Show guv T I 1 I 1 ME I 1 by CAMILLA KENYON Cog night the bobba bobb demill company SMALL SHALL I 1 SPRING Syr opals une june harding respect ible ble and conservative old mald but never too old to think of 0 mar ala ge with mure money than bri bruins tins tp 13 inveigled by a strong minded spinster imster M miss 1 as it golesby drowne browne into financing an expedition ti to hunt for or burled trew wre on 1 eward island tier her n alece virg glela ala har harddng ding u n lerta king to stop tier her gets ests on the and Is unwillingly carried blong along by no means concealing her distaste for or the expedition and her contempt for or its members virginia mak makes the acau acquaintance a latance ot of the ilia honorable Cuth cuthbert hert vane talking with dugald due ald shaw leader ot of the expedition Virg virginia very frankly expresses her views practically accusing shaw and the other members of the party including a somewhat uncertain pers personage inage captain Af magnus ignus and a shady financier hamilton 11 II ot T being in a cogs conspiracy pIracy io to defraud jane hard ng landing on the island la Is a matter of some difficulty virginia being carried ashure in the arms of cuthbert vane the party gets settled ailse browne tells about the treasure virginia declares herself out ot of it the dead sal sailors lors map la Is pr produs virginia finds 41 mysterious dae crusoe 1 CHAPTER VI Continue di with the midday reunion aray hour of distinction arrived the tale of the ghost ply pig was told tola ironi the lie beginning by cookle cookie hagli tributes utes to rny my courage e in sallying forta in fit pur insult of the phantom even those holding other views of abe aae gene genet of the white log were anart anarsea zed at athes lils presence on the island in spite of ioe cookies aspersions per the creature was no mongrel but a thoroughbred of points N not 0 t by any means a dok wl ilch some little south american couster coaster might ha hae re abandoned here when ailt ipuh in for water the most nao rt reasonable hypothesis seemed to be that he baid belonged to the copra gather erand w was as tor for some reason left Ild behind hinI on his S masters asters ro departure bat had loved a do dog enough ito make it the cona com of 0 we ills solitude soll would go away and leave if ft the abe thin tiling seem seemed ea to roe me incredible yet barei otherwise unaccounted for or was ithie corporeal presence of the dog doe I 1 had named the terrier in itlie it first rt ten minutes of at our acquaintance cru see eoe was the design atlen iw by wh which fell he was presented pre presen tied to tits ids new violet tolerated tolerate dl mm blin aunt feane called him a dear geenty pet hove captain magnus kicked libe him whon hen lie he tho thought tIght I 1 was buot boit looking Out libert vane chummed with him in frankest and mr shaw softened toward him to an extent which ininee me ine niu LOTO jue lone jane wy my dog only reversed not hot that I 1 faithe least denst canted to be levied only you fe feel cl it an impertinence in a who so palpably does not love lo 10 you to iii deavor to engage the of your soar bull terrier 1 As to cookie be consented to overlook crushes Crua Cru oes auw i ous gus past pasit as a ghost pig and fed lilai lain ro co liberally that the terriers hean and graceful form to the contours of a beer key keg CHAPTER VII an Ex excursion cursio n and an alarm As the only person who had discovered anything on oil the Isla tid I 1 was now invested with a certain importance also I 1 had a playfellow and companion for future walks in lieu of cuthbert vane held town down tight to the thankless toll of treasure hunting by ills stern hut but at the same salue time I 1 was provided with nn an annoying because lie cause unanswerable e question which biad lodged at the back bacic of my mind like a crumb in III the llie throat by what strange chance had tl th e copra coina gatherer kne gone away avny and left on the island one morning instead of starting directly after breakfast for the care ur mr shaw listed busied himself in fit front of the supply tent with certain explosives explosive es which were to be used in III the digging loii later inquired of the flono honorable rable cuthbert aud found that for till an hour or ir two the alie bont boat would not be in III requisition I 1 permitted the beautiful south to that I 1 would not decline an invitation to ile bu rowed about the cove mr shaw had left ills irine glasses lying about and I 1 had anul been doing some exploring with them under the lie great dins on oil tho the north shore bhore of the bay I 1 lind had seen been nn an object that excited my curiosity it teemed to be the hull hall of a dinall vessel lying on the narrow strip of rocks mid isaid sand under tinder me cliff now wreckage anywhere fills me ine with wid wd and romantic thoughts but on the file shore of a desolate dp island even a bunel barrel bun el hoop seems to suffer a sen sea change into roi something rich and strange I 1 there fore commanded the b