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THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1942 SYNOPSIS CHAPTER I—Karen Waterson. convinced by her lawyer, John Colt, that she has a claim to the island estate and fortune of her grandfather, Garrett Waterson. arrives in Honolulu to attempt 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 H—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. CHAPTER III—Next day as Dick takes Karen sailing she learns that he knows who she is and that he is taking her to Alakoa. She wants to go back to Honolulu but he refuses to take her. CHAPTER IV—Although she is thrilled by the sight of the deep water island, Ala koa, Karen is afraid of what awaits her here. Dick finds that his uncle. James Wayne, is very ill. When Dick sees him, James Wayne is upset over the pending suit for the Island and tells Dick he will under no circumstances come to a settle ment. CHAPTER V—Dick tries to get Karen to reach a compromise for settling the status of Alakoa. but she will have none of it and tells him to discuss the matter with John Colt, her lawyer. She also tells him that a native house-girl, Lilua. is romantically interested in him. He laughs this off. CHAPTER VI—That night during a storm, James Wayne is found dead at his desk. Dick realizes that he has died from over work but believes some sort of shock must have been the immediate cause. He be lieves Karen was with his uncle at the time of his death. Dick now decides to take Karen back to Honolulu. CHAPTER VII—On the way back Dick tells Karen he loves her. They discuss plans for disposing of her claim to the island and she tells him that the matter must be aettled with Colt. They quarrel over this and on reaching Honolulu part on unfriendly terms, each decided to make a fight for Alakoa. While Karen is telling John Colt about her experiences with Tonga Dick she discovers that Colt too is in love with her. CHAPTER VIII—Dick Wayne attempts a compromise with John Colt and when his offer is refused he warns the lawyer that his case is washed up and the end of Karen’s Pacific adventure is in sight. Dick then goes to Alakoa and examines the books of the island property and learns that over a Jong period of time James Wayne had been paying out larsre sums of money for "old debts.” He calls a conference with his brothers. CHAPTER IX —Next morning. Dick’s brothers get a terrific shock when they learn that old Garrett Waterson is not dead but is now on his way to Alakoa. Dick explains that the old man left the island over 20 years before because he believed he was about to lose all his property. Being of violent temperament he wanted to get away from the past so he just dropped from sight. In the meantime Dick has been working for him. John Colt and Karen arrive at Alakoa that evening. CHAPTER X—Dick goes to Karen and tells her that she is not an heiress after all that her grandfather is very much alive and will very shortly arrive at Alakoa. He tells that he does not know what the old man will decide to do. He may see that Karen gets the island or he may allow the Waynes to keep it. Dick again tells her of his love for her and asks her to go away with him. She decides to go and they put out to sea in his boat. They discover that the native house-girl Lilua has stowed away in Dick's cabin. CHAPTER XI—Dick and Karen quarrel and she accuses him of having made love to the native girl. He denies this, and angered, orders the ship to return to Ala koa. Meanwhile, Hokano, Lilua’s native lover, who came aboard ship without Dick’s knowledge, attempts to kill his sweetheart and end his own life. He fails and is res cued after he has jumped overboard. CHAPTER XII—On the way back to Ala koa, Dick and Karen continue their quarrel and part there with each very angered at the other. Garrett Waterson’s boat arrives, and it is learned that the old man is sick. John Colt’s pilot tells Dick that the lawyer and Karen are anxious to leave Alakoa. CHAPTER XIII—Dick takes the island doctor out to Garrett Waterson’s boat and they find the old man very ill with a fever. Waterson wants to learn all he can from Dick about his granddaughter and says he would give a great deal to have just one look at her. Dick promises he will bring Karen to him. As he is about to leave the ship to get her he sees that Colt’s ship with Karen aboard has started for Honolulu. CHAPTER XIV—Dick gathers a crew of natives and starts out to overtake the ship and bring Karen back to grandfather. He succeeds in forcing the ship’s captain to put back to Alakoa. CHAPTER XV—Garrett Waterson is near death