The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-06-30
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Mr.. Langford Was an Intensely Dis
appointed and Embittered Man.

Mr.. Langtord Was an Intensely Dis
appointed and Embittered Man.
listlessly during pause in his steady
tramp, he thought he caught glimpse
of light. He looked idly in the direc-
tion whence the reflection had come
for few moments and saw it again;
a thin cloud of smoke, or was it haze,
rose above it, He was puzzled by it,
of course, and stood staring. The con-
centratiOn in his gaze, he thought, dis
covered to him cloudy blink in the
gray of the dawn which might mean
land. He knew there was no land
charted in those seas, for he had care
fully studied the chart the night be-
fore, saying nothing to anyone, for he
had become somewhat sensitive about
the matter
He ran down the companion ladder
into his cabin and fetched thence a
new and powerful glass, which, upon
his return to the deck, he focused
upon the distant point of light. By
the aid of those powerful binoculars
he made out what it was. He was a
man of quick decision and purpose.
He called the officer to him, pointed
to the light, and handed the glass to
the man in question.
What do you make of that, Mr.
Holtzman?"
The officer took quick look
through the glasses, handed them back
to their owner, and said laconicalIy:
Land Fire! Smoke, sir"
Head the yacht to that island at
once"
"Very good, sir" said the officer,
turning to the man at the wheel and
ordering the helm to be put aport.
The yachts bows swung slowly
round until the island and the light
were both dead ahead.
"Now, Mr.. Hoffman," said Lang
ford, when the maneuver was com
pleted, "who is at the masthead?"
"I'll see, sir" answered the second
officer, stepping forward.
Bring him to me-" said the owner
as the officer turned away.
In a few moments the officer came
back to the quarterback followed by
one of the seamen. The man looked
very much frightened, for Langford
was in a towering passion, and when
he was in a passion he was not a
pleasant spectacle.
did you see that island yonder?"
began the owner, tierCely.
"I-er-"
Answer me-"
Eyes, sir" said the man, desperately.
"You did,"
"Yes, sir"
"Why didn't you report it,"
The man hesitated, shifting from
one foot to another, muttered some
thing about wild goose chase. Car
ried away by anger, Langford sprang
at him, and would have done him bod
lily violence, had he not been quickly
restrained by the second officer.
''Mr. Langford, sir" said Hoffman,
grasping him tightly, recover your
self, SIR"
The check was sufficient.
go forward" cried Langford, con-
trolling himself with difficulty. "Mr.
Holtzman, send for Capt. Harper"
VERY good, sir" answered the off.
Ger.
"And meanwhile you are to keep
straight for that island until further
orders"
In few moments the old captain
presented himself before the owner.
Harper" began the young man, i'm.
periously, "the lookout this morning
deliberately failed to report that land
that island yonder. l want him disrat.
ed and his pay stopped. Put him in
the gig and set him ashore at the
first civilized port"
VERY well, sir" said the old sailing
master, not daring to demonstrate un
der such circumstances.
do you know that island!" contin.
ued Langford.
"Eo, SIR answered Harper. "'Tia
not set down in any chart. I have
never heard of it before
Harper" said the other, laying his
hand upon the old mans arm, "it's ouI
last chance. We are passing out Of the
region of these islands. If she be moi
there, we shall never find her."
II am afraid not, sir"
81 have an idea that our quest II
| going to be successful this morning.