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she OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, November 29, 1932
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War Debts Past and Future
A I recent news bulletin from Washington State college re
i marks:
"Onlonce in the last twenty years have exports of wheat,
including flour, dropped to the low point reached daring Sep
tember. 1932, when the total wheat and floor shipped to for
eign countries was only 4,226,000 bushels. Total exports so far
this season, July 1 to September 30. amounted to 14,918,000
bushels, as compared with 41101,000 bushels during the cor
responding period of 1931 or a decrease of 64 per cent. Sales to
all the principal European markets as well as to the Orient, hare
been greatly curtailed which accounts for most of the decrease".
That may account for the decrease, but not explain it
when wheat is now selling at the lowest levels since the days
of Queen Elizabeth. Wheat declined another cent yesterday,
doubtless due to further recession of demand from abroad
for American wheat. What has happened?
Not only is then: an over-supply of wheat, but Europe
cannot buy our wheat because of depreciated currencies for
one thing, which goes back to this, our country tries to func
tion as an export surplus nation in which it would ship to
foreign countries more goods than they ship us; and at the
same time to remain a creditor nation, that is to demand
payment in gold the balance due us for interest on our loans
r x installments on the principal. This is a physical impossi
Kiy. There is not enough gold in the debtor countries to
maintain these payments. Goods and services must be paid
for by goods and services.
This projects into view the current question of war
debts. This country is demanding of European nations that
they pay us some $250,000,000 due us on the debts. Looking
at the past, this country is right in demanding payment. The
debts are owed and should be paid.
But if we insist on payment of the debts we cannot ex
pect to sell merchandise and commodities to these countries.
The mechanics of transfers from one currency into another
forbids. The result is that we cannot sell Europe our wheat;
which means that Eastern Oregon is absolutely Tiralyzed,
its banks are closed for liquidation or in moratorium, its
mortgages going into default, its taxes going unpaid, teach
ers going without cash wages. The result is also that Willam
ette valley products cannot be exported freely as satisfactory
prices to European customers: our prunes, fruits, etc.
In the debacle of debts and embargo tariffs currencies
break down which further elevates the plateau of prices in
this country. Some say: raise the tariff to compensate for
the .depreciated currencies. Idle thought, for that merely
works to furtlter depreciate foreign currencies. The English
pound sterling dropped four cents yesterday.
This paper has been reluctant to approve waiving
payments due on the debts ; but if we look at the present sit
uation and study the immediate future the logic of the sit
uation is driven home. If we want to restore domestic pros
perity we must restore the normal flow of goods both in do
mestic and foreign trade. This means some readjustment of
these war debts, perhaps a scaling down of the private" for
eign debt, much of which is now in default anyway; it means
taking a realistic view of the tariff situation as it affects
our own country and not merely our pointing accusing fin
pefs at the barricades of petty foreign countries among
themselves.
The prime essential for world recovery is the restora
tion of the gold standard, and that will come only when we
o-et our debts, etc. on a basis where exchanges will balance.
We see no way of accomplishing this without a thorough
going reexamination of the war debts due this country ; not
necessarily their cancellation, but perhaps their further post
ponement and reduction. Most of the men at Washington
know it; but political fear prevents them from telling the
American people the truth.
We take this view, not from any desire to be lenient
to debtors ; but solely with the objective of the early re
building of world trade and commerce, which will once more
hrino nrosneritv tn thisand to other countries.
The foreign countries owe
lars. But our national income has fallen off twenty-eight
billion dollars Der annum durincr this depression. This Js
ONE HUNDRED times the amount of the annual payments
due us on th debt account. It is more than twice the total
principal of the debts. Our exports to Europe have declined
a billion dollars since 1929, which ds four times the annual
payment which we are now insisting on. We lose ?300,000,
000 a year in lost customs duties on imports.
In other words, if deferring these payments until econ
omic recovery has been attained will enable us to restore the
normal process and volume of trade, we will be far better
off indiviriuallv and collectively.
A. wholesale house dealing with a good retailer who has
been caught in a depression often writes off or scales down
his old debt but backs him anew because of the confidence
that as a good customer he is far more valuable to the house
than as a busted debtor. The United States is in much the
same position. Europe is more valuable to us as a custom
er than as a debtor. If we handle the situation aright Europe
can not only become a good customer again, but she will also
then be able to pay a fair portion perhaps of these debts.
