Show THE GARLAND TIMES GARLAND UTAH CIRCLE PATTERNS SEWING CNDOTBALL is moving CHAPTER I Such small thing as a shrimp may save a man'i life by putting pew heart into him at a time when his digestive organs have ceased to (unction for lack of fuel If the will to live or die is dependent upon a bunch of nerve cells and ganglions tha proper activity of the latter is contingent upon the regular carbonifoods sation of commonplace Dick Jordan had reached the point of and physical exhaustion when lethal forgetfulness seemed the greatest boon to man— to drift off painlessly Into a world of dreams and fancies that ends in death He didn't want to live he had lost the will to go on and suffer he craved surcease from the torture of wind and sun and waves —and from thirst and hunger Clinging to his trail support that had been the toy of the waves for days and nights— he scarcely knew how many — he raised his head for ana last look around hla narrow undulating horizon before releasing hla hold to slip down into the green sraters clamoring to receive him It look of a was the last despairing dying man when the faculties flare p an instant in full Intelligence before the final collapse Then coming on the crest of a wave sliding down its slope to meet him a smaD island of seaweed thrust Its tentacles of and greenish fronds about his neck and shoulders rustling and murmuring against the aides of his raft Aroused an instant by this unexpected break In the monotony of his horizon the castaway stared at it In stupifled wonder It was alive and molluscs with crustaceans those tiny forms of life that cling to algae and make their homes in their branches — squids snails slugs barnacles and anthropods A tiny crab floated on the surface Dick made a grab for It but missed It His splash startled from their hiding place a school of shrimp he decapione of these Catching The taste tated it and ate it raw awakened dormant Impulses In him He began fishing warily for the tiny into the them creatures driving open with one hand and cupping them with the other or corraling them into a dense mass of seaweed he would fling them on his float with the algae and scramble for them before they could leap back Into the sea It became an exciting game with real food as the prize Every time it his he caught one and swallowed more and his craved appetite fagged brain power rallied to his assistance giving him the necessary mental alertness and skill for the work men and passengers of both sexes who needed help to get them In the small boats Dick himself had helped women and children Into the first boats winning smiles of trust from the latter and glances of frightened apThere had proval from the former been a few others of the passengers who actively arrayed themselves alongside the officers to maintain order and system One of them was Pettigrew— Hen life and Pettigrew — whose whole training made him Immune to fear and excitement Hen had distinguished himself in that melee as he always did and won the approval of the captain Early In the confusion they had and Dick separated — Hen Pettigrew Jordan — for the exigency of the moment severed all conventional bonds Dick had been aUowed to go his own way free as any other pasbut he knew or felt that senger the Other’s eyes were on him watching that he didn’t slip into one of the boats filled mostly with women He had an unpleasand children ant sensation that he was still being The vigiwatched as a criminal lance of the law never relaxed— not even in the panic of a shipwreck "No not In the same the unexpected reply boat" When all but two of the boats had been cast oil and the sea was full of them bobbing around like s he and Hen had come face to face— the only two passenHen had looked gers left aboard at him and nodded pleasantly “You’ve done well Jordan" were his words "Which boat do you want to go in?” d Lugger A Dick was surprised into stammerof Until then Hoves in Sight by the question ing Revives Will to Live He still there had been no choice before any one aboard sightLong It saved his life— the shrimp and considered himself he had studied the ed Dick Jordan Pettigrew’s time he had man he had not thought of making craft from stem to keel with greedy the gamel By the a break for liberty Ever since he anxious eyes taking in everything scavenged the mass of seaweed port from the clumsily bent topsails to robbing it of every form of life that had left the South American could be called food his mind was in Hen’s custody he had been a modJib that was forever the clearer through the functioning of el prisoner and it seemed slightly shifting In the wind of his digestive organs and the will to dishonorable to take advantage concluded "Fishermen” - he live and fight it out flared up again the disaster to escape speaking his thoughts aloud "I can’t “Why the one you choose for me" be far from land” But the handful of raw shrimps differno "It makes A morsel he answered moment later when the lugger had after all been a mere Is there room for both of acted as if about to change her to a starving man and the salt of ence us?” course he raised his free hand and them which had tasted good at ftrst "No not In the same boat” came shouted with all the strength he was beginning to Intensify his thirst "That’s why could the unexpected reply muster Even at that disin securing He had been fortunate You deFm giving you a choice tance it seemed almost miraculous rain water for the first three days that they heard or saw hlip: but but the last of It was gone and the serve it — after this” He waved his band around to keen eyes had been scanning the agony of thirst was beginning to add sea closely looking for Just such dicate his meaning to the tortures of an empty stomderllicts It was their business to ach pick