The daily Alaskan., 1922-01-07

GIbnev could smother the despair in his heart sufficient Co spur his jaded imagination to working order. For nearly an hour the three castaways had sal on the beach jn dumb horror. gazing Seaward. They were not alone In this. for a lft1c further uU rh" bench the two Fiji islanders Sat hn6d'e1 on their haunches, gazing srUndly first at the horizon and then ar their white captorS. It was tho sight of those two wcrthies that ~Dmrr1 NIT. Gih- ney's torpid brain Co action.
 Didn't you say. Mac. ghar when We left these two cann0ha1> alone on his island that jJ would develop Info a case Of dog cm dog OF samrJh.n. Of that namrr2"
 Captain ScrnCsS sDrnuC r0 his feet, his face white with a U.s,y terror However. he had endured So much since emharkiuc with Mr. Glhney on life of wild adventure .ha' h's nerves had become rather nurod Co lmpendfng death and presently his fcar gave wHy Go an ove~na>rar.ng
 arr Re hurled his har on .hr sands and jumped on ig Duri tr Na> 8 mere ShaUr'r>S r.C.
 "I.rrs call menr.u' or 'nu Robin. son CruSor syndicate" ~a# Nr 6.h- uey.
 ,,Secoud the mo,son.~ -nmn.o1 Nc  GuGry.
 "Carricd" said The nnmnndr~s os,Thc first business before rh m.or.0' Is the organization of expedition 10 chase these two cauuh.'> r' The other end of rhc Island aI-r C"' the heart to klU 'cm. so lets chase ."m sVsv before they grt fresh win uS'
 "GNol idea. responded NrFuTey
 uhercupon he picked up a ~ors and threw it at the EtuC Nr 3..0"s fol- lowed with two rorES. Captain Ssrargs screamed de6onoe at The cn-
 erv. and The enemy fled .a wild d's-
 order. pursued by rhr syndicate. After
 s chase Of half a mile M-. G.huey .rd his cohorts bash 'o Jhr beach,
 Lets build a fire unr that we
 need 1t. but just for compauy-and sleep tin morutu' By that time mv
 lmaciuatiouU he ln wo~siu. order and I'll scheme a hraabfa>, out O. r"s CodfovSahea hole.
 At the first hint Of dawn Nr. 4.n- nev. true Co hi> promise was uH and scouting for breakfast Hs found some gooncys on rocky crag and Killed half a dozen ot them with club. On his way back ro camp he discovered s few haudwl> oE ~oa ~n.t In 2 crevlcr heJwcen some rocks. #H. the syndicate h0pahfu>ged an Nn1- later on raust coonry. It was "l.y a9d ashy but an excellent substitute t"- nothing at all. and the syndicate w#S 1 grateful. The breakfast would have been cheerful, in. fact 1T Captain
 Scraccs had not made repeated ref erence 10 his excessive thirst. Me | Gufey lost patience before the meal
 was over. and cufTed Captain S0ra-rS who thereupon SubSIdcd with Tears in his eyes. This hurt NcGuacy. !. was Ike salt iu a fresh wound SD he pat
 ted the skipper on the back and | hunlbly asked his pardon Captain ScraCgs forEavs him and muwured
 something about death making them
 all equal
 The next business before the sym dicate." announced Nr. Gioncy, ".s a search Of this island for water" They searched all forenoon. Al h. tervals they caught Ellmpses Of the
 two canuibaIs skulkIuE behind sand.
 dunes. but they found no water | Toward the center Of the island how ! ever. the soil was less barren. and here a grove Of CoCoUut palms lifted theIr tufted crests lRyitDgly. "we will camp in thls grove" said 1 the commodore. and keep guard over
 these green coconuts. There must be nearly 6 hundred Of them and J no- flee A little taro root here and there | AS those cOconuts are full ot milk l that lnsures us life for week or TWO | if we go on a short ration. By bath | in' several times a day we can keep down our thirst some and perhaps itU rain"
 | "what if it does7" snapped Captain i ScraEgs bitterly. I've sIrt got noth-
 In but our hats to catch 1t In ''Well. then, Scraggsy, old sIcE-in- ! the mud" replied the commodore 1 oulzEIcany. Its a cinch you'll go thirsty. Your hat looks like a cul-
 lender
 Captain Scraggs choked with rage,
 and Mir. Gibney. spriuEing al the near
 est palm. shinned to the top Of IL in
 the most approved sailor fashion. A
 moment later, instead Of coconuts, rich unctuOus curses began to de
 scend on McGuftey and Scraggs.
 "Gib, my dear boy" inquired
 ScrsgCs, whatever is the matter of you?"
 That hound Tahu-Tahu's been strippln' our coconut grove" roared ] +bo ronr1nso-e ''Hp must have spent