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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-08-28
CHAPTER X.
Fortuity.

FOttuitys
He wasted the better part OF an
hour in fruitless and perhaps Ill
advised inquiries; then his luck, such
as 1t was, led him on suspicion down
a poorly lighted wharf, at the ex.
IRENE end of which he discovered a
lonely young man perched atop pile,
hands in pockets, gaze turned to a
tide wherein, now black night had
fallen, palid wraiths OF yachts swung
just visibly beneath uneasy riding
lights. .. .....
Pardon me-" Alan ventured, but
perhaps you can help me out
You've come to the wrong shop, my
friend" the young man interposed
with morose civility; Il couldn't help
anybody out Of anything--the way
am now"
Pm sorry" said Alan, but
thought possibly you might know
where could find seaworthy boat
to charter"
hp lphllS Siipptu Ily
down from his perch "lf you don't
look sharp he said ominously, you'll
charter the Seaventure" He waved
his hand toward a vessel moored
alongside the wharf: There she Is,
and better boat you won't find any
where-schooner-rigged fifty feet over
all, twenty-five horsepower, motor aux.
iiary, two staterooms-all ready for
as long a coastwise cruise as you care
to take Come aboard"
He led briskly across. the wharf,
down a gangplank, then aft along the
deck to a companionway, by which the
two men gained comfortable and
roomy cabin, bright with fresh white
enamel
Here the light of the cabin lamp re-
vealed to Alan's searching scrutiny a
person of sturdy build and independent
carriage, with roughly modelled,
good-humored face, reddish hair, and
steady though twinkling blue eyes.
Name, Barcus," the young man in.
PRODUCED himself cheerfully; chris.
tened Thomas Nativity, American.
State of life, fat broke. That's the
rub" he laughed, and shrugged, shame.
faced. q found myself hard up this
spring with this boat on my hands,
sunk every cent had-and then some
fitting out on an oral charter with
a moneyed Brighter In New York. who
was to have met me here fortnight
since He didn't--and here am, In
pawn to the ship chandler, desperate
enough for anything"
How much do you over"
Upwards of hundred"
Say advanced that amount-when
can we sal?"
The young man reflected briefly.
There's something so engagingly idi-
otto about this proceeding he oh
served wistfully. Eve got the strang-
est kind of bunch It's going to 60
through. Pay my bills, and we can be
off inside an hour. That is"
He checked with an exclamation OF
+ dismay chapfallen. Il may have some
trouble soaring up a crew at short
notice. had two men engaged, but
last week they got tired doing moth.
ing for nothing and left me fiat"
Then that's settled" Alan said. 81
know boats; III be your crew--and the
better satisfied to have nobody else
aboard"
The eyes of Mr.. Barcus clouded
"See here, my headlong friend, what's
your little game, anyway? | don't
mind playing the fool on the high seas,
but I'll be no party to a kidnapping
or"
TITS an elopement," Alan interrupt.
ed on inspiration We've simply got
to get clear of Portland by midnight"
you're ont" Barcus agreed prompt
I ly, his face clearing. God only knows
| why believe you, but do-and here's
my hand!"
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she had fired twice-in the air--a sig.
nal to that blessed fisherman astern
there-at least, they answered with
two toots Of q power whistle and
changed course to run up to US. Look
how she's gained already"
But how did she happen to throw
you overheard"
Happen nothing!" Barcus snapped,
getting to his feet. "She did 1t a.
purpose-f1ew at me like a wildcat,
and before knew what was up--I
was slammed backwards over the
rail-"
II can't tell you how sorry | am"
Alan responded gravely There's
more to tell--but one thing to be done
first"
And that?" Mr.. Barcus inquired
suspiciously.
ITO get rid Of the lady" Alan an
nounced firmly. Make that fisher
man present OF the woman in the
case. You don't mind parting with
the dory in good cause-if pay for
It"
Take 1t for nothing" Barcus
grumbled. Cheap at the price!"
He took Alan's place. watching him
with a sardonic eye as he drew the
tender In under the leeward quarter,
made 1t fast, and reopened the COM
panionway.
AS the girl came on deck with
out other invitation, In sullen rage
that only heightened her wonderful
loneliness, Alan noted that her first
look was for him, of untempered ma
Lightly; her second, for Barcus, with
curling lip; her third, astern, with
q glimmer Of satisfaction as she rec
ognized how we'll the fisherman had
drawn up on the Seaventure.
Friends Of yours, ! infer?" Alan
inquired civilly.
