The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-09-28

tchauI shlu HOOK, Urine sheepishly.
"Morissey here wuI a tinkerln' with
his inglne and. ser to myself, It'll
be half an hour before they're ready
to start, so I'll Just step acrost the
street and get drink but when |
got back, lootenant, you wuz gone.
Waal, | wuz a.standin' there. wonder
In what I'D better do, when up comes
taxi and who should get out OF II
but thet feller Morton. He had a girl
with him-a sumner she wuz, too
and little dark feller who lookeds
though he might be a furrlner. 4
wonder what they're dom round
hereg see | TO myself, and. thinkln'
that I'd overhear their conversation,
| steps behind lumber pile and |
hears 'em ask the watchman ef he
knowed where they could hire launch
to go to the Farallons.
"Es soon's | heered thet they wuz
agoin' to the Farallons, made up
my mind thet I'd go along, too. SOS
to keep an eye on 'em. for hadn't
never he'd much use fer thet feller
Morton. So. when no one wuz a.
lookin', | Jest slipped aboard and hid
myself In a sort o locker forrard o.
the cabin. | found some cushions and
a piece O. tarpaulin there and made
myself as snug and shipshape ez could
be. WAL, reckon musta fell
asleep after the boat started. fer the
next thing knowed there wuz a noise
like a million thunderclaps put to-
gether-it minded me o. thet time the
magazine blew up on the old Mohican
OF Coronel-and the Sea Hawk
seemed to sorta fall apart around me
and | wuz shot about a million feet
up in the air. guess | musta lost
track o. things for while. for the
next thing knowed wuz in the wa.
ter hangin' onto a plank for dear
life and hollerin' for someone to pick
me up. What with hangin onto the
plank and noatin about in the water
all night and not havin' nothln' to eat,
| wuz 30 doggone weak when
reached the shore thet Jest fell down
on the sand and went sound asleep.
| musta slept quite some time. fer the
sun was pretty high when | woke up;
So thlnkin' I'd see eff | could find
something to eat, started to walk up
the shore. | hadn't gone more'n a mile
or so when ! seed the smoke NV a fire,
and who should see a settin' in front
o. II but Miss Cleo here That's all
there is to my yarn, lootenant. 'cept
that I'm so blamed hungry thet
could eat house."
I'VE heard an explosion. you re.
member, SIR" said Morissey, "just
about the time the Southeast island
light went out II seemed somewhere
to windward OF u.s."
Yes" said Hope. II remember II
now. II must have been the explo
sion on the Sea Hawk that we heard
can't imagine what could have
caused It, though. It's another un
solved mystery Of .he sea-"
well. here's another mystery oi
the sea for you to solve. Jarvis" said
Cleo, who. during Hooks recital, had
been standing with her hands behind
her, and she suddenly flashed before
the unbelieving eyes OF Hope and
Fitzmaurice the very books which Sat
suma had thrown over the Cliff
Hope emitted a long whistle of as
tonishment.
Where on earth did you get them
CleoT' he asked, staring at the water
soaked volumes as though his eyer
were dsceiying him.
1 L. kn 49,
Hook did" she answered. They wer,
washed up by the sea-"
Il haven't examined them yet" sh,
replied. They are so wet, you see
that the leaves are all stuck together
I'm going to put them in the sun ant
let them dry"
"I've better plan than that" sait
Fitzmaurice. why don't you brinJ
them up to my shack? Wen start /,
fire and while the books are dryinl
you can lie down on my bunk and gel
some sleep. You must be nearly deaC
after last nights experience"
That's a good idea." agreed Hope
'Miss Burke is very much in need o.
rest, though she won't admit II. Bu
we must make some arrangements Il
get back to the city. I'm afraid wei
have to trouble you. Fitzmaurice. tC
take us over in your sailboat to Mid
die island. From there can send {
radio message to San Francisco for 4
boat to come out and get u.s."
Excuse my making the suggestion
SIR" said Morissey. "but why dom
you let Hook and me go across 4
Middle island with Mr.. Fitzmauric,
and get some gasoline-they1l surel,
have some at the radio station-anC
bring II back in the sailbpat.
And so II was arranged
We will now. in the parlance OF tn,
motion-picture people, "cut back" 4
Mahlin and Satsuma. After the Jap
anese had been rescued from the wa
ter by his co-conspirator. instead O
heading for the mainland. they land
ed unobserved on the island and, TAX
ing every precaution not to be seen
| they made their way to the summit