The Falls City tribune., 1908-12-11
watch YOU. and then we were so anr.

watch you, and then we were so anx-
ious about you"
Blake grunted and turned on his
heel to wade into the half-drained pool
in whose midst he had been deposited
by the hurricane.
Two or three small fish lay family
wrigeling on the surface. As Blake
spiashed through the water to seize
them his foot struck against a living
body which %foundered violently and
flashed a brilliant forked tail above the
fish, which was entangled in the
reeds, and with a kick flung 1t clear
out upon the ground.
n coryphene!" cried Winthrope.
and he ran forward to stare at the
%gorgeously colored prize.
"Coryphene?' repeated Blake, fol
lowing his example. Good to eat?'
Fine as salmon. This is only a
small me, but
Fifteen pounds IL an o%uncel" cried
Blake, and he thrust his hand In his
pocket. There was a moments 81.
lence, and W~inthrope, glancing up, saw
the other staring in blank dismay.
whats up?" he asked.
Lost my knife"
"When?-in the pool? If we felt
about
No; aboard ship, or in the surf
Here is my knife
Yes; almost big enough to white
a match! Mine would have done us
some good"
1T is the best steel"
"All right; let's see you cut up the
fish"
But you know, Blake, l shouldn't
know how to go about it. l never did
such a thing"
And you, Miss Jenny? Girls are
supposed to know about cooking"
Il never cooked anything in all my
life. Mr.. Blake, and it's aliye-and-
and | am very thirsty, Mr., Blake!'
Lord" commented Blake. Give
me that knife"
Though the blade was so small, the
Americans hand was strong. After
some little haggling, the c%oryphene
was killed and dressed. Blake washed
both it and his hands in the pool, and
began to cut slices of flesh from the
tlsh's tail.
I'VE have no fire." WINTHROP re-
minded him, flushing at the word.
That's true" assented Blake, in a
cheerful tone, and he offered Win
thrope two of the pieces of raw flesh.
Here's your breakfast. The trimmed
piece is for Miss Leslie"
But it's raw! Really, | could not
think of eating raw fish. Could you,
Miss Leslie?"
Miss Leslie %shuddered. "Oh, mol
and I'm so thirsty | could not eat any
thing"
You bet you CAM" replied Blake.
Both of you take that fish and go to
chewing. It's the stuff to ease your
thirst while we look for water. Good
Lord!-in a week you'll be glad to eat
raw snake. Finnicky over clean fish,
when you swallow canvas-back all but
raw, and beef running blood, and raw
oysters with their stomachs full OF dis
i%ntegrated animal matter, to put 1t
politely. You couldn't tell rattlesnake
broth from chicken, and dog makes
first-rate veal-when you've got to eat
1t. I've had it straight from them that
knows that over in France they eat
snails and fish-worms. It's all a mat
ter of custom or the style"
ITO be sure, the Japanese eat raw
fish," admitted WINTHROP.
Yes; and you'd swallow your share
of it if you had an invite to a swell
dinner in Tokyo. Go on now, both OF
you. It's no joke, l tell you. You've
got to eat, If you expect to get to wa
ter before night. Understand? See
that headland south? Well, it's 100 to l
we'll not find water short of there, and
II we make it by night, we'll be doing
better than | figure from the looks of
these boys. Now go to chewing. That's
it! That's fine, Miss Jenny"
Miss Leslie had forced herself to
take a nibble Of the raw fish. The
flavor proved less repulsive than she
had expected, and its moisture was so
grateful to her parched mouth that
she began to eat with eagerness. Not