Otherwise, we all lose.
More Utility Financing
THE Portland General Electric company has a note issue
of $7,500,000 falling due January 1st next This was
the note issue the proceeds of which went to the holding
Companies headino nn In Penti-al PnMln RnnilKo
ine Statesman first published the milkihg of the operating
company by the overhead organization on this particular
deaJ.n3 called for an inquiry Into CPS and Portland Gen
- era! Electric financing, which led to the recent public hear
- mgs conducted by the commissioner of public utilities, t ,
Now it is announced that the operatinar company has
v received permission to Issue general mortgage bonds to re-
uuu wna iiun, -lnu BUtXPTTlPnx 1SL TTlJIfl mt tha VafrmrliTtcr
bonds have been sold, but at the price permitted, 7, they
4 may be, even In, these parlors timea f or refinancing. But
now we see how this unnecessary debt is being engrafted
into the debt structure of Portland General Electric com
pany. -' .-, .
i i First it was a note issue,
soia wiui a 470 coupon, maturing m i monxns. axv tne mon
. ey went to the daddy and graiiddaddj companies; and when
the. Portland General EleIeeoTapany msked for sometbiie
, U show; for ihh loan, thesa
No Fear Shall Aw$"
PUBLISHING CO.
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- - Managing Editor
us about eleven billion dol
unsecured and unguaranteed.
conccrnj nwept Ctrte?tEZ$,
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Editorial
Comment
From Other Papers
GETTING THE OYSTER
Tears ago a cartoon appeared
in the English humorous weekly,
"Punch", picturing the .situation
that ordinarily develops when
controversies occur that are taken
to the courts for settlement. The
cartoon showed the plaintiff on
one side and the defendant on the
other each holding half an oyster
shell while the succulent and
juicy oyster was being devoured
by the attorneys standing between
them. The oyster, of course, rep
resented the values at issue which
too often are consumed in the
trial thereby leaving nothing but
an empty shell for the litigants.
We recall the cartoon as we
read the remarks In some of our
exchanges regarding what they
call the "controversy" over the
comparative merits of the Des
chutes netted gem and the Klam
ath spud. It is delightful to ob
serve the unanimity of opinion
expressed In these editorials. Re
cently we reprinted on this page
one of them from the Salem
Statesman. Therein, it will be re
membered, was disclosed the
calm. Judicial mind of our friend
Charlie Sprague. He reported the
receipt of a gift of some Klamath
spuds sent him by an official of
the Klamath chamber of com
merce In what !Could have been
nothing less than an attempt to
influence the decision he was In
the process of making as to the
kind of potato to be stored In
the Sprague bin this winter.
This editor's reaction, our read
ers wUl recall, was that he would
have to have some Deschutes net
ted gems before be could consid
er the problem wisely. And now
comes the grave and learned mil
Tugman, of the Eugene Register
Guard, also proposing that those
wno are to do the Judging be fed
a . ...... mn - . -.
jjuvawes. out gues unarne one
better, however, by suggesting
that thick T-bone steaks be fur-
msnea, also. Hi editorial Is on
this page today.
You begin to see, we Imagine.
" - jiau ia mina wnen we
said that we recalled the oyster
uanoon. rnese potato Judges of
ours want tnis argument to con
unue ana, as it goes on, to ab
sorb the evidence In the contro
versy. There la this difference, of
course, In that they may eat the
potato, skin and all. and
nothing In the hands of the con
tending parties. That Is one of the
oeauues .of the Deschutes gem.
xou can eat the whole works
wun pleasure and profit. And,
too, mere are plenty more.
There remains but one thing to
be said. Charlie and Bill are by
way of getting their potatoes. We
are not so aare of that T-Tone
steak. Bend Bulletin.
Daily TTiought
"Death is, and It Is inevitable.
The flowers die, and the trees,
the days and the seasons. Man
mar conquer everything but
himself and: death." Dr. Den
Poling. -
their bins and shipped out securities of dubious value in dis
tant companies. Now tht due date for notes draws near.
