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TREASURE OF THE SEA BY Q*%* LUtM WR1L Zt^i4 r ? w?x *pi?.? * TMB STOKT THUS FAB: The crew of * iraall ?*111 til vuiil la tka CuMtu pick op Dick liriu, adrift on a raft. Ha realties that ha U among men UtUs batter than pirates. They coma apoa a drtfUag schooner arlth only tws people a heard, Ik* de mented captain aad his daegkier, Boa*. Toco aad his pirates captors the schooa er and search fraltlessly for tka "treas on." Than Tees goes away, beeaase a storm la brewing. Dick swims to the schooner, arrlrlng Just la time to res roe Boss from two of Ike pirates. Cap gala Bedford recovers and they sail t* an Island. Dick discovers that Toco aad his crew an on the other side. They are battling a group of white men. CHAPTER X The Caribs were checked again by a volley of stones, and withdrew after that to a safe distance, while Burley and Tucu held a consulta tion. Dick struggled to his feet, a little bewildered and uncertain what course to pursue. There were six white men, now that Pettigrew had been killed, and a dozen Caribs at tacking them, an even disposition of forces, perhaps if they had been equally equipped for battle?for one white man could ordinarily handle two Caribs?but armed with pistols that their enemies lacked the black men had the advantage. They could pick off their enemies leisurely with out running any risk from flying stones, and in the end conquer through their superior weapons. "Captain Bedford may have pis tols or rifles that Tucu overlooked," Dick reasoned. "With two or three we could rout the Caribs." Animated by this thought, he turned and began scrambling down the rocks, scarring his hands and knees and nearly losing his balance once or twice through careless haste. Rose saw him coming, and waved to him; Dick gave no heed to her until he stood on the deck, hot, flushed, and panting: "Captain Tucu's gang's on the other side of the island!" he an nounced abruptly. Rose recoiled and turned deathly white, but Captain Bedford's face set in hard lines without a trace of fear in it. "Then we must get ready fur them," he said grimly. "Did they see yeT" "No, but I saw them." The old skipper nodded. "Can ye ehoot? " "Yes, if I had anything to shoot with. Tucu disarmed me, and took every weapon off the schoonv." "Did heT" The skipper's face was wreathed in a crafty smile. "I reckon now," he added a moment later, "he overlooked some of 'em." Reinforcements Come From the Schooner Leading the way into the cabin, with Dick an 1 Rose eagerly follow ing, he began prying up a section of the floor. After loosening a few boards he lifted out a small chest hidden underneath, which, when opened, disclosed a treasure more precious to Dick than the gold tak en from the submarine. It consist ed of half a dozen brand-new pistols of modern pattern, automatics of a deadly type, with ammunition enough to feed them for a consid erable time. "We could clean 'em up alone, but mebbe it would be better to get down to the sailors, an' let 'em have some sort of fun. Reckon they'd enjoy it," grinned the cap tain. "Yes," nodded Dick, "we must have nearly enough guns for all. We must hurry." They started up the companion, but when they climbed over the side of the schooner to get ashore Rose sud denly protested. "Aren't you going to help me ashore, Dick?" "No," he replied gravely, "you must stay on the Betty. We'll come back to you." She sniffed and tossed her head In the air. "If Father's going I'm going too," she answered. Dick started to protest further, but Captain Bedford nudged him. "No use arguin'," he whispered. "I've spoilt her. She always has her way." With a smile she acknowledged this doubtful compliment, and climbed down to the mass of wreck age. When they reached the summit of the cliff, the situation below was not changed. The Caribs were still Bt a safe distance, shooting occa sionally at the breastwork behind which the white men were crouched. Their bullets went wide of the mark, which induced Captain Bed ford ' to remark, "Ye can't never teach a Carib to shoot straight. 'Tain't born In 'em. Reckon we'll show 'em how to do It." Dick had been scanning the rocks below with a careful estimate of the danger ahead. The shipwrecked men had reached the upper part of the beach, and it was possible to get within a hundred feet of them without exposing their bodies by fol lowing closely a ridge of outcrop ping boulders. When he Indicated this to Captain Bedford, the old skipper nodded, and waited for him to lead. Once more Dick urged Rose to remain behind, but she stubbornly shook her hebd and prepared to fol Yhe Caribs had their attention di w w reeled upon the breastwork ot their enemies, and, not expecting danger from above, they never once raised their eyes to the summit of the cliff. This more than any skill on their part enabled the three to creep stealthily down the ridge until close to the hiding place of the sailors. Crouching there for a moment they considered the next move. Between them and the breastwork was an open stretch of flat sand. To cross this they had to expose their bodies to the cross Are of the Caribs." "I'll go first," Dick whispered. "No, wait a minute," replied the skipper. "Likely's not them sailors will take ye for a flankin' party an' land a ton of stones on yer bead. We got to let 'em know we're friends." "How can we do It without alarm ing the Caribs?" "Reckon