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ADVENTURERS’ CLUB
headlines from the lives
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI
“Death Was Confused?'
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter
U ELLO, EVERYBODY:
As a rule, it doesn’t pay to look too much like some
one else. You know how embarrassing it is to have some
\ dizzy dame rush up to you gushing, “Why Tom Waters,
where on earth have you been? I haven’t seen you for ages;
how’s your dear mother?” etc.
Your name has always been Henry Jones and you don’t know the gal
from Adam’s off ox, but you stand there like an oaf wondering how you
can correct the mistake without hurting her feelings.
Some have been pointed out as robbers and murderers, served terms
in prisons and even paid with their lives for looking like someone else.
■ It never happens that someone walks up to you and says. ‘‘Well, if
it ain’t old Joe Doakes himself. Here’s that five hundred bucks you
loaned me twelve years ago.”
But, luckier, very much luckier, things than that have come to a
very few men because they were thought to be other persons. One of
them is William H. D. Bence, of Laurelton, L. I., who sent me today's
adventure.
In 1917 Bill was where most Canadians were—in the Canadian army,
and on December fl of that year he was at Wellington barracks, Hali
fax, Nova Scotia. At 9 o’clock in the morning on that awful day in Hali
fax Bill was standing inspection in the barracks yard. The commanding
ofllcer was Just in front of Bill, looking over his equipment with an
**gle eye, when all at once the air seemed to quiver, there was a dread
ful deep sigh, followed by a TERRIFIC EXPLOSION The officer was
hurled violently against Bill and they both went down together.
The officer. swearing a Mae streak, get te Ms feet. BUI sat
»» and saw that every man la the battalias ea parade had been
Mowe tat Uke a park sf cards, iastnuarata ef the hand were scat
tered aad the baas drnai was bswltag screes the yard Uke a
The air became thick and yellow as a I<owdna fog and carrying
through it was the rumble of falling masonry Through the murk the
soldiers could see the sobdly built barracks buildings melting away as
they settled as wards
Panic la Use Wrecked Barracks.
With the cry. ’The saegasiae a going Mg—run for your Itvest** there
• "tad rush far the meat gets. But above dm shouts ef the mea sad
We rear ef falmg masonry rams the arras aw ef women end children
trapped la aw rrvmhted married mew's herrecha Aad ataada^ at the
gels ana awSstraorWed ersas aad hfaad drspgeag horn e cut ever end ere
ssaad Prvteie MsClsffiask s tether wmsgmafals eotdwe. whw oflsw se ask
woe sa ffio geetd hsaan
Tie tea t rids ewer, hogs*** he ■housed ''These a nwaaea and children
fa thasa Let a ke Sc saawn *
Pbrwtag through Skat asaoe ef msa ha lad awm hack ea me dsaMs
They fauad amt end ead af aw married gaarSars had falsa m dad rest
ef a aae sfawfy eoBegamg Wamsn aad chddrea aha had escaped a are
Wofuig waatweay et
The ooAdwrs wont la
•Bed wtm rflaldrea
rush is ead far rod M
the dafaw te roeeh dwee aha
oaeS awsa sysSomeUrsly sad
BtB Bears grshhed e heby free
tale dw tveaWhag arms 4 s girt
S pile ef
mg from brarsik e heap ef brSrke he aau s pair ef awn's
booSs sad a bead mat moved faeMy. As be stepped WW the room
Ibe nhsfa world soeawd W fs« ea Mm sad r«e* > tMag weal bfark.
Slate Baal Was Ctwatag Datsra on Him.
When be came M, Bid was sa Me hack. Me legs plansd betwsea two )
beams an wtuck was besped a tea ef bricks Struggle bow be would. Bill
could aol tree Ms Irgs Then as be lay ead looked ug. be got the shock
ef Me life
There, directly over Ms head, bung half the slew roof that was held
only by a thin lath that had become wedged at s key point, but eras SLOW
LY BUCKLING The mass was already stirring and dust trickled onto
his upturned face. BtU raised up end began tearing like a madman at
the top beam that held him prisoner, shouting himself hoarse tor help.
Soon exhausted, the dust-covered man lay back, waiting foe the end.
