Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-07

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Un arriving at the 'shipyard" again. Bob
and Percy worked with will The gourd )
thirty, in numbcr-were lashed firmly to-
ge.helr ai by the necksg, making base fifteen
slender tree trunks were TO be placed as n
lloorin1g, at one end of which the navigators
would stand, propeng the buoyant craft
with two rude oars Bob had fashioned from
a palm tree. iiOi'i
The work was more than half done bv
three o'clock, and neither of the bows feit
IKE spending the time TO go to the camp for
Water, although they needed IL badly.
or lou go and bring me some" Bob said.
can work faster at this flooring than you,
ana II only one knocks off we shant be vast,
ing SO much time. Walk around where Won
supe sar gfbx sge glimpse Ct the Jaquta, to make
ferey did not wait to argue the matter. but
icy icy. o1t at brisk walk, and the captain was
az hrst, SO eager was he to complete the
raft, he took no heed of the time The mate
was away; but. when he had laid the flooring.
pShga SSicG Tt. It ilrmly down with green wishes,
had ' not "rae rat, as strong as ropes, and Percy
nau :. IoI 10y returned, he began to grow alarmed.
II did not seem as if any harm could have
oVertaken the boy, and yet it certainly was
strange that he had not come back. Bob fell
ueclaeuly uneasy; but yet he continued at his
conclusion. that it was his duty 70 ~ 90 'ie ;n
sSareh sfh OF ms companion, Percy burst throuqlI
BREATH auu ouC Oh
~What "N is the matter?" cried Bob, in alarm.
mDud-I can't find Dudl" painted the mate'
,,Gant find him Isn't he at the camnS;;
Noi and from the looks of things hasn't
peen there for some time. At first I thouobf 4
l would bring. the water without paving any
r5ssnt,O9 riad Ion 70 his being away, but grew wor-
rieu ana nave been hunting for him eyer
since. 1t seems to me that / have traveicfl
over every inch of the kew. and VET can Gnd
no trace of him. '"n iii'A
lucca" '' '0U'u See 'ne le'
Yes; and she is at the same ancborooo
But L couldn't see any one aboard Of her her
although ! Know the Spaniard is still there
because s,a, his boat is alongside"
bnt what can have become Of him?" Bob
asked, in perplexity
That's what we have GOT tn find orl onJ
as soon as possible" was Percy's reniv
bob dropped his ak, and, without word TO
i ils companlon-for none was needed-started
through, the bushes in the direction of fbe
place where they had first landed on the key.
AS Percy had said everything on the felucen
wa was apparently as it had been in the morning.
There was nothing to be gained in looking al
cra1C, when the one man who was suDposed
to be on board of her did not even deign to
SNOW 81 w himself. and the boys struck out rapidly
On arriving at the place where Dudley had
last been seen, Bob scrutnized the ground
carefully, as if he expected to find the story
Oh 5he cook disappearance written in the
SAND; put nothing unusual met his gaze. The
beach IN that direction had been Travelled
over SO often by all the party that signs of a
struggle would not have been seem
are you sure he's not somewhere on the
keyE Bob asked, after he had looked care.
fully, about in the vicinity of the camp.
I'm as certain as any one can be. I have
been nearly everywhere; have called and
called, but got no reply"
Then that fellow Gomez came ashore
On %he 6o0yd wd Teee fSs working and has taken him
slowly; IF that is So. he has done it be.
cause he found he couldn't starve us out as
soon as he expected, and the only thing is
to decide what we can do to help him.
don't know OF anything but just to
carry carr out the plan we have been working at.
If ne is on the felucca, we must do exactly
as we first intended. Let's 90 on board the
Jaqmta If we can get there, and try to turn
the tables on the thief"
.,, Come on Bob said. laconically, as he
plunged into the underbrush, taking the most
direct way to their shipyard where the raft
lay, with but small amount of work vet
to be done before she would besready for The
short trip.
mysterious disappearance Of their friend to
indulge IN much conversation. They set about
their task with tightly closed lips and a stern
look on their faces that might have caused
the, Spanlard some uneasiness had he seen
it, for it betokened determination such as one
would hardly expect from two Of their age.
1t lacked nearly an hour of sunset when
the last lashing had been secured, and only
then did the boys speak of their missing
pleasing traits, but never thinking of anything
disagreeable that he might have done.
They. had decided not to set out until past
midnight; but when, at about ten o'clock, as
light that had been burnine ON board The