The Syracuse Journal, Volume 25, Number 1, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 28 April 1932 — Page 9

The Vale of Aragon By Fred McLaughlin. ■ of "The Blade of Picardy" 1 Copyright by Bobbs-Merrill C*. J , (NV-Service.) J J —

s ' THE STORY At nightfall, in the old city of New Orleans, in the year 1821, Loren Garde, recently an officer . under General Jackson, Is surprised by the appearance of three . figures, in ancient Spanish costume, two men -and a woman whose beauty enchants him. Resenting the arrogance of the elder of the two men. Garde fights a duel with him with, swords, and wounds him. Afterward he learns his opponent is ... Adolfo de Fuentes, colonel In the Spanish army In Venezuela. Garde flees from gens d'armes, tak.,, Ing refuge in a garden, where he overhears a plot to overthrow Spanish Yule in Veneaue'a. 'Discovered," he fights, but H overpowered. recovering consciousness to find himself a 'prisoner on the Sauta Lucrecla; Spanish __i|hip bearing contraband ’arms and amniunition for the Venezuelans uhder Bolivar. Un board are the conspirators he had overheard. the lady <»f his love, her brother Polito, and I ><■ F uentes. An attempt- to seize the ship fa:la. . . ——’ CHAPTER I!—Continued She bowed her head, and the slim shoulders drooped; "1 knovV, Monsieur, only that It touches me—here.” She pressed her hands over her heart. “I—l do not understand.” * What have; they done to Francisco f’erez and Santini, the soldier?’? "We are approa< ’hirig file shores of Venezuela.’ site sajd. "and 'tomorrow, as the' sun rises ■■" She raised her hands nn l let them fall in a gesiure of hopelessness. "1 have tried tosalve them ... . 1 do not understand Adolfo; In some things he is hard hard!" I did not have to ask her whit they fnfemi<‘d to do with-!.oren Garde, who. as far as they knew, had cast his lot with the forces of revolution, who had hidden his identity behind the masquerade of ItTMinlty. I knew. - ‘■What have they done with Manuel?'' • “Mntiucl*’ she quest ionl d; Manuel; he-of the dark face and lie.ivy shoulders.- They have done nothing; he is free— a good sailor and a brave man though somewhat stupid.” Now 1 laughed, laughed until 1 mw a deep hurt in her eyes and her chin tiegin to tremble then I stopped, apologetie. ••I'erlmps.'' so <1 I. my nioonniadness has never quite forsaken me. - ’ She had .called- Manuel stupid! What was it Francteco had- said to me? Ah. yes . . . “If the captain questions oyr intiocem-e. ami even becomes so suspicious; ns to routine us there Is yet Manuel and the mixed <-rew of this ship. - ’ Surely. Francisco- - tiad not done things -by halves. - If Courage and brains could win. Bolivar would never lose. i • ••If Ij helps yon to laugh In the , tdmdow of the .Mori.sivur Garde, johr m<»>n riiadness Is.a 1 gift." She turned, away as though to leave me, btft cn'mv back’again, “I—l want you to know that I have tried so tuird to save you, but I am helplews-: 1 am not ..even a pawn in this tragedy they call the gntne of empire.” “May I crave a favor. Your Maj -Just one ft iroui go?" . •'Surely.;” She raised lief fair face “If there is aught—?” • Now, while she kept her ■ face up turmsl to me. I studim! the smooth forehead; the high arch of eyebrow, the deep blue of her eyes, the quivering lips and the tender curve of .cheek and chin. • May I tell you that you are beautiful. and may I offer apology for having followed you. for having woupded your yours for having wounded De Fuentes . . . and ft/r that night f madness and terroi In New Orleans? I wonder if you have imagined me crazy." “It Is hot that. Monsieur; I do not understand. 1 think we cannot read America. That you should laugh at the gallows seems-sttrange to me. And that you should have followed us from New sane man?” No Your Majesty. It Is not ”. Gould I tell her of my mad worship, of that overwhelming love of mine; would that have gained anything for either of us? To have told hetj would merely have added to her unhappiness, for I had only a short night of life left to me. “I am golhg to Adolfo,” she said at. last, "and tell him that the, Sen.