There is no money in the treasury-to pay them off with t the
assortment of junk which the' operating company has re
ceived in return Is unsaleable. Apparently the only way to
s void default is to sell a mortgage bond, and .that with a
short term maturity (Aug. 1, 1935) and at a very costly
rate-(7); - -
. Engrafting this unnecessary and probably unwanted ob
ligation oh the debt structure of Portland General Electric
company impairs ita ability to render, service in its own
field and to pay proper dividends on the stocks which rep
resent actual investment in its properties, unless the.csts
BITS for BREAKFAST
-By R. J. HENDRICKS-
Pirst Congregational church:
First schools In city of Salem:
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(Continuing from Sunday:)
The school of "Daddy Butts" was
taught ia a house that stood on
the northwest corner of Marion
and Commercial streets, where,
the home of Mrs. F. W. Steusloff
now stands. Mr. Bntts was a sin
gle man then, and. with his liv
ing rooms and his school he occu
pied the whole house. It was in
1865 that, young Charlie Pann en
ter attended the Butts school. The
writtir has found no one who re
members what Butts did in after
years, or whither he went. The
reader will recall the mention of
Butts by Governor Geer, in this
s-rles.
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The next school Charlie Par-
menter attended was the one
taught by E. J. Dawne and wife.
southwest corner of High and
Marlon streets. That school house
was opposite the site of the pres
ent high school building, erected
on the site of the "Central"
school houses, heretofore men
tioned built by the school dis
trict. That was the second private
school of B. J. Dawne and wife.
They taught first In the residence
that was afterward occupied by
the McNary family, still stand
ing. That home then took up all
of the space reaching to the
southwest corner of D and Com
mercial streets. The building now
occupied by the Damon grocery
store was later built, on the
north, out to the corner of the
block. The school of the Dawnes,
together with their living quar
ters, occupied the whole of the
"house, first and second stories.
S
The McNary family consisted
of mother, daughters and sons, in
cluding the then youthful Chas.
L. and John H. McNary, U. 8.
Judge and TJ. S. senator.
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Mrs. E. J. Dawne had been Jane
E. Miller, daughter of "Scotch"
Miller, the family prominent and
well known In old time Salem,
and the daughter accomplished
and popular. B. J. Dawne became
minister of the Methodist clrureh
south. He played s prominent
part in the life of Salem, up to
the late eighties; and then he
left, "between two days", for rea
sons not creditable to his honesty.
and the deserted wife did not long
survive the shock.
Wonder how many old timers
recall some of the stories told
concerning E. J. Dawne? Espe
cially the one explaining- how he
came to be called "Thookydeeds"
Dawne T Perhaps the best version
of that story waa heard by the
old cronies who used to alt around
fa the back room of the drug
store of George E. Good. Mr. Good
had been a printer worked on
The Statesman, and afterward
owned a newspaper or two; the
writer believes one of them was at
Dallas; perhaps the old "Item-
izer." The 1S7S Salem Directory
Usts him : "Good, - Geo., printer.
boards Chemeketa House." (The
present-Marion hotel.) r
George Good was wont to aet
the story In the telling of 'it, as
was his habit. A political meeting
was being held, or one called for
some other purpose. E. J. Dawne
was one of the speakers, and he
was spreading himself, bent on
showing the breadth of his know
ledge of history and his grasp of
other information. He painted a
verbal picture of the glories of
ancient Athens, as told by Thucy
dides, Athenian historian and he
pronounced the name "Thooky
deeds." As If this were not
enough, Dawne grandiloquently
repeated the name several times,
with that pronunciation.
Thus he became "Thookydeeds"
Dawne in and about Salem, to the
end of his days here. It is possi
ble that one . urge that decided
Dawne's unannounced departure
from this section, to parte then
and since unknown, was a desire
to get away from the hated nick
name; though, as the - writer re
calls, there were other reasons
calculated to be almost if not
quite as weighty. It is likely that
any Salem senior high or Willam
ette university freshman student
is able to supply the proper pro
nunciation of the name Thucy
dides. whether according to the
continental or the English rule.
S
Marie Smith, sister of Mrs. P.
S. Knight, had a popular private
school in the days being mention
ed. It was at the northwest cor
ner of Chemeketa and Winter
streets where the Catholla club
house is now. She also taught in
the "Little Central" school house.
