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FORLORN ISLAND By EDISON MARSHALL WNV Senrlc* Copyright by Edtaon Marshall SYNOPSIS Hla yacht, the Intrepid, abandoned by ita orew, Felix Horton, millionaire, with his mother, his daughter Nan, and Roy Stuart, puts Into Squaw Har bor, Alaska, to recruit. He engages a bunch of nondescripts stranded there. A gigantic Pole, Sandomar, Is their leader. Captain Waymlre, the Intre pid'*, skipper, engages Eric Ericsson, an old friend, to sail as chief officer. Nan and Eric Indulge In a moonlight flirtation. The Intrepid Is wrecked, Erie leaving her In a small boat, with Horton and his party. Sandomar kills Captain Waymlre and leaves the ship with his crowd. On landing, Eric learns there Is no communication with the outside world. Flreheart, priestess of the Island, descended from a white man In the remote past, knowing a little English, welcomes the cast aways. Sandomar declares there shall be no law on the Island, but Eric, having the only gun, cows him, de claring he Is the law. Eric's love for Nan swells, and he tells her he means to win her. She la not unwilling. Flre heart claims Eric, and realising the Importance of her friendship he Is forced to tomporlse. Defending hlm ?elf from attack, Eric's revolver ap parently misfires, but his assailants flee. Eric finds the revolver, which hnd been Waymlre's, Is rlm-flre, while five of Its six cartridges are center-flre. Eric has one effective cartridge. "Swede," makes an attempt on his life. He uses his one cartridge, knllng "Swede," but Is left defenseless, though master of the situation, sinco he alone knows his gun Is useless. Flreheart's threats culminate In an at tempt on Nan's life. Eric saves her. He makes Nan understand the ^Rplh of his love, but she Is uncertain of her own heart. In a sudden, terrific ? torm, a child of the tribe Is left help less on a sand spit. CHAPTER VIII? Continued ?14? This wns only too true. Ohlkak's father worshiped her; he would starve for her In a lean winter, or die for her when death was written In black ond white ; but he could not push out In that watery earthquake for life nor love. It was not Just wind and wave, but the boorga. For hlra, the smoking Bcud barely concealed unearthly living shapes. He was not one of the white masters, to challenge the elementary powers, but a man of the Aleuts, with the darkness of subjection on his face. "If they don't go, who will?" Itoy Insisted. "I, for one. You'd better not try ft, If I can get two of the snllors. They're handy at Jobs like this ? and anyway, Nan'll want you to stay." "Patch me going!" Iloy's cold eyes flashed. "Thank God I'm not such a fool as that." Then, almost shouting: "It's a crazy gesture. The child's done Tor anyway. Eric, you mustn't go either. You're needed here. It's the life of an Aleut brat against Nan's future safety." Eric hesitated only an Instant. "You'll have to protect her, the best you can. If I'm lost, two of the gang will be lost, too, and you can hold 'em at bay." Itoy cursed him to his face, then ?wheeled to Nnn, "Speak to that fool," he Implored. "Tell lilm he can't throw away his life on a chance like this ? that you need him, that we nil need him. Appeal to his crazy chlvnlry." Nan slowly shook her head. "I can't do It." She did not seem to rnlse her voice, but as her lips were near, her tone rang clenr. "I'm not even sure that I want him to stay. You see ? he may be right ? and yon mny be wrong." Eric had now turned to the outlaw crew massed around Sandomar. Their faces were drawn, their eyes wolfish; It seemed hopeless to appeal to them. Yet Eric knew men ? their evils, their follies, their Innate greatness ? and he spoke boldly. "I want two good men. Who will come?" There was a brief pause. Sando mar's somber gaze fell to Gargo's flut tering hand, then he threw up his ulrnlnn head. "I will be one," he nnswered In his dull monotone. "And If Sandy goes, I wnnt to go, too," Gnrge said. "Anyhow, I don't like to think of that little papoose out there all by 'erself, waiting to be drowned." Eric's face flamed. Even his mo ment of surrender, on the Cliff of I)eath with Nan, held no greater glory, no higher truth, than this. The strong cup of his being ran full hnd over flowed. True, It was only a brief truce. An hour ago Snndomnr would have butch ered htm without