>r Anteri- ano is not responsible, that the Venezuelans. I‘erex arid Santini. held trim captive. Adolfo will do much Cor me," ••But myt that. Your Majesty,, for Adolfo does n.»t love me. He has every reason not to-love me, for I have wounded him." . “I shall try. at least.” I knew she would fail, knew she would not return, so I tried every conversational subterfuge to detain her, with no success, for she extended a hand to me. smiling. / “Adlos,” Even as 1 held the slim fingers, the sound of a pistol shot came from the deck above us, followed by the roar of a commamling voice; - “Captain Alvarez," she cried; “the ▼nice of Captai:/Alvarez. What La it. Monsieur?" Another shot, anther yell; a shrill medley now, and swift, (adding footsteps. Our guards disappeared In the gloom of the channel, running for the upper deck. The air was filled with the menace of an approaching storm as well as that of' mutiny. -What 18 ItT' she screamed, holding to me. "What has happened. Senor, tell mer I laughed shortly. “The stupid Mannel Is playing the game according to his orders. Unless something is done syrtftly and well, this ship will be, very soon, In the bands of those sririnhtM4or «ia»MY BoUwr. It is h floating arsenal, and Is, therefore, a

welcome prize for the revolutionists. We must act quickly." "But you, Senor, are in the service—" ■ ... "Not at all; I have never served Francisco, nor Bolivar; only the ' Senorlta—" "Dulce," said she, completing my sentence. Dulce! How prophetic had been that name, for it was at once a caress and a description. “Will you remain here, then, in safety, while I—?” “No, Senor. no! I will go with you. There is Polito and —’’ I knew she visualized Adolfo, but she did not call his name. So, hand in hand we sped along the, freight-cluttered channel. I led her to the companion ladder and half lifted her up through the quarterdeck hatch, from which position of vantage we were able to overlook-the upper deck. It seemed at first de-, sorted, but the report of a pltto) came from the starboard rail abaft the mainmast. a shrill scream followed it. and ■ a tall figure, lunging toward a slim boy whose body was braced against the bulwark, struck the. rail, bent over It. and flopped hack again to the deck, where he lay. grotesquely flattened.. / A puff of .smoke.-wavered-above the two figtires. “Mother of G—d." the Senorlta breathed. "Polito! My brother has killed a man!" Now other figures raced from the fore-deck find the forecastle; one rif them, a heavy uriwiebly figure with one bound arm. lifted n left hanfl and fired into the face of a sailor whose, groplqg fingers, clutching wildly, found the throat of his adversary, and the two went: down in a'scrambling heap. ; “Adolfo." . ■ .-d the woman at my Jz ■ 1 ••Perhaps." Said I, “My Moon-Mad-I ncss Has - Never Quite Forsaken | Me." side. ."Adolfo! oh, the terror of this hour I” I “And the joy.". I breathed, my squl atingle' with the. hope of freedom ; again. ■ ■ | I “My brother." she gasped, el must - I go to my .brother !"• ' Well . . - l°»»R as she didn't i • \ gn,to Ads The elements now had begun to add their fury to the storm of human hatred;.that already poaaeased the ship. I had seen these tropica) storms J>efore. nnd I knew that the greatest daiiger to (he Santa LucreCla lay not in the contending human forces on her j deck but in the power of the approach- j ing tenqbst. I made my way its the rising tumult of the storm to the \vheelhouse. wliich, as I had My puny efforts to bring the c|-aft around were poor enough; y<>t 1 knew that, riding before the rushing wind, the plunging ship was due for certain disaster. Gasping. I clung tenaciously to the straining wheel. The Santfi Lucrecla, pitching pnaiigiously. dived into the Imml.v of a mountain of blue-green sea. and the mizzenmast came down with a note of rent timbers that lifted above the din of the storm. It fell aft, crushing tlu^Avheelhouse, but I had. dived out Os she path of its fall and. buffeted by the waters, had come up short against the low wall of the afterdeck. Clinging desperately-to a stanchion. I wondered if there was another soul alive on board the ship, which waa now only a plaything of the storm. llliiH »#»**« » »**

