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ment answers that it is without infor.
nation as to what actually befell the
Cyclops.
From time to time there are bottles
found along beaches or in the sea,
purporting to have been thrown over
board by some person aboard the ves-
sci. but the department discredits
them, holding firm to it's belief that
the fate of the Cyclops is sealed in
mystery. Perplexity is added when it
is remembered that the vessel was
equipped with radio and that her skip
per reported fair weather and "all' S
well' when last heard from.
OF more recent date, with no war
time factor to enter the equation of
her disappearance, is the cast of the
U. S. S. Conestoga. With radio APP
paratus. this fleet tug sailed out of
Mare Island. Calf, bound for Samoa,
where she was to be station ship, by
way of the Hawaiian Islands, on
March 25, 1921. Aboard were officers
and 50 enlisted men. She has never
been heard of since.
The Conestoga was built at Sparrows
Point. Md, her keel being laid in 1904.
The Navy accepted her from private
service, September II. 1877. purchasing
her for 1915, 1000. Size Was GIT tons
gross, 10 feet long and 20 feet wide.
During the World War she had served
on duty in Bermuda and the Azores
Islands.
On her last voyage she was COM
manded by Lieut.. Ernest L. Jones.
Her destination, as she sailed out OF
San Francisco Bay, was Pearl Harbor.
Hawaii. but she never made port. A
systematic search over 600-mile area
was made. from the Island of Oahu.
on which Honolulu is located, but the
exhaustive quest with naval and air.
craft forces was without avail. In
addition, all the islands were combed,
but never trace of the tug Cones
toga has been found. and King Nep-
tune has written her name as the last
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THE HE-MAN by Harold s,araiA co,sn
The Stars First-Run Fiction

floor with other rug islands nearby.
"Sit down, winthrop" he said
quietly. Let's talk this over. Let's
get this thing straight"
WINTHROP peered about him for
W a chair. Fortunately he dis.
covered one-at. some distance from
Jasper and on one of those slippery
little islands. And as he seated him.
self, the thick folds of the portieres
moved-or was it the breeze from the
French window that opened on the
porch? Anyway
Nov let's start at the beginning"
said Jasper. You want to marry
Sally. Is that right?"
Yes" Winthrop replied, crossing
one knee and then deciding to un-
cross it.
And Sally has said yes?"
Yes"
Winthrop wrinkled his forehead so
that the horn-rimmed glasses played
leapfrog on the bridge of his thin
nose.
"Hm-m-m-m." unused Jasper, deep
in his throat. Now, on occasions
of this sort / believe it is customary
to ask about financial matters. How
much money have you, Winthrop"
well, l haven't much myself"
Winthrop attempted to be friendly.
But you know my father makes
boilers
II know your father" Jasper
snapped back at him. The way he
snapped it gave Winthrop the feeling
it yelled some uncomplimentary
thought about himself. 1t sounded
that way.
IA very fine man, your father-a
very fine business man." Jasper con.
tinued, gazing refiectively out at the
blue shadows on the lawn and the
woods just beyond. But I'm not so
sure about you, my boy. What sort
of position do you hold. Winthrop?
Naturally I'd want Sally to have as
good a home as she's accustomed to
here"
Winthrop WINGED.
well, THAT is, / haven't any
regular position just now, sir. just
out of college, you see. But my
father"
us going to take you into the bust
ness with him.
mot exactly, sir. The fact is,
hate boilers. I'd sort of determined
that is. with Sally's consent, to fol.
low writer's career"
Writer" snorted Jasper A. Ran
dolph. Writer. When your father
has a good going business that has
taken years to build up; when he has
worked his fingers to the bone to put
Satterlee boilers in every home in the
country. you have the nerve to sit
there and tell me you'd rather be a
writer than follow in his footsteps?
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the curtains-must think him an aw-
full failure. Why, he couldn't even
speak!
Heartsick. he raised his eyes to
gaze out at the gathering shadows
just beyond the French window. They
were shadows that clutched at his
heart, crushing him, engulfing him.
sweeping him into oblivion. They
were the shadows of bottomless pit
from which he could not
Suddenly Winthrop's eyes widened.
He blinked rapidly to focus his gaze.
He gasped at what he saw.
