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But there are other itemsâ€" methods of lighting tires. finding water, knowing wnnt fruits and other articles may be found on a desert island. such as plantains and cocoanuts and certain sorts of birds.” “Have you led an adventurous life?” she asked, by way of polite conversa- tlon. “No,” he growled. “I only thought so because you ap- pear to know all sorts of dodges for prolonging existenceâ€"things I never heard of. “Broiled hamâ€"and biscuits-for in- stance?” When the meal was ended Jenks sprang lightly to his feet. Rest and food had restored his faculties. The girl thought dreamily, as he stood there in his rough attire, that she had never seen a finer man. He was tall, sinewy and well formed. In repose his face was pleasant, if masterful. Its somewhat sullen, self contained ex- pression was occasional and acquired. She wondered how he could be so ener. getic. Personally she was consumed with sleepiness. He produced a revolver. “Do you mind it I fire a shot to test these cartridges?” he inquired. “The powder is all right, but the fulminate In the caps may be damaged.” “I can depend on my fingers.” be ex- plained. “It will not be the first time.” “Can I do nothing to help?” she ex- claimed. So cqntrite was her tone that J enks was astonished. “Yes,” he said. pointing to the dish cover. “It you polish the top of that with your sleeve it will serve as a plate. Luncheon is ready.” â€" He neatly dished up two slices of ham on a couple of biscuits and hand- ed them to her with the clasp knife. Iris forgot her annoyance in her in- terest. A most appetizlng smell filled the air. They were having a picnic amidst delightful surroundings. Yes- terday at this timeâ€" She almost yielded to a rush of sentiment. but forced it back with instant determination. Tears were a poor resource, unmindful of God's goodness to herself and her com- panion. Without the sailor, what would have become of her, even were she thrown ashore while still living? She knew none of the exnedients which seemed to be at his command. She agreed promptly. He pointed the weapon at a cluster of cocoanuts, and there was a loud report. Two nuts fell to the ground, and the air was fill- ed with shrill screams and the flapping of innumerable wings. Iris was mo- mentarily dismayed, but her senses confirmed the sailor’s explanation â€"â€" “Sea birds.” “Can you use a revolver?” he asked. “My father taught me. He thinks every woman should know how to de- fend herself if need be.” She covertly watched his prepara- tions. He tore a dry leaf from a note- book and broke the bullet out of a cartridge, damping the powder with water from a pitcher plant. Smearlng the composition on the paper, he placed it in the sun, where it dried at once. He gathered a small bundle of with- ered spines from the palms and arrango ed the driftwood on top, choosing a place for his bonfire just within the shade. Then inserting the touch pa- per among the spines he unscrewed one ot the lenses of the binoculars, converted it into a burning glass and had a fine blaze roaring merrily in a few minutes. With the aid of pointed sticks he grilled some slices of ham, cut with his clasp knife, which he first carefully cleaned in the earth. The biscuits were of the variety that be- come soft when toasted, and so he bal- anced :1 few by stones near the fire. “Excellent. Well. Miss Deane, you must try to sleep for a couple of hours. I purpose examining the coast for some distance on each side. Should you Want me. a shot will be the best sort of signal.” “I am very tired.” she admitted. “Oh. I am all right! I feel restlessâ€" tlmt is, I mean I will not be able to sleep until night comes, and before we climb the hill to survey our domain I want to find better quartersjhan we now possess.” “But Perhaps were she less fatigued she would have caught the vague anxiety, the note of distrust, in his voice. But the carpet of sand and leaves on which she lay was very seductive. Her eyes oiusml. She nestled into a comforta- hto position and slept. sw- it instantly. pulled his son’wester well over his eyes and walked 0! quietly. The man moved the revolver out at harm's way to a spot where she must ' hey were flung ashore on the north- wost side of the island. Except for the cove formed by the coral reef, with its mysterious palm tree growing up- parently in the midst of the waves, the shape of the coast was roughly that of the concave side of a how, the two visible extremities being about three- quarters of a mile apart. ‘ He guessed by the way In which the sea racgd past these points that the ’0 Mi. 0 . 