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ta g e on th e w est beach, w atch in g for
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M arla F ish cam e o u t an d stood be
side me, her arm s w ra p p e d in her blue
gingham apron, her h a ir w hipped
back by th e wind.
“C a p ta in com ing?” sh e asked.
“ Yes; he h as Ju s t left th e schooner
See. M aria; th e re ’s a m oto rb o at com
lug In. I w o n d er if it has been out
sid e.”
“ Looks like A nanias S line’s boat,"
rem ark e d M aria. “ H e goes o ut into
th e so und in all k in d s of w eather. Ana
Idas is a s good a sailor a s he is a
sto ry te lle r.”
“T h en he m u st be an ex cellen t sail
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o r!” w as my lau g h in g response.
W e w atch ed th e m otorboat approach
th e c a p ta in ’s dory and th e n sa w it
lead th e sm a lle r boat to th e s te a m
boat w h a rf, w h e re they m ade a diffi
cu lt lau d in g a t th e slippery wooden
steps. B u t th e re w ere m any h an d s to
help them .
“ W h at th e lan d are they all gabbing
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“T h e y ’re all g ath ered aro u n d
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years known as Best, S ' * \ ' - ys ’ eli ti>M
pies will be b u rn t to a crisp!” M aria
SOLD BY DRUGfilSTStv'.KYWHHF d a rte d in to th e house, an d I b u tto n ed
my sw e a te r closely around m y th ro a t
a n d w en t fo r a w alk along th e beach.
W hen I re tu rn e d I m et C a p ta in B a r
n ab a s a t th e g ate.
“ G et mo a b ite to e a t as soon a s you
In c o rp o ra te d
can, M a ria,” sa id th e cap tain as he
M a n u fa c tu r e r s of
s a t dow n in b is fav o rite rocking c h air
The C e le b ra te d B e rgm ann Shoe in th e so u th w indow . “I'm going out
T h e S tro n g e st and N earest W ater a g a in .”
I*r iof shoe m ade for loggers, miners “ W h ere?” d em an d ed M aria crisply.
p ro sp ecto rs a n 1 mill men.
“ A round to IU gb point. A n an ias h as
been out, an d he’s seen a sea se rp en t,
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and”—
P o r t l a n d , O beoon .
M arla tu rn e d a baleful eye upon her
h u sband.
“ Sea se rp e n t? " sh e rep eated sc o rn
OVER 6 5 Y E A R S '
fully.
“ B a rn a b a s F ish, tell m e the
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such u th in g ns a sea se rp e n t? ”
“ M arla. 1 do,” re tu rn e d th e c a p ta in
solem nly. “ I n ev er saw one, b u t I
h av e m et m any deep sen c a p ta in s who
claim ed to h ave seen sea se rpents,
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u n d e r th e sea an d In th e sk y th a n we
poor land p ira te s ca n ev er hope to
g uess a t.”
“T hen you believe In th is sea ser
| p en t of A n an ias?” p ersisted M aria.
| “ You really believe th a t th e re ’s a sea
I se rp e n t h ere In Long Isla n d so u n d ? ”
“ It is possible,” a d m itte d th e cap tain .
"A nd you believe it on th e w o rd of
j A n an ias S llue?”
*1 am open to conviction,” re tu rn e d
i C a p ta in B a rn a b a s cautiously.
“ C a p ta in B a rn ab as, w o n 't you ta k e
m e w ith you th is m orning?” 1 begged
Again open under
“ O ut In all th is la th e r of foam ?" he
new management
.asked Incredulously.
" I ’d love I t ”
“ All right. F url y o u r to p s’ls, Mis»*
Give us a cali
T ellium , an d you can com e alo n g .”
M arla g av e us a hot lunch w ith p len
ty of s u s ta in in g coffee befo re w e set
fo rth on o u r trip
“ You can b rin g m e hom e a piece ol
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scofflngly as w e d e p a rte d
“ You can count on It, M arin. If wt
sig h t th e c ritte r." reto rted her spouse
D eceitful.
It w as a rra n g e d th a t w e should ac
"M en a r e q u e e r an im als.” said th e
p essim ist. “T h ey a r e all m ore o r less com pany A n an ias S line in his m otor
d e c e itfu l.”
