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kick of her feet thrust herself up-
ward, swung one leg over the gun­ •
wale. clambeied in. Ttie mate said:
"Here's my coat. Miss Doncaster."
When they came alongside, the >
rail was lined above them. A sailor •
gave Mary a hand up. cupping her •
foot in his palm, and Captain Keen i
reached down to help her. On deck.
Mrs. Gale had a long coat to put :
around the girl.
Mrs Gale said: "Run and change.
Mary.” But the girl stayed a mo­
ment to be sure George was all
right. They were rigging a whip to
hoist him aboard, since he was still
too weak from the shock of his im­
mersion to help himself. The mate
and the sailors watched him grave­
ly. Mary, understanding that he
would not want her to see him
thus, went below, leaving him to
other hands.
George even when he was safe on
deck was barely able to stand. John
Gale said to him: • Well. It s lucky
for you Miss
Doncaster was
aboard.”
"Yes. I'd have drowned. Where
is she?"
"In her cabin, changing."
"1 want to thank her.”
"Later, The first thing is dry
clothes for you, and a noggin of
| faction,
“I think that's the first
question I ever heard you ask.” she
George McAusland was M years old
declared. "Yes. of course I do. After
DICTATOR'S MENU
when he sailed from America to under­
all. I've only been away eight or
take his post as a missionary in the Fiji
( ' 'Correspondents could see
Islands A crime he had committed in a
nine years "
dictators dining in the train,
fit of excitement had shattered all his
"You seem glad to come back." could not see what they were
confidence tn himself He (elt forced to
avoid pretty Mary Doncaster, who board­
"Of course! I'm coming back to ing."—News Item )
ed the ship at Honolulu She was en
m.v home, is my father and moth-
route to visit her parents, who were
Benito—I'll bet they’d like to know
er! This is where I live, really. I
missionaries on Gilead Island. Mary
whnt we're eating.
was attracted by George'a attempts to
just went away to school, you know.
Adolf—Public curiosity is a queer
•void her.
By C. B WILLIAM*
I lived with my aunt in New Bed­ thing.
(Haad. N. C Stall Ctllfit Agronomy
ford. Aunt Patty Hanline. Uncle
Dfpnimfitt)
Benito—Maybe we should an­
Tom was away all the time; only nounce the menu.
CHAPTER I—Continued
Legumes plus proper fertilization
came home twice. He's mate on
Adolf—Let 'em guess. What kind hold the key to fertile, productive
the Venturer. Cap'n Corr's whaler." of soup is this?
soils.
"So you're sorry for that poor
George echoed: "A whaler?" He
Benito—English beef soup.
The most practical method in
young man?" John Gale asked.
said with a strong distaste: "Cork-
Adolf (indignantly) — Now look building up the productive power of
“Yes," said Mary. He’d be nice
ran’s told me stories about the here . . .
Boils culls fur the proper growth and
if he didn’t think he had to be so
whalers, the whaleships. They’va
Benito—You’ll like it. I had two handling of suitable lcg\ime crops in
severe! And when I speak to him. he
ruined these islands."
Englishmen boiled in it especially rotation with properly fertilized ma­
jumps as though I’d stuck a pin in
jor crops.
"Whalers aren't so bad.
him. Mrs. Gale says he wants to
New for you.
Adolf (skeptically)—You and who
The mere growing of legumes does
talk to me and doesn't know how.
Bedford's full of them, The Ven-
not assure added fertility unless
He'd feel so much better if he just
turer is a fine ship. I know Cap'n else?
these crops are handled properly.
did.”
