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Yet for all his enjoyment of the girl's wlilo knowledge of ever) thlt.B relating to music, lllake took rare that their talks and dlaruaaluna did not Interfere with the nrtlvltles of their pilmltlvn mode nf life. Aa aonn na Iim bad Aulahcd with tho barrlraile ha devoted hhuaelf tu hla tiillorlng ami shoe making: while Miss l-allf. between her nxiklng and wixid gather lug and dally visits to Ihe cliff fm egga, had much lo ixrutiy both her Ihuughta und her ban. la. At flrat every asrent nf I lie rllff was ambllterod by a painful runarliiuHiieaa of the cairn over the north edge. Km tunntnly It waa nut In sight fiom the illiect path to the heailland. and. aa alio refrained ft mn vlalllng It. the new happenings of her wild life sixui thrust Wluthrope and hla death out of the forcgiouud of her thoughts Km h day hn bud to nerve horaolf to meet Ihe beaks and wlugs of tho dt'aHillei neat, nwneia: each day aho hmki'il with gieater hope for tho oxperleil reacue alilp. only to bo lurri'salut'ly dlaap-IhiIiii dlaap-IhiIiii fil llul the hours Hho spent nn Ihe rlltT I'lexl utter Kalherlng Ihe day'a aupplv of egKH were not Hpem iin'ioly In wnichliiK iiinl longing The liiconvon lenres of mi r lug the egga lu 11 hand k Inef ur In one of the heavy Jiu auggeated a renewal uf her attt'iupi at biiHkot making Memory. iH'thovor-anco iH'thovor-anco and a I race uf Iiivenilt'uea4 en allied her In prniliice a aiuull but s.t liinlile haiuper uf .pill Imiuluxi KncourilKeil h tills allcce.n .lot gallittred a iiuiullty of toiuiti. wtrv giaaa. and wove a Inn to 1.11,0 the place of the lllinsy palm leaf make shift Tho result was hv nu mean. aatlHtactury with roK.u.l in style. It. slllipo being Intei lni'itliili. Iicl ween 11 Mevlran siiiuhreiii 1111,1 .1 funnel, hm mil, te fruiu Its llppeaialici'. .he cmilil not bavt wished for a uioie com fmialile heail rover 1 . -1 . . showing It to lllake. she w.no a k. .i on, 1 on,. r,ir him. so that the, were able to cum I llxlile t lli glilli'Mipii', pllllil It .if HIT. in-. at the sumo time The following tiiiilliliiK lllake ap li.-iu .-.I lu an .1,1,11' lo 111.11. h hm leiipillil hI,Iu dleas. lie ll:,, .Ingcl off Ihe hall' of the hl.le 1,111 of Whlrh I,,. I it . I utiiili' hi. uiocr. iiuv at,, )tK hi, nn .kin triitiHoia .iil(e matrhod tl.,. htl-tllng stiililili' on hi. f.,, ,. Hey. Ml.a .Icny : ' . hull..,!, what il you think uf thla for i.m,-, D Ib'WOlk" Spli'lldld' f.ill'te the y,.,, phi,,,,, of un .ti;i'hilue aitii-tii ' ' tin .iset ugh' l.el 1110 get hark to the We.il, Willy punts-" "I 111, ,111 you uie yen picluir.iiu. ' -That a It. Ih If Cl,i, ,,. aomeiliing to rail ,,in leop.ii.ii,,. gown llml won't make you hurl, " 'We can ill least rail vrni cu.tumes J 2 KM I "What Doaa Lift Msan, Anywayt" acrvlroabla, and nilnr haa proved Bixdi cooler than I asiioctod." I 'llul our now hat a heat all for thai 4 regular aunabadea. What do you sayTtbora'a a good braexo- IWa lake a hike." "Not to tha river! Tha very thought ff that dreadful snake" "No; juat tha other way. 1'va bean thinking for aomr llmo thai wti ought to run duwn to that aouth headland tnd Inko a squint at the roast be rond. Ten In one It's another stretch of swamps, hut " "You think tbera It a rhume we nay find a town?" "About one cbunro In a million, aven fnr a native village. Tha slave trade, wltied the nlggeta off thla roast, and I guess those that bit out up-rountry.ran up-rountry.ran ao hard thay huvon'1 boon abla to gel hack yet." "Hut It haa been years allien lha lavn trntle waa fill hidden." "And they don't aell beer In Kansas oh. no! I ll h. I the dhowa still slip over from Madagascar when tho mixm la In tho right quarter. At any rule, niggers are mighty scarce or mighty shy mound horn. I've kept a wulch for amoke, nnd bavi-u't seen m sus-nlrlnn sus-nlrlnn of It anywhere. Maybe lha wampa awing around Inland and rut off thla atrip of roust. It hxike.1 that way to 1110 when I made that trip along tho ridge, llul there's g rluinra It used lo he Inhabited, and wo muy run uemsa an uhandoned village." "1 do not bom that tha discovery would do 11a any gixHl." "Iluw alxjut tho rhanre nf grain or bananas atlll giowlng? llul that s all a guoaa. We're gulnf tieruuso wo ured a rhange.'' Hho nodded and hastiued lo pro