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TREASURE or THE SEA BY WN1L ???* W nvai ipva tab: After beiag adrift lor loor dajn oa a ?ft. Dick Jordan la picked up by a aaaB eatUac ?e??el la tke Caribbean, ftlek raaUxei Ike captain and hi. ere* an utile better than pirates. Taem, the captain, etarte toward the area where m* sank en steamer on which Dick had bees a passenger la now lying. On the way they come apoa a derelict schoon er. On hoard la Captain Bedford, ap parently insane, and his daughter. Bote. Twee, captain o< Use pirates, attempts to beard Use Teasel, hat la tarned back by ease's aatomatle. Dick swims to the schooner and helps Rose to dries oE the pirates. Dick fears Tucn will retara daring the night. CHAPTER IV She made no pressing inquiry for an explanation, but her eyes were watching ' him inquisitively. "It sounds like a stage farce," he laughed Anally, "but it was the best I could do at the time. That Cap tain Tucu swallowed the story was a surprise to me." "Will you please tell me what the story is?" BrieAy as he could, Dick sketched all that had happened to him sinpe the foundering of the City of Bahal. "Now," he concluded, "you can understand why Tucu will persist in taking the schooner. So long's I'm aboard he'll keep at it. I'm not sure but I can do you the greatest favor by leaving. Perhaps I will." "Where will you go?" she asked, smiling with her eyes and lips. "Back to the lugger." "Wouldn't they kill you if they laid hands on you again?" "No, not right away," he replied. "It's my supposed knowledge of the existence of those jewels that would protect me. After they were con winced'I had been deceiving them? why, then, I don't imagine Tucu would be restrained by any scruples from wreaking vengeance." "But you didn't intend to wait un til then?" she added. no, i was planning xo leave ax the first opportunity. I was on the lookout for ships." "And this schooner being the first, you took it to get away from them?" "No, that isn't quite true," he re turned, his eyes twinkling. "I real ly didn't think of myself when I decided to change ships. I saw what they intended to do, and heard your defiance of them. It was? was?well, a habit of mine, we'll call it, of jumping in whenever there's a chance of an adventure. I want ed to see the fun, and Tucu had re fused to let me come aboard." She appeared a little amused by his evident attempt to avoid the real reason. She suddenly grew more friendly. Turning to him, she said frankly: "I'm glad you came, and I hope you'll stay. Since father lost his reason, I've had everything to do. It was the storm, and the crew?they abandoned us right in the midst of it. Father was down with a high fever, and I?I?the men didn't trust me to manage things. I think they were superstitious about father; he talked and acted in a way that frightened them. His mind here he comes now," she broke off in a whisper. "Never mind what he says. He's' not responsible for what he tells." Dick Gets Acquainted With Captain Bedford Captain Bedford, with a vacant ttnrp in hi a ? ? * UK- ? *??? Cjto, tame luiuuiuig ?p the companion, mumbling and grinning to himself. He was a man past fifty, stout and thick-set, griz zled of beard and hard of muscles; but the mind had been thrown out e( gear by a knock on the head, caused by a falling spar in the midst of the storm. Catching sight of Dick, he stopped and blinked bard at him. Then with an idiotic grin on his face, he approached with both hands extended. "Is it ye, Mr. Crew?" he called cheerily. "He takes you for the mate," whispered the girl. "Humor him." "Well, it's most time we pulled ?p anchor, ain't It? There ain't goin' to be any storm after all. I told ye so?I told ye so, Mr. Crew! If it wasn't for that pig-headed su perstition of yours that an easterly wind means a big blow ye'd be lieved me afore." He stopped suddenly and gazed at the lugger. "What ship's that, daughter? I don't seem to remem ber her. Hail her, an' ask the cap tain aboard. We'll have a dram ef rum together. Cap'ns have to be friendly when in harbor. No," start ing for the side, "I'll hail her." "No, father," interrupted Rose, "not now. You must go below and rest. Mr. Crew and I will follow." Dick nodded and smiled, which seemed to please the captain, for be descended the stairs, rubbing his hands and mumbling gleefully. When he was gone, Dick glanced at bis companion. Her face was more drawn and set than when Cactain Tucu had her cornered, withvthe Caribs in front and back of her. In that brief instant she had aged several years, a tired, weary ex pression in