A little ah“>«l of
through the reef
them
„No: and after a while I didn t
..
ri
inside the reef encircling th-- life :• rather p.-a«a / wh-n n ; get
it i* s»*t >f
• vt
iwland. an-* berond it a narrow used teu it. evr
wafer
r»ww.
Pe-t..e*s
* Varar a*.
On the l«eeeh
»-e h of srx-wr sat.d
CHAPTER IÍ
F
two d-*vs after tl>e violence t«ro»n
'
of tl-e st-»rm ha«l
abaud.
thè sky
il was
rrtuained orercast. *-» that
impossi le to take ari o-.*ervalior.
The mghts were intensely
iotensely dark
L*te on
thè gale,
,-id
toe
w ben
caimd. and
regolar
regular
wave*
lay U-
«eeminglv.
Bard
Iv h id th-r time t«« note thi« much
when a double canoe, like a «-ata
and
Thee also cared
hi
«• h * of th“
hearing of the sailor*, a sturdv Mark fri low; ! ut
the
man on
(.row lit g **-u r d
afar off in
“No. can □ .
ami wrecked, .;
wiiat it
wa*.
Hour by
ume until it beertne a
roar.
The
*’’«•’• d
hark
wa«
sm.idilv
and
the
*
storm-
ii ' i -
am.
I --ati»e «in
There
r.«piditv moving to
I
u
— —3
ij
¿I
a muple *-f rard* of hi me thi«. since I’ve 4 -t tr
fi ’
• u Idenlv threw up his arm* . wit h is the only islai
a
l>|ond curdling scream
sight
A
shark
I
had can get hold of
here, c-une teu -•a
•«-»red him.
M's
tìf
Merwin
b»r husliaml* and
the sailor were received
Hv the na
-
. 0 1-
• : ».
• 1» RT?
» r.itsir
a*
a
th-
2'Sid lxir«l lets th-
♦
•*
*
M tnth« link- 1 'u
♦
Æ
.- iv—t g'-’h
’«i their viilag-- a
-II- < tio«i of Imfs. er info rcar*, .u,d t e fate of
■ ■.
■ «rk Muliir w.i- g-m-riiiv i - k «i
ward that terrifying voi ■■•• cf the a grove of cocna-nn! palm tries, a
u¡«>n .«- anot h- - f t'ne s i<| ni •. -i-r.- s
I i«-aK«-r- «he war hi the grasp <>f v- 'v little w iv t ack fr.un th* heach.
ol thè w-a.
For tiro or thrvr v«-.«r-
an <M.*«-aii «•urrent.
|)rv elothing wa not offered them.
.vfialers n-iurui’_• fr o ih* L citi-'
M'h* •n dawn came not more than for all th- 1« Hi-ler* J hi -*- d w -
■.v-r.- Itsiked to a'/ìi g- ;d 1 . ,v w -t
three or four mi li <h*tan < e sei med in use ami none of it could 1»
ing expr« tai:ci . f 1 r r -- of .- H.Ì«
the white line wlie'elh«- waves Wvr-‘ “pareil—with propriety
But food «liscovery coìic- rt n;ng h'-r. i ti' 1
Kiri»
* ise|«-s«lv
•- I*’•* • lasfiillg
Li-hiHg
•i-m*. ,v• . .nt.. waa iinmediatrlr tendered, ami
w:i« foiitid
C rl:
:
I l “me ho
f • « in. if. tile rgge ,,f fh«lr IHiemliliy great.v a<-< <-p’«-«l,
for the - ip p'of. -s- d • » h.. v
• >p • »-.i -omni » I’ll
I 11 a me «•ot<!!..'■; with the rocks wreckad trio were almo.«! starved
rati«« • with C ■;
il'
)U-y««r«d the »ilverv In.i^a could 1»
‘ Ttiev see at a glance. ' reniarki-d
■'in th<? stiniim-r I
t
i ■
s «-n a ma-s of tropical foliage ria Captain Merwin placidl-'. wj h l i*
11
• ani p»-r-nns fh-i
1 i-
ing Ilk«- a great
mouth full of sou.e at>|H tiling in« s>
W -
g to <pu«*t’o’ an - !
’»
tha
the s«-i
Cap!
that *e.-m«-«l to is- a mixture of pm he ami all -vitti L
p« n t-i-t
.. h i<!
hope of dndmg
ii d fish. ' that we »re mit fit to 1«
". > 11 • ' ; e g - . Il 1 • ] f,
V. -I -
ci
check his V«-*-<
eaten at pr.-«t-nt. so tl«*«y comm«: >• d»-v-tied t-> exi-’.
•hat th
under
d«-st met mu.
tiie
load to fatten U- at one-.
■I ’•iter« pili«! »lo- *• - II r:i • C • u/h
’
Twenty, thirty
Do yo rrailv think that w«- hav«
fathom* rati
:« tiiii'm«»*
<>•*!«• f ! re
M rvi
< l*t. anti no
wa« found fill- n aiming cannil d*?” n*k«-«i hi- r«-f:i«c«| »., l-e) ev» t .
her p.<r. nt
wife, very pal«-. Lut *p«-aking in a Weiv <l«-:id.
