HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1912-04-04, Page 7that blow or rain that falls. Our villa,
however, is painfully leaky and drafty
at present. When asleep, the w -')le
body is relaxed, and you are then meet
open to the attacks of cold or fever ie
'which ease, Miss Deane, I shall be re-
luctantly obliged to dose you with a
concoction of that tree there."
Iie pointed to a neighboring cincho-
na, and Iris naturally asked wily he
Selected that particular brand,
"Because it is quinine, not made up
in nice little tabloids, but au naturel.
It will not be a bad plan if we prepare
a strong infnsiou anti take :t small
quantity every morning on the excel-
lent principle that prevention is better
than cure."
The girl laughed.
Curiously enough, the lifting of the
veil upon the man's earlier history
made these two much better friends.
With more complete acquaintance
there was far less tendency toward cer-
tain passages which under ordinary
conditions could be construed as noth-
ing else than downright flirtation.
Thenceforth 1o1' ten days they labored
uneeasIngly, starting work at daybreak
ami stopping only when the light failed,
[intra, the long hours of suushino ail
too short for the manifold tasks de-
manded of them, yet thankful that the
night brought rest. The sailor made
out a programme to which he rigidly
adhered. In the first place, he com-
pleted the house, which had two com-
partments—an inner room, in width Iris
slept, and an miter, which served as a
shelter for their meals and provided a
bedroom for the than.
Then he constructed a gigantic sky
sign ou Summit rock, the small cluster
of bowlders on top of the cliff. His
chief difi:iculty was to hoist into place
the tall poles be needed, and for this
purpose he had to again visit Palm
Tree rock in order to secure the pulley,
By exercising mach ingenuity in devis-
ing shear -legs he at last succeeded in
lifting the masts into their allotted re-
eeptacles, where they were firmly se-
cured. Finally ho was able to swing
into air, high above the tops of the
neighboring trees, the loftiest of which
he felled .in order to clear the view on
all sides, the name of she ship Sirdar,
The mate of the ship.
fashioned in six foot letters nailed and
spliced together in sections and made
from the timbers of that i11 fated ves-
sel.
Meanwhile he taught Iris how to
weave a net out of the strands of un-
raveled cordage. With this, weighted
by bullets, he contrived a casting net
and caught a lot of small fish in the
lagoon. Among the fish caught they
hit upon two species which most re-
sembled whiting and haddock, and
these turned out to be very palatable
and wholesome.
Jenks knew a good deal of botany
.end enough about birds to differentiate
between carnivorous species and those
lit for human food, while the salt in
their most fortunate supply of hams
rendered their meals almost epicurean.
From the rusty rifles on tho reef
.Jenks brought away the bayonets and
secured all the screws, bolts and other
small odds and ends which might be
MerviCeAble. From the barrels he built
A handy grate to faeilitate Iris' cook-
ing operations, and a careful search
each morning amid the ashes of any
burned wreckage nedumulated a store
of most Useful nails,
The pressing need for It Safe yet fie
cessibie bathing place led him and the
girl to devote one afternoon to a com-
plete survey of the coast line. By this
. time they had given names to all the
chief localities, The northerly promon-
tory vette naturally christened North
Cape; the western, Buroptt point; the
Portion of the reef between theft bah-
itation end Palin Tree rock became
Riley Brig; the Other section Northwest
reef. The fiat sandy passage across the
island, containing the eave, house and
jve11, Wes named Proepeet park, and
the extent:1Y* attetcb of fitild On OA
soutbe;)st, with its guard of broken
reefs, was at once dubbed Turtle
beach when Jenks discovered that an
immense number of green turtles were
paying their spring visit to the island
to bury their eggs in the sand.
The two begun their tour of inspec-
tion by passing the scene of the first
desperate struggle to escape from the
clutch of the typhoon. Iris would not
be content until the sailor showed her
the rock behind which he placed her
for shelter while be searched for water,
For a moment the recollection of their
unfortunate companions on board ship
brought a lump into her throat and
dimmed her eyes.
