»• \UK T W O
TH EDEN flMteL. CUT f AU It UHOVE. OREGON
T ill IWD.W. A l’Ul ST 17. HHI
TlTviv was i f Blij aiming Ihe ships • 77« ¿V ws7a sVvi ga..73 «3 7Í7TT) Bpl-
thetically A few of them were girls
i
of
the convoy
turedly
M r Winkle uiatveled at
► -z
clad In a simple garm ent of printed
Messages
were
exchanged
by
» h a t he and ollivr men had been
l
doth which left one shoulder bare
conditioned to stand
He begun to blinker nod flags
M r. Winkle's ship and five supply mid outlined the rest of their slim
have a rrsjiecl for the extrn t that
tu
lake
e u a llc bodies to their knees.
man would lat himself lie abused for vessels began
"W hadda you know?" breathed
courses.
the opportunity of traveling a long
It segmed us If s im -th ln g was go M r. T in ker, "W hadda you know’ "
way to get killed
Drspltv Its In
"Now, now," cautiond M r Win»
convenience and tragedy, there was ing to happen after all, that a sub
kle. "W e're here to protect them,
m
ill
Ihe
hud
been
delected
The
meh,
a decided element of Joy In w ar. o f
Hz Ing the rails, watched and held that'e all "
Virile men becoming braves und set
"Sure." suid M r. T in ker "Sure "
ting out on the exciting adventure.« ol their breath»
H r twisted Ills head, tu keep In sight
M
aneuvering
smoothly,
the
six
the warpath
ships detached themselves fiom Die ss long ns he m old what he loolird
The favorite pastime while stand
THEODORE
m ain body of Ihe convoy, setting oil forw ard to protecting
Ing or sitting on deck, or leaning
On the far side of the Village the
At (lie same time
against the ra il, was speculating on at an ungle to it
w n u k t t i ASt
PRATT
three destroyers rode In Ihe t a m e Jungle liegan. a monstrous growth of
where they were going.
paints, lianas, boshes, vivid flowers,
direction, herding them
Deep
"A u stralia." was proposed, "and
(Continued from last week.)
breadfruit trees, and bansns plants.
o i.e ic n t g'a.v7 were iiiduted. MV
throated
whistles
said
goodby.
I atui to see one of them kangaroos
Winkle had never seen a real ship
CHAPTER X
Il was d e a r now that they were Into this they m srrhed al ing a n a r
Jumping around with her kid m hei
before, and was impressed with their
row wlilta sliclt road that threw up
going on a mission of llirlr own Itu
He wondered winch weald he p o c ke t"
lieal In nearly suffocating waves.
Between M r. T in ker and the Ir size
m or ran like Are through the ship
"No. sir." another differed. ”11
They b«'gan to sweat
reducible fact that they were actu theirs.
They ware a special task force
it was Australia, they'd told us M i
They were called to a halt beside
They came to a tent so d e v rrty
ally off to one of (he various wars
An urgent call had come (or them
cousin went out there last year and
camouflaged that they failed to make
going on. M r W inkle didn't sleep the high w all of one of the larger
from some harassed point.
lie
knew
from
the
tune
he
left
Hr
It all out at once
It was painted
much that first night. He lay there vessels.
Plans had been changed.
ain't seen any kangaroos vet. but hr
He looked up at it and thought,
the rxaet color of the vegetation.
precariously
on
the
edge
of
the
berth
Land
was
soup
to
be
sighted.
AB0UT DER FÜHRER’S PANTS
says Ihe people there a ie hep eats
trying to adjust him self to the situa "H e re I go. Here I go."
They would see action at uny mo Lim bs of trees grew over its roof
who cook with gas "
\\ e have n n<l several strong intim ations that the bombing tion and regretting a little that tie
Nets, to which branches were a t
But he found himself only a lit
ment.
_
.
