The Lamar register., 1908-01-22
CHAPTER I.
The Island With a Mystery.

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unieS since SURFING ,ne pa,reh mn le
S,o" ""nhi"E po'N s'u.s vi '"c NV,
hump ai'er hump h"u pee" s"rn'o""'
y" sihee t"e so"nu Vi 'he nIs. plo,n
nc "au 'ioh'eu 'ne ears vi 'no e'e''
o'oho"o' humps as "iihe us 'he WV
humps Vi i'ao'''a" oa,n.'' ''e ,"o"o'
ono"s CONTINUITY o' VINO" ,his"' very
"e' "aNe eoh'"seu ,he Hiiiu VI o"e
,.o' at noiic u" .nese '""e.s
neorec winston EVEN me- riuihs
o'nu "a,, e'i,'o S",'-"p, ~. s'.',"s ,'
eauu'e wiz, u neaNy ,nu'ne.e".e uo' y. ;.
vi no", anu '"',s"o' oes"" W '",nn :.
n'sn' oe ''.a. 'ney Mere uesei'', .' u
e.le'e anu ,"e sun w"s pny A,s .ne
.'' "nso LIENS s.s', "o VI So" mn po"s
W o"o "'o'e e"o'' !"'e eo n,uI
.a'.ne' anu 'ne' M'u,a ~
SIPS s,s'"s up 'o' u"s uay 1t.
M ,oA"s Vi SINAI o.n y, az
'"~' o. "''s'"e '"e''
'",ee "-'s'
h"o NOT "n'o"aro c,rc"lns'hhoes
interviewed ne might sun nave gone
pihoiy on ior, laying as'oe .he gam
u'"s 'e'e' 'ha' was u" ii'ii' nc eou'u
u. "'o'n u 'ose 'ne en vi '"e,.'
"'eo's so."cwne,e w"""eii"s the "'ue
range OF huuoieu INTO some saie piace'
NV. !" ""'.s '"o ''i''e "." ""''"s
iusue' nns". eoa'onie,s pay ut
"i'chcrsit WIN Tue pr"nu OF oiner-
w,se u'epose ., mem wiz" p'""' 70
n.i'se'' anu WIN crruit W ms craft
ni'reo'er' what 'iiisht p"sSio'y ncVer
nave oeeh MISSED rom the vast nerds
o' i-a"s'oru' ms heiehoor Oh inc plains
country. was Oh most serious import
10 winston.
ce'', '"ne YOU on.ue AN pu.
you re SLOW mut'ereu winston.
sNe sooo "eai 10 81. uowh ,nis MN
u'e 10 some OF my ht'ie Eirrs nap
JACKS anu eonee' nut morning ior u.s.
i"Ay'pones' tli midnight morning.
i"o'e iiheiy' 10 Walk up as II you hau
some NIUE standins III tine woriu OF
COW ponies. you haven't. oil surety.
put you might make an enort. All
'"'uss are possioie 10 MN VINO 'ries'
~" m"'" ".'"euous "e'
y, S'' 90. '". PC, ",ps 1" uoes" "p
~ ue's ""e us w"o "e
mere we are. A"'
nHe were no more mis- Almost
o''eeoy NJ Ms rect was one OF those
precip''ous cutnways that character
nc inc poruer piuHs Oh the missouri
river. 'e" more steps. IN 'he aark'
ana morse ana rider would nave piung-
co over sheer wall OF nearly 2oo
iee'. As IL was winston gave gasp
y. Involuntary horror which almost
s'm"tan"ousy gave place TO one OF
wohuer anu astohishment lie had
s'ruek 'he river NJ point ABSOLUTELY
nc" !" MINI IL was the ume OF low
""'e'' anu .he river IN most OF its
ph"ses muuuy ana snlien'iookfng.
s'e"n"u SILVER anu soid with the siit-
ter OF 'he set'ihs sun, making a royal
n,shwy 10 me dweiiinE'piace OF
i"ocpusf niue TO the north oil this
sparkling hishroad lay what would
nave oeeh an isiahu IN hiSh water.
'"iehN Wooueu Win WILLOWS ana cot
tohwoous' NOW long stretch OF sand
reacheu pe'weeh piun ana Island.
Dismonnting. with the quick thought
mat yonder island might hold the Sc
cret OF his lost cattle. he crept as
close TO the edge rs he dared. The
cut was sheer and tawny. entirely de-
void of shruhbery by means of which
one might hazard descent. The sand
bed began Immediately at the foot OF
the yellow wall. Even though one
managed to gain the bottom. one
would hardly dare risk the deceitful
sands. ever shifting. fair and treach-
erous. Bahled. he was on the point OF
remountfng TO retrace his steps when
he dropped his foot from the stirrup
amazed. Was the day of miracles not
yet passed?
1t was the sun. OF course. Twelve
hours of sun in the eyes could play
strange tricks and might even cause
dancing black speck to assume the
semblance of man on horseback,
picking his way easily. though may
hap bit warlly, across the waste of
sand He seemed 10 have sprung from
the very bowels Of the blum. Whence
else? Many rod beyond and above
the Shostly figure frowned the tawny.
wicked cutaway. Path for neither
horse nor man appeared so far as eye
could reach. 1t must be the sun. But
1t was not the sun,
Moiohless' intent inquire cast In