Framed in the doorway stood a
monster, a terrifying thing, whose
glittering eyes blazed from mass of
tawny fur, black name like monk 8
cowl for background. A little brown
body was as still as a statue, but at
the end of it was a tail that curled
and twisted in fascinating nervous
ness, like the sinuosity of serpent.
Head erect, the apparition stood there.
watching him.
For one frightened moment VIM
throp returned the stare. Then he
switched it to Jasper. Jasper A. RAN
dolph had seen the apparition, too.
He sat stupefied, rigid. His only
movement was q slow tightening of
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Jasper emphasized things so! For
instance. he. said writer" much as
some persons would say SNAKE" or
bug" or "centipede." And Winthrop
quivered all over and folded his arms
and decided to unfold them again.
"Now listen closely" said Jasper.
showing great evidence of forbear-
ance.
sally is a lovely girl, my only
child OF course. 1, as her only living
parent, desire to see her happily mar
ried. You are a nice fellow. / admit
that But what have you ever done?'
Winthrop blinked. He tried to re-
member what he had done. Jasper
seemed accusing, intent to arraign
him on criminal charge. He was
about to speak but Jasper did not let
him.
did you ever play football at. col
lege. for example," he asked.
Winthrop cleared his throat.
NO. but / wrote a Latin thesis,
| he said stoutly.
Good Lord" breathed Jasper
piously. "a Latin thesis! mean
did you ever do anything man would
do? Did you ever smoke a pipe?'
81 tried it once" Winthrop said
! weakly, but it made me sick"
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long and professorily scratched his
nose.
But he isn't my dad" he argued.
II don't know him very we'll and /
can't tell what he'd do"
But suddenly Winthrop felt himself
pushed. He knew right away Sally
was pushing him. because her hands
were just below his shoulder blades.
And she did such a good job of it that
Winthrop was catapulted right
through the curtains into the august
presence of the great and mighty JAS
per A Randolph, who sat there in his
overstuffed chair immersed in the
financial page of the evening paper.
Such an abrupt entrance startled
Jasper.
what the devil"' he exclaimed,
and then when he saw it was Win
throp he put his hand to his head as
though he had been eating pickles
and ice cream for dinner and had a
sudden spasm. But he soon regained
his cOmpoSure.
'Oh, hello, Winthrop; that your"
he said, settling back to the financial
page again. And then, casually, as
lie looked at the top of the column,
How're you?"
"Oh, I'm fine" said Winthrop, not
1eeHng that way at all ana pulllnS
down his coat, busting off his trowsers,
Strengthening his tie and nervouslU
running his hand over the shock of
hair. Jasper A. Randolph frowned.
IF you need whiskbroom, he
barked. you'll find one upstairs"
"Oh, thank you. SIR" said Winthrop.
THAT is, certainly-of course, err
yes"
Jasper moved his paper aside. the
better to stare at Winthrop. Win
throp continued to perform a few
more matters of adjustment-one
finger inside his collar. pulling down
his coat again, then moving to the
open French window to scrutinize
more carefully an infinitesimal speck
Of dust on his coat sleeve. Jasper
watched him a moment and, when he
did not notice Jasper particularly. JAS
per suddenly became communicative.
Say. what the devil is the matter
with you?" he exploded. For heavens
sake, sit down somewhere. You'll
drive me insane. First / have to lis
ten to that damn circus hurdy-gurdy
all week. and now you come in"
mot at all-not at all, said Win
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"Made YOU sick, eh?" Jasper's voice
| was whitening, his face aggressive,
his fat hands gesticulating wildly.
made you sick?" he repeated. of
| course it made you sick. 1t makes
ANYBODY sick who ever tried 1t. But
did you stick to it?'
NO" Winthrop replied.
"That's just it," Jasper A. Ran
dolph waved his fat hands trium-
phantly. How in the world do you
expect your father, or say myself,
to have risen to successful heights
| II we hadn't stuck to it? That's what
I'm getting at"
His voice became placating now.
"You see, winthrop" he pointed
ont. you're a nice fellow, but l want
to be sure of herman for any SON.
in.law l take on. l want to be sure
he's manly. Now, / ask you again,
have you ever done anything a man
would do-run over anybody with an
automobile. say, or run away with an
actress, or"--his voice was confiden-
TALLY hopeful-"have you ever got
drunk?"
X X X Il
WINTHROP trembled violently
w now. He never, never had done
any of those. His delicate fingers.
clasped in front of his breast, were
white in his intensity. The horn-rim-
med spectacles were disciples of St.