"1 remember them in my prayers
every night," she confided to him. "It
80(41115 so unutterably, sad that they
should be lost while we are alive and
]sappy."
The man distracted her attention by
pointing out the embers of their first
fire. It was the only way to choke
back the tumultuous feelings that sud-
denly stormed his heart Happy! Yes,
he had never before known such hap-
piness. How long would it last? High
up on the cliff swung the signal to anx-
ious searchers of the sea that here
would be found the survivors of the
Sirdar. And then when rescue came,
When Miss Deane became once more
the daughter of a wealthy baronet and
he a disgraced and nameless outcast!
He set his teeth and savagely struck
at a full cup of the pitcher plant which
had so providentially relieved their
killing thirst.
"Oh, why did you do that?" pouted
Iris. "Poor tiling; it was a true friend
in need. I wish I could do something
for it to make it the best' and leafiest
plant of its hind on the island."
"Very web," he answered, "you can
gratify your wish, A tinful of fresh
water from the well applied daily to
its roots will quickly achieve that end."
The moroseness of his tone and man-
ner surprised her. For once her quick
intuition failed to divine the source of
his irritation.
"You give your advice ungraciously,"
she said, "but I will adopt it neverthe-
ler....
A harmless incident, a kindly and
quite feminine resolee, yet big with
)'ate f.)r bout of them.
Jenks' unwonted i11 huntor—for the
passage of days had driven from his
face all its harshness and from his
tongue all its assumed bitterness—
created a passing cloud until the phys-
ical exertion o1 scrambling over the
rocks to round the North cape restored
their normal relations,
At last they reached the south side,
and here they at once found them-
selves in a delightfully secluded and
tiny bay, sandy, tree lined, sheltered
on three sides by cliffs and rocks.
"Oh," cried Iris excitedly, "what a
lovely spot, a perfect Smugglers' cove!"
"Charming enough to look at," was
the answering comment, "but open to
the sea. If you look at the smooth
band of water out there you will per-
ceive a passage through the reef. ,A
great place for sharks, Miss Deane, but
no place for bathers,"
They passed on. While traversing
the coral strewn south beach, with its
patches of white soft sand baking in
the direct rays of the sun, Jenks per-
ceived
erceived traces of the turtle which'
swarmed in the neighboring sea.
"Delicious eggs and turtle soup!" he
announced when Iris asked him why,
he was s0 intently etudying certain
SEVERE COLD
DEVELOPED INTO
PNIUMONIA
DOCTOR SAID HE WOULD
NOT LIVE.
Next to consumption there are snore
deaths from pneumonia than from any
other lung trouble.
There is only one way to prevent
pneumonia, and that is to cure the cold
just as soon as it appears. Dr. Wood's
Norway Pine Syrup will do this quickly
and effectively.
Mr, Hugh Mated, Esterhazy, Sask.,
writes :—" 14y little boy took a very severe
cold, and it developed into pnettmodla.
The doctor said he would not live. I (foot
some of your Dr. Wood's Norway Pine
Syrup end he began to improve right
away. Ile is now a strong, healthy Child,
and shows no Signs of it Coming back."
Do not be talked into buying any oth
Norway Pine Syrup, but insist on getting ,
the original "Dr. Wood's," It is put up
in a yellow wrapper; three pine trees the
trade mark; price, 25 cents.
Manufacturedby onlyThe T. Milburn
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THE WINGIIAI. TIMES, APRIL
marks on the sand, caused by the great
sea tortoise during their noetureal
its to the breeding ground.
('If they are green turtle," he con.
tinned, "we are in the lap of luxury,
They lard the alderman and inspire,'
the poet. When a fillip comes to oull,
assistance I will persuade the eaptaitig
to freight the vessel with them and"
make my fortune."
"1 suppose, under the eireumstancee
you were not a rich mane Mr. 3enks,'e
saki Iris timidly.