we can't. But it's got to be done." m Suddenly, without warning of his intentions, the skipper raised his voice without exposing his head: "Ahoy, there, shipmgtesl Look There was a poll of amoke and a sharp report. aloft! Keep them stuns for the en emy, an* don't shy any of 'em aft! We're comin' to help ye." The surprise and consternation of the sailors at the voice behind them was not greater than that of the Caribs. Dick saw Captain Tucu ?and Black Burley jump to their feet and scan the rocks with eager eyes. "I reckon now ye can go," Cap tain Bedford whispered. "Ye're spryer'n me, ah' can make it quick er." "Give me all except two of the pistols," replied Dick. "You and Rose keep ope apiece. Don't expose yourself. Keep Rose here with you." "Reckon I ain't promisin' to keep her here," grinned the skipper, "but I'll try it" The Automatics Turn the Tide Dick nodded, and then vaulted the low ridge of rocks, and, crouching low, made a break across the open space. His sudden appearance was the signal for a volley of shots from the Caribs, but in anticipation of this he dodged and decked so er ratically that the bullets burled them selves in the sand at a safe dis tance on either side. The sailors, forewarned, made no hostile demonstration, but watched him with gaping mouths and wide open eyes. When he finally landed plump in their midst, they stretched forth arms to receive him. Recov ering his breath, Dick said: "Now give them hell! Shoot to kill!" The sight of the guns he began passing around brought grins of de light to the haggard faces. "I haven't enough for all," Dick added. "So be careful. Who among you are the best shots?" "I've killed a man at a hundred feet," replied a burlj seaman, tak ing a gun, "an" my mate's nearly as good. Give him one." The other two were handed to men who declared they were good shots, and were anxious to try their skill on the Caribs. Dick took charge and directed the shooting. "They're cowards, and will run the moment wa shoot," be said. "They don't know we're armed. So make the best of our chance. Sin gle out our men, and shoot togeth er." He counted two and then raised a hand as a signal. Four vicious bullets sped toward their marks, and before they were well on their way others were following them. The automatics barked so continu ously that half the Caribs were down before the others could duck for shelter. The sailors wanted to break cover and charge, but Dick restrained them. "No, they'll get soma at you. * m ><gy ?" Keep covered until we get Tucu and Burley. The rest will surrender," "Who's Tucu ? their lesderT" asked one of the seamen. "Yes, he's the captain of the lug ger, and Black Burley's the mate." "Know 'em?" "Sure. I've sailed with them." The sailors eyed him curiously. In the lull that followed, one asked: "Wasn't ye on the City of Bahia?" Dick nodded. "Thought I remembered yer face. Got away, did yeT" .Further conversation was Inter rupted by the unexpected barking of a gun far on their right. For a moment they thought a flanking party had crept up behind them; but almost simultaneously with the crash of the report there came a cry from the enemy. They saw a gi gantic black man leap in the air and tumble face downward. "Black Burley I" exclaimed Dick. "Who shot him?" asked one of the sailors, uneasily glancing in the direction of the shot. "Captain Bedford," smiled Dick. "He's trying to flank them." * The rest of the Caribs, with Tucu leading, had leaped from cover, and were making a run for their last refuge. "After them!" _ yelled Dick, springing over the breastwork. "Don't let Tucu escape." Dick led the assaulting party, but Tucu had a big start. It looked for a time as if he would escape, and Dick hesitated between keeping up the race and stopping to shoot. Per haps in either case he would have lost if Tucu's vengeful nature hadn't temporarily handicapped him. Hen Pettigrew lay directly in his path, where he had been left by the Caribs for dead; but Hen had as many lives as a cat, and despite the fact that he carried three bul lets in his body he was a long way from being dead. He sat up and began struggling feebly to get on his feet. He was not aware of Tucu's presence until the latter stopped suddenly in his steps. The sight of one of his enemies escaping when he could kill him was too much of a strain on Tucu's nature. He decided to linger long enough to put Hen out of the game. With a malevolent glint in his eyes, he leered at the half-dazed man, and said; "I reckon y'don't need to get up." He could have shot him on the run, but he wanted to make sure this time. He brought his gun close to Hen's head, thrusting it vicious ly between his eyes so he could stare his fate directly in the face. It was a brutal, bloodthirsty act, and for a moment Hen recoiled. "Damn ye, take that!" grunted the half-breed. Dick Saves the Life Of His Nemesis There was an explosion, so close that the powder blackened Hen's face, but the bullet buried Itself in the sand as Tucu's right hand dropped to his side, with the fore arm broken close to the wrist. Dick had taken advantage of his hesitation and shot at the hand hold ing the gun to Hen's face, pausing to aim carefully and deliberately to make sure he did not miss. With a snarl and curse, the half breed grasped his wounded wrist in his free hand, and seeing that es cape was impossible he turned upon Dick like an enraged animal. All