Show p o ro- ro a I FOUL PLA y Y I By y Charles Reade and Di Dion o V Continued from I Yc Yesterday Morning lis Having lisIng Ing said these words s il ii I h n mo he became lethargic h Il and antI so O I remained lot for two lWI hours Indeed ho I spoke hut but once more and that hat was waslo I to lo Welch Ich thol though h the they were vere all him then thiet Messmate l said hr he he In a voice that was vas now faint taint an and broken n you an and I must sail fI to gether on this n new w woJ oJ voyage e. e Im I'm going out nut pf pC port ort first but In In a whisper of or inconceivable incon hie tenderness and simple cunning cunning cun cun- ning LII lie to outside o th the harbor till you como come out my boy l len he iH paused a moment Then he ito ml added ed softly For I love lore you Tom Torn These lh sweet wor words s w were le tho the last of or that rugged t silent sailor who never threw a n word away an and whose whoso rough breast t enclosed enclose a friendship ns qs of or the ancient wor word tender cr true and everlasting everlasting ever ever- lasting that sweetened his life anti and ennobled 1 his hl- death As ks ho lie deserved i mourners so he had hall true ones Ills His last words went WeIlt homo home to the afflicted 1 I hearts that heard them and amI the thc lady nu and gentleman whose lives he had hall I saved at cost of his own wept aloud alo over their departed epalt ll friend But ills Ms I messmates messmate's eye eyo was dry When rhen all I was over he Just turned to the mourners mourn mourn- ers and said gravely Thank ye sir thank ye kindly maam And AinI then he covered Nell the tha thebo bo body decently with the spare pare canvas and I lay a quietly down with his own head pillowed upon those loved broil r remains Towards afternoon seals were observed observed ob ob- ob- ob served wl d sporting on toe the waters but no attempt was ma made e to capture them thorn Miss lIs Rolleston had hall j Indeed n eed quite enough to do to sail the boat with Mr Hazels Hazel's assistance V Tho The night passed and the morning brought nothing new except that they fell In with weed sea in such quantities quan quan- titles the boat could oar hardly ly get through it It- 1 Mr r. r Hazel examined tho sea w sea weed cd carefully and brought severn several I kinds ls upon ullon deck Au An Amongst tile the varieties was wason on one like thin green strips of spinach vel very lender and amI succulent His botanical botan botan- lea ical I u ded cd weed sea and amI he recognized this as one of or the edible rock There WAS very little litHe of ot It comparatively com corn but ho he took great pains and arid in two hours time ha had gathered as us much as might till fill Lii a good slop slop- basI basin n. n S He lie washed it In fresh water and then asked Miss Rolleston for a pocket pock pock- et ot han handkerchief t r. r This he tied so o as asto asto to lO make a ba bag bai and amId contrived to boll boli It with the f few chips of or fuel Cuel that remained on board After Anel he had boiled it ten Len minutes there was no more fuel Cuel except a a. bowl or two and the hook boat ono one pair vair ur of oars and the ml an and stern thwarts Us tasted it and found round it glutinous ind delicious he ile gave Miss l some Ine and antI then Cc fed Welch Velch with the est lIe He poor fellow enjoyed this tills tea a spinach greatly ho he could no long- long r r swallow meat While Hazel was feeding feeding- him a alight flight light of oC ducks passed over heads s high ligh in the air all Welch pointed up tip at them Ah said Helen If IC wo we hind hall but bul their heir will wings s Presently a bir bird was seen coming In Inthe inthe the he same direction but flying very ery low it t along lowar towards s hemn very lowy an and at Ja Jast t. t to their great stir sur- came flapping an ant anti tried to toon tos s on the thc gunwale of the thc 1 oat boat Welch with that instinct t of slaughter n t. t m n stuck the hc boat boat- look into the the- birds bird's s 's back rl n rid I H It w wa s soon dispatched It Al proved Uj on ond o of that lint very flock of or f nd passed over o their theil heady heads ai d a crab was vas found fastened to his Jog C eg 0 It is that the bird bir to to O break its Hs long ong flight had rested O on l J some ome reef lU and perhaps been too b busy sy n fishing and caught this Tartar H Hazel lazel upon It U Heaven has las sent this for you because you OU cannot cat eat turtle But Hut tw next mo- mo meat he be blus blushed and r recovered his Ilis reason eason Sec See said 11 he referring to toh h r own wor words 8 this poor bird had wings wint yet ot death cath overtook her He Tie a bowl of or fuel nn and boiled tho the duck u l and t the tile crab In ono pot ot and anti Miss Miss' Miss ate ato demurely mt lint plentifully of or both Of the crabs crab's hell he lie made a little drinking vessel or tui i Miss JI no Cooper remained without funeral rites nil all this time tile the reason renson was a that Welch lay wilh his head pillowed upon ills his lend dead friend a and 11 1 ha had hiatT not noL he the heart healt to disturb him But ut It was as the survivors survivors' duty uty to commit him to thi th the deep C IJ anti and so Hazel sat at down own h by 13 Welch and asked him whether r he lie would not wl Avish