“ Oh, 1 d o n 't b elieve th a t,” replied th e
o p tim ist. “ I th in k th ere are plen ty of
people w ho striv e to lx* honest. I know O R E G O N a n d W A S H IN G T O N ’
I do. an d I d o n ’t give m yself credit for
b ein g an y b e tte i th a n th e m ajo rity of
V A D ir e c to r y o f each C ity, T o w n a n d
m en .”
j j V illa g e , g iv in g d e sc rip tiv e s k e tc h o f
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boat, and so w e beat o u r way a ro u n d
th e beach to th e ste a m b o a t dock.
T h e n e w s o f A n an ias's discovery hu d
flown a ro u n d th e village, uud w hen w e
set fo rth w e w ere accom panied by a
fleet o f bouts Ailed w ith th e hardy
boatm eu of Q uincy H arbor, fo r th a t old
port hus been th e borne of scores of
sailors, a n d shipbuilding Is still its
ch ief In d u stry .
N a tu ra lly , o u r boat led th e w ay. M r.
S llue hovered o v er th e w heel, his w iry
little form envelopi»d In u pea Ja ck et
a n d a n a u tic a l cap pulled low o v er his
sc an ty to w hair. Now an d th en he
tu rn e d a cold blue eye in my d ire c
tion, a n d I knew th a t A nanias w ished
th a t 1 w a s a sh o re w ith th e o th er w o
men of Q uincy H arbor.
Som ehow
A n a n ia s S llue an d I never seem ed to
bit it off. T h e re w as a carefu lly con
cealed m u tu a l dislike betw een us.
Yet A n a n ia s had m any ad m ire rs
am o u g th e fa ire r sex in Q uincy H a r
bor, an d th e re w ere sev eral w idow s
w ho w ould glad ly have risked a n o th e r
m atrim o n ial v en tu re w ith th e little
sto ry te lle r a t th e helm.
H ow th e w ind blew th a t O ctober
m orning! H ow th e sa lt w a te r w h ip
ped our faces as th e little bout b re a s t
ed th e w av es a n d m ade for th e h a r
bor’s m outh!
Beyond th a t n arro w
opening all w e could see w as th e lift
of w h ite foam from th e sound.
“ You’ll g it enough of it o u tsid e!”
bark ed A n an ias o v er bis shoulder
a t me.
I m ade som e careless reply, b u t th e
w ind to re th e w o rd s from m y lips,
an d be n ev er heard. T h e re w a s a
look of sm ug s a tis fa c tio n on h is m ean
little face as he b e n t o v er th e w heel
again. T h e re w as no d o u b t th a t A na
uias fe lt th a t he h ad en tire ly routed
me.
I w as a good sailor, fo r i loved th e
s a lt w a te r an d had been on It m ore or
less all my life, so 1 w as n ot a fra id .
I w as m ore fe a rfu l th a t th e sea se r
p en t would h ave v an ish ed an d th a t 1
would lose my only ch a n c e of ev er
seeing one.
C ap tain B a rn a b a s s a t in th e bow,
d rin k in g in th e w ind a n d th e sp ray
and su n sh in e of th e d ay w ith a sa ilo r’s
love of a n o r'w este r.
It w as not u n til w e w ere well Into
the sound an d had tu rn e d to th e east,
w h ere H igh point J u tte d a pine crow n
ed su m m it into th e blue of sea an d
sky. T h e beueb c u rv e d In sh a rp ly
here, an d once in th e sh a d o w of the
point w e w ere in th e lee o f th e w ind
and th e going w as a little better.
B ehind us th e o th e r b o a ts rose an d
fell on th e g re a t w av es like bobbing
corks.
A nanias beg an to ta k e a n alm o st hu
m an in te re s t in th e a ffa ir a t th is p o in t
H e tu rn e d th e w heel o v er to C a p ta in
B a rn a b a s a n d stood in tb e bow , one
h an d b e n t above b is brow .
H e peered to tb e r ig h t a n d h e scow l
ed to th e left, a n d su d d e n ly b e lifte d
his voice an d b aw led lu stily :
"T h e re sh e blow s!”
C a p ta in B a rn a b a s m otioned m e to
the w heel an d he jo in e d A n an ias Sline.
" W h e re ’s th e c r itte r ? ” d em an d ed th e
cap tain skeptically.
“J e s t a b o u t tw o p ’ln ts so u th o f e a s t,”
ex p lain ed A nanias, p o in tin g w ith a
stu b b y forefinger.
