The evening world. Newspaper, January 4, 1915, Page 15

FEES tei te The Adventares of Two Men “ t And a Girl on a Desert Island cogarding hie identity. She did not pe why this should prevent him from condding in her. N From the moment he crossed the the American engineer en- f @ daily routine of drink- bling, varied only by at- Up an dif-hand ec- Mise Leslie. This 's opportunity, and bis o; frustration of what Lady Bay- “that low bounder’s im- served to install him in the ‘renes of her Ladyship as well es dmithe favor of the American hetreas. ‘Meantime'the ship, having touched et Pet Natal, steamed on up the Bast Coast into the Mozambique Channal. ‘ \ Oy the day of the iyclone Blake had ‘witeérawn into his stateroom with a number af bottles, and throughout that feapful afternoon was bilssfully uneotistious of the danger. Even “Matter? Do you ask, when we are, here on this wretched coast and may not get away for weeks? Oh, I did 80 count on the London season this year! Lady Bayrose TSA EE, cate marron be 5 cy, Lady will do no more Ceeeatne<caleee it Bey, be to the wenly choir, you ow.’ ‘Mise Leslie ventured a Blake. whén “the steamer went on the reef J he only partially roused by the tack @ long pull from o quart flasiorof whiskey, placed the flask ‘ereat care in his hip pocket and n out ‘through the open door- way, There ho reeled headlong against the mate, who had rushed below with three of. the crew to bring up Miss Lesite, The matecursedtimvirulently, and ff the same breath ordered two of the men to fetch him up on deck. ‘Is he still—in that condition?” ‘Must have slept it off by’this time, and there's no in the flask,” an- ered Winthrop. Reaching over his foot he pushed ‘I fancy we are in a nasty fix.” Blake turned and fixed the English- man with @ oold stare. Toe sea was breaking over the ba steamer in torrents; but between him, At the same time, Win- with fear, scrambled loose. One of i iE # i 5 ey re driven ashore terrific gusts of the cy- Diinded by the stinging spoon- ‘all but the hell of break- reefs in whose midst w@ dissily. And through lay huddled on the bot- gurgling biithely of sephyrs and swaying bam- Hl ¥ gf HH iH ‘when the boat went spinning not going to have an; blatter. Any fool ‘can ° mean by that?” Blake laughed harshly and miles @ rocky headland jutted out into the water; otherwise there wae nothing in sight but sea and swamp. If it could not’ property be termed a sea view it was at least a very wet land- scape. pine Fn ea yl remarked Blake dryly, “We'll be in luck if the don't get the last of us inside a month; and as for you two, you'd have as much show of lasting a month as a toad with a rattlesnake if lake—and as long as bow. Mttle time to take his bear- surf came cows came home. Here I'm Blake and you're Winthrope.” “Believe me, Mr. Blake, I quite ap- a. Ans curse and Couldn't even get a bolt.” = eared it wasn’t for Tom Blake—that'’s my and came the seemingly final mo- name—Tom Bl ly, vigorous strokes. Half a mile oF ao beyond him Winthrope could make out the goal for which he was alming—the one remaining topmast of the steamer. “By Jove, these waters are full of !” murmured Winthrope, star- ing at the steadily receding dot until it disappeared behind the wail of surf which apumed up over one of the outer reefs. ‘Winthrope cnreaees his shoulders and drew out bis silver c! tte case. It was more than half and he was gratified to find that neltRer the cigarettes nor the veata in bad been by the wet. the cover reached “By Jove, here's luck!” he ex- claimed, and he bowed to Miss Les- Ne, “Pardon me, but if you bave no objections”—— The girl nodded as a matter of form and Winthrope hastened to light the cigarette already in his fingers. Though the sea within the reefs was fast smoothing to @ glassy the dead calm, they did not see Blake truck shallow water and stood up to wade ashore. At last Blake was out of the water tolling up the muddy beach to the spot where he had left his clothes. While dregsing he seemed to recover from his exertions in the water, for the moment had finished, he it and came forward hed, Winthrope Cigarette at him with and called out as would permit: glad the sharks sprang to at @ brisk pace. y, Blake, didn't get you!” “@barkea?