Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-05-03


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"
81 had a brother who walked in bis
sleep" said Captain Perkins, follow
ing Up train Of thought suggested by
Mrs. Green's disappearance. do you
| want to hear the story about the funny
place where the zebra bit himY'
"a little later" / suggested hastily.
Just now we all ought to scatter and
| help look for. Mrs. Green"
How was she dressed = Captain
Perkins inquired.
Il don't know. I'm not sure wheth-
er she was dressed at all OF not-that
is, she probably had On a 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 / 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 a
brain struggle.
AT last she spoke where do you
suppose the zebra did bite Captain
Perkins brotherT
If you go with him perhaps he win
tell you" l 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 90 hunting with you. 1t viii
be more fun"
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?"
l explained painstakingly the remote
possibility either OF finding Mrs. Green
or Of having any lunch. Contrary to
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 TO
dampen the spirits OF that girl-not
that she was unresponsive TO another's
distress. for l have rarely met one sc
sympathetic, but she was persistently
optimistic
Il don't mind going without lunch a
bit" she smiled. Il very seldom eat
anything until after the show at night
anyway. Only there won't be any
show tonight to eat after, viii there?
That will seem funny. I've always
been in shows ever since 1 was a kid.
except q few weeks in the middle of
summer. and then generally 1 was re-
hearsing"
She laughed gayly.
Vida chartered away with all the
needless gayety OF a child who knows
that some one is going to provide the
next meal. She told me at length
about her fiance. That took q lot of
the romance out of our walk. Not
that 1 was falling in love with Vida
not a bit Of it-but it was too bad as
long as / had lost favor with Lucille
on her account to have her tell me
about her love affair with some one
else. / have since reasoned that she /
regarded me as being old enough TO
49, 20 arI- nd
treated me accordingly.
81 wouldn't mind being all alone 1
with you on this island" she confded /
If you were only Jack"
Jack? Who is Jack?-
Il mean Ned" she explained Il
was going to marry Jack. but Ned 4
have it We wouldn't care
much about food even" she went on
Ned would find something for me.
Hes dreadfully ingenious That comes
rom writing plays. / guess. One has
% be clever to think out plots for
plays. don't you think?"
Not most Of them" I lapsed into
MY critical manner. "Not at clever
IS you-have to be TO sell them"
He wrote a play once about two
,eople on a desert island There was
bully part for the girl in it, They
ound bananas and coeoanuts 10 eat
nd some kind OF birds eggs"
e-In plays and stories dealing with
aStaways on an island l explained.
the scene is always conveniently To-
ated On a tropical island where all
orts Of food products grow wild May
ask If In Mr. Blaney's play there Was
ny treasure buried on the islandT
''Yes." she sssented-
"And were they attacked by sayages
rmed with poisoned dartsT'
"oh, you've read his playr'
NO. but 1 know just what ought TO
e In every castaway story. This Is
md that we are on. you see, is quite ,
lferent Nothing more nourishing :
ian spruce gum ever grows here. and !
lerc isn't q native with poisoned 8
art within u thousand miles unless Il
% count Lucille"
ssyvhaf do you mean by That - \.