"The Solomons." a third man said
of Hill t s quarters several weeks ago. in which the pants had not taken the chance of getting tie excited, and speculated on why
tached and sprayed a permanent
"W e took them over, didn't w e’
CHAPTER X I
green, covered it in other places.
v. as literally blown off der führer was a fram e up to get sonic out of the Arm y when he had the he wasn't greatly perturbed
We're b e in g sent out to hold diem
Orders
were
shouted.
To
his
opportunity.
The Jungle was honey m m tied with
of the German generals with another bloody purge. It would
At l ine! tim e they were nt last
am azem ent and relief, they started
I h id It straight from the top kl k •"
This was, as the saying went. it.
such tents, some of them sm all, some
have been much easier, it is argued for the generals to have
told where «hey were going Nothing
"Something tells m e," nnothei
of them lai ge enough to house s
This was what he had trained for. m arching back again to the staging
gotten H iller out of the way with a «’.11 directed shot We do
was sa d about llie m ain convoy
man
interrupted,
"w
e're
giing
to
b
sm all euros
Again M r Winkle (eit
area.
This
had
been
m
erely
prac
know, however that unless a m iracle happens. H itler will lose H e was going to where battles were
dropped off in H aw aii
I always From the beginning It had been safe
He told him self nothing could
being (ought. He was going to help tice.
bis pants entirely and where he is going, he w on’t need any
planned to send them ff> the island
happen to him in such x hidden in
The man next to him said. "That wanted to go there, and now is It."
fight them. The realization struck
of Talizo. onr of the steppiiigstones
pants or shirt either unb s they are made of asbestos and even him so forcibly that he nearly fell was a close one.”
stallation
He had toil (expected to
He was hooted down on the bail»
in the retrieving of certain precious
then, we doubt if the extra protection will do him any good.
make a landing amidst a hail of
Each day after that they went that no such luck could be (heirs.
out of the bcrih. especially when
stones stolen by the Japanese when
bullets and exploding bombs
through the same process. The third
M r. T in ker gave him an extra har^
It was Sergeant Winkle's consid
no one was looking
At their Aral meal In (be mess
lim
e
it
w
is
repeated
there
were
WE'LL WAIT
push.
ered opinion th it they were going to
Tlic south end of the A fty-m llr long
complaints.
lent they ta ile d new foods, potato-
Then,
again,
he
endeavored
to
look
New
Guinea
D. Anlauf, president of tht Rod and Gun club takes
island had been raptured by A m eri
If they were going, why didn't
like laro, papaya, and wild chicken
the bright side of it.
"W hat they g< t there. Pup’ " he can forces, along with an airfield
us to task for an editorial appearing in our issue of August 3rd, on He
they go?
was a hardened soldier, wasn't
was asked. "W hat's your book say? " conveniently ju -t completed by the M r T in ker spat most of them out
w herein we raised the question as to why the Rod and Gun club he*
and took to what he called civilized
Why didn't th ej start and gel this
"Cannibals." he told them.
He Ja|«s. who still held thr northern hall
bad made no effort to develop the proposed recreational pro
dishes also provided
M t Winkle
war over with'*
W ell, m aybe not hard, but with
thought his guidebook had said thut
of
Talizo
They
would
land
some
ject at the Cottage Grove lake. A nlauf says the colonel (w ho plenty of preparation.
swallowed Uirin, if not with relish, at
Even M r
Winkle asked these
" M e ," said M r. Tinker, " , don't tim e the next morning
least with pleasure In their proving
ever that is) told the club to lay off until a fte r the war. which
The additional months as a m em questions and came not to believe in
M r Winkle watched the effect of
care where it is just so there's Japs."
how definitely hv was on a tropic
is a satisfaetory explanation, lint rest assured that the club ber of a service company had any of the marches to the ship. He
this
announcement
on
the
other
men
On tiie fourth day. while sitting on
to, k it for granted that each tim e
island.
