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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1927)
TIE mm TIAIIL By Arthur D. Howden Smith Author ( by Imlut'tl MCCtDINQ CHAPTIM Hrrr Ormarod, long proscrlha4 trailer te Klnf (laorse Htu en partisan, relurnln from Praaoe 10 London, reaauee Alilar man Hobarl Jusslna (ram band of aaalna. Jusslna provra la ks I ha irandaua of a lurmar Biewer of ormaiod's lalhar, (a wham Jusslna laala hlmaalf In debted. urnierod talla Jusslns a baa abandunad Itoa Mtuart aauae. Jusslna Informs Ormarod f a Jacobite plot In lha Amarl eaa eolonln to weaken Kmland br forwarding Pranca Interaala. Al Ma baad la Andraw Murray, a kuotaman, and a Pranchtnan, lia Vaulla, daadlv mimr of lirmarod Tba two ara la tendon furthrr Ik Ihalr achemea. Anticipating lha plollara' aarljr reiura l Amartaa, Jufflaa srransea for Ormarod lo go there with loiters lo Ouvarner llurnal. frland of Juaglne, and work lo full Hur ra r. IUfulaad aa Juaaltn" sarv at, Ormarod arraniaa lo take naaaasa lo Amarira on lha ahlp ka maaia a girl, Murrer'e dausb lar, ardaal Jarolilte, who be Hevea klra lo ka lural to lha Hi u aria. ! Vaulla reoaanleae Or marod, and aipuaaa him. CHAPTER III Continued Tom doesn't make mlstskes." re tnerked 11 array with gesture of rt'a mlaanl lo the negro, "May 1 sk who no ra, llrf he (iMrraifd me. "I suppose you may." I replied molly; and with scnae of relief I lipped lha bobbed scratch wig off my head and toaeed II Into lha ara. 'Docs hat halp yoa at alir I Innulred of De Vaulla. Ha sis red bark at ma, bla far all drawn with hatred. "I knew you with It on," he ssld sav agely. "II became yoa. Why should deserter waar lha rlothaa of a gen tlemsn?" I laughed at blm. bat Murray Inter vened qulrkty, "What do ym maanf ha demanded, r Vaulla maila gesture In my di rection. "This paraon, who waa In tha Imme- dlata entourage of lha Pretender, ahaodoned hla laadar not long ago and fled to Rutland lo seek a pardon, re patriated and deteated by all honor able man In Parle. Itut In Knglend Ma prntealstlons of loyalty wara re- faaad, for they naturally doubted tha alnrartty of ana who wearied ao aoon f aa unfortunate ran." "Ia thla trnr Murray aakad ma. "Within raaann." I aald. Murray alarad from on to tha other f aa. "Slap ma. bnt I rejoice to i that wa may look forward lo an enter taining voyager h eicliilmed "I had feared twnold ba mot tedious. Ara yoa aeeklng anllafartlon from the grn tleman. chevalier?" "I ahall fight him when t rhooa. on ground of my owi t housing." replied la Vaulla rnrtly. "And by no meana wttb small- fworda." I Jeered. II gave ma hi ark look. "Too will pray ma to kilt yon If yoa ever fall Into my power, Ormarod, I ran wall until than." "Aa you plea." II turned and left na. Murraf took miff very deliberately, first offering the hot to ma which h bad not dne before and arrutlnlied ma politely from head la fool. "I fear I bar been patronising In my conduct, air." he observed. "Pray crept my apologlea. Twaa perfect disguise. And your manner. If 1 may ay ao, waa wall conceived. "I thank yoa." "In abort, I find yoa an opponent of totally different Importance, Tnu are opponent T" he aboi at me, "Hnre, air, that la for yoa lo any.' I made anawer. "So far aa I know at thla time wa merely happen to ha pie- aewrers together on thla craft. He laughed. "I might have known It I" he at claimed. "Twaa not like Juggins to end bumpkin to Tlnrnel. Ma hath boen an enemy I might nut acorn at any moment. Hut I must go below now. I have some papera lo attend to. And I ahitll ! attempt to Induce the Chevalier d tVulle to prcaerve the menlllea of life whilst we are re- trlcted to aurh confined quarters." "He ahull not have to lubor against my hostility." I promised aa he de- Darted IH-Npite myaelf, I waa taken with the man. IMa unmiatHknnie Dreeiiing, Ma ready wit, the aaaurnnre of power ' and aeirauftlrlenry which rndlnled from him and eiplnlned. aa I thniiKht bla readlneaa lo admit hlmarlf In the wrong, all thine Joined to inspire r apect for hla parte, If not admiration for hla character. ' - During the rat of that day I made myaelf at home about the ahlp, talking with the aenmen and their ifHcera and watching vainly for the lady of the green clonk who had awukened me with her aontf. Hut ane kpi ncr ennin until the aernnd afternoon, when w were aulllng enally with fnlr wind beam. I found her then Ha I re turned from walk forward, aland In with her hand on the pnop -wiling to ii emir her. "I imve met your father," I anld eomlng to her aide, "and I mnk no duiitit In' would preaent ma were be of PORTO DELLO COLD. Etc "Mr," the aald atlflty, "I bare no de- alre for your company." I atared at her, mouth agape. "If I have offended" I