The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-11

reminder of that word penciled on
the slip of paper-remember?- Sep
aramos'"
Resilius Marvel was a quick think.
er and never slow in action. Behold
US the very next day, steam
launch at our disposal and a man in
charge who knew the Caribbean like
a book.
Resilius Marvel would not have
been what he was had he started on
the cruise unaware of what he was
running into Separation Island was
one of those innumerable dots on the
water north of Venezuela, sometimes
an appurtenance of the state, some
times ceded to a corporation, often
sold to individuals. For fifty years it
had been a bone of contention among
varied claimants. 1t was in dispute
| now, as We were soon to learn.
I think l shall never forget the
scene that greeted our eyes the morn
| ing we reached the island. One end
ran up into a bold promontory that
was a natural fortress. The remain
{ der of the island. famous for large
deposits of a silica nature of sound
| commercial value, was quite level.
! Grouped on that portion in the bril-
/ liant sunlight was a small army of
| about one hundred men. AS we
| neared them we stared and wondered.
Never was a coterie of apparent
warriors so equipped. There was
/ scarcely a man who had not at his
belt half a dozen weapons. They car
/ ried knives. daggers. stillettos, PTS
tolls, revolvers, sawed-off guns. Then
| guessed what had happened-they
had discovered that fearful armament
aboard The Arrow and had utilized
it to the limit
We were : menaced, only stared
at as we ran ashore. The first man
to greet US officially was Colonel Aloa
Gaspard
When he knew that we knew Of
The Arrow and Of it's contraband
load, he was open, smiling and friend
ly. He was about to do some labori-
Gus explaining, when a gun doomed
from the promontory and a white flag
was waved from that natural rock
battlement
1T is all settled-ah, the dread ar
ray OF our troops. veritably armed to
the teeth, did it! That, and the CASH"
declared one host. Gentlemen, your
missions and you shall be seen to
grandly by Senior Rodney Vincent,
who will soon be at your service"
And just then the mysterious one,
the girl who had vanished" ap-
peared.
Il have come to see Miss Geraldine
Farrar,' explained Resilius Marvel,
and her wondering eyes were soon
gazing inQuiringly into his reassuring
ones.
A plain man, Resilius Marvel told a
plain story, to witness incredulity,
then horror, then grief steal over the
expressive face of the young girl.
She was white truth itself. as she
explained that Warner Clay had been
her guardian for an estate in the
south. A month before the present
time she had attained her majority.
The estate was worth over 100000,
but could not be readily turned into
cash.
Il needed money" she confessed
blushingly. Il was engaged to Mr..
Rodney Vincent, who owns this is
land, who has Just been negotiating
with false claimant who stole all
our weapons and preserved posses.
sion Of the fortress, Mr.. Clay paid
me $4,000 cash for my property The
deed on record in Baldwin county,
Alabama, will verify that fact. He
knew that l would be practically out
OF the world on this lonely island, and
trusted to the impulse of greed to
cover my name with a crime, think
ing | would not be located"
We found Mr. Rodney Vincent a
- most estimable young man who wor-
, SHIPPED the ground that Miss Geral-
dine Farrar trod on-the fair young
} girl who had brought her fortune to
his rescue. The dynamite was A.
, thought Of the sanguinary Colonel
, Gaspard who wanted to blow the in
truders clear off the island.
, l have pleasant memories yet Of the
| sight OF celebration we passed on
Separation Island. We went north
the next day, prepared to clear the
fair name of Warner Clay's ward Of
all reproach.
) When Resilius Marvel, arrived 1T
home, went to confront our bank
client with the evidences of his per
fidy, l never saw man turn so
crayen-nor so yellow. The man left
the city as soon as he could sell his
property tagged" to every bank
within the clearing house.