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DR. O. M. GAY VETERINARIAN I tront nil animals. Calls answorml ?lny or ni^ht. Office at J. M. Carbon's stables. l'lione HO. KKKSIIA \Y, South Carolina. * CHRISTMAS IN NAVY How the Festive Season Is Ob served Aboard Ship. Not Much Work l? Done? Athletlo bportt, Traditional Dinner and Evening Entertainment Pea turea of Occaaton. NOWHWRR In all the world la the "spirit of Christmas" entered In to more whole heartedly than on hoard the ships ot thp United States navy. * Observance of thla cb'ef of all na tional hollduya varies, of course, in form with the location of the (loot at tho time. Into each of the continental "home ports" (headquarters of certain Indi vidual vessels) tho big gray monsters come dropping In hy twos and threes till, In New York and Philadelphia, and Norfolk and Frisco, it lotfks al most liko a navul review. According to long established custom, they aro there, to give the hoys In blue a run on the beach ("liberty," as they call It in the servlco), and every man Jack who Is not actually undergoing pun ishment Is allowed and encouraged to tako his look at . tho bright llgh i go home on leave or uptown for fun or anything else ho likes as long as his money lasts but away from the ship tn any event. Tills custom applies not alone to tho enlisted men, but to the officers as well and, when Christ mas morning dawns in a home port, there are not likely to bo many moro persons on board any man o'-war than the regulations call for in tho mini mum. Tho fow "ahipkoepers" cannot, un der such circumstances, make a very successful effort toward merriment, Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan writes Jn tho National Monthly, but what they lack in numbers they invariably make up tn other ways, one of these ways being the comploto satisfaction r of the inner man. Abroad and at sea, though, it is al* together different. Every soul on j A Christmas Concert on Board Ship. I board, from tho usually sedate flag J ollicer and tho moro or Icbs unap i proachablo first lieutenant, down to I "Jimmy-legs ' and. the ship's cook and | tho messenger hoy, voluntarily consti l tutes himself a committeo of one to : sue the thing through In "old navy" j fashion, and even King Neptuno, when j ho comes on board on "crossing tho j lino" to doiiso overy hayseod and landlubber, has a formidable rival In the "spirit of Christmas." It matters not much whether tho ship bo anchored off Vera Cruz or plowing through the Pacific ocean, the distance from homo and friends ] makes it incumbent on all to do tholr level best to make at least a bravo try j for "Merry Christmas." ' Routine drills are entirely suspend i ed; and, except for cleaning ship : (cleanliness in (he navy being deemed ! not only akin to, but actually neck j and nock with godiWvess itself), not a lick of avoidable work is allowed to | bo done by anybody. I "All hands" are called, to bo sure, on j scheduled time, but many moro men than. usual are allowed to "sleep in," i and, after the tiniest minimum of ' tidying up, preparations for tho day's j festivities are gotten under way. There is a varied athletic program that begins in tho forenoon, and aftev I an hour or so off for dinner at uild I day, continues well along toward sun set. Sailors aro taught to bo thorough. So they go at their potato "races and pie-eating contests and tugs of war and jumping contests with the same fervor that they show when trying for a 13-inch turret gun record or stamp ing out a Caribbean revolution. There Is no lack of Interest. That can be do ponded on. And whon call is soundod they aro a tired lot. j Toward sunset tho various contests j have been completed (or not unusu i ally called ofT "on account of dark ! ntfss," as the baseball pooplo say), I and, after an early supper, a stage Is rigged up on the quarter-dock and the ; crowning event of tho entlro celebra 1 tion is on. Sometimes It Is a minstrel ; show, another time a vaudeville per j formance. but without exception thero ( is plenty of music and near music, and j no such entertainment would he com j pleto without tho inevitable and inlrn ; liable Cakewalk. Somo of tho Impro ! vised cost times are fearfully and won ; derfully made. Hut they are striking j and, for tho most part, very appropri ; ate, while the pirouetting and gyrating j of tho cakewalkcrs themselves aro i well worth seeing. The program- is a i long one, but intor(>st never lags tor a moueT.t? for Amorican sailors aro just as thorough at play as they are while at work. NEAL of the NAVY Br WILLIAM HAMILTON OSBORNE Author ?