when Karen and Dick get back to Alakoa. but Karen convinces the old man ■he has come to care for him and he per mits her to take charge of his boat. She nurses him back to health. John Colt comes to the old man and offers him a proposi tion that would wrest control of the island from the Waynes. Waterson refuses and orders Colt to leave. He does so but Karen stays at Alakoa. Garrett Waterson asks Dick to sail to Nuku Hiva. where he has other property, to handle some busi ness transactions. Now go on with the story. After fie had" hung up the phone he sat for some time with his el bows on James Wayne’s desk. It was /ery difficult for him to compre hend the full meaning of what had happened. He was convinced that no ability of his own had decided James Wayne it must have been simply that no one could have known his brothers well without rec ognizing that they were futile and indecisive men. It was strange to think that this desk where James Wayne had sat so many years was now his own that he was supposed to sit there, and so manage James Wayne’s con ceptions of Alakoa that they should be brought to ultimate fruition. Plenty of exploitationists beside John Colt would be waiting to swal low Alakoa up if he should fail, and he did not believe that any of them could be expected to do well by Ala koa. It made him feel undersized, and unready but he could not imag ine failure—not in the long run. Presently he took up the phone again, and began trying to reach various people in Honolulu—lawyers mostly. The Holokai was waiting, ready to sail, but she had to wait. Most of the d'ay was gone before he had made sure that he really dared take the time to sail to Nuku Hiva, as he had promised Garrett Water son to do. Karen Waterson was waiting aboard the Holokai when Dick finally went aboard. His astonishment at finding her there was so complete that at first he did not know what to say to her. “My grandfather tells me,” Karen said, “that you are sailing almost any hour now.” “I have to go to Nuku Hiva for him.” “I know: I have learned quite a bit about island affairs while he’s been sick. You’d be surprised how much I know about how things are done in the South Seas.” He still didn’t know why she had come aboard the Holokai, but he didn’t want to ask. “Looks like good weather,” he of fered. “The Holokai ought to make good time.” “I hope you have a dandy trip.” “Thanks.” “But weren’t you intending to touch at Honolulu, before you sail south?” He started to tell her that he was not, but checked himself. “Why do you ask?” “I was hoping you’d give me a lift. My grandfather will get along very nicely now, I think. Of course, he'd be glad to take me to Hono lulu on the Sarah but he ought not to go to sea for another ten days yet, and he simply won’t go ashore. And I think—I would like to get away.” He knew’ that one of Alakoa’s lit tle cattle boats could give her pas sage to Honolulu in a day or tw’o but she didn’t seem to know this, and he decided not to mention it. “Of course I’ll be glad to take you to Honolulu.” She smiled a little. “I knew you would. In fact, I even had my bag gage put in the cabin." That, too, somewhat surprised him, but he only said, “We’ll weigh anchor soon.” “I think,” Karen said, “I’ll go be low and take a nap, if you don’t mind. There hasn’t been an awful lot of sleep to be had aboard the Sarah.” When she had gone below and curled up on Dick’s own bunk, Tonga Dick found that he was bit terly disappointed. He had supposed that the trip to Honolulu would give him a chance to talk to her again but she might just as well have wait ed for the cattle boat, if she was going to sleep the voyage out. By the time they were well out beyond the coral, Dick was trying to think of a plausible excuse for W’aking her up. He rigged a tray with a fish sandwich, a stalk of cel ery, a whisky soda, a glass of iced coffee, and a cup of tea, and carried it back to her bunk. Karen had to smile when he roused her to offer the silly assortment. It seemed to him that she looked astonishingly bright and fresh for someone so much in need of sleep. “I didn’t really think you’d want any of this junk,” he admitted. “I want to talk to you, Karen.” “Well?” “You remember the night when I boarded the Seal, and made you come back to Alakoa?” “Could I ever forget it? You were extremely piratical, and unpleasant. I could have killed you.” “I didn’t know then that you were running off to Honolulu to marry John Colt. But I was afraid you were. I didn’t really think that it would do your precious grandfather any good to bring you back I was pretty sure he wouldn’t even recog