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pfiESBYTERIANSTO
HAVE NIGHT MEET
Rev. S. E. Madren To Preach
At Union Services Sun
day Evening
rninn services of live local coop
, ' churches will be held Sunday
eia * ir the First. Presbyterian
Trcl ».h K-v. S B. Madren. pa.-
Cft ’the First Chris' ian church,
‘ ch ing. it was announced today.
p Thi< is the 'hird of the series of five
Sunday evening nn.on meetings of the
fhurches. the first having been at the
Methodist Protest ant church and the
second at 'he Fust Christian church.
On 'he tail'd Sunday evening in Au
,.t p r . H. A Ellis, retiring pastor
cMhe First Baptist church, will
tieach at 'he First Methodist church
and at the finul service, in the First
Fap tist enurch. the sermon will be
bv Rev. D. E. Earnhardt, pastor of
tbt First Methodist church.
Churches!
FIRST BAPTIST.
Pastor, Dr. Hugh A. Ellis.
Sunday school meets at 9:45 a. m.,
*Uh classes for all and a warm wel
come.
Morning worship at 11 a. m. The
preacher for the morning service will
be ‘he Rev. L. B. Reavts.
There will be a called meeting of
the church members at the close of
the morning service.
Special music by the choir.
Union service in the evening at 8
o'clock at the Presbyterian church
W ;ih the Rev. S. E. Maddren as the
preacher.
Miss Emma L. Jones will sing “Re
signation" by Romr at the morning
service.
FIRST CHRISTIAN.
Rev. S. E Madren, pastor.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m., John
A. Hall, superintendent.
11 a m. Morning worship. Sermon
by the pastor. Subject; “A Selfisih
Choice."
7 p. m. Christian Endeavor with I
Miss Catherine Newman as leader.
$ p. m. Union services at First !
Presbyterian church. Rev. S. E. j
Uadien w ill preach at this hour on I
the subject: "The Rules for the Race.” j
The public is cordially invited to
attend these services.
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FIRST METHODIST PROTESTANT. I
Dr. L. W. Gerringer, pastor.
9:45 a. m. Sunday school. C. F.
Tankersley, Jr., superintendent.
11.OC a. m. Morning worship. Pas
tors theme: ‘‘Our Invisible Helpers.”
S 00 p. m. Union service at Presby
terian church. Rev. S. E. Madren will
preach.
FIRST METHODIST.
Rev. D. E. Earnhardt, pastor.
Sunday school at 9:45.
Worship service at 11 a. m. with
sermon by the pastor. Text' for the
morning sermon, ‘‘Have you received
the Holy Ghost since you believed?”
ST PAULS CATHOLIC.
Montgomery and College streets.
Reverend Eugene P. Carroll, pastor.
Maas and ermon Sunday, Hender
son, at 10:30 a. m.
Mass and sermon Sunday, Oxford,
a: a a. m.
Hass daily at 7 a. m., Henderson,
ruesday August 15, Feast of the As
sumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Mass in Oxford at 7:30 a. m.
Mass in Henderson 9:15 a. m.
HOLY INNOCENTS EPISCOPAL.
Rev. I. W. Hughes, rector. *
7 30 a. m. Holy communion,
9 45 a. rn. Church school.
10 a. m. Men’s and women’s Bible
classes.
11 a. m. Morning prayer and ser
mon.
Evening prayer will be omitted.
St. John’s Mission, North Hender
son, 2 o’clock, churcih school.
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FIRST PRESBYTEBDVNi'V
Rev. W. C. Cummin^'
R W. Bruin, sup&fiKtfeh dent of Sun
day school. if.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. with
B;ble, clashes.
Moving service at 11 a. m. The pas
tor will preach upon “The Lost
Christ a message from Chicago.
the Christian Endeavor Society
will mee- at 7:15 p. m.
the Unton service at 8 o'clock will
he held in this church 6. E.
Madren will do the preap'ltfhg;. $
Come and worship with \tk/ ‘ f' n
Little Likelihood ’ H
Os Salary Raises
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highway funds for the next two years,
v >'ha' will it do with .this money? Will
t increase the salaries of its admit
ttd.y underpaid school teachers and
employes, or will it leave these sal
&Ties at 'heir present curtailed status
tmd this surplus money on its debts?
According to the most reliable in
formation that can be obtained from
purees close to the “powers' that be,”
here is what will be done:
1 Little if any of the surplus re
venue collected—or which now pro
iuikh to be collected—will be used to
increase the salaries of school teach
-11 s of other State employes whose
have been cut from 30 to 50
cent within the past two years.