the venom of his nature flared up in his eyes. Dick could have shot easily, but he hesitated. The man was wound ed and unarmed, his gun having fallen to the ground. He could not shoot Tucu even when he had him at his mercy. "It's all up, Tucu," he said, smil ing as he advanced. "I won't kill you if you'll surrender. You can't get away." "Y'won't shoot me if I surren der?" whined the - half-breed. "Y'won't let 'em kill me?" "No, we'll give you a fair trial, but you don't deserve it." Tucu's shifty eyes seemed to lose their Are, and Dick noticed that the limp arm was bleeding freely. "I'll help you," he added, kicking the man's gun away to a safe distance. "That arm must_.be broken." Although in the act of kicking Tucu's gun away, he showed that he didn't trust the outlaw, Dick was careless In another respect. He thrust his own gun in his pocket. The halfbreed noticed the action and almost immediately his whole attitude changed. A murderous gleam (lashed in his eyes. With his left hand he Jerked an ugly knife from his belt and made a hinge at Dick. The attack was so sudden and unexpected that there was no time for counter ac tion. Dick had barely time to catch the uplifted arm and save himself from almost instant death. With a growl of rage that his ruse had failed, the half-breed struggled to release his arm (or another blow; but Dick flung himself upon the out law, grasping the arm with one hand and the knife with the other. Although wounded, and one arm helpless, Tucu, who eras a giant in strength, fought ferociously, suc ceeding finally in hurling his enemy from him through sheer muscular L J IMPROVED J J UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL Sunday i chool Lesson By HAJtOLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. a Of Th. tfaody Blbt* InitttuU of Chief. fUluMf to WHUia NniwHi Union. Liston lor January 12 L?saon aibkcta and Scripture texta *? lected and copyrighted by InternatiaaaJ Council of ReUdloua Education; used tor permission. THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS LESSON TEXT?John 1:116 * MEMORY SELECTION?Whstaoeyor ho smith unto you. do it.?John 2:5. The witness of John concerning Jesus as the Son of God had been attested by the divine knowledge of Jesus and his personal call to his disciples. Now the time had come fhr him to declare his authority as God by an overt act which all men could see and understand. It is interesting to note that for this, the first of his miracles, he chose a festive occasion in the home. He had been invited to be a guest at a wedding (v. 2). Those who ask him to be present at their marriage may confidently expect him to be present and to add greatly to the real Joy of the occasion. The authority of our Lord shows here In three different ways: I. He Commands (w. 1-8). He was neither host nor was he the one charged with responsibil ity for Cue serving, but when the time cante for him to do his mighty act the servants were ready to obey the admonition of his mother and do what he said.' Mary may have had some respon sibility for serving the guests. Why then had she not looked to the sup ply of wine? Apparently she who knew of what had taken place at the baptium of Jesus and immedi ately after, and having in her heart the memrry of what occurred at his birth (Luke 2:14), thought it time for him to da some great miracle. He wad indeed ready to do so, but in his own way. "What is that to thee?" in verse 4 really carries the meaning: "This is a matter which I must care for in my own way," and he did. We do well to seek grace to be like the servants who did what the Lord commanded, even though H did not seem to be a sensible solu tion to fill the jars with water. Obe dience without hesitation and with out question is the price of blessing! II. He Creates (vv. 9-11). me act 01 creation was aireaay done, but now the fact came to light. He had changed the water into wine, the juice of the grape. This was not a case of adding something or dilut ing the remaining wine. Here the water, as he decreed it even with out the u?e of a spoken word, was no longer there, but the best of wine. Jesus was and is the Creator. He was present at the beginning of all things (note the "let us" in Gen. 1:26), and it is declared that "by him were all things created" (Col. 1:16, 17). In fact, "without him was not anything made" (John 1:3). What he created was good, so good in fact, that the one in charge of the feast remarked about it. The Lord never does anything by halves, nor in a careless or defective way. He made a great quantity of wine (probably more than 100 gallons) and it was of the greatest excellency. Some would read verse 10 as though our Lord were here helping along a drunken wedding party, but of course that is not true. The stew ard was simply recognizing the ordi nary rule of serving whereby one uses the best one has until there is no more like it, then takes the in ferior provision. To use this verse to excuse drunkenness is only pos sible for those "eager to mar, if by means they could, the image of perfect holiness which offends and rebukes them" (Trench, quoted by Lenski). * III. He Controls (w. 12-16). After a few days with his family and his disciples, he went down to Jerusalem for the great feast of the Passover. There he found his Fa ther's house being misused and de filed. His holy indignation kindled, he spoke and acted with authority as he drove