Show p UDIr 00 JlY 00 DOCERT 001 RoBlij l nTJNN1S LLUJTA77fJllc af JY RAY WALT lJ ° rOPrRtT 1a r AcrCXURC d cu A f SYNOPSIS Thn story opens with the nlilpurcrk of tlio ittiiitirr on which Miss Ccnevlro tnfllli nn Arnirlcnn heiress Ixml Wln thropo nn inKll limnii and Tom IJIalfp n brusque Amerlrnti nero pasci II The three wcrn tiiRHid upon l 1111 unltilmli Itod Ixlniul and were the only onrt not drowned Illnko recovered from 11 drunk pn oliipor Illuhe Nhunncfl on the boat I I because of hlH roUKhnrKH ss became u herb HH ireHcrver of the hcl doss pair Tho niiKllHlminn wns sulnt far tho hand of Mln rOHlle Illuko started to Bwlm buck lo t tho ship lo recover what wan left Ulukp returned sifcly Wlntbropo wasted his InHt inateh on a rlnnrettcs for which lie tans stared by finite Their OrRI meal l arts n dead fish The Irlo started n ten mile hike for hlitlivr land Thirst at tacked them lllako wren compdlrd to carry MMH Leslie on account of wcnrl necs Ho Inntilid Wliithropo They en feted the junKli That night wax P iiscil rooallnK high In a tree This next innrn Inll tlioy demanded to tho open apiln All three conHtructed I tints to shield them lelven from the mm They en fen led on cnroiinut tho only prornrahlo food Miss Ixsllo spewed n Ilkltu for HPike hill detested hlH ioiiKhtiesH Led by HI iko they eHtnbllHhcd n homo In sortie clllTH lilako found a fresh water HprInK Mlin LeHllo faced nn mipleammt Hltnatlon They planned their eampalKn lllako re overed his surveyors imiKnlfyliiK Klass thus InmirlriK tin lip started u JmiKlo lire killing a large leopard and smoth rlnK seveial cubs In tho leopards CUV rni they built n Hinall home They gained lima cliffs by burning 1 the liottom of a Ireo until It fell against the heights Thr trio secured eggs from the cliffs Mill IxBllos white skirt wan decided ni > on as n BlBnal MIsH I < Blle made a dress from the leopard skin IllukuH ef forts to kill antelopes failed Oxerhear IIIK l a conversation between sighs and Vlnthropo Miss Leslie becamo fright rued Wlntlirnpn breams III with fever hake was tiolnoned by n fish Jackals attacked the camp that night but were Jrlvon oft by Oenevlcvc CHAPTER XIV Continued Sho was far too preoccupied however how-ever to consider what this might mean Her first thought was of n fire Sho ran to her rude stone fireplace and raked over the ashes They were still warm but there was not a live ember among them Yet she realized that Wlnthropo must have hot food when ho awakened and Blake had carried with him tho magnifying glass For n little she stood hesitating Hut tho defeat of tho jackals had given her courage and resolution such ns she had never before kndVn Sho returned Into tho cave and chose tho sharpest of her stakes Having made certain that Wlnthropo was still asleep she set off boldly down the cleft At the llrst turn she camo upon Biokos thorn barricade It stretched across the narrowest part of the cleft In an Impenetrable wall 12 feet high Only In tho center was a gap which could have been filled by lllako In less ban two hours work The girls eyes brightened Sho herself could gather tho thornbrush und fill the gap before night They no longer need fear the jackals or oven the larger beasts of I pioy I None the less they must have tireSpurred Spurred on by tho thought sho was about to spring through the barricade when she heard the tread of feet on the path beyond Sho crouched down and peered through the tangle of brush In the edge of tho gap Less than ten paces away lllako was plodding plod-ding heavily up tho trail She stepped out before him YolIoul Are you alive she gasped Live You bet your boots came back tho grim response You hot Im alive though I had to go Jonah one better to do It The whale heaved him up I heaved up tho whale and It took about a barrel of seawater to do It Seawater Sure I tumbled over twice on tho way But I made the beach Lord how I pumped in tho briny deep Guess I wont go Into details but If you think you know anything about seasickness Whow Lucky for yours truly tho tldo was just startIng start-Ing out nnd the wind off shore Id fallen In tho Water and the 1 Jonah business laid mo out cold Didnt know anything until the tide came up again and soused me 111m very glad youre not dead But how you must havo suffered You are still white nnd your face Is all creased Ulake attempted a careless laugh Dont worry about mo Im here O K all thats leHa little wobbly on my pins but hungry ns a shark But any whats up with you Youro sweating like a Good thing though Itll stave off your spell of fever awhile a-while IIowcl you happen to bo comIng com-Ing down here so early I was starting to Mud you Me Not you that Is I thought you were dead I wars going to make certain cer-tain and toto get tho burning glass Umni I see Let tho fire go out eh Do not blame me Mr Blake I was so Ill and worn out and Ive paid for It twice over really I have Didnt those awful beasts attack yon Beasts lows that ho demanded Oh but you must have heard them i Tho horrid things tried to kill us sho cried and