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The Huttig news., 1917-09-29

state the position of the ...--.. day noon, about one hundred and fifty miles east and south of Montauk we have drifted some since"
 Are we in the steamer lanes?"
 Not of the north Atlantic liners; they would pass farther eastward. I cannot imagine what that fellow who rammed us was doing up in here so far out of his course. Yes, that was liner; I could see the lights of her ports. The only vessel passing along here will be coasters, or, by luck, pos sibly some tramp bound Boston way. Now let's see what Is on board try the locker forward; and Miss Vera, you might examine beneath the stern sheet. This boat has never been inboard since we sailed"
 They went at the task as though glad of the opportunity, McCann creep ing forward on hands and knees.
 "There's nothing here" he reported discouragingly, but a roll of tarpau- lin, some rope ends, and the splintered handle of a paddle"
 "Well, what more do we want? That means a sail, if we can make hole in one of the thwarts to step a mast. How much cloth Is there?'
 Two or three yards"
 Pass 1t back here; good, solid stuff that. Now, Miss Vera, what are your discoveries?"
 She looked up quickly, her eyes sparkling in the dim gleam of the lan- tern.
 "A tag of biscuit, a small beaker of water, insipid, but sweet. some strong cord, and brad awl."
 Lord !" exclaimed, this is almost too good to be true. Why, we are out fitted for a voyage. However. there is little use endeavoring to rig up Jury mast before daylight. when we know In which direction to steer. McCann, you haven't been overheard, and. no doubt, your watch runs; what time is it?''
 He fumbled about and found the timepiece, staring at it in amazement. Must have stopped, Hollis," he said.
  right; the hands point to 1 80"
 That's about the hour. The colli- sion occurred before eight bells. or else Seeley would have been on the bridge, instead of aft by the cabin. Have you any idea who was saved2' II heard the captains voice back there under the awning, ordering out the boats, and after was caught under that wreckage Darlington came up from below and climbed along the rail. I called to him. but he paid no atten- tion; there was considerable noise then, and he might not have heard me-"
 Vera was leaning forward listening. Did Mir. Seeley leave in the boats?" she asked. "Was he hurt?"
 I tried to stop him from answering by gesture of my hand, but the man was gazing out over the port quarter. and saw nothing.
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER Robert Hollis, one-tirne sea captain, who tells the story is a guest on Gerald Carrington's yacht, Es- meralda. It Is supposed to be a stag" party and Hollis is surprised on discover Ing a woman, who evidently wishes to re- slgin unknown, aboard.
 CHAPTER II-Holls, the next night succeeds in having an interview with the woman, She merely tells him her name Is Vera.
 CHAPTER III-Carrington tells his guests of the coming war. and that he is engineering copper pool
 CHAPTER IV-The yacht is sunk Tn a collision and Hollis saves McCsnn mil lionaire, and one of the party.
 Yet, once I had attained the cabin, all this left me. Ghastly as the wreck of that interior appeared, the wider space brought back to me the seaman's courage. There was hope yet,
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an opportunity to fight. MeCann had piano, and was urging the girl for ward toward the stairs. Terror made him oblivious to everything except mad desire to escape, but she was glaneing back, as though In search for me. I clambered to my knees amid the litter of furniture, and snatehed up the light barely in time to keep it from smashing on the deck.
 ''I am all right" called confidently. "Get outside both of you as quick as you can."
 Never In all my life have I expert enced the same sense of relief as when I stumbled out of that companion onto the open deck, and felt the night air in my nostrils; yet not until then did my brain truly grasp the desperate na- ture of our situation. The gleam of the lantern revealed the sharp slope of the deck, and the surge of water churn- ing from rail to rail scarce q dozen feet away; the rifle of tangled spars and ropes to port under which 1 knew lay dead bodies; the smashed bulwarks, and wrecked small boat hanging stern down from davit, with mans arm and head dangling. All about us the night and sea was black as ink not glow anywhere except single white gleam far away to starboard like distant star. It was not star-it was fur too close to the horizon-be- yond doubt it was a masthead light on the steel monster which had run us down.
 I held the lantern behind my body and stared out through the void at the faraway spark-it was no more than pin-prick, barely visible across miles of open water, and growing fainter each second. I read the whole meaning, despair clutehing my heart. The vessel had waited and picked up the Esmeralda's boats; believing she then had on board all who lived, she had resumed her voyage. We were alone, deserted. in the midst of the dead, possibly without even a chance to save ourselves from going down with the sodden wreck.
 But if there should be chance there remained not an instant to lose. l flashed the light about into the face of MeCann and the girl, the man white and haggard, his eyes as dull as though he had taken an opiate, absolutely stu pefied with fear. But the girl In the gleam of the lantern her eyes met mine, full of questioning, but fearless. She must have seen, and understood also, for she called to me, cllnging to the rail to keep her footing, her loos- ened hair Tapping In the wind
 'They are leaving us, MT. Hollisf IS not that the steamer out there?"
 ''Ay, the last glimpse we'll ever have of her." answered bitterly, forgetting myself in anger. "The d. brutes think more of few dollars than our lives. But we'll make fight just the same. Come, wake up, McCann! Aft with you-oh, yes, you can; crawl along the rail once beyond the cabin there's good foothold. Now, my lady, Pll not let you fall-goodi You are the better sailor of the two"
 held the lantern in my teeth, and elambered after them. It was thirty foot climb. but the rail stanehlons
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your right use one of the oars Now hang on-I'm going to send the lady down; stand by to give her hand"
 He did as I bade him in fashion, but was so awkward about it, I won- dered the boat kept upright. Satisfied I glanced aside at my silent companion.
 Not a very easy gangway, but the best we have Are you afraid?'
 She smiled
 "Not in the least, MT. Hollis; these skirts are a nuisance, hut I can climb like boy. Help me keep my balance on the rail-"
 She was over so quickly can scarce ly recall more than clasping her arm and she went down the rope hand over hand, as lightly as sailor. By the time she reached the boat, her body was half submerged in the water but McCann gave her his hand, and assist ed in dragging her In over the side.
 'I am all right, Mir. Hollis," she called in her clear, steady voice. "Now you come-come quick V
 Just a second more," I answered. Here is the line; haul 1t in. Get out your oars, McCann, and pull. Don't wait, or you'll be sucked down when the yacht sinks. Never mind me; I'll jump from the rail, and swim out to you"
 I climbed onto the rail, gripping an iron stanchion for support, and poised myself for the plunge. The boat, sur sounded by its little circle of light, drifted away, McCann awkwardly struggling with the heavy oars. The lantern rays fell full on the girls up turned face, and once she held out her hands in pleading gesture. It could scarcely have been a minute l heSi- tated, yet suddenly beneath me came sound of rending wood, a muffied ex- plosion, and the deck reeled as though burst asunder. I leaped straight out ward, and went splashing down into the sea.
 I must have sunk deeply, for I felt no swirl of the waters, no suction, but when I came again to the surface, nothing was visible but the bobbing lantern on the dinghy. The Esmeralda had disappeared. A faint cry reached me, and I answered 1t, striking out strongly toward the guiding light. Five minutes later, dripping and bit ex- hausted-for had been ashore a long while-I managed to chamber in over the stern. Even as I rested breathless on the thwart, 1 realized that the girl had crept aft, and her hands sought mine.
 "Oh, I am so glad" she sobbed, al- most hysterically. 'I was afraid; r. I thought you went down with the yacht"
 "No such luck. Jumped just as her decks blew up. Is there anything in sight2"
 1T haven't looked; but there is no sound, no light anywhere. Do you suppose the steamer has really left us?"
 "I have no doubt of it." I answered, but stood up so as to see about more clearly. "They supposed all who lived had been picked up, and then continued on their course.'
 My eyes ranged the horizon, but I found nothing. We were alone on the great ocean in the grasp of the black night. l sat down again dazed for the instant by the immensity of the wa ters, the utter loneliness, and the sud den realization of the littleness of this cockleshell in which we floated. Her voice aroused me to comprehension that I alone was sailor, and that on me depended every chance for life.
 Do you know, Mir. Hollis, where we are?"
 Not exactly. heard the captain
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steady. Then the hulk rose slowly, painfully, like giant struggling for one last breath. No words can describe the dead, sodden feeling of the sinking hulk under us.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
Grain and Provisions

