Show 1TCID 1JtoJ IPJillITITI Itill Egjj OOC 00 hlUJ1RATlD J6YRAYWALT IJ r SYNOPSIS t IM story opens with tho shipwreck of I v steamer on which Miss GenevloM Leslie the nn American heiress Lord Win throP nn Englishman and Tom fluke brusque American wero passengers Tho n three were tossed upon an unlnnnb litpil Island and were tin only ones not drowned niiko recovered from u drunk t n stupor Blake shunned on the boat because en of his roughness became n hero ins preserver of the belpless pair The Irnjllfhnian was suing tor the band of l lllako Blurted to swim back > lss I cslle Itn the shlP to recover what was left Blake returned safely Wlnt trope wasted 1 Ills last match on a cigarette for whit he uns scored by Hlake heir first nunl was n dead fish The trio started a tent mile hike for higher land ten-t at iKrked them Hlnko was compelled to carry Miss Leslie on account of w earl ne8s He taunted AVInthrope They en toed the Jungle That nlelit was pisaed roosting hlRh in n tree The next mornIng morn-Ing they descended to the open again li three constructed hats to shield themselves them-selves from the sun They then fensted Ion cocoanuts tho only procurnblo food Miss Leslie showed n liking for lilake Iliul detested his roughness Led byHlake theY e labllshed n homo In some ell slake s-lake found n fresh water spring Miss IT Jsllr faced an unpleasant situation They plmneil their campaign Blab ru < > nvBicd his surveyors mngnlfylng glass thus insuring lire Ho started a Jungle nrc Mlllng a largo leopard and smothering smoth-ering several cubs Tn tho leopards ruv < rn they built a small home Thoy gained ithe CHITS by burning the bottom of a jtrie until It fell against tho heights CHAPTER X Continued Tho hot ashes flew up In her face and powdered her hair with their gray dust yet she persisted blowing stead jlly until a shred of baric caught the parks and flared tip In a tiny flame little more and she had a strong jftre blazing against the tree trunk Sho rested a short time relaxing both mentally and physically In the satisfying consciousness that t slake never should know how near she had ome to failing In her trust Soon she became aware of a keen feeling of thirst and hunger She ose piled a fresh supply of sticks on ihe flio and hastened back through Sho cleft toward the spring Around he baobab sho came upon Winthrope a B ivorkln In the shade of the great tree I The thiee leopard skins had been Y tretched upon bamboo frames and ul to was resignedly I scraping at their Inner surfaces with a smoothedged h > tone Miss Leslie did not look too lonely at the operation I here Ishe she asked t E Winthropo motioned down the t fcleft iL leftI i I hope he hasnt gone far Im half Eanilhhul Arent you II I Heally MisH Genevieve It is odd R ion know Not an hour since the lime iery thought of food Nerd I And now youre as hungry as I am at It tae Bh I do wish he had not gone off Just rrTi It the wrong time oTmi mpei I Ho went to take a dip in the sea Caro In on know he got so messed up over Hie nastiest part of the work which AY positively refused to doE do-E Whats that beyond the bamboos EN heres something alive letr Pray dont be alarmed It Iser lad Bs all right Miss Genevieve I as Ilrlr c it fcre you youwhat nut what is it Such queer noises t 1 ml I see something alive Only the vlutures if you must now Nothing else I assure you AM Oh h I i It is all out of sight from there the-re wiring You are not to go around ra Bio bamboos until the that Is not I Bo day daDid rNr Did Mr Blake say that uhf ul Why e8to be sure He also said BD toll you that tho cutlets were on tho I op shelf Moot I You mean IgiL4 His way of ordering you to cook Bur dinner Really Miss Genevieve 1 Bhould be pleased to take your place ut I have been told to keep to this Bt Is hard to take orders from a low lIowvery hard for a gentleman ou know Miss Leslie gazed at her shapely Bands Three days since sho could not aye conceived of their being so rough Bnd scratched and dirty Yet her dls Bust at their condition was not en rely umiuallflcd At least I have something to show Pr them hhe murmured I hog pardon said Winthrope BJJust look at my hands like a serv Ps1 And yet I am not nearly so Bfrnnmcja of them as I would have Nietl It is very amusing but do P Know I actually feel proud that have dono something something eful i mean Idles UsefulI call it shocking Miss Gen rte love It Is simply vllo that people ofF of-F hI eeding should be compelled to sCOY P such menial work They write no tscic p d of romances about castways but t this atall to sot tho romance In scraping to d fns Indian fashion as this fellow ob V ako calls It and I suppose though we should re hoed ember how much Mr Ulako is doing nlth