Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-16
''Are goa IN pain. Boyle2n asked Cour-


tenau.
lashes. She sought furtiveiy for a
handkerchief. Knowing exactly what
troubled her, Courtenay turned to
| Christobal.
"This island ought to be Inhabited"
! he said. Can you tell me what sort
| Of Indians one finds in this locality?'
Christobal frowned perplexedly. 4
fear do not know much about them,
he said. Behind those hills there one
sees few canoe Indians have
heard that they are somewhat lower
in the social scale than the aborigines
of Australia"
"Are theyg' said Courtenay. He
looked Christobal straight in the eyes,
and the doctor returned his gaze as
steadily.
'sThat is their repute. They live
/ mostly on shellfsh. They do not con-
gregate in communities A few fanli-
lies keep together and move constant
" from place to place"
ssThey are called the Alaculof. They
4 use bows and arrows with heads chip
ped out of stone or bottle glass;" put
in Tollemache.
ssOh, you have been in these parts
before?" cried Courtenay, regarding
his compatriot with some interest,
while tie Spaniard surveyed his rival
| doubtfully.
Eyes; was on the Emu. wrecked in
| Cockburn channel"
Now, the story of the Emu is one Of
those fierce tragedies which the sea
skill and then proceeds to destroy the
slightest yestige of their brief exist
ence. But such things leave abiding
memories in mems souls, and Courte
/ nay had heard how twenty sur
| vivors out of muster roll of thirty
who escaped from the wreck had been
shot down by Indians ambushed III the
forest. Elsie was listening to the con
yersation so the captain did not carry
| it further. contenting himself with the
remark:
"That will be useful if we are COM
PEELED to go ashore. You viii have
some acquaintance with tie ways of
our hosts.
/ Tollemache, having nothing to say,
was not given to the use of unneces-
sary words. Elsie was conscious of a
certain constraint in their talk
sPlease don't mind me-, she said
quietly. q know all about the loss of
the Emu II we fall into the hands of
the Alaculof tribe we shall be not only
killed, but eaten"
Each of the men admired her cool
ness, but Tollemache, who had been
| quietly scrutinizing the nearer hills.
gave painful emphasis to this grew
some topic by exelaiming:
@There they. are now-smoke sig
naIs!'
/ Sure enough, thin columns of smoke
were rising from several points on the
/ land. 1t could not be doubted that
these were caused by human agency.
They were not visible when the party
/ sat down to breakfast The appear
anee of the ship was their obvious ey
| PLANTATION, but not canoe or soli
tary figure could be seen, though Cour-
/ tenay and others at various times dur
ing the day searched every part Of the
neighboring shore with field glasses
and powerful telescopes.
After an all too brief burst of sun
shine the Land of Storms again justi-
| fed its name, Giant clouds came roll
/ ing In from seward; the mountains
were lost in mist; the glaciers became
| sullen, rock strewn masses of white
brown ice; the fresh greenery Of the
forests faded into somber belts of
Dlackness. Though 1t was high sum-
mer in this desolate region. heavy
| showers Of hail and sleet alternated
with drenching rain. At low water,
| though the Kansas floated securely in
a depth of twenty fathons, a yellow
current sweeping past her starboard
/ quarter showed how accurately Courte-
nay hal read the tokens of the inlet.
Many q swollen torrent nd perhaps
one or two fair sized streams at the
head of the bay contributed this food
Of fresh water.
| TO Elsie and the doctor were In
trusted the daylight watch on deck and
| the care Of the sick. For the latter
there was not much to be done. The
cook undertook to feed them, and
| Frascuelo, the wounded stevedore who
| had been discovered in a state Of col
lapse, soon revived and was practical
| " abba to look after himself. The
others, 1nder Walkers directions, were
| hard at work in the engine room and
| stokehold, for there alone lay the
! chance ofsulfimafe escape.