Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-06-18
BY LOUIS TRACY

tIl- W ulUIlN DiiH
II Guessed as much" he answered.
AT any ratio. | fancied 1t wouldn't be
for want Of oxin on his part"
II was wan and broken spirited
lso0el whom Elsie rcd TO her cabin. but
Notwithstanding her wretched state
her eyes quickly took in the orderly
condition Of the room.
81 left my clothes strcwcd all over
the floor" she said, with a nervous
ness which Elsie attributed to the
hardships she had undergone. "Wh!
did you trouble TO pack them away?"'
Then Elsie told her of her hunt for
/, the powder box and was SO obviously
unconcernrd about any incident other
than the adventures they had both ex-
per!cnCcI since they parted that 1so.
bel questioned her no further. A bath
and n change Of clothing worked mar
vels Though thin and weak for want
of proper food. neither lsobel nor Mrs.
Somcrvllc had suffered in health from
the exposure and short fare involved
by lifc on the island. 1t was broad
daylight ere they could he persuaded
TO retire TO rest. there was SO much to
tell and 10 hear.
Meanwhile the meeting between
Tollcmnche and Gray was full of racial
subtleties
Tollemacbe. stepping forward to
grasp Grays hand. fclt II was incum-
bent on him to utter the first word.
Had n pretty rotten time of It, I OK
pect?" said he.
poisonous. And youT
"Oh. fair. BpaNtly close squeak when
you turned mp"
Gray became more explicit when
Courtenav mot him in the chart room,
where the table had to he cleared of
debris before some glasses and cou.
pie of bottles Of champagne could be
| staged
when those bla kCunrdS cast of
from the ship" he said, we scuddcd
away in sort Of ocean mill race
which threatened TO upset us ut any
| momentum fact We gave mp hope for
| q time-but. rs the boat kept ahoat. Mr.
| Malcolm ard managed to stir up tho
| Chileans. and we got them to steady
her with the oars. Some time before
| daybreak we RIM into smooth water
| and made out land on the port bow
| In few moments we were ashore on
pebbly beach IN place alive with
seals When the sun rose VIC found
| we We're on n barren island and. what
was more. that ono Of the ships lie
boats had been upset on reef which
we just missed and had lost all hei
stores. though the men had scrambled
| Into safety. With the aid Of our boG,
and helped by fine weather we raise
the lifeboat and recovered some Of hel
| fittings. Tho water casks and tins o!
food were hauled up by chap who
could dive well. We have been on tina,
lump Of rock uitil today. when I final
| ~ persuaded the others that unless W.
made for the land which we could SEQ
IN the dim distance the weather woult
break and our food give ont. The trou
BILE with tho Chlcnrs was that the!
were afraid Of the natives hercabOuts
and preferred TO wait on the of chance
OF ship showing up. At last the!
| saw that Malcolm and were right
| but We missed the full run Of the tide
and were some miles from tho main
land, or whatever II is, when night fell
We pushed along cautiously, found tn
entrance to the cove we had made GU
before the light failed and were nbor
| to lay to until dawn when we saw
rocket and heard the fog horn. Tina
woke us UP, you bet Tho ChienA
pulled like mad. but when wa cam
near enough to discover that the shil
was being attached by Indians I had
fearful job to get my heroes to butt In
That fellow Gomez Is brick. II
GRATED like politician. and finally the,
got move on. From what have sccl
since I came aboard l guess you wer
husting about that time"
Yes" said Courtenay. filling glas
with wine. as he heard Boyle's ste
without He handed the glass to til
chief when he entered
How many?" he asked.
"IIuh. We've slung ffty-three Ir
dians an six Of the crew overheard
There's fourteen wounded natives AZ
Ave of our men in the doctors hands
Two Alaculofs died Of funk when the
set eyes on the niger who turned u
in the lifeboat. They thought Wei
here's chin-chin to everybody. II
thirsty"