The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-01-03


you couldn't use them farther than
Binu. and I'll lend you rs many az
you want as far as that How many
of your party are going and how soon
will ytu startE
Ten" said Tudor; nine men and
myself"
"And you should he able to start
day after tomorrow" Won Blk said
TO him. The boats should practically
he knocked together this afternoon.
Tomorrow should see the outfit por
toned and packed. As for the Martha,
Mr. Sheldon. well rush the stuff ashore
this afternoon ana sail by sundown."
AS the two men returned down the
path to their boat Sheldon regarded
Joan fuizzically.
"Thrrc'S romance for YOU" he said.
'and adventure gold hunting among
the cannibalS. Aren't you sorry you
became II cocoanut planter?"
what do you think of them?" she
asked.
"Oh. old Won ELK is all right. a
solid sort of chap in his fashion; but
Tudor is nyaway-toO much on the
surface. you know. If ii came to
being wrecked on Il desert island I'd
prefer Won Biz"
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
low. Sheldon caught her feeling and
was disturbed. He remembered noting
how her eyes had 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 flaring
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.
1--WE use 'em in Alaska. They're
modelled after the Yukon polling boats.
and you can bet your life they're
crackeriacks. This creek'll be snap
alongside some of them northern
streams. Five hundred pounds in one
of them boats an two men can snake
oil In, Il
At sunset the Martha broke out her
anchor and got under way, dipping
her flag and Saluting with 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 TO 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 Il con
sui general, ne had been born in Ger
many, in which country he had re-
N'iNNh ne 'tll ~ Nhh' all'll anu us
cent. Then, still II boy. he had re-
joined his father in Turkey ana ac-
companicd him later 10 Persia. his IA
ther having been appointed minister to |
that country.
Tudor had gone through South |
American revolutions. been rough |
rider in Cuba. Il Scou; in South Africa |
H.,
Japanese war. lie had mushed dogs |
in the klOndike. washed gold from |
the sands of Nome aud edited news |
paper in san Francisco The presi- |
dent of the United States was his |
friend. lie was equally AT home in I
the clubs of London and the continent, |
the Grand hotel at Yokohama and the |
solicitors shautieS in the Never Never |
country. lie had shot big game in |
Siam, pearled In the Paumotus. visited |
Tolstoy, seen the Passion play and |
crossed the Andes on mueback. while |
he was n living directory of the fever |
holes of west Africa.
Sheldon leaned back I'm his chair ON |
the verauda, slipping his coffee and
touched by the charm Of man who |
had led 50 varied life. II seemed to |
him that the man addressed himself |
particularly Ia Joan. sheldon watched |
her rapt attention. listened to her
spontaneous laughter quick questions
aud passing Judgments aud felt grow |
within him the dawning consciousness
that he loved her. Then as II the |
scene had heen prepared by "A clever |
playwright. Utami came upon the We
randa to report 10 Joan the capture OF
a crocodile In the trap they had made
for her,
Tudor's face. Illuminated by the
match with which he was lighting his
cigarette. caught Utami's eye. and
Utami forgot 10 report 10 his mistress.
Hello. Tudor" be said with a IA
miliarity that startled Sheldon.
The polynesian's hand went out. and
Tudor. shaking II. was staring into his