The newspaper., 1909-06-18
SYNOPSIS.

shipwreck of the steamer on which Miss
lord Winthrope. an Englishman. and Tom
Blake. a brusque American. were passen-
gers. The three were tossed upon an un-
Inhabited island and were the only ones
not drowned. Blake recovered from a
drunken stupor.
CHAPTER 1I.-Blake Stunned on the
boat. because of his roughness. became
The Englishman was suing for the hand
Of Miss Leslie Blake started TO swim
back to the ship to recover what was
yes: almost big enough to whittle
a match, Mine would have done us
some good"
1T is the best steel"
IAN right; let's see you cut up the
FISH"
But you know. Blake. | shouldn't
know how TO go about it. l never did
such a thing
And you. Miss jenny Git.s are
supposed to know about cooking"
Il never cooked snything in all my
life. Mr. Blake. and it's aliye-sHd-
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 hsEEling. the coryphene
was killed and dressed Blake washed
both IL and his hands in the pool, and
began to cut slices OF flesh from the
lsh's tail.
we have no FIRE" Wlnthrope re
minded him. flushing at the word
That's true assented Blake. in
cheerful tone. and he offered Win
thrope two Of the pieces Of raw flesh.
Here's your breakfast. The trimmed
Iiece Is for Miss Leslie"
But it's raw, Really. l could not
think OF eating raw fish. Could you.
Miss Lcslie7"
Miss Leslie shuddered oh. mol
and I'm 80 thirsty / could not cat any
thing
You bet you cam replied Blake.
''floth Of you take that fsh and 20 TO
chewing It's the stuff TO ease your
thirst while We look for water. Good
Lord,-in a week youll be glad to eat
raw snake. Finnicky over clean nsh.
when you swallow canvas-back all but
raw. and beef running blood. and raw
oysters with their stomachs full Of dis
in,eeraicd animal matter. to put II
politely. You couldn't tell rattlesnake
broth from chicken. and dog makes
first-rate veai-when you've got TO eat
st. I've had IL straight from them that
knows that oven In France they eat
snails and fish-worms. It's all mat
ter Of custom or the style
To be sure. the japanese eat raw
nsh." admitted Winthrope.
Yes: and you'd swallow your share
Ii
dinner In Tokyo. Go on now. both OF
you. It's no joke. tell you. You've
got to eat. n you expect TO get TO wa
ter before night. Understand See
that headiand south? Wen. it's 100 TO
wen not find water short OF there. and
n We make II by nirht. wcll be doing
better than ! figure from the looks Of
these bogs. Vow 20 to chewing That's
Il, That's fine. Miss Jenny
Miss Leslie had forced herself TO
take a nibble of the raw hsh. The
favor proved less repulsiye than she
had expected. and its moisture was so
grateful TO he- parched mouth that
she began TO eat with eagerness. Not
50 be outdonc. Winthrope promptly
followed her lead. Blake had already
cut himself second slice. After he
had cut more for his companions. he
began to look them over with close
ness that proved embarrassing to Miss
Leslie.
Here's more Of the good stuff" he
said. while you're chewing II. we'll
sort OF take stock. Everybody shell
out everything. Here's my outfit
three shillings. half a dozen poker
chips. and not another blessed Say.
what's become of that whisky flask?
have you seen my flask?
Here II is. right beside me. Mr..
Blake" answered Miss Leslie. But
1t is empty"
Might be worse, What you got?
-hairpins. watch? No pocket, sup
poser"
None: and no watch. Even most
OF my pins are gone" replied the girl.
and she raised her hand TO her loosely
coiled hair.
We'll. hold on to what you've got
left. They may come in for fish
hooks. Let's SEE your shoes"
Miss Leslie slowly thrust a slender
little foot just beyond the hem OF her
draggled white skirt.
Good Lord" groaned Blake. slip
pers md hirh heels at that, How do