/ "R*J Moutt ' 'Running Fight, " "Csitpaw. ' "Blu* Buc\U, " tic. Nov?U*?d from Um Photo PUf of th? 8?m? N?ni? Produced by lb* Patb* KxcbAiige, Inc. b (Cuprriflu, IWA, br WIUImd LUuuluiA 0?<k?iu?> ( (Continued from I'uge Two) bio mistake. In hia momentary excite ment be bad thought to exterminate Hernandez. Hut the cutthroats who bounded into view never even saw Her. naudoz. Haruandes was there, agile, alert, ready to defend himself. Hut they didn't know it. The only thing they saw was An nette Ilington, clutched In the mighty grasp of their chief. Like a mob of ravenous woIvob they pounced upon her. The chief beat them off. "There are two," he exclaimed, "two. The other runs froe upon the beach. This one is mine. The other on the beach. Scatter and (lnd her."^s' Some half dozen of the crew, accus tomed to obedience, scampered off. Hut not bo tho rest. Shoulder to shoul der, thigh to thigh, they struggled on after their chief holding out their hands toward the trembling girl upon his shoulder. Stop by step he fought his way, clutching her firmly to him, until he reached, the entrance to a cavo ? his cave. He stooped to enter. Then broke tho storm, Down on shore Ne&l and Ilington, alarmed at tho prolonged absence of Annette, had scattered? Neal scoured tho beach In one directiou ? Ilington in another. At last Neal found her ? Inez, crouch ing behind a rock. Inez, panting with fear, leaped into his arms. ? He cast her off ? for ho did not understand. "Annette," she cried, "thoy've got her ? there ? that way ? that way." Annette, numb with fear, lay quiv ering iu&j; within tho mouth of i1 ? -? cave, Tlehlnd tier was the dark? the unknown. She waa too terror-strick en to move. But ahe was quick-wit ted and she saw ? and understood ? thut this ttrrlflc fight was helping her. She collected .herself? she began to plan. Inch by Inch she crept farther into the darkness. I When the fight was at Its hottest the chiof lunged far out In the midst of it and left tho cave's mouth temporarily uncovered. Like a fiash Annette wrig gled out of tho cave and slunk swiftly toward the undergrowth. She reached it, when a figure blocked her path. ? It was Neal. With a wild cry she flung herself into his arms. But Neal repulsed her for the Instant, and with forethought. Almost brutally ho (lung her behind him, and unshipped his navy gun. For action was at hand. Ono man and only one had seen An notte crawl from the cave's mouth and that man was the pirate chief. As soon as he could disentangle himself, he was away and after her. And here he came, tearing through tho under growth with savage bounds. Neal fired thrice ? hit Once ? missed, twice? and then the cutthroat waa up on him. Ilington from tho shore, hoard the Bhots. He looked upward and saw, peering down at him from at eminence, * tho (aco of his arch enemy, Her nandez. He shook a massive fist at the face, and tho face disappeared. Ilington hastened back, Jo the tem porary camp and found lhat the lieu tenant and his men were making ready for a run. in* Caught Her In His Arms. "Cmne <41 loot," crl?<J IlllngUm, tap ing Into the undergrowth, "I'm reedy tor a fight. I saw a head Just now, | and I'm going 10' hit It bard." NmI fought with fury, but hit fight wu futile. So, be It Mid, wu the fight of the pirate chief. For -Weal's ?hot* had brought the other beaata ?warming like humr.n hornets about their beads. Annette'* temporary es cape had been discovered -they bed been cheated? vengeance was their due. They pounced ' upon Neal and their chief like harplea? once more pandemonium reigned. Annette crouched unseen?borror-atricken. Suddenly ahe shrieked aloud? for Ncal had disappeared beneath a mm of men ? . She ahrlekod and ran like Wild for the shore ? for succor. There waa no light In her? she was beaten by fear. That shriek waa fortunate for Neal. His assailants left him and darted af ter her- -scurrying like wild dog* through the brusn. And then?crack ? crack? crack? . ' The bark of a dozen navy rifles. A dozen men plunged headlong It was a bnd fight ? a desperate fi.tht Neal'e men were outnumbered. I Meantime a solitary figure slunk through the brush and crept past all the fighters. This was