0"... 0:}. '0 3.0: .‘ 3%.:10k‘o o .0. 0 ‘0‘. o" *.‘:' . .' 0'00 .; '... g. 0. :.°-:-. 3.. o.“ ’.°.O 0: o '. 0.... .0. . ‘N. o o. . . 9?. ."020, 00"... ° '0' .I:'.:‘.0‘ 0.0: ‘0. .10.... :.‘:.o.. ‘ land did not extend beyond them. Be- hind him it rose steeply to a considera- ble height, 150 or 200 feet. In the cen- ter was the tallest hill, which seemed to end abruptly toward the southwest. 0n the northeast side it was connect. ed with a rocky promontory by a ridge of easy grade. The sailor turned to the : southwest as offering the most likely 1 direction for rapid survey. Delighted with this discovery. more precious than diamonds at the mo- ment â€"â€" for be doubted the advisability of existing on the water supply of the pitcher plantâ€"he knelt to peer into the excavation. The well had been proper- ly made. Ten feet down he could see the reflection of his face. Expert hands had tapped the secret reservoir of the island. By stretching to the full ex- tent ot his arm he managed to plunge the stick into the water. Tasting the drops, he found that they were quite sweet. The sand and porous rock pro- vided the best of filter beds. At the foot of the main cliff was a cluster of fruit bearing trees-plan- tains. are 'a nuts and cocoa palms. A couple of einehonas caught his eye. In one spot the undergrowth was rank and vividly green. The cassava. or tapioca plant. reared its high passion tiower leaves above the grass, and some sago palms thrust alot‘t their thiek stemmed trunks. "Here is a change of menu, at any rate.” he eommuued. Breaking a thick h‘aneh off a neon tree, he whittled away the minor stems. A strong stick was needful to 6?}..‘lill'té that leafy fastness thoroughly. .\ l‘ew cautious strides and vigorous \VZ‘I‘J'RS with the stick laid hare the (';il.‘.-;e of such prodigality in a soil cov- ered with drifted sand and lumps of black and white speckled coral. The trees and bushes inelosed a wellâ€"safe- guarded. in fact, from being choked with sand during the first gale that blew. He rose, well pleased, and noted that on the opposite side the appearance of the shrubs and tufts of long grass indicated the existence of a grown over path toward the cliff. He followed it, walking carelessly, with eyes seeking the prospect beyond, when something rattled and cracked beneath his feet. Looking down, he was horrified to find he was trampling on a skeleton. Had a venomous snake coiled its glis- tening folds around his leg he would not have been more startled. But this man of iron nerve soon recovered. He frowned deeply after the first involun- tary heart throb. With the stick be cleared away the undergrowth and revealed the skeleton of a man. The bones were big and strong, but oxidized by the action of the air. Jenks had injured the left tibia by his tread, but three fractured ribs and a smashed shoulder blade told some terrible unwritten story. lIe descended and commenced a sys- tematic search. Men had been here. Was there a house? Would he sudden- ly encounter some hermit Malay or Chinzuuzm? Beneath the mournful relics were fragments of decayed cloth. It was blue serge. Lying about were a few blackened objects, brass buttons mark- ed wlth an anchor. The dead man’s boots were in the best state of preser- vation, but the leather had shrunk, and the nails protruded like fangs. The intervening belt was sparsely dotted with trees, casuarinas, poon and other woods he did not know, resem- bling ebony and cedar. A number of stumps showed that the ax had been at work, but not recently. He passed into the cleft and climbed a tree that offered easy access. As he expected, after rising a few feet from the ground his eyes encountered the solemn blue line of the sea, not half a mile distant. A rusted pocketknite lay there, and on the left breast of the skeleton rest- ed a round piece of tin. the t0p of a canister, which might have reposed in a coat pocket. Jenks picked it up. Some curious marks and figures were punched into its surface. After a hasty glance he put it aside for more leisure ly examination. He was not surprised to find that the hill terminated in a sheer wall of rock, which stood out, ominous and massive, from the wealth of verdure clothing the remainder of the ridge. Facing the precipice and separated from it by a strip of ground not twen- ty feet above the sea level in the high. est part was another rock built emi- nence quite bare of trees, blackened by the weather and scarred in a manner that attested