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the wild idea of joining the Foreign Legion. It‘s really a miserable life, so T‘ll save you from it." Peter tcok the first dogâ€"watch and when Wicks relieved him was taken to TCOK UUIG 4 when Wicks relieved hin his cabin and fastened in ed that Wicks was not g« know at which part of th calling. At eight bells G of a serious nature. Gallop, hewever, was the cause of an altcration in the plans Wicks had made. He started to complain in no uncertain manner of the lowâ€"pressure cylinder. Scmething had to be done about it. His technicalities were a little difficult to follow, but Wicks listened to him in silence and then abruptly nodded his head. "We‘ll make 1 put it right," he The days went The weather wa: was bathed in coastline of Mor distance like a cloud. ‘"We shall make the coast toâ€"night," Wicks declarsd. "I hope, Mr. Drew that you will not consider it an unâ€" friendly action on my part, but I proâ€" pose to lock you up in your cabin. Beâ€" ing young and romantic you might have the wild idea of joining the Foreign Legion. It‘s really a miserable life, so in force, and trying to mal in order to Howe, the wC gan to grum both Crocket! sire to get : Wicks, realiz hard at wor The heavy se of damage, al of a serious | Deprived of Wellings, Dre1 He attempted ly relations w to keep in th ginee.. The stcrm bley third evening th flash «wf the C Wicks stood cut pleted the first voyage when he the way down t The neonâ€"inter CroSsl:] is lost C sugegsests ng out tn leave the pretence C gestion, bu Wellings, 1 adventure Unwilling to join stealing the gold American waters, C tempt:to leave the tured by Gallop, th Syropsis of Previous Chapters Capt. Wicks, of the trawler Lucky Lady, has salvaged two boxes of gold in coin which have been dropped from a light acroplane crossing the Chanâ€" nel. All the men on beard the trawlâ€" lighnt Afroplane nel.â€" All the men er, with the exce the mate, and V on different shiy has had a life 0| veniture. Alla Barlova, a I of the steamer To tured by Arabs. Raul Nunez, an tician interested in of the gold. Capt. Delgado mand of a dest Sinclair, a pea Doyle, one of | Crockett, on t PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS Captain Wicks,. capâ€"ain of the ler Lucky Lady. Gallop, engineer on board the Peter Drew. his mate. ler THURSDAY. MARCH 3RD Barlova, a Russian girl, captain steamer Tovarish Rykoif. Capâ€" hat at It was (Now Read On) CHAPTER VII OFF MOROCCG i k ner Tovarish Rykoif. Capâ€"} ‘abs. ez, an unscrupulous poliâ€" sted in the trawler because gado, his helper. In comâ€" destroyer. pearl fisher of Mm‘gm'ita.‘ : of his helpers. | on board the trawler. | se 5 of Previous Chapters ‘ks, of the trawler Lucky alvaged two boxes of gold h have been dropped from Gallop lit his pipe and sprawled out in his bunk. "Not too badly," he said grudgingly. "But he can‘t be trusted when things are complicated. Wicks expects to make land by two bells, so I‘m to be called in order to help him. Idon‘t see why he should be so confounded careâ€" ful. It seems to me that he‘s in league with every rascal on both sides of the Atlantic seaboard. how he manâ€" aged to get that last lot of supplies! He‘ll be after some more tonight. I believe he‘s. going to visit some of ‘his mals." ha w hac to e 1€ ho mAKl had ( PUBLISHED BY sPECIAL ARRANGEMENXT COrC heC t B al id tho T TY N A I 1e coast toâ€"night," I hope, Mr. Drew onsider it an unâ€" y part, but I proâ€" in yvour cabin. Beâ€" on of Peter Drew, lings, <have served under Wicks, who Jandering and adâ€" ible support from make fresh plans lish more friendâ€" aptain, and also Jooks of the enâ€" h 16 ickly infected m with the deâ€" i short space. st, kept them i _few repairs. a fair amount e was nothing that you can ightfully. hout incident. makin nakes : no , ana on tn up the whit sterre lich Peter guessâ€" g to let him coast he was 1I t incident. everything The long ‘ed in the streak of $ nf cam n W1 mak Wellin 11 Dreyv 11 rillop vith you don‘t slip ashore. Pretty good swimmer, aren‘t you?" "Moderately gcood, I suppose." "I can‘t swim a stroke. Don‘t see why I should be able to, either. Preâ€" clous little chance of getting up from the engine rococm in the event of the ship sinking. There comes a time when a man has to die, so he may as well drown as spend several weeks lying on a bed in a hospital, I can‘t bear the sight of a hospital. I don‘t know why." Petor thought the conversation uninâ€" teresting "Maybe you‘d better get some sleep," he suggested. "Precious little chance of that. I‘m worried about that cylinder. I spoke to Wicks about it and he‘s promised to drop anchor somewhere