the eyes and face. Roee Bedford was a child of the ?ea, born in a small seaport vil lage, but bred and brought up on the sea under the tutelage of her father, her mother hgving died at an age when daughters have only *>a flint est concept ion of their Deed of maternal care. Captain Bedford was lonely; jealous of relatives who gave his child a home when he was away, and absolutely hungry for her companionship; and when he reached a point where he could no longer endure the separation he literally kidnapped her and car ried her away to sea with him. After that Rose had lived on the schooner, visiting more coast towns and cities than few girls of her age expect to see in a life time. She grew into a strong, robust, inde pendent girl, skillful in handling anything that floated or had sails; learned at first hand all the mys teries of the sea and the lore of sailors, and during her brief so journ on shore in various ports of the world picked up miscellaneous information that was more practi cal than theoretical. But the sea was her life and the old schooner her home. When Dick Jordan met her she was as competent a navigator of a sailing craft as any man afloat, and her knowledge of seamanship had enabled her in the crisis to save the schooner after the crew had abandoned her. Captain Bedford had been injured by a falling spar, and for twenty-four hours had hov ered between life and death. When he recovered the use of his mus cles, but not of his mind, he was worse than useless. His wild bab bling frightened the superstitious crew, and reduced them to a surly, disorganized, mutinous mob. The crew disregarded Rose's orders, and took matters In their own hands. They abandoned the schoon er in the middle of the storm. Rose suddenly found that her sea manship was of little avail without the power to command obedience. They Make Plans for A Desperate Defense For three days and nights the schooner had been buffeted about by waves and wind, a plaything of the sea, drifting without guidance or direction. The chance of bring ing order out of chaos seemed an insurmountable task for a woman, and almost in despair Rose was about ready to yield to the inevita ble when the lugger appeared. But her fighting spirit, in spite of its low ebb, had not entirely de serted her. The lugger's crew and suspicious character had awakened a worse fear in her mind. A fate more to be dreaded than drifting helplessly around on a derelict aroused her. In desperation she de termined to defend the schooner against the Caribs, selling her own life as dearly as possible. Dick Jordan's appearance as an ally immediately stiffened her cour age. They discussed the situation calmly and practically on deck aft er a refreshing cup of coffee in the cabin with Captain Bedford. "We have plenty of firearms aboard," she told Dick. "Father always car ried a regular arsenal." "Three of us, then, well armed," he replied, "can put up a pretty stiff fight." "Two," she said, shaking her head. "We must leave father out of it. I don't dare trust him with a weapon. He might turn it upon us in one of his wild moods." Dick nodded, recalling the friend ly overtures the captain had made to the boarding party against his daughter's wishes. "Wouldn't it be safer to confine him to the cabin?" he asked after a pause. "He would be safe there, and out of the way." "Yes, I thought of that," she nod ded. "We could lock him in there. If things got desperate we would retreat to the cabin. That would be our final stand. I'd like father with me then." "That's the only thing to do. Where is he now?" "Dozing below. He always sleeps after taking a glass. I'll go down now, and lock him in while he's asleep." Dick paced the deck restlessly while she was gone. The lugger had dropped anchor at a safe distance from the schooner. Everything was quiet aboard her, with no evidence that another plan of attack was brewing. "Tucu will wait until it's dark," he mused. "Then under cover of night be'U attack from several quar ters. That's his plan." When Rose appeared again he told her of his belief, and she agreed with him. "You haven't such a thing as a searchlight aboard, I suppose?" he queried. "No," she smiled, "schooners are not usually equipped with such mod ern improvements." "Well," glancing up at the sky, "it's going to be moonlight until one or two o'clock. After that it will be black as ink. Until then I think we're safe." "Then we'd better take turns resting," she replied practically. "I'U take the first watch." But Dick was in no mood to sleep. He urged her to rest, pleading that he could stay