vish il the thc services cs of the Ule church to be e rca read over o his departed friend V In ill COUl course e. e sli said Welch But ut the next moment he look Hazels Hazel's meaning an and said sali hurriedly Xo No no I cant can't let lot Sain S be hurled burled In the sea Ye see sir Stun Sam an and I. I we m are arv used to one another and anti I cant can't abide abill to tart with him hull alive or 11 tl dead a Ah AltI saul Hazel the host bot friends must part when death loath lakes takes one A Ay ay when lives JI But Dut Lord Lor bleSt bless you ou sir lr J I be he long of my messmate here hOle cant can't you ou se sec that V Heaven forbid said ald Hazel surprised sur sur- pried and alid alarmed Why h you are not wounded mortally as Cooper was as Have o a good heart man and we Lorce old England yet et Well Wc sir s said iid Welch coolly Ill tell ye we and my shipmate Prince was a cutting at one olie another with our knives es a smart time line an and r ho do properly wonder when when- J 1 think of or that days day's work for I liked the man well enough bu but rum ruin atop atoll of oC- oC starvation plays hell with H s men muon well sir sll as I Iwa Iwas Iwas wa was a saying he ho let more blood put out of me toe I could could afford aCCor to lo lose e un under er the circumstances s. s All ye see I pant cant ant make rr resEt fresh h blood because my Is so o swelled elle I by the Hie drou drought ht I ant wallow swallow much meat so o Im I'm sale safe to lo Jo Jose ose c the number of my mr mess and ai thing hung m my lily heart hearL Isn't altogether er el sal Pt tO towards living JIving Sam here lucre he lie helve live I lve me an i order what didn't ye e heat hear him Al Ill lie He to outride ide the bar says gays ho lie till you ou c come me out but He lie expects me rile to crane cpm out In his Ills wake Dont Don't ye C Sam aun am that was was was' and h he laid Ills his head hea gently on Oil the remains Now sir I Ishall Ishall Ishall shall ax the lall lady and antI you a favorI favor avor I want to lie alongside e Sam Sum But Hut if you ou bury burr him in III the sea and anti mo me ashore why d n d-n II n my eyes If Ir I slant bo 10 a thousand years or Oi so SC before I Ican Ican Ican can find my own messmate Is a nation l hl big lg place Im I'm told a hundred hun dred times limes a big as both oceans No sir you'll make land II by Sams Sam's reckoning reckoning reckoning reck reck- tomorrow or ot- next day wind ini and lido tido permitting Ill I'll take care of oC Sams Sam's hull lipil till ill then and well we'll lie to together to to- gether gotler till the angel blows that there trumpet and then well we'll go 10 aloft to together to- to gerber gether and as us oon soon as ever ver we have ma made e our pe to lo our our betters well Avell bota sp speak lk a n goo good word for you and tho the lady lallY a a. very ll pretty tty lady Judy she Is 11 an and a n good h and the tho best bust plucked ono out I et e dId See sec in iii any Lily distressed dis dis- e craft no now V ont don't ye cry miss dont don't y 3 ye cry you ou trouble Is pretty prell n near nc-ar ar tol on he IH said you lU tl not nt a hundred hunchel milus from roll land I if dont ilont lont know kIHl how I he knew that he ho wa was alwa always s a aV better J V V tV S I than tItan I IJ bo he hut but say a it ho he did and that lint ii is i- enough fur for h he no war wan a nia man manas n as never l' l a L lie nor w l' wasted a i word ord V V Welch could utter no more juM l then for foi 01 the lie glands of oc his were Swollen and ho he spoke with AVith c considerable considerable con con- f What t could Hazel has reply The ju judgment Is Is s sometimes ashamed 10 lo I j contradict the thc heart with wILli cold reasons I V He lie only said Avith a sigh h that h he I IW saw sat no signs of land and believed the they y had bath guile gone on a wron wrong course am an and In the tile heart head of the Hie Pacific Welch mado malo no answer but a n lol of oC natured good contempt Tho The id hl a of or this parson contradicting 9 San Sam am Cooper The Tue sun broke c and nd revealed the n il- il hie ocean CS a a. II tiny liny ny speck on It ft p Mr Hazel Miss soll RoUe-soll that thai Cooper must lie be- a At Al ten tell 1 p. p ii m. m they pas passed ed through more s seaweed but this tow tithe they ha halo hal had to lo eat the thc sea spinach raw an and there Avas WIlS er very little o of it At noon noon the sea was green in places Welch told them this was WWi a sig sign Lh they y were ivere nearing lan land At four p. p m. m a u bird about the size siz and color of or a woodpecker settled on the tile boats boat's mast Their glittering eyes fastened oui on It it anti and Welch Velch said Come theres there's a supper sup sup- per lId for you ou as can ean eat cat It No poor 1001 thing said Helen nol Rol leston lesion You are arc right said Hazel wit with witha I r a n certain effort of self restraint Let Lc Letour Letour our sufferings make malte us gentle no not savage that Hint poor Oot bird Is lost like u us upon this ocean It is ig a n lUnd land bird How hIow do 10 you know W Water Vf birds have webbed feet feet feet- to lo swim wlm with The Ih bird having rested rested rest rest- ed cd hew lIew to 10 the northwest V Helen lIchen by one of those e inspired lI impUlses