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'tWe Two THE DARE COUNTY TIMES THE DARE COUNTY TIMES PUBLISH=-r> E'-'ERY pRIDAY AT MCNteq NORTH " CAROLINA.-BY times PRINTING COMPANY, INC.,- VICTOR MEEKINS. EDITOR CATHERIVE n. MEEKINS , Secretarv-Tressurer cirolina a ASJOCIATia Sobscriptinn Raire; One V«-ir $1 Months SI; Six Jonths 75c. ■" " ^ Three Months 50c. Entered as Second Class Matter at the I’osfoffice at Manteo, X. C. ^e iWeekly Journal of the North C.arolina Cnastland. IVvoted' to the a Southern'Albemarle Section and the Cape Hatteras National' - ,, ; Seashore — Premiere Recion of Recreation and Health i VOL. vili SEPTEMBER 4. 1942 NO. 9 , SOCIETY OF, MERCY ';.’^he International Red Cross, which was organized in 1864 as the result of work of a young Swiss busin^essman, to re- :' ,'lieve suffering of all those wounded on the field of battle, whether friend or foe, has become one of the greatest hu- , manitarian organizations in the world, doing great work iii ..both time of peace and time of war, and today-its work in .the present global war is outstanding—making it truly a 'w .-'^ciety of Mercy. ' . '-■ -The helping hand of this great organization was recently ' felt by a Southern Albemarle family, when it made it pos sible for Mr. and Mrs. Mat Berry of Engelhard to send vitamin tablets and other items to their son Bryan, now a , war prisoner of the Empire of Japan. This would have ■ hardly been possible had it not been for the Red Cross. ' Some 40.000,000 people, living in all parts of the world, belong to the Red Cross. All civilized nations are a party --'to the Treaty of Geneva, which makes the Red Cross an ' official and an international organization. The American organization with its 15.000,000 adult members and about ; ^ the same number of young people, is the largest national ■ ' *M>ciety. Japan is second with 3,630,000 members. ;As a result of the terms of the Geneva Prisoners of War Convention of 1929, the International Red Cross Committee is given the right to inspect prison conditions in the various warring countries to see that the war-prisoners are kept ' in clean, w“U-heated places, given medical treatment, free dom to exercise their religion, and to take part in sports, as well as see that they are allowed to correspond with friends and relatives, their mail being carried free, and they may receive parcels of food, books, etc. , ^In every country, colony and territory throughout th" 'world, the Red Cross work is' helpful to the needy and suffering. When disaster strikes, the Red Cross moves in and helps. As in the past, during this terrible, bloody war of survival that involves six continents, this international organization is proving itself a Society of Mercy. AIM HIGH YOUNG MAN , ^ Every boy is encouraged by his parents to make a mark in life. If he chooses to be a merchant, then they want him to be a good merchant and a big merchant; if he chooses to become a soldier, they they want him to be one who wins the admiration of his officers and who rises in rank. ' All boys of the neighborhood are advised by the older headi$, who are interested in them, to “aim high young man.’’ In a democracy, such as ours, the sky is the limit for strong, energetic men. They aTe limited only by their aims, and the to do good and right, Lincoln, the great president who led the Union through tte War Between the States, is only one of the few Amer icans who climbed the ladder of success because he aimed worked hard; lived honestly. In our own North Car olina we have former governor Clyde R. Hoey, Congtessman -...Herbert Bonner,, and, former Secretary-of-the'-Navy-Josephus Daniels', among many others. An anonymous poem which we found in an old reader in thg book case by our desk entitled “Low Aim Is Crime” contains .words of wisdom for all young Americans. It follows; . Life is a leaf of paper white ' f Whereon eac’* one of us may write ‘ His word or two, and.then comes night; , Greatly begin! Though thou hast time But, for a line, be that sublime.'