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TIP
Island
LeMAY
SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER I—Karen Waferann. eonxHnewt
by her lawyer, John Colt, that’zhe has a
claim to the island estate and fortune of
her grandfather. Garrett Waterson. arrives
in Honolulu to ati'mpt to gain control of the
property. Here she meets Richard Wayne,
or Tonga Dick, as he is known throughout
the South Pacific. He is a member of the
Wayne family that has been in control of
her grandfather’s island, Alakoa, since the
old man’s disappearance. Although Tonga
Dick knows who she is, Karen attempts to
conceal her Identity from him. Dick offers
to take her sailing and she accepts.
CHAPTER n—Dick goes to the home of
his half-brothers. Ernest and Willard, for a
conference regarding their interest in Ala
koa. In the course of their discussion it is
revealed that the Wayne family obtained
the island for a small sum and under the
direction of the boys’ uncle. James Wayne,
it has been developed to where it has as
sets of around three million dollars. The
Waynes are worried that Karen may have
a good claim to
the island.
Now go on with the story.
Karen turned uneasy. She said,
“Dick—what is it?”
“You’re very lovely,” he said.
“It’s only fair to tell you this: in
every way that I can imagine, you’re
the loveliest thing I’ve ever seen on
the earth or the face of the sea.”
“Well, really, are you making love
to me now?” It was a flimsy de
fense in contradiction to his words,
she knew that he was not making
love.
“No man of any sense pretends
to know anything about women,”
Tonga Dick was saying. “The old
Island people drew deadlines past
which no woman co ild come, and
those lines were drawn by darkness,
and fear. They knew the truth—
that it is not possible for a man to
know what things govern a wom
an. Yet I’ll tell you this: it would
be easy for anyone to believe in
you, even without understanding you
at all.”
He was speaking as if from behind
a wall. Suddenly Karen Waterson
knew what he had meant, and it ac
counted for the flat sound of words
that should have been love-making.
A sharp and immediate panic swept
her as she understood, all at once
and completely, that Richard Wayne
knew who she was.
She jerked her eyes from his face
and stood up, bracing herself against
the reel of the little schooner. A
glance across the face of the sea
told her a startling thing, before un
considered. All that day, since ear
ly morning, they had been striking
straight out from Honolulu into the
open Pacific.
“I think,” she said, “vre’d better
go back, hadn’t we?”
There was defeat and admission of
defeat in that but, knowing what
she now knew, she could hope for
nothing to Khe’ world here, except a
means of return. “We’ll be very
late into Honolulu.”
"A little,” Dick said.
“But if you’ll turn now—
“The funny thing about it,” he
said oddly, “is that we can’t turn
back. At least not yet.”
"You mean—you mean—”
“Don’t worry,” Dick said: "there
isn’t anything to worry about. Mean
while—if you’ll look across the star
board bow, you’ll see Alakoa—Kar
en.”
Alakoa, as seen from this ap
proach, rose steeply from the wa
ter the folds of her hills were of a
shadowy and unearthly blue, but the
rays of the sun, slanting low now,
struck her tall up-thrusting ridges
with traceries of red gold. There
was something terribly appealing
about Alakoa as Karen saw it then.
In one way it seemed so little in that
vast expanse of salt water, the very
intensity of whose deep blue seemed
to speak of a vital strength, a vast
living will which nothing could with
stand nor deny. Yet Alakoa rose
bravely from the heart of the sea,
so tall that it seemed slenderly tall.
Karen’s throat was hurting, as she
looked at that steep little island,
lonely to the ocean, almost as if
she remembered it.
A peculiar awe was upon Karen
Waterson. She said to herself,
“They say that this belongs to me.
All this is supposed to be my own.
Well, I don’t think it rightfully be
longs to anyone.” Then, after a mo
ment—"And yet, I am trying to
seize it, to capture it—” The sense
of awe turned to one of swift panic.
Tonga Dick stood up, rising lightly
on one heel instead of two, and
reached for her hand. When she
did not give it he took her wrist,
and pulled her to the forward rail,
beside the reaching bowsprit.
“Of course,” he said, "you don’t
see much of it from here. There’s
four thousand feet of rise in those
highest hills. The cane fields, the
rice paddies, and the little fishing
villages are all on the other side.”
