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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20
St. PAUL MIL
NEGOTIATIONS
ARE 'sTYMlED'
Reach Impasss Whsn
AL Union Claims
Il Has Majority,
NLRB 10 Notified

Negotiations between off,
GERS Of closed st. Paul 4 Ia
coma Lumber Co. and local %.
of Sawmill 4 Timber Workers
union. clio affiliate. going on
internationally since May Is.
reached an impasse Wednes-
day.
Everett q. GriEgs II. president
of the company, announced nsEc-
tistions viii be impossible until
,hs agency representing . majority
81 the employees has been deter
mined definitely.
To Griggs Monday eams = lstter
from Tacoma diatriet council,
Lumber a aswmiil Workers. A. y.
Of L.. announcing majority "a held
by that union and requesting me-
gotistions.
The cfo-affiiisted group. which
has held the g. Paul 4 Taeoms
mill contract since international
woodworksrs of America wa
formed here In revolt from 4. y
~ l.. walked cut May 10 in pro.
tsst II unfair labor practices"
| Letters were sent To both ianoI
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20
ALASKAN ROAD
MEN MEETING

VANCOUVER. n. q. - Tho
United States and Canadian FIVE
man commissions planning com
stfucsion ~ ths proposed ga 01g. :
100 international highway IN Alas
IA will meet mere today for the
first time
Ths Canadian commission hss
just eomplstsd q tao weeks aerial
survey ~ proposed rostss fs ina
road north of Hax<iton. .. C. prs@s
sns terminus ~ Pacific highway.
FlnanctnG ~ the International
road ~ss sxpeessd 70 b. discussed
AZ the conference. An sli-~sather.
grsysIsa road "a feet wies would
cost az .Do1. 900. according 20 en-
ginssrs estimates.
One route would sand the high
way seat through th< Csscsas
mountains and near Prince Rupert.
D. C., and Juneau. Alaska. 70 ~
terminus at Fairbanks. in Central
Alaska Another proposed routs
would be east through the Psiisy
rsyer country.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20
GIRLS SUICIDE
FOLLOWS PARTY

HOLLYWOOD Beautiful Dawn
Hope Noel. 70, committed suicide
because her orchsstrs leader hus.
band. Jsnss Noel. ~. refused 70
socsp, ner explanation NJ her four
hour absence from . gay nudist
colony drinking party. police said
today.
Mrs. Noel. bride Of - months.
shot herself IN tina head with .
n c.iibrs rife Tuesday while hsr
husband berstsd = male frisnd over
the ielsphons for an incident
during q drinking party at .
ngdiEt camp. she Was the daughter
Of actress Adele Blood Hops. who
also committed suicide thrss years
ago.
Capt Dalton Patton. Of fhs
homicide bureau. said tbs eass
xas definitely . suicide
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20
LIGHT T
McNutt Appointment
Disillusions Many
OFF. Rs Pals

WASHINGTON Paul v.
McNutt's appointment a. So
cial security boss disillusioned
the very folk who until now
had believed that Franklin p.
Roosevelt could do no wrong.
They figure that the president
sold them down q political
river in naming the handsome
Hoosierite for this particular
job.
II 90 happened that the agency's
regional directors were eonvensng
At the capital when word spread
that Roosevelt's only ssowed 1910
rival Was under consideration. At
first they refused 10 credit tho
rumor, insisting that the head mar
would no, play politics or SEEK
political coup with this post Hut
when IL became certain that the
gorgeous Paul was 10 be named.
they mobilixed their political
friends by phone and by wire. Bob
Wagner, father ~ the law and
sponsor af Oscar Chapman for the
assignment. begged Fp.R. To re.
consider.
Roosevelt turned them dow n
cold. The deal" had been con-
summated a. early A. July I
through the good offices ~ Harry
Hopkins and wsyns Coy. The lat
ter once s-rved a. a regional direc-
tor for wPA. and then moved 10
the Philippines a. McNutt's admin
istrative assistant and political
watchdos. He returned 70 wssh-
ington to wind up rhiiipptns q.
fairs several months before hid
chief did. and 30 he was able TO
give Paul q complete flli-ir on the
political situation.
The circumstance surrounding
the MeNntt apo nsment cast the
first clear light on FD.R's 1910
plans. They emphasize the fact
frequently set forth in these col
umns that the president II deter
mined 10 control the convention.
whether he runs himself or at
iempts 10 meme a sympathetic
heir.
CONTINUED on Page Z, Column -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20
SEATTLE JOINS
IN CELEBRATION