liaro hronkfust, whlla hr purked a akin bag with food nnd ruamlui'd Die shut-dar shut-dar tips nf hla urrowa As a matter uf nrerautloli. he hud been keeping them In the rlgaratto case, whoro the iMilnta would bo certain of a cost of ihe atlrky xilson mid at the sumo time guarded ngalnst Inlllrllng a chance wound. I'ul a he was now ghoul to n't out on a Journey ho flttcil tips Into tho heads of till two stralghtest h lifts. Tho morning was still fresh when they rinsed tho barrlraile behind them and desrendod to tho pool. Tb.'ro wns 110 game In sight, hut lllnke had no wish lo hunt at tho rimimoneiMui'nt of lha trip. Tho ateudy southwest wind had blown tho sky rlear of Its malaria! hale and gave promise of a ' lay whlrh should know nothing nf i Huitry culm a day on which game ' wuulil bo hard 10 atalk. hul one per 1 rIH'il) suited for a lung tiiitup Mindful of ticks, lllake hi ailed 0I1 Ihliiuly across to tho bench Dure on thu smooth, hard ami. they swung along at a brl.k pare. Ilght-beai led 111.I keen with Ihe aplrlt of adventure I Sever had they fell more roinpnn ! ioiiahle. Mlsa Leslie laughed 1111.I i chatted and sang anairhos uf songs. hlle lllako bout time with his club. ' ,r sought to whistle grand uperu he j hud healed hla blistered Hps some line before by liberal uppllrullous ol ! ajitolopo tallow. (lulls and lorna circled about them or hovemd over the water ready to swixip down tiKn ihelr finny prey. HandpliHTs run along the beach within a stone's throw, but the curlews showed 1 lieli greater knowledge of mankind by keeping beyond gunshot. (Hire a great flork of geese drove high overhead, their leader honking the alarm aa they swept above the suspicious figures on the bearh. I.Ike the curlews, they had knowledge of mankind. Hut the dork of white (M-llciina whlrh came sailing along In atutely leisure on their Immense wings Domed past ao low (hut lllake felt certain he could ahoot one. He raised hla bow and look fc.in. but ro-frulned ro-frulned from shixitlug at tho thought that It might be a sheer waste of his precious ixilsoti. A little later a herd of large mil mills appeared on the border of the giasa Jungle, hul wheeled ami dashed hark Into rover so quickly Hint lllake barely had lime to make out (Jiat they wore buiTiilix.a the first he had seen on this roast, but euslly rerognlied by their toaemblunre 10 tho fuix- va rloty. Their flight guve him small concern; for Ihe time being he was more Interested In loHigriiph' than gunie. The southern heiidland now lay close before them, Ha seaward fare rearing up sheer and lofty, but the approach behind running down In broken teiruces. Mid morning found tho explorers ill the fixit of the rlilge. lllake squinted up ill ihe bowlder-strewn bowlder-strewn sIoh-s and the crannies of the broken ledgea. ' Likely place for anakea. Miss Jenny." Jen-ny." he remarked "tlui'ss I'd better load." Kuger as she was to look over Into Ihe country beyond, the girl dropped Into second plurn and lua.le no complaint com-plaint ubuitt the wary slowness nf her romputilon'B advance. Hho found the most diinciili puns of tho ascent quite easy after her training on the tree ladder, lllake could huvo taken ledges and ull m a run. hut as h mounted each tenure ho hailed to spy out tho ground before hlul. Like Miss Leslie, he was luoklng fur snakes, though fur an exurtly opposite reason. Ho wlahed tu udd to the runteuts of the rtgnri'ttu ruse. ttteuily to his disappointment and the girl's relief tielther snake nor sign of snake was to be seen ull the way up the ridge. Aa they mured the rresl Hluke tinned to offer her his baud up the last ledgea, and In the Iti.tatit they gained the top. Tlie wind, now fieahenlng in a gulu. al' in I, Hie girl with such force that si: ' wuulil have been bluwu bark ,ln v, 11 ihe bilges had not Hluke rlim bed her wrist Heedless alike of the pnliif nl grip which held her und of ttie gusts which tote lit her skirt, the girl stuud gar.tug out ucrnss the desolate sw iimps whlrh stretrhed away to the southwest as far as the eye ruulil see. She did tint speuk until Hluke led her dun 11 behind (he shelter uf the rreaf b'dgos. "What's the matter?'' be demand, 1 1 llliln t I wuiu uuT" Hhe lixike.1 away to hide the teart whlrh sprung Into her eyea. 