m non nos n>: rm*r4mm,:
- yw«ll Wilbert Wbdde, whe mwtn a
repair tt».H the aim. baek at «•
haau. to aatUtai by Ms itafifeeert Skat
ha la la M Ba hraaki tha hat aaws ta
hatM^Kart'^rtoThte.*^. mnuTts
aaat la Ciay Sqalbb, a thesraag aaltes
Kreaa Baa, where ha aiaata Mi. TUat,
bub at hi* awa a|i who waata ta
ni(a a aaphaw killed at Purl Barter.
Altar graiaadac from Meter Mechaaler
achael. Mr. Wlakla gees hoaia u a far*
leash. Amy karAy kaawa hha. aad hia
has. Penalopa. harks at hha tartoasty.
A ahaat Hiaa altar retaialag ta eaap
hath Mr. Wlakla aag Mr. Tlakar are ea
ceate tar a yaiat at amharkaUea.
CHAPTER X
Between Mj;.: Tinker and fha Ir
reducible feci that 1h«y were actu-'
ally off to one of the various wan
l going .on, Mr. Winkle didn’t sleep
much that lint night He lay then
precariously on the edge of the berth
trying to adfust himself to the situa
tion and regretting a little that ha
had not taken the chance of getting
ou$ of the Army when he had the
opportunity.
Thia was, as the saying went it
This-vatwhathebadtralned tor.
Ha waa going to where battles wen
'being fought He was going to help
fight <hem. The realization struck
him so forcibly that he nearly fejb
01/ of the berth, - especially when
M*. Tinker gave him an extra hard
' pr-fh. , ' _ . _
Then, again, he endeavored to look
f e* the bright side of it
Be was a hardened soldier, wasn’t
. «te?
Well, maybe, not herd, but with
plenty 0f preparation.
. The additional months as a mem
ber of a service company had
brought the confidence of experience.
They had brought a Corporal’s
stripes, and finally those of a full
fledged Sergeant Ha and Mr. Tink
The. day <hqr didn't stop, bat kept
right en marching iy the gang*
plank and m to the ahlp, he felt be
trayed, cheated and fooled.
er were a team,' it having been found
that Mr. Tinker waa good at the
heavier work, addle he auppUed a lit
tle more (kill at figuring It out
■ He couldn’t overlook the drama of
It either. Here they were, aeveral
hundred men in a apecial train,
ipahing to an unknown deatlnation
to aave the nation. He knew that
crack atreamUnera were aidetracked
for them. Everything made way for
them.. Even If you were.hurrying
to riak your life, .that gave you f
aenae of importance.
Ha fell aaleep on thla thought ,
.dreaming that he waa einklng in
. wide water* and that hie (reaped at
a ting tfttrrrtr awe btoiaelC
Mr. Winkle expected to be
b, marched right on a ahlp aa aoen aa
' they reached their embarkation port
two daya later. But there aeemed
. to be no auch hurry aa that which
had brought them here.
They were given phyaical examl
nations, their equipment waa in
apected, and order* were lasued tw
keep their canteen* l»0*d to the'
, mouth. ”f . ■; ..
v;~?wp$- readied; they war* assent*.
' bled do* morning' and matched out
through an entrance In the brick
wall. They made their way.aloeg •
road at the side of the harbor, in
: which many amps, all painted an in
different gray, .were, moored. Mr.
. Winkle had newer men a real chip
before, and waa Impressed with their
eix*. He wondered which, would,be.
theirs.
They were called to a halt beside
the high wall al one of the larger
^-vessels.
Orders .worn shouted. To bis
amazement and relief, they started
marching back Main to the staging
are*. This had been merely prac
DCf, ■ ■ . T, ...
| The man next to him said, “Tbit
ii M , doM oni,H4 - ■ £: -*;■ *' ’ • £*
" Bach day after that they mot
through the same process. Tbs third
time H wss repeated tboro were
complaints.
Even Mr. Winkle asked thorn
questions and came not to believe in
any of the marches to the ship. Ha
lock it for granted that each time
u-is arrayed himself in his tun equip'
meat and sweated to the pier that he
would turn right around again and
come back.
The day they didn’t stop; but kept
right on marching, up the gang
plank and on to the ship, he felt
betrayed, cheated and fooled.
