Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-30

fellow" he beloved at her
The professor INTERVIEWED like the gentleman he
was. You have no right to ask that question" he
told him buntly. I've dared ask her myself.
But it's my privilege to put that question her "
ing in Ss ssy d dS h ask ou
said When have succeeded. Not till then. But
when have a name to offer you hope-maybe-
Gertrude blushed surmsed then what that an
swer would be Hanes, on the other hand, grasped
d at stray b mhat is tbs big thing you expect
girl?"
jenkins caught the defiance and the sarcasm but
he answered the skipper without trace OF embar-
rassment. I'm working on the habits of the Phae-
thon rubricauda. It's not known where they breed
Phaethon ruby cauder,' repeated Haines blankly.
whats that
Gertrude looked up. ITS the scientific for
the tropic Bird papa she told him The one you
get the red feather from THAI costs much and you
sell the queen for her ornaments
ihls ended that conversations. Haines retired. in
a brown study. Gertrude timdly shook Jenkins
hand excused herself me, and followed her father
into the house. | walked back to with the pro-
She a fine girl, the finest know Of" ] said
He came down from the clouds long enough to
shake my hand and say, Il must get to work harder
how she endures his ignorance and self sufciency
But hope soon to solve the mystery of the Phae
thon rubrcauda and then I'll ask her to marry me-"
thought you asked her tonight to be your
wife. said, little acidy.
1T wouldn't be fair he calmly responded. Pm
The next day met Hanes. He stopped me and
drew to the edge of the pavement Look here"
he said curty. "Gertrudc thinks she wants to marry
that bird catcher. What is his phaethon ruby
cauder"
! explained and he pondered this for a full FIVE
minutes, wiping his ruddy forehead constantly Then
feathers. Are these the feathers he's AFTER he
bqursd Ihey5e worth a two reals pair pair and
them? Find where they breed:"
He did l replied.
The old chaps face took on a shrewd expression.
lie looked me straight in the eye. DO you know
anything about it,"
/ was truthful. a know nothing assured him.
Il never took too much interest in birds, anyway.
about this tropic bird and, il he does find out their
breeding ground, ! suppose he can get all the
Haines studied this and shook his head.
"Gertie has always been square with me" he said
slowly but she says she intends, to marry that
scamp il he gets what he's after. She promised
she wouldn't look at him again if he didn't make
good Now where do you reckon them birds make
didn't know, of course suggested that Jenkins
was the. man to give that information. Hanes
grumbled and went on his way.
ing eyes Il have cruelty mlsjudged Captain aineS.
he said most informally. The is really inter
asked IN me- o Of Now s e is gong aqa
help me in my work. l am just going to see about
leave OF absence from my studies at the college
1t appeared that Haincs had summoned jenkins
to his office and there demanded of him ali that he
knew about the tropic bird. Il told him it was
migratory" the professor narrated proudly though
it had been proved and that it was mistake
TO say that it was found only between the tropics.
told him was sure that the specimens found here
Of miles away. whittier they returned at certain
times OF the year. He wished TO know where
thought this place was. and when told him reck-
oned it to be far south of the equator the generous
old man offered to give me schooner and outfit
and let me go hnd it, ! leave next week"
What schooner did he give YOU"
akala he
When ne had gone his way relieved my feelings
by going down and staring at the Haeakala, which
You never heard of her She belonged to time
long past. In the early days she was well known.
but even close-hsted Hanes had been forced to lay
her up for lack OF men to sail her. She was old,
rotten, weedy, twisted, tender, unseaworthy as an
UysrnpG pumpkin Suppose she mad s%uHg N the
when Hanes offered her to the sadly benighted
professor
Nothing of this penetrated Jenkins head. He
made Honolulu ring with praises OF Haines. Even
Gertrude, who loved him, didn't dare interfere and
tell him the. Haleakaa was floating coffin and
and painful death. Then again you see, Jenkins
had offered this as the price OF her marrying him
that he should do this thing; and she wasn't the
woman to lower her value penny.
parsus for the "Haines Ornithologca Expedition"
buying supplies lavshly and instruments that Jcn-
kins thought he might require.
AS it was impossible to get good crew for such
craft even for short voyage. and as it was known
''dl tue was po"''u thc Otner SIDE or
the equator, Hanes put drunken Portuguese aboard
as master and gave him for hands choice collcc-
tion OF Iwei waits, allowing them the alternative
OF spending five years on an out-!sland plantation.
kaa and three men turned up per schooner from
the Gberts, and reported that their vessel had
foundered three hundred miles ofshore with the los
of Thomas Jenkins and the cook The papers gave
several columns of the survivors story of the III
fated "Haines Ornithological Expedition" the fac
ulty OF Punahou passed appropriate resolutions and
iiaines chuckled savagely over his cigar though he
loudly protested regret over the loss OF his excellent
friend Jenkins and his fine schooner and her val
case, very simply told us that she wouldnI receive
US any more as she didn't feel we'll, and retired into
herself. 'N
A year after the Haeakala left Honolulu CAPTAIN
Haines called me into his Office and said stumblings
= made a mistake, guess. in sending that science
fellow OF in that schooner. Gertic won't speak to
me- m getting kind Of old and the house is awful
dull She says killed him. | wish you'd drop up