The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-11-10

rds drunk he attempts to KISS
I, knocks him down and leaves
.,nsclous and escapes in the
IN a gasoline launch.
&ApTER Vlll.-continued.
mining had not been manual,
was bright enough to supple
lack Of skill and after some
hard work she actually got
IN an upright position and Sc
ashed. Out of the heavy cloak
, huge circular than anything
/ improvised a sail with the
u as a boom thrust across the
tween the mast and the little
deck. The coat had been
brayled. She ripped the silk
kum the edge, cut off the hood
ioak and managed a triangular
I'd by the silk braid to mast
Fn.
boom was immobile and the
" she could sail was straight
he wind. II the wind shifted,
i'd shift with it. She had some
Zluntrol over the vessel with the
= but that was all. 1t was noon
be finished her labors, but she
be than satisfied with what she
0mplished, for the cloak was
Mgh to give an appreciate
The boat. She guessed 1t might
h or four knots an hour. That
s nearly 100 miles a day.
bid exc out her provisions and
Tor five or six days longer and
bid go without for two or three
fer the last drop and morsel
tished. Perhaps she might run
habitable island in that time.
y although this possibility was
lint than the other, she might
by some vessel and picked up.
ate, all she could do was done.
better, too, because she had
human contribution to the de-
ttion of her fate. She was no
absolutely at the play of
For five days she sailed
on, the breeze remaining even
|ding unvaryingly true for that
She learned the trick of lash
wheel at night and so was
take as much rest as her tired,
|nd racked body permitted in
|hnement of the little boat.
mad abundance of time for
Time was when she had rev.
such opportunities, but there
enjoyment in the chances af-
her now. That she who had
the high realm of speculation
become a woman of
fighting for life, struck her as
,e thing. Insensibly the condi-
her present existence modi-
philosophy. 1t seemed differ
smaller thing. She was less
Id confident of herself alone
great immensely than in the
city. There were no applaud
|usands. She breathed no air
btion. She was alone with her
|he man who is alone is always
face with God, though his eyes
hidden so that he cannot see
wine. 1t was so with this
p had she so craved other
|ionship. She would have been
|if she could have believed that
Pas a God, for had there been a
BE would not have felt so de-
So she fought on against her
ld her circumstances losing
sixth day opened dark and
The wind had risen during
&At. The day broke heavily
Even to her ineXperience
Id realize that a storm was at
Shs had seen nothing during
nod; that is, nothing of which
I'D avail herself. Twice, once
BOARD and another time to port
passed low lying islands, din
horizon, She had no way OF
= the boat or of changing Its
10 run down either of them
10 80 on Just as she was. She
That she could never land un
We're driven directly upor
sand that might lie in hel
She knew, too, that the
mat might happen We're yer!
She had daily diminished
uon of food and drink she al
herself She had husbandet
ls with the utmost care. Oh
day they were gone. Sh,
'llh a frightful craving whicl
va as the day drew on.
as thankful for one thing tina
was yelled, although she hea
ia .anld, heavy, overcast air wa
~ almost unbearable. Unde
aening breeze the boat wen
,Ore swiftly than heretofore
mat satisfaction, hut sh
apprehension that IL the win
.I| w ktTtuuar hon coil sarNfn.