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, PAGE SIX 0 T i I swaui I { I I { ' ship bur 0 I It j rending { \ mighty | j"CONTRABAND"|3 # ' of an In J 4 of paraii \ cA Romance sf the ' 8rm 8tr t 4 mine. I ' North Atlantic J every b< J t black nl ' __ ' roar of e \ 4 t ter; wha * g9 J depths v 5 RANDALL PARRISH J J,, ? ? Author Jf "My L?<lr zf lb. ' "*J't t North," "Maid jf the Forest," stc. J able to i ' 1 nil a vlsl %%%%% ^ nilsf Y Copyright A. 0. MoClarg A Oo. swiftly c CHAPTER XXX. which h __ blood; tt A Day In the Boat. ,n* th?',r I turned, niy fingers yet gripping the a hoat, 1 rail. Before then T hnd hnd no time to surface c think, to appreciate the full terror of "P8> a w our situation, to renllze the horror of "You? the Kperfncle. In that last Instant this Rtlll at s hurst upon me In all Its vivid horror. "Yes. < Between the two hatches the deck waa still, yon a sheet of flames; already the canvas up yet." of the lower yards had caught, and was "Oh. y? blazing fiercely. THe red writhing ser- . pentR, fanned by the wind, were sweeplng aft In billows, tipped with black smoke, dense and suffocating. All _ about uh the glare of dancing tire, the 2 swirl of shadowy smoke clouds; the ? ' air was hot, almost blistering. I saw ^ unc pr nothing of McCann. ' 8?n "He Isn't In the boat?" 1 ^ ZV"" of Are. 1 "Well, we can't wait?lower away? Beemed t yes. I'm coming." most eag They must have unhooked the falls "Yes. v at my first word, for the boat Rank Just W|fh a si as I swung to the rail. This, and a Qod'a m Right suddenly revealed against the ?hould h front of the cabin, held me there, clinging to a stay, struck motionless hut HOmo with horror. I heard Vera cry out from as v be,ow: by a lot "Robert?Robert I Don't wait? wreck th Jump I" broke by But the words seemed to have no went ovei meaning, no power to impress me; for right sld< an instant the sight I beheld paralyzed when the my brain. The lashed wheel still held enybody the ship to the wind, and the clouds couldn't ? of smoke belched aft, becoming so We wus dense I could not see across the deck the cloud tn t ho nnrt foil T 1- ? ? * * i .an. x nuew nor wnere mat seem they came from, nor how they had met come up < In that last death grapple. All I know shootin* < Is, that suddenly, both bodies wrapped us. The In flame, and half shrouded In wreaths screamed of smoke, the glare of fire on their yer. If I faces, every muscle straining in the In- Rod he g* tensity of struggle?McCnnn fighting of yer J? desperately to escape; Ra scorn exer- over the i clslng all the mad strength of Insanity "That r to retain hold of his victim. If either "Quite uttered a sound, I heard it not. It was hit yer h like a horrid picture projected from young ln< out the smoke cloud, and as instantly her lap fading. I saw the men's faces, ex- skirt?" ultant hatred in one, unspeakable ter- "Never ror in the other; I witnessed the strnln Interrupt* of muscle, the awful effort to rend could. C apart arms and limbs. It was a vision biscuit a of hell, yet almost before 1 could thus Hollls wl vision It, the two figures were engulfed something in a sea of flame; where they went? I smile into the seething enldron. or over the biscuit, rail Into the depths of ocean?I can "Row n never tell. They were there, struggling want my like fiends, a horror unspeakable In a "We ha frame of smoke and fire; then that two hags curtain of death and tire dropped? Cnnn for and they were no more. The me I may have Jumped; I may have re- ror wltn leased my hold upon the backstay, and came sud fallen. The deck planks were hot to my eyes, i my feet, and serpents of flame crept body trcn along the seams as though reaching for me tight. v>? ..111. -? ' * - ...... ionium in nil-, i siaggerc| ?niu ...kk with hands lipid before my eyes, pnln?" half blinded with tlip >rliir??. still seeing, "No; tl In crazed memory that invful spectacle physical, .of death and horror. From far below that was a cry reached my ears?n woman's long. Ra nyonIzed cry shrieking upward through went dov the crackle and roar of flames until it other's at even penetrated my brnin, and brought words csi roe life again: Let's not "Robert! Robert! Come to me!" must kee I turned, and gripped the rail. With "Yes. < one swing i was over it. my body tenderly, hurtling through the air. down into Hit ly bad et black sea. As I came back to the sur-iwhat to < I ^11^ I reckon' jrend of i winter f J spite of | cnn do h that for1 knife; n vas aboi j secure. I ?Olson, Tie pei I V. -1 .1 . I ll?al|M?