the attacks of lightning. No weapon was visible. He could form no estimate as to the cause of the death of this poor unknown nor the time since the tragedy had occurred. Jenks must have stood many min- utes before he perceived that the skel- eton was headless. At first he imag- ined that in rummaging about with the stick he had disturbed the skull. But the most minute search demonstrated that it had goneâ€"had been taken away. in factâ€"for the plants which so effectu- ally screened the lighter bon’es would not permit the skull to vanish. Then the frown on the sailor’s face became threatening, thunderous. He recollected the rusty creese. Indistinct memories of strange tales of the China we crowded nnhidden to his brain Panting; and wild eyed, Jenks was at the girl’s hide in an lnconcelvahly short space of time. She was not beneath the shelter of the grove, but on the sands, gazing, pallid in cheek and lip, at the group of rocks on the edge of the lagoon. “What is the matter?” he gasped. “Oh, I don’t know!" she walled brokenly. “I had a dream, such a hor- rlble dream. You were struggling with some awful thing down there.” She pointed to the rocks. “Frightened! By a dream! In broad daylight!" “Dyna!" ne growled nerceiy. ”A ship’s oflicer, an Englishman probably, murdered by head hunting Dyak .pi- Revealed the skeleton of a man. tigue. Miss Deane.” he said. “What you saw was probably a seal.” He knew the ludicrous substitution would not be questioned. “Please go and lie down again.” "But why are you sopale? What has alarnwd you?” It they came once they would come again. Five hundred yards away Iris Deane was sleeping. He ought not to have left her alone. And then, with the devilish ingenuity of coincidence, a revolver shot awoke the echoes and sent all manner of wild fowl hurtling through the trees with clamorous out- “I was not near the place,” he said laboriously. It cost him an eflort to breathe. His broad chest expanded inches with each respiration. “Yes, yes, I understand. But I awoke and ran to save you. When I got here I saw something, a thing with waving arms. and fired. It van- ished, and then you came.” Iris followed him. “See!” she cried excitedly. “I was not mistaken. There was something here.” A creepy sensation ran up the man’s spine and passed behind his ears. At this spot the drowned Lascars were lying. Like an inspiration came. the knowledge that the cuttlefish. the dreaded octopus, abounds in the China 8821. “(‘:m you ask? Did you not give the agroml signal?” “$635 but"-â€" <14". The sailor walked slowly to the rocks. A fresh chip out of the stone showed where the bullet struck. One huge bowlder was wet, as if water had been splashed over it. He halted and looked intently into the water. Not a fish was to be seen, but small spirals of sand were eddying up from the bot- tom, where it shelved steeply from the shore. I-Iis face was livid when he turned to Iris. “You are overwrought by fu- “I cannot.” she protested. “I am tOO frightened.” . mum. For ; .nto his soul. SCOTT 69’ BOWNE, ems”, l “0" " “And the shelterâ€"is it a house: T WM". Oilf- “No, a cave. If you are suflici 50c. and {1.00. All Maia: ‘ rested you might come and take session." A tickling in the throat; hoarseness at times; adeep breath irritates it;â€"â€"these are features of a throat cough. They’re very de- ceptive and a cough mix- ture won’t cure them. You want something that will heal the inflamed membranes, enrich the blood and tone up the system ° .° Scott’ J Emulyz on ,0 772de C mtg/95 11m is just such a remedy. It has wonderful healing and nourishing power. Removes the cause of the cough and the whole system is given new strength and vigor inquiring glance fol]. [In “'as ms from agitation rather Khan 3. lie was pertnrlwd on 1101' ac- l“or an instant sm- had looked Send for free tau pl: He vividly pictured the sceneâ€"a ; Jrave. hardy European keeping at bay a boat load of Dyak savages, enduring nanfully the agonies of hunger, thirst, )erhaps wounds; then the siege. fol- owed by a wild effort to gain the life giving well, the hiss of a Malay parang wielded by a lurking foe and the last lespairing straggle before death came. He might be mistaken. I’erehanee 'here was a less dramatic explanation. dut he could not shake 01! his first im- )ressions. .. .-â€"-_ __,____._ -.