El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-01
THEY MUST KNOW

trader at Nogi died Of fever, and 1 bought
( them from MS partner-Sam Willis mis-
! name-who agrees to deliver them. most
/ likely by the Minerva next time she IS
down that way. Berande has been long
I enough on timed milk.
And DR.. Welshmere has agreed to get
/ ne some orange and lime trees from the
mission station at Ulava. He Will deliver
them the next trip OF the Apostle If the
! Sydney steamer arrives before get back
j plant the sweet corn she will bring be-
( tween the young trees on the high bank
OF the Balesuna- The current IS eating in
/ against that bank. and you should do
I, something to save it.
I 1 nave ordered some FIG trees and 10
/ quats. too. from Sydney. Dr. Welshmere'
/ viii bring some mango seeds. They are
I big trees and require plenty Of room.
/ The Martha is registered 10 tons. She
/ IS the biggest schooner IN the SOlomons
/ and the best / saw little OF her lines
1 and guess the rest. She will sail ike a
witch If she hasn't filed with water
her engine will be all right. The reason
she went ashore was because it was not
working. The engineer had disconnected
the feed pipes TO clean out the rust. Poor
business unless at anchor or with plenty
Of sea room
Plant all the trees in the compound even
If you have TO clean out the palms later
on.
And don't plant the sweet corn all at
once Let few days elapse between
paintings. JOAN LAKELAND
He fingered the letter. lingering over
it and scrutinizing the writing in a
way that was not his won't How
characteristic, was his thought. as be
studied the boyish scra wI-elear to
read. painfully clear. but none the less
boyish.
he looked long at the name Joan
Lakeland just an assemblage Of let
ters. of commonplace letters. but an
assemblage that generated a subtle
heady magic. 1t crept into his brain
and twined and twisted his mental
processes until all that constituted him
at that moment went out in love to
that scra wled signature Joan Lack
land. Each time he looked at it there
arose visions Of her in a myriad moods
and guises. coming in out Of the flying
smother Of the gale that had wrecked
her schooner. launching a whaleboat
to go a-6shing. running dripping from
the sea with strea ming hair and cling
ing garments to the fresh water show
er, frightening fOurscore cannihais
with an empty chlorodyne bottle. ju-
venilely rafting on about romance
and venture, bright eyed. her face
flushed and eager with enthusiasm
Joan Lakeland. He unused over the
cryptic wonder Of it till the secrets Of |
love were made clear and be felt a
keen sympathy for lovers who carved !
their names on trees or wrote them
on the beach sands Of the sea.
Then he came back to reality. and
his face hardened Even then she
was on the wild coast of Malaita and
at Poonga- Poonga. Of all villainous
and dangerous portions the worst. PEG
pied with teeming population of
head hunters. robbers and murderers. /
For the instant he entertained the rash /
thought of calling his boats crew and (
starting Immediately in a whaleboat !
for Poonga- Poonga But the next in (
slant the idea was dismissed What
could be do if he did go? First she /
would resent it Next she would laugh /
at him and call him n silly.
There was much in her willful con- /
duct that caused him TO vince in the !
heart Of him. BE was appalled, By /
the thought of her shoulder TO shout (
der with the drunken rabble Of trad /
ers and beach combers at Guvutu. II
was bad enough for clean. fastidious
man. but for a young woman. a girl at
that, it was awful The theft Of the
Fhbberty' Gibbet was merely amusing.
though the means by which the theft
had been effected gave him hurt. Yet
be found consolation in the fact that
he task of making OlesoD drums. had
been turned over 10 the three scoun.
irels. And next and swiftly came the
7isiOn Of her. alone with those same
hree scouldrels. on the Emily, Sailing
ut to sea from Guvutu in the twilight
With darkness coming on. Then came
risiOns Of Adamu Adam and Noa Noah
nd all her brawny Tahitian following.
md his anxiety faded away. being re-
llaced by irritation that she should
ave been capable Of such wildness Of
onduct. And the irritation was still
N him as he got up and went inside
o stare at the hook on the wall and to
Wish that her Stetson hat and revolver
'elt were hanging from il.
Several quiet weeks slipped by.
The steamer from Sydney, the KAN ]
lambo. broke the quietude OF Be
ande for an hour while landing mail.
upplies and the trees and seeds Joan
40 nrdnrnd Tha Minerra hnrnd FOR