Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-30

~ CruS0e0 I06I dangerous A1ACy. AAc
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 diflcultiesY' she said
rather hurriedly. after all. the ships
safety is essential to your survey"
"Every hour strengthens my opin-
ion," was the confident reply. "Suare2
says that there is reasonable chance
Of occasional brief spells OF fine wealth
er at this period of the year. At any
j 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-we can reach the
strait in few hours"
"And the Indians"
II leave them out Of my reckoning.
What else can do?''
"Kill EN-" said Tollemache.
Courtenay glanced sharply at his Eel
low countryman. He disliked these
references to the Alaculof bogy in
Elsie's presence.
I'VE have dynamite aboard" said
Tollemache. why not construct q
couple Of Internal machines which
could be fred by pulling string and
let them drift toward the canoes when
the Indians are near enoughY
ut is worth trying" was Courte-
nays brief comment, though he saw
later that To1lemache's suggestion was
very useful one.
Elsie's first task was to prepare q
large scale drawing Of the southern
part Of Hanover island as set forth in
admirably chart No. 1887 (sheet 2,
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 fill
in the few contours given. The neigh
boring small islands were shown in
reasonable detail, but the whole west
ern coast of Hanover island itself con-
sisted of a dotted line and solitary
peak, Stokes mountain, the height of
which could be estimated and its po-
sition trfangulated from the sea. Even
Conception strait, on the north. and
the San Bias channel, on the south,
were marked in those significant dot
ted lines. The coast was practically
unknown to civilized man.
It was borne in on the girl while she
worked that the chief marvel in her
present condition was the triumph Of
science over nature in its most hostile
mood. The Kansas boosted all the
comforts and luxuries Of well equip
ped hotsl. Seated at the same table
as herself was skillful sailor, using
logarithms, secants and cosecants, po-
lar distances and hour angles as II he
were in some university class room.
She stole glance at Courtenay. He
was 20 keenly engaged on the business
in hand, SO bent on achieving accuracy
in his figures, that she chided herself
for her reverie. Then she wondered
IL he ever gave thought to that prom
Used wife of his, who must soon suffer
the agony of knowing that the Kansas
was overdue.
Elsie was sufficiently well acquaint-
ed with shipping to realize the sensa-
ton that would be created by the first
cablegram from Coronel announcing
the nonappearance of the steamer in
tho strait. The Valparaiso newspa-
pers would be full of surnises as to
the vessels fate They would publish
full details of the valuable cargo and
would give q LIST Of the passengers and