The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-06-16


mud. He worked his way around the
edge and came out on the plain,
where the sandy soil was all the firm.
er for its drenching. He swung away
at lively clip. The air was fresh
and pure after the storm, and slight
breeze tempered the sun-rays.
He kept on along the cliff until he
turned the point. 1t was not alto
gether advisable to bathe at this time
OF day; but he had been caught out by
the cyclone in a corner of the swamp,
across the river, where the soil was
of clay. Only his anxiety for Miss
Leslie had enabled him to fight his
way out of the all but impossible
morass which the storm deluge had
made of the half-dry swamp At
dawn he had reached the river and
swan across, reckless of the croco-
diles. The turbid water of the
stream had rid him of only part of his
accumulated slime and ooze So now
he washed out his tattered garments
as well as he could without soap, and
while they were drying on the sun
scorched rocks. swan about in the
clear, tonic sea-water, quite as reck-
less of the sharks as he had been O.
the ugly crocodiles in the river.
For all this, he was back at the
baobab before Miss Leslie had
stitched up the last slit in the torn |
flag
She looked up at him, with a brave
attempt at a smile.
Il am afraid I'm not much of a
needle-woman," she sighed. Look at
those stitches"
Don't fret. They'll hold all right,
and that's what we want" he reas.
sured her. Give it me- now. I've got
to get 1t up, and hurry back for a nap.
No sleep last night was out beyond
the river, in the swamp-and tonight
III nave to go on watch. The barri.
cade is down."
"oh, that is too bad! Couldn't I
take turn on watch?"
Blake shook his head. mo: I'll
sleep to-day, and work rebuilding the
barricade tonight. Toward morning
might build up the fire, and take
nap"
lie caught up the flag and its new
stan, and swung away through the
cleft.
lie returned much sooner than Miss
Leslie expected, and at once began tn
throw up a small lean-to of bamboos
over ledge at the cliff foot, behind
the oaobab. The girl thought he was
making himself hut, in place of the
canopy under which he had slept he.
lore the storm, which. like Win.
thropes, had been carried awav Rut
"hen he stopped work, he laconicaI,v
informed her that all she had to do to t
complete her new house was to dry
some leaves. Wy
put thought it was for yourself,"
sne protested. 81 will sleep inside the c
tree" 'Ae n
DOC Blake says MOI" he reioined-- a
not till it's dried out" G
she glanced at his fact. and replied p
moments hesitancv; VERY a
wen, / VIII do what you think best ;, n
ihal good,' he said. and went ~ $
'hce 10 lie down for his much needed u
sleep. O'i neeuea a
lie awoke just soon enouob hesouo W
,"rh TO see the results of her hard u
lay laoor. All the provisions stored "
>, '"e Tree mad been brought ont IN d
's' anu d great stack of fuel ready
vi turning was piled up against tho
'aopao' while all about the tree tha
uoolsh had been neatly patberod tn al
nira.i. % III neaps Blake looked his ad. -,
'ia d.i S.ion s Tor her industry. But then ~ -,
rs forehead wrinkled. '1e" pi
You oughtn't tove done so ro,o, -, -,
lie admonished ~ ihuch' bl
oia,mo S"ow you can tote fart" sbs
81, eJo'hed' During the afternoon CIV CIV
.'u recalled to mind that odd a,.n SH' IN
ION OF a southern girl chm, ,eS
or eeG l, waiting her opportunity to- to baUl n"r a
er him with it, '' " oah'
aughed. opeh'eyed, and on
-, say Miss Jenny, you'd better ,oo,, =
Ut. Ut. foull be speaking Amnr, looH I
rst thing!" "s american,
lo >I,,,,p' Iney fell to chattir,
he !, children out of school, eocS or1',,ns h
70 De able to forget for the n,n,,la LAP
"a, da' broken figure up oa the cltee p'en' ,
nu n the haunting fear Of what anu ana,.p sop
ny might bring to them. 1"0'Hei
", When they had eaten their MO-,
'rn 'ra, "llh keen appetites Ptet, 'iea
,s ,l"ns up with curt Good rt,S,,t m,aKs
u" ig swung swung off down the cJer, G "'sny. m
nile. WIN lingering
-. ! wish he hadn't rushed oe
,Iy' ,h,y' she murmured 81 y" na 80 sud
ing ,na, TO thank him for-for was JUS Just
.aI ,n9 ,,I color swept over her f,co
yep .r plush and she darled aro,,,,I race IN
IL irbt uhy hut as though soUo "'Uona to
'5n' Yat nave nave overheard her w6isnor 1'.'1 one
ig,' at ai'er , all, she had said ",spGf, ndts,
yerything." merely said
'Io BE CoNTINUEn,