The Syracuse Journal, Volume 28, Number 34, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 19 December 1935 — Page 3
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1935.
/A lADVENTURERS’ zfO CLUB “Soldier in the Sea* , By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter. YOU know, boys and girls, sometimes it seems there ain’t no justice in this adventurous old world of ours and if you don’t believe it just ask Benny Graham. Benny has a tale of adventure and injustice that happened in the late summer of 1927 off Fort McDowell in San Francisco Bay. California. Benny was a soldier stationed at Fort McDowell He was a “casual"—but his story Isn't—awaiting transfer to Schofield barracks, which Is located In the place Amelia Earhart commutes to—Hawaii. Now ths fort is on an r *lsland in the bay and eno day Bonny and a pal of his decided to take, a swim. One toe in that cold Pacific ocean water and Benny’s pal had enough. “You go ahead.” be sald, s *TU watch your clothes." So Benny went ahead and swam straight out from the island. He noticed he was making pretty good speed, but it never occurred to him that a dangerous current was taking him for a ride, until he was miles from nowhere. Strong Ocean Current Sweeps Benny to Sea. He headed back and yelled for help but an offslfore breeze threw his voice right back at him. Try as he would. Benny couldn't make any headway against the current so he finally gave up and drifted with it “1 was pretty cold by this time," Bonny writes, “and pretty tired too. The current was carrying mo around the island through the open bay. if I once missed the tip of the island I know I was as good as dead. The cold and exhaustion would soon finish me. “It was late In the afternoon and to make matters worse the sun quickly sank beneath the waves and darkness settled around me. 1 began to lose hope —a boat could never find me In the dark, and soon I wouldn't know in which direction to swim. . Lighthouse Haven Is Hard to Approach. “I was swimming as fast as 1 Could—not against the current but on a slant with it—headed for the fast disappearing tip of the Island and won-~-tWi “You Cant Imagine How I Felt Out There." dering how it would feel to drown when 1 saw something that gave me renewed hope*. "It was a small lighthouse on the tip of the Island miles away but the current was taking me in that direction! “Beyond the lighthouse was the open bay—and death. But I made up my mind that I wasn't going to miss It. I*ll bet no sailor In a storm was ever happier to see a light than I was that night. Each time It flashed off, as lighthouse signals do, I worried myself sick for fear It would stay out. “You can't Imagine how I felt out there in that Ice-cold water knowing that my chance lay In hitting the rocks beneath that light They looked awfully email from where 1 was. “Suddenly to. my horror I realised that the current was changing and pulling me from shore. If 1 continued to let the current carry me now I’d end up in the middle of the bay I “There was only one thing to do and I did It I burled my face In the water and went into a fast crawl, straight for the light I remem. bored that when I learnt the crawl they told me to count 10 kicks to each stroke of the arms—l counted 10 prayers to every stroke Instead. "Hours went by. l»eapHe my efforts I felt myself freezing to death. The llgbt never seemed to get nearer. I began to get numb and not care. . A Rock Never Before Felt So Comfortable. “And then. Just as I was about to sink, my hand hit a rock! 1 grabbed it and held on and after a long rest was able to pull myself ashore—almost dead from cold and exhaustion." And now. boys ami girls, comes the sad part of Benny's yarn. Banny was safe, but unfortunately for him he didn’t land at a nudist camp because, you see. he was as free of clothes as the bride at a nudist wedding. He scrambled up the bank and along the road without even a barret It was pitch' dark, but the lighthouse that had once proved such a friend In need was now his worst enemy. Every time it. Bashed Benny had to run for cover. But he finally managed, by fits and starts, to reach a house with a light ip It and he got up his nerve and rang the bell. if a servant girl had answered Benny's ring be probably would still be doing a Tarran on the island, but he was in luck for once that day. His own first sergeant came to the door. Benny Finds Out How Much He’s Missed. Well, you know how tough those "Top Kickers' can be when a button Is eut of place, so you can Just Imagine what this one said when he saw Benny without a button on him! After the storm had passed Ben borrowed an owcoat and the non com drove him back toward camp. They picked up Benny’s clothes first and Benny was shocked to find that his old pal who had been watching them was gone. He got a worse shock a moment later when ho found his pocketbook and watch were also gone! . “ Alas! fur the faithlessness of the human race! Benny later found his pal spending his money, wearing his watch, and he hadn't even rv|*>rted Benny's tragic end 1 And that. Benny says, was the ‘‘most unkind cut of all.* But Benn, bad bls revenge. When his pal first saw him that night, the faithless <k»ugbtM>y thought be was seeing ghosts and nearly died of fright. <>—WNU Swvkca.
