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pounded with the sound OF Niagara,
literally deafening our ears. There
stood nothing between us and death
but the few frail feet of canvas hold
Ing the wind like sheets of iron. II
anything gave way at this crucial
moment our ship would have been
another numbered among the miss
ing"
1t was probably not more than five
minutes all told during which the
ship managed to clear the cape by
less than one hundred feet, but it
seemed to us like an eternity.
AS we realized that we were actual
ly around and out of danger a shout
went up from every throat. Duffy. the
Irishman, threw his arms around the
nearest sailor and shouted: "Ratsy's
topsails did It," meaning that II was
the holding of those particular sails
that had actually saved the shin
and so IL was.
After clearing the cape we passed
Deceit Rocks by a fair margin and,
still "close-hauled," managed to hold
our own until the dawn of the next
day.
The wind now veered around to the
southwark about three points, and as
1t moderated slightly we were able to
go along with a ramp full" We
would have fetched around the end OF
Staten Island, but as the straits OF
La Marie were we'll opened up on our
lee, we decided to go through the
strait, fortified by daylight and
strong leading wind. Cape. st. Bar
tholomew was soon abeam, and
bowling along we rounded Cape San
tiago. which brought US out into the
Atlantic ocean and quite clear of the
treacherous rocks which had threat
ened our existence.
When once well out into the At
lantic our ship was eased off a point
or two and we began clearing away
the wreckage of the fore topgallant
and royal masts. AS we were bound
to the River Platte we decided not
to attempt to rig jury mast until
we had come to anchor in the har-
bor of Montevideo.
Copyright, 1023.)
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This Is the NTH of series Of
exceptional articles relating the
adventures of Chief Kenlon as a
sailor, before he took up the
business of fighting fire. In the
last installment, which appeared
in a recent number, the author
told how, after a thrilling and
varied experience at sea, he spent
two years on the vessels Of the
Great Lakes, manning one
schooner which nearly capsized
from it's caking of ice in winter
gale. and, on another occasion.
with the rest of the crew, barely
escaping with his life from a
steamer on which cargo of oats
took fire. Leaving the lakes,
young Kenlon sailed on q cat
boat with a companion down the
Mississippi to New Orleans. Here
he returned to the ocean trade.
He was eventually signed up in
Liverpool as first mate on an
American full-rigged ship bound
for Melbourne, Australia, and
Wellington. New Zealand, where
the voyage terminated. Here the
narrative is resumed.
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some places as high as 5000 feet.
The shore line is one mass Of jagged
rocks. like enormous teeth eroded
by the ocean as If for the purpose
OF crushing the lives of fragile NOR
tails who dare these regions.
During the winter snow covers the
rocky mountains of Staten Island
right down to the very waters edge.
and the prospect when sailing along
possible to imagine. In the dark
winter days. with a gale blowing.
with the cold below zero. and enor-
nous seas sweeping over vessel
plowing her way along this coast in
the face of a driving snowstorm, with
a lee shore waiting to grind you to
pieces. the mind of man is truly ap-
palled.
The surface current around Staten
Island has enormous speed and at
times the land looms upon you as II
II were actually moving towards you
with the speed of an express train.
1t Is at such moments that all the
ployed In the veritable battle for life.
The giving away of a sail or sheet
may mean instant death to all hands.
The very points Of land. as one
approaches Cape Horn. have all re-
ceived terrifying and dismal names.
betokening despair and indicating
former disaster. For instance, there
are Last Hope inlet, Desolation
Island, Dislocation harbor. Obstina-
tion sound, Famine beach. Desert
rocks and names Of similar repelling
character.
On this westward passage a series
Of westerly gales struck US. At the
end of three weeks We were farther
. away from the Horn than we had
been the frst time we attempted to
approach 1t,
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pulling so hard at their oars that
they could not take the time even to
look in the direction of Jackson and
Fleming. / could see that the two
men might go down at any moment
1t was unnecessary for me to give
a single order, my part simply being
to steer the boat In the right direc-
zion. Just as we reached the men
hey both disappeared. but Fortunate
came to the surface an instant
after.
Fleming had succeeded in getting
the lifebuoy around Jackson's body
securely fitted under his arms. With
great difficulty he had managed to
kick of his own heavy sea boots and
had Invested himself of q consider
able part of his clothing. He was
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stood by the helmsman, his eyes
alternately looking at the rock and
then at the sails.
Cape Horn was now less than a
mile distant.
than 1000 feet away, over which we
could hear huge breakers roaring and
see their spray leaping 100 feet into
the air.
1t was apparent from the leeway
we were making that we would not
be able to clear the cape. AS a. last
desperate effort, we set the mainsail
and the fore and main topgallant
sails. This gave us more speed. but
II was evident to all hands that the
masts and rigging were under a
strain almost impossible for them to
bear.
We had reduced our distance from
the cape less than five hundred feet
when SUDDENLY there was a crack like
thunder.
The fore topgallant mast had snap
ped
Instantly the order rang out.
set the foresailF'
The crew responded to a man.
without a seconds delay the fore
tack was bowsed down and the fore
sheet hauled aft.
The rocks which had menaced our
side were now less than a hundred
feet from US and as the sea broke
with roar. the back send" fell in
tons upon our deck.
Never In my life had l been so close
to Cape Stiff" Suddenly the great
mass Of mist and spray was blown
away, and a fitful CLEAN of moon
light illuminated the giant peak
