The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-04-16

"How in the world did he come o.
own land there?"
ut was a gift from the Naqui.Ia
tribe. He defeated an attempt made
to GUST them by a big land company.
The company has since asked me TO
sell the property and offered me
fair price. too. as the, cutivable land
Is a very small strip. but it would be
almost like betraying the cause foe
which he fought, would 1t nOt?"
Yes. indeed" agreed the doctor.
though his heart and not his head die
lated the reply. SHAY I ask you to
tel me your plans for the future?" he
went on.
swell. when Mir. Barring heard I was
going to England he was good enough
to promise me employment in his Lon
don agency as Spanish correspondent
That will fill in two days a week. The
rest l can devote to art. paint
little and draw with sufficient prom
Use to warrant study. am told. Any
how, am weary Of teaching. l pre-
fer to be Il pupil"
y
men of Valparaiso were thinking of TO
allow a girl like you to slip off in
this fashion" said Christobal. with a
smile.
Most of them hold firmly to the be-
lief that wife's wedding dress should
be made of gilt edged scrip"
Poor material-very poor material
out Of which to construct welded hap
piness. And as to my young friend,
Isobel-she joins her aunt in London.
l hear?'
THAT is the present arrangement
She means to have q good time. espe-
cially in Paris. l should like to live
in Paris myself. Dear old smoke laden
London does not appeal SO thoroughly
to the artist Yet | am content--yes.
quite content
Then you have gained the best
thing In the worldv' cried the doctor.
throwing out his arms expansively.
voyage progressed. Christobal was
exceedingly well informed and delight
ed in a thoughtful listener like Elsie.
Isobel. firing at times of the count.
would join in their conversation ard
display a spasmodic interest In the
topics they discussed. There were
only six other passengers-a Baptist
missionary and his wife. three mining
engineers and an English globe trot-
ter. singular being who appeared to
have roamed the entire earth, but
whose experiences were summed up in
one of two wOrds-every place he had
seen was either fair or rotten"
Even Isobel failed to draw him fur
Their, and she said one day in temper,
after spirited attempt to extract
some of his stored impressions: The
man reminds me of one Of those dunn
my books you see occasionally. bound
in calf and labeled Gazetteer Of the
World When you try to open vol
ume you find that 1t is made of
wood
So they nicknamed him Mr. Wood"
and Elsie once inadvertently addressed
him by the name.
what do you think of the weather,
Mr.. Wood!' she asked him at break
fast.
He CHANGED to notice that she was
speaking to him.
Rotten" he said.
Perhaps he wondered why Miss Max
well flushed and the others laughed.
But in actual fact he was not far
wrong in his curious choice of an ad-
jective that morning. DR.. Christobars
dismal forebOding had been justified
on the second day out. Leaden clouds.
a sullen sea and occasional puffs of
stinging breeze from the southwest
offered sorry exchange for the sunny
skies of Chile.
Though the Kansas was not fast
ship, she could have made the entrance
to the strait of Magellan on the even
ing of the fourth day had not Cap
tain COurtenay wished to navigate
the most dangerous part Of the mar
rows by daylight. His intent. there
fore, was to pick up the Evangelistas
light about midnight and then crack
ahead at fourteen knots, SO as to be OF
Felix point, on Desolation island, by
dawn.
This was not only prudent and sea
manhke course, but it would c0nduce
to the comfort Of the passengers. The
ship was now running into q sti6 gale.
Each hour the sea became heavier, and
even the 5000 tons Of the Kansas felt
the impact Of the giant rollers on her
alta rbOa rd how Dinner therefore Dr{Iisl-
Used to be a meal of much discomfort,
cheered only by the knowledge that
as soon as the vessel reached the lee
Of Desolation island the giant waves
Of the Pacific would lose their power
and all on board would enjoy quiet
nights rest
There were no absentees at the table.
DR.. Christobal strove to enliven the
others with the promise of peace ere
many hours had passed.