Vitus, what with the concerted wrink-
ling Of nose and forehead and the
blinking of his eyes. The name of hair
fell parted in the center like the pic
lures of 80 years ago. He felt ter
ribly cold in the breeze from that win
dow. He wished he had his overcoat.
Have your" Jasper's voice snap
ped out at him.
Winthrop jumped.
"N.no, sir" he stammered.
Thought so" Jasper grunted
evilly, settling back In his chair.
Now 1t SINNERS down to this: Win
throp, you're nice boy from nice
family. You're all right in certain
ways. But considered as a husband
for my daughter I'm afraid you're-I
of tea. Now don't mistake me-" he
added hurriedly. "you might be per-
fectly all right. You might be just
as good a man as your father who
makes boilers. But you've never done
anything to show it. / don't want to
hurt your feelings, Winthrop; l don't
want to do that. But If you could
only go out and show that you're
mana two-fisted fighting NATIVITY
then I'd be glad to consider your re-
quest further. But as 1t Isl
Jasper waved one hand effectively.
The great Jasper A. had dismissed
many a hireling from his Office with
that gesture of finality. And to Win
throp it did seem SO absolutely final.
His world came crashing down about
him. Sally-dear. delightful Sally,
with her trusting brown eyes and her
eager face, hiding there just behind
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I'D SHAW, animal trainer and
l. general factotum of the SpinoZa
Combined NJ m m o I h Road
IL Shows and Gala Collection oil
Fauna, complained bitterly of
and TO his assistant.
Jim Hines" he said. "you amt got
no more brains n sponge. You q
oughter know eff you left old RaJah
gate opep for Just minute even, the
DANCED old foord wander out and git
lost. How longs he been gomez"
Jim gazed in his superior's face,
dark as the shadows falling over the
little circus lot at the edge of Wlnde-
mere.
1.-two hours" he replied fearfully.
Ed shook his head.
1.-TWO hours" he exploded. Long
enough to have everything happen TO
him and to ketch pneumony in the
bargain. Why. that pore old lion amt
got sense enough to eat-hardly.
Just get him through a siege of the
mango and YOU go and leave his cage
unlocked, And the old Teller walks
out. Where dye 'spose he is now
hey"
Jim Hines continued to say nothing.
Ike as not being run to death by
dogs. Out there in the woods some
where, scared of his Shadder, worried,
sick, cold, wiShin' he was back in his
nice warm cage. Nobody to tend him,
nobody to look after him. Poor ole
Rajah, So homesick right this minute
he'd give his left hind leg to be back.
We got to locate him. that's what.
Quick, too. Afore somebody shoots
him with a gun. Eff we don't. We're
likely to have a SIS lion that won't be
with SO cents. even for his hide.
He stared around him. He squinted
at the woods on the Randolph estate
which bordered the lot. He didn't
know them for part of the show place
of Jasper A. Randolph. who had
made his money in household wares
everything for the home. you know.
He thought of them only as likely
place for lion to promenade-a moth
eaten, toothless old lion, whose near
est approach to the desert had been
the one arranged by a California film
producer away back when Rajah was
little more than a cub.
"Git goin'," said Ed to Jim, and
added: EFF you ever leave that gate
open again, Jim Hines, III crown you
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y Exaggerations: A Moofy Dobble
BY MILF GROSS.

r UGGUST FUTTINT - Savan
Hay Hem-Awukk opp-got
ondrassed, went beck to slipp
-Illavan hay heI.l-Wukk
opp witt a stott-Hm-dots
de lest time wot hold manll gonna
set by me de bed on fire. Prectised
mommbly paS on coppet-Beeg fight
witt hold man-How / shold know he
kpps penis onder coppet he should
pressing dem-Ho'd man complains
from mosquitos-Adwised heem he
should rob on hsemsalf citronella-
Hold man CATS install sesperella-Hm
deed it he'd mosquitoes a benquet-
Dunt esk,.,-Hold man riZzambles
gradually a cucomber.
Huggust Feeftint-Peecked opp a
leddle MUIR teenfoil-Ball eating
beeger-Doped hout skim it should ex-
toiminaiiaG mosquitos-E1o boy will
I'll gonna clinn opp by Izzy Stritt"..-
Great hidea-Jost sprayed arond witt
q spray pyorhhea johns it should gat-
ting de mosquitoes pyorhhea" Ho boy.