Karen stared at Alakoa with an
irresistible fascination. Before her
eyes certain things had suddenly
taken visible form. That rise of land
from water represented three mil
lion which she had set herself to ap
propriate. It represented—or, at
least, a part of it did—all the her
itage of this man at her side, a
heritage which she was about to
make her own. Oddly, the fact that
he knew this, seemed to make more
difference than the fact itself.
Karen dropped her eyes to the rail.
Suddenly, impelled by a need of
near, human comfort, she slid her
hand along the rail and slipped it
under the quiet hand of Richard
Wayne.
Tonia. Dick did net turn or move.
At first a tremendously reassur
ing warmth flowed into Karen
through the touch of Dick Wayne’s
hand, and she steadied. After a mo
ment, however, she recognized that
the light pressure of this man’s hand
was no more comforting than it was
inimical instead it was awakening
and disturbing, like something elec
tric. Stiffly she drew her hand away.
“And now what?” she asked.
“We’ll land in another hour," he
told her.
“In another hour? But Honolulu
“I mean, on Alakoa.”
When Karen was certain of what
he had said, angry tears sprang into
her eyes. “You mean you’re not go
ing to turn back?”
“I’m afraid I can’t.”
“You can’t what?”
“I can’t turn back. You see, I
have received an extremely urgent
radio from Alakoa. It will be nec
essary for us to land. I think, Kar
en, you had better plan to spend the
night as Alakoa’s guest.”
“This is preposterous,” Karen
said. “I certainly shall do nothing
of the kind.”
“Now, now,” Dick said soothingly.
“I was hoping you would enjoy it.”
“Just when,” Karen demanded,
“did this extremely urgent
gram come in?”
radio-
about
whom
her more
man with
match wits than
His answer told
the nature of this
she had chosen to
anything he had yet said.
“About two hours before we sailed
from Honolulu, this morning.”
"Then you’ve known all the
time—”
“Oh, yes.”
She drew in her breath, and for a
moment held it. Then she managed
to break free her words, and they
poured out against him. “You can’t
do that—you can’t do it—do you
hear me? Every law in the world—”
He waited in silence until she was
done, though in truth he seemed not
to hear. He even stared at her ab
stractedly a second or two when
she was out of breath.
Then he sung out the length of the
vessel.
"Inyashi!”
“Yes, Tonga!”
"Engines! Start up the Diesel!
Kamaku, wh re are you? Man
sheets! You i the w’heel—up two
points, and w| :h where you’re go
ing.”
The deep bea of the Diesel began
to shake the He okai, and the little
ship rose slashh and reeling into
a racing speed.
“This is kidnap,” Karen said. Her
voice was steady now the anger was
still there, but leveled now by some
thing very like a calculating hate.
Tonga Dick smiled. “Shanghai,”
he corrected her. “We call it shang
hai, at sea.”
"I can’t imagine,” Karen said,
“what you can possibly expect to
gain by this.”
"I’m very much surprised that
you’re not more interested,” Dick
said.
out to take possession of Alakoa, I
should think you’d like to see what
it looks like.”
“I can see it perfectly plainly
from here.”
“You see a rock sticking out of the
sea,” he admitted. "There are a
good many thousands of them in
the Pacific. But you can’t see from
here any of the things that make
Alakoa desirable to you and to your
Inasmuch as you have set
Stealing a glance over her shoul
der, Karen saw that Dick himself
now took the wheel.
friend John Colt. WHat is really in
teresting, from a financial stand
point, is the development that the
Waynes have made—the flumes that
make the cane fields possible, and
the mills. Those things have taken
a good many years to build with
out them Alakoa would still support
only a handful of fishermen, and
would certainly never have come to
the attention of Mr. Colt."
Karen
strange
brought
cried out, with a passion
to herself, “If you’ve
me out here to preach at
“Be sure of this,” he said crisply.
“I preach to no one. I brought you
here for the same reason that you
came. I wanted to know what you
were like. Isn’t that what you want
ed of me?”
“Yes,” Karen Waterson said. Her
voice was suddenly quiet.
(To be continued)
LOCAL AND LONG
DISTANCE HAULING
Every Load Insured
STAGER BROS.
Bluffton, Ohio
A series of Christmas parties have
been held by the high school classes.
