Show I IBy FOUL PLA PLAY Y By Charles Reade and Dion Continued from Yesterday Morning That Is ig a different thing said Helen Hel en graciously you must not have your yom trouble for tor nothing not I suppose Directly after breakfast t. t H Hazel took his axe xe and some ropo rope from the boat and went off In a great reat hurry to the jungle In half hair an hour or so ho returned returned re- re turned dragging a large largo conical shrub armed with spikes es for leaves incredibly Incredibly bly bh dense and prickly There ere said he theres a vegetable ble porcupine for tor you ou This is your our best defense against that roaring Bug Bug- bear ItI It That little litHe tree trec said ale Helen The I tiger Iger would soon jump over o that that Ay but not over this and sixty more A wall of oC stilettos Dont Don't touch lit it t please He worked ver very hard har all day and brought ought 12 of or these prickly prIck trees to the he bo bole bob b by sunset He Ho was vcr very dis- dis with his days day's work seemed quite mortified This comes of oC beginning begin begin- ning at the wrong end ho said I III I went vent to work m like e a fool I should have lave b begun by making making- a cart cart But you OU cant can't do that sal said Helen soothingly no no gentleman can make mako a cart Oh surel surely anybody mako maleo can a cart by thinking a little said heI heI he I III wish said fald Helen listlessly you ou would think of something for or me to todo todo do do I begin to be ashamed of not help- help Ing ng Hum Humi You can plait 1 Yes as far Car as seven stran strands s Then you OU need never be bc e ed We Yo want ropes and shall wan want largo argo mats for the rainy weather He went to the place wherein c u had warned varned her of oC the snakes and cut a great bundle of or long silky Ilk grass surprisingly sur- sur tough yet et neither harsh nor juicy ulcy he brought it to her and saId sale ho he 10 should be ver very gla glad of a hundred yards ards of oC light cord three ply and five e pi ply She Sho was wes charmed charme with the th grass and the he very VetT next morning she camo came to breakfast with It nicely prepared and alood deal of oC cord made and hanging round her neck She Sine found some preparations preparations prep prep- for carpenters carpenter's work lying Ing about Is that great log for tho time cart said she he Yes It Itis is a section of a sago salO tree What Vh t our sago The basis See Sec ee in the center it is all soft oCt pith He got from lom the boat one ono of or the augers that had scuttled the he Proserpine and soon turned the pith out The They poun pound the pith in water and run it through linen then set Mt tho the water In the sun to evaporate The Time sediment is the time sago of or commerce and sa sad Insipid stuff It Jt is 15 Oh please dont don't call anything names ono one has eaten in England said Helen sorrowfully After a hast hasty meal she an and Mr 11 Hazel Hazel Hazel Ha Ha- zel worked for a n wager waler Her taper lingers Ingers went like the wind an and though thoun she he watched him and asked questions she he she never stopp stopped d plaiting Mr Hazel was vas no carpenter he was merely Brains Drains spurred b by Necessity He went to o work and sawed oft off four fOUl short disks of ot the thc sago log Now what are arc those pra pray asked Helen I I The liThe w wheels primitive primitivo wheels And here are the linchpins ma made e of or hard hardwood I wood I them at o odd d times Ho then produced two young oung lime trees rees he had rooted up that morning and sawed poles in fu a minute Then he ho bored two holes in each cach pole about four tour Inches from flom either elthel extremity It ity ty and fitted his linchpins then he drew out his linchpins passed each pole first through one ono disk and then toen through another and fastened his linchpins linchpin Then he hc ran to tho the boat and n carne came came back with the stern and the thwarts He drilled with his renter enter bit three rows vs of holes in these two wo inches from rIom the e edge se and now lichens Helens work rk came in her grass rope b bound und the thwarts to the horizontal poles leaving the tho disks s room to play pia easily between en the thwarts thwart and tho the linchpins but there thero was an open space thirteen inches broad between tho the thwarts this tinny space Hazel herring herring- boned over oyer with some of ot Helens Helen's rope drawn rawn as tight as po possible Tho The cart vas now made Time occupied in its pro reduction production three hours and forty rain min utes utes The rhe maler was VCr very hot and Helen lelen asked him timidly whether ho hoha ha md had not better rest ret and eat No time tOt for or that said he lie Time liTho day ay is s not half hair alf long enough for what I to do o. o He drank copiously from the stream tream put the carpenters carpenter's basket into he time cart got the to o ropo rope from tho the boat oat and fastened It to the time cart in this shape hap hapA A A putting himself In the toe cen- cen tre rc So now the was the horse ort e. e and off they went rattling and creaking to the J jungle Helen turned her stool and watched this his pageant enter entel the time Jungle She Sie plaited on on but not so 50 merrily Hazels Hazel's companionship and bustling