- As much of this money as pos-
S'ble will be used to pay off outstand
ing notes held by North Carolina and
A j ew York bankers, despite the fact
llll ' the 1933 General Assembly au
thorized the issuance of $12,000,000 in
hon.Js with which to fund the deficit
ol he present biennium.
e 1 here are already two distinct
j 100 ls of thought here with regard
0 what should be done with the sur-
Pius revenue collected during the next
provided it actually mater
‘Zes. One of these groups thinks the
and budget bureau should
0 «•* increased revenue by quar-
Hannah
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Hannah was the wife of Elkanah and went up
with him -forti their home to Shiloh each year
to worship in the house of God. -While here she
prayed earnestly for a son and Eli the priest,
seeing her lips moving but hearing no words,
thought she was drunk.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light nnto my path—Psalm 119:105.
UlbpSllllThHflf AU religious teaching, doctrine or
11 %, ,'"'**.** * creed, if they are to have any claim
upon the love, loyalty and devotion of the people, must be in harmony vfrith
the teachings of Jesus the Christ whose words fit into every fold and crevice
cc t A h^t U ? ri T a^ l S e m^T^ nd . of whom lt wa3 said in John 7:46, “NEVER MAN
orAlkti LIKE IHIb MAN.
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Section 7—Matthew 5.33-37
guard you r tongue
33 Aga;.n, ye have heard that it ha th been said by them of old time, Thou
shall not forswear thyself, but s'halt p erform unto the Lord thine oaths:
3t Rut I say unto you. Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is
God’s throne:
3f> Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool:] neither by Jerusalem; for it
is the city of the great King. :
36 Neither shaft thou swer by thy head, because thou canst not make
one hair white or black.
3* ®mt let your communication be, Yea., yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever
is more than these cometh of evil. |
Controlled Currency Is
Not Wanted For America
Growing Sentiment In Favo r of It, But Government Will
Avoid It If Recovery Program Succeeds; Babson
Points Out Evils of the Undertaking
BV ROGER B. BABSON,
Copyright 1933, Publishers Finan
cial Bureau.
Babson Park, Mass., Aug. 11. —I feel
strongly that if business activity con
tinues to increase sharply, the United
States sen'iment in favor of a cheaper
dollar will rapidly fade. The “Brain
Trust” hopes that the attention of the 1
American people will be turned from
devaluation of the dollar to improve
ment in business. If the national re
covery program is successful, it will
be unnecessary to attempt some form
of inflation. If, however, the NRA
does not solve our problems, then the
administration may be forced to adopt
controlled currency in some form, such
as the “commodity dollar.” While
there is a growing sentiment in favor
of such a monetary unit, I think it is
necessary that we should all have a
clearer grasp of how it will work.
What Is a “Commodity Dollar?”
A “commodity dollar” is a form of
controlled or managed currency. It is
an attempt to find a dollar that will
have the same purchasing and the
same debt-paying power a generation
from now as it has today. A “com
modity dollar” in reality will be a
“cost of living dollar.” This new unit
will be based upon an index of prices
of basic commodities. Some commodi
ties will bt given more weight than
others in t:fts index, according to their
usefulness in Our daily life. For ex
ample, the raricd* !S of ,a bushel of wheat
may be given* five times the weight
of the-price VVf ar-pound of coffee. Un
der our present system, as prices' and’
the cost of living go down, the buyr
ing power of the dollar increases-Vand
people with fixed , incomes- benefit.
That is the stoity four years
On the other ffprid&thos’e unfortunates
who oynffaicted A debts in 1929 haye
beri#'#fyi‘ng back, their ToanW during
thej^ vtftH, "dollars having
nearly btfylng; power of those
whVclv they bfwToWeil.> >
'ihe aim of a “commodity dollar” or
“commodity wage” is to prevent this
rising and falling of the buying power
of the dollar by regulating its gold
content according to the movement of
general prices. As prices rise and the
purchasing power of the dollar be
comes less we will put more gold into
each dollar, thus lessening the number
of dollars available for business. The
result will be lower commodity prices.
