Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-11

| ike Inai we are WIInln Slght or
shore. That mountain is a long way
off, but l do not believe that it can
be more than $50 miles. 1t looks
! like a volcano. l imagine / can see
column of smoke above it. With a
favoring wind we can make the main
land in a day. This is great We
can build a boat and get away from
this island in less than two weeks at
the most
1T certainly looks as if you are
right" said Mr.. Kent. Il wonder
how big this island is?''
They. studied the shape of the
coast, but it gave no answer to Mr..
kent's question. From where they
stood it was apparent no exploration
of the shore from below was posi-
BILE. Even at low tide the ocean beat
at the foot of the rocks, casting its
spray far up their sides. In places.
the never-resting waves had worn
caverns into the cliffs. They deter
mined to make an attempt to reach
the northern ridge of hills by skirt
ing the brow of the cliffs, but
postponed this until after lunch
con. This they ate with good
appetite, and luckily found spring
of clear, cool water bubbling from
the -crevice of rock.
Simon Pence is a queer charac-
ter observed Sidney, tossing ban
ana skin over the cliff 81 suppose
he means well, but he is what some
people call little near
Did you ever hear of the time
| hn
a contribution for some charity?"
asked Mr.. Kent.
! Sidney had not.
at was decided to raise sum of
money for some deserving charity"
continued Mr.. Kent. Il have forgot
ten what it was-there are SO many
OF them. At any rate, the paper went
the rounds, and they called on me
among Others. l signed for a sum.
and glanced over the list Morton
was down for $4,000, Rockwell had
signed for $4,000, Carmody had
pledged $3,00O-he is very liberal and
charitable, as he can afford to be
Haven was down for something, and
there's was a lot of others | no.
ticed that Mrs. Simon Pence was on
the paper for $50. Well, the com
mittee called on Pence. They were
admitted and explained their mis-
sion. He sighed and looked at the
list. He read it up and down, and
suddenly came upon the name Mrs
Simon Pence. He picked up his pen
and wrote something. The commit
tee was all expectation. He handed
it back to them. What do you sup
pose they saw?"
Il am sure | cannot guess?'
He had written MIR and before
Mrs. Simon Pence That was his
contribution. There is no way to
beat him. Let's be moving
They made their way along the
edge of the cliffs for perhaps half a
mile, but could go no further. Re-
tracing their steps, they again stood
on the rock overlooking ''Morton's
Bay" and the ocean.
At the same moment both gave
an exclamation and pointed out to
sea. The upper rigging of a ship
showed clear on the eastern horizon,
but she was hull down on the waste
of waters. For half an hour they
gazed at the dim outlines of masts
and sails.
''She is fully 25 miles away" said
Sidney, as he gazed longingly at the
disappearing vessel. I'VE must erect
a signal from some point like this,
and keep man on watch during the
day. If one ship passes more are
likely to, and some may come near
enough to see and understand our
signal"
Look at those Clouds said Mr.
Kent. There comes your storm
What time is it?"
Half past two. Those are remark
able looking Clouds I never saw
,, anything like them before. Let us
l get our raft across the bay. If Vim
cent and Pence are wise they viii
come back at once. We are going tc
have some wind"
In the southeast murky rainbow
of clouds extended over a quarter
. of the horizon. The crown of thi:
arch reached about 80 degrees above
the sea line. It's upper edges were
gray, with fecks of white. Then i
u shaded into a blue, and lower into
u !, a band of darker gray. Below i
u was saffron blending into murk,
J red at the horizon. Before Sidne,
and Mr.. Kent had reached the raft
:, the breeze had died away Slowl.
the dun arch climbed the heavens.
1t was three o'clock when the raj
, reached the place which had bee1
agreed upon. Sidney fired his riff
c twice as signal; and both yelled a
the top of their voices. There wa