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NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. Spanish I Doubloons TREASURE ISLAND. Well, here' a now kind of "Treasure Island" a kind that Stevenson himself would chuckle over, could he come backto read it. And by a wo man, toot So, as you may easily imagine, it's different from the rank and file of the many stories about treasure islands. Just the same, it's a real treasure island story an unin habited island, adventurers who have adventures, mystery, treachery, violence and Spanish doubloons. And this time, for good measure, love and ro mance and humor aro thrown in. The author, Camilla Kenyon, was born in San Francisco, with a legend of a buccaneer ances tor in the family. She says she sometimes thinks the old rover's soul may have got by mistake into her Earthly frame. Any way, she always has doted on sea tales of adventure and now she has written one of her own that's bettor reading than most of those she has read. Yes it's sure different the red-headed heroine tells the story herself I An interesting young per6n with a yarn that will keep you reading far be yond bedtime. to CHAPTER I. 1 An Aunt Errant Never had llfo seemed more fair and mtllng than nt the moment when Aunt Jane's letter descended upon me Ilka a bolt from tho blue. The fact If, I was taking a vacation from Aunt Jane. Being an orphan, I was sup posed to be undor Aunt Jnno's wing, but this was tho merest polite fiction, And I am sure that no hen with one cMckcn worries about it more than I did about Aunt Jnnc. I had spent Che last three years, since Aunt Susan died and left Aunt Juno with all tho money and no one to look after but me, la snatching her from the brink of disaster. Her most recent and nar row escape was from a velvet tongued person of half her years who turned out to be a 'convict on pnroTo. fihe had her handbag packed for the elopement when I confronted her with this unpleasant fact. When Came to she was bitter lnstend of tuneful, and went about for weeks preset "g a 'spectacle of blighted p which was too much for tho lizt ecu approving conscience. So 11 ended with my packing her off to Now York, whero I wrote to her frequently and kindly, urging her not to mind mo but to stay as long as sho liked. Meanwhile I canio up to the ranch for a tong holiday with Bess and tho baby,,, a holiday which had already stretched Itself out to Thanksgiving, end threatened to last until Christ Has. Aa to Aunt Jnne, my state of mind was fatuously calm. Sho was stay ing with cousins, who live In a suburb and are frightfully respectable. I was sure they numbered no convicts among their acquaintance,, or ludced any one from whom Aunt Jane was likely to require rescuing. And If It atno to a retired missionary I was perfectly willing. ' But tho cousins and their respect ability are of the passive order, where as to manage Aunt Juno demnnds ag gressive and continuous action. Ilenco the bolt from tho bluo abovo alluded to. I was swinging tranquilly In tho hammock, I remember, when Bess brought my letters and thon hurried awey because the baby had fallen downstairs. Unwarned by tho slight est premonitory thrill, I kept Aunt Jane's letter till the last and skimmed through all the others. At last I catno to Aunt Jane. I tipped open tho cnvclopo and drew out the letter a fat one, but thon Aunt Jano's letters are nlways fat. Nevertheless, as I spread out the close-filled pages I felt a mild wonder. Writing so large, so black, so stag gering, so madly underlined, must In dicate something above even Aunt Jane's usual emotional level. Per haps In sober truth there was a mis sionary Twenty minutes Inter I staggered Into Bess' room. "Hush I" sho said. "Don't wake tho babyl" "Baby or no baby," I whispered sav agely, "I've got to have a tlmo-tablo. I leave for the city tonight to catch the first steamer for Panama 1" Later, while the baby slumbered and I packed, I explained, This was difficult; not that Bess Is-as a gen wal thing obtuse, but because the pic ture of Aunt Jano embnrklng for etae wild, lone Isle of the Pacific as the head of a treasure-seeking expe dition was enough to shake the strong t Intellect. And yet, amid the wel ter of Ink and eloquonce which filled those fateful pages, there was tho cold hard fact confronting you. Aunt Jane was going to look for burled treasure, la company with one violet ulgglcaby Browse, wnom sne sprung on you without the slightest explanation, as though alluding to the queen of Sheba r the SlantM twins. By beginning at tho end nnd reading backward Aunt Jano's letters are usually most Intelligible thnt way you mannged to piece together some explanation of this Miss IIIgglesby-Browne nnd her place in the scheme of things. It was tlircagh Miss Browne, whom she had met at a lecture upon Soul-Development, that Aunt Jane had como to renllzc her claims as an Individual upon the Cosmos, also to discover that sho was by nnturc a woman of af fairs with n talent for directing large