The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-10
INSTRUMENTATION.
By wEATHERBY OHEsHEY AND
ALIOK MUNRO.
Copyright. 1890. by the Authorsl

By WEATHERRY 0HE6NEY AND
ALI0K MUNRO.
Copyright. 1890 by the Authoral
"No, Alan; not that. Butt
swell. WHAT" persisted Guthrie, as
she did not seem to be inclined to finish
her sentence.
"Oh. can't You sect mean Of course
that we were silly the other night IN
the storm and
"You think might be tempted to bs
what you call silly againf"
The girl nodded and blushed.
Sand IL were you would be angryf"
"Yes, Alan, I think ! should You
see, we're both very young"
"Umphl I'm 81 and you're 17-both
old enough to know our own minds, I
should thinki'
SNOW, Alan, you know we're notl
At least other people would say we're
not" she corrected herself. "And in
any case don 7 choose that there should
be any more Of that sort Of thing just
now"
"All right, Dolly; we'll let it stand
at that-for the present, said Guthrie.
And then with some hesitation he add
ed: II wouldn't have said anything the
other night IL hadn't thought we were
in really great danger and that I
mightn't ever have another chance Of
of telling you-well, of telling you
that I loved You. you knowl You be-
lieve that, Dolly, don't your
"Yes," said the girl lyon said so
at the time, and, Of course, believed
you"
"Then you'll trust yourself with me
todayT
eyes"
"TAs,k you, Dolly" said the young
man. and then be added earnestly: "I'll
stick to our bargain for the present of
course; but, mind, don't mean to
give you up for all that. When we've
got all the Spanish dollars on board
from the Santa Catarina, shall speak
to Captain Colepepper II you will let
ME-. ~
"When we have got the Spanish dol.
lars on boardP said the girl mischie-
vously. "Very well; I'll agree to that.
We may both Of us be good deal older
when that day comes"
Guthrie laughed "I've better be-
lief in our luck than that. Dolly" said
he. anyway it'sa bargain. And now
we'd better start. hadn't wei"
They tumbled into II t, which
had been left lying in along
side since the night before. ! Jelly
rowed them ashore, and then returned
with the boat to the Eureka.
"Where do you want to got" asked
Guthrie.
"Not having the guidebook Of Piper's
cay, can't cay precisely" laughed the
girl. where would you suggest9"
"Let's walk straight ahead and SEQ
where 1t leads us.
"The bush up yonder Is terribly thick
/ shall be torn to ribbons"
'Jove, yes, SO you would. might
perhaps manage to clear 1T bit for you
IL went first But there's no need for
us to go that way at all unless you like
We may just as well keep along the
shore. If We go on long enough, we
shall come round again at the other side,
and If we yet tired Of 1t, we can always
take bee line across country for the
Eureka. What d'you say to that2'
"All right, tbat'll do nicely. Besides,
we shall stand the best chance that way
Of finding the place where the fresh
water runs into the sea, and then we
can track it up to the spring Let's set
off at once before it gets hotter"
They started along the white, blind
ing beach, The little wavelets swished
and whispered at their feet, throwing
up and drawing back again their hand
fuls Of coral single in q rhythm Of
never ceasing effort. The sand flies.
which the doctor had predicted, were
there in swarms, though his estimate
Of their size proved to be, fortunately,
a little bit exaggerated. There were
mosquitoes. too, booming away like a
regiment Of drummers, but the larger
insects were quieter and 20 more insidi-
ous in their attack, and, as in addition
to all this, the suns heat was like the
draft from blast furnace, the walk
was not quite the picnic ramble which
they had expected II TO be-
The foreshore was, for the most part.
wide enough to form pathway, but
occasionally some outcrop Of rock rose
across it and ran sheer down into the
river. These barriers necessitated scram-
bles which, under such sun as now |
blazed down upon them, proved some-
what trying. Indeed, as the obstacles |
increased in frequency, the two explor. |
ers began to consider that the shore
route was not worth following after all.
So they decided that if after crossing one
more rocky wall the path did not seem
to improve they would strike inland at
once and try their luck among the palm
scrub and scattered cocoanut trees.
''Look here. Dolly" said Guthrie, as
they reached the foot of new obstruc-
ton, projecting ridge Of black, shiny |
rock, from whose baked surface the |
heat rose visibly through the air in
shimmering. tremulous waves II tell
Jou UudO IL tuo LOdu III poVuc1
farther on there's no need for you to
claw up this beastly wall I'll go first
and prospect and let you know"
Dolly nodded and sat down with a
sigh Of relief upon bowlder. The
young man get off aloft, using hands and
knees Unfortunately and sometimes
pretty hard put to it to get along with
both. After five minutes climbing, he
gained the sharp, overhanging ridge
and straddled 1t. He was glad enough
to sit there for space, to regain his
wind, for the ascent had been pretty
stiff work.
From his vantage point he could
trace the sea brink ahead Of them. It
Tapped the edge of honeycombed cliffs
as far round as he could follow it.
There was no more foreshore The land
ended abruptly in q chaos Of tumbled
rocks
"No use going on. Dolly" he sang
out, "and no use your scrambling up