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Faintly came the sound of another rending crash, and I Imagined that the foremast had gone, for the laboring vessel after heeling perilously, whipped, back to an even keel again. While I crouched in the protection of the after-deck, the spirit of youth took hold of me, spoke to me—and the spirit of love also. She had come to see me. had glorified my prison, had let me feast my eyes upon the beauty of her face. “ - Spurred by a sudden resolve to find her, to save her, or to sink to the depths with her in my arms, I left my place of refuge and made my way by eccentric stages forward. I stumbled over a battened companion and rode the crest of a tumbling wave half the length of the deck. My outspread arms came in contact with a rail stanchion, and I held to it as the wave passed on. - ! In ,the piled-up masses of foam that beat over me 1 felt the clinging touch of a dress, my fingers found a slim arm. and I heard a shrill scream that rose above the roar of the tempest. The Dulce! In the semidarkness she recognized me. A light of happiness took the place of the terror that had filled her eyes. “Senor,” she cried, the frail voice unconquered in the tumult. “I have been searching—” I placed one arm around her. holding her close. “Are you afraid?” "No," she said, smiling hrqvely. and smiling, fainted. Well, it was better. So. holding her, I waited for the storm t'o destroy us. I drew an abiding consolation fn>m the thought that, if the sea claimed us. I should have her all my own to the last' instant of my life. Hven.as I waited thus the great ship I stopped suddenly, as though it had met an invisible wall. The stern lifted skyward, and the mainmast, sheared clean nt the partners, fell forward, tearing a great gap in the rail. Now the stern went down again with a sickening lurch and the bow sprit pointed tow.ard the boiling clouds While the Santa Lucrecla, balanc- | ing upon a submerged reef that had caught her amidships, teetered, like a sparrow on a twig, the rain ceased as suddenly as it had come, and the wind abated somewhat, though it still blew half a gale. . With the aid of the stanchion and the rail, I got to my feet and, staggering under the burden of the Senorita Dulcri, went forward slowly along the plunging deck toward four men who w.ere working at tlie davits of a starboard boat. A tall figure of the four resembled Francisco, so I bent my steps toward the larboard rail, where another group showed in the failing twilight. Polito’s anxious smile was a ghastly thing, for one side of his face was i smeared with blood. He took his sisI ter in his arms and turned to place I her in the boat. As he did 80 | swung upon me with a clubbed pistok I tried to <lodge t&e blow and failed. - y>e barrel of the weapon grazed my head and sent me spinning, arid the -.lilting deck slipped from under my feet. Stumbling; 1 reached futilely for i things to stay my descent, rolled, went 1 through 8/wide space in the rail that i the falling foremast had made, and fell for what seetmsl to my halfdared senses immeasurable distances. The plunge into the raging sea re' vived me instantly. I have always been at home In the water, so the dan i ger of drowning was remote. Wind and the waves carried me swift 1/ landward as the short tropical twilight fade*! into a starless gloom. A floating spar touched me and. holding to it for supi»ort. I waited. In the murk a towering, mass of ■ darkness (Missed me. passed me silently, like a lifeless derelict riding before a storm., It (Massed on. and 1 was left alone in the turbulent sea, a prey t<» doubts, ”to bitter disappointments and vague fears. I heard at last the sounds of contact of the lashing sea upon the land. It was not the booming note of breakers on a reef, nor yet the rasping hiss of waves that rode along a sloping beach; it was more like the rush of a mighty wind through the forest, whereat 1 wondered even more until a giant wave, receding, left me stranded in a tree. 1 held on while other waves rushixl past and over me. held until the storm bad spent its fury, until the water bad subsided. (TO BE CONTINUED > «IM > «

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improved’’”” UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY I chool Lesson (By REV. P. B FITZWATER. D. D.. M«m_bar ot Faculty. Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) <®. H3I. Western Newspaper Union.? Lesson for May 1 ISAAC AND HIS WELLS TEXT —Genesis 25:12-25. GOLDEN TEXT —A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up ahger. . PRIMARY TOPlC—lsaac Follows His Father’s ExampleaJUNIOR TOPlC—lsaac Follows His Father's Example. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—How to Stop Quarrels. