Show ED cume OZ 00 arod k M SYNOPSIS the stor tory y 0 copins P a n a with the shipwreck of the teamer steamer 0 on n which miss genevieve ledue an american heiress elresa li lord win I 1 rop on ens I 1 liman and tom blake a ame r ai carl w ere apse agers tha three were tossed upon art an un uninhabited ahab island and were uie the only ones not drowned blake recovered from a drunken stupor blake shunned on n the boat because ot of his roughness becaro a liero hero as aa preserver of tho the helpless pair ali was suing for the hand of bilas alsa leslie blake started to swim back to tho the ship to recover what was left bloke blake returned safely winthrope wasted wanted his fits last match on a algarotti for which lie was waa scored by alake their first meal was a dead lh the trio started a ten teft mile hike e tor for higher land thirst attacked tack d t them hem blake was compelled to earry carry miss leslie on acco account u nt of 0 weariness lie he taunted winthrope they entered the jungle CHAPTER V continued find those thurna thorns a whole lot w worse ors e muttered blake to be sure sura and miss leslie fully appreciates your kindness interposed Vin winthrope 1 I do indeed mr air blake im sure 1 I never could go through here without your coat all right got the chandker hand ker chief 1 I put it in one of the pockets do to tie up your hair miss leslie took the suggestion the big bag square of linen over lier fluffy brown hair illace alake waited only for her to draw out ont the kerchief before lie he began to torce a way through the jungle now and then he beat at the tangled vegetation with hta his club though he held to the line by which he had bad left tho the thicket tacket yet all his efforts tailed failed to open an easy passage for the others many of at the thorny branches sprang back into place behind him and as alias leslie who was the first to follow sought to thrust them aside the tha thorns pierced her delicate skin until ler her hands were covered with blood nor did winthrope stumbling and hobbling behind her bet fare any better twice he trip tripped headlong into the tha brush scratching his arms and face blake took his own punishment as a matter of course though his tougher and thicker skin shin made his injuries less painful he advanced steadily along the line of 0 bent and broken twigs that marked hta his outward passage until tile tie thicket opened on a ot grassor beneatha wild y by jovel jove exclaimed winthrope a banyan banya nl banyan well it british for a daisy youve hit it responded blake just take a squint up here hows that for a roost winthrope yin and miss leslie stared up dubiously at the edge of a led of 0 reeds reeda gathered in the hollow ot of one ot of the huge flattened branches at its junction with the main trunk of the banyan 20 feet above them will will not the mosquitoes pester ns its here among the trees objected win storm must have blown era em away I 1 seen any yet there will be millions after sunset k abe maybe hii but t I 1 bet they keep below our roost but how aro are we to get up so high inquired miss leslie 1 I can an swarm this drop root and ivea ive a creeper ready for you two explained lblake alake suiting action to words he climbed up the small trunk of 0 the air root and swung over into the hollow where he ha had piled the reeds across the broad limb dangled a ropelike rope like creeper one end of which he be had fastened to a branch higher up tip ile he hung flung down the tree free end to winthrope look lively pat lie he called th the suns most moat gone and twilight dont lost laut all night in these parts get the ila line e around miss leslie and do what you cafin can on a boost 1 I see but you know the vine Is too stiff to tie blake sallied an gaqi and jerked the end ot of the creeper up into his hand when liek he threw it down again it was waa looped around arlund and fastened in a bowline knot now miss leslie get aboard and well have you up tip in a jiffy he said are you sure you can lift me asked the girl ns as rolle slipped ahe loop over her shoulders blake laughed down at them thein well I 1 guess yes yeal once hoisted a fellow out of a 60 50 foot prospect bole big tat fat dutchman at that you dont weigh over ile her had bad stretched out across the broadest part of the branch As miss misa ledill seated herself in the loop lie he reached down and began to haul up on the creeper hand band over land hand though frightened by the novel manner of ascent tha girl clung tightly to the line above her head and blake hadano had no difficulty in raising her until she bhe swung directly beneath him here however he found foual himself iu in a quandary the garl seemed seeded as helpless do aa a child and he be was waa lying flat ilow how could lii ila left hor her above aboe tho the level of the brinch branch take hold the other line ile he said the girl gir hesitated do 7 you u hear bear grab it quick and pull up hard it yott dont want a tumble the girl seize belze the did part ot of the tha creeper litch wa waa fastened above abode and i drew he up with convulsive