The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-27

said Hsssl to Welch. and drew out from b
net three huge gescallop.shslls. Soup. plates,
SAID he, and washed them In the runnin
strsan: then put them before the tre to DR.!
while the dsh and vegetable were cookiri
he went and cut o6 some Of the lsafy, PHI
mated branches Of the palm.tree. and Ia
tened them horizontally above tho strips {
canvas. Ench palm branch traverssd
whole side Of the bower. This closed tt
nqfthern and western sides.
on the southern side, the PROSTATE palm
tree, on striking the ground, had SO crushe
its bonghs and leaves together as to mal
a thick wall Of foliage.
TT Then he took to making forks; and priml
the size Of o thick walking. stick: sawed it o
the tree; sawed a piece six inches long OF !,
peeled that, split It in four, md, with hi
knife, gave earh piece three points, by mer,
" tapering off and aerrating one end; and
he mads fork n minute. Then he br0uRh
all the rugs and things from the bout. and
the ground being now thoroughly dried b.
the tire, placed them for scats; gave eac
person u large leaf for u plate, besides
scnllop-shell; and served out supper. 1t wa
eaten with raw appetite: the palm. tire
vegetable in particular was delicious, tast
ing between q cabbage and u co .oa.nut.
When they had supped Hazel removed tn
plates and went to the boat. He returned
ul"HsmR .uo ioie'mast anu iOresnl, Mnlc
were small. and called Welch out. The,
agreed to rig the mainsail tarpnulin- wise On,
sleep in the boat. Accordingly they mad
themselves vsry busy screening the east sid
OF Miss ltolleston's new abode with th
foresnil, and fastened a loop and drove
nail into the tree, and looped the sail to il
then suddenly bads good night In cheer .
tones, and were gone In u moment. leaving
Hazel, in particular, having used ali Iii
ingenuity to secure her personal comfort
was now too bent on showing her the mos
delicnte respect and fnrbearance to think o
anything else. But, justly counting on til,
.riicary, he ilad forgotten the timi,lity,
her sex, and her first night in the island wul
terribly trying one.
Twice she opened her mouth to Gull Welcl
and Hazel hnck. hut could not Yet, whet
their footsteps were out Of hearing, abe would
liuve given The world to hive them bet weel
her nnd the I'erils with which she felt herspl
surrounded.
Tigers; Snakes; Scorpions; Snvages! what
would t~come oi her during the long night!
She sat and covered before the hot eml,ers
Sh" listened to what seemed the angry roa,
Of the sen What with the stillness Of tile
night nnd her aharIsened senses she hcnr,l il
all round the island She seemed enyironsJ
with peril. and yet surrounded by desolation
Nc one mt hand to suve her In time from u
wild mnst. No one anywhere near except a
sick slilor and one she would almost rnther
die than call singly to her aid, for he hai
once told her he loved her.
80 pnpa! Arthur" ahe cried, "arc YOU
praying for your poor lIelen:" Then she
wept and prayed; and hnlf nervsd herself
to l@nr the warst, Finally, her vague fears
completely overMastered her. TLen she h,.,l
recourse to q strngem that helongs to her
unngcf lr,in her; stfo covered herself fuee un,l
II V.Hs A.
day.
At tho first streak Of dawn she fed from
her place Oi torture; and utter plunging her
face and hands In the river, which did her
world Of good, she went of, and entared the
jungle and searched ii closely, no tar as sl.e
could penetrate it. Soon she heard Miss ROl.
lesion" chilled in anxious tones. but nhe
tossed her little hend, and rcvensed herself
for her night Of agony by not replying.
However, NatuYe took her ~ AaNd; imprri.
ous hunger drew her bnGk to her place Of
torture; aRd there she found fire, and Huze
cooking craw. fish. She ute therraw tshhenrt.
lily, and drank cocoa-nut milk out Of hnlf q
coacOanut which the inycnius Iiazel hnd ui
ready snwR. y0lislled. and mounted for her
After that, Hnzel's whole day was occupied
in stripping Il tree that stood OH the high
westeri.promontary of the hay. an.l building
up the materials afa hantire few yards
from it, that, il any whale should atraJ that
way, they might not be W q lazs far Meana
to nttrnct her attention,
WEIGH was very III ali day, and Mias Roll.
eston nursc,l him. lie got ahout toward
evening. and Misa RNlloat oil asked him, ruth.
or ,imi,lly. II 10 could put up a bell rope.
