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I 1. � "...... . I - i I � ...... j.. r� build a house frain all these trees.11 - "What do you make of those?" he In � mn -� � t certain precautions . I . I
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� . � 01249W I t e gone, the irksome restraint he et trove to thing Inapelled Jilin, to look' tov�ard -1be , She could not r ss - �,
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! �X_ - - - - k *s-*, 44These emptly efirtridg-es are funny, suit her, Vision. ItaInbow Island-Irls- place upon his conduct and utterances spot, a few feet awaN. � � .
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-I .I _t � � �if he wero.en&wed with:many lives, ,
i ..�_- Th�y Isuggest I fort, a battlo Wo It was a nice conceit, 4 4
I . . , ,.V, t I his a bird among the trees that had caught
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- ._V;.� � � V -!.*.::: - - , . - HOW could you;frlghten me so?", de- He thought of the white framework � I . I I
! .. l � -.V1-,* - Edward J. C-tode $::"; .. -1 .. - 4 Inductive- f oilce � Why -was he so deliberately rude! -, I
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� ::..-.,-,.;.--'.-'..'.'._�.. .4-.- .'. . Embarked oi�. the t6bog-an slope.al, I think -they are boxes or pack! "'
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� -_ , clits I qv col,ore I your , ,Ina visit - ?ft his Col- i "By Jovel" he muttered. "There is.; , are- in God!s hainds. I put my trust iu i
I l, . � Jenks must have stdod many min -4 1,,tiol,n, I . I ss De no. Even ,In England "How? Will you swim He lobked at.ber wistfully. T I 1. - 11 - � � -_ 1_. . �
. __ � -1y. So5 �closely did be tion, A.11.%s De I . I - 1X' and dot. That sign Is meant him .xnd In you. I am bopeful--may, ,
1--er - - I , the vathw, . do ; Japse must not, happen -again for her ! no .
� - utes before he perceived that the skel. I _� aid, his stern lips, relaxing � ' I * I thank you for w � -
-, I now exilmille t4o ground tblat he hard- 'me- n Of ten pretervo stich things f or f u- - No," he a I I I :
lyft ' ,in. a smile 44I will" . sake. These two said, more with eyes for a shull and crogsbones. It lies more, confident. - � hot I .1 �
- At first he ftnag� . ; � ind, by . I -1 - � I
I ,-Atoxx was headless. I ture use. They can bo reloaded," � -notJ swim,, i I . .
mt , � , . ly noted his I di�ectlon. The tra(;� lod - . 'Her exactly on the part of the island where you have done, for all tbat you *111 do.
i - "Yes, seen lteepers do that, ,the way, -Miss Deane, be -careful wh 0 � � , - -1 . �
� straight tow�rdi tbe,wall of. roc I � looking bald patchl'' . - f
r4J1 � : Ined that In runimagIng about with the - Ox. 1 The I I hav� en than It a. She withdrew her arm. J V you cannot preserve me from threat , � . I
I � face and neck vtlmson6d. wi� saw that qpeer . 1, � I I
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�� - . distance was oot -reat-about forty This is differeO. There4s an air of"- you are near the water. The lagoon ' .
I stick he had disturbed the skull. ,But . .
I . . ' 0 ' . I . , "Good gritclousl" she cried, "The today.� First thing tdinorrow befo i I . n 1, fOr you ai* I 1 , .
�U; .- . the most minute seareb: demonstrato ,yards. At first; the brushwood tin ed- �'Tbere is a! lot ..to be done," broke Is swarming with sh a*rks at present. . . . ref; �
� � p . I I the girl It.wakes I must examine � I
. t I . ham is rbined.111 thatil as braye and gallant a gentlemar. as I
kat . ' I "We must I feel' tolerably assured that at "PI I � ; I :�
� that it; bad gon4-.-had beet taken a Ce in Jenks eultvii-a-tically'. low � � . I - lives on the earth today�'
� wayi �ea L Iiim, but soon even this hindram - 0 prepared a , .
4W I � -in fact -for the plants which so efrectu- �, ,,4� , I - It was burnt black. 0 , place.y',, i -Now, the strange feature of this ,ex -
I" alsappeared'and. a wAl defined passage - icllmb. the hill and - t back here in tide, whenJthe remnants of the gale ' 11 ..
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11 ,,,Ial,-,r screened the lig-Ater. bones woulq I 'through a belt of treef, %time to lighti anotber firO before . the have vanished, I will be abl.6 to wa � 4 I He resolutely stretched himself on. and unexpeettil ,outburst - I i
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- � Itull to vanish. meandered * - the)re-along th -reef." Jenks was himself agal ate In his share of the spread out coats, now-�! "be S-Irli % �
3 . Uot permit the a, I gome strong au4,lofty, others quite Im. I sun goes dowil. I want to prop a caN e ad shared the remains- Of thO 1 thoroughly dried by sun and fire.. I of pent.up emotion was that ti
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- the cliff. Behind them he, could. see I k . . � �� knew It to be a mere disguise. The- I �
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-, . - � . � . old;&rowth of vegetation about-1he en. . boiled an egg. The ham was her first , I
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�� - IdDyaks!" he g6wled fiercely. � "4i trabee gave clear indication as to, the awkwar4neg'di: *,,-, �� . I � Yoii,= quite . the- heavens. . Iris was ppre-pail
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4 "time which had elapsed since a human � . ,,My cooking amuses you?" she deo- I' smothered in j tumult, of -feeling. � a
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a ' -foot last distu, I ed the solitude. n Teaks:-' ne-,waA -ftying to impro*e . sharkA hifest only the leeward $Ide o � 1. .Rt st'himself to'spelak. . -1
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11 ,,ates.!" i blows with the.w, .- �, ,� 't . -�, -- .'' �� , I I . , .y sense," he mur p .ou �� I He rose hastily and scized �. � �-� k I..