(J I With One Swing I Was Over It. Tt wns " the purp face, every numbed faculty restored by the Impi the plunge, the Icy grip of the water, we coulr the glow of the flames above me re- spread t vealed the small boat. Dashing the l.v fresh moisture from my eyes, conscious only Into all < *? " ~'??dlng In hec extended arms, lows sti I. feu-- it-. TH1 toward It. Then bemuu uie the rushing St into a thousand fragments, though apart with the reimrt of a doubt 1 pin, and shooting upward In a very ki of flame. I went down?down at all 1 and knew no more. and ar? could be in an instant trans- There om the most fantastic depths the boa ferno to the heavenly delights man cc Use. his experience would not water, anger, or more Impossible than selves s had sunk to death, about me exehanf >rror of noise and sight; the staring ght, the glare of flame, the Leayorc xploslon, the icy clutch of wa- held to t followed that plunge into the low vol* as unconsciousness. I awoke "Whn a's eyes smiling Into mine, her' chose tl it above me, the golden sun- "It hni a new dawn resting on her peril." could but stare up at her, un- "I do comprehend, half believing It frankly Ion to as quickly dissolve Into I There v et I was rational, my brain I and lov tearing to the truth. The hand I should eld mine was of flesh and rather i lose were no dream eyes smll- clasped welcome, and I was lying In polled t bobbing up and down to the j you." if the sea. Words came to my j * ?My dilspered question : ! | imagine -you picked me up? we are , gled on iea?" j end con lear; oh I I am ro glad ! Lie must w are not strong enough to sit j not so I ' with us ;8 I am; see, I will lean against . "Witt ' "Toei mlder. Why. it la actually j q0(J ? the sun la an hour high." H'pr left her face to survey the ul the cockleshell In which we pjg, The little boat bore up brave- sun its load, although White and ; me. pet ire both bailing, and my eyes m|n'e :e of Reveral charred spota jost cor ? gunwale showing the touch eDra Leayord was at the tiller, and gj,e | o comprehend all that I was mntlonU er to learn. softly bi ye're still afloat, sir," he said, j,er. T\ niior's hoperulness. "But It's | herself I erey. By every token we her flng< uve been blown out of the my ffrjg en the Indian Chief exploded, haustloc how the gust of It didn't hit gtartled vas showered with fire, nn' hit fi^ht of flyin' stuff, but nuthln to there wi e boat. White had his nrm of ? bJo a pi ere o* timber, an' an oar entire h< rbonrd. But how we ever kept photopri ? up In this little dinky boat rphe ocr t big Iron pot sunk Is more'n j0WB cr but God could tell. We Just | nnd do nuthln' but Just hang on. jnR 0hal way up there, sir. a scrapln upon us s, an* then down In a hollow ponred i led a mile deep; an' when we cjoud of nit o' that, there you was, sir. 8urfnce mt o' the waves straight at cle nf j, girl, she saw you an* in the h ; she'd have gone over after by ^r|pj hadn't grabbed her,' an' then hnn(1 j1(J >t a boat hook Inter the collar his volet irket, an' we hauled yer In forwnrd tide." ^ ping sill nust have been hours ago." vented 1 a spell, sir. Something hed m,,nt i iond, tin* It Mod ii bit. Tho jnruniod ly has been a-holdln' yer on 8W0pt b ever since; she tore her m{C a j I out dire mind that, Mr. Leayord." she R two ?d, "we all of us did what we | strnlght Hson, will you pass back a , th<> wlni nd a water bottle; Captain "Ahoy 11 regain strength If he has oison. al : to eat." holm ! ( d at her, and accepted the p wnH sel?a g ire we fixed on food? I only <3tr:iicrtit share." M?. whit ve had one apiece; there were thrown In; we can thank Mc- h-'iu-tteil >n?t nn/tr flnvll * _ . mr.ln sh mor.v of that spectacle of hor- ??.