"I possess a wealthy bachelor uncle
who made me his heir and allowed me
four e
bund, d aY ear, so
I was agot o r f
Croesus among staff corps officers.
When the smash came he disowned me
by cable. By selling ipy ponies and my,
other belongings I was able to wane
out of my quarters penniless, but free
from debt."
".And all through a deceitful wo-
man!" 1,
eyes."• {
She ventured a further step.
"Was she very bad to you, ?sr.
Jenks ?'1
He stopped and laughed—actually;
roared—at the suggestion,
"Bad to me!" he repeated. "I had
nothing to do with her. She was hum-
bugging
um-
bu 'gg i1,
g Ler husband, not me. Fool
that I was, I could not mind my own
business."
So Mrs. CostobeIl was not flirting
with the man who suffered ou Ler ac-
count. It, is a regrettable but true
statement that Iris would willingly
have hugged Mrs. Costobell at that ince
tient.
Rounding Europa point, the sailor's
eyes were fixed on their immediate
surroundings, but Iris gazed. dreamily),
ahead. Bence it was that she was the
first to cry hi amazement:
"A boat! See, there! On the rocks!" -
There was np mistake. A ship's boat
was perched high and clry on the
north side of the cape. Even as they,
scrambled toward it Jenks understood
how' it had come there.
When the Sirdar parted nmidsbips
the after section fell back into the
depths beyond the reef, and this beat
must have broken loose from its davits
and been driven ashore here by the
force of the western current.
Was it intact? Could they escape?
Was this are* stranded on the island
for their benefit? If it were seaworthy,
whither should they steer—to those is-
lands whose blue outlines were visible
on the horizon?
These and a hundred other questions
coursed through his braiu during the
race over the rocks, but all such wild
speculations were promptly settled
when they reached the craft, for the
keel and the whole of the Iower tim-
bers were smashed into match wood.
But there were stores on board.
Jenks remembered that Captain Ross'
foresight had secured the provisioning
of ail the ship's boats soon after the
first wild rush to steady the vessel
after the propeller was lost. Masts,
Rails, oars, seats—all save two water
casks—had gone, but Jenks, with eager
hands, unfastened the lockers, and
here he found a good supply of tinned
meats and biscuits. They had barely
recovered from the excitement of thio
find when the sailor noticed that be-
hind the rocks on which the craft was
firmly lodged lay a small natural basin
full of salt water, replenished and
freshened by the spray of every gale
and completely shut off from all sea-
ward access.
It was not more than four feet deep,
beautifully carpeted with sand and se-
cluded by rocks on all sides. Not the
tiniest crab or fish was to be seen. It
provided an ideal bath.
Iris was overjoyed. She pointed tea•
Ward their habitation.
"Mr. Jenks," she said, "I will be with
you at teatime."
Re gathered all the tins be was able
to carry and strode off, enjoining her
to fire her revolver if for the slightest
reason she wanted assistance, and giv-
ing a parting warning that if she de-
layed too long he would come and
shout to her,
"I wonder," said the girl to herself,
watching his retreating figure, "what
be is afraid of. Surely by this time
we have exhausted the unpleasant sur-
prises of the island. Anyhow, now for
a splash!"
She was hardly in the water before
she began to be afraid on account of
Jenks. Suppose anything happened to
him while she was thoughtlessly enjoy-
ing herself here! So strongly did the
thought possess her that she hurriedly
dressed again and ran off to find him.
He was engaged in fastening a num-
ber of bayonets transversely to a long
piece of timber.
"What are you doing that for?" she
asked.
"Why did you retut'u so soon? Did
anything alarm you?"
"1 thought you might get into mis-
chief," she confessed.
"No. On the other hand, I am trying
VI make trouble for any =Welcome
visitors," he replied. "I intend to set
this up in front of our cavo in ease we
are compelled to defend ourselyes
against an attack by savages. With
this barring the way they cannot rusk
the position."