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to bavO w" b4rely five feet high. He P "Permission to smoke." . . 11 I
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I left her alone. And then, 'with - the c ti n � ended,- Ift �a- �b�arp, cry of ,6=6r.` The She,kne* tbgt-he- purposely; misun. - bll�W - The 'girl's i A
[ . ceived Instantly, that the ex, aVR 0 1 "Smoke what?" � "', 11�* I a had bared her soul. Witir, 41 �
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. ,�IsNisesae& birds,bad'retnrne.A durfiri derstood'her gesture. His attitud ble . from where I came a sensitive shrinking.' Her Atli-
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revolver shot awoke the echoes and rault in the hard rock. A �79ort of hat- the sailor's absence. �. V . . . veyed h. He pioauced y- seconds bethought be must �
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� . . -Panting and wild eyed, Jenks w ag at - - glad that the chance turn of tb � jig
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I 1, . Ort L%rence _,to� the ,'sun at that hour Jenks . He Ilt his pipe and golemnly gave an � . 1 "W. hat do you want, It forl" - she in- -i I
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1. � - I sands, gmdng. pallid in cheek and IIVT, � -g -to, ay," s eipla I .the devitfish now. ifd�� -must spa -r I e her Y . � . lver dol- he guessed what had happened. 9 . Jenks ,felt bette � r now. I " .
� I I I riance of foliage outside was dispen "I � was golb a I be .1ned � he could only �, enum . - I I .
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I I Ila - ,,&t present the interior was dar . - p kerchief and :a bit of tin. A box of plained. "No; we don't boil the . I I
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. �"Wlat is the matter?"- he gasped.' of house. 0 � � X-OrNibglan matches he threw away as 41. - or nibble the bark. When, I split this � I *,.
il� � I - With the stick he tapped the walls a d -6 writ . . lated yesterday some more su : 0 1 1 ' -1 . -
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, "Gh. I doWt know!" she wailed ,nd the. rush f� .-moit like-t4la fidle InAhe rock�. ' It Is "a . useless,'but Trig recovered them. I � palm op�en you will Dad that t4e lh- I I .
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t I . rok. A star�led cluck a I I . . , . . . 11 light ip, e mebts than, those in which sh I � - I . � .� . .
1., - I 'Jbrokenly. "I had a dreani, such a bor, , -of . two �Ir 0 -valilt, 1� -tomb;" - ,-. � . �_, and while IrIg'atte led to th "You mever know what purpose th,6y gar I ,, . terfor Is full of pith. J will tut it out � i I
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the gloom, ma T�l - . Me NN I � , i tatt4i - I all thie fiber ft,,04 Anallyi , I
I , pointed to the rocks. ., . more. accustomed -to strove . 'to appear brusquely good ..were the right size and ghapo. . .,-- t condition and passed & ' : 4 1
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Z taborlously. It cost him an P�p, - - I . Of bis'.mold !he -was absurdly Irritable. timber was goft� and go small in girth . chin. ' In a few 'days his face we- Id coaple - of days ib �A :
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_. z . I - "Yes,. yes, - ' "Quite true. But if sleeping In the erpretod "here' I ood -gracious!" said Irls. , - .. I r - .
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. tinctness. Kneeling on o V screen- �. I i . I � �
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I with waving arms, and fired. It van- a out you I am helpless, you know�fj - ed the motith of ,,the cave, though ad- i He handed It to her. She could make' t , - Twenty -lour hours �� trial." I . I - '�, I i - I
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:: % � ish6*ed where the'bullet struck. .One d'eceived. . Hli chankeful moods were gures andl a sort of dia- * Then Came a sharp revulsion of feel- She- laughed, A difficult :
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I I looked inten ability, e Miss Deane," be exclaimed. � I tient Ingenuity some one had indented 4 .,�� I t uslug a "'7vb.ar as a 'we . I � - - :
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Iris followed him.* "See!"- she cried extremity th I � bining, spotless. The change ivas so I % I' � will -be hard." J]'' I- . , I I i 11:
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was F101nething here." - sitick,'and there was a sharp clang of plexlt�. . I - "Yes. I made a collection among �10 ha4 90no. 11.1\1otlAng,of the lilud," she . . _� . I
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7' � � A creepy sensation ran up the man's tin. He discovered six . "I am 11,f, she cried "You 1 ", 0.4. 0, ;i,-0,0 .. X t .
