Bisbee daily review., 1913-10-05

The strongest part Of the whole scene was that the island itself looked like whitish gray wall rising straight up from the lagoon for. suppose. from 1J0 feet in the lowest part to 302 feet or more without break. Its top w;is covered with greeneTv. II stood up like q solid ralnpar; ol stone From where we were I couldn't see rhe end of the island, althongl, from my inspec tion of it the day before judged 1t might he six or eight miles long. and as had sailed past it estimated it was about the same breadth and near Iy circular in shape
 A long di>fahce. away on the other side and hard la be seen gt ali from the level of the sea in the small boat lay other islands, faiutly outlined on the far horizon
 suppose ! must have thrashed about somewhat when I brought the dingy to tine wind and changed her course, for presently my little mistress awoke. She sat up instantly. and after the briefest acknowledgment of my good morning and the briefest reply to my inquiry as to how she did she stared at the land toward which we were edging in so far as the wind would allow. IL was q bleak. inhos- pitable looking place. that gray, rough wall. in spite of it's infrequent crust Ing O. yvrdHre. l will admit, and she too. :rand it so After she had stared Q -f.. glance Co IecNyitsi. i.ut, of course, could make not:iur of Che distant islands there.
 We must get ashore. said l, "as soon as pysa.b.c. Ey l..e time ''-'- debauch will lHvr worn of tHc- VI either bring the ship here or -----' 10 boat after Us. Adoat we can do EU.a- ing, ashore we may find some conceal ment and probably make some de- fense.''
 Tt is bleak looking spot"
 Indeed. not curl of smoke any where betrayed the presence of man kind. Had it not been for depres- BiOns in the walls of the cliff here and there which were filled with vegeta- LlOil, DAlt A4A- Ut AAak v nuififySteA A--G 10 land to be nothing but a desolate and arid rock. but this reassured me. l thought it strange that there was no mountain or bill rising from beyond the top of the wall. but was yet to see how strange the island was.
 But as il was full morning now l decided tbat first Of all the creature
 e-... t,,,f e., f.- st,o,,r-f,t cf ' cfro- ed to relinquish the tiller and prepare something to eat. but Mistress Lucy took that upon herself What we had was cold, but there was plenty of it, and at my urging she ate heartily. For myself l needed no stimulus but my raging hunger. wanted her to be in fettle for whatever might hap pen.
 We had not much conversation the while, but I do remember that she did say she had rather be here alone with me than on the ship. whereat my heart pounded. but l had sense enough to say nothing Her loneliness and heiplessness appealed to me. might have been bold under other circum stances, but not now.
 Well, we coasted along that barrier reef a good part of the morning until we reached the other end of the island and discovered to our dismay thai there was absolutely no opening. ns break in it through which we could make our war. When we reached tht lower end my lady was for sailing around on the other side. but this diC not dare. We had heard nothing iron the ship or her boats, and didn't pro pose to arouse any pursuit by comin. within possible range of her glasses l did not know where the Rose Of De von lsy.
 Madam" said at last, there i naught for US but to try to go over th' reef in some fashion. As I examined fine island yesterday through th' classes I couldn't see any opening il the reef on that side. and. although never saw or heard of case like thi before. make no doubt but what tn reef is continuous and there Is no ac cess to the Island except over 1t. An came to think of it.S Sir Philips char slowed no-or,enins e!tlier."
 1T recall. thatthe reef completely CT circles the island in the map" assent ed my lady.
 Then we must even pass over t a