Friday, fob. 21, 1941
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Page 6
Pastel Wools, Silks Outstanding
In Spring Materials for M’Lady
By CHEKIE NICHOLAS
CHAPTER XVII— Continued
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When she ended. Mat Forbez
•poke.
“Ma’am. I'm not saying
you're right or wrong; but we've
nothing to go on.” "We've got to
look at it straight,” he pointed out.
“We can ask Mr. Cor^o go back;
but if he won't, why he's the Cap­
tain. We can't make him, unless
we know for sure."
To attempt to compel him in any
way, or even to disobey his com­
mands. was an action tainted with
mutiny; and Mat, as the whispered
discussion proceeded, repeatedly
pointed this out.
“He says Cap'n Corr was killed.
He’s logged it that way; and he
can't go back on that, if it's true
or not He’s got to stick to it; and
short of handling him, there's noth­
ing we can do.”
“But I know he’s lying,” Mary
pleaded.
“I know Cap'n Corr's
alive.” She felt Corkran's eyes upon
her; and she appealed to him.
“Don't you, Corkran?”
Corkran was a long moment in re­
plying; and before he spoke, his
eyes swung from her to George.
“Reverence.” he asked gravely,
“what do you say? Are you for go­
ing back?"
"Yes.”
“Would you be thinking to satisfy
the young lady, so she’ll know he’s
dead? Is that maybe it?"
"No. No. I'm sure he’s alive.
He's hurt maybe. If he weren’t
he’d have come to the boats. But
I think he's surely alive.”
"Then it's knowing he's alive that
you'll want to go back and get
him?”
"Yes, certainly."
Corkran stood up. and turning to
the mate, said simply:
"Mr. Forbes, if himself here says
go back, then I say go. If he said
not I’d say no; but we’ll do what
he’s wanting."
Mat Forbes nodded. "Yes, cer­
tain. I’d say go back, if we'd any­
thing to go on. But it's hard to say
to Peter that he's got to go back
without knowing something.”
"There’s a way to know,” Cork­
ran told him quickly. “Gee was with
them ashore. Whatever happened.
Gee knows. Gee's hated Cap'n Corr,
and talked killing ever since the
Cap’n had him flogged. Maybe he
was in this, maybe not; but what­
ever happened, he knows about it”
This was, clearly, true. If Peter
had lied about Richard's movements
on shore at Hoakes Bay. Gee must
know it Mary whispered earnestly;
"Yes, yes! Don't you see, Mr.
Forbes? Gee must know.”
CHAPTER XVin
A half hour later Corkran reported
that Gee. after some "persuading.”
had given him enough information
to justify turning back.
Mat titer, led the way into the
common room aft and he moved
with a certain heedlessness, careless
of the noise he might make. There
he lighted cne of the hanging lamps,
and Corkran lighted another; and
Mat turned toward the door of the
Captain's cabin where Peter was
asleep.
But before be could touch the
door, it opened and Peter faced
them. He stared from one to the
other. There were six men and Ma­
ry, against him alone.
Peter must have read their faces;
and guilt for a moment flickered in
his so plainly every man there could
see it. He leaped backward and
slammed the door shut; but before
he could bolt it, Corkran’s weight
against it forced it open and threw
Peter headlong against the cabin
wall, and Corkran after a moment's
struggle pinned him helpless there.
Then Peter, his voice cracking,
asked in a sharp panic: “What is
this, anyway? What’s the matter?"
Mat Forbes said: “Bring him out
here, Mr. Corkran.”
"What's the matter?” Peter de­
manded. “What is this, mutiny?”
Mary, watching him almost with
sympathy, thought again that his
beard was like a mask behind which
his eyes flickered.
Peter cried:
“Blast you, get out of here, back
where you belong!”
Mat Forbes spoke almost gently.
“Mr. Corr, we’re going back to
Hoakes Bay to find Cap'n Corr.”