Corr, His sons are mates aboard
Benito—You’ll like the fish course. If the legumes are removed from
"You think he does want to talk
her. I knew them both in New Bed-
Adolf—What kind of fish?
the field, leaving on the land only
to you?"
ford, Peter was in the same school
Benito—Brenner Pass pickerel
the stubble and roots, their use in
"Of course! Why shouldn’t he? I'm
with me; and Richard too, for a
Adolf—I thought we were going to this manner alone will prove a delu­
young, and pretty, and friendly, and
whilig years ago. He went to sea
nice; and he's not nearly as old as
as cabin boy first, and then came have man-eating shark. I love iL sion so far as being an effective
he thinks he is. You watch him,
home and came to school for two Some of my best friends are man- means of increasing the producing
sometime, when I’m talking with
years, and then went fourth mate eating sharks. What about that Suez power of the soil in ■ permanent
way is concerned.
Joseph Neargood.”
with his father again.” Her eyes shad I asked you to get?
Effective methods of increasing
Benito—Ahem. It was out of sea-
were dancing, amused at his ex­
They heard a cry forward, and
the fertility of soils must be those
pression. "I thought Richard was son.
Mary leaped past the old man to
that will leave the soil at the end of
pretty wonderful, and Peter too. of
look overside. George McAusland
Adolf—Now for the meat course. each year fairly well supplied with
somehow had fallen off the stage,
course. Richard was so shy he hard­
thoroughly decomposed orgunic mut­
ly looked at me. but I worshiped What is it?
had toppled into the sea.
ter and an increasing umount of
him. You know how little girls are." • Benito—Lamb.
"He can't swim!” Mary Doncas-
rcudily available plant foods. Thia
Adolf
(excitedly)
—
Lamb!
Lamb
ter exclaimed, The old minister
“I'm afraid 1 don't know much
will be the effect which the proper
for
Adolf
Hitler?
heard the hiss of tom garments:
about little girls.”
I
growth and hundling of Jcgumes will
and, an instant later, she stepped
She smiled. "Or big ones, either,
have on the land
out of her skirts and petticoats, and
do you, Mr. McAusland." she chai-
Anyone at all familiar with the
—slim and white in less encumber­
| lenged; and then she told him quick-
simple principles of soil manage­
ing apparel—vaulted easily over the
I ly: "But maybe you'll see them.
ment knows that fertility cannot be
rail into the sea.
Richard and Peter, I mean. Cap’n
maintained when the crops removed
The deck was a scurry of activity.
Corr promised to put in at Gilead
take off the land more plant foods
John Gale kept his eye fixed on
to see my father and mother on
than arc returned to it That's why
this voyage. Mother's Uncle Tom’s
these two dark spots that were
it's so important to turn under some
heads, in the vast waste of ocean,
sister. Maybe we'll find them at
Benito—I ordered lion, of course. of the legumes.
Gilead when we get there. I hope But there was some mistake. I feel
hidden as they dipped into the
The best time to apply ground
trough between great swells, lifting
so."
as out of place with lamb as you do. limestone Is from three months to
on the crests again into his view.
He asked in curiously thick tones:
Adolf—Take it away! It’s a won­ one year before seeding legumes.
"Why? Because you want to see der you don’t serve breast of dove.
This gives the stone sufficient time
«
your uncle again?”
Benito—How about a little turkey? to contact acid in the soil particles
CHAPTER II
Adolf—I’ve been after that all and counteract it.
"I want to see them all. of
ve g
The application of lime to culti­
course,” she said.
At the moment when Mary Don­
vated land should be made after
Benito—Do you care for tripe?
caster leaped overboard. George
He said, after a moment, almost
Adolf—It depends on who prepares plowing, and the material should be
was almost directly below her. She
wistfully: “Fve never known young
mixed with the topsoil. Little bene­
jumped wide of the vessel’s side in
men. My brothers were a lot older it
Benito—Well, if anybody can pre­ fit may be expected if lime Is plowed
order to clear him; and when she
than I."
under before being properly mixed
came to the surface again, the ship,
”1 know,” she assented softly. pare tripe I can.
• e
with the topsoil. On pastures it is
towering high, was gliding smoothly
“You haven't known young women
Adolf — Haven't you any frogs' only necessary to scatter the lime
away across the silent sea. From
either, have you?”
on lop of the sod; however, better
legs?
her decks shouts came back to the
"No.”
