The newspaper., 1909-06-11
SYNOPSIS.


Genevieve Leslie. an American heiress
Lord Winthrope. an Englishman. and Tom
Blake; brnsque American; were passen-
Inhabited island and were the only ones
not drowned Blake recovered from a
drunken stupor.
Blake laughed harshly, and pointed
from the reef-strewn sea to the vast
stretches of desolate marsh. Far in
land, across miles of brackish lagoons
and reedy mudfats. could be seen
groups OF scrubby. half-leafiess trees:
ten or twelve miles to the southwark
a rocky headland jutted out into the
water: otherwise there was nothing In
sight but sea and swamp. II II could
not properly be termed a sea-view, 1t
was at least a very wet landscape.
Fine prospect" remarked Blake,
dryly. Wen be in luck IL the fever
don't get the last of US inside a
month: and as for you two. you'd have
as much show OF lasting a month as
= toad with a rattlesnake. II 1t wasn't
for Tom Blake-that's my name-Tom
Blake-and as long as this shindy
lasts, you're welcome to call me Tom
or Blake. whichever suits. But un-
derstand. we're not going to have
any more OF your bloody. bloomin'
English condescension. Aboard ship
you had the drop on me. and could
pile on dog till the cows came home
Here I'm Blake and you're Win
thrope."
BELIEVE me. Mr.. Blake. | quite ap-
preciate he-ah-sl;uatlon. And now.
fancy that. instead OF wasting
time"
It's about time you introduced me
10 the lady" interrupted Blake. and
he stared at them half defantly. yet
with twinkle In his eyes.
Miss Leslie flushed. Winthrope
swore softly. and bit his lip. Aboard
ship. backed by Lady Bayrose and the
captain. he had goaded the American
At pleasure. Now. however. the sit
uation was reversed. Both title and
authority had been swept away by
the storm, and he was left to shift for
himself against the man who had
every reason to hate him for his over
bearing insolence. Worse still. both
he and Miss Leslie were now depen-
dent upon the American. In all prob
ability for life itself II was = bitter
pill and hard TO swallow.
Blake was not slow TO observe the
Engllshman's hesitancy. He grinned.
Every dog has his day. and I guess
this Is mine be said. Take your
time. n II comes hard. can imagine
it's a pretty stin dose for your iudship.
But why in-why in frozen hades an
American lady should object to an in
PRODUCTION TO a countryman who's 10.
ing 10 do his level best to save her
pretty little self from the hyenas-
well. II beats me"
Winihrope flushed redder than the
girl
Miss Leslie. Mr.. Blake" he mur-
INJURED. hoping TO put an cad TO the
situation
But yet Blake persisted He bowed.
openly exultant.
You see. miss. he said. Il know the
correct thing quite as much as your
swells ! knew all along you were
Jenny Leslie. ran n survey for your
dear papa when he was manipulating
the Q. T. railroad. and he did me out
of my pay
oh. but Mr.. Blake. am sure II
must be mistake: | am sure that IL
Il is explained to papa"
Yes: wen cable papa tonight.
Meantime, we've something else to do.
Suppose you two get hustle on your.
selves. and scrape up something to
eat. I'm going out to see what's left
of that blamed old tub"
Surely you'll not venture to swim
out so fart" protested Winthropc. Il
saw the steamer sink as we cast on"
Looks like a mast sticking up out
there. Maybe some Of the rigging is
loose"
But the sharks! These waters
swarm with the vile creatures. You
must not risk your life!"
cause why7 II I do. the babes in
the woods will be left without even
the robins to cover them. poor things,
But cheer up!-maybe the mud-hens
will do II with lovely waterHlies."
Please. MIR. Blake do not be so
cruel." sobbed Miss Leslie. her tears
starting afresh. "The sun makes my
head ache dreadfully. and | have no
hat or shade. and I'm. becoming so
thirstyl"
And you think you've only to wait.
and half dozen stewards will come
running with rarasols and Ice water
Neither you nor Winthrope seem to
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