en brij erg instantly alaka rose to hla his alecs and grasping tho the taut I 1 rp ki its only a beast killed something down below with one hand reached down with the other to swing the girl up beside b him im 1 on on the branch all right miss MIBs jenny he ha reassured her as aa he felt her tremble sorry to scare you but I 1 have made it without now if just hold down my legs well soon hoist hs his lud ile he had seated her in the broadest pv of the shallow hollow where the branch joined the main trunk ot at the fig heaped with the reeds which lie had bad gathered during the afternoon it made such a cozy shelter that she at once forgot her dizziness and fright nestling among the reeds she leaned over and pressed down on his bla ankles with all her strength the loose end of at the creeper had fallen to tho the ground when blake lifted her upon the branch and winthrope was already slipping into the to loop P and blake ordered him to take it off and send up the club chib As the creeper was again flung down a black shadow swept over the jungle hello sunset called blake look sharp therel there all ready responded winthrope blake drew lit in a full breath and be gan to hoist the position was waa an i awkward one and winthrope weighed 30 or 40 pounds more than miss aless leslie but as aa the englishman came within reach of the descending loop he be grasped it and did what he could to ease blakes efforts A few mo me ments found him as high above the ground as blake could raise him without waiting for orders ho he swung himself upon the upper part of the creeper and climbed the last few feet unaided blake grunted with satisfaction C as he pulled him in upon the branch you may do after all he be said at any rate were all aboard abcar A for the night and none too soon hear that what Wb at lion I 1 guess not that yelping u r listen the brief twilight was already fading into the darkness of a moonless night nail and as the three crouched together in their shallow nest they were soon made audibly aware of the savage nature of their surroundings gathering night the jungle wakened into full life from all sid aldus u came the harsh squawking of birds the weird cries of monkeys and other small creatures the crash of heavy animals moving through the jungle and above all the yelp and howl and roar of beasts of prey after some contention with win blake conceded that the roars oi of hla his lion fon might be nothing worse e than the snorting of the hippopotami au aa they camo came out to browse for the night n ig in this however there was small comfort colfo t since winthrope presently reasserted his film belief in tho the climbing ability p of leopards and expressed his bla opinion that whether or not herd bhend were lions in the neighborhood certain cermin of at the barking roars they could hear came from vie tio throats of the spotted climbers even blakes hair bristled M hla his imagination pic brkl abst on kofl otelha iq kraal rats data upon them in the darkness from the far end of their nest limb or leaping downour down out of the upper branches branch the nerves of all three were at their highest tension when a dark form swept past through the air within a yard of at their faces miss leslie uttered a stifled scream and blake brandished brandishes bran dished his club hut but winthrope who had caught a glimpse of tho the creatures shape broke into a nervous laugh its only a fruit bat lie he explained they i feed eed on the banyan figs you know in the reaction from this false alarm both men relaxed and began to yield to the effects of the tramp across the mud flats arranging the reeds as best beet they could they stretched out on either side of miss leslie and toll fell asleep in the middle of 0 an argument on how flow the prospective leopard was mostly likely to attack miss leslie remained awake for two or three hours longer naturally she was more nervous than her companions pan ions and she had been refreshed by her afternoons nap iler her nervousness was not entirely due to tho the wild beasts though blake had taken pains to secure himself and his hl companions in n loops of the creeper fastened to the branch above Win winthrope throve moved about so restlessly in his bis sleep that the girt girl feared he would roll from the hollow at last her limbs became so cramped that she was compelled to change her position she sha leaned back upon her elbow determined to use again and maintain her watch the moment she was rested but sleep was waa close upon her there was it lull in the louder noises of the jungle ifer her eyes closed and her head sank lower in a little time it was lying upon shoulder and she ana us fast asleep As blake had bad asserted the mosquitoes had either been blown away by the cyclone or did not fly to such a height none come came to trouble the he exhausted sleepers CHAPTER VI man and gentleman wry IGHT had almost passed and ana all three soothed by the he re freshing coolness cool nea 5 which preceded the dawn were sleeping their soundest when a sudden fierce roar fo followed llowd instantly by a piercing