cHiCAGO Nov -I-Haig's tre-
merdous victory ou the western front
with the r,fent of its possibilities still
undetermined. lodry sent corn up over
yesterday r closing priccr. following a
decline at the opening December
corn opened r. lower a. 1919. hut
cluetu an 23iz January opened az
lis, down "a hui closed az 1898.
May opened unchanged an III. aud
closed at 100
cat prices followed tie upward
trend ln corn December opened az
66hs. IN a but lHtel gained T. March
opened late. rs lower and later gain
ed = a. 81 I1F opened p lower
at GGls. gaining 200 th" close
Provisions wcr' niEu-r on a hiFh
hog market
DETROIT Nov 81 Close: Prices
were unchanged in fhr leading grain
markets at tho opening and news
did not suggest much change The
feeling among dealers Was easy.
a further restriction iu trading ~
limited as means 20 keep prices TOT
corn from goinE hlgher. but tne ghltt
interest ls conferred I'M The ear sifua-
ton. Dealers feel that prices cannot
be- put lower until the aupply over
takes demand and stocks increes"
The feeling "a that this condition rs "A
month or two away. nDtW thsthno q
emoNts being made b. government
grain dealers and railroad men 10
get the cars 60 the points Wh'rf ihf}
are most needed. Measures taken o.
care FOR fhu ~oft corn are giving
promise Of Increasing the quantity ~
understandable grain and general ccru
news is Aearish Tho Detroit FitnR-
ton BE- not showing much change
from day go day Demand ie active
and offerings are far from sufficient.
The oats situation iu Chicago was
easier aud prices DO the "a ri} paFt pr
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
HAIC'S VICTORY
THRILLS STREET
Nervous Bears Take Cover On
Receipt of News From
France