awake all night with out discomfort; but she was obdu rate, refusing to rest unless he promised to do the same. Their long vigil began the mo ment the sun set and the shadows of night began creeping across the ocean. Twilight was succeeded by intense darkness, which brought them to alert watchfulness. This lasted for half an hour until the moon came up and dispelled the gloom. It cast a broad path of white light that revealed every ob ject almost as clearly as in the day time. The lugger lay directly in this broad streak of light, enabling them to see all that took place aboard. It was better than a search light. "If it would only last until morn ing," Dick remarked, "we wouldn't have much to fear in the way of a surprise." At first they talked intermittently of practical matters, exchanging views of what they should do in certain contingencies, and then hav ing exhausted all possible methods of attack and counterattack they lapsed into silence. For nearly an hour they watched and waited with out talking, but the moonlight and the balmy witching air tingled through their nerves. Dick became conscious of a pleasant sensation in watching and waiting, with her close by his side. Once or twice he glanced in her direction, and their eyes met an instant. They smiled and returned to their silent vigilance. "You're a plucky girl," he re marked once, breaking a long pause. "Not many could meet this situation without getting hysteri cal." In the few hours before the moon disappeared, Dick learned much of her lonely life with her father on the schooner. His own life had not been of the pleasantest; he was a fugitive from justice?unjustly so, but a fugitive just the same. He had been embittered by circum stances that had torn him -from his little niche in life and cast him re lentlessly upon a sea of adventure and restless wandering. Even in his moments of rest the shadow of the law had always poisoned what little enjoyment he had managed to pick up in his exile. The night wore on without any thing happening. Their talk was running into personal matters when a cloud drifted across the face of the moon, and temporarily darkened the sea. They started up with a jump, as if it were a sign of trou ble. Dick laughed after the first shock. "I thought the moon had gone," he said. "It's only midnight, and we have it with us a couple of hours yet." "I'm afraid not," she replied. "Look at those clouds. A cloudy night is almost as dark as a moon less one." "Storm clouds, aren't they?" She nodded and looked worried. "Another storm now," she mur mured, "would about finish us." A Night of Anxiety Wears Slowly On The fear of another storm, how ever, was secondary to the danger threatening them from the lugger. With the sky completely overcast, the moment favorable for an attack was hastened by a oouple of hours. They got up and began pacing the deck restlessly, watching and lis tening, peering through the gloom and halting every time a fish broke or a splash in the water attracted their attention. They talked in low, guarded voices. "We mustn't keep together," Rose whispered finally. "We must divide the watch. I'll take the stern, and you the bow. We can meet on our rounds and report." It was the only sensible thing to do, but Dick hated to be separated from her in the darkness. Besides missing her companionship, he was afraid something might happen to her when he wasn't present to lend his assistance. Suppose the Caribs chose the stern for the attack and overwhelmed her before be knew of her danger! He made his circuit of the for ward deck a little hastily and reck lessly, and found himself at the meeting place long before she had completed her round. When he saw her finally emerge from the gloom, he drew a sigh of relief. "All well?" he asked. She nodded, and after a few mo ments of pause she turned to re new her beat. (TO BZ OONTDCUrD) L 'improved" j j< uniform international Sunday i chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQU1ST. D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Belt wed by Weatera Newspaper Union. Lesion ior December 1 T,fierm subiects and Scripture texts ao I lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education, used by | permission. A LETTER ON CHRISTIAN LIVING LESSON TEXT?Acts 19:23-30; Eptosisns 9:13-19. MEMORY SELECTION - Finally, my brethren, be strong In the Lord, and In the power of his might.?Epheslans 6:10. The war is never over for the Christian. He is called to a con stant strife against the world, the flesh and the devil, which knows no armistice or peace conference so long as he