“ See t h a t d ark
sp o t—a n d th a t? J ip p ity C rusoe, b ut
sh e ’s th u tty
feet long—w h a t say,
en p’n ? ”
R e g ard less o f th e w heel, m y c u rio s
ity g ot th e b e tte r o f me, a n d I, too,
aro se a n d gazed in th e d irectio n to
w ard w b lcb all of them w e re now g a z
ing.
S u re enough, ab o u t a q u a r te r o f u
m ile a w a y , close in shore, th e re a p
p eared a b o u t tw en ty feet of ridged
back, th e n a n ex p an se o f w a te r w h e re
th e body w a s subm erged, th e n m ore
ridges, m ore w a te r, m ore re p tile c ro w n
ed w ith som e kind of a head th a t rose
and fell w ith th e sw ell of th e sea.
T h a t w as th e cro w n in g m om ent of
Mr. S line’s triu m p h . E ven 1, w ho h a d
d o u b ted h is v eracity In tb e m a tte r of
m arv elo u s a d v e n tu re s in w h ich be
claim ed to h a v e been engaged a t v a ri
ous tim e s In his stra n g e career, now
m en tally m ad e handsom e apologies to
A nanias.
T h is tim e he w as right. B efore us
w as th e v ery evidence of ou r eyes—a
sea s e r p e n t F ew had seen one, an d
th o se few h ad failed to produce th e ir
ev id en ce o f th e tr u th of w h a t they
had seen. B u t here w as A nanias, a
noted sto ry teller, n ot only seeing a
sen s e rp e n t, b u t ab le to confirm his
sto ry w ith tb e evid en ce of a sc o re of
his neighbors.
I s a t d o w n an d took th e w heel. B e
hind m e I h e a rd th e so und of ex cited
voices a s th e ex cited cro w d urged th e ir
boats ah ead .
T h e c a p ta in an d A n a n ia s stood th e re
In th e bow, th e ir a rm s in te rlo c k e d in
frie n d ly fash io n and th e ir heads to
g e th e r.
T hey had a p a ir o f stro n g
g lasses, a n d every tim e th e black body
of th e re p tile g listen ed in th e su n lig h t
one o f th em would glim pse it ag aiu
w ith t.he glasses.
Ag w e n e ared th e re p tile it su ddenly
su b m e rg ed , an d 1 w a s relieved of th e
w heel and told to w a tc h a h e a d closely
for its re a p p e a ra n c e w h ile th e tw o m en
m ade read y to c a p tu r e i t
C a p ta in B a rn a b a s w a s for c a p tu rin g
it aliv e and sellin g it to th e aq u ariu m ,
b u t A nanias w a n te d it, d ead o r alive.
T h e c a p ta in loaded a h eav y sh otgun,
an d A nanias b ro u g h t forth several
sh o rt harpoons w ith n ew lines f a s te n
ed in th e sh a n k s.
“ W e’re going to s e t you ashore. M iss
Tel ham ,” said
A n a n ia s
boorishly.
“T h is a in ’t no place fo r w im m in
folks.“
1 said nothing, fo r I knew th a t in
an en co u n ter w ith a n u n k n o w n d e n i
zen o f th e sen th e r e w ould be a s tro n g
elem en t of d a n g e r f o r me. So I took
th e glasses w ith me a n d allow ed th e m
to p ut me ashore. Im m e d ia te ly th e y
p ut out In th e d ire c tio n w h ere th e
sea se rp e n t sh o w ed o n e bony p ro tu
bernnee. I w a s g lad t h a t th e c r e a tu r e
w as so close in shore. By th e aid of
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th e g lasses I could w itness its cap
tu r e even b e tte r th a n if 1 b ad been
uboard th e bout.
I clim bed a g re a t gray rock an d
perched m y self th e re w ith tb e w av es
b reak in g a b o u t tb e base in sp la sh in g
ro ars th a t d ro w n ed all o th er sounds.
T h e re fo re th e c a p tu re of th e sea s e r
p en t a p p e a re d to m e m erely a s a p a n
tom im e
1 saw th e m o to rb o at n e a rin g th e
se rp e n t, an d 1 sa w the o th e r b o ats
d ra w clo ser to g e th e r as if th e ir occu
p a n ts bud p la n n e d co n certed a c tio n in
case th e se rp e u t should m ake a s a v
ag e c h a rg e upon th em
Many o f th em
bad g u n s, an d o n e o r tw o old w h alers
hud h arp o o n s like those A n an ias h ad
prepared.
