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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1909)
IJMI Ill I 1 1111,111 II JJlua,MtJUJll:i-IMUJWMJ,MMIIJWMI Jnhm) he fcFffiMiK AMES ILLUSMTOM BY J?AY WALTW cotYAietr .tot r A.c.ftscttAc &. SYN0P8I3. The Htory opcm with the shipwreck of l.ie Ptcniiicr on which Miss Ocncvlcvo i.ccllp, un A'nerlenn heiress, Ionl Win thtoptf. an I'hiRllKhinan, and Tom Illuke, - brueque Ainerk-nn, worn pnsseiiKcrs. Pre On vu wore tonncd upon an unlnhub lied Island unit wero the only ones not drowned. Ulnkc recovered from n drunk tr. utupor. make, shunned on the boat, bi" niise of hh roilf;hnes4, became a hero us preserver of the helpless pair. The l.'ncll.ihtnnn was Kiting for the hand of Mlsa Leslie, lihtlie started to swim back to the ship to recover what was left. Make, returned snfely. Wlnthropo wasted his IfiHt match on a cigarette, for which he waa scored by Ill.ike. Their first meal wan n dead (Ish. Tlio trio started h ten mllo hike for higher land. Thirst at tacked them. Hlako was compelled to rjirry Miss l.onllo on account of weari ness. He taunted Wlnthropo. They en tired the dimple. That night was passed fronting lilRh In n tree. Tho next morn ing they deseonded to the open upnln, All three constructed hntH to shield them selves from the sun. They then fcosted on cocoanuls, tho only procurable food. Miss Leslie showed a liking for make, hut detested his roughness. I?d by Ulako they established n homo In some cliffs. Wake found a fresh water sprlnc. Miss I.phIIo faced an unpleasant situation. They planned their campaign. CHAPTER IX. Continued. Ulako and Miss Leslie turned to stare at tho droves of. animals mov ing about between them and tho bor der of tho tnll grass. Miss Leslie was the first to speak. "They can't bo cattle, Mr. Wlnthropo. Thoro arc soino with stripes. I do believe they're zebras!" "Get down!" commanded Blake. "They're all wild gamo. Those big ox- like fellows to tho loft of tho. zebras nro eland. Wheel wouldn't wo bo In It If wo owned that water holo? I'll bet I'd hnvo ono of thoso fat beeves lnsldo three days." "How I should enjoy a Juicy steak!" murmured Miss Leslie. "Uaw or jerked?" questioned niake. "What Is 'Jorked?'" "Dried." "Oh, no; I mean broiled just red Inside." "I prefer mlno qulto rare," added Wlnthrope. "That's tho way you'll got It, damned rare Beg your pardon, Mlsa Jenny! Without fire, we'll have tho choice of raw or jorked." "Horrors!" "Jerked moat Is all right. You cut your gamo In strips " "With a penknlfo!" laughed Miss Leslie. Blako stared at her glumly. "That's so. You've got It back on mo Butch er a beef with a penknlfo! Wo'll havo to tako It raw, and dog-fashion at that." "Haven't I heard of bamboo knives?" said Wlnthrope. "Bamboo?" "Im suro I can't say, but as I re member, It seems to mo that tho Var-nlsh-llko glaze " "Silica? Say, that would cut meat. But where In where in hadOB arc tho bamboos?" "I'm suro I -can't say. Only I re member that I havo seen them In oth er tropical places, you know." "Meantime I profor cocoanuts, until wo havo a flro to broil our steaks," re marked Miss Leslie. "Ditto, Miss Jenny, long's wo havo tho nuts and no meat. I'm n vegetari an now but mnybo my mouth ain't watering for something else. Look at all thoso chops and roasts and stows running nround out there!" "They aro making for tho grass," observed Wlnthrope. "Hadn't wo bet-) ter start?" "Nuts won't weigh so much without tho shells. We'll eat right here." Thoro wcro only a fow nuts left. They wero drained and cracked and scooped out, ono after another. Tho last chanced to break evenly across tho middle. "Hollo," said Blake, "tho lowor part of this will do for a bowl, Miss Jen ny. When you'vo eaten tho cream, put It in your pocket. Say, Win, havo you got tho bottlo and koys and" "All safe everything." "Aro you