DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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John Mulhall, lot B 22 45. SO
John Mulhall, lot 6 (ex-
cept school alto In a.
w corner 22 50
John Mulhall, lot 7 22 2 00
Henry Hkldmore, wH
. nwU 26 80
Henry .Skldtnoro, cast 45
rods eV4 sw4 28 45
Honry Skliltnore, neU
neVi 27 40
John Mulhall, seW ncVi-27 40
Luclnda Lour Estate,
. nV4 nv!4 swVi 27 29
Lucinda IxnR Estate,
nVi tH mvV4 awVi 27 5
Iiucinda Ion? Estate,
, n nV4 bMs nwy, swVi.27 5
John Cain, nw',f ne'4...2S 40
Henry Slcldmore, east 12
acres lot 2 ,..35 12
TOWNSHIP 23, RANGE 9.
Name. Description. Sec. Acres.
C. H. Maxwell, e nwVi
except r. r. o. w 17 77.12
"WHHam Hlermann, lots
2, 3 and 4 20 40
Teckea Davldchlck. lot
5 (nwU sw) 20 40
John M. Nichols, lot G
and accretion ',20 141.20
Verllnden. east 33 ft. lots
2 and 3 ami nccr 32 201
John Mulhall, part lot 4
and accretion 32 47.00
TOWNSHIP 29, RANGE 9.
Nam. Description. Sec. Acres.
C. C. Hudre.ui, subdivi
sion 2 or kov. lot 3 nnd
uccr 17 7.77
It B. Thompson, subdi
vision 4 of gov. lot 3
and accr 17 IS. SO
V. V. Lohr, subdivision
5 of rov. lot 13 and
accretion (except east
13 rods of south 7.52
rods of subdl.Uion.. ..17 43.30
John lloldenrcld, east 13
rods of Houth 7.52 rods
of subdivision 5 of irov.
lot 3 17 2-3
K. C. I'latt, subdivision
7 rov. lot 3 5
F. V. Iohr, w'A lot 4... 17 20
Luther Traver, se seV4
sett 17. 10
Carne H. Wilson, north
14 90 chains of south
I!'. 'JJ cnalns of accre
tion to lot 1 and east
16 feet of south 24
chains of said accre
tion to lot 1., 10 10.50
H. W. Meeker, jouth 40
rods of west 3S rods
not th of public road of
lot 1 20 11
John Iloldenreld, east 13
rods of the north 1.12
chains of lot 2 20 1-3
1'. W. Lohr. north 1.12
chains of lot 2 except
east 13 rods of said
tract 20 2 2-3
F. W. Lohr, lot 2 and
accretion (except the
north 1.12ehaliis)..-. ..20 02. SO
F. W. Lohr, loub 20 33.70
V. V. Lohr, lot 7 20 '21.30
Fred Herman, that part
of lot 5 commencing at
s. h. corner, thence u.
nlonfr east line of wild
lot , lo center ot pub
lic road, ihenco west
erly alonR said public
road to tno west lino
of said lot, thence
southerly to the s. w.
corner of said lot.
thence east to place of
uefilniilns 20 13.20
Joseph Wlnterbotham,
F. V. Lohr. south lb
acres lot C 20 18
Sarah E. White, lot 1 of
Mai tin's sub. of nwVi
ntv'i 21 23-33
Saiah E. Whlta. lot 2
Martin's sub. of nwtt
nw',i 21 1
Sarah E White, lot 3 of
Martin's sub. of nw',4
nwH 21 -1
Sarah E. White, lot 4 of-
Martin's sub. of nwVi
n',i 21 1
D. L. Lewis, wouth 17.50
acres nVa ne ne',i....21 17.50
1). L. Lewis, sVi aott
neVi, except a tract
commencing 33 ft west
nnd oil ft south of the
nc corner of V sett
neU. thence south
203..17 ft, thenco west
21t.2it ft. thence north
203.37 ft., thence, east
214 20 ft. to place of
beginning 21 20
D. L. Lewis, a se',1
se',i 21 20
F. L. Eaton & H. II.
Holmes, lot 5 21 25. CO
F. L. Eaton & II. H.
Holmes, lot 6 21 12.80
Gateway Improvements,
that part of nett nw'A
commencing G rods
south and SS03 ft. west
of no corner of nw'i.
