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Th story opens with tin- shipwreck of tiir steamer on which mibh ncn..i've i. siii. .in American heiress, Lord win thrspe, nn Englishman, and Tom Blake, a brusque American, were paaaenaarra. The tliri" were t(iss , ipon nn uninhab ited Island nnd wire the only on. s not drowned. Blake recovered from h drunk en Stupor, lilakc. Hi. mined on the boat, because of i,i-. rougnnaaa, became a hero as preserver of the helpless pair. The Englishman wns suing for the. hand of Miss Leslie, Blake started to swim back to thp ship to recover what was left. Blake returned safely. Wlnthrope wasted ids a match on a cigarette, for which he was seored hy Blake. Their tlrst meal wns a dead fish. The trio started a tan mile hike for Manet land. Thirst at tained them. Blake was compelled to carry Miss Leslie on account of wearl ness, He taunted Wlnthrnpe. They en tered tiie jungle. That night was passed roosiintj hiKh in a tree. The next morn ing tbey descended to the open again. All three eonstrueterl hats to shield them servea from the sun. They then feasted nn eoeoannts, the onlv procurable food. Miss Leslie showed a liking for niake, hut detested his roughness. Gad hv Blake they estahllshed a home In some cliffs, Illake found a fresh water sprint;. Miss Leslie faced an unpleasant situation. They planned their campaign. Hlake re covered his surveyor's magnifying glass, thus Insuring tire, tie started a Jungle (Ire, killing a large leopard nnd sinotli crlng several cubs. In the leopard cav ern they huilt a small home. They gained the cliffs by burning the bottom of a tree until It fell against the heights. The trio secured eggs from the cliffs. Miss Leslie's white skirt was decided upon ns R signal. Miss Leslie made a dress from the leopard skin. Blake's ef forts to kill antelopes failed. Overhear ing a conversation between Blake and Wlnthrnpe, Miss Leslie became fright ened. Wlnthrnpe became HI with fever. Illake was poisoned hy a fish. Jackals attacked the camp that night, but were driven off by Genevieve, Blake returned, after nearly dying. Blake constructed an animal trap. It killed a hyena. CHAPTER XV. Continued. "Mr. make!" she exclaimed, "Mr. Wlnthrope Is going off without a word; hut I can't endure It! You have no tight to send him on such an er rand. It will kill him!" Itlnke met her Indignant look with a sober stare. "What if it does?" he said. "Better for him to die In the gallant service of his fellows, than to sit here and rot. Eh, Win?" "Do not trouble yourself, Miss Oenevleve. I hope I shall pull through all right. If not" "No, you shall not! I'll go myself!" "See here, Miss Leslie," said Blake, somewhat sternly; "who's got the re sponsibility of keeping you two alive for the next month or so? I've been In the tropics before, and I know something of the way people have to live to get out again. I'm trying to do my best, and I tell you straight, If you won't mind me, I'm going to make you, no matter how much It hurts your feelings. You te how nice and meek Win takes his orders. I ex plained matters to him last night " "I assure you, Blake, you shall have no cause for comnlalnt as to mv con duct," muttered Wlnthrope. "I should like to observe, however, that In speaking to Miss Leslie " "There you are again, with your everlasting talk. Cut It out, and get busy. To-morrow we all go on a hike to the river." As Wlnthrope started off, Blake turned to Miss Leslie, with a good natured grin. "You see, it's this way, Miss Jen ny" he began. He caught her look of disdain, and his face darkened. "Mad, eh? So that's the racket!" "Mr. Blake, I will not have you talk to me In that way. Mr. Wlnthrope Is a gentleman, but nothing more to me than a friend such as any young wom an " "That settles It! I'll take your word for It, Miss Jenny," broke In Blake, aud springing up, he set about his work, whistling. The girl gazed at hit oroad back and erect head, uncertain whether she should feel relieved or anxious. The more she thought the matter ove- the more uncertain she became, and the more she wondered at her uncertain ty. Could it be possible that she as becoming Interested in a man who if her ears had not deceived her But no! That could not be possible! Yet what a ring there was to his voice! ho