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JAN. 5. tvjj
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HALSEY ENTERPRISE
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was appareut to ine Umi .'.r, TuM * c. n-erned. because of the surprising
had not yet discovered It. Even If he fa n , only now remarked by any one,
had, I am certain that he would have that Captain Magnus had disappeared
been no more heroic than my»> If about
exploring It, though there was uo
CHAPTER X IV .
missing Peter to haunt hla Imaglna-1
tloo. But with the grave as a start­
Some Secret Diplomacy.
ing point, there could he no question
The evanlshment of Captain Mag­
as to the ultimate discovery of the nus, though quite unlooked for at no
cave.
critical a moment, was too much lu
I was so eager myself to see keeping with his eccentric and unsocial
the Inside of the cave, and to know ways to arouse much comment Every­
whatever It hud to reveal of the fate body looked about with mild ejacula­
of Peter, that I was Inclined to wish tions of surprise, and then forgot
Mr. Tubbs success In driving bis hard about the matter.
bargain, especially as It would profit
Whistling a Scotch tune, Dugald
him nothing In the end. But this sen­ Shaw set to work again on the boat.
timent was exclusively my own. On In the face of difficulty or opposition
all hands Indlgnutlon greeted the rig­ he always grew more brisk and chser-
orous demands of Mr. Tubbs. With a ful. I used to wonder whether In the
righteous Joy I saw the fabric of event of a tornado he would not warm
C Q P v r a iG -H T
T H E B O B B S - M E R R I L L COM PANY
Aunt Jane's Illusions shaken by the Into positive geniality.
Perhaps It
rude blast of reality. For where was would not have needed a tornado. If
SYNOPSIS.
the Tubbs of yesterday— the honey-1 I hud not begun by suspecting h la
homes were those clefts and caves
tongued, the suave, the anxiously oh of conspiring against Aunt Jsuo'a
I — Jan® H a r d in g
respect-
which the boat Invaded. And all this,
a b le and conservative old spinster—but
sequlous Tubbs? Gone, quite gone. pocket, or If the Triumvirate, In­
n ever too old to th in k o f m arria g e —w ith
poor little boat, on a hopeless quest
Instead, here was a Tubbs who cocked spired by Mr. Tubbs, had not sat la
m ore m oney than brain«, 1« in veig led by
for
no
reward
but
peril
and
wounds.
to
a stro n g -m in d ed apinater, M iaa H ig g le ab y-
Ills helmet rakishly, and leered round gloomy Judgment on hla every move­
B ro w ne, into fin an cing an expedition to
Cuthbert Vane had a sprained thumb
upon the compuny, deaf to the claims ment. Or If he hadn't been reproached
hu nt fo r buried trea a u re on L e e w a rd
which could not be ignored, and on
¡■land
H e r niece, V irg in ia H a rd in g , un-
of loyalty, the pleas of friendship, the so for saving me from the cave, in­
the strength of which he was dis
a e rta k ln g to atop her, gets on th e vessel
voice of tenderness—Aunt Jane's.
engaged fo r the h u n t, an d in th e confu­
stead of leaving It to Cuthbert Vane—
missed from the boat-repairing con
Tickets good till April 30— Stopovers allowed
sion is u n w illin g ly c a rrie d along.
Manfully Miss
Hlgglesby Browne
But now under the stimulus of
tlngent, and thrown on my hands to
stormed up and down the beach. She speaking his mind about Mr. Tuhhs
. C H A R T E R I I . —B y no m eans concealing
entertain. So of course I had to re
N
o
W
ar
T
ax
on
Railroad
T
ickets
h e r dista s te fo r the exp editio n an d her ,
demanded of Mr. Shaw, of Cuthbert the
Hcotchman
whistled
as
he
nounce all thoughts of visiting the
contem pt fo r its m em bers, V irg in ia m akes
Vane, of Captain Magnus, each anil worked, and slapped the noble youth
the acq uaintance o f the H o n o ra b le C u th ­
sloop. I should not have dared to go
severally, that Mr. Tubbs be compelled affectionately on the back when he
bert V ane, and is s o m ew hat im pressed.
there anyway, with Mr. Shaw and the
Since 1870 t
Southern Pacific na> a . c » i c«o-eiy
to disgorge his secret. You saw that came and got In the way with anxious
captain
able
more
or
less
to
overlook
identified w i i h the development! of Wentern >regon
H I - —T a lk in g w ith D ugald
she would not have shrunk from a reg­ Industry.