up flotsam and Jetsam of the “If there was a sail now—” he Pettigrew Wishes Dick ocean on the chance of finding a and then stopped Insanity Good Luck in began He had looked prize lay in that direction His cry brought several black Jordan was more astonished than for a 'sail so long that his eyes were he had prayed ever Pettigrew was eyeing him as faces to the port rail and Jordan’s sore and unsteady the of officer not as and an a former conclusion that the lugger man for it until in a frenzy of disappointfamilwas a native fishing craft seemed ment be had anathematized all law he even placed a hand on one shoulder confirmed by the appearance of the prayer as silly and misleading he iarly "We’re Just man to man now Jor- crew They were swarthy Caribs had hoped and longed for the sight not going an ancient type weakened added In "We’re and dithem he dan” seen he had until of a ship to leave this ship together — can't luted by the blood of pure Negroes his dreams— a dozen of them— sailmockwith the white you know — captain’s orders You go A burly ing around and around him If we part of him showing in his straight even in his your way and I go mine ing him tantalizing him shore— I’ll pinch hair and mottled complexion There had been meet agaim-waking moments But Just now seemed to be in command for the you It's my duty strange illusions mirages of ships — Well” quietly we’re and order came from him to heave the laughing and argosies pictures of islands callmind I don’t lugger up in the wind and lower headlands of towns and cities of "friends I guess They ing you that I wish you good luck! a boat people walking their streets I don’t I wish Twenty minutes later Dick sat on had come and gone until the be- If you reach shore and deck of the -- wish—” the dirty brain was at odds with fuddled Dick never knew what he lntend: vessel greedily eating and drinking self moment at the for food and liquid that under ordinary that "There isn't any sail!” he mut- ed to wish harsh grating voice bf the first mate circumstances would have repelled teeth his aloud closing tered tumbled him but nature's cravings had to “There are dream sails mirages of Interrupted andand Jordan Hen Pettigrew be satisfied and it was no time to them but nothing real They di- into one boat be critical The crew formed a into another from the ocean ages ago sappeared were sephalf circld around him with Captain Almost instantly they for I saw the last of them” I know the blackness of the night and Tucu the skipper He had glimpsed a sail — a real arated in free in truth then—not Black Burley the lugger’s mate in tail — when be thrust his head up- Dick was He had the whole world the immediate foreground They ward after his mel of shrimp but on probation run didn’t as he so with to roam long to were him wanted inspecting something believe It— he wouldn’t As they afoul of Hen Pettigrew more than curiosity— with greed believe It— but wouldn’t the darkness of the and avariciousness Dick thought It’a only in my eye” he added drifted through If I tried to look night he smiled broadly while the but he could not exactly translate Td get others sat and moaned or spoke In it in words at all the ships I’ve seen Would voices awed frightened Captain Tucu had an evil sinister that night” reach land’ How far were face that in repose was bard and That night was forever Indelibly they ever the nearest shore? That sullen as if the white blood in him his mind a they from impressing itself upon The was the burden of their conversawas silently protesting the injustice steamer nightmare of horror! of the trick played in mingling negro bad struck in the middle of the tion At first an effort was madfe to vith it in action it lighted up with a had night and out of the staterooms of but this oonts the together fierceness of either joy or anger keep streamed an endless array the seamen abandoned was soon by women that had an element of the fanatic's strange forms — always the danger of (TO BE CONTINUED! There nurses and chlldre Handful Shrimp Future a came collision In a rough sea In a couple of hours each boatload was a separate unit dependent upon the skill and exertion of its own crew for safety with no knowledge to the othof what was happening ers The black pall of night dethe scended upon them obUteratlng rest of the world and circumscribing for them an existence bounded In of the boat by the gunwales this narrow space they huddled awed and terrified as much by the sense of Isolation as by the roar of wind and waves Jordan was not greatly surprised when the accident he had been anticipating came it seemed the inevitable climax to their adventure A and unavoidable giant wave lifted them clear out of the water and upset the frail craft rolling it over and over before allowing It to descend into the trough to be trampled upon by the mountain of surging green brine After that it was every man for himself There was no further opportunity for team work or mutual Dick Jordan found himself clinging to a few boards that had been in the bottom of the boat It made an excellent raft for one but hardly of use for two In his eagerness to take full possession of It a fat man climbed upon it overreaching himself by his greediness The slender raft sunk out of sight and when it finally came to the surface again the fat man was gone Jordan retrieved It clung to it clutched it with both hands refusing to yield his hold even when the waves rolled It over and over and buried him fathoms deep in the sea He had been three days on the raft before the will to live had finally cracked and then fortified by the raw food washed up to him by the mass of drifting seaweed revived and once more struggled to reassert itself over exhausted tortured flesh It was s real sail that his eyes saw