The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-04

tI.N .N an. uEou ot cr6W.nsn; she would
breaktaat on fruits. She crossed the sand
took OIL her shoes. and puddled through the
river. and, having put her shoes on again
was about to walk through some Emil
grass to the big wood, when she heard !
voice behind her, and it was Mr. Hazel. She
nis mer up W was broad daylight now), and
prepared quietly to discourage this excessive
ass,duity. lie came up to her painting Il little.
and, taking OFT his hat, said, with marked re.
sprct, II beg your pardon, Miss Rollcston.
nut know you hate reptiles; now there are
lew SNAKES in that grass; not poisonous
"Snakes!" cried Helen, let mo 20 home.
ther,Clil rn go without my breakfast"
oh' hope not" said Hazel. ruefully;
why: l have been rather fortunate this
morning. and it il already"
"Ihat III different thing" snid Helen
bic for nothing, suppose"
directly after breakfast, Hazel took his
ax anu some rope from the boat; and went
on IN II great hurry to tho Jungle In half
I. an hour or 80 he returned. dragging large
sonMnl shrub, armed with spikes for Leaves,
incredibly dense and pricklv
There, sud hc "thercs q yepet n b,o nor.
cupine for you. This is your best de:ense
against that roaring Bugbcnr."
That little troe!' sail Helen; the tiger
would soon jump over that"
wo,, nS >: oa. not over this an more and sixty
Il III,
nc worked very hard all day, and brought
Twelve Of theAe. priekly trsea. ta tue i,s,yar $S
days. work; seemed quite mortified.
Ihis comes OF hegianing at the wrong
end, he said; 81 went to work like n fool,
l should shout have begun by making cart
| but you can't do that" said Helen,
sootlngly; mo gentleman Gun nuke a
cart"
20, surely anybody can make a cart. by n
little thinking" said he.
81 wish, said Helen. listlcssly, "you would
think OF something for :ae to do; l begin to
be ashamed of not helping"
"lium. you can plait?"
''l es. ns far az eleven 1t Yaut.s,.'
ineh you h'e'l never he unemployed. We
| want ropea, aud ssshull want large mata
| los tho rainy weather"
| lilo went Z" the place where he had warned
hrr o' the snakes, ami cut great bundle Nf
long silky grass, surprisingly tough. vet
neither harsh nor JUICY; he through, it her and
said he should lie yery glad OF IL hundred
yards of l:ght cord, three ply and five ply,
She was charmed with the gr,,ss. and the
very next morning slo rNrne 10 breakfast
WIN u nicely pieiMH.d, and IL good deal of
cord nlala and hanging round her neck.
Fl,G ia,llr, su!ls preparations for carpenters
work lying about.
Is that great log for the cart?" said she,
Yes! 1t is a section of n sugo.trce"
| what, our sago?'
ne u;tss. see, III the ceIteE II u NH soft
pith.." lie got from tue boat one OF the auo
ers that haJ seut tied the l'roserhinr, and
snan luracd the pith out. They pound
That pitll in water aud run It through linen.
then Set the water IN the sun to evuporatr
fila sediment IL the saso OF commerce, and
sad insipid stuffit is
80 rlense don't call anything MINES aaa
has eaten in Englnnd," suid lteleA. norvuw-
fully.
After hn2:x u.e,,l she aud Mr. Hazel
wnrketi fpr . wager. llor taper fingers went
IKE the wind. ANA though she watched Inn,
ani naked questions. she never stoEpel
Plating.
Mr.. liazol was no carpenter, he w;,, merely
Brains spurrcd by Necessity. BE vent to
work and sawed off fr.ur Iisks Of the aago
log.
Now wat are thorc prny?' asked Helen.
TN" rrinryul wheels. And here are the
linchnha, mntIe of iinrl wood; Iwuttled them
at odd tim.s.'
lie then produced two young lime :,.ess he
had rooted up that morning :,n.i All wed them
INTO poles in " minute 'ii.en he bored two
holes in each l.uU, about four inches from
| eitl"; extremity and fitted his linchpns;
.hr' ne drew out his linchpns, passei el.ch
pole first through one disk. AMI then
through another, and faatenu.l his linchbus.
