Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-06

vNu swung mSner III lue uIlud-
ment. Day after day the sailor
~ perfected his defenses and anx-
iOusly scanned the ocean for sign of
friendly smoke or hostile sail. This re
spite would not have been given to
him were it not for the lucky bullet
which removed two fingers and part Of
third from the right hand of the
Dyall chief. Not even healthy saw
age cnn afford to treat such wound
lightly, and ten days elapsed before the
MANNED robber was able to move the
injured limb without a curse.
Meanwhile each night jerks slept
less soundy. Each day his face be-
came more cureworn. He began to
realize why the island had not been
visited already by the vessel which
would certainly be deputcd to search
for them. She was examining the
great coast lire Of China and Slam.
1t was his habit to mark the progress
OF time on the rudely made sundlal,
which sufficiently served their require
ments as clock Iris happened to
watch him chipping the forty-fourth
notch on the edge Of the horizontal
block of wood.
Have we really been forty-four
days here?' she inquired after count
ing the marks with growing astonish-
ment
he said. "rhe Sirdar was lost on the
18th Of March. and make this the LIST
of May
1T seems to be tremendous time;
indeed in some respects. 1t figures In
my mind like many years. That Is
when am thinking Otherwise, when
busy, the days fly like hours"
ut must be convenient to have such
an elastic scale"
Most useful l strive to apply the
quick rate when you are grumpy"
Iris placed her arms akimbo. plant
ed her feet widely apart and surveyed
jerks with an expression that might
almost be termed impudent. They
were great friends. these two, now.
When the urgent necessity for con-
tinuous labor no longer spurred them
to exertion during every moment OF
daylight, they tackled the box>of books
and read, not volumes which appealed
to them in common, but quaint tones
in the use Of which jerks was tutor
and Iris the scholar.
1t became fixed principle with the
girl that she was very ignorant, and
cAo toI Aln% hn ch01rlA
teach her. For instance, among the
books he found treatise on astrono-
my. 1t yielded a keen delight to both
to identity constellation and learn
all sorts of wonderful things concern
ing it. u
Az variant jerks introduced q
study Of Hindustani. Els method was
to write short sentence and explain
in detail It's component parts. She
knitted her brows in the effort to mas
ter the ridiculous complexities of a
language which. instead of simply say
ing Take or Bring" compels one to
say "Take-go" and ''Take-come."
One problem defed solution-that OF
providing raiment for Iris. The united
skill of the sailor and herself would
not induce unraveled cordage to supply
the need Of thread. 1t was either too
weak or too knotty. and meanwhile the
girls clothes were falling to pieces.
jerks tried the fibers Of trees. the
sinews Of birds-every possible expedi-
,ent he could hit upon-and perhaps
after experiments covering some weeks
he might have succeeded. But modern
dress stuffs. weakened by aniline dyes
and stiffened with Chinese clay, per
NIT Of no such exhaustive research. It
must be remembered that the lady
passengers on board the Sirdar were
dressed to suit the tropics, and the hard
usage given by Iris to her scanty stock
was never contemplated by the Man
chester or Bradford looms responsible
for the durability of the material.
As. the days passed the position be-
came irkso~,c y oven threatened