New Ulm review., 1910-08-03

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SHE THREW HER ARMS ABOUT ELS NECK
TO EASE TILE BURDEN.
nor1ng landscape ana seaScape, devoU-
ed himself to the study Of sand tracks
of all serts-tracks of foxes examin-
ing the beach for turtles eggs, months
ahead OF time; talon marks of .opos-
sums and raccoons prowling about for
crabs, mice and birds eggs; ;heof
marks Of sgild hogs, etc. Trails of men
| there were along the sparsely tray
eled highway of the strand and the
| footprints OF one in particular attract
| ed him. Tracks in the sand We're to
| Harrod book, newspaper, telegraph
and circulating library. He knew sew
eral things that this man might be
deserter from the fort, perhaps, or
1t might be some one connected with
the revenue service. His cabin was
'Harrod's fishing gcamp"-nothing more.
What had revenue officers to do with
such humble piscatorial headquarters
as these? They should not care about
AACouoA . LILY Sui2Ou.
And yet one day a shiny metal sea
monster stuck a blunt nose out from
the water at about the FIVE fathom
contour line. opened a rectangular
mouth and ficked a square red tongue
like an angry snake until Captain Har-
rod Oh the highest dune opened bril-
liant red handkerchief with a Chau-
tauqua salute and wiped bis nose eIab-
oFately. Whereupon the sea monster
sank beneath the brine. What took
place that night was concealed by
darkness. Il Captain Harrod was
busy carrying packages ashore until
morning he came by them honestly, no
doubt
An examination Of the popular nov
els or periodicals of the past-say of
the era Of that president whose Chris
tian name our Theodore bears-wiu be
rewarded by realization Of prophecy
gone wrong as to the influence on
smuggling of aerial navigation. 1t
must bring free trade, they said.
Ships navigating the air could land
their cargoes anywhere Yet the air.
ships gave the custom house people
little trouble. Airships were so con-,
spicuous: their loads were necessarily
so light; the system Of reporting them
by wireless from Canada, Mexico and
the islands was so efficient.
Very unexpectedly it was the SUBJ
marine that drove the revenues" wild
and filed the law books with Draco-
man statutes. No trade ever grew
faster. The boat fish dived beneath the
waves and rose on some lonely coast
like this by appointment with some
Captain Harrod sitting like a bewhis-
kered bit Of wreckage on the dunes.
Harrod was nervous about the foot
prints, and he persevered in a search
until he found their maker lying asleep
IN comfortable sleeping bag in a
nearby thicket. He recognized him as
Wilmer, inventor of the helicopter that
was blown out to sea. He walked Wiz
ner, and the latter assailed Harrod in
abuse which included the absent Car
son. ..- --..-e
''You let my helicopter go out to
sea-" he walled, "and it was worth
million dollars to me-"
Harrod took pity on the inventor,
and as result Wizner stayed for
weeks, sleeping in his bag on the porch
Of the cabin, and, to the captains in
tense anger, tried several times to visit
the shed where Carson's newly invent
ed airship was in course Of completion.
Finally Carson arrived. Theodore
| alteration ensued in which Wilmer
was roughly handled. At last he took
| his leave, voWing vengeance on Carson
and the airship, which, he said, was
worthless. He had made rough draw
ings of the airship, as he had managed
secretly to elude Harrod's watchful-
| ness.
At the lagoon he took a boat and
roWed to the north shore. The boat
from the submarine that had signaled
Harrod had brought her crew ashore.
He addressed one Of the men as Fa-
| vile and learned that the Stickleback,
! the submarine, was offshore for some
uAhdo"u pu4 pOSS. 4ledSdu, LIE OtlC-
| kleback's captain, came lazily up, and
Wilmer informed him that he CWizner)
was going on board her. The captain,
amazed, asked for what reason.
Pm goin' to use her.
"The> ID you are!''
well, if not I'll show you up to
the authorities as a smuggler, Reagan
you an Harrod."
Reagan's face paled. He hastily
drew a revolver from his pocket, then
thrust it back.
How do we know" said Reagan,
| that you won't peach after you get
through with us?'
If make the play expect to- re-
piled Winner, I'll be in d. sight
! deeper'n you arep'