The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-01-17

sleep In veranda hammock
sheldon opened JOan's letter:
Dear Mr.. Sheldon Please forgive me for
stealing the Fhpberty Gibbet. 1 simply
had to. The Martina means everything TO
us. Thtnk OF II. only 400 for her, s275
II don't save her. 1 know | snail be able
TO pay all expenses out OF her gear which
the natives will not nave carried of And
II I do save ner 1t Is the maui OF a life
time. And n don't save her I'll I'LL the
Emily and the tIlbberty Gibbet with re-
cruits Recruits are needed right now on
Berande more Than anything else.
And please. please don be angry with
me, You said | shouldn't go recruiting on
the Flibberty. and won't. IN go on the
Emily
4 bought two cows this afternoon. That
trader at Nogl died OF fever. and / bought
them from ms partner-Sam Willis mis-
name-who agrees to deliver them. most
likely BY the Minerva next time she is
down that way. Berande has been long
enough on timed miik.
And Dr. Welsnmere has agreed 20 get
me some orange and lime trees from the
mission station at Clava. He will deliver
them the next trip of the Apostle. IL the
sydney steamer arrives before | get back
plant the sweet corn she will bring be-
tween the young trees on the high bank
OF the Baiesuna. The current is eating IN
o6dihSt thdl DdUh. anu you SUOUIu 10
something to save it,
1 nave ordered some fig trees and To-
quats. too. from Sydney. DIR. Welshmere
Will bring some mango seeds They are
Dig trees and require plenty of room
The Martha Is registered 10 tons. She
Is the biggest schooner In the Soomons
and the best | saw a little OF her lines
and guess the rest. She will sail like q
witch lf she hasn't filled with water
her engine y~rt be all right. The reason
shays Went ashore was because IT was not
working The engineer had disconnected
the feed pipes to clean out the rust. Poor
business unless at anchor or with plenty
of sea room
Plant all the trees in the compound even
on.
And don't plant the sweet corn all at
once. Let a few days elapse between
paintings. JOAN LAKELAND.
He fingered the letter. lingering over
it and scrutinizing the writing in IA
way that was not his wont. How
characteristic, was his thought. as he
studied the bOyish scra wl-clear to
read. painfully clear. but none the less
boyish.
He looked long at the name. Joan
Lackland-just an assemblage OF let
tiers. of commonplace letters. but an
assemblage that generated subtle
heady magic. 1t crept into his brain
and twined and twisted his mental
processes until all that constituted him
at that moment went out in love To
that scra wled signature. Joan Lack
land. Each time he looked ut it there
arose visions of her in q myriad moods
and guises. coming in out of the flying
smother Of the gale that had wrecked
her schooner. launching whaleboat
TO go aiishing. running dripping from
the sea with strea ming hair and cling
ing garments to the fresh water show
er, frightening fourscore cannibaIs
with an empty chlorodyne bottle, ju
venilely rafting on about romance
and venture, bright eyed her face
flushed and eager with enthusiasm
Joan Lakeland. He unused over the
cryptic wonder of il till the secrets OF
love were made clear and he felt II
keen sympathy for lovers who carved |
their names on trees or wrote them |
on the beach sands of the sea.
Then he came back to reality, and |
his face hardened Even then she |
was OIL the wild coast of Malaita and |
Mt Poonga Poonga. of all villaiuouS |
and dangerous portions the worst. PEG
pied with teeming population OF |
head hunters. robbers and murdererS
For The instant ne entertained the rash |
thought OF calling his boat's crew and |
starting immediately in whalebOat
for Poonga l'Oonga But the next IN.
stant the idea was dismissed What
could ne do If he did 90? First she
would resent H. Next she would laugh
at him and call him a silly
There was much in her willful con
duct that caused hin TO vince in the
heart OF him. lie was appalled, bv |
the thought OF her shoulder TO shout.
der with the drunken rabble OF trad
ers and beach combers AT Guvutu II |
was bad enough tor clean. fastidious |
man. Dut tor "A young woman. a girl AZ |
thar. II was awful. rhe theft OF the
fiibberty Gibbet WAS merely amusing. |
though the means by which the theft |
had been effected gave him hurt. iei |
ne found consolation In the fact that |
the task OF making OlesoD drunk had
been turned over TO the three scoun
drels. And next and swiftly came the
vision OF her. alone with those same
three scoundrels. on the Emily. sailing
out TO sea from Guvutu In the twilight
with darkness coming on. Then came
visions OF Adamu Adam and Noa Moan
and oil her bra why Tahitian following
and his anxiety faded away. being ~
placed by irritation that she should
have been capable OF such wildness OF
conduct Aud the irritation was still
,n him as he got up and went inside
70 stare at the hook on the wall and to
Wish that her Sfetson hat and revolver
belt were hanging from II.
Several quiet weeks sbpped By. |