THURSDAY APRIL f>. 102M
TH E SPRINQPIELD NEWS
j Van Buren Rutger.
convtncedly up to love, her pity for foratance
Where Van was sunk In self sect’»-
On
the
night
of
the
wreck.
Van
Thurston grew.
:
lug
misery, Thurston's spirits were
Ilut when, on the twenty seeen l '. really heroic in persisting against a
evening out from Honolulu - tomorrow quacking uncenlideuce that kept him buoyant. The man had action at Iasi;
they were to sight their first atoll— often awake had stolen on deck tu 1 , Intense, vital In lighting to save ill >
the hour catte for the formal an j the mid watch to reassure himself woman hi» loved he could forget for
nouncement of her bethrothal, the * Ills first glance told him the clouds j the mioment, thut he hud lost her for-
I ever.
were gathering for a squall
girl was radiantly happy. v
Where Van was soon sislden with
Like most unadventurous persona.
Ttuo, ut the moment when Mrs
As he had done, Crawford spoke, it was upon the face Van rebelled at being thought timid fatigue. John seined fresher with
l
was
Just
thinking."
she
)
attempted
farewell
WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE
Ia frown
found herse.f of John Thurston thut Palmyra'* eyes Itefore rousing the watch he pnuaod every hour.
explained, "that Palm Tree doesn’t I she moved to speak, .uuuu
Palmyra Tree and her parents, with I | explained.
It had been decided Io leave the
suitors Van Buren at all realise what Burke may be ttvt-helpless, returned the miullc.
rested, and she could but wince ut the to make sure the clouds meant wind
Palmyra's two
n Thurston and some ting into his mind t believe the little ' The brown man. thus countenanced. Hash of pain there revealed. Hut no As he studied the aky he gradually women Io the cabin where the/ .»ad
Rutger and Joh
the I fraud's quite puffed up over the idea I lab. the square linger upon her own
VMI1 OB hor t,,rt), hu| night. became uwure of a low Hound as of been penned, rather thun risk t'.e
other friends, are cruising
i
breast.
Having
thus
identified
the
gl
I
1
,>o
U
nhappv
oven the face of a an express train far away. Startled, ugly surf that broke about the after
lie's made something of a conquest.
Yacht Rainbow.
he swept the son; then laughed In com pa n Ion
Thurston answered rather absently. as the being of the drama, he raised rejected suitor.
Palmyra's startled by seeing a hand
Ilut Van. In his self accusing frenty,
"Anyhow." he said. "Burkes over the his hand, with extended artn. straight
So It was. that night, am Palmyra self contempt More than once lately
thrust in through the port of her
over his head She thought he In lay asleep in her stateroom, her laxly In dreama or waking he hail sprung was conscious only that he hail placed
side at Honolulu and gone forever."
cabin., makes a secret invest igatl» '
voked the One above. But she gave gently moving with the lift and full of up at that fancied sound of surf The his betrothed In the hands of death,
She assented.
and discovers a stowaway—a man so
John was silent tor some time. this up when she saw that waggled, the yacht In the mld-Pacific calm, yacht should not have land aboard that ho must save her.
mild in appearance that she is dis
He rushed toward the cabin com-
Then: “I'd like to go. too." he burst fluttered the fingers
there was a tender smile upon her until lute the next day. To cull nut
appointed—and tells him so. He com
When she shook her head, regret- lips.
there was an Island a lee. If there panlnnway. Before anyone noticed, he
out. "1. I've been trying to tell you
mands her to glance at the door. She I ve taken your advice: asked her to fully, he abandoned the upraised hand
And the tender smile was still lin were none, would be to make himself hail thrown It open In the face of an
obeys and sees a huge, tierce, copper-
other sea
A second later he was
as futile. He brought out a ring. gering. In an alluring warmth and absurd
become
my
wife
hued man—with a ten inch knife held
Staring
now
up
at
the
blackening
"»ept
down
Its
steps by the flood'rg
she
answered
without
mov-
J
Palmyra
Tree
had
never
seen
such
.»