-... “You are a successful explorer," she cried when he drew near. Cattle on Bond-y. “Y es, Miss Deane. I have found wa- In West Australia some farmers send ter, implements, a shelter, even light.” their .cattle for about Six weeks' 1105' “What wt or llzht?” d” to the seaside each year. The «our change of air and food is said to be “ It"timely beneficial to them. The And the shelterâ€"ls it a house?” e . “No, a «we: ‘1‘! you are sufliciently If“: on the coast a impregnated mm After an absence of little more than an hour he rejoined the girl. She saw him from afar and wondered whence he obtained the ax he shouldered. “The remnants of a fight,” he thought. “The man was attacked and iefeuded himself here. Not expecting the arrival of enemies, he provided no store of food or water. He was killed while trying to reach the well, proba- oly at night." There was relief in hearing his own 70109. He could hum and think and .ct. Arming himself with the ax. he tttacked the bushes and branches of trees in front of the cave. He cut a fresh approach to the well and threw the litter over the skeleton. At first me was inclined to bury it where it lay, but he disliked the idea of Iris walking unconsciously over the place. No time could be wasted that day. He would seize an early opportunity to act as gravedlgger. In the darkest corner of the cave’s extremity the “wall" appeared to he very smooth. He prodded with the stick. and there was a sharp clang of tin. He discovered six square kerosene oil cases carefully stacked up. Three were empty, one seemed to be half full, and the contents of two were un- touched. With almost feverish haste he ascertained that the half filled tin :lid really contain oil. “What a find!” he ejaculated aloud. So far as he could judge. the cave harbored no further surprises. Return- ng toward the exit. his boots dislodged more empty cartridges from the sand. They were shells adapted to a revolver )1! heavy caliber. At a short distance from the doorway they were present in dozens. “\Ylmt was the poor devil doing Jere?” he asked. “Why did he bury aimseif in this rock. with mining uten- sils and a few rough stores? He could not be a castaway. There is the indi- 3ation of purpoSe, of preparation. of nethod combined with ignorance, for mone who knew the ways of Dyaks and Jhinese pirates would venture to live nere alone it he could help it. and if he ‘eally were alone.” At the farther end was a collection of objects inviting prompt attention. Each moment he could see with greater dis- tinctness. Kneeling on one side of the little pile. be discerned that on a large stone serving as a rude bench were some tin utensils. some knives, a sex- tant and a quantity of empty cartridge cases. Between the stone and what a miner terms the “face" of the rock was a four foot space. IIere. half imbedded in the sand which covered the floor. were two pickaxes, a shovel, a sledge hammer, a tine timber telling ax and three crowbars. “I will go back," uhe said quietly. “though I would rather accompany you. What are you doing?" “Seeking a place to lay our heads." he answered, with grufl carelessness. “You really must rest, Miss Deane. Otherwise you will be broken up by fatigue and become ill.” So Iris again sought her couch of sand, and the sailor returned to the skeleton. They separated unwillingly. each thinking only of the other’s safe- ty and comfort. More bushes gathered at the foot of the cliff. Behind them he could see the mouth of a cave. The six months’ old growth of vegetation about the en- trance gave clear indication as to the time which had elapsed since a human foot last disturbed the solitude. A few vigorous blows with the stick cleared away obstructing plants and leafy branches. The sailor stooped and leaked into the cavern, for the opening was barely five feet high. He per- ceived instantly that the excavation was man's handiwork applied to a fault in ,the hard rock. A sort of nat- ural shaft existed, and this had been extended by manual labor. Beyond the entrance the cave became more lofty. Owing to its position with ref- ewnuxeto the sun at that hour Jenks imagined that suiiicient light would be obtainable when the tropical luxu- riance of foliage outside was dispensed with. At present the interior was dark. With the stick he tapped the walls and roof. A startled clack and the rash of wings heralded the flight of two birds alarmed by the noise. Soon his eyes, more accustomed to the gloom, made out that the place was about thirty feet deep, ten feet wide in the center and seven or eight feet high. CROSS the parched bones lay l the stick discarded by Jenks in his alarm. He picked it up and resumed his progress along the pathway. So closely did he now examine the ground that he hard- [3' noted his direction. The