The Carlisle independent., 1917-04-19

be. Waal, reckon musta fell asleep after the boat started, fer the next thing I 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 Mohiean off Coronel-and the Sea Hawk seemed to sorta fall apart around me and I wuz shot about a million feet up in the air. I guess 1 musta lost track O things for while. for the next thing I knowed I 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 floatin' about in the water all night and not havin' nothin to eat, 1 wuz so doggone weak when reached the shore thet jest fell down on the sand and went sound asleep. I musta slept quite some time, fer the sun was pretty high when 1 woke up; so, thinkin' I'd see ef I could find something to eat. I started to walk up the shore. l hadn't gone more'n mile or so when I seed the smoke uv fire, and who should I see a settin' in front O 1t but Miss Cleo herei That's all there is to my yarn, lootenant. 'cept that I'm so blamed hungry thet I could eat house."
 We heard an explosion, you re- member, sir said Morissey, just about the time the Southeast island light went out. It seemed somewhere to windward of us."
 "Yes," said Hope, q remember it now. It 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 the sea- Well, here's another mystery of 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 long whistle of as- tonishment.
 Where on earth did you get them, Cleo?" he asked, staring at the water soaked volumes as though his eyes were deceiving him.
 "They came in the same way that Hook did" she answered. They were washed up by the sea"
 'T haven't examined them yet" she replied. "They are so wet, you see, that the leaves are all stuck together. I'm going to put them in the sun and let them dry"
 I've better plan than that" said Fitzmaurice. "Why don't you bring them up to my shack? We'll start a fire and while the books are drying you can lie down on my bunk and get some sleep. You must be nearly dead after last nights experience.
 That's a good idea" agreed Hope. Miss Burke is very much in need of rest, though she won't admit it. But we must make some arrangements to get back to the city. I'm afraid we'll have to trouble you. Fitzmaurice, to take us over in your sailboat to Mid dle island. From there I can send a radio message to San Francisco for a boat to come out and get us"
 Excuse my making the suggestion. sir" said Morissey, but why don't you let Hook and me go across to Middle island with MT. Fitzmaurice and get some gasoline-theyll surely have some at the radio station-and bring it back in the sailboat.
 And so it was arranged.
 
 We will now, in the parlance of the motion-picture people. "cut back" to Mahlin and Satsuma. After the Jap anese had been rescued from the wa ter by his co-conspirator, instead of heading for the mainland. they land ed unobserved on the island and, talk ing every precaution not to be seen, they made their way to the summit of brush-covered knoll which over looked the shack. From here they saw the return of the party; they saw Hook, Morissey and Fitzmaurice de- scend the path leading to the cove where the latter's skin was anchored, and they saw Cleo and Hope enter the shack. They saw, moreover, to their intense astonishment, that Hope was carrying the books which Satsu- ma had thrown into the sea.
 By making big detour." said Nah lin. i've can creep along the edge of