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —How World Peace Is to Be Established. Isaac was a child of the covenant and was given in the time of the old age of Abraham and Sarah, in fulfillment of God's promise. His name means "laughter;" As to character, he was gentle, meek, meditative and peace-loving. He ilwas a remarkable, contrast to his father Abraham. Two* things may have affected him to his disadvantage: 1. The shadow 'of an illustrious father. Sons of great and rich men commonly do not make much of life. The necessity of struggle is not forced upon them. They are tempted to live In’the shadow <?f their fathers. 2. He was brought up as the only child of-Iris mother. The tendency In such a case would be to shield, him from the necessity of self-effort, so That he would be unable to meet life's stern realities. Every child should be compelled to think for himself and to fight his own battles. I. Isaac in Gerar tvv. 12-17). 1. The appearance of the Lord unto him (w. i-s>. Because of fainlne in tiie land. Isaac went into the cPuntry of the Philistines. The distress upon the land should have moved him to call upon the Lord (James 5:13). It were better to suffer in the land than "to g-> among the «m-tnies of Gbd’speople. • The Lor I graciously apI peared to him there and d.'wteil him not to go into Egypt, thus avoiding the error of his father. He was permitted to sojourn in this land because It ultimately wajs to belqng to his seed. It being part i of God's grant 'to Abraham. 2. His lapse (vv. 7-11). lie yielded to the same temptation as did Abraham many years before (Gen. 20:12. 13). This proves that it is not a good I thing to dwell among the enemies of God’s people. It was when Peter warmed himself at the fire of the enemy 'that lie was tempted to deny his I.ord. 3; His prosperity (vv. 12-17). Isaac did not intend tq make Gerar his permanent place of abode. He intended only to sojourn there. While there he sowed arid reaped bountifully. This prosperity was no proof that God approved of his course. God, sends his rain, upon thrt Just and the unjust (Matt. 5 T"), Many .men are rich in spite, of their wickedness. Ik Isaac's Enemies (vv. 18-22). He was not pbrmifted long to enjoy this fruitful land. His prosperity Incited tile envy of the Philistines. They eoufil not stand to see. his increase in flocks, herds, and servants. Success in any (Tilling of life will pro voke envy. They demanded that’ Isaac shoidd leave them. Wherever envy has begun its deadly work, there must he separation. The Philistines took as their method of getting rid of Isaac •the stopping up of the wells. Isaac did not.contend for them but peaceably withdrew ' to another place where he proceeded again to dig the wel|s of his father. He called them by the same names as his father had given them. .. r J Esek, which means "strife” or "contention." - Instead of struggling with them, he removed from them and digged another well. 2. Sitnah. which means “enmity." The Philistines strove for this well ateO. The name given shows that I there was increased bitterness of feeling, ’ 3. Kchoboth. Because of the bitter opposition, Isaac removed from them and digged another well which he called “Rehoboth." meaning “there is room." third time he digged wells there wa« no strife. We should Ifrirn from his entire behavior that the way to have peso# Is to wear out our enemies with patience, 111. Isaac,in Beer sheba (vv*. 23-25). Immediately following Isaac's going up from among the Philistines, the l»rd appeared to him. Our fellowship aad privileges as sons and daughters of God are dependent upon our separation from the world (II Cor. 0:14-18)'. Following this visitation. Isaac built an altar and called uihwi the name of the Lord. As soon as a meeting place with Jehovah was established. Isaac pitched his tent there. Following this Isaac's servants digged a well. There Is no use of going among the Philistines to get water. Other water is to l>e found besides theirs. „ After Isaac was established in Beersheba. Abimeiech came desiring to make an alliance with him. This shows that he gained Influence by peaceably withdrawing from the Philistines. His behavior proved to them that he wes the friend of God. PITHY PICK-UPS Harmony with God ends all trouble. » • • • If you really love people you can say anything to them. —Lady Astor. • * • “Take hold of life where it has hurt you, and prevent it from hurting you again or anyone else.’’-—Maude Boyden. • • • Human nature craves to be both religious and rational; and the life which Is not both is neither.—Rev. Aubrey Moore. • • • It’s the things one learns for oneself —whether they are about life ot old china —that are the most valuable —William J. Locke.

