Show 1 S. S S' S By Charles Reade and Dion Continued front from Yesterday y Morning 1 Looking narrowly along the tow low for some oine good landing landing- where under shelter of or a tree they tey might repose re- re re-k re S. S pose for an hour and their midday repast they discovered an op- op cuing in the reeds a kind hind of lagoon r or r bayou extending Into the morass between the highland of the lie Island H- H and the tho circular mountain but close under the base of the latter Inlet In- In c. c let he proposed to explore and ao- ao 4 tHe sail was wai token down and and 3 the tho cutter was poled into toto the narrow f creek creet The rhe water here was vas so o shallow shallow low that the tho koel koe over the tho quick quick- kt sand Into which the our oar sank sank- freely freet Tie creek non toon became narrow the tk water deeper and of a blacker color and aM the banks moro more densely covered coved with cane They grew to the height 1 of ton and twelve feet n as clo cloo o as wheat In a thick crop The air nir felt dank and mu heavy and hummed with myriads of or insects Insect The black water i became s so o deep and the bottom so sticky that Hazel took to the oars again The Tho creek narrowed as they proceeded until it proved provet scarcely wide enough admit to-admit of his working the boat The height of the reeds hindered tho on either side Sud Suddenly Ul- Ul denly however and after proceeding very slowly through t the J ends bends of the Uie canal they decreased In height and andi density and they emerged into an open of if about five acres In extent a of oasis in this reedy desert created cre- cre by Y a 0 mossy mound which arose amidst the morass and afforded firm footing of which a grove of trees and nd S innumerable shrubs availed themI them them- I selves Helen uttered an exclamation of delight ni as this island of foliage in ina a sea ea of reeds met her eyes that had been famished with he the arid arki monotony of the brake a They soon landed p Helen Insisted on the tho preparations for their meal being left to her and having selected u 1 sheltered spot sh she mis nis soon busy with their frugal food S Hazel surveyed the thc spot and selectS select select- S luga red rea cedar was soon seated fort forty fet boe her head making a topographical topo topo- graphical survey of the neighborhood He found nd that thai the bayou by hy they had entered continued its iLc course to ti the northern northen shore thus of ofT the tte mountain or easterly end ond and forming of it a a. a separate island He that a quarter of a nib mile farther oh the tho bayou or canal parted forming twp streams of which that to the left seamed the main channel This ho he determined to follow Turning to the thew theu u w st t that Is Is towards Inwards their home he hest st v sa nt RE a. a L distance of two miles a crest o of hills liUs broken Into culTs cliffs which defined de de- fined the limit of the mainland The son son- had at one time lime occupied the tho site where the morass now stood These cliffs formed a range range- extending from north to south their precipitous sides clothed here and there therewith with trees marked where the descent was broken brok en by platforms Between Him and this range the morass extended hazel hazelI I took note of three places where the from these hills Into the marsh could he believed most readily bo ho made On the eastern side de and aid close above him arose the mountain Its form was of a a. truncated cone I and auLt it ce ely covered with trees c of nf nn size from l leaping leaping- Into a of growing at tho foot of his tree tree- Helen a few yards froth from him in itt acl- acl before a large shrub Look Mr Hazel what a singular production said the girl as she stooped to examine the tho plant Ilant It 11 bore borea a number of red flowers each growing grow grow- Ing out of a a. fruit like a prickly pear These lers flo were in a various stages some were just opening tulips others more advanced had expanded ex cx- like umbrellas and quite overlapped overlapped over over- lapped the fruit keeping It from sun and dew others had served their turn In that way and been withered by the rays But wherever this wan waa the case the fruit frutt had also burst open and una displayed or discharged its contents con con- tents and those contents looked like but on in narrower inspection I- I to no ho little litt Insects with pink transparent wings and bodies of in incredibly incredibly in- in credibly vivid crimson Hazel examined the fruit and flowers very Vry carefully and stood rapt trans trans- fixed It must It must be and be-and and it Is said he at last Vell teli Im I'm glad Ive I've not died c without seeing It What Is it if said she Ono of the mr a valuable of of- the earth It is cochineal This Is the z Oh indeed said ald Helen Indifferently cochineal Is hi used for a dye hut is as it is not probable we shall re re- re quira to dye anything the discovery discover to mo me more curious than use use- fill