TREASURE
OF THE SEA
?Y VLMiL l&ff
m stoat thus fabi
tm crew m a nd cslMat mid la
Ma CarMksu pkek ap Dick Jirdaa,
adrift m a raft. Dick raallsci Mat ka la
ima| Baa wka ara rirtaallr pSralss.
Tksp cam* apaa a diifttac achaaaar,
afpanafty a derelict. Wka a two par
aoaa appear aa tka waDewta* aklp Tar a,
Ma pirala captaia, la dlaappatalat. Da
Maatad Captaia Badlord laaltaa Taca
aad kla craw akaard, kat kU daafkter
ftaaa taraa tkcm kack wttk ker aata
aullc. Dick awlmi la Ma ackaaaMt aad
alda ftaaa la Ma kallla. Taca wIM
drawi, kat Dick fa an ka wfll ratara dar
Mf Ma al(kt. Tka; keep walck aazlaaa
A nana la krewtat aad It akacaraa
CHAPTER V
Dick walked slowly forward
again, keeping a more watchful eye
in the direction of the lugger, and
listening for any strange sound. The
lugger was invisible in the gloom,
and he knew the Caribs would creep
upon them without detection until
within a few yards of the schooner.
The danger of a surprise was grow
ing with every minute.
Four times he made his circuit
and met Rose, who reported every
thing quiet and peaceful aft. Then
an the fifth round, he was delayed
a little by a noise in the water that
sounded suspicious. He waited to
verify it, and then resumed his walk
more hurriedly.
When he reached their meeting
point, she was not in sight. He
waited impatiently for her, but
when she did not appear ha grew
anxious. There was a chance that
his own delay had caused the trou
ble. She had not waited for him.
Unwilling to go back until assured
ef her safety, he lingered until she
appeared nearly ten minutes later.
"I missed you," he exclaimed in
a whisoer. "and couldn't so back
until I was sure."
"You shouldn't have done that,"
she frowned. "Something may have
happened forward while you were
here."
'Til hurry back," he replied in re
lief. "But wait for me on the next
trip. I must know you're safe."
! She nodded, and Dick hurried to
make up for lost time. In his haste
he was careless and tripped along
with more speed than caution. He
was till thinking of the girl when a
black shadow rose up to confront
him. Startled, and not sure that
it wasn't an optical illusion, he
paused instead of raising his gun to
Are am alarm.
That momentary hesitation was
his misfortune. By the time he
was convinced a burly Carib was
facing him on the deck of the
schooner, two other dark forms had
sprung out of the gloom back of
him. Dick raised his gun to shoot,
but a hand knocked it upward, while
one of the long, powerful, hairy
arms of Black Burley encircled his
neck and crushed the wind out of
him.
When Dick recovered, and his
wits returned to him, the Caribs
were in full possession of the
schooner. He needed no further
verification of this than his own
helpless conditon. Trussed up se
curely, he was lying on his back,
with his face turned up to the moon
less sky. Storm clouds were scur
rying over his head, and the treach
erous moon was still Invisible.
v\ ? i n. if # m ?
uicft stalls for nme
By Bargaining
A foot prodded him in the riba,
and a blade face waa thrust into hie.
Dick recognized the crafty one of
Captain Tucu, leering with triumph.
"Ain't dead, I see," the half-breed
gloated. "Y'want to be careful next
time bow yliit that deck. It ain't
a aoft pillow."
Dick stared at him.
"Where's Captain Bedford's
daughter?" he asked. "Did she get
hurt?"
Tucu smiled cruelly, realizing he
had another weapon of torture in his
hands. "She ain't dead neither,"
he grinned. "We're keepin' her in
the cabin?me an' Black Bur ley."
The intended significance of the
words aroused Dick to fury. "If you
hurt her, Tucu," he said slowly, "or
insult her you'll pay with your life.
This is war between you and me.
Leave her out of it."
"WhatH y'do if I promise?" he
asked, smiling warily.
"Anything you ask."
"Y*n stick to y'bargain, an' show
me where them Jewels was dropped
overboard."
"Yen."
"Y'tried to trick me once,"
growled the other, "an' ye'D do it
again. Y'word ain't wurth noth
taT. I'd cut y'throat if I thought?"