Walter Damroach Gives Word Picture of ‘‘Musk** •Servant sad master am L Servant of those dead. and master of those Uvlog. “Through my spirits Immortals speak th* message that makes the world weep and laugh, and wonder and worship. “J tell the story of love, the story of bate, the story that saves, and the Story that damns. “1 am the incense upon whlchprayen float to heaven. "I am the smoke which palls over the Held of battle where men tie dying with me on their lipa. *1 am close to the marriage altar, and when graves open I stand nearby. •1 call the wanderer home. 1 renette tbe soul from the depths. I open the Ups of lovers, and through me the dead whisper to tbe living. "One 1 serve as I serve all; and the More Rats Thaw People A Single rat does far less barm tn a year than one of the larger mammals, such as a Uwe, tiger or wolf; bat tbe larger mammals of prey are comparatively few in number, while rats are exceedingly abundant. North Amertea. or any other coati neat, has probably as many rats as people—possibly two or three times as many. The destruction wrwM by thia vast horde of rodents Is far greater than that wrought by Boas, tigers, wolves and all other noxious mammals together.
king 1 make my slave as easily as 1 subject his slave. **l speak through the birds* of the air. the insects of the field. the sighing of the wind, tbe crash of water on tbe rock-ribbed shores, and I am heard by the soul that bears me in tbe clatter of wheels oa city's streets. "1 know no brother, yet ail men are my brothers; 1 am father of the best that Is la them and they are father of tbe best that is In me. 1 am of them and they are of me. far I am the Instrument of God. “1 am music."—Boston Herald. Aa Odd River The Indian river tn Florida begins In the same ocean as that In which It ends, for It is a long, narrow arm of tbe sea running parallel with the East coast and stretching from Day* tons to Fort Pierce. It is. however, not strictly a river, in spite of Its name, Athswlae Sawiflse In classical Athenian days aa ex wax annually sacrificed before tbe isrge statue of fleas, and. tbe sacrifice completed. a trial would be immediately held to (Uncover tbe animal's murderer. Each man in turn professed himself guiltless, until finally tbe ax and tbe knife were found guilty and solemnly Mndemoed. This curious ceremony hi believed a survival from most primitive days, when the bull was regarded as an incarnation of tbe divine life-force, annually slain and yearly Incarnated.
The Rogues’ Gallery After the Exhibition, Jack Made a Bee-line for Her Table Before I Could Say a Word and Asked Her to Dance. Either the Boy Was a .Very Good Dancer or the Girl Was so Export She Made Him Look That Way Because Pretty Soon Every One Was Watching Them.
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By KAY KENNEDY ND all 1 had to do. J. G. told me, was to keep the boy from getting engaged. “There have been two already
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this winter.” he confided, “and it up sets his mother. Besides, paying them off Is beginning to run Into money Now. down in Bermuda with you, he can have a change from all his Broadway stuff and perhaps get some sense.” I wasn't exactly throwing my hat In the air or dancing tn the greets with Joy at the prospect of frying nursemaid to young Jack on a trip that 1 had looked forward to for months but 1 didn't see how I could refuse J. G. He’s been a good friend to me and 1 could see he was really worried about the boy. “How about the boat—you know shipboard romances 1” 1 pretested weakly. J. G. laughed. •Nothing to it Jack can’t even see a canoe without getting seasick. He’ll be in hlsclierth five minutes after they pull up the gangplank and you won't see him until you hit the island.” That, at least, was a break and I looked forward with a lighter heart to the trip. After the kid got to Bermuda he'd be so busy playing golf and swimming he might not have time for romance. 1 promised myself grim ly that he’d get so tired every day he’d be tn bed by nine o’clock, and glad toget there. 8o it was settled. Or so 1 thought . . . While the steward was arranging our | luggage in the cabin. Jack pulled a bottle out of his pocket. “Some medicine a doctor pal gave me for seasickness.’* he explained “Swears it’s a sure cure.” *1 wouldn't take It if 1 were you." 1 said quickly. “I’ve been traveling I for years and never have been sick I yet—that kind of stuff only upsets you." Jack looked at it dubiously. “Oh. well, couldn't make me any I sicker than 1 usually am.” and be I tipped the bottle to his mouth. I watched him anxiously at dinner that night. He looked all right, so I I kept urging food on him and finally | sold him the nastiest looking piece of j pastry 1 could see on the tray for dee 5 aert. It almost threw me Just to look at it but Jack finished it cheerfully and turned to his coffee as the “ball room dancers’’ provided by the line for the entertainment of the passengers made their appearance. “Gee. what a swell looking gal.” chirped my. charge. “I’ve seen better.