The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-10-20
EvlpTER lll--continued.

LuIpTER jll--Conttnueu.
|, not long before she reached
m reef. 1t stood up a foot or
!, the water now, the tide be-
and she clambered upon 1t.
mo rocks cut her naked and
VT unused to such exertions
Med to such demands, but she
"a. The boat had been beaten
i II had been forced over
BY the hurl of the sea. The
I'd been wedged in between
Injecting rocks. The rest of 1t
RI torn away and had fallen
lagoon. There was no wind,
vas unruffled. She could see
Rough a glass the wrecked re-
the boat. There was nothing
Espt the battered motor, USE
days before she landed, since
vly of gasoline had been ex-
Everything else had been
out Of it and carried into the
scesses Of the lagoon where
Ne inaccessible to the human
Under what remained of a
thwart she caught a little
\ metal. Calculating the dis
gly, she plunged in and dove.
Der eyes open she easily
be piece of metal, dislodged 1t
place where 1t had fallen and
The surface with 1t. 1t was a
sheath knife with a bit of
listened to 1t. She had had q
b wear it in her sailors blouse
had missed 1t since she had
shore.
here was nothing else in the
b thing; nothing on the bar
1 She tried to pull the stern
here it had been wedged, but
bat impossible. She tugged at
billy, but could not move 1t. In
she turned to the man who
etched silently as usual and
He seemed to understand,
came and with great effort
e torn part Of the boat from
IS and laid 1t down at her feet.
sw 1t into the water. where. of
as 1t was wood. 1t floated
Then, with a nod to him she
In and together they guided
be shore. he taking his cue
y action.
ad fancy to test his strength
managed to convey to him by
fainly by trying herself in vain
It apart, what she wished him
The impossible to her was
play to him, and in a moment
Eral pieces of the boat which
] the stern were scattered on
ch. There was one straight
hich went across the stern
bat and made a little box for
swain to sit in, which would
shovel. 1t was too wide. but
ke it against a big stone and
ksessed OF what she wanted
5 were rough and sorrated and
b her hands, but these she
IA by the aid of her knife. She
I'D the other end and soon hat
emblance of a shovel. She in
10 use that on the boat on the
next day.
Jed with this, she looked a
and sighed in despair. Coult
+ get rid of him? Instant,
ashed into her mind tina
be had before overlooked as o
ent. A long, heavy boat rope
ts painter, she had notice,
Pie dove lay floating by tn
The boat from which 1t hSd no
fyered. An idea came to hel
3 the shovel and folloYed b
Slite, she plunged in ohSe NOR
10 swan to the boat. Wastin
she dove as before, found tn
% having previously opene
le, cut It quickly and came t
lace gasping.
f. were perhaps 10 or IL fee
was a stout Jiece of rope, {
quality, as had been ever.
board the yacht. The yer
stun had gCae into 1t and sh
believe any man on cart
eak 1t. 4he had amused he
NE crulse by learning the rud
seamsnship and she could Il
e any sailor. This little a
ament was to stand her
az she wrapped the roI
ler neck, plunged in the |
the third time, and swa
e to the shore.
The way up the sands to Il
"e' Then she tied the rol
ae mans neck, not In a 81
course but in a hard clrcl
Any made a running bowlil
4e nearest tree. He had II
~ slightest resistance. He h;
laenlly of what she was d
w plrport of her motor
wrhed and went away fro
Ny lie started for her
was nearly ierked from i
W 'autening of the rope.
situation for him. yet
,uucuyely went to his thro
1--WE to tear away the nooi