Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 March 1938 — Page 16
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By,
By RACHEL MACK
CAST OF CHARACTERS POLLY CHELSEY, heroine; stranded in London when war breaks out. ; JERRY WHITFIELD, hero; the Yankee ~ who sees her through. CABELL BANKS, privateer captain.
2 Yesterday: Skimming across the ocean, ~. dodging British vessels, Polly says ‘good © night” te Jerry, who is on watch, She is fearful.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR OOD weather held. The Gray Gull was cutting the deep green water of the Atlantic now as if she.ruled it. Fear gave way to a feeling of well being, rasping whispers turned to shouts. The sailors sang chanteys as ‘they climbed the shrouds and washed down the deck. Aft night they told tales of the seven seas, wonderful to hear, There were others besides the old French harbor pilot who could stand turn as helmsman to relieve z..the captain and his mate at the ~*~wheel., Nobody was overworked. +. Food was good and plentiful, and ~ the crew did not quarrel or fight ~ among themselves. All were proud . of the little schoorer’s clean speed. They made wagers among them- ~. selves as to whether she was making 14 knots or 15; and they kept her guns clean and shining—her - two long guns and her 10 carronades -- which could create havoc at close »,. range. A score of the crew claimed to be - excellent gunners, and these men - boasted of what they could do to an =~ English brig. They grumbled a ° good deal at their inactivity. . “Bide your time!” Cabell told + them shortly. ia ~ It was Jerry who was more ex- ~ plicit. He was not the sort of of- - ficer who believed in hiding plans . from the crew. From experience and memory he knew how such a ...course breeds uneasiness and dis- -... content. Though seamen are rather 3 an insensitive lot, he knew they ~.could develop the nerves of caged ~" animals when kept in ignorance of » ~-what they were to face. And so he .. €xplained plainly: in : x = = <i ELL hold the course we've ; taken and try to enter Ches- ~ apeake Bay. We'll run up the Po- ~~ tomac if possible. Then Capt. Banks >- will go into Washington and get ” “our Orders in Council from Presi- ~~ dent Madison. Without our papers, “~~ we're floating deadwood. With them, “ we can go after English merchantmen and keep the booty. There'll be an honest division of booty, you understand. When we harass the - ..enemy for cur country, we benefit ._.ourselves.” ... As a matter of fact, Jerry gave little thought at this stage of the -. game to booty, yet he knew the part «that prize money would play with a crew; it would be the means of -paying them and of goading them - ‘on to a valor that patriotism could not always inspire. This was the privateer officer's code, and Jerry .~was too honest to gloss it over with - . & shining idealism. In time, he won- - -, dered, would he too be thinking only «of the prize dollars a captured ship full of tea and silk would yield? The Sought disturbed and saddened im. Polly kept much to her cabin, but ~--when Jerry permitted it she would .- 80 on deck with him or with Cabell .. ..and watch what went on there. ‘The .. sailors were respectful and agree- . able to her and seemed to attach no omen of ill luck to her presence on . the ship. ' "When she wondered at this, Cabell * “explained it. “I weeded out the © superstitious ones to save trouble © _ later on. Every time I interviewed "a sailor I said, ‘My. first mate's taking his wife, this crossing. Further-“*-*more, we've got a black cat in the | galley’ Only one man refused to £ “come aboard and he was a Portu- ¥ ‘guese.” igh ® x =» “ “YPOLLY laughed at sharing status i with the black galley cat. “It’s a fine voyage,” she told Cabell. -~ “Tm not afraid of anything any " more, now that were getting close oe to home.” >=" Cabell Banks made no answer. +.+-His own apprehension, like Jerry's, - -=*was growing keen again. It was 4="time. to cross paths with some British merchantment coming up from Jamaica. - The Caribbean was "a nest for war sloops also; these, “they reasonably suspected, were |“ being sent north to close American
ports. : * That evening well after sunset “the two leokouts riding. at the * masthead yelled down in unison, 4:"4gajl, ho!” : #7 “Where away?” the cry went up. “~ And the answer: “To larboard!” ~*~ Jerry climbed the shrouds with “his binoculars. He could, by that * “time, make out two sails, then “three, then four, then “God knows #« how many more!” His voice held " a sort of awe. J«~ He climbed down to the deck. ~~%It’s a convoy,” he said ta Cabell ~:and the gaping crew. - “Merchant«*<men, from the looks of them.” Cabell climbed to have a look. + “They're bearing down on us fast,” -.-he called, “and there's a war +. schooner herding them!” “Well run for it,” Jerry Sevived “Pp pe
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+ fusion. 5 - “It’s all right” Cabell replied ~.when the whistle had ceased shrill-»--ing. “In danger let the best man << take over. . . . Or shall we try it +. together? . . . Take the wheel. Ill =" climb for another look.”
