The Gate Valley Star (Gate, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1919 Page: 2 of 8
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THE VALLEY STAR, GATE, OKLAHOMA
WOLVES OF THE SEA
By RANDALL PARRISH
Carlyle Sees One Chance—
and Takes It.
8ynopsia — Geoffry Carlyle,
muster nf milling *lil| * Ht twen-
ty-six, In aentenced to '20 years'
aervltude In tlu American col-
onies fop part Id patton In the
MoiunoutO Million In Kngland.
Among the pass'-tigera on board
the ship on which be la Kent
acrosH are Itoger Falrfux,
wealthy Miiryhmd planter; his
niece, Dorothy Fairfax, nnd Lieu-
tenant Sandier., a Spaniard, who
became acquainted with the Fair-
faxes In London. Carlyle meets
Dorothy, who Informa him her
uftdc iiaa bought hla service*.
Sanchez shows himself an enemy
of Carlyle. The Fairfax party,
now on its own sloop In the
Chesapeake bav, encounters a
mysterious bark, the Namur of
Rotterdam. Carlyle discovers
that Sanrhes Is "Black Sanchez,"
planning to steal the Fairfax
gold and abduct Dorothy. He
lights Sanchez and leaves him
fur deBd. In a buttle with
Sanchez' followers, however, he
Is overpowered and thrown Into
the bay.
CHAPTER VIII—Continued.
The two must have hung In silence
over the rail staring down. I dared
not advance my head to look, nor even
kiove a muscle of my body In the
water.
"How came you aft here?"
"Because that fellow leaped the rail
from the wharf. I saw him, and we
met at the wheel."
"From the wharf, you say? He was
not aboard, then? Santa Maria! I
know not what that mny mean. Tet
what difference, so he tie dead. An-
derson, Mendez, throw that carrion
overboard-no, bullies, never mind;
let them lie where they are, and sink
an unger In the sloop's bottom. What
Is that out yonder, CochoseT"
"A small bnat, aenor—a dory, Intake
It."
"Cut the rope nnd send It adrift.
Now come along with me."
The aarker loom of the sloop van-
ished slowly, as the slight current
sweeping about the end of the wharf
drifted the released boat to which 1
clung outward Into the bay. There
was scarcely a ripple to the sea, and
yet I felt that the boat was steadily
ilrlftlng out Into deep water. 1 was
still strangely weak, barely able to re-
tain my grusp. Finally I mustered
every ounce of remaining energy In
one supreme effort and succeeded In
dragging my body up out of water
over the boat's stern, sinking helpless-
ly forward Into the bottom. The mo-
ment this was accomplished every
sense deserted me, and I lay there
motionless, totally unconscious.
I shall never know how long I re-
mained thus. Yet this time could not
have been great. As though awaken-
ing from sleep a faint consciousness
returned. Then the sharp pain of my
wounds, accented by the sting of salt
water, brought me swift realization of
where I was and the circumstances
bringing me there. I had evidently
lost considerable blood, yet this had
already ceased to flow, and a very
slight examination served to convince
me that the knife slashes were none
of them serious. My other Injuries
were merely bruises to atld to my dis-
comfort—the result of blows dealt me
by Sanchez and Cochose, aggravated
by the bearlike hug of the giant ne-
gro. Indeed, I awoke to the discov-
ery that 1 was far from being a dead
man; and, Inspired by this knowledge,
the various Incidents of the night
flashed swiftly back Into my mind.
No gleam of light appeared In any
direction; no sound echoed across the
dark waste of water. It was clearly
Impossible for me to attempt any re-
turn to the wharf through the Impene-
trable black curtain which shut me In.
What, then, could I do? What might
I still hope to accomplish? Those fel-
lows had swept the sloop clean, and
had doubtless long ago scuttled It.