till tu bers an I other citizens will be rem inded of this needed brought the confidence of experience
Each acted as if he had been given
the deck with his back against the
The newcomers were asked such a
work when the w ar does end. however we hope this w on't In- They had brought a Corporal's he arrayed himself in his full equip ra il, M r Winkle nearly Jumped out a good still drink After the long
ment and sweated to the pier that he
barrage o f questions that they had
stripes, and finally those of a full-
necessary.
cram
ped,
and
inactive
voyage,
they
would turn right arour.d again and of his life belt when there was a
little chance to put any of their own
fledged Sergeant. He and M r. Tink-
looked forward to any change, rape
come back. With others he began loud explosion forward
The few they managed to get in
d a ily the prospect of Aghttng They
KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED
He was lurching to his feet and
to accept the rumor that they
were mostly answered with a lifting
were euger for It. Some of them
had reached a crouching position be
weren't going at all. *
of the shoulders
One man Jerked
Keep your fingers crossed, hut it looks now that we n itty
were serious and thoughtful, but all
The day they didn't stop, but kept fore he realized that the gun crews
his thumb toward the north and said,
be able to pull through o:i•• of the driest summ ers in years
were ready, even anxious.
right on marching, up the gang were holding tiring practice.
"We re Just sitting each other out "
without a serious tim ber fire. And with the present m a i l power
M r. W inkle him velf frit that he
plank and on to the ship, he tell
T h t M< ts rt. Winkle and Tinkei
He
sank
bark
down
again,
seeing
lu d been left out when the drinks
shortage, a had tim ber firt- now could really hurt. F igures on
betrayed, rheuted and fooled
reported to one of the shops, where
other men following suit
were
passed
around
fires for this year are not available, hut «»■ have not made a
To M r. Tinker at his side he ob
M r Tinker was open-mouthed at the
The guns kept on chattering send
The old (car and terror took hold
had record since the sta rt of the war, notw ithstanding the in
served, "W eil. I guess we've burned ing up shells to burst high hi the
equipment and M r. Winkle was im
of him . shaking him by the throat
creasing demand for lumber. Last season the state had 632
our gangplanks behind us."
pressed
a ir at different levels
From the like a cat with a mouse.
forest fires ami of this num ber 406 occurred in western Oregon.
Trucks, reconnaissance and com
M r. T in ke r stared at him. scowl other ships they could see the same
Instinctively, he reached inside his
mand cars, and jeeps and peeps
ing to get his meaning. Though he practice going on. It was fascinating shirt and Angered h it identlflcatlon
Lane comity contributed eighteen fires to this total and all were
were driven into spacious tents
didn't know the true quotation, he to watch, and the noise and smell of tags, wonderihg how soon one might
man-caused except one.
which hebl as complete equipment
burning
gunpowder
added
to
th
n
r
appeared
to
find
something
wrong
We owe much to the lum bering ami logging industries,
be cut off and the o thrr rem ain with
as to be found at home The canvas
with M r Winkle's version, or at sense of security
the body.
hut more to tin- teenage lads who are donig a m an ’s job in
sides were rolled up for ventilation,
In
the
midst
of
the
racket
M
r
least with the way he spoke.
Then
stoicism
asserted
itself
He
keeping down all classes of forest fires.
glvlt g them a pleasant a ir of being
"W hat's the m atter. Pop?" he Winkle was startled tu hear his name had been assigned a Job. prepared
being cntled.
outdoors. The fa m ilia r smell of oiled
asked. "You seasick already
for it. and he would do it. Conta
• LIFTING 0URSELVE3 BY OUR BOOTSTRAPS’’
"H i, Pop!"
machinery und carbon monoxide
More men poured on to the ship,
Locking up, he sow Freddie T in giously. the (celii.gs of the other
fumes reached their nostrils. Three
“ Despite the intim ation in ailveitism ent and handbills,
and still more marched along the dall. In back of him were Jack and men caught hold of him. If they
perfumes were more heartening
th a t the labor movement is hacking The Oregon Em ploy
pier toward her. M r. W inkle. M r. several more of the original Sptuig
were ready to fight. he was ready
than the xwret, euilotis odors of Die
ment and Retirement insurance I’lan. the plain tru th is that
T in ker and ten others were shown ville contingent
too. M aybe he wasn't a kille r but
Jungle With which they competed.