began. "I may aa wall lell you," aha Inter rupted me again. "I bave heard that about you which will make me have no Inclination for your company." "And I ahall aak you to tell me what that la," I retorted with mounting In dignation. "It la not fair that yon ahould accept lha alura of ao enemy behind my hark." Hhe healtatad. "That may be ao." ah admitted, "bat you will he willing lo anawer ma Iwo queatlonaT" "Kurely." "You are Captain Ormarod, former ly chamberlain to King Jamea HIT "Yea." "And you not long ago abandoned the klng'a eervlce and frultlaesly ought a pardon In lindoDt" "Yea." That la enough for me. Too are traitor, a denerler, proven out of your own mouth." "Hut" "No, air; there la naught yoa ran aay would Intereal me. I ahould de aplae you none the leaa had yoa de parted la the unit rlrcumatancee to my own aide. It makea II no leaa cul pable that you deaerted from my aide beraiiM our fortune were at low ebb 'Iut you ahall bear me," I proteated. "Thla I ahanrd, what you aay. You have taken two bare atatementa of fact and twlated Into them the Im plication! aklllfully made by per sonal enemy. You" "I-aat night, air." ahe aald rutttngty. Ithdrawlng lha folda of her cloak an that they might not touch me, "you played Uon my aympathlea with your tale of eille and a brother burled in the Clan IMiald country, and I waa all for aympalhy with you and eorrow for your sorrow. Yoa aa much a told me you were on of the Oood People. You let me deceive myself, after you had deceived m Brat. Oh, you will have acted unpltblyP "What I told you waa true! I waa oal In lb "IB; I fled lo Rcolland with my brother j he died and waa burled there; I ecaied with the remnanta of the expedition; I im an exile at thla moment." "An exile I Phausht Think on the honeal men ran truly aay that In I heir mlafortune this day! And you 1 could weep for the ahame that your dead brother and the mother that bore you will be feeling aa they look down upon you!" With that ahe was gone, and I waa left ruralng ! Veiille, whoa treacb rrotia tongue had planted the distorted ehrede of tnilh In her mind; ruralng Murray, who mul have Blood by and llatrned to II all. amugly amused ; ruralng my roualn who had put me In such a pllfht. after winning my Inher itance; ruralng the men and women at Ht. Oermaln who repaid yeare of eae rlflce and uncruilglng loyally with such rnnnrd; ruralng Juggins for hav ing embarked me upon the ahlp with the girl; ruralng myself fur getting Into aurh a false position ; cursing the glrl- Itat no. Common eene ram to my reeru then. There waa something on rrountshly fine about her attitude, something I should never have thought to nnrover In Murray's daughter, how ever beautiful and attractive ahe might be. There waa devotion for yoo, faithfulness to a lost reuse, the single minded truthfulness which only a good woman ran poseeae. The twilight faded rapdlly, and I found myaelf with no appetite for the crowded main rabln. where I Veulle and Murray played piquet, or my Bluffy berth. 1 strolled the deck. Immersed In thought. I conned over what Jug gins had told me, mrmorlsed anew miiny of the mesaagea he bad Intrusted to me, epeeulntrd Uxm the possible turn of affairs. I planned In aome vague way to win a fortune In that un known new world ahead of me, and with the proceeds In one hand and a pardon In the other, return and re claim Foxcroft from those abominable Hampshire rouslns. With chin cupped In band I leaned ntvon the starboard rail In the black well of shallow which waa formed by the overhmm of the forecastle, and the lowering piles of canvas that ii.iii-:i-M-xi'ii'xiixiiiiiixtiii Swimmer Had Choice To be attacked by a ahark Is, to my mind, one of the most terrifying or deals Imngliiable. aays a writer In Houth African paper. And of all the eliurk atorlea I have heard, thla grim adventure on Ihe coast 1 of North Queensland la among the most dra nmtlc. A newcomer awam out from' the beacb during hoi weather to an .Iron buoy about a hundred yards from the shore, ile found that the buoy waa too hot to hold, and turned bark to ihe shore turned and euw a man eating shark a few yurde awuy. On to the bunting buoy he acramhled. dancing In agony aa hla feet touched the hot Burfiiee. The shark swsin round, eyeing him. After a minute on the buoy, he Jumped Into the water to cool himself In a moment th ahnrk was duslilog clothed the foremast Somewhere be yond the w sates of watery darkness that veiled my eyea lay England, tha home which bad disowned m. 1 Without any warning a bug arm waa Iwtated around my ahoulders and a hand an bags that my teeth could make no Impression In It waa clamped down over my mouth. Another arm encircled my wnlat. My arma ware pinned to my sides. My legs kicked feenly at a muscular body which pressed me against the bulwark. Fight ing bark with all my strength, I wa neverthelesa lifted gradually from ths deck and shoved alowly across the flat level of the fife-rail. Do what I might, I could not resist the pressure of those tremendous arms, which seemed to have a react and a power twice thoae of my own. I gaaped for breath aa Ihey aqueesed my lungs and In gasping I senaed a queer taint In the air, a musky odor which I did not at once associate with the aeaman or anyone else on board the ahlp. It waa no naa. I could not resist The anaketlke arma maatered me.