They would suddenly And themselves
lenderless, ungulded. Would that suf-
fice to stop them? Would the discov-
ery of his body halt his followers and
send them rushing hack to their boat,
eager to get safely away? This did
not seem likely. Kstada knew of my
boarding the sloop from tjie wharf,
and would at one* connect the fact of
my being ashore with the killing of
Handles. This would satisfy him
thcro was no farther danger, Ueaide*
these were not men to flee in panic.
Surely not with thut rufllun Kstada yet
alive to lead thein, nnd the knowledge
that fifty thousand pounda was yonder
In that unguarded house, with no one
to protect the treasure but two old
men asleep, and the women. The
women!—Dorothy! What would be-
come of her? Into whose hands would
she fall In that foul division of spoils?
Kstnda's? And I, afloat and helpless
la this boat, what could I do?
CHAPTER IX.
A Swim to the Namur.
All was black, hopeless; with head
hurled in my hands I snt on a thwart,
dazed. Before me, pleading, exptea-
slve of agonized despair, arose the
sweet face of Dorothy Fairfax. No
doubt by this time all was over—the
dead body of Sanchez discovered, the
projected attack on the house carried
out. the two old men left behind, ei-
ther dead or severely wounded, and
the girl borne off a helpless prisoner.
Ay, but this I knew; there was only one
place to which the villains might flee
with their booty—the Namur of Rot-
terdam. Only on those decks and well
at sea would they be safe or able to
enjoy their spoils. The thought caine
to me In sudden revelation—why not?
Was not here a chance even yet to foil
them? With Sanchez dead no man
aboard that pirate craft could recog-
nize me. I felt assured of this. I had
fonght the giant negro In the dark;
he could not, during that fierce en-
counter, have distinguished my fea-
tures any more clearly than I had Ills
own. Jfliere was no one else to fear.
If only I might once succeed In get-
ting safely aboard, slightly disguised,
perhaps, and mingle unnoticed among
the crew, the chnnccs were not bad
overhang and density of the shadow
my hands clung to the anchor hawser
my mind busy In devising some means
for attaining the deck.
X2.
with fur less chance of discovery in
that manner than by the use of a boat.
The greater danger would come after
1 had attained the deck, wet to the
skin. The sharp bow of the dory ran
up on the soft sand of the beach, and
I stepped ashore.
Then there caine to me the first real
consciousness of the reckless nature
of this adventure. As I faced then
the probabilities there scarcely seemed
one chance in a hundred. And yet I
fhust admit there was the one chance;
and In no other action could I per-
ceive even that much encouragement.
If Dorothy Fairfax was already In the
hands of these men, then my only op-
portunity for serving her lay In my
being close at hand. No alternative
presented itself; no other effort could
be effective. It was already too late
to attempt the organization of a res-
cue party. No. the ffnly choice left
was for me either to accompany the
girl or else abandon her entirely to
her captors. I must either face the
possibility of discovery and capture,
which as surely meant torture and
death, or otherwise play the coward
and remain Impotently, behind. So I
drove the temptation to falter away
and strode on up the bank Into the
black shadow of the trees.
I found extremely hard walking as
I advanced through tangled under-
brush. Fortunately the distance was
even shorter than I had anticipated.
It was not until after I had advanced
cautiously Into the water and then
stooped low to thus gain clearer vision
along the surface that I succeeded In
locating the vessel sought. Even then
the Namur appeared only as a mere
shadow, without so much as a light
showing aboard, yet apparently an-
chored In the same position as when
we had swept past the previous after-
noon. I waded straight out through
the lines of surf, until all excepting
the hend became completely sub-
merged. If I were to reach the bark
at all this was the one opportunity.