"No, I didn't trick you," Dick in
terrupted. "I interfered only when
you began war on a woman. That
wasn't part of our bargain."
The half-breed paused, watching
his prisoner with doubtful eyes. "I
wasn't makin' no war on women,"
he said Anally. "Cap'n Bedford in
vited me aboard his schooner, an'
that-"
"He's crazy, you knew. He wasn't
responsible. The schooner was in
command of his daughter."
"He ain't so crazy that be don't
remember some things," was the
retort "Boon's we can And that
treasuie he's picked up, well
leave."
"What treasure?"
Captain Tucu wfrkod and laughed
"Ydont kMwjMttta^baeiMI^I
nun, an' his daughter ain't said
nothin' to ye."'
Dick was puzzled and mystified.
He shook his head finally. "I don't
know what you're talking about If
there's any treasure on the schoon
er, I don't know] of it."
Tucu was unconvinced. "Y'lay
there an' think dbout it Mebbe y'll
remember, or w s'll find it"
When he wa ked away in the
gloom, Dick had ample opportunity
to reflect. There came to his mind
a vague remembrance that in his
crazy chatter Captain Bedford had
made reference to a prize?a treas
ure?he had found.
If Tucu believed there was any
treasure hidden on the schooner,
he would search for it spend days
overhauling every part of the craft.
This would cause further delay, and
time was precious. Any hour or day
a ship might cross their path, and
he might not be able to signal for
help.
He concluded finally to favor the
idea that there was something of
value aboard, and that Captain Bed
ford had hidden it By pretending
that he and Rose knew of its exist
ence, but couldn't locate it they
would gain time. With two treas
ures dangled before Tucu's eyes
there was a possibility of eventually
finding a way out of their troubles.
When Tucu appeared a few hours
later, with the first streaks of dawn
breaking in the east Dick's mind
was made up. He met the eyes of
the old renegade with a look of com
pliance.
"Tucu," he said, "you've got me
in your power, and there's no use
"Then It'* ? bargain?"
fighting against fate. I'll make a
new deal with you. Captain Bed
ford has enough loot aboard to make
those smuggled jewels look like
cheap imitations."
"Thought y'said there wasn't
none," growled the man, scowling
hard at his prisoner.
Dick smiled. "That was before
I thought you knew," he replied. "I
didn't want you to know of it. I
thought I could get away with it
That's why I didn't want you to
board the schooner."
"Y'wanted to get the treasure an'
the girl?"
"Wasn't any harm in that, was
there?" laughed Dick. "You'd do
as much if you had the chance."
"Reckon I got 'em," leered the
other.
"No," slowly, "you haven't.
You've got the girl, but you haven't
got the treasure."
"Reck'n one goes with the other.
She'll tell when I want her to."
"No, she won't," replied Dick
boldly, "for she doesn't know where
it is."
"The hell she don'tl Y're lyin1
to me."
"All right!"?shrugging his shoul
ders. "Don't believe me. Ask her!"
The half-breed surveyed him
quietly a moment, and then became
convinced nothing was to be gained
by stubbornness.
Threat of a Storm
Forces Tucu's Hand
"If she don't know where it is,
who does?" he demanded surlily.
"Captain Bedford, of course. He
hid it in one of his crazy moments.
His daughter knew where it was be
fore that, but now she doesn't know
any more than you do. Her father's
so crazy we couldn't get the secret
from him. We were trying hard
when you came aboard. If we found
it we intended to escape in the
small boat, and leave the schooner
to you."
"Y"ain't lyin' to me ag'in!" ejac
ulated Tucu, eyeing his prisoner
suspiciously.
"When did I lie to you before?"
The other growled savagely, and
made no reply. After a while, be
asked: "What's this new deal y'had
in mind? Spit it out."
"I wanted your word you wouldn't
hurt Captain Bedford's daughter,"
replied Dick slowly. "If you prom
ise not to harm her, we'll help you
search for the treasure. If you find
it well let you take it, if you leave
the schooner to us. You don't want
that. She's no good, and wouldn't
be worth towing to port"
"Reck'n she ain't a bad prize,"
murmured Tucu reflectively. "We
couM get her to land If another
storm didn't come ?to-"
"But another storm is coming,"
I Merrupted Dick. "You're sailor
enough to know that. Feel the air,
and that wind-r-"
Tucu atudied the leaden skiei.
