The Calumet Chieftain (Calumet, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1919 Page: 4 of 8
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THE I
By FRANK L. PACKARD
A GIRL'S LAUGH!
Synopsis— Stacey Wallen, first
mate of the bark tlpolo, In the
Java sea, Is the sole survivor of
the crew, all victims of yellow
fever. Tin* Wall, Chinese sailor,
last man to tile, tells WalU-n he
an«l live other Chinamen were sent
aboard by "Drink-House Ham," no-
torious character of Singapore, to
kill him. This recalls to Wallen
an Incident of his childhood which
seems connected with the confes-
sion While delirious, Wallen en-
ters In the ship's lots the fact of
Ills death and abandons the vessel
In a small boat. Wallen's boat
drifts to the Island of Arru nnd a
Scottish trader there, MacKnlKht,
cares for him. LearntnK that a
ship Is In port on the other side of
the island, twenty miles away,
Wallen, though untlt for the task,
starts to reach It.
CHAPTER II—Continued.
1 —3—
Tie walked on steadily, without
dense of fatigue, tils mind abnormally
netlve. And then, with a little shock
of surprise, ns the Malay made signs
to halt and set about kindling n lire,
he noticed for the first time that it
had grown almost dark.
And also, to his surprise, he noticed
that where he had experienced no
fatigue before, he was, as he sat down,
suddenly grateful for the rest.
He scowled a little over his dipper
of tea that the Malay had prepared—
nnd rubbed his leg muscles vigorously.
They twitched nervously as he put his
weight upon his legs. That was bad!
Ills lips set grimly. Well, bad or not,
they'd have to take him across the
island before daybreak !
They started on again.
An hour went by, and he was
obliged to rest—and after another
start and many more after that, to rest
again and again with alarming fre-
quency. And, worse still, his progress
when he was walking kept growing
less and less.
It was black In the tropical forest.
He could see nothing, and he stum-
bled constantly In the vines nnd cree|>-
ers that everywhere overgrew the
path. He was at last forced to admit
that he was not making much' more
than a mile an hour, and twenty
miles at a mile an hour was—he
groaned.
It was breaking day when Wallen
finally gave up—gave up when will
power, and the grit of the man that
ilid not know defeat, no longer suf-
ficed for the physical strength to go
farther.
The Malay, regarding him anxious-
ly, ofTered by signs to carry him on
his back. Wallen, from where lie had
flung himself dowh upon the ground,
half rose to nccept the offer, then
shook his head. It was no use at-
tempting that; it was too far.
He was bitterly convinced that he
had accomplished little more than
half the distance.
Hut there must be some way out.
He wasn't benten yet. He had to
catch that steamer.
Suddenly he looked up.
Yes, of course, lie had been a fool
that he had not thought of it hours
ago when lie had first begun to realize
that he was playing out, instead of it
now when It might be too late, when
the steamer might be already gone!
He couldn't speak the Malay tongue,
but MacKnlght would have told the
man why they were crossing the
Island. He could send the Malay on
ahead, and follow himself as fast as
he could.
If he could write a message he
might even get them to send him help
from I'obi.
He felt in his pockets. Nothing!
Well, the Malay was an Intelligent fel-
low; he would get word to the ship
and a written message after all
wouldn't make any difference—it all
depended on the ship's skipper.
The skipper would wait, or he
wouldn't, after hearing the Malay's
story Just as readily as he would for
a written message. He began to make
signs, pointing to the other, then In
the direction of I'obi, then to himself,
and then to the ground, indicating
that he would stay behind.
"And hurry—quick—I'obi," Wallen
ended anxiously.
The Malay nodded.
"Pobi — quick," he repeated — and
started off at a run along the path.
Wnllen watched the man (Tlsappear,
and after a little while started on
again himself—and then gave it up
completely. He was down and out,
and he was furiously angry with him-
self tor the state he was in.
There wasu't anything to do but
wait. He might uitike a mile before
(Copyright.)
| the Malay got back—but what good
was 11 in t mile !
One tiling was certain, any further
exertion would bring serious conse-
| quences, If the serious consequences
were not already an established fact.
A tropical island was no health re-
sort for a fever-shot body, and a re-
lapse of the slow fever thai bail fol-
lowed bis recovery from yellow jack
would be—lie put It pithily in his
mind now—good night to Singapore
and everything else.!
He might as well admit it to him-
self—lie wasn't fit to work Ills pus-
sage. He began to regret that he had
not accepted MacKnlght's offer of
money. After all he could have paid
it back to the trader by mall sooner
or lnt%
Hut that was a vain regret! He
hadn't taken the money—the thought
that he would not be able to work his
passage If necessary hud never en-
tered his hend. And now, even sup-
pose he reached the ship, would they
take, not only a penniless pussenger
but a sick one as well?