I stood there, resisting the undertow
tugging at my limbs and hnrely able
to retain tny footing. Intent upon my
purpose. Full strength had come back
to my muscles and my head was again
clear. With strong, silent strokes I
swam forward, directly breasting the
force of the Incoming sen, yet making
fair progress. Some unconsidered cur-
rent must have swept me to the right,
for. when the outlines of the bark
again became dimly visible through
the night I found myself well to star-
hoard of the vessel. Stroking well
tinder water and with only my eyes
exposed above the surface, I changed
my course to the left and slowly and
cautiously drew fa toward the star-
board bow. A few moments later, un-
percelved from above, and protected
from observation by the bulge of the
Devising Some Meant for Attaining
the Deck.
for pie to pa s undetected. Such ships
carried large crews and were constant-
ly changing In personnel. A strange
face appearing among them need not
arouse undue suspicion. And I felt
convinced I could locate the Namur.
But could 1 hope to attain the ship In
advance of the returning party of
raiders? God helping me, I would try I
My brain throbbed with fresh resolu-
tion—the call to action.
There were oars In the boat. I
shipped the useless rudder Inboard
and chose my course from the stars.
My boat had drifted considerably far-
ther out Into the bay than I had sup-
posed, and It required a good half
hour of steady toll at the oars before
I sighted ahead of aie the darker out-
lines of the shore. At first I could
Identify nothing, but finally there sud-
denly arose, clearly defined, the gaunt
llmhs of a dead tree, bearing a faint
reaemhlnnce to a gigantic cross, that
had been pointed out on the sloop.
This peculiar mark was at the extrem-
ity of the first headland lying north
of the point Itself, and consequently
a straight course across the bay would
land me within five hundred yards^of
where the Namur had last been at
anchor.
To a degree my Immediate plan of
action had been definitely mnpped out
within my own mind while tolling at
the oars. I would beach my dory and
strike out on foot directly across the
narrow neck of land. The Namur was
not so far out from shore as to make
swimming to her • dangerous feat,
and I could approach and board her
CHAPTER X.
On the Deck of the Namur.
It was here that fortune favored me.
strengthening my decision and yield-
ing a fresh courage to persevere.
Forking out directly over where I
clung desperately to the wet hawser,
iny eyes were uble to trace the bow-
sprit, the rather loosely furled up Jib
flapping ragged edges In the gusts of
wind. Suddenly,, as I stared upward.
I became aware that two men were
working their way out along the foot-
ropes, and, as they reached a point al-
most directly over my head, became
busily engaged In tightening the gas-
kets to better secure the loosening
sail. The foot of one slipped, and he
hung dangling, giving vent to n stiff
English oath before he succeeded in
hauling himself buck to safety. The
other indulged In a chuckling laugh,
yet he was careful not to speak loudly.
"Hnd one drink too many, Tom?"
be asked. "That will pay yer fer fln-
Ishln' the bottle an' never givln' me
another sup."
"You, h—I! Yer hed the fu'st ov It.
Thar's no sorter luck yer don't git
yer fair share of, Bill Haines—trust
yer fer thet. What I ain't got straight
yet is whar thet stuff cum from so
easy.'*
"That wus part o' the luck, Tom.
Did ye«* git eyes on thet new feller
Manuel Estevun brought buck wltb
him in the boat?"
"The one you and %ose carried
aboard?"
"He's the lad. Thar wa'n't nuthln'
the matter with the cove, |cept he wus
dead drunk. We wuj waltln' on the
beach fer Estevan, a'n' three fellers
he hed taken along with hlta Inter
town ter cum back—the nigger, Jose
an' me—when this yere chap hove
'longslde. He never hailed us, ner
nuthln'; Just ellm over Into the boat,
an' lay down. I shook hiin, an' kicked
him, but It wa'n't no use; so we Just
left him lie thar fer Manuel ter say
whut wus ter be done with him. Only
Jose he went through his pockets an'
found three bottles o'. rum. We took
u few drinks an' hid whut wus left In
the boat locker."
"So thet's how yer got It! Who
wus the party?"
"Thet's more'n I'll ever tell yer. I
never got no sight o' him, 'cept In the
dark. 'Bout all I know Is he wus
white, au' likely a sailor. Enyhow,
when Manuel got back he told us to
haul the lad forrard out o' the way,
an' fetch him along. So we pulled
out with the feller cuddled up in the
bow."