BUG poured out a half Incoherent In-coherent account of all that had happened hap-pened since he left Blake listened Intently his jaw thrust out his eyes glowing upon her with a look which sho had never bo foro seen In any mans eyes But his list comment had nothing to do with her conduct Hows thatsorry Win got roust ° d 1 out of his nlco little snooze tr a v 4 f t C 1 W der 0 i M Y f P N M J U v I Dont Believe Win Was Built for the Tropic Why dont you know wed been all alone In our glory by tonight If It hadnt been for those brutes lIe was In the stupor nnd that would have been tho end of him If the beasts hadnt stirred him up so lively Ive heard of such a thing before but I always al-ways thought It was a fake Here you are sweating too I feel much better than yesterday I did not tell you but I have felt 111 for nearly a week Ktald to tell ehand you were werer so scared over tho beasts Scared r By Jlmlny youve got grit little worn nn Theres two kinds of scaredness Youve got tho Stonewall Jackson kind If anybody asks you just refer them to Tommy make Thank you Mr Blake But should we not hasten back now to prepare something for Mr Wiuthrope Ditto for yours truly Im like that scpulchro you read about white outside out-side and within nothing but bare bones and emptiness CHAPTER XV With Bow and Club 4 i HB lire was soon lellt and a pot of meat set on lo slew i ° It had ample time to slm mer Wiuthrope was wrapped in n lifegiving sleep out of which he did not awaken until evening while Blake unable to wait for into I pot to boll and nauseated by tho fishy odor of the dried seafowl hunted out the Jerked leopard meat and having devoured enough to satisfy n native fell asleep under n bush The sun was half down the sky when ho sat up and looked around wide awake the moment he opened his eyes Miss Leslie was quietly placing nn armful of sticks on the fuel heap beside the baobab Hello Miss Jenny Hard at it 1 sent ho called cheerfully Hush she cautioned Mr Men thrope Is still asleep Good thing for him Hell need all of that he can got Then you think Well between you and me I dont believe Win was built for the tropics This fever of his coming on so soon wouldnt have hit nine men in ten half so hard lies bound to hnxo another spell In n month or two and But cannot wo posslblj g1 T a from here before then Is thte no way Surely you are so re ulrce ful Nothing doing Miss Jenny Give mo tools and Id engage to turn out a seagoing boat But as It Is tho only thing 1 could do would be to fireburn n log That would take two or three months and in tho end wed have a lopsided canoo thatd live about half a second In ono of these tropic squalls Do not the natives sail In canoes Maybe they doand they make flro by rubbing sticks Wo dont But what can wo do Take our medicine and wait for a ship to show up But wo have no medicine Have no Say Miss Jenny you leally ought to have stayed home from boardlngbchool and England long enough to learn your own language I meant weve got to take whats coning con-ing to us without laying down or grouching Both are tho worst things out for malaria You mean that we must resign our selvls to this Intolerable situation I that wo must calmly sit here and wait until the fever No Ill take care we dont sit mound very much Well go on the hike soon as Win can wobble Which reminds me Ive got a little hike on hand now Im going to close up that barricade before dark Me for a quiet night l Without waiting for a reply he took his weapons and swung briskly away down the cleft He returned a few minutes before sunset with what appeared to bo a large fur bag upon his back Miss Leslie was pouring a bowl of broth from the stewpot and did not notice him until he hang out to her Hey Mss Jenny spill over that stuff No more of that In ours Its for Mr Wlnthrope Ho has lust awakened she replied still intent In-tent on her pouring And youd kill him with that slop Heave it over Hes going to have beef juiceOh Oh whats that on your back Youve killed an antelope Sure Bushbuck I guess they call him Sneaked up when he was drinkIng drink-Ing and stuck an arrow into his side He jumped off a little way and turned to see whatd bit him I hauled off and put the second arrow right thiough his eye Into his brain Neatest thing you ever saw You surely are becoming a splendid archer Yes Jim dandy I could do It again about once in 10000 shots All the same Ive raked In this peacherlno Trot out your grill and well have something tit to eat You spoke of beef juice Ive a dozen steaks ready to broil Slap em on the fie and Ill squeeze out enough juice with my fist to do Win for tonight He made good his assertion using several of the steaks which having lest less than half their juices in the process were eaten with great relish by Miss Leslie mid himself Wlnthrope after drinking tho stlnu hating beef juice and a quantity or hot i water turned over nnd fell a jop again while Blake was dressing his wounds None of these was serious of Itself but Blake knew the daner of Infection in the tropics and carefully