The evening world., 1915-01-05

"Come oni" he called. I've struck
IL Wen be over in half an hour"
"How's thatr asked winthrope.
"Bar," answered Blake. hurrying
forward. "sling on your hats. and
get into my coat again. Miss Jenny.
The suns hot - yesterday. How
about the nutsT
Here they are. Three strings; all
that I fancied we could carry" ex-
planned Winthrope.
"Ail right. The big one Is mine' I
suppose. I'll take two. Well leave
the other. Lean ON me. II your ankle
" still weak"
"Thanks; / can make 1t alone. But
must We 60 through mud like thatf
mot on this side, at least. Come
an! We don't want to miss the ebb."
Blake's impatience discouraged FUR
ther Inquiries. He had turned as ne
spoke, and the others followed him.
walking close together.
Instead OF plunging into the man
grove wood. which here was UNDER
aroWn with q thicket OF giant ferns,
6lake skirted around In the open
until they came to the seashore. The
tide was at It's lowest, and he waved
hia club toward long sandspit whicn
curved out around the seaward edge
Of the mangroves. Whether this was
part Of the rivers bar or had been
heaped up by the cyclone would have
been beyond Winthrope's knowledge
had the question occurred to him. II
was enough for him that the SAND
Was smooth and hard an race track.
Presently the party came to the END
Of the spit, where the river water
Sippled over the sand with the last
feeble out-suck Of the ebb. On their
right they had q sweeping view OF the
river. around the hank Of the man
Erove screen. Blake halted at the
odRe OF the water and half turned.
SClose up" he said. IT'S shallow
enough; but do you see those logs
over ON the mudbank7 Those are ALI
gators"
In the centro Of tho bar. where the
water was o trihe over knee e-deep.
come large creature came darting
down stream beneath the surface. and
Passed with . violent swirl between
6lake ana his companions. At Miss
Leslie's scream Blake whirled about
and jabbed with his club at the sup
posed alligator.
' "No. no; no he went byl" saspsd Win
throne, "There no is!'
A long bony snout. fringed on either
slde by Q row Of lateral teeth, was
:Sswxshi" said Blake. and he
vaded on across the bar. without
further comment.
Ma Leslie had been on the point
OF fsiuting. The tone Of Blake's voics
revived her instantly.
There were NO more scares. A rev
u6nutes later they waded out upon
: stretch Of clean sand on the south
Naile OF the river. Before them. the
BSNch Lay In Q fattsned curve. which
n the far end hooked sharply to the
loft, and appeared to terminate al
tho foot Of tn towering limestone
eliza OF the headland. A mile Of
noro inland the river Jungle edged
q dose to the clifs: but from there
70 the beach the forest was separated
fyUW the wall Of rock by httle
sandy plain. covered with creepinl
plants and small palms. The creates,
ViAoA OF the open space was hardly
unoro than q quarter of q mile.
Hale paused for a moment at high
~ marx, and Winthrope instantly
10naftod down to nurse his ankle.
e eay. Blake" he said. cant you
n ne some kind OF q crutchf IL II
~ 2 ssw yards around to those
S0ood Lordi you haven't been foo
anOugh to overgtrain that ankle,
e. yeu have. Why couldn't you tell
Il did not feel 30 painful in thu
& helped the best ] could" inter.
pecsd Mss Leslie, Il think e YOU
SSnN ret Nr. Winthrope q crutch"-
SCSvtchi" growled Blake. "How
isnR 40 YOU think II would take me
- vaAo ehrough the mudf And lool
= thas c'oud' We're In for . sauA''
Hs handed the girl the smailel
stsang Of cocoanuts. hunG the 0thsl
up the beach and stopped f9r WIN
star{sd on along the beach at sharI
trot, Miss Leslie followed ~ best %
could, ths heavy cocoanuts swtnEiai
I>abouf with every step ana pru's'h'
rhs wiad wss coming faster thai
B,sks had calculated. Before thel
mad run twO hundred PAGES thel
heard the roar Of rain dashed wafer
and the squaii struck them WIN
force that almost overthfew ths s,rl
with the wind came torrents ot ra,'
thai drove tHfobfH lHs' 49,.
ments ana dreprbsd them " The skil
within the frst half minute. a,
blake siscksnad his pac" 70 . wan
asd pioddsd suil.Diy along Dsneal
lie drtving downpour. Ito kspt 10 th
iovsT edge of tbs beach, whsfo N
and MAS urin.At. for the fofco of VA
fsiIIns dsiuse bsat down the wave
sad bold In check tbs breakers whle
ths sInd sought 20 toll up the hssci
The rain storm MAS ~ Is b.isl
vhsn they rsacbsd the foot OF tb
,jlRs. This srsy rock towsred abos
thsn, thirty OF forty io.t bish' oiAs
aspo1ltsd WinthrOps upon W.
isXss, ana stfaisbtsned ~ 10 sea
DE hsndiand. iiers and thsf" Ledge
ran more than halfway up the rock
vsil; IN other places ths crest ~a
w,ssin sisL. dii slihsr onsr q ecntir
uous path 70 the summit blsh
Sruptsd with disgust
TVd take . no ladder 20. set y
AZ sids," he said. well have
IN lbs olhss. n ss eAa get sfouu
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