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G 00. i \Vaikm'lnn Husnww Lune-5c . - . ~ . "’V v ' . ; (Hm). M’Ul [(7).\, Pursuit-mt, i “v.””s”‘ss. 9“-‘s‘ guing 31a}. 23 24-25. B I‘ll‘it )1};}' :2“; for a Business L‘ Toronto, Ont. \Vhere you will get. cor~ rent, instrm-tinn and ' assistance m oh- taining employment when competent. College 0an all summer. Enter any time. mun We time a Large Range to select from and Prices are Moderate As Well if Calder’s Block An Early Call is Brantfurd cu \V. R. Ferguson Kent. was again clamation by the tion. Insurance AND ARE A .THIN 0F BEAUTY! I', U 'Ihe concessions already grumeu by the British Government have hardened the hearts of the Home Rule opponents. .W. JOHNSTON nc)\\’ Ur Durham le8. Elizabeth Bonnemort. known - throughout the west as the cattle ‘4 . Utah, is dead at Salt Lake. Born in Scotland 65 years ago, she had been ranching since she was 20, and leaves a fortune of $2,000,000. ' When the announcement reach- ed El Paso, Texas, over the wires last Friday night, that there was no prohibition against shipping ‘ _‘.___--.:+;nn info Tam- Let Us Prepare You swam: FARE There is trouble mu: ( Machine 01L Harness Oil, Ame Grease and Boo! Ointment. go to S. P. SAUNDERS Catalogue free. . Bifi‘alo; Black Rock and ruspension Bridge, wd returning May 2.: )Wn . :ttim ELLIOH a 1' are. 25 cents) fie at G rand Trunk .uuhitiuus voung 1" instructed 111 11111' Home Stuck, V “111511111 CH“- site. PaV when~ . Thixt-V Years" .111 gear, tlaiuex'. Enter any day. anteed. If you .bmud and lemn VV rite 1111 p; u'Lic- C of All Kinds including Stock ‘eu'eel'. Attend 1gain nominated by ac 31' the Libexal conven \' the Llfr‘ci'u'. (fl‘1l\t‘ll-l'- ' a1 , I told her after awhile that she was and 'sn‘fe. No sound had come from the For m ossimzs already granted ship and the lights in the (‘Ilhill which my m 331‘ (-}\'>\'t"1’1?r9‘311? have at first we could see dimly presently he in he hearts ot the Home disappeared. Our escape had not been pen. lentil. idlscovered. 1 suggested at last that ‘ We abeth Bonnemort. known' she should go to sleep I arranged the While. : the West as the cattle boat cloak and blankets and although sav st queen of Utah, is dead she had to be much persuaded 1 finally mg, t. [‘8' Born in 5301131“, 65 prevailed upon her to lie down in the heart :2: hétdahlelenlegezgghmi boat. her head by my knees: and thus to 33; 2,006,000. we Sililéd 0!] through the lllgbt. . UQIDIF When day broke I hauled aft the have 1e announcement reach- sheet and headed the boat to the south- staum 3, Texas, over the wires! warm for I had now crossed the head We! y. mght Phat In??? W35 of the island and could run down the reef z {tlon affilmSt. t 08 “Exf- other side. By the time it was fairly“ we re mum .on m dawn I had made enough scathing to l and the Umted States or. , there was an immediate Dulce the north end or the island be- } there stward of constitutional-‘ tween ourselves and the ship. I steer- break sing agents. L“ . . ‘ . 'l kstoms u: Phone 3:t_ Your Advantage brewing in the Office. )1.P.P.. for Eést Return _V ac- CHAPTER X. in Which We Pass the Barrier. HE lazarette was well provided. and l stocked the boat hund- somely. not forgetting an ax. a lantern and tinder box. There was not much water. but 1 emptied acme bottles of Wine and filled them. although 1 did not much worry on that account because there would be plenty 3! water undoubtedly on the island. The boat was provided with a com- Dass and a mast and sail. 1 got into A‘Aâ€"-:L.\ Ana 2855 all“ a Wu wwwwww ng at the davits and overhauled spar and gear. Then I shipped the tiller. and presently ev. erything was ready. A final search brought to light a narrow locker in the captain‘s room. which I forced open and which I found to contain a fine fowling piece. a double harreled shotgun and a heavy musket with plenty of powder and ball. These I passed into the boat also. “Have you got now what you wish to take?" I asked when all my prepa- rations were completed “A change of linen, some toilet arti- and comb. answered. l ; cles and necessaries. brush l lneedles and thread.” she “Evâ€"- holding up her bundle “Good." said 1 ! about 10 o‘clock at ni you get into the boat uu‘u‘Ub “I" u.