The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-12
SYNOPSIS

Tired Of the smuguess and 70.
strtctions Of civilization, Marx
Talbot books passage on the SIS.
Orient" hoping to find the adven-
ture he Graves In travel. His broth.
er, John, pleads IN vain with him
to remain home and settle down.
At the dock, Marks attention 10
drawn 20 IN attractive girl who
starss 1t him In q hostile way.
Next day. Mark goes from deck to
deck ID search Of her. He 6nds
the girl In the steerage, the same
expression Of helpless rebellion
against something OF someone on
her face. Mark learns from the
captain that her name q Vanya
Prokovu1 and that she 70 being de.
ported from San Francisco 20
Honolulu. Marx tries to converse
with her but she requests him 20
leave her alone. Later. Vanya Be.
comes seasiek. Mark sends her
some orange juice and coffee which
she returns without" her compli.
ments. Landing in Honolulu, Marx
learns that vanya IL q prof ssional
dancer: That night. Marx Joins
some fellow passengers on q tour
OF the night clubs. He subcon-
setously hopes 20 find Vanya.
CHAPTER VI
Mark shifted impatiently IN his
chair; he was BY far the sober
est individual in tie party. and this
fact was not entirely due to his ab.
sttnence, Tor he had consumed his
share Of the liquid supplies Of the
group. Il was partly due 70 . eer.
tain native capacity, and partly. no
doubt, 70 his superior experience
with the dery distillates popular In
postwar America.
There ought 70 b some excite
ment along the waterfront, at that"
he said suggestively. sWho's eame
for z ding ct the sailors hang
outs p
The phraseology caught Hie.
gins fancy, which ct the moment
was none too critical.
Sailors hangoutsls he az
claimed. That's where We beloneI
A night IN port! Shore leave!"
There Was . chorus Of protests.
Carrie had taken the fancy Of the
party; the general opinion favored
. renewal Of the aequaintanceship
altar her next song. Ultimately
Mark and Higgins, sticking stub
boInly % their announced jnten-
tions, found themselves alone In I
humid night, bound IN the direction
~f the docks.
Even Marks conception Of the r..
mainder q the night WAS haxy; be
moved IN . pleasant misty glow
from place 20 place-Nariner's
Rest, Sailors Haven, Safe Harbor,
and . conglomerats list Of dives dis.
guised under the name Of soft-drink
parlors. He watched slim Chinese
girls dance, he heard dusky, sloe-
eyed Eurasians sing, and brown
skinned Polynesians playing exotic
Stringed instruments. He drank
curious drinks, ct bars, et tables, or
seated on woven mats. Long after.
wards he retained the memory Of .
fantastic face made Of some sort
Of twisted and dyed grasses, that
stared ct him from some smoke
darkened wall; be could never recall
the particular place IN which It
hung.
Finally, however hs found him.
seH With clearer mind, guiding .
thoroughly disorganized Higgins
along the docks toward the black
hulk d the Orient. Dawn Vas break.
ing; back over the hills Of Oahu, the
sun WAS coming out Of fer-distant
America, three thousand miles b.
yond the eastern horizon.
A small schooner, typical pearl or
tradeship Of the South Seas, WAS
casting o.. Mark stesdied himself
BY staring 1t it, top-naast against
the now tightening western sky.
There's Of boat" said Higgins.
sAll right now"
~Csn you get to your stateroom :"
asked Marx. pausing ct the gang
plank.
ssure. All right now" said his
Marx watched him mount m
steadily to the deck, and waved .
friendly farewell. Full daylight
seemed suddenly 20 have famed
out on the harbor.
He turned; the schooner at the
next dock Was sliding silently past
him, toward the western seas. He
felt eyes upon him. and lifted his
glaneo q The rail-