my motions from the beach, for 1 wa>
Bhaw. th e leader o f the exp editio n. V i r ­
imen of racks and thumbscrews. But
g in ia very fr a n k ly expresses h e r views,
As I wanted to observe develop­
quite
morbidly
afraid
of
attracting
at
p ra c tic a lly accusing Shaw and th e oth er
there were no racks and thumbscrews ments— a very necessary thing when
tentlon to the derelict It seemed to
m em bers o f the p a rty , in clu d in g a some­
on the Islnnd. Of course we could have you are playing Providence— I chose
w h a t un ce rtain personage. C a p ta in M a g -
me a happy miracle that no one but
a ®hady 'fin a n c ie r,'7 H a m ilto n
Invented various Instruments of torture a central position In the shade and
myself had taken any Interest In her,
H . Tubbs, o f being in a conspiracy to de­
—I felt I could have developed some pulled out some very smudgy tatting,
fra u d M ias Jan e H a rd in g . T h e ir rela tio n s
or
been
Inspired
to
ask
by
what
chance
n a tu r a lly , a re som ew hat s train ed.
JO H N M. SCOTT,
Ingenuity that way myself— but too fa a sort of Penelope's web which there
so small a boat had come to he
General Passenger Agent
tally well Mr. Tubba knew the civil­ was no prospect of my ever complet­
C H A P T E R IV -L a n < 3 1 lin g on th e island
wrecked
upon
these
desolnte
shores.
__________________________________
Is a m a tte r o f some d iffic u lty . , Vlrgh
V irg in ia
ized prejudices of those with whom he ing. hut which served admirably to
Fortunately
In
her
position
In
the
Ee ‘" ^ c a r r ie d ashore In the a rm s o f Cu u th -
had is deal. With perfect Impunity give me an appearance of occupatloa
b e lt V ane, to her disquietude. T h e lai nd-
shadow of the cliff she was incon
—
m g. ho w ever, is s a fe ly effected.
he could strut about the camp, sure at critical momenta.
splcuous, so that she might easily
Mr. Tuhhs also had sought a shady
have been taken for the half of a large [ strangely Justified by a shrill outcry he don't let on to be a hero. Jest a thai no weapons worse than words
C H A P T E R V . - L e d by MI®« H lg g le s b y .
B row ne th® p a rty d ra w s up an a g re e ­
plain man o’ business. That's old H. H. would be brought to bear upon him, spot, and was fanning himself w'th
boat
Instead
of
the
whole
of
a
small
i
from
the
camp.
I
knew
that
high
fal-
m ent w h ereby V irg in ia H a r d in « la barred
that he would not even be turned
his helmet.
From time to time he
one, or she must before this have ' *etto tone. It was the voice of Mr.
fro m p a rtic ip a tio n In th® profit® o f th®
Consequence Is, he leaves the other
expedition
B elie v in g th® whole th in g to
hoard to hummed. In a manner determinedly
drawn the questioning notice of the Tubbs, but pitched on a key of quite fellers have the bruss band, while he sway from the general
b® a fra u d , V ir g in ia la not g re a tly w o r-
gay.
However lie might disguise It
browse on coconuts in solitude.
Scotchman. As to the captain, his at insane excitement. 1 sprang np and
rled. C u th b e rt V a n e alone votes a g a in s t
sets out on the q. t. to run a certain
th® exclusion o f V irg in ia .
Long ago Mr. Shaw ’ had left the from himself this time Mr Tuhhs hat
tentlon was all set on the effort to ran, Crusoe and the Honorable Cuth- little clue to earth. And, ladles and
Held lo Violet ano with a curt shrug overshot his mark.
The truth was
discover the cave, and his Intelligence Itert at my heels. There in the midst gentlemen, he's run Itl"
C H A P T E R V I.—W ild pig® abound on
since our arrival on the Island Mr.
th e island, and- " C o o k ie ," th® colored
had turned his back and stood look
was not lively enough to start on an of the camp Mr. Tubbs stood, the cen­
"You have found—you have found
"H im ber o f ,‘ h® p a rty , insist® h® ha® seen
Ing out over the cove, stroking his Tuhhs hail felt hlinedf the sjiolled
entirely new tack by Itself. And the ter of a group who were regarding the treasure!” shrilled Aunt Jane.
