SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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SYNOPSIS
George Me Audi nd was 38 year« old
When he sailed from America to under­
take his post as a missionary tn the Fiji
Islands. A crime he had committed in
a fit of excitement had shattered all hia
confidence in himself He felt forced to
avoid pretty Mary Doncaster, who board­
ed the ship at Honolulu
She was en
route to visit her parents, who were mis­
sionaries on Gilead Island. Mary was
attracted b.v George's attempts to avoid
her. One day George accidentally fell
overboard Mary unhesitatingly dove into
the sea to rescue George, who falls tn
love W’ith her. When the boat approached
her home on Gilead Island, they learned
that Mary's patents had both died
George volunteered to take charge of
the mission and asked Mary to be his
wife She accepted his clumsy proposal,
and they left the ship to live in her for­
mer home on the island. The scanty
dress of the natives shocked George at
first, but he soon became reconciled to
their customs
Mary discovered that
Corkran. a sailor friend of George's, had
come there to help George and Mary if
they needed him. Their peaceful life
was interrupted one day when a ship
stopped in the harbor in search of
Claris They see tie pearl divers at-
eked and their senooner sunk by a
pirate ship The pirates head their boat
toward the bay near their village. George
sends Mary inland for safety and walks
down to the beach alone and defense­
less Natives carry him back to Mary
hours later, shot through the shoulder
NaUves killed the pirates that night and
set their boat afire. The long-awaited
whaler, the Venturer, arrived Marv was
told that Its captain had died, and that
his sons. Richard and Peter Corr, were
now in charge as captain and first mate.
She liked Richard, but was told by Peter
that he publicly laughed at her affection.
George was a sick man when the Ven­
turer arrived. George agreed to leave
the Island when he saw that the epidemic
among the natives was caused by his
consumptive condition
A native gave
Mary a small bag of pearls as a fare­
well present. The attitude of the crew
toward Peter bothered Mary, so she de­
cided to find out if he was really re­
sponsible for the death of a seaman who
had been killed while whaling.
CHAPTER X—Continued
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Then she saw Richard swing the
steering oar in a great sweep, and
the whaleboat swerved on a pivot to
let the whale slide by; and instant­
ly it darted in again till she thought
the bow would ride up on that huge
body Just awash. Richard's great
voice was like a trumpet
"Sock him. Pip!"
—
She saw Big Pip, knee braced In
the clumsy cleat, the heavy harpoon
By W. H. PETERS
poised, drive it in and down; and
fPre/esser •/ Aaimal Nuskaedry,
instantly, before the boat veered
l/aivers«ty Farm. St. Pau/.)
off again, he sank the second iron.
Whole soy beans as raised and
Big Pip swept the loose coils of the
threshed on the farm have a high
box warp overboard. He and Rich­ feed value, but the feeder should
ard changed places, scrambling use caution In making up his ration
over the oarsmen, who bent low to include such beans. On the basis
over the thwarts to let them pass.
of experiments carried out to eval­
By the time Richard was in the bow uate soy beans in the live-stock
and Big Pip at the steering oar, ration, several guides have been es­
the whale saw the boat riding there,
tablished.
and lunged toward them; and the
(1) Do not feed soy beans in ex­
men swung hard on the oars, and
cess of 10 per cent by weight of any
Big Pip dodged out of the whale's
grain ration for any type of ani­
path and in again. Mary saw Rich­
mal. If beans are fed more heavily
ard drive home the lance, deep into
than this, the high oil content will
that black side.
cause scouring and disturbances of
Mary saw only a smother of con­ the digestive system. If fed heavi­
fusion. action too swift to follow; but ly to such animals as high produc­
the men on the Venturer and in Mat ing milk cows, fattening hogs, cat­
Forbes’ boat, watching more wisely, tle or lambs, such animals will in
knowing without seeing what went two to three months’ time lose their
on in that fury of torn water, saw taste for the beans and voluntarily
that Richard was as wild with the cut down on their eating.
heat of battle now as was the whale.