enterprises, although adverse Influ ences had hitherto kept her from rec ognizing her powers. Thcro was a dark significance In these "adverse In fluences," though whether they mennt mo or the family lawyer I was not sure. Miss Illgglcsby-Browne, however, hnd assisted Aunt Jane to find herself, nnd as a consequence Aunt Jnnp, for tho comparatively trifling outlay need ful to finance tho Harding-Browne ex pedition, would shortly be the richer by one-fourth of a vast treasure of Spanish doubloons. Tho knowledge of this hoard was Miss Hlgglesby Browno's nlono. It had been revealed to her by a dying sailor In a London hospital, whither she had gone on a mission of kindness you gathered that Miss Browne wns precisely the sort to take advantage when people were helpless and unable to fly from her. Why tho dying sailor chose to make Miss Browno the repository of his secret, I don't know this still re mains for mo the unsolved mystery. But when the sailor closed his eyes tho secret und tho map of course thero was a map had become Miss Hlgglesby-Browne's. Miss Browno now had clear before her tho road to fortune, but unfortu nately It led across'lho sea and qulto out of tho route of steamer travel. Capital In excess of Miss Browne's re sources wns required. London prov ing cold before Its great opportunity, Miss Browne had shaken off Its dust nnd como to JNew York, where a mys teriously potent Influence had guided her to Aunt Jane. Through Miss "I Must Get to Panama In Time to 8ave Her." BrowmVs grent organizing abilities, not to speak of those newly brought to light In Aunt Jane, a party of stanch comrudes hud been assembled, n steamor engaged to meet them at Pannmn, and It wns ho, for the Island In tho bluo Pacific main I With this lyrical outburst Aunt Jnno concluded tho body of her letter. A smnll cramped postscript Informed mo that It was against Miss n.-B.'s wishes that sho revealed their plans to anyone, but that sho did want to hear from me before they sailed from Panama, whero a letter might reach her If I was prompt. "And of course," I explained to Bess as I hurled things Into my bags, "If a letter can reach her so can L At least I must take the chance of It What those people are up to I don't know probably they mean to hold her for ransom and murder her outright If It Is not .forthcoming. Or perhaps some of them will marry her and sharo tho spoils with Miss IIIgglesby-Browne, Anyway, I must got. to Panama . In time to save her." "Or you might go along to tho Island," suggested Bess. I' paused to glare at her. "Bess I Anil let them murdor me, too.r "Or marry you" cooed Bess. Ono month later I was climbing out of a lumbering hack before tho Tlvolt hotel, which rises squaro and white and imposing on the low groen height above tho old Spanish city of Pan ama. In splto of tho melting trop ical hent there was a chill fear nt my heart, the fenr that Aunt Jano and her band of treasure-seekers had nl ready departed on their quest I crossed the broad gallery and plunged Into tho coo, dimness of the lobby In tho wake of tho bellboys who, discerning a helpless prey, had swooped en mnsse upon my bags. "Miss Jnno HurdlngT' repeated the Camilla. Kenyon COFYRIOHT THE DOBBS.MERRILL COMPANY clerk, and at tho cool negation of his tono my heart gnvo a slckwilng down ward swoop. "Miss Jane Harding and party have left the hotel I" "For the Island?" I gasped. He raised his eyebrows. "Can't say, I'm sure." D gave mo an ap praising stare. Perhaps tho woe in my face touched him, for he descend ed from the eminence of the hotel clerk where he dwelt apart sufficient ly to add, "Is It Important that you should see her?" "I nm her niece. I have come nil the wny from San Francisco expect ing to Join her here." The clerk meditated, his shrewd eyes piercing the very secrets of ray soul. "Sho knew nothing nbout It," I has tened to add. "I Intended It for a surprise." This candor helped my cause. "Well," he snld, "that explains her not leaving any word. As you are her niece, I suppose It will do no harm to tell you thnt Miss Harding nnd her party embarked this morning on tho freighter Itufus Smith, nnd I think It very likely that tho steamer has not left port. If you like I will send a man to tho water-front with you and you mny bo able to go on board and have a talk with your nunt" Did I thank blra? I hnve often wondered when I waked up In tho night. I have n vision of myself dashing out of the hotel, and then the hack that brought me Is bearing me away. Bellboys hurled my bags In after me, and I threw them largess recklessly. Madly we clattered over cobbled ways. Out on tho smooth waters of tho roadstead lay ships great ana small, ships with stripped masts and smokeless funnels, others with faint grny spirals wreathing up ward from their stacks. Was ono of these, die Itufus Smith, and would I reach her or him before the thin grny feather became a thick blnck plume? I thought of my aunt nt the mercy of these unknown adventurers with whom she had set