.^ Not failure, but low aim. is crime. - Friday, September 1942 . IkuWD VsZ i - J iuALAfl\ UMAvt >,\V N-U-Ji£L£*S£ SCRAP IRON AND STEEL ' • “The United States needs scrap iron and steel.” It is vaUi- able. in the manufacture cf war equipment because it yields a'better finished product than iron ore alone. Scrap iron.and steel has been already refined and therefore saves a great deal of time in the process of manufacture. These are prin- ' 'ciple reasons for the collection of the scrap iron and steel but pwhaps the greatest reason is the fact that we need it to help win this war. American citizens have been asking, “What can we do at home to help?”—the collection of scrap is the answer as well as conservative measures in the use of so, called other war materials. The amount of scrap iron and steel collected too, will mean much to the farmer since present stocks of farm equipment are soon to be depleted and this scrap will also mean more machinery that the farmer would otherwise have to do with out. The salvaging of useless iron and steel may be turned into useful implements of fanning—thus-to, in turn be a possible means of helping feed a starving world, during the post-war period. “Throw your scrap into the fight" is not merely just a •^slcgan but it may mean one of the actual means of winning the war and one of the factors in reconstruction when this -war is o’er. The president has wisely suggested that we re linquish heirlooms made of steel and iron also useless land unarks ancient cannons and statues—these may do much toward saving the democracies of the world. It is the scrap in fields and ditches, in attics and backyards, that the nation is asking to be salvaged—that already in junk yards is stock - piled for 'Victorj' and does not reflect upon salvage com mittees, if it is not immediately moved, since this is access ible any time. -AMERICA’S NATURAL RESOURCES In the laboratories of America, miracles are in the process of being wrought. New frontiers of science are being ex- ' plored. And old and commonplace materials are being turned to new and marvelous uses. - Coil and oil are caaas in We think primai^y of coal as a substance which provides motive power for indus try and which heats homes. We think primarily of oil ias -a "variety'of liquids which propel our engfines and lubricate . our machinery. But coal and oil are the basis of new ma-- terials which serve £. thousand other vit^ purposes. ’The loss of our natural rubber is leading to the creation of a v^. new synthetic rubber indus^. &)me kinds of ayn- tlietic rubber are made from oil derivatives. Other kin^ are made of derivatives of coal. All the various synthetic rubbers have special and important uses. And the chemists ; are certain that, in time, we will have an abundant supply of artificial rubber which will be superior in aU ways to the natural product! Joy does not happen. It is the inevitable result of certain lines followed and laws obeyed, and so a matter of character, ■f —^M. B. Babcock._. SYNOPSIS CHAPTER X—Karen Waterson, con vinced by her lawyer. John Celt, that she has a claim to the Island estate and for tune 0/ her grandfather, Garrett'Water- son. arrives tn Honolulu to attempt to gain control of the property Here she meets Richard Wayne, or Tonga Dick, os he Is known throughout the South Pa cific. He Is a member of the Wayne family that has been in control of her grandfather's island. Alukoa. since the old man's disappearance. Although Tonga Dick knows who she Is. Karen attempts to conceal her tdentliy from him. Dick oflfers to take her saitlng and she accepts. CflAPTER II—Dick goes to the home of his half-brothers. Ernest and Willard, for a conference regarding their inter est in Alakoa in the course of their, dlscussion it is revealed that the Wayne