BWWe)ne„,
M
nd
when
the
Hain-
"Yes.
between grinnig lips! Burke, the
ring: tortoise shell inlaid with silver. bow. caught all unaware by a sudden sky, again off Into ths gloom of sea, water
tng.
"I
know.”
stowaway. explains that it is a Joke.
There were letters on It; seemingly squall, came down with a crash upon he stood, buluncmi' In suspense be- . Catching up l*almyru he atniRgl« «.
"She told you?" he exclaimed
But Palmyra is shaken. Next day.
one weird, thrice repeated and aep- the teeth of a reef—that should nqt tween his fear of storm and leeshore, hack and out again on the deck (inly
"No.
You
did.”
Burke and the brown man go up on
and his dread of ridicule For this first then, ut a warning cry, did he seem
I
suppose
I
do
j
erated by discs the word “N-l."
have been there.
He wws chagrined,
dack. The stowaway entertains them
Olive pointed to the letters, then
as the Rainbow I time Van held life and death In his const 'ously to prscelvs what for .- It
On
a
craft
such
look
tike
that,"
he
said.
with wild tales of an adventuresome
•On the contrary. You've been to the girl amt once more held aloft Interest naturally centers about the hands—and could not decide what to wus that delivered these blows, htop-
life—which his listeners refuse to be
do.
1 ping short, he looked back. A crest
splendid." She glanced up friendly. the hand with the moving fingers. navigation.
lieve! Now read on!
But
again
she
shook
her
head.
The
sound
of
surf
being
at
Its
mini-
' reared above the wreck, gather ng
But I still think It was the right
What better then for Mr*. Crawford
CHAPTER III.
The brown man stood baffled. Then,
mum
after
two
days'
rains,
the
first
t Itself Ilk«' some animate beast for ths
thing to do. A week or two hence—
In her amiable Intrigue than to set
Enem ies— and Friends
breath of the squall was upon the spring Van. horror stricken, start« d
absolutely no hope Oh, why didn t grinning anew, he hurried forward.
up Van Buren Rutger as a gentleman
Some sixteen days later in Mrs you speak in California? She origi
The savage, preseutly returning,
navigator? How more pleasantly Im- yacht before Van waa galvanized into one way. another; stood still frozen In
Crawford's cabin a conference was un
I'm
sure
of
it.
i
thrust
into
the
girl's
hand
a
litho-
nally liked you best.
i portant than, handsome, graceful. action by dlscoverlngt broad on the ; his tracks
In an Instant the sea would have
der way.
Does still, if she only knew. Or." graph, an advertisement of Egyptian Jaunty In his white uniform he poised port how, a dim low lying something
"But, my dear, my dear," Palmyra’s Constance added ruefully, “would if cigarettes.
beep upon him From that slippery
against
the
sky—the
idlouettu
af
with sextant to take the sun or bent
mother was protesting, "how can you
listing deck both man and girl would.
He pointed to the silver letters of
•
they'd let her alone."
■
over
the charts ,with Constance and palms.
say everything's going ri?ht. when . He laughed with some bitterness. the ring and pronounced the word
In all chance, huve been carried over
But
even
ns
the
domed
Rainbow
' the Wumpolda and Palmyra.
Palm spends most of her time listen “Oh 1 know what you mean.'
board to death
“Nl." then to her with a second."Ni,”
thus
lay
between
hammer
and
anvil,
In so featuring Van us a yachttnnn
ing to that, that miserable stowaway:
In the blinding roar, all she knew
and to the picture with a third. He
He fell into a sudden petulance.
I —he was no more thun a fairly com she could have been extricated had
that—human toad. Her father is be
was tiiat Van's arm s w ere round her.
When Thurston spoke again it was | dropped the ring into her fiugep.
not
Captain
Pederaen
himself
gone
to
petent amateur—the hostesa had
that she held her safe. Never did she
side himself with anxiety."
apparently in an effort to get into a
At last the girl who was named meant that Pederson In the back pieces.
The man made a deprecatory sound
suspect II was to another pair of arms
Paimtree
understood.
