Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-20
CHAPTER XIII.
Mr.. Tubbs lntsrrupts.

ter OF the Island Queen. II would tai
me a long while-to get down tliroml
the sand TO the chest. but | resolved
accomplish 1t, and borrowed OF Cook
without his knowledge. a large irc
spoon which ! thought I could vie
more easily than a heavy spade.
But that afternoon ! was tired an
h0t-it really called for a grimme
resolve than mine TO shovel san
through the languor OF a Leewar
island afternoon. Instead, I slept I
my hammock. and dreamed that | wa
queen of a cannibal island. draped 4
necklaces made OF the doubloons nov
hidden under the SANE In the cabin o
the derelIct.
Later. the waillng OF Cookie wa.
heard in the land. and | had to restor,
the spoon TO free Crusoe OF the charg,
OF having stolen lL. | said | had want
ed TO dig with Il. But OF curse II oc
CURED TO no n that II was the treas
ure | had expected 10 dig up with
Cookies spoon.
A more serious obstacle to my OK.
piorations on the Island Queen pre-
scented Itself next day Instead Of put
ting 20 sea. Mr.. Shaw and Captain
Magnus hauled the boat up on the
beach and set to work to repair II.
The preceding DAY had been flIed
with hardship and danger-so much
so that my heart sank a little at the
recountai OF IL. You saw the little
hnQf fhrnadfnH L..
reefs, tossed like seaweed by the
white teeth OF gnawing waves
screamed at by angry gulls whose
homes were those clefts and caves
which the boat invaded. And all this.
poor little boat, ON a hopeless quest
for no reward but peril and wounds.
Cuthbert vane had a sprained thumb
which could not be ignored. and on
the strength OF which he was dis
missed from the boat-repairlng con-
tingent. and thrown on my hands 10
entertain. So OF course | had to re-
nounce all thoughts of-visltlng the
sloop. / should not have dared to go
there anyway, with Mr.. Shaw and the
captain able more or less to overlook
my motions from the beach. for | was
quite morbidIy afraid Of attracting Mt
tention TO the derelict. Ii seemed 10
me a happy miracle that no one hut
myself had taken any interest In her.
or been Inspired 10 ASK by what chance
so small a boat had come TO be
wrecked upon these desolate shores.
Fortunately tn her position in 4t1e-f
shadow of the elf she was Incon-
%spicuous. so that she might easily
have been taken for lie half Of a large
boat instead Of the whole OF n small
one, or she must before this have
drawn the questioning notice OF the
Scotchman. As TO the capfain- his AZ
fention was all set on the effort to
the ave. and his intelligence
was not lively enough to start on an
entirely new tack by itself. And The
Honorable Cuthbert viewed derelIcts
rs he viewed the planetary bodies
'omehow 10 the course OF nature they
Happened. :
30, assembling my excltements and ,
Inxietles, | swung placidly In my ham {
mock, and nearby sat the beautiful
'outh with his thumb carried tenderly 4
n a bandage. Was il merely my be- &
ng so distralt. or was IL quite another
eason that led him 10 open up SO
uddenly about his KentiSh home? .
TRANCE TO say. instead Of painting for
he title. Cuthbert wanted his broth \
r TO go on living, though there was
amething queer about his spine. poor a
Allow, and the doctors said he couldn't v
0SsiD1y- OF course I was surprised r
/ Cuthbertis views, for had always
sought that IL there were a title In I
our family your sentiments toward
who kept you out of II were h
ecessarlly murderous. and your tears
-oeodiie when you pretended 10 weep 4
yer their biers. But Cuthbert's feel
Igs were 50 human that | mentally Il
pologized 10 the nobility. As Ia q
Ugh Staunton manor. | adored il. Ii Il
mostly Jacobean. but with an an a
Tudor wing, and 1t has a chapel o
a ghost and a secret staircase h
nd a frightfully beautiful and wicked f,
aeestress hanging In the hall mean La
portrait of her-and quantities of
ak panelIng quite black with age, b.
nd silver that vas hidden In the fam "
y tombs when Cromwell's soldiers Is
lme. and a chamber where Elizabeth c,
nee slept. and other romantic details Of
10 numerous to mention. IL Is a little 81
II run down and shabby. for lack of p
ioney TO keep IL up and nf curse ON Il
account alt the mere eRtFaHeiRsIm
The present Lord Grasmere lived up 81
} his position 50 completely that he b.
ad the govt and sat with his foot IN o
cushion exactly like all the elderly h
ristocrafs you ever heard of, only p
hen | inquired II his lordship cursed c
is valet and flung plates nj the foot Il
'en when his foot hurt him. his son -
as much shocked and panied. he ii
Id not realize so we'll as from an q
course OF noyeLreading-
rat such LIS the usual behavior of IL n
ed persons.
II was delightful. there In the hot r
illness of the island. with the palms
fatally overhead. to hear of n
hat fsaos gnn<xaF ancient utarp -