On the nineteenth day of their rest-
deuce
es -
dence on the island the sailor elitnbed,
as woe his Invariable habit, to the
Summit rock while Iris prepared break-
fast. At this early hour the heirixoe
was clearly cut as the ri>e of a *as-
phare, Ile examined the whole arc Of
the sea with his glasses, but not a sail
Was in sight, According to his calen-
lattons the growing anxiety ab to the
fate ot the Sirdar mint long 'ere this
halve culmitutted le the dil1peteh froth
Hongkong or Singapore of a special
search vessel, while »ritleh rharsbips
in the China sett would be wetted td
keep a elope lookout fer any tracers bt
the I lea:ter, to visit ;ilii ialandr'on their
tont, And to queetlosti fishermen 'whoa
they encountered. So help slight Coale
!%e1� dq at It mi 4e to t tter"errel-
f, 1:)12
Ile could not Verve the ruture, auu it,
Was uSeless to vex his sor.l with ques-
i tionings as to what might happen next
week. The greet certainty of the hour
was Iris -the blue eyed, siirllh,g divin-
ity who had cone into hle life -- wait-
ing for lin down i'lere beyond the
trees, Waiting to W"1<"11:4e Mill With a
sweet voiced grect`ne, mid lie :anew,
with n flerce de:•cau'iu ; joy, that her
cheek would not rile nor her lip trem-
ble when be nnnetmeel flint at least
another stns must vet before the ex-
pe(ted relief rc: ('1 (l them,
Ile )'enlaced the glesees in their race
Slid (l1 r t 1
0
lint tlewen:
, givingapaEH
n • thought i b tl ,,,11t to the foot that the tt•ind,
after blowing steadily from the south
for nearly a week. had veered round to
the northeast during the night. Did
the change portend a storm? Well,
they were now prepareel for all such
eventualities, and he had not forgot-
ten that they possessed, among other
treasures, a box of books for rainy
days. And a rainy day with Iris for
company! What gale that ever blew
could oiler such compensation for en-
forced Idleness?
The morning sped in uneventful
work. Iris did not neglect her cherish.
ed pitcher plant. After luncheon it
was heruse
c om now to'a •r
c z y a dish-
ful of water to its apparently arid
roots, and she rose to fulfil' her self im-
posed task.
"Let me help you," said Jenks. "I
am not very busy this afternoon."
"No, thank you. I simply won't al-
low you to touch that shrub. The dear
thing looks quite glad to see ale. It
drine.e up the water as greedily as a •
thirsty animal."
Iris bad been gone perhaps five min-
utes when he heard a distant shriek,
twice repeated, and then there came
falutly to his ears his own name, not
"Jenks," but "Robert," in the girl's
voice. Something terrible had hap-
pened. It was a cry of supreme dis-
tress. Mortal agony or overwhelming
terror alone could wring that name
from her lips, Precisely in sucli mo-
ments this man acted with the deci-
sion, the unerring judgment, the in-
stantaneous acceptance of great risk to
accomplish great results, that marked
bila out as a born soldier.
He rustled into the house and
snatched from the rack one of the ri-
fles reposing there in apple pie order,
each with a filled magazine attached
and a cartridge already in position.
Then he ran with long strides not
;hrough the trees, where he could see
eothing, but toward the beach, whence
In forty yards the place where Iris
probably was would become visible.
At once he saw her struggling in the
grasp ot two ferocious looking Dyaks,
one by his garments a person of conse-
quence, the other a half naked savage,
hideous and repulsive in appearance,
Around them seven men armed with
guns and parangs were dancing with
excitement.
Iris' captors were endeavoring to tie
her arms, but she was a strong and ac-
tive Englishwoman, with muscles well
knit by the constant labor of recent
busy days and a frame developed by
years of horse ridicng and tennis play-
ing. The pair evidently found her a
tough handful, and the inferior Dyak,
either to stop her screams—for she wn.a
shrieking, "Robert, come to me!" with
all leer might --or to stifle her into sub-
mission, roughly placed his huge hand
over her moutb.