To Mr. Tinker at his side he ob
served, "Well, I guess we’ve burned
our gangplanks behind us.*’
Mr. Tinker stared at him, scowl
ing to get his meaning. Though he
didn’t know the true quotation, he
appeared to find something wrong
with Mr. Winkle’s version, or at
least with the way he spoke.
"What’s the matter, -Pop?” he
asked. "You seasick already?”
More men poured on to the ship,
; and, stQl more marched along the
pier toward her. Mr. Winkle, Mr.
Tinker and ten others were shown
below to their private stateroom. In
stead of bunks, a large cabin had
been stripped of Its beds and other
hgcurious furnishings and canvas
hammocks slung in tiers at three
from a wooden framework.
Mr. Winkle drew one of the top
hammocks, so close to the ceiling
that it made him feel like a fly
sticking there. They stowed their
gear and investigated the quarters.
One of the men opened a door and
stood, frozen in his tracks.
“Come here,'? he said In an awed
voice, “and see If you see what I'm
looking at”
They crowded around' Bins, peer
ing over his shoulders, and saw a
gleaming bathroom.
“Holy cowl” another man cried.
“Ain’t our suite sweet?”
The ship would be totally blacked
out at night which meant no smok
ing on deck.
No cigarette butt or scrap of pa
per was to be thrown overboard lest
it leave a trail which could be fol
lowed.
In case the ship was hit and had
to be abandoned, they were to slide
'down- landing nets which would be
towered^ and not Jump Overboard.
If a man fell overboard, the ship
could not risk stopping to pick him
These instructions caused no evi
dent alarm. Normally, Ur. Winkle
should have had an acute attack of
imagination right then and there.
But it didn't come, as it hadn't late
ly in the learning that a great and
solicitous mother, the Army, looked
after his every interest All he had
to do was to trust it obey orders,
and, most important of all, keep his
mouth shut
The ship sailed that night while
some of them were asleep and some
i of them were, still adjusting their
bodies to the hammocks. Mr. Win
kle, listening, heard the deep throb
of the engines. Be put his hand
against the ■ceiling and felt a thrum
ming there, The smell of oil became
stronger. A low, sleepy murmuring
came from other men. A forward
movement became perceptible.
That was all.
No one spoke.
In the morning they were at sea.
Their own and dozens of other ships
scratched a glassy mirror with con
tinual, untired zigzags. The convoy
; stretched into the distance as far as
the eye could see. At its outer edges
, they could make out destroyers and
other warcraft, which kept tip a wor
ried pacing back and forth, in and
out, and sometimes around in wide
sweeps and circles.
It was heartening to see them and
their fellow troopships. Though they
knew that death was possible any
instant from the sky or from be
neath the water, it. seemed just as
Impossible that anything could touch
them.
Soldiers were everywhere on the
ship, the last inch of space being
crowded with them. If they had lit
tle privacy before, they had none
now. It was barely possible to step
anywhere without walking on some
body, or putting your foot into the
middle of a craj> game.
Somehow they m alleged to move
around, for the most part good-na
turedly. Mr. Winkle marveled at
what he and other men bad been
conditioned to stand. He began to
have a respect for the extent that
man would let himself be abused for
the opportunity of traveling a long
way to get killed. Despite its in
convenience ana ungear, wen wee
!;m decided element ofjoy in war, at
virile men becoming brevet end vet
ting out on the exciting adventure* of
the warpath. • ^
The favorite pastime, while stand
ing or sitting on deck, or leaning
against the rail, was speculating on
where they were going.
"Australia,” was proposed, "and
I aim to see one of diem kangaroos
jumping around with her kid in her
pocket"
*7to, sir,” another differed. *71
it was Australia, they'd told us. My
cousin went out there last year and
he kneW’trdm the time bd left He
ainTieen any kangaroos yet but he
says the people there are hep-cats
who cook with gas.” '
“The Solomons,** a third man said.
“We took them over, didn’t wet
We’re being sent out to hold them.
■ I had it straight from the top kick—”
“Something tells me,” another
man interrupted, “we’re going to be
dropped off in Hawaii. I always
wanted to go there, and now la it”
He waa hooted down on the basis
that no such luck could be theirs.
It was Sergeant Winkle’s consid
ered opinion that they ware going to
New Guinea.
' . • ii. r-.. ■. j'.i - -
' “What they fit them Popr* h*
mi asked. "Where your book say?"
. “Cannibals," be told them. Re
thought his gWabook had said 1hat:
"Me,” said Mr. Tinker, “I don’t
care wherelt la Just so there’s Japs."