sesttle's Mayor Arthur y. Lang
lie became Golden Jubsles conscious
Wednesday. and was due 10 srrtve
in the afternoon In meet with
Tscoms's Mayor Kaufman for .
visit TO the Washington State His
toricsi society and Ferry museum,
adjoining the stadium.
To Mayor Kaufman he sent We'd
nssday copy Of his proclamation
urging HIS Seattle citizens In at
tend the Tacoma Jubilee csiebrs-
ton Saturday when ths sn-sts,s
parade will be held.
In response 10 the gracious In.
yiiation extended seattle citizens. I"
Mayor Lsnglis wrote, 4 nsrsby
proclaim Saturday Seattle day
and urge ali who can 10 )oin their
nssghbors In this joyous eommsm.
grafton
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20
2 W0rknen Hurt
At Bridqe Site

Minor injuries were suffered by
Harry Bowers and r. ]. Jenne. both
of North American lake. while
working on the Narrows bridge
project about ll;i5 p. m. Tuesday.
Bowers vas struck on the head
and Jenns on the shoulders when
a falling cover for concrete forms
fell down upon them. They were
given emergency treatment al ST.
Josephs hospital.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20

September IS was set at olym-
pia as the date for a hearing on
the districts petition for a court
order Of public use and necessity,
declaring the acquisition Of the
property to be necessary Ito con-
serve water and water power OF
the state"
The suit said the Thurston
county utility district also
wished To acquire certain
transmission lines and proper
ties In Mason, Lewis and
Pierce counties.
The district commissioners
Frank NJ. Stocking, Oiym-
pia; Oliver r. Maritime, Yelm,
and George Marshall. Teninc--
Monday adopted q resolution
calling for issuance Of S2,25e,-
900 In revenue bonds to pur-
chase the properties.
The suit was filed by George r.
Ysntis, Olympia attorney: Hough-
ton. Cluck and Coughiin, Of Sc
attic. and z K Murray, Tacoma
attorney.
All properties Of Puget Sound
Power and Light company IN
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20

pioneers first crossing the Naches'
pass, the picture at the top shows
q pioneer woman Mrs. Percy G.
Rollins) being assisted from her
"prairie schooner" by a trio of
scouts They're really soldiers from
Fort Lewis). The lower photo
shows portion of the Gay Nineties
episode as four red-shirted young
volunteer firemen pull away on
the village hosecart. Nearest the
camera are, left TO right, Jack
Frost and Frank Lecompte; Ted
Breuner is pulling alongside of
Frost while Tryg Blk is Juggling
side by side with Lecompte.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20
BRITAIN, FRANCE, U. S.
aim BLOWS AT SPIES
LONDON-Nevapspers rep

LONDOS-NevspsperA reported
today that the names and des-
eriptions Of nearly 50 Nazi spies
operating in Great Britain have
been sent 10 Paris and Washington
AZ the latest step In a British
French-American drive 10 check
German espionage.
All three countries. Il was re-
ported. are collaborating because II
IL known that the espionage IL on
an International basis. that IA.
spies in London receive Informs
ton collected In the United States.
while spies in France trsnsmii TO
Berlin news gathered in London.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20
BASE BALL

AMERICAN LEAGUE
washluxsss 90 600 eeo-- . . 1
DetrsIs 49,. ees Teo 0es--Ii - .
chsss. csrfssquel 80 and f;iu-
lisni. Rove. Mrkain ~ ard York.
VI II game
Bestas eeo eei eae-~I 4 .
Chicago soi oar ets--< IN .
wsds and DessYtsls. Knott and
fresh
Ssw York >, ~. Louis. post
ponsd. rain
NATIONAL LEAGUE
chicago. 80. sos go se7---i . .
nestes 49,. 90 exe sei--a -
Lee. J. Russell 80 ana Narsnsfl,
Msneuso. Ehoffner and Lopes
PittsbsrRh III soi i1e--ie 10 4
New Yerh. 0pe I0i loo > o
NJ Brown and Berries. Lobrmsn.
w. Brown 81. coffmsn 80. Nc
csrthy 80 and o'Des.
Cincinnati Al Brooklyn might
gsmel
1t. Louis at Philadelphia might
Gamel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20

