PAGE THREW
TUB SPRINGFIELD NEWS
TlIURRDAY APRII, 12, 1928
Red Hair Blue Sea
By STANLEY P. OSBORN
WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE
for efficiency In lianillliiK men Van
Palmyra Tree and her parents, with had hud neither occasion nor upper
Pulinyra'a two suitors, Van Buren (unity.
Rutger and John Thurston and aomti
Here spoke her good common
ether friend*, are cruising on tho sense.
Yacht Rulnbnw.
*
| And, being unaware of Mra. Craw-
Palmyra'. startle.! by seeing u hand ford'» original plot, .h e could hardly
thru.t In through the port of her be exp«<tv«l to note that the wreck
cabin» niukea a »ecret Investigation bud reversed
the situation 1 that
atul discover* ft »towaway—a man ao where, before, John had been put to
mild In appearance that «he la die disadvantage,
now Van had been
appointed—and tell« him no . He com­
mands her to glance at the door. Hhn
obeya and »eea a huge, flerce, copper
huiol man—with a ten Inch knife held
between grlnnlg lipa! Burke, tho
atownway, explain« that It In a Joke.
But Palmyra 1« shaken
Next day,
Burke und the brown man go up on
dark. The «towaway entertain» them
with wild tales of an adventuresome
Bfe—which his listeners refuse to be­
lieve!
Palmyra «pend« more and more
time with the stowawaiys to avoid Van
ami John, hut when the stowaways
are put u«hore at Honolulu «he de­
cide« she love« Van. The night the
eim igenient 1« announced the Itnln-
how hit» a reef. In the excltemwnt
which follow« John rescues both Van
und Palmyra— hut Palmyra think« It
In Van who «aved her.
Now read on: —
A. the schooner bore down upon
them «he broke out the Amerl an
colors.
When »he was abrea.t of
their position «he cuine about and
then hove to In lee of the reef. A
boat was loworod
Palmyra, through her glasses. »aw
• hat three men got Into thia boa*.
Two of them w ,re undoubtedly native
«ramen. The ll.l.tl who had been
recunnolterlng from tho cro»a-tree»
"Y ou — y o u
brute!" she arled.
"Turn — this —
vesael — b a c k.
Turn It back In­
stantly!”
CHAPTER IV
Ikayllght made clear two facta: the
Rainbow had «truck In such a way
that It would be Impossible to get her
off; the Island was uninhabited.
A« the exploratory boat rounded a
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apur of reef that covered the pannage given the role he could not play.
Into the lagoon, opened out the
The Inevitable had occurred be-
largest Islaud from the sea, Palmyra tween these men. As Thurston had
burst Into un exclamation of delight risen to leader.hip, so Van—had »unk
She turned to John and Van. "It la to his place a . a private In the rank»,
pretty," .h e .aid, "but—cruel." She I’almyra did not .ee, suspect,
felt a first little shiver of realisation.
They wore easlly cheered that first
"There'» nothing upon It. No shelter, day. True, the Island bore no «Ign
no food."
of native visitation. But with their
Van gave her a hnggwrd look launch they could easily reach the
"And," he said, "there's not one drop nearest Inhabited lagoon, or they
Of water. When wo ve used what we could even build a sea worthy craft
from material of the wreck, were
bring ashoro. . .
Thurston
whirled
upon
him. they not certain some passing sail
'■JJon't!“ he cried. "Don't dare tell would soon take them off.
Thus the first day. But when the
them that. We'll filler salt water
through thia sand or rig a condenser second came and went and the third
dawned upon an empty ocean, they
with Junk from the wreck.”
Palmyra had not. been consciously began to despond. At night a beacon
aware of Thurston's leadership until fire had biased forth Its appeal— they
hours after the catastrophe, her atti­ must soon turn to the Ilalnbow for
tude was typical to them all. perhaps fuel—and by day the launch waited
even of Thuraton himself. There had to overhaul any passerby. But of
been nomethlng to do; the stronger what avail these upon a sea where no
nature had asserted Itself. And the one seemed to venture.
And then, at midday, from the
ship's company, acquiescing thus
auto niatleally, with scarcely any reg­ wreck acroea the lagoon, there boom­
istered sense of change, paid him Its ed nut a signal gun. A sail!—a sail!!
—* aall!!!
highest compliment.
Rapidly the deliverer rose from the
She had not thought to wonder why
A vessel of no great tonnage.
Thurston, rather than her fiance, had sea
oeen chosen. He had a reputation she sailed with noticeable speed.
appeared to be a white man.