clear and tonic after Win thrope's precise, modulated drawl. And her countryman's firmness! He ould be rude if need be; but be would make her do wbnt he thought was best for her health. Wns It not possible that ehe hatl misunderstood his words on the cliff, and so mis judged -wronged him? that Win throng, so eager to stipulate for her hand But then Wlnthrope had more than confirmed her dread ful conclusions taken from Blake's words, and Wlnthrope was an English gentleninn She ended In a state of utter be wilderment. CHAPTER XVI. The Savaqe Manifest. IpS WlM'llltiii'i-: had sue J needed In dragging hltn J, JgV. self to and from the head land without a collapne, the following rooming, as soon as the dew was dry, Illake called out all hands lor the ex pedition. He was In the best of hu mors, and showed unexpected consid eration by presenting Wlnthrope with a cane, which he had cut and trimmed 'luting the night. Having sent Miss Leslie to till the whisky tlask with spring water, he dropped three cocoanut shell bowls, a piece of meat and a lump of salt Into one of the earthenware pots, and slung all over his shoulder In the ante lope skin. With his how hung over the other shoulder, knife and arrows in his belt, and his big club In his hand, he looked ready for any contin gency. "We'll hit tlrst for the mouth of the river," he said. "I'm going on ahead. If I'm not in sight when you come up, m - - m WW Uncertain Whether She Should Feel Relieved or Anxious. pick a tree where the ground Is dry, and wait." "But I say, Blake," replied Wln thrope, "I see animals over In the cop pices, and you should know that I am physically unable " "Nothing but antelope," Interrupted Blake. "I've seen them enough now to know them twice as far off. And you can bet on It they'd not be there if any dangerous beast was In smell ing distance." "That Is so clever of you, Mr. Blake," remarked Miss Leslie. "Simple enough when you happen to think of It," responded Blake. "Yes; the only thing you've got to look out for's the ticks In the grass. They'll keep you Interested. They bit me up In great shape." He scowled at the recollection, nodded by way of emphasis, and was off like a shot. The edge of the plain beneath the cliff was strewn with rocks, among which, even with Miss Leslie's help, Wlnthrope could pick his way but slowly. Before they were clear of the rough ground, they saw Blake disappear among the man grove. The ticks proved less annoying than they had apprehended after Blake's warning. But when they approached the mouth of the river, they were alarmed to hear, above the roar of the surf, loud snorting, such as could only be made by large animals. Fearful lest Blake had roused and angered some forest beast, they veered to the right and ran to hide behind a clump of thorns. Wlnthrope sank down ex hausted the moment they reached cover; but Miss Leslie crept to the far end of the thicket and peered around. "Oh, look here!" she cried. "It's a hole herd of elephants trying to cross the river mouth where we did, and they're being drowned, poor things!" "Elephants?" panted Wlnthrope, and he dragged himself forward beside her. "Why, so there are; quite a drove of the beasts. Yet, I must say, they appear smaller ah, yes; see their heads. They must he the hippos Blake saw." "Those ugly creatures? I once saw some at the zoo. Just the same, they will be drowned. Some are right in the surf!" "1 can't say, Pm sure. Miss Onne vleve. but I have an idea that the beasts are quite at home In the wa ter. I fancy they enjoy surf bathing ns keenly as ourselves." "I dfl believe you are right. Thero is one going In from the quiet wnt.u But look at those funny little ones on the backs of the others!" '.Must he the hahy hippos," replied YihllitMie, Indifferently. "If you please, I'M take a pull at the flask. I am very dry." When he had half emptied the flask, lie stretched out In the shade to dozo. But .Miss Leslie continued to watch the movements of the snorting hippos, amused by the ponderous antics of the grows ones In the surf, and the comic appearance of the barrel-like Inlants as they mounted the backs of their obis mothers. Presently Itlnke came out from among the mangroves, and walked across to the beach, a few yards away from the huge bathers. To all ap pearances, they