|)vjne essed on the blazing deck Ml)j H denly bark to mo. and T hid ?p,if pvorv muscle of my wpnkcnt'd ,, . . , . , , Hard do ibllnp. I felt Vera s arms hold info us la It, Robert? You are In '^r' Hf,M! tinnce 1 he suffering was mental, not I?I saw McOann's death; what held me on hoard an , ... ,.M? seom pot him; they?they in together. fighting in eaeb I IHW ma. In a sheet of llmne. No 11 fl11T in picture the horror of It. | wlU 1 talk of that any longer. 1?I ! T|V p my mind.' j |U lear, we will not talk of It." | I IV "Our own situation is sure- I lough; you must tell the men ! t? rerrib I myself, strengthened by the nger to be diverted, oat is taking In water?" great deal, sir; slie is so deep une splashes over the gunwale. | right so long as the sea keeps now." ou steering by compass?" "I si Ir, by sun. I just naturally for a y< vest; that's the nearest coast, were n ? Are these fishing sens, sir?" Hnv >ost In the world. I've often , i . . , , .. hurt m dory crews being lost In the , bit. and yet mnking land In ,ranif>8 the storm aqd cold. If they think I t In such weather, there Is no 1 got ! us to give up while the boat anywhe riie first job should be to rig Those here Is one oar left?" ? S() j)a(j sir, and a paddle." averyoi enough. Iled, cut a hole In ward thwart with your sheath 1 lot too large now. Any can- 11 ird?" Aria Ii these strips." fid to n '11 do for stays, and to make ach tri The sail will have to be a shirt fake it how about yours?" j)afj a eled it off without n word, and anvlu?r ne fasten It to the oar blade. rough bit of work, yet served ' oesn iose, and when we had stepped muc'1 ovised mast, bracing It as best three i 1 with the paddle, and the out- tired a rarment bellied out In the fair- better, wind, the sight put new heart jron ^ r>f us. I could but note the fel- ony RO trlng at It, and then at th<; S LANCASTER WygKS, L^NC ???: .. f. '-Sa green water alongside, a* I Lu calculating our progress. No LLl! It was small enough, yet the lowledge that we were moving tended to bolster our courage, use hope. ? was nothing more to be done; it rode fairly steady, and one >uld easily keep her clear of Joii The others disposed themls best they might, occasionally ting a word or two, but mostly Mr about at the expanse of sea. I hung on to the tiller,, while I sufrei Vera'8 hnnd, and we spoke In . ;es for each other alone, t a mistake we made when we nervo his voyage," I said regretfully, down i brought only hardship and saw I'llW-l not regret," and her eyes gazed bottle Into mine. "Truly I do not. w as no other way for us to know ( e. Robert, if this was the end, ' . I be glad of my choice. I would <M ro down here in these waters to In your arms, than to be com- digesl 0 live on in the world without nerve actual sweetheart; but I will not 16 po 1 such a fate. We have strug- today mrouKn hk) mucn 10 nave tne j jjave ne In this desolate ocean. We | ' In?the Newfoundland coast la ( su ( ' 'ar nway, and these are sailors a"out You trust, and love met" make i all my heart." can ki pther we will have faith In |ro hand softly stroked my ten? '!? dispel r shoulders shielding me from and s ; her sweet face bending over medtc eyes smiling confidently Into |N>unc] 1 own grew misty, and I finally li^hln isclousness even to her pres- sJve f old me later that I lay there A 1 ?88 for two hours, so still, so run d reathlng, us to almost frighten ulant. vice she leaned close to assure and h :hnt I did actually breutlie, and afoiy j. ers felt for the beat of pulse at sol(l . t. It was the coma of sheer ex- . . i. The bull-like roar of a u ' voice forward awoke me. I Iroi no word, only the sound, but Formi is a note to It like the violence ,jera ^ w. I snt up, staring about, the imie ene within the range of vision ^ iphlng Itself upon my brain. an heaved In long green bll ested with foam, the boat rlsfalllng as steadily as a rock- It 1 r; the sun no longer bent down Moved from a cloudless sky, but