thenco west 467 feet,
thence south IS rods,
thenco cast 467 feet,
thence north 18 rodj to
point of beginning.... 21 3 3-6
X. Ii. Cownle, that part
of ne'4 nwtt commenc
ing 100 ft. south of
nett corner nwVi
thenco west 405 ft..
thenco south G5 ft.,
thence, east 405 ft..
thence north to point
of beginning 21 1.7
Mary E. Hivlll. bV4 sw'4.27 SO
T. F. Crsoby Est., that
part of lot 2 commenc-
lug nt the so corner,
thence north 120 5-140
ft., tliency west 300 ft.,
thenco B'Uth 120 5-140
ft., thoneo cast to
po nt of beginning 28 S.2
Martha CJoetsch, two
acres In the form of
a Miuaio in sw coiner
of sw", M'tt 28 2
Mary E. Blvl'.l, Vi acre
in a square form In
ne corner eVi fceVl 28 Vj
Lola M. Iluna, that part
swVi soVi commencing
at tlio sett corner of
. swli poM, thenco, north
5 chains 11 links.
therce north G chains
14 links, thenco west
4 chains 47 links.
thence south 6 chains
M llnkw. thenco east 4
chains 47 links, thenco
tiotith 4 chains 4S links,
thence cast 15 chains
7 links 28 10 123-160
Ruth Hall m. lot 3 (ox-
cept Uiketlrtc park).. 32 31.51
Consumers Ico Co., nett
nett .-32 40
J. J Elmer, se'i hwJI,
except tl 'it portion
platted as Island
Uoach 32 18
Thomas F Iacoy, the
unplatted portion of
the c',4 fcc-Vl nott lying
east of the center of
Uikh street In Crystal
Lake pa: 32 11.11
Gatewn) Improvement
Co., hit 1 ami 2 33 51. Gl
Gateway Improvement
Co., lot 5 33 5.28
Gateway Improvement
Co., lot 6 33 11.80
Gateway Improvement
Co.. lot 7 33 0.70
Gateway Improvement
Co.. nett nwVi, except
It. It O. W 33 38.50
Gateway Improvement
Co, n'4i nett wtt. ex
cept K. K. U. VT. 33 19.25
Gatmvay Improvement
Co.. lot 3, except
R. It. O, W 33 25.20
Thoma I). licey, lot 3.33 25.20
Marv E. Slvlll, nett
nett, except school
site 33 30
Slaty E Slvlll. nett nett. S3 40
Ca.herine I'razer. lot 1. .31 39.05
Catherine Frazor, nwll.,
nei'. 31 40
Mary E Klvlll. w4
nwtt .i.-'-.J2 .,
15.6
13.43
7.95
18.75
12. G2
11.01
15.69
12.43
6.16
3.28
38.68
2.94
Amt.
47.92
11.78
6.05
18. Gl
45.33
62.40
Amt.
1.19
2.50
16.01
.53
3.49
13.30
6.79
19.07
18.65
.53
1.S3
46.00
25.25
14.37
14. 50
12. 0G
2.48
3.85
3. 85
3.85
97.73
101.10
qi .34
4.75
2.4S
16.15
24.81
53.50
3.41
11.91
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23.62
16.52
10.50
6.38
15.15
48.21
1.8G
5.10
5.75
56.40
28.31
5.53
5 53
39.18!
37.50
20.10
20.62
92.14
Amt.
15. 84
7.41
11.88
10. to
21.50
36.62
6.90
TOWN5MII' OO, llrtliut l,
Name. Deirrlptlon. Sec. Acros.
F. W Lohr. lot 2 0 45.70
F. W Lohr. lot 3 G 20.90
F. V. I)hr, lot 4 4 34.00
V W Iohr. lot 6 G 31.90
FecUlu Oarlock. iwji ?
rra4I'I':..'.t...a2 CS.I0
Izora N. Scott, the north
10 49 acres of lot 5. ...12 10.40
J, A Foye, lot 1. except
a tract commencing on
the south line of Sec.