(2) Soy beans fed in excess of 10
For after a desperate minute or
per cent of the ration to dairy cows
two of this in-and-out fighting, he
may cause soft butter. Likewise,
closed with his antagonist Under
overfeeding of fattening hogs on
his strong commands, the men
beans is quite certain to produce
hauled in on the line till the boat
soft pork.
was close against the whale's side.
(3) In so far as possible soy beans
Richard reached far over the bow
to grip the line and draw the boat should be fed whole without being
further forward along the whale's ground at all. They are Just as pal­
atable In the whole form as sfter
body, and while close alongside,
Richard drove the lance deep and they ere ground. Because of their
deep again, searching for that huge high oil content, soy beans become
reservoir in which the whale stores rancid and objectionable in odor and
fresh blood for his long stays under taste very soon after being ground.
water and which whalemen call the If they must be ground to fit in
with the rest of the ration, they
"life.”
.
should be crushed only medium fine,
The whale could not bite them,
and a fresh supply prepared once
nor could its flukes strike the boat.
But If It rolled toward them, they each week.
must be crushed under its body and
(4) Such practices as cooking or
left helpless in the water. Big Pip soaklfig soy beans before feeding
bawled:
them have not proved necessary or
profitable.
“Ware roll, Cap'n!”
Richard, braced and firm, •>
(3) Whole soy beans have their
much a part of the boat as though he most satisfactory use in feeding
were nailed to it, drove his lance
when they are fed as a small part
again. Tommy screamed:
of the grain ration to fattening cat­
"There he rolls!”
tle and lambs and high producing
But the whale rolled away from
milk cows.
the boat, not toward it; and in so
doing, its under parts were for a mo­
ment exposed.
The whale rolled over and over in
a smother away from them; and
An egg is 70 per cent water!
suddenly its flukes lifted high and
That is a fact that C. F. Parrish,
then it was gone, and the tossed extension poultryman of N. C. State
water began to quiet where It had college, constantly impresses upon
disappeared.
poultry raisers in urging that they
“Sounded!” Tommy cried.
provide their flocks with plenty of
Mary could see the line now snak­
clean water in convenient fountains
ing out over the bow of the whale­
“Arrange for some heated water
boat, the bow sagging downward
fountains
for the flock to use during
and then rising with a Jerk as Joe
Sassnet kept a strain on the line this cold weather. Water consump­
around the loggerhead, yielding only tion is greater when the chill is
when be must. Richard in the bow taken off. and the more water a hen
was leaning forward to look straight drinks, the more and the larger her
eggs,” Parrish added.
down into the water, lance in hand.
The specialist also warns that
The bow of Richard’s boat rose
suddenly as the strain upon the line drafts through openings in the back
was eased. "Haul !.«rd!” Big Pip and ends of the laying house should
shouted. Sassnet took line hand over be eliminated by closing such open­
hand. Richard spoke over his shoul­ ings. "Winter is the time to make
der. not turning his head, watching money from egg production, when
the wa’er under them.
the supply is short,” he said. "There
is a surplus of eggs only during
“Ready ;■”■«!” he said crisply.
about six weeks in the spring. That
Then men poised. Suddenly he cried:
leaves about 48 other weeks in the
“Stan> all! Hard astern!"
The oars bent like bows; the boat year that our homes and home mar­
darted backward like a squid. Then kets are not amply supplied with
for a moment from where Mary quality eggs.
“By selecting chicks of good
stood on the Venturer's deck, boat
and men were alike blotted out of breeding, and by proper housing and
sight, hidden behind a vast black feeding, the farm flock can be man­
column with a blunt end which rose aged so as to produce eggs every
ponderously out of the water, the month in the year.”
white mouth gleaming, the bent Jaw
opening and closing in a vicious fu­
tility.
That black mass that was the
whale's head rose and rose, slow and
Soybean production this year is
slower till it vabove the level of
the Venturer’s decks, till Mary indicated to be 81,500,000 bushels,
thought it would never stop ascend­ approximately 8,000.000 bushels be­
ing. It seemed to poise and hang low the 1939 production, estimates
for a moment, and then ponderous­ the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Eco­
ly toppled forward, parting the wa­ nomics.
