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fAGE TWO '? '
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SYNOPSIS
On a wharf In Patuztown, Mao
land. ex-Colonel Donald Colbi
lata A.D.C. to Oancral Gonxaf
Gutierrez, boats op Tod Fergusoi
burly oysterman. for insulting Gc
nera Benet, daughter of Capt. Be
net of the "Amerika." Fergusoi
i was fired by Benet and infers tome
one was murdered on the ship
Later. Genera confides In Colb;
that the had brought two men fron
Leonard town to work for her fa
ther. They were afraid to staj
bat you wouldn't be." sbe says. /
new look creeps into Colby's eyes
"Young lady," he demanded crisply
"shall we talk?" Genera telle Col
by that her father is In charge of i
fleet of old linera laid op by tin
Shipping Board awaiting porches
era. It is Impossible to get a watch
f man since throe men hare dltap
peered. Colby takes the job. Oi
- - -the pier, the girl calls to the "Mon
tlcello" on which she llres with hoi
, father. The ghostlike ships anc
] eery atmosphere fill Colby witl
foreboding. Dntton, one of thi
watchmen, picks op Genera ant
Colby in a rowboat. As they neai
the "Monticello," three shots and i
. shriek pierce the air. The girl fetn
. . v '-iwLer father. .Leaving Genera or
the "lfonticeLlo,*' Colby and Dot
* >' ton go in search of the captain/ i *
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'' It was across a passenger*!
gangplank lashed from the rail oc
one great liner to the rail of tb
-V'-. next that the two groped their waj
through a chilly gloom that smal
" of rust, rata, rotten wood and biigi
. ;"'V> water. Sox^awhare a bittern utterec
. ? its grating croak and wben so mi
rats, nailing in a lifeboat just orer
head,-fell to fighting with shrill am
.. i;'. gtoous squeals, a tiny cold impuls
" sped the length of the recruit'i
' " "/'spina.' .l '?
/, 4 To Donald Colby, rery fsmflis!
i '/ with the Kronprinxeun Ceeelis, I
V was Indescribably weird to onci
/: more tread these decks which hi
'>had heard echo to the dainty fee
i^T' '.of brides; of countesses, and lo
v ' ^ courtesans. - Odd, that ho shoul<
' : K," r have seensJhece same decks raspet
/- jL:" *nd ^scarred, by'the hobnails a
' v; American doughboys.* Now thi
"l. ^/'planks were warped and weather
beaten and lengths of hose laid on
.. : t as protection against. fire crawlei
. ^ .1 '1 I everywhere like pale serpents' o
/ ' impossible length.
'" ?? V.. . "Th* Kaiarr TVjZA?X? aej />r<rapr*i
Cttlia rvcbriatsc.J ir > >.
r . Mtamt Varm** u U ? lru:?
J - paAa la 1917-1910. * . .
That yell eonnded like maybe il
came from forrad/* Dnttos whia
- . pored, so they cautiously made theii
. way op the broad deserted dec!
' . ' t j- towards the Mount Vemon't bow.'
, "r .1,100k out!" 'screamed lima
Tolcess in' Colby's brain.
danger here?* '
Bitterly the ex-soldier curset
that muffling fog while scannin]
every shadow, every corner of thi
palm garden through which the]
. passed. A definitely nerve rack
ing business, that of stalking an un
known menace through the dark
It was therefore not the least sur
prising that Colby baited as thouel
paralyzed when a voice from tL
shadows snapped, "Put 'em upl"
Grown wiae with the passage o
; turbulent years, Donald Collr
y, knew better than to try for a "Smitl
; V* Wesson show-down." He obeyei
O immediately. Dutton, however, at
: . tereri a nervous little err. , '
r-fyT"l?y off. lite?this guy is tb
\ ' v.-r. new watchman. \
;* "What!": Impressively incredo
lous was be among the shadow
"Where? 7 How?"
*T<b?pat that damn gun away.
""Stand- still." snapped the ma
called Ike?"I ain't trusting yo
Dutton?you walk too blamed quit
*>""to suit-ma." v*.
"What* re you doin* on the Vei
. - ; ?*f" countered the swarthy ma
at Colby*! tide. "You're sup pee*
> [ tolnon the America."
