The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-31
CHAPTER X.-continued.

CHAPTER x.-Continued.
The hot ashes flew up in her face
land powdered her hair with their gray
Alust; yet she persisted, blowing stead.
Hly until shred of bark caught the
kparks and fared up in a tiny flame.
la little more, and she had strong
Eire blazing against the tree trunk.
She rested short time, relaxing
both mentally and physically in the
Satisfying consciousness that Blake
never should know how near she had
come to failing in her trust.
N Soon she became aware of a keen
Feeling of thirst and hunger. She
nose, piled fresh supply of sticks on
Nhe fire, and fastened back through
Nhe cleft toward the spring Around
fhe baobab she came upon Winthrope.
sNorking in the shade of the great tree.
1.-THE three leopard skins had been
Stretched upon bamboo frames, and
be was resignedly scraping at their
inner surfaces with a smoothedged
Stone Miss Leslie did not look too
Hclosely at the operation.
81 Where is-he?' she asked.
"a WINTHROP motioned down the
2eleft.
a 81 hope he hasn't gone far. I'm half
$amished. Aren't your"
IA Really, Miss Genevieve, it is odd,
B lou know. Not an hour since, the
2fery thought of food"
W and now you're as hungry as am.
&ph, do wish he had not gone off just
~ the wrong time!"
IA He went to take a dip in the sea.
"a on know, he got so messed up over
be nastiest part of the work, which
n positively refused to do"
Whats that beyond the bamboos?
G3 here's something alive!"
lS Pray, don't be alarmed. 1t is-er-
~ S all right, Miss Genevieve, | as
hre you"
But what is it? Such queer noises
Ind see something alive!"
IA only the vlutures, if you must
&now, Nothing else, assure you"
oh"
Y ut is all out of sight from the
&pring. You are not to go around
pc bamboos until the-that is, not
10 day"
III Did Mr.. Blake say that?"
why, yes-to be sure. He also said
tell you that the outlets were on the
2Pp shelf"
||s8 you mean-?"
En- His way of ordering you to cook
~ Rur dinner Really, Miss Genevieve,
||1N!4 Mould be pleased to take your place,
EH9ut have been told to keep to this.
IW Is hard to take orders from low
Ef llow-very hard for a gentleman,
{ lou know"
E MISS Leslie gazed at her shapely
Ea hds' Three days since she could not
ave conceived of their being so rough
ehd scratched and dirty Yet her dis
sust at their condition was not en-.
prely unqualified
AT least | have something to show
IN Them she murmured.
E neg pardon" said Winthrope.
Just look at my hands-like a serv-
ts' And yet l am not nearly SO
named of them as | would have
@ucleu' 1t is very amusing, but do
Know | actually feel proud that
nave done something-someth
Reful, mean"
oSeiuI?-lcalli it shocking, Miss Gen
eve' 1t is simply vile that people of
breeding should be compelled to
Ri Such mental work. They write no
Vi romances about castways; but
IN" TO see the romance in scraping
ns Indian fashion, as this fellow
9ake calls it,"
suppose, though, we should re-
Suoer how much Mr. Blake is doing
Us, aud should try to make the
~ oil the situation"
H ~ mas no best. 1t Is all beastly
Euuule complained Winthrope, and
,gSuhed his nervous scraping a.
~ dig leopard skin.
aae glrl studied his face for a mo-
r,n, ana turned away. She had been
: ,us so hard to forget.
Az neard ner leave, and called after
0uL looking up: please remem'
sh ne said to cook some meat"
y "e uld not answer, Having salts
\ IN o reI 'hlrst at the spring, she took
4 N, Ule bamboo rods, with it's haggled
/, "'H'ns pieces of flesh, and re.