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ter like a plow; and she saw the
Tests conducted at Oregon State
boat safe, secure, beyond the flukes.
Then the whale spouted, and its college show that fence posts with
spout now was a thick crimson the butts charred do not last as well
cloud; and Mary saw Richard strike as untreated posts, but green posts
a sharp blow at the line with a treated with a salt combination last
hatchet, saw its free end disappear. almost indefinitely.
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She cried, sick with sudden dis­
Present indications are that an all-
appointment: "Oh, he’s let it go!”
"It’s dying!” Tommy Hanline told time high of 8,000,000 bales of cotton
her, proud of Richard. "He always will be used in the United States
cuts before the flurry unless there's alone during the coming year, al­
another boat that might get fast. though exports will not exceed two
He don't take chances when there's million bales.
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no need of It.”
The
current
Canadian
wheat crop,
The spout vzas a fountain of blood
as the whale again began to move, estimated at 581,000,000 bushels,
but there was no long flurry. Too probably exceeds domestic require­
much o' lh< creatures strength was ments by 275,000,000 bushels, report
already spent. It ♦urged a little U. S. department of agriculture for­
forward, lay still, seemed to turn eign experts.
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half on its side, laboriously righted
A milking cow should never get
itself.
“Fin out!” said Tommy Hanline, more than four tablespoons of cod-
and he looked up at Mary with shin­ llver oil per day.
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ing eyes.
The.
was at that a quick and
instant stir upon the Venturer. Mat
Forbes at a word from Richard ran
halfway up the mizzen ratlines and
shouted to the men aloft io make
haste with the topgallant sails. Rich­
ard came to the port rail to look off
across the leaden sea. Mat Forbes
spoke quietly to Richard on the deck
below him.
“Sharks at him, Cap’n Corr.”
Richard nodded.
“All right Clear boats and stand
by to lower.”
Feet moved along the deck to
obey. Mat Forbes, descending to
the deck, said quietly:
“Whale's moving this way, sir."
Richard looked at the weather to
the westward.
He watched the work, watching
the Venturer come to and fall off
lazily.
The whale drew nearer; and even
from the decks they could see now
his efforts to beat off his attackers.
He surged to and fro, flukes now and
then rising ponderously; and as the
fight came steadily nearer them,
they could hear the thrash of the
flukes, the sigh of the spout, the
broken water when he drove this
way and that Peter, standing with
George and Mary although his men
were ready by his boat yonder,
moved restlessly.
“There's something wrong with
him." he muttered, “or he'd have
driven them off by now. Might be
he's hurt or sick or something. May­
be he's got an iron in him.” He
licked his lips in a nervous tremor.
Richard said Just behind them:
"Weather coming, Peter; but we'll
Richard said grimly: "I’ve no­
ticed a lot of trouble made, more
than once, by trying to be responsi­
ble for other people’s business.”
“Do you seriously mean to bribe
your men to obedience by turning
them loose like wolves on these help­
less girls?” George's eyes were hot.
“Playing on their weaknesses. Just
as you played on my weakness at
Gilead, told me I was killing the
islanders in order to make me come
away."
Richard said after a moment qui­
etly: "Maybe 1 was wrong. Maybe
Td best have let you stay." He hesi­
tated, said at last curtly: "Mr. Me-
Ausland, do as you like; but I’ll
have to run the ship my way.”
He turned away. Peter had joined
them in time to hear the last word.
“Dick takes his Job too hard. He's
all blown up with it!”
Manr ignored him, urged: “Per­
haps Richard's right, George. And
even if he isn't, be must do as he
thinks wisest Come down to the
cabin with me.”
But George declined to do so. “I’ll
not shut my eyes,” he said. “I'm
not a coward.”
So they stayed on deck that day
while the work of provisioning the
ship went forward.