below to their private stateroom In
the labor movement is opposed to it because of its regressive
"Hello. M r. W inkle," Jack greeted he could keep in condithm and repair
Men like themselves, trained as
stead of bunks, a large cabin had him. Tlie boy's eyes twinkled, and the vehicles of the killers. That had
tax feature. And it needs also to h- made clear that labor
they had I ren, following the same
been
stripped
of
its
beds
and
other
It was Just as
is not abandoning its position of supporting honest and w is,
he spoke as If they were meeting its place, its value
procedures. la b o tr-J over the vehi
luxurious furnishings and canvas casually on Maple Avenue
necessary us shunting. Anyway, a l
social security measures, hut such prop« sals as this one an
cles, one <•( which had Its entire
hammocks slung in tiers of three
most
as
uecessary.
"T h is," said M r. W inkle. strug
unsound and deserve to he soundly trounced at the hands
rear rnd missing us If it had been
from a wooden fram ework.
M r. Winkle searched in Ms guide
gling to his feet, "is quite a place
torn off with a violent hand. The
of the voters.
book for the entry under Talizo. To
M r. W inkle dre.v one of the top to have a reunion."
men looked up. gazing idly, curious
“ In addition to its being unsound, the plan is sponsored
hammocks, so close to the ceiling
They held it. nevertheless. In the h it satisfaction he found that the Is
ly, or with interest at the newcom
dishonestly, and untrue and ridiculous assertions and hints as
land
had
cannibals.
It
was,
in
fact,
that it made him feel like a fly middle of the P jciftc Ocean. pump-
ers. Only once did they pause In
to labor support are here and now. in the name of the S tate
sticking there. They stowed their Ing onr an ther's hands and yelling noted for them.
their quick, deft attentions Io Ute
Late that afternoon a collection of
gear and investigated the quarters.
F ederation of Labor, repudiated and denounced.”
above the noise of the guns. Fred
motors.
A radio, abruptly turned
dark
dots
came
out
of
the
sinking
‘‘The following statem ent was adopted at the recent con The day they didn't «top. but kept One of the men opened a door and die cried, "W e ’ve got more than
on, buzzrd and crackled for a m o
sun ahead of them
The gun crews
this' Hey. Alphabet' A lphabet!"
right on marching up the gang stood, frozen in his tracks.
vention concerning this pioposal:
ment, and then from It came the
In a moment the wizened little of their own and the other ships
‘■'A proptwgl to lift ourselves by our hoot-straps spon plank and on to the ship, he fell be '"C o m e h ere." he said in an awed
clear, assured announcement: " T h u
sprung
to
(heir
stations,
slert
and
Sergeant pushed his way down the
voice, "and see if you see what I'm
Is the United States at A m erica."
sored by the state eouix- I of Townsend ( 'lulls relies upon a trayed, elieatrd and fooled.
But soon word was passed
deck. The first thing he saw was tense
The men went still for an trial Jut.
sales tax under another name to finance a program of old-age e r w e re a le a rn , it h a v in g been fo u n d looking a t."
about
that
these
were
their
own
M
r
W
inkle's
stripes
with
the
"
T
”
They crowded around him. peer
taking
It in. They glanced at each
benefits. It is thoroughly unsound and we recommend against that m r Tinker was good at the ing over his shoulders, and saw a below them
planes,
come
to
protect
them
in
that
W.thout raising his
othrr und some of them smiled brief,
it. In doing this W do not. however, abandon our traditional heavier work, while he s u p p lie d a lit - gleaming bathroom.
voice, but still making him self he:»rd most dangerous of all times, dusk on
ly, almost shyly. As the short-wave
the sea.
he lectured:
support of sound legislation to meet the problem of old-age tie more skill at figuring it out.