Skim not so goot BY hold man hall
he tett eating looze-Ho boy. simms
wot I'll gonna hev to hemploy strag-
edy - HIM - Decite I should geeving
mine ieedle brodder Isidore a prasant
--&iafe heem spray-Hold man finds
by Isidore spray-Ho boy-Houze riZ.
zambled gradually a beck room from
q poliss station-Beef.. Beng" Benz.
--Dunt esk--
Huggust Seextint-Swiped from Is
idore teenfoil-Ball improoflng - De-
cite to go in moofies-Tink wot I'll
gonna be a moofy dobble-Took scrinn
tast / should be dob5le - Foist dey
trew me huff from a cieef-Den rem
hover me witt stimm-ruller - den
dropped me in hocean" Den domped
me huff breedge in de front from
raiIrote train--Tast a soXass - Haii
wot I got TO do now is / should wait
Gill dey finding a star wot l look IKE
So Bing wot | now a hector 80 II
gonna Join gradually de Friars-
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it mildly. His ribs seemed suddenly
to have caved in against his empty
stomach His heart was Knocked
somewhere up about his ears. The
whole world tangled. Bright lights
shone before his eyes. He was in a
bad way.
"Ow-r-roo" he complained.
He tried to gather himself together
but the floor was like glass. He
crashed into the wall on his other side.
so that his ribs seemed to collapse
again. But the young man followed
him. The young man was sitting
down and sliding with him. Rajah
didn't care for that. He liked to play.
of course. but not just then. That
kick in the stomach had made him
lose interest. Moreover, he was pos
sessed of q great desire to get away.
But the young man appeared per-
sistent. He kept on sliding and
crashed into Rajah right where, just
an instant before, Rajah had received
that kick.
He was breathless. OF all the in
human treatment. OF all the humiii-
alton. From those he had thought
would be his friends. Rajah was
stunned.
He was more determined than ever
to go away from there. Instantly.
He did not care where he went or
how, just to be away. Just to be free
from this mauling, kicking, strugglir<
young man. Back to the safety of his
cage. Back to the tender ministra-
tons of Ed Shaw. Anywhere.
He tried to turn and make for the
French window by which he had en-
tered. But just then the strange young
man clutched frantically. blindly.
When he clutched. it happened that
he came in contact with Rajah's tail.
Rajah complained again.
"Ow-rroo" Louder this time. His
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in his log of American naval ships
that have vanished from the earth
with no record of their going.
Recently the Trident, publication of
the n1idshipmen at Annapolis, contain
ed a story woven around the Cones
toga, in which the writer assigned the
cause of her disappearance to a sea
monster.
In addition to these American naval
craft that have disappeared without
trace, King Neptune has drawn from
other ships and other flags to keep the
mysterious company. Mariners recall
that among the stout seaworthy ships
that are shrouded in mystery are: The
City of Glasgow, in 1854 the steamer
Pacific, in 1856; the brig Marie Celeste,
found in 1872 with all sails set and
everything in shipshape, but not a
soul aboard, and the Noronic. credited
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Continued from Third Page.)

the day following, to sail into the
Port of Missing Ships-"lost without
trace"
The Cyclops, equipped with radio,
had 800 souls aboard, all of whom
were lost. OF these, Is were naval
officers, 221 were naval men in her
crew, were naval officers who were
passengers aboard,' 81 were naval men
who were passengers aboard and 2
were marines, who were passengers.
Included also was the. U. S. consul
at Rio de Janeiro, who was a pas
senger. The vessel was under the
command of Lieut.. Comdr. George w.
Worley, u. S. n. r. F.
While it was known that one of
her two engines was disabled and she
was proceeding at reduced speed the
Navy Department does not consider
this sufficient reason for her being
over nine years overdue. Inquiry has
convinced the department that there
were no German submarines in the
Western Atlantic at that time, and
every effort was made to get informa-
ton from German sources regarding
the disappearance of the Cyclops. In
deed the Germans themselves got
their first news of the loss of the
collier from American sources. In
formation was requested from all U.
S. attaches in Europe. but none was
Forthcoming that could throw light
on the disappearance of the vessel.