12, T. SS, U. 48. 420
feet ewtt of the i
corner and 155 feet
wcM of meander cor-
n'-r on sold lino Uieoce
south 440 feet to
meander lino thenco
southwest along mean
der line 300 ft. to In
tersection with line GOO
feet south and parallel
to the south line of
Son. 12 thenco west
1110 ft., thence north
to said south lino of
Sec. 12, thenco east
1362.7 ft. to point of
beginning 13 13.62 .1S
F. W. Lohr, that part
of lot 1 commencing
on tho south lino of
Sec. 12, T. 8S, Range
48, 120 ft. east of tho ;
V corner and 453 foot P
, west of meander cor- ,u
ncr on said line, thence
south 440 feet to mean
der line, thence south- ' '
west along irieander
line 300 ft. to Inter- , '
section with a line -
GOO ft. south and
parallel to said south
line of Sec. 12, thenco
west 1110 .ft., thenco
north to said south
lino of Sec. 12, thenco
east 1362.7 ft. to point
of beginning 13 3.40 11. S3
F. W. Lohr. lot 2 13 35.40 w 68
F. W. Lohr. lot 3 13 55.60 .62
F. W. Lohr, lot 4 13 40 11.21
F. W. Lohr. lot 6 13 32.10 18. 60
Clms. W. Oarlock, lot 5.. 13 34.00 8.45
cjnas. w. uarlock, notf
ne'A 13 40.00 18.08
TOWNSHIP B9, RANGE 47.
Name. Description. Sec. Acres. Amt.
Carrie B. Wilson, lot 1
and accretions 31 45.87 13.28
Wltnens my hand nnd official seal this
6th day of October, 1919.
WALTER E. MILLER,
County Treasurer of
Dakota County, Nebraska.
(Seal.)
Employees' Initiative.
Nothing pleasos an employer more
than to find that employees havo been
useful and helpful in doing things that
thoy woro not told to 'do. It shows
the spirit of initiative; it indicates tho
ambition to get on, a willingness to
pay tho prlco. Tho progressive om
ployor has little U30 for tho omployeo
who never does apythlng ho is not told
to do. Originality, lntcntlveness, re
sourcefulness aro passports to his
favor and to promotion. Tho Now
Success.
Warm and Cool Colors.
Tho warm or advancing colors,
whic harouse tho senses quldkly, aro
those having yellow or red predomi
nating, as yellow groon, yellow orange,
orange, rod orange, red and red violot.
Tho cool or receding colors, which
soothe tho nerve senses, aro blue and
the colors in which blue predominates,
as blue green, green violet and blue
violet. They are called cool colors be
cause of their association with water,
ico and tho sky.
Spoke a Little Hastily.
John Brougher tells this one: On&
colored gent said to another: "Ev'y
time I hugs my feeanzay and kissc3
her, she just giggles and uquirms
alarming." To which tho other re
sponded: "I say Bhc does." "Huh?"
asked the belligerent swain, as his oyo
took on a gliter, "I say, does she?"
was tho eager change in the response.
Houston Post.
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Entire Village of V.'ood.
Tho Russian village is built prin
cipally of wood and roofed with wood,
pr with straw and stones. For this
reason there are so many fires that,
according to statistics, one-fifth of all
tho peasant cottages burn down every
year, or putting it in another way,
every house burns down after five
years. This seems improbable, but it
is reliable information.
What Is Man?
Break the shells of 1,000 eggs into a
huge pan or basin, and you havo tho
contents to mako a man from his toe
nails to the most delicate tissues ot
his brain. And this is tho scientific
answer to the question, "What is
man?"
Why Called "House Leek."
Tho leek, it is said, is called houso
leek because it wa3 formerly common
in the north of England to plant tho
houso leek on tho. roofs of cottages as
it wa3 supposed that tho leeks were
protection against thunder and light
nine. i
Birth of Republican Party.
In 1854, on tho Cth of July, tho pres
ent Republican party was founded and
organized. It adopted an antl-slavory
platform. Tho first national conven
tion was held two years later. John
Fremont va3 nominated for president.
Measures Human Vibrationc.
Utilizing a galvanometer, a French
scientist has invented apparatus for
measuring vibrations of human bonos
and tissues, with which, among otlior
things, ho reads a person's pulse moro
accurately than by hand.
Qualities of True Beauty.
Who has not experienced how, on
nearer acquaintance, plainnoss bo
comes beautified and beauty loses its
charm, according to the quality of tho
heart and mind'.'
Pocket Thief Alarm.
A thief alarm Invontcd in Europe is
small enough to bo carried In a vest
pocket and explodes a cartrldgo when
any ohjoet under which It is laid is
moved
Money Not Everythlnn.
