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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1921
Page
6
In the dim cabin Rainey and the giant Lund plot a plan to outsmart their unknown foes. Rainey wants to learn navigation with a sextant and a skipper or Dr Carlson’s help, while Lund mocks fear and foiled plans. Suspicion lingers over trust and hidden loyalties aboard.
On the Sarluk a captain appoints Rainey second mate after proving sea legs while Carlsen acts first mate. Six hunters and twelve sailors serve under Bergstrom and Lund as Riande seeks a share in a complex cargo deal. The ship’s fortune hinges on Kar luk ownership and a looming power struggle aboard.
Reporter John Rainey is accosted by a blind sailor Jim Lund who claims to be a former shipmate of Captain Simms. Lund confronts Simms aboard the Karluk and accuses him of abandoning him on an ice floe. Rainey is drugged and kidnapped as Lund pursues a northern quest for a gold field, offering Rainey a stake in the voyage.
On the schooner Simms battles illness and mutiny under Carlsen’s rising control. Rainey and Lund plot to unmask a hidden rival while Peggy Simms tends her ailing father and navigates a volatile crew amid a Pacific voyage.
A playful aphorism notes that luck may rebound after a string of misfortune. A humorous riddle about a fat man and a ratio implying long delays for small gains appears as a light feature in the Chicago scene.
A town relying on a single electric station was plunged into darkness after an accident. The station manager, en route to the works, forgot to switch on his car lights. Police stop leads to a humorous exchange about lights failing townwide.
In Wayside Tales, friends praise a breezy personality while enemies call it an awful blow, illustrating conflicting views on a single character. The quip captures a playful contrast between charm and impact.
In a humorous exchange Mr. Godspur questions golf’s safety noting he never accepts an invitation to try a new purchase from a fellow player unless he feels his life is at risk. The dialogue plays on exaggerated dangers of sport and appetite.
An army corporal recalls leading an officer of the day into the men’s quarters where a stairwell quiet spot was chosen for a gas mask drill. He shouts Attention half way up, only to find the colonel and a dozen officers at attention who burst into laughter.
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