track led straight toward the \\‘:l" of rock. The distance was not guestâ€"about forty yards. At first the l.;°ushwood imped- ed him. but soon era-:1 this hindrance disappeared, and n We” defined passage meandered through :1 belt of trees. some strong and lofty. others quite im- mature. CHAPTER IV. saline and has the eflect of a tonic on the animals. Black Eyed Bottles. The London police have a rule that allows the omcers a chance to go into hiding whenever the} get a black eye in the course of duty. If it is not a so. none one they are allowed to do night duty. DR. HARTE’S CELERY- ‘ IRON PILLS. The Remedy we Positively Guarantee will Cure You orYour Money Refu nded. CHEMIS’I‘ â€" AND â€" DRUGGIST DURHAM, ONT. Thus hns never been s remedy offered to the public with such on honest gnu“. tee of cure behind it :3 Dr. Hute’s Ce]. ery-Iron Pills. This remedy is the best treatment in the world for such troubles es Ansemin, Chlorosis or Green Sick ness, Pale end Ssllow Complexion, Nervous. ness, Sleeplessness‘, BrninthgL Impaired He laughed sardoni'cally. and thc harsh note clashed with her frank candor. Here at least she was utterly deceived. His changeful moods were incomprehensible. Memory. Lou OCAPPGt-ite. Dyapepsm New. Exhuntion. Nervous Hetdachos, Hylbeflt, St. Vitul m, Femle “'eak- neu, Pimple! and Mptionl, Heart 1’31- piution, Shortha- of Breath, Dizzinosa and Faintneu, Gene!!! Wetkneas tnd Depility. “You told me that I was in mm mand. yet you dispute my orders.” 1h strove hard to ammu- bmsquely good humored. inherent. though for om of his mold he‘wns absurdly irritablv. The cause was overstrain. but that ex planation escaped him. “Quite true. But it sleeping in the cold, in dew or rain, is bad for mo, it must be equally bad for you, and with» out you I am helpless. you know.” Theta is 30min; better for pale, list- less, hollow-eyed In to make them rogyocheeked and! q! tgounéinglwnhp. If you are nations to Dr. Harm’s Celery-Iron Pills, m eel! you 6 boxes for $2.50 with the understanding and with the mute. flint if you feel you are not deriving benefit from the an of the Pills, after taking thrm- in x 5 according to directions, you may rum-n the 3 empty boxes, together with '3:- I? 'mopened ones, and have your n. :r y 'vfimdrw‘z. By the single box the Pills are Luz. It is}. glut boon to wank, wormout run-down men and women, giving them tint dgoyoul halt}: tint makes lifo "or.“ h‘tms- “I was going to say." she explained. “that we must devise a partition There is no help for it until you con- struct a sort of house. Candidly. I do not like this hole In the rock. It is a vault. a tomb.” "That arrangement"â€" she began, but ended in a sharp cry of terror. The dispossessed birds had returned during the sailor’s ubsom-e. “I will kill them!” he shouted in an- get. “Please don’t. There has been enougl at death in this place already.” The words jarred on his ears. Then he felt that she could only allude to the victims or the wreck. “There is a lot to he done." broke in Jenks emphatically. “We must climb the hill and get back here in time to light another flre before the sun goes down. I want to prop a can- vas sheet in trout or the cave and try to devisea lamp." “Must I sleep inside?” demanded Iris. “Yes. Where else ?" There was a pause. a mere whit! of awkwardness. “I will mount guard outside.” went on Jenks. He was trying to improve the edge of the ax by grinding it on a soft stone. The girl went Into the cave again She was inquisitive. uneasy. Embarked on the toboggan slope of nntruth. the sailor slid smoothly down- ward. “Events have colored your imagina- tion, Miss Deane. Even in England men often preserve such things for fuo ture use. They can be reioaded.” "Yes, I have seen keepers do that This is diflerent. There is an air of"â€" They had entered the cavern but :1 little way and now came out. “These empty cartridges are funny They suggest a tort. a battle." “'0 manlike, her words were carelessly chosen, but they were crammed witl inductive force. “A new path!" The pertinent (1 tion staggered him. “Yes. the. people who lived here u have had some sort of free passnm IIe lied easily. “I have only do; away recent growth." he said. “And Why did they dig a cave? surely would be much more simpl build a house from all these trees." “Why did ygu make a nuw the well?" she inquired after survey. Her eyes danced with 0: He told her What he had s reservations. and she mu « him to witness these marvels “There frankly. 'I‘hnv I1 JNO. 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