family obtained the island for a small sum and under the direction ot the boys' uncle, James Wayne. It has been devel oped to where It has assets of around three million dollars. The Waynes arc worried that Karen may have a good claim to the island. chapter hi—Next dny as Dick takes Karen laUlng she learns that he knows who she Is and that he Is taking her to Alakoa. She wants to go back to Hono lulu but he refuses to take her. CHAPTER IV—Although she is thrilled by the sight ol the deep water Island, Alakoa. Karen Is afraid of what awaits her here, Dick finds that his uncle. James Wayne, ts very ill. When Dtak sees him. James Wayne is upset over the pending suit for the Island and tclla Dick he A'tll under no circumstances come to a settlement CHAPTER V—Dick tries to gel Karen to reach a ''compromise for settling the status of Alakoa but she will have none of ft and tells htm to discuss the matter with John Colt, her lawyer she also- tells him that a native house-girl. Lllua. is romantically interested in him. He laughs this ufi. CHAPTER VI—That night during a storm. James Wayne is found dead at his desk. Dick realizes that he has died from overwork but believes some sort of shock must have been the Immediate cause. He believes Karen was with his uncle at the time of hts death, Dick now decides to take Karen back to Honolulu. CHAPTER Vll-On the way back Dick tells Karen he loves her, Tncy discuss plans lor disposing ot her claim to the Island and the tells him that the matter must be settled with Colt. They quarrel over this and on reaching Honolulu pan on unfriendly terms, each decided Id make a fight for Alakoa. While Karen is telling John Colt about her experiences with Tonga Dick she Cjjcovert that Coll too ia In love wliji her. chapter VUl-DIek Wayne nttempts a compromise with John Colt and when hla offer Is refused he warns the lawyer that hit case Is washed up' and the end of Karen's Psctfic adventure Is In sight Dick then foes to Alakoa and examines the books of the island property and teams that over a tong period of time James Wsyne had been paying out large -sums of money for "old -debts." Hs calls a conference with his brotbasa CHAPITR IX—Next morning, Oick'i brouters get a terrific shock when they learn that old Garrett Waterson It not dead out ts now on his way to Alakoa. Dick explains that the old man left the Island over SO years before because he believed he was about to lose alt his property Being of violent temperament he wanted to get away from the past so he just dropped from sight. In the rricantimc Dick hat been working for him. John Coll and Karen arrive at Alakoa that evening, CHAPTER X—Dick goes to Karen and tells her that she Is not an heiress after all: that her grandfather is very much alive and '.vill very shortly arrive at Alakoa. He tells that he docs not know what the old man will decide to do. He kiay sec that Karen gets the Island or he may allow the Waynes to keep it, Dick scatn tells her ot his love for her and asks her to go away with him. She decides to cc and they put out to sea tn hts boat. They discover that the native house-girl Lllua has slO'.vt.d away to Dick's cabin. CHAPTER XI~Dtek and Karen quar rel and she accuses htm ot having made love to the native girl. He denies this, and angered, orders the ship to return to Alakoa. Ute.