X X
A LII sorts of fanciful theories have
"A been advanced to account for the
mystery yelling the Cyclops-that she
was improperly loaded and split in two;
that her machinery was disabled, her
radio put out of commission and that
scuttling was her fate; and that she
fell a victim to a German submarine
or mine. To all these and to inquiries
concerning her fate. the Navy Depart
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with a tent stake, so help me
Hannah"
4 y
600 on in. Winthrop" Sally Ran
dolph urged, striving to push
Winthrop T. Satterlee through the
heavy plush curtains of her father S
library. You've just got to ask him
It's always done when fellow wants
to marry girl"
Winthrop T. Satterlee blinked
through his horn-rimmed spectacles
at the girl by his side. He did not
blink because Sally daZzled him
though she might well have dazzled ar
even more discerning man than he
Her trim little figure was as high as
Winthrop's shoulder and her brown
eyes below the mass of soft brown
hair looked eagerly up at him. But
Winthrop just naturally blinked.
Gosh, Sally" he noaned, his knees
beginning to initiate a Spanish dance
with castanets and everything. I'D
rather face a firing squad"
"Oh. but you've got to-" Sally re
turned impatiently. He isn't savage
He's just my dad"
Winthrop pushed back the shock OF
straw-colored hair that he wore quite
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American Craft in Losses at Sea
Copyright. 1927

with being the fastest and largest
steamship of her time.
And now, with the search for miss
ing craft of the air being pursued
within his domain, King Neptune is
determined that he will show his au-
thority over this newest intruder and
he has started successfully.
X
A MOTHER secret that is confined in
David Jones locker, or some
where upon the tossing waves,
is the whereabouts of Princess
Lewenstein-Wer theim, Col. Frederick
r. Minchin and Capt. Leslie Hamilton,
who sailed out of Upavon, England.
for Ottawa on August 81 in their
plane st. Raphael. Search has failed
to reveal tidings of them and they.
too, have been placed among the
missing that yield no trace.
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Precticed witt hold mans battrobe
should be a Friar. Hold man gats
med like annytink.!
Huggust Sawanteen-Tint wot I'll
sect for tan days on de top from a
fieg-pole 1t should be for de hect pob
licity-Got mine name by Booletin
Budd from Friars-Sims wot I'll hev
to raise money for dooz-Hold man
flies huff from hendle wot I use top
from dolby het 1t should be Friars cap
Name still opp by F'riars by Boole-
tin Budd-Tink wot dey'll gonna hev
it cheesled by bronze soon de name.
Ho Hon.. Fond tree beeg honks
from teenfoil DE ball is growing
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Husgust Hateen-Inwented new
beezness system-made bat witt hold
man wot he couldn't wukk by de bends
Hold man wan bait peck opp two
dollars witt toity savan cents-Ho boy
wait till hold man looks by pockets
-Goot geg-Tink wot I'll make bats
witt conductors from trollicoz-Went
by ball game-Gatting a leedle embi-
tious lately-Falt like I should eating
opp oily / should eating job l should
gung to woik / should coming home I
should gung to night SCHOOL, should
stoddying-only falt like 1t Denks Colt
Went by Cooney Highland--Tink
wot I'll become Dayil by Amusement
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Pock-Took rite by Ruller-Custer--
pay whan you go hout-Toff break
He'd to ride twanty five times teel guy
wasn't looking-Steel deezy!!---
|. Huggust Twanty-Got great inwen.
tion-A non.seenkable baiting'soot"
Ho boy-soupriced de hold man
Feexed opp hold mans batting SCOT it
should be DISQUALIFICATION man
takes in de SCOT -dife-Soot dunt
seenking--Goot nite-Hold man gats
hulmost tree broken reebs witt conclu-
sion from de brain-Hm-he couldn't
sock me witt no ball from teenfoil-
Dey dunt appreciatting notting-Tink
wot I'll gat-room--
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tickets issued automatically, the reg
lister being visible from the outside
ard the cash takings ascertained at
glance 1t also dates them automat-
ically and does away with all counting
and storing of tickets.
Another novel British idea, this
time an electric automatic ticket
vender, will commend itself to the no.
tice of those to whom time is the es-
sence of all things. This machine is
said to be a marvel of mechanical in
genuity. 1t not only issues tickets on
receipt of the proper coin, but it
prints, dates and registers them as
well; moreover, it reduces the cost Of
the printing of tickets One-third.
The machine contains 5000 tickets
ready for sale and effects sales up to
80 a minute.