"Why, yes. miss" said wslch. "thnt il
eusy enough, hut don't nee no bell"
., she did not want bell-she only want
cd IL llell-rope
liozel came up during this conversation,
and she then gaveher reason,
"Iserause, then, IT Mr.. Weleh is i'll IN the
night aud wants me, could come to him.
Or" finding herself getting near tue ronl
reison, she stopped short.
She replied to Welch. When tiTers and
Things come to me, can let you know. Mr.
wclch II YOU huve uny curiosity about the
result Of their visit.
"Tigers" said Hazel, in answer ia thix
side slap' there are no tige[s hc,s; no large
animals Of prey eyiLt g. she Pacific"
What makrs YOU think thnt:'
"lt in notorious: nnturalists are agreed"
But am not. heard nOises all NiKht.
Aud little expected that anything of me
would be left this ,noruing, except, perhapI.
my buck hair. Mr.. Welch. you are clever at
rigging things-that IN what yau call il -.anl
80 please rig me- IL bellrape, then | shnll not
he enten alive without oIeatipg some little
disturbance"
"I'll do it, MISS" said welch, "thiS very
night"
ilazel said nothing, but pondered.
piece of stout twine, with stone
at the end Of 1t, hung down
from the roof Of Helena house: and this
twine Glove the ar until it rearhed y ..g
upon the lnnintnast o; the cutter: thence It
descended, ., and WY to y, mnde last to some
thing, thing Or 1SS4tSody; , Tho young laiy in.
l,ell rope was great comfort Ia her; il
reunited her TO civilized life.
Tint night she lay down, apd quake,l coR-
siderahly less. istsAe woke soyerol times;
aud nI hour i.s!nre daylight she heard dis.
tinctly n n4ise thnt nlndo ller flesh creep. It
was like tue snuring 0fs0ne Grent animals
This hnrril.ir sound was iaint nnd distant;
hut slle heard it lHt ween the roll Ofthe waves,
aud that showed il WIN not the sen rouring;
she hid herself IN her rugs. and covered till
daybreak. A score of times she was minded
to pull her brl-rOIe but always q w0rnnajT
feeling, strong us her love Sf LIE. withheld
her. Time to pull tls4t Lsll.ropn when the
a"nseL ma, SaII I.. sen. s. or rn;n imminent" t she
smelling about before it attacks me, al,,
then will pull the bell;" and 30 aha passa,i
an hour Of fngOny.
Next morning. ut day break. Hnzel met her
just issuing irOte her hut. nnd pointing t..
his net told her he was going to inrNHei and
would she be good enough to make tho tire
an! l.aYe h9iliAK water leGay; 10 was sorry
T. trouble l.er but .nt poor Weleh was worse
excuses. "fray do not take me for child;
Of course will light the fire, and be II the wa.
ter. Only have no lucifar Matches"
Here are two" said he. II curried III.
box, wrapped il oilskin; for ifahy sliGg hap.
pen to them. IIenvTN aeip Ut.
Ne cr;;,.stai .hs prostrate palm.tree, and
u,aad into the wood. II was lnrge beauti-
ful wood, and, except ut tho western edge ths
tnined savernl sIse.iaa. tsslud;ng the socos,
nut tro'. The tM,t ran under tliese tr.+s fur
aGn:.ut-iarty yards aRl then died gy,..iuatIy
away under the same Thick shade which de-.
str4y"i all atl,ep vegetation IN this wood.
and Ma.tr 1t s0 easy to sco ail,l travel.
Tie gathered few cocOa-nuts that had
burst out of their ril's pods nnd julien to the
Of trees and shrubs TINT bounded the nalM
forest. Here his progrca. wsa ~
longer ensy: but hs S.ssi trees
..isss-a Ia every particular, Of
iaat, ttste aud smell. and that made him
persevere. slnes It wils the most important
10 learn the useful products Of the island
Presently he burst through some h,asiwood
.,ss, 'nss nS swn%n, SSt'"m .ars
! he Osprey Kind ~ nappins isio shs uir
like w;nh4Iill< VII itsipx.. lIs was quite startled
~ ste NEirriNg aud Tapping. and not q lit
VI amazed ut the appearance Of the place.
Hero WAS u very charnel house; SO thick lay
the shells, skeletons, and loose hon., jsere
too he found three terrapin rls4i hut not
eaten, eaten: and also s.ciTs K.h noN or less