way had somehow kept her Imer spirits up But nut whenever she sine was wali left leCt alone she he gazed on tho the blank ocean ane and her herh heart h died Hed within thin her At last hist she strolled pe pensively towards the Jungle jUIll plait plaiting Ins busily as she went an and hanging hang han lug ing the rope i round her neck as fast as she ma made e It ft At the tho edge of the Jungle she found Hazel in a difficulty cult He had cut down downa I Ia a wagon waon load o of prickly trees and wanted wante to get all aU this mass of or noli soli me on to wretched little cart but had not rope ropo enough to Keep It together to together together to- to gether she gave him plenty of new newline newline newline line and partly by fastening a a. small rope to the big rope ropo and an so making tho time big rope a receptacle partly b by artful tying the they dragged homo home an incredible loa load To be sure some of or It draggled half along the ground an and came after like a peacocks peacock's tall He lie ma made e six trips and amid then the sun I was low so he began to build He lie raised a rampart of these prickly trees a rampart three feet wl wide e and eight feet high but it only went round two sides and a half haIr of the bower So then ho had failed a again aln and lay Jay down worn out by fatigue Helen Rolleston though dejected herself could not help pitying him for his exhaustion In her service and for his bleeding han hands s she undertook the cooking and urged him l kindly to eat cat of every dish and when he lie roso rose to go 10 she thanked him with as much feeling as modesty modest for the great Ireat pains he had taken to lessen those fears tears of or hers here which ehe she saw sn ho ho did not not- share These rhese kind words more than repaid him He went to his little den in aglow a aglow aglow glow of or spirits and the next morning went oft off In a a. violent hurry hurr and for tor once seemed glad to get away from her Poor Mr l Hazel sal said she softly and watched him out o of sight Ight Then she site got sot her plait and went to the high highpoint highpoint point where he had barked a a. tree trec and looked far tar and wl wide o for tor a a. sail The Tho air nil was won wonderfully clear the whole ocean seemed in sight but it was blank A great awe fell upon her and sickness sick sick- sickness ness of heart and then first fust she ne began beg to fear she was out of the known world and might die on that Island or never be found by tho present generation generation generation gen gen- and this sickening fear lurked In her from that hour and led to consequences consequences consequences con con- sequences that will bo be related relate shortly She did ld not return to for l' l a long while and amI when she he did she found Hazel had hac HH completed complete her fortifications He lie Invited in invited invited In- In her to explore the time western part of the Island but she declined I Thank you OU she sal said not today there thero Is something to bo be done dono at nt home homo I r have been comparing m my abode with yours and the time contrast contra t mal makes e me uncomfortable uncomfortable un un- comfortable If IC it doesn't you ou Oblige me b by building yourself a house What in an afternoon 1 Why not You ma made mado o a cart In hm a forenoon How can I tell your yom limits limit You arc are quite out of my poor little depth Well Kell at all events you must mus must roof the boat or 01 something Come Como be good for once fin and think a little o of yourself elf There Ill I'll sit by an and what amid what wha shall I do O whilst you ou aro are working t to oblige mo me Make Mako a fishing net of cocoanut fibre four foul feet deep Hero's Heros plenty o or of material all prepare prepared Why V hy 1 Mr l Hazel you jou ou must work worl h In your our sleep No but of course I am not idle J idl le when I am alone an and luckily I have made a spa spade e out of hard woo wood at odd hours hours- or 01 all the afternoon would go goIn goIn goin In making that that A sA spade You are going oln to dig a ahole ahole aholo hole holo In the tho ground and amI call It a houie hou c. c That will not do for or me Y You will see seo said Hazel The boat lay In a little triangular creek tho the surrounding earth was wab al alluvIal alluvial alluvial al- al clay a sort of black cheesy mould stiff but kindly ly to work worl with the spade Hazel cut all and chiseled It fl flout out at a n grand Irand rate and throwing it to the he sides ral raised l d by degrees two mud banks ono one on each side of oC the tho boat Loat and at last ho Imo dug so 0 deep that he was enabled enable to draw the boat another yar yard Inland As Helen sat by bt netting and amid forcing a smile now and then though sad Gad at heart he ilP was on his hs mettle and the tho mud walls he raised In four hours were really wonderful erful He lie squared re the time Inner in- in ncr ner sl sides es with tho time spa spade e. e When he had done dono one the boat lay in a hollow the time walls of or which half hale natural h half lt artificial were live five feet above the gunwale an and of or cour course courso u. u eight feet Ceet above her bottom in n which Hazel use used to lie He at night lIe He Hehen lIethen liethen then hen made another little wall at