The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-28

was " - bAd a. tuaff she mur
INJURED, great content soothing hei
heart and brain AZ her lovers admls
sion that he was thinking of her dur
ing the worst agony of the fray, iIs
gave her a rcassurlng hug.
With her soul singing eantiele ot
Joy. she passed from the bridge 90 the
lower deck. MIR. Boyle was waiting
there. holding lantern.
Huh" he growlcd when he saw
her. "P'raps youIl believe what tell
you before your hair turns gray, II not
sooner. Luck Did any man ever
have such luck as the sklpperl Why,
n he fell OF Mong Blong he'd lni a
circus net rlgged up TO catch him"
Il agree with you 80 fully, Mr..
Boyle she whispered. that am go
Ing 10 marry him"
Il guessed M much" he answered
AT amy rate, fancled II wouldn't be
for want Of akin on his part"
II was wan aud broken spirited
lsobel whom Elsie led 20 her cabin. but
Notwithstanding her wrctchcd state
her eyes quickly took In the orderly
condition OF the room.
II left my clothes strcwed all over
the floor" she said with a nervous.
ness which Elsie attributed 10 the
hardships she had undergone "Why
did you trouble 10 pack them awayy"
Then Elsie told her OF ber hunt for
the powder box and was w obviously
unconcerned about any incident other
than the adventures they had both ex
perienced since they parted that Iso-
bel questioned her no further A bath
and change OF clothing worked mar
vels. Though thin and weak for want
Of proper food. neither Isobei nor Mrs
somerville had suffered In health from
the exposure and short fare involved
by life ON the island. Ii was broad
daylight ere they could be persuaded
to retire to rest. there was so much to
tell and to hear.
Meanwhile the meeting between
Tollemache and Gray was full OF racial
subtleties.
Tollemache, stepping forward to
grasp Grays hand, felt II was incum.
bent ON him to utter the first word
Had a pretty rotten time Of II. ex-
pectf" said he.
Poisonous. And your
"oh, fair. Beastly close squeak when
you turned up"
Gray became more explicit when |
Courtenay met him In the chart room, |
where the table had TO be cleared OF |
debris before some glasses and a cou.
Pile OF bottles OF champagne could be
staged.
"When those blackguards cast of
from the ship" he said, 1--WE scudded
away I'm sort of ocean mill race
which threatened TO upset US ut any |
momentum fact, we gave up hope for
a time but, as the boat kept afioat, Mr..
Malcolm and managed 10 stir up the
Chileans, and we got them to steady
her with the oars. Some time before
daybreak we ran into smooth water
and made out land on the port bow
In few moments we were ashore on
a pebbly beach In place alive with
seals. When the sun rose we found
we were on barren island and, what
was more, that one Of the ships life
boats had been upset on a reef which
we just missed and had lost all her
stores, though the men had scrambled
into safety. With the aid Of our boat
and helped by fine weather we raised
the lifeboat and recovered some of her
fittings. The water casks and tins OF
food were hauled up by chap who
could dive well We have been on that
lump OF rock until today, when final
~ persuaded the others that unless we
made for the land which we could see
In the dim distance the weather would
break and our food give out The trou-
BILE with the Chileans was that they
were afraid OF the natives hereabouts
and preferred to wait on the Off chance
Df ship showing up. At last they
but we missed the full run Of the tide
and were some miles from the main |
and, or whatever II IL. when night fell
We pushed along cautiously, found the
to the cove we had made out
before the light failed and were about
o lay TO until dawn when we saw a
'ocket and heard the fog horn. That
woke us up, you bet. The Chileans
pulled like mad, but when we came
lear enough to discover that the ship ,
vas being attached by Indians had a
earful job TO get my heroes TO butt In.
That fellow Gomez In brick. He
rated like politician, and finally they
,ot move on. From what have seen ,
ince came aboard guess you were ,
lustllng about that time"
Yes" said Courtenay, filling glass
With wine, as he heard Boyles step .
He handed the glass TO the !,
hief when he entered.
How manyT' he asked.
Huh! We've slung fifty-three In. ,
lians an six OF the crew overheard |.
there's fourteen wounded natives an !,
I've OF our men In the Doctors hands
rwo Alaculofs died Of funk when they :
ct eyes ON the niger who turned up !,
q the lifeboat. They thought Well.
ere's chin-chin to everybody. I'm .
hirsty"
CHAPTER XVI