S
Miss Mufkey had a private
school on the west side of Com
mercial street, between Union and
Division. She was probably re
lated to the prominent pioneer
Polk county Mulkey family.
t
Miss Lisxie Boise conducted
probably the best know- and most
popular and extensively patron
ised of the private schools 01 tne
period, and the longest persisting.
It was carried on in rooms of the
old Bennett House, largest and
most prominent of the early pio
neer hotels, that stood where the
Masonio temple stands now,
northwest corner of State and
High.
b
Private schools were in the
neriod named carried on in some
of the church huUdines. Rev. Sell
wood of the Episcopal church was
one of the many tecahers of pri
vate schools.
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The old Episcopal church build
ing. Church and Chemeketa
streets, on the site of the present
cuurch plant, was used, and for a
lonr nerlod other shifts were
made, as population increased.
Public school classes were at one
time held ia the old Polytechnic
building, in Highland addition
oa land now owned by the state
tor the school for the dear.
In the early seventies, the first
resrular hurch bulldlnr in Salem,
erected br the First Methodist
church; erected In the early fif
ties, was-moved across the street
to make way lor the new strue
turo that stands oa the Did site,
southeast corner State and Church.
The old. buUdlar was located la
that nerlod back of the present
Wm. Brown home, and private
schools were carried oa la it by
various teachers. That old church
bulldtnr was later removed to the
east side of Liberty, south of the
corner of State street, sad it end
ed tti career, after several suc
cessive traasformatloas. by be
coming the most prominent laun
dry la the city. ; '
Times hare cna&ged. There Has
tCTf st ri co tto Tlo -
eIiO"wJit
8YN0PSIS
fa ltff, foHewia the teatfc of
Sir Jka HarrsdbM, Captala-Gesv
eral ef the Leeward IsUm, hie
2X?Tirii T-rw-- V that if he had taken de BerwV ad
iSjvl1! oU"; vice U the first instaaee, bo would
TuiisV ctyCJwfcSti bow U In better ease, be appealed
fsrtsmeV.Tivo Uajer reseats Pris
cfSa'a iatereat ia their f eOswaa
aeagtue. Oarlea de-Bersaa, tsodaat.
lma? ami mrsteriesM
seeks la Tabs to belittle bisk. De
BermU wanted te disesakark at
Caadelamse. bat Castaia
tef sees to ge to that s4rate4afeated
I"?. J5 S!!td!frW
:bMrgth.aoto
ataiea. Major Saads calls De Bersis
a pirate, addlag that Morgan and
kia eut-tareats were asa oieea
thirsty, tbleviag eeocmdreU, Mor
gaa, however, bad riven as prey-
tar oa ships to eater his King s ei
ploy sad rid the sea or pirates, ia
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!ST ri!7.i-r IJa7ZZ ...iM axalnst longer odds.
tIH eluded aim aad the authorities I v v.
ragjreeted be might be playing
ragrenf sm
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from those still at large. Morgan
ess offered sr large reward for the
eapture of Tom Leach, a
Caribbean ia a powerful ship .
"The Black Swaa" . . . wreaking
havoc The morning following the
Major's upbraiding of Morgan and
De Bernis, "The Black swan
ereasea the "CentaurV path. De
Bernis suggests that they continue
their course with the hope of out
sailing the pirate ship.
CHAPTER TEN
Bransome, however, was ren
dered obstinate by panic, and an
other hope bad come to vitiate his
reasoning. Towards uominicai
we're likeliest to meet other snip -
ping." Without waiting for the
Frenchman's answer, he stepped to
the poop-rail and bawled an order
to the quartermaster at the whip-1 He summoned Pierre, the half
staff to put down the helm. I caste, from the bulkhead below
And now it waa de Bernis who
departed from his calm, tie rapped
out an oath in his vexation at this
folly, and bar an an argument
which Bransome cut short with the
reminder that it was he who com
manded aboard the Centaur. He
would listen to advice; but be
would take no orders.
With a lurching plunge the Cen
taur luffed alee, then came even
oa her keel and raced south before
the wind.
The seamen fat the waist, who
had fallen agape at this abrupt
manoeuvre, were ordered aloft
again to unfurl, not only the top
sails which they had Just cosne
down from furling, but also the
topgallants. Even as they, sprang
te the ratlines, ia obedience, the
great black ship, now left astern
oa the larboard quarter, was seen
te alter her course and swing in
pursuit, thus dispelling any pos
sible doubt that might have linger
ed on the score of her intentions.