BEr us and should try to umko tho Jp of tho situation J it has no best g It Is all a beastly 1st IUU1Ie complained Wintlirope nut r resumed his nervous scraping u diciat a big leopard skin The ditios girl studied his faco for a mo Cloth JLl > and l urnod away Sho had been li t GO har to forgot lieheard and Io Hoard i leave nnd called after I thout reaping up Please romoin F 0 r lit Blll to cook some meat I I she lId I not answer Having satls 1 d her ° conoml Inf thirst at the spring sho took I or n ntsTil Iipkr Ilir hunbno I rods with Its hagslcil rkr t Ickr5ln I nieces of Bosh and re ywhtlt r Yt I 0t 1 IIIrtaPmT e r V L 1 t 1 r n t 4 f aq w By Evening She Had Her Tree Cave in a Habitable Condition turned to the file After some little experimenting sho contrived a way to support tho rod beside the Ire so that all the meat would roast without burning burn-ing At first keen as was her hunger sho turned with disgust from the lab by sun seared flesh but as It began to roast the odor restored her appetite to full vigor Her mouth fairly watered wa-tered It seemed as though Winthrope and Blake would never come Sho heard their voices and took the bamboo bam-boo spit from the fire for the meat to cool Still they failed to appear and unable to wait longer she began to eat Tho cub meat proved far more tender than that of tho old leopard She had helped herself to the second piece before the two men appeared Hold on Miss Jenny fair play sang out flake Youve set to without with-out tooting the dlnner horn I dont blame you though That smell mighty good Both men caught at the hot meat with eagerness and Winthrope piomptly forgot all else In the animal pleasure of satisfying his hunger Illake though no less hungry only waited to fill his mouth before investigating inves-tigating the condition of the prospective prospec-tive tree ladder The result of the attempt to burn the trunk did not seem encouraging to the others and Miss Leslie looked away that her face might not betray her should he have an inkling of her neglect She was relieved by the cheerfulness of his tone Slow work this lire business eh Guess though Itll go faster this afternoon after-noon The green wood is Killed and is getting dried out Anyway weve goi to keep at it till tho tree goes over This spring leopard wont last long at the present rate of consumption indwell ind-well need the eggs to keep us going till wo get the hang of our bows What Is that smoke back thereIn there-In Miss Leslie Can it ho that tho lire down the cleft has sprung up again No its your fumigation You had plenty of brush on hand so I heaved It off it into the hole and touched While its burning out you can put In time gathering ring grass and leaves for a bed WInthropo Would you and Mr mind breaking off some bamboos for mo What for Miss Leslie colorod and hesitated should like to divide off a corner of tho place with It wall or fccrccn Wlnthtopo tried to catch Ulakes eye but tho American was gazing at Miss Leslies embarrassed face with a puzzled look Her ineanliiB dawned upon him and ho hastened to reply All right Miss Jenny You can build your wall to suit yourself But over it Until the therell ho no hurry rains begin Win and Ill sleep out In tho Well have to take turnabout open If we don t night anyway on watch at other spotted kitty a fire sollO kcop up tho nosing up will bo Euro to como gully Thoro must also bo lions In tho vicinity l vi-cinity added Winthrope nothing until after Miss Leslie said of meat bad been tho last Pieces handed around and Blake sprang up to resume work Mr Blake she called in a low tone one moment please Would it save much bother If a door was made and you and Mr Winthropo should sleep Inside Well see about that later replied Blake carelessly Tho girl bit her Up and tho tears started to her eyes Even Winthrope had started off without expressing his appreciation Yet he at least should have realized how much it had cost her to make such nn offer By evening she had her treecave house she preferred to name it to herself her-self In a habitable condition When the purifying fire bad burnt itself out leaving tho place free from all odors other than the wholesome smell of wood smoke she had asked Blake how she could rake out the ashes His advice was to wet them down where they lay This was easier said than done Fortunately the spring was only a few yards distant and after many trips with her palmleaf hat for bowl the girl carried enough water to sprinkle all the powdery ashes Over them she strewed tho leaves and grass which she had gathered while tho ire was burning The driest of the grass arranged ar-ranged in a far corner promised amore a-more comfortable bed than had been her lot for the last