The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-11

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 There was ehanec n bare euauce, that Gilbert was yrt aIlve He might be a prisoner on auuther island per hans suffering torture mthef than dls close {he hiding plW.e uf thc prars.
 Lester thought abml these things while the sun sank and glorious moon arose Co light ihe world with silver radiance. A gtIe brrrze spmng up from tbe south. md Lester leaned against the trunk ot otnlm'n ant turned his face to its yuniiuc tuurh
 Then toe heard n Funuly sNcaty it was borue uD The wings ui ihr wlud and swept oyer his head Iu signing tuneful melody
 This wns tbe haunted island of jbe natives. Was it Che spiri uf Ci.ltcrt Olds seeking to hold communication with bis frieudi
 After an luylgoraung rup of ceuce Lester made thorough eNumHmfiun of the islaud and found mouy imres of Guburt's occupation There was lois former camp uol thirty fcpi away from thc slip uf I.esirrs ihaichpd hut There WIS good sized lent pitched here and many utensils scauered around There were tuces of tram plug bure feet ln thp sand around thc tent door. and Lester counted that there must have been dozen men be sides Gilbert Olds. Cor lhp latirrs foot prints were easily distinguished from the others. for he had worn shoes.
 There ,vus uo doubt that Gilbert Oids bad been altarkpd by natives from Che nelghborlng islands and carried away Co death or captivity.
 A careful searrh of the most prom nent palms along the shore did not re- veal one thut bad q hollow trunk or that In any way seemed Go offer a hiding place for some of the most splendid pearls oi the east. Early lu the afternoon the wind sprang up again from the south, and almost i'm medintely Lester heard ihe signing music of tbe night before
 He shook oG the feeling Of unCanni- ness at the strange sound and tried to place its source. or one thing he was certain that It lowered over the tail palm beneath which he had sat the night before. He stood beneath It's slender iaperIng trunk and looked wlRtfuWy upward at tbe thick luft of branches above his head lf he only had lhe steel spurs of telephone wire man the mounting Of that tree would be a small matter.
 All at once there stood plainly bc. fore him as 1T written on the sand picture in a long forgotten geography of hls youtb It was a drawing of south sen islander climbing ths bare trunk of a palm tree The man had tied long scarf about the tree and his own waist. and then. bending back ward, hIs bare feet pressed against the tree. be braced himself against the scarf and slowly asCeuded
 It was a difficult feat Co perform, but Lester was no mcuu athIete. and there was thin cashmere blanket that would form an excellent brace for tbe ascent. Re kicked oT bis shoes, twist ed the blanket Into a rope, tied himself to the tree with plenty Of slack and tried He failed utterly While be rested. bruised and scratched. another idea came to him. and he immediately put It into practice. His bag also pro duced long coll of dezIbIe rope which had seemed to him useful ad- iunct to his travelling kit in the trop- ics. A half hours play with this re- euIted in his lassolng a thick bunch Of the fop branches and pulling it taut Now. with the rope In his hands and the brace once more in place, lester gradually drew himself up to the iuft. ed top of the palm. where he rested pandng among the branches. while the weird music played almost iu his ears.
 Now that he was up here it was easy to Hnd the source Of the hidden melody. An aeoIlau harp fashioned from cigar box and some strings from GHbcrt's mandolin was cunning ly concealed 10 tbe branches where eT- cry pun Of the south wind resulted 10 a strain of music. Why had CMS""'