Show 11 ilCID fWWPT96 DIEJ nlJlW T LLUJ1IATtJlcf gy RAY Uf1L7lJ COpyRlclfr o BY AClIfnURC 6 < co SYNOPSIS The story opens with the shlpwrock nf the Htriilnur nil whUll Miss llflicvlcM Islli mi Aimrlcnii lulicsN Lord XV In tliicin HII KiiKllHliiuJti and Torn Dink n lirilK < nr > Ann rlran were pniMciiKtiH The time WOK losaoil upon un unln Imlillnl iHtaiul mill were the only ones lint drowned IJIukn rccnvtrid from n drunken Hliipur Illukc ftliiintuil on the hind liccaliKi nf Ills roiiKliliiHH hoc nine n turn IIH iircmrvii of tlio helpless pair Tin lmIWiiimii vvus suing for tlio hand of MIPH IeHllc CHAPTER II L Continued Oil but Air lllnke 1 urn sure It must ho a mistake I am sure that If It Is explained to papa Yes well calilo papa tonight Meantime weve something else to do Suppose you two get a hustle on yourselves your-selves and scrape up something to eat Im going out to see whats left of that lilamcd old till Study jotill not ventute to swim out so far protested Wlnthrope I saw the steamer Rink as wo cast off Looks like a mast sticking up out there Ma > bo home of the rigging is loose Hut the sharks These Waters swarm with the vile creatures You must not risk jour life Cause why If I do the babes In the woods will be left without even tho loblns to cover them poor things Hut cheer ii plntaylie the ntud hen S will do It with lovely waterlilies Please Mr lilake do not bo so cruel sobbed Miss Leslie her tears blurting afresh Tho sun makes my head echo dreadfully and I have no hat or shade and Im becoming so thirsty And you think youve only to wait and half a dozen stewards will come runmng with parasols and ice water Neither yon nor Wlnthrope seem too to-o got your eyes open lust suppose you got busy and do something Win throne chase yourself over the mud and got together a mess of film that are not too dead Must bo dozens aft the blow As for you Miss Jenny I guess you can pick up some reeds and rig a headgear out of this handkerchief handker-chief Wait a moment Put on my coat If you dont want to ho broiled alive through the holes of that peeka boo But I say Blake began Win tin ope Dont 11Iydo lojolncd Blake and he started down the muddy shore Though the thin was at Hood there was now no cjclono to drive the sea above tho beach and Ulako walked a quarter of a mile before ho reached the waters edge There was little surf and ho paused onlj a few moments mo-ments to peer out across tho low swells before ho commenced to strip Wintluopo and Miss Leslie had been watching his movements now the girl rose In a I little Unity of haste and set to gathering reeds Wlnthropo would have spoken but seeing her embairassment smiled to himself and began strolling about In search of fish It was no dlftlcult search Tho marshy ground was strewn with dead eieatures many of which were al read shriveling and drying In the sun Some of tho fish had a familiar look and Wlnthrope turned thelll over with tho tip of his shoe Ho even went so far as to stoop to pick up a large mullet but shrank back repulsed re-pulsed by its stiffness and tho unnatural unnat-ural shape into which tho sun was warping it He found himself near tho beach and stood for half an hour or mote watching the black dot far out In the waterall that was to bo seen of Mlake Tho Amoilcan after wading olfshoio another quarter of a mile had leached swimming depth and was heading out among the reefs with steady vigorous I stiokos Half a mllo or so beyond him Wlnthiope could now nalco out the goal for which he was aiming the one lemalnlng topmast top-mast of tho Moamer Uy love these wateis ate full of sharks ill mined Vlntlnopi staling stal-ing at the steadily icccding dot until It dlhippciii behind the wall of surf which spumed up over one of the outer eefh A call from Miss Leslie Interrupted his watch and he hastened to rejoin her After several failures she had contrived to knot lllakes handkerchief to three or four reeds in tho form of a IIttlo sunshade Her bhouldeis were piotected by Mlikos coat It made a heavy wrap but it shut out the blistering blis-tering bitn uivs w nidi as llliko had foreseen had quieKly begun to burn the gills i delicate skin t thiotigh hoi openwoik bodice I Thus piotected she was fairly sate from the sun Hut the HUH was by no i means the worst featute of the sltua I tlon Whilo Wlnthiope was jet several ands distant the girl began to complain com-plain to him Im so thirsty Mr Winthrope Where Is there any Water wa-ter Pleaso get mo a drink at once Mr Wlnthiope Hut my dear Miss Leslie there is no water Those pools are all seawater sea-water I must say Im deuced diy myself I cant see why that cad should go off and leave us like this Indeed it is a shame Oh Im so hlrsty Do you think it would help it wo ate something Maku it all tho worse lioshlos ns eoulil