Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-12-28
FORLORN ISLAND

banner of autumn gales were alread
waving The humid breath from tn
South would soon turn and whixfl
over b moors like the Frozen Deg
Whip OF Agougou, god Of the Unde.
World Beyond the aureate haze TIA.
cohorts Of the North rode fast. arnse<
with ine-shot Of sleet and bayonefs o.
cold.
The fur seals of KomondorsH tsianS
had finished their rut and hauled har5h
10 the deep the hunters speared M
occasional straggIer AS the herd
wheeled southwark The sea birds
circled ~endlessly over the cliffs, utter
Ing troubled cries Roy's deep mind
conceived how to make practical nse
OF their swift wings By careful work
with the traps and nets. some twenty
birds OF different species were taken
alive. unhurt- For each Erie PRO
v1ded a water tight tube OF quin. to be
bound to b fyer,s leg And nor- 1t
last. Horizons checkhook and fountain
fN ott1 tulp Lu94I OWN
The Ink In the pen had dried. but
BY adding water. he achieved a paIe.
iegfble script On the backs of twenty
checks. he wrote finely.
Survivors OF the Intrepid are ma
rooned In Davy Jones shoaI north a
IgnHk island There In a pass tn
from the North. Notify authorifles
Felix Horton
A nerrous light flowed into the MIL
nonaIre's dared eyes .Tm rofrr fo
write something ON the face OF the
cheeks. TOO he said
His daughter smiled kindly. 4Yousd
better save your ink"
Wen exc 1t out with berry tutce
I'm going to I'LL tn every one for i
hundred dollars. payable to the bear
err His voice Lost Its dun sound
and regained some OF its old
AZ least the mar who finds It ror.r
throw 1t away. and when he takes 1t
a hank and it's paid, as II win b.
paid It'll attract attention.
II seemed 4 fantastic iden-here a.
this lost reef 50 far from the marts-
when they looked deeper. they
found IT shrewd and sound Seated On
rude stool OF driffwood. hss Itfle.
leather book open before him on =
STONE. Horton prepared the checks and
carefully tore them out, ONE by enc
His face glowed. 1T WIS the hnrulext
aofIr OF bis exile. and MS Nan rafrhed
iim. she did not know why her tesr-
incfs srnarted and burned. He WINS
a child playing with tors.
Finally he had only three fhprks
eft He counted and fingered fhexr
hen returned the book to hits pocket
fe could not part with these. Thex
Fefe the symbol OF his lost e~ruInenre
! may need these. to buv our Enr
OF here he said. huskfIr.
His friends nodded, buf made ma
Eacn message was sealed ia fts fube. !
ed With whale-bone fishlfne In fba /
arr1ers leg. and the bird reed :
rom now on. the ure Law wifh
re gods- OF the twenty messengers
'rne would nev r. Hive to reach th@
ainiand- Storms would gree, fhern 1
ON their lanes and cast them down 1
ma usfed. hawks would catch Them I
J wing. shndow-feet on shorr .na 1
lEning jaws at sea would fake their 4
IL ofher would perish In lonely s
i1-narshes under a tropic sun d few
Dnf return next year to ForIorn o
and With their packets intact. Ruf ],
Q chance remained that at len st f,e 4,
the rnissives would go home. Per i,
= child. playing On the beach # q
fashionable resort. would pick mn "a
body Of \ dead shore-bfrd ana y
re = startling discovery; possibly c,
fisherman OIL TfIlamo0k would stsrk h
q XIII = for his meal. and -
stripped on its featherx. sto, md b,
!
Al best we can't expect to hesr hi
II TIL next spring. Roy saidL be
rem Il ~ Of the messages could h. II
= month. there'd be long L. ri
= before U friends could b. ron- hf
Geo That II wasn't 4 hoax. and 4 "
cue expedition organized TherpTd d.
handwriting experts. legal dinicuI he
!. and then the long search for the xf'
n
90 we Hnay M well resign crr- pa
fes TO = winter on Forlorn ssland~ Or
. said quietly. -,
There's no help for thnf now rrsr m<
her.
girls look grew dreamy an she roi
lced from Eric to Roy, and back
In
-,
ey0nd The northern horizon fhsr~ e.
g waH and rumorx OF wars- bnt . N.
lorn Island could expect ! nm d-z
ne end Of September. The smoke <rr
the cooking fre made 1 straight her
10 pillar to the blue Even the - z
. darted and screamed NO MARI ],
i1ew In Glow circles. like vulturrx -
over the clina :
don't < II. and 4 don't kD0w -
ETC told her, M they stood On =
Siienf beach The Old North =
II quit M. Q cAn BET On that. ~.
l believe che has aomefhInr nm -