The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-05-12
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ceivcd them almost as layer Of moist
plaster Of Paris might have done, or
they would have stood no chan at
all for their lives in that desperate
battle with the blind ana frantic forces
of unrelcnting nature.
No man who has not himself seen
the surf break on one of these far
southern coral shores can form any
idea in his own mind of the terror and
horror of the situation. The water, as
it reaches the beach, rear- itself alOf
for a second into huge upright wall,
which, advancing slowly, curls over at
last in a hollow circle, and pounds down
upon the sant or reef with all the
crushing force of some enormous sIcdge
hammer. But after the fourth assault,
Felix felt himself flung up high and
dry by the Way", as one may some
times see bit of light reed or pith
flung up some distance ahead by an adj
yancing tide on the beach in England.
In an instant he steadied himself and
staggered to his feet. Torn and bruised
as he was by the pummclin~ Of the
pillows, he looked eagerly into the
water in search Of his companion. The
next wave flung up Aluricl, as the last
had flung himself He bCant over her
with il painting heart as she lay there,
inocnsibie, on the long white shore.
Alive or dead? that was now the Ques-
ton.
Raising her hastily in his arms with
her clothes all singing wet and close
about her, Felix carried her over the
narrow strip of tidal beach, above
hi@h-wator level, and laid her gently
down on a soft green bank Of short
tropical heritage, close to the edge of
the coral. Then he bent over her once
more. and listened eagerly at her
heart. # still beat with faint pulses -
bcat-bcat beat. Felix thrObbed with
10y She was alive, alive. He was not
quito alone, then, on that unknown
island
ANA strange as it seemed. it was only
a little moro than two short hours since
they had stood and looked out across
the open sea over the bulwark- of the
Au~tralasian together.
But Felix had no time to mOraIiZo
iust then. The moment was clearly
one for action. Fortunately, he hap
pencd 10 carry three useful things in
his pocket " men he jumped ovcrbO md
after Muricl. The first was Il pocket
knife: the second wa, Il flask with Il lit
tie whisky in it: and the third, perhaps
the most important Ofall, small metal
box Of wax vcSta matches. Pouring Il
little whisky into the cup of the flask,
he held it eagerly to MuriclS lirS.
The fainting girl sWailowed it auto
maticalIy. Then Felix, STOPPING down.
tried the matches against the boy
They were unfortunately wet Int half
AN hom.'. oyno,urc no know ON SIM
warmed stones in that hot troniral
Air. wouId .oon restore them aTain
So ne opeped the box and LAID tbom
,.arnfulI,. ont ON , na+ white .l,I. nf
r0rai \rtn,.tba+ no Md tiIno to rnn.
..iIn,. o,.,,.tI,. ,.Lo.n +En,. ,,a,.,, .,,l
,,.b,+ .hoi,' ,Iar,.,., IN 'lifa II az.
MINT non. .,,,n',,t IN cong
Dim AMI, as i ,y.,. no had ma lin
,,,I+, j., d.iIii,lr W. ~ I, ~, ,,,
oraI look of t6inGs that ihry had
reached = friuoinr 1.ecf surb a. b,u-g.
ALREADY familiar with in tho Narnun.o.
and elsewhere the reef was no doubt
,ir..uIa, and i inrIosnj within it.nIf =
second or central island diyidnd from
i Inv :, shallow I,rnon If ,.aIr, etiil
,,.,t,,. 10 u.,Ilyod 7or,,, md. ir,la,,J
From whore no now stood ON tho SIM
mil Of The RIDGE he rouId look ri+bnr
way. and nv the faint reflected IiUht or
+l,n sta,.u ~. Tho .,l,,.o +b, ,r,.o.,+ ,,..,,
tho, G',r,,od ~, ~ ,.a,t,..,I -;,.T,,,,L -,
,n,,Id san dnt,-r -, ,,,, LII,
o,.n,,, ,r;+i, 49, f,,,n ,,.Li+, ,,l,',,,1;r
,,,rf and an 10 n+bo,. f. ,I,, I.,t,,n,7
rrrrrtino Tho stars n,.erboad and mo-
tionIrss =, miII-nond Rrtwrrn
+hcn I,, tho low, ,.,i.nd ,idro If ,n,.aI
rovn,rG yith taiI .tn,nL Gr ,.n,non't
Mains and intcrsnrr.nd hero and tLrr,.
=. far a, his owe couId mi~c, With III
tIo r,.rtananIa,. ,.I,,nr. IF ,7I,nt.,ir and
tarn W '''''
Bnt what alarmed FcIiv mast wa.
tbn fro tha+ hiaznJ 81 hrirb+I, +n
heaven ON the central island. lnr he
knew too well what that mrant-thcrc
were men on the place; the land was
Inhabited
The cocoanut. and taro+oId Tho s,rn,,
,IoubtfuI taln From tho wv tho
orcw. oven in that dim STARLIGHT FnIiv
,crorpizcd If ONO no, M oil L.o,
nIanfod
Sill no didn't hesitate 70 do u.,,+
he thourht best for NTuricI.s ,.nlinr for
all that. CoIlcrtinr a few sticks and
fragments of palm branches from tho
iunuIc about he niInd thcm into e.,
hcan and vaitad n.tiantl, ro, NJ
matches ia dry .loon a.tbo,- ,,-,,,..
ready and tin. warmth oF IN. .,oro
made them oricl,Iv inHamnahlo no
struck a match ON tho hox ana r,.n.
cccdrd to hgbt hi, fire hv NuriaI.
side A. her clothes rrav, ,ra,.r,,,,
the moor GIRL oDenad her owe. ~ last
and razino around hor cxclaimnd il
blank terror con N,. Tb,,r.t.,,
where are We, What doc. I'll Nh.