The senior class held their party at
the home of Evelyn Moyer on Mon
day evening. The junior class had
a party on Wednesday evening at
the home of Geraldine Henry. On
Thursday evening the seventh grade
had their party at Katheryn Bal
mer’s, the eighth grade at Ruth
Jones, the freshmen at Katherine
Petersons, and the Sophomores went
Christmas caroling and held a party
at the home of Virginia King.
Chapel Friday was in charge of
the Junior and Senior Bible classes.
The following program was given:
Scripture, Paul Stuckey Piano duet,
Robe^a Manges and Edith Stuber
Reading, Carl Pendell, Whistling
Solo, Junior Bowersox song, “Silent
Night”, Junior Bible class Violin
solo, Peggy Flora Accordion and
Violin duet, Lois Albro and Oletha
Jean Clymer Marimba solo, Geniece
Wagner Play by the Senior Bible
class Piano solo, Alice Garton and
a talk on “The Annual” by Lucille
Shafer.
The school is decorated in a gay
note of festivity for the coming
Holiday season. If you should come
into the school some day you might
hear the Girls’ Glee club singing,
“Glory To God”, or the orchestra
playing, “Jingle Bells”.
Elrose
Union prayer services on Wednes
day vening of this week at the Olive
Branch church.
A Christmas party was enjoyed
by Class No. 2 of Olive Branch S.
S. school, Monday evening at the
home of their teacher, Mrs. Wade
Marshall.
Sunday guests at the Everett Bish
home were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bish
of Detroit, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Bish and son Billie of Jackson.
Mrs. J. R. Fisher left for Marion,
Sunday to be at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Walter Gallant.
Mrs. Herbert Crates of near Jenera
and Mary Koontz of Bluffton spent
Sunday at the Frank Dray home.
N. R. Elzay and Henry Arnold are
still ill at the Bluffton hospital.
Lendon Basinger and family were
Sunday guests at the Eugene Ba
singer home in Bluffton.
A family gathering was enjoyed on
Sunday at the Ami Nonnamaker
home. Guests included Mr. and Mrs.
C. V. Klingler and family of Ada
Howard Nonnamaker and family of
near *Ada Mrs. Henry Arnold and
daughter Bess. Afternoon callers
were Mrs. Mary Hartman, and son
Cloyce of Hoytville and John and
Fem Koch.
The origin of the Christmas carol,
“Hark the Herald Angles Sing,” was
related by Joan Battles at the morn
ing services, Sunday at the Olive
Branch church. Miss Betty Jean Ed
dinger then sang the carol. These
discussions have been well given and
enjoyed by the audience. A short
Christmas program was given by the
various classes during the Sunday
school hour.
Albert Koch, daughter Frances and
Mr. Lane of Detroit, Mich., spent
Sunday with H. R. Koch and family.
Pandora
Mrs. Reno Krohn will
Christmas with her son and
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Krohn in
spend
family,
Detroit.
School will be dismissed Wednes
day afternoon until January 5 for
the holiday season.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Steiner re
turned from Bob Jones College,
Cleveland, Tenn., and are spending
their vacation in the Mrs. David
Steiner home.
The Pandora post office is busier
this season than it has ever been.
Ralph Davidson of Roger City,
Michigan, is spending several days
in the Grover Davidson home.
The St. John Mennonite church
will give Christmas pageants Thurs
day night. The pageants will be:
“The Great Light” and "The Guest
of the East.”
Miss Miriam Diehl, a teacher in
Akron, returned home this week to
spend her vacation with her parents,
Rev. and J. Diehl.
beautiful
Some
contest
by the
Many i homes have
Christmas decorations here,
are entering the lighting
which is being sponsored
Pandora Times.
have a
The Methodist church will
Christmas Eve service at the church
Wednesday evening at 11 p. m.
Vilas Burry recently purchased a
1942 Hudson automobile from Steve
Morvay Sales.
Miss Ethel Moyer of Lima and
Evan Davidson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Grover Davidson were united in
marriage in a double ring ceremony
in Elmore, Ohio, Dec. 13. The cere
mony was performed by Rev. Dibert
former pastor of the Methodist
church here.
NeW Year’s Party
A New Year party will be held at
the Paulding Center Community
house south of Bluffton on Wednes
day evening of next week. The party
is being sponsored by the Paulding
Center Homecoming association.
