Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-03
THE FIRST INSTALLMENT

AZ the two men shook hands, Ran
'0Pa nst' 10 s sen.m:r SrS your saying
yer laid eyes on A. A.. Abel"
The trouble is." put in soapy Shay
est one Shs Sou you .se sen bIm Gw di'h'n
Moses Block nervously. I'VE must 60
slow and careful-like. II We show our
Ssnaf Re doH ioH 'GGn know thsE Sss yl uDr''e and
INF. Mott. what would you do II you
got wind Of a plot like this aboard shipy.
inquired Percival, his eyes narrowing.
nnys morning fns ~fS,s RSsn fsnf "a sl1s
,em a taste OF the cat at daybreak and
before noon I'd have the ringleaders
hanging from the yardarm," said An
drew Mott succinctly.
Now, ri tell You wEat eVs Would % sGSs happen
up In Copperhead Camp" said Percival
darkly;, They would get a beautiful
SSoMi-hddinS Sai nnd ga ana then sentenced to wear
where from six months to two years
depending largely on the process Of r..
generation, My experience has been that
six months is enough"
said Fitts you must not forget public
sentiment--and public pity. I've got
better better plan; How far out L. that little
"a quarter Of a mile. 1 should say"
Well, II they're not satisfied with life
and and. conditions here let's make EN- =
present OF nice little island OF their
as the proper way to treat anarchists.
Stick 'em away on an island completely
surrounded by sharks and Let EN- run Il
20 suit themselves"
waters" said Flattner. They'd swim.
throats."
Not a chance They hate water too
Now, here's the scheme. Round up as
many OF them as we're dead sure about.
row EN- out to the island, dump 'em with
enough food and water to last a week
tools. and let em build their own peni-
tentiary. They'll have to do 1t or freeEe
next winter. Once week send food and
drink out to them. The water Is O hum
nd and that little green wart out there
on the face of the ocean. It will look
ike q million miles to them. How does
It strike you. gentlemenf'
Of Trigger Island lies tiny scrap OF
| recovered land. 1t IL perhaps one hun
Ired yards wide and thrice as long. An
exploring party had visited 1t shortly
then no one had set foot upon its shores
Its steep slopes, densely wooded.
viewed from afar. suggested mountain
top sticking up out Of the sea. BY boat,
skirting the coast, 1t was q good ton
miles distant from the town.
Three m.n were seized tnat night and
put through a rigid examination. Early
the next morning twelve more were
taken. Manuel Crust among them. Half
OF them, In their terror, "squealsd'
Crust himself was one Of these. Almost
before the people OF tho town knew what
was afoot, tho fifteen had been tried,
CONVICTED. and were on their way to the
to take them and their belongings off
into exile. As for the conspirators
themselves, the blow was 80 swift, 80
sudden, that they were dazed. 1t was
IKE q boIt out OF a clear sky.
land. for indeterninate periods. A
stated intervals they were to be re-
| leased. one by one, and restored to citi-
Senship: The shortest term Of exile,
nowever' MOVE , was s,,9 one year. The releases
cases Of three men: Crust. Fernandez
and an Irish sailor named Clark. They
were the ringleaders and they were 10
remain on the island" until the time
came came for them to go aboard the Eeliet
ger. At the end Of the first year, and
once a month thereafter for twelve
months, drawings were to be held. and
the man whose name was drawn would
be released.
You are prisoners of state" said
Judge Malone, In passing sentence. THE
state Is obliged to feed you. and cloth,
you. and sustain you II you fall III,
no matter how bitterly It goes against
work. or wash, or observe a single law.
lou may rob each other 10 your .ieart
content, you may murder each other
with perfect impunity, YOU may do just
as you like. We started out TO conduct
the affairs Of this island along lines
laid down by the Golden Rule. have
come to the conclusion that the Golden
Rule would be all right II 1t wero not
Tor the human race. i am beginning TO
believe that the rule of iron is the only
under-and that 10 a pretty hard thing
for an lrshman to say. You men ought
to be lined up against wall and shot
We do not feel that we have the right
hearts, to destroy you. as you would
have destroyed us. But you may not
dwell among us"
Fernandez. wild with fury. shrieked
vengeance upon the head Of Olga
savory, crew, CLEANED enough to con-
vince them that he was responsible for
their present unhappy plight
You will pay, for this, you snake!"
he he yelled fOsming at the mouth and
your hearts blood. Remember wna.
Joe Fernandez says. I will como back
here and get you-oh, I will get you
and when l am through with you your
1 will cut YOU to pieces I swear it---i
swear 1t Hear my oath You doublc-
crossed me You squealed on me W!
come back, and will drink your hearts
blood ] swear II tl'
He spat in her direction as he was
dragged away with the rest of tho gang.
Through his glittering, blood-shot eyes
he saw the cool, derisive sneer on her
red lips. fIe had failed. however, to
note the keen, appraising look with
which she searched the faces os his baf-
long. tense look she had seen dawning
comprehension change to conviction; she
had read his doom, 80 she could, an
perfect security. give him that scofting,
heartless smile TO take with him on the
journey from which he was never to
return.
Fifteen men went out to the island"
that afternoon. From that day, the au
thorities provided weekly rations for
are ignorant OF the fact that there are
but fourteen mouths to feed.
CHAPTEB XVII
In the cool Of a balmy January eve-
wing. following what had been tho hot.
test day the castaways had experienced
since coming to Trigger Island, q group
Of men and woman sat upon the Eover-
nor's porch. There was no moon, but
the sky was speckled with millions o.
Olga obosky, sitting on the squared
log that served as Il step, leaned bacI
against the awning post. her legs
stretched out In luxurious abandon. She
was tanning herself. and her breath
she patted her moist face with . hand
How warm youtare. Olga" said