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SERIAL STORY,
THE EDGE OF
COPVHUINT, IIM. ' i .' '
BY WILLI AM. WOODS'
.CIIINS FOR ritKKDOM
- CHAPl'En XXIt
'CTRNSOAUD thlvorcd with a
I vuhuo forolxxllntf, tliouuli )io
dlil nut ut flint rsullzo wlmt tlio old
'mun maaiit. "It'll tlmo wo stiirtocl,"
lio snIU. "You can toll us on tlio
:woy."
I liut Mnlkon paid no attention.
Importantly ho wont to tlio ulcovo
door, and than to tlio hull to inulio
mo no ono wai lis toning,
l"ThouHht our Quisling mlxlit ho
hiding In tlio cornor," ho said.
I "If you moan my son," tlio dac
jtor snnppod niiKrily, "I forhada
him tlio iiouiio tlila mornlntf. He's
living nttho hotol."
"Woll," said Mnlkon, nodding
good-naturedly. "I didn't know.
My congratulations. As a matter of
fact, I mysolf had a visitor from
tho hotol this oflmnoon. tilio
; brought mo my nows,"
I Stontigard lluahod. "Woll, what
Inows?" ho cried.
"Jn," Mnlkon sold, "Ja, Dr.
Stonngard. If you will go to tlio
dock tonight batwoon ton und four
you will find a soldlor nnmcd Kurl
ITlschor. lie's tlio mini you'vo bcon
looking for."
Tho doctor's faco turned whlto.
Ho wot his lips mid nnw Uioy woro
nil gating oxpectuntly up nt him.
is . . . Is mat so7 ' no slammorod.
"You nro suro of tho nnmaT"
i , Malkon nodded.
(jtoniigurd started up tho stairs,
but nt that moment Ouniiur want
ovor to him nnd put n hand on his
'shoulder. "Thoro will bo tlmo
j later," ho murmured, and than
when tho doctor still scorned un
I certain, added, "If you wish , . .
i wo can go Willi you lutvr ... to
tho dock."
"Of course," Stonsgard said con
Ifusedly. "U might bo bettor. Ho
will bo nnned." What ho meant by
that no did not know, or what ho
would do, what they would bo ex
pecting him to do.
rpiIE summer homo wns bare,
swept by a cold sen wind that
cut even tho Inland fjord water
into rough crests and valleys.
They brought down tho gasoline
tins quietly, carefully, and handed
them forward onto tho boats. In
the dark, Gunnar and Svcrro Trog,
tlio other fisherman, primed lha
motors, filled tho tanks, nnd stowed
two tins under each of tlio stern
seal. Then tho doctor camo down,
carrying compass, light nnd binoc
ulars, and wont ashore ngnln to
get tho oars. They wero to row
out beyond earshot of tho point
before they started tlio motors.
Tho bonis 'themselves wero two
18-foot sloops tlint tjlensgnrd had
bought years befora for summer
sailing.
i When everything was ready,
equipment checked, and tlio six
who wero going had clambered
nboard. a slunnl was nrruntfed for
'their return.
Lars Malkon, standing In tlio
summer houso and wishing with nil
his heart that ho could go, was
surprised to sea how quickly they
got nway. Ono mlnuto they wero
mill nshoro; tlio next thoy had cast
all and woro lost from sight In tlio
darkness. Only Gunnnr's volco
carried faintly ovor tho wnlcr,
saying, "Wo cntch tho tldo both
;woys. Ought to bo back by 11
o'clock."
iTJOTIEM thoy lind rowed about a
I " nnnHxp nt in limit Kivn,l Oia
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point Gunnar called for thorn to
ship oars In tlio other boat, and at
tho snmo tlmo want aft himself to
start tho motor.
It sacmed to tho doctor that they
rodo nt least an hour, though It
was only n llttlo mora than half
llliut tlmo. Ho got wet through with
the soas tlint poured In over tho,
sldo, and tho snow tlint seemed
mora Ilka sleet driven In tho wind,
lent nt his eyes until ha hnd to turn
loft In order to sco at nil.
Just nt that moment ho heard
tho motor stop. Ho turned In tlmo
to sco Gunnar swing tho tlllor
hard nround nnd rlso to ono knee,
looking bnck for tho otlicr boat .
And then off in tho darkness thoy
hoard a loud halloo, and thcro to
starboard was Svcrro Trog stand
ing In tlio stern of tho second,
sloop. H was flvo after 10 by tlio
doctor's watch.
Whnt happened then camo so
quickly that only Svcrro Trog,
who was by good fortuno looking
In tho right direction, saw all of
it. "I wns standing oft," ho told
them Iator on shore, "and In a
(rolling sen so I could hardly keep
my leot, when nil of a sudden I
caught sight of It blowing off to
tho north, First a lino of whlto
breakers nnd somothing Ilka n fish
in the middle, and thon all at onco
sho was up, not 00 ynrds nwny,
with a lot of snllors pouring fust
out of tlio hutch, trninlng n light
and a deck gun on us. Gunntir
'whipped nround then, and every
body yollcd out, and wo heard a
ivolco calling ovor 'Doctor . . .
'doctor, nro you thoro?' It wns tlint
'easy. Two minutes Inter wo wero
jtlcd up alongsldo and thoy started
lllftlng tho boxes down to us."
i Buck, In a light brown rnincont,
lenned ovor to slinlto hands with
'tlio doctor, nnd when tho boats
woro fast, helped him up onto tho
narrow, sprnylnshed deck."
