Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-05-07

deck-s'an excellent notion he
termed it, but he secuted the sugges-
ton that she should undertake the
work herself.
"You little know what hauling taut
heavy canvas Means he said when
| they met at lunch. 1T would tear the
skin off your hands. No, Miss Max
well; we can put our Chileans on to
that job. have something better for
you to do. Can you map?"
Il have copied heaps of plans for
my father" she told him.
Excellent At noon today took
an observation, SO / intend to devote
an hour to revising the chart. Will
you help? 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 and joey, otherwise
known as the pup
His allusion to the dog by name re-
called "Jose the Winebag," but Elsie
thought she would retain that tiny
scrap Of detective information for the
present. So she simply said:
you will explain to me my part Of
the undertaking, of course?v
Certainly You must first correct
the index error. Then you subtract
the dip and the refraction in altitude,
take the suns semidiameter from the
nautical almanac and add the parallax.
Do you follow me?y
Perfectly It sounds the easiest
thing. But / don't wish TO hear the
remarks Of the admiralty when they
see the result
II am Interested in navigation to
the slight extent possible to a mere
yachtsman. May | join yous" inter-
posed Chrisiobal
"Oh, yes!r said the captain offhand-
eddy
Elsie repressed the smile on her lips.
Did the worthy doctor fear develop
ments if this harmless mapmaking
progressed in his absence? She i'm
agined, too, that Courtenay's acqui-
essence in Christobals desire to be
present was not wholly in accordance
with his innermost wish. She prompt
~ 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!
tYou still think the Kansas will vii
clear of her difticuIties!s she said
rather hurriedly. After all, the ships
safety is essential to your survey"
Every hour strengthens my opin-
ion" was the confident reply. ''Suarez
says that there is a 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-we can reach tbs
strait in few hours
s'And the Indians?"
II leave them out of my reckoning
What else can doY'
"Kill 'en," said Tollemache.
Courtenay glanced sharply at his fel
| low countryman. He disliked these
references to the Alaculof bogy III
Elsie's presence.
Eve have dynamite aboard" said
Tollemache. why not construct 9
couple of internal machines which
could be fired by pulling a string and
/ let them drift toward the canoes wher
/ the Indians are near enough?"
/ 1T is worth trying" was Courte
/ nays brief comment, though he saw
later that Tollemache's suggestion was
/ very useful one
/ Elsie's first task was to prepare 9
large scale drawing of the southern
4 part of Hanover island as set forth ii
H admirably chart No. 1887 (sheet
Il 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. It was a simple matter to fl
in the few contours given. The neigh
boring small islands were shown ii
reasonable detail, but the whole west
ern coast Of Hanover island itself con
sisted Of a dotted line and a SOLITARY
peak, Stokes mountain, the height o.
which could be estimated and its pc
sition triangulated 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 coast was PRACTICAL.
unknown to civilized man.
| It was borne In on the girl while shl
worked that the chief marvel in he
present condition was the triumph d
science over nature In its most hostile
mood. The Kansas boosted all til,
comforts and luxuries OF well equip