Evening star., 1934-08-12

on the beach. Then slowly it began to move
toward the water, its body undulating as it
crawled over the sand. Mrs. Goodfeather let
out terrified squeak and gripped her husbands
arm until 1t hurt.
Nathaniel" she gasped. What in heavens
name is it?"
Judge Goodfeather licked his dry lips, while
his eyes remained glued on the unbelievable
spectacle before him.
Tit looks like some sort of sea serpent"
he said weakly But of course it can't be.
IL don't know what it is"
THE creature had now reached the water
Judge Goodfeather grasped his wife's arm
and they hurried down to the very edge of the
lake. The light better over the water and
they could not only discern the shape of the
monster but they could see that it was green
in color, with fantastic brown markings.
Straight away from the shore swan the SER
pent. Its head was held high out of the water
while behind it came the long, snaky body with
two big coils out of the water the rest sub
merged. The body moved up and down gently
as the creature swan along steadily and at a
fair rate of speed.
"Oh, Nathaniel" gasped Mrs Goodfeather
after she had stared moment longer, IT feel
sure I'm going to faint"
"You mustn't" commanded the good jurist.
At that moment he espied two men who had
just stepped out of the nearest cottage, a short
distance along the beach. FranticaIy he
shouted to them and they came running.
By the time they reached the edge of the
water and heard the wild explanations of the
judge and his wife the serpent was good dis
tance from the shore, but still visible. The two
men gazed incredulously after it, and finally it
disappeared behind q small island.
1T must be an optical illusion" one of the
men suggested There really aren't such things
as sea se~~~nts, Won know"
IUDoE CoODFEATHER drew himself up
- stif1y.. almost popping button of his
vest
Sir" he said with offended dignity, IN
have you know that saw this monster on the
beach and it was no optical illusion. Moreover,
I have drunk nothing stronger than ginger ale
for 80 years.
Well" said the other cottager, anxious to
appease the judge, IF the thing was on the
beach it viii have left q track In the sand.
Let's go up TO where you saw it and look"
They promptly followed the suggestion and
hurried along the shore. The sand here was a
wilderness of footprints. made at various times
by bathers, but suddenly the judge stopped and
pointed triumphantly at the sand.
There!" he said. There is les track as
plain as the nose your facet"
They ga2ed down at a Wide mark in the sand,
showing plainly where heavy body had moved
toward the water. Then they gazed at each
other in stupefied amazement
II shall call meeting of the directors of the
Lake Toqua Club at once" announced the Judge.
This is q serious matter and demands official
Investigation"
At that very moment the monster of Lake
Toqua was making successful landing on the
small island offshore 1t was a three-point
landing, for when the serpent reached shallow
water Mary Hagen crawled from beneath its
head while Keith and Bill lifted from their
shoulders the two sections of the body.
They saw it," cried Mary, almost convulsed
with laughter. -And now the fun viii startP
Ito be continued next Sunday
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