“Find him?” Peter wetted his dry
lips. “He’s gone.”
“We’ll have a try, anyway.”
“You can’t And him. I told you
what happened to him!”
Mat said: “We’re going back to
have a look, and Gee tells a differ­
ent story.
“Gee?” This was Peter.
"Yes. He says you told him to
say a lion killed Cap'n Corr; but he
says Cap’n Corr never came out of
the tussocks on the way up the
ridge.”
“He’s a liar!”
“Not Gee. He wasn’t lying. He
knew it wasn’t safe to.”
“Then you scared him. A scared
darky will say anything you want
him to. I tell you he's lying.”
“We'll go back and see for sure.”
Mat asked almost pleadingly: “Will
you go along, sir? Or do we have to
iron you?”
Peter, seeming to consider, moved
absently toward the desk. He stood
with one hand on top of it, looking
down at it, his side toward them.
Corkran ha4 left the upper drawer a
little pulled out; and suddenly Pe­
ter’s hand dropped into that drawer.
But before he could fetch the
weapon clear, Corkran with a leap
bore him sidewise and down. The
heavy revolver clattered against the
edge of the drawer, was jerked by
his fall from Peter's hand. Mat
Forbes picked it up. Corkran held
Peter flat, twisted him on his stom­
ach. dragged him to his feet.
Peter was stony silent now. Mat
Forbes turned to Mary. “You and
Mr. McAusland move in here, into
these cabins," he said briefly. "I’ll
iron him to the mizzenmast.”
Later Mat came to speak to her.
He was white with strain, but his
voice was calm and steady.
"He’s secured." he said. "I’ve
left Mr. Corkran with him. and the
door's bolted between. You'll be
safe here. I'll go call the watch and
wear ship, make back for Hoakes
Bay. We’ll be there, with luck, soon
after day. Mr. McAusland can take
the Cap’n's cabin. You have yours."
It was upon Mat Forbes that the
responsibility for the Venturer and
those aboard her now fell. Half per­
suaded by Mary, and then convinced
by Gee's enforced confession, he had
accepted the necessity of leading
what was technically a mutiny. He
had not read that treason never
prospers, since if it succeed then
none dare call it treason; but he
understood quite clearly the im­
plications of his own position. If
Richard were found, dead or alive.
Mat’s action would be justified. If
Richard were not found, then he and
“I’U shoot you if you do!”
George retorted.
those who had supported him In
making*Peter captive were simply
mutineers, damned not only by the
laws but by all the tradition of the
sea.
;
So, for their salvation, Richard
must be found. Mat, on the way
back to Hoakes Bay, questioned Gee.
The Negro repeated that he and
Richard and Peter started through
the tall tussock grass up toward the
pond where the geese had lignted;
that they entered the grass abreast,
and became separated in its maze;
and that when he emerged at the
upper border of the grass, he was
first, and Peter presently appeared,
but Captain Corr did not Beyond
that he swore in beseeching terror,
he knew only what the mate had told
him.
"Believed what he told you, did
you?” Mat demanded.
"Yas, suh.”
Mat said evenly: "You’re a liar!
There wasn't any beach in the tus­
socks, nor any sea lions. You knew
well enough nothing like that hap­
pened to the Cap’n in there.” With
one strong motion he ripped Gee's
shirt off his back.
"Get a boat
spade, Rannels,” he directed. “Cut
a hole through his small, cut the
truth out ci him!”
Rannels said with a relish: "Take
my knife. It's nicked, and dull, and
jagged as a saw; but you can hack
a couple of rib chops out of him
with it.”
At the fearful picture Rannels’
words evoked, Gee surrendered alto­
gether and damned Peter beyond
denial. He said the mate had given
him a pearl, and promised him a
rich reward later, if he would tell
the tale and stick to it.
