The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-22


/ amazing: to Jackson il was mad
! dening
Less than ever did he believe that
+ he was hOpelessIy trapped Tar out on
/ the ocean: more than ever was he con
I WINGED that Howard was decelving him
for his own ends. He saw the ships
rocking gently on the swells, noted
I white patches Of sails showing here and
/ there, heard the cries Of the guIIs. and
/ told himself afresh that he could easily
walk ashore Il he only knew how and
when a flock Of parrots lighted in the
rigging and demanded crackers, and a
monkey poised on the end Of nearby
mast and gibbered. he was convinced
/ beyond peTa dveuUUre that Howard mad
| lied TO them and was only watching MS
chance 10 desert them he did not even
listen TO that officer when he explained
1 that both birds and beasts must have
drifIed in on wrecks and had probably
thriven.
The birds viii feed on the reaches
on the old rattle trap wrecks. ne eN-
pleined, and the monkeys WlI I'VE On
the birds eggs Perhaps, too both
catch shell fish N the weeds
Breakfast WIS q silent meal Dorotny
was awed and frightened by the slgnL
OF the wrecks, and Jackson was glUm-
In vain aEC-s=-d St-Ove 10 rouse mem
Finally he gave Up and nnished ms
breakfast III silence Then he pushed
away his plate
Listen TO me, please he said
ColdIy. We have arrived at our des-
tinaCion and must now take steps 10
help ourselves. Two things are nee
cessary. first, 10 explore the ships
around Us; second, not 10 get lost
Make no mistake. the danger OF this
last Is very great ihese snlps vii
not look the same as we leave them
and as we return 10 rhem- where We
so downward, We must return up
ward and vice versa. Often this may
I q AZ -
possible Yet, Il We try 10 vary our
oute, we may lose ourselves. and
nee lost the chances are q thousand
10 one against our ever finding our
wav hack 70 the Queen again Not
that We shall stay by the Queen long.
probably We shall soon ind some
ship better suited for base Of Oper-
atoms But We must remember that
this continent OF ships Is a desert
except around its edges New wrecks
arriving wiIIt bring food and water.
borders neither can remain II may
seem 10 you that IL would BE- easy 10
get hack 10 the border again but I
assure you that II would not be
know which way 10 90. and might
easily be plung1nE deeper and deeper
into the mass
Es paused, waiting for comment. but
none was made He was leader. how
ever -ezrudEingly 50, and II was for him
70 map out Their course OF action, No
m.
no less than Dorothy realized his helm
lessness and his ignorance
! beg you therefore 10 be -erv care
ful. resumed Howard. seeing rhaS the
others waited Il am particularly in
sistent, because We must exDIors first
Of all Today the danger is not great
because We are not likely to get far
away. but we might as well start right
First we must run I'D all the signal
flags we can find they viii be con-
spicuous for long ways of Next. we
r--
its smoke win be visible stiIi farther
away Third we must never 20 out Of
SlghL OF our baSe-the Queen AT pres
ent-Under any circumstances when We
climb 70 each rev ship we must look
back and make sure that We can srfU
seee the flags or the smoke Fourth.
we must each carry a Ratchet and mark
our way Just as a WOooman biaZeS his
through a forest the Ratchet will come
IN handy anyhow Later, If we DO
not md what we want, We can shift our
base 70 some other vessel along the
coast and explore further with that as
a new center DO I make myself clear
Dorothy nodded Shall We all 90
together" she asked.
Howard shook his head. NO, I think
not he answered gently 4 hope YOU
VIII be willing 10 stay here for the pres
ent and keep the galley fire alight- III
show you how 10 make II smoke Jack
son and ] viii do the exploring for to-
day, anyway He can 90 10 the north
along the coast and 1 VIII 90 to the
south, and
Not muchI' The policeman was
shaking his head dOggedly- Not much.
you don't I don't leave you out Of my
sight I've got my orders from head
quarters and
Howard siffed an exclamation, Very
we'll he said COlGly- As YOU pleasei
Perhaps Il Is better anyway. Two can
do things that one could not Come!
Lets get ready
Bud Dorothy looked very dubi-
GUS
Howard turned to her. 81 know what
YOU would say, Miss Fairfax You
would Ike to so, of course, But be
lieVe me. II Is best not Moving about
these wrecks viii be difficult, and even
dangerous for any one hampered by
skirts You would be exhausted very
soon Besides. we may meet unpleasant
SiEhtS- Later, when we know our
ground better. we viii take YOU for a
sightseeing tour. You viii be perfectly
safe on the Queen. You are not afraid
. Il.