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Was Taking No Chances.
Once upon a time a fond mother
disapproved of her daughter marrying.
This was the more awkward became
the young lady had picked the young
man out. Also he had wealth. And
the mother, who was widowed, had
i. a not the wherewithal to furnish her
daughter with the variety of frocks
and things which her youthful heart
craved. "I might not object to the
man so much," said the mother one
evening, "if you would only let me
see him. Hut here is a man whom I
have never set eyes on, and yet one
whom you Insist on taking for a hus
band. 1 don't understand such se
crecy!" The daughter replied: "If
I ever Introduced him you'd Insist on
marrying him yourself."
At or About This Time.
"Why do they call them ocean
liners?" she asked.
"They're getting new terms every
day," he said, without looking up from
the sporting page. "I never heard it
before, hut an ocean liner is probably
a hot one that isn't inflelded well and
rolls Into a puddle or something."
She made no answer, but when he
had gone to business she phoned the
doctor about him.
Domestic Notes.
"I've noticed one thing."
"And what is that?"
"When one gets loaded it's usually
his wile who explodes."
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l , cells by the food elements in the
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1 INTO THE I
1 PRIMITIVE
I IM 1
ROBERT AMES RENNET
!:j Illustrations bi
RAY WALTERS
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(Couyrltfht, IVOR, by A. Q McC'lurif A QitJ
SYNOPSIS.
The Btiiry opens with the shlpwrtok of
the steamer on which Miss Qenevteve
Leslie, an American helreaa, Lard win
thrope, an Englishman, ami Ton Blake,
n brusque American, were passengers.
Tin' three wen toeaed upon an uninhab
ited island and were the only ones not
drowned Blake recovered from drunk
en stupor. BJake, shunned on the boat,
because of hi roughness, became a hero
ns preserver of the helpless pair. The
KnKlisliiiuin was huIuk For the hand of
.i.ss Leslie, Blake started to im back
to the ship to i over what was left.
Blake returned safely, Wlnthrope wasted
his last match on a cigarette, for which
In- was scon d by Blake. Their first meal
was dead Hah, The trio started a ten
mile hike for higher land. Thirst at
tacked them. Blake was compelled t"
rarry Miss trestle on account of weari
ness, He taunted Wlnthrope. They en
tered th jungle. That nlgnt was pa '
roositnif high iii a tree. The next morn
ing they descended to the open again.
All three constructed hats to shield them
selves from the sun. Thry then feast. d
in i units. I ho onlv procurable food.
Miss i.. she showed a likhiK for Blake,
i but detested his roughn 'SB. Led by in Iks
I Ihey established s home In some cliffs.,
Blake found a fresh water spring Mlssd
Leslie faced an unpleasant situation.
Tliov planned their campaign. Blake n-
covered his surveyor's magnifying glass,
thus Insuring Hie. lie started a Jungle
flre. kilting u large leopard end smoth
ering several cuBa In the leopard's cav
ern tin v hunt a small home. They gained
the cttffs by burning the l.ottom of a
tree mull It fell against the heights. The
trio secured SggS from the cliffs.
MtSS Leslie's white skirt WSS decided
Upon as a Signal, MISS Leslie male a
ilross from the leopard skin, Blake's ef
forts to kill antelopes failed. Overhear
ing a conversation between niake and
Wlnthrope, Miss Leslie became fright
cned, wlnthrope became 111 with fever.
Blake w;is poisoned by a tish. Jackal
attacked the camp thai night, hut were
riven off by Genevieve
CHAPTER XIV. Continued.
Sin- was far too prwocoupled, how
ever, to consider what this minlit
moan, llor first thought was of a fire,
i She ran to her rude stone fireplace
uiirl raked over the ashes. They were
i slill warm, but there was not a live
Bmher among them. Yet she realized
thai Wlnthrope must have hot food
when lie awakened, and Mlake had
carried with him the magnifying glass
For a little she stood hesitating. But
the defeat Of the jackals had given her
courage and resolution such as she
had never before known. She returned
into the rave, and chose the sharpest
of her stakis. Having made certain
that Wlnthrope was still asleep, sjV
set off boldly down the cleft.
At the fir -it turn she came upon
Blake's thor.i barricade. It stretched
across the narrowest part of the cleft
in an imper.i't ruble wall, 12 feet high.
Only In tile center was a gap, which
could have been filled by Blake In less
than two hours' work. The girl's eyes
brightened She herself could gather
the thorn-bn,sh and fill the gap before
night. They no longer need fear the
jackals of even the larger beasts of
prey. Nrine the less, they must have
fire.