- One shifted swiftly lo a grip on my lege. I waa whirled Into the air and dropped clear of the railing falling, falling until the cold waters engulfed me. CHAPTER IV A True I re me to the surfsre, fighting for breath, my hande battling fruitlessly at the slimy side of the ahlp, which slid past aa relentlessly aa the passage of time. I tried lo cry out, but the aalt water choked me. Not sound came from the decks above. The blackneaa waa absolute, except for the mild gleam of a watch lanthom on the poop- I)eafh wsa only a brace of minutes away not death from drowning, but death from the bitter cold that para lyted my 1 1 inn t and amote my heart In the mad desperation of my fear I heaved myself walst-hlgh out of the water, bsnda clutching and clawing for the support which res son must bare denied me to expect I waa sinking beneath smooth- running wave along the counter when my fingers rame In mntart wltb dripping rope, which aMpped through their grip and lashed me In the fare. My handa possessed themselves of It again, and I rove loose knot In the end. Wltb teeth clenrhed I drew myself upward along the roe, thruatlng for ward with my feet for purchase agalnat the side. Sometimes I allpped on the wet planks, and then I waa put to It lo hold my position. But after I withdrew my body from the water, what wltb the urgency of my effort and the stimulation of the exercise, some degree of my strength returned ; and presently I waa able to pull my self up Ihe rope, hsnd over band, until I reached a email projecting structure at Ihe level of the deck to which waa fastened the starboard rigging of ths main mast. On thla bit of platform I rested myaelf, below Ihe level of the bul warks, one arm thrust round taut ened atay, I euppose that at the moat not more than live minutes had elapsed since I hsd been besved overboard, and obviously no one bad witnessed the Incident, for the deck waa aa quiet and deserted as It had been when I wsa attacked. Who had done Itt I accepted primary fart the Impossibility that It could have been one of the crew. No, I must eeek lha aasallant In the camp of my known enemies, and. those Im mense, twining arma could belong only to the apelike negro. I acramhled over the bulwark In a flaah, and crouched down upon the deck to survey the situ ation. It was one agalnat three no, four, I reflected bitterly; for I made nn doubt the girl would array herself against me. I must have aome weapon. Ormarod la to realise that In Murray he has an opponent who will atooy to anything to gain the ends to which be la fanatl. eally dtvetad. (TO CONTINUED.) of Death or Agony towards blm. II returned to , the buoy. Thla ghastly business waa repeated a doaen times until aome one on Ihe beach enme out wltb boat and res cued the swimmer. Sag Refaction It's better lo be dumb, but with enough sense to get soms pleasure out of life, than be Intelligent enough to understand higher mathematics, yet too dumb to get any Joy out of living. Clucluuutl inquirer. Unci Eben "Education teaches a man to read an' write," auld Uncle Klien. "hut II can't guiirunlee ' keep ! from lon' both foollxhly." - VmIi'i .r . Honor Among Thieve By DOROTHY DOUGLAS (Copyright.) THE 'lienor Among Thieve dub" waa formed In Ihe beginning more or leaa Jn the spirit of fun. Thm, as tbe young girls of Akhorst banded to gether In that secret society, began te mature, the club took on a mora seri ous meaning. There were all types of girls In ths club. They were banded together la Inviolable bonds to guard the welfare of one another, especially In affairs of the btart If one of their members was being besieged by one of tbe op posite sex It waa the duty of members of the II. A. T to snop into the man's credentials as a possible husband and In all waya try to Inanre the future hupftlness of their affected themher. Always when a love affair cropped np there waa a meeting of the II. A. T. and the situation discussed openly from Its very Inception th member herself giving full details up to date. After that tha girls were regular bloodhounds on the trail of doomed man doomed, at least, If