these "racketeers" out of the temple. People like to hear about a God of love, one who knows their weak ness, and is kind toward their in firmities. But we must not forget that God shows (lis love by a great and holy hatred of sin, and a desire to deliver us from that sin. This means thnt he must and will deal in drastic fashion with those who per sist in their sin. This is a majestic picture. The Son of God and Son of Man steps into the center of this unholy traffic and with mighty, holy indignation (not anger) drives it out. Why did these men who were so deeply intrenched and so eager to make money flee before the wrath of a lone man? It was only because they recognized divine authority. He has a right to control men, for he Is God. It is not a mere matter of re form, for here he was cleansing the temple, the very heart of the life of the Jewish people. He dealt with a present situation to establish an eternal principle. We cannot help but admire this magnificent Jesus, but the question comas to us today. Has ha been given his proper authority over and in mm MvesT DISPLAY HISTORIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON.?Attorney Gener al Tom Clark la batching a unique plan (or selling civil liberties to the American people. He will send a special train through the 48 states carrying some of the priceless treas ures of American freedom. It was Clark, working quietly be hind the scenes, who had more than anyone else to do with organizing the president's special committee on civil liberties, which will study southern lynchings and race prob lems. Accordingly he has .evolved the idea of sending a special train across the United States containing the most sacred doc uments of American history which guarantee our beedom. At first Clark proposed equipping two special cars with showcases which would display the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independ ence, the Emancipation Proclama tion, the Constitution and so on. However, he found that the Proc lamation of Emancipation by which Lincoln freed the slaves was in the hands of Abraham Rosenbach of Philadelphia, famous collector of old manuscripts. Clark. therefore, called Rosenbach to tell him about his plan and ask for the loan of the proclamation. Rosenbach agreed to cooperate, and suggested an entire train instead of two cars. He offered to help raise the extra money and, as a result, it now is planned to equip an entire special train with showcases in which will be displayed the most cherished documents of American history. Soldiers will guard the train, just as guards stand watch continually over these documents in the Library of Congress. In addi tion, , as the (rain arrives at each state border, an extra car will be added displaying the historic docu ments and civil rights mementoes of the state. Finally, Clark plans to have large size duplicates of the beedom docu ments "blown-up" as permanent ex hibits to be left behind in the high schools of each city through which the bain passes. ? ? ? IRON CURTAIN STATS DOWN Assistant Secretary of State Bill Benton, who has tried desperate ly to lift the iron curtain, recently was prevented by the Russians from visiting Moscow. Benton was scheduled to fly to Moscow with Chester Bowles, his old advertising partner. But the Rus sians faund Benton had only 48 hours in which to make the bip, let him get as far as Berlin, then stalled him for 48 hours, claiming Moscow weather made it impossible for his plane to land. Finally, Benton went back to Parts, where he checked by cod ed eable with the American em baity in Moscow, found that the weather In Rnuia had been per fect during the time he waa be ing barred from the Soviet capi tal. Benton, who la in charge of state department information, has tried to beam radio'broadcasts Into Russia in order to give the Russian people the real truth about the USA. Many Russians don't even know that the American army and navy partici pated in the war against Japan. ? ? t NEW WAGE POLICE A new policy line in preventing strikes was agreed on at a secret meeting of Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach and his top advisers. Hereafter, government mediation machinery will swing into action four to Ave months before union con tracts expire in major industries, in stead of waiting until union demands and strike threats are in the air. It is felt that many serious work stoppages can be avoided if union demands are anticipat ed and negotiations begun well In advance of contract expira tions. First major industry on which the new policy will be tried will be the maritime, which faces another pos j sible work stoppage in June. At that i time, union contracts of seamen of the AFL and CIO on the west and east coasts expire. ? ? ? PROBE MONOPOLY The department of justice is trying to decide whether to bring anti-trust proceedings against American Tele phone and Telegraph company for freezing out small competitors. In dependent would-be manufacturers of telephone equipment have little chance to break into the market be cause of the A. T. & T. policy not only of owning all its own equip ment but buying it from its own Western Electric company, a 99 per cent A. T. & T. subsidiary. ? ? ? CAPITAL CHAFF The coal strike may seriously af fect next year's potato and apple crops, according to the department of agriculture. 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