Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-05-09

pletcd the house, which had two COM
pur.mcnts-an inner room. In which Iris
slept, and an outer. which served as 4
shelter for their meals and provided n
bedroom for the man.
Then he constructed gigantic sky
sign OH Summit rock, the small cluster
of powders on top Of the cliff. His
chief difficulty was to hoist into place
the tall poles he needed. and for this
purpose he had to again visit fl!m
Tree rock In order to secure the pu ley.
BY exercising Much ingenuity In devils
Ing shear.legs lie at last succeed | In
lifting the masts into their allotted re-
ceptacles, where they were firmly So
cured. Finally he was able to swing
into air, high above the tops Of the
neighbcripg trees. the loftiest of witch
he fclled III order to clear the vicw on
all sides. the name of the shin Slr;.ar
fashioned in six foot letters nailed aES
spliced together in sections and made
from the timbers Of that i'll fated YES
sci.
Meanwhile lie taught Iris how TO
weave net out of the strands OF un-
raveled cordage. With this. weighted
by bullets, lie contrived a castin: net
and caught n lot Of small fish in the
lagoon. Among the fish caught they
hit upon two species which rlost re-
sembled whiting and had.lock. and
these turned out to be very palatablc
and wholesome.
jerks knew good deal of botany
and enough about birds to Gi"erentlate
between carniyorous spcc.cs and those
lit for human food. while tie salt In
their most fortunate supply of hams
rendered their meals aim epicurean.
From the rusty rifles OH the reef
jerks brought away the bayonc.s and
occurred all the screws. bolts and othc:'
small odds ana ends which nigh. be
serviceable. From the barrels lie built
/ handy CRATE t. facilitate Lis COOK
Inc operations. and Il care! search
each morning amid tie :.s!e' of my
burned wrecka"c accumulated Il store
Of most useful nails.
The rres':g need for safe yet ac-
cessiblc bathing place led him and the
girl to devote one afternoon to com
plete survey Of the coast line. BY this
time they had given names. to all the
chief localities. The northerly promon-
tory was naturally christened North
cape: the western. Europa point: the
portion Of the reef between their hab-
itation and Palm Tree rock became
Filcy Brig; the other section Northwest
reef. The fiat sandy passage across tn"
island, containing the cave. house and
well. was named Prospect park. and
the extensive stretch Of sand on the
southeast. with its guard Of broken
reefs. was at once dubbed Turtle
beach when jerks discovered that an
immense number of green turtles were
paying their spring visit to the island
to bury their eggs in the sand.
The two began their tour of inspec-
ton by passing the scene of the first
desperate struggle to escape from the
clutch Of the typhoon. Iris would not
be content until the sailor showed her
tie rock behind which lie placed her
for shelter while he searched for water
For Il moment the recollection of their
unfortunate companions Oh board ship
brought n lump into her throat and
dimmed her eyes.
II remember them in my prayers
ev,:y night" she contided to him. 1T
sce!!.s - unUttcrably sad that they
should be lost while we are alive and
happy"
The man distracted her attention by
pointing out the cmbers of their first
fire. 1t was the only way to choke
back the tumultuous feelings that sud
denly stormcd lis heart. Happy. Yes.
lie had never before known such hap
pincss. How long would it last: HiSi
up on the cliff swung the signal to anX
ious searchers Of the sea that here
woull be fJnnl the S;.rviTo,s o. the
Sirdar. And then when rescue came.
WHEN Miss Dcnue became olcc more
the daughter OF wealthy baronet AMI
he Il disgrGo ed ana namcles; Outcdst.
He sci his teeth and savagcly struc.:
ut !: full cup Of the pitcher plant whlcl.
had - pro;'identialy relievoI their
killing thirst.
"O!. why did you 90 that" pouted
Iris. Poor thing: it was true friend
In need. wish could do something
for it to make il the best and lealiest
plant of its kind Oil TIE Island"
Every we'll" he answered. you can
crafty your wish. 4 tinfu of fresh
water from tie well applied daily To
Its roofs will quickly achieve that end"
The movoscneSs of his tone and man
ner surprised her. For once her quick
intuition failed to divine the source OF
his irritation.
"You give your advice ungraciously.
she said. "Dut | will adopt II neverthc-
less
\ harmless incident. Il kindly AMI
quite feminine resolve. yet big with
fate f)r both Of them.
.Jcnks' unwon;ed i'll humor-for tie
passage Of days had driven from hi
face all its harshncss ana from his
tongue all its assumed bitterness
created Il passing cloud until the phys
ical exertioa of scrambl.ng over the
rocks to round the North cape restore!
their normal relations.
At last they reached the south side.
and here they ut once found them
selves in Il delightfully."- secluded ana
tiny bay. sandy. tree lined. sheltered
on three sides by cliffs and rocks.
"Oh," cried Iris eXcitedIy, what II
lovely spot. Il perfect Smugslers' cove!
"Charming enough to look ut" was
the answering comment. but open To
the sea- Ii you look ut the smooth ri
band Of water out there You will per