KNOXVILLE. 1sss<A peace
agreement" between United Nine
Workers and Harlan Ky county
coal operators wss signed hare 10
day. The new working contract.
which wiiI be in effect until fe<f.
was negotiated after five straight
days Of conferences
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20
JUBILEE JAMS
WITH
.MERRYMAKERS!
Greater Crowd Out
Tuesday Than on
Preceding Night;
Fleet Due Thursday
program On Page ~

A MID intermittent down.
"a pours. which didn't seem
to make much difference to
anybody. Tacomans continued
to celebrate the Washington
Golden Jubilee Tuesday night.
And howl
No bands played. but that didn't
matter: there literally was dancing
in the streets Tuesday night.
thousands OF Tacoma people, the
very young. the middle-aged and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20

The city hall win BE- closed II
10 a. m. Saturday 70 permit city
employees % yiew the Golden Jubs-
lee parade.
Payment ~ light. water and
garbage bills may BE- made sstur-
day morning up 70 that hour.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR
WILL REVEAL MORE

LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Luren
d. Dickinson Indicated today that
in an address tonight he will make
another and stronger attack upon
high life" society and TIA pitfalls
for innocent young girls.
The address will be mainly
against liquor. the s0-yesr old sx-
ecutiye said. but IT will contain At
least one reference to drinking by
women guests at the governors
eonferencs in Albany last month.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20
Weather Man
Jubilant, Too!

Far and tUnrmer To-
night aud Thursday
that's the weuther forecast
for Tacoma, Puget Sound
and the state. Tncoma's
Jubilee CROWD laughed Jupe
Piuvius out of torn last
night--and 10 amt goin'
TO rain no more"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20

Thurston county would be taken
over by the district. the suit said,
including transmission lines. sub
stations. storerooms and other
buildings. Five other county power
districts have filed suit to acquire
other properties Of the private
utility about the state.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20

white Mouse Secretary eespesW
r. Early mads NJ secret ~ nsnss-
vslt's disappointment and snssssy
al the decision reached ~ senate
Democratic and Nspuh,isAn leaders
Tuesday night 10 delay neutrality
sesisa until nest session.
n am esrfasH Of ons thing
said Eariv. from thu time Of
ad tournament until January
nhsn congress meets n0utH,
the president sriii pvag ~
Rersr before IN Ill hts life
thai there wii BE- no Hsm
crisis IN Europe.
but. gssiy said. Information re-
esivsd ~ The White Hnuss IN
dioatss chances are nons Ton good
that the worid will escape anathsf
erisu in the nexs fs~ montha The
information. Ne said. indicsfss the
possibility thers may ~ . new
European fiars-up this summer.
chnlvmna ksy pte>sNen. =
~ ssasas D.se1rn ssonoocae !
ssun1eses. 80 fistiy -
prsn6nnss veui1 enl1 : sp1n0n9
sesslss In svsss II ws1ssps>a1
Mar.
"ff such > wsr d pfscipstsi~si. "
he said and no eBs but Hitler
would psscipltsts such war. and
Hitler conducts Il with brutality.
particularly sgsinst civilians ~
siding In nor. military sosss. tbsa
there IL no doubt that The bsssnas-
Wy ef ths people Of the unitsd
states ~ili be inosnsed and thsrs
xiIi h. quite . different svniimsnt
in bosh the country and rouefess.
either lH January NJ ~ . srerisi
ses~son. phish ~ soprs~ the pfs*i'
dent would esIi IN svrnt II ~issr
spread war
The whsse Bssss expressed
assbs. hs~ eseS. thsf nsc~rs~tt
ssuia take scea.iss In carry
fhe question ~ sxatsatits ss-
slssss 10 ire esssisy essstag
fhe esavse ~ he fssshesastsg
trip ~ Ne rsetsIe esast.
-Ths stgnals have ~
ehasse1.- Eavsy - - .
fsre~11s - ge9ag - -
essstsy.-
On ~ ssnp~e1~s n aakisg
the Isssss ~ ~ vsesss. -.
Hisnss sshssss. y. Cstls..
,esesas senatorial lsssssssstss.
aesi~seS to-day thss shssi1
Rses~vslt assessnise spss iris
eosrs<. NJ essi1 eeusf spss fiss
sppssissss ssss~kIss him sfsp
for st<p-
~ ~ asss sake IL Ia the
ssssstsy." ssappe1 Jsss.en.
"ws wiiI - tse. spes tie
s,ssss skss iris ssa~tsy warts
~ war
Esssy seansSsssa nse>ssesfs.
spisiss thas responsibility fss
IRE A~sistss ssnssss s<nffsilss
ssvisis~ - thss tlss~ rests
sassreiy spea ne s<asfe.
Asked snst @eiid hsppsn sisgsiid
ear actually sfssk aut In Eusops.
Early reiterated fb~ rspesssal1
administration plan for
falling esnxrss. lnso special ssss
'son 10 ,sks spproprssfe ssssea
Senate isslsfionisfs willingly se-
sspssd the responsibility that ne
president placed On thsm for d.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20

