The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-10-18

We stepped out upon the saho- VI!
clothes were torn to rags; blood was
clothed in my hair and on my fore-
head: my face was black with swear
and dust. There were wounds or my
arms and legs. | wa> cory ana nor
rible spectacle Mistress Lucy mao
suffered no wounds. but her clothes
were rent and torn Her face was
grimy and beneath the dust and earth
stain il was as white a. the cap OF /
wave.
Thanks TO God" she said at last.
and YOU. we have won.
thought she would have tainted
caught her by the arm. sat her GOWN
upon the island and sprinkied the wa
fer from the brook in her race uhtll
presently she revived
we are not safe yet. l urged
There were hundreds Of Savages upon
the island They could not all have
been in the cave. we must 20 "aii's.
We cannot rest now.
Il am ready" she said with great
spirit. getting to her feet and stretch-
ing out her hand: IF you will help me
| can go anywhere.
still had my sword. | drew lt ana
led on. keeping well under the shelter
of the cliffs. We walked up the emo
toward the giant stairs There were
men. islanders at the top OF the wall.
but nv first glance told ME that We
had nothing to fear from them. for the
stairs were gone They were but
! scattered heap of stones. The eartb-
| quake had crumbled the work or the
| builders of byGone years. and as the
stairs had fallen away they had left
| the cliff sheer and bare for hundred
feet. They couldn't come at US
1T is an act of God said /. that
has broken down the stairs.
Put there may be another way or
! descent" she said after moment.
| "Oh. let lis leave this dreadful lSland!
! had 10 hope that the dinghy had
heen shared. but its place was not far
away. and we walked TO it in silence
1t was gone. a tidal wave had Follow
ed the earthquake. The canoes IN
! which the islanders had come had been
| dashed to pieces and their keepers Kill
ed The survivors were prisoners OF
the island unless their friends came t.
their helm and even then until they
could devise some way or getting doWi
tbe cliff. And we. too were prisoners
Some Of our gear. the compass. some
provisions which | had stored in the
;rannies of the rock were still there
but they We're useless to US some
thing else had happened. The earth
quake had broken the vast barrier
| reef Before us was ii practicable pas
, sage II the sea.
If we only had Il boat. | turned Il
. the canoes hopeful of finding one sea
worthy ard as | did so my little mis-
. tress caught me by the arm.
Look" she cried. pointing far III
; the horizon.
4 | | turned. and there bottom upward
| foated the dinghy. The sight OF ne
4 was like draft of wine. | turned am
A ran up the sand. followed by my lady
n When opposite the boat | kicked oil
4 | nv Shoes-I had on little else but Shil
: and trousers-jumped into the Lagoon
e SWAN to the dinghy and towed he
\ ashore Assisted by Mistress Lucy.
il turned her over. | then hunted up tn
4 few things we had saved. with llttl
V store of cocoanutS which we had az
# | cumulated in one of the caves. Shlppe
T. the oars, which. being tied to the row
d locks. had not been washed away. an
y showed off.
V The mast was still dashed to TT
le thwartS. and boat cloak had bee
le caught under the forward thwart. ii
d. painter was still fastened to I'll
bolt in the bow. and as soon as | III;
" rowcd through the narrow entrance
* Stppped the mast and improvi>ed Il :;
nj with the. boat cloak and the painte
to The breeze blew softly We paSS'
=, | the island and then set our course
nj | The COMPASS to the eastward. head
"A for the great South American coast
w. m"ny miles away.
he We had gone through many peri
ut but had sustained them all. Fortul
as if ashamed of her allotted tronb
% made it up to us in the end. for In
"a few days we fell in with Sphnl
h | shin of war in the service of the VI
,a roy of Peru. which had been eNplori
the south seas and had heen driv
I. far out of her course 10y the Sa
o storm which had wrecked the Rose
~, Devon Commander Don Antonio