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"All my threats doift bother him at
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The Man on the Step.
They were going to the matinee. She
was up in her boudoir putting on fin
ishing touches, and he was sitting Im
patiently on the front steps,
"George," she called down sweetly,
"Just one minute more until I find my
gloves."
Fiftn minutes passed.
"George," came from above, "wait
another second. I've lost my pin."
v Twenty minutes slipped by.
"George," she continued, "don't go,
One moment A button Just Jumped off
my shoe."
Long silence. Then George calls
wearily :
"Hurry a little, Ethel. If you get
down In another five minutes we can
mnke the evening performance. Mat
Inee's over long ago."
lJousrht has borne the sitrna-
Signature of
for The Term ofjiis Natural Life
By MARCUS CLARKE
CHAPTER XV. (Continued.)
Sylvia uttered a little cry. She had
become fond uf her dumb companion.
"Kill Nanny! Oh, Mr. Dawes! What
for?"
"I am going to mnke a boat for you,"
he said, "and I want hides and thread
nd tallow."
A few weeks back Maurice Frere
would have laughed at such a sentence;
but he had be;uu now to comprehend
that this escaped convict was not a man r
yto be laughed nt, and though he detested
him for his superiority, he could not but
admit that he was superior.
"You can't get more than one hide off
a goat, man" he said, with an inquiring
tone in his vnice at enough it were
just possible that such a marvelous being
as Dawes could get a second hide by
virtue of some secret process known only
to himself.
"I am going to catch other goats at
the pilot station."
"But how are you going to get there."
"Float across. Come, there Is no time
for questioning. Go and cut down some
saplings, and let us begin."
The lieutenant master looked at the
convict prisoner with astonishment, and
then gave way to the power of knowl
edge, and did as he was ordered. Be
fore sundown that evening, the carcass
of poor Nanny, broken Into various most
nnbutfhery frijtint. was hanilng on
the nearest tree; and Frere, returning
with as many young saplings as he could
drag together, found Kufus Dawes en
gaged In a curious occupation. lie had
killed the goat, and,Nhavlng cut off Its
head close under the jaws, and its legs
at the knee joint, had extracted the
carcass through a slit, which slit he had
now sewed together with strings. This
proceeding gave him a rough bag, and
he was busily engaged In filling this bag
with such coarse grass as he could col
lect Frere observed, also, that the fat
of the animal was carefully preserved,
and the Intestines had been placed in a
pool bf water to soak.
The convict, however, declined to give
Information as to what he Intended to
do. "It's my own notion," he said. "Let
me alone. I may make a failure of It."
Frere, on being pressed by Sylvia, af
fected to know nil about the scheme. He
was galled to think that a convict brain
should contain a njystery which he could
not share. .
' On the next day, by Rufus Dawes'
directions, Frere cut down some rushes
that grew about a mile from the camp
ing ground, and brought them In on his
back. This took him nearly half a day
to accomplish. Short rations were be
ginning to tell upon his physical pow
ers. The convict, on the other hand,
trained by a woful experience In the
boats to endurance of hardship, was
slowly recovering h's original strength.
"What are they for?" asked Frere,
as he flung the bundles down.
"To make a float. You are very dull,
Mr. Frere. I am going to swim over to
the pilot station and catch some of those
goats. I can get across on the stuffed
skin, but I must float them back on the
reeds."
Frere saw that his companion was
cleaning the intestines of the goat The
outer membrane having been peeled off,
Rufus Dawes was turning them inside
out. This he did by turning up a short
piece of it, as though It were a coat
sleeve, and dipping the ,turned-up cuff
Into a pool of water. The weight of the
water, pressing between the cuff and
the rest of it, bore down a further por
tion; and so, by repeated dippings, the
whole length was turned Inside out. The
inner membrane having been scraped
away, there remained a fine transparent
tube, which was tightly twisted and set
to dry in the sun.
"There is the catgut for the noose.
said Dawes. "I learned that trick at
the settlement. Now, come here."
Frere, following, saw that a fire had
been made between two stones, and that
the kettle was partly sunk in the ground
near it. On approaching the kettle, he
found It full of smooth pebbles.
"Take out those stones, said Dawes.
Frere obeyed, and saw nt the bottom of
the kettle a quantity of sparkling white
powder, and the sides of the vessel
crusted with the same material.
"What's that?" he asked.
"Salt."
"How did you get it?"
"I filled the kettle with sea water, and
then heating those pebbles red hot in the
fire, dropped them Into It. We could
have caught the steam In a cloth and
wrung out fresh water, had we wished
to do so."
Frere burst out in a sudden, fretful
admiration: "What a fellow you are,
Dawes! What are you I mean, what
have you been?"
A triumphant light came Into the oth
er's face, and for the Instant he seemed
about to reply by some startling revela
tion. But the light faded, and he check
ed himself with a gesture of pain,
"I am a convict. Never mind what
I have been. A sailor, shipbuilder, prod
igal, vagabond what does It matter?
It won't alter my fate, will it?"
"If we got safely back," says Fiere,
"I'll ask for a free pardon for you. You
deserve it"
"I don't want favor at your hands.