Judith nodded.
Then 1t would save us some trouble
yourself included-if you'll be good
enough to step into the dory without a
struggle"
Without a word, Judith stepped to
the rail and as Barcus luffed, swung
herself oversize into the dory.
Immediately Alan cast off, and as
the little boat sheered off, Barcus,
with sigh Of relief, brought the Sea-
venture once more back upon her
course.
For some few minutes there was ST.
lence between the two men, while the
tender dropped swiftly astern, the
woman plying brisk pair of oars.
Then suddenly elevating his nose,
Barcus shifted audibly. Here" he
said sharply, relieve me for a min
ute, will you? want to go forward
and have a look at that motor"
In the time that he remained invis-
ible between decks the fisherman
luffed, picked up the dory and its
occupant, and came round again In
open chase of the Seaventure.
When Barcus reappeared 1t was
with grave face.
THE devil and the deep She," he OBJ
served obscurely, coming aft, from
all their works, good Lord deliver us! y
whats the trouble now?"
Nothing much-only your playful
little friend has been up to another OF
her light-hearted tricks. If you
should happen to want smoke OIL
anything to eat when you go below
Just find a mirror and kiss yourself
good-by before striking the match
The drain-cocks of both fuel tanks
have been opened, and there are up
wards Of a hundred and fifty gallons
Of highly explosive gasoline eloshine
around in the bilge!"
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CHAPTER xi.
Blue Water.

Anxiety ate like an acid at Alans
heart If this shift to the sea might
be thought desperate venture, he
was a weathered saltwater man and
undismayed nothing would have been
more to his liking than brisk coast
wise cruise in an able boat-under
auspices less forbidding,
But when he re-entered the hotel
one Surprising thing happened that
gave Aim new heart-momentarily 1t
seemed almost as II his luck had
turned. Fer. as he paused by the desk
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CHAPTER TX.
ForeWarned.

The thing was managed with an In
genuity that Alan termed devilish-it
was indisputably Machiavellian,
The lovers had come down from the
North in hot haste and the shadow Of
death Two days of steady travelling
by canoe, by woods trail, by lake
steamer--forty.e hours Of fatigue
and strain eased by not one instant's
relaxation from the high tension Of
vigilance upon which their very lives
depended - wore to elimination
through this tedious afternoon on the
train from Moosehead--a trap of phys.
ical torment only made possible by
Alan's luck In securing, through sheer
accident, two parl1r.car reservations
turned back at the last moment be-
fore leaving Kineo station.
No matter-the longest afternoon
must have its evening the pokiest of
trains comes the more surely to its
destination; in another hour or two
they would be in Portland--free at
last to draw breath Of ease in land
of law, order and sane living.
AS II in answer to this thought, the
train slowed down with whistling
brakes to the last hill-statlon, and as
the trucks groaned and moved anew,
a lout Of boy came galloping down
the aisle, brandishing two yellow en-
velopes and batting like stray calf:
"Mista Lawr! Mista Lawr! Tel
grams for Mista Lawr!"
Alan had been expecting at every
station prepaid reply to his wire for
reservations on the night express from
Portland to New York.
But why two envelopes superscrIbed
"Mr. A. Law, Kineo train southbound,
Oakland Sta.?"
He tore one open, unfolded the in
closure, and grunted disgust with it's
curt advice, opened the other and
caught his breath sharply as he with
drew-part way only--a playing card,
trey of hearts.
Thrusting it back quickly, he clapped
both envelopes together tore them
into a hundred fragments, and scat
tered them from the window. But
the tiendish wind whisked one small
scrap back--and only one!--into the
lap of the woman he loved.
Vainly he prayed that she might
be asleep. The silken lashes trembled
on her cheeks and lifted slightly, dis
closing the dark glimmer of question
ing eyes. And as she clipped the scrap
of cardboard between thumb and fore
finger he bent forward and silently
took it from her-one corner of the
trey of hearts, but inevitably corner
bearing the figure 20" above heart.
"The Pullman agent at Portland
wires no reservations available on any
New York train in the next thirty-six
hours" he said with lowered voice,
"Coaldn't we possibly catch the New
York boat tonight?'
He shook a glum head "No-I
looked that up first. 1t leaves before
we get in"
She said "Too bad abstractedly,
reclosed her eyes, and apparently
lapsed anew into semi,somnolence-
but without deceiving him who could
well guess what poignant anxiety
gnawed at her heart.