standing up five hundred feet out of
the water and oyershadowing our
tallest mast as skyscraper will
tower over a shanty.
We could feel In our faces the
whirl of the wind as 1t eddied from
the face of the rock.
n
No word was spoken by any one
nor could any word be heard in
that frightful roar Of breakers that
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straits In the hope Of beating our
way through. making a dash for it,
when, right in the middle Of the
straits the wind hauled ahead and we
had to turn tail and get out as best
we could.
There Is a gigantic cape at the en-
trance to La Marie Straits. known as
Cape st. Anthony. probably on ac-
count of the temptation which
navigator feels to enter the strait
and avoid going around Staten Is
land. Unless the strait is entered
under most favorable conditions
however. calamity often follows.
The shores of Staten Island are
steep and rugged. with promontories
Of rock reaching up into the sky, In
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On reaching latitude 64' 15' 80"
south, longitude IT, 30' 15" west, we
encountered q very strong gale. with
frequent snow squalls from the south.
necessitating a checking in of the
port braces and a fattening down of
jib sheets. Driving along with a
beam wind and sea, we felt no anx-
iety, as 1t seemed to US that the wind
would hold true. However. as the
wind increased il backed around to
the southwest and we were compelled
to brace the yards sharp up, neces-
stating also shortening Of sail.
NN the afternoon OF this gale pre-
liminary to our rounding Cape
Horn the fote and main topgallant
sails were reefed and SO also were
the main and fore sails. Though
these sails were furled, they were
left ready to be set should 1t be
necessary. in q moment of danger, to
drag around" the cape.
Our position at this particular time
was fraught with danger. SO little
margin had been Left to get around
the cape that the changing of the
wind to half point to the east, or
the meeting with an accident, would
drive US on the rocks.
: A gray cloud like a cap hung over
Cape Horn itself and obseured IL
from view. the mist and spray from
the beating seas appearing to en-
velop II in sort Of shroud.
Sailors are usually superstitious
and, as we were making considerable
leeway and the sea was extremely
heavy. our minds were tortured with
the idea that our fine ship was being
dragged to her doom. Capt Strong
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of those rough sailors were so over
come with emotion that they broke
down and cried. jackson was taken
aft and put to bed in the mates cabin,
where he received every attention to
overcome the exhaustion from which
he was suffering.
Some difficulty was experienced In
hooking the boat tackles in such a
sea, after which the jibs were set,
throwing the ships head off. the
mainyard was swung around and sail
once more made.
That night at dinner the men had
an extra serving OF plum dun. and
you can depend upon 1t that the
praises were sung Of modest Billy
Fleming
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still able to keep up. though the gi-
gantic breaking seas were certainly
trying his strength to the utmost.
in"
Nov came the most dangerous part
Of the rescue. getting the men
into the boat. The slightest mistake
might capsiZe the boat, in which case
all hands would perish. Here. again.
splendid seamanship in handling the
small boat in such a sea saved the
day.
The boat was worked to windward
of the men and dropped steadily
back to their position. 1t took us
some time to get Jackson into the
boat. and there was a moment when
1t seemed as II she would capsize.
Fleming was able to help himself in
getting into the boat
We then began the battle back to
the ship. 1t was fifteen minutes after
eight bells. in the first dog watch,
when the men fell overheard; night
had fallen upon us before we were
prepared to turn around. We could
see the lights of the ship dimly on
the horizon to leeward.
The sea had risen in the meantime
and the wind had increased in veloc-
ity. With two more mon In the boat
her gunwale was well down and we
shipped couple Of seas which
managed to bail out, in addition to
steering the boat.
Steadily dropping down toward the
ship. after about two hours we came
up on her lee quarter.
When those on board the Santa
Anna saw that there were six men
IN the boat resounding cheer went
up that was certainly a reward for
what had been accomplished.
When Fleming stepped aboard he
certainly received an ovation. Some
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Salo-Cipped
BeforeM Arrives -Personaii sin Crew.
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Lat. 55' So 40 S: Long. s7' 1s' W
Cape Horn!
Those fatal numbers meant so
much to the seaman of my day bound
for the west coast of South America.
Truly this name Cape Horn" has had
a sound Of terror and yet fascination
for centuries. No seaman Of my time
ever felt that he had earned his salt
unless he had rounded the famous
cape and been buffeted and sorely
tried by the fierce gales and arctic
rigors of that notable region.
And still in those days there were
captains. officers and sailors who
looked on Cape Horn as a matter of
course and weathered II successfully
year after year. often escaping by
the bare skin of their teeth, and yet
the next year braving the same dan
gers on the principle that brave
man dies only once, while towards
die daily.
THERE is a small island, twenty
miles northwest Of Cape Horn
wolIaston Island, on which is located
what Is known as False Cape Horn"
owing to the fact that 1t much re-
sembles the true Cape Horn. and has
frequently misled mariners who
might have been little out OF
their reckoning. To be "a little out
in your reckoning" in a place like
Cape Horn has often resulted In fatal
disasters to fine ships.
An accident at Cape Horn usually
results in the loss of all hands. be-
cause those gigantic rocks rise up
from the bed of the ocean in the form
of sheer precipices. A ship striking
has no chance.
Many times during fierce gales
ships lie-to for days, often drifting
back hundreds OF miles. On one voy-
age / made we entered Ia Marie
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by JOHN KENLON.

