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

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cesses.
She unused on the problem as he la
bored silently and vigorously. He
stopped once or twice, but she kept
him to it, feat vastly greater than
she realized, until the interior of the
boat. which was small ships boat,
a dinghy, had been entirely cleared
out. She had watched carefully every
spadefui OF sand which had been tossed
over the buried gunwales and now
she searched eagerly the boat itself.
Her inspection revealed nothing.
These she opened, finding nothing
therein but Wondering remains of
cloth, bags of some sort which she
surmised might have contained ships
bread, and little barrel or key, which
had probably carried water for the
voyagers.
The boat appeared to be in an ex-
cellent state of preservation. There
were even pair of oars lying on the
thwarts. If she could have dug 1t out
Of the sand entirely. she fancied she
could have launched 1t and used 1t.
But such task was utterly beyond
her. Besides there would have been
no gain in having the boat afloat. She
would not dare to take II out beyond
the barrier reef and there was nothing
to row for in the lagoon.
She easily broke the rotting lines
with which the oars were secured and
took them out They would be useful
perhaps in some way. And then after
long look at the boat and with feel
ing that her labor had been mainly
wasted, she was about to turn away
when the thought struck her that
sometimes boats carried the names OF
the ships to which they belonged or
their bows or across their sterns. She
had recourse to the shovel once more
and after some deliberation essayet
the stern of the boat
| 1t was not so hard to shovel the
sand away from 1t and here she die
make discovery, for although the let
tiers had been almost obliterated by
the action of the sand, she could still
| uldhe ltltm Out. hllCl bOillC btuhJ
she decided that the name of the boat
or of the ship to which it had be
longed, had been Nansemond of Nor
folk, Virginia. That was the net re
suit of the hard labors of long morn
ing. 1t told her something. but no
much Assuming that the man witt
her was John Revell Charnock and as
Stunning that he had come to the islam
in the past on that boat, 1t indicate
that he was at least an American an
Virginian 1t identified him, II he
suppositions were correct, and whett
er there was warrant for them or no
instinctively and naturally she col
cluded that she was correct.
Admitting all this, however,
gave her no clew from which to build
history. The testimony Of the boa
was interesting, that was all. Her frs
thought was to leave it where 1t wa
but her second thought was bette
With the aid of the stout piece {
board which had served her for 4,
shovel, she hammered away at tn
stern piece until she broke it off. Sh
saw now that the boat must have lai
there in the sand Tor many years, fc
the wood was brittle and the fastel
ings largely destroyed. for the ster
piece came easily away. She laid
aside for a moment intending to pr
serve 1t with the Bible. Heave
knows what dream of future usefu
ness in the way of evidence establis
ing identity these might be. entere
her mind.
Then she threw herself down und,
the trees and rested. She had lie
her watch. her precious watch. bat
in the cave with the book. She d
not dare to carry 1t around with he
She had no way of carrying 1t In Il
thin, single garment which she wor
but she judged from the height OF Il
sun that 1t must be noon time. Th'
made their meal off the fruits of Il
island, this time with a rich and JUL
cocoanut added. which the man got +
her at her suggestion in the sign la
guage at which she was becoming {
pert, by climbing with wonderful az
ity ape-like agility almost, one of t
tall cocuanut palms with which t
island abounded. There were fru
of variols sorts in great plenty on t
island nhd she was becoming accl
toned 10 the diet by degrees.
She passed the noon hour in tryi
x to add to the mental equipment OF h
ID companion. He could say numb
y of words now and had some idea
al their meaning, although he had I
lie yet attempted to frame sentences I
Id had she yet tried to teach him so
&c do. 1t was pleasant under the sha
re of the trees. She found herself IN
# yelling at times as to the contentmt
as that possessed her, a product of
le age suddenly plunged into the Ed
ne like existence which her forebei
might have enjoyed ten thousa
k. years before.
ne The hours ran on until the decl
N ing sun and the GOODNESS that ca
with the late afternoon warned
that If she were to continue her
ii plorations she must be about it