At once it became clear aboard
the Centaur that they were run
ing before aa enemy. Unaccount
ably, as it seemed, realisation
spread through the ship. The hands
came tumbling from the forecastle
m alarm, and stood about the
hatch-coaming in the waist, staring
aad muttering.
Bransome, now on the quarter
deck, whither de Bernis had follow
ed him, remained a long while with
the telescope to his eye. Wbea at
last be lowered it, he displayed a
face of consternation, from whieb
moat of the habitual ruddy colour
had departed.
"You waa right," be confessed.
"She's overhauling us fast. Well
io better, though, when the top
lails are spread. But even so well
sever make Dominica before that
school districts in Marlon coun
ty. The last number is 14S, st Ls
blsh Center; but there are some
blanks, ss indicated, caused most
ly by consolidations.
And there is a splendid high
school building in Salem, and two
Junior high school buildings, snd
nine grade school buildings, most
of them of brick snd concrete
construction.
(Continued tomorrow.)
PUN FOR TREATS
BROOKS, Nov. 28. A large
crowd attended the Parent-Teacher
meeting held In the school Fri
day night.. Plans were discussed
for raising funds for the school
Christmas treats, with Frank Sny
der as chairman of the committee.
The program, arranged by Mrs.
A. M. Dunlavy, Mrs. Burley La
vett and Miss Alice Massey was as
foUews: Piano solo, Guinlvere
Snyder; solo. Robert Gwlna, ac
companied by Miss Bernadino
Wheeler at the piano; reading,
Maxlno McKnlght; solo, Gilford
Wright, playing his own guitar ac
companiment; reading, Dorothy
Hogate; song. Miss Lots Lavett,
Miss Mary Clark and Miss Pearl
LaFlemme, accompanied by Mr.
Hoffer; solo. Mrs. Malcolm Ramp;
reading, Ada Hutte; solo, Robert
Gwinn; reading, Mrs. Daugherty.
Mrs. A. M. Dunlavy. historian
of the association, gave a. history
of the Brooks P. T. A. since organ
Iiation October SB, 1111.
Fog Causes 'Seven
To Take Wfl d Ri de
; But None Injured
.. . ' .
.CTTRNKR, Not. tl.- While the
Fowler car with seven passengers,
party guests, waa retarnlag thorn
homo to Turner lata Friday night,
the driver became contused la the
Cog aad drova off tho four-foot
embankment west of the T. T.
Palmer bouse. A -wide dltefc was
n
TEACHERS
Jcr - withes narrow escape from
S f erica, post and
eut-throat is ea ear radoes. What's
to do, Uoesoe? Shan I re about
araiat" ' :.--
In the ebvioaa urgency ox his
need, humbled br the realization
llotiaieur de Bernis took tiaea te
answer. He waa plunged ia thought,
a heavy frowa betweea narrowed
eyes. Bransome assumed aim to be
makinr mental ealulatkma, and
the assunptioa seemed confirmed
wbea the Frenehmaa spoke.
"Consider the time you would lose.
and the way. whilst aba with the
point
steer athwart your hawse. No, Cap-
taia. Tea are committed to your
present course. It means 'now that
you mast not only run, but fight.'
"Holy Heaven! in what ease
am X to fight T To fight such a ship
as that 7"
m mwa v v j iwicueu
rr I . . . i-t. - J
Bransome took heart from the
other's rrlm calm. -And, anyhow,"
th hi. baTS, the wail,
a man has no choice but to fight,
no matter the odds. Have ye any
thing ia mind, Mossoo?"
Thus plainly ' invited. Monsieur
de Bends became brisk and author
itative.
"What hands do you muster?"
Twenty-six, all tokL including
quartermaster and bo sun. Leachll
have three hundred or more."
Therefore, he must be allowed
no chance to board us. Give me
charge of your guns, and 111 show
you how a main -deck should be
fought, so lonr as you provide me
with the chance to fight it.
The Captain's gloom was further
lightened. Tm in luck, at least, in
having you aboard, Monsieur de
1 Bernis.
I x hope it may prove as lucky
I for me in the end," was the sar-
I dome answer.
against whieb he was leaning,
I awaiting his master's orders.