np- chang as n flery red disk through a using vapor, which swept along the come, of the water obscuring the clr- zonl I lorlzon. Liverpool stood erect but tli oat's bow. holding himself Arm the f )lng the Inverted oar. his free milk 1 illowed to make a trumpet of able < ?. Every other-face was turned gree, , yet for an Instant, the flap- being rts. Improvised for sails, pre- and a ny seeing the cause of excite- The Then I.envord, with nn oath. In coi down his helm, and the dinghy devel< > port, mounting a wave crest true t tird In flight, and there burst by th ctly ahead the sharp prow of found -masted schooner. bearing erolly down toward us, sailing before lnflue J LI. there! Ahoy!" yelled Red nnd Imost In one voire. "Port your ~"urse you. port your helm!" almost like a vision, thnt vesrim, menacing specter, leaping on toward us out of the mist, aj,|e e foam circling from her sharp . r. her spars and ropes all- l"*"1 . ' . due tc I against the gray fog, her f M eets reefed, but with topsails DC ^ to the sharp breeze, yet with :n of human life visible. J your helm down, Leayord! ^ wn, man," I sobbed. "She'll be In a minute! Ay! that's bet- OT,re 1 id by. forward. If there Is any s . basin, ay hold. . filial la ment (To Re Continued.) goiter OF VANDYKE SO WEAK OUBIE SHE COULD HARE le Attacks of Cramps Made t: Took Simple Home Trea Had Cramp Si TELLS HOW SHE iffered from stomach trouble consii sar. I tried many things that cine scommended but nothing did thing good. Everything that I ate taken e and 1 would take spells of claret that seemed so bad I didn't Van could live through them and Wt jo bad off I could not walk you ire, not even across the room, day I terrible cramping spells were spry i tnought i would die and ing a to thought I could not live. in a ad tried doctors ami got no fs ait nd was at niy wits end when over on Mineral was recommend- Mine te as the very thing for stom- that >uble and I commenced to tratet and since then I have never er, a spell of cramp. I now eat need tg I want to eat and it usual hurt me. I have gained so tonic, strength I can walk two or bladd miles without getting very sold i nd I can sleep a whole lot trade while before I took Acid carto [ineral my sle(^> didn't do me Corp. nd. It has done what nothing quail at I had tried could do and 1 a bot n L' 'ASCT* ?.? r^-: 1 < -T? ?IISTON, N. C., FALLS IN LINE ns the Army of Converts. s. J. B. Saunders, resident 'in ?ton, N. C., says: "I have been ing from dyspepsia and stomroubles along with extreme usness, was completely run , losing considerable weight. I your Liquid Remedy, Ironl/.ed Paw, advertised, purchased a . The result from the iirst botas so encouraging that I took ular treatment. After three i' persistent use I am delighted 1 you that not only has my in:ion disappeared, but my s are acting normal. I have lly put on flesh to the extent of unds and am as well a woman as I ever was. Certainly you a remedy that every woman ing as I did should know , so I give you full liberty to any ust' of this letter so others now its great virtues." nized l'uw-l'nw Itemedy will ore to brighten the world, to gloom, to make happy homes Iron* iron bodies, tliun all the Ines that have ever been coinled. The evidence we are pubg every day should be coneluiroof. system that is overworked or own requires a harmless stlmI ionized Paw-Paw Tonic lifts olds you. Your druggist probceeps it, but if he doesn't, it is ind recommended by all leadrug stores. aized Paw-Paw, price $1.00. ila on every bottle. Mail or romptly attended to. InterDrug Co., Inc., New York.? Sour MTIk oy vioiet Hays. has always been commonly bethat milk curdles owing to the e of temperature and that by ice tills difficulty would be overaccording to Dr. Humbert BnzIn the Electricul Experimenter, its precaution does not take away irimal cause. While germs in remain latent under the unfavor?nvlronment of perhaps zero dethey develop immediately upon brought in contact with light mors productive environment, i moment ultra violet rays come ntact with the inflnlteslmnl life