Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-24

IN Which We Sail For ths Spanish
Main.

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- world? Why not since we be-
Ionged to half a dozen of the same
clubs I'm New York and other cities
Why not since this very summer 1 had
put my private yacht named, oddly
enough. the Belle Helene} in commits
sion for the first season in three years
and chartered her for the summer
around Mackinaw and a cruise down
the Mississippi 10 the gulf that fall2
Why not since ! had still uubauked
the handsome check Davidson had in
sisted on my taking as charter money
for the last quarter?
Davidson. OF all men 7 had counted
him my friend And now here was ne.
reputed to be about TO marry the girl
who. as he knew. must have known,
ought TO have known, was all the
world to me. And my own yacht
why. no man may know what may go
forward In q yachting party And If
perchauce that fail ne could persuade
to accompany him Helena and her
cbaperou z made no doubt that would
be her Aunt Lucinda. for He}ena's
mother died when she was a childt
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a way with women. accomplish in a
journey. so long as thar, with nc other
man as his rival? It would be Just
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So then The sc0DDdrel actually was
On his way down the lakes. headed for
the south. even thus early in the sea
son I knew. Of course. that Bin Helen
meant Belle Helene. AS though
wound salI NV boar IN him of an mon
1t mfanr almost as we'll have nean q
sale Of Helena herself OUTRIGHT ms this
cursed TELEGRAM started rrnranfz5
rbe sheet in my hand
IF honorable couremntareS some an
swerfDg OF mail this m0rufn. it will
be one ow-wore rIl the miserable nonr
mail carry ali man comes - vaururad
Hirosbimi
NOTHING +hfs 77aroiv,e- Hire o. T mon.
aged IN ohoi-. .on+ ..and Htra r7at-..
raadv INV baa rba small .,oa for "a
Journey
"z,.s-s-e,.. ntsgsd rg5roe5sr,f r,,,5gl,
was his y-,y of seyiner ..,,..s SIR za-e,
we'll SIR
MANAGED tn baftar ta. zvarslr,ha of
both bovs nv cartafr dnolzs and rfnane
from nv own store albair . world roo
Iarra Fae-fa nora TOO barnr ar he
IN fms n,ror,ra,,f.,I1r- ,fe.,,, r-as H.
Ifarr +rsalr v-,Gn set - sagao5s7s a.,
arfnaHlanr from nv COLLECTION He
chose three bright ana clean .lananasa
swords snacfal hlo7as NJ the 90 rn,7ra5
armorers. forged long before Alutsu-
hito's grandfather was ii bow had
paid & rare price for them in Japan
To these he added three basket
handled cutasses. which had OBJ
tanned in London. each almost ella
enough to have belonged to the crew
Of Drake himself 4 short bareled
magazine pistol for each Of Us WAS his
TO the present upromantic
age As for Jimmy, he insisted on q
smaH bore rifle as well as a shotgun
We might see something" he remark
ed lacouically.
Thus equipped, / persuaded my as
sociates TO lay aside most OF their
somewhat archaic artillery. Neither
bad taken any Thought Of other sup
plies. Hiroshimi. however. now aD-
7eared. bearing IL addition to nay hand
luggage, two hampers, roll Of
and q silk tent In its canvas