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EL RENO, (OK ) DAILY TRIBUNE
MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1985.
The El Reno Daily Ticibune
A Blue RUtbon Newspaper Serving A Blue Ribbon I Community
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MONDAY. AUGUST 5. 1935.
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: As long as I am ir> the world. I am the
light of the world.—John 9:5.
New York
Inside Out
BY DON O'MALLEY
\TEW YORK, August 5 — Mary
is Plekford blew Into town the
other day to attend to various com-
mercial matters.....The girl ol
the famous curls confides that talk
of a stage career is Just so much
summer humidity . . She’s In plc-
tures even deeper than before, what
with enlarged producing companies
and such Behind the curls Is
a business brain. . . This week the
Civic Light Opera Company's Gil-
bert nnd Sullivan Item Is "The Oon-
dollers". "Yeoman of the Guard”,
Just concluded, is one of my favorites,
with it's tragic undertone beneath
the tale of Jack Pointer, the Jester.
It's the tears behind the gaiety
(hat keeps these operettas perentally
powerful. . Rumors are that Jean
Sibelius, famous Finnish composer,
will be signed to conduct the Phil-
harmonic Orchestra next season.
But It's definite that Ruggiero Ricci,
boy violinist, will be soloist at the
Stadium concerts on August 11....
A few years ago the town went wild
about the frail little phenomenon.
The old greenhouses In Central
Park at 105 Street nre going to be
replaced by a four-acre formal gar-
den. , . Manhattan can use all the
natural eolor it gets.
* # *
PAY DIRT
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION
VV/HEN first we heard of the proposed 'homestead exemp-
™ tion proposal which is to he voted upon in September.
wp. like many other persons, snid to ourselves that it back log —There may be some
sounded like a real proposal. “Why shouldn't the fellow
who has strujrjrled and saved to buy hijmself a home." we
arpued with ourselves, "be jriven an exemption of at least
a portion of the taxes on that home?"
Hut figures being compiled in connection with the propos-
al are rapidly leading us away from our original viewpoint.
True, the poor mnn who has put his all into a home would
be given a $1,500 valuation exemption on that homestead,
under the proposed measure. But what i bout the many oth-
er poor men W’ho have not been able to acquire tt home?
How are they affected?
Figures for Canadian county show tfhat between 40 and
50 percent of the total valuation in the county will come in
for the homestead exemption. But tlrey also reveal that
the biggest portion of the homesteads to obtain this ex-
emption will be in the higher valuation brackets. In other
words, the low valuation property is largely rent property;
it is not occupied by the owner and therefore no exemption'
will apply to it. Rut the better homes are owned by the
jsTsons who reside in them, and to them this exemption
will come.
"Well,” we. mav say. “what if the better class of home
owner does benefit, let him. so long iu« the small home own-
er also does. Nobodv gets hurt."
Yes, hut somebody does get hurt. If homesteads are ex-
empted the tsoc returns from homesteads will drop. The
various branches of government most obtain funds from
some place. So the burden will be increased on rent prop-
erty. And when those taxes go up, rents will go up. Then
the poor man who is renting will he hurt and hurt badly.
Or if the additional tax cannot he placed directly against
the non-homestead property, it will be levied through oth-
er channels, such as occupation taxes or licenses of one
nature or another. All of which will he reflected in higher
nrices of merchandise purchased from concerns so taxed or
licensed.
Viewing the question from another angle we find that
since the exemption will he made to only to the gen-
eral fund levies, the saving to the individual taxpayer will
not amount to any considerable portion of his total tax hill.
Rut in the aggregate, it will mean a serious reduction in
the tax revenues of the various branches of government.
Thus if other sources of revenue are not tapped, the
functions of government will he greatly handicapped. If
they are tapped, as we have shown, the burden will fall up-
on those least able to meet it. In the light of the effects of
either alternative, we must conclude that the homestead ex-
emption proposal is not all that we thought it when first
we heard of it.
Without wishing to assume the role of prophet, we can’t
heln hut feel that Herr Hitler and his Nazi associates are
riding to a fall in their latest assault on everything anti-
Hitler in Germany. To make a difference of opinion unon
political and social questions, treason, and to docree that
those who hold to such differences are subieet to the death
penalty, is carrying one’s political convictions entirely too
far. We don’t believe that as sturdy a race as the Germans
(will permit itself long to be so utterly subjugated to the
will of a few high-riding demagogues.