-inwhilc. Uokano, Lllua s native lover, who came aboard ship without Dick's knowledge, attempts to kill hts sweetheart and end hts own life. He falls an.j is rescued after he has jumped overboard. —- CHAPTER xn-cn the way back to Alakoa. Dick and Karen continue their quarrel and part there with each very a.ngcrdd. at the otltcr. Garrett Water- son's boat arrives and It Is le.irncd that the old man Is stek. John Colt's pilot tells Dick that the latvycr and Karen are anxious to leave Alakoa. CHAPTER XIII—Dick lakes the Island doctor out to Garrett Waterson's boat and they find the pld man very fit with a fever. Waterson wants to learn all he cao from Dick about his granddaughter and says he would give a great deal to have just one look at her. Dick prom ises he win bring Karen to him. As he Is about to leave the ship to get her he secs that Colt's ship with Karen aboard has started tor Honolulu. CHAPTER XIV Even yet, behind the Jieacb of Aia- koa, continued the music and danc ing which was an extension ot ttie wake tor the death ot James Wayne; relaxing now into an emotional deb acle which had forgotten the reason that it began. Consequently the crew ot the Holokal, held on the eetsel svhen they had expected to go ashore, was in resenttiil end turly mood. From that Iraitrated end dark-skinned crew any skipper could 'expect a tuUen handling of lines and gear, and the uneasy, heavy-wel|d>t' 'cd ohediance of mcn-who-like-noth-' ing about 'their work. But this time at Dick Wsyne swung aboard the Holoka^ fomethtng different bap- '.pened. “ ( Tonga 'Dick came aboard relaxed and smiling, and every move that he made was lazy. The easy, droop c{ his whole figure would have seemed, at first glance, to be that ot a man upon whom anybody could impose. And yet, as soon S3 he stepped aboard, a peculiar and un explainable discipline came over the whole length of the Holokai. The crew forget the doings behind the beach, and the drinking they had missed, and the girls they had missed; suddenly they wanted noth ing excent to be out of range of the Inevitable explosion. Tonga Dick didn’t see any of that. He didn't notice the unaccustomed smartness with which deck Kanakas 'got>out”of his'.! way; nor'the naval precision with which Inyashi attend ed him~not too close. The rail felt unnatural as he swung over it be cause his hands were cold and trem^: bling; and he was seeing nothing ex cept the wavering lights of tho Seal, probing out through a channel which no one,aboard her knew The tall rollers that came across two thousand miles of Pacific were breaking low upon the, coral reefs. No one could make his'-.vay through there who had not been born among those reefs—not as the tides lay now ►ertainly.Caplain Ramey, bad navigator and weak piloL could not find his way through. Dick watched the Seal swing perilously In the rip ,of the tide: lie, waited eontidently, even nopefully; knowing what kind •jf rock was reaching tor the Seal's plates. Presently^ he believed, he would’lake the people off the foun dering' Seal,'"end-put them back where they belonged—where he nad 'old them to stay. »He waited for the reel of the Seal's lights, the sick check of her motion which would mark the,., physical concussion be tween .John Colt's will and the actu alities of land and water. There was a moment, suspended in hair-breadth”cohtost, in which he knew the Seal could not live—that the one-eyed Ramey had made one , mistake too many.'Then. unaccount- : ably, by 'a whim cf the sea, 'die I Seal shook oflf the reel thro- a course in which' no vessel had ever ! succeeded yet—and - was free in I open water. Even the broken-toothed | coral seemed to have failed Dick j Wayne. i "Take your anchor up," Dick said. I His voice «'as so low. that. Inyashi, j waiting near as he was, ha'd'to, ask | him to repeat' ' , "Weigh your, anchor, and give me the Dicsell What is this? Doesn't an,vlhing. I ^say'. ever slick any i more?" | The Seal was'^in the open sea; ( but now the Holokai was coming out brought by a shorter and easier way. When Dick Wayne had brought , her through the treacherous and an- l gling channel he set his hip against the wheel, letting the Holokai buck i brokenly against the cross chop. "Inyashi," Dick said, "that is our boat" "Our boat Captain "f'm going aboard that boat and bring her back," Dick said. Something specinl showed in In yashi then. Sometimes people won dered why a squatty little yellow man, who looked like a clerk in a Japanese dry goods store, shoulJ be right-hand man to Dick Wayne. If they bad been watcbtng, they might have found put spmcUiing ttiaj now. Inyashl’s facSIwriitkled inla' peculiar grin; _ it was deferential still, h-ut a peculiar drawing of the Ups made the eye teeth show, so that all at', oncc.