this time but he refused to believe it for a long time laughing at his own inconsistency in hoping and praying that it was not an optical illusion and declaring in the same breath it could not be anything else It was not only a real sail that he saw but It was coming in his direction bearing down upon him at a speed that quickly dispelled all doubts As the boat drew nearer Dick made out its nondescript character A lugfrom its sails ger quite common in the Caribbean for fishing and coasting with lumpish hull and mildewed canvas spotit ted like the coat of a leopard slopped along in the rough seas as if unwillingly propelled by a power not resist that it could brightened v' In the direc-- tion of its record year I am referring here to class and talent from over 40 football states There has been no season before that could show as many fast and powerful teams due partly to returning GII from the various battlefields of the world Any one team that can finish this season unbeaten must caQ on a miracle There are too many who are good For ’example we might as vaC take up the matter of backs We brought this argument up before a group of coaches recently '‘That's simple enough’’ one of them said "Why not pick Blanchard Davis Wademey-e- r and Gilmer?” “It isn’t quite that simple’’ we countered “What about Fenimore Buddy Young and Trlppi? What about Tucker of Army or Justice of North Carolina? What about the best back on Michigan Ohio State or Indiana? Or Patterson of Illinois? What about the pick from or Notre Dame and Pennsylvania Columbia or one or two from the Southwest including Texas and MiDame Notre ssouri? Certainly should come up with a challenger from the group Frank Leahy has in tow perhaps Johnny Lujack” "If anyone is trying to pick the four best” another coach said “why not put eight names in a hat and pick out the first four?” "Which eight?” I asked “Well” the answer came "here are seven anyway — Blanchard GiFenimore Davis Wedemeyer lmer Trippl and Buddy Young You dig up the other" Columbia s Backs You can imagine how the argument will be in late November For example it might surprise many camp followers from the strong Midwest and the strong South to know that Lou Little at Columbia may end up with a better backfleld than Notre Dame MichIndiana Ohio State Alabama Georgia and Texas The line isn't there but the backs are headed by and the bril- Kusserow Rossides liant passer Kasprzak rated by Lou i on a par with Luckman and igan Columbia With two big tackles could give Army Alabama or Notre an even scrap But the line is still the front walL It is the advance post And Columbia so far hasn't the line needed to face such a schedule My guess is thatArmy has the best first line backfleld in footo spare This tball with something backfleld in addition to Blanchard and Davis includes a brilliant quarterback and a fine passer in young Tucker You’ll hear a lot more about Tucker this fall than you ever heard before He can 'move right and Davis up with Blanchard Alabama and OklColumbia ahoma A and M have backfleld strength above the normal So has Illinois with an attack headed by Young and Patterson two of the best I ’believe-thstrongest lines are at Illinois Yale Notre Dame and Alabama Notre Dame may have the best of the lot but Yale isn’t far behind Alabama has a great center in Mancha one of the best in many years Illinois possesses top guards and Notre Dame has the best looking tackles Scallops and Polled Sleeves CUE’LL feel so grown-u- p in thl adorable two piece dress— just like big sister’s Tha jacket is with daintily scalloped puffed' sleeves and a pert Peter Pan coL lar The swinging skirt is at-tached to a bodice for comfort c Pattern No 1440 Is designed for atzea 4 6 8 7 and 8 years Size 4 requires fabric under 2ft yards of 35 or bodice yard ft yard for contrasting' collar Tha FALL AND WINTER laaas a' FASHION la brim fall at smart Idaaa farj avary wamaa wha alias a assdls apodal tailgas by styles lata ef Mass lay Blfhl Jeelfaera Frias Ms arlth aasaaaarlas Send your order to: Slenderizing Frock "'REATED especially for the more mature figure is this beautifully slenderizing daytime frock Scallops edge the side closing shoulder gathers give a soft feminine look Choose a pretty scroll of flower print or solid navy or black will be nice 3 SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT Minion SC Saa Fraaclieo Calif Enclose 33 cents in tolns for each pattern desired - Ibto Pattern No a No 8951 comes In sizes 34 Size 90 and 62 44 46 48 sleeve 4ft yards of 33 or to an unusually Urge demand Pattern 40 42 short 38 38 and Due conditions slightly more time la required In filling orders for a few of tha most popular pattern numbers — Name current Addraaa Dame Oklahoma Yale Lines It might be added here that the Oklahoma A and M line is one of the best — a point Wally Butts of Georgia might remember for their October meeting Yale's line is strong from end to end Texas has strength backfleld and line and should be hard to handle in the country’s major state The two best ends of the year should belong to Army in Barney veterans and Poole Foldberg around 218 pounds who know what it is all about They will have to be better than good with the tackle Some squad problem Army faces may have two better ends than Army’s big experienced pair— but I doubt it Among the major teams the big guess is Navy Capt Tom Hamilton undoubtedly the savior of colwar years lege football through is as good a coach as you'll meet But anywhere Navy has lost more good men than any team in the The group of supposed country stars under Swede Hagberg two years ago have either graduated flunked or resigned Hamilton has little left from that old crew — Kelly Scott Minis! 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