"Holy co w !" another man cried
program went on. giving the news
The
planes,
row
seen
to
be
high
in
"
I
been
in
the
Arm
y
eighteen
assLstanee. Xevcrtheh ss. we do insist th at it he sound it we
He couldn't overlook the dtam a of
"A in 't our suite sweet'’ "
from home, they returned to work
the sky. kept coming on, a whole
arc to support i t.”
—Oregon Labor Pre.ss. it . either. Here they were, several
The ship would be totally blacked years. You been In eight months,
with an added zest.
squadron
which
reached
straight
and
you
rate
with
me
We
ain't
go
______________________ hundred men in a special train,
out at night, which meant no smok
M r Winkle couldn't suppress a
above
them
and
then
wheeled
Io
fly
ing
to
win
no
w
ar
that
way.
And
Shake-down Rills have been a source of annoyance and rushinK t0 aa unknown destination ing on deck.
look what I g it In my machine gun back and forth, forming a protec tingle that went through him and a
No
cigarette
butt
or
scrap
of
pa
diagust: it is difficult to detect them among a host of horn st to ” ve ‘h<? n’ “0"
choking In hlx throat It quieted the
tive um brella over the ships. The
per was to be thrown overboard lest crew. H im ." lie pointed nt Jack,
queasy feeling in his stomach
It
men. Jamming the rails, cheered,
m easures: then- seems to In- no su b stitu te for the proteetion to ior
Everything made way for
"and
him
.”
he
indicated
Freddie
it leave a tra il which could be fol
made
him
know
that
the
Jungle
of
yelling
wildly,
and
M
r
Winkle
heard
"A
ll
they
can
do
is
outshoot
any
of
the business public afforded hv the election of good legislators; them. Even if you were hurrying lowed.
Talizo, at least this part of it and
his own voice adding Itself to the
it is the slothfulliess of the voting public which so often he- to risk your life, that gave you a
In case the ship was hit and had them guys working them pump-guns
more to come, was the United States
lusty
noise
being
sent
up
to
Join
the
tra y s the im portant tru st by perm itting th e election of les ser sense of importance.
to be abandoned, they were to slide
of Am erica.
roar o f the plane motors.
men through default.— II. T. Moore, legislator, colum nist, lum He fell asleep on this thought, down landing nets which would be
When a m a il went out, M r Winkle
No enemy, from under, on. or over
ber m anufacturer. Bandon, in the Oregon Voter._____________ dream ing that he was sinking in lowered, and not jum p overboard.
was allowed to w rite only the barest
the sea appeared either that night or
If a man fell overboard, the ship
wide waters and that he grasped at
inform ation to Am y. He refrained
at dawn when the planes returned
could not risk stopping to pick him
th ere was an a r tic le
concerning a tiny straw to save himself.
ONE REASON FOR
from saying much for the double
to take up their vigil and escort the
up
the flo a t w h ich has been b u ilt at
RELUCTANCE
Dawn was breaking behind the
reason of living up to the rensorshlp
convoy to p ort
These instructions caused no e v i
the C o ttag e G ro ve lak e. I t
m en train when he awakened. He lay
regulations and not ra rin g to frig h t
Land, now made out boldly, was
Cottage Grove. Oregon tioned the ones w ho had c o n tri- for a moment, surprisingly not much dent alarm . N orm ally, M r. W inkle
seen to be a low-lying shore reach en her. He omitted certain things
August 8, 1944 buted to the construction o f the moved by this evidence of to where should have had an acute attack of
ing up ubruptly to a towering volcan he discovered In his paradise, such
imagination right then and there.
flo a t, but a t least one nam e has they were going. He simply accept-
Cottage Grove Sentinel.
as m a la ria, dysentery, white anta
ic mountain ridge running along the
But it didn't come, as it hadn't late
been o m itted . T h e logs on w hich ed it.