These things the sailor noticed in-
stantly. Some )nen, brave to rashness,
ready as he to give his life to save her,
would have raced madly over the inter-
vening ground, scarce a furlong, and
attempted a heroic combat of egg
against njne,
Not so Jenks.
With the methodical exactness of the
parade ground he settled down on one
knee and leveled the rifle.
None of the Dyaks saw him. All
were intent on the sensational prize
Ise the grasp of two ferocious lookinc
Maths.
they had 'secured, a young and beauti-
ful white womatl so contentedly roam-
ing at. ut the shores of this fetish Is-
lani. With the slow speed advised
by the Roman philosopher the back
sight find fore eight of the rifle came
late line with the breast of the coarse
brute etutehing the girl's We.
Then something bit him above the
heart and eimultaneoubty tore :raid of
his back into fragments. Ire fell, With
a queer lob, and the )others turned to
face this unexpected danger.
Iris, lathering only that she web tree
freta that hateful grasp, wrenched her,
iirgItt tree from, the, Chief's hold Aud,rain
with all her might along the beam to
Jenks and safety.
Again and yet again the rifle gave
Its short, sharp- snarl, and two more
Dyaks collapsed on the sand. Six were
left, their leader being still uncoa-
sciously pre:4ervrd from death by the
figure of tiie flying girl.
A (fourth 1)yak chopped,
The survivors, cruel savages, but not
cow: ars unelung their guns. The sail•
or, wit]te faced, grim, with an impleas•
ant glean) in his deep set eyes and a
lower jaw protruding, notice,: tbeir
preparations.
"To the
. "
left!" he shouted: d"Run to -
betel
n
the trees!"
Iris, hert'd hien an<I strove,, o obey,
but her atreneth Was failing her, anti
she stegeerefi blindly, After a few de•
spairing e ffo.ts rale lurched feebly to
Ler knees and tumbled face downward
on the brol:('i1 coral that Lad tripped
her falterine footsteps.
J(m1(s was watching her, watching
the remaining I>yaks, from whom n
splattering volley came, picking out
his quarry with the murderous ease of
n terrier in a rat pit. Something like a
bee in a violent hurry hummed past
his ear, and a rock near his right toot
was street: a tremendous blow by nn
t c n Irrrn(y. lIe liked this. It would
be a battle, not a battne.
The fifth Uynk crumpled Into tho
distortion of death, and then their
leader ,eek deliberate 5110 at the kneel-
ing marksman who threatened to wipe
him and his banal out of exiiitence.
Lut his d(ltL(ratiorl, though skillful,
w1.$ tee prefenutl. The sailor fired first
nn,1 was professionally astonished to
see the gaudily attired individual
t.)• e•l vi•.lenlly backward for many
yaltl . finally pitching headlong to the
e:crtli. Had 11e been charged by a bull
in full career be could not have been
more utterly discomfited. The lucident
wee r:cusetioietl, but inexplicable.
Yot :1n.,tbtr member o1 the band was
1 ro::irateil crc the two as yet unscath-
C.1 tl: m 111 fit to heat n retreat. This
'.:r.:.• 11 Jr: (U(1 with celerity, but they
c:1 it.:,ed tb'..r chief with them, It was
) p::('1 a1 .1(1:1x' programme to allow
t::.'ni t) escape. IIe aimed again at
fee man n": re:•t the trees. There was
1 n)t11:ng more. The
wee n :seethe. IIe hastily
ewe ty eject it, eel the r1110,nmmed,
`'• hig: t;. 1,:. ci, tsiiit a yell, lid
r::...., ., (eel. eying men caught a
eriee x( of Lieu lu..l fleece: rate:1 their
ince ':u(1(8, .Itee as be rciched Iris
le..py vete:Med ::10 nig the trees.
Elleeine tLe ti.:(', over les sheelder,
fie p!eized up the girl In les arms. She
W.:s 03ticiaus, but breathless.