~ n looking about for ship
Cat wellington) 1 was for
tunate enough to find one
thar suited my inclinations
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No word was spoken by any one
nor could any word be heard in
that frightful roar of breakers that
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ROUGH III E w N.

haps-grown as much alike as an
old brother and sister, who still!
went off blue-berrying on tbs
mountain together every summer.
And then, when he had not
needed his home any longer. the adj
venturing-forth OF his father and
mother, and his guessing for the
first time how they had tanned
their seIf-centered youth to De
parents; the moment when he and
Father stood together under the
maple tree and understood each
other so deeply, with no words,
all the years OF affection and
trust rising up and standing there
with them: and how Father and
Mother had driven away as II
for an Indian summer honey
moon, Mothers face smiling
through her tears. He told-yes,
even that-how for an instant he
had felt hurt and left out, and
Mother had known It and come
running back to say q last low
ing good by to the little boy ho
had been.
Marise had not said a word
as he brought this all up for
her to see, nor did she when ne
had finished and was silent.
= But he could see that her hands,
folded together in her lap,
were shaking. He waited for
her to speak. He knew thero
was something ominous In he:
silence, like gathering thunder.
His heart was heavy with It.
He was afraid of what might
be coming. But he longed to
nave 1t come. to have II tear
down the barrier between them.
$50 that's what you have
known-what every child has,
you SUPPOSE shc said passion
ately, her voice quivering and
breaking. She stopped herself
abruptly. She could scarcely
breathe, her agitation was 80
great. She knew what she would
do if she opened her lips again.
But she would die Of suffocation
If she did not speak. 1t rose
within her like devouring flood,
all that old, ever-new bitterness;
and beat her down.
She heard herself, in q desper-
ate' stammering voice, telling HIM
telling him!
The words that passed her lips
did not seem words but bleed
ing, living. tortured things. She
was mortally sick and faint, bur
she could not stop. Once as in
a Ticker OF lightning she knew
what she was doing, and tried to
stop-but she had torn it looss
from those fibers that had grown
80 close and hard around 1t, sh
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had wrenched 1t away--bloody
and raw--it was too late to stop.
When she finished she leaned
her face on her hands and was
silent. feeling, as though she had
died. When sho finally looked
up at him she saw that the tears
stood thick In his eyes. She had
never dreamed that for good or
III one human being could feel
so Close to another. 1t was as
though she could not tell whether
those tears were his. or had come
healingly into her own dry eyes.
She saw the anguish Of his
yearning sympathy-and yet what
was It he said? Something she
had not dreamed and one could
say, "Oh, the poor little girl you
were! Wasn't there any one to
help you to get 1t straight, to
understand it?"
Understand itp' she said harsh
ly. Il understood it only too
we'll"
He looked away from her.
across the plain. and kept q
thoughtful silence. Then he
said. II don't believe you under
stood It in the least. Is it likely
that any fourtesn.year-old littla
girl could understa ndanything like
that, anything that must have
begun, had its real causes back
before you were born-and why
should you take the point Of view
Of an ignorant old woman who
certainly had tho ignorant old
woman's appetite for scandal9
You probably didn't even get
straight what really happened
then-it sounds fearfully mixed
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WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