mercy; an hour from now, If both survived, ho would again be plotting his overthrow. They were Implacable foes. They could not In habit the name world ; Erie knew well, In soma cold Inner mind, that In the end ha must clay Snndomnr, or he Klaln by him. But now they might fttrlte, strike, and If worae cornea to worst, crots tha bar together. Ha waa at tha point of accepting the help of hit two torn, when ho remem bered Bandomar'a daafneaa. Amid the faUlos mountains of water, Garge would hare no time to raise his hand from his blade and interpret the cap tain's shouts. "Garge, I can't take your pal," Eric said. "I've got to Lave someone who can hear. Will you go without him?" f The little cocjcnejp- looked to the ground. "I woulaitt be na good with out Sandy. Anyhow, I can't leave him." Eric nodded, and turned to his lesser enemies. "Who else will try it?" Sydney Bill, hard-handed Australian, was the first to move forward, and murderous Big Smith second. Eric accepted them, and commandeered from the squaws three kamlelkas (water-proof outer garments) for them and himself. The hunters, had started across the headland with the boat ; final preparations for what might be a one-way Journey must now be made. Eric called Roy aside, ran with him fifty yards down wind until the murk grew thick between, and passed him his revolver. "To protect our party ? In case I don't come back," be said quietly In his rival's ear. Roy's hand gripped it strongly, and a look of steel came Into his face. His first thought was to thrust the barrel into Eric's side and order him not to go. The stubborn fool would not listen to reason, but he might heed the cold steel in his ribs ! But when he gazed into the nar rowed pupils, he knew the bluff would not work. Anyway the whole situa tion had changed now that he had yielded up his scepter of authority. It was this steel tube loaded with death, not the. man himself, that Ray re quired on shore. If Eric drowned, he would merely pay the price of his own folly; and hy naturnl law the fittest would survive. With him would pass two other fools, so that the numerical odds against Roy's party would not be Increased, but actually cut down. Eric had made his bed, so let him lie In It ! A new power could rise In For lorn Island ! Eric looked keenly Into the cold, bright eyes. "By the way, Roy, In case I don't come back, be careful with that revolver," he added quietly. "Be sure you know all about It before you try to fire." Now the hunters were hurrying nigh, and talk was done. Eric lunged back ngalnst the wind. Just * time to help ship the boat. All the . le-bod led men on hand waded in the boiling foam, nnd although the waves smote them like sandbags nnd made them reel, they held the kayak while the three voyagers boarded and drew the hatches tight. Could they get through the surf Into deep water? The answer lay with one man alone ? SanHUlliar. With a grunt, he seized the gunwale and lumbered Into the tide. On and on he Btum bled, his gorilla strength and animal courage matched against the fury of the breakers. Blow after blow they dealt him, first against his thighs, then his barrel chest, finally breaking over him, bludgeoning his head, blind ing his fireball eyes. When he qould go no further, he passed the boat along until his big hands were on the stern. Watching his chance, as a billow rushed sea ward, he gave a mighty thrust. The kayak shot forward, then up to the crest of the next wave.** The billow met It well beyond ihe brenkers. Hnn domnr came fighting back, falling, ris ing to reel on again, hurled forward with back-breaking violence, at last lumbering through the foam with Im mense arms hanging limp, his eyes like a dead seal's. With a suffocating heart, Nan watched the little crnft beat out to sea. Once she thought It was gone. An avalanche of water swept It down. For a frigid eternity, perhaps ten sec onds, possibly twenty, there was -naught where It had been but. a gray hillside streak with foam. Hut pres ently the pointed bow shot out like the snout of a shark, and the heads of the boatmen appeared one by one. The paddles glinted wanly, as the little ship sailed on. Nan's chill despnlr began to chnngo to flaming hope. A daring thought stole Into her stunned brain; not Just that Eric had done right In some vague abstract sense, but that his fool ish