For
there
in
In
the
precious
remaining
moments
more cheerful vein.
ground should unostentatiously check I
“Events,” said the hostess impress
“Seemingly.” he said. “I have an the advertisement was a paimtree. up oil his work at every point
j a bewildered crew tried to execute Sue owed her life.
ively. “have only too well shown that other well-wisher aboard."
Of all these revelations, these mani
I The upraised hand had symbolised
> Incoherent orders, while th yacht
But . . .
I. that we intervened Just in time
With a pocket flashlight he made the palm—herself. Olive but sought i The sailing master was a man vain, I ! waa beaten down upon the walling festations of the woaknesa of Van
Your daughter was on the verge of visible for her a small object of w o to give her a ring with her name up-
Buren Rutger, the strength of John
self-important. Jealous o( his preroga- coral
falling in love with John Thurston.” ven fibre: a bark cord wound round ' on it
'I hurston, the girl noted none. On
tlves,
touchy
as
to
his
dignity.
Following
the
crash
upon
the
reef.
The father uttered a protest.
a packet perhaps two jnches square.
When the hour of ieavetaking came.
the night of her betrothal she would
Not understundlng Mrs. Crawford's Thurston picked himself up and
"I don't see we've gained anything.”
"When 1 came on deck this morn- however, he seemed to have re-enter-
scarcely have been like, under any
motive,
he
chose
to
regard
the
ar-
scrambled
to
the
dack
Just
as
a
sea
"But where are your eyes?” de ing." he explained, Ollve incarnated ed the silence, tnd the fare-wells de-
circumstances, to draw comparisons,
rangement as an Imputation upon his came roaring aboard. fhived by A
manded the hostess. "As I said in himself before me looked about 1 volved upon Ponape Burke.
«nd here darkness and groping con
seamanship,
his
fitness—which
he
spring
Into
the
r
tod
ng
he
waited
a
California, Van, with his refined per furtively. Jerked my coat-tails up.
As this little stowaway reached her
fusion and« the voice of waters con-
whose con
sonality. fits into the yacht s cabin fastened this around my waist. Then In his round he achieved a simple himself doubted—longer to command. ' chance to reach Pedersen, Seising
the * »Plced with Thurstton himself to hide
Van
soon
discovered
then
that
this
dltlon
he
had
sensed
like The Young King Charles' into a he gave me a friendly grin and van eloquence of feeling. "You’ve been
I t..e truth.
gilded frame. Thurston, on the con
kind t'me miss," he said 1 ain’t a-go- sick and sulky old man was only mak- sailing master he whirled him around
Palmyra's love weathered the atorm,
ished."
,
Ing
an
outward
show;
In
reality
hav-
'
“You're
drunk."
he
cried
"Dr.
or
trary, is a great, robust being. He
ing to forget It. Nor you."
! unquestioning, serene.
"But," she puzzled, "what Is It?"
looks well enough ashore, but here,
She shook hands with an unassum- ing nothing whatever to do with the crazy."
(T O BE C O N T IN U E D )
"Inside there' a bit of fine mat,
The other quailed under the steely
in these little compartments, on this seven hairs and a tooth,
good luck ed friendliness. "I'm sure,” she said, uavagatlon, leaving the fate of the
| yacht absolutely in Van's own hands. light In Thurston's eye
narrow deck, his hands and feet seem
i "we shall meet again."
WASHES. CARRIES COAL,
charm.”
"(let below.”
A certain Inability to take a stand
In the way.
Sharply
he
glanced
at
her.
as
It
“But, but why. . .?”
"I'll
take
charge,"
Thurston
an
In
anything
unpleasant,
difficult,
to
WOMAN CAINS 18 POUNDS
She paused to smile at them re-as-
' eager to know whether she really had
“How should I know?
nnunced.
such
a
hope.
Then
he
shrugged,
la-!
m»ke
“P
h,B
m,nd
and
ln
*“
w,“’r'
suringly.
She was thoughtful. “At any rate,
The pumps showed that the wreck
"I wash, Iron and carry coal and
It's a large ocean lady. KpncY« *«*Pt Van at first from telling
"Surely, with John at his worst. she said finally, “he seems to be wish-; land-wise
With you and me lt'a Just lights pass- ’ “ >• hostess. Later be continued with was taking water badly. Ruch h >ata don't get tired since taking Vluol.