1-When was the Boston Mu-
scum of Fine Arts incorporated?
2-When was Goethe's tragedy
s'Faust." published?
3-When did General McClel-
lAn, civil war commander, die?
Ewhen was Hans Holbein APP
pointed court painter to Henry
VIII?
5-When did Verdi write his
epera, "Don Carlos?
ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions.
Marie Antoinette, queen Of
France, was executed October
is. 1898.
3-Washington crossed the Del
aware December 8, 1875.
q A tornado killed several
hundred in st. Louis. May IT..
1896.
THE bridge over the St..
Lawrence River, at Quebec, COL
Iapsed August 90, 1911.
5-The United States Supreme
Court ordered the American To-
bacco Trust dissolved May 20,
1911.
Copyright, 1923, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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TkaaaLtanipi1an.


~ ACH land has feasts and
festivals when folks forget
their troubles. and, singing
merry nadrigals. their hearts
grow light as bubbles. Some
deck their streets with lanterns
bright, some dance with song
and flowers. with gay professions.
torches light, some frolic through
the hours. The cherry blossoms
in Japan bring III a time of glad
ness, q time when prince and ar
tisan are stirred by springtime
madness. TO foreign lands, their
foreign ways Of finding joy in Iiv-
ing; but here at home our day OF
days win always be Thanksgiv-
ing! OF all the feasts men ceie-
brate as years go swiftly wheel
ing, there's none in any cline or
state brings more Of honest feel
ing. Look out across this whirl--
Ing earth, scan all its gladdest.
places for such a day Of peace
full nirth, such gay and loving
faces! The old man, withered,
The Washington times., 1923-11-27
By Charles G. Norris.

TT WAS the day after Lucy's
and his mothers departure
that Philip was sitting on the
porch in comfortable wicker chair.
watching the last Of the after
moons sunshine stealing its way
through the ranks of the tees.
The orchard floor was strewn
here and there with yellow leaves,
and there were piles of Topped
branches stacked beneath the
apricots that would soon feel the
torch. From the bare hillside.
behind the house, drifted the faint,
rank smell Of spelling fruit,
where the last of the prunes were
drying out in the sun. 1t was
still, hazy, warm and beguiling.
He had postponed from day to
day his return to the city, but
now, as he sat enjoying the
peace of the waning afternoon.
he realized he must wait no
longer. He did not care what
happened to his wife, but he was
troubled about his little girl.
What had Leila done? He did
not propose to give the child up;
he would have to come to some
sort of an understanding with her
mother.
The sudden hoflk Of a motor
horn, Nuts convulsive barking,
and the crunch of wheels on the
crushed rock of the driveway
broke in upon his broodiug. A
small car rumbled up to the steps.
ana from under the low top peered
forth the sunny red face of the
Reverend Clement Gould. Philip
had always liked the minister: he
had called him Padre" since his
Sunday school DAYS He greeted
him with great show of affec-
tlon.
"Well now, well now-if it
lint Philip" said the old man.
erasping both his arms and sur
veying him head and foot; '.and
how are you? and why don't you
ever come and see an old man
once in awhile?"
Philip started to explain. but
che clergyman cut him short.
sweeping away his words with q
quick gesture.
Save your breath, my boy.
I know will enough the why's
and wherefores! It's enough to
catch glimpse of you now and
then. where's your
pretty sister,
.'She left with Ma for Los An
geles yesterday. She's going to
Be married next Wednesday"
.sThat's too bad-it's a pity.
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n Story Of
DeStinu