three nights During this work she had been care fill not to forgot the ire at tho tree Yet when near sundown sho called the third meal of leopard meat Blake grumbled at the tree for being what ho termed such a confounded tough prop osltlon Good thing theres lots of wood hero Win he added Well keep this flrci going till the blamed thing topples top-ples over If It takes a year Oh but you surely will not stay so far fiom the baobab tonight exclaimed ex-claimed Miss Leslie Hold hard soothed BlakeYouve no license to got tho jumps yet awhile a-while Well have another fire by tho baobab So you neednt worry A few minutes later they went back to tho baobab and Wlnthrop began helping Mss Leslie to construct a bamboo screen in tho narrow entrance of tho tree cae while Blake built tho second lire As Winthropo was unable to tel time by the stars Blake took tho first watch At sunset following tho on glncers advice Wlnthropo lay down with his feet to tho small watch Ilro and was asleep before twilight had deepened into night Fagged out by the mental and bodly stress of the day he slept so soundly that it seemed to him ho hardly lost consciousness when he was roused by a rough hand on his forehead What is It he mumbled Uout ono oclock said Blake Wake up I ran overtime cause the morning watch is tho toughest But I cant keep wake any longer I say this Is a beastly bolo remarked re-marked Winthropo sitting up Jrarn j grunted Blake who was already al-ready on ills back Wlnlhropo rubbed his yea rose wearily and drew a blazing stick from ho fire With this upraised as n torch ho peered around Into tho darkness and advanced towards the spring When having satisfied his thirst ho returned somewhat hurriedly to tho tiro ho wns startled by tho sight of a pale face gazing at him from between the leaves of the bamboo screen My dear Miss Geuevleve what is tho matter he exclaimed Hush Is he asleep Like a top Thank heaven I Goodnight Good ulghterI say Miss Gen olove But tho girl disappeared and Win thropo after a glance at Blakos placid face hurried nlong the cleft to stack the other fire When ho returned ho noticed two bamboo rods which lllako i bad begun to shape Into how staves He looked them over with a sneer at Blakes seemingly unskillful workmanship workman-ship but ho made no attempt to llnlsh the bows CHAPTER XL A Despoiled Wardrobe DON after sunrise Miss Leslie was awakened by the snap and dull crash of a falling tree She made a hasty toilet and ran out around tho baobab elm burned tree eaten half through by tho lire had been pushed over ticulnst tho cliff by Blake and Winthrope Both had already climbed up and now stood on the edge of tho cliff Hello Miss Jenny I shouted Blake Weve got hero at last Want to como up Not now thank you Its easy enough But youre right Try your hand again at tho cutlets wont you While theyre frying well get some eggs for dessert How docs that strike you Wo have no way to cook them Roast em in the ashes So long Miss Leslie cooked breakfast over the watchflro for the other had been scattered and stamped out by the men when tho tree fell They came back In good time walking carefully that they might not break the eggs with which their pockets bulged Between them they had brought a round dozen and a half Blake promptly began stowing all In tho hot ashes while Winthropo related their little adventure adven-ture with unwonted enthusiasm You should have come with us Miss Genevieve ho began This time of day it Is glorious on tho cliff top Though the rock Is bare there is n fine view Fine vlow of grub near tho end interpolated Blake As yes tho birds you must take a look at them Miss Genevieve Tho tea end of the cliff Is alive with them hundreds and thousands all huddled hud-dled together and fighting for room They are a sight I assure you Theyre plucky too It was well we took sticks with us As It was ono of tho gannets boobies Blake calls them caught mo a nasty nip when I went to lift her off tho nest Best way Is to kick them off explained ex-plained Blake Hut the point Is that weve hopped over the starvation stile Understand Tho wholo blessed cliff end is an omelette waiting for our pan Pass tho leopardettes Miss Jenny When the last bit of meat had disappeared disap-peared Blako raked the eggs from the ashes and began to crack them solemnly sol-emnly sniffing at each before he laid It on its le f platter Some wore a trlflo high None however were thrown away When It was all over Winthrope contemplated tho scattered shells with a satisfied air Do you know he remarked this Is the first time Ive felt or replenished re-plenished slnco wo found those cocoanuts cocoa-nuts How about ono of em now to top off on questioned Blake TO HR CONTINUED |