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= A 8B Jerry turned he saw Polly A standing, wide-eyed, near a companion ladder. “Go below and ,« Stay there!” he shouted at her. ~.»She would not have dared dis- ~- obey, for Jerry Whitfield ‘seemed ~~ suddenly a stern stranger to her. They manned the sweeps then | ,i~and -wore ship; and when proper _ —.-gail had been crowded on under
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Gull fell away from the convoy
and ran frantically north. = The convoy ships kept to their course, but the big warship, as if out of sheer deviliry, gave chase. <It was like an angry hen that ould punish a sparrow for lookat her chicks. a at the wheel laughed and pared his teeth. Cabell, clinging the ropes above, laughed too nd gave news of the frigate’s pgress. © “If night falls soon ugh we’ll lose her!” he shputed. » Gray Gull seemed to be
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those menacing wings there would be two decks pierced with long guns, Cabell calculated, and a crew of 400 men. There would be officers in gold braid, important young midshipmen, surgeons to dress wounds, carpenters to repair damage to masts and hull... , . Jerry Whitfield too was seeing ‘those things as he carried the Gray Gull before the sloop of war; was seeing, as well, the gratings where a man could be tied and lashed at a captain’s whim. Under his = wind-whipped sea-coat his scarred back crept in a sort of angry frenzy while his thoughts seethed like the foam that spread from their prow. # » » “YM like a drunken man,” he thought, and was suddenly ashamed. There came to him a saying. of his little New England mother’s: “No man does his best when the devil's stirring him.” With a super effort of will Jerry laid his devil. He who was free under God's sky should not hate like
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a man in a dungeon. Perhaps no one should hate anything—not even British naval officers. As he accepted this great truth and let it wash over him like a wave he saw is hands grow steady on the eel. His body relaxed and he felt an inrush of strength. It was an “experience,” and he.could not account for it. It was his own, never to be shared. When night was almost fallen and one bright star stood in the northeast, the menacing sails were no longer to be seen. Jerry and Cabell held council and there was jubilation aboard the Gray Gull. They sailed southwest, for they were a little off their course. . . .
Jerry wondered ‘if Polly was frightened. She had been ‘at the back of his mind all the while, as is a precious burden one must carry safely home. He hoped she had Kopi the little dog beside her, for cheer. :
(To Be Continued)
(All events, names and characters in this story are wholly fictitious.)
Daily Short Story
HOME COOKED—By Kay Rasler
RED and Betty Norris had been married a year before Fred definitely decided that Betty couldn’t cook. Fred was a rugged individual, and it took a year for the effects of Betty's cooking to make themselves felt—in the most painful way. When her brother Tom wrote that he would like to share the Norris ‘apartment when he came to New York for the new job, Fred felt relieved. There would be someone else now to share his misery. For a moment he felt constrained to write to Tom and explain the situation, but then Tom’s brotherly love might surmount Fred's objections to Betty's cooking and the resultant feelings wouid be antisocial as well as antigastronomic. So Tom .came. On the third morning after his arrival Tom appeared at the breakfast table looking a trifle unwell. “What's the matter?” Betty inquired. “Didn't you sleep last night? You look so pale.”
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“YTS nothing much,” said Tom with an effort. “Just a little nervousness—hew job and all, you know. . . . Say, Betty, I think I'll just have a glass of milk.” Fred said nothing then, but when he and Tom were on the subway the subject was reopened. “Been drinking too much coffee, you think?” “No, I wouldn't say that.” “Maybe last night's dinner didn’t sit well?” | Tom looked squarely at him. “No,” he said, “it didn’t sit well. It didn’t bsit at all. It went down in bounces, then did a jig, then it went into.the Big Apple, and right naw it seems to be giving a 10-lesson course in jujutsu. .". . Fred, something will have to be done about her cooking.” Fred agreed. They were silent, each reviewing the problem in his own way. Suddenly Tom grabbed his
glowed with inspiration. “I've got it! The easiest thing. in the world. Now if you knew soimeone who couldn't read and had to learn, what would you advise?” “That he go some place where he could learn.” , “There you have it. school is our answer.” Fred studied the proposition. “Yes, that’s good. Of course, it would cost something.” Tom nodded. “I've thought of that. But as long as I'm living with you I ought to share some of the expense. Ill split the cost with you.” “Sounds better and better,” agreed the husband. “But who's going to bring it up? I won't.” He was regarded with wholesome sympathy. “I will. I'll do anything for a good cup of coffee except make it myself.” . “I'm with you to the death,” Fred promised. “Fine. Now let's celebrate with a good cup of coffee before work.” : 2 = = ’ HAT night, to their surprise, : Betty accepted the proposal calmly, !