y to row me file over to he file spot where the derelict lay 1 I lay will idly in the stern its aa the ont over the smooth water benc arps it ff iny t nit alle ili iii ea in 1 ii iii k like 1110 0 the 10 6 ellid tsin iid god avery tiny ilay lie hr grew brown binany gioie superb in ils ills physical vigor the dins on oil tiu cie north share of the core coe were cie considerably higher lil glier than on the other ald the llie wreck lay iny close in driven high upon the narrow shelf of rocky rocks anil and sand band nt at the bise base of the sheer ascent sand band had heaped up till around tier her hull bull and lung hung itself across tier her deck like a white wind winding I 1 ig sheet surprisingly the ves esset was n very ery dinall one a little sloop indeed much like the fragile pleasure bonta boats that clug cluster ter under tinder the Sau sausalito shore mchome at home iche alie single mast had been broken boken on oll short and the llie s stump p of the bowski bow spilt it was vi visible I like a finger beckoning for rescue from the crawling sand poor forlorn little boata I 1 said what in the world do you suppose brought such a mite of a tiling thing to this unheard of spot Perli rips she belonged to the copra chap one man could handle tier her what would ile he want ant with tier her A small boat like this Is better for fish ing and rowing about the cove coe perhaps lie site i brought him liere here froin panama rani im though lie he have counted on taking back a very cry bulky carro cargo thon then why le acao vo tier her strewn about on the rocks and besides here the of crusoe crue recurred to me and to link itself with this then hen tiow how did lie he get away himself I 1 we rowed ronad in fit close under the port part bow of the sloop and on tie rall rail I 1 made out a string of faded letters 1 I I 1 began excitedly to spell them out 1 I s I 1 oil oh island queen I 1 you see ahe did belong here probably she ilie bi ought brought the original porcine adam and eve to the island luckily forgot the snake though I 1 remarked the honorable bertle not ie with unlooked unlocked for vivacity for foi so far aunt janes iles tr in bling anticipations hit had been unfulfilled ill d by the sight of a single snake a fact lall at by me to 0 the credit of st patrick and by to 40 that of the pigs snakes d jes be oysters on oil deliale deli do half alf shell to ilem dem pigs declared cookie As we rowed away from the melancholy little derelict I 1 saw that nearby a narrow gully gave access to the top of the cliff all and I 1 resolved that 11 I 1 would avail nall myself of this inath to visit th island queen again puy my mind call continued linued to dwell upon the unknown nure figure of the copra gAt gatherer heTer the loss of its his sloop had bad canden condemned ined him to weary mo months villis or years of solitude upon the lie island before ithe rare glimmer of a sail or the trail of a steamers smoke upon the horizon gladdened ed ills his longing eyes suddenly I 1 turned to wane tane ilow how do you jou know really that lie he ever did leave the Is Landl tidemand d who the copra chap wall why else was the cabin cleared out ut so bocare care fully no clothes left about or anything true I 1 acknowledged the last occupant odthe of the hut bad evidently made a very deliberate aud and orderly business of packing up 1510 to go eo we drifted about the cove cave for a v while lille then steered into the dim murmuring shadow of the treasure cavern mr vane Indic indicated sited the point at which they had arrived in their exploration among the fissures opening from rom the atie ledge edge the place held me ma with its tion but we dared not linger louz loa for ns as the tide turned one man would have mue much h ado to manage the boat go ao we slid through the archway into the bright sunshine ot of the we cove and headed fur for the camp As ve ue neared the beach we ne saw a figure pricing pacing it it wits vas dugald sim shaw and quite unexpectedly my heart heglin hegan to beat with staccato quickness dugald shaw shaft who like me and nho never neve r looked at roe me except just Winet inies when alien he was perfectly sure I 1 linow know it eliere lie was wait alt tag for us and splashing into the me boain fonni to lo help cuthbert Cuth beit beach the lie boat lie he for whom a thousand years ago afu skalds scalds would have hae roade made a saga the b y hailed him cheerfully us its M we 0 sprung sprang out upon the sand kut but the gertchman was mas unsmiling malie haste after your oui tools lad lie he ordered I well lVell have fine work now to got inside the cave cac before the turn thoe were ills his words lili hn tone toile und and tits his grini grim look meant so in spite of nit all my illy cure care you ou ure are being be beguiled gulled by it a minx it was his tone that I 1 answered ansei r 1 ed oh dont scold mr vane I 1 implored every paradise lifts has its serpent and althere ns as there are no others here I 1 1 I ant am it of bourre all lady serpents who know their business have