Perhaps he feinted. Anyway, BiU says. It was as in • dream he
heard a woman’s voice: ’’Praise be to the saints, he’s here! See the
stripes and crown on his sleeve. Here, Katie, get hold of this beam and
pull—Ls the only thing holding him down.”
A tall, strong woman and a husky girl In her teens heaved and
pulled until they had that top beam to one side. Then their strong fin
gers clutched the collar of Bill’s coat and pulled him outside. And only
in the nick of time. for. with a great roar and a blinding cloud of dust,
the roof came down.
They Thought He Was Their Dinny
BiU was unable to stand. The two women supported him, aU three
coughing from the choking dust, and mother and daughter took turns
in kissing him frantically. And then, heaven preserve us, mother and
daughter realized the man they had saved from certain death was not
their Dinny.
"Who were you looking for?” BUI gasped. The woman
screamed at the sound of his voice, the more practical daughter
wiped the thick coating of dust from his face. “Company Ser
geant-Major O’Hara,” she answered. ”He was off duty this morn
ing—wasn’t he In there?”
Bill only shook his head. He did not have the ct&rage to teU them
of those two boots and the feebly moving hand. For, whatever life that
was then in the buried Company Sergeant-Major O’Hara had been crushed
out by the falling roof. BiU had been pinned down in O’Hara’s room.
And the crown and stripes were worn by both a company sergeant-
major (O’Hara) and a company quartermaster-sergeant (BiU).
BiU was not long in learning what had knocked over the battalion
parade like so many toy soldiers. A ship loaded with high explosives
had been in a collision in the harbor and had been blown to bits, causing
a tidal wave and started fires that destroyed one-third of the city of
80,000 persons. There were 1,226 dead and 400 more were missing. There
were, of course, thousands and thousands injured, and Bill was imme
diately assigned to Dartmouth hospital for duty. Things he saw there
are better left untold.
e—WNU Service.
Indians Played Hoops
The game of hoops—with varia
tions—wss not looked on as a girl’s
or ”tissy’s” game by the Great
Plains Indians, according to Dr.
James R. Walker, student of the
Indians' games. The "great boop
fame.’* called by the Indians “psin
yaks pi. ■* was played to bring suc
cess te buffalo hunters.
Russian Soldiers Tricked
In the first part of the World war
there were high officials in Russia
actually in the pay of the enemy,
who arranged to assemble the Rus
sian war material so that the she Us
supplied with the guns should nof
fit the Russian guns, but should if
the German guna. ao as to come Is
handy when captured.
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
1—Important matters of state occupied Anthony Eden, British foreign secretary, as he rapped on the
Prime Minister’s door at !• Downing street, London, recently. 2—Streams swollen by heavy rains fall te
deter the advance of Japanese troops in northern China. 3—As thousands of delegates te the American Legion
convention In New York city were called to order, Gov. Herbert H. Lehman of New York (left) aad Mayor
FioreUo LaGuardia, wearing overseas eaps, stand at attention.
Tennis Queen on Comeback Trail
Her Photo Saved
Life of Husband
A ropy of the original photo seal
fa Gea. Fraaeioeo France by Mrs.
Harold DaM la a plea to tho robot
leader for the life aad freed obi el
bee keek a ad. Harold DaM of Ckaaa
palga- OL. capSarod by fa
Capt. Ilra|> !
John Roosevelt and Future Bride
western aniveraity'a barkfield this John A. Roosevelt, son of President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
fall. In addition to running and is pictured with kb fiancee, Mbs Anne Lindsay Clark, daughter of Mrs.
passing he calb signab. Ho weighs F. Haven Clark of Boston. Their engagement was recently announced.
172 pound*. No date has been set for the wedding as yet.
Clipper Ships of Today and Yesterday
. SUNDAY
ImtnnstmmMl I SCHOOL
LESSON *
By REV. HAROLD L LUNDQU13T.
Dean of the Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
C Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for October 10
THE CHRISTIAN Of
GOD’S REEFING
LESSON TEXT—Judo 1-4, 17-tS.
GOLDEN TEXT—Keep yourselves M
the love of God. looking for tho morty
of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal
life.—Jude 21.
