Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1938 — Page 14

CAST OF CHARACTERS © POLLY CHELSEY, heroine; stranded “4n Loudon when war breaks out. . JERRY WHITFIELD, hero; the Yankee Whe sees her through. . CABELL BANKS, privateer captain.

. Yesterday—Jerry Banks tries to escape But fails, and in Boston the Banks family wonders about their son, Cabell.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

ORLY proved to be a score of shabby fishermen huts located to the right of the King’s Highway, between marsh grass and booming sea. Their excuse for being was a ghallow harbor that all but vanished at low tide. It was a deJected spot. Polly, : having. been put down there with her dog and trunk, . looked after the departing coach with a regret that bordered on

ie. . ; She noted one house in the village that seemed to be an inn. Though not less ramshackle than its neighbors, it was larger and carried a sign. Polly dragged her trunk from the roadside and pulled ‘it along a sandy path to this building. Arrived there, she left Nuisance to stand guard while she entered the inn. She was leaning heavily on her stick and frowning sharply. J Never had she seen or smelled 80 unpleasant a room. It reeked of fried fish, -bad rum and other indiscriminating odors, and it was occupied by a half dozen men who wore fishermen garb but had the unmistakable look of outlaws and pirates. She was shocked and frightened for she was accustomed to the self-respecting bearing of New England fisherman who, no

matter how poor, took pride in|.

their calling. She did not have to simulate the shaking of her hand on her staff. “Where can I find John Mec-

Gean?” she asked the room at|

. large. L * A man in a dirty apron, evidentiy the keeper of this unwhole- _ some place, answered her. “Ye’r in luck, old dame. The Sea Serpent, .- %s boat, is anchored off Corly to- * day. ‘Just in, ’e is, from a little Arip, and soon to put out. . . . Look! There ’e comes along the wharf.” : Re OLLY -went outside and stooped to give Nuisance a reassuring pat, for the little dog was looking Ameasy and restive. He ‘was greatly puzzled by her altered appearance. Her staff made him nervous and the odor of her rusty black dress and white wig dismayed him. It was only when she bent “her face close to his and scratched his neck with her familiar fingers that he was at ease. “Stay here!” Polly commanded him, and he lay down beside the doeskin trunk. His nose rested on his paws but his alert eyes followed his mistress as she went along the rotting wharf to meet an unknown man. The skipper, who had just come ashore from an ugly two-masted. ‘lugger with patched brown sails, was large and forbidding. He had heavy, handsome features, coal black hair that he wore in a queue, and bold prominent eyes. . . . So this is a smuggler! Polly thought and was disappointed that he was not smooth and suave like the ‘famous Jean La Fitte whom she had heard described in America— La Fitte who could kiss a lady's hand as gracefully as he could take & ship. “If you are John McGean,” she said to this man, “I have business with you. “Then speak it. Time's valugble.” He stared hard at her. Polly spoke her business, as commanded. She talked to him urgently; but since money talks best in -the long run, she offered him what ghe could afford to pay and still keep enough to carry her to Cherpbourg. For this he grudgingly agreed ‘to convey her across the Channel to a fishing port near Calais. He was sailing that night, he said, if ~ the wind was favorable. Sometime around 10 he would come to the wharf in a dory and get her. “I've a small trunk,” Polly told him in a voice that she strove to make old and weary. “I'll have it here on the dock” But she did not speak of her dog. : s » # » HEN black night had fallen Polly dragged her trunk to the wharf and sat down to wait. Jt seemed safer here than in that evil inn, and the air was certainly petter. This was the same starfilled sky, she reminded herself. that had covered her at home, and these waves were but a part of the same restless Atlantic that broke in white foam on the coast of Connecticut. - This water was a part of the sea, and the sea tonight bore Jerry on its breast, so she must love ‘this water and not fear it. When"ever Nuisance gave ome of his low ommous growls she soothed him, being calm herself.

ting of oarlocks and the muffled splash of oars. A dory appeared, and when it had docked, the smug- . gler’s large figure loomed out of §t and approached her. Though he handled the little ~ grunk as though it were a feather, , he grumbled his displeasure at having to take it into the boat, and when he saw the dog his grumbling turned -to oaths. 5 BR an take that beast aboard,” he decreed, “with its barkin’ and 0” “You've not heard him bark or yip. The worst he does is to growl a little. Youll take him or I'm not You've not got my money

et pause, then, “Come aboard, but _§f ’e barks ’e gets the belayin’ pin to gu uiet im.” : Nuisance lay on Polly's lap in the rowboat and made no sound; and when they reached the lugger Polly _earried him on board with caution “The , she calculated, numro. * They looked and Spain

