The Detroit times., 1912-11-20
BY CUTCLIFFE HYNE

| said Miss ChesteTman misChievously.
Mile by mile 20 the northward, the
kangaroo searched during the hours
OF daylight, lying-to at night, SO as
not TO overrun her ground in the dark.
and one blazing day succeeded an
other without tangible result. HUT IN
the cool OF one evening. success ar
rived az last A hail came from the
crows nest which was perched up
! higher under the fore truck, The
I bridge there.
AYE"
Dye see hummock broad on the
/ starboard> bow, sir-just on the edge
| OF the coast? Seems 10 me two cor
ors, Standardization and blue"
! "Thatll be the sunset, you fool
said the elderly second mate from
the bridge II can't sec II myself.
Wait till get the glasses
The lookout man in the crows nest
on the mainmast took up the tale. ana
the pair bawled down their news ding
dong.
I There's water in AT the back or
that land, sir"
River mouth. sir
Looks TO me a lagoon, sir.
There's water on beyond again. sir
| just then got a glimpse OF II as she
I rolled."
That's an island OF the coast, or
a row OF them
what you see Is not the coast sir
Or at any rate there's a big river
in AT the back OF e.
"There's n lagoon stretching right
I along You can pick out points OF II
4 where the sun catches the water"
The old second mate stared through
his glasses. but naturally could make
out nothing, as the lower edge OF the
shore-line was well below his horizon.
and so in the end he contented him
self with the curt, Aye, aye" OF ac-
acknowledgement
He was a stupid man. and prided
himself on HIS stupidity He was
hired according TO his theory To act
as second mate OF a hundred
ffty-ton steamboat, and not TO make
discoveries.
But Captain Kettle at the first note
OF news had walked briskly along the
! immaculate decks, had swung him
1self into the fore rigging. and hao
run uimbly aloft, and presently. pass
ing outside the barrel which formed
the crows nest stood on the upper
edges OF II with an arm round the
masthead just beneath the truck
/ Those on deck saw him there. a
small white-clad figure, saving back
ward and forward against the evening
sky. and peering deXterously through
a long telescope at the shore ana
what Law beyond. Voices stopped. The
wangaroo slipped through the swells
In silence. except for the dull Internal
rumble OF her engines. All owned
\afterward 70 having felt curious pre-
manitory thrill.
To1hose who watched. Kettle seem
ed ma6deningly slow. They watched
his long telescope saw up and down
in constant arc as the steamer rolled.
they watched him pick up the inviS-
ible ground beyond their horizon and
examine il, as II seemed, foot by foot,
and then he swung back and com
menced the search all over again.
! Sir George tried 10 break the ten
sion. We'll, Skipper" he sailed. lis
that the placer"
( Couldn't say, cir" came the chilly
reply, and again the audience watched
/ the telescope plod slowly over the
coast-line. The sun, in a ball or scar
T let fire, was sinking in visible Inches
below the western horizon, and Cap
tain Kettles white drill uniform was
! tinted pink by the afterglow.
But presently from the masthead
came the hail MIR. Forster"
"Sir?" said the fat old second mate.
Dye see that hummock lying
about due east, with the stripes on
II and table top? Just take bear
ing"
I The second mate peered at the
mark and then squinted down at the
pinnacle. East by south a quarter
east, sir"
Can you open any land behind IT."
The old fellow peered again. mo,
sir. The hummock's on my sky line,
with a clean edge TO IT,"
Very good. Then call away the
surf-boat, and get water and some bis
cult into her
Captain Kettle came down from
aloft as briskly as he had gone up,
and Il was typical OF him that be did
not make any prououncement 10 sat
/ isfy the curiosity or his crew In
stead, he went quietly 10 where Sir
George sat with his sister, and gave
the news 70 them
There's a regular fshing-net OF ISL
ands in at the back there. can ses
no trace OF our steamer, but it's quite
possible she's there Many OF the isl
ands are tidy size, and she might cas-
lily be tucked in at the back and out
OF sight ! can't take the steamer
In without a lot OF sounding. so I'm
going OF IN the boat
Not Yourself? Not by night" II
was Miss Chesterman who raised the
objection.
1T will be cooler for the men for
one thing, miss, and in a couple OF
, hour. from now when the moons up.
1t will be just as easy TO see AZ In
day light"
You'd better 20. too. Violet II you
think the skipper needs chaperoning.
I'D love to-
THE DEVIL be- very heavy. miss
hdrenching. I'm fact Besides II we
find what We are looking for We shall
have 10 do a lot OF sounding. and
may be away couple OF days.
couldn't undertake 10 look after q
lady all that time in an open boat"
: oh. ali right, said Miss Chester
man, and frowned 40 her brother. who
had caught her eve behind Captain
> Kettteis- bHsk and wiuked. THAT on
Ger had gone 10 the side 10 see II the