Pirates In Fact And Fiction w°'“"‘ Where No Vessel- ls Safe

B! CAPTAIN PATRICK CLIFFORD. ‘ /- (Author of "Pirate Cruise“, “ltlen Without Fear", etc.)

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They rte-oped out to gore on a

b; scene of damage. Literally tripp-

', ing over three bodies at the en-

. trance to the vault, they stunitxed

. ; across still others, until Bill \ tn iron ring in the , a loud my, recognised M'Gurk and His arms were

other occupant of the

we tchers .

of torture. almost have when he was

His become

first he thought the big Sergeant_ shoulders

his friend One of the officer. had a flask of whiskey, and Bill poured some of the spirit between

the Sergeants teeth. After a i was m“ cmmlous‘

horrible stone cell, which overwhelmed the

Ell-mended by his wrists from an ceiling. was a man. . . fastened bemnd ma; alone. While in full fell on his knees beside him, At . back and hc hung in the extreme suddenly sent. for by must dislocated hauled up. and the blood which soaked liis white shirt sh vied that in addition lie liad suf- fered a very severe wound. Yet he and though his

AMomingSmile

HE DIDN'T SING

A young man at a social party was vehemently urged to sing g song. He replied that he wouti first tell a story, and thcn if tlicy still persisted in their demand, he would endeavor to execute a song. when a. boy he said, he took less- ons in singing, and one Sunday he went up into tli garrct to practice cry he was his father. “This is pretty conduct," said his father, "pretty employment for the son of pious parents to be sawing boards in a garrct on Sunday morning loud enough to be heard by all the neighbors. Sit down and take your hock." The young man

moment Mnurk opened ms eyes. j breathlcame in choking. agonlsed‘ was unanimously excused from I I? gtzud ‘at BHL as though smw s Zfiglgighlztiuflltfloffgullefi inaugural]? SIIIKIUK the Proposed song. ng gan mental aid fr h‘ . - _ _ _ "f and made a mighty effort fallacy: glfingéxm The mm “ab Michael HARDY FMIHLY Diml Bill heard his tt ~o ‘ -~ ' ' m: . k ml.’ em ' Wlmom Ylaltmg H” ‘opes- 59v‘ A town dweller xiviilking in Ill" .i I0 , each spu en at the taut 01 oral men ~lid dcwn by holding t0 mum, h“ m t- m ‘i . was,“ d m5 - w . _ ~ y a co ‘eisa ion w a Mum,‘ ‘m’ m3 Pam l tlie legs oi OKiIEIlS. and in 8 "Ice iii-m ‘iiborer who. after a frw min- - the rlctcclive vins tenderly cut

“Black Pirate-escaped to river-

', man, and fell back in Bills urnis “i Carefully his friend laid him down. _ f where one of the other officers , ministered to him. More police now ‘ poured into the vault. and Madison y; heard their cries of astonishment as they beheld the amazing spec- Ig,‘ - tncle. suddenly he heard an - ’ officer call out. "My God.

ed by his flflflibllll‘!

ful condriwn lu

were} a woman cell to the vault above

_ - over a still figure in a white dress. Madison hurried forward,

and as

long pull. and than a savace dam-mutation ., “Helena, Helena, my dearest." his steel-blur cvos " he groaned “Oh God-dead!" Wilson, who was deeply moved b? the young man's suffering. m» turned to direct the remainder of ail the search. For several minutes i Bill continued to cling to He'eria's body. then seeing that all hope W18 8011c. he gently laid her down Ind covered her lovely faoe_with his packet. He staggered across to Wilson. i “We've got to find this fiend out of hell." he snarled. “That poor a 8111 was one of the hostages -

new strength as he [he sen.

shin this afternoon-

flie ROXfli Naval Office

down. As llicv did so. the officer

'IHI‘IT‘_\'SE'TI. rind the hlrrible wound in his shoulder. cruelly accentuat- torlure, had incapacitated lilP limb fru- a long time to come. At lust they man- aged to lav the paralysed men in moderate cointoirniiiit in his dread- coulri not im- modlntcflv ii.- hauls-d up from the

. . Bill ltfndlson had lcamd down F If; sholgfd: an?‘ Bu] 5w?“ info the cell ivilli the first of tho ' ‘e ° c" “as bendmi? onllce. when he saw his friend

Now he kucelcd beside iilm and proffered the {ask which had ser- , ved to aid so recently. another olt’ friend and victim of the Black Pir- ate. Clancy nodded vrciikly, took o gleam of showed in

Sop the Black Pirate. he gasp- od ivezikly. but his voice took on a continued. . Never mind his secret passage to Sion the I inugkoo~hels .' aboard with Sally. Tlicy stole the

Wilson. who was eagerly listen- lflk’ beside Bill, nodded. and scrib- bled something on a slip of paper i which iit- handed to a waiting of- ficer. who promptly clambered out of the plf. It was i1 brief note to at the

British Consulate. risking ccnei-ol ivnrninc to shipping and naval nid fur tlie interception of the Liana-krill Wilson explained

there's another-we've got, to save er."