-t^.witliout ever step-’ ping out of his place. Inyashi was lome^ing else than he had been before. ; "Are all the Kanakas aboard?" Dick asked. " * - "All five. Captain Dick." v "Bring ’em here." —^ The c'rew ot the Holokai didn't look like much as Inyashi brought them up to the wheel vvhich Dick still lield. These were slovenly look ing men, not very well washed. Their faces were dark; the hair of some ! of them had a crinkly bush: the | noses of some were nothing else but | fiat, and the lips noticeably thick. [ A Polynesian who. on a surfboa-d, 1 seems the image of a god, .can look j like scum in dungarees. j ‘ 'Cou see that boat up there?" Dick | said. . 1 None of them said anything, and ! their faces were ine-xpressive. The * question was rhetorical. Whatever 1 these brown-skinned men might I miss in this world or the next, tliey 1 joycr gilssed anything on the face of ! the sea.' —— "We're going to come up close on 1 that boat in a minute," Dick said.'! •'Wo’rc going to swing so close to her that maybe we'll smash her rud der off. I'm going aboard, and I’m going to .take her back to Alakoa. Alter I’ve gone aboard, the Holokai is going to stand by for maybe ten minutes.^ Within ten minutes the malahiniTbcat will turn and go back. If it doesn’t turn—" Dick Wayne stopped a moment, while he' turned. the. Holokri, more carefully into the wake of the SeaTa lights.' "Then, Captain?" Inyashi prompt ed. .In the undistinguished yellow face the canine teeth were showing in Inyashl’s peculiar new smile. "Jf.’’ Dick said "the Seal does not tun in ten mii».tes tfter I liave boerded her, the Holokai wiD come alongside the Seel end lash fast" "And thcD-7” Inyathi said again. “One way or another,” X>lek said. 'I’m going 'to take tHe Beal back *0 Alakoa." Dick Wayna 'didn’t •even look at the faces 'Of the Xanakat-^w knew ediat was 'there.. Tbey'Were locking at each other 'then; 'bUt not in sullen- vees' nor'i'rSMenton.'t^ 'TMe faces-of these men were 'thick-skinned as leather, wcathefed 'by a thousand 'tropic'suns; biit now there was a eu- Tious drawing up’ef-ihe faces of the Brst man and -the 'third—different 'from a sffiUe. and at the same time nothing else—as if the deep-skinned leather had been drawn up by inner cords. If any haole’had anything these men could understand, Dick Wayne bad it; and they understood him BOW. Without • looking at them at all, he knew 'that they would take the Seal, if h- amed the Seal, no matter what else happened after that Dick bad to grin a litUe, but not without affection, as be rec- oenized that' he was oertertiw ••••. tain 01 wnac uiese men couia 'oc counted on to do. "Get your buffers out to star board." The' Seal .was all'.out! and. as Dick already knew, Ramey's boat bad a surprising turn of speed; but there was nothing she could do to get away from the Holokai, in .tht. open sea Ttie Holokai' had been built for sail, but she had taken to her power with a surprising surety, so that under her Diesel she went over the water' like a thrown shell. Def initely and steadily, with an arith metic aecura'cy, the Holokai .came up on the' Seal: a’nd nothing that men’s Intentions or present emotions might do could effect that steady overtaking She could overhaul the unhappy Seal tonight simply by a mathematics of oil and iron con trived by forgotten designers, some of whom were dead . . , "I have to go now,” Dick said to Inyashi. “You mean—you mean—” - "Take tilt wheel, and throw' her so close that you pick " her-wheel-! man's teeth with the, buckle • of your belt." _ ■' "What are you going to do?" In yashi demanded "I'm going to leave this ra'l. and go aboard’ this other boat,” Dick said. "Tonga," Inyashi .said, lapsing into the narne under which he- had first knowTi Dick, "if I miss the swing, even by inches—it just can not be done." - . “You go ahead and do it!....Take the wheel." The Holokai's deck crew were lounging against the weather rail as Dick left the wheel. They appeared to be resting; but Dick caught the gleam of a long knife in the belt of a boy who looked the laziest of all. "Stay back." he warned them. "Stay back until your time comes!’