along the Spanish coast. It‘s not exactly a health resort. so we shall be free from inquisiâ€" tive chbservers." "Tuo de Oro?" "Of course I haven‘t, I‘m not conâ€" corned with what happens to him. I prefer to think that he‘ll finish up inâ€" sion that Wellings deliberately threw himself over the side." Gallop chuckled. "Smart man, Wicks," he said thoughtfully. "I shall have to watch my step when we reach America. I suppose you haven‘t tried to warn him that the engineer is a blackâ€"hearted, treachercus dog?" side a prisonâ€"and an English one that." "Rio de Oro?" ‘"Yes.. I don‘t expect he‘ll keep you cocped up. I‘ve always been told that the Arabs have a lot of unpleasant habits. So it‘s not likely that you‘ll go to them for assistance." Peter laughed. "I should say not," he said, hoping that his voice would carry conviction. Arabs certainly presented a difficulty, but he was determined to avoid the crossing of the Atlantic if he could possibly do so. "I suppose Wicksâ€"strange how I can‘t get into the way of calling him any other name; maybe it‘s because we were rivals at one timeâ€"hasn‘t said anything much about Wellings?" "Ncthing important. He did drop a hint that the man was acting queerly during the two days prior to the storm. Maybehe wanted to create the impresâ€" "Al salll,. 1 suppose. "Torrect. I don‘t like the place, but I met an cld friend there. I have an astonishing number of friends who freâ€" quent these places on the coast. They regzaled me with an account of the gold which was lost. It‘s an amusing story. "There was a rush on the gold shipâ€" ments to Paris, so a new company transrorted some. Not being accusâ€" tomed to dealing with such valuable cargo they rather lost their heads, and ‘"Where‘s he landing?" Peter asked. Gallcp shook his head. C "I‘m not a navigator," he said unâ€" grazicusly. "It wouldn‘t do for me to be curious, anyway." "He can‘t have you knocked over the head" Peter remarked. "Not now or any time" Gallop daeâ€" clarsd. ‘"He‘s taking good care that you don‘t slip ashore. Pretty good "Isn‘t Gordon shaping asked. "The worst of this sort of life," he ceomplained, "is that the only man who knows anything at all concerning maâ€" chinery doesn‘t get his fair shareâ€"of rest.‘ "LUCKY LADY" BECOMES "VALDIVITA®" was not until morning that Peter ew what had taken place. He was Wicks 91 By ALROY WEST d a very interesting time las the captain said. ak ke the forenoon watch, aved on the bridge with well?" Drew of you." Wicks laughed. "I don‘t care what they think!" he declared. "I own a third, and I shall do what I like with my third. It‘s my partners‘ misfortune that their shares have to go where my share goes. I‘m not so sure that they‘ll.suffer, though. It all depends. It‘s a pity we‘re not equipped with wireless. I was going to do ssmething about it, but my partners refused to grant me the extra money and I was rather tigsht myself. "If it seems that we‘re given up for lost, I might hang on to the ship and make some more defirite alternations. On the other hand I might sell her. Then again, I might wreck her. She‘s insured, so there may be a chance of my partners getting something back. "Anvway,. that‘s their worry, not By the end of the day the trawler looked very different, and by noon on the following day she was hardly reâ€" ecgnizable as the "Lucky Lady." Her funnel, instead of a drab red band on a grimy brown stack, rejoiced in two brown ones on a green stack. "Do those colours belong to anyon* else?" Peter asked. "Don‘t care if they do" Wicks exâ€" claimed. "It‘s my trawlerâ€"or partly mine." 5 Wicks was satisfied that everything pcssible had been done to alter the appsarance of the trawler. So it came about that, under the name of "Valâ€" divia", the trawler made her way along the lawless. coast of Ric de Oro. He rested in his cabin for four hours, and then supervised the painting. The weather gave them no anxieties, and the three hands raised no objections to the programme of brightening up the ship. Only Crockett had been‘ ashore with Wicks, but they had brought back with them several things which conâ€" tented Hows and Gordon for the moâ€" ment. They didn‘t think much of the wine and declared that the beer was abominable, but this didn‘t prevent them from drinking it. CHAPTER VIII SIGHTEDâ€"A WRECK Gallop complained that it was taking a long time for the captain to find a safe anchorage in order that the necesâ€" sary repairs could be done to the low pressure cylinder. His forecasts of what would happ>n became more and more gloomy as watch succeeded watch and the trawler still kept on her way. There was not a great deal to occupy Crockett or Howe, and