Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-15

Captain Magnus, now--he was qulta
Miss Brownies own find. assure You.
And ms TO old Fl. H.-Tubbs. you know
Miss Browne met up with him on the
boat coming down. The rum old chap
got on her soft side somehow, and first
thing she had appointed him secre-
tary and treasurer-as though we
were a meeting of something Shaw
was quite bit upset about It say.
Miss Harding. you're bound to IKE
Shaw no end when you know him.
he's such wonderfully clever chap"
had no wish to blight his faith Ia
the superlative Mr.. Shaw. and said
nothing. This evidently panied him,
and he continued to sound the praises
Of his idol. 1t seemed that AZ
soon as Miss Browne had beguiied
Aunt Jane into financing her scheme
IA feat equivalent to robbing an In
fant-classsscholar Of his Sunday school
nlckel~she had cast about for Z
worthy leader for the forthcoming
Harding Browne expedition. All the
winds of fame were bearing abroad
| lust then the name Of q certain young
explorer who had lately added anoth-
err continent or two to the British en-
pire. Linked with his were other
names, those of fellow adventurers.
which shone only less brightly than
that of their chief. One Dugald Shaw
had been among the great mans most
trusted lieutenants, but now, on the
organization of the second expedition.
he was left behind in London, only
half recovered Of a wound received
| in the Antarctic. His old companions
had taken again the path of glory, and
were far on their way back to the Ice
fields of the South pole. Only Dugald
Shaw was left behind.
"And so,' the even voice flowed on.
when | ran ON to him In London he
was feeling fearfully low, do assure
you. A chap of his sort naturally
hates to think he's on the shelf.
well, old Shaw was fancying there
was nothing for 1t but to go back to
his place with the P. & o., which
seemed bit fiat after what he'd beel
having, and meant he would never gel
beyond being the captain Of a liner
and not that for good many years
to come, when cable came from this
Miss Higglesby- Browne offering hin
command Of this expedition. Al
neither of us had ever heard of Miss
Higglesby- Browne, we were isiI
fioored for time. But Shaw smoked
a pipe on 1t, and then he said, 'Olt
chap, If they will give me my figure
I'm their man. And I said, Quite so
old chap, and I'll go along. too
II had to argue quite a bit, but ir
the end the dear old boy let me come
after wiring the pater and what not
And do assure you, Miss Harding
1t strikes me as no end Of a lark-be
sides expecting 1t to put old Shaw Oh
his feet and give us hatfuls of none!
all round"
Well, 1t was plausible story, and
had no doubt, so far as the Honorable
Cuthbert was concerned, an absolute
ly truthful one. The beautiful you'll
was manifestly as guileless as a small
boy playing pirate with a woodeI
sword. But as to Mr.. Shaw, VIII,
could tell that 1t hadn't after all beer
trumped-up affair between Mis-
Browne and him--that his surpris,
at the message was not assumed t,
throw dust In the eyes of his youni
and trusting friend? SO great wa
my faith in Aunt James gullibility
so dark my distrust of Miss Browne
that all connected with the enterpris,
lay under the cloud of my suspicion
{ Mr.. Shaw, after even casual glimps,
of him, one couldn't picture as victim
felt that he must have gone into TIN
enterprise with his eyes wide ope,
, to its absurdlty, and fully aware thu
the only gold to be won by anybo,t
must come out Of the pocket Of Aul,
, Jane.
= As these reflections passed through
! my mind looked w and saw tn,
subject of them approaching He lift
, ed his helmet, but met my eyes un
J. smliingly, with sort Of sober scru
r tiny. He had the tanned skin of ,
sailor, and brown hair cropped clos,
, and showing trace Of gray. Thi
! and certain dour grim look he ha,
| made me at first consider him quit,
middle-aged, though knew later tina
! he was not yet thirty-five. As to tn,
3 grimness, perhaps. I uuwillingly con
3 coded. part Of 1t was due to sea
which scanned the right temple to tn,
4 eyebrow. In straight livId line.
8 He was welcomed by Mfr. vane witt
joyous thump on the shouder-blade
: II say, old man, Miss Harding hal
Q turned out to be the most fearful
. doubling Thomas-thinks the Who'll,
Q scheme quite mad and all that sort o
I thing"