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some course OF action Immediately.
For the present, she took on her gar
msnts. hoping and praying In q SILVER
OF dread and anxiety, that he would
remain where she had left him, which
indeed proved the fact. She laid aside
all that she had worn except the
blouse and skirt, including her sadly
worn shoes and stockings Thus light
~ clad she came out on the sand again.
He did not notice any change In her
condition. As a matter OF fact she
gave him no time. for she flashed
across the sand at full speed and
plunged boldly into the smiling water
OF the lagoon lie followed her in
stantly and swan by her side with
scarcely any eIertion whatever
II was not long before she reached
the barrier reef. II stood up a foot or
two above the water now. the tide be-
ing low, and she clambersd upon IL.
The sharp rocks cut her naked and
tender feet, unused TO such exertions
and united TO such demands, but she
persevered The boat had been beaten
to pieces. II had been forced over
the reef by the hurl OF the sea. The
stern had been wedged In between
some projecting rocks. The rest Of II
had been torn away and had fallen
into the lagoon There was no wind,
the sea was unruhied She could see
as II through a glass the wrecked re-
mains of the boat. There was nothing
in II except the battered motor, use
less for days before she landed, since
her supply Of gasoline had been ex-
hausted. Everything else had been
washed out OF II and carried into the
deeper recesses OF the lagoon where
they we're inaccessible to the human
vision.
Stop Under what remained Of a
piece OF thwart she caught a little
CLEAN Of metal Calculating the dis
lance nicely, she plunged In and dove
Keeping her eyes open she easily
found the piece OF metal, dIslodged 1t
from the place where II had fallen and
came to the surface with IT, 1t was a
sailors sheath knife with a bit Of
lanyard fastened to IT, She had had a
fancy to wear it in her sailors blouse
and she had missed Il since she had
come ashore.
But there was nothing else In the
boat, not a thing; nothing on the bar
rier reef. She tried to pull the stern
o.. away where II had been wedged, but
found that impossible. She tugged at
it valiantly. but could not move it, In
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had watched silently as usual and
pointed He seemed to understand.
for he came and with great effort
lifted the torn part Of the boat from
the rocks and laid 1t down at her feet.
She threw 1t into the water. where. OF
course, as II was wood. II hoated
easily. Then. with q nod to him she
plunged in and together they guided
II to the shore. he taking his cue
from her action.
She had a fancy to test his strength
and she managed to convey to him by
signs. mainly by trying herself in vain
10 pull IL apart. what she wished him
to do. The impossible to her WAS
child's play to him. and In q moment
the several pieces Of the boat which
made up the stern were scattered on
the beach. There was one straight
piece which went across the stern
OF the boat and made little boz for
the coxswain to sit In. which would
do for q shovel. II was too wide, but
she broke IL against a big stone and
was possessed Of what she wanted
The ends we're rough and ssrrated and
unit for her hands. but these she
smoothsd By the aid Of her knife. She
sharpened the other end and soon had
rude semblancs Of shovel. She In
tended to use that on the boat On the
sand the next day.
Finished with this. she looked at
the man and sighed In despair. Could
she ever get rid Of himI Instantly
there flashed into her mind that
which she had before overlooked as Of
no moment. A long. heavy boat rope.
the boats painter. she had noticed
when she dove lay floating by the
side OF the boat from which IL had not
been severed. An idea came to her
Dropping the shovel and followed by
her satellite, she plunged In once more
and again swan TO the boat. Wasting
no time. she dove as before, found the
rope and having previously opened
her knife. cut Il quickly and came to
the surface gssping.
There were perhaps 10 or IL feet
Of II. II was q stout piece OF rope, of
unusual quality, as had been every
thing on board the yacht The very
best OF stun had gone into II and she
did not believe any man on earth
could break II. She had amused her:
self on the cruise by learning the rudi-
ments OF seamanship and she could tie
knots like any sailor. This little ac-
complishment was to stand her in
good stead. She wrapped the rope
around her neck. plunged In the la
COON for the third time. and swan
once more to the shore.
She led the way up the sands to the