(' "Heard them shots? Spen U
?.' CopjJar anywheres1*. V " <
' v t" "No- W# **** lookin* for him on
*' '? *?' 1- i
; .. . V ' yon?** Colby we* puzsh
at the stranger's manifestly <su
I " f picious tone.'. ,<-V
tST;'v#<- <>* "Ye*. Com'on out?this is Coll
?meet Ike Mears." % J *, f fV
; ; -c From the Bloom beneath a<lsdd
r*! stair leading to the boat deck a
pe a rod one of the largest men Coll
\ , had seen In some time. A aervi
?c was weighting hi* right ha
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tax be materialised oat af the u
??7 mist and came swinging ovi
r the warped and spotted deck.
0 "Howdy," be ssdd shortly. "Yc
, bear them ahota jost now ?
? "Of course," came Colby
prompt, reply. That's why weTi
a kerc" , . '
1 rObuyeahT- >; *
, "Bell ere It or not.' All I fire
damn about is earning forty
, month and doing my job."
At that moment the moon cam
nearer to piercing the clouds at)
[ eo revealed to Colby a ahrewd em
not unhandsome face- which vt
, marred by a broken note. Uauir
' shooldere were outlined in an out
I at-elbowa soaman's jersey bearin
the words "Mount Vernon" done i
broken end stained white flanne
"Reckon I'm right glad to has
* you here," he suddenly; aaid 't
r
?k
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lAfSjj
I , " , *r>*,hitVyour"ncket. Mil1
l ,r - i v
. Colby. "Wo BMd somebody wrU
nerve on theee her* rallcs." ^
I Here, Colby vu *^1||r>g
*u' * positive character;7 Mear
r would certainly have to be reckon*
, with?whether good or tod. Aloo>
be eald, "How about that yeB
I Who could have been hurt!
r "Dunno, to we might at' well g?
> rolling. Has he got a light Hank?
r "No," Dutton said, "and he can1
. have mine?I'm going on to tb
. Washinffton to locate Norton?
. And he thuffled hurriedly away.
Mean grunted and twitched hd
i light into Colby*! face.
t "What's your racket, Mister
Ton ain't no oyaterman?"
f Tb a man who't just found
r cow job, thaf a alL"
i "Ton lead the way," Colby drfl
i suggested when Mean steppe
- aside at the head of a ladder M
ing to B deck.
e What's the matter?afraid 1
came the big man's sharp qoer;
r He gave'the impression at tryir
i. to come to a dedal on eoncernk
his companion.
m "No. Only I don't know tt
n tWp'"
a Tfou'r* not so -dumb? Wo
,t dont make no soddsn motionthat's
all. Well bepin with B d?
r. ?ahot aonndod like it wu don
q then lomtwhem."
id Switching on a powerful flat
light the watchmen' trained it on
ie doorway, above which remain
affixed a amaD bronze plaque rea
r- in* *4Sfikr*ibrimm*r.m - Somethii
like an electric current net Colb]
id finger tips to buzzing when a te
%- wood door bound in nadir vert
griaed brmaa awung inwards and
37 chill, sour-smelling stream of 1
poured out Colby waited until 1
er biff watchman proceeded aoi
p- thirty feet into a east dim room a
by only then did he follow with ri|
ice hand negligently dropped lflto
nd sagging tide pocket.
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J- Bach an Lateral then he wn
sr musing served as a doable precaution.
It. ought to minimize the
ia chance* 'of a single ballet catting
down both af them and conversely
'? ineraased the advantage of his own
re capable marksmanship. Anybody
r can kill at point blank range.
Like a luminous Anger, Mcars'
a flashlight brleflv touched another
a plate which said, "Bauehrimmer"
and then lit a scries of handsomely
le carved and panelled walla, and flitid
ted over heavy frescoes and wiivd
dowa of stained glass ornate with'
a all the deplorable taste of a pre-war
? German decorator. Even now a
faint odor of tobacco still persisted,
g Hollowly, footsteps of the pair
n resounded in the first class lounge
L when they tiptoed by e huge fire- ,
a place above which a lavish rococo
/ mantel of eolld mahogany, threw ^
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ttr. "You kin*" ' V " ' - ?nan."