—bah! All you have to do rt splash a Uttle, and they haul wer, about the steamer, Mr. Blake?” asked Miss Leslie, turning wall*under but the maintopmast— iti—wire at that! “A bolt?” “Not @ bolt; and here we are “as good as naked on this infernai—Hey, you! what you doing with that maton?’ Heedless of Blake's warning cry, Winthrope had his last vests, end now, angry and he to a. It as it di betwee fiathrope’s eee. he was too far away. It fell the dewp rushes, spluttered, * SETERE Fj rt t 5°8 fancy—yes; last one, i) two cigaretion. HS : ! i Blake's voice burst La (9 and he oprang Vike # wild beust upon the Knglish- he an to shake to the ] of ERgE i FF ei Ha aF i: E é, -atrieken, Miee Leoalie put her sonameete plveng hone the Be E < e brute!” “Youve 6 @ little epunk, i ee : plain in “But why should you be so angry? What bas he done that you"—— ayer 4 Lord! what hasn't he done! This coast fairly swarms with beasts. We've not the smell of & gun; dough. @way our only chance—fi his measly cigarettes!” Blake choked with returning rage. Winthrope,, still panting for breath, began to creep away, at the same time unclasping a small pen- knife. He was white with fear; but his gray eyes—which .on ship! Blake had never seen ‘other than of- fensively supercilious—now glinted in that. served to alter the mood. . “That'll do,” he said. “Cons here and show me that knife.” “I'll show it you where it will do the most good,” muttered Winthrope, rising hastily to repel the expected tac! 'vo got @ little sand, too,” most good-naturedly, not so bad, We'll call it 6 matches.’ Though how you could go and throw them away"—— “Deuce take it, man! How should I know? I've never before been in a wreck.” “Neither have I—this kind. But I tell you, we've got to keep our think tanks going. It’ guces If we see to-morrow, and t! no joke.’ Blake grunted, and turned op bis heel to wade into the. half-drained pool in whose midst he bad been de- posited by the hurriéane. Two or three emali fish lay faintly wriggling on the aurface. As Blake splashed thrbugh the water to se! them his foot struck against a livii body which floundered violently and flashed a briliant. forked tail above the muddy water. Blake sprang over the fish, which was entangled in th reeds, and with @ kick flung it clear out upon the ground. * “A coryphene!” cried Winthrope, and he ran forward to stare at tho gorgeously colored prize, I left my knife in my cabin,” said nough Mine would bave done us beat steel.” t; let's see you cut up the jh.” ‘But you know, Blake, I shouldn't know how to go abcut it. I mever did such @ thing.” “And you, Mise Jenny? Girls are pponed 9 know about cooking.” "| nevet cooked aoything in all my | ite, Mr. Blake, ona it's alive—and— and | am very thiaty, Mr, Blake!" “Lord!” commented Blake, "Give me that knife.” ‘Though the blade was go small, the American's eng Wee atrong. After some little bagsiirg the eorfvphene was killed ond dse*er4. Blake washed both it and began to cut slices of flesh from the fish's tail, "We have no fire,” Winthrope re- minded him, fushing at the word “Thave true,” assented lake in a cheerful tone, and he offered Win thrope two of the pieces of raw few by Mertel tm upon bis * 5 which soon be oud not id you, “tut ie raw! think of eating raw Mine Lewiie?’ Mire Lealie ddeved, "Oh, wot and I'm so thirety 1 could pot eat ony ‘ow bet you ean!” pogiies Blane owt) be gud Vinnicky over clean fan when you swallow canvas back ali but raw, and beef running Wdeod! You eouldn't tall rattionnske broth from chicken, and dom meken firet-rete veal—when you've got tu eat it. I've bad it etraieht that know, that over in Fri ee! snails ond fish worms. "Chico Laie board sort of take stock, to whittle py his wands ‘nthe pool, and . a et to “le ni ed, and, to her parohed mouth be louldone, Winthrope. promDuy to ‘outdon pe prompt followed her “jond. Slake had al- ready cut himself a second alice, After he had cut were, for his com- rassing to “Here's more of the good stuff,” he said. “While you're chewing it, we’ rerybody Have you seen my Sask?” it is, right beside me, jas Leslie, “Bi s' What you got? saaupiee, watch? No pocket, | eup- pose?” “None; and no watch. Even moat of my pins are gone,” replied the girl, and she raised ber hand to her loosely coiled hair, “Well, bold on to what you've got left, They may come in for - hooks. Let's see your shoes.” Miss Leslie slowly thrust a ir little foot just beyond the hem of her draggled white skirt. “tobble! ‘am over here, Winnie, my boy.” The slippers were handed over. Blake took one after the other and wrenched off the heel close to its base. “Now you've at least got a pair of slippers,” he tossing them to their owner, “! Mr, jut it Winthrope, what you got knife? Winthrope held out a bunch oflong flat keys and his cigarette case. He opened the latter, and was about to throw away tho two remaining cigar- ettes when Blake grasped hie wrist. “Hold on! even they may come in for somethi: We'll at least keep them until eed the case.” “And the keys?” “Make arrow-heads, if we can got 've heard of savages making fre wood,” “Y. ind we're @ long way from being savages—at present. All the show we have is to find some kind ef quarts or @int, and start to loos the better.” He thrust the empty whiskey flask into his hip pocket and went back to pase 4 sling of reeds through the gille of the coryphene, “All ready now,” he called, “Lat's get 4 move on. my coat cloner about your shoulder, Jenny: and keep « handful of leaves up for « shade, if you don't want @ sunstroke.” “How about yourself, Mr, Blake?” inquired the si you not And the aun fearfully hot?” tT wet my head in the for another nyune.” head from benide the he coryph- one on hin back and started off with- CHAPTER Il. A Journey in Desolation. OKNIN® was weil edvanced, M the three with almost over- powering flercensss, The beat would bave rendered Wlake hacked off for them bit after bit of the motet ceryphens flesh Miss Lasiio com wearteg ond Blake lapeed and, setting Miss Laniie down, Mlake carried bim @ lithe way, After an interminable Ume, they passed the eround Winthrope's enkie wae wrenehed, and Wieke alone hed heft, out further words, and the oun beat down upon their thirst unendusabie had mot curried her, Once Winthrope evl- mara and reached bigh and wooded Mlake let, them 1a the obede of @ i, ebell nt or the sooner we ! pets 2 jast of it through the little opening, Wintbrope had the husks torn from the ends of two other nuts, and the convenient te erea Gateere Bau e in we from we lay.” gaits where . u—and for me, too, I “We were all settles the first round in our favor. picnic, Miss ” “Mise Leslie, if you please,” re- plied the girl, with hauteur, "Oh, say, Miss Jenny!” protested . “We live in theesme boarding house now, Why not be folksy? You're free to call me Tom. Pasa me another nut, Winthrope. Thanks! By the way, what's your Sou ome" Baw it eboard ship— “Coell,” corrected Winthrope, in a low tone. “Cocil—Lord Cecil, eh?—or te it only the Honorable Cecil?” prefer my patror Blake,” replied Winthrope “All right, then; we'll make it Pat, if that’ yer. choice. I say, Pat, this Juice te the stuff for wetness, but it makes « fellow remember his grub. Where'd you leave that fish?’ “Really, 1 can't Fo say, but it mane have been wi 1 wrenchod y . “You cawn't just say! Aad what are we going to eat?’ “Here “Bri clone! are the cocoanuts,” jebt bev! £2 to the head of the Juat some more husk the nuts we cracked end divided uinong the until even Hlake could not # another moulstul orenan Toward the end Miss Lasiie had be- come drowsy, At Winthrope’s uraing whe now lay down for a nap, Blake's & pillow, Bhe fell of the juascio maeeey when Winthrope hovbled wround AA down on the palm trunk beside iim. . “1 way, Mieke,” he suggested, “t feel deuced tagged myself Why bot oll take « may?” ak when they awoke, the men/” remarked Bia “What can dot The copra told me that there are both lions « on thin “ "Nice place for them, too, around these trees,” sided Blake “lucky for ua, they're nighthirds moatly.” ‘To We mure, Ite & nasty On we're in tor topight Could we not build eome kind of @ barricade?” “With penknife! Guess we'll roost in a tree.” 1 e “fut cannot cimb? 1 kre e ,, the creature's ’ By. Robert Mino: L, att” “Bo later, Pat, me b'y. tret out Some nuts, ‘e'll feed be- ‘move camp.’ bass Tred Léalie is atill sleeping.’ “Time, to roust her out. Mias Jenny, turn out! Leslie sat up we lugging the wi ope 6 woah up a nut, the inthrope cal gu began her disordered ir and graceful movements of a Woman thor- oughly trained: in the art of self. adornment. nly, hasta of en they were once a Winthrope, weet ankle would 4 ohio more was said until they had crossed the open e ao and the tis there no path through the thick @t?" inquired Winthro} “We've to to arrange dress with. the deft and 4p, a between bs Jungle along tree and wrap the-eoat ebout her ab @ 4: guard against thorns, A-fighting of their way the = and were out in @ clear- with a big tree in ite ceatre. “iny Jove!” exclaimed Winthrope “a banyan!” “Banyan? Well, if that's British fora Per, Tee hit it.” responded Blake, “Just take a saris up bere, t junction with the main trunk of the wae twenty feet above them. “But how are we to get up so high?” ing Mies Leslie. "I can swarm this drop root, and I've a creeper ready for you two,” explained Blake. juiting action to ‘he olimbed up the small trunk of the air root and swung over into the hollow where he had piled the reeds, Across the broad ib dangled « creeper, one end of which he had fastened to a branch higher up. flung down the free end to Win- “Look lively, Pat.” he called, “The eun's fs Pe 4 the twilight it night In these parts, Get the line around Miss Leslie, and do what you can on a boost.” Presently all three were up amid the foliage. ‘The brief twilight was already fai- 4 ing into the darkness of a mooniess night, and as the threo crouched to- “Wh; ahallo gether in their w nest they soon made aware of the ih the gatheri: night the jungle wak- ened into fait life, trom all sidos came the harsh squawking KA birds, awept within a yai Lealle utter Blake brandished iy ut - thrope, who had caught a glimpse cf whape, broke into « rv laugh. 's only @ fruit bat,” he explained, banyan figs, you CHAPTER IV. Man and Gentleman. N preceded the dawn, were sleeping their soundest, when a sudden flerce roar, followed inmtantly bY & Piercing squeal, caused even Blake to start up in panic, Miss Leaiie, too Veirified to seream, clung to Winthrope, who crouched on bis haunehes, \tte leas overcome. Hinko Was tie fret to recover und pussle out the sof the eras. tig im the ju and the ferocious brow ectly beneath them “Lhe wl” he whispered vere ll right. 1's only & beuwt that's killed something down bewow us” All wat listening, aud ae the aolse of the animale in the thicket died away they could bear the beast be- ath (hem tour aay at the bedy of ie vieuwm ai, three, soothed by the ‘ oly fools ike down.” whis- pered Winthrope, “We'll so0n be able to wee the brute.” And he us,’ rejoined Make In thie both were misteken, During the brief false dawn they were pus- sled by the o44 appearance of the ground. The sudden food of full deyligh: found thew otaring down lato @ dense white fog. ‘ refreshing coolness which , IGHT had almost passed, an4 there's the “th: thing of 4 scrapper hie own Pane “In India they have been known to Jol] a tiger, Cam you knock out the 9 What for?” ¢ had nothing for “Well, vou aid OFTOW POLDIal mmm “Good boy! We'll cinch them and wok questions later,” ‘The Jishinun nodded, and the three sat down to their third feast of eoeoa nila, Hiuke pondered a» he ate, and when, fully mal ve helped bimeelf wp with his club, he motioned jhe others do you think ite Mise Losi, iste he repeated. ing ate you yeuterday, if jee to go by, It’s all