The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-09
BY cH4RLES RE4OE and DzON BOUcIcAULT


CHAPTER XxXI.-Continued.
His nurse administered this from
lime to time. The barks used were
the cassia tree, and a wild citron
rec. Cinchona did not exist in this
sland, unfortunately.
Nevertheless, with these inferior
sarks they held the fever in check.
lut the pain was obstinate and cost
Helen many sigh, for, II she came
oftly, she could often hear him
loan.
But pain, like everything. inter
hits, and In those blessed inter-
ais his mind was more active than
iver and ran a great deal upon
THAT he called the problem.
Hazel, as he lay on his back in
he boat, had often in half
rowsy way. watched the effect of
he sun upon the boats mast--it
low stood, a bare pole, and at GER
ain hours acted like the needle OF
dial by casting shadow on the
ands. Above all, he could see
retty well by means of this pole,
nd its shadow when the sun at
ained its greatest elevation. He
ow asked Miss Rolleston to as
list him in making this observation
xactly.
She obeyed his instructions, and
ne moment the shadow reached its
ighest angle and showed the mi
Ntest symptom of declension, she
aid, "Now," and Hazel called out
! a loud voice: ''Noon!"
And 40 minutes past o'clock
I Sydney" said Helen, holding out
er chronometer. Hazel looked at
er and at the watch with amaze
bent.
"What?" said he. Impossible.
lou can't have kept Sydney time
n this while"
"And pray why not?" said Helen.
Have you forgotten that once
bmebody praised me for keeping
lydney time? 1t helped you, some
sow or other, to know where we
lere."
"And so 1t will now" cried Ha-
el, exultingly. "Why, we have got
he longitude by means OF your
hronometer. It Is wonderful. 1t ia
rovidential. Pen and ink, and let
he work 1t out.
In his excitement he got up
Fithout assistance, and was soon
usy calculating the longitude of
lodsend isle.
CHAPTER XXXII.
"There." said he. Nov the lati-
ide ! must guess at by certain
Combinations. In the first place
ne slight variation in the length
< the day. Then I must try anu
lake rough calculation of the
ln's parallax. And then my bot
my will help me little, spices
lrnish clew; there are one or
wo that will not grow outside the
ropics. It was the longitude that
eat me and now we have con-
uered 1t. Hurrah! Now l know
that to diffuse and in what direc-
ton-east, southeast-the ducks
ave shown me that much. So
here's the first step toward the
Impossible problem"
One day Helen was cooking the
inner with one eye on the dinner
nd another on her patient when
he heard him shouting very loud
nd ran out to see what was the
halter
Get me two squares of my seals
ladder parchment" cried he, land
ONE of the finest gut"
She fetched them.
THANK you! thank you! Now
gant--let me see--ah, there's an
Id rusty hoop that was washed
shore on one of that ships casks.
put 1t carefully away"
And she went for the hoop.
"And now" said he, while l pre-
ARE the intelligence, will you be
10 kind as to fetch me some
llshes?"
where shall I find them?" said
Helen.
go to where your old hut stood
ind follow the river about a fur
ling; you will find bed of high
FISHES: cut me a good bundle; cut
below the water and choose
he stoutest.
She took the shears and went
Iyiftly across the sands and up
lie slope. He watched her with
II admiring eye, and well he
light, for 1t was the very poetry
motion. Hazel In his hours OF
ealth had almost given up walk
Ig--he ran from point to point.
9lthout fatigue or shortness of
cath. Helen, equally pressed for
8ne. did not run. but she went al
lost rs fast. BY rising with the
wn, by three meals a day of ami
Nal food, by constant work and
Ravenly air. she was In a condi-
I'm women rarely attain to. She
is trained. Ten miles was no
pre- to her than 10 yards. And,
5len she was In a hurry, she got
Ter the ground by grand but
ainine motion not easy to dc.
8ribe. It was a series of smooth
dulations, not vulgar strides.
10 s4wift rushes In which the
ms seemed to propel the whole
Idly and the feet scarcely to
hch the ground. II was the Wig.
and freedom OF a savage, with
grace OF lady :.
While she was gone Hazel cut
b little squares of seals bladder
Fchment. one larger than the
her. On the smaller he wrote:
b English lady wrecked on an