The Washington herald., 1911-09-24


islands, and asking Queen Elizabeth to let unwind
strands OF wire binding her sceptre, set
to work making with them, 1 had made three
and. needing to twist the wires, went to the
storm frayed door post of the hut intending to fasten
one end of the moose to a rusty bolt there, while
wound the other As I stopped to the post single
long black horse hair, fast in splinter, caught my
eyes. 1t much to wonder at yet looked at It
again and again. then threw the and took
that hair full length between my fingers still
derng. staring. and thinking.
"What have you found?" asked Her Majesty, COM
ing to my side, upright and naughty though her face
was white rs her wimple " black hair, there is
nothing strange in that"
"FOr once, Madam, in a thousand years" an
swered back hair interesting than red This
is IL wOman's however. 1t is from a horses name"
Then" quoth Elizabeth scornfully, Uncle Nep-
tune must have left his stable doors unlocked
night How could a mortal horse come on an island
like thiS?'
your MajeStys sovereign wit jumps straight to the
point 1t that very question asking my
self"
There certainly horse the island when
we went round it yesterday morning"
'NOr Is 1t conceivable that any has deliberately
landed at any time for any purpose and after
ward taken away horse from such worthless rock
this"
"Then the beast came Of its own wtll?'
Eyes, madam. and has gone away %gain by the
same authority"
.You don't mean 70 say you think not
island after all?
81 do not think can possibly be.
"Ob. 7 amIso glad and though I suffered
more glad for the others than for myself" cried
the charming lady. her blue eyes sOftening for the
first time and the tragedy queen dropping from her
in her woman emotion. Miss Neave Is i'll. as I'll rs
COW be- and Mrs. Smith dying. oh, call the others,
and let us go round again at once-al the fatigue has
gone from pe."
got the party together and explained matters
briefly to them. They were astOunded and incredu-
Ious but all eagerness If there was anything in
nv fancy Every one was we'll in a moment-no one
would remain behind. A disordered mob in dragged
fnerv we rushed by common instinct across to the
furthermost point of prison. and there, through
the mist where at high tide on the previous morning
had been a rolling sea. now, at the ebb. lay broad,
muddy causeway leading into the further gloom! we
did not stop to argue. Satan seized the trembling
nun IN his arms. Orlando took Rosalind, Sergeant
Ruz-fuz grpped Britannia and Queen Elizabeths fin
gers found their way into mine
The Connecting Peninsula.
Fortunately there was mistaking the way, with
the sea splashing either hand; and, equally lucky
the connecting peninsula proved short We rushed
banks of weed then suddenly the shore rose and we
vere on grass Helter-skelter ran through the
murk until presently in moment Of indescrioable
inv we literally rolled over bank onto high road
vav Here at last was real tangible civilization!
Drarging the women along hurried up slope, the
mist thinning out as we ascended and the first thing
that we met was local policeman. If he had been
an angel from heaven could not have been gladden.
but be stared agape at us for minute and then 1aV
boIted down side lane with stifed yell And next
we met small highland boy driving herd OF COWS.
The cattle fed at once with tossing horns and waving
tails and the boy disappeared screaming after them
into the mist
..Come on cried Orlando; where there are kline
and constabes there must be houses and food and
almost as he spoke shadows grew up on either side
of u.s. and we were in village street Mephistopheles
was leading his tall thin form and towering COCK
feathers looking very ghostly in the haze and we
bargar1 and dsorderly rabbe. at his heels Presently
we noticed some persons who had probably never seen
fancy dress before in their lives and who had already
been frightened by the flight of the cattle down their
thoroughfare the scared policeman and the screaming
boy and were standing in their pOrcEes asking what
it meant As we along one and all looked
rosped and bolted within, slamming doors and win
dOws in their terror We passed childrens school, the
solution no doubt of last nights mystery, and then
at last espied the village inn. 1t was the very thlng
we wanted We rushed for it, and as we plunged in
at the door VISITORS proprietor and his family scram
bled out at the rear.
Never mind" quoth the Duke, there is certain to
be something here to eat-and drink"
But now matters began to get serious. The worthy
Scotch folk getting their first panic, were col
lecing in a misty crowd about the house, but Keeping
at a respectful distance from it, while angry shouts
and cries from the of 'StOne them" SET the
house on fire. Send for the minister in broad high
land accent came from every side and when the Chl-
nese Demon ncautousIy put his head out OF the bar
window he was greeted with vOey Of stones from
across the street which brought down shower OF
glass but luckily did him no harm. 1t looked as
IT, after all our troubles. were to be martyred
in the very moment of rescue We hesitated Tor
minute until Mrs SaDdcroft stepped forward. Il VIII
sneak TO them" she said 81 am woman and they will
know my dress" SO she went into the porch,
looking very pretty and pathetic in her white dress
which was so wet 1t clung to her like lawn, and