* 1 said. “As a matter of fact, she was extremely pretty but I thought it advisable not to mention that 1 thought so. After the exhibition. Jack made a bee-line for her table before 1 could say a word and asked her to dance. Either the boy was a very good dancer or the girl was so expert she made him look that way. because pretty soon every one was watching them. After a tan go that looked pretty professional to me. 1 caught his attention amt dragged him down to the cabin. “She’s going to play deck tennis with me in the morning.*' Jack informed with a look in his eye that I didn't like “That medicine Is certainly the goods —never felt better tn my life.” We were running into a heavy sea by then and 1 blessed each wave as it lifted us Just high enough to drop us again with a good thud. Each creak of the boat was music to me and 1 went to sleep certain of a free day on the morrow. When 1 woke up Jack was dressed and taking a swig from his medicine bottle. 1 started to get up and. then, suddenly, lay flat on my back again. I felt queer. Very queer. “Sick?" asked Jack cheerfully. "Just a little under the weathermust have eaten something that disagreed with me.” 1 tried to make my voice hearty. Then . . . Oh. well, there’s no use going Into that. I didn't leave the cabin HU I got on the tender at St George’s, and even then 1 didn’t feel so hot Jack had been out of sight most of the time but considering my physical and mentil condition at the time, be could have gotten himself engaged to the captain and five stewardesses, for all I cared. “See you on the tender.” he had said as I strugged to dress at the last iMwslble moment. I finally caught sight of him standing with the girl and her dancing partner at the rali of the boat
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"Swell pair of dancers, those two,“ said the man next to me. following my ra * e ’ “Yes, very good." 1 wasn't ested “Too bad the first fellow got sick, : but we sure had some rough weather.” • This was not news to me and 1 didn't l answer. "My wife thought the red I headed boy who danced with her next night was better—signed up for some lessons with him while we're at the hotel. You know how women are! J guess every female on the boat made a date with him." For the first time In 34 hours 1 forgot my stomach. "The red-headed boy?" Perhaps I didn’t mention that Jack has the same flaming hair- as J. G. “You mean the one over there in the brown suit?” Just ah that moment the boy caught sight of me. “Hey, Uncle George! (I have al ways disilked this form of address as It seems to me that a man of thirtyeight still has a few good years ahead of him before he window-shops for wheel-chairs;) “Feeling better?” (That didn’t help either—l would have preferred the whole affair to be forgotten.) “Say, what a swell trip! I didn't want to bother you with all of it while you were so sick . . “Slightly indisposed," I murmured “ . . but. gosh. Nancy's dancing partner got skk as the devil and I pinch hit for him now. Mr. Townsend —he's the fellow that arranges for the dancers to come down to the hotel and do their stuff on the boat and all—has hired me. too.” He stopped to take a breath. “You mean.” 1 said quietly, “that you have undertaken to dance with this. Nancy ..." “Only part of the time," Jack said sadly. “You see. Jerry won't be sick at the hotel, I’m ufraid.” “To continue: You are one of her dancing partners and you have been engaged to teach dancing at the notel while we are there?" "First job 1 ever had!" he exulted “All I have to do is dance with all the women who want lessons -you know one. two, three, hop or something—and get money for it “In fact." he added nmdestly. “if they like me well enough, 1 ran stay down here for the whole season and tuen. perhaps, con tinue the >»b In the New York studio Watt till dad hears about It!" My two weeks in Bermuda can be passed over quickly. There Is no point uere in discussing my golf scores (although I must say they were pretty good) or in describing in detail the cablegrams I had rewiveti from New York. Jack raiue to the boat to see me off. He couldn't wait for the final fareweHs as he had to give two dancing lessons to some girls who had arrived the day before. He did, however. have time to shout (at the top of a pair «f disgtmingly healthy young lung*) that he hoped I wouldn’t be so sick In the return trip. 1 haven't seen J. G. since 1 got back. WXU Swvle*. Indiana Boundary Desi .-nation of the point north ,of Gosport, Ind. which formerly was th? north boundary of Indiana, is made .by a marker. The point was specified in a treaty of 18UP signed with the Indians at Forth Wayne, and the line, which crosses the highway. Is popularly known as the ten o'clock line because it is supposed to represent the line a shadow thrown at ten o’clock by the sun would make. The survey, says the Indianapolis News, which included the point, started not far from Lawrenceburg on the Ohio river and crossed the Wabash river la the vicinity of Terre Haute. Focml A food calorie is equivalent to the amount of beat which would raise the temperature of about four pounds of water one degree Fahrenheit. An average-sired, healthy man. sitting comport ably In a- chair, will spend about 100 calories of energy per hour. This amount of energy, says an authority, is obtainable from the oxidation of about an ounce of starch or a little less than half an ounce of fat. Didn’t Sm the Point A eity boy. watching some farmers spread out a stack of bay to dry, asked, “Is it a needle you're Joshing thru -
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