‘Mind Your Manners
Test your knowledge of correct social usage by answering the following questions, then checking against the authoritative answers below: : 1. When a-man and woman are dinner dancing, does he or she lead the way from the table to the dance floor? 2. If a woman wears a streetlength dress for dancing at night, should she wear a hat? 3. Should a woman wear an . evening dress when going to a dance with a man who is wearing a business suit? 4. What should be done with a napkin when a person leaves the table? 5. Is it necessary to say Soedby to one’s hostess at a a
What would you do if— You are a girl and you are asked to go dancing at a place where you have never gone. . You don’t know whether you should “dress” or not. Would you— : A. Ask your partner when he asks you for the date? Call the hotel ‘or night club and ask? Ask a friend who has been there?
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Best “What Would You Do” solution—(A) is probably safest. For it might be a place where some guests “dress” and some do not, and you will want 48 your partner does.
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“You . see,” Tom explained, “you’ve never hal a chance, sis, to go about this thing in the right way. Cooking, if you don’t know anything about it, can become monotonous and wearisome. Just as in anything else, the burden is lightened if you know the technique. Results are better, too.”
Fred, lost in admiration for his brother-in-law’s diplomatic potentialities, could only nod emphatically as they sat before more of Betty's half-baked potatoes. “It’s a grand idea,” Betty said, “but it will cost something.” Tom waived the expense problem. “That’s already taken care of. Herewith we offer your tuition. Guard it carefully, and bring us home the bacon, golden and crisp, not burned and curled in heaps.”
For the next few days everything was as in the past. They didn’t expect any immediate improvement in the way of nourishment, but the two men derived keen satisfaction from stories of school brought to their evening table.
“This Miss Ring, our teacher, has her own ideas about cooking,” Betty would say. “For instance, wearing aprons and things like that are important. She thinks it creates an atmosphere, like being all ready to go to work. She’s very good.” “Can she cook?” Fred wanted to know. ’ “She’s a marvelous cook. And I've planned a big surprise. for our wedding anniversary. You're going
to have your favorite dish—roast |:
turkey, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes—" “Darling—" said Fred, quit overcome, ’ When the anniversary dawned they all felt something of a holiday spirit. Betty hurried them through breakfast, explaining that she'd probably be in the kitchen the whole day as it was. That evening before dinner the brother and husband sat in the living room reading their papers without even seeing them. Fragrances from . the kitchen sneaked in and fluttered under their noses. Despite determination to concentrate on anything else, they could not help hearing the turkey
were called they conducted themselves to the dining room with the greatest joy. Betty, her hair stringy from the steam, asked Fred to carve the beautiful bird. :
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RED knew from the first stroke of the knife what it would taste like. Had the turkey been rubber it might have been tougher, but it could not have been more flavorless. The potatoes had been mashed, but only in places. The cranberry sauce was like water streaked with faint traces of red. ’ It was no use pretending. Betty read Fred’ face correctly. She began to cry. Then she stood up and rushed for her bedroom, throwing herself across the bed. ‘Tendenly Fred bent over her. He started to murmur soft words of comfort. Then he stopped. Lying on the bed directly under his nose were two sheets of paper. He read them slowly in a dry monotone. “L. Random Dress Shop. One dress, $47.50.” ‘ “Elite Food | Shoppe. Homecooked Delicacies. I. Ring, Prop.”
THE END
(All events, names and characters in this story are wholly fictitious.)
YOUR HEALTH
By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN American Medical Joarnal Editor EW inventions seem to promise more for the comfort and happiness of mankind than those developed for air conditioning. Air is the first need ‘of mankind of life. Control of the air as to its temperature and moisture can provide greater comfort and greater health for human beings. Engineers have invented -and manufactured the necessary devices for controlling the temperature and moisture of the air in individual rooms, in great buildings, in factories, in trains and other conveyances. What we need to know, however, is whether or not human bejngs are less healthful or more healthful when they “live in air-conditioned rooms, and whether or not the human being is harmed in any way by changing fram high temperatures to low temperatures, from high humidity to low humidity or vice versa. When a lot of people get into a
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room. Part of the alteration takes place from the fact that ihey breathe in air and breathe out carbon dioxide and other materials. The air is also modified by the fact that the human being or the body of any living animal is constantly decomposing and giving off materials. Finally, the clothing worn by human beings in a room may affect the air’in the room. In most places it is not necessary to worry about the amount of oxygen in a room. The leakage of air through the cracks around windows and doors is usually sufficient to maintain enough oxygen in ‘the room for the people who occupy it.
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