SpurId on by the thought, she was
about ta spying through the barricade
when the heard the tread of feet on
the pkth beyond. She crouched down,
and peered through I he tangle of
brush in the edge of the gap. Less
than ten paces away Blake was plod
dine heavily up the trail. She stepped
out before him.
'Ton you! Are you alive?" she
gaKped.
'"Live? You bet your boots!" came
back, the grim response. "You bet
I'm alive though 1 had to go Jonah
one belter to do it. The whale heaved
him up; I heaved up the whale and it
took about a barrel of sea-water to do
it.."
"Sea water?"
"Sure ... I tumbled over twice
en the way. Hut I made the beach.
Lord! how I pumped in the briny
deep! Guoss I won't go Into detuils
but if you think you know anything
about seiiBicknesB Whew! Lucky
for yours truly, the title was just start
ing out, and the wind off shore. I'd
fallen in the water, and the Jonah
business laid me out cold. Didn't
know anything until the tide came up
again and soused me."
"1 am very glad you're not dead,
nut how you must huve suffered! You
are still white, and your face is all
cMased."
Blake attempted a careless laugh.
"Iion't worry about me. I'm here. 0.
K., iii. . .. o leit. a liuiu wuouiy on
my pins, but hungry as a shark. But
say, what's up with you? Yrm re
sweating like a Oood thing, though.
It'll stave off your spell of fever a
while. How'd you happen to be com
ing down here so early?"
"I was starting to find you."
"Me!"
"Not you that Is, I thought you
were dead. I was going to make cer
tain, and to to get the burning
glass."
"Um-m. I see. Let the fire go out.
eh?"
"Do not blame me, Mr. Blake! I
whh so ill and worn out. and I've paid
for it twice over, really I have. Didn't
those awful beasts attack you?"
"Beasts? How's that?" he demanded.
"Oh, but you must have heard them!
The horrid thltiK tried to kill us!" she
cried, and she poured out a half In
coherent account of all that had hap
pened since he left.
Biake listened intently, his Jaw
thrust out, his eyes glowing upon her
wltli a look which she had never be
fore seen In any man's eyes. But his
first comment had nothing to do with
I her conduct.
"How's that? sorry Win got roust
ed out of his nice little snooze
Why, don't you know, we'd been all
alone In our glory by tonight If It
hadn't been for those brutes. He was
in the stupor, and that would have
been the end of him if the beasts
hadn't stirred him up so lively. I've
beard of such a thing before, hilt 1 al
ways thought it was a take. Here you
art sweating, too."
"I (Ml much better than ycsicrday.
I did not tell you, but 1 have felt III for
nearly a week."
'"Frald to tell, eh? and you were
so scared over the beasts Scared!
Ily liminy, you've got grit, little wom
an! There's two kinds of scaredness.
You've got the Stonewall Jackson kind.
'iii r
"I Don't Believe Win Was Built for the
Tropics.
If anybody asks you, just refer them
to Tommy Blake."
Thank you, Mr. Blake. But should
we not hasten back now t prepare
something for Mr. Wlnthrope?"
"Ditto for yours truly. I'm like that
sepulchre you read about white out
side, and within nothing but bare
bones and emptiness."
CHAPTER XV.
With Bow and Club.
SI I K Bra. was soon re-lit, and a
pot of meat set on to stew.
It had ample time to sim
mer. Wlnthrope wras wrapped in a
life-giving sleep, out of which he did
not awaken until evening, while Blake,
unable to wait for the pot to boll, and
nauseated by the fishy odor of the
dried seafowl, hunted out the jerked
leopard meat, and having devoured
enough to satisfy a native, fell asleep
under u bush.
The sun was half down the sky
when ho sat up uud looked around
wide awake tlie moment he opened
lily eyes. Miss Leslie was quietly
placing an armful of sticks on the fuel
heap beside the baobab.
"Hello, Miss Jenny! Hard at It, 1
see," he called cheerfully.
"Hush!" she cautioned. "Mr. Wln
thrope is still asleep."
"Good thing for him. He'll need all
of that he can get."
"Then you think "
"Well, between you and me, I don't
believe Win was built for the tropics.
This fever of his, coming on so soon,
wouldn't have hit nine men In ten half
so bard. He's bound to have another
spell In a month or two, and "
"But cannot we possibly get away
from here before then? Is there no
way? Surely, you are so resource
ful" "Nothing doing, Miss Jenny! Give
me tools, and I'd engage to turn out a
seagoing boat. But as it Is, the only
thing I could do would be to fire-burn
a log. That would take two or three
months, and in Ihe end we'd have a
lop-side ue that'll live auout half
a second In one of these trople
squalls."
"Do not the natives sail In canoes?"
