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. They are Belogllnn, Crimean,
Currell, Dletz, Longberry, Early May,
Fulcaster, Fultz,, Gipsy, Gladden, Gold
Coin, Grandprlze, Harvest King, Hun
garian, Jones Fife, Knnred, Kharkof,
Leap, Mulukof, Mammoth Red, Mich
igan Amber, Mediterranean, Minnesota
Reliable. Nigger Pestcrboden, Poole,
Portage, Pride of Indiana, Red Cross
(red chaff), Red Rock, Red Wave, Re
llnble, .Rudy, Stoner (Marvelous),
Trumbull, Turkey, and Wheedling.
THIS WOMAN'S
EXPERIENCE
Brings a Ray of Hope to
Childless Women
Lowell, Mass. "I had anemia from
the time I was sixteen years old and
was very irregular.
If I did any house
cleaning or washing
I would faint ana
havo to bo put to
bed, my husband
thinking every min
ute was my last.
After reading your
text-book for women
I took Lydla E.
Pinkham's Vegeta
ble Compound nnd
I used the Sanative
Wash, and Jiavo never felt better than
I havo the last two years. I can work,
eat, sleep, and feci as strong as can be.
Doctors told mo I could never havo
children I was too weak but after
taking Vegetable Compound itstrength
ened mo so I gavn birth to an eight
pound boy. I was veil all the time, did
all my work up to the last day, and had
a natural birth. Everybody who knew
me was surprised, and when they ask me
what made mo strong I tell them with
great pleasure, 'I took Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound and never
felt better In my llfo. ' Use this testi
monial at anytime." Mrs. Elizabeth
Smart, 142 w. Sixth St., Lowell, Mass.
This experience of Mrs. Smart is surely
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