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PAGE THREE
WHAT HAPPENED BEFOBB
Palmyra Tree, aboard h vht n.in,
bow, is startled by fleeing a hand thrust
tnrougn the port of her cabin. She
makes a secret investigation and dis
covers a siowaway. sue is disappoint
ed In his mild appearance and tells him
so. Obeying his command to glance at
the door she sees a huge, fierce, cop-per-hued
man with a ten-Inch knife
neia Detween grinning Hps! Burke,
the stowaway. exDlains that It is a 1nk.
But Palmyra Is shaken. Next day Burke
and the brown man go up on deck. The
stowaway entertains them with wild
tales of adventuresome life which his
listeners refuse to believe!
Palmyra spends more and more time
with the stowaways to avoid Van and
John, but when the stowaways are put
ashore at Honolulu she decides she
loves Van. The night the engagement
is announced me KainDow hits a reef.
In the excitement which follows John
rescues both Van and Palmyrabut
Palmyra thinks It is Van who saved her.
After three days spent on the unln-
namtea island, a ship is sighted. It
proves to be Ponape Burke! Burke
contrives to get Palmyra on board his
boat alone and the boat is under way
before anything can be done! Now
read what happens to Palmyra, kidnap
ped by Burke:
CHAPTER V
Back ashore, where the moment
of Palmyra Tree's abduction had
found her fiance so afraid of wound
ing the girl that he could not raise
a rifle In her defense, every passing
circumstance was carrying forward
the revelation of two characters.
Van, as he saw hlB betrothed thus
torn from him, stood, Btarlng, after
the schooner, his face convulsed. He
had been thrust back Into a despair
tenfold that whence the Pigeon of
Noah had first raised him.
Not so, however, John Thurston.
As well as Van he knew nothing
could be done. But he would not
accede. Burke's crime had thrown
him Into a frenzy.
He ran across to Captain Peder
sen. "Captain," he demanded, "what
can we do? At once?"
The deposed sailing master look
ed back at him haggardly. "Noth
ing." "But, but we must I tell you we
must Man, we've got to get to sea.
Today now!"
Pedersen groaned. "I wish to God
we could, Mr. Thurston. I'm as
broke as you. But there Just ain't
no use. Looks now, if we're ever to
get off, we'll have to knock togeth
er some sort of craft from the
wreck."
Thurston cried out In protest
"Weeks, months. No! You, with
all your sea experience, you must
know some way. I, I demand. . . ."
Suddenly Thurston's face lighted.
He Btood In thought his features
taking on a more definite tinge of
elation. "I've got it!" he cried, and
. whirled away.
The sailing canoes in which the
Polynesian navigators of a bygone
day covered the Pacific were cata
marans. The explorers built two
hulls, so narrow that neither, by
Itself, would float But when the
two were fixed, perhaps ten feet
apart by timbers lashed athwart
their gunwales amidships, the dou
ble canoe became staunch enough
though boasting in all its parts
no nail or bolt or rivet its joints
held by nothing stronger than
breadfruit gum and twists of cord,
its Bails no more substantial than
plaited leaf to traffic all away and
across the broad Pacific.
It was Thurston's idea now that,
placing his four separately worth
less boats In tandem, two on each
side, he could lash them under a
framework of the lighter spars Into
a machine which would carry a con
siderable spread of sail.
"If those old catamarans could
hold together for a thousand miles,"
he explained, "ours ought to make
the next island."
Work had been going on perhaps
an hour when he appeared for the
first time to become aware of Van
Buren Rutger's drooping figure.
John had completely forgotten the
other man. Convicted, he ran over
to him.
But Thurston attempted no ex
planation. He saw that the best,
the only way out, was to sketch the
plan of action, seem to consult the
other's Judgment He spoke briefly.
"What do you think, Van?" he con
cluded. "Isn't that as well as we
can hope to do "
Van was silent for a long time;
then, unexpectedly, laughed. "As,
as good as any," he said. "Go on
your raft, and drown, stay, and
starve. What's the difference? As
regards her" he caught his breath
In a broken exhalation "she's
gone."
Thurston gazed at him somberly.
"You, you mean you won't raise a
hand for her?"
"I won't," Van answered wearily,
"and neither will you. We can't"
Thurston's face was resolute.
"Perhaps you're right," ho acknow
ledged. "Very likely so. But for
me, I prefer to die trying."
He would have hurried away but
the other detained him.
"I'm not your kind of an ass,"
Van said. "You fool, you know
there's no hope. Yet, by this silly
work, you can kid yourself Into a
sort of relief. Me! . . ." n was as
if he looked upon the girl lying
dead. But he tore himself from
this vision, became defiant "You,
you still think I'm yellow. Very
well, then. I'll show you. I'll help
now; and when you sail, I, too,
shall go."