"I never seed nuthln' more of him
after he was hnuled aboard. Whut
become o' the lad?"
Once on board the Namur,
Carlyle knows he may have a
chance to aid Dorothy. It is a
desperate chance, but he Is will-
ing to take it. But how to get
aboard without being seen? Can
he avoid detection which will
mean certain death?
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
FOUNDATION OF ALL SUCCESS
Energy Has Been Well Defined as the
Very Central Power of Charac-
ter In Man.
Energy enables a man to force his
way through drudgery and dry de-
tails, and carries him onward nnd up-
ward In every station In life, says
Smiles. It accomplishes more than
genius. Energy of will may be defined
to be the very central power of charac-
ter In a man—In a word, It Is the man
himself. True hope Is based on It—
and It Is hope thnt gives the real per-
fume to life. No blessing Is equal to
the possession of a stout heart.
Charles IX of Sweden was a firm
believer In the power of will, even In
a youth. Laying his hnnd on the head
of his youngest son, when engaged up-
on a difficult tnsk, he exclnlmed. "He
shall do It! He shall do It!"
Nothing that Is of real worth can be
achieved without courageous working.
The timid nnd hesitating find every-
thing Impossible, chiefly hecnuse It
seems so. It Is pluck, tenacity and de-
termined perseverance which wins sol-
diers' battles, and, Indeed, every bat-
tle.
The reply of the Spartan fnther who
said to his son, wlirtl complaining thnt
his sword was too short, "Add a step
to It," Is applicable to everything Id
life.
When 81ns Arise.
I stepped Into the express elevator
of n skyscraper and wns the only pas-
senger. Presently approached three
very black negroes, two evidently Just
arrived from the South. They asked
the starter a question, evldeutly with
regard to the location of a tenant.
The starter pushed nil three Into the
car nnd said to the elevator boy, "Fif-
teenth !" As the car didn't stnrt right
away one of the darkles, after scru-
tinizing the car, said to me, with evi-
dent surprise: "Be this your office.
Mlstnb Jenlns?" One of his coinpam
Ions, who evidently hnd mode the
ascent before, replied: " Dlsam no of-
fice! Dlsam de ele^atah! You Je
wait till she go up. But, Lordy, dat's
nuthln' to what she do couiln' down I
All you sins Jes' rises upbefoh your—
Cartoons Magazine.
Inconstancy Ever Unpopular.
Nothing thnt Is not a real crime
makes a man nppear so contemptible
nnd little In the eyes of the
world ns Inconstancy, especially when
It regards religion or party. In either
of these cases, though a innn perhaps
does but his duty In chnnglng his
side, he not only mnkes himself hnted
by those he left, but Is seldom
heartily esteemed by those he comes
over to.—Addison,
Interesting Relic.
Curiously marked, a stone found la
Wick harbor, Is pronounced by Doctoi
Curie of the National Museum ot
Antiquities, Edinburgh, to be a super
altar of close-grained sandstone, poa
slbly of fifteenth century date. When
It was Inconvenient for llie bishop of
a diocese to attend personally and
consecrate an* altar, a small portable
altar such as this was consecrated,
and sent to be sunk Into the altar
requiring conseciutlon. Scotland has
hitherto possessed only two super-
altars of the kind. The relic has
been retained for the National mu-
seum, and a cast of the stone has
been returned to the Wick museum.
The stone Is about five Inches square,
with five Greek crosses cut upon It
Tiny Malayan Coin.
A New Yorker has what he says fa
one of the smallest coins In the world.
It wns used by the natives of the Ma-
lay peninsula, and was made (ron
the raalaoua Juice of a treat
TO
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ft he threshing crew had t£ aleep
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"I have Wes dow* elefc
•face that time. 1 do sot t|ke
land.
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feel chilly, or a little bad, I al-
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ways take Perua. People ahould
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If people only realized the health-destroy-
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i
MONEY BACK
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If men were compelled to eat their
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Indlgeatlon.
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