a
h a n t,
in th® fo rm o f a w h ite pig
D u rin g a w a lk V irg in ia m eets the 'h a n t? '
chin reflectively. Miss Browne's elo­ child of fortune. Auut J su e uud Mias
Honorable Cuthbert viewed derelict» him with astonished looks. Mr. Shaw
Contrary
to
his
bland
custom,
Mr.
a w h ite bu ll te rrie r, and prou dly brings
quence had risen to amazing flights, Hlgglesby.Browne were the Joint com­
as he viewed the planetary bodies; and the captain had left their tinker­ Tubbs frowned at her darkly.
h im In to cam p.
manders of the expedition, and he com­
and she already had Mr. Tubbs Inez
somehow In the course of nature they ing, Cookie his saucepans, and Aunt
“I said 1 found the clue," he cor­
C H A P T E R V I I . —O n the island Is th®
trlcnhly mixed with Ananias and manded them. The Scotchman’s the­
happened.
Jane
and
Violet
had
come
hurrying
h u t o f a copra g a th e re r, a nd th® presence
rected. “Of course. It's the same
o f the dog, nam ed "C ru so e" by V irg in ia
So, dissembling my excitements and from the hut. Among us all stood thing. Ladles and gentlemen, not to Supplilra. when the Scotchman broke oretical rank as leader had involved
is thus accounted fo r. R a m b lin g about,
merely the acceptance of all the re­
anxieties, I swung placidly In my ham Mr. Tubbs with folded anas. looking appear to be a hot-air artist, I will In upon her ruthlessly. 1
an d feeling h e rse lf not to b® a re g u la r
"Friends," he said, "so far as I can sponsibility and blame, while authority
m em ber o f the expedition, V irg in ia come®
mock, and nearby sat the beautiful round upon the company with an ex­ tell you In a word, that I have located
upon a Band-Imbedded sloop, th® Island
youth with his thumb carried tenderli traordinary air of complacency and the tombstone of one William Haiti- see we have been put a good bit ahead rested with the petticoat government
Queen. R e tu rn in g to th® cam p, ah® la
by this morning's work.
First, we dominated by the bland and wily
intercepted by C ap tain M a g n u s who a c ­
In a bandage. Was It merely ray be triumph.
well, deceased I”
costs her un p le a sa n tly . She escape® him
know the grave which should be our Tubbs.
“What
Is
It,
oh,
what
Is
It,
Mr.
Ing
so
distrait,
or
was
It
quite
another
w ith the aid o f "C rusoe."
O f course. Not once had I thought
But now. faced with the failure of
reason that led him to o|>en up s< Tubbs?" cried Aunt Jane, fluttering of It. Bare, stark, glaring up at the landmark has not been entirely oblit­
C H A P T E R V I I I . —F ire d w ith th® Idea
erated by the Jungle, as I had thought bis coup d'etat. Mr. Tuhhs slluution
suddenly
about
his
Kentish
home'
snn,
lay
the
stone
carved
with
the
let­
o f herself disc o v e rin g the treaaure. V i r ­
He
most likely. Second, we know that was, to say the least, awkward.
g in ia p a y * s v is it to the eave which has
Strange to say, Instead of panting fro
ters and the cross-hones. Forgetting
been singled out as th e moat lik e ly plaoe
it Is on this side of the Island, for hud risked all and lost It.
But lie
the
title,
Cuthbert
wanted
his
broth
In the haste of my departure to re-
In which I t has been concealed, and
the reason that this chap Tuhhs hasn’t maintained an air of Jaunty self-coo*
there she la cau g h t by the tide and res­
er to go on living, though there war
■ place the vines upon the grave, I had
cued by D u g a ld S haw , fre m c erta in
nerve to go much I eyond shouting dis­ fidence, slightly tinged with Irony. It
something queer about his spine, pooi
left the stone to shout its secret to
death. T h in k in g her unconscious, Shaw
tance by himself.