He could have ground his teeth in
exasperaton-the impish insolence of
that warning, timed 80 precisely to set
their nerves on edge at the very mo-
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the Seayenture. But nothing hap
pened; while Mr. Barcus was as good
as his word. Alan had barely set foot
on deck, following the girl, when the
gangplank came aboard with a clatter,
and the Seaventure swung away from
the wharf.
Until the distance was too great for
even flying leap Alan fingered watch
fully on deck ....
At length, satisfied that all was well,
he returned to the cabin.
"All right" he nodded; we're clear
of that lot, apparently; nobody but the
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SYNOPSIS

The Of Hearts is the death sign used by
Seneca Trine in the private war of vengeance
through his daughter, Judith woman of violent
and criminal temper and questionable sanity, he
wages against Alan Law, whose father tnow
dead Ttne held responsible for the accident
against Alan. leaves her home to aid him, whom
she loves. Under dramatic circumstances Alan
saves Iudth's life and wins her love but failure
to shake his consistency to Rose Hxos Judith in her
purpose
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racy Of the Sermon on tho Mount. and
quarroled over the theology OF Paut. 1heS
have never developed q Christian n a.
ton" In another chapter on sn ,e.,ar 10
the conquest of q free people, the writer
declares: india will never learn to govern
herself under present conditions nor VIII
the Philippines nor Porto Rico nor any
pacified colony denied self-governn amen.
and its perils. Let US help these people
through education, missionary enort, ev.
cry freely offered stimulus to Development
and stop there"
MISS BILLY-MARRIED. By Eleanor
II. Porter, author of "Pollyanna;
the Glad Book" etc. With a
frontispiece in color from a painting
by w. Haskell Coffin Boston: Tne
Page Company. Washington: Wood
ward & Lothrop.
This third book about bouyantly fresh
Miss Billy"-now attained to the dig
nifty Of motherhood-is as delightful IN
its pages as the two literary milestones
that marked her sirlish years. Readers
already familiar with this beloved young
heroine will be pleased at the outcomes
Of happiness she has provided TOR her
comrades and older friends OF earlier
books and surprised to learn-at last
that N. J. Arkwrights initials stand Tor
Jane" The one new character offers an
attractive possibility Of another mile
stone" which it IL hoped tho author will
perpetuate in the name OF Miss Billy's
Baby" There Is just enough shadow In
Mrs. Bertram Henshaw's early married
life to bring out the gayety Of goodness
and spontaneous he!pfulness which are
Billy's lifelong aids. No dark corners
could possibly exist in sunshiny ma
ture like hers. and SO perfect happiness
comes to Mr.. and Mrs. Bertram and
Bertram, jr.. which leaves nothing more
to be said.
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these men when the story opens are
working like beavers to rescue every
scrap Of notsam and 1etsam from the
This on Tor week Then
Five winged women sail out of the blue
and brood above the island. A deal OF
very beautiful writing depicts the coquet-
ries, the reticences. the advances and re-
treats Of these flying creatures. just as
some very graphic work is done to pic
ture the lures and receptions that lead to
their capture and subjugation and do
mestication. The final event in this fanci-
full romance is the revolt of these half
angel, half-woman captives. OF course. it
all means that woman Is essentially and
originally Of more sublimate stun than
man. That by conspiracy between old
Dame Nature and man himself women
have been lured into a degrading and
shameful bondage. That lastly. by
firm and concerted stand they may
achieve. even as these wing-clipped wom-
en- did. enough Of their primal superiority
to place them on a level at least with
their despoilers Unusual powers Of pic
turesque description and an instinct not
only for tho Right word but for the best
right word greatly beautify this legend
Of the flying women.
A WISE son. By Charles Sherman.
author 1.-THE Upper Crust" etc.
Frontispiece by Arthur william
Brown. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-
Merflll company.
One midafternoon. young Reggie Van
de Water Boggs and old Timothy Mar
shall Payne, strangers to each other, and
both drunk. met by chance in Central
Park. Seated side by side. they wept to-
gether. Reggie at the utter forlornity Of
being fatherless, and Timothy over the
sorrows of childlessness. An inspiration
straight from John Barleycorn himself
prompted the younger man to propose an
adoption of the older one as his father.
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one does feel an undercurrent of effort
to prolong the mysterious character OF
the action. just as he once in while
feels the forced nature Of the situations
All in all. however. it is an engaging and
readable romance. rather above the aver
age Of detective stories
ON BOARD THE GOOD SHIP EARTH;
q Survey Of World Problems. By
Herbert Quick. author Of Aladdin
& Co.." etc. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-
Merrill Company.