-Yea are not hurt?" lie gasped, his
eyes blazing into her face with an in-
tensity that she afterward remembered
as appalli, ,
"No," shengwhisperocl,
"Listen," be continued in labored
Jerks. "Try end obey me—exactly. I
will carry you—to the care, Stop there.
Shoot any one you see—till I come."
1111e beard him Wonderingly. Was he
going to leave 11c -r, now that he had
her safely clasped to his breast? Im-
possible! Ah, she understood. Theist
men must have landed in a boat. Ile
intended to attack them again. He
was going to flg':t them single handed,
and she would not know what happen-
ed to glut until It was all over. Grad-
ually lier vitality returned. She almost
smiled at the fantastic conceit that she
would desert eine
Jenks placed her on her feet at the
entrance to the cave.
"You understand," he cried, and with-
out wititiug for an answer ran to the
house for another rifle, This time, to
her o:n:tzoment, he darted back through
i'rosi'tet pack toward the south beach.
The sal:or knew that the Dyaks had
Iauilell at the sandy bay Iris had elude,
toned Sulugele1's' cove, They were ac-
quainted with the passage through the
reef and came from the distant islands.
No -,r they would endeavor to escape
by tee seen° channel. They must be
prevented at all costs.
Ile was right. As they came out into
the open he saw three men, not two,
pushing off a large sampan. Oue of
1 11011 was the chief. Then Jenks un-
derstood that his bullet bad bit the
lock of the Dyak's uplifted weapon,
with the result already described, By
a miracle he bad escaped.
He coolly prepared to stay the three
of them with the same calm purpose
that distinguished the opening phase
of this singularly one sided conflict.
The distance was much greater, per-
haps SOO yards from the point where
the boat came into view. He knelt and
fired. lle judged that the missile strucic
the craft between the trio.
"1 didn't allow for the sun on the
side of the fore sight," he said, "or per-
haps I am it bit shaky after the run. In
any event they can't go far,"
A hurrying step on the coral behind
him caught his ear. Instantly be
sprang up and faced about—to see Iris.
"They are escaping," she said.
"No fear of that," be replied, turning
away from her.
"WW'11ere are the othersr
Dead!'•
"Do you mean that you killed nearly
all those men?"
"Six of them. There were nine fia
all."
Ile knelt again, lifting the retic, Iris
threw herself on her knees by hid aide.
There was something awful to her in
this chill and businesslike deciat'ation
of a fixed purpose.
"Mr. Jenks," she said, Clasping her
bands In an agony of entreaty. "do not
kill more nlen for my sake!"
"For my (Ave bake, then," he growl-
ed, annoyed et the interruption, as the
sampan WA$ afloat,
"Then I ask you for (Iod's a zke net
to take another life. '-bat you have al-
ready done Was unavoidable. perhaps
tight. 'Fhlb is !murder!"
Ile lowered his Weapon and looked at
her.
"It those men get nat'ay they will
bring back a bolt to avenge their -cont.
tades --and seenre you," he added.
"It rimy be the Will of Proaidence for
Math a thing to happen, Yet I iteplore
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He placed the rifle on the sand and
raised her teuUieriy1 for she lead yield-
ed to a p1trosyein of tears. Neft enot"hei
word did either of them speak in that
hour. The large triangular sail Of the
sampan was now bellying out in the
south wind. A figure stood up In the
stern of the boat and shook a menacing
arm at the couple on the beach.
It was the Malay chief, cursing them
with the rude eloquence of bis barba-
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what he was saying.
CHAPTER VIII. 5
HEY looked long and steadfastly
at the retreating boat. Soon it
diminished to a mere speck on
the smooth sea. The even
breeze kept its canvas taut, and the
sailor knew that no ruse was intended.
The Dyaks were flying from the island
in fear and rage. They would return
with a force sufficient to insure the
wreaking of their vengeance.