lives or the Lord tarries. Paul, who had now set. out on hia third missionary journey, was this tfme permitted of the Holy Spirit to witness and minister in Asia. For three months he spoke in the synagogue, as was his custom, but when his ministry resulted in many converts others hardened them selves in opposition. So he withdrew (a bit of strategy in this spiritual warfare) to neutral ground in the "school of one Tyrannus," where he could teach and reason with them daily. Paul knew by experience that this could Dot go on, for he had learned as we should learn to L Expect Opposition ? It Will Come (Acta 19:23-30). The comfortable and contented Christians of our day who just want to be let alone to carry on their worship are certainly not related to the real Christians of Paul's type. The enemy of our souls is often content to let us go on In compara tive peace as long as we do not bother him unduly, but once we put up the banner of a Jjoly life and service in God's army, he begins a terrific counterattack. Paul had felt it already in the hardening of lis teners' hearts (v. 8). 1. Selfish Opposition (w. 23-27). One way In bring a violent reaction against spiritual truth is to let it interfere with business. Demetrius and his fellow silversmiths pro fessed to be concerned about the threatened destruction of the heath- 1 en worship of Diana. Many of the enemies of the gos pel in our time are fighting against God's Word because they are in a business which is condemned by it. 2. Senseless Tumult (w. 28-30). Knowing that their opposition was without true foundation, they in spired and agitated a wild demon stration. Shouting a slogan which had no real meaning, they lent their voices to the tumultuous agitation against God. Finally, one sensible man, fearing the punishment of city of ficials, quieted them (Acts 19:35-41). The Ephesians were just like many la our day who fear man more than God. But, may we ask, if yau fetir the judgment of men, how think you to escape the judgment of God? After all. It is God and His Word you oppose, unconverted friend. Do you think He will hold you guiltless? Paul was not afraid (v. 30), for he had also learned that the servant of the Lord can fl. Count en God?He Will Deliver (Eph. 6:llt-18). Writing to the church in this very city where the Lord opened "a great door and effectuil" for Paul (I Cor. 16:0), he admoniahea them and us to make full use of the provision which God has made for victorious warfare. There is a complete armor, and a mighty weapon, the sword of the Spirit, but none will do us the slight est good unless we put it on and go into battle. If we think we can do without the breastplate of righteous ness (and some Christians and church workers seem to think they can), or neglect to carry and use the shield of faith, we can only ex pect defeat. We fight great spiritu al enemies (see w. 11, 12 of this chapter) and we need the best in both offensive and defensive equip ment. The girdle of truth binds up the warrior and eliminates the hin drances to rapid movement. The breastplate is righteousness, not his own but Christ's, but it must be appropriated and used. The soldier must be well shod for the long rough journeys and to give him a good foothold in the day of battle. Peace in the heart provides such a firm vantage point in the fight for God. Faith is the quickly moved shield, catching all the fiery darts. Here again it is not my faith or yours alone, but our faith in God. put ting him between us and our ene mies. The sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. is our all-powerful weapon. Let us oot neglect to use it. We are ao prone to talk about the Bible, to defend it, to argue for Its truths. Talking about a sword does not make it effective. Let's really use it Prayer is always to be counted on and it is both a defensive and of fensive weapon. It keeps us in touch with the Captain of the Lord's hosts. We call for help, get orders and transmit news of victory through prayer. "lU+Jlome loum. I RefxasUe* |ta WASHINGTON I By Walter Shead I WWCimewtol WMU W?kimgfa Bu10.11 lilt By. St.. M. W. Rtpublican Congress Facts Many Grave Problems -THE PEOPLE of our democracy *? again have spoken at the polls, as is their sovereign righj. And they spoke in no uncertain terms to the effect that they are fed up with shortages . . . with rules and regu lations ... In short with the planned economy under which the nation has been living for the past It years. As a result of this mandate the next congress will be organized by the Republican majority, with Con gressman Joe Martin