The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-14
FIVE FRIDAYS
By FRANK R. ADAMS

ment, so qualified it. Her mother
disappeared last night during the
storm
'Oh!" Miss Dunmore did not seem
particularly impressed. Il don't see
how any one could get lost on little |
island like this
That's where the mystery comes in. |
| There are only about half a dozen
places she could be, and we've looked
In all of them"
IL had a brother who walked in his
| Sleep" said Captain Perkins, follow
ing up a train of thought suggested by
Mrs. Green's disappearance do you
want to hear the story about the funny
place where the zebra bit him?'
"A little later" l suggested hastily.
Just now we all ought to scatter and
help look for Mrs. Green"
How was she dressed?' Captain
Perkins inquired.
II don't know I'm not sure wheth-
er she was dressed at all or not-that
is, she probably had on kimono or
something. but l don't think she had
on regular skirts and things"
I'VE might take a stroll along the
beach," suggested Jim, whom l sus
pected Of wanting to display his strip
ed clothing In public. Possibly we
might find something we could eat"
After the captain and jim had start
| ed out Miss Dunmore seemed lost in
deep and bewildered thought l fore
| bore to break in on so portentous
r brain struggle.
At last she spoke where do you
i. suppose the zebra did bite Captain
Perkins brother?"
IF you go with him perhaps he will
! tell YOU" / said, with an idea of doing
my searching alone with a weather
/ eye constantly peeled for Lucille and
Bopp.
NO" she demurred, II would much
rather go hunting with you. 1t will
, be more fun"
q Evidently she thought that hunting
: old ladies' in the underbrush was one
of our innocent island pastimes.
/ sighed We sailed forth II | had
. wanted to run across Lucille when l
: was alone l was just as anxious to
avoid her while | was in the company
. of Miss Dunmore.
"Do we have to find her before
. lunch?"
/ explained painstakingly the remote
possibility either Of finding Mrs. Green
: or Of having any lunch. Contrary tt
my expectations, she took the informa
. ton about the lack OF food just as
: cheerfully as she had everything else
= | don't believe it would be possible t.
dampen the spirits OF that girl-no
:, that she was unresponsive to another
- distress, for | have rarely met one 81
sympathetic, but she was PERSISTENT,
= optimistic.
e II don't mind going without lunch
5 Bit" she smiled. Il very seldom ca
i anything until after the show at nigh
anyway. Only there won't be an.
e show tonight to eat after, will there
y That will seem funny. I've Away
u been in shows ever since l was a kid
II except a few weeks in the middle 0
summer and then generally 1 was re
hearsing"
y She laughed gayly.
Al Vida chartered away with all tn
~ needless gayety of child who know
that some one is going to provide tn
= next meal. She told me at lengt
'e about her fiance. That took a lot @
the romance out of our walk. Nc
O. that was falling in love with Vida
not bit of it--but it was too bad a
long as / had lost favor with Lucil
on her account to have her tell m
about her love affair with some on
else / have since reasoned that sl
! regarded me as being old enough
be her father or her Uncle Jack an
A treated me accordingly.
A II wouldn't mind being all alon
N with you on this island" she conflde
A IF you were only jack
: "Jack? Who is Jack?"
II mean Ned" she explained
| was going to marry Jack, but Ne
n wouldn't have it. We wouldn't car
\ much about food even" she went OF
Ned would find something for m
4 He's dreadfully ingenious. That come
| from writing plays, | guess. One ha
n to be clever to think out plots *
M plays, don't you think?"
Nh mot most Of them" / lapsed int
Nh my critical manner mot at clev'
IN as you-have to be to sell them"
NJ HE wrote a play once about tw
W people on a desert island. There ws
X bully part for the girl in it. The
"A found bananas and cocoanuts to e.
and some kind of birds eggs"
I'm plays and stories dealing wit
castaways on an island | explaine
the scene is always conveniently
Gated On tropical island where
n sorts of food products grow wild. Ma
ny ask If in Mr.. Blaney's play there Wa
any treasure buried on the islandg"
Il "Yes," she assented.
ns "And were they attacked by savag
~, armed with poisoned dartsT'
"Oh, you've read his playr'
~. mo. but I know just what ought
be in every castaway story. This
IN land that we are on, you see, is qui
,se different Nothing more nOurishiI
Tho than spruce gum ever grows here, al
,d- there isn't native with poison'
dart within a thousand miles unle