Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-06-04

deck an exCPllCnt NOTION, he
termed 1t, but he secuted the suggcs-
tion that she should Undertake tho
work herself.
"You little know what hauling taut
heavy canvas means" he said when
they met at lunch. ut would tear the
skin Off your hands. No, Miss Max
well; we cnn put our Chlleans on to
that Job. l have something better for
you to do Can you map?"
II have copied heaps Of plans for
my father" she told him.
Excellent. At noon today I took
an observation, SO intend to devote
all hour to revising the chart. Will
you help7 Joey Is In the scheme al
ready. Then the admiralty will grace
fully acknowledge the survey supplied
by Miss Elsie Maxwell, Captain Ar
thur Courtenay aud Joey, otherwise
known as tho pup"
His allusion to the dog by name re"
called Jose the Wincbag," but Elsie
thought she would retain thnt tiny
scrap Of detective Information for the
present. So she simply said
You will explain to me my part Of
the undertaking, Of course7'
"Certainly. You must first correct
the index error. Then you subtract
the dip and the refractlon IN altitude,
take the suns semiGinmeter from the
nautical almanac and add the parallax.
DO you follow me?"
Perfectly. 1t sounds the easiest
thing, But don't wish to hear the
remarks Of tho admiralty when they
soc the result"
II am interested In navigation to
the slight extent possible to q mere
ynchtsman. May join your" inter.
posed Chrlstobal.
"Oh, yes" said the captain offhand.
edly.
Elsie repressed the smile on her lips.
Did the worthy doctor fear develop
ments II this harmless: mapmaking
progressei in his absence? She i'm
agined, too, that Courtenay's acqul-
essence in Christobals desire to be
present was not wholly In accordance
with his innermos: wish. She prompt
ly crushed that dangerous fancy. The
captain was only seeking for some ex-
cuse to take her away from the rough
work Of rigging the extra awnings.
How odd that the other thought should
have cropped UP first!
"You still think the Kansas will win
clear Of her dimculties?" she said
rather hurriedly. "After all. the ships
safety is essential to your survey"
every hour strengthens my opin
ion." was the confident reply. "Suare7
says that there is reasonable chance
Of occasional brief spells Of fine wealth
er at this period Of the year At any
rate. the gale may not be absolutely
continuous. and Walker is assured that
he can patch up the engines for half
speed. Given calm day-a day like
this. for instance-wf can reach the
strait in a few hours
And the Indiansi'
II leave them out Of my reckoning
What else can I do?"
Kill EN-" said Tolemache.
Courtenay glanced sharply at his fel
low countryman. He dislked these
references to the Alaculof bogy in
Elsie's presence.
1--WE have dynamite aboard" said
Tollemache. why not construct q
couple Of internal machines which
could be fired by pulling a string ant
let them drift toward the canoes wher
the Indians are near enough:'
at is worth trying" was Courte
nays brief comment, though he saw
later that Tollelnache's suggestion was
very useful one.
Elc9o'c oct, 20 ,
large scale drawing Of the southern
part Of Hanover island az set forth il
admirably chart No. 1887 (shect .
Patagonia), which is the only trust
worthy record available for shipmas
tiers using the outer passage between
the gulf Of Penas and the strait of Ma
gellan. 1t was simple matter to fl
In the few contours given. The neigh
boring small islands were shown il
reasonable detail, but the whole west
ern coast OF Hanover island itself con
sisted OF dotted line and q solitar,
peak. Stokes mountain, the height 0
which could be estimated and its DO
sirlon trlapgulated from the sea. Ever
Conception strait on the north, ant
the San BIAS channel, on the south
were marked in those significant dot
ted lines The const was PRACTICAL,
unknown to civilized man.
II was borne In on the girl while sh
worked that the chief marvel In he
present condition was the triumph O
science over nature In Its most hostil
mood. The Kansas boosted all tn
comforts and Injuries of well equip
ped hotel. Seated nt the same tabl
as herself was n skillful sailor, usin,
lognrtthms, secants and cosecants, 20
lar distances and hour angles as II HI
were in some university class room.
sho stole glance nj Courrcuay. IL
was 80 kecnly engaged on the business
IN hand. so bent on achieving accnrac.
In his figures, that she chided hersel
Tor her reverie. Then she wondered
II he ever gave thought to that prom
ised wife Of his. vino must soon suffe
the agony OF knowing that the Knnsa
was overdue.
Elsie was sufficiently well acquaint
ID with shipping to realize the sensa
tion that would he created by the frs
csblegram from Coronel announcing
tho nonappearance Of the steamer II
the strait. The Valparaiso newspa
pers would be full of Eurmises as 4
the vessels fate. They would publisl
full details Of the ya,uoble carpo AM