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h beck gleams of tarnished gold leaf
and a series of voluptuous bosomed
; nymphs . smiled woodenly" down.
Colby's mttm grew gradually
i tauter, though ha ouraad himself for - , '
d en over-imaginative idiot. How my
T dark it weal How many comers
miylit conceal a crouching marks*
it mmn
" "Seems like there ain't nothing
t is here," Mean called in a hoarse
? whisper. "Heyl What's wrong?"
" 1 Colby bad halted beside a long
linen covered settee and with head
thrown was sniffimr the air.
Slowly he sank onto his knees at the
7 rtmo beckoning his <>*^*TvriiTik^7
"Smell Itr he breathedwhen the
* other, all ssepidous, knelt down
beside blm i (
J "What the devil are you taBdn'
about?" Mean tensely demanded,
p. "We'd better be oarefuL I'm sore
.. I small fresh blood somewhere?~
Colby explained. "Comas from
r- there?" With hie pistol he tediacted
a doorway leading into a
* passage. . . > . "
Thtm " The Ug watchman
*? grew rigid and his eyas sought
? Colby' narrowed ones.
Q- "Kill that light?"
T Holding his breath Colby heard
* e faint merabblinar sound ma of some I
^ stealthily uSrudnc?fainter
still wsj ha noise of sometklnf
h- breathiny stw! nlfflinf a little.
While th?r listened Donald Colby <
d discovered he had new things to .
" learn' abcmt fear. Normally ha .
o* wouldn't hare minded aneh a lihia
r? tion but hefe in the confined Interior
ak of this Tast moulding hulk! ? .
41- ' "What la it?" came Mears' ghost
* of a whisper. Tan bo but that fallow
if* was cool! Too eooL Why?, Colby
be rerr much wanted to know. , i"
a? "Dont know?oemam; en. . Keep
your flash ready."
rht . (To Be Continued)
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Cain and Abel
HIGHLIGHTS ON TUB BUT*
By NEWMAN CAMPBELL >
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Lesuon on the above' topic for "t
July 1?. la Genesis 4, the Golden f
Text being Hebrews 11:4. "By ?
faith Abel offered unto God - a 1
' more excellent aacriflce than Cain,
through which he hod witness *
borne to him that be was right- *
eous.") s ?
ADAM AND" EVE. banlebed J
- ^ from the Garden of Eden, had a *
on whom they called Cain. The
name means acquisition or pos- jj
session. Can you imagine Eve's *
joy when she saw her finftb'ttn. *
even though he was hrt. In *
agony? , Another
aon was bom to lanes.
.'. whom they -'called AM. Abil J
means vanity, which Is sir. odd *
,5 name for a child. When these '
v children grew up Cain was a UUer *
of the soli, but Abel chose to be a A
shepherd, tending his sheep vn the "
hillsides around his home. " v\" ?
When harvest time came ?
arourid. Cain, the: elder, brought
fti an offering of hia products to'th*
HltAr of the Lord. Abel/Sid *
s-wise. sacrificing, the "firstling of *
his flock and of the fat thereof." r
. For some reason Cain's' offer- -*
lng. was not acceptable., to the J
Lord.-., Possibly the offering !wos P
acceptable but = Cain's sacrificial ^
./"'attitude was" wrong;/"At any/rate,
the author of -Exodus'saya<*Vunto **
Cain and to hia offering He (the -m
Lord) had not respect" Abel's u
. offering was received with (favor. t<
however. ' and that made' Cain n
- very angry. ? <>' ' z
Lord Sees Cuin's Anger ' | v
The Lord saw at once that Cnja/ 0
/-was furious.*?. and- said td-nlAt-i
"Why art thou wroth? and why -J
Is thy. 1 countenance . fallen T^i-lfthou
.doest well, shall thou not be -
Accepted7-and If thou not v
well, sin lleth at the door And J"
unto thee shall be his'desire, and*'
thou shalt rule over hi ny" till ^
: Meaning that If he allowed hl|>
passion to get the best of hiAv
he would sin. but that he should g,
seek to rule his anger , and ' so a
. overcome the sin. :
Cain talked to Abel when they' n
were tn the field, and he did not
rule hla anger and he killed 'Abel. ^
. "And the Lord said unto Cain, g
Where Is Abel, thy brother? And ?