wo cook anything All I obu iceds aio green > w r L J t I P R tl < 70 J iI J Two or Three Small Fish Lay Faintly Wriggling on the Surface Hut Mr Blake said to gather some flshv > Had you not best = He can pick up all be wants I shall not touch tho beastly things Then I suppose there Is nothing to do but wait for him Yes If the sharks do not get him Miss Leslie uttered a little moan and Wlnthrope seeing that she was on the verge of tears hastened to ie assure her Dont worry about him Miss Genevieve Hell soon return with nothing worse than a blistered bade Fellows of that sort arc born to hang you know Hut If he should beI anything should happen to him Wlnthropo shrugged his shoulders and drew out his silver cigarette case It was more than halffull and ho was highly gratified to find that neither the cigarettes nor the vests matches In the cover had been reached by the wet Uy I Jove holes luck he exclaimed ex-claimed and he bowed to Miss Leslie Paidon me but if you have no objections ob-jections The gill nodded as a matter of form and Wintluopo hastened to light the I cigarette already In his lingers The junoke by no means tended to lessen the dryness of his mouth yet it put him in a lellecthc mood and In thinking think-ing over what he had read of ship wiecked paitles I he lemembeied that a pebble held In tho mouth is supposed to ease ones thlist To bo sure there was not a sign of a pebble within miles of heio they sat but after some lellectkm it occurred oc-curred to him that one of his steel Ices might do as well At first Miss Leslie was reluctant to try tho ex peilinent and only the Increasing dryness dry-ness of her mouth foieed hoi to seek tho piomlsed relief Though It failed I to quench her thirst she was agiee ably surprised to liml that the little hit bar of metal eased her ciavlng to a maiked degree Wintluopo now thought to rig a shade as Miss Leslie had done out of reeds and his hamlKeichlef for the sun was scorching his unprotected head Thus sheltered the I two douched as comfoitablj as thc could upon the half diled crest of the hummock hum-mock and waited impatlentlj for the elmn of HIake CHAPTER III The Worth of Fire 1 0 t 0 I HOt Gil tin sea within the W jrJ reefs was last smoothing jiM to a glassy I plain In the lead calm they did not see lllako on his lelllllI i until he struck shallow water wa-ter and stood up to wade ashore The tide had begun to ebb before he started Inndwaid and though he was a powerful swimmer tho long pull against the cm rent had so tired him that when ho took to wading he moved at a toitoiselike gait Tho bloomln loafer commented Wintluopo I Ho 1 glanced 1 1 quickly about and nt sight of Miss Leslies arching brows hastened to add lIeg pardon par-don HolIhnmItHIii mo so much i < > f u imvvv vnu lnnvv Miss Leslie made no reply At I last Blake was out of the water and toiling up the muddy beach to the spot where ho had left his clothes While dressing he seemed to recover from his exertions in the water for the moment he had finished ho sprang to bib feet and camo forward at a bilsk pace As he approached WI mitlm rope waved his lifth cigarette at him with languid enthuslabiu and called out as heartily as his dry lips would permit per-mit I say Blake deuced glad the shatks didnt get you Sharks bah All yon have to do Is to splash a little and they haul off i How about the steamer Mr Hlake asked Miss Leslie turning to face him All under but the malntopmast ruibo itwire rigging at that Couldnt even get a bolt A bolt Not a bolt and hero we arc as good as naked on this infeinal Hey you what you doing with that match Light jour clgatette light it Damnation Dam-nation Heedless of Blakes warning cry Wlnthrope had struck his last vesta and now angry and bewildered he stood staling while the llltle taper burned itself out With an oath Blake sprang lo catch it as It dropped from between Wlnthiopes fingers Hut lewis le-wis too far away It fell among the lamp rushes spluttcied and Haled out For a moment HlaKe knelt staling at the inshes as though stupefied then he spiang up before Wlnthrope bib hioiized face puiple with anger Wholes jour matchbox Got any I Here he demanded Last one I fancj yes last IIIIP and there lire slill two clgaietles lint look here HIake I cant toleiate join talking so Ujtieedly You idiot onoll Hell and every one for clgaietles Fiom a growl Hlikos voice burst Into a roar of tin r and sprang upon Wintluopo like a wild boast HK bands closed upon the Kiigllshmnns tluoat and he began to shake him about pajing no heed to the blows his victim showeied upon his lace and body blows which soon began to lesson les-son In force Tenoi Uilcken Miss Leslie put her hands over her eyes and began to seieam the Piercing Bhilok that will unnerve the stiongest man Hlak I paused a > l