dream was Inspired truth, that there were hidden laws governing life which Roy'a materialism could never explain and which had decreed Krlc's victory. How did she or anyone know what was true, what was raise? Per haps Krlc's Idealism was not just a splendid Illusion, to trick him to a fruitless death, hut a working force, a living, conquering power. Perhaps ha would yet win to hla goal and re turn to stand beside her on th? strand. Her hands clasped over he* breast. SandomarCame FiQhtlnQ Back, Fall ing, Rising to Reel on Again. Sho strained Into the murk, to follow 1 the dimming, living shape so small, so I Jrave, In the heaving desert of death, i Not once did It soar out of the roar ing valleys but that her heart soared too. Not one billow grappled It only to drop behind In writhing fury but that her lips breathed thanks ' "Fight on, Eric," she whispered. "Go and come back safe. . . . Bring him back to me, little, ship. 0h, don't fail him now!" Beside her, Sandomar and his gang cursed and breathed hard. Meanwhile Eric was fulfilling his destiny. All his long Journeyings had been toward this one goal, a grain of Band in a lonely sea, and an Indian .child calling him with outstretched 1 k'8 WaS the great battle of l! f . \v^nn' Roy' Sandomar bad no ? , J." J * U Was a" between him and his fierce old dam, the sea. h the mother of bis race She had fed him, schooled him, cherished him, and now she would try him to the bone. And the test was com mensurate with his rank-the heir of sea-kings. Ever she had spared no Pains on his blue-eyed, fair-haired ?on^' * ?m th0Se dim da>'8 tbey had sailed forth In painted galleys, red bearded fierce-browed brutes in winged hats, from the deep-cut fiords of Scan dinavia, she had harried them, proved lem slain them without mercy, until she had bred men I Yet to the dark spawn of the west ern Isles Eric owed his fighting chance. The wooden dory that wafc his cradle would stand short shift in. seas like hese; she would fill and flounder at the first rush of the rolling mountains: and only the Alaskan kayak, developed In centuries of rough sailing after walrus and whale, could shake free and leap to the crest. It was no more ian a whale-bone frame covered with walrus hide, yet Eric blessed It in the name of his Norse gods. No stately ship beating through a tropic typhoon had ever made his heart glow so warm. The hatch he occupied came nearly to his armpits, and was scarcely largo enough to admit his body. The folds of his kamlelka made it watertight, n though one wave after another broke over him, blinding him, bludgeon ing his head and shoulders, always the craft buoyed up, shook off the ' water-arms, and fought on. True, if it ' once fell in the trough of the seas the repeated onslaughts would cave in its >s. but by good seamanship and Mn ! h* f?r h'S Hfe Wlth the dd?b]* blade he managed to avoid this pitfall. The deck was so low that the wind could not seize and hustle It. Ills two I comrades timed their strokes with tw UP by hls conQuerlng spirit ho/ ?U. ns fhe-v hn(1 never fought for Uf' ?n,nk ?r 8?ber' 0n ,and or Bcn for life, bread, or favor of woman. The|r goal slowly neared. Thev could see the kneeling child, braced ZoT tlll Wlnd' Pltched down "ome! , s fts tbft rising waves broke over fh! ^*1? .8hehes and washed her to ' the waist, but always struggling up. Hold on I" Eric shouted, honinir against hope that the cry would beat tJ;? wln(l ^ her ears. - "ere coming for you!" conlrT "PPOftrod t0 tnk? beart. She could hear naught but the bellow of the gale, hut she snw his lips move, and Rome fellowship of cournge lear> ng across the fonm made her fight like a shoaled salmon. SyRk ?nme np on the lea of tho Wi n\ ? comparative quiet water. ,o ' y I' , RPrfln* 0l,t' In , ? cla sped the fainting child >n his arms. Roaring he knew not 0? 