Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-05-06

a day"
Shiela returned his laugh as she
glanced down at herself. 81 WONDER"
she remarked, eff any woman was
ever before cast away in a silk XII
mono, q g pair of golden slippers, and
Don't know" Gafford responded.
"Have you pin?"
"a pin?" said Shiela. "What
az might try for a fish," he ex-
planned. eve have nothing to eat"
She shook her head. "T've moth
ing but hairpins," she said.
Gafford grimaced. "I'm afraid
that settles it," he made rueful re-
joinder. perhaps you'd better try
to Sleep"
He made her pallet of grass un-
der the shade of a lonely bush and
insisted that she lie down. After
time she yielded and fell asleep.
For her the day passed in slumber
until mid afternoon. She woke and
stared about her in momentary won
der, saw Gafford sitting little ways
off, and sat up. "What time is it,
Ned?" she asked.
about three and all SERENE" he
answered, squirting at the sun. He
rose and came to her. you've the
seven sleepers beaten mile. How
do you feel?"
Gall right, but awfully thirsty"
she answered him. "Is there any
water on our desert island?"
He shook his head with troubled
face. "Only around and under, and
that's salt"
"Never mind" said Shiela.
Gafford smiled upon her. you're
a brick Of girl" he declared. 81
don't know as I'd object if it was a
desert island, really-with you"
Shiela laughed. "Come; sit down."
she suggested. ~ want you to tell
me all about everything now"
He dropped down at her side in
the shadow and told her the story
from first to last. AS he talked
Shiela's face took on new express
sions Of surprise. wonder and ad-
miration.
She put out hand and laid it
over his. Gafford turned his palm
and covered her fingers with his
own. So, sitting hand in hand, he
outlined his plans for the rest Of
their journey when it should grow
dusk.
"We'll go back to the track and
along it to solid ground" he told her.
"From there we'll skirt about the
town, which is probably under mar
tial law by now, and reach the bay
below the waterfront. There's a
little headland there, and I've ar
ranged with Captain Spry to have
the launch stand off and on at that
point every nioht from ten to twelve.
I'll build a little fire on the beach
like the fishermen make and wave
my coat in front of it in the wigwag
code. That will bring them in fast
enough, as they will be looking for
it. Ten minutes after that you'll be
safe, little girl"
"You didn't see father, did your"
she asked.
"No. He was still at Tokyo. Spry
cabled him, however, when we left
Nagasaki. No doubt he is in touch
long ago."
He'll be crazy-poor old dad,"
said the girl. 'I'm all the girl he
has"
81 wcs blamed near crazy myself"
admitted Gafford with a nervous
laugh.
Dusk fell at last over the world Of
rushes. Gafford helped the little
silk-clad figure into the fisherman's
boat and fought his way back to the
railway embankment. There he tied
up the boat and twisted a crisp
bank-note into the cleft stem of
rush, which he laid in the little
craft. "When he finds that he'll
swear that his gods had use of his
boat" he laughed softly to Shiela as
they set off down the track.
and eleven a girl in a drabbled XII
ladder Of the yacht Nantucket,
hurled herself upon the heavy figure
aquiline nose, and wide-set eyes of
Tept wei t. and ch0ked. "Dad-dear old
The one she cried to swept her
face against her brown hair
"shiela," he whispered, my girl
my little girl"
Sdpldlu opiy Iui lieu 4IOlu lldl
scene to grip the hand Of man clad
in the uniform and puttees of
chauffeur.
In the saloon of the Nantucket, an
hour later, Gafford lad told his story
to McRae, Shiela, and the captain
The two men had again wrung hi
hand. Spry had forced cigar upoi
him. and, in the way with men OF
their class, the incident was, for the
time at least, closed.
1t was then ths' Shiela, clothed
again in the mode of her country,
leaned forward with eyes which
shone and sparkled and spoke. But
before that she laid small. leather
bound book on the table at which
she sat.
Il have something here" she be-
gan, (which want you all to look at
After we reached the bomb factory
and Oshitu took me to his house. he
asked me to marry him and
refused. He did not, however
make me a prisoner in the strict