Show I Frederic I ham By- By i- i SIham S. S I HALF D Ut n CD Ut r h Co t I I i The day lay slowly passed the Iho sun dried his hit clothes once or twice the bird made madea a sound sound sound-a cothes a plaintive little tone and and Involuntarily in- in voluntarily tho thie man moved moved- mo d' with wih care thinking n not to frighten It Jt But caution cauton In that regard seemed unnecessary forthe for forthe forthe the bird appeared very ery tame and not atall at atal atall all averse al Toward noon the man began to ti suffer more acutely from thirst and drawing out a sailors s oilskin pouch one of the few n possessions he had been bren allowed by bythe bythe bythe the police to retain he took tonk from frol It apiece a apiece piece of tobacco which he began to chew C At the same lame eyed the rest rpt of 1 the contents half half a n ships ship's biscuit sonic some fome matches and a mariners mariner's thimble IE The biscuit he broke and Ind throw a few crumbs where the timbers were wore dry near neat the bird For a 8 lon long time It I looked hokd atthe atthe at atthe the tiny white morsels but finally conquering con con- tny shyness hopped from Its Is perch and tentatively approached the tho banquet Hours went b by the man chewed chewe the bird pecked That night It rained in real rel tropical earnest and he lie made a water vess vessel 1 of earEst his shoe Rhoe drank man many times ate a I t. t few mouthfuls of biscuit and then placed the filled receptacle where he had thrown the fled crumbs As he lie did so he found Cound himself him self wondering if the dawn would reveal his little feathered shipmate or whether whethEr it had been swept away aay by the violence of the tho rain The earl early shafts Of day showed him hint the this bird on oil I its perch it had apparently found shelter sheler from rom the heavy downpour beneath some ome out timber tim tim- tm- tm her ber and seemed no worse for the The mans man's second glance was In Inthe Inthe inthe the direction of the island what ho he saw to his lila lips hips brought a sudden exclamation The land certainly seemed much nearer some somo current was as as sweeping them t toward ward The Frisco it slowly but Irresistibly Pot pet swore Joyfully his eyes shone I Imay 1 may do him yet yet he lie muttered The Tho bird chirped he lie looked at it Breakfast eh eli he said and tossed a few more crumbs near nar the shoe The day on the floating bo bow he Jle brooded a great deal heah the sharper pangs pang a of hunger assailed I him he lie grew desperately deeper desper eh ia d e impatient a the distance e to the tho island decreased so gradually A breeze brEeze from the coveted shore fanned his cheek he fancied It held hEld them hack bad and fulminated Culminated fulminated against t It the It-the the I-the the beneficent current curent the providential pro timbers A feeling of blind helplessness followed the sun attn heating beating down fiercely made him light he headed ag drew forth Hardly the r knowing last little maE e what blia bit of f i the he lie gl biscuit bit bis did i cult Cult ground it between his teeth and greedily swallowed it I. I The act seemed to sober him he ra raised his big hand to his brow and looked at Dearie through h the e contusion confusion u eO O of eJ lila his thoughts gr tn he e felt ho lie l h list had Jg done clone some home e despicable c thing That weren't fair fall play pia were It now he said looking at the bird That Thiat aint like a pal he ho repeated The bird remained re- re re remained silent he fancied reproach In Its It into bore bead like eyes ees they seemed to him And Anti you su such h a a small chap too he muttered then he turned his back on the tint Island and with head resting on his elbow uttered no further complaint That second day on the raft seemed much longer than the first s the second 6 night gJ of infinitely i greater a duration ur ib than the tivi preceding one but dawn revealed re the indeed th the Island very ery near near so near ner bird made up Its Is mind to try tr to reach It It mae looked at the man for a moment I. I I and then flew away Long he lie watched it a little dark spot now spot now that tha he be could I. I no longer see soe the now ruby on Its Is breast At length it I was as lost loet to sight swallowed up by the green blur bJur The small winged creature gone Ione the theman theman man inen missed it I. I Feared like ta glad gla to leave leavE such a pal he thought regret regret- fully The