Vice versa, when prices of raw ma
terials are falling we will take gold
out of the dollar. This is the cheaper
money for which the farmer, the min
er, and the fisherman always agitate
in hard times. Reducing the gold con
tent will incre«se the supply of cur
rency and will result in higher com
modity prices and a rising cost of liv
ing. The average wage-earner today
is not interested in such a scheme, but
if he has to support a family on S4O
a week and the cost of living jumps
50 per cent, he will find it mighty
hard to make both ends meet. So
whether he knows it or not, the sal
ters to the school teacfiers and other
State employes to augment their sal
aries, which have been cut so heavily
dui’ing 'he past three years. The
other group believes that none of this
surplus revenue should be used to in
crease salaries but that all of it should
be used to reduce the State’s indebt
edness as rapidly as possible. It is un
derstood that Governor J. C. B. Eh
ringhaus holds this latter view.
As a result, it ig not expected that
any of the school teachers or state
employes can look forward to any
salary increases before next July at
the- earliest —if at all.
,HBKTORgg~ fN.0.7 BftlLY DBPATCH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 1933 ”
aried worker really has a vital interest
in a “commodity dollar.”
Sonic Practical Objections.
While on paper a “goods-dollar” is
theoretically attractive, there are cer
tain practical objections to its adop
tion. I am very certain a controlled
currency of this type will not work
unless everybody is on a cash basis
as the time of Us adoption. The ad
ministration would probably choose
1926 as the normal price year in mak
ing up the commodity Index. Yet the
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8— An old man (slang)-*
11—Passengers 13—Everyone
14 — Greek letter
15— Song of praise
IC—An intoxicant
18—Auction 20—Connection
21— A rabbit and also a fish
22 — Defies 25—Excels
27—Leases
29 Stuffs with bacon
30— Mound 31—Unit
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37 Warning of danger
38— Embrace 40—Bang
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ILLUSTRATED SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
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God answered Hannah’s prayer and gave her a
son whom she named Samuel, meaning “Asked
of God”. She brought the child when very young
to Eli and told him how God had answered her
prayers and how in gratitude she was giving her
ehild to be trained a s Eli’s servant, in God’s house
great burden of debt which still hangs
over us today was contracted since
1926. Inasmuch as prices could not
reach 1929 levels under such a regulat
ed currency, this mass of debt could
never be paid up. If I were a Mus
siolini I should make it possible for
everybody to pay up their debts be
fore I experimented with an “elastic
dollar.” Furthermore, it would be sui
cide for the United States alone to
adopt such a currency. We would be
drained of our gold by countries which
had not assented t 0 the plan. Accord
ingly. I feel strongly that the suc
cessful working out of a commodity
currency depends upon its interna
tional adoption. Economists generally
recognize this today.
There is one group that would not
be satisfied with a socailed “rubber
dollar.” I have in mind those people
who depend upon one product for a
living. For instance, the farmer who
raises only wheat will not welcome
managed currency. Even jthough
wheat were given more weight than
many otner products, it could hardly
represent more ethan 5 per cent of
the total index. The price of wheat
might drop sharply, yet all a managed
currency could do for the farmer
would be to raise the general price
level. In such a rise, wheat would
share eonly to a slight extent. This
would be even more true of groups
such as the fishermen since fish and
like products would affect the general
index only slightly. A “commodity dol
lar,” however, would work nicely sos
copper, iron, coal, tin, and the mineral
industries in general inasmuch as
prices of metals and kindred products
usually depend upon the extent of in
dustrial activity. But I feel that there
would be endless wrangling and hard
feeling over the weighting of various
products in the index.
Not Feasible Under Democracy.
Furthermore. I do not believe the
“goods-dollar” would be successful un
der a democracy. I can not conceive of
a candidate winning an election on a
platform of increasing the gold con
tent of the dollar, o rin other words
on a platform of lower wages. His
opponent, promising to devalue the
dollar and bring higher wages, would
win hands down. It seems to me that
under a democracy we would have
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23—Come in 24—Vapor
25 Kris Kringle
26 Trample
28— Clique
29 The (Sp.)
32 Stared a*
33 — Aries
35 —Spat
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27 Wing-shaped
SO—Loyal
40— Thus
41— Span of time
42 Signal of distress
44 —Denial
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50— Exchange ; "emfutr
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Hannah got to see her son only once a year as
she came up to Shiloh to offer the yearly sac
rifice. But upon each visit she brought a little
coat which she made for him. With what love
she must have sewed on th.s coat wondering how
much hpr hov ht»d grown that vear'f
an endless depreciation of the dollar.