suro, Mr. Wlnthropo?" nsked Miss Leslie "Men's pockets seem so open. Twice I've had to pick up Mr. Blako's locket." . "Locket?" echoed Blako. "Tho Ivory lockot. Women may bo curious, Mr. Blako, but I assure you, I did not look lnsldo, though" "Let mo glvo It hero quick!" gasped Blake. Startled by his tono and look, Miss Lesllo caught an oval shaped object from tho side pocket of tho coat, and thrust It into Blako's outstretched hand. For a moment ho stared at it, unable to bollovo his eyes; then ho leaped up, with a yell that sent thy droves of zebras and antolope fly lug into the tall grass. "Oh! oh!" screamed Mlsr Leslie "Is It a snako? Aro you blttan?" "Bitten? Yes, by John Barleycorn! Must havo been fuzzy drunlc to put It in my coat. Always carry it in my fob pocket. What a blasted infernal idiot I've been! Kick me, Win. kick ino hard!" "I say, Blake, what Is It? I don't qulto tuke you. If you would only" "Firo! fire! Can't you see? Wo'vo got all hell beat! Look here." Ho snapped open tho slide of the supposed locket, and before elthor of his companions could reallzo what ho would bo about, was focusing tho lens of a surveyor'? magnlfylngglass upon the back of Wlnlhvopo'B band. tcXMMiJBE3Lf Vi- "-O . 1 "Bitten? Yea, by Tho Englishman jerked tho hand I away "Ow! That burns!" Blako shook tho glass-ln their be wllderod faces. "Look thoro!" ho shouted, "there's flro; thcro's water; there's birds' eggs and beefsteaks! Hero's whoro wo trek on tho back trail. Wo'll smoko out that leopard In short order!" ''You don't mean to say, Blake" "No; I mean to do! Don't worry. You can hide with Miss Jenny on tho point, while I engineer tho deal. Fall In." Tho day was still fresh when they found themselves back at tho foot of tho cliff. Hero nroRO a heated debate between tho mon. Wlnthropo, Btung by Blake's Jeering words, Insisted upon sharing tho attack, though with no great enthusiasm. Much to Pinko's surprise, MIbs Lesllo camo to tho sup port of tho Englishman. "But, Mr. Blako," sho argued, "you sny It will bo porfectly safe for us hero. If so, It will bo snfo for myself nlone." "I can piny this gamo without him." "Xo doubt. Yet if, as you say, you expect to keep off tho leopard with a torch, would It not be well to hnvo Mr. Wlnthropo at hand with other torches, should yours burn out?" "Yes; If I thought ho'd bo nt hand nftor tho first scare." Wlnthropo started oft almost on n run. At that moment he might, havo faced tho leopard slnglo-handod. Blako chuckled as ho swung away after his victim. Within ton paces, however, ho paused to call back over his shoulder "Got around tho point, MIbs Jenny, and If you want something to do, try braiding tho cocoanut fiber." Miss Leslie mndo no response; but sho stood for some tlmo gazing nftor tho two men. Thoro was so much that was characteristic oven In this renr view. For all his anger and his hnsto, tho Englishman boro himself with an air of well-bred nicety. His trim, erect figure needed only a fresh snlt to bo irreproachable On tho other hand, n cnrcloas observer, at first glance, might havo mistaken Blake, with IiIb flannel shirt and shouldorod club, for a hulking navvy. But thoro was nothing of tho navvy In his swing ing strldo or In tho rcsoluto poiso of his hend as ho camo up with Wln thrope Though the girl wns not glvon to re flection, tho contrast between tho two could not but Impross her. How well her countryman coarse, uncultured, but full of bruto Btrcngth nnd courage fitted In with thoso primitive sur roundings. Whorens Wlnthrope and herself Sho foil into a kind of dlsquloted brown study. Her oyos had an odd look, both startlod and meditative such a look ns might bo oxpectod of ono who for tho first tlmo Is peering beneath tho surfaco of things, and sees tho naked Realities of Llfo, tho real values, bared of masking conven tions. It may have been that sho was seeking; to ponder the meaning of her own oxlstenco that sho had caught a glimpso of tho vanity nnd wasteful ness, tho utter futility of her llfo. At John Barleycorn!" the best, It could only have been a glimpse.