> On the fourth day, while sitting bn
the deck with his hack against the
rail, Mr. Winkle nearly Jumped but
of' his, life belt when there was a;
loud explosion forward.
He was lurching to his feet and
had reached a crouching position be
fore he realized that the gun crews
were bolding firing practice.
He sank back down again, seeing
Other men following Suit.
The guns kept on chattering, send
ing up shells to burst high. in. the
'Sir at different levels. From the
other ships they could see the same
practice going on. It was fascinating
to watch, and the noise and smell at
burning gunpowder added to their
sense of aecurity.
In the midst of the racket Mr.
Winkle was startled to hear his name
being called.
"Hi. Popl"
Looking up, he saw Freddie Tin
dall. In back at him were Jack and
several more of the’original Spring*
villa contingent.
“Hello, Mr. Winkle," Jack greeted
him. The boy’s eyes twinkled, and
be spoke as if they were meeting
casually on Maple Avenue.
“This.” said Mr. Winkle, strug
gling-tb BftTffeet, "Is quite a place
to have a reunion."
They held it, nevertheless, hi the
middle of the Pacific Ocean, pump
ing one another's hands and yelling
above the noise of the guns. Fred
die cried, "We’ve got more than
this! Hey, Alphabet! Alphabet!”
In a moment the wizened little
Sergeant pushed his way down the
deck. The first thing he saw was
Mr. Winkle’s stripes with the “T"
below them. Without raising his
voice, but still making himself heard
he leetured: -
"I ■ been'-in the Army eighteen
years. You been in eight months,
and you rate with me. We ain’t go
ing to win no war that way. And
look what I got in my machine-gun
crew. Him," he pointed at Jack,
“and him,”' be indicated Freddie.
"AH they can do is outshoot any cf
them guys working them pump-guns
srs The iwg itntebel fate (he dl*
(uoe far as yeu cnM m.
up there, (There do you think we’re
headed for, PopT” ” "T ^
Mr. Winkle’s reply was lost la
the Mast of the antiaircraft gun* : .
. “Australis 1" J*ck yelled.
“New Zealand t” Freddie shouted.
•*I told you It was India,** the At
phabetsaid. ”1 had it straight from
aneddcef astheOne*Alowdown.:. **
Mr. Winkle saw that Sergeant
Caeldeskrowski had become bnf 'of
them wad, what was more, they had
become one with him.
■ Be was warmed by (his, and that
the others were on the ship with him.
It seemed to make it still safer, and
the sea smoother and even more
peaceful.
Yet still .it wasn't quite the thing
about wer be sensed ’and for which
he continued tb search.
There was wstlr among the ships
of the convoy. , v - > 4
1, Messages were ikdhanged ’ hr
blinker and flags. 4 ‘ !
, Mr. Winkle's ship and five supply
vessels began1 to take entitle
counts. .
‘ It seemed as it something was gp
tag to happen after all. that a sub
marine had been detected. The men,
lining the rails, watched and held
their breaths, - . r5 !
■ Maneuvering smoothly, the sbi
ships dtc’.ashed tbameelvei from the
maip body of the convoy, setting off
at an angle to it At the same time
three destroyers rode in the same
vdireetico. herding them. Deep*
throated whistles said goodhy.
\ - It was dear now that they were
going on a mission of their own. Hu
mor rah like fire.through the ship, ’
They were a special task force,'
An urgent call had come for -
from some harassed point
Flans had been changed.
Land was soon to be sighted.
They would see action at any 1
(ton coaininrsDi
a*"* l SUNDAY
E££w| SCHOOL
•s* LESSON *•*
i B? HAROLD L. LUNDqUBT. D. D.
Of Til* MoodyBIbl* Institute of Chlc*fO.
1 byW*«fTnN»w*p»»«r Union.
i i . i.. "i..,—
Lesion for October 29
t ■ut>J*ci* *nd Scriptur* text* m
'- — International
ts us*S hr
THE CHRISTIAN MOTIVE .
FOB LIVING
tateraMtonal Tamtnaot Boday
LESSON TEXT—P**lm 4:5-*; „h
4:4; John 4:SS: Roman* 11:1.1; 11:11-14.
GOLDEN TEXT—8**k Bom thing*
which ar* abov*.—Colo—ten* 1:1.