That he would again encounter them
at no distant date Jenks had no doubt
whatever. They would land in such
numbers as to render any resistance
difficult and a prolonged defense im-
possible. Would help come first?—a
distracting question to which definite
answer could not be given, The sail-
or's brow frowned in deep lines; his
brain tbrobbed now with an anxiety
sinanleriy- at variance at'i :' 111s coo1 de-
:::.,:: dtn frig the fight, He was ut-
terly encouscious ,11111 111s left arm en -
`e:".1 the shoulder of the ttirl until
:he gently disengaged herself and -t
.lrpealingly:
"Please, Mr. Jenks, do not be an;gi
with me, I could not help it. I cot.ld
not bear to see you shoot them."
'i'heu he abruptly awoke to the real-
ities of the moment.
"Come," he said, his drawn features
re'.nxiug into a wonderfully pleasing
vrllile. "We will return to our castle.
We are safe for the remainder of t:.ie
1;:1y, at any rate."
Something must be said or done 11
ror cure her. She Was still grier "t.:ly
,istmt)cd, and he naturally este ..c 1
Ler agit•)ti's to the horror of her win-
ter,. Ile dreaded a complete colla::'se
f ::::y fm'th('r alarms threatened at
,s: 0, Yet lie Was almost pos:ti,-e—
ee -li search alone would set et met
-tieing—that on17 one sem-
)
l.:+tl the island. Evi'ently
Peeks were unprepared as 1.e for
t e, e.):s of the preceding half hour.
They avet'e (ether visiting the Wen)) to
p1 )1nre turtle and beehe-de-mer or bud
Merely Called there en route to some
other destination, and the change: in
the wind had unexpectedly compelled
them to put ashore. Beyond all doubt
they must have been surprised by the
warmth of the reception they encoun-
tered.
Probably when he went to Summit
rock that morning the savages had
lowered their sail and were steadily
paddling north against wind and cur-
rent, The most careful scrutiny of the
sea would fail to reveal them beyond,
a distance of six or seven miles at the
utmost.
After landing in the hidden bay an
the south side they crossed the island
through the trees instead Of taking the
more natural open way along the
beach. Where The fact that he and
Iris were then passing the grown over
tract leading to the valley of death
instantly deter:nthed this point. The
:)yaks knelt, of this affrighting bellow
and would :rot approach any nearer to
it than was unavoidable: Could he
twist thio circumstance to Advantage
it hie and he were still attended 'there
When the superstitious 004 rovers next
put in an appearance? He would sear.
A11 depended ori the girl's strength. If
-'- weir: If. instead of top
('To be contiam d,)
TUF POO
POOR OYSPEPTI
O
w
Suffers Untold Agony
After Every Meal.
Nearly everything that enters a weak,
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hence the difficulty of effecting a cure.
Burdock Blood Bitters will relieve all
the distressing symptoms of dyspepsia
and in a short time effect a cure.
Mrs. F. C. Gross, Berlin, Ont., writes:
—"I have been troubled with my Stomach
for the last seven years and tried all kinds
of medicine for it, but none of then' ever
cured me, for as soon as I would quit
using any of them, the same old trouble
would come back. Last fall. I was ad-
vised to try Burdock Blood Bitters, which
I did, and used four bottles, and now feel
so strong I can do all my house worse
nicely and can eat almost anything with-
out it affecting me in any way,
"Our boy is also using it; he always
complained of pain in his stomach and
all over, like rheumatism, and at the age
of ten had to stay home from school. He
hasn't quite used two bottles yet and is
feeling good, can attend school regularly
and eats heartily."
B.B.B. is manufactured only by Thd
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Saving Fuel.
Where a fire of great heat is not
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9'Ittke a strong fire and got it going
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morning, the fire will keep until even-
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logs and stumps make fine fires, and
damp soggy wood will act as a blanket
for keeping the coals while sending out
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Gree Comes
Suddenly
A IIOU T midul lit tE)u child awakes
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treatment mutt be prompt and
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It is wonderfully prompt in loosen-
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sure you see the portrait and signaw
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