FFBIIHCBIIy the police continued

for a‘

t their search. One young sergeant. T Tumbling about near the lift, sud- ,‘ dellly let out a Yell as the foor f‘ lave way under his feet. As he dis-

what he had done.

few minutes the _ and torches were glaring down .' into the pit. A cry of horror and rage went up from the men. at the I ghmtly spectacle the lights re-' vealed.

Oh the floor. nea.r'y twenty feet‘ ow. the yodng sergeant was sprawled unconscious. and with one ‘i leg twised ominously under him. _ But it was the condition of the .

trap was raised, NW3’

to risc

him, he'll be safely

hai. to look for that ship

Not enough. groancd the injur- ed man. We must got a plane from

Appeared, the (gonggglgd [rap somewhere. Sce what you can d0. through which he had fallen clos-i By God, said Wilson. The. ed again ,and only the stone slab; rdrcrafz-cnrrlci-‘s at Wci-hai-Wei. showed where the trap had been,’ end there's no Air Force unit ln - Wilson yelled to some or the men Siiandiai at the arcseiit time- with crowbars and axes. and in a‘ Wei: have to depend on the

They'll be loo into. replied the detective making an heroic effort The Black Pirate iii tak- ing the ship to Chinese territory. and b_v thc time the wnrsiiips spot ashore. I'll COIIIIIHUICIDH’ any plane in Shang-

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E3‘ 8°41» H" brow UOWH. Mid fall fOl‘\\'1li'fi. his arms still held “hi.” he “as 5e“_".t‘\'r{)1lr‘. . ‘ Bill waited. "Claiicy-here-soine- hurt;- iicliiiirl him. so great had You m? remarxgbly‘: M. 1m a ~ where.‘ paiited the Secret Serv c4‘ been the strain. lie \\'."s partially ma“ of seventpwu” “Md U”

town dweller." How old has" your father when he died?" “Father's not dcrid." replied the laborer; "there he 15 in ilic ‘ readi g the paper to

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world. suggested Bill eagcfy. Put a couple of good nien aboard. and

5 send them looking for hcr

y This time C‘ancy got to his fool. though he would have ro!l'i~'n="rl without Bill's frit-ridlv arm about him. He swayed, but he kept his feet

Sure. well send two men. he ‘bid with a sudden tcrrible furv in his eyes. You and ma. Bil’ -I'i~i going to kill thi Black Pirnli- niv- sclf, or be there when the job's clone.

But you can't co -you're hurt ——l>ad'.v. EPSD-"d Wilson.

‘ I'd have to be a eorpvc bcinvn I'd j forego tlie plea=urr-. returned Clancy with a grin. Help me out of this. and have one of your lllPll go ahead and telephone sokum that this plane's wanted. Tel tlii‘ i police in Shanghai to sclzc it. if he kicks, and keep the machine there for me.

Wilson shrugged helplcssflv. and finally Bill found him=eif escorting

‘i his wounded friend to one of thi- police-cars. On arrival in the Set-

} tlement. Clancy grudclncfyi sub- mitted t0 having his wouni< dres- sed. The surgeon who treated him. was appalled

You may lose this arm. if you don't accept proper treatment, lie warned.

I'd lose boil-i arms and rather than miss. this slioiv, Clancy cheerfully. See you Doc.

Whllehe was in the word came through that the plane was waiting at the Javanese aerodrome at I-Ionizken Park. Mr Sokuin had loudlv protested rt- gainst the use of his machine, hut

‘vtlie police had exercised ti?!‘ full powers. and commandeered if.

Tell him I'll buy him a new one when I've caught the Black Pir- ate, laughed Clancy when he wins told of this. Come on. Bill. Yoirfl have to pilot

The machine was a bcnutv. and carried a powerful ivlrclcss instal- lation. Clancy looked her over ap- prnviiigly. and smi'ed pzrlnilv as a. police officer placed on board llir- small arsenal il° had soul. from Headquarters. ’I‘liesc weapons ll" duds-d a tear-gas izun. ivith plenty of cartridges: half-a-dozen hand- grenades. and twn rifles. Tn ad- dition. of course, both men carried revolvers.

