Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-08-09
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BY
HERBERT Quick
CHAPTER III.
cARsoN's LANDING.


genealogical dispute a. to whether
or not Theodore Carson's father
was Of kin to the founder Of the
old Carson place up Fish river.
General Carson In his lean years
used to sell tlrpentine to bis name
sake at the dingy ship chandlery on
the wharf near the Eslava street oys.
ter dock. On these commercial occa.
sions the general. when meilowed by
juleps. with his foot on the brass rail
and his elbows on the bar. used to call
the ship chandler cousin" At other
times. however. he made no bones Of
his opinion that the Mobile Carsonses
were dashed common people and
branded as impudent any. fool claim
Of kinship betweenethe humble trades.
man and the Carsonses Of Marengo
county. Theodore was little bitter
sometimes as he recalled the phan-
toms. the pursuit Of which had ruined
two successive owners Of the estate.
the generals breeding maggot and bis
fathers curious pride In a mere name
whereupon be gave chase to phan-
tom Of his own, with what success We
shall see. and followed what his
friends called rainbow with such
true Carson enthusiasm that when he
left Virginia suarez on the dock at
stronE's bayou. on that sandy. deli
ciously dreamy. southern shore Of Mo.
bile bay. he steered through the night
for house very nearly dismantled. on
an estate growing up to persimmon
thickets. dewberry beds and palmetto
slashes. the very title to which was
about to pass to his creditors. His
ignis fatuus was In the cabin among
the gulf beach dunes. but neither that
nor the precarious state Of bis for
tunes could account for his alternate
Joy and gloom az. he Jared north In
the night. The sky maiden was the
thing that really mattered. !!
He wondered whether her people
knew Of the chance by which be and
Captain Harrod had rescued the fair
castaway. Probably they believed her
lost. The helicopter had scarcely
paused when she struck the dune. but
had shot out over the kulf like 4 Tying
gull. They must mourn the girl 40
lost. and be had the girls name to
discover.
The Roc came coasting back In the
same tardy dawn that lamped that
young somnambulist to bis home. Mr..
lighted. and smoked count.
less cigarettes. Mr.. Shayne nervously
walked the deck and debated the ques.
ton of letting Mrs. Shayne know Of
her niece's tragic death at once or Of
waiting TOR personal interview. For
the Roc had had no word Of either the
helicopter or the girl. and they saw
no CLEAN Of hope for her. She was q
dependent and something Of 4 prob
lem for Mrs. shayne. Any ordinary
that would have sep ]
arated the aunt and niece would not
have been mourned inconsolably BY
either Of them. In fact. Mrs. Shayne
had expressed to her husband some
wonder 40 to what Silberberg saw In
the girl. hut to lose her like this. with
all the unpleasant publicity Of the ter
rible affair!
Marie will never get over It." said
Shayne. What the devil ails that
fellow afr
The fellow aft was Wiener. inventor
IF the lost helicopter. discoursing to
The crew In pure assorted maledictions.
which he heaped on all concerned In
The loss of bis machine.
The light found them far down to-
ward the lagoon. dyinR high for safety