And m;ent decrees virtually outlawing the Steel Helmets.
War veterans' organization, sound very much like flirting
with dynamite.
Down Memory Lane
Aug. 5. 1920
M'ke Preno. Ditcher for the American Legion hal' team,
repolved an offer from fbiekashs to^av to nitrh for the
GhicVasha team. Mike wiN leave for Chickasha tonight to
don the uniform of the Western association and his ad-
mirers heYe look for a ram'd advance for thp youngster
who has pitched his way into the hearts of the El Reno
fans.
firecrackers popping In Shubcrt alley
before Dr. Carl Hunt gets through
with Joseph Vemer Reed. Reed is
the wealthy ex-producer who last
winter published his brilliantly am-
using "The Curtain Falls”, In which
he told the whole sad tale of what
a Broadway play presenter must
suffer through before the curtain
finally goes up.
The book had a lot of risky per-
sonal stuff in It. and one place the
author describes a visit to the offices
of the Messrs. Shubert. Among the
assembled staff of the office was
one member whom Reed aparently
referred to as a "horse doctor" Dr.
Hunt, who says he is a full fledged
physlcan, seems to think that Reed
had one eye on hint when he wrote
the phrase. Anyway, lie took the
remarks personally., and Is now re-
ported to be gelling ready for a
$10(1.000 damage suit.
It's a pleasant thing to speak out
when your heart Is full, but you'd
better have a full pocketbook to
back it up.
* * *
PALS- They're telling a story about
Kelcey Allen, who was dining In
one of the night spots on Broadway
and having an awful time trying
to get the waiter's attention When
the tray Juggler finally ambled over,
Allen Inquired peacefully:
"Do you wait at this table?"
The starched shirt fronter nodded
hts head.
"Well," sold keen Kelcey. "you've
got nothing on me.,,
* * *
TOPS Some day someone Is going
to write a saga about New York
penthouses, and It will be the craz-
iest patch - quilt you could make
out of this contrary towns foibles.
The penthouses first came into
fashion in the days of prohibition,
when Park Avenue gay birds took
to sky-high carousing in the literal
sense
Ever since, however, all kinds of
rivals have gone In for roof-top re-
laxation— from the swanky merch-
ants on Central Park West to the
buxom housewives over on shabby
Third Avenue. The blue-bloods on
Pnrk Avenue spend thousands of dol-
lars on hedges, partitions, awnings
elaborate furniture and special sport
outfits But Just around the corner,
atop some ramshackle three story I
brownstonr house, is likely to be1
a humble companion, laid out with
old lacking cases, tin roofing sheets
and a couple of discarded window
shades and broken flower pots.
From the top of the RCA build-
ing In Radio City the odd assort-
ment comes ns a startling surprise.
All ot Manhattan seems to have
gone up In the air for It’s summer
fun— an aerial population whose
existence you’d never suspect from
walking in the cramped streets
Well, at leflst up there you won’t
be tagged for parking
VISITING PARENTS
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hensley and
daughter, Miss Mary B . of Houston.
Tex., arrived Saturday ror a fort-
night's visit with hLs parents. Mr.
and Mrs. T. F Hensley, 920 West
Wade street.
LOCAL BRIEFS
Miss Katherine Lodes and Miss
Inez Vaughn spent Sunday after-
noon in Oklahoma City.
Miss Hortense Rhodes was hostess to the Oriole club
Monday evening when the vearlv business meeting was
held. In an election of officers, Martha Nichols was hon-
ored with the presidency; Helen Flanpran. vice president;
Sara Ellen Townsend, treasurer; and Rose Aderhold, sec-
retary.
Mrs. Emma Estill of Edmond spent tho first of the wopk
here, leaving ve°terdav for Kansas Citv to be with her
aunt, Mrs. Lula I). Rernard. who was ini'irpd in a street
car accident last week. Her mother, Mrs. H. A. Coley, is in
Kansas City.
Miss Lida Dashiell and Miss Lena Allison are visiting in
OHahoma City today. Miss Allison will leave Mondav for
Mineral Wells to join her father, who has been sojourning
there for the past two weeks, and they will motor home the
last of the week.
Mr. and Mrs George Carver and son,
Bernard. 1119 West WooCson street,
departed the latter part of last
week for a two weeks vacation in
Ohio.
