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Palm ? ra Tree, aboard the \ach1
iiuinhow. is st:utle.< by a ham: I
T.hiMi.st thrauyh the ;?:?rt i/f iter cabin.
: [ .'. makes a socret ihvestiira: ?:-. ah .
discovers :? siowav'ay. She is ,;i;.pn ;,
pointed in his mild appea rinc? and: a1
fcells h*im so, Obeying his <.c>mnmzW! at
t.'- glance at the door -she sbes a
nuge. nerve. conpev-iuieu man. witn
a ton-inch Knife heid Wljtvye'n grin- (
ninir. lips! BuffiEc. the.- stowaway, t xplains
that it ; > a joke. 1U;t Pal- e\
myt.i is shaken. Next day. Biifjko at
arid the brown man go up on deck. B
The stowaway entertains them with j ti
wild tales ;>f an abvenuav-somt- life, i\
which his listeners refuse .? elteve.
Now read op: j !a
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What Mis. Crawford aid not ex- 05
plaih wa- I'M. the real ?uty. as she: ^
saw it. la\ ir: tlepriviny Thurston's; H|
i< hu leg's c.f a chance* hi this less
r-.ainpeu setting of Honolulu. to
snap feiek Jo perspective.
By rejecting both her lovers? d
Van shortly after -John?Palmyra sr
had gained a reprieve ivom that ri
question as to whether she were in sli
love with one man or .fust: dandy
good pals with two.
The peaks of Oahw sank l ack ?iito i ;>
the rnona. the deep, deep ocean,
whence they had risen. One day.
two days. four, six upon a tempera- 1
mental sea; whole week of heavy#
sk:es aiitl raia and storjo seemed ;<?| !
have carried the girl no further- J al
A second week came and went: a |
. . t i-i' aiM!UVi.?v -in.' Iiiu-4 . ? . .. 1..h?
m<: fiyingf yacht. Udt. stiil no answer.! sl
The third wfcf came and neared | (
' f- ':<!. TntarniiUent now the breeze*
r.hev touched the equatorial zone j
t)f litrht and variable/-airs. A whc.lci
da.v throijfth. perhaps, the Uainliowj p;
v.v.ttid yearcely move. j in
Slowly. ur:olusciously. I'almy /a j
had .bjeen rspowlimr to the conditions j <d
created by tip wily Mrs. OrawfoikK j
As the hre<v..\ with each knot ?Vf !
wc^t'in'ji, had ! ? ? ?n sinking morojyi
ican^yioasly into the lbldtlijunis, the; pi
io eath . !' hi .hi Leciioi*: had stirred. I w,
risen fresh air, conkta iir, tin til it j
reached (he deep sweep of a nVaid f<
| en's first; knovviedvred love
fiiiwNy she wcoofcksh>? i: now. hi
,h is. belated r -cognition of love for j h<
the man of her parent?* choice, Van m
Uurfu Rutger,
And she must have treated John ;
Thurston ;d>ommrthjv. \V"iih each ni
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Explorer, Smokes %
Lucky Strikes in T
Wildest Africa
"Once on the Abyssinian
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missed us, and I teas
m 'iserable until the natives
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the Kaisout desert to
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1 find ray voice in perfect
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onient that she gave herself movt
'l-vinei-iSiy to luve, her pity fo
h>" rst?.u grew.
But- v. h-r.. 0)1 the twer:t\-seeon?
vrung ?4it Uvjin Honolulu?tumor
a they wore to sight their firs
, ?'.l?the hour came toe the forma
t meemerit < ?' her betrothal, th<
rl was radiantly happy.
True, i?t 'ho moment when Mr<
cawford <poke. it was upon the fac*
John Thurston that Palmyra'
es rested, and she could but ivino
the flash of pain' there revealed
ut no 'girl in love can. on her be
othal night. long be unhappy ove
to face ?f :i rejected suitor.
5o it was. that night, as Palmy n
y asleep in her stateroom, her hod;
inily moving with the lift and fa!
the yacht in the mid-Pacific calm
ere was a tender simic upon he
[>s.
And the tender smile was still Hn
t. an alluring warmth am
wetness. and beauty, when* thi
ainhou. caught all unaware by ;
tddcu Squall, came downi with ;
ash upon the teeth of a reef?tha
iou!d not have been there.
On a craft such as the Kainbov
tcrest natural.y centjiv about tin
ivigatidii.
\\hat better then for Mrs. t'rav
:d in her amiable intrigue than U
. up Van Purer, Rutger as a gen
eman navigator? How more pleas
itly important then. handsome
aeeiu!. jaunty in his white uniform
poised with sextant to take tin
in or bent over the charts, witl
instance and the Warn r>o Ids am
abnyra?
in .<? featuring Van as a vacHsS
-he was ViO more than a faffly vera
lient amateur?-the hostes- hat
earn that Peck-vser ,n tin- hack
.'tram! s h a \i ' ?l uiuiBvcHUitioush
lock up or. his work at every no inl
lint
ThP- sailing; master was a nuu
iiii. siii-iniDOita'.u, jcaiour. oS hi
wnjratives, touchy as to his <fig
ty.
Not limit rstamhnf Mrs. Craw
u-cl's motive, he civ.)so to regard th?
Tango meat as an ivhpatat-iou upo;
s seamanship. hV?. fitness---'whvel
. himsoli tlovihlct?longer *t? com
ami
Vim Soon discovered then that rhi
ik ant! kulky old man was ohh
i'aking an outward show; in roalit;
Cream of
the
Tobacco
Crop
isted"
n -No Cough.
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having; nothing whatever to do with
t- the navigation, leaving the fate of
the yacht absolutely in Van's own j
i hands.