Benito—If anybody has frogs' legs results will be obtained If it can be
girl, and she saw the splash of a
She said, smiling in the darkness,
you should. How about a helping worked in by light harrowing.
grating thrown overboard, and knew
as though he were a child: “I knew
of spinach. It Is full of iron and is
help would come quickly.
Bat the girl stayed a moment to
you wanted to be friendly with me,
great for your strength.
But in the meantime this helpless
be sure George was all right.
but you didn't quite know how.”
Adolf—Spinach may be all that
George McAusland had sunk, sucked
“I want to be friendly with every­ it's cracked up to be. but I wish I
under in the burble at the ship’s rum. You're blue with cold. Come
one!"
knew what vegetables those British
stem. Mary swam toward the spot along."
The hen that lays the golden
"But specially with me, a littla, were eating.
where he had disappeared, and saw
George followed obediently; but
egg. and lays it regularly, can
• a
his floundering arm break the sur­ he refused the rum. He shook with don't you?” she urged. "Only you're
live as long as her less produc­
Benito (suddenly)—Ah, I forgot!
face. He coughed and gasped and a teeth-chattering chill till he had sort of afraid?"
tive sister, according to a five-
"I don't think so!" he protested, We're having lobster. I love lob-
muttered something; and she heard rubbed himself dry and glowing.
year study made at the Penn­
ster. It looks so warlike. Do you
the words:
Then he lay down under blankets to half-resentfuL
sylvania State college by Dr.
"Into Thy hands . . .”
"Oh, but you are,” she insisted. like it boiled or broiled?
warm himself, and slept till John
Dean R Marble, associate pro­
Adolf (fiercely)— I eat it shell and
,
She felt a hot impatience with him Gale came to rouse him for supper. “You’re afraid to do the things you
fessor of poultry husbandry.
all!
because he did not know how to
“All right?” the older man asked. want to do.”
"Many poultrymen believe that
Benito—Do you really like it that
swim, and because he now surren­ “I thought you were probably
He swung toward her as though
the high mortality of laying hens
dered so supinely. She cried: "Don’t asleep, needed sleep more than any­ startled; but someone spoke behind way?
is due to breeding for standards
Adolf—No, but it makes me seem
talk so silly! You’re not going to thing.”
them.
of egg production which are so
tough.
drown! You’re all right! I’ve got
Suddenly George sneezed.
high that the bird's physique is
“Yes, I'm fine. I’ll be along.”
you. Lie stilL”
weakened," Dr. Marble stated.
“You'd better go below, hadn't
But he was slow in dressing,
Benito
—
Now
for
the
dessert
Do
At her voice behind him, George dreading the necessity of meeting you?” she suggested. "You’ve taken
"However, during a five-year pe­
you like cake?
stiffened rigidly, and a little wave
riod we cut the mortality of se­
Mary and of thanking her. When cold.”
Adolf- Me. a cake eater!
crest lapped across his face and into
lected poultry In half and proved
he came out into the main cabin, the
He blew his nose. "I'm afraid I
his open mouth, and he gagged and
that we can breed longer-lived
others except John Gale and the have.” They went aft together. Mrs.
Benito—Do you care for raspber-
revolved in the water like a croco­
poultry without any loss in egg
Captain had finished supper and Gale prescribed hot lemonade, but ries?
dile twisting to tear off the gout of
production, egg size, or body
were already on deck. "Gone to George protested that he was all
Adolf-No but you and I stand a
flesh in which its teeth are set He
weight. Selecting and breeding
watch the sunset.” the old minister right, till he sneezed again. Then swell chance of having to stand fer
rolled over facing her and tried to
for all these characteristics is
explained. “It promised to be fine.” he consented to go below.
’em!
clutch at her. She dove instantly,
practical."