forth, help less as a little fat pigeon among hawks, nnd I felt; desperately, that 1 must reach her, must save her from them and bring her safe back to shore. How I was to do this at .tho eleventh hour, plus about fifty-seven minutes, as nt present, I hadn't con sidered, But experience hnd taught me thnt once In my clutches Aunt Jnno would offer about as much re sistance ns a slightly molted wax doll. Sho gets so soft that you are almost afraid to touch her for fear of leav ing dents. So to get there, got there, get there, wns the one prayer of my soul. I got there, In n boat hastily com mandeered by tho hotel clerk's dep uty. We brought up under the side of the llttlo steamer, nnd the wide ! surprised faco of a Swedish deck hand stared down at us. "Xei me nnoardl I mast eoraa aboard," I cried. Other faces appeared, then a rope- ladder. Somehow I was mounting It n dizzy feat to which only the tu mult of my emotions made mo Indif ferent. Bnre brawny nrms of sailors clutched nt mo nnd drew me to the deck. There nt one I was the cen ter of a clrclo of speechless and aston ished persons, all men but one. "Well?" demanded a large breozy voice. "What's tills mean? What do you want aboard my ship?" I looked up at a red-faced man la a largo straw hat. "I want my nunt," I explained. "Your nunt?" he roared. "Why the devil should you think I've got your nunt?" "You have got her," I replied with firmness. "I don't see her, but she's tiere somewhere." Tho captain of the Itufus Smith shook two largo red fists above his head. "Another lunatic I" he shouted. "I'd ns soon havo n white horse and a min ister aboard as go to sea in a floating bedlam 1" As the captain's angry thunder died away came the small, anxious volco of Aunt Jnne. "What's tho matter? Oh. please toll me what's the matter I" sho was say ing ns sho edged her way Into tho group. Her eyes, round, pale, blink ing n llttlo In the tropical glare, roved over the clrclo until they Ht.on me. Right where sho stood Aunt Jane petrified. Her poor llttlo chin dropped until It disappeared altogether In the folds of her plump neck, and she re mained speechless, stricken, Immobile as a wax figure In an exhibition. "Aunt Jane," I said, "you must come right back to shore with me." I spoke calmly, for unless you nro perfectly calm with Aunt Jane you fluster her. She replied only by a Blight gob bling In her throat, but the other woman spoke In a loud voice, ad dressed not to me but to the universe In general. "The Young Person Is mad 1" It was nn unmlstnknbly British Intonation. "Anybody that ain't join' in that direction is welcome to jump overboard." (TO MK CONTINUE) CORN BORER NOW SPREADING WEST Fight to Protect Corn Belt From Adanco of Pest to Be Con centrated in Ohio. PEST DOES HARM IN CANADA Farmerarged to Cut Cornstalks Close to Ground as Possible to Destroy Winter Home of Insect Fall Plowing Helps. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) The fight to protect tho corn celt against the advance of the European corn borer Is now to be concentrated In Ohio, where, according to reports to the United States Department of Agriculture, Infestations of tho pest havo been found along the entire southern shore of Lake Erie over a strip varying from six to twelve miles In width nnd extending to within six miles of the Indiana border. It Is at the western end of the lnke that the borer ajso threatens a descent upon this country from Canada by crossing tho Detroit river. The department Is preparing to reduce Its efforts ago Inst the pest In other places and In co-operntlon with Canadian and Ohio authorities concentrate them In Ohio. Heavy Infestation in Ontario. For some months the Canadian authorities have been combating the pest on the northern shore of the lake, where It has gained a strong foothold, practically devastating entire corn fields In tho vicinity of St. Thomas. A three-days heavy wind nt the period when the moths were flying Is be lieved to have blown some of them across tho lnke Into Ohio. Every possible effort, It Is snld; will be made to hold down the Infestations on the Ohio and Pennsylvania side of the lake. Farmers will bo urged to cut their cornstalks as close to the ground as possible, ns the Insect makes Its winter home In the stalk. For this reason, too, fall plowing Is recom mended. The Ohio authorities, It Is said, are fully alive to the need for checking tho spread of the peSt, and are co-operating with the department and conducting work of their own to ward tills ond. Floating Cornstalks a Source of Danger This Is the first Instance, known in which the corn borer was carried any great distance by wind. It has been known, though, to travel by water In floating cornstalks, and In this man ner has made Its way to Islands. This Is one ominous feature of the presence of the borer In Ohio, It Is said. At present the Infestations are In a strip thnt drains Into Lake Erie, and float ing stalks are not likely to do much hnrm. However the divide where the Thu European