- But was not that enough? "Of what uso aro such pooplo as I?" she cried. "That man may" bo rough and coarse ovon n' bruto; but ho at least docs things I'll show him that I enn do things, too!" Sho hastened out around tho corner of tho cliff to tho spot whoro they had spont tho night. Horo sho gathered tosothor tlit) cocoanut husks, nnd Beat ing herself In the shndo of tho over hanging ledges began to pick at tho coarso fiber. It was cruel work for her soft fingers, not yet fully healed from tho thorn wounds. At times the pain and an overpowering sonso of Injury brought tears to her eyes; still more often sho dropped tho work In dcspnlr of her awkwardness. Yet al ways sho returned to tho task with re newed onorgy. Aftor no llttlo perseverance, sho found how to (wist tho fiber nnd plait It into cord. At best It was slow work, nnd sho did not sco how sho should ovor mnkc enough cord for a fish-line Yot, na sho caught tho knack of tho work nnd hor fingers became moro nimble sho began to enjoy the novel pleasure of producing something, Sho had qulto forgotten to feol Injured, and was learning to enduro with pa tlonco the rasping of tho fiber between hor lingers, when Wlnthrope camo clambering around tho corner of tho cliff. "What la It?" sho exclaimed, spring' lng up and hurrying to meet him. Ho wns whlto and quivering, nnd tho look In his eyes filled her with dread. Her volco Bhrlllod to n scream: "He's dend!" Wlnthropo shook his head. "Then ho'fl hurt! bo's hurt by that r.avago creature and you'vo run off nnd loft him" "No, no, MIbs Genevieve, I must In sist! Tho follow is not oven scratched." "Then why?" "It was tho horror of it all. It actu ally mado mo 111." "You frightened mo nliyiost to death. Did the bonst chase you?" "That would havo boon better, In a way. Iteally, It was horrible! I'm still sick over It, Miss Gonovlove." "But toll mo about It. Did you sot firo to tho hushes In the cleft, as Mr. Blake " "Yes; nftor wo had fetched whnt wo could carry of that long grass two big trusses. It grows 10 or 12 feet tall, and Is now quite dry. Part of It Blako mado Into torches, and wo fired tho hush all across tho foot of tho cloft. Really, ono would not havo thought thoro was that much dry wood In so greon a dell. On either sldo of tho rill tho grass and brush flared like tinder, and tho llamcH swept up the cloft far quicker than we had ex pected. Wo could hear thorn crackling and roaring louder than ovor after tho smoke shut out our view." "Surely, thoro Ib nothing so very horrible In that." "No, oh, no; It was not that. But tho beast tho leopnrd! At first wo heard ono roar; then It waa that dreadful snarling and yelling most awful squalling! The wretched thing; came leaping nnd tumbling down the path, all singed and blinded. Blako flrod the big truss of grass, and tho bruto rolled right Into tho (lames. It wns shocking dreadfully shocking! Tho wretched creature wrltlied and leaped about till It plunged Into the pool. When It sought to cruwl out, alt black nud hideous, Blake went up and killed It with his club crushed In Its skull Ugh!" Miss Lesllo gazed nt the unnerved liugllBhman with calm scrutiny. "But why should you feel so about It?" she asked. "Wbh It not tho beast's llfo against ours?" "But so horrlblo a death!" "I'm suro Mr. Blako would have pre ferred to shoot tho crenturo had ho n gun. Having nothing else than flro, I think It was all very brave of him. Now we nro suro of water and food. Hnd we not best bo going?" "It was to fetch you that Blako sent me." Wlnthropo spoke with perceptible Btlffncss, Ho wns chagrined, not only by her commendation of Ulnke, but by the tndtffcrcnco