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key he carried. “I'll ’ave your passage money,” he said; and when Polly took it from her pocket and counted (it-out: for -him ‘he clutched it h y and locked it away. “I've ‘ardly ed ye enough,” he added thoughtfully. - . . Polly turned inside. out her voluminous pocket and said like an irritated old woman, “Nat enough, you robber? You've got it all!” This mollified him and he told her to make herself at home. “We'll be saitin’ inside the hour.” a x = EFT alone in the cluttered cabin, Polly leaned back against a pile of canvas and listened to the tramp of feet, the harsh voices and the running up of. sail that was taking place above. Presently the small lugger was under way and the shouting ceased. Weariness overcame Polly and she slept. She wakened to a low growl from Nuisance. Stilling him, she got up and looked from a porthole that gave to landward. The lugger was at rest, anchored off a cove which a rising moon showed to be cliff lined and chalky, but broken by a dark ravine. A laden rowboat was approaching the lugger from tlie cove; in the dark ravine two lanterns bob! like fireflies. . ... So this was th smuggled goods was landed and sen{ to sea! As’ a was hauled "aboard,

Nuisance barked. Polly, in consternation, slapped -him so violently that he retreated behind a bale, howling in a very ‘injured. way. Polly dived after him and brought him out, catching a lock of hair on a bayonet point as she did so, and pulling off her wig. As she arose with the dog in her arms, the door opened and McGean entered. He stared at her as shé stood at bay, tall and straight and surprised. Short brown hair covered her head, curling stubbornly in the damp sea air. Her cheeks and lips were scarlet, her eyés wide. A torn sleeve revealed a round white arm. “So ye: be a young one,” he laughed unpleasantly. “And. a French arystocrat- to boot, I'll be bound. “Well, I'm French too, but

not your kind. From now on call |.

me Jean Clitte!” He took a bright-striped scarf from a sea chest and bound it around his head, transforming himself, by that simple act, into a Latin. It was evidently what he had come into the room to do. Yet the thing that he did next had not“been a part of his plans. ° After he had gone from the cabin and closed the door, he locked it after him.

(To Be Continued) (An

events, names and characters in is story are wholly fictitious.)

Daily Shor Story

EASY GOING—By Beebe Lever Luce

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“y MAKE a motion that we allot this evening to being kind to neighbors,” pretty Hannah Gilmer flashed a challenging look at the big young man with ‘whom she" was dancing. “What do you mean by that?” Dr. John Bailey asked a trifle absently. “Happening to live next door to each other,” Hannah began to explain, a slight edge to her voice, “it occurred to me that just .for tonight you might crawl out of your professional shell and act a little neighborly for a change.” She could feel the rhythmic, unhurried throbbing of his heart through the thin stuff of her.dress, which fact only served to increase her annoyance. “I'm certain that every time your heart beats, it is checking off so many spoonfuls of something-or-other for old Mrs. Hodges,” she accused. Young Dr. Bailey grinned sheepishly, but almost in the same moment his face settled into its accustomed serious molds “The truth is,” he admitted, “Mrs. Hodges’ case has sort of gotten under my skin. You see, I've been attending her

ever since I began practicing medi-

cine here in Edgewater two years ago, but I just can’t seem to put my finger on the thing that's undermining her health.”

5 LL she wants is somebody to listen to a description of her imaginary ailments and hold her hand.” The edge to Hannah’s voice was now keen as a razor’s. “Yes, I suppose that’s it,” the man agreed. “Still, I can’t make up my mind to refuse her. calls, remembering that she’s: a lonely, childless old widow desperately in need of somebody's hand to cling

“But why does it always have to be your hand?” Hannah demanded impatiently. “Oh, haven't you got sense enough to understand that while you're wasting your time on

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Q—On what day of the week did June 27, 1897; fall? A—Sunday.

Q—I was born in Cleveland in 1892. My parents were aliens and were never naturalized in the United States. When I was 6 years old they took me to Austria with them. I returned to America alone in 1908 and have - been living here ever since. Am I a citizen of .the United States? . A—You are a natural born citizen of the United States." -

‘Q—What is the title of the official State song of Indiana that was made so by act of the State Legislature? Who is the author? A—“On the Banks of the Wabash” by Paul Dresser was made the of» ficial song of Indiana in 1913.