paid as little attention to lilm as lie to them. Miss Lett! glanced about at Wlnthrope. Ho was fast asleep. She WsltSd I few mo ments to sec if the hippopotami would attack Blake, ThS continued to lg. BOffe li I in . and gaining courage from their Indifference, she stepped out from behind (he thicket, and advanced i to where Blake was rouched po the j beach When she came up she saw ; beside him a heap of oysters, which he was opening In rapid succession. "IMlo! You're just In time to help." he called. "Where's Win?" "Asleep behind those bushes." "Worst thing lie could do. But lend a hand, and we'll shuck these oysters before rousting him out. You can rinse those I've opened. Fill the pot with water, and put them in to soak." "They look very tempting. I low did you chance to find them?" "Sow 'em on the mangrove roots at low tide, first time I nosed around here. Tide was well up to-day; but I managed to get these all right with a little diving. Only trouble, the keetl most ate me alive." Miss Leslie glanced at her compan ion's dry clothing, and came back to the oysters themselves. "These look very tempting. Do you like them raw?" "Can't say I like them much any way, as a rule. But If I did, I wouldn't eat this mess raw." "Yes?' "This must be the dry season here, and the river is running mighty clear. Just the same it's nothing more than liquid malaria. We'll not eat these oysters till they've been pasteurized." "If the water Is so dangerous, I fear we will suffer before we can return," replied Miss Leslie, and Bhe held up the II tsk. "What!" exclaimed Blake. "Half gone already? That was Wlnthrope." "He was very thirsty. Could we not boll a pot ful of the river water?" 'Yes, when the ebb gets strong, If we run too dry. First, though, we'll make a try for cocoanuta. Let'B hit out for the nearest grove now. The main thing is to keep moving." As he spoke, Blake caught up the pot and his club and started for the thorn clump, leaving the skin, togeth er with the meat and the salt, for Miss Leslie to carry. Wlnthrope was wakened by a touch of Blake's foot, and all three were soon walking away from the seashore, Just within the shady border of the mangrove wood. At the first fan-palm Blake stopped to gather a number of leaves, for their palm-leaf hats were now cracked and broken. A little farther on a ruddy antelope, with lyrate horns, leaped out of the bush before them and dashod off toward the river before Blake could string his bow. As If in mock ery of his lack of readiness, a troupe of large green monkeys set up a wild chattering In a tree above the party. "I say. Miss Jenny, do vou think von can lug the pot, If we go slow? It isn't far now. "Good for you, little woman! That'll give me a chance to shoot quick." They moved on again for a hundred yards or more; but though Blake kept a sharp lookout both above and below, he saw no game other than a few small birds and a pair of blue wood pigeons. When he sought to creep up on the latter, they flew into the next tree. In following them, he came upon a conical mound of hard clay, nearly four feet high. "Hello; this must be one of those white ant-hills," he said, aud he gave the mound a kick. Istautly a tiny object whirred up and struck him in (he face. "Whee!" he exclaimed, springing back and striking out. "A hornet! No; It's a bee!" "Did It Bting you?" cried Miss LeB lle. "Sting? Keep back; there's a lot moro of 'em. Sting? Oh, no; he only hypodermlcked me with a red-hot darning needle! Shy around here. There's a whole swarm of the little devils, and they're hopping mad. Hoar 'em buzz!" "But where Is their hive?" asked Wlnthrope, as all three drew back be hind the nearest busheB. "Oueas they've borrowed that ant hill," replied Blake, gingerly Angering the white lump which man:. in. spot. LH where the bee had struck him. m "Wouldn't It he delightful ir we had H some honey?" exclaimed Miss Leslie. H "Hy Jove, that really wouldn't be M half bad!" chimed In Wintluope. H "Maybe we can, Miss Jenny; only M we'll need a lire to tackle those buz- H era Onega it'll be as well to let them H OOOl off a bit also. The eoenanuts are H only a little way ahead now. Here; H give the pot." M They soon came to a small grove of H eocoanut palnrs, where Blake threw H down his club and bow and handed