Stcnsgard hardly heard Ruck
talking. "It'll only taka a few min
utes," tho man wns snylng. "Thnnk
God It's a bnd night. Even bnvo
a Wireless sender for you." And
moment Inter, "How's Miss
Bjarncscn up at tho hotel? Damned
clever woman you hnvo there."
' Tho British crew, in sweaters',
wool caps and dungarees, wero
handing tho brown boxes over tho
side, with a quartermaster calling
out their contonts. "Four llaht ma-
Ichlno guns. Fifteen thousand
irounds of BO-cnllbor ammunition.
lOno hundred hand gronados. Threo
hundred bnyonots." Gunnar und
iSvcrro wero standing in tho bonts
jnt tho submnrlno's sldo, carrying
'tho boxes over to Oluf nnd tho
Ibutcher to bo stowed below decks.
"Hero como tho rifles," tho quar
termaster called, "Throe hundred,
an' don't stop t' count 'em." Thoy
Avore In six cases, packed In gronso.
I,, "Ha. Gunnar," Sverra called.
3
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DARKNESS
nka nvic, INO.
"wo could mnko a llttlo army with
tills."
Oslorhnlm, behind him, could
hardly hldo his disappointment.
"Tho old story," ho was thinking
bitterly. "Four machlno guns
against tho Gorman urmy." Hut ho
did not say a word. After all, tboy
should bo glad to got that much.
"All clear," a man called out
bolow. It wus young Oluf, and tho
doctor felt bettor to hear the strong
Norwegian voice.
A fow feet uwny on tho dark,
sloping deck, tlio quartorinaster
was trying to explain something
to Gunnar about tho machlno
guns, und Ituck, towering darkly
ovor them both, was acting as
interpreter.
"All clear."
. Tho snow hnd already formed
n groy patch on tho rolling sldo of
tho conning tower. Under It on tho
black steel, Stensgurd could read
tho numerals "717."
So tills was Knglund, their ally.
"Good luck," a sailor called
down to Gunnar, and tho flshor
man turned, laughing and waving
his mm back over his head.
Gunnar sat at tho tlllor, and
they turned nnd mado for land on
tho Ingoing tide. Looking back ho
saw tho black hull of tho subma
rine go dark. In halt a mlnuto
mnro It had vanished altogether.
Tho journey In wns vory swift,
nnd becuuso tho boat', wero heav
ily ludon they rodo o good doul
moro smoothly. Whon In half an
hour they cut the motors nnd come
gliding In at tho fjord mouth with
tho dark hills rising again around
them, young Sverro Trog In tho
other boat dropped tho tiller and
cheered silently. Then ho put a
mutch to Uio oil lump on tho scat
bosldo him.
And when they saw tlio answer
ing light on shoro, swinging al
most jubilantly up and down at
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
A GREAT
VOLCANO
ONCE BELCHED
FOETH STEAM
AND LAVA WHERE
NOW .STANDS THE
DEVIL'S
TOWER,
IN WYOMING
THE TOWER IS
THE COLUMN OF
LAVA THAT'
COOLED AND
HARDENED IN
( i ni
THE VOLCANO
THROAT.
mi nv Mr ntffvicr. imo. t. m. nta u m mt
When you're oltsrontofyour
house, or out back of your,
house, you're outside of
YOUR HOUSE;' Sift
DCTTD lAATTC. UAPTFODrY U.V
NKXT: The bombing 'of
ATLANTIC
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HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Pusxla
a riciurea
convoy guard,
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6 Merriment.
B Hnng in folds.
14 Marine duck.
15 Monkoy.
16 Artist's stnnd.
17 And (Latin).
lOPortnl.
20 At whnt time?
22 Part of "be."
23 Jewish month,
24 Kind of poetry
26 Lade water
from.
28 Bends
downward.
31 Upon.
32 Typo measure.
34 Myself.
35 Exclamation.
36 Toward.
3B Therefore.
30 Us.
41 Militnry
Police (nbbr.).
42 Distortion..
44 Ourselves.
45 Whether.
47 Beverages.
40 Bird's homo.
51 Pnln.
53 Exclamation
55 Bamboolike
grass.
57 Presently.
58 Mystic
syllabic,
60 Work for.
62 Electrified
particle.
64 Chop fine.
66 Introduction.
67 Fondlo.
68 Renown.
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the oargo thoy woro bringing In,
Uioy drew In tho oars, Every on
of them felt suddenly tired,
(To lio Continued)
HOLD EVERYTHING!
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what's tho Joke?"
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GUARDIAN
(nbbr.).
26 It hunts U-
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27 Any.
29 Perform. .
30 It helps
convoy
(Pi.).
33 Low, ns a cow.
34 Pile and stow
away.
37 All right
(colloq.).
38 Deviate.
40 Heathen.
41 Mother.
43 Half an cm.
44 Indian.
46 Winnow.
48 Ells English
(nbbr.).
50 Appear.
52 Approach.
53 Snake. :
54 She.
56 Immerse.
57 Emmet.
58 Wood sorrel,
50 Greeted.
61 International
language.
63 Whirlwind.
65 North Lntitudo
(nbbr.).
3 Fish.
4 Interfere with,
8 East Indian t
canoe.
6 Remotely,
' 7 Upwnrd.
8 Novel.
9 Profound.
10 Pertaining to
frogs. .
11 Like.
12 Vegetable.
13 Tree.
19 Either.
21 Him.
23 Sloth.
25 Company
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