Third, as Tubbs was all very well, he seemed lo Im­
whisper® word® o f « n d sarm ent, which
fellow, and the doctors said he couldn't
the first comer. And that happened to
eha tre a s u re s
has tried this hold-up business, 1 be­ ply, for us to try to get along without *
possibly— Of course I was surprise-
be Mr. Tubbs. Happened, I say, for
lieve we should consider the agree
H. H.
We would discover the Impos­
C H A P T E R I X . —In Id le c u rio s ity V ir ­
at Cuthbert's views, for I had alway»
1 knew that he had not had the slight­
g inia, dabb lin g abou t th® w reck o f th®
ment by which he was to receive a sibility of It soon enough.
thought
that
If
there
were
a
title
in
est notion where to look for the grave
Is la n d Queen, linda a d ia ry . Identified
sixteenth shnre null and void, and de­
Aunt Jane, drooping, had been led
o n ly a® h a v in g been k ep t by " P e te r," a
your family your sentiments toward
of Bill Halllwell. This running to
fo rm e r seeker o f th e treasure. In It he
cide here and now that he gets noth- away to the cabin by Miss Hlggleshy-
those
who
kept
you
out
of
It
were
earth
of
clues
was
purely
an
affair
of
tell® o f ills finding o f th® hidden w e a lth
Browne.
You now heard the voice
and th e re her rea d in g I® In terru p te d .
necessarily murderous, and your tears
bis own picturesque imagination.
of Violet In exhortation, mingled with
crocodile
when
you
pretended
to
weep
I
wondered
uneasily
what
he
had
C H A P T E R X . —O p inions as to th® proper
Aunt Jane's sobs.
I seemed to see
over their biers. But Cuthbert's feel
made of the uprooted vines—but he
m ethod« o f prosecuting the »earch fo r the
that an ear of Mr. Tubbs was cocked
trea s u re are divided and a wide d iv e rg ­
ings
were
so
human
that
I
mentally
would
lay
them
to
the
pigs,
no
doubt
ence la a p p a re n t In tha councils o f the
attentively In that direction. He had
apologized to the nobility.
As to
In the countenance of Mr. Tubbs,
little p a rty .
V irg in ia 's In te re s t In the
ludeed erred In the very wanton neaa
le a d e r o f th® expedition Increase®.
High Staunton manor, I adored It. It
flushed and exultant, there was no |
of triumph, for a single glance would
suspicion that the secret was not all '
Is mostly Jacobean, but with an an­
C H A P T E R X I —Th® d ia ry w h ic h V i r ­
have kept Aunt Jane loyal and prodi­
g in ia haa found In the rem ain s o f the
his own.
cient Tudor wing, and It has a chapel
Is la n d Queen reveals th e fa c t th a t the
gal of excuses for him In the face of
Miss HiggleRby-Browne had a closed
and a ghost and a secret staircase
existence o f the gold w as know n to o th ­
uny treachery. Not even Violet could
ers, and an a ctiv e and successful search
umbrella beneath her arm, and she
and a frightfully beautiful and wicked
fo r It carrie d on. T h e record tell® o f tha
have clapped the lid on the up-welling
drew
and
brandished
It
like
a
sabei
ancestress
hanging
In
the
hall—I
mean
finding o f the treasure and It® tr a n s fe r ­
font of sentiment In Aunt Jane's heart.
ence to the sm a ll boat, but It I® evident
as she took a long stride forward.
a portrait of her—and quantities of
the finder n ever le f t the la la n d w ith hla
Only the cold contemning eye of H. H.
“Mr. Tubbs." she commanded, "lead
oak paneling quite black with age,
w e a lth .
V irg in ia , Of course, believes It
himself had congealed that tepid flow.
to be on the Is la n d Queen, and so w ith in
on I”
and sliver that was hidden In the fam
her reach
F o r v ario u s reasons she de­
The uiorulng wore on with ever-in­
But
Mr.
Tubbs
did
not
lead
on.
“Oh.
lly
tombs
when
Cromwell’s
soldiers
cides to say n o th in g o f her discovery u n ­
creasing heat, and aa nothing hap­
til she haa in vestigated fu rth e r.
no Indeed." he said. “Old H.
H
came, and a chamber where Elizabeth
pened I began to find my watchful
wasn't born yesterday. It may have ‘
once slept, and other romantic details
C H A P T E R X 1 L —bed by direction® In
waiting dull.
Crusoe, worn out per­
struck you that to possess the sole and
too numerous to mention. It Is a little
" P e te r ®" d ia ry , V irg in ia finds a highly
haps by some private nocturnal pig
Im p o rta n t clue to th e hidden treasure,
exclusive knowledge of the
where
bit
run
down
and
shabby,
for
lack
of
but her courage fa lls w hen I t conies to
hunt, slept heavily where the drip of
about a million or two— ratin'
It
money to keep It up, and of course on
pushing h e r In v e s tig a tio n s
the spring over the brim of old
low—Is some considerable of an asset.
that account all the more entrancing.