George was relieved at this post­
• • •
During the days that followed.
escaping his grasp, and ruthlessly
During the past decade mor­
ponement; but when he and John John Gale was pleased to see that
SUMMARY BY EITHER SIDE
caught his foot and pulled him un­
tality has been increasing. Dr.
Gale presently went on deck—the having taken the plunge. George no
1
der water. Then she slipped up past,
Marble claims. He believes that
sun was gone, the sky fading fast longer avoided Mary, They were
Vote for my man
him, clear of his hands that were
careful breeding could help to
to the deep blue of night—he faced much together, as often forward as
And unseat, oh,
like talons, and from behind him
solve the problem.
his duty. Mary was in the waist on the after deck,
Adolf. Josef
Under Corkran's
caught his collar again and drew him
with Mrs. Gale. He went toward instructions they
Benito,
And
practiced rope
to the surface.
them, and they saw him coming, and work and listened
Satan. rickets
to his tall tales,
She was on guard against any sud­
Mrs. Gale asked:
And all evils
Mary led him to talk of whaling;
den movement by George; but he
“All right now?”
Such as dandruff
and sometimes Corkran told of
now submitted, rigid as an oar. Yet
"Fine,” he told her. She said bloody battles with Leviathan that
And boll weevils!
he was heavy, and his clothes were
That crop yields decrease as soil
some approving word and went aft, made George's pulse pound, and
II
heavy, and the grating was farther
erosion increases is shown by testa
leaving him alone with Mary. He sometimes he made them laugh to
Moths and heartburn,
away than she had thought. Before
made on farms last summer by the
wished to ask Mrs. Gale to stay; gether in a gleeful incredulity.
Tonsilitis,
she reached it, she was tired, her
Soil
Conservation service.
turned to face Mary reluctantly. She
Grippe, hay fever—
heart pounding. The ship now was
They sighted the tip of Gilead’s
In tests made on five farms, it
smiled, understanding, and said
How they blight us!
almost broadside to. She hoped
highest peak one day as the sea cut
was found that fields with less than
quickly:
Tyranny and boils
someone aboard had had the wit to
the sun’s disk in half. At dawn they
25 per cent of the topsoil gone pro­
They grieve you . . .
"It
’
s
all
right.
You
needn
’
t
thank
keep an eye on them; and then she
were close aboard, or seemed to be,
duced 51 bushels of oats or 47 bush­
Vote for my man—
saw a man in the rigging, pointing me.”
although still ten or twelve miles
els of barley per acre; fields with 25
They will leave you!
"I want to,” he told her, blurting distant
in their direction; and when the next
to 50 per cent of the topsoil washed
• • •
swell lifted them, she saw a boat in out the words; and then he spoke
Mary was with Captain Keen, and
“The Japanese government has away yielded 42 bushels of oats or
the water between them and the the phrase he had decided was most George joined them and asked ■
entered
into this triple alliance for 28 bushels of barley per acre; fields
ship, the oars glinting in the sun, suitable. "I owe you more than I question; and Mary said:
peace and the development of the with 50 to 75 per cent of the topsoil
can ever pay."
racing this way like a spider.
gone produced 35 bushels of oats
“We'll come tn a big bay present­ world.’’—Premier Konoye.
Mary smiled. “I’m glad you feel ly, with room for a hundred ships.
She told George: “Hold on to the
or 23 bushels of barley, and land
Tweet!
