Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-20

cHAPTER III-(Continued.)

CHAPTER l1I-(Continued)
When the meal was ended jerks
aprnng lightly to Ills feet. Rest and
to0i had restored A.s faculties. 1le
girl thought dreamily, as he stood
there in his rough attire, that she had
never seen q finer man. He was tall,
sinewy and well formed. In repose his
face was pleasant, II masterful. Its
somewhat sulen, self contained ex-
preston was occasional and acquired
She wondered how he could be so ener
getic. Personally she was consumed
with sleepiness.
lie produced revolver
"Do you mind IL fire shot to test
these cnrtridges?' he inquired. "The
powder Is all right, but the illuminate
In the caps may be damaged"
She agreed promptly He pointed
the weapon Mt a cluster of cocoanuts
and there was loud report. Two nuts
fell to the ground. aud the air was fill
ed with shrill screams and the tapping
OF innumcrable wings. Iris was mo-
mentarily dismayed but her senses
confirmed the sailors explanation =
"Sca birds"
"Can you use revolver?' he asked
'My father taught inc. He thinks
every woman should know how to de-
fend herself II need be-
Excellent. Well. Miss Denne, you
must try to sleep for couple of hours
Ipurpose examining the coast for some
distance on each side. Should you
want me, shot will be the best sort
Of signal"
81 am very tired she admitted.
But your
ooh, am all right! feel restless
that is, mean will not be able to
sleep until night comes, and before we
climb the hill to survey our domain l
want to find better quarters than we
now possess"
Perhaps were she less fatigued she
would have caught the vague anxiety,
the note Of distrust, in his voice. But
the carpet of sand and leaves on which
she lay was very seductive. Her eyes
closed. She nestled into a comforta-
BILE position and slept.
The man moved the revolver out of
harms way to spot where she must
see it instantly. pulled his sou'wester
we'll over his eyes and walked Off
quietly.
They were flung ashore on the north
west side of the island. Except for
the cove formed by the coral reef, with
its mysterious palm tree growing ap-
parently in the midst Of the waves, the
shape Of the coast was roughly that
Of the concave side Of a bow, the two
visible extremities being about three
quarters Of mile apart.
He guessed by the way in which the
sea raced past these points that the
land did not extend beyond them. Be
hind him 1t rose steeply to considera-
BILE height, $50 or 200 feet. In the CEN
ter was the tallcst hill, which seemed
to end abruptly toward the southwest.
On the northeast side 1t was connect
ed with II rocky promontory by ridge
Of easy grade. The sailor turned to the
southwest as offering the most likely
direction for rapid survey.
He was not surprised to find that
the hill terminated in sheer wall of
rock, which stood out, ominous and
massive, from the wealth Of verdure
clothing the remainder of the ridge.
Facing the precipice and separated
from it by strip Of ground not TWEEN
ty feet above the sea level in the high
est part was another rock built emf
nence quite bare Of trees, blackened by
the weather and SCARED In manner
that attested the attacks Of lightning.
The intervening belt was sparsely
dotted With trees, casuarinas, pooh and
other woods he did not know, resem-
bling ebony aHd cedar. A number of
stumps showed that the ak had been
at work, but not recently. He passed
into the cleft and climbed tree that
offered easy access. AS he expected,
after rising few feet from the ground
his eyes Encountered the solemn blue
line of the sea. not half mile distant.
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