"Maybe they do and they make fire
by rubbing sticks. We don't."
"But what can we do?"
"Take our medicine, and wait for
ship to show up."
"But we have no medicine."
"Have no Say, Miss Jenny, you
really ought to have stayed home from
boarding-school and Kngland long
enough to learn your own language. I
meant, we've got to take what's com
ing tt us. without laying down or
grouching. Both are the worst things
out for malaria."
"You mean that we must resign our
selves to this intolerable situation
that we must calmly sit here and wait
until the fever "
"No; I'll take care we don't sit
around very much. We'll go on the
hike, soon as Win can Wobble. Which
reminds me, I've got a little hike on
hand now. I'm going to close up that
barricade before dark. Me for a quiet
night!"
Without waiting for a reply, tie took
his weapons, and swung briskly away
down the cleft.
lie returned a few minutes before
sunset, with what appeared to be a
large fur hag upon his back Miss
Leslie was: pouring a howl of broth
from the slew-pot, and did qot notice
him until be snr.g out to her: "Hey,
Miss Jenny spill over that stuff! No
more of that in ours!"
"It's for Mr. Wlnthrope He has
Just awakened." she replied, still In
tent on her pouring.
And you'd kill him with that slop!
I leave It over. He's going to have beef
juice."
"Oh! what's that- on your back?
You've killed an antelone!"
"Sure! Bushbtick, I guess they call
bini. Sneaked up when he was drink
ing, and stuck an nrrow Into his side,
lie Jumped off a little way, and turned
to see wliat'd bit him. I hauled off
and put the second arrow right through
his eye, Into his brain. Neatest thing
you ever saw."
"You surely are becoming a splendid
archer!"
"Yes; Jim dandy! I oc.uld do It
again about once in 10.000 shots. All
the same, I've raked in this pcacherlno.
Trot out your grill and we'll have
something fit to eat."
"You spike of beef juice."
"I've a tlozen steaks ready to broil.
Slap 'em on the fire, and I'll gqueeM
out enough juice with my fist to do
Win for to-night."
He made good his nssertlon, using
several of the steaks, which, having
lost less than half their juices In the
process, wore eaten with great relish
by Miss Leslie and himself.
Wlnthrope, after drinking tlie stimu
lating beef Juice and a quantity of hot
water, turned over and fell asleep
again while Blake was dressing his
wounds. None of these was serious of
itself; but Blake knew the danger of
Infection in the tropics, and carefully
washed out the gashes before applying
the tallow salve which Miss Leslie
had tried out from the antelope fat.
The dressing was completed by
torchlight. Blake then rolled the
sleeper into a comfortable position,
took the torch from Miss Leslie, and
left the cave, pausing at the entranco
to mutter a gruff good-night. The girl
immured a response, hut watched
him anxiously as he passed out. A
step beyond the entranco lie panted
and turned again. In the red glare
of the torch, his lace took on an ex
pression that filled her with fright.
Shrouded by the gloom of the hollow,
she drew back to her bod, and without
turning her eyes away from him,
groped for one of her bamboo stakes.
But before she could arm herself,
she saw Blake stoop over and grasp
with his free hand the mass of Inter
woven bamboos. He straightened him
self, and the framework swung lightly
Up and over, until it stooil on end
across the cave entrance. The girl
gtole around ami peered out at him. lie
had spread open the antelope skin, and
was beginning to slice tlie meat for
drying. Though IiIh forehead was fur
rowed, his expression was by no
means sinister. Believed at the
thought that the light must have de
ceived her, she returned to her bed
and was soon sleeping as soundly as
Wlnthrope.
Blake strung the greater part of the
meat on the drying racks, built a
smudge fire beneath, anil stretched the
antelope skin on a frame. This done,
he took his club and a small piece of
bloody meat, and walked stealthily
down the Oleft to the barricade. Quiet
as was his approach, it was met by a
warning yelp on the farther side of the
thorny wall, and he could hear the
scurry of fleeing animals.
He kept on until the Darricade
loomed up before him In the starlight.
From cliff to cliff the wall now
stretched across t'.j gorge without
hole or gap. But Blake grasped the
trunk of a young date palm which
projected from the barricade near the
bottom, and pushed It out. The dis
placement of the spiky fronds disclosed
the low passage which he had made In
the center of the barricade. He placed
the piece ni meal on one side, two or
three feet from the hole, and squatted
down across from It, with bis club bal
anced on his shoulder.
