The daily Alaskan., 1912-04-09

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 T don't unnl If d." said AnaniaS with aiacrj;y. and he whipped out ot his ovcrcoat. tossed it on convenient barrel and rubbed his hands eNpc"taui- 1y.
 Jabcz got up and moved toward ihr cheese case. "Whatn you havc| he asked. 'CrarkcrS and cheese and a glass of sweet cider"
 "Uum" grumbled AnautaS. frown- ing. i've kinder cut out cheese and crackers. Jahez. They seem to give ne indigestion.
 "Wcu." began Anauias between huge bites uC corned beef sandwich, 't was when was sailing past the W'a- ~y islands down in the south Pacific that this adventure happened to @c We was bound home from Calcutta. and the ship was the old Indus. t2p- rain RaruabaS Fish commaudin-. 2"t f you expect Captain Fish to >'h- >fauuiate this story yOUll be dis@Nuo.1i- .d. nr,au<,. he was always jealous man and calculated to discount any. tliu- | might tell, Some captains arc that jealous oF their first mates
 As ! was saying. We sailed past Ihr Weary islands and was leaving 'rm far a>.ovu when Captain Fish t"ok a notion that the water we'd taken on at Cl'cutra was bad tasting. and so We put hack to the Wcarys for a Sn"- ply of fresh water You cant beat item tropical islands for cold. spark ling springs of pure water.
 The outcrmoSt one of the WCarv islands is tiny little one that is sep aratcd from the others by forty miles OF So. We was nearest that island. which wasn't much more than a coral ~ncf covered with sand and with trees growing on it and springs of water from somewhere down below. Captain Fish said it was m old island and had been much bigger. only an earth Iuakc had swallowed most of it into the water and what was left of it wasn't enough to support human ex- f~-rucc all of which didn't believe a mite of
 "'NnaniaS. says tho captain to mo, .vau co ashore and get tho water, and he gave me a couple of men and some kegs to fIl the big butts which he had cmpticd as soon as he entered the little harhor-
 As soon as We got ashore set out 10 look for a spring and found it not far from the white beach. set the men to filling the butts while l looked around for more >prrncs ana ulso to see If there was any fruit on the is- land i'm kinder partial to COcoaEuts.
 While I was looking pushed fur ther into the junG.y growth until | finally came out on the other side of the island. and there above me was a tall coccault palm. On it l could see just one cS>oanut. Dark brown 1t was and peeping down at ne through the palm branches kind of saucy and tempting.
 "'Oh, ho, NIT Cocoanut,' l says. | guess I'll get you"
 So I picked up a big stone from the beach and hove it at the brown CO., coauut. Well. sir. hit it. And 1t come down. and behind it was a big hairy body and two arms and two legs, and the whole combination came at me in great long leaps.
 "I run fast, Jabez Honey. but that there monkey man could run faster sir. and it wasn't long before he caught uD with me. and instead of jumping on me and tearing out my eyes and hair ly haudtulS. as I've heard tell they did. he doubled up a great hairy fist and struck me between the eyes. l didn't see him for awhile after that because my head achcd and l was ly' .uC down on the sand and it was very