Heintz's kettle cooled the air. I be­
Eureka!** He Repeated, '*1 Have
And It's one I ain’t got the least Idee
The present Lord Grasmere lived up
C H A PTER X I II
gan to consider whether It would not
of partin' with unless for inducements
Found I t l"
to his position so completely that he
be well te take a "walk with Cuthbert
held o u t”
had
the
gout
and
sat
with
his
foot
on
Mr. Tubbs Interrupt«,
‘
Vane and discover the tombstone all
with the consciousness of her propri­
Aunt
Jane
gave
a
faint
shriek.
1
a
cushion
exactly
like
all
the
elderly
I hnd determined as an offset to my
etorship.
over again. I knew nothing, of course,
had been silently debating what my
pusillanimous behavior about the cave aristocrats you ever heard of, only
But Mr. Tubbs glanced at fier as In- own course should he In the face of
of Mr. Tuhb's drastic measures with
to show a dogged Industry In the mat­ when I Inquired If his lordship cursed
lifferently as a sated turkey-huezard this unexpected development.
the celebrated landmark. As to Cuth­
Sud­
ter of the Island Queen. It would take hi« valet and flung plates at the foot
bert's Interrupted courtship, I depend­
at a mTIrsel which has ceased tg tempt
denly I saw my way quite clear. I
me a long while to get clown through men when his foot hurt him, his son
him.
ed on the vast excitement of dlacov-
would say nothing. Mr. Tubbs should
the sand to the chest, hut I resolved to was much shocked and pained. He
•ring the cave to distract his mind
"Mr. Tubbs." commanded Violet, reveal his own perfidy. And the cur­
did
not
realize
so
well
as
I
—from
an
accomplish It, and borrowed of Cookie,
from It.
For that was the Idea, of
speak—explain yourself 1"
tain should ring down upon the play,
novel-reading—
without his knowledge, a large Iron extensive course of
course—Cuthbert Vane and I would
leaving Mr. Tubbs foiled all around, “Tubbs
“Come, out with It, Tubbs," advised
sffiion which I thought I could wield that such is the usual behavior of ti­
Thunderl”
explore the cave, and then whenever
Mr. Shaw.
bereft both of the treasure and of
tled persons.
mi re easily than a heavy spade.
Aunt
Jane.
I liked I could prick the bubble of Mr.
Then
the
lips
of
Mr.
Tubbs
parted,
It
was
delightful,
there
In
the
hot
But that afternoon I was tired and
Ing whatever.
Fourth, the boat la
Little I dreamed what surprises en­ now pretty well to fights, and as toon Tubbs' ambitions, without relating the
rad from them Issued this solitary
hot— it really called for a grimmer stillness of the Island, with the palm»
whole strange story of the diary aud
word;
suing acts of the play were to hold
resolve than mine to shovel sand rustling faintly overhead, to hear ot
as we have a snack Bert and Magnus
“E ureka!”
for me, or their astounding contrast and 1 will set out. In twice as good the Island Queen.
I
through the languor of a Leeward that cool, mossy, ancient place.
But meanwhile the cave drew me
“What?" screamed Mlsa Hlgglesby- with the farce of my Joyous Imaglna
Island afternoon. Instead, I slept In asked eager questions— I repealed
heart as before, having had the story |
tlon.
Browne. ’’You have found It?’
my hammock, and dreamed that I wns gloatingly fragments of descrlptlon-
that brought us here confirmed foi like a magnet I Jealously desired to
Solemnly Mr. Tubbs Inclined hla
I took no part In the storm that the first time.
queen of a cannibal Island, draped In I wondered enviously what It would
Ho Tuhhs and his be the first to see It, to snatch from
lead.
Mr. Tuhhs the honor of discovery. And
raged round Mr. Tubbs.
Ills face tombstone can go to thunder.”
necklaces made of the doubloons now be like to have anything so old ami
"Eureka I" he repeated.