IDEA OF ARMORED VESSELS IN 1861 Naval Officials Quick to See Possibilities. One of those Interesting minor notes on naval history was supplied in a Lowell lecture at Boston when Professor Baxter, of Harvard, traced from a re-examination of the original documenta the development of the navy’s Ironclad program at the beginning of the Civil war—a program of which the Monitor was merely the most celebrated product Mr. Baxter, according to the Boston Transcript, has annihilated the charge of obstructive traditionalism sometimes leveled at the Navy department tn connection with the Monitor. Capt. Liddell Hart's dictum that war offices always begin a war at a point somewhat behind that which they had reached at the end of the preceding one apparently did not apply to the navy in IS6I. Even before the fall of Sumter the navy was considering the first of a ; flood of proposals for the construction of ironclad men-of-war, and the chief of the bureau of construction and repair was soon to advocate not oae but a whole fleet of these radi-. | cal innovations. ' Many people—Donald McKay, the ; creator of the great clipper ships, was one—were advocating apnored 1 vessels, and the idea of turret mountings for the guns had already been advanced by a British naval officer the year before. The Navy department went to work in a methodical fashion suggestive of World war days; it convened a board which' ' studied the proposals and by September was able to recommend three different types for experimental construction. One'.of them was the especially radical Monitor. She had the luck first to meet the test of* battle and to pass it magnificently, and after that the construction of the large fleet of doubie-turreted mom itors went on rapidly. The navy was able to take the very latest ideas available, study them, adopt and test models and' then go into “quantity production” for the winning of the war. The story is not without its modern application. It is an earlier instance of the “time lag" essential in the development,of any new weapon for war ser^e —a phenomenon re cently pointed out by a British writer. Victor Lefebure. as a possible means for-arriving at scientific disarmament systems. Another point is the fact that the navy, even with this prompt and intelligent handling of the situation, got what was actually rather a poor weapon as the result of the hastes of working under. war ’ pressure.: / The Monitor’s victory in her one battle was to influence our naval construction down to Spanish war days; actually, however, the raft idea, which was Ericsson’s essential contribution, was not a sound one. The,turret stayed, but the raft was not copied in other navies and finally disappeared in our own. But mistakes are unavoidable when a new type has to be built in large num hers all at once.—New York Herald Tribune. The Real Thing Mrs. Goldman had engaged a new maid. She was a good girl, truthful, honest, very willing aiid obliging, but she lacked tact. One evening, when her mistress was going to the theater, the maid noticed that a favorite rope of pearls was missing. “Oh. madam.” she’ cried, “where are your lovely pearls tonight!” “I’m not wearing them, Winnie,” replied Mrs. Goldman. “I don’t fancy them tonight.” “ “Oh, what a pity,’ ma’am!” ex-’ claimed the maid. “An’ they made you look so like a real.lady!” S 9 ■ T Motto From Washington From the neglected sayings of George Washington comes this motto: “I had rather be. on my farm than be emperbr of the, world.”— Country Home. I i

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Lifelong Warfare on Insect Pests Award of the Capper gold medal “for distinguished service to agriculture,” carrying an honorarium of $5,000, has been made to Dr. U O. Howard, a government bug expert who. on a small official salary, has ' waged a lifelong battle against insect pests. -I . "He has made a great contribution to the present and futifFe happiness of the American people/’ says the Woman’s Home Companion tn its announcement of the awaril. “He has • for years been fighting the greatest of all wars—the war against insects. Insects, as he has shown, steal two billion dollars a year from us. Thriy nullify the labor ofra million men. “They reached their development millions of years ago. We are the newcomers on earth and our foothold is not yet sure. Doctor Howard believes that it is £tili possible that in some distant future the last living thing on the expiring earth may be a bug feeding on the last hit of plant life. Thus f.tr, indeed the insects have held their town against us. But we cannot doubt that mankind will eventually win.” *“ j; ■ ■ | Takes Seventeen Years for Locust to Mature The 17-year locusts; as the insect known to science as the cicada is called, appears in the North more often than every 17 years, but this is due to the fact that there are several cycles of them in Existence. The cicjadas actually require 17 yejars to mature from the egg jstage to the final stage of the still grown [insect. In the South the period is about four years shorter. The adults lay the ergs in slits in the bark of twigs of trees. vWhgir the eggs hatch, the-young is a hyiriph with legs, but no wingp. They drop from the tree' to the [ ground and. burrowing beneath tliie soil. [ reach the roots, where they nnd their sustenance during the years they are progressing toward maturity. When the 17 years (have bpen accomplished they work to the surface, and their shell citing 'splits, permitting the full-grown insect to emerge. Full Vision Gas Mask A new gas mask originating in Ger many has several advantages over rhe old type, principally in [that it permits an unohstrnetjed view: of the surroundings. Heretofore the view has been limited to [the imtjnediate front of the wearer. German soldiers ( and workmen in industrial esj tahlishnients are being e<iuippe<l wito j them. A tough transparent njiateri tl lof the celluloid family talies the J place of rubber, fabriri or glass. An. I officer or fireman hasjno difficulty in recognizing the men tinder him when j they are using the new mask. Uncle Eben - "De weather.” said [Uncle Eben."is a good friend dat gits uriplensatit sometimes, but leaves you de cohifnrt of knowin’ he’s sure: to change his mind.”—Washington jstar. __ . | Vanity is the foundation •of she most ridiculous arid contemptible vices.—Adam Smith.! A historian who idoesn’t piny up the wars has to work hard to make his narrative interesting. —1 Many a man doesn’t Tall because he doesn't try. [