there was anything In his past or present that could put him out of the running. Oca dsy Ivy Canfield told the H. A. T. of her engagement to Gregory Wells. "You'll hardly credit" she told the meeting, "that I have become engaged to man who hardly knows a golf Hub from a walking stick .and who doesn't dance, tennis or Indulge In any a port a, butthere yoa are." "Mual be something wrong no com panionship no common Interests and but what are his weakneseesT Is he a fllrtr Ivy laughed her wholesome, frank laugh. "No I think he la the finest type of man I have ever come arrows. If yoa are to nip this affair In the bud ynull have to put your finest bounds on the scent" Kor a moment Ivy's eyea grew thoughtful. "1 do wish sometimes though that welt either greater soul-stirring depths were In me or less In Ore gory." There was Just a moment's alienee among Ihe member, then Doris Ken yon'a soft voice broke It "Perhaps loving ao splendid a man will stir those deep pieces love does wonder ful things to us." "I'm afraid the 'deeps' aren't here thsl's the trouble. Now If It were you, Doris, well It would be dif ferent affair." The rluh agreed unanimously that Ivy's msn and Doris must meet Hsd It not been Doris then another would have been selected. Ivy's future hap piness hung In the balance. It was one of the elub'e moat frequent menn i of discovering unatahillty In mankind they chose their most likely vamp and set her to work. If the man fell be waa not considered a lit mate. Therefore when Gregory Wells again rame to Akhurst to visit Ivy he was presented to many of the Honor Among Thieves club girls, and among them was Doris. Gregory shook hsnds with all the girls and his most genial big-hearted smile gr"l them alt. Then- Doris found her hand In hla. The smile sud denly left his eyea, though It lingered on hla llpa and her Oncers grew Iry within hla grip. Their handa fell apart and they did not speak. he burked up a few motrits later and waa her own laughing self and fotind that with an apparently effort less effort ahe could chat with Greg ory In a voice that did not vibrate with the emotion hla coming had wakened. "King for us, Doris," commanded Ivy laughingly. Doris sang for them. All the dormant ecstasy of her nature sud denly awakened, flung Itself Into her voice, and even Ivy held her breath to listen. When she had finished aome three or more, ahe went out on the wide veranda lo sit In silence. Gregory Wells followed her oat Ivy watched him go and a queer little smile played about her llpa. Outetde In the dear moonlight Gregory reached the balustrade on which Doris leaned. Rhe looked etrnlght up at him, the moon ahlnlng Into tha deptha of her eyes. Gregory put bis hand over hers and hla touch awept her being as by a mighty wave. "Don't" she said awlftly. "I am Ivy'a best friend." "It wouldn't make the allghtest dif ference," Gregory Wells said. "Noth ing would make any difference now It must be It couldn't be otherwise." Ills voice shook. "Plea send Ivy out to me," said Dotia; "I wnnt her." "Ivy." said Dorla ateadlly when her friend reached her aide, "1 am going to throw over the duties of the Honor Among Thieves drib. I cannot vamp your Oregory because he's the only man In the. world I could ever love" (she was a hit breathless) "and I want you lo know I car too much for you to to," her vole became In audible. A helpless laugh escaped Ivy, thee ahe allpped her arm around Dorla, "Dear, don't take It ao hard. A marriage between you and Gregory would be of Heaven Itself, while with me It woild only he of the Rnrth. There aren't so many great big lovs affairs that we ran afford to let one slip by there, there, dear, please don't cry. I shall be really hnppy only with some golf champion or hiiaehull fun and I'll be a fnr better friend to Greg ory than I would ever be a wife." And with her queer Utile smile she slipped hack Into the house to send nin out to his mm 3- LIFE'S LITTLE JESTS 5 OVERSIGHT ftplfklns wsa practical msn. Phlegmatic and stoical and very prsc Ural. Hla offlr waa on the tenth floor. One day he fell out of tbe win dow. But he landed unhurt on an au tomobile below, and rolled off onto the pavement "Aw heck!" he exclaimed, as he got up and brushed himself off. "Now I've got to go clear back up after my bat and umbrella." ONLY TAKING HIS TIME Wife John, come on. If you are solns out I Yon're takine all night to get your watch I Hunny .no, rm not, im oniy iu Ing my time. Evolutionary Speculation They aay a msa waa one aa ape; Tha apa was one a flan. Tha "haa-baen" now aeaomae a shape That gives htm high "poalsh." Ding-a-Lingt Radio Expert (Juat awakened by loud nolo from telephone) Radi shop. 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