She watched the»:» az they pulled
rupldly through Jbe passage and
across the lagoon. Then In astonish
ment. Bhe lowored the binoculars to
blare at Van Bureu Rutger.
He was now dautlng over the corai
clinkers like a musical comedy bid
(con.
“By the Great tl«xl Cash!" he cried
"It It Isn't ll'l old Pirate Burke."
Almost from the moment Ponspe
Burke came runulux up the sands
Ft In vra perceived s «: Jerence.
A. an it that the ridiculous habEI-
wu-nta of the Ran bow had given wav
to the starched white of the trop’cal
salp's master?
Or was It that ahe missed the >b-
Or was It that she missed the ob-
struslve humility? No longer a stow
away, he spoke to Mrs. Crawford as
one master of craft to another,
full note of equality.
Perhaps, after all, the fact might
be no more than a Juvenile sort of
vanity In himself as master of that
swift sail; a vanity bubbling over at
unexpectedly finding Its audience.
And he must have had some vague
hope of such a reunion as this. For
he was saying now that, on the Rain-
-re».
If you smoke
for pleasure
—and that’s what made
this cigarette famous—
join the happy company
o f s m o k e r s w h o are
getting complete enjoy­
ment from smoking
Camels
Today, as for m any years, Camels lead by
billions and they keep right on growing
bow, he’d withheld the fact he had
a vessel of hla own lying up at Hon­
olulu; withheld It on the chance of
“surprising 'em somewhere out here."
There could be no question of his
pride In that fast craft. And had they
seen.
He Interrupted himself with that
oddly un adult mirth of his.
Had they seen her name! O'.i,
they'd laugh when they did sec
They'd never guess In a thousand
years. Pigeon of Noah
Van seized his hand with Impulsive
warmth. "Why then this must be. .
Why, Mr. Noah, I didn't recognise
you now you've shaved."
Burke guffawed delightedly. "I sure
will feel like Noah," he said, "a-tak-
Ing you all on to the Ark, two by
two."
He turned, presently, to the pile of
salvaged stores and gear. The l*lgeon,
as was evident, could stow only the
more valuable part. The rest must
be left under canvas and sent for.
Details were arranged
Burke
would get back aboard at once to take
charge of the schooner. The yacht's
launch, with three of ner own men,
would tow Burke’s boat out, both
loaded w!»h stores. *Whlle these were
unloading at the Lupe-a-Noa, Thurs­
ton would get his other boats into the
water, sort over the supplies.
"We'll stow the very best first,”
said Burke In conclusion, "and then
see what space we got left for second
rate cargo.”
The launch hove a line to the
Pigeon’s boat and one of the native
boys stood ready to carry his master
out
Now, however, I’altnyra, unable io
satisfy a youthful poignant curiosity
at long distance through her blnocn-
lars. spoke up eagerly. "Oh. Captain
Burke, do please take me with yqu!
I'd Just love to be first aboard.”
"Me, too,” cried Constance.
The man was pleased, flattered.
"But—" he hesitated awkwardly—
"the boat’s heavy loaded and ther#
won't be no room aboard while we'r*
taking cargo. Bo 1 better Invite only
one this trip." He winked at Thar»-
ton. "And Miss Tree she asked first,
and seeing as how she was the best
(f km tinned on Pag» *)
Do Husbands Really
Trust Their Wives?
H
embext :
(to Betry, his wife)
I ’m terry, but you'll have to
starts to enter— then retreats,
closing the door softly.
• • • •
stop going to Guido Pern's studio.
His afiain w ith women are the talk
T w o hours later Herbert bitterly
o f the town.
accuses bis wife.
Betty. That's silly. N o mstter what
Betty: Stop, Herbert! Y o u don't
G uido’s relations with other women
know what you are saying. 1 swear to
may be, he is s perfect gentleman —
you—
with mt. I shall continue my studies
with him.
• • • e
Herbert (flinging her aside) fill
through with you. I should have killed
Weeks pass. Guido Petti and Betty
you as you lay in your lover's arms.
are in the studio alone.
Take what you want and get out.
Guido: (drawing her to him ) So
W hat happens to Betty after she if
beautiful you are. Soon we shall go
driven from home by her husband
abroad—just you and I.
completes one o f the most pathetic
Betry: But— my husband—
dramas ever enacted in
Guido: Bah! W hat
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does he know o f your
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When a Girl
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Tune in on the Tru»
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WOR anti the Column
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