they began to grumble. Gordon was kept busier beâ€" cause he was learning all about his duties in the engineâ€"room. "Reported as missing, of course. There‘s a ‘stunt‘ story going round that Captain Wicks may have been making for a Spanish port in order to land something for the Government to help them in their struggle. One of my friends read this and thought that it meant I was going to join the Internaâ€" ticnal Column!" Wicks thrust his hands in his pockets and laughed. "The only person I would fight for is myself," he added. "All shipping will be looking out for us," Pster reminded the captain. ‘"What if they are? You don‘t think that I expected to be able to slip away without somebody saying something, do you? I‘m getting the men busy toâ€"day cn improving our appearance. We‘ll have a fresh coat of paint and a differâ€" ent coloured funnel. We might as well paint cut our number as well." "What about the name?" Peter asked. Wicks thought for a minute or so. "We‘ll have a new name," he deâ€" cided. ‘"I‘ll think of cone while I‘m having a rest." He turned to squint at the distant shadow which indicated the position of the land. "It‘s a shade too far for you to swim ashore," he commented. "And I don‘t think you‘ll be so fcolish as to edge in closer. I am not tso familiar with the coast, but I believe thereâ€"are some nasty sands dotted about. Maybe a few more than are marked on the chart." % "I shall keep her on her course, Drew premised. "You‘d better," Wicks growled, as he left the bridge. Peter could tell that Wicks was beâ€" coming anxious. So far as food was concerned there was nothing to worry "He declared that it was the worst crossing he‘d ever known. The maâ€" chine did ncthing but bump up and down. It was very fortunate for us." "Had your friends heard any news concerning the ‘Ludy Lady‘?" Peter asked. Wicks cocked his head slightly on one side and his eyes twinkled with amuseâ€" ment. "I should have thought the pilot would have known the rough position where he landed in the airâ€"pocket," Peter observed. left two boxes behind. As soon as they discovered this, they sent a light aeroâ€" plane over with the boxes." He chuckled. "We know what happened to them." he continued, "but it seems that noâ€" body else has very much of an idea." wonder what your partners think ‘"We can keep a watch as we go along he coast," Peter said, and was not conâ€" tradicted. tilted over the rocks‘and had been badâ€" ly battered. The sun was blistering the paint on her sides. Wicked stared at it. "She hasn‘t been there all that time," he said slowly. "Probably came ashore during that storm which we experienced in the Bay," Peter suggested. ‘"Maybe. Doesn‘t seem to be anybody aboard her." ‘"What about lowering the dinghy and having a look?" Wicks thought for a minute and then shook his head. "It‘s not worth the trouble," he deâ€" cided. "It‘s a nuisance getting the boat back on board again. Apart from that, there‘s the risk of getting it stove in on a submerged rock,. You can deâ€" pend on it that the crew of that ship were either washed overboard or else got away in the boats. Both are missâ€" so far as I can tell." The coastâ€"line with the vague sh further inland. ed by a thin wh passed within tw of a Russian t# much," making i talking tc obstinate about, but water was becoming rather "We must watch the coast in any scarce and there was not sufficient to case.," the captain reminded him. last through the long portion of the "Gallop is getting more impatient than voyage. He set a course nearer to the land and spcont most of his time on the‘ Shortly after noon they sighted a bridge. 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Peter, however, was not contemplatâ€" ing trying to penetrate into the interiâ€" or. H2 knew that there was only a dreary expanse of sand which stretchâ€" ed for mile after mile. There was no help to be found from that source. Far to the south was Caps Blancto and the French territory. A journey s ) kn se ed to the lally nose re and up anchor wa rom the b: â€"room to 1 e bows fand the ed her way toâ€" p a narrow inlet. ‘as dropped and bridge. HMHe went th the lead," ter be with 8. We don‘t hat Russian Gallo repair: £ â€" VOlu nounced Smooth Tires Oftentimes Responsible for Accidents Safety propaganda in recsent years has materially reduced the proportion of motor vehicles being driven in Canâ€" ada on unsafe tires, but many drivors still operate cars and trucks on rubber which is a msnace not only to themâ€" In more highway tragodiss than the public realizss, the role of the villain is taken by the smooth tire. solves, but road. 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