In Augss.t. - rssuit - ~ pvesls
dsnis fsiuetama 1eeto>na = peoe~
pnns ehsnnss d ~ nessrelisy ~
until next yesr.
rhs ssutrnIiGy progress 80
shslvsA Tnae1ay nlne( NM ;
three hessr eoneneeHes = soRseo
iea6aes = ~ u1r1fs uopuo& =
lu()ewe4 w~slnn - tn1uu6nom -
scssslass1 - - = c~Iuno -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20
Orders Grand Jury
WPA Strike Probe

WaSHINGTON-Attorney Cen
ersl Frank Murphy today ordered
. grand jury investigation Of the
wPA strike situation IN Mime
sofa
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20

the very old. roliieked and frolick-
ed along downtown streets for the
second consecutive night.
The lure of mechanical rides"
the strident. wheedling voices of
sideshow barkers and the desire to
risk q few cents on the off chance
OF winning a doll or . ham drew
hundreds to the Fun rail" mid
way. which had It's grand opening
Tuesday night on A st. between
7th and 9th SITS, and on sth from A
to Pacific.
Dress rehearsal ~ the Golden
Jubilee pageant, Saga Of the
West" was rained out about half
way along and vas postponed by
Director William Msrlstt until
Wednesday night in the stadium
at = o'clock.
BATTLEsHIPs ARRIVE
The village OF Nations and the
Fun Trail will continue In full force
Wednesday night downtown while
the city marks time until Thurs
day. when the celebrations will get
underway at top speed on . half
dozen or more fronts.
On that day, the six u. 3 battle
ships, laden with some 5000 Off
GERS and men. will arrive in the
harbor. The ships viii be open
for inspection by the public from
to p. m.
The eolored navy mems picnic
also Ia slated for Thursday.
And. on that day. too. the salmon
derby for eastern Washington and
out-of-stste residents viii be held
off Point Defiance from 2 until
9 p. m.
HOMECOMING DINNER
An official call on the admiral
will be made. and. rs usual. there
viii be open house At old Fort Mis-
qualify and the Ferry museum.
The best golfers on the Pacific
coast both pros and amateurs.
viii he composing all day Thursday
at the Allsnmore golf courrs for
cash and cups IN the Golden Jubilee
golf tournament.
Thursday evening. beginning AZ
9 O'Clock. viii be staged st Hotel
winthrop's crystal ballroom the
greatly anticipated Homecoming
dinner. v1th wsshinztonians who
have made names for themselves
In many fields a. special guests
sEARCHLIGHT DISPLAY
And, az climax 10 what GER
tainiy viii be full DAY. the Golden
Jubilee pageant. Saga Of ths
West" will make it's bow 70 Ia
coma In the stadium. Gates viii
be open at 7:30. the performance
VIII begin Al s.f5 and likely viii
be over shortly after 10 O'Clock.
The bzttleships then wiH pre-
sent their colofful searchiight Dis
play. Tskin~ The heavens with
shafts Of liHnt. and Brad Bsnrona
popular hand win play for Tenun re-
dancing in t,s streets on Corr
nercs 81. from 7th 10 the enirsnDe
Of Stadium way. fisnked on one
side by the city hsil 9nd on the
other ~ the Elks temple.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20
Thurston County PUD Seeks
To Condemn PSPL Property