Trying to flguro everything out on
a dollar an' coutu basis is a dangerous
business, because thero's thousands of
things worth inoro'n money. ICx
change. Dally Thought.
What a man thinks In his spirit in
lliu world, that ho (loos after his do
parturo from the world when ho bo
comes a spirit. Swedenborg.
Another Mystery.
Ono of tho strangest things in this
world is how many tears a baby can
shed and still keep its face dirty.
Galreston News.
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"YOU YOUNQ FOOLl"
Synopsis The man who tolls this
story call him the hero, for short
Is visiting his friend, John Saun
ders, British official In Nassau,
Bahama Islands. Charles Webster,
a local merchant, completes tho
trio of friends. Saunders produces
a wrltton document purporting to
bo tho death-bed statement ot Hen
ry P. Tobias, a successful pirate,
mado by him in 1850. It gives two
spots where two nlllllons and a half
of treasure woro burled by him and
his companions. Tho conversation
of tho three friends Is i.verhcard by
a pock-marked strangor. Tho docu
ment disappears. Saunders, how
ever, has a copy. The hero, deter
mined to seek tho burled treasure
charters a schooner. The pock
marked man Is taken on as a pas
senger. On tho voyago somebody
empties tho gasoline tank. Tho hero
and the passenger clash, tho pas
senger leaving a manifesto bearing
tho signature, "Henry P. Tobias,
Jr." Tho horo lands on Dead Men's
Shoos. Thoro Is a fight, which Is
followed by several funerals. The
hero finds a cavo containing tho
skeletons of two pirates nnd a mas
sive chest empty save for a fow
pieces of eight scattered on the
bottom. Tho horo returns to Nas
sau and by good luck learns tho
location of Short Shrift island.
Wobstor buys the yawl Flamingo,
and ho and tho hero sail for Short
Shrift island. As tho Flamingo
leaves tno wharf a young fellow,
"Jack Harkaway," Jumps aboard
and Is allowed to remain.
CHAPTER III Continued.
"Firo nwny," answered tho youth,
blowing a cloud of cigarette smoko In
a delicate spiral up into tho morning
sky; "but I've really told you nil I
havo to tell."
"No; you haven't told us how you
came to know of our trip, what wo
were supposed to bo after, nnd when
wo were starting."
"That's truel" flushed tho lad, mo
mentarily losing his composure. Then,
partly regaining It: "Is it necessary to
answer thnt question?"
"Absolutely," nnswered Charlie, be
ginning to look really serious.
"Because, if you don't mind . . .
well, I'd Just ns soon not."
"For that very reason I want to
know. Wo nre out on n more serious
business than perhaps you realize, and
your answer may meun more to us
"I'm suro it ennnot be of such impor
fhnn you think."
! tnnce to you. Really, It's hardly fair
J for mo to tell. I should havo to give
away a friend."
"I'm sorry, but I shall have to In
sist," replied Charlie, looking very
grim.
"AU right, then," answered tho
youth, looking him straight in tho eyes,
"put mo ashore."
"No; I won't do that now, either,"
declared Charlie, sternly setting his
Jnw. "I'll put you in Irons, ratlvei'
nnd keep you on bread nud water till
you answer my questions."
"You will, eh?" retorted tho youth,
flashing fire from his flno eyes. And
as ho spake, quick as thought, ho
"You Young Fool I" Exclaimed Charlie.
leaped up on to tho gunwalo nnd, with
out hesitation, dived into tho great
glassy rollers.
But Charlio was quick, too. Like a
flash ho grabbed ono ot the boy's an
kles, so that the beautiful dlvo was
spoiled ; and there was tho boy, hang
ing by tin Imprisoned leg over tho
ship's side, n helpless captive ills
arms in the water nnd his leg strug
gling to get free. But ho might as well
have struggled against tho grip of
Hercules. In unother moment Charlio
had him hauled aboard agnln, his eyes
full of tears of boyish rngo nnd hu
miliation. "You young fool 1" exclnlmcd Char
lie. "The water round hero Is thick
with shurks; you wouldn't havo gono
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fifty yards without ono of them get
ting you."
"Sharks 1" gasped out tho boy, con
temptuously. "I know moro about
sharks than you do."