nize you. And I know it’s none of my business who you marry. But sometimes when people do some thing in a hurry it turns out to be a mistake.” “Interference with other people’s affairs is usually a mistake.” “That’s not what I meant. I’m not sorry I turned the Seal. As it turned out, it actually did pull old Garrett Waterson through, I think.” “For heaven’s sake, sit down,” said Karen. “You make me nerv ous, swaying around like that.” Dick sat down on the edge of the bunk. “There’s still plenty of time for you to marry John Colt.” “You may as well know,” Karen sakid, “that I’m not going to marry John Colt.” “But you were going to, weren’t you?” “Yes I was going to. I was hurt, and angry, and disgusted with the whole thing. I wanted to get away from Alakoa and everything about it. To marry John seemed a quick and complete escape. But I’m glad now that you turned the Seal.” He studied her carefully to see if she meant for him to draw encour agement from that, but decided that she did not. Karen seemed im mensely detached. “My grandfather thinks that he sent Colt back to Honolulu,” Karen went on, “but he did not. I was the one who sent him back. The raid on Alakoa is over, Dick.” “I should imagine,” Dick said ironically, “that you’ll have another chance at it later. Garrett Water son isn’t going to live forever.” Karen flushed faintly. “I wish you wouldn’t talk like that.” “When Garrett Waterson is dead,” Dick pointed out, “your case will be as good as ever.” “I wouldn’t be interested,” Karen said. “I see things differently now. When John Colt first worked out our plan for claiming Alakoa, it seemed daring and romantic—very adven turous, and all that sort of silliness. But that was when Garrett Water son was just a forgotten name. He’s real now, and I know him, and I like him. And he is my own grand father. I wouldn’t be able now to try to discredit his name.” “That’s the way you feel now. Two weeks ago you felt differently, and in two weeks more you’ll probably feel differently again.” “I thought you might be afraid of that,” Karen said. “But you don’t need to be—not any more. I have a present for you, Dick.” She hunted around for her hand bar, found it, and produced a piece of paper. “This is for you.” He unfolded the sheet and glanced at it. It was closely written in Kar en’s own hand at the bottom was the huge scrawling signature of Garrett Waterson, witnessed by Stahlquist and Karen Waterson her self. “What is this?” “Didn’t you know that James Wayne has been making additional payments on Alakoa, all through the last twenty years?” “I thought he was I couldn’t prove it, I guess.” “You can prove it now. That’s a receipt from Garrett Waterson for two hundred and seventeen thou sand dollars. Incompetent or not, he was properly paid for Alakoa and that receipt acknowledges it. I thought I’d better get it for you— and save you a headache.” “Karen,” Dick asked, “why have you done this?” “I’m sick of having you worry for fear I’m going to get your island away from you. I don’t want your old island. You’d better take care of that receipt, and not sit there creasing it all up. Your brothers are going to want it—and I suppose, after all, Alakoa is more theirs than yours.” He wondered irrelevantly if he should tell her that this was not so but let it pass. “What are you go ing to do now?” “I’m going back to San Francisco and look for a job.” “But Garrett Waterson will want—” “I’m not going to fasten onto him. He.’s tot troubles of his own J’ (To be continued) Circus To Be Here Thursday, May 21 Mills Bros. Three Ring Circus will exhibit in Bluffton Thursday, May 21, at Schmidt’s field, where per formances will be given at 2 and 8 p. m. Through arrangements made with the Civilian Defense Council under whose auspices the circus will ap pear, the big show is presented here. Standing 12 feet tall and weighing five tons and four inches taller than the famed “Jumbo” is “Goliath” world’s largest elephant who will attract many admirers in the men agerie. Two thrilling performances are produced in three rings and on the hippodrome track, thrill upon thrill by death-defying aerial stars and acrobats, trained domestic and wild animals, jests and pantomime by funny clowns, youth and beauty will compete for honors in a most exhil arating circus performance. Remember, Thursday, May 21, is circus day in Bluffton and the Ci vilian Defense Council will receive fifty per cent of all adult tickets sold in advance of the show’ date. Special school children’s tickets will be on sale in the schools and com munity whereby all children will be admitted to the afternoon show’ for only 20 cents including tax and if these tickets are obtained before show’ day from the Boy Scouts they w’ill save the “kids” a dime as the general admission price to the cir cus is 30 cents for children. New’s Want-ads bring results. INSURANCE Do not let your auto mobile insurance lapse. Whether you drive a little or a lot your insurance is still essential. 