Let us get to work. Bring up the rushes
here, and tie them with a fishing line."
At this Instant Sylvia came up. "Good
afternoon, Mr. Dawes. Hard at work?
Oh! what's this In the kettle?"
The voice of the child acted like a
charm upon Rufus Dawes. Ha smiled
quit cheerfully.
"Bait, miss. I am going to catch the
(oata with that"
"Catch the goats! How? Put it on
their talis?" she cried merrily.
"Goats are fond of salt, and when I
get over to the pilot station. I shall set
traps for them baited .with this salt
When they come to lick it I shall have
a noose of catgut ready to catch them;
do you understand?"
"But how will you get across?"
"You will sea to-morrow."
CHAPTER XVI.
Frere, coming to the, pier next morn
ing, saw Dawes strip himself, and piling
his clothes npon the stuffed goatskin,
stretched himself upon the reed bundles,
and, paddling with his hands, pushed
off from the shore. The clothes floated
high and dry, but the reeds, depressed
by the weight of the body, sunk so that
the head of the convict alone appeared
above water. In this fashion he gained
the middle of the current, and the out
going tide swept, him down toward the
mouth of the harbor.
Rufus Dawes, drifting with the cur
rent had allowed himself to coast along
the eastern side of the harbor until the
pilot station appeared In view on the op
posite shore. By this time it was nearly
7 o'clock. He landed at a sandy cove,
and, drawing up his raft, proceeded to
unpack from among his garments a piece
of damper. Having eaten sparingly, and
dHd himself In the mm, he replaced
the remains of his breakfast and pushed
bis floats again into the water.
Arrived at his destination about mid
day, he set to work to lay his snares.
The goats, with whose sides he hoped
to cover the coracle, were sufficiently
numerous and tame to encourage him to
use every exertion. He carefully exam
ined the tracks of the animus, and found
that they converged to one point the
track to the nearest 'water. With much
labor he cut down bushes, so as to mask
the approach to the .water hole on all
sides, save where these tracks Immedi
ately conjoined. Close to the wster, and
at unequal distances along the various
Jracks, he scattered the salt hs had ob
tained by his rude distillation of sea
water. Between this scattered salt and
the points where he judged the animals
would be likely to approach, he set his
traps, and retired to watch the effect
of his labors.
About two hours after be had gone,
the goats came to drink. There were
five goats and two kids, and they trotted
calmly along the path to the water. The
watcher soon saw that his precautions
had been In a manner wasted. The lead
ing goat marched gravely Into the
springe, which, catching him round the
neck, released the bent rod, and sprung
him off his legs into the air. He uttered
a comical bleat and then hung kicking.
The other goats bounded off at this sud
den elevation of their leader, and three
more were entrapped at a little distance.
Rufus Dawes now thought It time to
secure his prize, though three of the
springes were as yet unsprung. He ran
down to the old goat knife In hand,
but before he could reach him the bare
ly dried catgut gave way, and the old
fellow, shaking his head with grotesque
dismay, made off at full speed. The
others, however, were secured and killed.
The loss o the springe was not a seri
ous one, for three traps remained un
sprung, and before sundown Rufus
Dawes had caught four more goats. Re
moving with, care the catgut that had
done, such good service, he dragged the
carcasses to the shore, and proceeded
to pack them upon his floats. He dis
covered, however, that the weight was
too great, and that the water, entering
through the loops of the stitching in the
side, had so soaked the rush grass as
to render the floats no longer buoyant
He was compelled, therefore, to spend
two hours In restufflng the skin with
such material as he could find. Some
light urtd flock-like seaweed, which the
action of the water had swayed after
tho fashion of hnyhands along the shore,
formed an excellent substitute for grass,
and having bound his bundle of rushes
lengthwise, with the goatskin as a cen
terpiece, he succeeded In forming a sort
of rude canoe, upon which the carcasses
floated securely.
The tide was now running in, and he
knew It was Imperative that he should
regain the further shore while the cur
rent was in his favor. He touched the
chilled water and drew back. For an
instant he determined to wait until the
beams of the morning should Illumine
that beautiful but treacherous sea, and
then the thought of the helpless child,
who was, without doubt, waiting and
watching for 'him on the shore, gave new
strength to his wearied frame; and fixing
his eyes on the glow that, hovering above
the dark tree-line, marked her presence,
he pushed the raft before him Into the
sen.
Paddling and pushing, he gradually
edged It toward the firelight; and at
last, just when his stiffened limbs re
fused to obey the Impulse of his will,
and he began to drift onward with the
onward tide, he felt his feet strike firm
ground. Dragging the carcasses abovej
nign-water mars, ne rounueq tne little
promontory and made for the fire. He
gained the fire before the solitary watch
er there heard his footsteps, and spread
his hands to the blaze in silence.
Frere, starting, cried, "It Is 'you!
Have you succeeded?"
"There are six carcasses down by the
rocks. You can have meat for breakfast
to-morrow."
