The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-22

slightest movement among the trees
or by the rocks to the northwest. this
being the arc of their periphery as
signed to her.
Looking at sunlit space fom cover.
and looking at the same place when
sweltering in the, direct rays of a
tropical sun, are kindred operations
strangely diverse in achievement Iris
could not reconcile the physical SEN
sitiveness of the hour with the care
less hardihood of the preceding days.
Her eyes ached somewhat, for she had
tilted her sou wester to the back of her
head in the effort to cool her throb-
bling temples. She put UP her right
hand to shade the too vivid reflection
of the glistening sea, and was astound-
ed to find that in a few minutes the
| back of her hand was scorched. A
faint sound of distant shouting dis
| turbed her painful reverie.
How is it," she asked. that we
| feel the heat so much today? 1 have
hardly noticed it before"
For two good reasons-forced idle
ness and radiation from this confound-
ed rock. Moreover, this is the hottest
day we have experienced on this
| island. There is not a breath of all
and the hot weather has just COM
menced"
Don't you think" she said, husk-
/ lily, that our position here is quite
| hopeless?
They were talking to each other side
ways. The sailor never turned his gaze
from the southern end of the valley.
TT is no more hopeless now than
last night or this morning" he replied
But suppose we are kept here for
| several days?"
oil -
probability
I'VE had water then. Even with an
ample supply it would be diffictflt to
hold out. As things are. such course
becomes simply impossible
Her dependency pierced his soul. A
slow agony was consuming her.
at is hard, admit" he said. 'Nev-
| ertheless you must bear up until night
| falls. Then we will either obtain wa
ter or leave this place"
Surely we can do neither"
I'VE may be compelled to do both. -
But hoW?"
| In this, his hour of EXTREMIST need
| the man was Youchsafed a shred OF
| luck. To answer her satisfactorily
would have baffled a TaIIeyrand But
before he could frame a feeble pre-
| text for his too sanguine prediction, a
| sampan appeared, eight hundred
yards from Turtle beach, and strenu-
| ously padded by three men.\ The
vague hallOwing they had heard wa.
| explained.
! The Dyaks, though to the manner
! born, We're weary of n-scOrcheC
rocks and salt water. The boat was
| coming in response to their signals
and the sight inspired jerks with
| fresh hope Like a lightning flash
came the reflection that if hs could
keep them away from the well anC
| destroy the sampan now Fastening tC
their assistance, perhaps conveying the
| bulk of their stores, they would soOr
| tire of shaking their thirst on the few
| pitcher-plants growing on the NORTH
/ shore.
Come quick" he shouted, adjusting
the backsight of rifle. Lie down anC
aim at the front of that boat, a littl.
| short if anything. 1t doesn't matte
| if the bullets strike the sea first"
| He placed the weapon in readiness 70
her and commenced operations himsel
before Iris could reach his side. SoOI
both rifles were pitching twenty shots
minute at the sampan. The result o
their long-range practice was not Ion;
| i'm doubt. The Dyaks danced from sea
to seat in a state of wild excitement
One man was hurled overheard. Thel