’ Disciplined living Should bo tho
goal of each at us. LUO is not to bo
lived carelessly, influenced by
chance events.or passing impulses.
Such discipline of life would keep
men from the temptations which
lead them into intemperance and
sin.
A life can be properly disciplined,
only as it is controlled by Christian
motives. Such a life has—
L Spiritual Gladness (Ps. 4:5-8).
The psalmist had faced the dis
tressing questioning of men who
derided him for his faith. They were
unbelievers who demanded of him
.what good hi* religion did <▼.
He has an answer, and it is the
testimony of his own experience.
Those around him sought glad
ness in the harvest of grain and in
the wine which was supposed to
give a Utt to their spirits. This was
their joy. Well, the man of God had
something infinitely superior. He
had gladness in his heart. It was
not dependent on outward circum
stances—it was within.
Then note, too, that it did not rest
on something that happened, or on
some fellow man. "Thou (God)
hast put gladness in my heart"
That means real Joy and*atisf action.
n. Spiritual Fead (Luke 4:4; John
6:35).
It is delightful to have true glad
ness, but men needs food if he is
to grow and to work. That is true
spiritually, for be must have , the
needed nourishment of life hem
also.
Jesus when tempted- (Luke 4:4)
because He wee hungry saw beyond
the temporal need, and declared
that life should ha controlled by a
higher principle. The spiritual has
■ place of supremacy over tne
physical in the life of the Christian
man or woman. The body with its
desires is to be subject to the defi
nite control of the spirit, which
takes its orders from God.
The explanation of the^srwful alco
holic debauchery of our day is found
right here. Men have given their
bodies the supreme authority and
they are driven by the lusts of their
flesh. What they need more than
legal reform or restriction of sale
of liquor (and we believe in both)
Is the regeneration of their souls by
the grace of God in Christ Jesus,
let us bring them the gospel.
'John 0:39 makes known the fact
that Jesus, the bread of, life, satis
fies every need of men. Every nor
mal hunger' and thirst finds full sat
isfaction in Him. Have you tried
Him as the One to meet the need of
your hungry heart?
m. Spiritual Service (Rom. 13:1,
1)... . ......
“Reasonable service,** says the
Authorized Version: “spiritual serv
ice." says the Revised Version. Both
are right The man who Is really
reasonable will be spiritual and will
render to God a sacrificial service.
' Note that it is a "living sacri
fice" that Is said to be "holy, ac
ceptable to God.’* This is not a case
at a single act of deep devotion
(great ai that may be), but a going
air hr the daily walk to live for
Christ That calls for grace and
power, and He is ready and willing
g jgve both to each of His chQ
That experience with uoa miuu
« noiMoaibnnltjr to the world,
which It too little spoken of end
less* practiced in the church to*
day. The one who professes to fol*
low Christ it simply not to be con*
formed to the ways of this wicked
world. There it to be t completely
transforming experience of the
grace of Ood, that takes you out of
this world while you are still In It
' IT. Spirtteal Walk ( Horn. 13: U
14).
Christiiuis are the children of the
morning. They walk in the light (I
John 1:7). This world walks In
darkness. Mo one needs any argu*
..pnent to prove Oat point—lint look
'about you. - \ v
The deeds of darkness are evil
deeds, and men dwell in darkness
because they love evil (John 1:19). j
That means that the children of ;
light must walk circumspectly and
••becomingly" (that's a good word!);
In this world. Thus we may attract
others out of the darkness into the
light, so that they too may put aside
“reveling and drunkenness," yea.
and also "strife and Jealously."
Those go together.
The. way to victory It to be
clothed with the lord Jeans and His
righteousness (v. 141, That Is a real!
"armor of UgfaT which we may
be protected. - • s •.
Mote also that we are studiously;
to avoid making any provision for!
die desires of the flesh. Put such*
things away, and with them will go
the temptation to use them. Some
professing Christians need to heec
this word by destroying some
beverages which they may have an
hand—just to give one example.
L . v.-V.v'- v
Mm i rum « f.,
Mew Yorkers, and qtherr'plannM*
to visit Miami Beach ‘this winter
“will be sleeping in churches apd
schools,” according to the president
of the Greater Miami Hotel Asi’n.
. ...... The Fibber McGee Aim,
“Heavenly Days,” briefly outlawed
along with "Wilson” by some U. B.
Senators (for showing to troops over*
seas), will be released any day. . ,.
