The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-02

Il enness of the tropics, Iris was able to
! illuminate her small domain.
They We're both utterly tired and
ready TO drop with fatigue. The giIa
said Good night" but instantly reap
peared from behind the tarpaulin.
Am to keep the lamp alight2' she
inquired
Please yourself Miss Deane. Better
not, perhaps. 1t will only burn four
or five hours, any way"
Soon thes light vanished, and he lay
down, his pipe between his teeth, close
TO the caves entrance. Weary though
he was, he could not sleep forthwith.
His mind was occupied with the signs
on the canister head
7 ''32 divided by /: an * and a dot. I"
he repeated several times. What do
they signify?"
Suddenly he sat up, with every sense
alert, and grabbed his revolver. Some
thing impelled him to look towards the
spot, few feet away, where the skeIe-
ton was hidden. 1t was the rustling
OF bird among the trees that had
caught his ear.
He thought of the white framework
of once powerful man. lying there
among the bushes, abandoned, forgot
ten, horrific. Then he smothered a cry
of surprise
by love" he muttered. There is
no x and dot. That sign is meant for
a skull and cross bones. 1t lies exact
ly on the part of the island where we
day. First thing tomorrow. before the
girl awakes, l must examine that
place.
He resolutely stretched himself on his
snare of the spread-out coats now
( theron O h xr AY.fn -
minute he was sound asleep.
CHAPTER. V.
Iris to the Rescue.
Before mine eyes in opposition sits
Grim death" -NiIton
He awOke to find the sun high in tho
heavens Iris was preparing breakfast.
d me ire was cracking cheerfuIlv
and the presiding goddess had so al
leIeu hef appearance that the sailor
her with establishment
He noiselessly assumed a sitting nos
ture, tucked his feet beneath hin, P and
bllnked. The girls face was not visible
from where he sat, and for a few sec
ohds he thought he must SURELY he
dreaming. She was attired in a neat
navy blue dress and smart blouse. Her
Whlte canvas shoes were replaced nv
strOng leather boots. She was unite
splck and span, this island Hebe
30 soundly had he slept that his
senses returned but slowly. At last he
guessed what had happened. She had
risen with the dawn, and. conouering
ner natural feeling of repulsion. select |
ed from the store he accumulated YES |
-erday some more suitable garments
the wreck.
He quietly took stock of his own fat |
ered condition, and passed a reflective /
land over the stubble on his chin. In |
few days his face would resemble a
crubbing brush. In that mournfuI mo-
neht ne would have exchanged even his
'lpe and tobacco box-worth untold
'old-tor shaving tackle. Who can say
WY his thoughts took such trend9
.Wenty-fOur hours can effect great
hanges in the human mind if controI~
ing influences are active.
Then came a sharp revulsion of feal-
ng- His name was Robert-a mental
lie reached for his boots and Iris heard
i'm.
Good morning. she cried. smiling
Weetly l thought you would never
wake suppose you were very, very
lred. You were lying so still that 7
entured to peep at you a long time
go" 'iiiie
Thus hight Titania peep at an
gre" ne said.
You didn't look a bit like an ogre
GU never do. You only try to talk
Ike one-sometimes"
claim truce until after break
asst. If my rough compliment offends
ou' let me depend upon a more gentle
1ngue than my own
Her Angels face
s the great eye of heaven. sbvned
bright,
nd made a sunshine in the shady |
place I
nose lines are surely appropriate. !
hey come from the Faerie Queene."
They are very nice, but please wash
1ickly. The eggs will be hard
Eggs
Yes; 1 made a collection among the
eeS- 1 tasted one of lot that looked
BOD. 1t was first-rate"
He had not the moral courage TO be- :
n the day with a rebuke. She was ir-
pressible, but she really must not do
eSe things. He smOthered a sigh in :
lie imprOvised basin which was placed
ady for him a
Miss Deane had prepared A canitaI I
cal OF course the ham and biscuits 7
i'll bulked large in the bill of fare q
1t there were boiled eggs, fried ba- {
mas ana an elderly cocoanut. These
ings, supplemented by clear cold wa L
r were not so bad for a couple of
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