The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-21
CHAPTER VI.
On the Shores of the Isle.

- WO weeks passed without
change in the situation. ex-
cept that their end saw the
Queen still deeper IN the tan
gle The breeze from the west had
continued, but day by day had grown
fainter, until at last It barely cooled
the faces Of the weary passen gers
nav bv dav. too, the weed and the
wreckage in the taugle grew thicker
Here and there flOaJed broken spaTs'
fragments OF shattered deck houses
moss grown plans, jacob s LADDERS
and all the fugitive spoil or the sea
Broken boats, bottom upward, RATS
with LUmbIed fragments Of canvas
screening who knew what terrible
burdens: a red buoy wrenChed from
some coast haTbOT, a bottle with a
i little iaS bobbing above it-these ap-
| peared, drew nearer, and dropped
| astern, sometimes just out Of reach
Of the Queen.
Several times abandoned ships ap-
! peared- One with Patch OF SAL
gave Jackson some agOniZing alter
nations Of hope and despair before It's
/ final neaTnesS forced him 20 admit
that Il. like their own vessel, was a
dereIict, bound for the port of dead
ships. None Of this wreckage- how
ever, kept pace with the queen me
/ taIIest caught the wind and the deep
! est caught the current but the queen
caught BOTH and moved ahead &C
The ne : marvel Of It all Affected the
/
| natures Jackson took II hardest
/ Used 10 the roar Of New York and 20
/ The electric COntsGion OF great GROVES,
and without resources within himself,
/ the comparative solitude and the IN
! certainty drove him frantic Had he
. been alone. he would never have lived
/ 50 long, despair would nave ToDDeo
him % his wits altogether and have
] driven him TO end Il all By plunge
/ over the side Even as i was his
/ state caused his companions grave
alarm Howard took care never 20 let
him be very long out of his sight by
] dav. Fortunately, he slept like a log
at night and Howard was able TO lock
B him IN his room late and release him
I early without his ever discovering
! that he had been confined
/ This state of affairs. however, could
not continue Day BY day the detec-
{ tive grew more and more suFiy, unIl-
J Howard began to long for the open con
I fIict that was sure 10 come Had they
/ two been alone together he would have
/ speedily brought affairs 10 q crisis. but
/ the misery Of DorOthy's position should
[ anything happen 10 himself made him
hold on, hoping that JackSon's mood
I might pass The worst OF il al was
l that the man had a TeTclFer-Ihe oiliy
For the rest Howard seemed 70 be
not at all troubled In fact, so far as
/ Jackson knew. the situation worried
! Iirht footed had once come upon him
I unheard and found MIN on his knees
( with bowed head and shaking shout
de~s SUSPECTED that his light-heaTLed-
( ness was assumed On that occasion
she had stolen away as silently as sne
/ had come
Z wild 10 get back 10 the task Of which
I he had spoken 10 the others was Eel
I not anxious TO go 10 execution more
I over, the wonder OF the SlLuaIlon dg-
I peaIed TO him nightly and ne tried %
! be content TO grasp the hours a they
I came and not to WOrry over the IuluL z
/ After he had thoroughly explored the
/ readable portions Of the vessel a1t o
had worked out their position as vel
l as Il was possible with such ua-kes1ift
+ instruments as he could devise ne had
I devoted himself 10 the study or me
| myriad life that SWaTmeQ among Jne
| weeds A scoop, trailed overheard fOI
! a few minutes, invariably brought
aboard hundreds Of living forms
] Something OF naturalist already, he
/ took delight in studying the sea CTea-
+ lures and in noting the marvellous pro
tective resemblances BY which they mo
{ from foes OF Crept under enemies. them
7 selves similarly equipped
In this study he was euthuslastlcall :
I fo5ned bv Dorothy No past record OF
crime could prevent the intimacy that
spTang up between these two, 50 Ike
in tastes and training, thus thrown
| 11pon each other for human companion
ship Again and again Dorothy told
herself that she ought TO shrink from
Howard and COnfine their intercourse
to the needs Of hare civility, and, &C
cordinCIv, for a time she would devote
herself 10 Jackson and let Howard 20,
But Jackson, blameless police officer
as he was, had no resources within him
self TO long content an educated cir
J like Dorothy, and soon she would drift
hack TO HOua rd's side-much. Il must be
l owned. 10 Jackson's relief
I CUriOuSly enough. the girl was not
! rnhappE- The situation, as yet was
too novel for that. The fact that she
. could see no possible means for rescue
I did not greatly trouble her. With the
! natural residence Of youth, she threw
I of her anxiety: with the natural trust
OF woman IN man she was content tC
leave everything to Howard. and tC
f put implicit faith IN his promise vague
+ and 11nsubstantiaI though II was. to dC
what ne could to save her. This was
the more surprising as ne had as yet