? Nobody moved on the deck of the Holokai as Dick went over the rail of the Seal. Everyone of those sea- riding men must have known what inspiration was in Inyashl’s hand as he drew the Holokai past the Seal, against the restless swell of the countering sea But they stood, wailing their turn, while Dick made his jump across better than a fath om of open water; and, gaining the Seal's deck, signaled Inyashi to stand clear. The one-eyed Captain Ramey was waiting at so nearly the. exact spot where Dick took the deck that he had to jump back when Dick came down over the raiL "What’s this. What is tois?", - "How would you like to turn your boat?" Dick said. . -v- "Listen—wait—listen!” There was • frantic expostulation in Ramey’s PERSONAL MENTION -MANTEO PERSONALS •' Misses Maxine and Helen Mee*'-"' ins left Sunday morning to spend j a week at Morehead City with their father, E. E. Meelrins, i'v'Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Robbins^ofv- .Elizabeth City visited relatives and [friends in Manteo during the week Gene - wiftiru-and ■ granddaugh-'l L. A. Alley is spending, a';few ter,'Rita Jean Con\vay-,,of,Norfolk, days in Burlington. .. "7 ? '- have returned to their-home after-- Leslie .Austin of the University visiting iMrs.' Twlio'rd's' mother, of North Carolina at Chapel Hiil - Mrs. j. p. Meekins. ,|is spending .several weeks’vacation Mrs. C.-S. Meekims J and' Mr.s. with Mr. and Mrs. C. S.'Mcckins.-' Louise Forehand spent Tuesday in .• Mrs. Carson W. Davis has re-).. Norfolk. , , t. ’7^. . turned to her home in Manteo.,af- Mrs. li. C. Evans returned Mun- ter. receiving medical tre.atment.^in day from Norfolk, where she spent Norfolk for several weeks, the week end visiting relatives. | Miss Doris Jones left receoily" Mrs. Flossie I’rice and Miss for Aurora, where she is a member Aliidrcd Frice have returned - to of the school faculty, their home in Manteo after' visit-1 Mrs. Sam Kee, who .hns boon con-, ing their son and brother, 1st Lieut, fined to her home by illness, is able Frice, and his family at Camp to be out. Ficket', Blackstone, Va. 1 Luther Daniels-of Norfolk visit- ■Mr. and Jirs. John Haymnn had ed his aunt, Mrs. Nannie Midgett, as their guests Sunday, Mrs. Joe last week end. . • „ Hayman and daughter, Mrs. Wal-( fi. H. Atkinson 'and'Sam.,MidJ- - ter Etheridge, of Elizabeth City. gelt have returned to, their,.homes' Mr. and ’alrs, diaries Morgan in Manteo on five days' leave from ^ and children, Jack, Vann and the U. S. Coast Guard, before be- ' ’ tletty, and Fat Davis spent Wed- ginning active duty with the Com- nesday in Elizabeth City. munications Division. Mrs. Stanley M. Faul of Charle.s-1 Misses Helen and -Zenovah Eth-- ton, .S. C., was the guest of Mrs. eriiige of Norfolk spent the week'^ •A. \V. Di'inkwater last week end. end here with their mother, Mrs.' Mi.ss Sadie.;Hendley has returned W. G. Etheridge. Mrs. Etheridge- from'--'her ■ hi'dihe 'at Wadesboro, left Sunday for Ho'ustdn,.Texas, toj.- where sne spent her vacation. join her husband, Lieut. Waltor'G;' ' Mrs. E. L. Warren and children, Etheridge, of the U. S.- Coast' Luther and Susan, of Elizabetn Guard, who has . been stationed' City, spent the week end here, 1 there for several months. -™.-.