Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-18

Ihe SUI 1iieS Saiueu Ullc SHORE so long looked
at with anxiety and suspense. The spars
of the raft, jerkcd by the running swell,
undulatcd and rubbed against each other,
as they rose and fell to the waves breaking
on the beach. The breeze was fresh, but
the surf was trifling, and the landing was
without difficulty. The beach was shelly
ing, of firm white sand, interspcrsed and
strewco with various brilliant colored
shells, and here and there the bleached
fragments and bones of some animal
which had been forced out Of its element
to die. The island was, like all the others,
covered with thick wood of coacoanut
trees, whose tops waved to the breeze, or
bowed to the blast, producing q shade and
freshness which would have been duly
appreciated by any other party than the
present, with the exception only of Krantz;
for Philip thought Of nothing but his lost
wife, and the seamen thought of nothing
but of their sudden wealth. Krantz sup
ported Philip to the beach, and led him to
the shade: but after minute he rose, and
running down to the nearest point looked
anxiously for the portion OF the raft which
held Anime, which was now far, far away.
Krantz had followed, aware that, now tho
first paroxysms We're past, there was no
fear of Philips throwing away his life.
Gone, gone forever!p' exclaimed Philip,
pressing his hands to the balls of his eyes.
Not SO, Philip, the same Providence
which has preserved us will certainly. as
sist her. 1t is impossible that she can per-
ish among SO many islands, many of which
are inhabited: and woman will be Ger.
tain of kind treatment"
If I could only think so," replied
Philip.
A little reflection may induce you to
think that it is rather an advantage than
otherwise, that she is separated-not from
you, but from 80 many lawless compan-
ions whose united force we could not re-
sist. Do you think that, after any length
ened sojourn on this island, these people
with US would permit you to remain in
quiet possession of your wife9 No!-they
would respect no laws; and Anime has,
in my opinion, been miraculously pre-
served from shame and Ill treatment, II
not from death"
"They burst not, SURELY Well, but
Rrantz, we must make raft and follow
her; we must not remain here-I will
seek her through the wide world"
"Be it 50 if you wish, Philip, and I will
follow your fortunes" replied Krantz,
glad to find that there was something,
however wild the idea, for his mind to
feed on. "But now let us return to the
raft, seek tho rafreshment we 90 nauoh ro-
quire, and after that we will consider
what may be the best plan to pursue"
To this Philip, who was much exhaust.
ed, tacitly consented, and he followed
Krantz to whore the raft had been beach,
ed. The men had left it, and were each
OF them sitting apart from one another
under the shade Of his own chosen COCOA
nut tree The articles which had been
saved on the raft had not been landed, and
Krantz called upon them to come and
oafgy, Tho thipss on shore-but no one
would answss OF obey. They each sat
Watching their money, and afraid to leave
10, le.t they should be dispossessed of 1t by
the others. Now that their lives were,
comparatively Speaking, safe, the demon Of
avarics had taken full possession of their
souls; there they sat, exhauited, pining
for wPter, and longing foy slcep, and yet
they dared not move; they were fixed As If
BY the wand Of the enchanter.
"It is the cursed dollars which have
turned their brsins,' observed Kraatz to
Philip; "let us try If we cannot manage
to remove what We most stand in need of,
and then we will search for water"
Philip and Krantz collected the carpen-
ter's tools, the best arms, and all the am
munition, as the possession of the latter
would give them an advantage in case Of
necessity; they then dragged on shore the
sail and some small spdfs, oil of which
they carried up to a clump Of coooanut
trees, about 100 yards. from the beach.
In half an hour they had erected an
humble tent, and putt into 1t what they
had brought with them, with the excep-
ton OF the major part Of the ammunition,
which, as soon as he was screened by the
tent, Rrantz buried An heap Of dry sand
behind 1T; he then, for their Immediate
wants, out down with an az small cocoa
nut tree In full BEARING. 1t must be for
those who have suffered the agony of pro-
longed thirst to know tha extreme pleasure
with which the milk OF the nuts was one
after the other poured down the parohed
throats Of KtantE and Philip. The men
witnessed their enjoyment in silence and
with gloatang eyes. Every time that a
fresh oocoanut was seized and its contents
quaffed BY their officers, moro sharp and
agonising was their own devoueing thirst
Still closer did their dry lips glue them
selves togeeher-yet they mdved not, al
though they felt the fortunes of the con-
demned.
Evening closed in: Philip had thrown
down on the spare ssils, and had
fallen asleep, when Krantz set off to OK
plore the island upon which they had been
thrown. 1t was small, not exceeding three
miles in length, and at no one part more
than 800 yards ACROSS. Water there was
none, unless 1t were to be obtained by
digging; fortunately, the young coooanuts
prevented the absolute necessity for it. On
mis- return, krantz passed the men in their
stations. Each was awake, and
raised himself on his elbow to ascertain If
y were an assailant; bat, perceiving
hrantz, they again dropped down. Krantz
passed the raft-h the water was now quite
for theH1ind had SHIFTED offshore,
and the spars which composed the raft
hardly jostled each other. He stepped
lpon 1T, and, a., the moon was bright In
me heavens, he took the prctaution of col
eoting all the arms which had been left
,nd threw than as far as he could intsS
The sea He then walked to the tent,
where he found Philip stIll sleeping sound
y, and In q few minutes he was reposinp