Bisbee daily review., 1913-10-12


 tremendous fc-se. ! swung and struck.
 The ax sank into the stone, the helve
 shivered in my hand lt was a right good blow. if do say 1t myself. for the rock was by this time fairly split in two. the pieces falting to the right and left. Stili it was well in the en- trance. We had not yet clear pas sage.
 was mad now, as mad as had
 been in the inner cave fighting for her. The blood rushed to my face. a mist to any eyes. l stopped down and with my hands l seized one piece of that
 rock and. with such strength as Her
 ruies might have used. thrust it aside. My mistress stood staring at me in awe. also in terror The way was opened.
 We stepped out upon the sand My clothes were torn to rags: blood was
 elotted ln my hair and on my fore l head: my face was black with sweat
 and dust. There were wounds on my arms and legs ] was gory and hor- rlble spectacle Mistress Lucy had suffered DO wounds hut her clothes were rent and torn Her face was Srimy and beneath the dust and earth
 stain it was as white as the cap of wave.
 Thanks to God" she said at last.
 and you. we have won"' l thought she would have fainted.
 caught her by the arm. sat her down
 upon the island and snrinkled the wa
 ter from the brook in her face until presently sine revived.
 We are not safe yet" 1 urged. There were hundreds of sayages upon
 the island They could not all have
 been in the cave. We must go warily. We cannot rest now"
 "I 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 it and
 led on. keeping well under the shelter of the clids We walked up the end
 toward the giant stairs There were
 men. islanders. at the top of the wall.
 but my first glance told me that we had nothing to feur from them. for the
 stairs were gone They were but a scattered heap of stones. The earth quake had crumbled the work Of the l builders of byGone years, and as the
 stairs had fallen away they had left
 the cIiff sheer and hare for a hundred feet. They couldn't come at us Tt is aB act Of God" said 1. that has broken down the stairs ''But there may be another way of descent." she said after a moment 'Oh. let us leave this dreadful island.' had DO hope that the dinghy had
 been spared. hut it's place was not far
 away. and we walked 10 It In silence l It 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 l ed. The survivors were prisoners on 1 the island unless their friends came to | their help and even then until they
 could devise some way of getting down | the cliff And we. ttO. were prisoners. ] Some of our gear. the compass. some
 provisions which had stored in tht. 1 :ranuies of the rock were still there, nut they were useless to us. Some thing else had happened. The earth
 quake had broken the vast barrier reef. Before US was practicable pas
 sage to the sea!
 If we only had boat! turned to
 ,he canoes hopeful of finding one sea
 worthy. and as I did so my little mis-
 tress caught me by the arm. - sLbok" she cried. pointing far up | the horiZOp
 Itllrned. and there. bottom upward toated tue dinghy. The sight of her was like draft of wine. turned and ! ran up the sand. followed by my lady. l When opposite the boat I kicked of my Shoes-I had on little else but shirt nd trousers-jumped into the lagoon,
 swam to the dinghy and lowed her ashore. Assisted by Mistress Lucy. | turned her over. l then hunted up the | few things. we had saved. with little store os cOcoanuts which We had ac- .umulated in one of the caves. shipped 1 he oars. which. being tied to the row
 Hcks. had not been washed away. and showed Off
 Tue ul1bL NAs SJll idShSu lO Lue lhwarts. and 8 boat cloak had been caught under the forward thwart The ! painter was still fastened tO a ring bolt in the bow. and as soon as had rowed through the narrow entrance l stepped the mast and improyised a sail with the boat cloak and the painter { The breeze blew softly We passed ! the island and then set our course by 1 the compass 10 the eastward. headed ! for the grSlt South American coast so
 many miles away
 We had gone through many perils. ! but had sustained them all. Fortune as if ashamed of her allotted trouble, made it up to Us in the end. for in a 1 few days we fell In with a Spanish ship Of war in the service of the vice ! roy Of Peru. which had been exploring [ the south seas and had been driven | far out Of her course by the same storm which had wrecked the Rose of
 crSa2 Commander Don Antonio Re | cslde was an officer aud a gentleman. | Tbere was no war between our Eng fish king and the Spanish monarch l then, and he treated us courteously. gaye us food and rainent assigned a