The Irish standard., 1903-04-18
The KIDNAPPED
MILLIONAIRES
A Tale Of Wall Street
ard the Tropics ~ Il
BY FREDERICK u. ADAMS
Copyright, 1901 by Lothrop Publishing Company.
All tights reserved.
CHAPTER KIN.

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dressed and entered the club room.
He found that none of his fellow
castaways We're awake. After Il
search in the storeroon he provided
himself with rod, reel and COM
plete fishing equipment. Armed
with a dip net he went to the brook,
and as Sidney had predicted found
no difficulty in catching pail full
of minnows. \ few minutes later he
was drifting over the bay on the
raft.
1t was not long before he located
school Of pike and bass, the latter
much resembling the northern weak
fish. Before the minnow had been
lowered ten feet, one of the bass
made rush for it. He struck hard,
and for three minutes Mr.. Kent was
busy and a happy man. The reel
sang a CHEEKY song, for the bass
was game and did not tamely sur
render. At last he was in the land
ing net and from thence he went
into the willow basket.
In less than an hour Mr. Kent had
caught a dozen bass and pike, which
averaged four pounds. 1t was a fine
creel of fish, and Mr.. Kent padded
back to the stone pier in high salts
faction with his piscatorial prowess.
He justly regarded himself as the
Nimrod and the Isaac Walton of the
colony.
1t was not so much fun cleaning
these beauties, but Mr.. Kent had
completed the task when he was
joined by MIR. Haven. Together they
prepared the late breakfast and at
four o'clock all were seated around
the table. They pronounced the fish
excellent and gave Mr.. Kent vote
of thanks promising him a deccra-
ton on their return to civilization.
All adjourned to the veranda and
Mr.. Carmody brought up the subject
of building boat with which to es-
cape to tha mainland. Sidney Ham
mond said it was useless to continue
the exploration of the island. In his
opinion 1t was about ten miles long,
running north and south, and prob
ably four or five miles wide. The
snow-capped mountain undoubtedly
belonged to the range forming the
backbone of Mexico and Central
America. 1t was sufficient to know
that they were not more than $50
miles from the mainland. Sidney
suggested that a man be detailed to
watch the ocean each day from the
gateway to the bay, and volunteered
his services for the morrow. 1t was
decided to erect flagstaff at this
point and float a white flag from it
as a signal of distress.
1--WE will begin the building of
Il boat or raft tomorrow" said Mr..
Carmody, the chairman of the COM
mittce of escape. 81 have my plans
practically completed and 1 will sub
nit them to you now for approval,
rejection or modification. My sug-
gesticn is that we build raft in
the form of a houseboat. l doubt
if we have the materials with which
to construct lifcboat. with pointed
bows and stern. Again, such Il boat
is not nearly as safe as Il raft.
From what Hammond has learned
am of the opinior that any number
of ships pass to the east of MS at {"
distance not exceeding % miles
While our objective point is the main
sibility of being blown to tile east.
The Gulf of Mexico and the Carib-
bean sea are thronged with ships
Of all kinds. 1t is likely that this
island lies little off the regular
course of traffic, but we are certain
to sight some vessel in short order
Therefore l favor craft which will
have more of safety than of speed"
THAT is my idea exactly" said Mr..
Morton. 81 believe we will be picked
up inside of 4S hours at the most.
We must construct raft or house,
boat which can survive any ordinary
storm. ] ven if the waves do beat over
it occa sionally, our plight will be
nue.. better than if our boat were
capsized in the first heavy sea-"
mo ordinary wave will beat over
the raft I have planned" said MIR.
carmody, producing rough sketch
of the plans. 81 propose craft 40
feet long and IA feet wide. 1t will
be square at both ends. We will
frame the hull out of solid timber.
/ notice that there are some tall,
straight trees back of the bungalow
which will serve admirably for our
purpose. 1 have built many ships
and barges, and we have the tools
and materials to do good job. The
best plan will be to frame the hull
on shore, and then take it apart and
put it together again in the water.
OF course we could build the raft
complete and launch it from the
stone pier, but it will be safer to
build it from the water.
eve will build house or cabin
SKA feet. 1t will be high enough tc
stand upright in. There will be three
staterooms, each with two sleeping
hunks. Then there will be com.
Gined kitchen, dining-room and store
room. This cabin will be braced in
every direction, and l have worked
out plan by which no ordinary sea
can cause serious trouble. A raft
built like this will ride the waves
safely"
Mr.. Carmody's plans also provided
for six oars or sweeps and rudder
Through the roof of the cabin two
masts were stepped, each carrying
81 boom and Il thrce-cornered. sail
He had found Il pile of canvas avn
ings which had not yet been put il
place on the windows of the bunga
low. These promised to make excel
lent sails. For two hours the house