He had no means of judging the
time there in the forest, save that it
grew hotter as the morning advanced,
nor lind he any Idea -how long it had
been since the Malay had left him,
when at last at the sound of voices
he raised tip suddenly, supporting
himself with his back against the
trunk of a tree.
Came then the pad-pad of horses'
hoofs, nnd the Malay, running, burst
Into sight around the bend of the
path a few yards away, while n girl's
laugh rang out—and was instantly
checked as she and a man riding be-
side her also came Into view.
"Oh!" she cried. "There's someone
here! That must hav# been what the
native meant. And—nnd I think he's
hurt. Quick, Mr. Mott I"
She had slipped from her saddle
and was running toward him—a little
figure In white, brown-haired, brown-
for a moment. I'm—I'm rather anx-
ious to make the ship."
"Well, there's no hurry now," Mott
returned. "She won't sail without us.
Look here! You've cotue from Mac-
Knight's, you say. We heard at I'obi
that there was a survivor from the
bark ITpolo there, and we were taking
the ride over—Miss MacKay and I—to
Investigate. Is there ar.7 truth in the
story?"
Wallen gasped. What Interest could
they have In the Vpolo!
"A little," he said, with a faint
smile. "Seeing that I'm the survivor."
"What!" ejaculated Mott. "The
deuce you are! Well, then"—excit-
edly—"can you tell us what became of
Stacey Wallen, who was the first mate
on her?
Wallen laughed a little hysterically.
"I am Stacey Wallen," he said.
There was a cry of amazed excite-
ment from the girl. Mott, gazing in
utter surprise at Wnllen, tilted the
vizor of his cop back and mopped me-
chanically at his forehead with a
hundkerchief.
Wallen's laugh died away, and he
looked from one to the other anx-
iously.
'I—I don't understand, of course,"
he said. "Hut the point is, do you
think your skipper will give me pas-
sage? I—I didn't save anything from
the I'polo, and 1 was figuring on offer-
ing lo work my way, but I'm afraid
I'm hardly up to that for a spell."
'Could you ride a horse, d'ye think,"
inquired Mott with apparent irrele-
vancy, "if this Malay here and I held
you on?"
'Yes," said Wallen eagerly. "Yes;
but the skipper—''
"Oli, I gueses thnt'll be all right!"
said Mott queerly. "As near as I can
figure it you're the one on earth the
skipper wants to see."
bell sounded from forward. Two bells
—five o'clock In the afternoon. He I
got up, went over to the wash basin
and plunged in Ills bead.
How had Helen MacKay—she had
told him her name on the way down
to Pobi—come to be not only on a
tramp like the Monleigh but to be
here at all? He hadn t seen any
other women on board; but then—he
was spluttering dellclously In the wa-
ter—he hadn't seen much of any-
thing.
Helen MacKay had side-tracked
even that thin-faced, queer-eyed skip
per and Insisted that he should go im-
mediately to bed.
Wallen's thoughts began to run riot
ns he completed his toilet. The ship,
and everyone connected with It whom
he had seen—except Helen MacKay—
had somehow got him wrong. He
hadn't liked that fellow Mott's face
from the instant he had set eyes on
It in the forest. And his momentary
interview with the skipper, despite
the same elTtisive attentions, had pro-
duced the same Intuitive distrust.
They were still at anchor off the
three traders' storehouses and veran-
daed bungalows that were dignified
by the name of Pobi. What, after all,
did it mean?
What was the Monleigh doing at
Pobi?—there was no sign of nny
cargo being handled. And, above all,
how had they heard of him and the
Upolo—and what was their interest
in him that would account for the sec-
ond officer being sent to cross the
island to MacKnlght's to question a
supposed survivor of the burk about
him?
"Drink-House Sam of Singapore!"—
the words unbidden cnine flashing
through his brain.
Wallen whistled in a low, perturbed
way under his breath. Could there
be any connection? It seemed ab-
surdly impossible! And yet what had
happened was obviously not mere
coincidence.
"It's a lilt queer when you come to
think of it," he muttered slowly. "I
guess I'll hear what the skipper's got
to say."
He opened the door of his cabin nnd
SlKStM
Lesson
(By REV. P. B. FITZW ATER, D. D.„
Teacher of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright, 1919, Western Newspaper Union)
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 14
THE JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS.
LESSON TEXT-Matt. 25:31-46.
GOLDEN TEXT-For we must all ap-
pear before the Judgment seat of Christ.
-It Cor. 6:10.
The subject selected by the lesson
committee is "The Future Life," but
at best such a statement would be
the use of the term in an accommo-
dated sense. According to legitimate
textual and contextual signification it
Is the judgment of the living nations
which lies still in the future (v. 32).