Tho old saying. 1--WE are all in the
same boat" serves as Inspiration for the
fantastic environment Of this work; a
ship formed Of the earth in which all
mankind Is voyaRing to-where? Despite
Its setting. however, the book Is by no
means 50 whimsical as Its title implies.
Tho writer delves deep Into the past and
by knowledge Of the present forecasts
the startling possibilities OF ages to come.
How we-meaning all mandnd-"came
aboard" and for how long the good
ship Earth" will be able to pro-
vide food and fuel for her ever-increas-
ing passenger list arc but two Of the
problems considered. Their Importance
will rest upon the readers individual in
terest In conditions outside his own small
sphere. In seven successive chapters,
each entitled Seven Perils Of Human
types. who may mutiny and take pos
session OF the Ship" These piratical
perils are, respectively. the Mohammedan,
tho Spanish Portuguese the Russian, the
Hindu, the yellow. the black and the
white. "Of all the seven the white
peril Is the greatest. Japan is the only
nation which Is not ruled in ways more or
less direct by the white race. - The
white races accepted Christianity and pa
ganized it. They threw away the democ-
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ana purposes Dryasdust is merely an aca-
demic career-tutor Of CAMBRIDGE, fellow
Of the Royal Society, unrivaled biologist,
who has already dissected several million
common house flies in prodigious getting
ready to say some momentous thing on
this pestfferous subject Carmen is simply
carmen. Not even the free hand of their
creator can make them one. Yet, despite
this. he does constrain them to the mu-
tual role Of husband and wife. And in
the sharp alterations from Carmen to
Dryasdust. from Dryasdust back to Car
men. one finds story of the streak-of-
fat-and- variety. The lean
reading covers a deal of college practice,
and attitude. and atmosphere The fat
SINNERS comfortably through the inno-
cent fntrigues of Carmen to go her own
harmless and sensible way despite a tu-
torly, high-brow husband, even despite
all Cambridge itself
We are waiting for Mr.. Jordan to re-
gain the eager spirit the free fling and
the out-of-doors openness of THE Joyous
Wayfarer."
THE FARMER OF TOMORROW. By
Frederick Irving Anderson. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
In this volume Mr.. Anderson brings up
for consideration two questions that vi
tally concern the farmer of the future.
One Of these asks where in the United
States the new farmers land may be.
Free land is gone" this writer says.
The rich homesteads Of a decade or two
ago. to be had for the asking. have for
ever passed into history" To this I'M
promising outlook he adds, however, that
LESS than one-half OF the 100000 900
acres in the hands of the farmer is i'm
proved: nearly two-thirds Of this land
nominally in farms has not yet been call
ed on to produce food. There are swamps
to be drained. cut-over forests to be
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to the benefit dance for the children's
home. Everybody's going
A moment later she had gone. leaving
Hester busily sewing and thinking Of
Jimmy Barr-not that Miss Lee had
started that train of thought, for Hester
usually was thinking Of Jimmy Barr
when the bread and butter question was
not marrying her soul. Ever since those
far-off school days. when Jimmy Barr
had licked a boy who had knocked off
her cap with a SNOWFALL and nearly
blinded her, she had reverenced and
adored him. Secretly she had dreams,
| rainbow tinted. marvellous. and through
them Jimmy Barr walked and walked
again. 1t was all very foolish. OF course,
but how could Hester live without her
dreams?
Miss Lees gown was finished that
night. The next morning Hester went to
| woman's kit and an anxious heart. for
1t was not easy to please Jimmy's moth
er, and there would be no cheerful blue
satin to work upon.
and set Hester to ripping it up. Hester
| worked in the sitting room, which was
| at the back OF the house and always
rather dark. While Hester ripped. Mrs.
Barr studied some fashion journals.
The clock hands stood at II when the
sitting room door opened quietly and
Jimmy Barr walked in. Hello, mother"
| he said. From his manner no one would
have suspected that he had been away
four months.
Mrs. Barr rose UP and kissed him. She
almost had decided upon a pattern Tor
the black brocade and was distinctly dis
turbed. She evidently had not expected
| him, but Hester knew that he had come In
response to Miss Lees invitation to the
dance.
"Whats going on here?" demanded
Jimmy.
