The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-01-12

girl gave herself over 10 TT OF hope
lessness. But after a week Of living on
the drowned fowls and sea biscuit Lieia
suddenly aroused herself and deter
mined 10 live. Young. strong. athletic
full OF life. she rallied from the shock
and the despair and set to work.
Her first care was for food, and she
began to set snares for turtles, anu
from the cordage that had come ashore
she began TO knot together seine Win
which to catch fish in the lagoon be-
tween the island and the reef.
Also from her scant supply OF pins ana
hairpins she fashioned little hooks that
she set to catch gulls.
Burns Seaweed rs Signal.
For nearly three weeks she lived Win
out fri. Again and again she tried 70
make fire by rubbing sticks together
as she had heard Of savages doing, bui
she failed. and she was in despair. Eat
ing raw fish and chewing on the roots of
unknown plants that she found began
10 pail upon her. and she determined
N have fire at any cost She hunted the
island over for stones that would make
sharks when she struck them together,
aud finally on the beach she found Two
large pieces Of flint. II took two days
for her 10 set fire to a little bunch Of
dried. cottonlike pulp from a weed she
found. and then she blew and tanned IL
into a flame and fei il constantly.
The evening that she got fire she was
happy. and she declares thai she be-
ueved her battle won. Wood was scarce,
hut she resorted to dragging seaweed
from the lagoon and leaving II 10 afy
on the beach. and over the burning sea
weed she piled wet seaweed and KEPT
a great smudge burning at the highest
point Of the island.
Mors-the lion-kept her from be
coming desperate from loneliness ou
after a month he became dangerous
The diet OF raw FISH and oysters an'
nieces of sea gull did not suit him. An'
then followed the widest adventure 0
all.
Iiela was sleeping. II was near morn
ing for the stars were beginning 70 sro'
dim and the roseate light was showing
in the east when the girl sas aWakene
bv a strange. suffocating s-lse OF uah
Ger In an instant she was q her iee'
navs before she had prepared grea
stirk for use in defending herself and
grasping this. she backed into the ccrne
~ her frail hut, ready 10 strike.
moment later she recognized he
10, and called him. An angry shai
, answered her, and the beast leaped.
, The girl realized at once that the say
ace instincts of the brute had bee
, aroused. and that he had turned upo
her IN kin and deyour her Like mas
! che swung the club. and there, alone Q
! the island thousands OF miles fro'
sriends the two that had been friend
> fought a duel to the death.
. Battle with Pet Lion.
: Again and again the maddcned beai
,a.ned for the white throat Of his mi
,ress and each time was driven hac
!. nv blow. and finally. as her streng'
/. was deserving her. Liela swung the Gu
4 18th an effort born OF despair and ia
( the half grown cub senseless, and, b
4 tore Il could recover. she killed IT, ar
!. then sank down sobbing beside
IN body.
a Her last friend was gone. ant she WI
n alone. so she sobbed until daylight, al
; then with sharp stones she skinned q
ia beast. and cooked part OF 1t for D
RI breakfast