The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-04

sAAS O0SpOLC Cul0E OF the WQOl0 COM
pany. There were three other women,
but Robinetta didn't give them time
to think. She saw that Wharf was
going to be boss, and 90 annexed him.
They moved their belongings to the
shore. and started to build camp"
but how could they build camp
when there was only vegetation?"
They broke up the Kaiser.i-hind,
and used her timbers for the frame.
work Of their. several huts. The CO .
coanut trees"
Palms, Reggie"
Thank you. The palms did the
rest. BY nightfall very presentable
native village had been created. The
best hut was Robinetta's. It had
toilette table and looking glass; q
brush, comb-and curling tongs. vi.
bart had dived into her cabin, which
was partly submerged, to rescue these
feminine essentials little dreaming
that. they were going to be treacher
ously used against him"
But didn't Robinetta love Mr.
Williams, then?"
Il don't think she loved anybody
for the first day or two on that island.
When ones hair is all in tails, and
ones clothes are a mass of creases
and mud-one's attention is largely
occupied with home affairs. But we
must proceed. After week Of it.
the island became too small to hold
the whites and the Lascars. So vi.
bart decided that one or the other
must go. He took a reading of the
sun, and loudly consulted the ships
chart. Then he called the company
together, and announced that they
were on one of the least frequented
atolls in the Maldive archipelago"
"Atolls. Reggie?"
"Atolls-islands. It's the correc
word. The Maldives are sometimes
styled the Thousand Isles They are
ruled by a sultan. This sultan
journeys to Colombo every year
to pay tribute. He is a Moham.
medan, and wears a fez, and resides
at Male, the chief village in the chief
island The exports of the Maldives
are breadfruit, cocoanuts-"
THANK you, Reggie. May I ask"
You may not. l shall never get
along at this rate-and l had much to
say concerning the iniquities of Rob.
meta. Wharf suggested that the Las.
cars should take two of the boats, and
attempt to reach Male. Then they
were to tell the sultan of the plight
of the rest"
"Why didn't the whites go, and leave
the Lascars?"
"Ah, why didn't they? Can't you
guess that Robinetta had decided all
that? She wouldn't go in the boats
any more. One night of it had been
ample. She said she had rather die
She made Wharf export the Lascars
for sundry reasons. For one thing
there wasn't much food left in the
derelict Kaiseri-hind, and the water
barrels were low. The Lascars went.
Another week passed, and still no
sign came from the great world with
out. Provisions began to run short
Wharf held second council"
Since the Lascars hadn't come
back" remarked Kitty sagely, surely
it was evident that they had reached
Male?"
you forget the sharks" said I With
meaning.
"How dreadful"
Eventually it was agreed that,
sharks or no sharks, the third boat
should put to sea. There was only
Observation-Disclosures. When the IA,
tai moment Of embarkation arrived.
she disappeared"
"Disappeared?'
Like snow on the deserts face,'
said I. 1T was extremely awkward.
I'm going to stay said Wharf deter
minedly. It will be one month the
less. Go on, all of you, and get help.
The sad-faced men and women raised
a cheer"
"But they didn't go?"
I don't quite know how It happened
that Wharf and Robinetta came to be
left alone on the coral reef" said ]
hurriedly. "But it certainly was the
fact. OF course, he found her HIDING
behind palm, or something-so 5000
as the boat had passed from view
She told him that she had made an
important discovery-and SO she had
Hidden equally behind the palm tree
we're three kegs Of fresh water and
quantity of provisions. The Lascars
had concealed these"
Against rainy day."
Against too long series of dr.,
days." corrected Kitty. "One can
never trust Lascars. This little fine
came in very handy for Wharf and
Robinetta."
Il WONDER" murmured her ladyship
where, in this story, truth left off and
fiction began? Really, Reggie, do
think you're becoming very talented"
1t was about them" said 1, that vi
bart wished for a newspaper. or q
town-crier, or a balloon. The Pun
agency would have saved Wharf
could he but have paid it. He would
have been Immediately discovered
and, consequently, a happy bachelor ct