The new stamp commemorating
toe defense of Corregidor was cray
oned by Logan U. Reavis of Asso
ciated Press. . . -. The. Look pub
lishers have been raiding' all other
mags for their new picture project—
to compete directly with Life.
N $ U. , in I
Gerald L K. Smith, testifying be
fore a congressional committee, said
choosing between Dewey and
Roosevelt is like choosing between
a thug and a robber. If Smith isn’t
careful. Herr Goebbels win sue him
for plagiarism. . . . Editor and Pub
lisher’s survey revealed that only 38
per cent of the papers are tor FDR
and that 10 states haven’t a single
Roosevelt gazette.
When a Nail war prisoner died
on an American ship returning here
It was decided to bury him at sea
an hour after the hlack-out—when
the garbage was dumped too.
8eveaal eC the accounts la the pa
pers about the "Under Cover”
author being ejected from Gerald
I*. K. Smith’s press conference by
the frightened Smith, exposed by
the author, appeared to overlook tile
big point in the story. Instead of
belittling author John Roy Carlson
for being kicked out. why didn’t they
emphasize his heroism in going un
escorted right into the enemy’s
booby trap?
Love Letter: "Dear W. W,”
writes correspondent Ray Josephs,
who covered South America and put
it in a new click called “Argentine
Diary,” "Buenos Aires has a new
newspaper—an underground paper,
in which Its big feature is a col’m
titled: 'El Wnchel de la Argentina.'
The name was suggested when they
learned you uncovered many a raw
deal in the U. S. A.
"Practically all the dailies there
have been gagged and strait
jacketed by the gov’t, so that under
ground papers have sprung up ev
erywhere. ‘Winchel’ gives out with
the inside stuff in back of every
move made by the Fascist chiefs at
the Casa Rosada (Argentina's pink
White House). He prints documents
suppressed by officialdom, tells the
facts deleted by censors and ex
poses the oo-la-la secrets of Juan
Peron, Mussolini imitator, and No. 1
man in Argentina. The big-shots are
going loco trying to learn where this
new ’Winchel’ gets his stuff. Caught
reading him means the concentra
tion camp at Patagonia. This is your
monument In Argentina.”
Our best unreliable source from
Berlin just airmailed the following
flash. It seems that Adolf and Goer
ing had a tiff, again.
Adolf spotted a . new medal on
Hermann’s uniform and said: “How
many times, Hermann, I told you
dot you must not vare more met
tles dan me? Vy you varing von
extra mettle, hah?”
“Oh, mein Fuehrer,” whined
Goerlng, "diss Is not a new mettle
— diss Iss my America First
buttonl” -
' Add tough breaks: Dean Hudson,
band leader, lost out on a sponsored
'auto program: Because his name
was the same as another car
Dinah Shore is the victim of a wild
rumor which has made her mis
erable, despite the acclaim of over
seas troops she entertains. She is
happy with her marriage . . . For
mer AP correspondent Mark Barron
Who was stricken in Ethiopia and
couldn't recover over there—is fully
mended since he was Inducted. He
Is now a commando I
There will be ee fanfare about H,
but the British' military Is about to
hold its - first court-martial in the
a 8. .-i I A British officer is the
defendant. The case will be beard
In New York and. for security rea
sons, in camera. . . . But the ver
dict, when approved by the British
War Office, win be made public in
Vergs tats 9MM esc* tor bis
defers from King Features . . . The
next See’y of State for Cuba will be
William Belt, whose family is'troin
Bfltsville, Md., near W
Be recently fought a duel
vena. Bis opponent was* * ^news
paper publisher.' Belt missed) The
pubMsher refused to fire. ....
if :•> - ? vjtit !
■ pledging frens the way .'. some
gazettes pass* over the crimei of
this Axis, the only4way forRussia
target treated trailin thepteea oxer
bare is to declare war bo-un-':
Oh-yae Kid Dept: Thera was
some comment bn Cong. Clare Luce,
with one of tbe lads hymning her
tor at leaat getting e little chic into
eangreaa.
“Sure," conceded an acldy gal,
'Clare wears tba moat atyliah
choea a candidata’s feat avar
-rambled to."
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The old millpwner had very
strong objections to granting con*
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One day one of the oldest hands
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“You want next Friday off, eh?
What in the vrorld for?"
“Well, you see, it’s like this. It’s
my silver wedding, and me and the
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