I sa w A nunius in th e bow of th e
boat, one foot poised on tb e g u n w ale,
tb e h arp o o n lifte d fo r action.
T h en so m e th in g u n ex p ected h ap p en
ed. I b eliev e th a t th e sea s e rp e n t hud
se n t som e so rt o f a lash in g u p w ard
blow b e n e a th th e bout, for It su d d en ly
heaved u p w a rd a n d th en dow n ugaln,
and A n an ias p itch ed fo rw ard , a s it
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a p p e a re d , s tr a ig h t in to th e p lace w h ere
th e sea s e rp e n t’s head sh o u ld have
been.
I closed my ey es then, fo r 1 knew
th a t th e w a te r should be d ren ch ed
w ith a n ugly re d a f te r A n a n ia s an d
th e se a re p tile m e t b en eath th e w aves.
W h en I o p en ed my eyes a g a in th ey
looked u p o n th e s tr a n g e s t s ig h t Im ag
inable.
A n a n ia s S lin e rid in g triu m p h a n tly
in, a s trid e o f Hie sea m o n ster!
All tb e m en w ere sh o u tin g to g eth er,
an d th e ir v o ices b ro k e ab o v e tb e clam
o r of w in d a n d w ave, b u t I could not
u n d e rsta n d a w o rd th ey w ere saying.
All 1 k n ew w as th a t tb e sea s e rp e n t
w as h ead ed s tr a ig h t fo r th e pebbly
beach a t m y feet an d th a t p re se n tly
an in co m in g w a v e would to ss it Into
m y a rm s if 1 did n o t escape.
I escap ed a t once.
W ith all h a s te I sc ram b led d ow n
th e rock an d flew u p th e sa n d y beach
to a n a n c ie n t c e d a r tree, w h e re 1
clung b reath lessly .
T h en w ith a final h eav e a n d ro a r of
w a te r, a s if th e sea w as w e a ry o f its
denizen an d would glad ly s h if t th e
resp o n sib ility upon th e b ro ad sh o u l
d e rs o f m o th e r e a rth , th e se a se rp e n t
cam e ro llin g in —bobb in g in—g ro w in g
bigger an d b la c k e r an d sn a k ie r look
ing a s it un reeled Its le n g th from tb e
sea a n d w as to ssed on th e b each.
And tb e d o u ghty A n an ias, upon whom
1 had ju s t gazed as upon a n o th e r
Jo n a h , h ad com e in in triu m p h b e s trid e
th e th in g stre tc h e d its p ro saic length
on H igh po in t beach.
L ittle by little I began to realize
th e significance o f th e scen e. 1 saw
C a p ta in B a rn a b a s lan d w ith th e o th e r
boatm en . I c a u g h t g r e a t s n a tc h e s of
th e ir lau g h ter. Som e o f th e m en rolled
on th e beach iu a n ex cess of m e rri
m e n t I sa w A n an ias stiffly descen d
from th e head of h is c h a rg e r an d te a r
off his pea Jack et a n d co at, d isp la y in g
n arro w , sloping sh o u ld e rs a n d p u n y
fists to th e b itin g w ind.
T h e n l ra n dow n to th e s tra n d e d
sea thing. I p laced m y foot boldly on
Its h ead , an d I, too, laughed. A n an ias
tu rn e d upon me so fiercely th a t my
la u g h te r died in a n ap o lo g etic g u rg le.
S tre tc h e d on th e b each w a s a long
strin g o f em p ty oil b arre ls, fifty in all.
A nd fa ste n e d to th e end b a rre l w a s a
sh o rt sp a r, and d rap ed on th e sp a r
w as a g re a t rag g ed m ass o f se a w e e d —
th e m aned an d beard ed bead of th e
se rp e n t!
O f su ch th in g s a r e m any o f o u r te r
rors made.