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Trippiehorn Phone 161-W THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OF IO PeM&ncd Showers aplenty and to think that it wasn’t so long ago that we wondered if it ever would rain again looks like open season for mush room hunters warm and moist in the woods lots of folks out looking for the fungi last Sunday and driving miles in their search might have found better ones! nearer home and when they’re looking for mushrooms they don’t spare the tires ... or the gas and if the oldtimers in the Settle ment are correct we’ll be in for rain most of the week we’ve heard the old saying about rains in the middle of May and the three bad boys can’t remember just what it w’as but it always seemed to w’ork have to w’atch it this year to see if it holds good. They call ’em sugar ration cards— but that card with the little cou pons you got last week doesn’t say a word about sugar. Anyway it gets us our allotment, so why w’orry about it. Although the teachers registering sugar consumers worked without pay, one applicant for a sugar card on being informed that there was no charge for the service offered to buy the teacher a glass of beer. Flowers to Coach Burcky at the College. Andy Anderson, Toledo U. mentor who addressed the Lions club here last wreek in referring to “Zig” commented: “I never saw a man who could do so much with so little”. Chinese peony tree in full bloom in the front lawn of Miss Louise Ruhl on South Main. Different from the usual peony shrubs. Said to have been brought here by the late Geo. Ritzier all of forty years ago or more. Ritzier was Bluffton’s leading flower fancier in those days and did a lot with this hobby. There was plenty of off the record comment when word came that Bluff ton would not get its fire truck, due to WPB ruling that “critical ma terials” were involved. Looks as if the fire truck project was caught in a jam of officials working at cross purposes. Bluffton, it has been pointed out repeatedly by civilian de fense heads is an important cog in the nation’s industrial wrar effort and as such would be a sought for target in possible enemy air raids. However, the WPB ruling would in fer that Bluffton’s status in the de fense program is not deemed suffi cient for allotment of a new fire truck. Probably no greeting on Mother’s day was more appreciated than the one received by Mrs. J. E. Steiner of Thurman street. It came by cable from her son Cleon who is with the army air corps in Australia. Speaking of dashing co-eds, you’ll see Bluffton’s dashingest Thursday afternoon at the girls intramural track meet at the college when they compete for prizes in the 50 and 100 yard dashes in the annual spring athletic event. Beg pardon—Robert Schaublin is a physical education instructor at the army air field in Biloxi, Miss., in stead of an instructor in flying as stated in last issue. “Each week I look forward to reading the ‘big letter’ from home”, writes Dorothy Bixel of Chicago in a card addressed to us. Spring travels northward more slowly than one might realize. Com ing to Bluffton from her home in Niagara Falls recently, Mrs. Byron Stratton said when she left that place the Niagara river was filled with floating ice and as she passed through Lorain she saw’ youngsters on the bathing beaches enjoying a pre-season swim. Mrs Stratton, formerly of Bluffton, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. McCune. Billy Haller, Don and John Trip plehorn had lots of fun last Satur day making a tree house at the Trip plehom lot on South Main street. After hours of work the house col lapsed wdth Billy in it and then the rain started which added to the dif ficulties. Next Sunday afternoon will be a red letter day for the gas airplane model enthusiasts in Bluffton as most of them are planning to enter the gas model contest at Mt. Cory. Last year hundreds of contestants of this district participated in the the colorful event The air is thick with gasoline propelled planes of all hues and descriptions. Some of them soar so high that the owner never sees them any more. Gas model de votees in Bluffton are: John Bracy, Hugh Chamberlain, David Frick, Roger Klay, Walter Stannus, Joel Kimmel and Ralph