I'« «-biirch r in!«
steadV V«n«a-
-•-.-t. ru coast ar<- f-
i-ir-y ><> '•»
th«-V H < rv I h ing orliti «I
‘ 1 rhouf I !-e v«-rv ii.ir-h *iirp'i*-d
' f r : ■ .3 u orili in* . t - I. 1 ■ n _ -urli in
At ori«« moment. »thru almo*1 if we hav«- not,’’ r p.i<-«i the « aptain
-*•■■>;.*ior* a«. "Here li«-« !' »cr >nii
v l’Lin t In- l.r.iker- they ho|M<| flint «•<s»llv.
' All th«- tint n
I -.. . -t at *ea and n*v*-r f -,■ .<1 ; ‘ or
the current w.-uld 1« ar th« m just •Ñui'-h Sea island* hav«-
~. ht «-«1 |o thè Ilietliurv of A e.
ti e reputa-
clei.r of ih« teaf; limi 1 h i«l thev > h - I Ì timi of < atlng 1 a«'h ot h-r
l’inkhain. I«»«t at *ea
!’• ace to his
»heil thev
awhc*.”
Will meaning fri-nd* o
atr-ii g bandid
eno ugh
to thmi gel a chatici
ami
king u|*>ti
Florence were somewhat »canda
ont u I ««.it limi put a drug un ih- w lute iM-r* >n* t> - a sort «if < Lri-luias
liz«-«i that she <Ii<l not put up Solur
lai kV he -d Ih» V
'ght have had turk«*v »»
*nch tributi* to thè m- • niorv of her
that good fortune
Th- i ' i i|..Fi d s.iilor’* 1 elli -. hat- parente
But thr>e o:
But she o i.still itvly re
t he him- men I h - for*- • the mast fi,«.: terde. III* • I elLili* mlb
lu*«-<l
to
«lo »«»; 1 although sti-
t uildlv.
gone overlwMird with the fun-mast 1 iik I he alii.-»«' flint« j 11 itti i« rr«»r. motirned fur th«-ni. she <iid n«>t
luoiirn ■* noe ai'hoiit t h ,«••
and tin- mate at the
eu lie- dn t :*■ .-«fi-aril • •f .in vthiii’
*.llm'titile h... 1
‘ I «lo imt |«e||» ve,” sill- ll .;* Il out
rvv«-ived sui'h injiirn
thiit he «ti* «i iti that s.-rt h.pint.in’ teli vru her»- t ! t*> say. '•fliai fi«her at «l niothvr are
ii few hours Liter
I
I canni«! Itelieveit — I iv 11 n«»’
faint hot* < ap o, sts.kv on«- of tfe- islander*. lo«t.
was sbort-liv. d.
\\
1«
lievi-
tt!
So in- dav thev will
I
tall
fellow,
a*
horrnd.
ii h 1 « o., k ■ - i i * t h«-
«•'•lue )>n« k
No; I can give .-ou no
crash, flic Mollie
•est of them, an«! little, if IHV.
ari mi
r-a-onwiiv 1 think *0. only that 1
valici d spur of ih«- coral w all. in.«
ighli r in tint th • u they.
■1 •
Somethit g in mv h-urt tvll-
was then- h*-ld firmly
t
‘ (»o«h ah fi-h-i «sik«! exclaim»«I UH- so
s tlll.US
ami« «»f sharp pn-je, (Hlg pomi* ihr captain, irrelevant.v, t ut with
I'oi.r war* after he- < rj hating)
•-gnu. Mr. t»ajn Allen,
n i nett Vi*
J» i.etriifmg her hull,
ima.ted « irmstiu- S».
Wheii Ih-
2<s>«l-|ookii«g ami worthy i o i tig
third great mil came, it .’llhai ||
I duimo •■»li«: i:.«v happ-- , (,•
••i
■ • r< bant, doing hu«ine*s ill N f >
h> r up high aim* <l « -1. I ber
lx* Il vtfer’” a«i i- d t ti.- i» i imlrr.
11 • W I
I.- uk I o 1. p rsii.olrd b'ior. n-e to
ag liti with a-ich f i « « t) :it th«
a tiii-i'lm vion* grt; . • I 1.1 « ’ap’ii '«•Ill»- Il »wife; I nt fl-- <
m< Io
cime up through Ih«- hot
1rs Merm ■ — 1- | pre t:-r coment when h sole
I o in
'1 lien sucre •sire waves, with
ter I e — .ife Ile.tonie ' is- <1 that if her purr'll* c.iin«- l«a*-k
hr would give ti ein a home will
like thunder.) •rat in and
shatter, it ; ’
- Ling I« We van Lavr
him.
