The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-04
BY Gfaris
Hiackie

He stared coldly at me and twisted
his mouth into another horrible smile
LAS | was saying he went on sour.
~. Il stayed on that island three weeks
before the great upheaNal came aud
Jonah was hove mp Ia less tmO
than that | Clipped IN. bat he took
no notice Of me
"'onc morning just at daybreak the
island quiNcrcd from stem to stern.
ana n mighty wave rushed up ana
washed completely over II. / would
have hcen drowned onI> clung To- the
tfunh OF IA tree, and before another
wave came | was np the Tree among
the branches out 0f danger Neat
lining | saw was the sluSh tub arOdt
aud ia II was the three monkeys a,
zig Is life, and they were cute enough
10 take a bunch IL bananas along Witi
en- They bohEei out OF sight dSteiH
and IL happened 50 suddenly didn't
realize the situation Then il ddwDed
upon me that that island was racing
along through the water at about tea
knots The water was washing over
her ana sluicing the sand right on
one by one The palm trees went over
as the soil disappeared and at last
there was nothing left ON the island
except the banana tree where 1 was
perched. and the heap of sand aud
shells around the roots was growing
smaller every minute
Where the sand had washed or
the ground was black aud hard ana
oily looking and the island rolled and
Wdllowed In the sea just like a biz
whale, and so | wasn't a bit surprised
when all Of u sudden there spouted
into the air jet of water. aud | was
certain. Every minute | was afraid
that whale would dive and carry ne
with IL To DaVy Jones locker. but then
think II was waiting for the banana
tree To 90. IL would be- free then.
"'Ali at once | heard u shout, and
looking ahead, ! could see that We were
driving straight up on To- II sandy beach
tt real one this time. captuin-aud
men We're shouting and leapiug back
AS the whale advanced Then there
was Il mighty flop. aud we went ont ~
Jelly and The banana tree with Tue III
II went sliding OFT IL the ground
Nv hen | come to the whale was
dead and all the white men on this
island had patched up theory abont
the whale which my story only sub.
stantiated Hanging from one of his
teeth was short length of anchor
chain newly broken on the lower end
One of the links had caught In his
tooth, and before the chain was bro
ken | suppose there was II lot more OF
1t. with, maybe big anchor on the
bottom oh YOU can sniff. cap'n, but
that anchor maybe wus resting on the
summit OF Il volcano on perhaps on the
top layer Of some island that was III
the making Anyway. something hdd
held that whale anchored there Till The
chain parted All he had 10 do was 10
open his mouth aud his food would
swim right Ia OF course the waves
washed up sand TN Il formed a soil
and then birds brought seeds, aud The
trees grew, and
How about those monkeys | ASK
ed turty. because l was mai Ana
Mas should think | was fool enough to
believe his yarns 4 s'pose the bifd'
brought them too"
IA m says Ananias, ewing NE
fercely. expect they was cast ashore
same as ! was.
I'm II slush tub, most likely, shu'
getting up and knocking out my pips
against tE. rail. That seemed 10 be the
fayorite monkey transportation me
AnanIas Slime. and ! went below
Captnin Barnahas looked down a.
the Pile of sivery blues that nlied 'nr
big basket we had brought and TWIN
bled an eve at me "ilost time 10 PIP"
all hands to dinner guess, Mss fsi
ham"