The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-09-19

per. land we'll stay here till the fol
lifts"
, You won't land here" said the 9th
er doggedly.
| As the nose Of the boat scraped thu
shore of Mark island the man witt
away. A man on the boat seized al
oar and was about to bring 1t down OF
the others head when he stepped bacl
and dra wing a revolver threatened t.
shoot the first man who attempted t.
come ashore.
There was a violent protest on TIKI
part Of the occupants OF the boa
against being turned back in the fog
possibly to their death. There were
women aboard. and they begged thu
men to leave the inhospitable place ant
finally prevailed upon them to do so
So they drifted away, muttering curses
upon the man who had refused them 9
landing.
A deathknell had been sounded fol
the secret Of Mark island. Had the
man permitted the landing the party
would not have remained long on the
island and might not have gone 10(
yards from their boat, for the fog soon
lifted and they got safely back to their
destination with the story Of their in
human treatment.
But why had they been thus treated
The reply was that something was go
ing on at Mark island that the perpe-
traitors were unwilling to have known.
The story and this supposed reason
for the party having been refused a
landing at the point of pistol passed
from mouth to mouth. 1t was suggest
ed that the desolate lady was kept
here prisoner. But If this were so
Why had she not asked to be taken
away by those on some Of the passing
boats? Others thought that some 9TH
err person was held there and the desol-
ate lady was party to the outrage;
but, though they differed as to the
crime, they all agreed that Mark is
land was used for criminal purpose.
Meanwhile Mark island remained an
unknown place. All were curious to
know what was going on there, but II
was no ones business to find oNt, es-
pecially since this could not be done
except at the risk of getting shot. More
boats sailed about 1t than before and
on every boat persons stared at it Won
deringly. All had heard Of the DESC
late lady and expected to see her sit
tin gon rock, like a mermaid, comb
ing her hair. But the lady did not APP
pear. Indeed, no one was to be seen
on the island. Yet the house was 10.
Gated in its center and so surrounded
by trees as to- be invisible.
Meanwhile the story Of Mark island
reached a person who pricked up his
ears the moment he heard it. Later
when the Portland boat touched the
anding at Orr's island, he stepped
lshore and put up at one of the hotels
lie listened attentively to any one who
would talk to him about the mystery
tut said nothing himself The next
lay several other men arrived at Orr's
sland. each man bearing a rifle. When
Isked why they were armed they re-
'lied that they were going on hunt
or moose in the Maine woods. Since
was about the first of September, not
ar from the shooting season, the story
vas believed.
One morning the man who had first
rived, accompanied by the hunting
arty hired boat and sailed out
through the cut separating Orr's and
'ailey's islands; then they turned their
curse to the eastward.
A few miles sail brought them to |
lark island and instead of gaping at |
they made straight for the shore. On |
it the men cooked their rifles
nd jumped on the rocks. Their land
lg was not opposed and they went up
, the house. They found it shut up
AIRED and bolted. Not even a dog
arked or cat mewed
They broke in the doors and began
search of the premises. In the cell
r they found complete counterfeit
IS outfit.
The leader of the party, United
tates government detective, had long
zen looking for the makers Of GER
in spurious bills that had been find
g their way into circulation. A few
these bills had been put out in New
ngland, but the bulk of them In 9TH
locations. A man of education and
finement was finally discovered to be
e perpetrator, and the man who had
fused the befogged party landing
as his assistant. The desolate lady
as the formers wife, who, believing
at her husband would some day be
;posed, was simply waiting for that
~ The assistant, while the princi-
II and his wife were away from the
land had very foolishly refused those
no sought refuge landing.
HOW THEY DO IT IN INDIANA.