impulses im im- un- un pulses her sex have altered the boats boat course COUlse directly an and followed the bin bird Half an hour before sunset lichen Hole h Rolleston whose vision Islon was Avas very keen said she sho saw something somethIng- at the tue verSe verge of the horizon like a hair hall standing upright In ten minutes more Helen ton Lon pointed It out again an and the Own Hazel did see a vertical line lint more Ilk Ilka like a ships ship's mast than anything anythIng- else on one could expect to see flee there Their eyes were now strained 1 I to tomake tomal mal make e It out out and as 31 the boat at id- id It became more and more palpable pal pal- pablo pable though It U was Avas hard to lo say exactly ex ox- what 11 It was Five minutes before the sun set ct th thair tile the theah ale air being clearer than over It stool out lean clean against the thc sky A tree tree tree-a lofty solitary tree trec with a a. tall stem like a a. column anti and branches only a athe at atthe t the he to tel top A palm tree tree tree-In In the m middle le of or th the Pacific ISIl CUAtT-ISIl An And but ut for the lie land bird which rested on their mast and for or their own mercy In spacing It it ft they thley would have ha passed to lo the eastward and neve neveu seen that giant palm paint tree In III mi mid mid- beean 1 10 O 0 J Jet t. t us put lut out au all ail our sails an ant ane fly to tu It cried Helen V Welch smiled and said No missye miss ye Lord love loAe ye e what ru run onto a land ye dont don't ont mow know happy g go 10 lucky In Itt the dark like that La Laher Lay her hel head for Cot or the tree n and w but you u must lower lowet- the thud ant anti and treble reef reet tho the i and so so V creep p pon on oil a a- couple of knots tan an hour am and b by daybreak find tte I Island Tan J close under your our lee lec Then Then- you cart look out for Cor a safe landing place The island Island- Mr Ir Welch Yelch raid Helen Itchen Hel Itch en There Thele is no island or I should have ha seen iL it itO O 0 0 the island was as hull down Wh h you dont don't as palm trees grow groA in the water Avater You do 10 as I say o or you'll get wrecked on some sonic thundering thunder thunder- ing reef or or other V Upon JI n this Mr Hazel and anliss Miss iss Rolleston Rol no 1 l boston leston ston set to work vork an and amid with consid consid- arable crable lowered the m mainsail in il and ancl treble reefed the time foresail That is right Ial said Welch Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow To morrow you'll lan land in safet safety and bury my messmate and me meO me O 0 no cried Helen We Ve iVe must bm bury hin but Ve We mean to cure eure you Oll They obeyed Welch's Welchs Instructions lions and amid so o crept on all nil night an and j so o w Avell 11 ha had this able seaman saman late distance and rate rale of sailing lint when tho tIm sun rose sure surd enough thorp was an island under their lee Ice distant distan about a league thou though h it looked much mud less But the lie palm tree ti-ce was Avas more inure than twice tice that distance Owing to Wind Avind an and current thc they thoy rind nad made lee Ice way vay all night and arid that hint tree treo stood on tho the most niost point of the island Huzel and Ii Miss s Rolleston stood up uj antI and hurrahed for COl uj- uj jO joy then thun fell on their knees in silent gratitude Welch Ieh only smiled But the breeze had freshened and nal thou though h there were tere no great reat waves a asea at sea jet cl breakers formidable lo to such sucha a craft crull as theirs were ere seen Seeli foaming over long disjointed reefs aliened ahead grinned black and L dangerous here and there The They then thou consulted Welch and he lie tol told them tho they must tack lack directly and make a n circuit of the tue island ho lie had tt tp show them how to tack and the sea rising they got Jot thoroughly wetted Hod l. l an and Miss rather frightened was Avas a peril tho thoy had onder hadAA wonderfully wonder Yond r- r fully escaped hitherto however cr before eleven elc o'clock thu thoy had stood ou out t to sea an and coasted the whole south sIde of lie Iho island thc they then lien put hut tho the boat before the wind and soon ran past juart tile the OUSt eat const cot which was narrow narrow narrow-In in fact fuel a a. sort Of IC r head bluff head and and got on the northside north si side c of or the lie Islan Island Hero Here lie Iho wa Avater er was Avas comparatively cly smooth an and theair the theair air warm and halm balmy They Tho V ran ranged cc along the coast at about a miles mile's dIstance distance dist dist- ance looking out for a good 1 land V ing Here was Avas no longer an un ull unbroken rokel hue lino of or cliffs cHITs but an undulating coast bulging rocks s. s and amid lines Jines of or reef eec Arter a mile or two of oC that the tho coast ran rm out J and they Ims passed close to 0 a n most extraordinary phenomenon nom of or vc vegetation Great Gloat tangled woods crowned the shore and ancl the landward slopes S un und and their grand foliage COllage seemed seem seem- cd ed to lo flo over 01 into the lie sea for here herc wa was Avas a broad rocky fiat hat intersected d with a thousand little channels of tho sea ea and the thousand little islets so formed were |