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I j By Charles Reade and Dion v i Continued from rom Yesterday Morning It I operated unkindly for her purpose pur pur- pose jwo e It lid did him so much good that he lifted u up UI his ils dejected head hend and his V V eyes sparkled again am and ho he set st to work worl and b by sunset prepared two V V Inore ba bags s of or bladder with Inscriptions wih J inside and long tails tais of or fine gut ut han hang hang- V V In lug Ing He lie le th then n set st to work workS and with wih Jn lingers ea far faa le less adroit than hers fastened fastened fast fast- ened another set of or rushes round the 4 I hoop Ho sot set them less evenly and V some fomo of them not quite quie perpendicular V V Rod and while he was fumbling over this und examining the effect erect with paternal pater paler V nal lal glances Helens Helen's hazel eye dwelt dwelton i V VV on him with wih furtive rurU o pity for to her liei V V V this this' lr lo of or rushes was now an n InV in instrument In- In V V strument that bore an u ugly l l likeness V to the tho sceptre of or straw with which vanity run to see seed sways imaginary kingdoms In Bedlam or And yet et ho lie was better He lie walked le V about tho the cavern and conversed con V charmingly ho was dictionary es a- a V 1st 1st ht 1 raconteur anything she liked led nn and andas I as she sho prudently avoided and amI J ignored tho the one fatal topic It was a delightful VS evening her fingers were as a busy as V V his jils ton tongue ue and when he lie retired aho sho ho presented him with wih the thc fruits rul ot or a n aV V fortnights fortnight's work a glorious wrapper rondo mude of ot leec fleecy cotton coton enclosed In a plaited web of or flexible and silky V grate He lie thanked her anti and blessed V her and retired for or tho thu night About midnight she sho awoke d ai l al felt fell el I uneas uneasy so IO lio he ho did il what since his OIS ill illness ill ill- 1 c I ness hess she had done dono a score o of times VV without his knowledge she knowledge she stole stoIc from her lair lal to watch him V Sue She found round him him wrapped In her pres- pres nt which gave ga e her hc great pleasure V. V V and sleeping like an infant which V gave SU e her hor jO Joy She Sho eyed him eloquently eloquent eloquent- J ly fur for oa a a. long time and 11 then thou very timidly tim 7 Idl idly put pUl out her hand and in her quality of nurse laid it I lighter than down upon his brow V The brow was cool and a ver cr very slight V V on It showed ho cd the fever vel was wa going or gone V She Shu folded tolled her arms arnis and stood looking look look- lug ing at him and amI she thou thought ht of all al the they V two to had done dOlo and suffered together Her absorbed him devoured him V eyes dc Tho The time flew Jew b by unheeded It was wasso V so o sweet to be able to set her face V free ree from Us its Is restraint and let all al Its Is V sunshine beam on timi him and even en e when r c she sho retired at nt last Jast those light hazel hazelee eyes ee that could Hash lire fire at al times 1 V but were all al like dove now no hung nuns an anIn and andI I In lingered on him a as If the they could never OI look 1001 at nt him enough V V Half an un hour hou before daybreak she sheW V W tS lS awakened by hy the do log dog howling Pit Pit- 0 u I She felt a little at that not miot much However cl she sho got ot otUr V VV VV V V up Ur and Issued from her rn ca cavern just justus justas f as us the tho sun showed his red oyo above 4 A the tho horizon Sue She went towards the tho V bout ns as S a n. mutter matter o of course courso She Sho found foun i matel Ponto tied ted to the helm the tho boat was empty nn and amid Hazel nowhere to h be he Slon soon i V V Sho uttered a scream of dismay V The Tho ho dog dOJ howled and whined lou louder er than ever V V I l J Ward Val law senior was not wl what t you OU V would woul cull cul a tender hearted cl man but buthe V he lie was thoroughly thorough I cd moved b by General distress and CHI b by his fortia forti forti- tude tudo The Tho gallant galant old min man Lun Landing ng I a V In JU one tc week c ld goIng l Lack ack to tho P pacific the time next I L Lihu 1 goes poo gOlM wih with I IV V like and Wardlaw senior energetic olid resolute i iI himself I cl though ho he felt tel k for hl his von ton stricken down b by grief c. c gave pa e his heart to tho the more more- valiant t distress distress dis dis- tc tress of oC his contemporary lie le monn manned l and the Uw Springbok bol for 01 a along along V V V long voyage oage ordered her to Plymouth V V and anil took his friend den down lown to her by hy train V V V They went out to her in a boat boat Sh She was vas a 0 screw steamer could COUll saBi sail saB nine knots an hour without burning a coal As she hc came caine down the channel chan chan- nd nel lel the generals general's trouble got to bo ho bowell i well vell wel known on board her and when ho came out oit of or the harbor hm the sailors VV by an honest nearly Hearty Impulse that hat V V did dil them theta credit wale waited for or no orders V V but manne manned maimed the thc yards ards to lo receive him V with respect due be to his services an and wih V V V VV V his sacred calamity On Retting getting tUng on board he