Such continued debasement of our
currency, accompanied by soaring
prices and wages, would eventually
bring us into a period such as Ger
man went through in 1923. History
shows that once a currency is debased
it is unlikely that it can ever resume
iis former parity. In 1925, England
tried to peg the pound at its old level
but eventually failed. The “commod
ity dollai" is a dangerous weapon to
,pu't into the hhnds of politicians car
rying public favor. I feel, therefore,
that, the successful administration of
a controlled currency would depend
upon some strong, courageous, and
foresighted man. In other words, I
believe it would work only under a
shumway"
KhjAU THIS FITtET:
Sally Owynne, traveling from Chi
cago to Daytona Beach. Fla., to be
secretary of John Kemble Proctor,
millionaire, discovers en route that
Proctor is dead, under suspicious cir
cumstances On the advice of Ted
Chandler, young itinerant newspaper
man, whom she met on the train,
Sally continues to Daytona. She goes
to the Proctor home and is persuaded
to remain, despite the tragedy, by
Fred Proctor, nephew of the slain
man. Ted who has fallen in love
with Sally, gets a job as chauffeur
to Proctor and the two of them de
termine to solve the mystery of the
old man’s death. Ted suspects Fred
and Sally pins her suspicions on Ous
Vitelli, an ugly old man, ivho appar
ently is a fixture. about the house.
Ted, returning from a ride in Proc
tor’s roadster, tells'a story of being
chased by a high-powered machine
on the beach and of being fired on
with machine guns and* sawed-off
shotguns The next morning Proctor
announces a houseboat party for that
evening. Sally has her misgivings
about going with Proctor, but decides
to go when told that others will be
present. Ted sulks at the news. Ted
is taken along to look after the en
gines. On the boat they dance and
are having a fine time when Sally,
strolling about the deck alone, decides
to look down into the forward cabin.
Once below, she finds Gus Vitelli,
tcho seizes her. Ted hears Sally’s
scream and goes to her assistance.
In the fight Ted is kicked and Vitelli
chases Sally to the deck. When Ted
recovers he finds Sally once again in
Vitelli’s grip on deck, lie jumps for
Vitelli and in the scuffle Sally is
thrown overboard. Ted unconscious
of her plight goes after Vitelli. Proc
tor arrives on the scene, prevents
Vitelli from shooting Ted. Then they
discover Sally is missing.
(NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY)
CHAPTER 23
WHEN TED had burst open the
door of the stateroom Sally had no
idea what was happening. All that
she knew was that something had
struck her violently in the back,
• Pitching hsC*fprward and with her
Guis Vitelli. Then she realized-.that
the pressure of his had*
t , relaxed and that he Was lying on the
floor under her. She leaped to her
feet, stepped back, bumped against
the door, knew- then that it was
open. Ot and whirled and darted
threag,/ jt as if from a cage of tigers.
Stri scrambled desperately up the
ladder, barking her shins and tear
ing the flesh of her hands, darted
toward the stern, stopped quickly,
then raced back toward the cabin
where there was light, where there
were people and sanctuary. Blit as
she ran she tripped over something
and fell flat forward to the deck.
For a moment she was stunned by
the shock and the dull. pain. When
she Cried to struggle to her feet Vi
telli was approaching. He laughed,
reached down and gathered her In
his arms as if she were a mere rag
doll.
Vitelli stumbled aft with her,
clasping his rough, tobacco-smelling
hapd over her mouth, searching for
aj. place of concealment. He set her
dbWn bit her feet, still clamping his'
right hand over her mouth, and en
circled her with his left arm in a
vicious embrace of cruel, animal pas
sion. She lost her breath and felt
her body weaken against his. For a
moment she thought she wafevlosing
consciousness. Then the hand left
her mouth and in its place came Vi
telli’s loose, wet, hungry lips, ex
posing the yellow fangs. She writhed
and managed to wriggle her head
aside, swaying to his furious breath
ing. Suddenly the pressure of his
arms relaxed; she felt a terrific push
and went spinning away, backwards,
•tumbling, weak, breathless, scarcely
conscious. #*
She struck the rail with her hip
and lost her balance. She felt her
self going over, as if pried by a
strong lever. In her fright she
clutched for the rail, felt it slip
through her fingers, felt something
tug violently at her dress, and the
next she knew she felt the shock of
the chilly water.
She went under In a rush and
whirl of blackness an<J foam. Suffo
catingly, the river closed ovCr her
for what seemed an interminable
time and she fought for breath and
struggled to reach the surface. When
at last she felt the welcome air she
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Samuel grew up to be a great and good man apd
became the successor to Eli whose own sons were
unfit to succeed him. He always was a credit
to his mother whose prayers were answered not
only in his birth but through his whole life.
