Show a LF31TU iftfflt PTIffifi a V n 0 Qo p C I OBERT l M lr 1 Uflhw1JT lllUJlRA7 0YJBYR YWAITf J Q NOe er ACIfV uAQ MCo rapyM6Mr SYNOPSIS opens with thn shipwreck of The tinnier on which Miss Genevieve he Iteamer American heiress Lord Win eslie an Englishman und Tom Dlake an hrop American wero passengers brusque were tossed upon an unlnhab three fiS Island and wero the only ones not ined Blake shunned on the boat becamema hero iJSuuei of hU roughness became a hero Sfnreserver of the helpless pair Tho s preserver was suing for tho hand of nglshman Wlnthropo wasted his last Leille itch a cigarette tor which he was ClIS on by Dlake All three constructed cored to shield themselves from the sun II then feasted on cocoanuts the only heY ratilo food Miss Leslie showed a rocurablo butsdetested his rough 1ngrforoBlake but detested his rough Udnll Led by Blake they established n Come In < some cliffs Blake found a fresh Dome spring Miss Leslie faced an un ater situation Blake recovered his teatant magnifying glass thus insur ojnfe urveyor He started n Jungle fire killing nl leopard and smothering several i large leopards cavern they built i unman In homeleThey gained the cliffs by the bottom of a tree until It fell In urnlnll Erilnit the heights iThe trio secured IS from the cliffs i Miss Leallea white iii decided upon ai a signal Miss lrt was klrt sill made a dress from the leopard Overhearing a conversation be In Blake and Wtnttirope Miss Leslie een frightened Winthrope became came it with fever Blake was poisoned by a iih and almost died Jackals attacked I Ji camp that night but were driven oft Genevieve e Blake constructed an anl 1 I al 1 trap It killed n hyena On a tour trio discovered honey and oysters m his e Leslie was attacked by a poisonous Ske Blake killed It and saved Its pol to kill game For the second time frlnttiropo n was attacked by fever He fed Blako disagreed The latter made a Tong door for the private compartment t A terrible I Sass Leslies cave home form raged that night Winthrope stole arm Kto her room but slie managed to swing ter door closed In time Winthrope was dly hurt lie died the following morn li The storm tore down their distress I Vr 10 a new one wan swung friya a Emboo pole Miss Leslie hclpc a cov j nl WI nth ropes grave with stones CHAPTERXXXIII The End of the World I I linrtHfe B N the morning he met Miss any t j Klt Leslie with a sullen bear 8 ct ttHpNK lug which however did vwjit Kt t altogether conceal his desire to nouwlK on friendly terms Having re e Ou Bined her selfcontrol she responded Jthls with such tact that by evening arrta s Bch felt more at ease In the new re 1 BltinshlD and Blake had lost every IPlicd ce of his moroseness The fact for are it t both were passionately fond of sic proved an Immense help It e wltb ° le them an Impersonal source of I 1 teal sympathy and understanding common meetingground In the ill rid of art and culture apart from rl rus above the plane of their material f onetraf its did y iet for all his enjoyment of the le baby Is wide knowledge of everything sting to music Blake took care Arent t their talks and discussions did Interfere with the activities of only ll ilr primitive mode of life As soon be had finished with the barricade devoted himself to his tailoring God ViUl shoemaking while Miss Leslie me bath Seen her cooking and woodgather and dally visits to the cliff for I had much to occupy both her TONIGfI khts nnd her hands the tllenrPs loot tb i first t every ascent of the cliff was ut all sonar tiered by a painful consciousness rem Allen11 ove To ie cairn over the north edge For arlncw i Italy it was not In sight from the earths pea Inft Tb I ct path to the headland and as y aihaketAll4 I refrained from vlsltinc It the new owdcr later jPtnlngs of her wild llfo soon thrust Fc sAF odi tope and his death out of the en e0wr Wound of her thoughts Each day lIcn tad to nerve herself to meet the I and wings of the despoiled nest rhlrnpllfeil era each day she looked with ue twlstelll ter hope for the expected rescue unclate for only to be Increasingly dlsap 1etb and hi 1 I itedthe tthe I hours she spent on the cliff aid 11LhPlk 1 after I gathering the days supply thnbetb ggS were not spent merely In tW > flic then hlng and longing Tho Inconven uthl LIt 11 of carrying the eggs In a hand E1 hlef or In one of the heavy Jars vanterr llcmed rated a renewal of her attempt at l rouJkS o stay making Memory persover II O ka and a trace of Inventiveness en lea a beta Chlcao 1 her l er to produce a small bu the II ceahle hamper of split bamboo how copra ed by this success she r declslret freedo rod a quantity of tough wiry and and wove a hat to tako the I 01 the lllmsy palm I leaf make ar auss The result was by no mean casdri Mtory with regard to style its casdri1n aO6e being Intermediate between a rill can sombrero and a funnel but from Its appearance she could have wished for a moro com 1Ie head cover Before showing Blake I she WOVO a second one for I1 in that they were able to cast t the grotesque palmloaf affair > 1 I tame time I I Ii follOwing morning niake ap In an outfit to match her rdlkln dross lie had