â€" “Good.” said 1 ! judged it was about 10 o'clock at night "Now. do you get into the boat. madam." e ship for She had not been on :11 six months without having something. and she instantly asked away?" “I will have to go up Will. 5 nu..._- “But won't they see you ?" “1 don't think so. but Wm do or not we must chance anything should happen to t “A“ ‘ anything should happen to me [’11 cut . I the boat adrift. and you will he in ’4 l God‘s hands." . Silently l assisted her to take her n the stern sheets. It was not n the contrary. yet she made but a small figure sitting there. ; Then 1 went on deck 1 had a can of j oil with me to oil the blocks. It was i; as l fancied. By that time everybody ; on the ship was asleep in a drunken i . stupor. The shi as human supervision w Still I didn’t neglw-t any prevaution l 1 oiled the shires of the hlovk and i l owered the heat away carefully. inch 1 l ; l by inch. until it was water borne I ‘greassured my mistress by Whispered ; words as I did so. She had had her in- 11 ' it 5119 followed 5 hook out and fended off the minute the boat touvhed l the water For me to helay the falls [g and slide down the forward one to cast ,f off and take my plat-e in the boat was E but the work of an instant. The oars 1 had been Parefnlly mumed Although E the noise of the wares rendered con- ‘ I a - \ . V ‘ Versation quite safe. we neither ot us (3 rowed some " Spoke a word until l ha i distanee from the ship ', it was nearly midnight 1v nelninz: me with 7. . “But how it was nearly "lullllgu’l Wu..- everything snipshzme, my .. 1.“ Deming me with her best efforts. and the little vessel thresbed gallantly through the big SHIS. ' I had varefnlly taken my bearings during the any and as I had a good compass on the bout I Knew exactly how to steer. Fortunately the wind _heid steady. I laid her course so Eas to meat the northeast end of the gisland. around wh'u-b I intended to :swmg so as to. De hidden from the ‘ ship at daybreak . __‘ _‘ fled. By that time everybody ‘ hip was asleep in a drunken 3 The ship was deserted so far 1 n supervision was converned. i didn’t neglw-t any prwantion. l the shives of the blank and 2 the heat away carefully. inch ‘ until lt was water borne I (1 my mistress hy Whispered 3 I did 30. She had had her in- as and right well she followed She had her hont hnol; «ml and MT the minute the boat tonl-hed or For me to llelay the falls r CYRUS TOWNSEND B'RABY are you going to lower LII» uuvl y midnign} before we got inshape. my lady brave- 3 with her best efforts. vessel thresbed gallantly 1i}: SHIS. 7 THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. on dad: for 1912. by (Samar3 KIIC' \.lbu 3 A where we were 1 couxuu l nee "0 l of the island. although from my inspec ;t‘on of it the day before I judged it >r . might be six or eight miies long. and ‘d as: I had sailed past it I estimated it 9“ 1 was about the same breadth and near II LV circular in shape. it ' A long distance away on the other Side and hard to be seen at all from 01‘ the level of the sea in the small boat Hay other islands. faintly outlined on ‘. the far horizon. ~. ed the bout toward Im- land 1 My hopes ere hum mu! 1 rm a Kind i of exhilaration at nur 98111;)". :mh<m;:h ? l was by no menus invnm-d m mini § mize the pnsslhilitivs of 1mm we might $ 5001) he (-nmpezlml (u nn-ot l‘lw Island E was our destination. however“ and for ‘ it. therefore I dvtvrumwdw hwulvd my small craft with its prwious and still peacefully sleeping ('zu'g‘u. The island was unlike any 1 bad eVer looked upun. In the first place. like ' most Pacifiv islands. it was im-lnsed‘ ha n tmrripr reel. uuer whivb Lhei by a barrier reel. over wnirn the l waves broke in whitt-t-aps as far as i could see I supposed that somewhere there Would he an opening in the reef l through whirh we could sail. That was invariably the case with all such lstands that I had ever knownor read , about. But I could not see the open 1 hug from the boat yet. The lagoon en closed by the barrier reef seemed to he a quarter or half a mile wide. i The strangest part of the whole scene \‘tlS that the island itself looked 1] like a whitish gray wall risin: straight l on from the lagoon for. l suppose. from {150 feet in the lowest part to 300 feet ' or more without a break lts top was icovered with greenery. it stood up Hike a solid rampart or stone From A where we were 1 couldn‘t see the end l of the island. although from my inspec f it the day before l judged it ; t‘on 0 might be six or eight miles long. and M. u mm enilpd nast it i estimated it t“c 1“. |l‘ru .