New-York tribune., 1884-03-09

IT, near to the best landng-placc can see. Thatl
be the spot 10 get ashore
Talk o Robinson CruSoe" | heard one ol tho
men muttcring to another; "dammc. If this here
amt start that beats my time
What's that moving mp there :" cried Aunt Da-
maris eXCitcdy.
Its a goat !" exclaimed Florence
sure enough, it was; and beyond 1t were two or
three more. They looked down a. us quietly. from
grassy ledge or slope of rock about Hundred feet
high.
Goats. ch 90 said the bo'suu. pccring at them.
Well I'm iiggrred! There oughtn't to be man
If there's one anywhere about he certainly can't
bc far OIL answered
The boat was brought alongside the low. long
lcu-e that came shelving down past the hut in the
form Of ~ coplahHdc; tl" men jumped out and |
assisted my darling and Aunt Damaris to step
ashore.
There l. always something thrilling Ia fine first
feel 90 ~ol dry iaud under Che feet after weeks Of
gre hravIns aut floating motion Of >bpboarl; and
darc,ny tan, Sru,r va, strong In lis ell for the mo-
mont, though lieaycn knows. it passed quickly
enough p mc into positive emotion of horror
when glanced at the gloomy, frowning cHs. To
be sure. ~ was rcpreVc from those dire pcris OF
the deep We Ind come through. but II was only the
Iepri,yc that "a drSolatc frIghtful dungeon WOuid
give 10 a man who entering II knows not II over he
~hAll ert away from lt However. 10 would NOT d)
20 give way To such i1nc!t5 as these; pluckrd up.
AMI iu d' hearty q mInu.r as could SUMMON. told
Nh" Wra lo make the boats painter fast and TO hand
the provisions and water ont Of her Ihcu n"t"mg
that Aunt pamgri- and Florence could hardly
,t?ud. owing 90 heir cranprd limbs, led them to
Nii4f IIt'' ol fpth Iltiii, DIt formed natural
seat, and leaned ht thtu Side agan.t thr clIn hc-
EWd watching the me1, fccri.g my own lcg- too
rIipplri 10 attempt any explorations until tEcy
should have got something oi their old uoc INTO
The sunshine slantcd through the broken rim Of
the crater IN perfect GNh OF misty silver sat
aud flashed up h1lf the ,.litish water 0f the lake
till one seemed 10 DE able to see - the very bottom
of u. now observed that the isl nd. instead Of
beng thc naked lump of rock u had looked 90 BE-
when viewed from distance. WI. covered with
coarse green grass but there WAS uo bush nor tree
of amy kind 70 hc seen upon IL. ran NV cyc care
tUl y over the crater walls but could perceive NO
other structure but tlc one that Stood above u7
What scene the island might submit from the
towering heights could rot conceive: but could
not doubt that if thcrc were people Giou - they
would be on this side near the entrance where the
citS seemed most accessible: 40 that. -ec'ag no.
body and only the our dismal iJrIoru Old hat built
ttlc. way rp the steep. fclt l"rSualrd then and
there thar were ai4olut.lr alone. | fouu Flor
csc, met. and said: " ,rr hGt ouc EUt. bu' one Is
enough It VIII Shcltrru' for the short tHr expect
Wr shall remain here.
" OH. Jack" ~. cried how do tou auoY 70 viii
hr % short time, y0u can only I"rr D. nul oh"
glanced sadly across tac lake ~ the elm, there
which stood mp agntus. th, sky u,r prison Nali'.
" rs f"1riuiiy dr>olto spot exclaimed Aunt
pImaris. with ,huddrr, as Of she were only NO"
beginning to understand al thr significance of tlls
ocean rock. Vas there mo- other land that we
could lave reached -
"ThcrrH be another island away out Wonder go
tic east of north. bat unnhahItcd like this. re-
pli-d. "ENc,udo that. Mis-, iaU j.. ard there b. no
cIr-. darling Won say only b0pr that our stay viii
h, short Well there is nothing eurc. and whether
hi, Iii yoi II" ~, oI l"pIig Iiut wiy beli.ic We
IalI NOT br here long l. hrrau-e tins .s summer
rimr ., the ooutucrn Ocean and vessels IN summer
time bound 90 thr eastward often pass close 20 -
pauI~ What must DO is 10 set Up th1t boats
mast q, signal post that hilltop there. and II
Your amt will lend us that h2cl-sllll shawl or
handkerchief she Ve.r- pinned over her shoulders
under her cloak We'll hOlst n as signal.