Mrs. Louise McDaniels. 1020 East
Woodson street, will fly with a
party of friends from Oklahoma
City to Chicago Tuesday to witness
the Lewis-Levinsky flight.
Mr and Mrs. Budge Harle. Muz-
zy apartments, have returned from
a week's vacation trip spent with
relatives and friends in Wellington.
Tex.. Hollis and Alt us
George Heuser of Oklahoma Cltv
visited Suncay evening with hts
brother. Arnold Heuser. and Mrs.
Heuser. 110 South Admire ave-
nue.
The Talk-a-Bit club met Tuesday evening with Miss
Genevieve Shaughnessy. Auction was played.....Miss
Kathleen Scott was an additional guest.
Everett Pickerell of Enid was the guest vesterday of
Miss Nellie Shuttee. Miss Shuttee has as her house guests
Miss Jessica Owens and Glenn Coates of Oklahoma City.
A daughter was born Wednesday, August 4, to Mr. and
Mrs. Pat DeWitt.
Mrs. Edith Lavton and daughters left yesterday on an
overland trip to Kansas, where they will visit relatives un-
lit the first of September.
Miss Nannie Tompkins of Abi-
lene Tex., is spending several days
in the home of her brother. Char-
les H Tompkins, and Mrs. Tomp-
kins. 509 South Barker avenue. Miss
Tomokins was called to El Reno
by the death of her sister-in-law.
Mrs. C. V. Hackney.
Quests Sunday in the home of
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Phelps. 830
South Rock Island avenue, were
her father. George W. Borden, sis-
ter. Mrs. H. W. Baird, and Mr.
Baird of Oklahoma City and a
brother, W. D. Borden, ot Chick-
asha.
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BY UNITED PRESS
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V
¥V —Many people scarcely could
believe their ears when they heard
about Comptroller General John
Raymond McCarl. the government
No. 1 "no-man," going fishing with
President Roosevelt Saturday and
Sunday.
Every penny of federal expend-
itures must pass MrCarl's Scrutiny
to .see that they conform to the In-
tentions of congress. He says "no"
to presidents cabinet officers and
minor federal employes with equal
ease. Quite often he has said "no"
ashington Aug 5—ku.r» Messenger Residence Is
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tfe I IlTY KISS......
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Being Remodeled
BV THIRUNF CORRESPONDENT
UNTON CTTV All". 5—Mr. and
Mrs. O R. Messenger 8“° remodel-
ing their house on their farm
three miles eee' nnd two miles
south of town Thev nve taklne off
the tinner store mid adding a room
to the ground floor They exnert
to mov« in n counle of months.
George Panne and son were in
to^the-new dTat even'onTme^of 'Z
its most cherished projects.
From those conflicts, many have
gained the Impression that McCarl
and the president were bitter
enemlps who might not even sneak
to each other, let alone go fishing
together. *
|H' In I wire !*wlai» -
V.- -A-- ' '
YOUR GOOD HEALTH
Strict Medical Examination Might Reduce Motor
Death Toll
By CLAUD NORTH CIIRISMAN, M.D.
THIS Is the season when eta-
* tlstics are gathered in the
wake of the Fourth of July.
Newspapers make a specialty of
giving totals of deaths nnd acci-
dents due to
1 n d it leences
over this na-
tional h o 11-
day. What a
sorry tribute
to our sanity,
especially t o
our concep-
tion of what
ft takes to
c e 1 ebrate a
patriotic an-
niversary! In
208 homes
and neigh-
borhoods, ac-
cording t o
three principles—medical, engin-
eering, and police.
A New Idea
The medical feature Is a new
idea. Dr. Peters believes that if
properly performed, it would be-
come the chief weapon in re-
ducing traffic hazards.