'J can t explain only. It makes mi feci ao so lonely!" "Oh, come now, little woman: dont lake nn so!" ho urged. "It might be a lot worse, you know. We've gotteo along pretty well, considering " "You have been very kind, Mr. lllnke. and aa you aay. mailers might have been worse. I do not forget how far more terrible waa our alt ita Hon the morning after Ihe storm Y"t you must renllio how disappointing II Is to lose even Ibe tllghteat hope ol eSl'Hpe.' "Well. 1 don't know. If It wasn't fur the fryer that' bound to come with the ruin. I, for one, would Just aa leave slick to this camp right along, providing the company don't change." Hhe turned upon lilrn with flashlna eves, all thought of cntitlon lost In bnl anger. "How dare you sny such thing You are contemptible! I d aplse you!" "My. Miss Jenny, hut you are pretty pret-ty when you get mad!" he exclaimed. The answer look her completely aback. He wns neither angry not laughing al her. hut met her defiant B Inner with csuillil. sober admiration, Them was something more than aik Milriiilon In hla glowing eyea; yet aha rniild not but ee that her alarm had been baseless Ills manner had novel been morn respectful. Suddenly aha found that she could no longer mast his gam. Hhe lixiked away and atammeted lamely: "You you shouldn't should-n't sgv surb things, you know " "Why not Hasn't eyerythlng been running smixith Ihe last few days? Ilmenl we been gixxl chummy ron miles? Of rourae you've got tho worst of the deal I know I'm not much on fancy talk; hul I like to hear II when I've a rhanrr. I've led a lonesome sort of life since they did fur my sl ters No. I'm not going tu rke thai Mi nirnln. I'm only tryl.-.g to give yoa nn Idea what It menne to a fellow te bo with a lady like ynn. Maybe II Isn't polite to tell yuu nil this, but II I Just what I feel, and I never did amount to shucks aa a liar." "I believe I understand you. Mr. lllnke, und I really feel highly complimented." com-plimented." "No, you don't, any such thing. Mist Jenny. Own up. now! If I met yon to-mnrrow on your papa'a doorstep, you'd cut me cold." "I ahould If you continued to be M rude. Have you no regard for ruj fi-ellngs? Hut here we are, tnlkln nonsense when wo should be going "la It nonsense?" he broke III "What does life mean, anyway? Hon we can be true frlenda nnd comrade mill, free living people. It can't be that yuu want to go back to all thus six-let y shams after you've aeen real life! As for me. what have I to gain by going bark to the everlnallni grind? I don't mind work; hut whan a man haa iiothlng aheud lo work for but a bank nrruunt, when li e grind, grind, grind till your head gix'B atale and nil the world looka hlark, then there's no rholce but throw up your Job and go on a tliunk. If you want to keep from a gun accident. Muybe you don't understand It. Hut that's what I've had to go through, time and iigalii. IHi you wonder I like to fancy 1111 evei lasting plrnlc here, with a little partner who wouldn't tot ma i-iiinii within shouting distance of her In tho land of lavender trousers and I k-u-bixis?" "Mr. Hluke. really you are most tin-Ju.l tin-Ju.l ! 1 could nut be ao bo ungrate, fill, after all your kindness. I we should certainly be glad to number you among our frlenda." "Drink and all. eh?" "A mau uf your will power haa no need whatever to give way lo such a halilt " "Course not. If he's got anything lu sight worth while. 'Jena ouga, my fulks must have boon pour white I rush. I never could go after money Just for the fun uf the game. No family, no friends, nrj what -you call-It? call-It? culture What's the use? I huvo a fair heud fur llgures; but all Ihe mnthoiiiiitlra that I know I've hud to rulrh hot off tho bat. It's true I grubbed my ('. K. out of a correspondence corre-spondence school; but a fellow baa to have an all round, crack up education to put hlin where It's worth while " "Yon still have time to work up You are not murh over 30." "Twenty-seven." 'Twenty-seven! I should havi thought What a hunt life you must huvo had!" "Hard w-ork? Well, I suppose Tann I itia did do for me some. Hut It wasn't I so murh that. Few fellows ruulil till I up the pare I've set and come out at I all." ! "I do not understand." "Just what you might expert 1 I j fellow In my tlx ull kinds of gambli I und ilrlnk and the rest nf It." I I I'l'il IIK IMNTIM Iill ) I |