The Washington times., 1912-07-24
CHAPTER xI.
Hope.

- DOM after sunrise Miss Leslie was
awakened by the snap and dull
~ craSh OF q falling tree She made a
hasty toilet and ran out around
The burned tree, eaten half through
by the. fire, had been pushed over
agsinst the cliff by Blake and VIM
thrope Both he'd already climbed up.
Hello. Miss .Jennyp. shouted Blake. AXE
up?..
It's easy enough. But you're right.
Try your hand again at the outlets,
won't you? Whfle they're frying we'll
We some eggs for dessert. How does
eve have no way to cook thsm.''
Roast 'em in the ashes. so long!''
Miss Leslie cooked breakfast over the
watch-fire. for the other had been scat
tered and stamped out by the men when
the tree fell, They came back in good
time. walking circpmspectsy that they
might not break the eggs with which
their pockets bulged.
Between them they. had brought q
round dozen and q half, Blake promptly
slowed all in the hot ashes, while Win
thrope related. their little adventure
with unwonted enthusiasm.
You should have gone with u.s. Miss
day 1t is, glorious on the cliff-top.
Though the rock is bare, thereas a fine
Fine View Of grub, near the end. ."'in-
!Ah, yen; the birds-you must talue a
look at thtln. Miss Genevieve The sc1
na n Sa sys ar Ts hd'sa To-
: sight. j assure youi They're piueky,
sS0 ss + Tas ws xs ons %s 5 5so s'sss .tn
boobies, Blake calls them-ceught me a
nasty ,ss y..t NIP 3. whet, went to tift her of
BEST way is to, kick thenH off," ex-
we've hcpped OVER the starvation stile
ynderstand? The whole blessed ciiir-
Pass Pas X the M ieopardettes, S % Miss - Jenny 2ay An'
Sdss sn,. r. that shss s sss and
lions. Something else feii upon the
back q Blake. hand. He ,kipsd It OH
huENsS ana ers sssF cshskfss shs rs
"Hf those doe-goned cheap ems haven't
storage dsaiers-Phew! ,theie goes an
In all. four of the eggs Indicated thei,
eccndition-and not alone one. BY appeals utG e
W When if the last BIT q p meat BAD disap.
peared. Blake raked the rem iaining eggs
from the ashes snd began to crack
he laid It on its leaf platter. Some
were a trhe ''high," but none were
When It was all over. w,ns hrope con.
look of satisfaction.
do you know" he remai ieed. ''this
ished s sinee hss we f found f those oecoanutsr'
"How about one Of en- now, to top of
on9' questioned Blake.
Miss Leslie sighed;
still hungry enough to eat more eggs
9 dozen.that is, II we had a. little salt
.a.s .sd saIs silver AssRs sRson the sns sam Saa:s
come kind Of vegetable food. Il won't
on,y keep tba,s up this little
were as good as they look--like g kind
Of asparagus!" murrnured Miss Leslie.
Hcyert heard = that the Chinese eat
"we might at least try them" per-
sisted Miss Leslie.
How, RawW r,
corn hsSs Ssso hssrS ss Dsps te of roasting
That's SO: and roasted ears are bet
sample of bamboo asparagus q la
Winthrepe took the penknife and
4 fetched a handful of young sprouts
from the bamboo thicket. They were
branches and devoured half raw.
Say" mumbled Blake ais he rumi-
mated on the last shoot. we're getting
on .nrlsnps. some for t this old smsrh-hele Of q
old Bobbie Crusoe beat. hands down. on
the start-off. and he with his shipful
of stuff for handicapP'
p,arns1. Then you feel more hopeful Mr..
We'll we've at least got an extension
on our note Tor week or two. But
q a't @ sons Mss 50 Jsnny ssSSe ESs Tsrss th the
fever coming. sure as fate. I may
stays we it rf en- e. While; you and and Win, ten
not smell Of quinine in our commits
!, n sary. Then there's snakes and wild
beasts. No. we're not out Of the woods
yet; not by considerable.
thrope,. II must say you're not very en-
couraging."
"Didnt say was trying to be-"
offer a large reward When the % Steamer mei
is reported as lost. There will be ships
searching for us"
wsne Ell not X the H5ssa snass sa Ssanns snss
along here don't nose about much
among these coral reefs"
'I fancy II would do no harm to set
aonly thing that would make a show
Is Miss Leslies skirt" replied Blake.
There Is the big ieopard-skin'" per-
TO his surprise the engineer took the
suggestion into serious consideration.
"Well. i don't know" he said. iii we
had a water background. now. But
against this rock and trees-no; what we
want is white I'll tell you. when Miss
Jenny sets TO and makes herself q dress
of that sidn I'll fy her skirt to the
zephyrs."
tMr Blake! 1 really think that is
cruel OF you"
"ohl come now, that's not fair! I
wouldn't have said word, but you said
YOU wanted to help" --E
II beg Your pardon. Mr.. Blake TT
e AZ Want to hsipNto DO nv shareE"S
Now you'rt talking! You see, it's a
question not only OF the signal but of
clothes. We've got to figure. anyway,