Q—When this country is at war, is it possible for those ‘whose religious convictions forbid them from participating to be exempted? If so, what is the procedure to obtain such exemption? ; : A—The Selective Service Act provided that members in a wellrecognized religious sect on May 18, 1917, whose creed forbade participation in war ‘in: any form, would be required to serve only in a by the President t. Draft regulad as the

“You see, rm Hannah's date tonight.”

neurotic old women and brokendown farmers and their families who can’t pay their bills, Dr. Ellis, a total stranger, has crashed your home town and is gradually cornering all the worth-while practice? Given another month or so he’ll even have Mr. Fred ‘Davis and his tribe beating a path to his office.” “So what?” Dr. Bailey inquired unconcernedly. Hannah's dusky curls. actually seemed to bristle. She flung back her head and glared at him with smoldering, midnight eyes. She said almost violently: “So this: Since Dr. Gates went the way of all flesh last week it’s between you and Dr. Ellis who'll get Mr. Fred Davis’ friendship. And must I also remind you that whichever way Mr. Davis jumps the elite of Edgewater will jump, too?” Dr. Bailey lost no ‘time expressing his complete indifference toward the direction in which Mr. Davis might jump.. “Somehow,” he said, “I simply can’t run a temperature over that money-grabbing crowd.” Then he abruptly digressed to ask her: “If you |consider old Mrs. Hodges such a total loss, then why are you always: taking her chicken broth and nice! little custards, not to mention spending hours reading to her?” 8». 8 ANNAH flushed furiously. Then she said defensively: “It’s different with me. All I can lose is a little time, while your whole future is at stake. Oh, you're hopeless!” she broke off to cry. .. Then she turned to greet Dr. Earl Ellis, who hag just that moment reached her de.

The newcomer’s pale, alert eyes moved swiftly and approvingly over her, then his glance swerved to her companion. “If my learned colleague hasn’t got the jump on me —" .he began with faint irony, “I'd like very much to have this dance with you, Hannah.” “Sure. Go ahead,” Dr. Bailey said easily, relinquishing her arm. He was about to turn away when a man wriggled thiough the dancers and joined him. “You're wanted on the phone, Doc. I wrote down the number.” The speaker shoved a slip of paper toward the young physician. Hannah could feel a rush of tears beating against her eyelids. She suggested, a thread of sarcasm in her words: “I suppose I'm going to be stood up for old Mrs. Hodges!” “What makes you think this call is from her?” Young Dr. Bailey glanced at the slip of paper in ‘his hand, then balled it up and thrust it into a pocket. “Does anybody except Mrs. Hodges or some impoverished, hornyhanded son of the soil ever call you any more?”’ Hannah asked bitterly. Dr. Earl Ellis laughed complacently, then held out a hand to her as the music burst into wild, barbaric sobbing. But before they could move away, Dr. Bailey’s brown fingers closed on the other man’s shoulder. “How about playing the good neighbor, Ellis, and making this call for me?” he suggested. “You see, I'm Hanna's date tonight, and I don’t relish the idea of walking out on her.” / ® 8 =

R. ELLIS impatiently shrugged off the others hdnd. ‘He said sharply, “I've had to fight and claw and bite and go cold and: hungry for every little thing I have, so I'm not giving anything to anybody— not even my time. Get me?” , “I wor my way through college, too,” . Bailey enlightened quietly. “Well, if you're satisfied to grub all the rest of your. life, that’s your funeral. But what I'm after is a one way ticket clear to the , and let me tell you, it won’t be old women on government relief and bankrupt farmers who'll help me to get there, but substantial people

Fred Davis.” Dr. Ellis’ square chin shot out aggressively, then he pulled Hannah into his arms and danced away with her. pr :

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a ‘keen, brittle way. The girl he married would never have to lie awake nights worrying over unpaid bills ,while her husband wasted precious ‘hours ministering to lonely, penniless old women and -the families of gaunt, desperate men who had nothing to give in return for his services but a husky, “God bless you, Doc!” Hannah's lovely young lips grew suddenly tremulous, but she instantaneously ed them ‘and reminded herself that there was no place in this fiercely eompetitive world for an easy-going softie. In a half hour or so, she was thinking, Dr. Bailey, looking apologetic and abashed for having deserted her to: pamper old Mrs. Hodges again, would be back seeking her out in the crowd. But when he did finally rejoin her, his expression was anything but abashed and

apologetic. Hodges” newest Ellis - laughed, a trifle maliciQusly. “1 wouldn’t know, as I haven't been there,” was the unexpected answer. “You see, Ellis, the call I

asked you to make!in my place to- |

night was out to .: Fred Davis’ country home.” « -{~

(All events, names and characters in this story are wholly fictitious.)

By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN American Medical Journal Editor 8 new devices have developed in the field of medicine, observations are made with them’ on diseases previously uncontrollable, and we progress in our ability to diagnose and to treat them. Epilepsy is one of the oldest diseases known to mankind and one of the most

difficult to control. Through the years various forms of treatment have been applied and all sorts of studies have been made in an attempt to understand the nature of the condition. There was a time when all of the diseases of the heart were called heart diseases. Nowadays they are classified according to the portion of the heart that is concerned, the causative

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has been developed a device which records - electrically the ‘activities going on in the brain. The use of this instrument in epilepsy indicates. that the condition is .due to the development of abnormal rhythms in the brain which are associated with a disturbance in the narmal

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