"There may be another storm, an'
there may be only a little squall,"
he said. "I ain't sayin' which."
"No, but you know which it is,"
smiled Dick. "It's a storm."
Tucu glanced uneasily around at
the horizon again.
"Vcan't help any in searchin' the
schooner," he decided finally. "But
y'can lie here an' watch us."
"Then you don't agree to a new !
deal?"
"If we find the treasure you an' j
the girl can have the schooner," |
was the grinning retort. "Mebbe
y'can ride out the storm an' to land.
Til leave y'on it."
"Then it's a bargain?"
The half-breed regarded him slow
ly before replying.
"Yes," he said finally, "after
y' show me where them smuggled
jewels is. Reck'n that's fair."
"You're not greedy, Captain Tucu,
are you?" laughed Dick. "You want
the treasure and the smuggled .
goods. What do I get?" I
"The girl and the schooner,"
leered the other.
"And if the schooner goes down
in the storm I lose both."
"No, y'can swim fur it. Two on
a raft's more comfortable than one,
an' that's the way y'was when we
picked y'up."
Dick nodded. He had gained his
point. Nothing would happen to him !
or Rose while they searched the
schooner for the mythical treasure.
In the meantime, almost anything
might happen?a ship appear or a
storm break.
"We'll call it a deal," he said
finally.
Hi* rPflHv rnmnlianrp nu/akpnpri
the other's suspicion.
"Y' got to help us in one way,"
he added. "You an' that girl's got
to help us." -
"How can we?"
"By wheedlin' it out of the cap
tain. Mebbe he'll listen to his
daughter."
"I don't know about that; but I'll
promise to do what I can. Let me
see her."
Tucu was still suspicious, but as
there was no other way he finally
decided to grant this request.
The sun was rising in the east
when Dick was led by two of the
Caribs to the captain's cabin.
His entrance into the cabin
brought a little exclamation of de- I
light from a dark corner. Rose Bed- I
ford came forward to greet him. j
"Oh, they didn't kill you!" she ex- ,
claimed eagerly. "I was afraid they
had."
"No, I got a knock on the head, i
but it didn't amount to much." He !
glanced around him. The cabin was i
empty except for his two captors
and a third Carib on watch at the i
entrance. Tucu hadn't followed 1
them. Dick took advantage of the j
opportunity to explain the situation
to her. The Caribs didn't under
stand English.
"Rose," he said eagerly, "Tucu 1
believes your father's got some sort
of a treasure aboard the schooner,
and he's after it. I told him I'd
help him find it."
Instead of meeting him with glad
eyes, her face darkened. Dick had
an uncomfortable feeling that she <
was searching him with eyes of
suspicion.
"I promised," he went on eager
ly, "that we would help him search
for the treasure."
"You promised that?" she repeat
ed, slowly in a cold voice.
Rose Is Angered at
A trroomortt
"Yes, to gain time," be contin
ued. "While he's looking (or the
treasure we may plan soma way of
escape. Tucu won't leave until he's
searched every part of the schoon
er, and that will take a day or two."
She was quiet a moment, her
eyes vaguely restless and uncer
tain. Dick had the impression that
she was worried.
"Why does Captain Tucu think
there's any treasure on the schooo
er?" she asked slowly.
Dick chuckled. "From the rav
ings of your father. He heard him
chatter about the prize he'd picked
up."
"And do you think there's anyT"
she edded.
Dick was on the point of answer
ing negatively when a queer expres
sion in her eyes arrested him. He
glanced soberly at her, and then in
stead of putting in a denial he coun
tered with the question:
"Do your Is there any treasure
an board?"
She remained noncommittal,
yi.ru-in j from him to the two stal
wart Caribs, whose sleepy eyes in
dicated no interest in the conversa
tion. Dick became suddenly dis
turbed in mind. If there was any
particular sum at money or gold or
anything flee of special value, he
had not improved matters by telling
Captain Tucu be would help him in
the search for it In fact, be felt
that he had complicated the situa
tion. From the accusing eyas at
the girl, he began to feel guilty
at having betrayed a secret
"I didn't know there was any- ,
*hfr>g, Rose," be said penitently. "I ;
supposed your father's chatter was
all moonshine. Fm sorry if Fro?