up, you know, as though there
must be more than that to It.
Let alone its real meaning, its.
human meaning. that you couldn't
possibly have understood at four
teen, If you bad known all the
facts-and there certainly were
lots mere facts than what you
saw and what that old woman put
into your head.
And, anyhow--oh, Marise, no
matter what it. was, it has moth
ing to do with your life now!
Why do you let it mean so much
to you? Just think how long
ago it happened! 1t hasn't a
thing to do with you. How can
it,"
She flushed deep. shamed
red, and asked in a whisper, "You
don't think that / II. that !
would be like that?"
(TO Be Continued Tomorrow
AnUnDmICEAAENYm
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By Dorothy Garfield.

~ e told Of mealtimes and his
II boys raging appetite. and
his mothers delight in 1t. He
told OF the evenings when father
and mother sat reading together;
Of the free-flowing tide Of trust
and affection between his parents,
changing with their changes.
never the same, never different;
trust and affection Of which he
had never been really conscious
but which had always been the
background OF his life. He re-
mernbered even to his fathers
tone as he said, ooh. Marry" and
her instant, Eyes, dear. what is
tit"
He had not thought Of it for
years, ne had never before
thought consciously OF it, had
always taken 1t for granted az
he took daylight, or his own good
health. But there in that foreign
land it all stood UP before him,
clear in its own quiet colors, Wis
ible to him for the first time
against the other worlds. he had
been seeing and OWNING. He
thought of foolish little gay things
to tell her-he could not have
guessed why they came into his
mind-about the house smelling
''trunky" when it was time to
go to West Adams, and Mother,
who could never get the trunk
packed, and Fathers joking her
about it. And the long trip over
to the city; Father always wait
ing to let him see how the ferry
boat was tied up. And in the
train how Father kissed Mother
good by and then Neale, and then
Mother again, and put his cheek
for an instant against hers. This
time Neale looked back through
the years straight into his fathers
face, proudly, and held his head
high.
He found himself telling things
that he himself had never thought
of till then-his parents tolerant
patience with his boys fits and
starts. with his egotlsm and alb
surdities, with his periods OF
causeless and violent energy, his
other periods Of causeless, violent
Incidence.
And West Adams, he had al.
ways till this moment taken for
granted the stability Of that
second home of his. that had
been his fathers before him, like
q rock to which his tossing little
boat was moored whenever he
wished. Grandfather and Grand.
mother, plain old people-like
Gaxtse's old Cousin Hetty Der.
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THE RHYMING OPTIMIST
81 ALINE MICHAELIS

gray ana bent; the baby. pink,
begutling, are both united in con-
tent. both thankful souls and
smiling. Though Il. may BE- the
feast that's spread lacks Oriental
splendor. each heart would show
could II be read) kind thOughts
and visions tender. And those
about the festive board. though
they depart with sorrow. have
joy enough in memory stored to
last through many = morrow.
For this brief space Of peace and
rest brings every fond hope near
er, and counting all the wayE
they're blest makes dear hearts
seem sim dearer. The season
marks the years decline. but
there's new bills in living when
eyes a-brin with love look upon
us at Thanksgiving.
~
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WHO SAID II
AND WHERE

Most people would succeed "a
small things, II they were not
troubled with great ambitions
Intent on things beyond their
reach and powers, people often
overlook things Of value close
at hand. Longfeli0w says III
"Driffwoodv from hts Table
Talks"
''If ron wish to remove aparice
you must remove it, nnoEI1cl
luxury"
The desire to obtain Injuries
makes man avaricious % CIcsrc,
in his treatise eon the Orator,
has well said.
Copyright, 1923. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.l
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Household Hints

Corks placed in bottles contain,
Ing sticky substances are often
difficult to remove, but Il they
are rubbed in a little g1ycerine
before placing in the bottle they
win be easily removed.
When a knife blade comes out
Of the handle. fix It in with g
mixture Of resin and bricldust,
using equal quantities. Fill up
the hole in the handle, and then
heat the tang Of the knife blade,
and press it into the resin-filled
hole.
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~ NEE plain young
Of simple plain little country and
- half it, Il Prince Charming
the road will rchI do
when not
pin don't choose!'@
believe day
walking
exactly what wish And