The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1913-11-12
The Island Of the Stairs
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q Few Inches It dme and then q few
i.ches at ano Their time. as I had op
portunity to ct near the falls and to
manipulate them unobserved, but
had brought 1t down to the level Of the
cabin windows. Its sea lashings were
cast Oh, and had no doubt, II condI
lions ON deck were a. expected them
I could lower 1t all the way later with
impunity.
what do you meaAr she asked,
staring out Of the window and into
tho empty boat.
II mean that you and aro going b
embark In that boat tonight and leave
this ship"
"But where arc We goingr'
'sThere is land not q league and q
half under our lee. It seems to be the
most easterly Of cluster Of islands"
els II the island we seek. do you
thinkT
I'VE are in exactly the latitude and
the longitude of the chart If my calcu.
lations are correct"
The island was uninhabited when
my ancestor was cast away upon It."
"Yes," said I, but there may be ma
dives there now. but no savages of the
south seas could be more cruel and
ruthless than the men ON this ship"
LET US CO." she said. shudderiEg.
"What Is your planr
II want you to dress yourself In your
stoutest clothes, with your heaviest
shoes. wrap yourself up in boat cloak
and take with you change Of clothes
and some few necessaries for your
comfort. will go and rummage the
lazarette for provisions. and ! will see
II / can turn up any more weapons In
the captains room. dare not go to
the arms chest"-it was below in the
hold anyway. and l could not waste
the time to hunt It out-"we must
hurry"
"Why. you said they were insensi.
bla"
They'll recover their senses before
W know It. ] want AZ long q start as
possible"
~Wait q moment" she said She
opened q draw er under her berth and
drew out a leather case. which she
opened and placed before me. There
were two ivory handled silver mounted
pistols in It. They belonged to my IA
ther." she said. with one Of them he
-hsr- Her voice broke. I nodded.
knew what he had done with one of
them. She rummaged further and
drew out an exquisite sword. quite un-
nike my heavy one. but, II could judge
anything about weapons. Of nne tenn
per and strength and with its hilt
studded with diamonds. This was
my fathers too" she said. And rec
ognized 1t also. It was that had tax.
en- from Arcester.
The pistols were smaller than my
huge barkers. better suited for her
hand, and to load them from the
tasks which accompanied them was
the work Of a few minutes. I thrust
my own heavy weapon back into my
belt ! then buckled her two pistols
around her waist and babe her take
the sword also. We might need all
these weapons.
Then I left her and went out on
deck. The men were In q profound
drunken stupor. Pimball was sound
asleep: Glibby was nodding He leer
ed at me as I drew abreast Of him.
Overwhelming a-all r-rightr' he hic-
coughed.
"Everything," I answered. The old
bark doesn't need much watching to
night"
yawned extravagantly 81 will go
and turn in. think II you need me
call me-"
As went below into the cabin l saw
that in a few moments he would be
Ike the rest
CHAPTER X.
In Which We Pass the Barrier.
"HE lazarette was well provided.
and l stocked the boat hand
somely. not forgetting an ak. a
lantern and finder box. There
was not much water. but I emptied
some bottles of wine and hlled them.
although did not much worry on that
account because there would be plenty
OF water undoubtedly on the island
The boat was provided with COM
pass and a mast and sail. got into
her as she swung at the davits and
overhauled spar and gear Then
shipped the tiller. and presently ev-
erything was ready. final search
brought 10 light a narrow locker In
the captains room, which ! forced
open and which I found to contain a
Ane fovlinp niece. a double barreled