Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-12-04

cent pebbles In its wake. There were
jewels for all the world and to spare as
long as the water bathed the stones.
SO, walking leisurely, | came IN time
to the far end, and looked across the har-
boring rocks to the ship. To my surprise,
young woman stood on the deck, and
futtering from a splinter of the mast
was a white handkerchief. She was look
ing across at me, her hands shading her
eyes from the sunset glitter at my back.
and as she saw me look up she waved
her hand beckoningly. The easy path
to the ship lay through a small break
where the rocks joined the cliff, but this
break was some distance off. With
smile for what | saw must have happened
to the skipper, l climbed over the near
est rocks and stood on the edge of the
little inland sea. Sure enough, the tide
in rising had covered the causeway to
the cliff. and was pouring in, fast filling
the harbor. like the bowl of a flooded
fountain. The water was not yet deep
it barely covered the path by which the
explorer had come, and even off the
rocks in front of it it was scarcely up to
my knees.
The woman of the ship called, I'm
marooned. / came by the path and for
got all about the tide. What shall do?'
She pointed towards tho way she had
come. but / was in rough clothes and
quite used TO a wetting. so l waded in
and, crossing the shallow bowl, quickly
scrambled on to the high deck. / stood
up dripping and laughing.
So you thought you'd go for a sail,
asked, but didn't think you'd sail so
far from land?"
The girl saw now that she couldn't
be more than 20-looked quizzically at
me for second, then smiled. and finally
laughed.
1T was such a very real ship" she
said, "that / couldn't resist the call.
fell asleep sitting against the gunwale.
and when ! woke up the water was over
the path-not very far over, but quite
enough to ruin these forever" She
pointed to her kid slippers II was grow
ing desperate when i saw you on the
beach"
i was studying the slippers there was
no question but that the salt water
would ruin them. She inspected them
also.
1t was very foolish of me to wear
them, but / had no idea of going far
when i left the club. The first thing /
knew, 1 caught glimpse Of the water.
and then i forgot the slippers and walked
on until ! came to that cliff, and from
there j saw this little harbor and this
boat, and | couldn't resist that, could / 2"
shook my head. Nobody could re-
sist H."
Il had just about come to the point
of taking them off and wading in,' she
went on, and then finished, when i
sighted YOU"
can 20 away again" ! suggested.
No she said slowly: I'D rather you
didn't do that There must be some
other way out Of IT,"
There are several other ways.V / an
swered. 'Iye often studied the problem
from this very deck"
thought she looked a little bit sur
prised. DO you often find people ma
rooned here-girls. ] meanW
NO, but I've often wondered what ]
should do II ! did To tell the truth.
I've never found any one here before but
the ship looks as If she ought 10 be in-
habited. She's q good ship, and once
belonged 20 pirate chief
How do you know hiatt" che asked.
by the oaken chest below-declf. II
has the pirate look, though there's moth
Ing ~ A."
Yes" she said u made az exploring
rip and ] found the chest"
Don't you agree with me, thenT'
Again there came chat Qulzzlcal look
in heI eyes and then the smile
Yes she said ~ must have belong.
ed % q plrate' hhe stopped shor and
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eyes Shall ] tell sou D secroti When
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