The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-06-26

#nen tha mdiah sails were th'cl
around nem dId Ihey venture TO con
dnue their downward PATH
AZ last one dag. when Caliy wi
leading as usual ha again struck hiI
pick through thR Hadlsh Wall he ut
tered q cy % dismay fearing a sec
5nd inrush 1f the sea- But insteat
light and fresh aif flowed in. gratefu
indeed 10 those who had lived so Ions
% g radish-sieeped atmosphere.
we have arrived" cried Catty
gFasping his companions hands
This is the endi"
Eagerly they enlarged the aperture
and crawied cautiously out. Behold
On every hand was tbe sea! The rad
ish root bad emerged somewhere I'd
the south Of India. and they we're rest
ing on little island Of radish in the
midst Of the Indian ocean. At first
they we're terrified. but catty encour-
aged them.
We can remain here a little time,
he said mo doubt ship win come
to take us of"
His words were brave, but the sus-
pense was great The radish tip az
forded but slippery resting place;
they were In considerable fear Of the
sharks, which they could see some
times through the clear waters; and
the radish here and there, enfeeblcd
by the borlngs. crumbled, and they
saw large bits Of It swept of by the
waves. One day the piece on which
Emmanuel Catty was standing broke.
His comrades only seized him just in
time to prevent his being washed
away
What shall we do9" they cried.
How can we support life here?p
Emmanuel leant forward suddenly,
nearly falling into the water again.
"A sail" he cried. "A saiIl VIC are
savedl"
AS a matter Of fact It vas a trail Of
smoke; but It issued from the tunnels
Of q British steamer. and the captain
took them off He was Scotsman.
and his name was Macallister, and he
utterly declined to believe in Cattys
story
"A radishl" cried Macalister, point
ing to the root contemptuously I'm
posaiblel It is an island, and shall
take possession Of It in the name Of
the British empire" And he hoisted
the union jack accordingly.
Meantime, in America a close watch
had been kept at the mouth Of the
mine. Five thousand seven hundred
and eighty-two reporters were contin-
ually on the watch for news Of the
bold adyenturer. Catty When word
came Of the action OF Captain Mac.
allister tho excitement was intense.
The radish had been planted in Amer
lean earth; 1t had drawn its nutriment
from America; It was Americas by
all the sacred laws Of ownership. The
English said that might be as It
would; but they claimed the radish
tip by right Of discovery 1t had been
found and seized upon by Captain
Macallister, and was irreyocabIy Eng
lish.
Passion on both sides ran high.
The newspapers rang with denuneia.
ton Of American greed and English
treachery The American ambassador
was directed to withdraw from Lon.
don, when the news spread that the
radish tip had disappeared. A Brit
ish trading vessel, cruising near the
place marked on the chart, could find
no trace Of It.
The excitement grew tenfold. spe-
cial commissions sent out from Eng
land and America only confirmed the
fact of the disappearance. For a mo
ment both excited parties were in
clined TO turn to Germany, and de-
clare that she must have been guilty
of some diabohoal plot for the destruc-
tion Of the radish.
But meantime Emmanuel Catty had
the attention Of various sci
entists TO the matter and a little In
vestigation showed that the disap-
pearance was perfectly natural The
great heat through which the radish
had passed, the tunneling through its
heart, the action of the sea, had been
too much for It; Il was fad
ing and withering away. In few
months the only traces left Of the phe-
nomenon were the enormous mining
works-the largest in the world-so
complete was the decay Of Emmanuel
Gatty's radish.
There was a considerable demand
for Cattys manure; but the cost Of
its manufacture was so graat that #
could not be sold at a profit. Perhaps
it was just as wen.