"You seem to know n good many
tilings I don't," said Charlie, whoso
grlmness had evidently relaxed n little
at tho lad's display of mettle. Mean
while, my temper was beginning to
rise on behalf of our young passenger.
"I tell you what, Charlie," I inter
posed; "if you nre going to keep this
tiPt you'd better count mo out on this
trip and set us both ashore nt West
End. You're making a fool of your
self. Tho lad's all right."
The boy shot me a warm glanco of
gratitude.
"All right," agreed Charlie, begin
ning to loso his temper, too. "I'm
damned If I don't." And, his hand on
the tiller, he mado ns If to turn tho
boat about and tuck for tho shore.
"No I no!" crlcl tho boy, springing
between im nnd nppcalingly laying ono
hand on Chnrllo's shoulder, tho other
on mine. "You mustn't let mo spoil
your trip. I'll compromise. And, skip
per, I'll tell your friend here all there
is to toll everything 1 swear If you
will lenvo It to his judgment."
"Rlght-o!" agreed Charlie at last;
so our passenger nnd I thereupon
withdrew for our conference.
It was soon over and I couldn't help
laughing aloud nt the simplicity of It
all.
"Just as I told you, Charlie," I ex
claimed; "It's lnnocenco itself." Turn
ing to the lad, I snid: "Dear boy,
there Is really no need to keep such a
small secret as that from the skipper
here. You'll really have to lot mo tell
him."
Tho boy nodded acquiescence.
"All tho same, I gave my word," ho
said.
When I told Charlio tho Innocent se
cret, ho laughed as I had done, and
his usual good humor instantly re
turned. Tho stubbornly held secret hnd
merely amounted to this : Our lad was
acquainted with my conchologlst, and
had paid him n visit tho very after
noon I did, had in fact seen me leav
ing tho house. Answering to tho boy's
ronunutlc talk of burled trcasuro and
so forth, tho shell enthusiast had
thought no harm to tell him of our
projected trip ; and that was the wholo
of the mysterious matter.
Yet the day was not to end without
a little Incident which, slight though
Indeed It. was, was momentarily lo
urouso Charlie's suspicions of our
chnrmlng young companion onco morej.
Presently, in the far southwest, tiny
points llko a row of pins begun Tory
faintly to range themselves along tho
sky-line. They woro palm trees,
though you could not rnnko them out
to be such, or anything In particular,
till long after. Ono darker point
seemed closer thnn tho rest
"There's High Cayi" rang out tho
rich young volco of our passenger,
whom we'd half forgotten in our tenso
scanning of the horizon. Charlio and
I both turned to him together in sur
prise nnd his fuco certainly be
trayed tho confusion. of ono who lias
let something slip Involuntarily.
"IIo I ho 1 young mnn," cried Charlie,
his face darkening agnln, "whnt do
you know about High Cay? I thought
this was your first trip."
"So It is," answered tho boy, "on
tho sen."
"What do you mean: 'on tho sen?'"
"I mean that I'vo dono It many a
time on tho chart. I know every
bluff and roof nnd shoal nnd cuy
around Andros from Morgan's Bluff
to Washington's Cut"
"You do, eh?"
"On the chart. Why, I'vo studied
charts slnco I was n kid, and gono
every kind of voyage you can think of
playing nt bucenneering or whaling,
or discovering tho north pole. Every
kid does that."
"They do, eh?", said Charlie, evi
dently quite unimpressed. "I never
did."
"Thut's becnuso you've about as
much Imagination as a turnip In thnt
head of yours," I broke in, lit defenso
of my young Apollo.
"Mnybe, If you'ro so smart," contin
ued Charlie, paying no attention to
me, "you can nnvlgato us through tho
North Bight?"
"Mnybe 1" answered our youngster
pertly, with an. odd llttlo smile. IIo
had evidently recovered his nerve, nnd
seemed to tnko pleasure in piquing
Churllo's suspicions.
CHAPTER IV.
In Which We Enter tho Wllderneso.
Andros, as no other of tho Islands,
Is surrounded by a ring of reefs
stretching all around Its coasts. Wo
were insido tho brenkwnter of tho
reefs and tho rolling swell of ocean
gavo way nt onco to n inlllpond calm
ness. Wo were at tho entrunce of
Nortli bight, ono of tho three bights
which, dotted with numerous low-lying
cays, breaks up Andros island In
tho inlddlo nnd allows a pnssngn
through a maze-like archipelago direct
t the northwest end of Cuim. Hero
u' Up nnrth-wvst, choro Is a small uud
By Richiard Le Gallienne
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Being the Authentic Narrative of a
Treasure Discovered in the Bahama
Islands in the Year 1903. Now First
Given to tho Public.
very lonely settlement ono of the two
or thrco settlements on tho clsc-dc-serted
Island Bchrlng's point.