C ap tain B a rn a b a s an d I could not
m ake peace w ith A n an ias H e r e tu r n
ed alone In liis m o to rb o a t, a n d w e
w ere ta k e n buck to Q uincy H a rb o r in
th e big skiff of S y lv e ste r Beebe. And
all th e w ay hom e w e lau g h ed a t th e
w ay In w hich w e had been ta k e n In
once ag ain by th e vivid im ag in atio n
of A nanias, even w h ile w e sp e cu lated
upon th e reason fo r tlie c a s tin g o v er
board of th e oil b a rre ls w ith tb e b it
of sp a r a t one en d th a t so clev erly
m asq u erad ed as a sea se rp e n t.
W hen we reach ed hom e C a p ta in
B a rn ab as solem nly laid a t h is w ife’s
feet a n em pty oil b arre l a n d h an d fu l
o f seaw eed
"M arla,” s:iid lie g rav ely , “ns I p ro m
ised. I h av e b ro u g h t you th e tip end
of th e sea se rp e n t's tail an d a lock of
his h a ir for rem em b ran cer*
i M aria gazed sc o rn fu lly upon th e
I souv en irs.
“ If th a t a in 't Ju st like A n an ias!” sh e
sniffed, and th en sh e lau g h ed .
..........
Salt F o r the Han d*.
T h e w om an w ho does h e r o w n h o u se
w ork will hud sa lt a n e x c e lle n t th in g
to keep h e r h an d s in good co n d itio n . II
for an y reason (h e sk in feels d ra w n , if
she has been bilged to use s tro n g soap
or w ash in g p o w d ers In h e r d a lly ta sk s,
th e b an d s should tie rin sed In a little
sa lt w a te r, an d tb e sk in will a t ohoa
i beco m e turn an d sm ooth.
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W i . ci M aking,
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w ould be ideal iu o n e locality m ay not
se rv e th e p u rp o se elsew h ere, an d tb e
m oney ex p en d ed m ay bring scarcely
an y re su lt in red u cin g th e cost of hau l
Ing or m ak in g it e a s ie r fo r th e farm ei
to g et to th e sh ip p in g point w ith hlr
crops
To aid th e fa rm e rs who w an t t<>
buiid th e ir ow n ro ad s an d a s sist com
m u n lties th a t d esire to Im prove roads
n e a r by. th e office o f pub lic ro ad s of
th e d e p a rtm e n t of a g ric u ltu re h as em
ployed e x p e rts to te s t all m a te ria ls and
stu d y th e ir u sefu ln ess on ro ad s sub
Jected to c e rta in traffic conditions. T be
office o f public ro ad s Is ac tin g In a n ad
visory cap ac ity to m any s ta te s an d
cou n ties, g iving a p ra c tic a l form of
n atio n al aid.
On ro ad s w h ere th e re is heav y traffic
it h as been found th a t c e rta in k in d s o f
m a te ria ls are b etter th a n o th e rs and
th a t w h ile one kind of b in d er m ay not
se rv e th e purpose, a n o th e r kind pre
se rv es th e road indefinitely Millions
of d o llars d o u b tless h av e been w asted
b ecau se of th e ab sen ce of th e scientific
know ledge.
“T h e re a re tw o w ay s in w h ich th e
en g in eer m ay av ail h im self o f th e in
fo rm atio n n ecessary to a p ro p e r selec
tion of road m ate ria l,” sa y s D irecto r
P ag e
“T h e only c e rta in one Is to
m ake a n ac tu a l se rv ic e te s t on th e
m aterial u n d er o b se rv atio n an d u n d er
th e sa m e cond itio n s o f traffic an d cli
m ate to w hich tin. proposed ro ad will
be su b je c te d T h is m ethod is im p ra c
tieal ex cep t in ra re in sta n c e s, d u e to
th e lap se of tim e b efo re d efin ite re
su its can be o b tain ed . T h e second
m ethod is, by m ean s o f sh o rt tim e lab
o rato ry te s ts , to a p p ro x im a te th e de
s tru c tiv e ag en cies to w h ich th e m a te
rial will b e su b je c te d on th e road, sup
p lem o n tin g th is k n o w led g e by a stu d y
of th e re su lts o b ta in e d in p ra c tic e on
m a te ria l o f a sim ila r n a tu re .”
Rose'ourg M yrtle Point Stage
And Auto Line
Leav« s M y rtle P o in t 5 a. m .
A rriv es Rose b u rg , n e x t day
L eaves R osehurg
6 p m.
A rr, M y rtle P o in t by 10 p. m.
M ake re se rv a tio n s in ad v an ce a t Ow 1
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