The idea of a general Judgment
which Is of such frequent occurrence
in religious literature and teaching is
a fundamental error. It is not once
found in the Bible, neither the idea
which it is Intended to convey. Doc-
tor Pentecost most distinctively says,
"It Is n mischievous habit that has led
the Christian world to speak of the
Judgment as being one great event
taking place at the end of the world,
when all human beings, saints, sin-
ners, Jews and Gentiles, the living
and the dead, shall stand up before
the great white throne and there be
judged. Nothing can be more wide of
the Scriptures." The Bible speaks of
different judgments, differing in re-
spect to the subjects to be judged, the
place of judgment, the time of judg-
ment and the result of the judgment.
This Is not the judgment set forth
in Revelation 20:11-14, but precedes
that one at least one thousand years.
I. The Judge (v. 31.).
It Is the Son of Man, the one who
j came and died to redeem the human
race, and who now being clothed with
stepped out Into what was evidently ; nmjesty and power will act as Judge,
the vessel's main saloon, down whose Those who accept him now shall not
length ran a long mess table with five COme into the Judgment (John 5:245.
revolving chairs on either side. j |( The T|me (v 31).
There was 110 one in sight. Wallen , Th)g wH] be when the Lor(1 comes
CHAPTER III.
Accident—or Murder?
MacKnlght's caustic estimate of
the steamer's size had not been very
wide of the mark. The Monleigh was
certainly very small, and certainly
n frowsy, unkempt nnd weatherbeaten
little craft; and her general appear-
ance bespoke her as one of those
homeless, vagrant waifs of the ocean
that knew no schedule—that took the
crumbs of the world's commerce
where she could find them—and wus
grateful for the crumbs.
Wallen had been afraid that morn-
ing that he was in for a relapse, but
he had no fever now—there was none
of that disquieting giddiness in his
head, and—he smiled happily to him-
self—n few days at sea would put
him back again in his old form.
He sat up in his bunk as the ship's
crossed the saloon lo the doorway
and paused to get his bearings. Dl- f
rectly In front of him a short com-
panlonway led upward. He mounted
this and found himself in a small box- |
like smoking or lounging room. Here
doors on either side gave onto a boat- j
deck that was fairly spacious for the |
size of the ship.
He stepped out onto the deck—and
again paused to survey his sur-
roundings. Forward from the smok- '
Ing room was a small house, very
evidently of temporary construction—
his eyes rested on it speculatively for j
an instant, then he glanced quickly
aloft. Wireless!
He hadn't noticed that In coming
aboard.
"The Monleigh's yours for
two months—in your fa-
ther's place."
(TO COMIMJKD.)
r: W& ')
Half Rose to Accept the Offer, Then
Shook His Head.
eyed, whose face was now very anx-
iously puckered tip in dismay and
concern. Wallen wondered a little
vaguely who these people could be,
where the Malay had found them—and
somehow he didn't like the man's face.
"Hello!" exclaimed the man. "What's
wrong? Hurt?"
"No," said Wallen. a little weakly;
"done up, 1 guess, that's all. Nothing
serious. I— Could you tell me If
that steamer that came Into Pobi yes-
terday is still there? I overdid it a
bit trying to get in from MacKnlght's
across the Island In time to catch
her."
"MacKnlght's!" echoed the girl
quickly. "Why, that's where we're
going. Isn't it, Mr. Mott?"
"Yes," her companion answered,
looking curiously at Wallen.
Then to Wallen: "We met this nn-
tlve fellow on the road, but couldn't
make out what he wanted. He was
going toward the town, but turned and
came back with us, and kept running
on ahead. You needn't worry about
the steamer—we're from her our-
selves. I'm second officer—but, I say
you're too seedy to stand up there
and talk I"
Wallen was swaying unsteadily as
he leaned against the tree.
' I'm all right," he said. "Just giddy
ORIGIN OF FAMOUS DISHES
Sally Lunn, Who Gave Her Name *0
Tea Bread, Was a Real Person-
age—Mulligatawney.
Sally I,unn was a pastry cook who
at the end of 1800 used to sell the ten
bread which bears her name in the
streets of Bath, Stray Stories (Lon-
don) snys.
Sandwich Is called after the earl of
Sandwich.
Mulligatawney Is derived from an
East Indian word meaning pepper
water.
Macaroni originated from a Greek
phrase meaning "the blessed dead,"
In allusion to the ancient custom of
eating It at feasts for departed souls.
Gooseberry-fool Is a corruption of
gooseberry "foule," meaning milled or
pressed gooseberries.
Forcemeat comes from the French
"farce" meat. "aree" is stuffing,
thus Is forcemeat used for stuffing.
Blanc-mange means literally "white
eatable."
