The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-01-25

| have never seen q man who has seen
one. The Austrian expedition -scient
lists, you know-got part way IN before
1t was cut to pieces. The monument
Is up the beach there several miles
Only one man got back to the coas, to
tell the tale. And now you have all
! or any other man knows OF the Inside
OF Guadalcanar."
"But gold--have you heard Of goldy"
Tudor asked impatiently. DO you
know anything about godY
Sheldon smiled while the two visitors
hung eagerly upon his words.
"You can go two miles up The Bale
suna and wash colors from the grnvel
I've done II often There is gold an
doubtedly back in the mountains"
Tudor and Won Blk looked trium
phantly at each other.
"Old Wheatsheafs yarn was true
then" Tudor said. and Won Blk nod
ded And If Maaita turns out as
WE'LL
Tudor broke off and looked at 1oan
at was The tale of this old beach
comber that brought us here he ex
planned Won Blk befriended him
and was told the secret. He turned
and addressed sheldon. II think we
shall prove that white men have been
through the heart OF Guadacanar
long before the time of the Austrian
expedition.
Sheldon shrugged his shoulders
1--WE have never heard OF 1t down
here" be said simply. Then he ad.
dressed Won Bike LAS to the boys.
you couldn't use them farther than
Binu. and I'll lend you as many as
you want as far as that. How many
of your party are going and how soon
will you start!'
Ten" said Tudor; mine men and
myself"
"And you should be able to start
day after tomorrow" Won Blk said
to him. THE boats should practically
be knocked together this afternoon
Tomorrow should see the outfit por
toned and packed. AS for the Martha,
Mr. Sheldon. we'll rush the stun ashore
this afternoon and sail by shutdown"
AS the two men returned down the
path to their boat Sheldon regarded
Joan quiZZically.
There's romance for you be said.
land adventure-gold hunting among
the cannibas. Aren't you sorry you
became cocoanut planter
''What do you think of them" she
asked.
"Oh. old Won Blk is all right. a
solid sort of chap in his fashion; but
Tudor is a iyaway-too much on the
being wrecked on a desert island Id
prefer Won Blk"
81 don't quite understand" Joan OBJ
jected What have you against
Tudor?"
"A man of Tudor's type gets on my
nerves. One demands more repose
from a man"
Joan felt that she did not. quite
agree with his judgment, and. some.
how. Sheldon caught her feeling and
was disturbed. He remembered noting
bow her eyes mad frightened as she
talked with the newcomer.
A second boat had been lowered and
the outfit of the shore party was
landed rapidly. dozen of the crew
put the knocked down boats together
on the beach. There were five of these
craft-lean aud narrow. with tiaring
sides and remarkably long. Each was
equipped with three paddles and
several iron shod poles
You chaps certainly seem to know
river work." Sheldon told one OF the
carpenters.
I'VE use 'em In Alaska. They're
modelled after the Yukon polling boats.
and you can bet your life they re
crackerjacks This creek'll be a snap
alongside some of them northern
streams. Five hundred pounds In one
of them boats an two men can snake
it along in a way that'd surprise you.
At sunset the Martha broke out her
anchor and got under way. dipping
her flag and saluting with a bomb
gun. The union jack ran up and
down the STAFF. and Sheldon replied
with his brass signal cannon The
miners pitched their tents in the com
pound and cooked on the beach. while
Tudor dined with Joan and Sheldon.
Their guest seemed 10 have been
everywhere and seen everything and
met everybody. and. encouraged by
Joan. his talk was largely upon his
own adventures. Descended from old
New England stock, his father a con
sui general, be mad been born in Ger
many. In which country he had re-
celved his early education and his ac
cent. Then. still a boy. he had re
joined his father In Turkey and ac-
companied him later to Persia. bis ia
Their having been appointed minister to
that country.
Tudor had gone through South
American revolutions. been a rough
rider in Cuba. scout In South Africa
and a war correspondent in the Russo
japanese war. He had mushed dogs
In the Klondike. washed gold from
the sands OF Nome and edited a news
paper In San Francisco. The presi-
dent of the United States was his
friend. He was equally at home in
the clubs OF London and the continent,
the Grand hotel at Yokohama ana the
solicitors shanties In the Never Never
country. He mad shot big game IN
Siam. pearled In the Paumotus. visited
Toistoy. seen the Passion play and
crossed the Andes on muieback. while
be was living directory OF the fever