SEW YORK. Nov p The New
lugk Esening sun financial review
oday said.
Wall street was thrilled today b.
the repoita OF General haig's DASH
ug victory IN France. bat its sense
lions Wcr, not Immediately reflected
Boa the stock market and M best but
moderately reflected at midday with
gains Of 20 points In The stand
ard issues The rails moved mar
iowly. and lhat department failed to
respond 20 any considorabl" extent
fu the battle news
Unquestionably nervous bears
Wcro impclled 10 cover and their op.
orations probably constituted mos
at the business transacted. which
Was in smaller volume Than yestcr.
dav
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
East HTFFNIO 1--WE srorI<

EAST BUFFALO y w. Nuv ,2l
cattle. Receipts. 900 market strone
prime steers. Sf3uI1 Ta Butcher
grades SSNtsi COWS. tf1H.r5. CaIvfs.
Receipts. goo market steady cul ta
choice 81 go sheep and lauhe.
Receipts. 500. market active. nlsh-
sr, choice lambs. STA IT. ~ Gun 90
fair tlf.tou1fr veariinps S13n
IL. sheep. sfNl1.5o Hogs Receipts.
1000, market. slow and steady Nogk-
ers 81 90 N 1910. pigs t11101 rH.
mixed. fiS@1s25 heavy. tfS2a1
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
PROFITABLE

Salaries start at once. Oper-
ators earn while they learn.
Splendid opportunities for adj
varcepent.
Apply Operators Training
Department. Madison avenue
and John r street between 9
a. m. and 5 p m.
MICHIGAN STATE
TELEPHONE COMPANY
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

Detroit bank cicarinRs FOR Nov. ~.
1917 were ffo.s. .0fi 40 Total clear
iurs for 1919 Co date arc s. $50 ga %
1881 as against SlqG5.37i. 535 % for
tho CORES spending period w f91s
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
NV loRN nIITrn Am EGCs

NI-W YORK Nov ~ Butter
IrIrm receipts. f..r4 DreRfnerl extra.
fsl ff toe 60. special market. ihfs
t-c state dafrA tfbr Gfnthr mifa
zion riehmtff hrsfs. nominal .NEa
t!ufrt. receipts, 1910 nearby white
farft rFu 500. nearby mixed fauN So.
Ff. tt. ffreh hrHfa. fsu BIO
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lnnk. aud Trn.t compnnIes


Tho following nswS are prtvi'eg~d
~ execute orders on the exchange;
~ y Mos & Co. Carlyle & Hovah.
Gen. " West & Co. 4 II. Meccruns
Niaur n Cn.. ". n MctauFh"n Mer-
r8i Lynch a Co " A Hamiln Co.
Vim s Seer a Co. sinclair < Couis
wrfdrtI Nnlkey & Co. VIM " Ross
& Co.,. . r. Pelton a Co, Joel stock
sra < f.o. Rennett. Smith & Co. w.
p R~liy s. Co. Matthew Finn. A w
wallace e. Co. lewis q. Bortou,
Nebe pridcn- woodruff Co. nood
Martin q CO. MARA Ferris \ Co.
Wrth Leo q Co
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New York Stocks

Quotations bi Gurnnlpw'r a. Weeks.
Nov .f Opcu High Low Close
ADJ Rum ru tt Ah ah tia
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
PATRIOTIC

The "war machine" is oper-
ated by telephone. Stick to
your post" is the advice Of an
army officer to telephone en-
ployes.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
PLEASANT

The work is interesting and
enjoyable. The surroundings
are comfortable; associations
agreeable. The company is
liberal in its treatment Of
cUDlOyes.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

printinu--fhe plain neat kiud--fhrf
o rIrht-Tinac- lob Dcot.--Main f52U,
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nnLr wANrril-ruWALE
TELEPHONE
OPERATING

An excellent profession and
opportunity to do your bit"
for Uncle Sam.
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JoBH-NG PRICES
ancd Goods AE.pte-s gal.