Tliev clambercd aboard. Rlll Madison, a fine pilot. ‘suiricrl his machine. and soon the plant- was nuife close to the (‘lint H" ‘which they saw far below them. Prom-ed- imz on a steridv southern courts“. tliev flew over the mouth of the Whnitgnco just. as dark was fill- ll"‘. and "awed down of the broad majesty of the Yruwvr‘

To Be Continued

a lee. said later.

lio =pital.

NOW rs TIME T0 out}; OPERATION 0r Flor-HAVE

If voii ltave a fireplace wlflcli r"- fuses in draw nrvwwv it would hi’ , checked. One shnifd rcinvfvh"? "l9 fire danger and nr-ccuifonniil’ measures should be tzilru to WP- vent sharks from flying int“ "it" room. Your contractor w"l be 1W1 in give you his opinion on how the fireplace and flue should be recon-

’::=iiE7iiEi§f:: llarti 0n The System

The dry, hacking rough, rough, day and night, is very wcitring on tlie system, and the constant. nough- ing not only disturbs the rest, but it keeps the bronchial tubes in such an irritated and inflamed condition they get no chance to heal.

Sometimes it in the constant cough that won't. be uieted, sometimes a choked-up, at ed-up feeling that makes breathing difficult.

Obstiuate coughs and colds generi- nliy yield to the grateful, soothing notion of Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. It is indicated Tor this kind of a cough, as it is composed of the most soothing and hciilin expecto not barks, herbs, roots ain't‘ balsuna obtains" . _

Mn. Hana! Lmn, Lskeville. NR, writeni-"I had such a terrible cough I oould not sleep at night. I tried difliont medicines, but they never he! ma; my cou h still hu on. I t en got Dr. ‘n Norway no

p,sndIwnnsu rioedtonee how quickly my cough isappeared."

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the various situations that arise

wives’

Homemade Scraps Are as Necessary BB B111- ing and (Iooing in Many Homes, so There Seems That Little Should be Done in Trying to Stop Them

A innii who has Just been wlebi-atlng his golden wedding anniversary, and who used the occasion to expound his theories about how to hand-lo ln marriage, asserted that the beat Way to atop a domestic quarrel is for the ill-Il- band to put on his hat and leave the house.

The the str men who is the battle-scarred veteran 0f fifty years of connubial warfare should he an authority on the subject. doubts the efficacy of his his pan is good u far as it goes. for it i-s 0b- vlously impossible for talkin: but it is the philosophy of defeatisiu ano one suspects it would only appeal to the hen- pecked husbands who

proof of the pudding is in Olwwinl , as the old proverb says, and a

Nevertheless, one theory. No doubt g, woman to keep on back to a husband who isn't there

In afraid of theii tongues, anyway.

—————-—- . Of course, it is true "that he who Mills

y and runs away will live to fight another day." but why postpone to the

' ilzuure tlie JO)’

of hav ng it out right now arid

there over why the husband

iuwnys has to hire a platinum blonde stenographer, or the price of the

. Wilts new hat, when both have put on their

I \\t)l'kt‘(i up for a good scrap?

l

up uii old bone of contention.

iigri-ti about. And if by chance these should give out, There are husbands

fighting clothes and are all

they can always dig and wives who fight

‘ from tltc altar to the grave over religion, politics, smoking in the house, or ' \\'ll(':il0l' tlie breakfast egg should be fried on one side or both.

Aloreuver, any advice about how to stop a quarrel between husbands

and Wll-‘BS is superfluous because they don't uiant it stopped. ' out of it; because

, ivliut ilavorless dsh of matrimony;

They quar- it puts pep into the some- because it stirs their blood and makes

.' tlicin feel alive and tingling and good. If you don't be.ieve this, note the

iuct tlint after husbands and wives

have nad a perfect peach of a fight in

uhlcli they have reviled and insulted each other and said eveiy mean ziud crucl iliiiig to each other that they could think of", they generally end

‘ it up with kisses instead of Reno, structure. Not a brick loosened.

and no harm done tothe domestic

___._..i. If further proof were needed that spotting with each other is the fav-

f or ti: indoor amusement of

husbands and wives, you would find it in the

4 iucontcstnble lact that. there probably never was a. family row that coulu l nut have been avoided by the use of the slightest degree of tact or com-

l uionseiisc or self-control.