Hinged off r oi the hide out of which he i IUde his moccasins and his tkin trousers quite matched the i tIC stubble on his face I lIu Jenny ho hailed 4 You thlnk of this for fancy ai it torkt n4dl roure the very picture drlenliae vaquoro jttlr Rear uglti Lot me get bally ball-y Winy IlI1ntBI 115 You are very picturesque Ii ft en r E ha it Is 117 Glad 1vo got DtNJr altl 10 call your leopanllco 0it t n1nleuyouohuffync uJI WOnt onBE Inae you hurry t c tt0 If an al tabIaNnlP I d dl least caU our costumes mtlesl eWI WrU IerlR te1CC 0 fsPr Aunt wr fl IAM AICI frJg 1ci 41 j I S M fl t ii I I tf e Uko U G c J p Ht What Does Life Mean Anyway serviceable and mine has proved much cooler than I expected But our new hats beat all for that regular sunshades What do you saythereB a good breeze Lets take a hike Not to the river The very thought of that dreadful snake No Just the other way Ive been thinking for some time that we ought to run down to that south headland and take a squint at the coast beyond be-yond Ten to one Its another stretch of swamps but You think there is a chance we may find a town About one chance In a million oven for a native village The slave trade wiped the niggers off this coast and I guess those that hit out upcountry been country ran so hard they havent able to get back yet But It has been years since the slave trade was forbidden And they dont sell beer In Kansas oh no Ill bet the dhows still slipover slip-over from Madagascar when the moon Is In the right quarter At any rate niggers are mighty scarce or mighty watch shy around here Ive Kept a for smoke and havent seen a suspicion anywhere Maybe the picion of It swamps swing around Inland and cutoff cut-off this strip of coast It looked that way to me when I made that trip Hut theres a chance along the ildgc It used to be inhabited and we may village abandoned rim across an a that the discovery I do not see would do us any good How about the chance of grain or But thats all bananas still growing because we a guess Were going need a change She nodded and hastened to pre breakfast while he packed a skin pare examined the slender bag with food and matter As a of his arrows der tips he bad been keeping of precaution case where > the the cigarette them In of would be certain of a coaof points limA ft uu sticky poison and at the same the InflictlnB a chance against guarded now about to But as he was wound he fitted tips Into JJo Journey set out on a the heads of MB two straightest shafts still fresh when I morning was The barricade behind them closed the they There was the pool descellllClI to and no game In sight at the but commencement Blllke had no wish to hunt southwest of the trill The steady clear of Its wind hllli blown the sky promise of a malarial Haze and gave nolhlng i of should moW game day whIch calma day nn hlch game sultry would ho hard to stalk but one perfectly tramp for a long fectly suited headed ob of ticks lI1aklJ Mindful bench Once on to tho IIQuely across Bnnd the swung the Blllooth brisk hard pace llght hearted along at a spirit of adventure the with o and keen felt more compan Rover had thoy laughed and Leslie lonllulo Miss snatches ot songs chatted ant sang with his club time while Intake boat grand operahe to whistle soma or sought lips some Ilsterell had hoalell his 01 time before b1 Uuo 91 I nppllcatlons ufltelopc tallow Gulls and terns circled about them or hovered over the water ready to swoop down upon their finny prey Sandpipers ran along the beach within a stones throw but the curlews showed their greater knowledge of mankind by keeping beyond gunshot Once a great flock of geese drove high overhead their leader honking the alarm as they swept above the suspicious figures on the beach Like the curlews they had knowledge of mankind But the flock of white pelican which came sailing along In stately leisure on their immense wings floated past so low that Blako felt certain he could shoot one He raised his bow and took turn but refrained re-frained from shooting at the thought that it might be a sheer waste of his precious poison A little later a herd of large animals ani-mals appeared on the border of the grass Jungle but wheeled and dashed back Into cover so quickly that Blake barely had time to make out that they were buffaloesthe first he had seen on this coast but easily recognized by their resemblance to the Cape va pu riety Their flight gave him small concern for the time being he was more Interested In topography than game The southern headland now lay close before them Its seaward face rearing up sheer and lofty but the approach behind running down In broken terraces Midmorning found the explorers at the foot of the ridge Blake squinted up at the bowlder strewn slopes and the crannies of the broken ledges I Likely place for snakes Miss Jenny Jen-ny he remarked Guess Id better lead Eager as she was to look over Into the country beyond the girl dropped Into second place and made no complaint com-plaint about the wary slowness of her companions advance She found the most difficult parts of tho ascent quite easy after her training on the d treeladder BlaKe could nave taken