I "Tien, mon fils." Monsieur de
Bernis stripped off the sky-blue
coat he was wearing, the fine cam
brie shirt with its delicate ruffles,
bis hat, his periwig, his shoes and
stockings, delivering all to Pierre
with orders to bestow them in his
cabin. Then, naked above the waist,
displaying a lean, muscular brown
torso, and with a scarf tied about
his cropped head, be was ready to
take the command of the gun-deck
which Bransome so very gladly
made over to him.
By this time the crew waa fully
aware of what was coming. The
steadiness of the men, displayed
when Sproat, the bo'sun, piped
them to their quarters, was at least
encouraging.
Eight of them, with Purvey, the
master-gunner, were told off to
compose a gun-crew. Captain Bran
some addressed them briefly. He
informed them that Monsieur de
Bernis would take command on the
gun-deck, and that it was upon the
gun-deck that this fight would be
fought, so that the safety of all
was in their bands.
Monsieur do Bernis, now sharply
authoritative, ordered them at once
below to dear the gan-tacklea, io
load and run out the guns. Before
following, be had a last word with
the Captain. Standing by the or
nately carved rail of the quarter
deck, at the bead of the companion,
be spoke incisively.
"You've placed the responsibility
oa us. I wUl do my part. You may
depend on that. But it rests with
you to give me the opportunity of
doing it. Hero timorousness, cau
tion, will not serve. The odds are
heavily against us ta this gamble.
That we must accept. We stake aQ
Daily Health Talks
By ROYAL S. COPELAND. M. D.
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
United States Senator from New Tork.
Termer Ctaestiaeieaer ef He el (a,
Jfeie Tork City.
EVERYBODY should have a
hobby. One ef my friends has aa
odd eae collecting old books about
sailing vessels. la glancing over
some ef these, X
was Impressed
sy the many ref
erences te what
used te be a
dreaded disease,
scurvy. It was
moat common in
the days ef long
eia voyages.
With a shortage
of fresh vege
tables snd fruits,
scurry waa sure
te afflict the sail
ors. But today such
Dr. Cepdand
a voyage can be
taken without
tear of scurry.
Modern methods of
refrigeration and our present knowl
edge concerning vitamins and nutri
tion have done away with the danger
ef thia disease.
Scurvy stm exists but It takes a
mild form. It Is rarely seen In the
old-fashioned acute form.
A "DeSdeacy Disease"
- Scurvy la called by the doctors a
"dentieacy disease". That , la, there
m something missing tn the etet. It
la the lack of vitamin O that results
ta the symptoms of this ailment
Vitamin C la found. In fresh fruits.
eepedaBy the citrus fruits, sCb as
eranrea. lemons and grapefruit. It
Is also found In freak vegetables, ake
lettuce, cebbege aad tomatoes. Be-
cause these foods wftl prevent scurvy,
they are : called aatt-ecorbotkr
feeds, n teat accessary to take a
let of tho gtvea food. It has been
ohowa that the Jatee of one orange
or of ooo tomato talus dafiy,,wul
prevent eourvy tm aa adult.
But this vitamin aids ta promoting
wire foneo went down before the
ear was brought to a bait la a
pasture. iv-- - v-- :-M
Tho car was undamaged, but a
iftaantyof 'laibei-alrf-wtV 1
your snip, our jives upoa a
lucky shot or two betweea wiad
and water. Handle your snip so as
to give me every chance of It yea
can. Yea wQ have to take great
risks. But take them boWly.
Audacity, then, Captain! AH the
audacity yoa can command."
Bransome nodded. His face was
set, his air resolute. "Aye, aye,"
be answered,
Monsieur de Bernis bold dark
eyes ponds red aim a moment, aad
approved him. A glaaee aloft,
where every stitch of canvas bow
wooed the breese, a glance astern,
the larboard quarter where ;
the pursuing ship came ploughing
after them, aad de Bernis went
down the companion and crossed
the waist, te lower himself through
an open scuttle to the deck below.
