The Springdale news., 1909-05-07
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CHAPTER xxx.

must walt
 Hide aud seek" growled Trendon. "If he's here why don't be show him sef?"
 The other shook his head.
 Place Is all trampled up with foot prints,' said Trendon Hes plodded back and forth like prisoner in a cell"
 "The ledger" said the captain. "I'd forgotten it. That grave drove every thing else out of my mind,
 Bring the book here called fren- don
 Congdon unwrapped 1t from his jack. ct and handed it to him, The sailors east curious giances at the two head stones.
 Mount guard over MT Edwards grave" commanded the captain
 The cockswain saluted and gave an order One of the sailors stepped for ward to the first mound
 Not that one" rasped the officer. .'the other
 The man saluted and moved on.
 With your permission, sir" said Trendon.
 On a nod from his superior officer he opened the ledger and took ap Dar- rows record
 Here 1t is Entry of June 3
 "Everything lovely. Schooner lost to sight Query-to memory dear2 Not ex actly Though I shouldn't mind having her under orders for few days. Queer glow in the sky last night If they've been ffaaxf hasH sAf ai4a coming to them. Volcano exhibiting fits of temper Spouted out considerable fire about g o'clock Quite spectacular, but no harm done. Can foresee short rations of tobacco Lava in valley still too hot for comfort. No sign Of pr. Schermerhorn. Stili sleep on beach,"
 Not much there" sniffed Trendon.
 Go on. said the captain
 June 3 Evening Thick and squally weather again Local atmospheric con dtlons seem upset Volcano still leading strenuous life Climbed the headland this afternoon. Wind very shifty. Got an occasional whin of volcanic output. One in particular would have sent skunk to the eamphor bottle No living on the headland Will explore cave tomorrow with a view 10 demtcie Have come down 10 an allowance of seven cigarettes per diem.
  dead seals. Not only dead but all bitten and cut te pieces. Must have been lively doings in Seal Town. Not much choice between air in the cave and vapors from the volcano. Barring seals, everything suitable for light housekeeping such as mine. Undertook to clean house. Drag ged late lamented out into the water Some sank and were swept away by the sea puss. Others. l regret 10 say, hoated Found triekle ef fresh water in depth of cave and little sand ledge tu sleep on So far, so good: we may be appy yet. If only I had my cigarette supply Once heard a botanist say that leaves of the white shore willow made fair substitute for tobacco. Fair substitute for nuX vonaica Would like to interview said botanist
 '.fhe fellow is tobacco maniac. ]" growled Trendon. feeling in his breast pocket 'srhe devil" he cried, bringing forth an empty hand
 Silently the captain handed him q cigar Thank you, sir" he said, light ed it and continued reading:
 June 5-Had caller today Climbed the headiand this morning. Found vol cano taking ! day off Looking for sign of Laughing Lass noticed something heliographing 10 me from the waves be- yond the reef Seemed to be metal. l guessed tin can. Caught In the swirl it rounded the cape. and l came down to the shore to meet it. Halfway down the cliff l had better view. l saw il was not tin can. There was a dark body under it. which the waves were tossing about and as the metal moved with the body 1t glinted in the sun. Suddenly it was borne in upon me that an arm was doing the signaling. waving to me with sprightly. even a 1ocuiar. friendliness. Then l saw what 1t really was. It was Handy Solomon and his steel hook. He was riding quite high Every now and again he would bow and wave. lie grounded gently on the sand beach. 1 planted him promptly. First. however, 1 removed bag of tobacco from hts pocket. Poor stuff and water soaked but still tobacco. Spent quiet afternoon carving headstone for the dear departed. Pity fl were that virtues so shining should be uncommemorated. Idle as the speculation Is, wonder who my next visitor will be. Thrackles. l hope. Evidently some of them have been playing the part of Pan- dora Spent last night Iii the cave. Air quite fresh.
 June s.-Saw the glow again last night The surgeon paused in his reading. That would be the night of the 9th, the night before we picked her up empty"
 'sYes." agreed Captain Parkinson. That was the night Billy Edwards = Go on.
 Saw the glow again last night. Don't understand it.. Once should have been enough for them. This matter of hoard ing tobacco may be a sad error. If Old spitfire keeps on the way she has today. l shant need much more. IL would be a raw jest to be burned CT swallowed up with months supply of unsmoked ciga- rettes on one. Cave getting shaky Still think II stick there. As between being burned alive and buried alive I'm for the respectable and time honored fashion of interment. Bombardment was mostly to the east today. but no telling when if may shift.
 dune 7.--This marning I found H body rolling in the surf. It was the body of a young man. large and strongly built, dressed Ill the uniform of an ensign Of our navy. Surely a strange visitor to these shores, There was no mark Of E Identification upon him except cigarette case grayen with an undecipherable mono gram in Tiffany's most iiiegibie style Of arrowheaded inscriptions* This I buried with him and staked ffie grave with a headboard An officer and a gentleman, a youth of friendly ways and kindly living. if one may judge by tke face of the dead and he comes by the asame end ,o the same goal as Handy Solomon why not? And why should one phiS6&ephize in q 2 book that wil<never be read? Hold ont Perhaps-justl pN Neaps-it may be read. 2he oncsk NNA not long dead. Ensigns apf the United State& navy do not wander About untrayerne4 waters alone. There must bs q warshfp eomewhere In the vi- c1n1ty. But, why. tilen, an unburied ot5icer noaftng o1 the nasany I n4als sR,dks nuon