he said, 1 know not: .Am 1 not Q
brother's "keeper?" '-r.*
The Lord said, vwhat hast'.thou v
done? the voice of thy brother's r
. blood crleth * unto me from the c
ground." / t.#^'.i ? f,\
Cain then heard these terrible ?
words. "And now art thou cursed a
from the earth, which hath opened s
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ler mouth to receive thy brother^ra&tifr
viood from thy hand; When thou v>Sfc??
ill est the ground. > it, shell: hot IjSa , V
tenceforth yield unto thee her .^tj
trength; e fugitive and a vage.
ond shall thou .be in the earth.*' j;uCain
did not cxpreai any eor. ;
W. fbr his awful deed, but'was ??; :
K>rror stricken at his punishment, '$- *! \
md walled. "My punishment Is
greater than I can bear. Behold.> \\'t
Pbou hast driven me out this day .
rom the face of the. earth: and r !
rom Thy face shall I be hid; and _ Vshall
be a fugitive and a vagaicnd
In the earth:' and It' shall
wne to pass that everyone that * x
Indeth me shall slay me." ^"-T- '* <*>;. vr
But the .Lord said to him,..*.Thereforo,-.whoeoever.
:alayethr
Jain, vengeance' shall be takai oo"/ Vi\"
dm sevenfold. And the Lord eet- J;.
i mark upon Cain, lest any flnd-'i'V v.',
ng hlm should kill him."
There is no record of the mark vV .
et upon Cain, and no one known >. r-*
rhat it was, but to this day we*H?'
ay of murderers, that they have
the mark of Cain" on them,:
OMa to Land at No? i'. iji'j-,.
JCaln vtfent to liveln the lasid'o*7j7*^',t
lod, on .the east of Eden. He" msr- - , '- .
Ied,1'lhls-wtf e-probablybelnga':
Ister.Vas there were iv>. olker :?V7 '<
. omen.'- and, a child .who .wu
amed .Enoch was "born. Cain ullt
a city" and named U for his. V
hild,;' Enoch. Enoch's,, son ?fas<w -,l.
a:ned Irad; Irad'a son, ydetuijael::yM?
nd Meh'ujael's eon-'was Metho-^P^'
net and Methusaet' 'was the .fa-jr.r tier
of Liamcch. The last >njuned.
>ok two wives?the first polvga? y
list. Their names wtra' Adsli and
a**- ii. # '
"Adah bare 1 wso \va? v,' -y ^
ie father o the tant-?vrv*tere and '; '
attle ownen. JabaVs brother** -"
tmc wm Job?.!. ano'he "wk th* >Jh -
ther'of, c'i aaeh ? handle ^IhoyW-.-; .
arp andonw." *"
.Zillah had,a son. Tubek^*!n, **an-rf j.*
irtructor ' i-tlficar in .Vs*" ' ^
raai and lrc.i:".^! ti*c ?Uter,of '
"ubalcain w?i Jiaotwpth:'^ .-> ''?>$ f v\
Lamc-ch 'aeems~ n'iaTt' w8v
d Cain ? evil iruiti, ftr kf ?rtK :j-.
ided to hit wives it.it 1 Ian ? .
Lain a man to *:; vTSKdbeg. asrf<
. young 'man to say hxt. Jf Oil '-X
? avenged sevenfold, vsto
aech. seventy and artm&Mm*S/^ ,? "s/ v
Eve was again a wotbwr. 'aaG(f?v ; '
are a son whose name sat ^ilu -vv
eth. -for Cod, said she, hath ap*' \ZY~~~
olnted me another seed tnslsad J-tJ
if Abel, whom Cain "stew." r* - '
"And to Beth, to him also there'.'-*' .
vas born a imn; and he relisil to ^Y'.y.
Lame Enoi: then began men to; hh"if '
all upon the name of the Lord."
Cain's descendants seem sot to
lave known God.- with all tbetz? j
kill, but the descendants of Setlfc'
vere godly men. . .
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