Short. Jeeps, beeps and peeps dominated the scent at the army training camp at Ft. Knox, Ky., where Anna Mc Ginnis visited her sister 2nd Lieut. Mary McGinnis, an army nurse at the camp. Inquiring as to what these vehicles are we w’ere informed that a jeep is a small and very rug- You may not think that your old windmill tower... or worn-out cultivator ... or useless auto .. .can be the makings of a WARPLANE to beat the Axis—but it’s true! War Plants today turn this scrap iron and old metal into planes, guns, tanks and ships for Victory! But to keep up production—Uncle Sam needs your help in salvaging all possible scrap iron right now! Don’t collect “too little, too late”—round up all i scrap iron around your farm, home, shop or store I today! Then sell at once—just call your nearest Scrap Iron Dealer or Auto Wrecker. This message paid for h) The Ohio Steel laundry Co. Lama Ohio a plant working 100% on Steel Castings for war needs. W*HTED...SCRAP 10 keep war ged automobile for military use a beep is a motor scooter with carry ing facilities and a peep is a min iature one seated jeep. AAA Edgar Hauenstein, Bluffton phar macist, tells us that customers in variably prefer to have their change handed to them rather than have it placed on the counter. Being cur ious about the matter Mr. Hauen stein decided to ask a large sample of his customers as to their prefer ence and the big majority said they would rather have the money handed to them. As to the reason why, we would venture that some slightly less effort is required to have the change put directly into one’s hand. While walking on Fox hill several boys sighted an opposum and scrambled down the steep bank after the animal. When they came to the animal they found that instead of an opposum it was just a clump of grass with a remarkable simulation of the animal. The breathless ad venturers were: Karl and Earl Frick, Dean Ferguson and Beryl Myers. One of the finest collections of foreign stamps in town is owned by Maynard Pogue, seventh grade stu dent. Included in hs collection is the sought for death mask issue from Serbia. Pictured on the stamp are the profiles of tw’o important contemporary rulers. Turned upside down the picture seen is that of the death mask of King Peter the form er ruler of the country. While hiking through the woods Saturday, Robert Stratton, Otto Klassen and Charles Trippiehorn discovered a nest of 18 pheasant eggs and nearby a nest of thrush eggs. A note of realism w’as injected into the civilian defense rally Mon day night at the high school while Forrest Steinman chief air raid warden was speaking to the group. Just as Steinman was advising the group to always keep calm in try Pine Restaurant 140 N. Main Street Phone 368-W ,utRt WMMdHg /S ^la YOUlt FA™? KANY* S PAGE SEVEN ing situations the lights went off and the whoosh-boom of dropping “bombs could be heard against a back ground of droning planes and whin ing projectiles. Then the lights flashed on and it was seen that the sound effects were made by a phono graph over the public address sys tem. Armorsville Mr. and Mrs. Leo Beagle and family of Detroit spent Saturday and Sunday at die W. I. Moore home. Mr. Alex McBain called at the Geo. Boedicker home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wilkins and family called Sunday afternoon at the C. E. Klingler home. Miss Treva Grismore spent the week end with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Hartman. The L. A. S. and W. M. S. fill meet this Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Eva Moser. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hartman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Purl Hartman called Sunday afternoon at the O. P. Hartman home. Those that spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Reed Hilty and daughter of Piqua were Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Hilty and daughter Rosann, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ewing, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Young and son, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hilty and son of Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. Olen Friedley of Dunkirk. Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Matter spent the week end at the Chas. Montgomery home. Sunday after noon callers were Mrs. Eva Moser and daughter Rosella, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Klingler and son. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Montgomery and daughter called on Mrs. Eva Montgomery of Ada, Sunday even ing. 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