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

the afternoon. You see," he ex.
planned, I'm in the coast survey"
by Jove!" exclaimed Hope, stop
ping dead, then you must know the
man we're looking for. He's in the
coast survey too. His name is Fitz.
maurice-Arthur Fitzmaurice."
You're talking to him." was the an.
swer. THAT happens to be my name"
Well I'll be hanged" Hope ejacu.
lated. Talk about having luckl Here
we are, Miss Burke and |. ship
wrecked on a rock in the Pacific. and
the only person on that rock is the
man we've been hunting fort was
told by an auctioneer named Dawson,
In San Francisco. that last week you
bought three books of him at auction.
They were scientific works-on by.
| biography. II remember rightly"
Right you are" said the other.
photography is in my line. you know,
so when saw these books on the
auction list that Dawson sent me.
went over to his place and bid them
in. They came from the library OF
DR.. Burke. didn't they?"
YES" said Hope, "and it's DR..
Burke's daughter who is waiting down
at the cove. suppose you left the
books over on Middle island"
NO" said Fitzmaurice, 1T happens
! that two OF the books are here in my
shack ! brought them along yester.
day. intending TO look them over. but
was so dead tired last night that
didn't even open them. The third
| book isn't here, I'm sorry to say, but
you can get II without much trouble.
! loaned It to a friend, DR.. Emerson
| Owen, who lives at little place
called Sandstone. on the mainland.
When Mahlin and Satsuma had ex-
tinguished the light on Southeast is
land, after sandbagging the lighthouse
keeper, they were as certain that they
had permanently ridded themselves OF
Hope and Cleo as though they had
seen their lifeless bodies washed upon
/, the shore. The next morning, the
storm having abated. they set out for
Middle island in search of Fitzmau.
rice, only to learn from the officer In
charge of the radio station that the
man for whom they were looking had
left the day before for one of the
North Farallons and that he had not
yet returned, evidently having been
delayed by the storm. BY means OF
chart the officer showed them the
island on which they would probably
find Fitzmaurice and indicated a small
harbor In which, were he on the is.
land. they would fnd his boat an.
chored.
About the same time. therefore. that
Hope, Cleo and Morissey we're drying
themselves before their fire at one
end OF the island, Mahlin and Satsuaaa
were landing from their launch at the
other end. Though there was no enc
in sight when the two conspirators
landed. they noted signs of recent
blasting operations, presumably for
the purpose OF improving the little
harbor, while on the shore had been
erected rude hut for the storage Of
the workmen's tools. SO little was
there TO fear from marauders In this
remote spot that there was not even
lock on the door of the Toulouse,
whose only contents. as Mahlin found
upon investigation, were some picks,
shovels and crowbars. keg OF nails,
few coils of wire and box marked
Dynamite"
Following the directions given them
by the officer at the radio station
they followed the precipitous footpath
which led from the landing up the
rocky slope to the plateau. Twenty
minutes of stiff climbing brought
them to the shack where. so they had
been told. they would probably find
Fitzmaurice staying. The shack. a
fiimsy affair OF rough lumber. hung
literally between sea and sky. for half
of 1t rested on the rock, while the
other half. which was supported by q
framework of light timbers. over,
hung the ocean.
There being no response to mis-
knock, Mahlin, finding the door un.
locked, entered the cabin. Though
the single room which II contained
was vacant, the remains of meal on
the table and the rumpled blankets on
the bunk, which was built against the
wall, together with the odor of tobac.
co smoke. showed that It had been
very recently occupied. Suddenly Sat.
suma, who had been prowling about
the room. gave an exclamation.
Here are the booksl" he cried,
holding up two bulky. leather bound
volumes.