floating timbers became well el nigh Intolerable he kept asking himself if it he ho could swim to land hand but knowing i his weakness from long fasting he lie curbed curbEd his impatience His Ills eyes grew gre gre tired tred with lh staring at the longed for spot he lie suffered suf suf- the torments of Tantalus and finally final final- ly could endure them no longer So makIn making mak male In ing his clothes into a bundle he tied ted them around cothes his neck and slipped into the theater water w ater Half an hour later hater found him prone and exhausted on the yellow sandI sands Nearby earb tall tail tal and stately trees nodded at him close dose at hand a great geat crab him with reflective Interest hesitating between prudence and carnivorous de de- de- de sire Gluttonous inclination to sample lample the thE goods the gods had provided prevailed prevailed pre pre- pre pre- over o caution cauton it moved quickly Quick forward forward for tor- ward when h n what it had considered only an war unexpected and welcome piece do de re resistance resistance resistance re- re abruptly got up The tables gt were turned that which came to dine was dined upon a crushing blow demonstrated dem dem- the law of the survival of the fittest the th weaker adorned the board The man nian tore it I to bits ate It like the thE famished tarnished animal he lie was More Moie freely his blood coursed he looked hooked around arund saw other creatures and laughed There seemed little occasion for anyone to starve here the isle a beautiful emerald on the tue breast of the sea became a fair battleground au all aU he lie needed was as a club cub and he soon found that For a week nothing of moment interrupted inter inter- the even tenor of his existence he led the life of a savage and found it to his liking pounced upon turtles and cooked them kept his fire going be because because be- be because cause he had hut but few matches L Lying before the blaze at night near a little spring he told himself eJ that this was as better better bet bet- ter than being behind prison bars bats true tre he lacked Jacked company hut but he had known know n In It he worse solitude the solitude the solitary hl had wore lain thE on the hard stones here heie he lie had bad soft moss If only ho could reach out and touch those he hated the hated the unknown enemy whose face had bent over him a fleeting instant ore he lie had hand from the gunwale Dandy Jo the police agent agent if if Only too ti here the place would have hare been n i enough for hint him But then he lie timo the for reckoning mutt muM rome somewhere in the tho certain future u fatalist he lit nourished conscious lb tha co cnn as he nourished thi coals or fire i i iOther Other means to enhance his comfort chance afforded him fleshpots wore d wil beverage stronger and more w Si come than that which bubbled a trickled po ro musically nt it hit his feet fr fon fonday o oday day a box was washed ashore am sago sage from the civilized centers field of primitive man On its co wore were the words Via sailing vessel l r Nelson followed by tile the address convict pried the boards apart and Vv a about Rum Rum and and plenty of tt ibo it-ibo tb after bottle In an overcoat of Stra nestling lovingly one upon another BT man licked his lips knocked off ott a drank deep and then stopping stepping times carried his treasure to his bow Day after aftel day turned Its tta page me more into the peat past sometimes got up and not a pl thin look at staggered to the beach club There he would Slav some somo craw Ing thing from frons the sea return prize to mingle eating with til sated with both he would unconscious among the flowers prolonged Indulgence began to marked effect on his store bottle fart bottle was tossed off the empty flung aside to the daisies At day came when only two Iwo sr in the ease onse one full pair a survivors of the lot The Tho man mali out s set et them tip and regarded them sense of Impending of tragedy sniveled shivered through his dull consciousness lit lie for the ties and fondled started to I head from one and put it down Res ing desire he told himself he ha a look at the beach the ocean cast one box ol of well ties at hit his feet perhaps ii 1 would its hospitable action and make hi more the recipient of it jt bounty thought buoyed him to the thO shore lapped the sand with yd I Ian wh and there beyond tin tb- edge of tt singing ripples he saw t made him rub his dazed eyes eves To be continued 1 S |