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ýwe naaV4up 4jnio 'JLAAVwiI a nit, 4ana get som e distanice between us and the island, in the event that "Bob".' stops. aPrompt»y at 3 o'lock "'Bob" gives a lat"cùghandquitis. Fortunately,- we, are some distance from the Iee shore, but the minute we stop we be- gin to drift towards, it, and it- is ail. a question of whether we can get the, engine started. before we strike the rocks. Considering that .these islands are flot inhabited, and that there are very few - vessels of any kind plying these waters, the idea of spendi ng several days on an i sIand iis nflot. an apýpealing one, s0 that we work steadily for aný hour and a half* trying* to, start a large. engine, and Scout after 'Scout takes bis turn at the flywheel and pulls the engfine over until he is tired, and is. relieved byr another Scout. 41t 3:30 p. m. we are conisiderably neàrer the rocks and a distress signal is hoisted, consisting of the National ensign' with the fieldi turned upside down, together, with a large white blanket displayed on the mast, ail plainly visible for several miles. Sbortly afterward, we lash several firewood logs together and throw them overboard to windward, as a sea-anchor, but they do flot check our drift. Then one. of 'the Scouts gets a good idea, and we put inito service olice more Jn>U- As ginig, anUuiU s1 time we get the belt to the circulat- ing pump to* "stày put." We are very close 'to shore just 110w, and we are càlculating just where we will-hit 'the rocks' and what we are to do. in case we cannet ge going weknow we have enough, food io Iast. several days, but àt the same timeé a f ew regular explosions from "Bob" gives us the sensation ofbeing saved. The sun is' getting Iow now, and we head for an island, believing that ý Little Detroit us, around this island, but as we round the islnd, we finid none of the iden- tifying marks indicated on the chart, armi as we are now niavigating in tWilight and can see no ligbtsoQf. any kind, we h ead for another isla-nd, and plan to anchor in the quiet water in the Iee of this island. As we rhear the island one Ofi the Scouts sights a small cove, and heading for this cove, we go aground near the island and once more several of the .Scouts man the boat hook and by sheer strength forcelber bow off and we head for saf e water, anchoring about one hundred yards off the island. It is a imatter of considerable relief for a!] of us to be at anchor once more, after nIlr strenuousý and pventful, PortRAYts That Please 'The MOST TREASURED GIlFT FOR CHRISTMAS Good fictures for as Uitile as $8 a doxen LEUGENE L. "AY 1606 Chicago Aye., Evanston Phone Uni, 12à8 STUDIO tire camping equipment on a forme r uaveý reviveci, and ail te bcojuts turn motor tour, and this huge bag is to clean up cabin and deck, and we filled witb water and submerged; it enjoy a light supper of eggs and does the trick. Our' bow points marmalade, and* about 9:30 are into the wind and we drif t at a ready to turn in. mucb retarded rate, as the immense (Çontinued Next1 Week.) ENEWEID LOVELINES 24- lette ice 6660