GOLDEN TEXT—Proverbs 31:30
dictatorship.
For the reasons outlined, I do not
feel tha tihe “commodity dollar”
would function smoothly with human
nature as it is today. Personally, I
■think the adoption of a stabilized
n onetary standard is essentia' in the
long 1 un. It is fairly clear that the
geld .validat'd will be reestablished in
tha ri’tcipai Europea-: cci ni ie? and
in the United States. The point at
which the American dollar is stabiliz
ed will depend upon its long time
value in international trade. In that
connection we must remember that
while speculation can drive the dol
lar down temporarily, it sin'aniation
al value will be governed by the fact
we are a creditor nation not a debtor
rooxea snout, rreacnng water, and
saw the stern of the yacht many
yards down the river, rapidly leaving
her behind. She was too weak to
scream. Somehow she had sense
enough to realize that she would
have to save her strength; so she
kicked off her shoes and ripped her
dress from her body.
Her weight lightened, her mind
somewhat clearer from the shock of
the water, she looked about before
trying to strike out and swim. On
one sidr there was blackness broken
only by an occasional light that
seemed at least a mile away; on the
other she could make out. closer, the
tops of trees in the moonlight. Grad
ually her eyes became more accus
tomed to the darkness and she saw
that on that side lay a maze of
islands, heavily wooded, from which
tall palms arched up into the air and
were etched against the lighter
background of the eastern sky. She
kicked her feet to the surface and
summoned her remaining strength
for the swim. Hitting a rhythmic,
steady crawl, she headed for the
nearest island.
At * first the distance had not
seemed great but as Sally struggled
on, lifting one weary arm, then the
other, doggedly, she knew that she
might not reach the shore. Still she
swam. Until, finally, she let her
arms drop, swung over on her back
with what strength she had left, and
tried to float. Her numb, heavy legs
dropped down into the water and re
fused to help her. It was over. She
could swim no more and she could
not float. She closed her eyes,
caught her breath, and prepared to
sink. A little prayer flashed into her
mind and her lips moved instinctive
ly. There was a shock. Sally could
not believe what had happened. But
it had happened; her feet were on
the bottom, a soggy, treacherous
bottom, but the bottom nevertheless.
Courage and strength returned
and she made a last effort to stum
ble up to the shore of the island.
She took a few painful* steps, fell,
struck out and tried to swim a few
strokes, found her feet again, stum
bled on and at last fell forward upon
the shore.
Fqr nearly half -an hour Sally lay
there, cold, ; wet, exhausted, sick at
her stomach. She heard nothing,
saw nothing, knew only that she
was alive and on land and had no
care whether she was asleep , of;
awake. Finally, with a great effort,
she sat up and looked about. It was.
then that she realized she was
shaking with cold, clad only in her
torn silk stockings, her soaking
step-ins and lacy brassiere, her hair
plastered upon her head. She could
not remain there. ; There was but
one thing to do, to move, to get her
blood into circulation. After that
she could prowl about. Perhaps she
would find a shelter, a flm iffith
which to warm and dry herself. ' .(
Sally rose and walked up and down
the beach, waving her arms and
clasping her slender, softly curved
body. It occurred to her that it
might be warmer in the thick jungle
behind her, menacing as it looked.
She turned and made her way for
ward slowly, carefully, to avoid the
saw palmettos which cut at her bare
legs and threatened to tear her filmy
undergarments into shreds. She
dodged palmettos, clambered over
fallen tree trunks, left in the wake
of the last vicious windstorm, the
big blow to 1928, and gradually suc
ceeded in penetrating the woods.
She walked until she felt her legs
would drop away. Then she sat
down on a log and rested, still cold,
but by no* means as weak and sick
as she had felt when she first reached
the shore. She rose and plungow on,
sat again, rose again, and so it went
for An hour at least, and still she
saw nothing but trees, vines, pal
mettos, patches of wnite sand. How
long it took her she had no idea, but
at- last the bitter realization forced
its way stunningly into her mind,
the realization that she was hope
lessly lost on that island which at
first had seemed small but now ap
peared as large as the wprld Itself.