"It Is not the thought that be-
cause of a strict medical exam-
ination large numbers of people
would be prevented from driving
car- But if this texture were
properly performed, l lere would
be a kind of grading c? drivers."
writes Dr Peters. "Persons with
certain physical handicaps would
be given temporary licenses, per-
mitting them to restricted usage
of cars. These persons would re-
port occasionally to the licensing
board and would carry extra
responsibility in driving."
the public press, the date here- These handicaps would doubt-
after will mean, not the signing less include color blindness, pur-
of a great document, but the day tlal loss of sight, lack of muscular
on which death struck swiftly to co-ordination, defective hearing,
STATE m NAS
NEW FEATURES
Women To (’ompete For
Additional Awards
Mr. Roosevelt actually thinks very
highly of McCarl. He knows the
resnonsibiltty that rests on McCarl
and knows that he discharges it
without fear or favor. Relation*
between McCall's office and the
White House generally nre smooth-
er l han during any other admin-
; l ration, and that despite the fact
McCarl Is a reoublican
The week-end trip with the presi-
dent was a bit surprising, however
in that it marked a break In Mc-
cnrl's studiously unsocial life. Al-
ways he has shunned personal con-
tart with politicians and govern-
ment officials, even presidents,
least he be accused of favoritism
or ungraciousness to friends whpn
lie has to say "no" to them.
McCar! is responsible only to con-
gress. His office was created in 1921,
a home. They will take charge of
the Farmers oil station.
Mrs. Lulu Williamson spent Wed-
nesday niaht In the home of Mr.
and Mrs. C. R. Messenger. She re-
turned to her home in Crystal
Citv. Tex.. Saturday.
Mrs. Jesse Anderson and son.
Garrett, of Sterling visited at the
Harry Anderson home Snturdav.
Fd Bollinger departed the latter
part of the week for St. louts. Mo
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Maupln of
Lawton, visited Mr. and Mrs. Har-
ry Anderson Wednesday night.
Mrs Fritz Morris nnd daughter,
Joan Dee. of Tulsa visited here In
the home of Mrs. John Kelly dur-
ing the oast week Thev arrom-
nnnied Mr. nnd Mrs. Kelly and Isaac
Kelly of El Reno to snend the day
Friday in Oklahoma City.
with a provision for a 15-year term
and no reappointments.
A lawyer from McCook. Neb . home
town of Senator George Norris, lie
was Norris’ secretary from 1914 to
1918, and executive secretary of the
national republican congressional
committee for three years
DANGEROUS LANDINGS
LOIS 7 BULL
AUTHOR OF ‘CAPTIVE GODDESS^
Dt. CHRISM SN
OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug. 5-iSpe-
1 rial) Oklahoma women will com-
pete for *626 in premium awards I
offered in th.-ee divisions of the
women's department of the Okla-
| liomn state fair. Sept. 21 to 28. Miss
Vera G McQuilkin. director, has
announced.
As an added feature to the de-
partment this year, there will be
lour grand champion ribbons of-
fered to the individuals garnering
the greatest number of points in!
domestic science and two classes In
i ceramics.
Domestic art includes quilts, rugs
break the family circle.
or a tendency to physical col-
Usually, the statistics include lapses of any kind,
about eight times as many acci- Dr. Peters believes also that
dents as deaths and some of the there should be a traffic engineer
accidents have life-long conse- and that he should be a part of
quences. The m a J o r 11 y of the i tie health department. He would
fatalities • this year came from plan traffic regulation, traffic
automobile accidents, for which routes, and make Investigations
there was no particular excuse or a; to how nnd why accidents oc-
reason. Just a mad desire to go , cur. He would study car control
somewhere in a hurry. A brain and head the car inspection ser-
befogged with liquor or eyes wee.
overcome by sleep—whatever the
cause, the dead are dead.
Dr. A. O. Peters, health com-
Several readers have com-
plained that “shots" or injections
ntissioner of Dayton, Ohio, Is the ] of serum for the relief of arth-
author of an excellent nrliele in c conditions produce pain that
as bad as the disease. There
should bp no serious local reac-
lion to the use of the proper
mm. If pain results, the dose
has been too large and must be
the June number of the Survey
a leading journal of social work
'The article concerns safe auto-
mobile driving, nnd in it Dr
Peters suggests a uniform system
o curb the increase in traffic, reduced.
needlepoint work nnd knitting or
' crocheting while domestic science
includes ennned quarts of fruits and
vegetables: pints of jelly, preserves,
jams, marmalades, fruit butters;
I quarts of pickles; baking such as
bread, cakes and small cakes and
cookies. Foods typical of foreign
countries Ls one of the new features
for women who wish to try their
culinary art.
Ceramics includes two classes,
amateur and professional. "Those
who teach China painting or sell
their work shall be considered pro-
fessionals," Mrs J. A. Eisenhour,
suDeiintendent points out.