Halt an i.our- passed-.. , and M
till he waited, silent and mmionleas a
as a statue. At last irtealthy footsteps H
ounded on the outer side of the thorn H
wall, and an animal began to creep M
through the wall, sniffing for the bait H
Blake watted with the immobility of H
an Ksklmo. The deiay was brief. M
With a boldness for which Blake H
had not been prepared, the beast H
leaped through and seised the meat. H
I .en in the dim light, Blake could H
see that he had lured an animal larger t
than any jackal. Rut this only served M
to lend greater force to his blow. As H
he struck, he leaped to his feet. The H
brute fell as though struck by light- H
nlng and lay still. H
Blake prodded the inert form warily; H
then knelt and passed his hands over M
it. The beast had whirled about just gggfl
In i i i ii. to meet the descending club, M
and the blow had crushed In Its skull. H
Chuckling at the success of his ruse, M
lie drew the palm hack Into the open- M
lag, and swung his prize over his M
shoulder. When he came to the fire, a M
glance showed him that he had killed H
a full grown spotted hyena. M
In tlie morning, when Miss Leslie M
appeared, there were two hides M
stretched on bamboo frames, and the M
air was dark with vultures streaming H
down into the cleft near the barricade. H
I Lake was sleeping the sleep of the H
just, and did not waken until she had H
built I lie tire and begun to broil the H
steaks which he had saved. H
Again they had a feast of the fresh H
antelope meat. But with repletion M
came more of fastidiousness, and H
Blake agreed with Miss Leslie when H
she remarked that salt would have M
added to i he flavor. He set off pies- H
cut l.v, and spent half a day on the H
talus of the headland, gathering salt H
from the rock crannies. M
For the next three days he left the H
cleft only to gather eggs. The great- H
er part of his time was spent In tan- H
nlng the hyena and antelope skins. H
Meantime Miss Leslie continued' to BB
nurse Wlnthrope ana to gutner lire-
wood. Under Blake's dlreaflons, she H
also purified the salt by dissolving H
It in a pot of water, and allowing the M
dirt to settle, when the clarified solu- M
t Ion was poured off and evaporated H
over the fire in one of the earthen H
ware pans. M
At first Wlnthrope had been toe HH
weak to sit up. But treated to a lib- MM
eral diet of antelope broth, raw eggs, H
hot water, and cocoanut milk, he H
gained strengtli faster than Blake had H
expected. On the fourth day Blake H
set him to work on the final rubbing M
of the new . ,i, u.;. on the fifth, he or- ,,B
dered him to go for eggs. M
Much to Miss Leslie's surprise, Win- M
I hi-ope started off without a word of H
protest. All his peevish irritability M
had gone with the fever, and the girl M
was gratified to see the quiet manner M
In which he set about a task which M
seemed an imposition upon tils half-re- M
gained strength. But the very motive M
which, seemingly, prevented him from M
protesting, impelled her to speak for H
M
(TO BE CONTINUED.) jH
Theater Curtain Stuck. H
The modern Iron theater curtain, M
which is really a metallic wall by H
which a theater auditorium may be ef- H
iei in.-. IK si -para ted from the stage in H
ease of accident by fire, must be prop-
erlj constructed, says Le Temps, If H
Its benefits are to be realized. A de H
scent at an unexpected moment would M
result in the loss of as many heads ai M
might lie In its way, and a failure to H
move it at all might also cause trouble. H
This latter feature was experienced at
the seventy-first performance of "L
Km" at the Varieties. The house wai H
well filled, 8,000 francs having been H
taken in at the box office when It wai gH
time to begin the performance, but M
the metal curialu could not lie raised.
One of the big counterweights had
been loosened and crashed to the
stage. Repairs could not be made and H
the audience filed out, receiving the H
price of tickets hack at the door.
Thoughts on the American Woman. H
We Americans are not yet quite able jH
to distinguish a type, either of man or H
woman, that ban developed out of our H
very complex ethnographic condition. H
We think, now and then, that we can JH
see certain qualities or characteristics H
so grouped In an Individual as to make
us say for the moment that there Is an HI
"American." The American woman Is, Itl
perhaps even a little more undevel- H
oped, to our thinking, than is the H
American man. We admire or tremble !
before women of a certain air or qua!
Ity; but this very mien and quality ot ggH
her do not seem permanent, fixed; and HH
the woman we class as "American" to- jB
day may be altogether different from
the imperious creature we crowned ILfl
yesterday. Perhaps it is with regard B
to the woman as It Is with respect to flB
the past. It takes the tone of dis- MB
tance, space, to bring out the glory iaH
and the distinction to orb her. Co- H
lumbla (S. C.) State. jH
One Way to Attain Prominence.
"Another way to get your name in H
the papers," says the Philosopher of H
Folly, "Is to send a telegram of con- aH
dolence whenever some fumoua uia gB
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