ledges and nil at a run but as he mounted each terrace he halted to spy out the ground before him Like Miss Leslie he was looking for snakes though for an exactly opposite reason He wished to add to the contents of the cigarette case Gieatly to his disappointment and the girls relief neither snake nor sign of snake was to be seen all the way the ridge As they neared the crest up Blake turned to offer her his hand up the last ledges and In the Instant they gained the top The wind now freshening to a gale struck the girl with such force that would have been blown back she the ledges had not Blake clutched down her wrist Heedless alike ot which held her and painful grip the which tore at her skirt the gusts of girl stood gazing out across the the which stretched desolate swamps the southwest as far as the to away could see She did not speak eye until Blake led her down behind the of the crest ledges shelter 0 Whats the matter ho demanded Didnt I warn you t 1 She looked away to hide tho tears which sprang Into her eyes I cant explain only It makes me feel BoSO lonely 1 Oh come now little woman dont take on sal ho urged It might baa ba-a lot worse you know Weve gotten along pretty well considering You have been very kind Mr Blake and as you say matters might have boon worse I do not forget how far more terrible was our situation situa-tion the morning after the storm Yet you must realize how disappointing It Is to lose even tho slightest hope ol I escape Well I dont know If It wasnt fot the fever thats bound to coma with the rain I for one would Just ai leave stick to this camp right along providing the company dont change She turned upon him with flashing eyes all thought of caution lost In her anger How dare you say such a thing You are contemptible I I de splso you My Miss Jenny but you are prot ty when you get mad I he exclaimed The answer took her completely I aback Ho was neither angry nor laughing at her but met her defiant I glance with candid sober admiration There was something more than admiration I ad-miration In his glowing eyes yet she could not but see that her alarm had been baseless Ills manner had never been moro respectful Suddenly she found that she could no longer mast his gaze She looked away and stammered lamely Youyou should nt say such things you know Why not Hasnt everything been running smooth the last few days Havent we been good chummy comrades com-rades Of course youve got the worst of the deal I know Im not much on fancy talk but I like to hear It when Ive a chance Ive led a lonesome sort of life since they did for my iris ters No Im not going to rake that up again Im only trying to give you an Idea what It means to a fellow to be with a lady like you Maybe It snt polite to tell you all this but Its just what I feel and I never did amount to shucks as a liar T believe T linHnraf iinil you n Xfr uuuuiaiuiiu Blake and I really feel highly complimented com-plimented No you dont any such thing Miss Jenny Own up now I If I met you I tomorrow on your papas doorstep joud cut me cold I should If you continued to be sc rude Have you no regard for mj feelings But here we are talking nonsense when we should be going Is It nonsense he broke In What does life mean anyway Hen we can be true friends and comrades real free living people It cant hll that you want to go back to all those society shams after youve seen real life As for me what have I to gain by going back to the everlasting grind I dont mind work but when a man has nothing ahead to work for but a bank account when Its grind grind grind till your head goes stall and all the world looks black then theres no choice but throw up you Job and go on a drunk If you want to keep from a gun accident Maybe you dont understand It But thats what Ive had to go through time and again Do you wonder I like to fancy an everlasting picnic here with a little partner who wouldnt let mo come within shouting distance of her In the land of lavender trousers and peekaboos Mr Blake really you are most unjust un-Just I could not bo soso ungrateful ungrate-ful after all your kindness IwI should certainly be glad to number you among our friends Drink and all eh A man of your willpower has no need whatever to give way to such a habit habitCourse not If hes got anything In sight worthwhile Sxaa iiiough my folks must have Den poor white trash I never could go after money Just for the fun of the game No family no friends whatyoucall Itculturc Whats the use I have a fair head for figures but all the mathematics that I know Ive had Lu to catch hot off the bat Its true I grubbed my C E put of a correspondence corre-spondence school but a fellow has to have an allround crackup education to put him where Its worth while You still have tlmo to work up You are not much over 30 Twenty seven Twentyseven I should hays thought What a hard life you musl have had Hard work Well I suppose Panama Pana-ma did do for me some But It wasnl so much that Few fellows could hll up the pace Ive sot and come out at all I do not understand Just what you might expect o e follow In my fixall kinds ofeambU and drink andthe rpit of It TO DB CONTINUED |