The evening world., 1914-03-27

knew quite we'll that though
= the vessel seemed steering
straight for the island, she
might pass II n long distance away;
a smoke signal could not but attract
her attention, yet he was debarrsd
from making IL.
The tricky spirit that seemed to
haunt the ialet seemad still active and
At work. hllins his pockets WITH
Jewels. yet holding back from him
the means Of escape. . Api
He rose tn his feet and stared about
him. trying TO remember whea he
had last lit his pipe: then he cane
back along the pathway 70 the beach.
searching tho ground. the. sand, case.
Ing his eyes hither and thithsr, the
sweat running from every pore. He
searched the whole width OF the beach
for twenty wards from the fallen palm
trees toward the coral spur; the guiis
were calling and fishing as of old and
their voices seemed mocking him-ha.
who. burning for action, had yet 10
walk up and down slowly as an old
man. with head bent ana eyes east
before him after the fashion .pf .
penitent. i.t
There was no sign Of tho boxt it
was small affair, one OF those cheap
nickel finder boxes they sell 20 saii.
ors. u smokers friend" containing n
wheel armed with q bit OF fitut, Q
spring which rotated the. wheel and q
tiny wick which caught the spark.
he was turning from che beach IN
despair when his foot struck against
what seemed a pebble half covered
friend" II had fallen last mint
from his pocket and the wind had
blown tho sand over II. He seixed IL.
and with II In his hand. came run
ming hack to the heap OF brushwood.
he first turned his eyes tn the salip.
She was larger. nearer, yet seeming.
~ farther from the track of the
island ~ far ~ he could judge ahe
might pass II by some three miles.
lie hunE himself on his knesA by ths
heap OF brushwood and pressing tho
spring OF the tindsr box, struck a
spark. II caught ON the infiammabls
wick. the wick smouldered. and then.
~ ne blew at II, broke into hame. II
was = very small flame, not nearly
as big as that given by large sised
wax match. Then he approached tho
tiny point Of light To ono OF the dead
!WiHs OF the brushwood. He, was
hneei'nk win MS back To the wind
so as TO protect the haine. but for all
n,s car" u breath across his shoulder
oi"w " out.
tie cursed. Then holding the box
close TO MIS- body. ne reltt the wick
The wettins the box had received
during the hurricane must have
damaged It's spirit: yesterday when he
had III his pipe with II he had done
40 with great difficulty. but the fams
was even more feeble to-day; u went
our asain at the critical moment. and
again ana again: the brushwood, per-
maps, from the effect of the sea salt
that had dried upon II, was hard to
ignite: had he but piece OF paper
the task would have been easy. but
there was not u scrap on the island.
Then he remembered Sagesse'~ oock-
etbcok. which he had buried In the
sand He was rising to hunt FOR IL
when he remembered also the. hank-
note that he had taken from the
papers Of Sagesse and which wan i'm
his pocket
10 find the pocketbook might take
q long time. for the sand had blou,n
smoothly over the place where he MA
buried II. the banknote was to hi.
hand and would burn bravelv n iid
As /, ,ook u,ht ana n. ~. aam,.
took IN. hru.hwnod a h,,r., y, a..
r,r,Iar, cri.. .,,,u. g., - $500,
promnd of IN. ,,,i,. 80 a., ~ ,..us
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