fuL You wanted some ink This its pigment pig pig- m ment nt mixed with lime juice will form ul red reiL ink Will Vill you lend m me your handkerchief and permit me t to try if T I have have- forgotten the method b by which these little insects are ob ob- ob tamed He lie asked her to hold he her under li it bough of if th the whore the fruit wis ripe Hc He then shook the bough Some Insects In- In sects at once into the tho cloth A great rose buzzed and a little Inthe sun in not a yar yard d from where they were born but the sun dried their to co promptly that Lacy soon fell deed in the handkerchief Those that the urn sun s so killed went vent three phases color oC-color their eyes They fell down black or nearly They whitened on the iho nail and after that came caine to their final color a Ham Ing crimson crimson- The Insect thus treated appeared ap- ap the most vivid of all 5 They soon secured about half a tea lea Cupful Chey were were rolled up and put away then lien they sat down and made madea a hearty meal for It was wafe now t d past 2 They entered re-entered the boat and passing once more into the the they found the tho channel of the bayou as It approached the northern shore h re less of navigation The I bottom became sandy anti and hard and the ho presence of trees In the Hie swamp proved that spots shots of wore sere move But the vater shah shah- 4 lowed and as they opened the shore fie Ve aw with great vexation that the tho ide in ii receding l left the bar at Jhb of the canal visible In some He pushed on however until boat grounded This WUK a sad There lay tho i sea ea not fifty yards yaris tOi Hazel leaped out and exam exam- iVi l and forded the channel which this place was about two hundred foot feet wide He lie round found a narrow passage noar time the eastern side and to this he lie the te boat Then he bogged Miss to taut land anti and relieve tile lire boat of L the mast f all anti and oar Titus Thus lightened he lie dragged her Into the pas has sago hut but the time occupied In these preparations had been also occupied the tide had receded and thy cutter cutter stuck Immovably In the Waterway about si six fathoms short of f 7 deeper d that hat Is to be lone done now Inquired lichen Hazel returned in lii her but cheerful rC must await the rising of the ride I 1 fear we ire are imprisoned here hee for three hours at least There was no help for it Helen made mado light of the misfortune Tho where they had landed was ei en- en closed between the tho two Issues of th the lagoon They walked along the shore 19 the more moie easterly and the tho narrower canal canul on Wi arriving Hazel foun to his great annoyance that there wa was ample water to have floated the tho out cut cutter ter had he selected that clint Iho tho least leas promising road He suggested a re return return re- re turn by the tho road they came and pass pas pasIng Tug Ing Into the other canal by that t to reach the sea They hurried back bu but found by this time the tide had hiatt left lef the cutter high anti and dry on tile the sand am amSo So they had no choice but to wait Having three hours to spare hazel Haze asked ilisa permission t to ascend the mountain She assented to ti-i remain ne-ar ne the boat while ho lie was engaged In this expedition The rho as ascent ascent as- as cent was ns too rugged and steep for he her powers and the tho sea pea shore and adjacent adjacent adja adja- cent gro es would find her amp ample amusement luring during Ms his absence Sh he accompanied him him to the bank of th the smaller lagoon which ho he forded am and waving an to her he Into the dense wood with which the side of was clothed She waited some sonio time and then she sie heard his voice shouting to her from the heights above The mountain top was about three quarters o-quarters of a mile from where she he stood hut seemed much nearer Sho turned hack to towards towards to- to wards the tho boat walking slowly bu hilt paused as a faint and distant cry again reached her ear It as not repeated and then she sho entered the grove e. e I The Tho ground beneath her feet was soft and velvety and time the dark darl foliage of the trees rendered the all air cool and deliciously fragrant fragrant- After wandering for some time she re regained regained re- re gained the tho edge of the grove near the boat lioni and selecting a spot at the fooT of an aged cypress she sat down with her back against its trunk Then she took out nut Arthur's Arthurs letter and began to real read 5 those sentences as she read she sho sigel deeply as ear earnestly she found herself pitying Arthurs Arthur's condition more than she regretted her own She fell fell- Into and from rev ry Into a drowsy languor How Howlong long bong s1 she remained In iii this state she could not remember but a slight rustic rus FUS- tie tic overhead recalled her senses Be- Be it to be he a bird moving In the branches shun sho was resigning herself again to rest when she became sensible sen- sen sible to a strange