Ou, certainly, you can have u, Wn7WeTr', jhe
old lady, and with trembling hands .he opened men
,lnaL rrinoycd th" shawl and gave ~ 20 me-
l;g this time the men bad got our ilttit storh ot
provision, and water ashore and were looNiu"
round them 40 80. wlaf was next 20 bc done vas
aIr.,dy beginning 10 feet the benefit of stretching
llty l.r- bv standing ou thrm and calling 10 tie
bo-un asked hun and the oilers 10 JON Us that We
island till help came. The SIN sc3mcu approached
and stood in group fronting uI'
First of all, ny lads" said !, how DO you lerl
now that we've done With the sca for short spell
The bu'~uu and tNo others answered that they
felt hrstci3,s All alive Oh. and quite hearty: an
fifth and sixth that theyd be NIL right when they
And Won. ladies :" asked tn, Losun
Tlprcnce answered thar she and her aunt felt
cramprd By their long confinement no the boat
othrru isc they were well.
Now." SAID l. "our first business will be 70 get
that boats mast -ct up on tue hill yondcr. point
ine go she eInneucc that have s.aco found marked
a, eIlht hundred and toriy-hvc feet high g." Miss
~
with this shawl. which, being black will make
Guc signal. It'll be deuce of q climb | continued,
looking up: but il ought 10 be done, and done
soUu
Jim said the bo'sun. turning to the man 50
called let thar he yoUis and NY job. allow that
Won and mes about the frc>hest.'
RIGHT yOu are responded tne man
| banded the shawl II give il this name. but IN
reality II was very large square silk handkerchief.
about three ami halt feet broad each way Say.
| handed the shawl 10 the ho sun, VINO folded IL
upon hi, knee and then showed IL uuoci ui' WHIST
coat.
Another thing that ousht to bc done at once"
said l. us for two of you to start oil and sce II
there's any fresh water 10 he ionnd. am AFRAID
ynu'U discover nothing but hot springs these. If
,nIl come across them y0u tiSte rs 10 ley us
know If the water'll bo ft 10 drink when cold but
what hope .yoq'll find IS ram w2tGr. IXc got 4
notion that IN the wintcrtlmc "haler- call here to
f their ca-A,. Theru was ram enough on the night
of the collision aud there. 20 chance Of your meet
ing ith enough 70 keep thoSc breakers replen!shed
" ho yolunteeio for that job
Two OF them promptly answered
rle other. sad l. " will keep with me- ~ over
haul that hut there md see "ha. can 3e ,oht 10
make habtubio saHnty of n. / looked at my
watch " We may ~ vel la. something jo eal
AID drink before We start ou oar various clrand~.
SOME biscuit and tin of meat were fetched. along
,yirb th, brandy aud hottie of wine; we threw
ourselyc, down without taking much heed OF What
We SAT Ont Wa hard enough. whatever II wa
and fell 10 our ,Ici Ter meal. Mates mars picture
which comes mp often enough IN me- waking ana
,lrrpiug Fine sky hnd cleared 1t was now a Ialr
blue and sheer up on our right went the norm oI
ella right into 10 with clean sweep round in'o tHr
,,,r.t and south and tucn draw ing down AGAIN lutO
+ he north where the edge OF the wafer was gone
like a triangular piece out of a CHINA cup. ma Hlng
the heavens glrnIner DIM over the smooth Whlte
la 90 which the natural brcn water held InNlUatr
from the blue swell tIHt rolled IN snow against the
dr,oiac iron hasc outside The ,tn was due northand
the iei OF DO ,hour ia blue airy radiance past thr
cliff bclind rs down upon the southern horn, WhirL
II Lrlehtrncl to il. summit but tho heights undrr
which 81; were ln shadow ANA no ElHnii'r "i
sun. hue tpurhcd thc lake and the azure gloom
for -cli 10 vu~-giyc smart and sullcu acrentua-
tiou to thr row, 0f towering ridges whirh IAN away
clean. Of r,l moonlight striking through into tnc
water that filled 4 mouth which had once been M
eaudc.crut. and through which with th*' wafer
gone. man might peer down in'o 'H' ''h'I'' .'-4
yf tui- earth tu sci timid creature seeing ghosts
aud what filter ground for drowned sc'me4'
vrui'L-2 Heart alive, j; w1r relief 10 the