"Domestic art Judging will be
on the basis of 100 points and no
articles scoring less than 75 points
will be awarded a premium.” says
Mrs. F D Bearly, superintendent.
Daily Lesson
In English
L
ROBOTS FLY PILOTLESS Pi ANES~
v‘
f
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do
not say. "We met a man by the
name of Wilson.” Say. "We met a
man named Wilson."
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED:
Maintenance. Pronounce man-te-
nans, first a as in day, e as in me
unstressed, second a as in an un-
stressed accent first syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Gan-
grene: ene. not green.
SYNONYMS: Regular, cuslom-
ary, normal, habitual, usual, typical,
natural.
WORD STUDY: Use a word
three times and It is vours." Let
us Increase aur vocabulary bv mas-
tering one word enrh day Today's
word: PROXIMITY; nualltv nr
state of b“ing next: Immndiate
■ nearness. “Mnnv a truth fails of
| recognition through mere proximity
I of vision." - Barker.
A Prohlem A Day
Mary and Jane's father gives
them some monev to he d'v'ded
eouallv. If Man' takes $20 and fOo:
of what remains how much does
their father give them"’
Answer To Sunday's Prnh'eni
R reds. Fxnlannt'nu — Subtract
9-4 from 4-4: multiply bv 9 1-9 hv
1RO; tahe souare root' mulHn'v 9-
lfio- (age souare root' multiple 2-
subtract 10 from 20; divide by 2.
VISITING DAUGHTERS
| Mrs. Wlllinm Mont In ot Oklaho-
ma citv and Mrs. John T. Navlon.
912 South Barker avenue, left. Sun-
day for a few days visit with thetr
daughters. Misses Gladvs Montin
and Nancv Naylon. at Camp Na-
kanawa. Mayland. Tenn.
fAcm« Photo.I
The only entirely robot plane in the world, the Queen Bee of
, the British royal air force, in flight without a pilot aboard during
c demonstration recently at Karnborough, Hampshire, England.
THREE WEEKS’ TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. John Lively and
daughter. Eleanor, Miss Clara and
Miss Maxine Morris and Miss Mar-
garet Dennis departed 8unday for
a three weeks' trip to Washington,
D. C., and Troy. N. C.
When Linda Marshall, Amer-
ican girl flier, Is “lost over the
Paciflc” on a solo round-the-
world flight, only a few persons
know that she has deliberately
disappeared to go to Crab Is-
land. where her uncle, Coperni-
rus Marshall, has secretly made
a scientific discovery of vast Im-
portance. Patrick Flane, suppos-
edly his friend and partner, is
trying to get hold of the formu-
las. To thwart Flane, Linda en-
lists the aid of Tommy Drew,
aviator, and Jerry Mitchell,
newspaper man. both of whom
are in love with her. She and
Tommy secretly take off from
Hong Kong for Crab Island,
toward which Flane is bound in
a private submarine. Jerry,
meanwhile, gets in tnurh with
Angus Kirkhrar. British air of-
fl<ial. who reveals that he has
a strange stoiry to tell, begin-
ning in the days when he was
the young master of a freighter,
and Patrick Flane was his chief
engineer.
CHAPTER XXIII
JT WAS. indeed, a strange
story that Angus Klrkbrae
unfolded, step by step, to the
three men gathered with him
in the C. O.’s library. The
Spanish American War had
been over for nearly three
years. Kirkbrae, a newly made
master, with Patrick Flane as
his chief engineer, was bring-
ing his ship up through the
Ladrones, or the Marianas, as
they are called today.
It was a fair day, and the sea
was like a mirror. Suddenly, from
a native outrigger running farther
from shore than any craft that
small should, they saw a white
shirt run up on a mast. That was
a sight to make any ship stop.
It was a white man they hauled
over the side. He said he was
"Copp.v" Marshall from the States.
Over his whiskey he had a rare
story to tell of being sent off with
a small contingent for an inspec-
tion near Guam where he had
been stationed after the close of
the war.
He'd ended up a prisoner, taken
by some native tribe in the La-
drones. He had expected to be
killed, but it had happened that,
with his knowledge of science and
medicine, he had been lucky
enough to save the life of the
chief's son. with the result that
he had found himself In the awk-
ward position of being an honored
guest who wouldn't be permitted
to leave. His captors never let
him out of their sight. At last,
however, through a bit of luck, he
had succeeded in escaping.
