The newspaper., 1909-07-30
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER 1.-The story opens ,sn With .,he the
Gensvieve Leslie, American heiress.
Lord Winthrope. an Englishman. and Tom
rers. The three were tossed upon an un-
inhabited island and were the only ones
not drowned. Blake recovered from
drunken stupor.
boat. because of his roughness, became
. hero a. preservers Of the helpless pair
The Englishman was suing for the hand
Of Miss Leslie; Blake started to swim
left
CHAPTER III.-Biake returned safely.
cigarette. for which he was scored by
Blake. Their first meal was a dead fish,
CHAPTER Iy.-The trio started ten
tackled them: Blake was compelled 70
carry Miss Leslie on account of weari-
meas. He taunted Winthrope.
CHAPTER .v.-They entered the jun
Eis- That night was passed roosting high
In n tree.
CHAPTER vI.-The next morning they
Descended to the open again Al three
from the sun. They then feasted on
eocoanuts. the only procurabie food. Miss
Leslie showed n liking for Blake. but de-
tested his roughness-
CHAPTER vII.-I.ed by Blake they es-
fablished n home in some cliffs. Blake
found = fresh water spring.
CHAPTER vITr-MIss Leslie faced an
unpleasant situation They planned their
eampaien-
CHAPTER Ix-Blake recovered m.
surveyors magnifying glass. thus insur-
Ing nre. He started Jungle fire. killing
cubs. ''"'"s 'e'e'A'
During this work she had been care
full not to forget the fire at the tree.
Yet when. near sundown. she called
the third meal OF leopard meat. Blake
grumbled at the tree for being what he
termed such confounded tough prop
osition.
Good thing there's lots of wood
here. Win" he added. Wen keep this
FIRE going till the blamed thing top
pies over. IL II takes a year"
oh. but you surely will not stay
so far from the baobab tonight" ex-
claimed Miss Leslie.
Hold hard soothed Blake. You've
no license TO get the jumps yet a
while. Wen have another fire by the
baobab. So you needn't worry"
A few minutes later they went back
20 the baobab. and Winthrop began
helping Miss Leslie TO construct a
bamboo screen in the narrow entrance
OF tlt HuAtt DlAAt
the second fire.
As winthrope was unable to tell
time by the stars. Blake took the FIRST
watch. At sunset. following the cr-
gineer's advice. Winthrope lay down
with his feet TO the small watch FIRE.
and was asleep before twilight had
deepened into night. Tagged out by
the mental and bodily stress OF the
day. he slept SO soundly that II seemed
TO him he hardly lost consciousness
when he was reused by rough hand
on his forehead
What is it7" he mumbled.
Bout one o'clock said Blake.
Wake up, ran overtime. cause
the morning watch Is the toughest.
But can't keep wake any longer"
\ say. this Is a beasuy bore" re-
marked Winthrope. sitting up.
''Um-m." grunted Blake. who was al.
ready on his back.
Winthrope rubbed his eyes. rose
wearily. and drew blazing stick from
the FIRE. With this upraised as torch
he peered around into the darkness
and advanced towards the spring
When. having satisfied his thirst. he
returned somewhat hurriedly to the
fire. he was startled by the sight of a
pale face gazing at him from between
the leaves OF the bamboo screen.
My dear Miss Genevieve. what is
the matter7" he exclaimed.
Hush, Is he asleep7"
Like a top"
Thank heaven, Good night
Good -night-er-I say. Miss Gen.
cvieve-"
Bu, the girl disappeared. and Win
thrope. after a glance At Blake's placid
face. hurried along the cleft to stack
the other fire. When he returned he
noticed two bamboo rods which Blake
had begun to shape into bow slaves
He looked them over. with sneer al
Blake's seemingly unskillful workman
ship; but he made no attempt to finish
the bows.
CHAPTER XII.