" I have adorned by a seraphic, buttery smile,
hidden under the sand In the cabin of prond and beautifnl In your very blood
*1 can, can I T ’ cried Mr. Tubba ' I wanted to know about poor Peter—
’our.d It I"
he stood unmoved, while Miss Higgles
—when suddenly I realized that, mis
the derelict
“Hay, are you a human Iceberg, to talk and the doubloons that he had gone
hack to fetch.
by-Browne uttered cyclonic exhorts
Amidst the exclamations, the ques-
led
by
my
enthusiasm,
Cuthbert
wa-
Later, the walling of Cookie was
that cool before a man's own face?
lons, the general commotion which tlons and reproaches, while Aunt Jane Say, I ’ll—“
But already Captain Magnus had
heard In the land, and I had to restore saying something which must not be
nsued, I had room for only one sobbed and said, “Oh, Mr. Tubba I"
forsaken the post of duty and depart­
the spoon to free Crusoe of the charge said— that he was shout to offer the
But Cuthbert Vance broke In.
while Mr. Shaw strove to make him
thought—that Mr. Tubbs had somehow
“Three rousing cheers, old boy I" he ed on an unknown errand. Could I ask
of having stolen It I said I had want­ shelter of that ancient roof to me. To
discovered the treasure In the cabin I self heard above the din. He did at cried to the Scotchman enthusiastic
Cuthbert Vnne to do It, too? And
ed to dig with It But of course It oc­ roe, whose heart could never nest
of the Island Queen. Indeed. I should f least succeed In extracting from the ally. "Always did think that chap then I smiled a smile that was half
curred to no one that it was the treas­ there, but must be ever on the wing,
have shrieked the words aloud but ! traitor a definite statement of terms a frightful bounder, don’t you know? proud. I might ask him— but be would
ure I had expected to dig op with a wild bird of passage In the track of
These were nothing less than fifty pei
a ship—
or a providential dumbness that fell
Cookie’« xpoon.
We'll stand by old Shaw, won't we. refuse me. In Cuthbert's simple code,
pon me.
cent of the treasure, secured to him Magnus?*’ Which comradely outbreak certain things were “dons," certain
I sat up with a galvanic s ta rt “Oh
A more «etious obstacle to my ex-
Among the note was to
"Friends,’ Mr. Tubbs began, “It has by a document, sealed and delivered showed the excess of the beautiful others not.
plorntlons on the Island Queen pre­ — listen—didn't you hear something?"
een known from the start that there Into his own hands. To a suggestion youth’s emotions, for usually he fail In standing by a friend. And Just
sented Itself next day. Instead of put­ I desperately broke In. For somehow
stop him. I didn't want our
as a landmark on this little old that a i be had discovered the all-lui
turned a large cold shoulder on the now Cuthbert was standing by Dugald
ting to sea, Mr. Shaw and Captain I 1 I , must
"
Jolly friendship spoiled— and be
island that would give any party dis- , portant tombstone, so m lfht some one captain, though managing In some Shaw. Therefore nods and hecks and
Magnus hauled the boat up on the '
overt ng the same a line on that chest ' else, he replied with tranquillity that
rarsterlous manner to be perfectly wreathed smiles were vain. In Cuth-
beach and set to work to repair U. •Idea, fancy being cooped up on an
Island
with
s
man
you
have
refused
I
Perhaps you have hert’a quiet, easy-mannered, thick­
of
money right away. There's been he thought not. as tie had taken pre­ civil all the time.
The preceding day had been filled
cautions against Luch an eventuality
to be horn at High Staunton manor headed way he could tarn hie hack
with hardship and danger— as much Especially when all the while you'd be some that was too high up In the ex­
Io other words, as I was later to dis or Its equivalent to possess the art of calmly on the fare of love and follow
ploring business to waste time looking
so that my heart sank a little at the wanting so to pet and console him!
But with hla calm doggedness Cuth­ tor landmarks. They had ruther do i cover, the wily Mr. Tubbs hud con
relegating people to Immense dis­ the harsh call of duty even to death.
recountal of It.
You saw the little
boat threading Its way among the bert began again— “I was a bit afraid more fancy stunts, where what with , trived to raise the boulder front Its tances without seeming to administer I t would not occur to him not to.
bed and push It over the cliff Into the even the gentlest shove.
And be never wonld suspect himself
reefs, tossed like seaweed by the the old place would have seemed too surf, and sharks, and bangin' up tha
But nnfortunstely the effort of tha of being a hero—that would be quite
white teeth
of gnawing
wavetq quiet and dull to you— “ when the boat, they could make a good show sen. afterward replacing the mass of
Honorable Cuthbert's cordiality was the nicest part of IL
screamed at bj angry gulls whose 1
mr luterniDtlnn of eeftlu' busg, But old_Ham .Tubba, vines upon the grave.
. As to the entrance to the tunnel. It lost, so far o* ‘he :>{<ject of It wg«
And je t I knew goor Cuthbert e » t
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