The Washington times., 1910-07-14
CHAPTER XII Continued }

boltO-A OF t1e boat were two Jag
Z Eed points of rock Obviously f.
had been borne ashore on a wave
elid dropped heavily on the rocks. where
me retreatins tide sad left il hfE:1 and
uIy- IL could easily have been reuafref.
had been made
Either they had no tools. OF nobody
knew now TO use them hazar51f 's1r
else they thought IL would b. eas--7 ana
quicker 10 make their way 20 tsle r1a- r
est town on foot An the better -or- r-s
Fe can 90 as fast as they can Were
any on taen hurt Curly or did YOU stop
''Who2 se2 Not much didn't Z
--SS Sot one look at them and then
Set---ts co. Inc boss was a great big
lelloFF-Tnost as big - you be. Looked
~ ire i EooQ deal Ike Dutch Jaze-vJu
remember him, Of course IOo1cuaurT
i nodded " Probably that was Baron
HoIStein- Who else was there2-
mere was a little slim Teller with q
PACK beard-a Senior Don NVhisker-
That might have been Trumanon-~
p dunno who he was Then there WaE
ABOUT thirty men or so. dressed ike
sailors. and your lady frieLsI and the
10Y 4leE didn't -eeD none wet, an
guess rE=E must have rustIed the boat
Sld leLL the rest Of the crew 10 i1oE our
Tor themselves
I was standing by the ashes Of the
Lre DL ms time looking around Egr
some sign Of Marian but for a time
GUdluE none The sand close al hand
was -rzUpled and broken that no in
olFlCUal footsteps could be decipherei.
and turned my attention 20 the trail
beach At first this was narrow and
confused, but the tracks soon Ey5dened
out, nd after hundred yards became
so scattered that even a novice could
read them easily
Bearing CurIy's report in mind. it was
easy Tor ne 10 distinguish them Two
smal7- weII-shaped shoes. and two h5-
isTEel ut Deat-firL5nZ boots The rest
we're the tracks Of heavy, hob-HaiIed
Curly looked at the smaller footprints
IN wonder.
Gosh he exclaimed. They're all
exactly alike Which Is the girI-s2'-
7 ShOgE my head Il cant guess
answered Fred is several wears
younger than his sister and his foot
might be about the same size as hers
Cant YOU tell by the different shape
There amt no difference. They're all
We'll Tt doesn't matter. and. any
now, we haven't any time TO waste in
talking Come I Started along the
trail
Curly did not move There amt no
use in hurryin'- Ioote1aur--- he obEerv-
ed 80 amt eaten none 10 s-eaL- Of
since left Charleston, and I'm empty
IS c drum You look as If YOU could
] shook my head fmrarfer-Tv- cor
course III hungry / answered But
as long as we haven't anything
Haven't anything, Wen. 7 guess we
without learning how TO look out for
myself. You know that big dinner YOU
sent me yesterday"
wen. 7 didn't want TO tell Won T
cou -dn'J eat il, so I put most Of Il in
my POCKET I'll ] could get a chance To
lea 70 u overheard uDhelZnCwust ike
some Of ar was spoiled By the water.
but I've cot some SauSaEes that I guess
are all right
''Tha-'s a spring trfckIfnc down from
Euava tree behind YOU IN ear my som
brerO- Now you just sit down. Toota-
Ddnt. and eat all YOU can. and when
YOU get through III show yOu some
What is it,
Never you mind grub first and pleas
ure afterward- You eat"
Perforce- Obeyed- Though on fire to
follow Marian and her abduCtors. 7 rec
oEuized that IL was only the part Of
wisdom - eat when We had the chance
passed my lips I know that I was raw
eGOUslE hungry Curly was equally So.
and half a dozen sausages disappeared
in a twinkling-
Now. Curly demanded, what is
it, Quick
The Dlainsman drew out something
that shCne yellow in the sunlight
every see this befo~-2'r he asked
[ SnaIched at it ITS Marian s-lIiss
Tszrour' s-locket,' 7 cried. Where did
YOU find it,
over y0uieT. He pointed to one
Size Of the line Of footnarkS. Il guess
she threw If off there, hoping you or
her uncle might find It There's some
v.rItiu- IN i--''
Tut The Ioczet already lay open IN my
hand and [ was porting over the tiny
scrap Of paper II contained Il read.
Dear AR Scott
They have a larger vessel close Ia
Bahia dc Ia Ascension. and are heading
for r. II they ever get Is on board, YOU
VIII never see Fred or me again
MADAM