Thurston ur&ed the men to work
as the first color of the dawn touch
ed the eastern sky the last or tne
stores and gear was lashed Into
place.
Thurston stooped over Van, who
had fallen In the sleep of exhaus
tion, and waked him. "Say the
umrH " he announced. "We're
Van roused but slowly; then turn
STANLEY
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COFSTUOHT BY CHAM.Bg 8CSUBNERS 8QN8
ed upon the stronger man in a futile
rage at circumstance. "Damn you,"
he cried, "I'd rather stay here and
die like a gentleman clean and
dry. But a moment later he sprang
up with his old laugh. "After all,
it's got to be the fish or the birds.
I'm a braver man than you, you
optimistic ass, because I know . , ."
He did not finish his thought "Come
on. Let s get it over.
Twenty minutes later they were
at sea.
Twenty hours later the catama
ran was drifting, dismasted.
And Van Buren Rutger's the
fault He had been given the steer
ing oar. But, sunk in dejection, he
had, in a moment of inattention, al
lowed the too-heavy boom to gybe,
carrying away the Improvised
tackle, and snatch the mast over
board. As a result Burke's rotten
boat had fetched free of Its lashings
and tne raft floated a wreck.
Doomed never to rescue Palmyra
from the villain Burke, John Thurs
ton had yet gladly staked life Itself
upon a thousandth chance.
The Pigeon of Noah was flying
into the unknown.
The face of the man Burke was a
thing to wonder at Under the ex
altation of a master idea it had
grown strange, compelling. ' His
eyes gleamed, his tongue stumbled
in its eagerness. For the first time
In life he was to voice that which
long had hidden in his evil mind.
What had been only a vision of
power was now to become an actu
ality. And so much, so very much,
depended on kindling that wild
spark he felt to glow within the
soul of this girl he had seized for
his own his woman.
"Tanna!" he cried. "Tanna! Ever
hear tell o' that island, Palm?" He
laughed excitedly. "Indeed and I've
took good care t'make y' acquaint'
Tis for Tanna we 11 be laying a
course, you and me," he went on,
with exuberant gesture acquired
from the natives. "Tanna, where
we'll lord It like born king and
queen."
'What a people! What a people
t'work with!" His Angers opened
and closed anticipatorily, with a cat
like zestfulness. "What can t we do
t'them Papuan wildmen," he cried,
and what can t we make em do
for us. That's the ticket Palm:
what we can make 'em do for us!"
Why, kid," he was expostulating
a moment later, "this here big Idea
ain t something that popped into
m head Just recent Gosh, no. Had
it in mind for years. But . . ." He
hesitated, diffident; a thing so for
eign to his usual brazen assurance
to seem histrionic. "But the fact
is I was a-waitlng for? for you!"
She was once more aware how
very real his Infatuation.
"I just had t'have a dame for
this stunt" he went on passionately.
A real dame, a sure enough queen.
And then I meets you. The very
first watch I sees y'got the shape
for Jt. And when y'lets out about
pirate blood, I knows y'got the
heart for It 'Cause yer talks on
the square; more on the square
than you yerself realizes."
The girl was Increasingly under
standing how Irrevocably, on the
Rainbow, he had been misled by
her caprice. Listening at first in a
pleased surprise, he had been eager
ly self-deceived. Sure that the law
less strain, persisting through en
vironment had at last roused, he
was now convinced she was already
in love with the life he typified
though she herself did not as yet
perceive the fact and that, in the
glamour this life cast upon himself,
she would In time willingly come to
be his own.
'And, girl," Ponape Burke was
shouting, "there never, never was
no King had such a Queen as you.
Yer hair!" He exulted in the won
der of it "That's how y'beat 'em
all. For, didn't I tell y' the Tanna-
men saw red? grabbed at red cali
co, smeared their faces bright and
gay, rouged up the dead warrior
gaudy t'meet his maker, wound
their own heads all over with red
vine t'cover the wool?
"Don't y'understand? That's what
I was waiting on. The queen o' my
devil's own mission had t' have red
hair. And, Palm, them Tannamen'll
go plumb crazy with pious pagan
joy when they sees yer locks a-
lightlng up, as the sun hits 'em,
like a stove full o' coals busting Into
name. Hair, I tell you, same as
that o' some o' the big buck gods
o' Melanesia themselves. Yes, I Bay
it, girl heathen hair!
'Why, Palm, I .wish t'the Lord
y'could see yerself. I wish y'could
understand yourself. Y'was plain
born for the life. When I've waked
y'up, you'll be eager for Tanna; for
Tanna, where a man can be a man;
where there's never a law o' the
cookpot and the sun and the wind
and the will o' you and me."
Ponape Burke did a jig step or
two across the' deck.
"Say, Palm, girl," he exclaimed;
"say you and yer heathen hair!
Did I, or did I not mention as how
I was going t'make y'a real sure-
enough queen?"
