Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-01

, @ smo v.ner Lor oeseruon, ano yI2mpsLy
being obtained through the medium ot
the Trigger Island Pioneer, printed
, monthly by Peter snipe, editor and pub.
Usher, limited To- an edition OF one, ow..
consplcuousiy. for ali subscribers on the
bulletin board In front Of the govern.
ment building Additional spice was lent
TO the AFFAIR BY the surprising reluctance
Sdss from a which they Pss had been 'sS s;sotsd
Apparently they had had enough ,os each
other, Moreover. they had not got re-
ligion" and insisted on repenting at
leisure: ,,I re-. separately and alone. But pso.
matter. They could repent In any man
i,er they liked nftcr Matiida's baby was
born. but not before And 10 they were
married once more, and, strange 70 re-
after.
Now. while all this may strike the
reader as footiess and trivial, It really
has q distinct place in the Chronicles Of
sssr .ssni in .Ss psfSrc ss sni s.u.cn Stss
facetiousiy, It should not be assumed
that the people Of Trigger Island had
any desire or inclination to be funny
about It. On the contrary. they took II
II one stops % consider the narrow con-
fines by which their very existence was
bounded. There were no such things
as "trifies" in the daily life Of Trigger
Island. The smallest Incident took on
| the Importance OF an event. the slightest
departure from TIE ordinary at once be-
came Significant.
In other circumstances, those people
would have been vastly amused BY the
Joe and Matilda; they would have
grinned over the extraordinary decree Of
Justice Malone, and they would havo
taken It all with an indulgent wink.
faced and Intense They had made laws
Of their own. they had established o
| code. The violation Of either was not
to be countenanced.. It was Of no con.
sequence to them that Judge Maione's
methods met were without precsdsnt, that
true light Of the law.
No one was more soberly In earnest
than Michael Malone himself. The pro-
ceedings were carried out with the ut
no smiles. no jocose comments.
-. Nothing will serve more clearly to
Illustrate the sense Of isolation to which
the people Of Trigger Island had rS-
they accepted the judges decision and
the subsequent marriage as absolutely
unassailable, either from a legal or an
ethical point Of view.
fic and commerce were carried on In the
most Systematic, organised manner.
possibility for one man or set Of men
to profit at the expense of others natu-
s Sy eH .sedSs sSs' thu S'G% spirit y
There is baby in the governors man.
sion--a lusty boy with blue eyes and
an engaging smile. He is four months
hold word on Trigger Island II 10 not
Algernon, nor is II Adonis. It is John
John Clinton Percival.
The governors mansion IL q preten-
. bath! A wide porch extends along
the full front of the house. with Q
steeply pitched awning protecting II
from rain and sun. At one end Of the
porch 10 very cosy arranrement Of
swinging seat. The other end, just on
the parental bed-chamber. has been con-
yyerted into an outdoor sleeping room for
-, The governors lady has nc, nursemaid.
washing and ironing. and she takes care
Of her own baby. (There Is no such
thing on Trigger Island as q servant.
tale will sigh and murmur somsthins
about Paradise.) Ruth still teaches In
the little school Though she is the frat |
lady Of the land. she supports her.elf.
Nor would she have Il otherwise.
The Mansion" as It was universally |
called, stands alone at the upper end Of |
The nearest hut is at least two hundred
yards away. Work on It's construction |
was begun the day aftep the wedding. |
For weeks men had toiled eagerly, en-
first gay days Of spring / was % eomplet.
ed. Since then the same hands. the same
thoughts. the same interests we're con-
stantly employed In improvements--not
Mansion" became the playthins OF tho
people. Peroival.s protests were re-
oeiyed with .amiable Rrins.
planned Buck ckisier." whose spare time
was largely expended in the. develop
ment-1you might almost say. the f,nanc-
lng-of flower bed on the lawn. It was
Or the s esn H s'm a
and I'VE we the es people are going to do what
That's all very fns. Buck. but don't
'pare hours with your wife, instead OF
puttering around here2"
lob Is? My wife. I'm nothing but an
'or. Sf deS %op sDSSsy SSsyns pedn poad. Mas
yosh, you don't think I've got brains
'nough to design this flower bed, do your
70. Stree! L takes an artist to think
hese rocks in place according to ii plans ms
,oull see what mean. It'll be hum
linger, A. A. This here thing running
N this way Is the tail Come over
,ere and look at II from this side..,it's
"Taii9 Tail of whatr
Tail Of a horse. This 70 going to be
horse when It's finished"