The Ocala evening star., 1921-08-19

have been taken Tor the half OF large
boat instead or the whole OF a small
one, or she must before this have
drawn the questioning notice Of the
Scotchman. As 10 the captain. his at.
fention was all set on the effort to
discover the cave. and his intelligence
was not lively enough 70 start on an
entirely new tack by itself. And the
Honorable Cuthbert viewed derelicts
as he viewed the planetary bodies ;
somehow in the course OF nature they
happened.
So, descending my excitements and
anxiefies, swung piacidly in my ham.
mock, and nearby sat the beautiful
youth with his thumb carried tenderly
In a bandage. Was il merely my be,
ing so distraft. or was il quite another
reason that led him to open up sc
suddenly about his Kentish homes
Strange to say. instead Of painting for
the title. Cuthbert wanted his broth
er to go on living, though there was
something queer about his spine, poor
fellow, and the doctors said he couldn'l
possibly OF course | was surprised
mt Cuthbert's views, for / had always
thought that Ii there were a title In
yoIr family your sentiments toward
those who kept you ouf OF II were
necessarily muftieious. and your tears
crocodile wffen you pretended to weep
over their biers. But Cuthbert's feel
ings were so human that ] mentally
apOlOgized to the nobility. As TO
High Staunton manor, | adored it. 1t
Is mostly Jacobean. but with an an
eient Tudor wing, and IL has chapel
and a ghost and secret staircase
and frightfully beautiful and wicked
ancestress hanging i'm the hall mean
q portrait Of her-and quantities OF
oak paneling quite black with age,
and silver that was hidden In the fam
lily tOmbs when Cromwell's soldiers
came. and chamber where Elizabeth
once slept, and other romantic details
too numerous TO mention. Ii Is little
bit run down and shabby, for lack of
money to keep 1t up, and Of course on
that account all the more enhancing.
The present Lord Grasmere lived up
to his position so completely that he
had the gout and sat with his foot on
a cushion exactly like all the elderly
aristocrats you ever heard of, only
when inquired IL his lordship cursed
his valet and flung plates at the foot
men when his foot hurt him, his son
was much shocked and panied. He
did not realize so well as from an
extensive course of novel-reading-
that such Ia the usual behavior of IT,
tied persons.
It was delightful, there In the hot
stiffness OF the island, with the palms
| rustling family overhead, to hear OF
that cool, mossy, ancient place.
asked eager questions-I repeated
gloatingly fragments Of description
/ wondered enviously what 1t would
be like to have anything so old and
proud and beautiful In your very blood
when suddenly ] realized that, mis-
led by my enthusiasm, Cuthbert was
saying something which must not be
said-that he was about TO offer the
shelter Of that ancient roof to me. To
me, whose heart could never nest
there, but must be ever on the wing
q Wild bird Of passage In the track OF
Q ship
I sat mp with a galvanic start "Oh
-listen-didn't you hear something r
desperately broke In. For somehow
/ must stop him. didn't want ouI
nice jolly friendship spoiled-and be
| sides, fancy being cooped up on an
island with q man you have refused
| Especially when all the while you'd be
wanting so TO pet and console himl
But with his calm doggedness Cuth
! bert began again-T was a bit afraid
the old place would have seemed too
quiet and dull to you" when tht
day was saved and my interruption
strangely justified by shril outer,
from the camp. knew that high fal
setto tone. It was the voice Of Mr.
Tubbs, but pitched on q key Of quite
/ insane excitement. / sprang up and
ran, Crusoe and the Honorable Cuth
] bert at my heels. There In the mids
of the camp Mr.. Tubbs stood, the cen
ter OF q group who were regarding
4 niI0 viii 86lOulStfcQ IOOASs i. 0udh
and the captain had left their tinker
ing, Cookie his saucepans, and Aun
Jane and Violet had come hurryini
from the hut Among us all stoot
Mr.. Tubbs with folded arms, Iookin,
round upon the company with an ex
traordfnary air OF ccmplacency ant
triumph.
what is IL, oh. Yhat is II, Mr.
TubbsT cried Aunt jane, fiutterini
with the consciousness of her propri
eforship.
i But Mr.. Tubbs glanced at her as In
differently as sated turkey -buzzar
at a morsel which has ceased TO temp
| him.
i mfr. Tubbs" commanded Viole1
SPEAK explain yourseIfl" !"
aCoIne, out with il, Tubbs." advise
Mr.. Shaw.
Then the lips Of Mr. Tubbs parted
and from them issued this solitar
Il word
i Eureka I"
i swhatT' screamed Miss Higgiesb.
Browne You have found itr
4 Solemnly Mr.. Tubbs inclined hi
head.
4 ~EurekaT he repeated. Il hay
found 1T"