Just little dressmaking.' replied
Mrs. Barr. Miss Hill, my SON"
Hester looked up and made stin lit
tie bow. Jimmy walked right over and
| held out his hand. Hester" he said. In
| such a friendly way that Hester flushed
and became confused at once. do you
remember, Hester. that time We tied
| the goat to the professors desk?'
II remember the time you licked Bob
Bates for snowballing me- Hester re-
piled. And he was bigger than you
were" she persisted. TREMENDOUSLY.
| Jimmy laughed. But I was ten times
stronger. I could have licked twenty like
him. was that mad. What you doing?
| Ripping up that old brocade? Look here,
mother. that brocade's old enough to vote.
| I've brought you something that isn't"
| Whistling. he went into the hall and re-
turned with q package which he tossed
upon the table. LET Hester make that
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cleared. deserts to be watered, and dry
lands to be made productive by special
lied crops and methods" One purpose
here is to map these unproducing lands,
farmer of tomorrow. Out OF an enormous
fund Of information Mr.. Anderson To-
Gates, identifies and describes these areas
in the United States. The second OF these
two questions SO vital to the farmer OF
the future is that Of securing and main
tanning fertility of soil. China with its
1900 years Of intensive farming in a soil
of unimpaired fertility is the shining ex-
ample used to substantiate the theory
that the mineral elements Of the soil are
inexhaustible. This Is the theory main
tanned by the federal bureau of soils,
which in the face of such distinguished
opposition declares that The soil Is the
one indestructible, immutable asset OF
the nation. 1t is the one resource that
cannot be exhausted; that cannot be used
up. 1t may be impaired by abuse. but not
destroyed" Although this discussion'
so broadly and deeply informed. Is ad-
dressed specifically to farmers, yet any
intelligent reader, not farmer either IN
fact or future design. will find much to
interest him in this comprehensive eco
nomic consideration.
ANGEL ISLAND. BY Inez Haynes
Gilmore, author Of phoebe and
Ernest" etc. Illustrations by John
Rae. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
This. to be sure, must be an allegory.
since no women have wings except in
the babblings of blinded lovers. And here,
appearing In due season. are i've beauti-
full women, each fitted with a noble and
capable pair OF wings. In the light OF
developments this story opens
In most prosaic fashion. 1t is nothing
but a shipwreck, with five men only OF all
It's passengers and crew cast on an island
in some vague lone stretch of the Pacific.
In view Of an indefinite imprisonment
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can come off now, Miss Lee. I can't
see another thing to do to it."
Neither can l." agreed Miss Lee TITS
simply perfect. And I'm sorry it's SO
nearly finished, Hester, for now I shall
lose you. Where are you going next?"
I'm going to Mrs Bars. She wants
to have her black brocade made over"
That old brocade! Again! She's a
nor horria eh oid woman. Hester, but she's got
know Jimmy Barr, don't you?'
L used to-" Hester answered. She
was looking afar Off. I'VE were to-
gether in school for a while. Then he
want away to college, you know I've
never seen him since"
He doesn't come home very often.
They say his mother never forgave him
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

"A Ia ns Of INTEREST. BY Clar-
renee gilbert Hoae, A. NJ. New
iork; The Macmillan Company.
DIANE OF THE GREEN VAN. By
Leona Dairymple. Illustrations by
reginald Birch. Chicago: The Reilly
q Britton Company.
A HANDBOOK OF STOCK EXCHANGE
LAWSI Affecting Members, Their
customers, Brokers and Investors.
BY Samuel P. Goldman of the New
YORK bar. New York: Doubleday.
TERRY'S JAPANESE EMPIRE, In
GLIDING Korea and Formosa. Chap.
tiers ON Manehurta. the Traas-
siberian Railway and the Chief
Ocean Routes to japan. A Guids
Book for Travellers. BY T. Philip
Terry. F. r. G. s.. With eight spe-
ctally drawn maps and twenty-one
plans. Boston: Houghton Mifain
Company
THE YOUNG MOTHERS RAND.
Books Home Treatment, Diet and
Physical Training for Chlldren. By
Marianne Wheeler. author Of "The
Baby: His Care and Training" New
York: Harper & Bros.
A BISHOP AMONG HIS FLOCK. BY
the Rt Rev Ethelbert Talbot d. D..
LII D., Bishop Of Bethlehem. u. S.
A. New York: Harper & Bros.
MARIANA, Q Tale Of the South Pacific.
BY Ralph Stock. author Of 1.-THE Con-
fessions Of a Tenderfoot" etc. IL
Illustrations by Henry Roth. Boston:
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