The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-10
ROBERT AMES BENNETT
lcopyrlght, leoS. by A. Q. McClul
fContinued from last week. SYNOPSIS.

S;enevieve Leslie an American heiress. # lord Winthrope an Englishman, and Tom & Blake a brusque American, were passen- # gers The three were tossed upon an un- # inhabited island and were the only ones # not drowned Blake recovered from a I drunken stupor.
 X CHAPTER H.-Blalse summed on ths d boat, because of his roughness. became Il hero as preseryers of the helpless pair # The Englishman was suing for the hand & of Miss Leslie. Blake started to swim 4 back to the ship to recover what was I left
 CHATTER III.-Blalte returned safely. winthrope wasted his last match on a cigarette for which he was scored by # Blake Their first meal was dead fish. CHAPTER IV.-The trio started a ten mile hike for higher land. Thirst at tackled them. Blake was compelled to H carry Miss Leslie on account of weari- ness He taunted Winthrope CHAPTER v.-They entered the fun gle That night was passed roasting high k in a tree.
 l CHAPTER vT.-1'he next morning they 5 aescended to the open again. All three Constructed hats to shield themselves \ iron, the sun. They then fcasted on 4 cnros nuts the only procurable food Miss Leslie showed a liking for Blake, but de- tested his roughness.
 CHAPTER vII-Led by Blake they es tablished home in some cliffs. Blake found a fresh water spring. over and the rain began to moderate its downpour. The sun. bursting through the clouds, told thas the storm was almost past, and its flood of direct light cleared the view. Along the south side of the cliff the sea extended in twice as far as on the north. From the end of the talus the coast trended of four or five miles to the south-southwest in shallow blight. whose southern extremity was bounded by second limestone head land. This ridge ran inland parallel to the first, and from point some lit. tie distance back from the shore was covered with growth of leafess trees.
 Between the two ridges lay plain. open a'ong the shore. but short dis. tance inland covered with jungle of tall yellow grass, above which. here and there, rose the tops of scrub. by, leafess trees and the graceful crests of slender-shafted palms. Blakes attention was drawn to the latter by that feeling of artifciality which their exotic appearance so often wakens ia the mind of the northern. bred man even after long residence in the tropics. But in moment he turned away with a growl. More of those darned feather-dusters, He was not looking for palms.
 The last ragged bit of cloud, with its showery accompaniment, drifted past before the breeze which followed the squall, and the end of the storm was proclaimed by deafening chorus Of squawks and screams along the higher ledges of the cliff. Staring up ward, Blake for the first time observed that the face Of the cliff swarmed with seafowl
 That's luck" he muttered Guess haven't forgot how to rob nests. Bet our fine lady'll shy at sucking them raw! All the same. she'll have 10 if don't run across other rock than this. poor grill"
 He advanced again along the talus. and did not stop until he reached the ~"HH bNa1hs HClC bt hdiAth AO many careful examination, not only of the loose debris, but of the solid rock above. Finding no sign of flint or quartz. he growled out a curse and backed off along the beach to get View of the cliff top. From a point a little beyond him, outward to the ex- remity of the headland, he could see that the upper lodges and the crest Of the cliff, as well. were fairly crowded with seafowl and their nests, His smile of satisfaction broadened when he glanced inland and saw. less than half mile distant, wooded cleft which apparently ran up to the summit of the ridge. From a point near the top gigantic baobab tree covered up against the skyline like brobdingnagian cabbage.
 Say, we may have a run for our money, after all" he murmured.
 Shade and no end of grub, and, by the green of those trees. a spring limestone water at that. Next thing, I'll find flint"
 He slapped his leg, and both sound and feeling reminded him that his clothes were drenched.
 Guess we'll wait about that flint, ne said, and he made for clump Of morn scrub little way inland
 As the tall grass did not grow here within mile of the shore, there was nothing to obstruct him. The creeping pants which during the rainy season nad matted over the sandy soil were uow leatiess and withered by the heat or the dry season Even the thorn scrub was half bare of leaves.
 Blake walked around the clump to me shadiest side, and began to strip. m quick succession one garment after another was flung across branch "nere the sun would strike 1t. Last 't all, the shoes were emptied of rain water and set out to dry. Without lause, he then gave himself quick, agnt rub-down, just sufficient to in lsorate the skin without starting the Iersplraton.
 Physically the man was magnificent ais muscles were wiry and compact, lather than bulky, and as he moved 'hey played beneath his white skin Wlth the smoothness and ease Of 8 iger's
 atter the rub,down he sguatted on 's heels and spent some time trying
 o3nd hia paimleaf hat back iato
 fs When he had placed ths als9