It was Burke s continuing delight
in her every show of angry spirit,
his self-restraining sense of com
petence to bring the comedy to an
end any moment he chose, that
most intimidated Palmyra.
"Wait 'till I've tamed you," he
would laugh. "Then we'll get along
fine. And you'll sure like Tanna
when y'get the taste o' power In yer
pretty mouth."
Only once had he laid a hand on
her. That was when, in a fury, she
had flown at him, clawing his face.
He had held her away, loudly hilar
ious. "I'd steal a kiss," he cried, "If
'twasn't for my sore arm. But, no
. . , I can wait till y'come free, pok
R OSBORN
jay lee
ing out yer Hps and 'begging me t'
take a smack. Twon t be long."
Nor was her situation made easier
by Burke's evil sense of humor. Pos
sibly to hasten her surrender, more
probably in a mere cruel amuse
ment it played upon her fears.
There was, for Instance, the occa
sion when Olive, for the first time
aboard the Pigeon ft Noah, spoke
to ner.
Had It not been for those brown-
shot eyes, always so stealthily upon
her, she would sometimes have
thought of this savage as a ma
chine. There was a sort of unhuman
precision about him.
And now, In this wise, the mo
ment Burke had gone below, the
brown man materialized himself at
he side. She was never prepared
for the exceeding change from his
statuesque silences into the gesticu
lar animation of his speech. He had
opened his mouth apparently for
getting as on the Rainbow that they
knew no word In common. Then
realizing, he stopped at a loss.
The girl shrank back; fled, In
panic at the very nearness of him,
toward the companionway. But
there she recollected that Burke
was at the foot of the ladder, and
stood helpless.
Then the white man came climb
ing up. "Y' little vixen," he warned
in a malicious enjoyment of the sit
uation, "push me overboard . . , "
He Interrupted himself with a burst
of laughter. "Gad," he cried, "but
I'd hate t' give y'the chance! Push
me overboard, and I'm gone. But
Olive's left Remember that I'm
what stands between you. I ain't
a-saylng as how he'd love a red
headed goddess all his own. Oh,
no! But I do see he's got his eye on
y'like a wolf following a nice fat
little lamb off into the timber."
The girl shuddered. Burke or
Olive? White savage or brown? A
cry of despair rose to her lips but
she fought it back. Her hand stole
up toward the opening of her dress,
lingered, fell again to her side.
Since that event it was now her
third day aboard the Lupe-a-Noa
she had been wondering whether
Ponape Burke really did stand be
tween her and his man. She had
not forgotten Burke's saying that
Olive, if he knew his power, could
snap his master' back across one
of those big brown knees like a
piece of kindling. And she suspect
ed at times that Olive might know
this quite well.
The day, with the disconcerting
suddenness of the Equator, had
faded and darkness would soon
have been upon them. Burke had
waved a hand toward the cabin
with kingly gesture. "The royal
chamber awaits' Queenie," he had
said. "Hot as hell down there and
you'll soon be squawking for a
hammock on deck. But tonight , , .
There's a lock."
The girl had sprung, trembling,
panting, for the companion, had
slammed it shut and shot home the
bolts. Then she had stumbled down
the steps and thrown herself, sob
bing, upon the bunk. She had borne
up bravely so long as the sun re
mained, but on the closing in of
nighf with all Its sinister lmplica-'
tions, she had given way.
Sleep impossible, the night drag
ged on. Above decks there had
been, as It seemed for hours, only
the heavy breathing of slumber. At
last, like a trapped animal herself,
she had begun a futile prying. And
then, without warning in that si
lence, there came, quite close at
hand, a sound. The girl crouched,
tense. Again it came, hidden, men
acing. (Continued next week.)
BOARDMAN
The leadlne feature of the P. T. A
meeting held Tuesday. March 13. was
a debate on the question. Resolved that
school books should be furnished by
the district. Mrs. Boardman and Mr.
Wicklander upheld the affirmative with
Mr. Calkins, Miss Chapman and Glen
Hadtey the negative. Judges were P.
F. Mulkey of Arlington, Rev. Swogger
and Miss Beougher., Arguments were
good on both sides but the negative re
ceived the decision. In addition to the
debate there was a good program con
sisting ol musical numbers by Miss
Henry, Aiec Ayers, tiuon Wilson, unco
Dillabough and Mrs. Marschat, and a
recitation by Mary Chaffee that fairly
frouKht down the house. Mrs. Robert
Wilson, Clarence Berger and Miss
Heougher had charge of the program.
Later refreshments weie served, cake
jello and coffee, Mrs. O. B. Olson, Mrs.
Ralph Humphrey and Mrs. Geo. Gross
were In charge.
Geo. Agee left Sunday for Portland
where he will visit his friend Robert
Rayburn for a lime.
