The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-18

.what's your latitude and longitude?"
 Haven't a sign of either? Seriously, l don't knowi"
 Can't you take a reckoning?"
 Certainly not Why, I'm from Ana rilloP
 Why did you leave?''
 ''I can't rememberl Isn't that funny2'
 Seriously, who are you and where are you? My curiosity is aroused" 'I am seriousl I'm in dead earnest! And IT want help!" But how can we get to you?' "I wish I knew. But-I don'ti' How did 1t happen?' ''I was seasick-didnt want to live crew and passengers left me when they thought the ship was gone. Then when the ship didn't either burn or sink. the ocean got mad, picked up ship, dog and ! all. and pitched us into this place" Beat that, will your? ticked the man.
 "When did this happen?" asked the woman. About. By the way, when is now?' Thursday"
 "This week. last week or next week?" ''You are silly!" 'But it isn't as silly as you may think You see, I was plumb batty for. If It's this week it must have been three days. Then we foated day and we've been here three days. Say, please come and get mel And Bo'
 'But-why don't you tell LIS how to come?" Cant you tell where this line runs?' "What9" 70. That was silly, wasn't it? You see, out at Amarillo we have wires. By the way, won't you tell me who you are?' "CertaInly,' said the woman. T am St on the yacht Sylva, off Eleuthera island" And the man" "Oh, he's. You may call him Jimmy. and he's on a dinky catboat-'' q am MT James K. Adderton, owner and skipper of the yacht Linnette,' inter iected the man. And I'm out here off Crooked Island; and"
 That's enough, Jimmy; be good" licked "S-t.''
 "Delightedr sparlxled Hedderley. And where are those islands?" No reply came. My map shows the Bahamas, the Ca- naries and the Aleutians,' he continued; ; 'are they in any of those bunches?'
 Get a searchlight," write 'S-t," "and look for them in the Bahamas"
 "Well, where does that put mel" He'd derley asked.
 up in the air, said Jimmy.
 Not after that jolt retorted Hedder- ley Say, don't you think it's rather un- fair to string a man who is shipwrecked and alone?"
 "Stringing? Stringlng, did you say?" demand& Jimmy. why, if I sent tale like yours tick-tacking through the at- mosphere I'd be proud of myself as the champion string artist of the world"
 "Oh, don't be so hard on a fellow! I give you my word I'm telling you the truth!'
 But you sound so much like fake!" broke in "S-t."
 "I'm not a fake! Here you folks whoever you are and whatever kind of liquid circulates through youl Wire to the cattle firm of Hedderley, He'd derley & Hedderley at Amarillo. and ask if they don't know Hedderley! And if he's all rightw
 "Of course But-isin't there some one else?"
 "Scoresl Whom do you want? Socie- ty? Wire Miss Amelia Grinley of AL key fairly shouted. Say, you--both of youl That's it! That's what I've been trying to rememberl Sayi You've got to help me out of this! That's why I left home! Say! Please Why, I'm to marry that girl the 27thr "B-r-r-r-r-rE sputtered Jimmy; put "St" interrupted reprovingly. And you had forgotten that?
 "No," said Hedderley, T hadn't for gotten 1t. I remembered 1t all the time-dont you know? But, confound it. I couldn't think what it was I was remembering! I was on my way to the we'd Oh, please help me out of this scrape!"
 "S-t" drummed thoughtfully. Do you think she would have him now?" she wrote.
 She certainly ought not to-" replied Jimmy before Hedderley broke in with:
 You leave that to the girl! And if you can't or won't get me out of this fix, please let the girl know about ft!" That's fair enough" said "S-t," after a silence. Jimmy you sail in and wire that young woman. And meantime--"