saluted the and the ships ship's com company pan with wih j sad fal dl dignity nUY and retired to his cabin V with wih Mr lr There the old merchant forced on him b hy by loan baa V V pounds chiefly In gold and silver Idling tell Idl V V lug ing him there was nothing like mone money V go you OU will ilI wi He lie IO then thou gave him hima V a number of notices he had hal printed V and a paper of advice and Instructions tons it I was written in his own large Jarbe clear formal Cormal hand baud V General tried to falter ler out iV V hia ilis thanks John Johl Interrupted Inter bluni him blun i Next ext to you ou I am nun her father Cuther am amI I Hot not f V V You have havo o ha proved cd 1110 II It I. I 0 then However low cr If I you do pV V lind her hea as I pray ra to lo God GOll you 0 ma may V V I claim the second kiss mind that thai V not Hut for m myself though fur for Ol m my poor loov Arthur her that lies les on u a sick bed hel for k General Generl ton assented to that that In iii broken voice olce Ho lIe could a 10 hardly harlly V V speak A And 11 so 8 they thoy parted an and that sad sal parent went out to the Pacific ro To him it I was In Indeed ced a u sad Jall and V V gloomy voyage a and 11 the hope with willi wih which he In 11 went vent on board oozed gradually grad grad- ra V V IV ua away as aa the Iho ship traversed Ua the tho VV V vast ast tracks of or ocean One Immensity L' L V of oC water to bo be bl passed before that oth- oth V c 0 ocr Immensity could be rech reached el on 1 whoso whose vast uniform surface the search SV V j was to be made i V To abridge this and monotonous monotonous V V onous part parl of our tale talc suffice 11 I to tu say I I that ho endured two Iwo months of o water I and amI ere time the vessel fast as she sho was reached Valparaiso Their progress ress 1055 eu however el had been more moro than once Interrupted to carry out Wardlaw's Wardlaw's Ward Ward- laws law's Instructions Time The he poor general emeral himself had hal but one one Idea to go o und and search th the tho Pacific with wih his own eyes ees but Wardlaw more experienced dl- dl reeled him to lo overhaul every overy whaler and coasting vo vessel vossel cl could ho and deliver deliver delver de de- de- de liver lver printed notices telling the thc ead sad story and amid offering a reward for r an any positive Information good or bad that should be brou brought hl in to lo his agent alent at ut Valparaiso Acting on these Instructions Instructions tons thc they hn had overhauled o two or 01 three coa coasting V vessels as a they Steamed t up from the Horn Thc They now placarded placarded placarded pla pla- carded the port of or Valparaiso and put the notices on board all al vessels bound westward and the captain of or the thc Springbok spoke e to tho the skippers 1 Inthe in tho the port But nut the they all ni shook their heads an and could hardly be got sot to o oIe give Ie their minds seriously to lo tho the Inquiry in inquiry In- In 11 qui when thc they heard In what water wa wa- vater va- va ter the Iho cutter culler cuter was last seen seems and amid on onI I what course One nc old skipper said sid Look 1001 on Juan JuanI I Fernandez ernandez and then at the tl bottom of or the Pacific but the sooner you look there lie tho le less time you will lose wi From Valparaiso tIle they ran to Juan Fernandez which In Indeed eed seemed th likeliest place If she hie was alve alive When hen hen the larger Island of that group roup the Island dear alike ale to lo you OU who rend read and to lo us who this laic came caine In sl sight ht the fathers father's heart hearl began bean to beat teat higher rhe The ship anchored and took tool In coal which was furnished Ut a wickedly high price b by b Mr Joshua c Fullalove who vho had virtually pu purchased the island IRland from froni Chill Chili Chi having got so It on 01 lease for lon longer ea than the earth carth Isel itself is to last We wo hear And nd tow plow R found the value of Wardlaw's loan lian It I en bled him to lo pro prosecute his search through h lie tho tw whole group grou of islands island and he did Ild hear at last of three sons persons who hmo had been wrecked on Maso aso Fuero one o of them thema a female emale He lie followed this up and at last discovered the time parties He lIe Ic found them to tv be Spaniards and amid the tho woman smoking a pipe Alter After this bitter di he lie went back to lo the ship and she was vas waslo vasto to lo weigh her anchor next morning But nut while General was at al alMasa atIas Masa Furo a small smal coasting vessel esel had come In In and brought ht a a strange at second-hand second that In some somo degree unsettled Captain Moreland's mind and hein being hot holly 1101 diu discussed on the forecastle ste set the ships ship's shil's company in Iii a n ferment V I I laz lla 1 had risen an on hour hoU before dawn dan fv for fot reasons well known to lo himself He put on his worst wort clothes and a leathern bel belt his little bags round his neck and took look his bundle o of rushes In his hula haul hand lie le also IIo provided hIm self with wih sonic seine pieces of ur raw und and fresh mesh oyster and nud thus equipped went up till through Terrapin r Wood oo l and amid got Sl V 10 lo the tIme neighborhood or of the Iho lagoons before