Gee appeared to have no more to
tell, but Mat had no remaining doubt
of Peter’s guilt. Yet even so it was
necessary that Richard be found,
alive or dead, for final proof. Mat
had no intention of evading the is­
sue. If Richard were not found, he
must release Peter and return him
to command, and himself submit to
the arrest that would follow when
the Venturer reached Stanley.
But if Richard were found, then
the situation would be in Richard’s
hands. So he must be found. Mat
decided that when they came to an­
chor again in Hoakes Bay, he would
send Corkran to command and di­
rect the search ashore. Corkran
was wise and strong. Mat himself,
clearly, had better stay on board
the Venturer. Someone must keep
an eye on Peter, and on Gee; for
the two prisoners and the ship her­
self were the key to the situation.
So Mat would stay aboard. He
meant to send ashore as many men
as possible, to prosecute the search
for Richard with the best chance of
success. George clearly could not
go. His strength would not permit
it. Mary would wish to stay with
her husband.
As matters developed, one other
man stayed aboard the Venturer.
After the anchor was down, since
the wind was freshening. Mat or­
dered the sails all furled. This
meant sending the men aloft. Hurd,
the little Cockney, descending after­
ward, in some way fell the last few
feet to the deck.
He landed on
his feet; but he howled with pain,
and when he tried to stand he could
not Apparently he had broken a
bone in his ankle, or suffered a
severe sprain; certainly he would be
of no use ashore.
So when the boats put off, twelve
men went in them; or rattier, eleven
men and Tommy Hauline Corkran
commanded one boat. Big Pip the
other. Seven men and Mary were
left aboard. Hurd was in the fore­
castle. Gee and Peter in irons be­
low, George in his bunk in the Cap­
tain's cabin, Willie Leeper in his
galley, and Mat and Rannels and
Mary on deck to watch the boats
depart
Rannels. like the other harpoon-
ers. was by the etiquette of the ship
restricted in his movements, forbid­
den to come to the after house ex­
cept on business. So while the boats
moved away from the vessel’s side,
he stood alone in the waist. Mary
and Mat were together by the rail
just forward of the after house. They
saw the boats land and saw the men
haul them high and dry.
It occurred to Mat to inspect Pe­
ter’s irons. He called to the har-
pooner: “Take a look at Gee, Ran­
nels.” The other man went obedi­
ently toward the fore hatch, and
Mat descended into the cabin with
Mary. He slid back the bolt on
the door between the common room
and the main cabin. Peter sat there
at the table, his hands in front of
him, the irons on his wrists passed
through the loop of chain around
the mizzen; and he met Mat’s eyes,
but he did not speak. Mat closed
A SEASON of perfectly fascinat-
the door and bolted it again. When
he turned, Mary stood in the door­ ** ing colorful wools and woolknits
j is with us, so prepare to yield to
way of the Captain's cabin; and
George was on his feet inside the temptation to the limit of your
The little pastel
cabin, facing her. and coughing a clothes budget
wool dresses called "classics” be­
little.
cause of the sculptural simplicity of
Mat Forbes felt rather than saw
their styling, are ideal for immedi­
a shadow pass along the skylight
ate wear. Don one of these neat
over his head. He looked up sharp­
sweetly tailored frocks, so refresh­
ly at the skylight, too late to see
ingly springlike in co,or, and you
anything; and then he took the re­
will find yourself buoyantly taking
volver out of his belt and cocked it
an entirely new outlook on life.
and stepped quickly toward the
In regard to costume suits, the
companionway.
big news is that of woolens keyed to
He started to ascend. Mary came
the dominate note in prints, the two
to the foot of the companionway;
going fifty-fifty in an ensemble tech-
and his feet were level with her
I nique. This flair for combining print
shoulders, his head just emerging
silk with wool in related color is
from the companion, when she heard
I one of those fashion gestures that
the crack of the smashing blow that
bids fair to develop into a far-flung
felled him.
vogue as the season progresses.
