The sun., 1889-12-08


us-"snd bury those bodies thereH They
make terrible sight for the ladies to zee.
| have not your strength OF heart Cutbilli the
handling Of the poor creatures would prove too
| much for me. Yet II you think IL unreason-
able that I should not assist-"
"0h. no. sirl tie q thing that ought to be
| done. We shall have 10 Garry 'em tother side.
They may slip into deep water there" He
| called to DowlinR. and together they went to
| the bodies
The carpenters chest was padlocked. Hap
PLY had bunch Of keys In my pocket, one OF
| which fitted. The chest was liberally fur
nished. We armed ourselves with chisel and
hammers, q Rlmlet and the like, with which
| tools we had presently opened all that we
needed to furnish us with hearty repast We
| stood casks on end for tables, and boxes and
| cases served ns seats. There were sailors
knives in the tool chest and we emptied and
| cleaned jar OF potted meat to use as drink
| ing vessel. The PROSTATE seaman, whose name
| was johnson, was too weak to rise; 30 sent
Head to him. this fellow being one OF the
sailors who had worked with us on the beach.
with drauRht OF sherry, some biscuits, ana
timed meat. and had the satisfaction OF seeing
him fall to after he had tossed down the wine.
Finn managed to join us. but he ate little and
seemed broken down with grief.
when l look back and reflect upon the Incl
dents OF this Wild excursion OF which have
done my best to ten you the story; but nothing
seems 30 dream-like as this our 0rst meal upon
that newly created spot OF eulphurous rock In
the deepest solitude OF the heart OF the mighty
Atlantic. The leaden curtain had gradually
lifted of the face Of the east. leaving band Of
white-b blue sky there. ruled of by the vapor in
q line as straight as the horizon. The sun
foated clear In III his slanting beam had flash
ed up the waters midway beneath into an azure
Of the delicate paleness Of turquoise; but all
the western side lay OF leaden hue. yet under
the shadow Of the immense stretch OF almost
imperceptibly withdrawing vapor. At one cask
sat Laura and Lady Monson. The weak
draught OF wind kept my sweethearts golden
hair trembling, but Lady Monson's hung mo-
tionless upon her back; 1t made one think OF
thunder cloud when one looked at 1t. and
noticed the lightning Of her glance as
she. sent her eyes in tragic roll from
the distant horizon to the fragment OF
rock. and on to the island elope. with the great,
strange hulk Of rock noddinG, as it seemed, on
top. and the corpse-like whiteness OF her face
was q sort OF stare In itself to remind you Of
the bald, stormy glare you sometimes see in
the brow Of q tempest lifting sombre and
sulkily past the sea line Finn's eyes clunG
Bride: Head reclined near me in a sailors
reckless posture feeding heartily: down on
the beach the figures OF Catbill ,.b ana bowling
Of their dreadful burdens and then returning.
None OF us seemed to 10 able to look that way.
Of a1 hG s
what? Look at her Just the shell 0 Of Yachts yacht's
Sdd sSaden shiaes y Don happen M at ~"
II never would ha' believed that the Bride
'ud tumble to PIECES like that though, Cap
fuir 0lniT nH
dropped her. Didn't. yo feeit? Poor Sir VII
fridl Mr.; Monson, sir-Pd take his place he
believe it. Finn. am sure you would"
said, With swift glance at Lady Monson. on.
IVY Has this island beon thrown up from the
swered. :" and from depth out of soundinRs.
created cei IN a dash of flte. and taller maybe.
from base to peak than half dozen Everests
DO not ships sai this way 2" asked Lady
"PISnty Of them. my lady" answered Finn.
those waters. where II is ali supposed to be
The ds HG5Sns na rsa to f. s5 fur
Crimpl poor old Jacob Gonei and the VERY
echo OF the yarn he was sptnuing me last night
rugged face in his hands, shaking his head,
is there any means g. Of i ESCAPING should
taken OF" "sI p psns%ered wei d. ~ ''A oD''u anu
But whore ore we to live meanwhile? What
10 there on this horrible spot TO shelter u.s."
Ing . terrified look around her: II stormy
H5' II iI our PFSyisi2ns i WIN be washed away.
It'll take middling sea to sweep this here
S3Sn 095 .S11 sTep oaD3 What's shS
fwo fadom end on, I allow" said Head.
"silence" roared Finn putting the whole Of
Rs into LIS so d 70
AZ hands an BY aTn NV My edy theTS re-
island wasn't swept. or We shouldn't be here
1 met my sweetheari's irlghtensd eyes eyes. and
she had reached the shore unalded- 80,
No" she answered eve ES my lie to the
there" there mes meaning Bowling. y am unable to
explain. was unconscious before l lett tho
= Her ladyshlp was washed overheard" said
Finn, "Dowling, who was swimming, got one
q his hands foul OF your y, b hair ny ny lady;
ran him iorrads. felt ground, and hauled 70
ashore. BE behaved wel!." wel!.,s1
TOO many. miss, too many Oh, my God.
too many r. muttered poor Finn. ,,
Meanwhile my eye had been resting incuri.
apparently poised on the highest slope, in the
very centre Of the island. On q sudden started
to perception that for the instant deemed
purely fanclfuL The block OF stun was distant
from where we were eating our breakfast some
two, hundred and eighty to three hundred
yards. The complexion OF II, while the sky was
IN shadow, had so much OF the meerschaum-
like tint OF the island that one easily took II 10
be mass OF lava. identical with the rock OF
the Volcanic creation: but the sun WAS now
noticed a deal ot sparkIing t1 i, as though y
were coated with salt or studded with Hints OF |
crystal. while the bed in which IT lay. and the
slope round about. were OF dead unrenect;;
the attention OF the others.
One OF the two eeamen looked and called out, |
That amt q part Of the island. Sir"
What form does 1t take to your fancy Z" I |
asked, addressing my compapions generally.
There was a pause, and Laura, said ut |
looks like ship, an unwieldy, vessel coming at |
us. Do you notice two erections like broken |
master" |
Finn peered under his hand.
1T certainly looks unconmonly like as II It |
had been ship In Its day" he exclaimed, but |
these ere conyulsions, am told. are made up |
o. Iantastics."
Cutbl!l and his companion were now ap-
preaching: they were fiery hot. their faces
crimson. and they moved with an Dir OF dis |