Hero we dropped anchor nnd Char
lie, who had some business ashore,
proposed our landing with him; but
hero again our passenger aroused his
suspicions though Heaven knows
why by preferring to remain aboard.
"Pleaso let mo ofT," ho requested In
his most tap-lofty English accent. "You
can see for yourself thnt there's noth
ing of Interest nothing but a beastly
lot of nigger cabins, nnd dirty coral
rock thnt will cut your boots to pieces.
I'd much rather smoko and wait for
you in pence;" and, taking out his
case nnd lighting a cigarette, ho
waved it gaily to us as wo rowed off.
He had certainly been right about
Bearing's polnt-Clmrllo wns nbsurdly
certain that ho had known it before,
nnd had some reason for not lundlng
for n moro forlorn nnd povertj-'
stricken fo&thold of humanity could
hardly bo conceived ; a poor llttlo clus
ter of negro cabins, indeed, scram
bling up from the bench, nnd with no
streets hut craggy pnthwnys In nnd
out among the" gray cllnkcr-liko coral.
But it was touching to find even
hero that, though tho whole worldly
goods of tho community would scarce
ly havo fetched ten dollars, tho souls
of men were still held worth cnrlng
for; for presently wo came upon a
pretty llttlo church, with a schoolhouso
nenr by, whllo from the roof of an ad
jacent building wo woro hailed by a
pleasant-faced whlto man, busy with
somo shingling.
It was the good priest of tho little
place, Father Sernplon, disguised in
overalls and tho honest grltno of his
labor; llko a true IJcnedlctlno, pray
ing with his strong nnd skillful hnnds.
Father Scruplon nnd Charlio wcro
old friends, and Charlio took occasion
to conflilQ In him with regnrd to 'ro
bins, nnd, to Ills huge delight, discov
ered that a man answering very close
ly to hla description had dropped in
there with a largo sponger two days
before. IIo had only stopped long
enough to buy rum nt the llttlo store
nenr tho landing nnd had been off
ngnln through tho bight, sailing west.
Father Sernplon, who know Chnrllu
AVebster's shooting ground, promised
to send n swift messenger should any
thing further of interest to us come
to his knowledge wlthlri tho next week
or so.
Then wo sailed away from Bchring's
point, duo west through tho North
bight. Morning found us sailing
through a mazo of low-lying desert Is
lands of a bewildering sameness of
shupo and size, with practically noth
ing to distinguish ono from unother.
Wo had hoped to reach our camp,
out on tho other sldo of tho Island,
that evening, but thnt dodging tho
shonls nnd sticking In the mud hnd
considerably delayed us. Besides,
though Charlio and the cuptaln both
hated to admit It, wc hnd lost our
way. So night begnn to fall nnd, ns
there is no sailing in such waters at
night, wo onco moro cast anchor un
der a gloomy, black shnpo of land, ex
ceedingly lonesome und forgotten
looking, which wo agreed to call "Llt
tlo Wood cay" till morning.
Soon all wcro asleep except Sailor
and me. I lay awnko for a long tlmo
watching the squaro yard of stars that
shono down through tho hatch in our
cabin celling like a little window look
ing Into eternity, whllo tho waters lap
ped and lapped outside, und the night
talked strangely to Itself. Next morn
ing Chnrllo nnd tho captain wcro
forced to own up that tho island, dis
covered to the day, wns not Llttlo
Wood cay. No humiliation goes deep
er with a sailing man than having to
nbk his wny. Besides, who was there
to ask in thnt solitudo'r Doubtless a
cormorant flying overhead knew It,
but no ono thought to usk him.
However, wo wero in luck, for, after
sailing about a bit, wo camo upon two
lonely negroes standing up In their
boats and thrusting long polos Into tho
wntcr. Thoy were sponging most
melancholy of occupations nnd they
looked forlorn enough In tho still
dawn. But they had a smllo for our
plight. It was evidently a good Joko
to hnvo mistaken Sapodllla cay for
Llttlo AVood cay. Of courso wo should
havo gon(. "so." And "so" wo pres
ently went, not without rewnrdlng
them for their information with two
generous drinks of old Jamaica rum.