Canned Goods ~ AFsies gal; Lima
beans Sl.2d32 corn. rancv Maine. ~
standard $50. peas. fancy early
June s 25ff2.f0. salT1"n. tall 20 20.
marrow fat peas s., tomatoes. stand
ard s92I for Abb basket
CoTce Santos standard. isnIsc'
medium lx n 20c. rHncv. 20 H22c. Rio.
laf. ut5f.c lib. paCk8gos. 100
22c lib Gins 2sn20c r.
Feed Pm l0o-1h sacks, lfran, Sa6
dHngs Sfi cracked corn. $50,
coarse cornmaaL ST. corn and uat
chop. $50 ton.
Flour Best winter patent 5000
SECOND uatent Sf0.60 straight
&l025. spring patent. sll; rye flour.
Sfo75 hhl Of 1876 los. IN eighth paper
So ks
Provisions Mess pork, 81 family
pork S5oN52 clear pork S49ai -
hams 9atfr1e bacon, SJn +uc. picnic
harms. So 2J1kc- shoulders 26c.
lard 3qt ~ 1t iAc lh
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
Boston Copper Stocks

guotntions by uornblowcr q Weeks.
PSI "a open High Low close
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

ApnIe~-s5 2Ja6 hbLs JonatHans.
16nf11 Hhl
Bsaunas Good shipping stock
ga fn.
Heans Dri,d Xmas. lie 10.
trnnherricS Sl4W1f5J per bbli s.
per nII
California Fruits Malaga grapes.
9i15N2 Tokays 81 75m2 Ron Em-
prTors. @4u4.fb Der kcg
Dressed Calves Fancy country
dressed. uISc, choice. dl7ci COM
mon. No acc lb.
Dressed ltoEs Fancy llghtwcights.
81 PIC. heavy. Goa Gle 10.
FFcEh NcErtubIes ttcctA fl.ZD bu.f
turNips 81 per hu.. celsry. gen ioc
bu. ehaMuttg. 25M35c per doz.. TONNE
toes rct house. 20 u e2c 10 egE plant
1888 p.g Son. cu.un iti
house. Sis COZ, cabbage, flNll0
nu. lettuce. Lcad. y2z5 ger case;
loaf Ipnl4c lb
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-05

EN- %
X GROW
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01

Richmond Va) labor-forward campaign
will continue throughout the winter
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
CELEBRATES SIXTIETH
ANNIVERSARY TWICE

John G. McGrath, president of Park
View Citizens Association, enjoyed the
unique experience yesterday of celebrat-
ing for the second time his sixtieth birth
day.
Mr.. McGrath observed his sixieth an
niversary last January. On a visit to
his old home in Michigan last summer
however, he happened to look through
the family Bible, wherein he discovered
that his birth occurred not in 1856, but
In 1857. With this additional year to
his credit Mr.. McGrath yesterday gained
the distinction of probably being the
first man in the District to observe the
same birth anniversary in two different
years
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
ONCE NOTED; DIES PAUPER.

Springfield, No, Jan. u.-Samuel A A
Bishop, y years old. at one time a lead
ing architect said TO have designed
number OF the buildings for the Worlds
Fair at St Louis, was found dead AT
the county farm in Howell County, Mis-
souri,. For several months he had been
a county charge.
Mr.. Bishop, before going to St Louis,
was a resident OF Buffalo, y. Y. He de-
signed q number Of large buildings there
and in other cities in the East and sew
eral of the buildings for the Psn-Ameri-
can Exposition at Buffalo.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
Moore's Garden-"MoneyM Magic"

At Moore's Garden Theater next Sun
day. Monday and Tuesday the central
attraction will be a Installation of Ham
lin Garland's dramatic story Money
Magic" featuring Edith Storey, Antonio
Moreno, and William Duncan.
The plot concerns the unhappiness of a
young woman married to an aged in
valid and a young man betrothed to a
woman also an invalid. Fate steps IN
and saves their lives from being blighted.
Bessie Love and Elmer Clifton will be
featured Wednesday and Thursday in
Nina, the Flower Girl" Dorothy Gish
and Frank Bennett will be seen on Fri
day and Saturday in a novel film play,
The Little Yank," a civil war romance.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
HAIL TO THE BLONDS,