squeal caused even blake to start up in panic miss leslie too terrified to scream clung to winthrope who crouched on his haun hatin chea little less overcome blake was the first to recover and puzzle out the meaning of the crashing in the jungle and the tha ferocious growls directly beneath thella lie still he whispered were all right its only a beast that killed something down below us all ait sat listening and as the noise ci ril the in the thicket died awa they could near hear the boast beast be beneath bene them tear at the body of its victim the air ir feels feela like dawn whispered winthrope ol pe well soon eoon be able to see aee the brute and h he aits us rejoined blake in this both were mistaken during the brief false dawn they were puzzled by the odd appearance of tho the grou ground nd the sudden lood flood ot of f till nil daylight found them staring down into a dense white fog so they have that here muttered I 1 blake aake fever fogl fog Ill beastly eastly shame shaine echoed winthrope im st sure 1 re the creature has gone oft off this assertion was wag met by an outburst of snarls and yells that made all start back and crouch down again in their sheltering hollow As before illace was waa the first to recover bot bet youre right ho he said the tha big one has bas gone off anti and a pack 0 of f those these african coyotes tire aie having a scrap over the hones bones you mean jackals jackala jac kals it sounds like ilka the nasty beasts if it for that fog id go down and get our share of the game 44 would it not be very dangerous mr r make blake asked miss leslie what a fearful 1101 noise se ive chased coyotes off a calt with a rope but not the proposition propos Ulon you dont find me fooling around in that sewer gas gaa of a fog well roost right where we are till the sun does for it weve got enough malaria in us ua already will it be long blake asked winthrope huh getting hungry this quick walt wait till youve tramped around a week with nothing to eat hut but your shoes surely mr blake it will not be so bad protested miss alias leslie sorry miss jenny hut but cocoanut coco anut palms dont blow over every day and when those nuts nuta are gone what are we going to do for the next meal could we not make bows bowa suggested winthrope there seems to be no end of game about bows and arrows without points neither at 0 us its could hit a barn door anyway we could practice sure six weeks training on air pudding 1 I can do better with a handful of 0 alanus 1 then wo we should go at rince once to tho the cliffs said miss misa leslie now youre talking and its pike peak or bust for ours heres idere N oil one a night to tile the good but we wont last iuan many more it we dont get ore fire its flints were after now could we not make tire fire by rubbing sticks said winthrope recalling hla his suggestion of the previous morning ive heard that natives s have no trouble sove 1 I and more moie ive seen em do it never could make a go of it myself though but it you remember how it la Is dono done we have at least some chance give you ten to one ona odds no well scratch around for a hint flint good and plenty before we waste time that way the mist to Is going observed miss leslie no lie now for our coyotes wheres my club till all left winthrope peering down 1 I can see the gr ground ol 01 ind clearly and there Is not a sign of the beasts there are the bones bonem left ot at them added blake its a small deer I 1 suppose well here goes goed ile ho threw down his bla club and dropped the loose end of the creeper after it As the line straightened he bo twisted the upper part around hla his log leg and was waa about to slide to the ground when ho he remembered miss leslie think you can make it alone he ha a bleed abbed the girl held up her hands sore more and swollen from the lacerations of the tha thorns wake blake looked at them frowned and turned to winthrope win auml you got it too and tn in the face he grunted how allows your ankle winthrope wriggled his foot about and nd felt the injured ankle 1 I fancy it lif is much better lie ho answered there seems to lie be no swell log ing and there Is no pain now lucky though it will uno una up later take a slide n now weve got to hustle our breakfast aru t 1 1 find a way to get over the river TO RK BE sounds which carry at sea by naval experts in wireless telephony as to the sound which will carry carri the he greatest distance at sea develops that a siren under 72 pounds of steam pressure will emit a blast which may I 1 ba heard beard 10 40 miles next comes tho the steam whittle whistle the tha found of which Is cirt led 20 miles among the softest sounds which carry a considerable distance Is the whistling buoy installed by the lighthouse board which has frequently been heard beard a distance of 15 miles old heads on young shoulders our children are growing mora independent it Is not th the fault of tho parents nor of we lie children we aro are not careless and they aria not ungrateful the of 0 life ajo u o responsible for the modem youth 11 Fa fanillen millen flerna Vl erna |