The Washington times., 1912-07-25
THE TLMEs, Dali Y SERIAL STORY
INTO THE PRIMITIVE
ROBERT AMEs BENNETT
-toopyrasht. lsia Frsnk 4. Munssy co.I

, OF these stakes without making noise
And become dreadfully angry"
.Aii the betterl Put them UP now.
| before 1t grows too dark. You know
how ninepins are set--that shape. GOOD
entrance you neod not be afraid to go
Thank youl' she whispered. and
began to thrust had the deecasd STAKES into 'ne
He had not been mistaken. The fesf-
sul possibility that wnat he had limited
about blake might be true, added to
| already entertained, would have Kept
her awake throughout the night. But
thanks to the sense of security afforded
| by the sword yonets of her silent lit
| tie sentries, the girl vas soon able to
calm herself, and was fast asleep long
before Blnke wakened Winthrope.
/ Immediately after breakfast Blake,
| who had spent his watch IN grinding
ing with split and bent twigs, put Win
| thrope's keys in the fire and began an
attempt to shape them into O. knife
blade. To heat the steel to the re-
blowpfpe. with his lungs for bellows.
4 Winthrope turned away with an IN
| different bearing. But Miss Leslie, un-
to believe bs sra saS e Sayne Gf her anS asr
his blunt. frank greeting, found herself
compelled to stop and admire his dex-
I ferrous use of his rude tools.
One after another the keys were Weld
ed together, end to end, in harrow
ribbon of steel. The thinest one, how
ever, was not fastened to the tip until
it had been used to burn q groove IN
bones which Miss Leslie had thrown
The last loey was then, fastened to the
others, the blade ground sharp, tenn
Finally pieces ot the keyring were fit-
J ted in bands around the bone. The re.
| suit was bone-handled bone-backec
knife, with harrow cuting-edge Of
Long before it was finished Miss Les.
lie hSds been forced away by the re-
ouiraments of her own work.
In fact Blake did not complete hi!
task until late in the afternoon. At the
end he spent more than an hour grind
ing the handle into shape. When ~
came to show the completed knife Y
Miss Leslie he was rairly aglow witt
'usfi' Flows that for an Eskimo jobr. HI
demanded, Bunch Of keys and
bone" .,u
aNixyi There's little of the invento
| in INV top piece-only some hustle ant
: good memory. ] was up in Alaska
: you know. Saw sight Oh EsN'rh
"stiu, it is very skillfully done" -,
"That may be. Look out for tn
: edge. It'n do to shave with; No NOR
) bamboo splinters for me. dun when yo'
a hit a piece Of bone. I'm ready now u
Y skin a rhinoceros.'
"If YOU can catch one
: "Guess we could find enough Of then
g around here, all right. But We'll star
e in ON Some Of Wins sheep and cattle.
: "Oh, do! One grows tired of eggs
J. and all these sea birds are 80 toug
y and fishy, no matter how cook them
< Wen sneak down to the .bo pool avsn an
It ing. I'll give Odds though. that W
d draw a blank. Wins got the aim, bu
q no drive-Tve got the drive. but no ain
Even IL hit an antelope / don't thip
~ a bamboo pointed arrow would bothe
n \ him much" -,
"Sure. but lot have flint points, an
6 a lot Of others use poison. know tha
10 the Apaches and some of those othe
W Southern Indians used to fax their al
, rows with rattlesnake poison.
J. How horrible!'
2 well. that depends on how you loo
III horrible when they attacked the white
At any rate, they swapped arrows X
ii rifles mighty quick, and any one WI
,f knows Apaches will tell you 1t WASH
IF because they. thought bullets would d
se less damage"
+ yet the thought Of poison"
d. yet, but the thought of self-preservt
1t ton! Sooner than starve. I'd poiso
to every animal in Africa. and SO woul
ne you"
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he BE Found In TOmorrOw's
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