jpment begins, and while it la hat some microbes ar<j destroyed e utrn violet rays, it has been that the inferior organisms gendevelop more rapidly under the nee of these rays. Sea Fish Oppose Qoiter. fteh of all kinds has been found Rise goiter in communities where prevails extensively. Authorhave attributed the remarkprevalance of goiter and crei or myxoedema (physical defect i failure of normal thyroid gland on) in Switzerland to the acarc1 aea food in that Inland conninrf thnra la inma hat a mora fraqnent oaa of aaa d the dlat tan 4b to prevent or itmpla goiter, which la rather axel y prevalent Id the great lakaa Sea flah contains Iodine Id amble form. and It la to this elethat the food's ralue In aaaea of la ascribed. FROM STOMACH )LY WALK SHE SAID lor Fear She Would Die. tment. Hasn't nee. DID IT. ier A-I-M a wonderful medland believe it will do everyit is recommended to do it according to directions." de1 Mrs. Elizabeth Grimsley, ot Dyke, Huchannon County, Va. len your strength gives out and feel like dragging around all ong instead of skipping around and lively like of old, try t.akfew drops of this natural iron glass of water after meals. It nply wonderful. People all this state recommend Acid Iron ral. The heantv ahmii l? tu It Is just the highly concen1 natural Iron, cheaper, atrongnd much better for people In of Iron. A twelve ounce bottle ly sella for a dollar and as a , aid to digeation. kidneys and ler It can't be equalled. It la only in original bottles and the mark "A-I-M" on bottle and n la the Ferrodine Chemical guarantee of strength and ty. Most druggists have it. Oet tie today.?Adv. rr vZpi //VN E5S 1 "*?oitrtRs&f>oASU?? SHBniHMnPN - CM-oau*v co m ut? Subscribe For Tb LOAD UP THE ] Tear Out This Coupon, Can Spare to Huy Dollar Bu; To The Editor of The f Lancaster, S. Enclosed find.. .. packages of tobacco, tl Fund" for American fl I understand that e a retail value of forty-l will be placed a postcar friend, the soldier, will Nan Add Oity v I An Ambit /1 T? \ needs of the f ! of the So iihrrn Rail / J the upbuiMinr of tbe uthr /f ) Tbe Southern Railwa f \ J accorded to othrra. I J Tbe ambition of tbe V t unty of intereat that la b / tbe railruadai to aceperfa ? \ mrnt of raiiroada which ' [ arrnd>at to reallxe that to obtain the additional cn enlarged fadlitlea I odder I aerricc) and. finally? To tak? Ita niche In r other rreat Indueriea. wii \ rtihta and equal oppotttani Southerr I FRIDAY, ,IA**U*?Y QRE as Duthern Sunshine 1IKE the soft, beaming sunlight of Dixie' land, Luzianne brings cheer to mealtime-breakfast, dinner and supper. Folks ^ who try it once have a genuine affection for it ever after. Luzianne cornes to you in clean, sanitary, air-tight tins. The flavor stays in?impurities stay out. Buy > a can of Luzianne. Use the whole can. If you don't honestly believe it is better than any other coffee you ever tasted, tell the grocer to refund your money. But, trr^it. yslM^coffee i It Pours, It Reigns" -c PIPES OF THE BOYS IN FRANCE. Fill It In and Send a* Much Money m You Tobacco for Our Fighting Men?Each ' ys Four Packages of Tobacco. fews: \ C. to buy .. . irough "Our Boys In France Tobacco ghting men in France. i ach dollar buys (our packages, each with (Ive cents and that in each of my packages d, addressed to me, on which my unknown I agree to send me a message of thanks. le ress Street __X / V ion and a Record i W South are identical with the needs ! '"V | way i llic yrowth and success of one mean* j I f * ? ; y r a?k* no faror*?no special prlrllere not , jr Southern Railway Company It to are that ?***" orn of co-operation between tbe public and ' i?v ned that fair and frank policy in the mannye- ! J inrite* the confidence of yovernmrntal . \ V. liberality of treatment which will enable It i 1 pit a I needed for the acquisition of better and /j it to the demand foe Increased and better J tbe body politic of the South alonyside of J h no mora, bat with equal liberties, equal tie*. era Serrw thiSoath." ^ l Railway System* 4^ ie Lancaster News, $2 a Year I ri c*a tLi I