MISSIONARY CHURCH
A. F. Albro, Pastor
SUNDAY:
9:30 Sunday school.
10:30 Morning worship.
7:00 p. m. Children’s meeting.
7:00 p. m. Young People’s society.
7:30 p. m. Evangelistic service.
Wednesday, 8 p. m. Christmas
program.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
Rockport:
9:30
Sermon
Delta.
10:30
Bluffton:
9:30 a. m. Sunday school.
10:50 a. m. Morning worship.
Sermon by Rev. Chas. Donaldson of
Delta.
a. m.
by Rev. Chas. Donaldson
Morning worship,
of
a. m. Sunday school,
DEFENSELESS MENNONITE
E. G. Steiner, Pastor
9:30 Sunday school.
10:30 Communion service.
7:30 Young People’s service.
8:15 Sermon by Rev. John Esau.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
J. A. Weed, Minister
SUNDAY:
9:00 a. m. Church school.
19:00 a. m. Morning worship.
Sermon topic, “That Wonderful
Name.”
5:45 p. m. Junior High Epworth
League.
6:00 p. m. Senior Epworth League.
Rebirth of
on Sunday
invited.
movie film entitled, “The
a Nation” will be shown
evening, Jan. 4th. Public
A sound
EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED
CHURCHES
Emil Burrichter, Pastor
Emmanuel’s:
Christmas program Thursday
evening at 8:00 p. m.
Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.
Public worship at 10:45 a. m.
Annual Congregational meeting in
Jan. 4th after the morning
St. John:
service.
at 9:00
Christmas morning service
a. m.
Sunday school teachers
Primary and Junior departments are
having a party for their pupils Sat
urday afternoon between 2 and
o’clock in the church basement.
of the
RAWSON U. B. CHARGE
Paul Zimmerman, Pastor
Rawson:
9:30 a. m. Sunday school,
Romick, Supt.
7:30 p. m. Preaching.
Pleasant View:
9:45 a. m. Sunday school,
Harris, Supt.
10:45 a. m. Preaching.
Olive Branch:
9:30 a. m. Preaching.
10:30 Sunday school, Wade
shall, Supt.
6:30 p. m. C. E.
4
Sunday school at 9:15 a. m.
Public worship at 10:45 a. m.
Annual congregational meeting
Jan. 1st, following a fellowship sup
per in the church basement at 6:30.
Potluck.
on
Jacob
John
Mar-
CHURCH OF CHRIST
G. D. Bright, Minister
Bluffton:
G:15 a. m. Bible school, C. Emans,
Supt.
10:15 a. m. Lord’s Supper. Ser
mon, “Looking Anew.”
No C. E. society meetings.
Beaverdam:
9:30 a. m. Bible school, C. Am
stutz, Supt.
10:30 a. m. Lord’s Supper.
No C. E. society meetings.
Your minister and wife extend to
you all, a very Joyous Christmas
Day.
EBENEZER MENNONITE
Arnold C. Schultz, Pastor
Wednesday: 7:30 p. m. A special
Christmas program will be rendered
by the children of the church.
THURSDAY:
10:00 a. m. Christmas service. The
NOTICE TO
DOG OWNERS
Residents of Hancock
County may purchase dog
tags for the year 1942
from Zelma Ingalls at the
Community Market in
Bluffton, Ohio.
Male Dog $1.00
Female Dog $3.00
for Registration
No Fee
Frank H. Huffman
Hancock County
Auditor
WE PAY FOR
HORSES $4.00
COWS $2.00
(of size and condition)
Call
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Amstutz.
SUNDAY:
9:30 a. m. Sunday school.
10:30 a. m. Morning worship. The
message will be brought by Lan
dolene Amstutz.
7:45 p. m. Evening service. Mr.
Jesse Hoover of the Mennonite
Central Committee will give an ad
dress on the relief work in Europe.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the services of the church.
FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH
H. T. Unruh, Pastor
THURSDAY:
9:00 a. m. A short Christmas day
service.
7:30 p. m. Children’s Christmas
day program.
SUNDAY:
9:00 a. m. Church school.
10:00 a. m. Church worship, in
cluding a child consecration service.
