The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-03-23
Ill.

Pigeon island comprised rough, ir-
regular area of possibly two hun
dred acres. Except where sheer walls
of rock and here and there tiny
stretch of sandy beach presented bar
riers to the lake, the entire expanse
was densely wooded. To Hazard. who
had cautiously circumnavigated it, 1t
seemed uninhabited.
The explorer had been warned
against the danger from submerged
rocks on the north side, and he dared
not to go too close until he knew
more of these strange waters; the
south side offered no landing place
against which he was willing to pit
his inexperience, so he contented him
self with a long-range inspection of
the wooded irregularities Of the is
lands surface through a pair of high
power binoculars.
Not sign of life could he detect.
After while he pointed his boats
nose toward ST. Ignace, killing his en-
CINE so that he might drift slowly over
the spot where the divers had been
working Then a sudden impulse
made him look back at Pigeon island.
He snatched up his binoculars and
brought them to bear upon figure
that stood upon pinnacle of rock,
silhouetted against the azure of the
sky.
1t was the doctor he had seen some
hours earlier at Mackinaw!
Once more laying aside his glasses,
he brought his boat about and again
made the circuit of Pigeon island,
with a view of discovering if pos
sible the craft in which the doctor had
come and where it was anchored.
BY and by he deserted it-or its
stern, rather, for all the forepart of
the boat was hidden by tall slab of
granite which, at distance, blended
with and seemed a part of the I'M
broken shore line, but which in reality
effectively screened an opening to a
deep, quiet inlet and a gently shelving
beach.
This much Felix Hazard made out,
and then his attention was roughly d.
verified. A sharp metallic click from
his engine made him look that way
Upon the cylinder was a lead-colored,
star-shaped scar where, Enthusiastically,
bullet had just impinged. And then
he heard the distant crack of rifle.
His explorations for that day ended
then and there. Within the next min
ute he was heading for Mackinaw
with all the speed he could coax from
his engine.
".
That evening at supper Hazard
learned that young Fowler, superin-
tendent of the diving crew, had come
over from Hog island and was to be
one of his table mates. He contrived
to leave the dining room simultane-
ously with the other, and In the hotel
lobby touched the young fellow upon
the shoulder and begged a few min
utes' private conversation.
by CAD, Mr.. Hazard" Fowler ex-
claimed in a tone that betrayed his
troubled mind, I'm glad to have some
body here with brains and experience,
for, believe me, I'm up against hard
proposition. What ought to be the
easiest sort Of job has from the be-
ginning been beset with the most I'M
expected and amazing sort of difficult
ties" He lowered his voice and
glanced uneasily across his shoulder.
Here's the truth of the matter,
though ! wouldn't admit it to my men:
there's some sort of a monster-a
huge, hideous. frightful thing-that
lives down among the rocks off Pigeon
island"
Here, here, Fowler!-a sea serpent
in Lake Michigan" Hazard interject-
ed.
The others Eober mein did not