Thurson counys public power district became the sixth
to seek buy parts of Puget Sound Power Light
panys properties today after filing superior court
demnaton suit against the private utility
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20

lehnnss hasle1 ~ 1pp11fna -
shssd~a seasysilty setlenI - -
time viii lustifyr ~ tpehGlnM
psmo<fnti< go Repsnllsen Iee<.
ere N the sssste psstlete1 ~
session wuuid ssd ~ ftf1l weon
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20

sPokA>E a team Of horses
~ "a. causing the death Of Otis
FERRY. So. whose neck ~ss broken
f-~n ne vas thrown against
[ riber IN neigbbor's barn late
Tuesday near Waukon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-20

sASk TRANSACTIONS
Tacoma 80. ........ 80. o04, 300
The Omaha guide., 1939-06-03

gineer would have in the United
States or in England"
The Soviet School in London
which young Paul attends, is main
tanned primarily for children of
Soviet citizens residents in the
British capital.
Robson has lived abroad for
several years, only visiting the
United States occasionally to
make a concert tour or to appear
in a motion picture. For a num-
Der of years he has spent three
or four months annually in the
The Omaha guide., 1939-06-03

Ginning an offer from a New York
publishing house: then went TO
Florida to hang out his single.
Clients failed to materialize. He
returned to Indiana, wavered for a
year between law and music, then
joined Jean G~oldkette's orchestra.
A few months later he organized
his own orchestra, in Indianapolis:
then with the completed manu-.
scripts of "Stardust" and Lazy.
bones" set out for Hollywood. His
reception was disheartening. He
returned to New York. entered a
music publishing house as arranger.
and after two years. resurrected the
almost forgotten "Stardust."
1t was an overnight sensation.
The young lawyer-composer vaulted
into the spotlight. He was besieged
with offers. 'Lazybones" followed
%"Stardust." Hollywood called. Hs
has been In the film capital for three
years. ;~nterrupting his work In pic.
lures occasionally to write a song CT
two for musical shows. for examples,
Little Old Lady" which was this
hit of Beatrice Lilies Broadway
vehicle. THE Show Is On"
Hoagy is of medium stature. slim,
athletic. a crack tennis player.
Happily married. he enjoys hia
Hollywood home; is a culinary ex.
pert. and confesses he'd rather con
coct an appetizing new dish than
turn out a new song hit,
Photo Sundicatei
The Omaha guide., 1939-06-03
BIRMINGHAM EDITOR HAS
PLAN FOR AME'S

Birmingham, Ala, June l (C)-
Editor Robert DUR, Of the Birm-
ingham Weekly Review, 416 18th
street, N, has come forward with
the suggestion that the AME
church consolidate all its colleges
and universities into two univer-
aities-one in the deep South, and
one in the North; consolidate the
three UNCONVENTIONAL papers into
The Omaha guide., 1939-06-03

who has attended school in Mos
cow, is now in a Soviet school in
London. Pointing out that under
the Soviet system there Is no dist
elimination, Robson declared:
"The boy gets a cultuTl ad-
vantage in that school that he
would not have in an American or
British school. | am tremen-
ously interested in the social as
poets of Russia. My Boy is al
ready interested in aviation en-
gineering. You could imagine
what chance a Negro aviation en-
The Omaha guide., 1939-06-03
BY Daniel I. Mcnamara
xITIoAGLAND CARMICHAEL
IL AttorneY-at.Law."