He dropped from the brilliant
blase of a cloudless day into a
gloom that was shot at regular in
tervals by narrow wedges of sun
light from the larboard gunports.
under tne direction ox Purvey.
the guns were being run out and
made fast. . '
Stooping almost double ia that
confined space, with the reek of
spun yarn in his nostrils, de Bernis
busied himself ia taking stock of
the material with which he was to
endeavour to command the for
tunes of the day.
In the great cabin. Miss Priscffla
and Major Sands broke their fast,
happily ignorant of what was com
ing. They marvelled a little at the
absence of the Captain, and they
marvelled a um more at the ab
sence of their fellow passenger. But
rendered sharp-set by the sea air.
and having waited a reasonable
time to satisfy the demands of
courtesy, they yielded to Sam's soft
invitation to table, and with the
Negro to wait upon them fell to
with an appetite.
They saw the soft-footed Pierre
enter and pass into his master's '
cabin, bearing a bundle. To the
question Miss Priscilia addressed
to him, he answered after his usual
laconic fashion that Monsieur da
Bernis was on deck and would
breakfast there. He collected from
Sam some food and wine, and went
off, to bear it to bis master on the
gun-deck.
They thought it odd,but lacked
curiosity to investigate.
After breakfast, Miss Priscilia
went te sit on the cushioned stern
locker under the open porta. Mon.
sieur de Bernis' guitar still lay
there; where last night he had left
it. She took it up, and ran inexpert
fingers carelessly aeross the
strings, producing a jangle oJ
sound. She swung tideways upos
the locker, and turned her gaze
seaward.
"A ship!" she cried, ia pleases1
excitement, and by the cry brought
Major Sands to stand beside her
and to stare with her at the great
black ship driving forward ia theb
wake.
The Major commented upon tht
beauty of the vessel with the sut
aslant across her yards, lending
cloud effect to the billowing canvai
under which she moved; and foi
some time they remained there,
watching her, little suspecting the
doom with which her black flanks
were pregnant.
Neither of them observed the al
tered course of the Centaur, obvi
ous though it was rendered by tht
position of the sun. Nor at first did
they give heed to the sounds of on.
usual bustle that beat upon the deck
ovei jead, the patter of feet, th
dragging of tackles, or again to
the noisier movements is the ward
room immediately underneath them.
wnere tne two orass curverins that
acted as stern-chasers were beina
run out under the orders of M
sieur do Bernis;
(Te Be Ceatiaaea)
Cm 11UW. IMS. hr Satul 1,1ml 1 1
Diirita4 kr Kiac Futea Sndicate. Iae
health la other ways. It increase
our resistance te tnfectloaa.
When there la a lack of vitaznii
C, there probably will not be aa acuti
attack ef scurvy, as X have said, bul
the absence ef "pep" Is noted. Con
ttnued deficiency of vitamin C causet .
pains in the Joints. These symptom!
may be mlstakea for rheumatism e '
artnritla.
GesereJ Fatigue
In a severe case of scurvy, the skis
assumes a peculiar paUor. The gum .
are swollen and the teeth become sea
sttive and loose. There is mente
aad physical fatigue. The appetrb
Is lacking. -There ts a general run
down" condition.
Most ef as are familiar with tht
value ef fresh fruits end vegetables
Yet how many ef us neglect te In
dude these important food sub
stances In the daily diet. The free)
products ef garden and orchard ait
within the reach ef everyone. It ft
a mistake aet to eat them.
The citrus fruits are among th
most valuable of the entt-seorbutice
They should be given te Infants, at
wen as to older children and adults
Strained orange Juice may be gives
to an Infant aa early as the thtrt
month.
Scurvy ts a preventable disease
Since certain foods protect yes
against this disease. Include them if
your daily diet.
If year children do not progress ts
school as they should. If they fall ta
cut geod teeth and te possess tb
normal energy, yea may suspect
what wo call "hidden scurvy. Cor
rect the diet and aQ win be wen.
"-Answers to Health Queries
Q. What could be the cause ef
swelling ta the sbdomea Just after a
krht mealTj .
i A Your 'trouble may be due to
hyperacidity or tndigestloa. Per fun
particulars restate your ouesUoa and
sead a stamped; self addressed on
velope, . ' ' : r;;:"
u 'CeptrrtfU, xti. JC. F. aVJaoJ f
eurely wrapped about tho front .
wheels. - ' .
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