, as If making the youth beside him directly responsible for it. But the sailor continued cheerful "Sparks told me there wasn't a chance to get It working. Some- j body's Urtmed it proper. He thinks we'll just have to stick It out here until some fishing party comes along or the natrol comes around to check up on the light Captain said we'd wait another day and then If no one showed up he'd send a couple of men along the keys In the dinghy." "You mean you could make It to Key West 90 miles in that?" De Loma pointed down at the small tethered rowboat bumping awkwardly awk-wardly about beneath the stern. "Sure. If the weather held good. When you got tired of rowing you could just beach her on a key and take a rest. They're only a few miles apart. And farther In you'd be bound to pick up a fishing party that would take you on in to get help." " ' "Why hasn't someone tried that before this?" De Loma demanded. "We've been out on this reef In this damned sun for four days." "Well, you see. this is the only good boat. That cockleshell up there (Mary held her breath as they turned to look up at the lifeboat behind which she was concealed) isn't any good that is, for much of a row. And we'd have to take the only two pairs of oars we have. If a storm should come up and the party had to get over to Fort Jefferson Jef-ferson it would be ticklish business In that tub." Crouched under the boat, she had been too intent on the conversation to notice the little black cloud of which the sailor had spoken, which had grown until It covered half the western sky. An occasional spurt of wind ruffled the sea, which otherwise other-wise lay glassily quiet under the moon. owe THE two men apparently became conscious of the approaching Storm at almost the same moment. (X&&Lbfo v TS... , She deserves a better break? TAKE HED OUT TO DINNER AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK! SPECIAL EVENING MEAL-. lhfi''to: ftKe i Full Course SPECIAL , SftCSS) SUNDAY DINNER . . . . . . . . ..... V. V" V 1 ;; , A Good Place To Eat , ,; HA2EL HA1KY -See? What did I tell you! the sailor pointed. "Here she comes. It won't be a bad one because xpu can see the edge of it there along the horizon, but it will be plenty damp while it lasts. Better get under un-der cover, sir. I've got to get my oilskins." The Fly stood where he was after the other had gone, staring at the rolling-up mass of cloud. Suddenly he snapped his fingers, straightened with sudden decision and she saw him take something from bit pocket. There was a sharp click, then he melted along the deck in the samo noiseless way he had come. A wisp of stray cloud flying ahead of the storm blotted out the moon just then. Mary scrambled from her hiding place and ran back along the top deck. There was still light enough to see that" the deck below her was deserted. What ought she to do? Rouse Bates? , Was it really tho click of. a" cartridge chamber she had heard, or might it have been the snapping shut of a cigaret case? Hardly thai for the only other smoker on board was Bates, and that young man would have swallowed his available supply of tobacco rather than share it with The Fly. While she hesitated the first drops of rain hi, her and before she could move the storm broke. The wind lashed at her clinging skirt which were soaked In a moment. She tied down the gangway to th comparative shelter of the lowei deck. Breathless, she leaned against the bulkhead and pushed the wet-hair wet-hair out of her eyes. The "Gypsy" was stirring uneasily un-easily on the reef as the sea and wind pushed and tugged at her. As Mary felt her way along she passed Mr. Jupiter's window. His snnrp snunrifwl vn nhnve lha !storm. but what was that other sound? Like someone stumbling against a chair. The Fly was In there. She knew it. She could feel his presance. lit the darkness of the room he must be able to see her head silhouetted against the opening She turned and ran bliudly bark along the deck. She must get someone Where was Bates' room? She Had never thought to find out and now she wanted to know so desperately. Bruce. She turned and pushed open his door. "Druce! Bruce! Get up! Someone's Some-one's lu your father's stateroom!" "What?" Roused suddenly from sleep, Bruce sat up so quickly he almost k'nocked her over "The Fly! He's in your father's room. Quick!" She had hated Bruce, but she could have kissed him for the quickness quick-ness with which he grasped the situation. 'Leaping from bed. he fumbled an instant on the table, and was out the door. "Stay there!" he commanded, pushing her aside. Mary was after him. though, before be-fore be could take half a doze'n strides. As she rounded the bulkhead bulk-head which hid Mr. Jupiter'r-.'ddnr from that of Bruce she heard -the heavy impact of two bodies, and two shots so close together they seemed almost one, Something ' pitched headlong onto the deck at herffeeL For the space of a breath she'&fpod still, too frightened to move.' afraid to step for fear of the unknown. "Bruce!" she screamed suddenly, terrified by the stillness. As she started forward, a plunging form came out of the blackness, struck her and hurled her bodily aside. She was knocked off balance,' her head hit something hard, and she slipped down In a dead faint. 'To Be Continued) |