- , .. VVortn Midgett of .Norfolk spent Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jones and chil-,. the week end with his mother, .tirs. dren, Ray, Jr., and, Michael,-.left '' Neva -Midgett. ' " ' ; Wednesday to make their home in v L, R. Meesins of Norfolk visited Norfolk, where Mr. Jones has been his brother, C. S. .Meekins, and employed for some time, other relatives, last week end. I C. D. Quidley of Norfolk was in Billy Tarklngton arrived home Manteo on business Tuesday, last,‘.week, from State .Collegein MLss Natalie Gouid left Wednes- Raleigh to visit his parents, Mr. day for Chapel Hill, to resume' her and Mrs. L. D. Tarkington. He '’'■''fk secretary to Dr. Ralph has as his guests Claud Hayden of after a month’s vaca- Charlotte and H. K. Eagle of Salts- New York, Cape Cod and bury. ' ' 'Other northern points, and Mantep.,., George Creef of State! College in ; ' ^ : .i;.-' Raleigh is spending a month’s va-; SALVO NEWS NOTES!^^ ''' cation with his parents, Mr. and ' , Mrs. H, A. Creef. He has as his has returned from guest Sam Hulfstatler, of Haw ho.spital where he has been River. past 18 days receiving Miss Sibyl Daniels was a visitor ^!®®d transfusions. His conliition in Norfolk Saturday. ‘ improved, he is home for three ■' Harry Smith, who has been seri- '"’®®^*’ “f^er which he will return - ' ously ill with pneumonia, is able to hospita’. ^'or a medical check- r be out. “P- G. B. Mann of Manns Harbor' Cal'dn ^'lidgett of Waves was a visitor in Manteo Saturday. Sunday visiting her par- Mrs. David Hill and daughter, ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Y. Gray. Gwendolyn, of Elizabeth City, are , Velma Whidbee has returned' ; visiting Mrs. Kill’s parents, Mr. imm^^Manteo where she hns been; and Mrs. John Wescott. spending .some time with Misses Miss Miriam Ferebee has rettim- j Williams, ed from Norfolk, where she snent a' G^y and Luther Hwp- week with her mother, Mrs.’j. E. P"’ ^ho work on a dredge at New Ferebee Castle, Del., are spending some- • time here with their families.!; , * J. R. DougIa.s, who has been veiy.- !" accent poise, "Are we to nnaer- sick for the past tw’o weeks, is able stand—?” to be out. ; “You -wouldn’t imdersund this.. .R*v. and Mrs. J. D. A: Autrv,’ An old, dying man wanU to see jjrs. L. Y. Gray, Mrs. P. G. Pa'r- what his grandehild looks like. I row, Mrs.-'VY. E. Whidbee and Mrs. .**'**‘®"*^ Caltin Midgett have returned from'.. * *°‘n* , ' ..' Duke hospital in Durham where n y "-ent to give blood for L. Y. Colt said, * she is going where she Qn|y chooses to go.” "Sorry." The sound of the sea around them, but within '1 Mr. and Mrs. G. .4. Midgett of ,, Waves were here Sundav visiting L. Y. Grav. Mr. and .Afrs. D. L. Gray and Mrs .Elroy Midgett of Waves were : here .Monday at the horne of L. Y. Mr. and Mrs. L.-C. GraV.-Mrs.' ■P. G. Farrow. Mrs. W. E.,Whidbee M was it there was a peculiar silence, in which nothing human had anything to say. John Colt stepped forward across the swaying deck, into that ring of faces. r "This isn’t a hundred years ago. i ^ t. We’re not in the days of Captain ^^re at the Hat- Cook: we’re not even in the'days of hospital mte day recently, Henry Morgan. We’re not living CIJ'ay received in the old days. Way.no.” ' medical treatihant. ' , . "No.” answered Tonga Dick, "but' Burges.s' Hooper is very, sick at tins writing.' , ! this is the sea." ' j -— - 'Am I to suppose-" ' STUMPY POINT. NEWS - "I don’t care what you suppose. I have to lake Karen Waterson back | jjj; and-jii-g. c. g- Midgcttc and A .. * t o lf*nmilv of Norfolk have returned "Tins IS an ou rage Captajn Ha- mey put in “ril flgh Lh s through j returned everj-court of admiralty that-’ j hk il! -The one-eyed Captain Ramey was waiting at so nearly the exact spot where Dick took the deck that he had to jump back. ' . voice, not without its note of ap! peal. "You can’t do this! What are you going to do? Damn me, you can’t do iti You know I hardly ever get a decent charter, and when I do, do you have to butt in, and—” Everyone upon the Seal had known that the Hclokai