with which sho had met his agitation. They stnrtcd at once, Miss Lesllo In tho lend. As thoy rounded tho point sho cnught sight of tho smoko still rising from the cleft. A llttlo later V sho noticed tho vultures which wero 'streaming down out of tho sky from nil quarters other than seaward. Tholr focal point seemed to bo tho trees at the foot of tho cleft. A uoaror vlow showed that they wero alighting In tho thorn bushes on the south border of tho wood. Of Blako thoro was nothing to bo seen until Miss Lesllo, still In tho lead, pushed In among tho trees. Thcro they found him crouched beside a Bmall fire, near tho edgo of tho pool. Ho did not look up. His eycB woro riveted in n hungry stnro upon several plccos of flosh, suspended over tho flames on spits of groon twigs. "Hollo!" ho sang out, as ho hoard tholr footBtops. "Just in time, MIbs Jenny. Your broiled otcnk'll bo ready In Bhort order." "Oh, build up tho flro! 'I'm simply ravenous!" sho oxclalmod, between Im patience and delight. Wlnthropo wns hardly less keen; i'ei, ..his hunger did not altogether blunt hU curiosity. "I say, Blako," ho Inquired, "whero did you got tho meat?" "Stow it, Win, my boy. This nln't a packing Iioubo. Tho stuff may bo tough, but It's not er tho other thing. Horo you aro, MIsb Jonny. Chew It off tho stick." Though Wlnthropo had his suspi cions, ho took tho plcco of halt-burned flesh which Blako handed him In turn nnd fell to eating without further ques tion. As Blnko had surmised, tho roast proved far othor than tender, Hunger, however, lont It n most ap petizing flavor. Tho ropnst ended when there wns nothing loft to devour. Blako throw away his empty spit and roso to stretch. Ho waited for Miss Lesllo to swallow hor last mouthful nnd then began to chuckle "Whnt'B tho joke?" nsked Wln thropo. Blako looked at him solemnly. "Well now, thnt wan downright menn of mo," ho drnwlod; "aftor rob blng thorn, to laugh nt It!" "Robbing who?" "Tho buzzards." "You'vo fed us on leopard meat! It's It'B disgusting!" "I found it filling. How nbout you, MIbs Jenny?" Miss Lesllo did not know whether to laugh or to glvo way to a feeling of 'nausea. Sho did neither. "Can wo not find tho spring of which you spoko?" Bho asked. "I am thirsty.' "Well, I guoss tho flro Is about burnt out," assented Blake. "Come on; wo'll BCO." The cloft now had a far dlfforont as pect from what It had presented on tholr first visit. Tho largest of the trees, though scorched about the base, still stood with unwlthercd foliage, llttlo harmed by tho fire. But many of their small companions had been killed and partly destroyed by tho hoat and flames from tho burning brush, In places tho flro was yet smouldorlnir. (TO BB CONTINUED.) "Navigates" Hie Farm. A story which nlmost parallels that told of Capt. 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Ho used to point out to them thnt without capi tal a man could do nothing, nothing Ho used to pack this truth Into a vory ncnt epigram. "'Fortune' ho used to say, 'can't knock at tho door of a man who has no houso.'" And Mn Fainted. "Why did sho rofuso you?" sho naked her son, with fine scorn. sobs, "she objects to our family. Sho says pa's a loafer, thnt you'ro too fnt and that everybody laughs nt Dayso , Maymo bocnuso sho's n fool nnd talks about nothing but tho greatness of 1 her fnmlly." (Chauncoy throw wator In his mothor'a fnce, but nt turoo o'clock .this nftornoon sho wan utlll In n Bwoon, with four doctors working on her.) Atchison (ICnn.) Qlobo. GAVE HER AN IDEA. Cycle Denier Horo Is n cyclomotor I can recommend. It la positively ac curate; not at all llko somo cyclome ters, which register two miles, por baps, whoro you havo only ridden ono. Mlsa do nyko You haven t any of that hind, havo you? THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS. 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