Hr would hav« * promise«
her alerti ami ber |*«rt quarter. 11
mi thing on that vxtreinvlv tmpr 1
The round ttnn dvafuiiig £J.e
Veil’
Y..11 k now ■ «¡•It- «•oiitingt
Mill '
vontingi ncy.
ncy, to g»-t
get l-'lo-sv
rprey, fhwt Irapvd high
.
uvrr th« I '•
Bui.
pr««mi*g
«
micv
made. In
the
promis^
one«-
«•»¡»tain, ,*t • r:ing
v«s»«« l. Idmdiiig
F««ur «-f th«
thought u«» im-re of it tha » the p«r
all ' to In
or* «nd the conk, mad with fear.:
I-Ilt «lo- * of th«- sontllil g p!e«lg«- to ;.
1
?!
Elna-
«•rving child.
‘ Wl c 1 Clin t « a
*« i»««i the only rrmainiiig I ««at.
ami, ; th in
yap Vonn * on the 4’h of Jtilv. I » ill ^c
in drtii.nrr of (hr i*apt.ii-i'*
urde». with yen tv
I hvr’ii
von a h in -, d f-
th«t-n:k-« ” i .*
leaped into it a* it swung
nt lh< t went v « ear»
«v k> pt it in mud h>w«v r f r
davit*, let it go awkwardly
ui-lnd a room in tier 1 •• »■ hum*- f««r
with a
Elnalhxn
I r •
run, nd udi-.ipm-nnJ instantly m
the old folk*, , t d sum« tin-«-«, w he:
meini er 1 uu.
lie diapirited or »ick, irmliy fwind
th«- breaker*
y un
her-, j’I - kii c *-ut of the wind«« v
t nptam Mriwiii ami hi.« wjf.
‘ Shmnin’t
t -r 'h m.
r, al wa« h< r I <»p -, Tie
S'i
having dorined hfr ptvs«-rvrr*,
wrnt would
I In
f. -h oi.,, j,- vn»tiimv I «iiiilv d ■ 'or v«-rv *cri<iti*lv warn
a* far aft as pm sidle. l«,W|>rd uvrr
-i thi« «•’'uutrv is sort miiduclive ed |-,er hu*liati«| that “»he iun*t nut
I<oanl into a recteding
allow»-«! («■» dwell *«» much U|*>n
wMVr, dived to ! h-- *!iii‘ urn, ui ti| veugrt us«d i
th«« »iibjevt, lest it l*c»«n»e a mono
umler th«- incoming rolle*, ami
•
«
ami
I« U it. ami |H-rhap« tunke* «1
mania: ami sLould thev return,
both being -trong, courrg«-«m*.
«• ok kind ««’ trang.-
But I
leefll tlir new* must he gently Brok« ti 1«.
ami rxceUeni »wimmer* *-uc»«<|l«|
uu-r«- natural ten veu w lien Vi li get ber. • «¡• •« i.illv if *he 1« tn delicate
in weathering the *pir of the revf
h’ .'ilth ««r th • vff.-ct o.« her nerv -u«
teu l«*»k mure lik-* me ”
on which the bark wa« going to
-y«t<
m tn,iv fe very aeriou*’* Sim
‘ How long hive lou been hen ?”
l«>nr«l hi« pretty young wife vrrv
piece» Having dona *«i they found
h ■•urto« n war* ”
<i«arlv and pr«>n i«ed t«> take goo<i
tbeniadvea tn Mnoother wat«-r. and
\i-«i i i all th tt tim«* have lull hv- <i « f th* w anting.
al th«- ver^ mouth of a narrow ini t
bau no chance to get awav? ’
T * be * .*1 uer.’.
with alarming
- ■
within
that, notwithstanding the tires with kindness, and conducted
calm, th«-
j *
■
c >
•
i
his comrade, wh*n the canoe wa* ami any other island. 1
hour he out out of
augmentation of th«- sound demote
■•y
was and a* yours In« i-*-n
tw-lieve. that is
beard it deepen and increase in vol
■•-'r
are hundred* of mile- ls-tween tlo-
nibal- who eat
Mart* io
. z
*■
I1.
Ur are OU' of tn<
here
of '*2 »n V
Captain
.
•
•hip* except
listened to it anxiously.for tie knew and terror, xml went S liftiv liorr.
the darkness
got
if you had want»d to ’
the laeeeh are driven
frotn
rescued the captain and
wife
.ui.
_______ h'_
"But couldn't v*>u
hv 'our of th- na- track of all
manned
r - --
i ;
♦ . ■. < <
r - .
n .re-,
n 1 live
ri
-
ami women, ou’tit m sight.
with ft ne mall child-eo
maran
watch heard, and promptly ret>ii»-d
a li w
men
Mvagef.
ar.«i I’ve got a wif-
nude and am a s«*rt -f b s- *»f t c
num* er of -¡]m->st
night after tivrw. darted our
tbe hark
tiiot .older*,
except f.r tbe sl-.w
iong.
a
M
*vt
tf*u •!•••
Tiler** *
belt of placid c«ir** teU.
was a narrow
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Kican
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■
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•3
;-t nown remedy has stood the test of v
r
- :.*!c-tluns,
n
: che-.t
complete without a bottle of .
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