New-York tribune., 1910-11-13
escue of Prince ToI-Sun,i
Bx DORIS WEBB.

ten 10 afy such outrageous proposal, 20
that he gre" very angry, too. and left me-
declaring he would get even some day.
But l wasn't much afraid of him. ana
soon started Oh my Journey again. There
were many new and wonderful sights
that before hong 1 had almost forgotten
about Bill Simmons. When / reached San
Francisco something went wrong with my
airship and l had TO wait three Or four
weeks to get II nlended before / could go
On with nv Journey. When I started once
more ! made up my mind to travel here
and there wherever I felt inclined. and IL
was for this reason that. after few days
tourney. / found myself in a little known
part Of the Pacific, lowering above some
beautiful Islands descended to explore
, and was al once surrounded by crowd or
excited natives When l tried TO speak to
them they brought forward an ole man.
who explained in broken English that
they were in great trouble.
Gracious one said ne. you no DOUBT
come from a great and glorious place
Yes sir" said l. "Brancht-wn, L 5, A
Il thought as much said he. but you
,,-i1l ,,arbans listen 10 our woes. Until now
Wa have been ruled by king who was
good and kind Prince Tol-Sumi'-1 started
..hyt his throne has been usurped by
cr,,el ruler who calls himself Simmons -
started again-''and he has hidden our
rood king. Can YOU not help u.s.
~ Will indeed l cried. Have You any
idea where your king has been taken?
Hush" said the old man, 'snd ! Will
whisper to you II may be that am
wrong. but it is my belief that he has
been placed on the Floating Island"
Floating island J exclaimed
Yes said he Il have never seen It,
hut nv grandfather told me about it II
7,sad TO float here and there upon the
water till one Of our kings secured It, sunk
# beneath the water with weights. and
kept ii for an emergency l believe that
this King Simmons has raised the island
placed Prince Tol-sumi upon it and turned
him adrft''
AS soon as I heard this 1 got into my
airship without delay, told them l would
hunt for the Prince. and was of l re-
fected that during the time I had been
obliged 10 wait in san Francisco Bill Sim
mons had reached the island by boat. but
was determined 10 Illustrate his schemes
For several days l sailed in my airship
in al directions and early one morning
1 saw beneath ms the Floating Island It
self with King Tol-Sumi sitting thereon,
alona and disconsolaIe l descended, ex-
r1aiued everything to him. gave him some
thing TO eat and took him into my airshlp
Pr1t as we were on our way back dread
full thing happened We were passing over
al island inhabited by savaSes when they
suddenly sent a shower Of arrows toward
Us. one Of them pierced my balloon and
We collapsed upon the top OF the tallest
tree on the island Il found out later that
these savages had been hired by Bill sim
mons TO do just this thing he hao
heard Of n arrival in the alrshipD
All night We stayed on the tree, with the
natives dancing and shouting below, but
after we had given up all hope the Prince
suddenly exclaimed n q whisper: Behold!
7 looked and saw that there was a large
hole where one Of the branches Joined the
trunk, and that IN fact the tree trunk was
hollow
Shall we take the risk and go inside?''
asked ToI-Surnl-
u think II would be best" I replied. and
under cover OF the darkness we slid into
the tree II was large enough for US TO
slide down. and 20 our surprise We found
that the inside surface perfectly
smooth But we were indeed amazed to
discover that We slid down. down. down for
g great length Of time and finally emerged
into a large dark place / struck match