The revolver, without being dis­
Capes have dashed into the lime­
charged. dropped out of his hand light of fashion dramatically and
and clattered down to her feet Mat importantly. Yes, indeed, capes are
slumped forward limply on his face, just about to “steal the show" this
his body sprawling on the deck, his spring, the smartest being full
legs hanging down the companion­ length. Some are of soft wools in
way. Rannels shouted something; beige or cinnamon or navy, if you
and she looked up and saw the har- please. The light-colored wools have
pooner, his face red with excite­ blended fur collars, while the navy
ment grab Mat by the collar. Mary versions take on a military aspect
snatched the revolver from the floor;
after the manner of officers' capes.
but Rannels hauled Mat out of sight At any rate, fashion is making a
before she could shoot. On deck dramatic play on capes, both in pas­
someone came running aft. George
tel wool weaves and navy.
crossed to her side, took the weapon
Another highlight in fashion's
from her. Looking up, he whispered'
realm is that of woolknits in pastels
“What happened?"
and rich dark colors. Many of the
She was strangely not excited. wool knits can scarcely be told from
“Rannels killed Mat!” she told him
simply.
Through the companion
above them they could see the sky,
the rain-filled clouds, the after rail.
They heard Rannels speaking.
“Watch the companion," he pant­
ed, his voice thick. "I'll go get him
loose, and Gee. You stay here, and
if anybody shows a head, bust ’em.”
Mary did not know Hurd was
aboard. She looked at George and
saw, with a quickening respect and
admiration, that he was calm; that
strength had run into him to meet
this emergency. He said:
“Go get the guns out of the rack
and load them. I'll watch here, in
case they try to come down.”
She said from across the cabin by
the arms rack: "It's locked. Th»
guns are locked in.”
“Can you break it open?”
“No! I don’t see how.”
“Then find the bomb gun.”
She turned to look for that huge
and awkward weapon.
Someone
tried the bolted door between; and
Peter called to them sharply:
“Mary, let me in.”
George said strongly: “No, Pe­
With m'lady's present flair for ac­
ter.”
"You sick fool, I’ll break down the cessories to match her hat milliners
door.” Peter's voice cracked as it are turning more and more to beau­
was likely to in moments of emo­ tiful silk weaves as likable media
for their creations. For the postil­
tion.
’ "I'll shoot you if you do!” George lion hat and matching jacket en­
retorted. He made a sign to Mary semble pictured, Lilly Dache, noted
for high artistry in hat design, uses
to hurry; his lips shaped the words:
men's bright cravat silk diagonally
“Bomb gun!”
Peter was whispering to Rannels in • most effective manner.
Cravat Silk
in the main cabin. George and Mary
could hear the murmur, but no
words. Mary found the bomb gun,
as heavy as a small cannon. Luckily
it was loaded. The voices in the
main cabin could no longer be
heard; and there was no sound on
the deck above their heads. She
asked George:
“Will that bomb explode if it hits
anything?”
"I don’t know,” he admitted. “I
don't know how they work.” He
grinned doubtfully. “Richard said
the back end of a gun like this does
as much damage as the front, but
it’s better than nothing; and if that
bomb hits anyone, even if it doesn’t
explode, they’ll know it!”
fTO BE CONTINUED)
Dinner Dress
For an unusual dinner dress, have
one made of heavy white silk crepe
with long, full skirt and long sleeves
gathered into the wrist. Over this
wear a tight little velvet or velve­
teen sleeveless bodice laced peasant
fashion with gold or silver cord. It
is a dress that can go anywhere and
will stand out in a crowd for its
youthful distinction.
Red Shoes
Red shoes are important footwear
news. They are showing them in
leading stores to wear with smart
looking navy suits.
His and Ilrr Linens
Easy and Effective
•
Pattern No. 25M
L'VEHYONES favorite, these
modern, easy-to-do designs.
Embroider them on towel or piL
( low case and let your needlework
score a hit.