They could not be ready to de­
Sock him, Pip!
part that afternoon; and the boats
stayed ashore well into the night try for him anyway. Ready to low­
Next morning they made to sea.
er?” The Venturer, counter-braced,
Mary hoped that once they were still made a little way. He called
away George would forget his anger to Mat: “Back the cro-jack yard,
at Richard; but he did not and for Mr. Forbes.”
days after they left the island, the
The men leaped at Mat's com­
few minutes they all spent together mand.
at the table were made awkward
“Dick, he’s a crooked Jaw,” Po-
by her husband’s wrathful silence, ter exclaimed. “He's ugly. He'.l
and by Richard's defensive dignity. be a fighter; and if he busts a boat,
The stop for provisions had al­ the water’s full of sharks.”
tered not only the humor of the
His voice cracked as be spoke,
crew but the very appearance of and Richard looked at him briefly.
the Venturer. They had taken on "Mr. Forbes and I will lower,” he
tremendous quantities of fresh decided then. “You keep ship, Pe-
fruits. A huge cask lashed to the ter.”
port rail was full of green coco­
Peter cried sharply: “He'll bump
nuts. Bunches of bananas hung un­ us, the way he’s beaded! • 9
der the boat house and wherever
The Venturer was almost motion­
else room could be found. The po­ less. the whale now close aboard.
tato room where Tommy Hanline Mary had been watching Peter, sick
slept was so full of yams and plan­ and ashamed at what she saw; but
tains and breadfruit that Tommy had at his word she turned to look and
to crawl over them to reach hia saw the whale, close now, rolling
bunk.
blindly on its back to bite; and she
Another change took place in the saw the thrashing body of a great
routine aboard after they left the shark caught in its Jaws and cut in
island. George remembered his call­ two. She cried out in awe and ter­
ing, and with the air of one expect­ ror at the sight.
ing a refusal, asked Richard’s per­
mission to hold a Sunday morning
CHAPTER XI
service on deck. Richard consent­
ed, and the thing was done. Mary
The whale righted itself and came
suspected that Corkran was respon­ quartering toward their bow in a
sible for the quiet and respectful sudden rush. Richard leaped for­
demeanor of the men when they as- ward into the waist as though with
sembled; but when George began his own hands to fend the creature
to speak, he held them. George, off; and an instant later it shoul­
facing an audience, had a spiritual dered against the Venturer’s side.
authority and dignity that were fine Mary, looking down, saw the great
to see. She realized, while she lis­ black bulk in the water, and the
tened, that her attitude toward her slender gray shapes of the sharks in
husband had always been protec­ attendance. George clung hard be­
tive; her tenderness a little conde­ side her, and Peter gasped:
scending.
"Godfrey, Dick! He’ll sink us!”
She told him afterward how proud
Richard ran aft toward where his
she was, and Richard also spoke to boat hung. The whale drew off, cir­
George gratefully and appreciative­ cling slowly, lifting his head as
ly. She hoped the constraint be- though in an effort to locate the ship
tween them would be forgotten. But for a new attack. Richard called
George did not relent at all; and briskly:
matters were still thus tight and
"Lower away, Mr. Forbes! Peter,
strained in the cabin, on the day get the Brand gun. Sock a bomb into
when at last they sighted a whale. him if he comes near the ship
A wnaier may kill and save in again.”
the course of a voyage two or three
His boat struck the water with a
dozen whales; and she may kill oth­ smooth precision. The boats were
ers and lose them by sinking or in carried to port, Richard’s farthest
a sudden gale. Most of her captures aft. Mat’s forward.
are routine; but now and then a
Mary felt young Tommy Hanline
whale makes trouble. Whit hap­ hanging to her arm, his small hands
pened to the Venturer today was one tight as a tourniquet. Mat’s boat
of those extraordinary and isolated hit the water; but Richard had al­
phenomena which become legends; ready darted away from the Ven­
and it would take its place in whal­ turer’s side, the long oars bending as
ing lore.
the men put into them every ounce
One of the sailors aloft, a New of strength. Mary thought for a mo­
Bedford man named Gibbons, called ment the boat would meet the whale
down tn the after deck:
head on; and she heard a voice
"Sparm whale on the port quar­ scream a warning, and knew it was
ter, sir, about two miles off."
her own.