before- daybreak There Thel was n a 1 ii h heavy av a steam on the tho wa water ya- ya ter and nothing C else C to be He lie le leput put 1111 the lie hoop over cJ his hit 1111 head and amid wil walked walk ed cd into tIme tw water rater not un aim mi In In- il-I il r U It looked so 50 cold lint But instead of that is II as S' S Sel el very uncomfortably Warl warm lie 10 walked in up to lo his hl middle lc amid suid tied Hell h his Iron hoop houa to In his hll bull belt bc so as us to tu prevent It I sluIcing Kinking too leep deep This done ho he Walled Waited motionless anti and seemed a little bed bel of ru rushes hes The fhe sun roseand rose rose- and anti tho the team steam gradually n cleared a away a and Hazel peering through a n hole or ur mo 1 0 wo he lie hall had made expressly ly In his bed of rushes rushe saw sav faW several ducks about and anti one in particular all 11 purple without a speck hut but his amber eye ce He lie contrived to detach a a piece of or fish that soon soun floated tr to the surface near him But no luck dude moved towards toward It I. I He lie le tried another and another then a mallard malard he lie had hadnot hadnot not aol observed ed swam sain up from rom behind him and was soon bu busy y pecking at it within a yard arl of him hini His Ils heart beat he glided gilded slow slowly I and cautiously forward forward for for- ward till tl the bi bird was close to the rushes rushes Hazel stretched out hl his hand with wih the utmost care cau caught ht hold of or the birds bird's feet feel antI and him sharply under the water waler and auth brought him up within the circle cicle of the rushes rushe He lie le quacked and struggled Jed Hazel soused him under tinder directly and anil s so o 0 quenched the Iho sound then he lie gH glided glided- ld slowly lowly to lo lothe the batik bank so 0 slowly that the rushes merely seemed to lo drift ashore This he lie did not lint to lo create suspicion and so spoil the next attempt As he gl glided gilded ed he lie gave his hits duck duel air al' al every very now and then thon and boon soomi got ot on oma 01 terra tela firma B By this LIds lime lie lie- had taught th the duck due not notto to 1 quack or he lie would get soused and held hell under He lie le now HOW took tool tIme the long gut enl anti and t tied lied d It I tight around I th the birds bird's log leg and ald so w fastened the bag hag to him l' l ven while he hc was effecting this a posse o of ducks s rose at time the west vest westend end I of the time marsh maa-h and took their flight from froni nOt the i ii island As S they passed d Hazel luzel Ha Ha- lu- lu zel threw his captive captive- up in the thc air ai and such was the force of example aided perhaps by the fr fright i ht the lie cap call tire tive t thad had received that Hazels hazel's Hazels Hazels' bird Instantly Joined these travelers rs rose with wilh them into inlo the hl h wih high currents and amI aWa away bearing the Hie n news wg eastward upon I the Iho wings of the wind Then Hazel lazel returned to lo the pool 1001 and amid nd twice more he hc was wa as so mi HI fortunate as to lo secure a bird and amid launch him Into inlo space Sit Ssi S. S hard haid is It to measure Iho tho wit wi of or man and antI to define his resources The TIme problem was solved solve tho aerial mimes mes ICS ICS- I fen wore WOI on the tIme wing whig diffusing over o of or IC leagues of the Intelligence that thal an au l English h l lady d had been wrecked on an on ul unknown mown Island Islan in longitude deJ 30 and be- be twe h the and end 2 th parallels of or south latitude and colln calling good GOot men ant and ships to her rescue for foa the love hove ove of ot God CI I. I And Amid rio now fOW for or tho thio strange report that lint landed at Juan F Ie while Gen Gemi- General oral eral crl was searching Masa Iuga Fuero luero The Thc coaster who brought II I ashore ac had been in company at atwith with a whaler from ruin Nantucket who told lold him he 1 had hind fallen in with wilh wih a Dutch whaler out at sea ami dl dir dip for oa water he had supplied the said Dutchman who had thanked him hun and given ien him a run runlet let of or Hollands and hind had tOll lold toll him lim In conversation that he tiC hI had hind seen e n mini land anil u ua a river rl reflected on the tho sky in waters where no land was marked th In- In Inthe the the- chart namely somewhere between Juan Fernan Fernandez ez ezan an and Norfolk Island and that believing bele ing lug this to bo be the reflection of oC a part of some Island near at hand an and his water being low Jow though not at th thai tt time lime run nU out he e had gone ono cOl considerably llen- llen th t bly bb out of his cour course In hopes of find find- out nl- nl In hug Ing this watered island Islan but could see ce nothing of or It Nevertheless Ne as his grandfather who had been sixty years ears at sea anti and logged Jogged man many von Wonderful things had told toll him him lim the sky y had been Known mown to roiled reflect both ships and land hand at a great groat distance he fully believed believed be he- Ic ed there was an somewhere In that Hint o not down on an any chart chaat an au Island woo wooded ed an and wa wa- I nils tale talc soon boar boarded ed the tIme Springbok Springbok Spring Spring- I bok anti |