The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-17

lac OF tHhNuti anu 81 n nun ihhllH ~
follow he air 81 the room seemed
heavy az that of a prison house. In
the gardens outside u Skinner Of
yellow light reminded me Of Lon
dom fog. No longer could yen dis
tinEuinh the trees OF the bushes or
even the mass Of the woods beyond
the gate FROM tlu, 10 time the
loom Of the cloud would iift. aud a
beam Of sunlight strike through IT,
revealing a golden path ana a be-
WitchinE vision ~ grass ana roses
an dropping Ia the heat Then the
ray WAS last again. mud the yellow
vapar steamed up anew.
"a storm undoubtedly" said the
doctor. at last "Nnd "a bad one, too.
And after the storm the wind.
And the wind viii clear Ker's
Island 81 fog" cried = All. 81
course n VIII We shall breathe
hgaln now and go about like sane
men. am younger for hearing IT,
Doctor"
lie naid. yes. Il vas good news. "
and then nut some sticks into the
CRATE and began 10 make fire. The
others still slept heavily Little
Dolly Venn muttered IN his sleep a
name I thought I had heard before.
and. truth % tell, u was something
like "RnsamundA" Tho doctor
himself Was a. busy a. house
maid
Yea" he continued. presently.
I'VE should be pretty well through
with the nieeuiime. and after that.
waking Does anything occur 20
you =.
sat az IN the ehah and looked 1T
him closely ITS own manner Of
speech Was catching.
why. yes" said l. something
does occur For enc thing. We may
have company"
'Cnerny has more than 100 men. +"
said he. after SOME reflection. we
ara -four and one. which makes five
five exactly"
Nov. this vas the first time he
had confessed % anything which
might let man know where his
Eymuathiss lay. Friend ar enemy.
yesterday taught mo nothing about
him. learnt afterwards that he
hHh once known Frank Helienden IN
Philadelphia. I think he was giad
20 have four comrades Nth him on
Ken'n Island
m you mean thereby doctor. tina,
you'd ioin ua." was my reply. ."you
couldn't tell me better news You
know why l came here and you
know Why I stag II may mean
much Go Mme. czernY 70 have such
friend a. you. What can bs done
~ five men on this cursed shore
shall BE- d1ue. / swear. but ! am glad
that yuu ATE with us--vsFy glad"
I realty meant ~. and spoke from
my heart. but no Naz not a demon
strhtipr man. ana he rarely an
swered ona directly az ono might
hHve wished lie went about bis
work foF a little while before be
rtoks again. Then Ne came across
81 me and. hrating himself on the
arm 81 my chair. asked. abruptly
Tho yau know shat fools oEraud
brnnFhi me 20 fhis place
= have imagined IT. said I You
wanted 70 know ihe truth about TIE
sleep time"
IT, laughed that queer little laugh
which expressed - much when Yau
no ssif Re. 4 DO not care
dime either wayf Just same along
10 advertise myasIf Keu'e island
+ ~ ifn secrets are my naWara per.
When I go hack to NnW York pea-
PIE vii Say. That's she specialist.
Duncan GEaY. who wrote about mar
ratics ana their peer TheF'N come
and ae~ IRE brcause the nnwspa pern
tnu them ~ We adFeftise ~ die.
nowadays. captain ard the man
Nhe gets a fuathaia up above must
take some RISKS I took them when
I SHIPPED Hlfh Edmond caernFH
II was an honest story aud 7 liked
The man better for ~ No word 81
milne interrened before he went ON
With e.
Luck pat me IN the WY ~ the
fNiua." ne continued = met Ger
uFs skipper IN 'Frt.on and he was
faiArr There's nothing more Jan
erfoua than i0uaa tongue The
man said that his master VAS the
second human being tn SGT foot on
Ken.s archipelago. ! knew that Il
was NOT true a hundred years ago
Jacob Hnyf. a t-uirhman. waH ma
reoneH on this place and lived "a tell
the story ~ IL The record lies IN
the library af Washington. I've read
IT,
lie sald shls vtih a chuekie. like
man ~ possession 81 q recret which
might b. - valur % him 7 dld not
ses the point AZ the time. but saw
II later
"YrH" he rntfird on. Edmond |
tfNtNN NtttH n AWft MANU. HMA ' HtNf .
vet draw fourH Hes clever man.
too. and a deep one. Wen Hee who's
the dseper and Ne viii BEGIN soon.
Captain HeEg very soon. The
sleep times through, | guess. and
this means waking"
Now. this was spoken ~ the
storm without and a heavy clap Of
thunder. breaking at that moment.
pointed his words AZ nothing else
could have done I had many aues-
tons yet e. ask him. but the rolling
sounds Rwoke the others. and Peter
niiKh. jumping up half asleep. asked
II anyone knocked.
4 thought u WAS the devil with
the hot watef-and hedad Il Isl"
cries he Is the houhe struck or
am I dreaming ~. doctor7 It's a
fearHorue sound. truly"
Peter meant u a. a bit Of hia hui
NOR. I do believe. but little he knew
a Al