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She tried to speak and found her
throat dry and constricted. She
whispered: “Is it dead? Did Rich-
ard kill it?”
George, at her tone, looked at her
quickly; but Tommy said in high
pride: “Yes! That was pretty won­
derful, wasn’t it?”
"Yes,” she said, not seeing her
husband’s eyes.
(TO HE CONTINUED)
Friday, Ian. 3, 1941
A winter cover crop returns to the
grower many times his investment
in seed, fertilizer, and labor by con­
serving soil, moisture and fertility.
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English farmers are being urged
to gather acorns, horse chestnuts
and beechnuts to eke out the feed­
stuff supply of farm animals and
thereby release tonnage for other
needed imports.
IT WAS a bride of ten years who
1 reminded me of blanket protec­
tors.
1 say bride because her
home still has the immaculate
freshness of a bride's house. Her
wool blankets have never been
washed or cleaned, yet their soft
light colorings show no sign of
soil. She brought out some long
pieces of cotton material; ”1 baste
these over the tops of the blan­
kets,” she said "and change them
every few weeks.”
I thought of some dainty bed lin­
ens that I had seen all trimmed
in flower sprigged cotton print.
Why not make flowered blanket
protectors to harmonize with blan­
ket colorings? Here is one that
would go with either rose or blue.
It is easy to hide basting stitches
that fasten it temporarily to the
blanket by slipping them along in
the pink or blue binding as shown.
One lengtfi of material as long us
the width of the blanket will make
a pair of these protectors. A half
yard extra of the flowered material
will face a matching pair of pfl-
low cases.
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th. HOUSE
to the Housewife
Add peeled, quartered spples
when you roast lamb or veal. The
apples add a delicious flavor and
give a soft topping to the roast.
see
In all but baked dishes, flavoring
extracts should be added when the
food is cool, otherwise much of the
flavoring will vanish in steam.
More food value is preserved
when a vegetable is baked in its
skin than when it is steamed or
boiled.
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Two or three minutes after you
have started your gas or electric
oven, open the door for a second
or two, to let out the damp air.
SOS
The oven will then heat in a much
A weekly bath in hot soap suds shorter time.
will not only make a broom sweep
cleaner, but will make the broom
To keep cheese fresh for some
last longer.
time, cover it over with a thin
SOO
coating of paraffin. When ready
Finger tips of gloves mend much to serve remove the paraffin.
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easier if a thimble is slipped into
the Anger to be mended.
Fruit cake makes n delicious
os»
pudding if served with a sauce.
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Always remove the wranpings
from fresh meats before storing
Orange juice as a substitute for
in the refrigerator.
vinegar will give a new and de­
liciously piquant flavor to French
dressing. Select the thin-skinned
Made Rather Bad Guess
yellow oranges when, us here, the
amount of juice is the first consid­
In Dark of the Nipht
eration.
These are always the
juicier.
Podkins had been walking about
all day looking for lodgings.
When darkness came he was still
searching. At last he noticed a
walks to town most every day” saya
card in a window.
"Good evening,” he said to the Oklahoma druggist.“Used ADLER-
woman who appeared at the door IK A last 15 years.” ADLERIKA
contains 3 laxatives for quick bowel
in answer to his knock. "I’m here action, with 5 carminatives to relieve
in reference to the card in your gas pains. Get ADLERIKA today.
window.”
AT YOUk DRUG STORE
"Oh, yes! How many might you
want, sir?”
Forgive Most
"Only one. You see, I’ve had a
Those who have withstood the
row with my landlady—”
"But you’re not going to pelt her severest temptation, who have
practiced the most arduous duties,
with it, are you, sir?”
who have confided in God under
"Pelt her with a room?”
"Room?
I’ve got no rooms. the heaviest trials, who have been
That
card
reads
’New-Laid most wronged, have forgiven
most.
Eggs.’ ”
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