the boats boat's stern and lal laid palm branches branche over o all and a few huge banana leaves from tho time jungle got a dozen ozen large stones out of oC the river tied four tour yards of Helens Helen's grass rope from stone to stone and so 0 passing the ropes over the ho roof confined It otherwise a sudden sudden sudden sud sud- den gust of wind ml might ht lift It There said he am I not as well off of as you I you I a a. great tough man Abominable lo waste of or time I call It ft IL Humi said Helen doubtfully All this his Is ver very cl clever ver but 1 I doubt whether It t will keep out much rain More than yours ours will said Hazel and that Is a avo very serious timing thing I am afraid you OU little know how serious But tomorrow if you ou please I will examine examine examine ex ex- amine our OUI resources and lay our whole situation before ou oU u and ask your ad ad- vice As to your Bugbear let lot him roar Us hits heart out hia hla reign is over Will WillI I you ou not come and find seo see your wooden I walls lie Ho then took look lichen Helen and showed hoed ho ed her herthe herthe the time tremendous nature of her fortification fortification 1 tion and assured her that no n no beast o of prey prcy could coul face it nor even cven smell at it it ft with impunity And as ns to the door here tho the defense was double and treble treble treble tre tre- ble but attached to Lo four Cour grass cords two tuo passed into the abode lound round each of the screw pine pile trees at the e east cast st side i inn nn and were kept in their places b by pegs pego I driven Into the trees tees When you OU are arc up said Hazel you you ou I pull these four cords steadily an and your four guards will draw buck back right and left leCt with all their bayonets an and you youcan youcan ou can come out out- out Helen was very much with this arrangement and dl did not disguise c chel her hel gratitude She slept in n peace and comfort that night Hazel too profited profiled pr by the mu mud walls an and leafy leay roof root sho shu had compelled him to roar r ar for this night was col colder er as It happened than any ant prece preceding night since they c came me ashore In tho the morning Hazel saw w agreen u a green Ireen turtle on the shore which was unusual at that time of year He lie ran and turned her hel with some difficulty then brought down his cart cut off of her head with a blow and in due com course so dragged drage her up the slope She weighed pounds He showed Miss n s Rolleston Rolleston Rolles folios ton the time enormous shell rave eave her a lecture lecture lec lec- ture turc on turtles and especially on the four species known to South Sc Sea navigators nav nav- the the trunk turtle the tho loggerhead loggerhead logger logger- o ger- ger head the green turtle and the hawks hawks- hawksbill bill from which last and not from any tortoise e he lie assured her came the tortoise tortoise tor tor- toise tolse shell of commerce And no now said ald he he will you Jou not give up or suspend your Jour reptile theory an and cat a little gr en I turtle thel of them all aU I r think I must after aCter all that sai said raid she and rather rattler relished It That morning he me kept his Imis word and laid their case before her He said We are arc here on on onan an island that has probably been seen en and disregarded disregarded by a few whalers but Is not known to navigators nor down on any chart There is a wide range of vegetation vegetation vege vege- tation proving a delightful climate on I the whole an and one particularly suited to you JoU whose lungs are delicate But then comparing the be beds s of the riVe riVe-I'M rivers with time the banks a CL tremendous fall fail of ofrain ofrain ofrain rain is Indicated The rainy months in these latitudes are arc at hand han and if iC these rains catch us in out our present con condition llon it will be e a calamity You have walls but no roof roar to keep It out I tremble when I think of oC it This isny is ism ismy m my ny main My 1 next is about your our sustenance during luring tho the rains we wo have no stores un under er cover no fuel no provisions but hut a it few Cew cocoanuts Wo r use uso two inciter matches a day an and what is to become of oC us at that rate late In theor theory fire lire can cnn be got b by r rubbing two pieces of or wood together Selkirk Is li sal said to have o so obtained it from pimento pi pimento pimento pi- pi mento woo wood on Juan Fernandez but butIn butIn butin In fact I believe the art is confined to savages s I never novel met a civilized d man who could do It an and I have que questioned I scores of ot voyagers As for tOI my weapons weapons weapons ons the they consist of or a boat hook hool and an axe no gun no harpoon no lance Jance My l tools aro are a blunt saw a blunter axe a wooden spa spade e two great augel'S augers augers au au- gers gelS that I believe had a u hand in bringing ll us here but have havo not been any use uso to o us since a n centre bit two planes a a. hammer a pair of pincers two brad awls three gimlets two scra sera scrapers scrapers pers pens a d line a large pair of scissors an and you have a small pair two gauges gauges- a driver five cia clasp knives a few screws and nails of ot various various various va va- va- va rious sizes two |