• • •
Pattern Z3SS contains a transfer pattern
woven wools, and they are styled of 11 motifs sversglng 4‘i by Bly tnchne.
to perfection in jacket dresses, color schemes: materials required. Ulus
sweaters, coats and ensembles Note j trotions of stitches. Send order to:
the casual little frock above to the
left in the picture. A frock of this
SewltiS Circle Needleeran Rep*.
type is almost a necessity for a
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New York
young gad-about who takes week-end
Enclose IS cents In coins tor Pat­
trips and who Is "dated" for infor­
tern No..................
mal daytime affairs. Fashioned of
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light blue jersey, it has a basque top
Address
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with scalloped edges, and the jersey
Is gored in soft flattering lines for
skirt fullness.
Important background for jewels
is the beautiful evening sweater
KILLS
shown to the right above. It is in
strawberry pink wool chenille yarn.
The ribbed drape at the hips with
front zipper closing and the long
JUST A
sleeves make it particularly new
DASH IN
and smart
OR SPREAD ON ROOSTS
The pretty drees below to the left
In the group Is a cream beige wool
Its gathered neckline, front peplum
Unite We Must
effect and jewel buttons are out­
We must all hang together or
standing style points.
assuredly we shall all hang sep­
Plaid and striped woolens prom­ arately.-Benjamin Franklin.
ise to be better than ever this sea­
son. Their coloring will be. for the
most part, pastel. An interesting
color note about the smartest of
plaids is that so many feature the
■Y YOUR LAXATIVK-RKLIKVK
new yellows and golden hues. The
CONSTIPATION TNI* MODERN WAY
clever tweed spectator suit which
• When you feel geeey, headachy, logy
you see on the seated figure claims
duo to cloggod-up bowels, do as million»
distinction In that it goes in for
do-take Keen-A Mint at bedtime. Nest
morning - thorough, comfurtable reliai,
voguish yellow and gold, patterned
helping you start the day hill of your
with cream beige The make up of
normal energy and pep, feeling like a
the costume-entire includes, in addi­
million! Feon-A-Mint doesn't disturb
tion to the beautifully cut jacket a
your night's mt or interiors with work the
nest day. Try Feen-A Mint, the chewing
yellow woolknit sweater and a
gum laxative, yourae/C It tastes good, it’s
matching felt hat.
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DON’T BE BOSSED
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Lots of Color in Sight
On Spring Style Horizon
Look to your colors!
You can
align yourself with the pastel enthu­
siasts or you can go colorfully South
American. There is a convincing
argument In favor of either.
Speaking of the lighter colors, of
course you will want at least one,
if not several, of the perfectly
charming and most flattering pastel
wool frocks.
Chapters could be
written about these fascinating
frocks.
A favorite decorative touch for
these pastels is the trapunto quilted
effect.
When it comes to the startling
South American color technique, not
even the rainbow or the whole color
spectrum Is exceeded in the bright
hues of red, yellow, purple and
blue that are amazingly combined
in daring contrast.
There is also a decided showing
of vivid russet, brown, tangerine
and similar shades In the new color
schemes for spring. Lots of purple
is used with cerise.
Emphasis is noted on beige this
spring, and chamois is a smart new
color for coats.
Gibson Girl Sailor Hat
Becomes Fashion ‘First’
Well look what's just arrived!
None other than the jaunty Gibson
Girl sailor hat come to life. Milliners
tell you they are "the latest" and
that for the fashion "first” you will
be seeking for midseason and
spring. Wear it atop your pompa­
dour a la Gibson girl, and don't for­
get the perky little veil that must
go with it. Ever so chic tied under
the chin.
Chinese Influence
New spring coats and jackets often
reflect Chinese influence.
'Very
smart are hip-length coolie jackets,
either quilted all over or made of
colorful cloth in the new and fa­
vored beiges.
handy and economical... a family supply
FEEN-A-MINTÏ oy
Star Gazers
No one sees what is before his
feet: we all gaze at the stars.—
Cicero.
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