though transfixed and as till halfsuffocated Kmllbhimm stiugRlid In i his giasp 1 i lie lung him on the ground and tinned to tho earning girl Stop that squawking ho said The gill cowed down So thats better Nest unto keep 0111 mouth shut You jou brute Good Youve got a little spun eh Vou covvaid to attack a man not half jour strength Steady steady young lady Im warm enough jet Ive still half n mind to W v ting his fool neck Hut why should l you bo so angr What has he done that you Why why Lord I what hasnt he done TlilB coast fairly swnims with I pasts Weve not the urn 11 of a gun and now this Idiotthis dough hend has gone and thrown away our only chllnceJreIIIHI on his measly cigarettes ciga-rettes Blake choked with reluming i rage rageWlnthropo still panting for breath began to creep away at the same time unclasping a small penknife He was white with fear but his gray eyes which on shipboard Blake had never seen other than offensively supercilious supercili-ous now glinted In a manner that served to alter the Americans mood Thatll do he said Come here and show me that knife Ill show It you where It will do the most good mutteied Wlnthiope rising ris-ing hastily to repel the expected attack at-tack So youve got n little sand too said Blake I almost goodnaturedly Say thats not so bad Well call It quits on the matches Though how you could go and thiovv them away Deuce take It maul How should I know Ive never before been in a wreck Neither have IIhls kind Hut I toll you weve got to keep our think tanks going Its a guess If we see tomorrow to-morrow mid thats no joke Now do you wonder I got hot 1 Indeed no Ive been an ass and heres my hand to ItIf you really mean its quits Its quits all right long as you dont run out of sand responded Blake and he gripped the others soft hand until the Englishman winced So thaIs settled Ive got a hot temper hut I dont hold grudges Now whereie jour fish 1 IweU they were all spoiled Spoiled 1 The sun had shriveled them And you call that spoiled Were like to eat them rotten before were through with this picnic How about tho pools Pools Do you know Blake I never thought of the pools I stopped to watch you and then we were so anx Ions about you = Blake grunted and turned on his heel to wade Into the haif drained pool in whose midst ho had been deposited by tho hurricane Two or three small fish lay faintly wrlg lIng on the surface As Blake splashed through tho water to seize them his foot struck against a living body which foundered violently and ahiilllant forked tall above tho muddy water Blake sprang over the fish which was entangled In the reeds and with a kick Hung it clear out upon the giound A coryphene cried Wlnthrope and ho ran forward to stare at the gorgeously colored pilzo Cor phone repeated Blake following fol-lowing his example Good to eat Fine as salmon This Is only a small one but = Fifteen pounds If an ounce cried Blake and ho thrust his hand in hp pocket Thoio was a moments silence si-lence and Wlnthiopo glancing up saw the other staling In blank dismay Whats tip he asked Lost my knife WhenIn the pool If we felt about No aboaid ship or In the surf here is my knife Yes almost big enough to whittle a match Mine would have done us some good It Is the best steel All light lets see you cut up the fishHitt Hut you know Blake I shouldnt know how to go about it I never did such a thing And you Miss Jenny GUIs are supposed to know about cooking I novci cooked anything In all my life Mr Hlake and its alive and 1 am very thlisty Mr Hlake1 Lord commented Blake Give me that knife Though the blade was so small the Vmoilcans hand was strong After some little haggling the cotv phone was killed and dieased Blah washed both It and his hands In tho pool and 1 began to cut slices of flesh fiom the llshs tail Wo have no lire Wintluopo 10 nilnded him lushing at tho word Thats line assented HIake In a cheerful tone and ho offered Win tin ope two of the pieces of law flesh Heies jour breakfast lime trimmed piece Is for Miss Leslie Hut Its raw Heallj I could not think of eating law fish Could i you Miss Leslie Mlsa Leslie shuddered Oh no and Im so thirsty I could not eat any ihlngYou You hot you can 11311 led hut he Hotli of you take that fish and go to chewIng Its the stuff to easo jour ihltst u while wo look for water Good LordIn a week joull bo glad to eat law snake Ilnnlckj over clean fish when you wallow canvasback all but taw and beef running blood and raw oysters with their stomachs full of dis Intesiaixd animal matter to put i1 pollloljT You couldnt tell rattleannU brat h from chicken and dog maker flrst rate veal when jouvo jot to en1 It Ive had It straight from thorn tha knows that over In Franco they e snails and lishworms Its all a inn tel of custom or the style TO IlIS rONlINUIW |