was coming from behind, had seen Dick Wayne come aboard. There was a ring of faces, now, all around Ramey and Dick Wayne. Through the quick fog that acUon makes be ttfw'that ‘John Colt, too, was there. "You can’t do this," Ramey'said again. ’T'U hang you higher tha.n' si kite in any court—” Dick saw now whero Karen Wa- teraon wai. She was leaning against the bulkhead d the cabin, detached «tJU, with an unreadable face. "You don’t even know srhat I'm going to do." "Sui»,'’-1 kiiow,”"Ram«y'rsald''with-' ai' much black malice aa can be put through one eye. "Go ahead and do it—and tee what happens to you! WiU you. now?” ,."You‘ have your choice,” Dick aaid. "You can turn back, if you’re willing to turn back." John Colt spoke thcL He said. "1 really don’t understand—’’ "Shut your head," Dick said crudely. Ha spoke across them all, to Karen who stood against the bulk head of the cabin; and although be did not raise his voice, no one could have mistaken to whom he spoke. ' “You’re going back now," Dick said. ’.'You’re going back, and you’re not even asking why." .Tnhn Colt said, with a singularly "Votrwmb^'VySh^p;” Tonga - bifor/admiraltV*atall*'^H^^^^ Mr.^and Mrs?. Malcolm D.qniels you like the admiralty courts to hear ■“"‘I W'' !f Ethendgc of Wan- what happened at Lord Randolph’s 9.*’®®® "Y® guests of >irs. Island?" .George Payne Sunday. "You mean to bl’.ckmail me?” I D.aniel Boone and Ramey screamed. !?>®®®. A'>®® ^ •TPy’-'er, of Rocky - Dick Wayne grinned. "You bet ; Blount, spent the week end here your life I’ll blackmail you-if it's .visiting friends , and relatives. , , any good to me" I Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hooper of Nor- It was singular the way Ramey .^ojk spent Saturday here visiting faded, after that, ifriends. "I’ll have you for this—this Is | Bryon Nixon of the U. S. Navy piracy,"'John Colt said. "I can ^is spending some time here visit- 'brin'g charges such-as will—" ting friends. "Such ac will get you laughed Rev. and Mrs. A. L. MaxwelPand out of the’Islands. It’s too bad, but C E. Payne spent Tuesday in Man- ' those will have to wait. Turn your !teo on business. boat, Ramey. *^blid 'yoiir course tu you go,' -Colt ordered. ''Are’yoU going'to'turn.'or'not?' "And what ifT don’t?" R«nn«y jit- I 'Uired. ‘^e!H61akai'hesorders'to come 'alongside, lash'takt,-’end'’boerd,'in liist about' another two minutes. You can turn your tbodt, 'or 'my ’crew will turn your boat,’I doh’t'cere-a damn-whick." - vW'! > •■He’s'blufl&ig."T:ott'Ssld. "IKld your course, antf I promise—" •Tfo, he isn’t," Tlsmey tOhim- pered. The little one^yed skipper looked aa If he were' golng' to"' break down and cry. ’’I wouldn’t put It past him to do it, by'Gcdf And if those crazy-headed Kanakas Offals start running wild—" "You won’t like that, will you? TFeU—here they come!" The Holokai was swinging nearer now;' by her deck Ugbts they could see Dick's Kanakas, eager'-at the raU. "Oh, dear God in-heaveal" -Ra mey blubbered. The Seal turned ba'ok. . . (Continued next week).' Carroll Payne has returned home, ■ilter spending e few days' ia Men- 'teo visiting his aunt, Mrs. M.' W. Maness. Miss Rennie Nixon of Norfolk is vinting here this week. G. V. Payne spent Tuesdsy in. Manteo on business. MANNS BARBOR NEWS MiU' Beile’-tThompton'toftBilU-'j more, Md., recently spent a few days here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Thompson. Julian Gallop is home, waiting for liis cell tooths Coast Gusid in,, which he has i enlisted. He hu been 'working iii the Norfolk NevV Yird. Lloyd Midgett of Manteo spent, the week end here" with friends. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Jones and. daughter, Madeline, Miss Louise White and Lloyd Midgett motored to Morehead City Sumb’V to visit Mrs. Jones’ son, Howaix,, Thp is in the Navy there. Mrs. Annie Mae Midgett is im proving after being bitten by a "(Please turn to Pa^'Three) ,■ '* --