Then he run to the htAat, and cnme back
with ls sterA and milsllip thwarts. He
ii!llea with hrs center.bt three rows of
holes In these, two inches form the
chg" and now lIelens work came
I'M her grass rope bound the thwurts tight ia
the horizontal poles, leu, ing the disks ,noIn
to play easily between the thwarts and tho
ilnchpns: but there wi,s an open space thir-
teen inrhqs tr- I'D hetwron the thwarts this
SpalA' ffaz"t herring-bonrti over with .ome OF
teietls rope drawn as tight as possible. The
production. three hours and forty ninute.-
iir roncl'maker was very hot: aa4 Hekn
asked him timidIy whstlei Ne hal NOT h..
ter rest est, and eaf Nv tilae for =. y u.;., -.
h" 'irhs DAY il not bah'- ,.at,,,, ;at. said ND
from rom H.. "ssN ~. W q" He drank copiousiy
t.. ...am; put the carpenters basket
.",o the cnrt: got the towrope from the boat
nn,l fastened it to the cart in this sha|e A,
putting himself in the center. So now the
conchmnker was the horse nnd off they
went. rattling and crrnkiDg. to the Jungle
Helen turned her stool and watched this
pageant enter the jungle. She plated on, but
not 40 merrly. lfnzel's compnnionship and
hnstling way somehow kept her spirits up.
But, whenever she was left alone. she gazcd
on the blink ocean, and her lenrt died within
her. At last she strollcd pensively toward
the jungle, plating busiy rs she went, and
hungins tho rope round her neck as fust as
| she nude it.
At the edge of the Jungle she found Hazel
in II difficulty. He had cut down IL wagon
load of pirky trees, and wanted to get all
this mass Of noli me tOngcre on to that
wretrhed little curt, but had not rope
enough to keep it together: she give him
plenty OF new line. and purity by fnstening
II small rope to the big rope and so making
the big rope IL receptacle, purity by artful
tying, they dragged home an incredible
loa'l. To bc sure some oiit dragged half
along TIL" ground: unl came after, like u
pencnck's tail.
lie made six trips. and then tho sun was
low; so he began to build. He raised ram
pnrt Of these pricky trees. n rampant three
went round two sides and a half Of the bower
So then h" said he mud failed again. and luy
| down worn ont by fatigue.
Helen ItolIeston. though dejerted herself,
could not help ritying him for Ills exhaustion
in her service and for his bleeding hands: she
him kindly to ent of every dish;
and. when he rose to go. she thanked
him with ns much feeling az motlesty for tho
great pnins he had taken to lesson
those fears Of hers which she saw lie did not
| share.
These kind words more than repaid him.
He went to his little den in u glow Of spirita;
| and the next morning went oil in IL violent
hurry. and, fer once, seemed glad to get away
from her.
"Poor Mr. Hazel" snid she. softly, and
watched him out of sight. Then she got her
paI, uHu WeHt 10 tle nlSn IlOllI Wilefe ne lI:lU
bnrkeh n tree; aud looked far and wide for n
sail. The air WAS wonderfully clear; the
whole Orcan seemed in sight, but all was
blank.
A great awe fell upon her, and sickness of
| heart and then first she began to fear she
| was ont of the known world, und might die
on that island or never he found by the pre-.
sent generation: and this sickening fear lurk-
cd in her from hat hour, nnd led to cOnsc-
qurnc.s that will he related shortly.
She did not return for n long while and,
when she did. she found llnzel had com.
plc,rd her iortiiicntions. He invited her to
explore the western part OF the island, but
she declined.
Think YOU said she; mot today: there
il something to be done at home. hnve
been comparing my abode with yours, and
the contrast makes me uncomfortable, ifit
doesn't YOU. Oblige me by building yourself
IL house.
"Whut, in IN afternoon"
why not? you Mnde IL cart in forenoon.
How can tell your limits you are quite out
OF my poor little depth. Well. ut all events,
You must roof the boat, or something.
Come, be good for once, and think a little Of
yourself. There, III sit by and-what shall
do whilst you are working to ollige mo-"
MAKE u fishing-l,et Of cocoa net fiber. four
feet deep. Here's plenty of material all pre-
pared.
Why, Mr.. Hazel, you must work in your
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