Tea blundered."
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UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
Sunday i
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQU18T. D. D.
Of Th? Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Lesion ioi December 8
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education: used by
permission.
PAUL ADMONISHES
THE CHURCHES
LESSON TEXT?I CorintMsm 11 JO-t?;
Romans 13: IS. M: Epbemlan* i 18-21
MEMORY SELECTION ?Let us walk hon
ey tiy. aa la lbs day.?Romana 13:11
Temperance is readily taught
from the epistles of Paul for he was j
constantly moved by the Holy Spirit
to exhort the chuiches and individ
ual Christians -to a careful and
worthy walk before God.
In doing so he was not afraid to
speak plainly about the use of in
toxicants. Perhaps his brethren in
the ministry today should consider
hint and take courage.
Our lesson is a temperance lesson,
and since some twist that word
"temperance" to fit almost any kind
of indulgence, we should like to
quote a careful evaluation of it by
Dr. W. H. White:
"Temperance is a seriously mis
understood word. The best definition
we know defines it as abstaining
from thai which is harmful, and
using moderately that which is legit
imate. We would not advise a man
to be moderate in teasing a rattle
snake. We would not tell him that
it is all right to steal, lie or commit
adultery just so he is temperate
about it. We would not tell a man
to use diipe moderately. . . . We
could tell a man to be moderate
about eatinff meat or anv nfhap
wholesome thing."
The only way to be temperate
about liquor is to let it alone!
I. The Wrong Way and the Right
Way?in the Chnreh (I Cor. 11:20
27).
There were a number ot disorder
ly things about the Corinthian
church which needed correction. One
of these concerned the Lord's Sup
per. A time which should have giv
en them a blessed unity in fellow
ship and love had become just the
opposite.
It was their custom to eat a so
called love feast before the sacra
ment, and instead of making it a
time of loving and sharing, the rich
ate their sumptuous meals and let
a poor brother gnaw on a crust of
bread.
Then feasting led, as it so often
does, to excesses. Some became
drunken on the wine and even par
took of the Lord's Supper while in
toxicated.
We are not so much concerned
with the Lord's Supper in this les
son as we are with the behavior of
those who attended^ Think of com
ing to the holy table drunk! It
seems impossible, and yet it hap
pened.
Do we not still let the poor in
our midst shift pretty well for them
selves? The rich flaunt their affluence
and let the poor get along on their
crust of bread. The church needs
to renew its scriptural appreciation
of what fellowship and communion
paolltf manna
n. The Wrong Way and the Right
Way?in the Community (Rom. 13:
13. 14).
Thla chapter of the epistle to the
Romans concerns the right behavior
of the believer in his civic relation
ships. He is a citizen of heaven,
but he is also a citizen of the com
munity in which he lives.
The use of intoxicants which a
generation ago was a shameful
thing is now generally accepted. The
home in which liquor was served
was a disgrace; now "cocktail" is
one of the first words children learn.
What is the explanation? Is liquor
any less destructive and demoral
izing? Certainly not I Is it then
true that people are more candid
and open about what they do? No,
it is rather that moral standards
have slipped to the point where they
are no longer ashamed when they
should be, if they thought straight!
Along with the liquor go all the
things enumerated in verse 13. Oh,
the awful depth of sex degradation,
of plain ordinary indecency and dis
honesty, of strife and envy. It is
not a nice picture, but it ia true.
The right way ia found in verse
14. It was reading these two verses
in his mother's open Bible that led
Augustine to Christ. He saw and
took the right way. Will others do
likewise?
ni. The Wraag Way and the Right
Way?hi the Heart (Eph. 5:18-21).
This is a personal matter. The
man or woman who finds satisfac
tion in wine wanta the overcoming
power of the narcotic influence to
take away the sense of responsibil
ity for life. It is a weak and hope
less way to avoid facing reality.