Ono of our reasons for seeking Llt
tlo Wood cay, which It proved had
been closo till tho time, was that It Is
ono of tho fow cays where ono can get
fresh water. "Good water here," says
tho chart. Wo wanted to refill somo
of our Jars, und so wo landed there,
glad to stretch our legs, while old Tom
cooked our brenkfast on tho beach, un
der a sapodllla tree,
Now that wo know whero wo were,
It was clear, but by no means enreiess
snlllng to our camp. Wo wcro mnklng
for what is known no tho WIdo Open-'
ing, a sort of estuary into which n
listless stream or two crawl through
mangrovo bushes from tho interior
swamps.
nero, n short distance from tho
hunk, on somo slightly ascending
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roeiiy ground, under tho spreading
shndo of something llko a stretch of
woodland, Charlie, several years ago,
had built a rough log shanty for his
camp ono of two or thrco camps ho
had thus scattered for himself up nnd
down tho "out islands," whero ncnrly
all the land is no man's, nnd so every
man's land. Tha particular enmp nt
which wo now arrived ho had not vis
ited for a long tlmo.
Hera Tom brought us our dinner
nnd tho dark begnn to ecttlo down
upon us, thrllllngly lonely, nnd full of
strange, dcsolato cries of night crea
tures from tho mangrovo swamps that
surrounded our llttlo oasis for miles.
Sailor lay nt our feet, dreaming of to
morrow's duck. His mnster's thought
wero evidently in tho snmo direction.
"How nre you with a gun?" ho
asked, turning to tho boy.
"Oh, I won't brag. I had better wait
till tomorrow. But, of courso, you will
have to lend mo a gun."
"I have a beauty for you Just your
weight," replied Charlie, his fnco
beaming as It did only at tho thought
They Wero Sponging.
of his guns, which ho kept polished
llko Jowels nnd guarded as Jealously
as a violinist his violin, or an Arab his
hnrcm.
Dawn was Just breaking as I felt
Charlie's great paw on my shoulder
next morning. IIo was very serious.
For a moment, ns I sat up, still halt
asleep, I thought ho had nows of To
bias. But it was only duck.
I was scarcely dressed when Tom
arrived with breakfast, and in a fow
minutes wo had shouldered our guns
and wcro crossing tho half mllo of
peuty waste that divided us from tho
mnrl lakes. Ahead of us, tho crow
wcro carrying tho skiffs on tholr shoul
ders, and very soon wo wcro each
seated in regulation fashion on a can
vas chair In front of our respective
skiffs, with our guns ucross our knees
and a negro behind us to do tho pol
ing. Charlio went ahead, with Sailor
standing in tho bow quivering with ex
cltemcnt. Tho necessity of nbsolute
silence, of course, had been Impressed
upon us nil by tho most severe of nil
sportsmen. Tom (who wns poling mo)
and I understood thnt our Job, nnd
ulso thnt of my companion, was to
steal behind ono mungrovo copso nfter
another till wo hnd got on tho other
sldo of a quacking Hock of teal
which might then bo expected to tnko
flight in Chnrllu's direction nnd rush
by him in a terrlilod whirlwind. This
not very easy feat of stalking wo wcro
nblo to accomplish, thereby winning
Chnrllo's lmmcnso npprovnl and put
ting him in a splendid temper for tha
rest of tho dny; for, ns tho wild -.'loud
swept over him, ho wns able to bring
down no less than seven. Llko a truo
sportsman, In tclljng tho story after
ward In John Saunders' snuggery, ho
averred thnt the number wns nlnoj
Tho days that now followed for a
week might bo said to bo accurato
copies of that first day. But thoy wcro
nono tho less delightful for that for
there Is u sameness that Is far Indeed
from monotony though I will confess
that, for my own tastes, townrd tho
week-end tho carnngo of duck began
to partnko a llttlo of that latter qual
Ity. Still, Churllo and Sailor wero so
happy that I wouldn't huvo let them
suspect that for tho world.
Jack Harkaway disap
pears, without toiling his
secret.
(TO HE CONTINUED.)
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potuto crop, with tho United States
second, and tho British empire tklr