Van at ms best—need we fear?”
ing you good luck.”
as could be launched were got ready. Aleo, I have gained 10 pound«."—-Mrs.
Meanwhile, Constance Cra vford
She examined the amulet again with ing in the dark; a hail, and then— ;» “ object. He knew she did not truly
The men obeyed unqueatlonlngly. B. Corteae.
'
rely upon him in this showy fraud of
was forward at the Rainbow’s bow, an absent attention. Then, the smile nothing ”
Vlnol ta a delicious compound of
A
minute
later
Palmyra's
pirates
•
navigation;
he
suspected
Palmyra
was
They
liked, respected Thurston. He
■ailing through the tropic night up< > fading from her lips: “John, promise
knew little of ships but thev recox- I co<j liver peptone. Iron. etc. Nerv-
the
side
Into
their
!
»<*
deceived.
Knowing
hla
own
weak
enchanted waters.
me you will not leave the Rainbow 1 were swinging over
K
«.« A
bogt
' neaa, he had the weak man'a fear of nixed In hla voice the quality of com- oua, easily tired, anemic people are
When John Thurston presently
at Honolulu.
surprised how Vlnol gives new peg
Joined Constance, she looked up with i The yacht was pushing on at her
Burke raised his hat Jauntily. But
th»1 knowledge reflected In the mand.
During
the
hour*
which
followed
sound sleep and a BIG appetite. The
Therefore,
he
would
___ best pace, setting up such a lively It was rather at the savag«- the girl I I»cea of others
11 the Rainbow to and It might well have seemed to Palmyra very FIRST bottle often adds several
looked.
Over
the
white
man's
shout
without
aid.
= = stir at her prow as to achieve the j
through the Line Inland groups And that the wreck had been arrange.; for | pounds weight to thin children or
small, private rainbow for which she der he seemed to be watching her to
Tastes delicious.
Kwtel ■
then, when at last he told the girl, the sole purpose of bringing out the I adults.
the
end
with
that
strangely
expres
had been named.
difference
between
John
Thurston
and
Drug
Store.
she
could
not
but
admire
hla
per-
Burke and Palmyra were on deck sionless but intent stare.
Palmyra faced abruptly away and
—Burke was quizzically regarding th“
snatched
the ring from her finger.
pensive Palmyra.
As though defining her very "Yes,” she whispered, "I, I'm certain
ly glad to have seen the last of him.”
thoughts, he spoke.
"Elxcuse me. Miss," he said. "Those
One short week ashore and the
others—" a slight contemptuous ges
ture. “They’re tame. That’s what good ship Rainbow was at sea. Bound
I tame. But you? Why. you're differ she was now for the heart of the
ent. Y’sure wasn't intended for their Ocean, the Equatorial isles of
little o f birdcage kind of life. Nature Micronesia. As the yacht was to put
meant y'for something lively-like, John Thurston aboard a Phillipln»
transport at Guam, only a little south
’ some.some-thing up and doing "
Announces
Announce the Appotntment of
The girl laughed. "Nature." she sa!d, ing, said the hostess, would take them
; "meant me for a pirate. It’s In my among the Gilberts, the Marshalls, the
blood,” she affirmed. “First, a Norse Carolines, the Milky Way of atolls
man ravaging the coasts of England along the Line, of Which Ponape
SPRIh N G F IE L D , O R E G O N
Then, a British admiral ravaging • Burke had talked so alluringly
What
Mrs.
Crawford
did
not
ex
everything else, And lastly, old Cap-
A t Associate D e a le r o f the
tain Ebenezer. with John Paul Jones, plain was that the real duty, as she
descending once more upon the coast3 saw it. lay in depriving Thurston's
long legs of a chance. In this less
| of England."
cramped setting of Honolulu, to snap
Burke grinned in admiration.
a n n o u n c e w ith plcaaurc th e a p p o in tm e n t o f a n e w
The girl turned to go; then paused. back to prespective.
d ealer w h o ha* been »elected b eca u se w e b elieve
WE'RE SHOWING THE
laughing back at him over her shoul ■ By rejecting both her lovers-Van
hl»
o
rg
a
n
iza
tio n w ill reflect th e h ig h ntandard» O akland
der. "You, Ponape Burke,” she said; ' shortly after John—Palmyra bhd gain-
I
NEW SPRING DESIGNS
ha»
»ct
for
se
llin g a n d servicin g its m o to r car».