The child, at the sound of the voice,
came running down from ths hut "Oh,
Mr. Dawesl I am so gladl Ws war
beginning to despair mamma and L"
Dawes snatched her from ths ground.
and, bursting Into a Joyous langTi, swung
her into the air. "Tell me," he cried.
holding up the child with two dripping
arms above him, "what you will do for
me If I bring you and mamma safe
home again?"
"Give you a free pardon," said Syl
via; "and papa shall-make you his ser
vant" Frere burst out laughing at
this reply; and Dawes, with a choking
sensation In his throat put the child
upon the ground, and walked away.
In the morning, however, Rufus
Dawes was first at work, and made no
allusion to the scene of the previous
evening. By dint of hard work they got
the four goats skinned, and the entrails
cleaned ready for twisting, by breakfast
time; and having broiled some of the
flesh, made a hearty meal. Mrs. Vlck
ers being no better, Dawes went to see
her, and seemed to have made friends
again with Sylvia, for he came out of
the hut with the child's hand in his,
Frere, who was cutting the meat In long
strips to dry In the sun, saw this, and it
added fresh fuel to the fire of his un
reasonable envy and jealousy.
'Rufus Dawes took two of the straight-
est and mdst taper of some celery-top
pines which Frere had cut on the pre- .
vlous day, and lashed them tightly to
gether, with the butts outward. He thus
produced a spliced stick about twelve
feet long. About two feet from either
end he notched the young tree until he
could bend the extremities upward; and
having so bent them, he secured the
bent portions in their places by means
of lashing of rawhide. The spliced trees
now presented the rude outline of ths
section of a boat, having the stem, keel
and stern all In. one piece. This having
been placed lengthwise between the
stakes, four other poles, notched In two
places, were lashed from stake to stake,
running crosswlre to the keel, and form
ing the knees. Four saplings were now
bent from end to end of the upturned
portions of the keel that represented
stem and stern. Two of these four were
placed above, as g"unwales; two below, as
bottom rails. At each Intersection ths
ticks were lashed firmly with fishing
line. The whole frsmework being com
plete, the stakes were drawn out, and
there lay upon the ground the skeleton
of a boat eight feet long by three broad.
Frere, whose hands were blistered and
sore, would fain have rested; but the
convict would not hear of It. "Let us
finish," he said, regardless of his own
fatigue; "the skins will b dry if we
stop."
"I csn work no more." said Frere,
sulkily; "I can't stand. You've got mus
cles of Iron. I suppose. I haven't."
"They made m work when I couldn't
stand, Maurice Frere. It Is wonderful
what spirit the cat gives a man. There's
nothing like work to get rid of aching
muscles so they used to tell me."
"Well, what's to be done nnw?"
"Cover the boat There, yon csn set
the fat to melt, and sew these hides to
gether, two snd two, do yon see? snd
then sew the pair at the necks. There
is plenty of catgut yonder."
"Don't talk to me as If I were a dog!"
says Frere, suddenly. "Be cl,vil, can't
yon V
But the other, busily trimming snd
cutting st the projecting pieces of sap
ling, made no reply. It is possible that
he thought the fatlgned lieutenant be
neath his notice. Abont an hour before
sundown the hides were ready, and
Rufus Dawes, having in the meantime
Interlaced the ribs of the skeleton with
wattles, stretched the skins over it. with
the hairy side Inward. Along the edges
of this covering he bored holes at Inter-
Vfils,- and passing through these . holes
thongs of twisted skin, he drew the
whole to the toprail of the boat. One
last precaution remained. Dipping the
pannikin Into the melted tallow, he
plentifully anointed the seams of the
sewed skins. The boat thus turned
topsy-turvy, looked likr a huge walnut
shell covered with red and reeking hide,
or the skul! of some Titan who had been
scalped. "There!" cried Rufus Dawes,,
triumphant. "Twelve hours In the sun
to tighten the hides, nnd she'll swim like
a duck."
The next day was spent In minor prep
arations. The jerked gost-meat was
packed securely Into as small a compass
as possible. Water bigs were Impro
vised out of portions of the Intestines of
the boats. Rufus Dawes, having filled
these with water, ran a wooden skewer
through their mouths, and twisted It
tisrht. tourniquet fashion. He also strip
ped cylindrical pieces of bark, nnd hav
ing sewed ench cylinder at 'the side, fit
ted to it n bottom of the same material,
and calked the seams with gum and pine
tree resin. Thus four tolerable buckets
were obtained. One goat skin yet re
mained, and out of this It was determin
ed to make a sail. "The current was
strong," said Rufus Dawes, "nnd we
shall not he able to row far with such
oars as we have got. If we get a breeze
ft may save our lives." It was Impos
sible to "step" a mast In the frail bas
ket structure, but this difficulty was over
come by a simple contrivance. From,
thwart to thwart two poles were bound,
and the mast lashed between these poles
with thongs of rawhide, was secured by
shrouds of twisted fishing line running
fore and aft. Sheets of bark were placed
at the bottom of the craft snd made a
.safe flooring. It wss late in the after
noon of the fourth day that these prep
arations were completed, and It was de
cided that on the morrow they should
adventure the journey.
We will coast
down to the bar," said Rufus Dawes,
"and wait for the slack of the tide. I
can do no more now."
(To L. continued.)
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