6sHOAGLAND CARMiCHAEL,
Il Attorney-at-Law."
If the owner of the single bear
ing this legend had been content to
remain an obscure young lawyer in
Florida. the music-loving American
nation might never have sung
"~Stardust.' For Hoagland Car
michael, attorney. and Hoagy Car
michael. composer of popular songs,
are identical. Chief difference in
the extremes of his dual personality
is thai the lawyer was a dud-the
composer a top-ranking success.
Today Carmichael is of Hol-
r1ywood's creators of song with
dozens OF the nations favorites to
his credit. "Lazybones,' Rockin'
Chair" Georgia On My Mind
zone Morning In May" Little Old
Lady" . these r a few OF the
songs that have spread his fame
las a composer. and effectually
hurried all recollections of his hav-
ling over been an aspiring young
attorney.
tdIIliCHdCl iCdIHCd W Ptuy PiAAiO
by ear from his mother. whose rag
time playing was the delight of the
Bloomington, Indiana. neighborhood
where he was born He played his
way through law school in Indiana
University with a ~three-piece orches'
IRA, aud by way OF diversion COM
posed "Riverboat Shuttle" in the
Negro spiritual idiom A group of
professional musicians. the VOL
verines. liked the number, learned
a.. from Hoagy and recorded it A
New York publisher heard the rec
ord and printed the music. II was
lHoagys frs, published work. Then
Paul W7hiteman picked up his
"Wasbbosrd Blues" but W that
distinction lid not impress Hoagy
With bis aptness in music. His
mind uas on the law.
He entered a New York bank as
ia step towards a legal career, de-
Music Features
The Omaha guide., 1939-06-03
robson HOME; LAUDS
SOVIET EDUCATION

New York, May 25 (CNA)-
Paul Robson, internationally fam
Gus actor and seinger, arrived in
New York this week on the S. S.
Normandie.
He explained that he had re-
turned to the United States in
connection with a concert our pos
sibly to act in the legitimate
theatre.
Robson said that his son Paul,
The Omaha guide., 1939-06-03

Soviet Union. He is as well known
and as popular with the great
MASSES of the Soviet people as he
is with the Negro people of the
United Sta<.
Lawrence Brown, his close friend
and piano accompanist arrived
with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-09

ITS not much" he said, but it'll be
beginning" c'And may be an ending, the end
of me-" he silently added.) Better than
cumming around Thursday anyhow. One of
the firms has offered me temporary job, and
III be off this very afternoon if the weather
holds good"
rs it diving?"
What do you think? Ploughing the Straits
with farm tractor, eh? Wish me luck!' He
would not let her talk or question him; he
kissed her again, and went running =.
The Brandons had half-caste cook and the
cook had lover among the japanese. And the
Japanese lover and the cook had date that
night. That was why, soon afterward loud
talking and some crying was heard in the
Brandon house, why Morag's pretty ears were
roughly boxed, and why ticket was bought
for the next down-going boat to Melbourne -
the NJ S. Fenella, due to call in a week.
Also a telegram went tappeting down the
length of Australia. over forty parallels of
latitude and two thousand five hundred miles,
to a certain Melbourne schoolmistress. asking
her to receive back certain pupil - and to
take good care of her.
The lugger, Lyddy Ann, was lurching through
the seas, long way towards the east from
Thursday Island. Jim and Harry Workman, the
firm of Workman Brothers - two sandy. sun
blackened men strangely like one another, with
staring. froggy eyes and stick-out teeth - had
just opened secret panel in the bulkhead of
their cabin and taken out cigarette tin filled
not with cigarettes. but, after the casual
fashion of the islands - with pearls.
Look a that" said Harry. spilling finger
full of beauties into the saucer from which he
had Just drunk his tea. Ever see such lot
together before?" He fielded pearl or two.
bigger than marrow peas, which had overleaped
the fence of the saucer and started to run down
the leaning table.
Never" Ames agreed. He was better-fed
looking, less thin than he had been few days
earlier The light in his yellow-hazel eyes was
brighter the red had come back to his lips No
one but Ames himself knew how much he had
suffered during those last weeks on Thursday.
But it was not hunger that had driven him at
last into job that he knew to be in the last
degree dangerous. 1t was half the love of ad-
venture, half the love of Morag Brandon.
The Workman Brothers had the worst of
regulations among the Japanese who monopo