H his burning gjaaj to Miss Leslie. H "Mere," he snld; "you and Win start H a fire, fs early yet, but I'm think- H Ing we'll all be ready enough for H stew." M "Mow about tin. meat?" asked MIm H "Keep that till later. Here goes for H Selecting one of the smaller palms, H Blake ipal on his hands, and began H to climb the slender trunk. Aided by H previous experiences, he mounted H steadily to the top. The descent was M made with even more care and steadl- M Dees, lor he did not wish to tear the M skin from his hands again. H "Now. Win," he said, as he nearod H the bottom and sprang down, "leave the cooking to Miss Leslie, and husk H some of those nuts. You won't more'n M have time to do It before the stew H is M Wlnthrope's response was to draw M out his penknife. Blake stretched H himself nt ease In the shade, but kept H a critical eye on his companions. Al- M though Wlnthrope's fingers trembled with weakness, ho worked with a pre- M elslon and rapidity that drew a grunt H of approval from Blake. Presently H Miss Leslie, who had been stirring the H stew with a twig, threw In a little H salt, antl drew the pot from the fire. LmH "En avant, gentlemen! Dinner la H served," she called gayly. LB "What's that?" demanded Blake. H "Oh; sure Hold on, Miss -Jenny. H You'll dump It all." H He wrapped a wisp of grass about H the pot, and filled the three cocoanut H bowls. The stew was boiling hot; H but they fished up the oysters with H the bamboo forks that Blake had H carved some days since. By the time Lfl the oysters were eaten, the liquor In annni the bowl was cool enough to drink. H The process was repeated until the pot had been emptied of Its content! H "Say, hut that was something like," H murmured Blake. "If only we'd had I pretzels and beer to go with it! But M these nuts won't be bad." M When they finished the cocoanuta, M Wlnthrope asked for a drink of wa- H "Would it not be best to keep it un- 11 til later?" replied Miss Leslie. H "Sure," put in Blake. "We've had H enough liquid refreshments to do any one. If I don't look out, you'll both be. BSmm drinking river water. Just bear in H mind the work I'd have to carve a H pair of gravestones. No; that flask H has got to do you till we get home. I M don't shin up any more telegraph H poles to-day." M (TU BE CONTINUED.) geSnl HIRED TO MAKE A DISPLAY. Secret as to Profusion of Weddin, H Preaents Divulged. H The Cleveland multimillionaire wh H recently sent out invitations to his H daughter's wedding bearing In bold H script "no presents will be received," H set an excellent example, which, H H generally followed, would save the ex H pense in fashionable circles of hiring H presents for the grand occasion. Sev- H eral Loudon, Paris and New York H firms have grown rich by letting out H for a night or day all sorts of finery H nnd trumpery to make believe that H friends of the bride and bridegroom H have contributed handsomely. H At a recent New York wedding tha mmV guests were more than amazed at thf LmH display of presents. Five rooms wen H tilled with the costliest Jewelry, brie H a-brnc, tapestries, paintings, cutglass, H china, ceramics, rugs, furniture, laces, H etc., world without end, Amen! The .B father of the bride Is a practical Joker H He couldn't keep a family Becret to H Bave his lire. "What did you think of H Carrie's presents?" he asked an old B friend two or three weeks after the jH wedding. "Why, George, old fellow. H 1 was thunderstruck! And Just think MB of the hard times! There must have Hal been half a million dollars' worth ol stuff." Oeorge laughed. "Never Mj breathe It to my wife," he whispered, IH "but all that vast outlay cost me only H $2,000. 1 hired four roomfuls for the HJ occasion from & Co., and we had MB 'em on exhibition for a week. The H few things In the hall bedroom were B Thoughts. aSP It Is very Important to cultivate H businesslike habits. An eminent friend HI of mine assured me not long ago that H when he thought over the many i a BJ he had known of men, even of good i ability and high character, who had H been unsuccessful in life, by far the most frequent cause of failure was that they were dilatory, unpunctual. unable to work cordially with others, obstinate In small things, and, In fact, what we call uubualutmsllke. Lord Avebury. B