washed out the gashes before applvine tho tallow salve which Miss Leslie had tried out from the antelope fat The dressing was completed by torchliGht Blake then rolled the illelel into a comfortable position ran um tuteel rom Mlss Leslie i 1 and left the cave pausing at tho entrance to mutter a gruff goodnight The girl murmured a response but watched him anxiously ns ho passed out A step beyond tho entrance he paused and turned agaIn In the red glare of tho torch his face took on an flJ presslon that filled her with fright Shrouded by the gloom of the hollow she drew back to her bed and without turning her eyes away from him groped for one of her bamboo stakes But before she could arm herself she saw Blake stoop over and grasp with his free hand the mass of interwoven Inter-woven bamboos Ho straightened himself him-self and the framework swung lightly up amid over until It stood on end across the cave entrance The girl stole around and peered out at him He had spread open the antelope skin and was beginning to slice the meat for drying Though his forehead was furrowed fur-rowed his expression was by no means hlnlster Relieved at the thought that the light must have deceived de-ceived her she returned to her bed and was sean sleeping as soundly ns Wlnthrope Blake strung the greater part of the meat on the drying racks built a I smudge fire beneath and stretched the antelope skin on a frame This done ho took his club and n small piece of bloody meat and walked stealthily down the cleft to the barricade Quiet m as was his approach it was met by a warning yelp on tht farther side of the thorny wall and he could hear the scurry of fleeing animals lIe kept on until the barricade loomed up before him In the starlight From cliff to cliff the wall now stretched across tho gorge without hole or gap But Blake grasped the trunk of a young dnte palm which projected from the barricade near the bottom and pushed It out Tho displacement dis-placement of the spiky fronds disclosed the low passage which he had made i in the center of the barricade He placed 1 tho piece of meat on one side two or three feet from the hole and squatted down across from It with his club balanced bal-anced on his shoulder Halt an hour l1 ssedan hour and 1 still he waited silent and motionless as a statue At last stealthy footsteps sounded on the outer side of the thorn wall and an animal began to creep through tho wall sniffing for the bait Blake waited with the Immobility of an Eskimo The delay was brief With a boldness for which Blake had not been prepared the beast leaped through and seized the meat Even In the dim light Blake could see that he had lured an animal larger than any jackal But this only served to lend greater force to his blow As he struck he leaped to his feet The brute fell as though struck by lightning light-ning and lay still Blake prodded the Inert form warily I then knelt and passed his hands over it The beast had whirled about justIn just-In time to meet the descending club and the blow had crushed In Its skull Chuckling at the success of his ruse he drew the palm back into the open ini and swung his prize over his sii alder When he came to the fire a glance showed him that he had killed n fullgrown spotted hyena In the morning when Miss Leslie appeared there were two hides stretched on bamboo frames and the air was dark with vultures streaming down into the cleft near the barricade Blake was sleeping the sleep of the Just and did not waken until she had built the fire and begun to broil the steaks which he had saved Again they had a feast of the fresh antelope meat But with repletion came more of fastidiousness and Blake agreed with Miss Leslie when she remaiked that salt would have added to the flavor He set oil presently pres-ently and spent half a day on the talus of the headland gathering salt from tho rock crannies For the next three days he left the cleft only to gather eggs The greater great-er l part of his time was spent In tanning tan-ning tho hyena and antelope hklns Meantime Miss Leslie continued to nurse Wlnthiope and to gather firewood fire-wood Inder Blakes directions she also purified tho salt by dissolving it in a jot ot water and allowing the dirt to settle when the clarified solu tlon was poured off and evaporated over the lire In one of tho earthen ware pans At first Winthrope had been too weak to sit up But treated to a lib oral diet of antelope broth iaw IHs hot water and cocoanut milk he gained strength faster than Blake wall expected On tho fourth day Blake set him to work on the final nibbing of the now skins on the fifth 10 or dered him to go for eggs Much to Miss Leslies surprise Win thrope started off without a Inl I 01 Protest All his peevish Irrtu it > md gone with tho fever and the 1 tlrl was graUllel1 to see the quiet lIIalllllr In which ho set about a task which ahIJ serried strellgth an Imposition hilt upon the his halt ro which very Inotlu seemingly llroeutlll him from him protesting muddled her to speak tom TO 1r CO TINUlm |