The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-16

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| coon. AT first they were unable to de-
eide which varieties were edible, until
a happy expedient occurred to the girl.
The seabirds can tell u.s. she said.
| Let us spread out our haul on the
| sands and leave them. By observing
those specimens seized by the birds
| and those they reject We should not go
far wrong"
Tnough her reasoning was not infal-
| iible IL certainly proved to be reliable
| guide in this instance. Among the fish
selected by the feathered connoisseurs
| they hit upon two species which most
resembled whiting and paddock. and
| these turned out to De very palatable
and wholesome.
jerks knew good deal of botany,
and enough about birds to differentiate
between carnivorous species and those
mt for human food, whilst the salt in
their most fortunate supply of hams
rendered their meals almost epicurean.
Think of 1t, ye dwellers in cities, con-
tent with stale buns and leathery sand
witches when We venture into the wilds
of a railway refreshment room, these
two caStaways marooned by queer
chance on a desert island, could sit
down daily to a banquet of vegetable
soup, fish, a roast bird. ham boiled or
fried, and a sage pudding, the whole
washed down by cool spring water. or.
should the need arise. a draught of the
best champagne
From the rusty rifles on the reef
jerks brought away the bayonets and
secured all the screws bolts, and other
small odds and ends which might be
serviceable. From the barrels he built
a handy CRATE to facilitate Iris's cook
ing operations, and a careful search
each morning amidst the ashes of any
burnt wreckage accumulated store of
most useful nails.
The pressing need for safe yet ac-
cessible bathing place led him and abe
girl to devote one afternoon to a COM
plete survey of the coast line. By this
time they had given names to all the
chief localities. The northerly promo
tory was naturally christened North
Cape; the western, Europa Point the
portion of the reef between their hab-
itation and Palm-tree Rock became
Filey Brig; the other section North
west Reef. The fiat sandy passage
across the 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 Tur-
tie 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 the
rock behind which he placed her for
shelter whilst he searched for water
For a moment the recollection of their
unfortunate companions on board ship
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dimmed her eyes.
81 remember them in my prayers ev-
cry night" she confided to him. 1T
seems so unutterably sad that they
should be lost, whilst we are alive and
happy"
The man distracted her attention by
pointing out the embers of their first
fire. 1t was the only way to choke
back the tumultuous feelings that sud
denly stormed his heart. Happy! Yes,
he had never before known such happi
ness. How long would it last? High
up on the cliff swung the signal to
anxious searchers of the sea that here
would be found the survivors of the
Sirdar. And then. when rescue came,
when Miss Deane became once more
the daughter of a wealthy oaronet, and
he a disgraced and a nameless out
cast, He set his teeth and savage
Y struck at a full cup of the pitcher
plant which had so pToVidentially re-
lieved their killing thirst.
"Oh. why did you do that?" pouted
Iris. Poor thing! it was a true friend
in need. / wish / could do something
for. it to make il the best and leafiest
plant OF its kind on the island
Very Well" he answered; you can
crafty your wish. A tinful of fresh
water from the we'll, applied daily to
its roots, will quickly achieve that end"
The mOrOseness 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 ungracioasly.p
she said, but | will adopt it neverthe-
less
A harmless incident. a kindly ard
quite feminine resolve, yet big with
fate for both of them.
Jenks's unWOnted ill-humOT-fOr the
passage of days had driven from his
face all its harshness, and from his
tongue all its assumed bitterness
created passing cloud until the physi-