Philadelphia Jan. 31.-Woe and much
sorrow unto all brunettes. The day of
the blonde is at hand. and henceforth
those whose hair cUrIeth as fine gold
shall be the inheritors of the earth Such
was the gloomy prospect for dark-haired
humanity held forth by DR.. Katharine
NJ. H. Blackford, speaking at the Cen
trail Y. NJ. c. A. on the Science of Char
ecter Analysis.
The blondes are the natural dominant
people Of this world" said Dr. Black
ford They are aggressive, active. rest
less
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01

is at all times in the best possible shape.
This means that the dealer must main
tain an up-to-date service station and
employ men who understand the machine
he sells and are competent to make re-
pairs and adjustments on this particular
car. In fact the service feature plays so
important 4 part today that when a man
is looking for an agency the first ques-
ton often asked of him is how is he
prepared to give service on the car in
case he should get the representation.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
Loev's CoIumbia-Featu Films.

Vivian Martin in "The Wax Model, is
the feature picture at Loew's Columbia
for the last half OF this week, beginning
today.
A young Englishman falls in love, first
with the wax figure, and then with the
original, but the sight of her enjoying
the gay Bohemian life. which he does
not understand. turns him against her.
The young Englishman is the first OF her
many admirers, and she Is sincerely in
love with him. She writes many notes
of explanation after he has lost faith in
her, but they are returned unopened.
How she saves his sister from the
clutches of a married man, how her love
leads her to abandon her profession and
into poverty. and how the tangled
threads are finally unraveled and she Is
restored to the man she loves, are
brought about in an interesting and grip
ping manner
Beginning Sunday and for the first half
of next week Sessue Hayakawa. the IA
nous japanese screen star, will be seen
in his latest photoplay Each to His
Kind"
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
Gayety-B urlesque.

Fifteen scenes in all are REQUIRED 70
nrasent the musical revue offered by Fred
Irwin's Majestics at the Gayety Iheater
next week. They range from settings IN
New York to an elaborate representation
OF the beach at Waikiki, Hawaii.
The cast is headed by Florence Ben
nett, who is supported by Frank De
Mont, Lyle de Pine, Doc Dell, and two
score dancing and singing girls. Incl
dental to the unraveling Of the slight plot
various specialties will be rntroouceu'
among which are the following: La Pine
and Emery in In Frog Land" eccentric
dancing by Doc Dell, Bennett and Cum
ningham in THE Songwriter IN song
land" Keit and De Mont in college
Nonsense" and hula-kula dances a Ia
Hawaii. Musical numbers include, The
Suffering Girl" Much Obliged Broad
way" Reducing Rag" Dancing to
UkalaIi Band" "Cakewalking Girl" and
THE Rag of Nations"
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
FISH HATCHERY ABANDONED.

Secretary of Commerce Redheld an
aounced yesterday that the fish hatchery
at the mouth of the Susquehanna River.
near Havre de Grace, Md, will not be
opened this yeart. This decision was pre-
dicated on the strength of report of DR..
II. NJ Smith, Commissioner OF Fisheries,
who determined, after careful investiga-
ton, that fish could not properly be pro-
tected in the Havre de Grace territory.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
HERALD AUTO DIRECTORY


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The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
Moore's strand-Feature Films.

A trio of film stars, Dorothy Dalton.
Howard Hickman, aid Enid Markey, will
lead the program at Moore's Strand
Theater next Sunday, Monday and Tues
day in 1.-THE Female of the Species"
A new kind of social triangle is pre-
sented in this story. The big scene is
head-on collision between a freight and
an overland express.
William Desmond will be seen on
Wednesday and Thursday in '"rhe Iced
Bullet" story of studio life. Viola
Dana will be seen Friday and Saturday
in Threads Of Fate" a tale built around
the struggle between labor and capital.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
Cosmos-Vaudeville

The famous Hawaiian Moanalua Sextet.
featuring a scenic spectacle with musi-
cal melange of Hawaiian and American
vocal and instrumental selections and
Pau o. Ka in hula-hula dances, will be
the feature of the Cosmos Theater bill
next week. These will be supplemented
with the Four Haley Sisters, a quartet of
UNIQUE singers and comedians; Stella
Tracy and Carl Mcbride, in songs and
humorous dialogue; Burns and Lynn, a
dancing team; the Ioleen Sisters, slack
wire sharpshooters; Rhoda and CHAMPION
in "The Rehearsal" a musical COM
edietta; Archie Bernard, in a laughable
talk, and another act to come, replacing z
Galletti's Baboons, which will appear
later.
The big film feature. Whom the Gods
Destroy" pictures Alice Joyce, Harry
Morey and Marc MacDermott in the cast.
Sundays performances will start at ;
p. M, and will present all the features
of the current bill for the last time.