Julienne soup was invented by n
Mine. Deschamps, a Paris market
woman who died nbout 1807, aged
ninety-four. She saw the allies enter
Paris after Waterloo and supplied veg-
estables to the Tullerles during the
reign of Charles X and Napoleon III.
Always the Boss.
I was visiting my brother, who Is n
country minister, nnd one day he asked
me to be n witness at the wedding of
a couple who had just come in.
The bride was toll and heavy, while
the bridegroom was much undersized.
The minute the ceremony was over,
the bride grabbed the minister, and
gave him a resounding kiss, then flung
her arms nbout the bridegroom nnd
fairly lifted him from the floor in her | flesh, of the Lord
In his glory, accompanied by a retinue
of glorious angels. This will take
place after he has gathered the elect
remnant of Israel. There will be no
resurrection In connection with this
Judgment.
III. The Place (v. 31).
It will be on his glorious throne.
This throne will be most surely In the
land of Israel. The Prophecy of Joel,
third chapter, and Zechariah 14:1-5,
make it to be in or near Jerusalem.
The angel said to Mary, "Thou shalt
call his name Jesus; he shall be great
and shall be called the son «f the high-
est ; and the Lord God shall give unto
him the throne of his father David;
and lie shall reign over the house of
Jacob forever, and of his kingdom
there shall he no end." (Luke 1:31-33).
Just as there was a literal place and
a literal king there shall be a literal
throne.
IV. The People Judged (vv. 32-45).
These will be the living nations up-
on the earth after the church has been
translated (I Thess. 4:1(5, 17). These
are the nations to whom the gospel of
the kingdom shall be preached, just
prior to the coming of the end. "And
this gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached in all the world for a wit-
ness unto all nations and then shall
the end come" (Matt. 24:14). This
gospel is distinguished from the gos-
pel of the grace of God which is now
being preached. The preachers of this
gospel will be Jews (Kev. 7 and Rom.
11). These are the brethren In the
they that move
embrace.
Turning to me, she snid In a stage
whisper, "Ain't he cute? I married
him because he is so much smaller
than me, and he's six years younger,
too, so I can manage him. I've always
been boss, and 1 always mean to be."
Strange to say, upon inquiring nbout
this couple some five years later, I
found that they were nn exceedingly
happy and prosperous pair,—Chicago
Tribune.
The Main Point.
Eve had formed the bad habit of
running away, so to Impress her fully
with the danger of so doln^, her fa-
ther took her on his knee and told her
the story of Charlie Boss—how be
was coaxed away from his yard one
day by a man who promised him some
candy and he never came back to his
parents. She listened Intently, nnd at
the close of the story she looked up
and asked: "Well, did he get the
candy?"
Bamboo Grass.
The giant bamboo grass of Japan
nnd China grows nt the rate of two
feet a day In some Instances, nnd
sometimes to the height of 150 feet
nnd a diameter of two feet. A clump
Is planted and it widens over the lnnd-
senpe with remnrkable rapidity. The
bamboo takes the place of steel and
Iron to a grent extent In China nnd
Japan. The farmer uses It to build
his house and fence It; his household
furniture Is manufactured from It, nnd
the tender shoots furnish him with n
delirious vegetable for tils table. It
supplies framework for awnings, ribs
of sails and handles of rakes, material
for the chicken coops and bird cages,
stuffing for pillows and mattresses,
chopsticks for eating, pipes for smok-
ing, brooms for sweeping, chairs to
sit upon, skewers to pin the luilr, hats
to screen the head, paper to write on,
the pencil to write with, the crab n t
and the tlshpoln.
among the nations of the world with
the startling message of the news of
the Lord's approaching kingdom.
Some of the nations will gladly re-
ceive the message and most kindly re-
ceive the king's messengers, giving
them clothing, food, shelter, etc. Oth-
ers will persecute them, thrusting
them Into prison, etc. Here the for-
mer will visit these messengers of the
king and provide for their wants. At
this time the judge will separate the
nations, placing the sheep on the right
and the goats on the left. The "sheep"
are those who hnve given proper treat-
ment to Christ's brethren. The goats
are those who rejected and ill-treated
tils brethren. If these three classes,
the "sheep," "goats," "brethren," be
kept separate all confusion will be
avoided.
V. The Issue of the Judgment, (v. 46,
cf. 34-41).
1. The sheep enter upon the Inhertr
tance of a prepared kingdom (v. 34).
2. The goats go into an everlasting
fire prepared for the devil and his
angels (v. 46). Tills Judgment shall
determine their destiny.
The Secret of Comfort.
The chief secret of comfort lies In
not suffering trifles to vex us. nnd In
prudently cultivating our undergrowth
of small pleasures, since very few
great ones, alas ! are let on long lenses.
— Sharp.
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