Cottage Grove, Oregon.
with a pincers attack worse than
far side of Talizo. It wus a scene
ly
in
the
learning
that
a
great
and
th e flo a t w as b u ilt w ere donated
At least there would be w arm th
To the Editor:
any w ar maneuver ever conceived,
of such beauty as to be very nearly
solicitous mother, the A rm y, looked
27th by C la y to n Simons, who lives by and palm trees and jungle and tropic
In your paper of July
and mosquitoes so profuse that a
unreal. As they upprnached closer,
after his every interest. All he had
= ■
th e lak e.
benches.
net over the bed served only to trap
here and there the white wisp cf a
T h e business m en
o r lu m b e r
Perhaps, he reflect'd. it would be to do was to trust it. obey orders,
w aterfall could he seen throwing it them Inside where they could concen
and. most im portant of all, keep his
com panies a re never
overlooked an interesting and even a nice trip
self down from the mountain Jun trate their uttuck.
w hen th ey don ate some m a te ria l and nothing at all would happen to mouth shut.
It must, he thought, be enough of
gles and disappearing Into the thick
The
ship
sailed
that
night
while
to some w o rth y
cause, and
it him . C ertainly in no other circum-
a strain for Amy not even to know
green growth below.
some of them were asleep and some
w ould
seem
if the
logs w ere stances would he ever hope to visit
where he was beyond the fact that
T hat w ar and the killing and
w o rth having and using th ey w ere t^le South Seas. Above all. he want- of them were still adjusting their
he was in the South Seas area. He
m alm */'^ of men could exist on this
bodies
to
the
hammocks.
M
r.
Win
kept to tiie cheery things, such as
peucefu. looking Island aid not seem
w o rth being m entioned in the pa ed to see a cannibal: a person who
ate another person had always in kle, listening, heard the deep throb
the taste of roasted wild pig, and
credible.
per along with the rest.
of the engines.
He put his hand
the crawfish, shrimp, and prawns.
Ixxiking at It. all you wanted to do
I do not know who your report terested him.
against
the
ceiling
and
felt
a
thrum
He roused M r. Tinker, both to get
was to land here, among the palm | He described the flowers, and dwelt
er was, but oversights like this
ming there. The smell of oil became
on the hibiscus, which he thought
trees on the White sandy shore and
tend to make people more reluc him to move over and to let him stronger. A low. sleepy murm uring
know. "Look,” he said.
» went better with the tropics than
spend the rest of your life.
tant
to
help
another
time.
REPRINTS 3c EACH.
came from other men. A forward
M r. T in ke r gazed out thè window.
anything else. He told her about
M r Winkle and his several thou
Yours truly,
movement became perceptible.
the parrots and cockatoos of the Jun
Guaranteed Work.
sand companions gazed at it with
Mrs. C lay to n Simons. He was a little slow; in understand
That was all.
gle, and how the a ir was filled with
ing about the sun ns,ng in the cast in
awe and wonderment. The island
No one spoke.
the color of flashing wings.
back of the train, which meant they
was almost the thing for which M r.
M a k e s S te e l B r it t le
In the morning they were at sea
He said there were no cannibals
were going west. When he did he
Winkle searched, and he wondered
Tiny amounts of hydrogen in steel,
Their own and dozens of other ships
about
Just then, but he hoped even
yelled,
"
It's
the
Japs!
The
Japs!”
if
he
would
And
it
here.
Cottage Orove, Ore.
even as small as one two-thousandth
scratched a glassy m irro r with con-I
tually to see one. He described w ar
M r. Winkle's Impression of land
"W e ain 't there already?” some tinual, untired zigzags. The convoy
of a per cent by weight, can make
The convey stretched Inin the dis ing was not one of danger, hut of
as being nothing at all liko what he
one asked querulously.
steel brittle.
stretched into the distance as far as tance far as you reald see.
had expected, and assured her that
fascination.