Sally felt sick inside again when
she realized that she could have re
mained on the beach and awaited
whatever assistance the yacht might
havf sent hep when they noticed her
disappearance. Perhaps they had
noticed .it instantly; perhaps they
had seen her fall. It was well
enough to think of these things now,
but two or three hours ago in her
PAGE THREE
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By the Rev. Alvin E. Bell
And Alfred J. Buescher
nation. If business continues to im
prove and prees continue to rise, dol
lar devaluation will lose its popular
ity. Therefore, I think it was highly
intelligent on President. Roosevelut’s
part to refuse to agree to stabiliza
tion of the dollar at the beginning of
the London Economic Conference. On
the other hand, I do hold to my fun
damental position that stabilization of
world currencies is necessary for the
resumption of world trade upon which
in the last ananysis the prosperity and
happiness of each nation depends.
Business, as registered by the Bab
sonchart, now stands at 39 per cent
above a year ago and only 17 per
cent below normal.
’ desperation she had had only ono'
thing in her mind and that was to
find a place on solid ground where
she could breathe free, clean, life
giving air.
Still she stumbled on, a strange,
wild-looking creature, nearly naked,
her arms and legs lined with the
cruel red tracery of scratches, her
yellow hair matted against her head
and neck, a wild-looking, but a beau
tiful creature, hopelessly lost in a
patternless chain of jungly islands.
After she had become numb, and
again near to complete exhaustion,
she came to a clearing. That is, at
first it seemed to be a clearing, but
then Sally knew that she must havs
crossed the island, at least must
have reached another of Its sides,
for there before her lay a little
stretch of water and beyond was
another, smaller island. It did not
take her long to make up her mind
to try to wade across. The moon
seemed to tell her that she wasi
heading east. That meant that
eventually, if she could cross theso
many islands and stretches of water
she would reach the long peninsula:
on which the famous beach lay and*
might then have a chance to be;
picked up by some late motorist!
heading back toward Daytona Beach, j
some young chap out with his girl, j
She plunged into the water, numb 1
now to its chill, and began to wade, j
Fortunately it seemed shallow. Shei
crossed carefully, a few steps at a!
time, reaching ou(« then with ono j
foot gingerly finding the bottom as- I
certaining that there were no deep |
holes. Each time she stopped she
listened. Once she heard the curt,
eerie cry of a seabird that swooped
over her head. Later she heard a
splash that made her draw back in
fear. The thought entered her mind
that it might have been an alligator,
or a barracuda or shark. She had
no idea what vicious water creatures
the dark, tropical river might har
bor.
At last, though, she reached the
shore of the other island safely, the
water never having been deepter.
than her waist, and again she plunged
on through the brush and the tree*.
This time she kept the moon al
ways in sight and tried to steer her
course by it so that .she would-travei
due east and thus toward hot* goal,
the beach*, Sjae hoped desperately
t4tat |t Was not far away, for by now
her. feet pained unbearably. She
?carcely dared examine ihem fort
ear she might find them cut anaj
bruised to the point of uselessness.
Sally sat for a while on a log and|
clutched her bosom and sides in her;
arms to retain what warmth wasj
left in her aching,* tortured body..
There was no sound now in the|
woods, not even the rustling of a'
palm. So that when the sound did!
come Sally heard it with amazing
clarity^.it was a human voice; it
seemed’-t6 come from the east Who,
could have spoken? What sprt of
men would orte find on these islands? 1 ,
Ted had told her that liquor runners
were supposed to make some of
these inlets their hiding places. Per
haps she would come upon such a
band, tough, unscrupulous men,
worse even than Vitelli.
With this fear in mind she worked
her way cau/tiously forward until sh«
came to another clearing and beheld
in the river a low, dark boat tha#
rode deep in the water as if heavily,
loaded. There was but one light,
faint, yellowish one, that came from
one of the portholes. Sally crouche<S
behind a clump of palmetto and iis—<
tened, trembling. Again she heard
the voice, guttural, foreign—and then*
another and a third. She listened'
carefully for what seemed to
hours, catching bits of profane con
versation. Gradually she realized
what sort of a boat this was. Th4
scraps of talk she was hearing hats
told her. It was a liquor boat, lyirqf
in hiding.
She could not lie there,
forever. Slowly, on her hands and
knees, she started to creep forward
toward the water well behind the
boat. She would wade across this
narrow inlet, swim if necessary, an<j
then push on toward the beach. It
could not be far. Inch by inch she
crept forward. Suddenly there wag
a crashing in the brush.
“Hold on! ” a voice shouted. Heavy
footsteps came rapidly toward hery
She sat back and looked up. A tall
man was coming forward, covering
her with a rifle.
(TO BE CONTINUEDJ