The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-06-29
- CHAPTER XIV
The Deserted Cabin.

II you should happen to be padding
on a calm and peaceful day, In that
part of Oceanica known as the Low
Archipelago, particularly the western
part, it is possible you may sight q
small, partly wooded island OF not
more than fifty acres.
If you approach from the north you
will hardly fail to notice that the Is
land ends as smoothly and as round
ing as a woman's chin. You will also
observe that close to the dazzling
beach, tall palms in %grotesque pos
lures, bend to the breezes.
If you would circunavigate this isle
beware the black reefs that stretch
out from the southeastern shore. II
you would land you are safe in do
ing so except in the neighborhood OF
the reefs and if your eye is keen you
will discover an inlet that will MAKE
everything easy.
It was nearly a week after they
first saw land that the Carteret boys
and Hemenway and Lent and Melon
aid on the rechristened Wanna sight
ed this island.
Hemenway had won his point, and
instead of going ashore at the first
island they came to-, which was one
of some magnitude, they sheered or
and gave it a wide berth. After that
they viewed from a distance several
other islands, big end little, which for
one reason or another they passed up
as undesirable. ~
Finally they picked another that
looked like a pinhead or the chart and
headed for it and so we find them
early one morning lazily approaching.
this small partly wooded island whose
northern boundary was as smooth and
as round as a woman's chin.
A breeze that barely ruffled the
water propelled them slowly toward
it. All hands gazed with interest at
the shiny beach over which the lazy
rollers broke, and at the palms ove
head almost motionless in the bright
morning SUM-. '"" '"s :ifrvI ..S%
There did not seem to be a place to
land. They did not want to anchor
out, of course. They were looking
for a lagoon, a shelter of some kind,
They neared the island from the east.
TO the south the t~reacherous reefs
were plainly d~iscernable.
They decided to try the other way
around. Half a mile from shore the
yachts head was turned north and she
crept along and around the "woman's
chin and then up the western shore,
The solitary pair of marine glasses
the yacht boosted was passed from
hand to hand in vain search for an
inlet. 1t was not until they were half
way up the western coast that Nc
Donald exclaimed:
II see something that looks like the
mouth of a little river, but we've pass
ed it,
They all made a grab for the glasses
but Hemenway got there first.
you're right Dennis, let's make for
it."
After the twins had taken a look the
yacht was swung around and headed
toward the mouth of the little river"
Caution forbade them going closer
than a quarter of a mile of it, so the
Wanna was brought up into the wind
and preparations were made for lower
ing the launch.
Mcdonald and Hemenway were the
only ones aboard familiar with the
running of a motor boat, 30 these two
got aboard and the launch was low
cred in the water.
Casting off the tackle blocks Nc
Donald gave a twist of the fly-wheel
and the launch was off in a fifty. In
. short time the mouth Of the river
seemed to those on board the yacht to
have swallowed the launch. At any
rate the little boat disappeared from
view and was gone 80 long the twins
grew apprehensiye. Then minutes
later the launch was seen issuing from
the shore. HemenxAy wildly waving
his cap. ~ sosn - - Ut within -
1ns distance he Yoala6.