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Port Perry Star, 18 Jan 1923, p. 2

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Oopyright by the M@mson Book Col CHAPTER SIXTEEN--(Cont'd.) it up, Matheson! "Then ye kain't git that engine Sock'it to herl. in' 7" interrupted Westhaver. The rock spok "No," the other shook his head and P swirl | glanced at the rock. "It's ig he oy raked oi the desperate position they were in, but he was not ; be Saw What one. of the kind to sit dows ang wait danger. ne for death, no matter near it was, r As. pump Ee he yelled. "Paddle her gine RO out o' this!" And as he spoke he rip-| through he shut, teeth ped up two of the bottom boards of BASPS. ep rt the flooring. Tossing one of the planks | "Keep a-goini---= to his companion, he said, "Lay to it Tock was bio ted ; ; now! We'll weather it yet. Now, bust | appeared blacker against the yer heart out! Soek it to herl Now! |outraged sea, but it 'was cheated Now!" And while the surf was! its victims, and when it roared thundering in their ears, he shouted there seemed to be a Jhote of Insfle encouraging words to the frightened ual rage in the boom ne lets Jobsterman, and both paddled with all elements of stone and water. : their strength. Matheson collapsed in a panting The rock was very near now, and as heap. "Lord! what a shave! What a they rose on the summit of a m shave!" - on Frank could see the great Sine "Come 'on! Lay to ty snarled the bulk' glistening in the faint sunlight Other, still ge 'We've got ¢ for a fleeting moment, then & giant Shoot her up on ti at mip ° in upheaval of green ee buried Stselt afore. ve re out © muddle. n the adamantine , blotting it, ts Ton view for a few seconds, and with , The lighthouse people lag seman a us roar which caused the and Were, Sumng down at very air to vibrate the black fangs of shore, and with the swell ving the rock appeared through the welter them in, 5 they neared, brenkets of froth and white water streaming HICH: Tow Teed lod from it. It was. an awe-inspiring Daver. Look out we don't git ol sight, even when viewed from the, surf. safety of a steamer's deck, but to the frantically toiling men in the motor- b boat it appeared as the portals to Eternity. Frank, with his left arm still from his accident, began to feel in, but to falter in his stroke would be to lose everything. Life seemed very dear just them, and, gasping with his exertions, he snapped huskily, "Keep seemed almost , 2 hp he 0) er co ly, over, and Soult {the two men were thrown out into the i frothing water, Luckily, the light- "nd his pes. had brougle a rope wit) m, a ing it 'as [it was thrown to them, osthaser and gasping, and almost half-suffocated. The dory was grasped as she came in on the crest of the next wawe, and, none 'the worse, it was hauled above high-water. "Waal, ef you two ain't had a sés- sion!" remarked the keeper. "I sure thought ye'd git smashed on th' rock out thar', an' we hadn't a boat. or a thing round here this mornin' ---" | Westhaver looked over his sodden clothing. "Lend me a hat an' a dry gs wasted by Mnutuc: | oat," o said after to had recovered It is breath. over to Yar- taut Pratoetion nat mouth "right away. Good, that'll HAROLD C. SHIPMAN & CO." ' Ili bring 'em back PATENT ATTORNEYS 24:248F STREST to ve lnter-- i "Won't ye come up to th' house an' sit dry 7* enquired the keepen, "No," answered Frank. "Can't stop a minute. Thank ye kindly. I must go now. I'll see ye later, Bill. I'm awful gorry I got ye into sich a mess, but Tl fix it-up." And he ran along the songh- Tock. four be, the Markland erry. Royal Ontario Museum pos. Bloor Bt. West, Near Avenue Road | argest permanent exhibition in Canada. Archaeology, Geology, Minerslosy, Pal- seontology, Zoology. Open dally, 10 am, to 5 p.m. Sunday, 2 to 5 p.m. Bloor, Belt Line; Dupont and Avenue Rd. cars. PI NSAI IR INVENTIONS Send for list of to: wasted by Manufoc- turers, Fortunes b DE When In Toronto visit the INVENTORS Manufacturers always consider good inventions. Fortunes are made from ew Ideas to suit modern times for free list of Ideas and Patent Attorneys 8h - « - Ota to with some all-nation pers a-Bankin', but, by the ol' Judas, that Westhaver has 'em all sku: mile for downright toughness/ ain't got no nerves at all, but, i me, he's a terrier an' a mi i Aye, he's th' man all stove up after through th' Lurcher ies, mains'l, an' A holy terror!" i lobsterman's oil hat, a coat too lange for him, trousers which shrunk on his muscular legs, and tan shoes which elched water at every step, Frank e into the rotunda of the Grand Hotel at precisely one eT LL MENA TN BALM / Prevents chapped hands, cracked lips, chilblains, Makes your skin soft, white, clear and smooth. All druggists sell it - Matheson were hauled otit sputtering, | nicime here." ' ® | smoking cigars and looking over some o'clock in the afternoon. With a trail|terrupted the gen of 'water in his wake soaking into the ingly. Rr re carpet; he walked 'up. to the hotel nk was a little astonished, b clerk. "We 'got: there 'bout fi "' want t' eee these gentlemen stayin' shortly. . 3 es clerk hed hard 4 at name please?" he : ar "Tel} them in Westhaver of We Zot clear, but cup a th'. Loog Cove Fish Company wants" «And i blew verce hard jes nig a few minutes." were out in it?" said 3 35:83 on it 2 3 1 do | the a great - om the guests lounging around. ia vi ptain Ring and some other men] were ing and ing over in a |face. corner, and the former stared at|before?" Westhaver with s open 'wide inithe eyes were surprise. "Waal, I be darned!" he | Frank Toph ejaculated. tough nig! "Who's that? What's th matter?" |paused and sf enquired one of the others. Sear Brazilian in "Oh, nawthin'," led Ring hast- help. think ily. "I was cod how that feller i before. Ive seen I've Stan tive ray Captain," he: is Ny Frank was pioted along the t0 a room in which two well-dressed er gentlemen were 'seated at a table country. 9 papers." One of the Brazilians was orvill e ? oo leninbly handsome man' of | wn 2s orty-five or , with a swarthy |i. skin, black, grey-streaked hair, and a i heavy black moustache. The othe and into An- yes, 1k pomtir' th' Long understand you gentlemen with a' view to i eter. o dried fish forth Bresilisn, nt? at 82 ships| other word, end so the game Henin ant: teaspoon soda, 2 cups datnieal, | 1 cup chopped raisins, 2 cups flour, 1|7¥ ; teaspoon Jabing powder, | tens)

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