The right way is to let the Holy
Spirit take full control of the heart
and life. This Is to be an experience
of complete surrender, being "filled
with the Spirit."
Does Hfe then become drab and
uninteresting? No, indeed! For the
first time you will be really JoyfuL
That Inevitably leads to thankful
ness, a grace too little known and
practiced. It la for all things at all
times. Do not overlook that fact
Then too there ariB be a delightful
attitude of consideration and re
spect tor one another (v. 21) and
of devottsn to Qad.
*hum
L Refuvttei
?fa WASHINGTON
?By WoDtf ShMd
I WNU Ci Ifllfcil
WHO Wtth:mgtom Burttu
t Uli En *t: E. W.
Rural irut Mm! JMtetri
By Sbarta|? il Teacher*
??D ED" SKELTON, radio come
dian, recently remarked that
he now know* that the reaaon hie
grade school teacher looked that
way was because she was just hun
gry. While this may not be literally
true, the recent report of Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching bears out the statement of
the radio entertainer in that It
describes the school teachers of the
country as generally "the forgot
ten" people whose ability to carry
on irrespective of work load, liv
ing costs and other worrisome
factors is taken for granted.
The report asserts that one
of the serious defects la the
pubUe education system is the
apparent country-wide neglect
ef "the central hgnre in the
educational process?the teach
er."
There is no denying that the seri
ous shortage of school teachers in
the nation today is hampering and
lowering educational standards in
our public school system. Accord
ing to Dr. Frank Hubbard, director
of research of National Educational
association in Washington, there
was a shortage of approximately
109,000. qualified school teachers
last year and the shortage for the
ensuing year will be approximate
ly the same number.
This shortage is revealed by the
j number of emergency certificates
for teaching which have been grant
ed. Such temporary paper means
that the bearer is not qualified for
a regular certificate, measured by
the standards of the state.
Shifta of Population
Shortages of school teachers are
worst in those states where influx of
I wartime population and extremely
high birth rates have brought about
tremendous population increases.
According to Dr. Hubbard, this mi
gration of population has moved
toward the "rim" of the country
the west and east coasts, to Loui
siana and the Great Lakes regions,
and hence the school teacher short
age is worse in these sections, par
ticularly in California. California
educators declare they need 4,000
new teachers each year for the next
| 10 years to meet their educational
' needs.
Dr. Hubbard declares the causes
1 underlying this shortage in quali
fied teachers are cumulative over
the years and conditions are worse
in small towns and rural areas than
in the larger cities.
Teachers migrate from the small
er schools and smaller communities
to larger schools and larger com
1 munities, drawn by more attractive
salaries and better living condi
j tions and more economic opportuni
ties. And so rural schools draw
ing upon unqualified teachers to fill
the gaps, have considerably low
er standards today than in prewar
years.
Higher Pay, More Preetige
Immediate and necessary rem
edies to cure the shortage and to
I prevent a further breakdown in edu
cational standards, according to Dr.
Hubbard, include:
1. Immediate steps to make
aalariea attractive enough to
prevent further losaei of com
petent teachers. Thia is coming
gradually with about a M per
cent increase in school teach
ers' salaries since 1M1;
t. Make salaries decent
enough to attract young people
into the teaching profession and
to prevent them from going into
other lines of work to earn a de
{ cent livinf;
t. Streamlining of teacher
I educational institutions to make
life and study In these instltn
tions more attractive to stn
dents;
t A program sf recruitment
In high schools and colleges to
prove to newcomers there are
real opportunities In the teach
in* profession;
I. A broad and long-rang o
program of raising the general
prestige sf the teaching profes
sion, particularly in the matter
of public thinking toward school
teachers.
L Eliminate many subordi
nate problems such as housing,
poor school sons true Bon. inade
quate school ignlgnist and
facilities and trenhi classes.
The teacher shortage in rural
schools is alarming to educators
and an attempt waa made during
the 79th congress to provide for
federal appropriations to assist local
communities to provide better sal
aries. The measure failed pas
sage, however, largely due to op
position to "federal control" which
might follow use of federal mooey.
City schools are feeling the short
age only in spcctaltrod hues and en
rollment In city schools likely will
be smaller the coming year with
pupulallmi moving to the suburbs
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