Show adventurers ADVENTURE RS I 1 CLUB al soldier in the sea by FLOYD GIBBONS famous headline hunter YOU OU know boys and girls sometimes it seems there aint i tice in in this tin s adventurous old world of ours and if you dont no ia it just ask benny graham benny has a tale of adventure anil and latt in tice that happened in the late summer of 1927 off fort mcdo ta jul san francisco bay california all 4 H bonny benny was a soldier stationed at fort mcdowell lIc Dowel lie ile was a M hla his story awaiting transfer to schofield barr barracks which Is I 1 loan 4 place amelia I 1 albart commutes to hawaii ill th now the fort Is on an island in the bay and one day benny a pal of his decided to take a swim one too toe in that cold pacific ailta 1 0 M ala water and bennys bennas pal had enough you go ahead he said gald ill watch your clothes so benny went ahead and swarn swam straight out from the island be he was making pretty good speed but it never occurred to him that ad a dall current was taking him for a ride until lle lie was miles from no nowhere here mIll strong ocean current sweeps benny to sea he headed back and yelled for help but an offshore breeze threw his M right back at him ok iva try as he would benny make any headway against the a so he be finally gave up tip and drifted with it 1 I was pretty cold by thia time benny writes and pretty tired too the current was carrying me around the island through the th 01 bay if I 1 once missed the tip of the island I 1 know I 1 was as goo ga as dead the cold and exhaustion would soon finish me it was late in the afternoon ani and to make matters worse the sun ayt sank beneath the alie waves and darkness settled around me I 1 began to IOU load a boat could never find me la in the dark and soon I 1 akao linow la a 3 direction to swim lighthouse haven Is hard to approach 1 I was swimming as fast as I 1 could not against the current ciaci bujoll slant with it headed for the fast disappearing tip of the island sad T 4 M you cant imagine how I 1 felt out them darlng how it would feel to drown when I 1 saw something that gave me retied ream hope it was a small lighthouse on the tip of the island miles am lit in current was taking me in that direction beyond the lighthouse was the open bay and death but I 1 bai up my mind that I 1 going to miss it ill bet no sailor in a 1 storm was ever happier to see a light than I 1 was that night each time it flashed off as lighthouse signals do I 1 worried myself sick for fear it would stay out you cant imagine how I 1 felt out there in that lee ice cold water kilo my chance lay in hitting the rocks beneath that light they looked alit small from where I 1 was suddenly to my horror I 1 realized that the current was chang ing lii ul pulling me from shore if I 1 continued to let the current carry me now rd W up III ID tile the middle of the bay I 1 there was only one thing to do and I 1 did it I 1 buried my face ll Is the water and went into a fast crawl straight for the light I 1 remers bared that when I 1 learnt the crawl they told me to count 10 kicks to each stroke of the arms I 1 counted 10 prayers to every stroke instead hours went by despite my efforts I 1 felt myself freezing to dealt V light never seemed to get nearer I 1 began to get numb and not care A rock never before felt so comfortable and then just as I 1 was about to sink my liand land hit a rock I 1 I 1 ipa and held on and after a long rest was able to pull myself ashore almost W from cold and exhaustion and now boys bos and girls giris comes the sad part of bennys bennas yarn yara benny was safe but unfortunately for him he lan land datil it nudist camp because you see he was as free of clothes as the brida it a nudist wedding he scrambled up the bank and along the road gitil in out even a barrel it was pitch dark but the lighthouse that had oros proved such a friend in need was now his worst enemy every IM tin flashed benny had to run for cover K but he finally managed by tits fits and starts to reach a house with A 1 in it and lie he got up liis his nerve and rang the alie bell bin M 61 would if a servant girl had answered bennys bennas ring he probably orm doing a tarzan on the island but he be was in luck for once abat dal da iv first sergeant came to the door benny finds out how much hes missed well you know liow flow tough those top kickers can be when A lir out of place so you can just imagine what nhat this one said aben hen lie be saw M tort without a button on him I 1 after the storm had passed ben borrome borK wein d aa coat and the non coin drove him back baick toward camp to ked they picked up bennys bennas clothes first and benny was shoe 1 I he I 1 8 find that his old pal who had been watching them was gone watch a worse shock a moment later when he found his pocketbook arid ana were also gone must alas fur for the faithlessness of the human buman racel cidh h benny later found his pal spending his money ivea wearing his tb even reported bennys bennas tragic end I 1 and that benny says was wa unkind cut of all hiltl I 1 that hut but benny had his revenge when hla his pal first saw him lit an fn of faithless dough doughboy buy thought be was seeing ghosts and nearly died til 3 ll 11 |