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SECTION v TWO Lost Cannon by Wilborne Harrell A. CHOWAN HERALD FICTION STORY WHAT HAB HAPf Ted Brent anu Jim C»r»„n, teeu aiera, anu akin (livers ire ieerching fur n cargo of cannon that Drat damp ed Into Edenton flny daring tne ivevar iation. Incidentally, they arc aiao a . ...ng i Mt a vKuaurr that Black >'"»» auppoaed to have accreted in the Bay. Slowly Ted swam along, giv ing an occasional push with his flippers, his eyes alertly scan- j ning the bottom. Ted snapped on his underwa ter flashlight. He played its beam in ever-widening circles, picking out the bottom which hecame brightly illuminated in the flashlight’s radiance. If there were anything on the bot tom, cannon or anything else, he couldn’t possibly miss it. j The flashlight’s beam cut a 1 sharply lighted path ahead of him as he swam through the! murky water. - Down went Ted, farther and farther, until finally he was eas ing along just above the bot tom of the Sound. His flashlight played back and forth, picking up long-submerged bits of flot sam and jetsam, rotting tim bers and what looked like what had once been great casks or I hogsheads. He kept alert for anything that may resemble a cannon. Then he saw it. His light speared > the breech end of a mass of iron sticking up out of the silty bottom that could be nothing else, but a cannon, rust ed and corroded with many years under water. Ted’s heart leaped. If here were one cannon, there might be others. The whole cargo of jettisoned cannon Could ly spread here before him, a few feet below the Sound’s bottom. With trembling fingers he re leased the buoy he carried, after tying one end of its anchor rope around the cannon. Slowly the released buoy floated upward toward the surface, and Ted. giving a kick with his flippers, hastened back to the rendezvous 'point to bring the good news to Jim. Jim’s underwater grin, after Ted had given him the pre arranged code that a strike had been made, was one of elation and he and Ted both struck out, swimming strongly, for the yacht. : The yacht soon loomed over head and Ted and Jim swarm If ‘ , i iWlHwi i Bf B %";•' JOE THOHUD SAYS: | how N|l| .4 wr to keep your HOME IN , S } THE FAMILY | and your FAMILY IN I | THEIR HOME I I Mips i Just see your Nationwide scan and ask for • Mortgst* Ctn ctlUiion plan. Here’s (telly low cost assurance that your mortgage will be fuUy paid automatically If you’re not here to do it. Check fWfcs wide the company with mtm id*n /*'•«« 204 Bank of Edenton Bids. P.0.80x 504 -fHIHlf;',; J ed quickly up the over-side lad-j der and hit the deck. They re moved their diving gear and Ted looked about him. Instantly Ted sensed that something was wrong; instinct or a sixth sense seemed to reach out and warn him of a hidden danger. Two men emerged trom aft. ■ One of them, held a gun point- j ed in their direction. It was then, in an illuminat- J ing flash, Ted knew what the' shadow was that passed over him when he was deep below the surface.- It was a small boat manned by these two men from the cruiser that had them I under surveillance. And, Ted i thought, these men think we, have found Blackboard’s treas- j ure, and their intention is to ■ hijack it. If the situation had not been; serious, Ted would have felt like! laughing. These men really thought they were hijacking a rich pirate treasure, when ac tually all he and Jim had dis covered was a rusty cannon! “Hold it, you two!” said the man with the gun. The scowl on his face and the steadily held menacing gun in his hand could not be ignored. “Where is it? Quick —out with it!” The gun’s muzzle wavered back and forth between Jim and Ted. “We know you’ve found it. Does that buoy out there mark the spot?” Ted and Jim remained silent. The man with the gun drew his lips back in a ferocious grin, ! and his knuckles whitened as j they tighted on the gun. “Spill j it, kid—we haven’t got all day!” j So intent had the gunman’s at tention been on Ted and Jim, he had heard or seen nothing until hard metal prodded him in . the back. “Drop it!” The crisp, incisive EXTRA SPECIALS FOR— CwNTOtfS lL<S«Ooft $>A¥S November 10th Thru November 19th Westclox Waterproof Timex - Waterproof - Dustproof WATCHES WATCHES Regular $10.95 Value Regular $15.00 Value now $8.95 NOW $13.95 Hallmark Christmas Cards Eastman Kodak Gift Sets Tags and Ribbons SIO.OO to $124.50 ® w . PROJECTORS KODAKS Gilt Wrappings movie cameras 10% OFF 10% OFF Refresh At Our Fountain While Shopping In Edenton ' FEATURING SANDWICHES AND LIGHT LUNCHES RELIABLE PRESCRIPTION SERVICE FOR OVER HALF CENTURY Mitchener’s Pharmacy Phone 3711 Edenton, N. C. I'll il ilHflliiftl ii *1 'Wiii ill nil i iM THE CHOWAN HERALD ■ I voice of Professor Hill spoke behind the gunman. His words carried a cold inflexibility thai killed any idea of resistance thv gunman may have entertained Professor Hill’s gun moved evei so slightly and covered the gun man’s pal. The gunman dropped his gun, and the two would-be hijackers raised their hands. “Okay, Chief,” said Professor. Hill to the man who had come up behind him. “They’re all yours. Take ’em away!” A few minutes later a small launch left the yacht headed for. shore. Seated amidship, wear ing handcuffs, were the two j crest-fallen and now thoroughly subdued hijackers. “Phew! I’m glad that’s over.” I Ted mopped his brow and grin ned at Jim, who grinned back and said, “Me, too.” Professor Hill hefted the gun in his hand and placed it in his pocket. He smiled. “I told you i boys we’d be looking out for - We’ve noted every move | those fellows made, and when 1 they made their play, we moved in.” , “For a second or two, I was scared,” said Ted. “But when I saw you, Professor, creeping up, I froze. I didn’t want to do anything that would give you away.” j Professor Hill walked to the' rail. “We are all scared in | times like that,” he said quiet-; ly. He pointed to the buoy, i I “Well, I see you’ve found some- 1 I thing and I’m sure it isn’t Blackbeard’s treasure.” I Ted excitedly told Professor Hill about finding the cannon, deep under the surface of the Sound. And more of the can | non must still be there, he ex plained, for the whole load of WHAT A BOA—Squeezy, 10-foot boa constrictor at Boston's Museum of Science, seems unimpressed by penicillin shot. David Bonney administers the treatment for Squeezy’s in jured mouth. cannon were dumped overboard “You and Jim have done a swell in the same spot. job. And incidentally, you boys “Ted,” said the Professor, have made quite a bit of money, REMEMBER You Save The Middle Man's Profit J. Winton Sawyer CEMETERY MEMORIALS 405 S. Road St. Phone 5995 ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. too. Did you know that there was a substantial reward for | those two hijackers? They were’ badly wanted men, and I’ll see that you two get the reward. | And you’ll also be well pa.-i for! locating the cannon.” The Professor cocked his eye-' brow and cast a quizzical glance at Ted. “Who says the.e isn’t treasure in the Sound,” he said, smilingly. “And as good as find- j ing Blackbeard’s treasure, eh?” I While the Professor was ] speaking, Ted, like one in a j dream and just awakening, look-1 ed down at his closed fist. He I slowly opened his hand and spread his fingers. Softly hei spoke. “I was so excited I had i forgotten all about this. I found it beside the cannon.” Resting on Ted’s palm was a tarnished golden coin, battered and scarred after many years under water. But it was a gold en coin and definitely recogniz-! able as a Spanish piece-of-eight. I Ted was like one caught up in ■ a fantastic spell. 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