7Pr,nP* the nndPnt battle-cry of the \lklngs welling up from some old cellar in his braln-he waded back r . h i "mp hody lnt0 the bold, climbed Into the hatch, and smote the water with his blade. CHAPTER IX The watchers on Rhore .waited deso late eternities. Had Roy glanced at Nan, he would have wondered where her dusky beauty had flown. Her eyes were dnrk wounds. Her cheeks wero haggard and grny, her llpR drawn. Yet If Rhe loved the man she had loRt, Rho Rtlll did not know It. Ix>ve was tho flash of a lighthouse through tho Htorm, and the storm blew too thick between. Rut presently Rhe bit her lip until It bled. She thought Rhe saw a strange-shaped shadow on the water, revealed only nn Instnnt through tho fluttering curtains of spindrift. For all she knew It was only a trick of her tortured fnncy. . . . A moment more she waited. Then, over the rolling hills, a dark Rhnpo took form. At the snme Instant, tho murk parted like a torn veil, nnd tho Rcene wns etched In vivid black nnd white on bet* memory. Tho knynk seemed to be riding the storm. Kor nn Instnnt It hung poised, n symbol of victory, on the wind-whipped crest of the highest billow, looking down on Its domnln. The pnddles flashed vnl Innfly. The sen IIkM wns on Eric's fnce. Then It enmo lenplng townrd lnrid. She could not ulfer n sound. Her thront wns too full. Rut Snndomnr grunted-? she henrd him ? and Roy gasped out what she thought wns sn onth of nmnzement. Mother 1 1 or ton threw up her lenn nrms with a yell. "Ry O? d, he's mndo It I" Rut no one blnmed the old woman for tho oath. Tho wntchers never lost sight of the bont again. It enme with a rush, tho wind behind It, hurled through ths foam, dodging, rocking, pitching, soar ing up and darting down. The hoorga roared In vain. Tho foiled seas chased the little ship, to spring upon Its back, hut always their leaps fell short. (TO n? contint;?d.> IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAV I chool Lesson (By REV. P. B. FITZ WATER. D. D.. H*tn ber of Faculty, Moody Blbl? Inatltut* of Chicago.) ?. 1931. Wm(wb Nawspaper Union. Lesson for October 1 SAUL IN TAR8U8 > LESSON TEXT? Atfts XI :S9 ; 22:3. 27, 18; 28:4-7; Phil. l:S-?. GOLDEN TEXT ? Study lo ihow th> ??If approved unto God. a wOTkman that needeth not to be ashamed, right ly dividing the word of truth. II Tim othy 1:15, PRIMARY TOPIO ? A 8chool Boy. JUNIOR TOPIC?A School Boy of Tarsus. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC ? Preparation for Life Work. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC ? Training Christian Leaders. I. tout's Birth (Acts 21:39). He was born at Tarsus, the capital of Clllcla. Tarsus was a gateway be tween the east and west, therefore a great commercial center. It was a welf-gover nlng city, making citizenship therein honorable. It waB also one of the gMiit educational centers of the Romtn empire. In the providence of God the great apostle to the Gentiles was born In the city where he would encounter men of every class and na tion. II. Saul's Education (Acts 22:3). 1. In the home (Phil. 3:5). Ells parents were pious people and doubt less carefully cultured him according to Jewish standards. He was brought up as a strict Pharisee. 2. In college at Jerusalem (Acts 22:3). About the age of thirteen, as was the custom, he became a child of the law. It was doubtless at this age that he went to Jerusalem and entered upon his course of study under Ga maliel, one of the most eminent teach ers of Isrnel. His course of study here, doublless, was largely restricted to the Holy Scriptures. In this school he was prepared for the great work of a Christian theologian. Included in bis education was: a. Patriotism. He proudly affirmed "I am a Jew." He was brought up to love his nation. He was a nationalist of the true type. b. A love for the Bible. To him the Scriptures were the very Word of God, the Qnal word of authority. c. Zeal for God. The word "zeal ous" literally means "to boll." d. He was conscientious. His su preme aim was to have a conscience void of offense. Because of the blight of sin conscience needs to be disci plined by the Word of God. " , 3. A trade at Tarsus. Perhaps aft er his collego course at Jerusalem he returned to Tarsus and learned tent making. Thus In later life he was able to support himself while preach ing the gospel. One rabbi said "He that teacheth not his son a trade doeth the same as if he had taught him to steal." III. Saul's Citizenship (Acts 22:27, 28). In the providence of God. the apostle to the Gentiles was a free-born Roman citizen. He was loyal to his country, while at the same time strictly religi ous. Right relationship to God sancti fies loyalty to one's country. IV. Saul's Defense Before Agrlppa (Acts 20:1-27). He expressed his delight that he now could speak and tell his case to one who could follow his line of argument, but doubtless, he wns more delighted > In that he could witness to him of the Saviour. 