F. P. Klltz visited W. A. Goodwin
Saturday at Heppner. Mr. Goodwin
will probably have to undergo another
operation soon.
Roy Fugate of the U. S. Biological
Survey was In Boardman the fore part
of the week.
Miss Lavelle Leathers and Miss Mabel
Chapman were Portland visitors over
the week end.
Bob Ballenger of Portland stopped
Sunday for a short visit at his brother's
home on his way to Baker.
Alvin Kelly was here on business
from Boulder Creek, Calif., where he
has been since the death of his father.
He went on to Granger, Wash., from
here.
Murch 30, Friday night, Is the date
set for the annual Congregational meet
ing to which everyone is Invited. A
dinner will be served that night fol
lowed by the business meeting. Rev.
D. A. Thompson will be present.
It Is reported that A. A. Aa-ee has
purchased the Howard B. Calkins ranch.
rne canons ramiiy plan to leave at the
close of the school for Virginia, going
through by motor.
Mrs. L. C Cooney and new baby
daughter will return next week from
Hermlston where the young lady ar
rived on March 12. Both mother and
baby got along nicely and everyone Is
delighted over the advent of the young
lady, especially Mary Maxene who Is
pleased to have a baby sister.
For the pleasure of her three small
sons, Gordon, Carol nad Freddie, Mrs.
Geo. Gross entertained a number of
their small friends In honor of the
birthdays of the three boys, each of
them having a birthday in March, Gor
don 6 years, Freddie 7 years and Carol
8. After a play hour the children en
joyed a lunch such as Is always dear to
the heart of a child. Guests were Har
ry Humphrey Ruth and Stanley Kh.g.
Catherine Mead, A. T. and Orthun Her
eim, Janet and Mardel Gorham, and
Helen, Gordon, Carol and Freddie
Gross. Mothers present were Mesdames
Gorham, Mead, Hereim; Ona Imus as
sisted Mrs. Gross in making the after
noon a pleasant one.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Muller and
daughter June came recently from Pe
Ell, Wn., for a visit with his brother,
Joe Muller and family. Monica Lather
is also staying with Mrs. Muller and
family for a while.
Turkeys are laying and prospects for
a good bunch of King Turks for fall
are looking up, barring accidents, dis
ease and what not. Nearly everyone
on the project has from 6 to 10 hens,
some have 20 and Glen Carpenter has 60.
E. T. Messenger and family had a
pleasant trip to Portland, leaving Fri
day night. They visited at the home of
their son Uram and on Sunday watched
the novelty of the smelt run in the
Sandy and brought home a quantity of
fish for themselves and their friends.
Willow Creek and Irrigon Granges
were supposed to have been present
Saturday night at the Grange meeting
but the visitors failed to materialize.
However, the local Grange members en
joyed the session and the social hour
that followed. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Gross
were Initiated into the order. Later
an Irish program and a lunch suggest
ive of the Emerald Isle was served.
Mrs. J. H. Imus is visiting in Spo
kane. Alec Wilson continues to visit the
doctor. He has a badly infected hand
as the result of a recent altercation.
Clarence Berger has gone to Portland.
Mrs. M. J. Doeny of Freewater visit
ed her sister, Mrs. Robert Wilson last
week.
Harry Murchle left Sunday for his
home in Seaside after a two weeks visit
at the J. C. Ballenger home.
Mrs. Lee Mead was hostess at the
last meeting of the Home Economics
club. ' Mrs. Fortier was an invited
guest. Mrs. Royal Rands will have the
club at the next meeting, March 28.
Ves. Attebury's are expecting their
chickens this week. They sent 820 eggs
to Hermlston for hatching.
The mothers of the basketball boys
and girls gave them a banquet on Tues
day night March 20, at the cafeteria.
Members of the high school student
body, their parents, members of the
board of directors, the faculty, were
guests, honoring the basketeers. A
marvelous chicken dinner was served.
The tables were beautifully decorated,
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SCOTT'S EMULSION
MARTIN
JOHNSON,
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Lucky Strikes in
Wildest Africa
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EASTER MORNING SERVICES.
Christian Endeavor societies and
other youth groups in the churches
of this vicinity will enter the inter
national Crusade with Christ, states
Claude Pevey, Helix, president of
the Columbia Christian Endeavor
Union. The Crusade is based on
allegiance to Christ and the Church
in terms of Evangelism, World
Peace, and Christian Citizenship.
The first emphasis of this new
youth movement will be on Evan
gelism, the individual's relation to
God and religion. This phase of the
Crusade formally opens during the
week preceding Easter, which will
be observed by the young people as
a week of prayer for the interna
tional Crusade with Christ
On Easter morning, sunrise pray
er meetings will be held in thous
ands of cities and villages all thru
North America, in which it is ex
expected 4,000,000 young people of
Christin Endeavor, the Epworth
League and other young people's
church organizations will partici
pate.
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