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b` oil cases carefully stacked 1P ee � found a point higher than. the -rest - 1-0 ":3 t, % I ��,.,ed Said coldly. "I think Xeww is an -ex -
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1, � JiTz.. "You. are overwrought by f, So f ak as he could Ju %a I -
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4 � - ..- I ng toward the exit, his boots dislodged - stood together on the summit,of this . I 'a. It- still bulked large in, the bill of " Rre, manufacturq of �ftgo, he went to the . Ir � � �, �
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I I . covered with ver- i discoveries on your own account. - This island signifles'this ga' and "
- . " ow rev6aled- were � Sness Chinelse boots, a, wooden saudal, evert � I
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� 11. `1: . manfully the agonies of hunger, thirst, pleasant one in some respects." But 32 divided by I and an 'XI sur- �mber 11 he -.said, �Ilseelng a,&v- . _ U .� � � q
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- � '. �11 erhapg wounds; then the siege, i � - members pit, and tho sigbf t1at met big eyes I I
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� It I � , * owed. by a wild effort to gain the life � � - escort sitting half staried on a b I -1 � .. �
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- I ; t.11'.k.: : riving well, the hiss of a Malay parang blue- patches on the horizon . -torn a - - '! I I � .i �
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. k I . cag�rly. . . � found the lamp 91' . . i and buried treasure." - "I dan't know�" said . n6tdd fe&t, � -4
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I -islands," lie cried, "and big ones "I did not mean any such tbing. I "Yes," he admitted. ,'"it Is unques- alert for deductions. I and at s - I 4 )
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; Am- � I M concerned in the scrutiny of her imme,. . to wash you will.find the Water over- the island, but cognizant & some fact" ened them." I I stood, It descended r;pId1y Wfor soma _. I . : .
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I �; I 11 �_ , , - #its and a few rough stores? He could . t . ' , riety, grew in prefuslen. - d - - I 'the ' . I . I .
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I 2ation of purpose, of pyeparationj . tlye right,--di.sttut about 300 yards'and savag ly laved his face -and neck. Th guessed this earlier. Yet _. I precarious turture 'Until a point, -Was
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RL .... I . . 6t far removed from the� small pla- fresh, cool water was delightful at - ; I us light in her eyes- defle reached about ten or ejeven*ftei � - :�
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�lve ; teau containing the well, th W,Qll# I Ile was warned in time ,and pultd 1. � I I I
hL . � - 31111nese.,Vrates would venture to I I ' tl � I "Did he, dig the cave i and the . � .11 Cress a 2ii I ��,
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& Be-ve(jled th4e sic-cleton of a man. . .p main'cliff. - - . . - ;serisation of weakness. Could it be" "You read my face. like a book," she - circle. ��� I - . i . I .
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I tttacke4j, the .1bushes and branches., of -the sailor deemed I I � ,jIt Is only idle op'cula:tion-, siped too long. I a M� a laggard t, i's . :
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I _� . I- I I potbesis rarth indulged In a mad dance. Irls' stray log. .1 I' about thd nill for. two I : %
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0 . � annot, Presh approach to* the well and threw- would not serve, else it wou � drag have a few serious remarks to ipa . �
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W I ae' was inclined to bury It where It ominous 6 . . "I t9piidlate ,digs.' In -the fir I I I �
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-4aylight!" I . -further attention to it, -fol I must upt make any mojpe e ... . : ! .. I - 4 1 .
lay, but he disliked the Idea of Iris neither paid 1 ' r . I o * ..'� ��' . -
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- "But why are you so pale?.What has ' the glorious prospect mapped at theii his iron wilt. for ce filled, and he 11 � � There is ro 'f vra like a teet itig I , I
. . Walking unconsciously over the place. ' n - ments in the matter -of iood. e e $ i: �
- pitebed,headlong downward Into. dark- some extra clothes., too, "d it will soo I 1 � 11 .
' 'Alarmed you?" feet momentarily swept as . I - -ere a wond&rful elort; but, ati, , sWt due to orig-, - i
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; - i'Wbat.a.beautiful place!" rn'trmured q - 1-71.1 � - . -
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I , n ed the. gitl. She saw �. . , � . sight .Without carryffiff arevolver, Aht- _er � .1 V �
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r -she had looked "That -Is the English meaning Of be the cause of those tears_. . - - .
I rount. For an insta,4f . I . . � Then Jenks tackled thellamp. it wab a I I
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T ,Jrou. What are you doing?" o ,'Robert' In Greek?" "Yes. What happened? Did I faint?", a few strands of wool from his Jersey- x1ous. 1�he was teetyling , 4 .
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�nd �, "You really must rest, Miss Deane� No, a ,cave.--If,you are sufficiently answered. "It mliht not be f arf etched obediently strove to swallow the con-, nate er all dom , I on t Is - . I . -
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l ; . matiers ,stand, you ought to know - began to improve. 4nd ibere was- -no . 4� 1 -
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!ot :� � -Darched bones lay "A n path!" The per - hour. truth, that ' y a strong man co I SO= the light vanished, and he lay " , I ( , .
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