The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-09-23
An involuntary
Crusoe
D. AlvAH J. GARTH
90 sss ws.,srs s--,p.r., r.1on

lay helpless
"A chang, some excitement. new
visions and motives In life and youll
come ha-k hrisked W" was IA. pruph-
10y ~ hts physician ~ huu,. and
this was ID. beginning of all that. a. ~
turned cut
~. had d",id-, to put IN weed ~
Ifompion and had taken boat row
Ing through chain of Uiii, lakes and
finally SEED ing n shady ,put upon an
island IN the center 81 the last one
~ these. had met with the mishnp
described
Rrpdl., started tu get ~ hts feet
ard then ds-s,si.d. for 80. limit had
sustained BE- -,"r sprnin Ito puin was
=" ini,uss. the injured m"tni.r so
us"lsss that he dragged himself With
difficulty to fallen tres. aud cal'u
--latest 10" chances - g.it.ue huct q"
his boat n %. located ~. li'il.
skir D. uttered sharp cry 80 di~
may
"wor@ aud worse. b. uttered
lugubriously ~. had lft N. boat
nj fuiil muorlngs. u ken hr,,f. hud
com. az and ., Vns nfost headed for
continuous run until halted ~ N"
mainland two miles away.
TWic, Er,dl-y ro~. 40 intent ca
reachIus the beach ~ ~. stand Rnd
-auk tu ID. ground with gr"au ".
inIto'i>-d erltch from u tree
branch but f"uud ipcmn"tiou I'm 10.
.re'tiS. H. Fac" he,aue serious
bradley r,uis.,l that D.. ,uuld ne,
count ui"n l,a,lus 90. island except
through uutsit" h"p Thou CLEAN -
hoIs suisr,'u'd \ little distance
AVA, there presented r,Idsu,.s of a
ricnic party ha,iu. visited the spot
r'svntl, fou Tor ~. TaI.rs sat
t"r-i Ai-"ut wtr. u,W and ri.au Some
s--isn plate. and smrtN BOTTLES made
heap under tree iimdl'N rraWis-i
toward ~ Tor be- ~us tuugr, AMI
realized ~, necessity - fr"d ~honid
b. b. maf,-lrei for any length ~ tim,
Their" W.rr o.. ''us Tissue napkius
,upi, chns end D.. laughed quit.
'uhilnnily ~ be- drew fruu ~. mass
ton marked "IructerS." and stu
s~rl-i
"Hl.ss the Kind soul that left this
h.hind q" hr ~ollioauln-i gratefully
Market two pounds wont -tary.
ior day ~ two. anyway
Bradl., or.urd N. .ud Of ,h~ 10,
IL contained plain s1iss. srisp and
cs~u ~. sampled on. AMI ~ TASTED
delicious lie paused with the nf'h
IN. half demolished
1T 10 probably n W.il to ration
mysrlf. rnrcts-i bradley. and bsssn
m.r-al apportio1in.ut - his onl.
posslhl. fo"d supply A little distance
away Mas buthliug spring. bradley
r-igu-d himself r. pati'uc. and ret
II DHs g,ttius towards dusk. u.
slumh.r.d and did not awake unit
morning
ills limb was mor. useless than
when nr.i injured. for IL had ~'iff.n.,
and grown .or. tu the touch. bradley
MANAGED tu reach Ia, beach. II. tied
I've huudkcrrhi,fs "a side. ready ia
,dgnai any p">sitl, passing craft IL
~us an expert swimmer. tut crippled
10 an .'si-nt that prohibited saf. water
locomution.
II was the s.ruud morning that b.
mad. bis breakfast un the last of the
crRck.rs A. D.. .mpti.d cut N. husl
cue with 70 cam. card ,m "n'
sd. was printed N. chronici,
Packed by Ne. lTl." pn the oths,
side wss pasted n smnll medallion
photograph II Was on. If ihnss tN"u.
~ I'VE cents for n dozen pictures pr"
duccd at plcnics water places and
fair ~ intiu.raut camera men. hut
the suhj.c, was VERY lovely of face
aud even quick work could not spoil
m. perfect control
bradley allowed bio mind Ia drift
into pleasing day dream. ~, some
what strained reality by declaring
that Ne. l1l had saved him from
starvation lie planned out vhimsi
cAlly how he would trar. down the
original ~ ~. phutusruph Then he
forgot all about II for over a week,
lAI just li'i WV h-h'iAh'h l"E"''A
IN beat discovered his signal. aud
until D.. was restored To normal brad
ley vcuI.rat@i ~ luxury AZ N. hotel
az lromptou.
Ross bradley did not have Ia WORK
fos n living. Their. wus a prontnhl.
business which he had Inherited. but
h. had entrusted IL operation To
trustee. with time hanging heavily
on his hands. n IN. Incident Of The
cracker box recalled 10 his mind be-
wslcoln.d IN. excitement of the AL
sutur. of frrreting out No. III ".
enjoyed fanc,ing b. was following cut
approved detective methods In locnt'
Ing a.. factory. In finally tracing down
Ne. III Hut II wa Ia ind y hoyden-
IA rirl of eighteen. full of filrtatious
nons.us.. not la any manner resein'
hllng III. liiil. photograph. She had
packed the fat.ful box. but CUT IT
mischief. had pasted on the picture
~ MIS- Mabel whiting. ~ Bradley
finally unesrihed the fact, who was
the secretary of the president of III.
company employing both.
One sight ~ the original ~ the pie
ture aud Ross Bradley lad. indeed