PRIMARY TOPIC—Why David Sang.
JUNIOR TOPIC—In God's Keeping.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC—Keeping Oneself Christian.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC—Safe In God's Keeping.
To be bom is only to begin life.
The years which stretch out before
with their growth, their struggles,
their joys, call for courageous liv
ing.
So It is with the Christian. He Is
a “bom one,” as we saw in our ba
son of last Sunday. But when he b
bom again he is Just ready to begin
the Christian life.
The Epistle of Jude sheds much
light on the dangers which beset th'
Christian's pathway and exhort
him to holy living and sacrifida
service. It opens with a description
of the Christien end closes with en
ascription of praise to God. It re
veals the Christian as one who b
I. Called la Chrbt (w. L tl.
The entire Trinity b seen to be
active in our redemption (See Re
vised Version) Jude writes "to them
that are”
1. "Called"—The Holy Spirit calb
men unto salvation.
t “Beloved la God tho Father”*
for Ood Is
1 "Kept for Jesus Christ"-until
be appears.
O. Living for Christ «W I. 4. 17-
m.
As Jude began fa write of the
"salvation" which bo had M
man" with Ms readers, (be
Spirit moved Mm fa deal with a
hostility of wicked men toward tho
poopel of Christ, end their efforts fa
destroy "the faith.** The Chris
Uan Ufa tactodes
L Contending far ttw faith tee. R
Si, The Forth’' te the body of re
vealed truth, _
ffaRWR oi In Jeauo Christ
It b o final
once far a IT <R V). There b aa
ether poopel and
Chrtetteao
ffl
they may ke dell
am sad Ms terrible
tee Ifi-lfii
l Observing the times
tee. IT-t§t
to think that betag a
mesas sattrmg into a glare af se-
cortty and reel aad promptly going
Far from M. Tho
Chrutlaa. knowing God’s Word, is
alert fa fas dangers of
2 Keeping tbetr own soub tee.
MSI). The best defense to a vig
orous offense The aray te
against error to to build up
own faith by tho study of God’s I
Word, by communion with Ms ehli- I
dren. but sbove all by prayer "la I
tho Holy Ghost” And above aU
there wiO bo an abiding In the love |
of God and a looking for the tul- i
Ailment of tho mercy of Christ at
Ms coming again.
4. Saving the souie of others (ve.
22.23>. Soul-winning b (or should
be) the normal expression of tho
ChrUUan's life. It U hb crowning
Joy. It most effectively counter
acts error and worldllness. It builds
up the church. Why not do it?
Note that there are two types of
sinners to be rescued. Some ere
"in doubt" (R. V.). needing tender
and careful instruction. Others are
in grave danger, and must be res
cued by drastic reproof and decisive
action. Soul-winning is urgent busi
ness.
III. Kept by Christ (w. 24,29).
The doxology at the close of Jude
has been s haven of comfort and
assurance for God's children
throughout the centuries. Hither
have come the strong in faith to re
joice and praise God. Here has
been found the strengthening of
faith by the fearful and trembling
soul who had not yet learned that
he may fully trust God. These
verses present two truths.
1. Assurance. Our Saviour is able
to keep us from falling, yes, even
from “stumbling” (R. V.), and to
present us “faultless” ("without
blemish”—R. V.), with exceedhig
Joy, before the glorious presence
of God.
2. Worship. Such a God and Sav
iour is indeed worthy of the out
going of every Christian heart in.
adoration and worship. To him
would we gladly ascribe “glory,
majesty, dominion and power" tor
and “before all time’’ (R. V.).
doctors r<
INSIST M
No Trioks
There art no tricks in
simple faith.
To Women:
If yon suffer every month yen <
it to yourself to take note ef <
and find oat whether it win
yon.
Functional paint of
have, In many, many
eased by CkrdnL And where
nutrition (poor nourishment)
taken away women’s strength. Car*
did has been found to Increase the
appvtltc, improve dlgosUaB aad fa fast
way help to build up a natural rsatotaaoe
to certain uaateaa i
dui falte to benefit, ccnault a ]
Ask your druggist for
nounced "Card-u-L")
Conscience to that faculty
perceives right and wrong