1. His manner of life (vv. 4-12). He had been in accord with the most rigid sect of the Jews. Therefore, he possessed the common Jewish hope of a coming Deliverer. 2. His supernatural conversion (vt. 13-15). It was through the personal appearance of Jesus Christ to him on the way to Damascus. 3. Commissioned by Jesus Christ and sent to the Gentiles (vv. 10-18). 4. His consecration (vv. 19-23). Upon receipt of his commission he In stantly obeyed. 5. IJIs appeal to Agrlppa (vt. 25 27). He was anxious to have Agrlppa act on the knowledge that he had. V. 8aul's Ground of Confidence (Phil. 8:4 6). He had everything a true Jew glor ied In. 1, Circumcised the eighth day (v. 5). 2. Of the stock of Israel (v. 5). B. Of the tribe of Benjamin (v. 5). Benjamin had always remained loyal to the national customs. 4. A Hebrew of the Hebrews (v. 5). Ho was of Hebrew parentage, not a proselyte. 5. Touching thelnw. n Pharisee (v. 5). The I'hnrlsees were a sect among the Jews most zealous for the rights and ceremonies of Judaism. fl. Concerning zeal, persecuting the church (v. 0). He proved his zeal by the positive effort to stamp out that which wns threatening Judaism. 7. Touching the righteousness which Is In tho law, blameless (v. 0). Pats Through Fir* Christians are like vase*, they must pass throiiRh the fire ere they can ahlne. And often tho very furnace and the flame, which they call destruc tion, are only burning in the graces which are to ho their everlasting beauty and glory. Joy Out of Sorrow There are Joys which can come to on only throtigh sorrow. There are ro veallngs of divine truth which we can get only when earth's lights have gone out. NOT SO POETICAL Owgd was a poet, and, like poets of the younger school, was In arrears with his rent. However, he had prom ised to pay up as soon as his mas terpiece was completed. A week after he had been threat ened with eviction the masterpiece was ready to send to the publishers. He showed it to his landlady. "There's tho great work," he told her. "An Ode to a Fisherman,' by Poet Owen." The landlady sniffed contemptu ously. "And this, Mr. Owen," she said, tapping a bundle of bills, "Is called 'Owed to a Landlady,' by the same author." Suit* Him Visitor ? You don't mean to tell me .hat you have' lived In this out-of iie-wny place for over 30 years? Inhabitant ? I 'ave. Visitor ? But, really, I cannot see what you can find to keep you busy. Inhabitant ? Neither can I ? that's why I like It ! ? Vancouver Province. Word* Are Cheap "Yes, my dear, the woman called yesterday, and I said to her: 'You're nothing but a stupid, mean-faced, stuck-up swindler, madam,' I said. 'Get out !' " "You called her 'madam?'" "Oh, well, politeness costs noth ing." ? Frankfurter Illustrlerte. WRONG SURGERY The doctor shook his head doubt fully. "Tell me, what exactly Is wrong with you?" he asked his patient. "I can't explain It," said the pa tient wearily. "I only know I suffer." The doctor nodded. "What kind of life do you lead?* he asked. "I work like an ox, I eat like ? wolf, I'm as tired as a dog at the end of the day, and I sleep like a horse," replied the other. . "H'm," said the doctor, "in that case I -should advise you to go and see a veterinary surgeon." George and the Ghost Writer "Georgo Washington never chopped that famous old cherry tree," said the research man. "I'm aware of that," answered Sen ator Sorghum. "One of the most Im portant warnings his career has left to us statesmen Is to bo mighty care ful whom you employ as a ghost writer." ? Washington Star. Big Difference Pupil ? Pop, what's a traitor In pol itics? Pater ? A traitor is a man who leaves our party and goes over to the other. Pupil ? Well, then, what Is a man who leaves the other party and cornea over to yours? Pater ? A convert, my boy. About Right Business Man ? I don't think an efficiency man would do my business any good. Efficiency Expert ? Well, I haven't worked in a place yet that didn't run more efficiently after I left. ? Border Cities Star. Hubby'? Luck Mrs. Ileck ? 1 wonder, Mrs. Peck, if I could borrow your rug-beater. Mrs. Peck ? I'm sorry, Mrs. Heck, but he doesn't get home till five o'clock. CROSSWORD PUZZLE (Copyright.) Horizontal. 1 ? 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