as speaker and very likely Senator Vandenburg of Michigan as president of the sen ' ate. When so organized, the 80th congress will move along just about as did the 79th congress and the next two years probably will be a period of strife, stalemates and vetoes, this reporter predicts. As a result of the peonies' vote. ooi domestic economy very likely will chance from a planned econ omy Into a free economy or free enterprise, as some call it. That word "free" Is a mafic word with the American people and the stranfe thine about the recent elec tion is that for the first time In his tory the American people have voted af alnst the administration In power despite the fact that employment la at an all-time peak and prosperity ii. money and foods has set a new all-time record. Of course, Republican leaders here in Washington are enthusiastic and boastful. They are perhaps sin cere in their promises of what they propose to do to alleviate any real or fancied ills. On the other hand, the Democrats, realizing their mis takes and their peculiar ineptness in conducting this campaign, are look ing askance at 1948. I Protection of Weak Now what will the people get in [ exchange for their votes on elec i tion day? The planned economy of Franklin D. Roosevelt came into be ing back in 1933 and has spread into every area of the nation, and for four succeeding national elections i the people approved. A majority approved of all the progressive measures and social reforms which have been written into law. The basis of a planned economy is protec tion of the weak against the strong . . . the setting up of rules and regulations, with the government as the referee, for this protection. When the war came there were more rules and regulations to prevent inflation and to hold down the cost of liv ing for the masses who bent their backs to produce' the food, the mate rial and the tools of war. But apparently, however prosper ous or protected, the American peo ple buck their backs at being told what to do and this past year has seen a chafing to throw off these re straints and let "free" enterprise take over. The great trouble with a free economy, as one government official put it, is that we revert to Jungle law, for the law that might makes right governs free and un trammeled competition and the weak, the little fellow, is gobbled up or is put out of business, no mat ter what field of endeavor. It is a survival of the fittest. BeDOhUean leaders la th? ?????<? and bouse have declared, aa bare the soothers Democrats who voted with them, that the only domestic economy which has ever worked In this eonstry is the economy of free enterprise. Bat has It? It has made some men very rich. It has estab lished Bi( Business, huge corpora tions and monopolies, and It has bronchi about depressions and pan ics, booms and busts, periodically for the past 1M years ... for the reason that Jungle law is opposed to moral law. A planned economy, however Irksome It may seem. Is based npon the moral law. It was a collapse of the free enterprise sys tem In 1929 which brought about the reforms of planned economy. It was interesting to note only very recently that the first to cry out and demand that the govern ment do something were Senator Thomas of Oklahoma and his south ern colleagues in the Democratic party when the cotton market skid ded so sensationally after govern ment controls were taken off. Sena tor Thomas, Senator Ellender (La.), Senators Eastland and Bilbo (Miss.) and others were among those most outspoken against any government control of prices or compodities. Few Startling Changes Of course, everybody knows there is a presidential election coming up In 1948. With this in mind, it is predicted that whatever curbs are put upon labor unions will be lim ited; that congress will be unable to stop strikes; that it will soon weaken the President by immediately re voking the war power act; that the President will use bis veto to hold congress in check; and that one o! the first dangers will be rapidly dropping farm prices with probably more expeorive price supports. ?-? ? NEEDLECRAFT PATTERNS Novel Potholders to Crochet 7258 YES, that gay sunflower and . pretty carnation are really pot holders. A wonderful way to learn crocheting quickly and easily. ? ? ? Use rag cotton or candlewick in flower colors. Pattern 7258 has directions for two pot holders. Our improved pattern?visual with easy to-see charts and photos, and complete directions?makes needlework easy. ANOTHER J ; J A General Quiz ' The Quettion* 1. 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