Tweet!
grating. Don’t try to climb on it so much in debt to me. It will be It runs deep into the Island, over
with more than 75 per cent of the
• • •
Just hold on.” His fingers clutched fun to have you try to pay. Be two miles, and there’s a small is­
topsoil washed away yielded only
Representative
Starnes
of
the
Dies
the edge, and she released him and very nice to me, won’t you?” But land in the mouth of the bay,
23 bushels of oats and 17 bushels of
then she relented, seeing his em­ so there are really two ways in. committee says more than 600 Bund barley.
moved away out of his reach.
members
or
sympathizers,
all
He said humbly: "I can’t swim.” barrassment, and said quickly: “It The bay narrows all the way to
"There is an evident relation
I could the beach at the inner end. You’ll aliens, are known to have jobs in shown hefe between topsoil losses
She laughed, herself easier now. wasn’t anything, really.
eastern industrial plants making
"I noticed that! You’ll learn. Every­ have kept you afloat all day.”
see!” Her eyes were happy with war munitions and supplies, And and crop losses," says M. A. Thor-
“I’m sorry you had to . . ."He anticipation. “Father and Mother
one swims in the Islands. I could
finnson, soil conservationist "Sheet
swim before I could walk, I think. hesitated. "Well, I mean . . . Well, will come out to meet us,” she pre­ probably the Bund attitude is that erosion removes the top, or most
it
’
s
pretty
good,
for
a
start.
The boat’s near.” His teeth were I know how brave you were, how dicted.
productive layer of the soil. With
• • •
chattering. “You’re not cold,” she hard it was to do what you did.”
“Will they be keeping a lookout?” CANDIDATE FOR FIRING SQUAD each inch that washes away, there
said. “That’s just nerves. Don’t
Mary frowned a little, puzzled,
is left a material that is not only
“Oh no, but someone will see us.”
It always seems to be incredible
worry, we could float like this for and then suddenly understanding.
less productive, but that is more
A radish is considered edible.
days.”
’Oh, you mean because I took off a She pointed ahead. “That’s the en­
subject to erosion." *
trance,
Cap
’
n
Keen.
You
can
’
t
see
—Shirley Mae Williams.
She talked more and more swiftly, few petticoats?”
• • •
it yet, but that rock that looks like a
fighting to hold him up with words;
He insisted stubbornly: “I know
hill with no trees on it is the island
Nothin'* seems to me less valid
for under her eyes strength visibly what it must have meaijt to you.”
in the mouth of the bay.”
•lumbers in any salad.
Thai
Phenothiazine, a new and power­
flowed out of him. Yet he must
She touched his hand. "You’re
• • •
The Captain asked: "We go iu
ful drug which is now being used
hold on a minute more, a minute sweet; but honestly, I didn’t mind. I
TOUGH GOING
experimentally for treating sheep
more . . .
didn’t even think of it. Naturally I south of it, don’t we?”
It is going to be pretty hard, it and goats for worms, has been giv­
The boat reached them. The mate couldn’t swim in a lot of petticoats."
“Whichever’s easiest, according to
was in the stern; two sailors at the And she said, faintly amused: “You the wind. There’» deep water ev­ seems to us, for even the Japanese ing splendid results on flocks around
Columbia. Flocks that have been
oars. "Take him first, Mr. Chase,” know, Mr. McAusland, you’ll have erywhere, even close in to shore. to voice a salute such as ‘.‘Heil,
Yomawatcaskuo."
treated twice have been doing splen­
she said quietly. “He’s tiring.”
to learn to look at so many things The best holding ground is about a
And both Hitler and Mussolini didly. It takes about flve days after
They hauled George McAusland differently on the Islands; to learn mile this side of the beach.”
will look silly wielding a Japanese treatment to clean the animals of
over the gunwale, and he collapsed new ways."
Captain Keen nodded. Mary went
worms, and all worms are killed,
in the bottom of the boat between
"I hope instead of—learning their forward, George with her; and she fan.
• • •
except possibly some tapeworms.
the oarsmen and the mate. “I’ll ways, I can teach them ours. Do pointed out to him things familiar
Major Quisling is designing a net' Even the nodule worm«, which are
come in over the bow," she said. you remember a lot about your tn her eyes, which his could not yet
flag for Norway. Some people are so bad la cheep on some farms, are
The mate swung the boat and she childhood down here?"
perceive.
so sweet and considerate.
kOM.
caught the bow and with a deep
She looked at him in a quick satis-
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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