There will be no evening services
in this church. We shall unite with
Ebenezcr Mennonite church for the
evening services. Mr. Hoover, a re
lief worker from Europe, will be
the speaker in the evening.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Sunday services at 10:30 a. m.,
subject: “Christian Science.”
Testimonial meeting at 7:30 Wed
nesday evening.
The reading room at the church
open every Wednesday from 2:00
4:00 p. m. The public is invited
is
to
to
all services and to visit the reading
room.
This society is a branch of the
Mother Church, the First Church
Christ Scientist, Boston, Mass.
of
Phyllis Steiner Is
“Messiah” Soloist
Miss Phyllis Steiner, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. Eli Steiner of South
Jackson street and a student at Tay
lor university, Upland, Ind., was the
contralto soloist in the college choral
society’s presentation of the “Mes
siah” given on the campus last
Wednesday night. The musical event
was broadcast over station W’KMO.
The choral society joined with the
choral groups of Goshen college and
Manchester college in a presentation
of “The Messiah” at North Manches
ter, Ind., recently.
Miss Steiner has appeared as solo
ist in several programs at the col
lege this year. She was a student
at Bluffton college last year.
NOTICE
The Board of Trustees of Richland
Township will have a final meeting
of the year Saturday evening, Dec.
27th, at 8 o’clock. Any one having
bills against the Township please
present them not later than 8
o’clock on above date at the Town
ship room.
N. W. Basinger,
Clerk
tlf
New Scout Troop
Installation services for the new
Boy Scout troop No. 82, sponsored
by the American Legion, will be
held at the Legion hall Monday
night at 7:30 o’clock.
Parents of the scouts, members of
the American Legion, Boy Scout
troop 56, sustaining members of the
Shawnee area and all others
terested in scouting are invited
attend the services, it was stated
Woodrow Little, scoutmaster.
in
to
by
Troop No. 70 of Lima will have
charge of the installation ceremon
ies.
CARD OF THANKS
family
like to
of Hiram S.
express their
The
Locher
sincere
demon-
would
appreciation for all of the
strations of friendship and sympathy
occasioned by our father’s sudden
death.
Olive Locher Murray
Oliver G. Locher
Ruth A. Locher
A period of rapidly rising prices is
bad time to go in debt for all
persons except those who can pay
off the indebtedness while the price
level still is high. It is very danger
ous to incur long-time debts in a
period of rising prices.
a
Of the various factors resulting in
higher farm prices, the most im
portant appears to be increased in
come of consumers in the United
States. Factory payrolls have in
creased 76 per cent in the past two
years, and it is expected that these
payrolls will rise to even higher
levels in 1942.
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ENLIST NOW FOR
TRAFFIC SAFETY
John W Bricker
6avt»»oa
Among the victims of traffic ac
cidents, Gov. Bricker points out,
are skilled workers in defense
plants, military personnel at army
posts, thousands upon thousands
of Americans who may not con
sider themselves important but
who make up the manpower—the
most precious resource—of the
nation.
I Gov. Bricker has called on the
Ohio Department of Highways,
through its Division of Traffic O
Safety, to expend every effort pos
sible to meet the increased traffic
hazards of the times.
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A family dinner was enjoyed at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Welty of Cherry street Sunday night
at 6 o’clock. Present were: Mr. and
Mrs. Stewart Berryhill, son Dale
and daughter Doris of Columbus
Grove Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Steiner
and daughters Lois Jean, Eloise,
Winifred and sons Byron and Don
ald of Pandora.
Mr. and Mrs. George Nichols, son
Dean and daughter Joann, Mrs. El
dora Harshe, Lima Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Zimmerly, sons Donnie, Eu
gene and Robert and daughter Mar
jorie Lou, Bluffton Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbert Zimmerly, sons Clayton and
Junior and daughter Patricia Ann
of Leipsic Kenneth Bowersox of Ft.
Jennings. An exchange of gifts was
enjoyed.
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning
Hogs—160 to 180, $11.00 180 to
220, $11.10 220 to 250, $10.80
roughs, $9.50 stags, $8.25.
Calves, $14.00 lambs, $11.50.
Grain (bu. prices)—Wheat, $1.15
corn, 67c oats, 53c soy beans, $1.55.
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Bluffton, Ohio
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