-.-_ I suppose about somewhat dingy t0 the winx‘. : course. for presently i must have thrashed' when l brcught the ind vhunged her my little mistress the briefest acknowledgment of my 3 good morning and the briefest reply to my inquiry as to how she did she stared at the land toward which we were edging in St) far as the wind would allow. It was a bleak. inhos- , pitahle looking plan-e. that gray. rough , wall. in Spite of its infrequent crust- : ing of verilure. I will admit. and she, 3 too. found it so After she had stared 3 hard at the land she cast an anxious '- glance to leeward. but. of course. could ' make nothing of the distant islands I there. . .‘ ' ..IIL‘ Townsend 8” 4 " guy- v- “We must get ashure." said I. "as soon as possible. By the time their debaucb will have worn off they will either bring the ship here or send the boat after us. Afloht we can do not!) ing, ashore we may find some conceal ment and probably make some de- fensef' “It is a bleak looking spot" lndeed. not a curl of smoke any- where betrayed the presence of man. kind Had it not been for depres- sions in the walls of the cliff here and . there which were filled with vegeta-t tion, one might have supposed the is l land to be nothing but a desolate. and'l arid rock. but this reassured me ll thow'ht it strange that there was nol a mountain or hill rising from beyond the top of the wall. but I was yet to: see how strange the island was. ‘ But as it was. full morning now 1‘ decided that first of all the. creature‘ comforts had to he thought of 1 offer- ed to relinquish the tiller and prepare somethingr to eat. but Mistress Lucy 1| took that upon herself What we had ‘ was cold. but there was plenty of it. and at my urging she ate heartily. For myself i needed no stimulus but 1 my raging hunger. l wanted her to he in fettle for whatever might hapâ€" pen A‘â€"_ 4â€"..(11‘ ‘ ‘ 13.3%; 5" £1 We had nut muoh conversation the while. but I do remember that she did say she had rather be here altine with me than on the ship, whereat my heart pounded. but I had sense enough to say nothing Her loneliness and helplessness amwmvd In the I might have been hold under other circum- stances. but nut nuw v“â€" Well. ,We coasted akmg that barrier reef a goud part at me morning until we reached the other end of the island and discovered to our dismay that there was absolutely no opening. no break in it through which we could maxe our way. \Hwn we u-m-ned the tower énd m5" tad) “'35 (M sailing around on the other side. but {ms 1 did nut dare. We had h‘em‘d nothing from the ship 0! her hunts. and i didn't pro- (V pose t0 arouse any pursuit by coming, Within possible range of her glasses. I did [It voulay 'Vu 'u.v “Madam.” said I at last. "there is naught for us but to try'to go over the (‘99f in some fashinn. As I examined the island yesterday through the glasses I couldn‘t 599 any opening in the reef (m that side. and.-alth0ugh I never saw or hmm'l of a case like this before. I make no d'unht but what the reef is vontinumzs and there is no ac- cess to the island uxvept over it. And come to think of it. Sir Philip‘s chart SDOWPG no (wetting 'i‘ther,” “1 retail! that the reef mulpietely én ("moles the island In the map." assent ed my lady “Then we must enrn pass over it as : perfectly quiet and trust to me." 'I "I ““1” do whtitvvm‘ you tell me." ; she said with n IHHM hwmning and un Ensnal moekness "1 think»! knowâ€"l trust you emirvh‘. Mn'stur I’iampdun." “\‘prv wvll." said I quietly, “and may rVD-‘v tome to think «If it Sir Philip‘s chart abmvvd no opening: either.” “1 vet-all that the reef vompletely én mrcles the island III the (DMD. assent “Then we must even pass over it as we (fun. 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"remember mm 1 have been ynur true servant. a1- 1 1 66 \‘e:‘y “If we die." I that l have been W.as,s YO She nodded her head. her eyes glis- tening. and then I lust sight of her. A. huge ron overhmk us The little boat ruse and rose and rose with a giddy. furious umt‘mn Snddvmy it began to turn If it went hrmxdside to the reef and :1 vuve caught it or one broke over it we should he lost. but 1 had foreseen the danger I throw um my our and with every pound or strength in arm. leg and hudy l ximm lpliudiy. desper- l‘ K” “5“- utely. 1132111151 the thrust of the sea. 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