A certain inability to take a stand;
r in- anything unpleasant difficult, t? 1
; '!1 lik?. up his mind and act in an j
emergency, kept Van at rir>? from;
telling the hostess. Later he continued
with an. object. He knew she
L. did not truly rely oxx him in. this
L; showy fraud of navigation; he susu
pected Palmyra was not deceived.
. Knowing his xown weakness, he had
. the weak man's fear of .-?:eiag lhatj
r knowledge reflected in the l'acc-s of
i others. Therefore, he would, with-'
,. ! niit :iid ?cr*it Uao 8ait)lii>yr t?. ?>?.! 1
| through the Line island groups. Audi
j then, when a', last he told the girl.!
| she could not but admire his j?-r
j lormance.
j On the rdghfc of the wreck, Van-;
j m ally heroic in persisting against a
j quacking unebnfidenee that kept himj
often awake?had stolen on deck in j
the mid-watch to reassure himself.
His first glartce told him the clotiHsj
were gathering for a squall.
Like mof t uiiadventurqus persons, i
Van rebelled at. being- thought timid.;
Before rousing the aatch he paused!
to make sure the clouds meant Wind, j
As he studied the sky he gradually |
became aware of a kr?v sound as of ]
> an express train fai away. Startled,
- he swept the sea: then laughed in
- self-eoiurmps.. More than once lato,
ly in dreams or waking; he had
ijsprung up at thai fancied sauncl of;
sj'ssiVn Th< yacht should not havvj
,, land aboard until late the next day.?
call out there was ap island a-te<?.!
' i,f then- were ",onc. ivojuM be to!
make himsell V uru.
Stsirinir now up at the blackening
, s.kyT again off into the gloom of sou.
he stood, balanced in su.spence be-j
Uveen his fear of storm and Iee-?
I shore, and his dread of ridicule. For j
this Jir.st time Van held life audi
. death in his hands?and couid not
. decide what to do.
he sound of surf being; at its,
iBii||jWi? after two i:ay>' calm, the;
lirss 'jteatii !he -quail ivus upon
J the ya? ht iwui-v Van' was <calva:uz-1
Jjized ijito action h\ discovering, |
*j?Mo;ui oTi the port bow ii.dim lov.-i
v jjtjr spmelhing against the sky ?-fche j
. silhouette of palms.
s; But w'.'n as the doomed Rainbow
~;j thus lay bet woe a hammer and anvil.
v jshe could have been extricated had
' i apt iiaptiuri Peiioisbn himself gone!
. CO pieces.
In the precious lemahhnu nu>
rents a bewildered crew tried fcoj
execute incoherent orders, while the
{ yacht was beaten down upon the
j waiting coral.
J Following the crash upon the reef,!
Thurston picked himself up and
J scrambled to the clock just as a sea
| came roaring aboard. Saved by a
spring into the rigging h-J v.u\u d a
j chance to reach Pedersen, whose
I Condition be hiis sensed! Seizing fcKfe
j sailing master he whiried him round;
"You're drunk," he cried. "Or. or!
| crazy."
f The fitwaS^iii}o i-r?vi
. H?hl in Thurston's eye.
| below."
' ni take ehar.VTe," Thurston aniuou
| The pumps showed that the tv 1.
w as taking water badly. Such boats
as cbhh! I.v launched were got ri'idy.
The men obeyed unquestiouiuirly.!
Thoy liked, respected Thurston. He:
knew little of -idi>- but they reeojS
r.iy.ed in his voice the quality of,
command.
During the hours which followed
it might weii have seemed to Valine
ra that the wreck had been arranged
for the sole purpose of
bringing out the difference between
John Thurston arul Van Buri-n V.utger.
Where Var. was sunk in self-aceusing
misery, Thuison'a spirits were
buoyant. The man was serene,
methodical, busy. And he had action
at last: intense vit.nl Ir. ftShefe.
. VM
save the woman ho lo'ed ho could
forget, for the moment, that he had
lost her forever.
When Van was -soon sodden with;
fatigue. .John seemed fresher with
every hour. .
It had been decided to leave the
women in the cabin where they had
been penned, rather than risk the
ugly surf that broke about the after
companion.
But Van, in his self accusing
frenzy, was conscious only that he
had placed his betrothed in the hands
of death, that he must save her.
He rushed toward the cabin coinpanionway.
Before anyone noticed,
he had thrown it open in the face of
another sea. A second later he was
swept down its steps by the flooding
water.
Catching up Palmyra he struggled
back and out again on the deck.
Only then, at a warning cry, did he
seem consciously to perceive what
force it was %hat delivered these
blows. Stopping short, he looked
back. A crest reared above the
j wreck, gathering itself like some
I her, that he held her safe. Never did
I she suspect it was to another pair of
5RV THUKSI?AV?BOOKit, X. C.
j arms she otted her life. 00
Of aU those revelations, tbesti 8
j manifestations oi the \^^k?ess of 3
j Van Buren "Kutger. the strength of fl
| -John Thurston. the giri noted none- I
[ On the night of her betrothal she B
| would scarcely have been like, under 9
i any e>vcr?nistanees. to draw oompnr- B
I isqns. And here darkness and grop- R
I ing confusion and the voice of wal- I
! ers conspired with Thurston himself ?
j ro hide the truth. 3
Palmyra's love weathered the K
' storm, unquestioning, serene: ?
! animate beast for the spring. van, B
hoaxt)v stricken, stalled one way, an- ggj
other: stood frozen in his tracks.
In an instar.l the sea would have
been upon him. From thai slippery
listing deck both man and girl
would, ir? all chance, haw been carried
overboard to death.
hi the blinding roar, ail she knew
was that Van's arms were arournd
(Continued Next Week*
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"1 did. i telegraphed home for
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