“IN THOSE days,” Klrkbrae went
1 on. "yarns like that weren’t so
uncommon. But this chap tells
Us it’s been well over two years
since he’s seen a white man. and
then pulls out from his belt
enough gold to make your eyes
bulge and offers to let Flane and
me in on something rare. When
he told us he’d got a line on an
Island where there was burled
gold, we weren’t sure whether
to think him daft, or a pretty bad
liar and crook.”
The upshot, according to the
tale Kirkbrae told, was that they
agreed to supply Coppy Marshall
with provisions and put him
ashore on this Island, and made a
solemn bargain to return for him
on their next trip out—about a
year. For that service Klrkbrae
and Flane were to share and
share alike with Marshall on any-
thing that was found.
"Not that we believed It was
anything but a crocky Idea *
Kirkbrae added, “but we were
yoting and adventurous, and flg-
ured it wouldn’t take us much out
of our way to try to find this 1s-
!?n<L J* e*l*t*d—which we
•doubted. But It DID exist, and
pwnaps you can Imagine how It
•seined to be putting a white man
SMoro ftioot OB m unknown k*
land. We thought him a prett
courageous chap.
"There were a lot of things h
took that we couldn’t figure ou
the ’why’ for. We could see th
sense of a couple of shovels. Bu
the bottles and rubber sheetln
and a bolt of silk and a can o
ship’s paint, were beyond us! Bu
we gave him all he asked for.
"We even offered to send a na
tive ashore with him for com
pany. But he said that wouldn'
do—that all natives were afrali
of this island. We found that ou
later. Next port we stopped at
the whole blinking lot of native
in our crew deserted. Refused t<
sail on a ship that even stood of
shore near this island!”
THE STORY went on to tel
1 how a year and a half wen
by before they were again In thi
waters around the island—whicl
they had named Crab Island be^
cause it had rather the shape of i
crab and because, according u
the bearings, it lay directly acros:
the Tropic of Cancer. They didn’i
more than half expect to fine
Coppy alive, although the provi-
sions, carefully used, should hav<
seen a man safely through.
But as they made their waj
into the cove from which the deep
cave led. they saw a signal thal
had been left there for them or
the inner wall—a circle enclosing
two smaller circles. In addition
there were arrows in white palnl
that led inland through the cave
Leaving the ship, Klrkbrae anc
Flane followed the markings anc
eventually came out fn the centei
of the island.
"Coppy was alive all right.'
Klrkbrae went on. “Living in i
nlpa hut on stilts, like a bllnkin
native, except that the razor and
scissors we’d given him had done
their work on his beard and he
might have stepped out of a bar-
ber shop the day before. Coppy al-
ways was proud of that-said nc
man would go completely native
if he could keep his beard trim-
med!
"He’d found the buried treasure
all right, and he’d discovered the
reason why the island was
feared and avoided by natives.
He’d round the remains of an
ancient village and skeletons
Something had come along to kilj
them all. He’d already been told
about that by natives—how fish-
erfolk had once landed there, seen
death and had fled to spread the
news of this ill-fated island
where all men who landed would
die.
IT SEEMS that Coppy, being
a a scientist chap to begin with
suspected that the Island had •
deposit of some kind of metal
that was poisonous to human life,
and that, during the years of pi-
racy and Spanish supremacy of
those seas, the fact had become
known to some buccaneer who de-
cided It was a safe place to leave
his loot. This was all conlecture.
of course, but Coppy was fight
about the metal deposit.
"Figuring that the plant life on
the island would have absorbed
some of this Dolsonous element, he
had eaten no food of the Island
during all these months and had
drunk none of the water He had
distilled water from the sea or
had drunk rain wafer He’d han-
dled nothing without protection to
his «kin That's why he had want-
ed rubber sheeting.
"Coppy led us to where he had
found the treasure, and it was
then that the three of us took an
osth that we'd share nnd share
alike on everything that came
from It He said that the treasure
was only the chance to get money
enough to set up a laboratory and
get to the bottom of the mystert-
ou,•"’Gallic poison on the Island.
of the treasure
awzy on that trip. Coppy came
along to Hong Kong with us. and
ne three of us swore secrec? an
to Where the booty we couldn’t
carry sway with us at that time
was to remain hidden "
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