red hair dont blame bir air vatie vane for what ant was vas naturally till all my fault nt not a line of ills his face changed indeed before my iny most vicious stabs tt it never neer lid did change to be sure it seems unreasonable ti to blaine the till lid lie agreed soberly beily so but then lie happens to bo be under my menning I 1 suppose that you iou would much prefer to blame me ine I 1 choked theres logic no doubt in striking at the root of the tro lible lie ho admitted with nn an ida of calm detachment then strike I 1 said furiously why dont you and tin not at beat bea about the bush sol Be because catts then lit he would tic be quite hopelessly in UKI wrong and I 1 could adopt any of several roles the coldly haughty the wounded but forgiving etc with great enjoyment tint without a change in tits his glacial nini ncr he quite casualty casually remarked it ft would eatn I 1 tin biad struck home hoine I 1 wit lied away iv to to ex hicl r fi vc cpr arii a bilth 1 icil in III my lily mostly these nera confined to the ille neighbor r hood ll 11 of alie cove I 1 never ever ventur ventured 1 beyond lookout ridge but there then I 1 went often with Cr brustie and we wall would ill sit s t upon a rack and talk to each at oilier I 1 let about our first encounter there and the I 1 lie fright lie had given me file livery every body else lad had gone gazed and admired but the only pilgrim besides myself was ot of nil all people captain SIn ginis s the alie captains anex glinted pc acted ardor for scenery carried bilm thither whenever lie he had half an hour to spare front from the lie work lit III the cove cave needless to say crusoe and I 1 timed our visits so as not to conflict with tits ills one illy day ns crusoe and I 1 en came ine down front from the ridge we met captain alag magnus ascending I 1 had jn in my illy hand a small metal hacked backed mirror which I 1 lind hail found surprisingly lying in it a mossy cleft between the rocks it was a tiling thing such as a alu might carry in fit tits his pocket though on oil tle tile island it seemed unlikely that anyone would do so I 1 at once attributed the mirror to lo captain magnus for I 1 knew that no one else biad been on oil the ridge for days I 1 was wondering as I 1 walked along whether by some soine sublime 18 law v of compensation the captain really thought himself self beautiful and sought ahli retired spot to admire not the file view but lila ills own physiognomy when the lie captain saw toe me lie he stopped full in III the path there wits was a growth of fern on oil either side I 1 approached slowly and as ai a i lie he did not move paused and held out the cintr mirror 1 I think you must have dropped this captain Al agnus I 1 found it on oil the vor or yin instant tits ills face changed ins 2119 evasive eyes were turned to me searchingly and ile he took the glass front from my hand and slipped it into ills his poc pocket liet I 1 made a movement to tn pass on oil then stopped with a faint daNn dawning hig of discomfort lr inor the heavy figure ot of the still blocked the path A dark flusch lind had come coine into the mans face ills yellow teeth showed be tween aft een his parted lips his alls eyeshade ey eyes eshad had a swimming brightness your burrt hu rrT he remarked with a certain emphasis I 1 began to tremble 1 I ain on my lily way back to crimp camp ca captain magnus pia please let nie me pass pam it wont do you mo harm haira it if youre oure abit a little 0 late there aint rio no one there keepin tub tab aint you always a str ayin oil air with ae honorable I 1 aint so pretty but you tire ore impertinent let me pass oil oh im impertinent am I 1 that means fresh maybe tin a plain man arid anil dont use frills frella jinmy on my langridge well when I 1 ine meets ineetha etsa a little skirt that calces takes my eyes ejus thereal nt no harm in lettin her know it la there maybe the honorable could say it nicer with a fo forward rivard stride lie he laid a hand hall upon my artil arm ashook 1 I shook him ot off and and stepped back tear fear clutched my throat I 1 had left aty ty revolver in fit my quarters olt oil the dreadful denseness ot of these woods the that no wildest cry of mine pierce them I 1 and then crusoe who iwho had been waiting quietly behind roe ine in the path slipped in between us ua E every wery hair on his neck was bri the lifted upper lip snarled unmistakably lie he gave ave me n R swift which said bald biall shall I 1 spring suddenly the he gerdia ger dia blandish of captain magnas bame to an ent any lie he said harshly bold allioli back that elo will you ou I 1 donit want to kill the cur you iliad better not I 1 coldly 41 should have to explain how L t L 4 I 1 your hurry he R remarked mar ed it happened you know As it isi Is I 1 shall hay bay nothing nut but I 1 shrill not forget my revolver again when I 1 go to walk and crusoe and I 1 went ent swiftly down the path which the captain no longer disputed there dent tremble so i you are ara safe lafe tafe in my iny arms arm I 1 TO cn CONTINUED |