"You
and
I—I'm
afraid
we
were
born
i
ed
a
reprieve
from
that
question
as
IN ARMSTRONG'S
i to whether she were In love with
too late.”
QUAKER - FELT RUGS
Call o n th is n ew d ealer. Ask h im to show you th e O ak
one man or Just dandy good pals with
la
n
d A ll-A m erican S ix, th e new car th a t h a s w on th e
At the rate the Rainbow was sail two.
Here’s a real “special” in
The
peaks
of
Oahu
sank
back
Into
a d m ira tio n o f all A m erica.
ing, it was evident the yacht must
floors, a feature of Spring
goon make a ladfall. Indeed, already the moana, the deep, deep ocean,
Linoleum Display—
See also th e N ew S eries P o n tia c Six, w ith Its vivid new
eyes were peering through powerful whence they had risen. One day, two
Beautiful Q u a k e r-Felt.
s ty le an d scores o f en g in eerin g a d v a n cem en ts, in c lu d
glasses seeking for the first shadowy \ days, four, six upon a temperamental
Rugs in popular room
silhouette of the peeks of Oahu.
I »ea; a whole week of heavy skies and
in g A-wheel brakes, a t n o in crea se in price.
sizes.
As the Rainbow raised the pano- , rain and storm seemed to have carried
And rem em b er th a t thl» new d ealer is a u th o rized to
rama of dead craters that stands. ' the girl no further,
The season’s latest de
sell G o o d w ill U sed Cars, a vailab le on ly th ro u g h O a k la n d -
rather barren, above the verdant town
A second week came and went; a
signs.
of Honolulu, none upon her decks j week of summer sea and lusty trades
P o n tia c dealers a n d offering th o ro u g h ly d ep en d a b le
Each Rug finished with
was so expectant as Palmyra Tree. and flying yacht. But still no answer
tr a n sp o r ta tio n a t rem arkably low prices.
Accolac, tough, dirt-resist
The third week came and neared
For from the chaff of Ponape Btirke’s
ing, easily-cleaned laquer.
W h eth er or n o t y ou are p la n n in g to b u y , th e O a k la n d -
narration she had winnowed the clean its end. Intermittent now the breeze,
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grain of beauty and1 romance that Is for they touetyxi1 the equatorial zone
P o n tia c d ealer w ill w elco m e your v isit to h is »alesroom
the life of this Island worldofthe palm of light and variable airs. A whole
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a t an y tim e . S to p in and see h im I
day through, perhaps, the Rainbow
tree. Her Imagination was aglow.
never knew such r u g s
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Slowly, unconsciously. Palmyra had
she was to sail on Into this world
must come in an see them.
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by
the
wily
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Crawford.
She was to sail across the trackless
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more
dan-
As the girl, thug deep ln reverie,
spring designs . , color
stood watching the distant peaks, fche I gerously Into the doldrums, the breath
ful floors for every room in
&r.
became aware of a presence at her of her own feeling had stirred, risen
your house.
side. Turning, she started upon en fresh, fair, constant, until it reached
x
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the deep sweep of a maiden's first
Don’t wait . . . come
countering the brown man Olive.
in today!
He gave tongue to a few syllables, acknowledged love.
Gladly she was confessing It now,
paused perplexed, then fell hack upon
pantomime. The hour of departure this belated recognition of love for
had come. Soon Burke and he would the man of her parent’s choice, Van
go over the side and, forever, Into ob Buren Rutger.
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And she must have treated John
» g tO O V C T S
Hardware, Furniture, Paint livion.
Thurston
abominably.
With
each
Palmyra
smiled.
She
tried
to
over
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come her aversion, to respond to his moment that she gave herself more
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