"Shud u p !” voices called. "Shud
the eye could sec. At its outer edges
he would be back some day. "No
T h e ir troopship wns the first ves
u p!"
they could m ake out destroyers and up there. Where do you think we're
Jap bullet has my name on It,"
sel through the mine field and the
M r.
W inkle
expected
to
be other W arcraft, which kept up a wor- headed for. Pop?”
he wrote.
opening made by a small tug d raw
M r. Winkle's reply was lost In
1 lie litin g body has w onderful powettt for its own protec marched right on a ship as soon as ried pacing back and forth, in and
He pondered on whether or not he
ing back the boom of the submarine
they reached their em barkation port out. and sometimes around in wide the blast of the antiairernft guns.
tion and survival. It is aide to m aintain a constant tem perature two days later. But there seemed
should leave thia In. It was boast
net. Almost before the anchor was
’ •A ustralia!” Jack yelled
sweeps and circles.
ing a little, for he had yet to hear a
in all clim ates—in the heat of the tropics— in the h itter cold of to be no such hurry as that which
"N ew Z ealand !" Freddie shouted. down in the harbor, landing nets
It was heartening to see them and
shot fired on either aide. In the end
the lay north. It m aintains a constant concent ration in the blond had brought them here.
"1 told you It was In d ia ," the Al were being thrown over the sides of
their fellow troopships. Though they
lie let the statement go, deciding It
of w ater, proteins, sugar, and salt. It m aintains the blood at a
They were given physical exam i knew that death was possible any phabet said. " I had It straight from the ship and boats lowered.
was reassuruu in t - th 'i aovzhi«»«
They
climbed
down,
packing
them-
prugtieally constant low acidity. By arousing sensations of thirst nations. their equipment was in instant from the sky or from be an officer as the One-A lowdown . . ."
M r. Winkle saw that Sergeant selves In the lifeboats. Three of else. And he didn't want to give
and hiittger. the body can call for more necessary fool element«. spected. and orders were issued to neath the w ater, it seemed just as
these, tied together, were pulled by , her the impression that he' rc7.Hr
I he body is abb- to defend itself against tht- presence of keep th eir ranteens filled to the impossible that anything could touch Czeideskrowskl had become one of
launch to one of the piers. The wasn’t in the war.
them and. what was more, they had
in ju rio u s external elem ents by coughing and sneezing, by vom it mouth. M r. Winkle understood the them.
men stared at a half-sunken supply
M r. T in ker was In it so little that
reason for this was for them to have
become one with him.
Soldiers
were
everyw
here
on
the
ing and the autom atic neutralization of poisons. To protect i t a supply of water should they find
Some of them he didn't think much of T alizo as a
He was warm ed by this, and that ship they passed.
ship, the Inst inch of space being
self against bacterial processes. the body can develop fever and themselves on a life raft.
When a truck wns
crowded with them. I f they had lit- I the others were on the ship with him. identified shore batteries placed on battleground.
increase the product ion of germ -destroying (dements of the
brought in with a few bullet holes
Thus readied, they were assem tie privacy before, they had none i It seemed tu make it still safer, Rnd either point of the harbor.
blood. And most rem arkable of all. the’ body is capable of re bled one morning and marched out now. It was barely possible to step the sea smoother and even more
It was hot on land lite r the sea as 1 through its body, it was a rnntter of
they marched through town.
some curiosity And the bullets had
pairing itself a fte r illness or injury, depending, of course, upon through art entrance in the brick anywhere without walking on some- , peaceful.
Passing by the thatched huts, they i been tired so far aw ay that the ac-
w all. They made their way along a body, or putting your foot into the
Yet still i, wasn't quite the thing
th e e x td it which the eoiidition has progressed.
about w ar he sensed and for which saw that most of them were vacant J tual fighting seemed remote and un-
road at the side nt Ihe harbor, in m iddle of a crap game.
< *nly here and there were they occu- |
'
which Uiapy ships, gll painted an in-
Dll. II. A IIAGEX
Somehow they mana«e(,. tfl Ctqye he continued to rparch.
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