emotion emotion emotion-a a conviction conviction tion that something was watching her with a fixed gaze She ca cat t her eyes around but saw nothing She looked upwards From the tho tree immediately above her lap descended a snake shake its tail coiled colled around brunch The hung it its fixed like ike two rubies upon Helens Helen's as very slowly It let itself down by its uncoiling uncoiling un un- coiling tall Now its head head- was on a level with hers in iii another moment II It drop into her lap Sue Hie was paralyzed After tolling toiling up a rugged and steep ascent encumbered with blocks of gray stone of which the island seemed to be he formed forcing his way over falling trees and through the tangled ot f. f a l. l of whid which und d on mountain side Hazel stopped to breath and peer around as is well as the leusu foliage permitted He The was up to his waist in scrub and the stiff leaves oj of the bayonet bayonet bay bay- onet plant rendered caution necessary in walking At moments through the dense foliage he lie caught a glisten of the sea The sun was in the tho north behind behind be be- hind him aim and amid by this alone alone- he lie guided his him road due southerly and upward Once only he found a small cleared space about an ami aero acre in extent and here it was he uttered the cry Helen heard He lIe waited a few fow moments Inthe in inthe the hope to hear her voice In reply but it did not reach him Again he ho plunged upward and now the tho ascent became at times so arduous that more titan Uan once he almost resolved to re- re or at least to defer his task nit hut a moments moment's rest recalled him to himself and he was ono one not easily baffled by difficulty or labor so he lie tolled oiled on until he judged the summit ought to have hare been reached After pausing lauding to take te breath and he ic fancied that he had borne too much to the left the ground to his right appeared to rt rIse o moro more than the path that ho was pursuing which had become be- be como come level and he lie concluded that In Instead in- in stead of ascending he was circling the tho mountain top Tie THe turned aside for fop and after ten minutes minutes' hard climbing climbing climb climb- ing he ho was pushing through a thick and high scrub the the ea earth th seemed scorned to give way beneath him blip and int inthe he fell Into fell Inlo an abyss He lie was wai engulfed lie felt fell from bush to bush d down down ri scratch rip p plump until he lodged in a prickly bush moro more winded than hurt Out of this he crawled only to discover himself him him- himself self thus landed handed In a great and perfectly per per- circular plain of about thirty acres In Iii extent or about yards in diameter In the centre was a a. lake also circular The broad belt It of sh re around this lake was coveted coveted- with rich gra grass K level as n u green bowling md anti nil all this again was surrounded by bya a nearly perpendicular cliff down which indeed he had hod fallen this din was thickly clothed with shrubs am amid trees On examining the lake hake ho lie found the waters Impregnated with volcanic pro pro- ducts Its bottom was orated formed of as as- made a circuit o of toe shores he perceived on the tho westerly westerly west west- erly side that side that next the Island Island Island-a a break in the cliff and on a narrow examination he discovered an outlet It appeared to I him that the lake lako a aone at one time had emptied its vaters through this ancient water course Th The dom descent hero heie was not only gradual but the old river bed was tolerably free from obstructions especially o othe of the vegetable kind He Ire made his way rapidly downwards downwards down down- wards anti and in half hiatt an hour reached reache marshy ground Time The cane brake nolay now no lay before hint him On big loft left he saul j the sea on the KOUth about a third o oa of ofa a mile He knew that to the right must be Ic the sea oh on the tho north abou half a thIlo or so Ho lb bout bent Ills his wa thither The flie edge of the tho swamp wavery wa wat 1 very cleat clear and though spongy afforded good walking As As ho lie approached the spot where here he lie judged the boat loat to be th hc underwood thickened this the trees tree again agai I laced their arms arnin and he lie hind had t tc through the foliage A Al length he be struck the smaller lagoon and as ho was not certain it was fordable he followed its cours to the shore shur where he had crossed In Iii a few moments lit reache L the boat and was pleased to find he item Th Tho rising tide had bath even move movel I her a few feet back into the tho canal Hazel shouted to apprise Miss stint ston uJ of his return and then l proceeded I to tim restore the mast to its place ant anti I replace time the rigging and time the oars ThI I occupied some little little time Into Ho Tie full fult surprised stir sur that site had not not- appeared H hi i shouted again No reply Continued Tomorrow ow Morning |