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...snuffed out. The three men on the raft spotted Deck Hand Dennis Meredith and pulled him aboard. They found five flares and a sea anchor inside the hatch of the raft. It was more than an hour later that they saw a rescue ship, the German motor vessel Christian Sartori. Fleming shot four flares, but the Sartori did not see them. Still the rescue ship, rolling as much as 50°, plunged toward the raft...
...gigantic wave swept the men into the water. They fought their way back aboard. The Sartori's searchlight swept over the raft, but flashed away again. As the ship came closer, Fleming frantically tore at his last flare. At first, he could not get through the protective casing. He chewed at it, got it open-but it would not ignite. The Sartori moved...
...something more explosive than flickers on his mind. The winding Los Angeles River, which flowed through the area, carried most of its water underground; a growing city would need more water. Rounding up powerful business friends-Union Pacific Railroad's E. H. Harriman, Promoter Moses Sherman, Banker Joseph Sartori and Collis Huntington's nephew Henry-Chandler set out to locate a new source. He found it: 240 miles to the northeast lay a lush valley of orchards and farms fed by the Owens River. Chandler and his friends quietly bought up the water and land rights from...
...separation of Church and State. ... It is obvious that if the Church strives to make men better spiritually, they should be better civically and morally. Conversely, the State promoting the welfare of society works indirectly for the sanctification of souls. But this was true in 1797 when Mr. Sartori represented the U. S. at the Vatican . . . and it will still be true now that Mr. Taylor has been appointed...
...this time he has been working in the office of Broker Shipman. But Lael Sartori refuses him once more, and he, disgusted, resigns. And just as he resigns there comes a letter from Lael. She will marry him after all! Happiness...