Every husband and wife knows what is the i ilghzing wold to each other, but that doesn't keep them from using it. It JUSL gives them a tip on how to start aometling.

They know what topics are as 800d for them waik high, wide and handsome No indeed.

giilgel‘ cake, but does that make around these forbidden subjects?

a set-to as a nicked is for a It makes them drag them

I iii by tlie head or the heels and pass a pleasant evening exchanging cri- munitions and recrlmlnations about each others famlLes and personal

habits and peculiarities.

The Housewife And Her Activities

' If titers’; no sun. I still can have the moon:

Ilthereknomoomthestam my needs suffice:

And. if these fall, I have my even-

. s lento.

Or, lampless, there's my trusty tal- IOW div.

Arid 1f tihe dip goes out. my couch remains

Where I may s‘eep and dream there's light again. ——Johri Kendrick Bangs.

IIOW ABOUT PLANNING A PBETTIER- BATHROOM? Bathroom today can be made more beautiful than ever with new tiling, colored bathtubs, basins etc., and all the beautifully tinted linens on display. Piimllsh blue , tiles from the floor to a peach colored ceiling, with peach towels and fixtures, a shower curtain draped like y0llf' best living icom curtains, and blue ties on the floor, make a smart combination

TABLOID

When the elastic is out of order in the top of children's bloomers t and a new piece is needed, do not I‘ hunt around for bodkin, just. tick tlie new elastic on to the worn-out l piece and pulling out the old, you pull in the new so easily. It saves time if it has to be done when children are dressing only just in

time for school. i

HOUSEHOLD HINTS If you have a light green and white screen, and don't. know what to do with it because y.ur dining room has blue walls- have no fear-put it right in with the blue walls. It's being done.

‘There's nothing "dull as dish- water" about new kitchen towels in bright colors. If you can't find iliem in the shops get some rem- nants of bright linen and make them yourself.

lif you have a bathroom too small for a regular sized weighing machine, look at the new tiny square scales. They are small and flat and will fit in almost. any bathroom.

of your time, become your chief topic o1 conversation, no some- thing for which you neglect reed- lng and conversation which maku for real thinking, then they are not worthwhile. One should strike some kind of happy middle ground. _'--__.

New in play clothes ls an Hawai- ian inspired model comprising skirt panties, and halter top in a one- piece style terry cloth trimmed in brizlit red rose.

LACK Oil‘ (IO-OPERATION

"I wish somebody would shovel the path." said Mrs. Brown. "The

boy delivering the groceries had trouble getting up to the door the snow is so heavy."

Nobody moved and nobody sold anything. Father never paid the least bit of attention to anything like that so it wasn't he she meant. And Polly was only six. Jim knew his mother was talking to him.

I-Ie finished his dinner and turn-

you about removing the snow." called his mother. "Why don't you get busy and do it?"

“Who? Me?" said Jim surprised.

"You said ‘somebody?’

"Oh, dear," said M11. Brown later. "I'm always leaving my glasses upstairs.”

Again nobody moved.

“I'm too tired to get my glasses,’ she repeated. "I believe they are in my daming bag. well, who is going for them?"

“I guess you meen 1m." said Poily. "All right. Just a minute."

After a while, "Phat cellar door keeps banging, and I'm not strong enough to turn the key.’

Bang, bang went the cellar door, but David went on reading his paper. “David, did you hear me?" I said that you would have to lock that door. None of us is strong enough to turn the key."

"Sorry, I didn't hear it,” said her husband.

'l‘iie evening wore on. The felt.» phone rang and no one got up t0 answer it. Mrs. Blown finally went to the hall. "Why can't you go once in awhile?’ she asked Jim. And Jim answered, “Last time you

ed on the radio. “Jim. I IPoue to ,

said dad should answer it. It's mostly for him." i Now it is not Mm. Brown who

KEEPING YOUR. JOINTS YOUNG IS NOT HARD A surprisingly small amount of

1L is observable that people who will go to all manner of trouble to aboid controversies with their bosses, their friends, their acquaintances and even

strangers piovoke disagreements

with members of their families.

_.___._. The woman, for instance, who yes-yesses her employer and tells him what an oracle he 1s, no-noes her husband and does not disiuise from him

. that she tliiitks he is a nltwit.

The man who

palavers over every other

l woman and tells her how beautiful she is; who listens to his dinner pl-rt- nci-‘s views on literature, art and politic; as if he were hanging on the