Corn Borer, Top at left larvae and pupae In cornstalks, and young tassel attacked by the In sect, Male and female moths drawn on same scale as the corn. Top center a female moth with cluster of eggs on a section of corn leaf, on a con Iderably larger scale. Top right- mature tassel showing typical Injuries by caterpillar (the broken tassel stem la often the most noticeable evidence of the presence of the Insect during the early summer months). Center external and Internal views of In Juries Inflicted on two ears of sweet corn. Lower half of the plate snap beans, beets, and celery attacked by the borer, cornstalk containing cater pillars, corn stubbles cut awaytoahov; how the caterpillars hide themselves In the fall, winter, and early spring months, "smartweed," which Is a favorite food at times, "barnyard grass," which In Massachusetts Is often heavily Infested, and "cockle bur" plant, a weed that often serves as a breeding place for the pest. drainage of the Ohio river begins Is only a few miles south of the Infested area. Once over this watershed, It 1b said, there Is no telling where the pest may he carried. It Is thought nt toccther possible that Infested stalks In that event might be cnrrled even to places far down the Mississippi river. The European corn borer hns been known In this country only a few years. It Is well known In northern Europe, where It does great dnmage to corn, especially In Austria. It Is sup posed to have come to this country and to Cannda In Importations of broom corn from Europe, and nt pres ent several large orens In New Eng land nnd Now York aro under Federal quarantine to prevent Its further spread. Its presence In Ohio Is one of tho most Important developments since It entered this country. SUGGESTIONS TO AID FARM TIMBER OWNERS Selling of Produot Calls for Good Business Methods. Benefit by xperlence of Neighbor and Investigate Local Requirements and Prices Advertise and 8ecura Competition. (Prepared tr the United States department or, Agriculture.) Based upon methods used by wood land owners thnt have been success ful In marketing their products, the forest service of tho United Stntes Department of Agriculture offers tho following 10 suggestions for aiding others who hnve timber on the farm for salo: Get prices for various wood prod ucts from as many sawmills and other wood-using nlnnta as possible. Before selling, consult neighbors who hnve sold timber and benefit from their experiences. Investigate local timber require ments nnd prices. Your products Black Locust Plantation Flve-Year- Old Trees. may be worth more locally because transportation Is saved. Advertise in papers and otherwise secure outside competition. Secure bids if practicable both by the lump and by log-scale measure. Be sure that you are selling to re sponsible purchasers. Get a reliable estimate of the amount nnd value of the material before selling. Market the higher glides of timber and use the cheaper for farm pur poles. Remember thnt standing timber can Walt over n period of low prices with out rapid deterioration. Use a written agreement In selling timber, especially If the cutting la done by the purchaser. Additional details concerning the profitable marketing of woodland products are contained In Farmers' Bulletin 1117, Forestry nnd Farm In come, copies of which may be had upon request of the division of Publi cations, United Stutes Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. GOOD PREVENTIVE OF VERMIN All Small Inclosuret Should Be Cleaned and Disinfected Bofore Being Used. Except In accidental cases, hiS Hce are found only on hogs, nnd they do not voluntarily leave their natural host, says the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. Whei sepa rated from the animal they live only two or three days. The lice pass readily from one hog to another when the animals come In close contact. Practically all cases of Inflation occur from contact with lomy ani mals and not from Infected piemlses. Under reasonably good sanitary con ditions pens, corrals and premises which have contained lousy hogs are not a source of danger to hoys free from lice. As n precautionary measure, how ever, and becnui-i; It Is good sanitary practice, all suiull lnclosures which huve contained lousy hogs should be cleaned nnd disinfected before being used for a new lot of hogs. The litter and manure should be removed and the floors denned after which the woodwork and floors should be sprayed with a good disinfectant. The coal-tar-creosote dips, diluted In accordance with Instructions on the contntner, are suitable for this purpose. TAKE-ALL DISEASE OF WHEAT Department of Agriculture Has Found Thirty-Nine Varieties Immune to Ailment. Eff6rts by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture to combat the so called take-all dlseaso of wheat In Illi nois nnd Iudlnna have resulted In find ing 80 varieties that are either Im mune or highly resistant to the dis ease. 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