H^rnandea. Illngton, during a lull, saw him pass, but knew not where he went. Her nandez knew. H? was still hoplnp against hope?he still lusted blindly after treasure. He reached the edge of tho artificial crater and crept down i ladder and plunged Into the treasure ?cave. He plunged his hanfls ? his arms, into the living quicksilver ? he tossed it into the air. "They've never beaten me yet," he cried, "this is mine ? all mine." He started suddenly. Across the pit there was a lull. And then tho deadly crack ? crack ? crack of rifles. "Ite-enforcements," he muttered. He was right. One boatload of ma rines had reached the shore in another launch, had plunged through the thick et and had roached the conflict just In the nick of time. I ? ? . ' CHAPTER LXIII. , The Edge ot tno worra, > t Hernandez crouched behind one of i tho hugo earthen Jars. The light that streamed in at the cave's mouth dark ened suddenly, and a huge figure crept in. At first Hernandez thought this was the plrato chief? but that fierce fighter was lying far across the pit with a bullet through his head. The . figure crept on farther ? then Her nandez saw. It was Illngton. Ilingtort was un armed ? his- face was blood coverecf. Ho was a figure fearful to behold. Ilornandoz climbed the ladder in fear ful haste. Illngton saw him and fol lowed, caught him, tore from him Her. nahdez* ever re^dy knife, and faced him squarely. "I swore to tear you apart with my hands," cried Illngton beside himself with rage, "and I'm going to do it." "Two can play at that," panted Her nandez, "come on." llington came On ? reckless of the fact that he was fighting on the. edge of a precipice.. Far to the rear Annette plucked Neal's wrist. "Look ? lotfk," she cried, "Hernandez and my father ? and the Portuguese has a- knife." , She was not the only watcher. Be low on shore a fresh boatload of ma 1 rlnes were landing. They had. seen ! the fight ? they watched it now." Their I officer ua~rcd th.rou-?..his Masses. OVERLAND BUICK FORD Phone 140 for a Demonstration SERVICE STATION A1 FORD PARTS IN ST< KERSHAW MOTOR CQj Phcme 140 Camden, S. "Our friend the' Portugese" ?aid, "we've got to get him and , him back. The world needa one oandez less." Even as he spoke, Hernanden, with his knife and ripped open ton's arm. With a wild cry the fresh scrambled up the cliff. Her cool with coolness of desperation, i stepped, and lifting one foot, ne tripped his man. Ilington fell heavily, with om i hanging over the precipice. And then Hernandez looked-for! first time he took note of hla.surrou ings. 'Behind him ranged Neal and squad, with fixed bayonets and death shining in their eyes, scrambling up .the cliff were men, dangerous ? -desperate. Hernandez paused ? his eyes rowed. He was beaten and he it. Hernandez rose to his full he "Sorry gentlemen," he said, you've never beat me yet and you t not beat me now." He retreated a pace or two, . a sudden run ? and leaped far out i the edge of the precipice. Neal formed his men in line were joined by the squad that climbtfl the cliff. "Forward, march," said Neal. nette and her father followed tlwB Inside of fifteen minutes the HUlfl squad were scurrying about the insidfl of the cave. They were plungtaj their hands into the liquid metal letting It run through their fiugcrt j "Some little island, this," they ' mented. "It took you boys to get It for returned Ilington, "without you, 1 Island would have been lost forovei and so would we." . He turned to Annette, "Annette," said, "this Is yours? all yours. \o aire a princess ? this is your klngdom.1 He stretched wide his arms to incMi all Lost Island. "Your kingdom," hj repeated. Annette looked at Neal. Ne 1 ok ed at Annette ? then he rushod M| ward and caught her in hla armi _ Annette glanced at the boys in J>IK| "And this ? my king, ' she said. THE END. Make This Christmas A Hardware f hritfmns We Have I he Following to Suggest as Christmas Gifts: 1 Clauss and Keen Kutter Shears and Scissors, Guaranteed Old Style Razors, Gem, Enders and Keen Kutter Safety Razors, Shaving Brushes, Butcher Knives * ? Table Kni ves and Forks, Keen Kutter Pocket Kni ves. Enterprise Meat and Food Chop pers,Fine Line Carpenters Tools, Guns, Rifles, Air Rifles and AmmunitiofcjBoiys Wagons, Tin- - ware, Paints, Stains and Oils of J all Kinds, Window Glass and" Putty and lots of other things. HIGHEST QUALITY GOODS PRICES ALWAYS ;RIGHt~v ..... W: j m