The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-01-04

dressed Won Blk. las TO the boys.
you couldn't use them farther than
Binu, and I'll lend you as many as
you want as far as that How uany
Of your party are going and how soon
will you START
Ten" said Tudor; nine men anu
myself
And you should be able to start
day after tomorrow" Won Blk SAID
to him. The boats should practically
be knocked together this afternoon.
Tomorrow should see the outfit por
toned and packed As for the Martha,
Mr. Sheldon, we'll rush the stun ashore
this afternoon and sau by sundown
AS the two men returned down tht
path to their boat Sheldon regarded
Joan quizzicaily.
There's romance for you" he said
and adventure-god hunting among
the cannibals. Aren't you sorry you
became cocoanut plaDterT
What do you think Of them?'' she
asked.
"Oh. old Won Blk is all right. a
solid sort Of chap in his fashion; but
Tudor is fyaway-too much on the
surface, you know. II it came to
being wrecked on a desert island I'd
| prefer Won Blk"
Il don't quite understand" Joan OBJ
| jected. What have you against
| Tudor"
"A man Of Tudor's type gets on my
| nerves. One demands more repose
| from a man"
| Joan felt that she did not quite
agree with bis judgment, and. some
| how, Sheldon caught her feeling and
| was disturbed. He remembered noting
how her eyes had frightened as she
talked with the newcomer
A second boat had been lowered. and
the outfit of the shore party was
landed rapidly. A dozen of the crew
| put the knocked down boats together
| on the beach There were FIVE of these
craft-lean aud narrow. with Caring
sides and remarkably long. Each was
equipped With three paddles and
several iron shod poles.
You chaps certainly seem to know
river work" Sheldon told one of the
carpenters.
I'VE use EN- In Alaska. They re
modelled after the Yukon polling boats
| and you can bet your life they re
| crackerjacks. This creek'll be a snap
! alongside some Of them northern
streams. Five hundred pounds in one
| Of them boats an TWO men can SNAKE
IT along in a way that'd surprise Vor
At sunset the Martha broke out ner
| anchor and got under way. dipping
her flag and saIuung with a Oomt
| gun. The union Jack ran up and
| down the staff. and Sheldon replied
| with his brass signai cannon. The
| miners pitched their tents in the com
| pound and cooked on the beach. while
| Tudor dined with Joan and Sheldon.
Their guest seemed TO have been
| everywhere and seen everything and
| met every body, and. encouraged by
! Joan. his talk was largely upon MS
own adventures. descended from o.C
New England stock, bis father a con
/ sui general. he had been born in Ger
many, in waich country he had re
ceived his early education and his ac
cent Then. still boy, he had re
joined his father in Turkey and &C
/ companied him later TO Persia. his IA
Their having been appointed minister &c
that country.
Tudor had gone through South
American revolutions. been a rOugt
rider In Cuba. a scout in South AfTlca
and a war correspondent in the Russo
/ Japanese war. He had mushed dogs
in the klondike. washed gold from
the sands of Nome and edited a news
paper in San Francisco. The presi
dent Of the United States was his
friend He was equally at home il
the clubs of London and the continent
the Grand hotel at Yokohama and the
selectors' shanties In the Never Never
country. He had shot big game II
Siam. pearted in the Paumotus, visited
Tolstoy, seen the Passion play anC
crossed the Andes on muIeback. while
be was 4 living directory Of the feye
holes Of west Africa.
Sheldon leaned back in bis chair OIL
the veranda. slipping his coffee anC
listening. In spite of himself he fel
touched by the charm of man VII
had led so varied life. II seemed L
him that the man addressed hinsel
particularly TO Joan. Sheldon watche'
her rapt attention. listened TO be
spontaneous laughter. quick question
and passing judgments and felt grow
within him the dawning consciousness
that be loved her. Then as II tn
scene had been prepared by a cleve
playwright Utami came upon the Fe
:. randa 10 report to Joan the capture o
a crocodile in the trap they had mad
: for her.
Tudors face Illuminated by III
match with which be was lighting hi
cigarette caught Utami's eye. an
! Utami forgot TO report 70 his mistress
/ Hello. Tudor" be said with "a
mtliarity that startled Sheldon
The Polynesien's hand went out. an
Tudor. sha king it. was staring into ri
face.
"Who is it?' he asked. 81 can't Sc
i you"
1 "Utami"
Il sand who the dickens Is Utami