Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-24
He staggered blindly on.

mist Then he tremblingly endeavored to open the neck of her dress. He was startled to find the girls eyes wide open and surveying him with shadowy alarm. She was quite conscious.
 Thank Cod he cried hoarsely. You are alive
 Her color came back with remarka- ble rapidity She tried to assume a sit ting posture. and instinctively her hands travelled to her disarranged cos tune.
 How rid1ulous" she said. with little note of annoyance in her voice. which sounded curiously hollow. But her brave spirit could not yet command her enfeebled frame. She was perforce compelled to sink back to the support of his knee and arm.
 "Do you think you could lie quiet un- til try to find some waterT' he gasp cd anxiously
 She nodded childlike acquiescence. and her eyelids fell. It was only that her eyes smarted dresdfully from the salt water. but the sailor was sure that this was premonition of lapse to unconsciousness.
 Please try not to faint again" he said. Don't you think I had better loosen these thingsf You can breathe more easily"
 A ghost of smile fickered on her lips "No-no.' she murmured. My eyes hurt me-that is all Is there any-wster:"
 He laid her tenderly on the sand and rose To his feet His first glance was toward the sea He saw something which made him blink with sstonish- ment. A heavy sea was still running over the barrier reef which inclosed a small lagoon. The contrast bstween the fierce commoti0n outside and the comparatively smooth surface of the protected pool was very marked. Al low tide the lagoon was almost com pletely isolated. Indeed he imagined that only s fierce gale blowing from the northwest would enable the waves to leap the reef. save where strip Of broken water. surging far into the small natural ha-bor. betrayed the po- sition of the tiny entrance
 Yet st this very point a fine cocoanUt palm reared its stately column high In air. and it's long. t-puu'ous fronds were now swinging wildly before the gale From where he stood it appeared tJ bs growing in the midst of tde sea. for huge breakers completely hid inc coral eubsnkmsnt- This sentinel Of the land had weiHily impressive e7ect. It was the only fixed ohiecr i1 the waste c. foam capped waves Not a vestiEe If the Siriar remained ssavsri tut tte sand was filtered with zre-kaze. and-mou-nfuI spec-zele-a cJ1sidera- be number Of inauz1ats human forms lar huddled up amid -he rslies of The steamer.
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