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r HAD A BETTER SUGGESTION Pcruna Secrets You Should Know TX T. m UP And, Coupled with tho Unchaining of the Deo, It Was Carried Unanimously. I .On Mwmr u iLLUJTffATOtfJ &Y RAY WALTERS i , SYNOPSIS. i ooiiS . """ aims uonovieve throng nu,,r,,Vin heiress, linl Win HK'i" EtiRHs hninn. ami Tom Blnko. The thn.i1,C.rlcan', were IMaetira en SiutTnV B,?' "covered rrom a ilrunls twau f i,Viae. ?hunnp o" the boat. SnVS2?5 'lll.ro.VB1,no?"i became a hero to thp ii in , " Slnr to swim back t?ii. . p ,0 recover what vu left htaakS.?e,Sa Sfcly', WlMlTre waste i no iasi mutch on n cliraretto fnr whiph lie was jeored by Blake. Their first n ea tacked thom t Pi ,cr lnnU' TII,H at carrv mim T.iPlak0 wns compelled to t.. Vi1 sa. Los'Io on account of wonri rorni .J10 tttuntcd Wlnthroi.e. They on- roosuntr hlKh In a tree. Tho next morn. Inc they descended to t he open a sain on cocoSnm-111?!.8""- iTlley t,,cn ff,8ed llfi.B i ) i tho only procurable fond i.I.t i VCI,II. "'"owed it liklnir for nliki t ...ii2 r2und, n frcsh wator sprlnft. M'ss Ji, ,JI1,ncJ their catnpnhtn. niukc to fire 5 ilT0, V tartcl n JiiiirIo n,2 i n smn11 liome. They gained trep nn.n .y, ,b"rn,"ff '0 bottom of I tHo nniuX fC" nRnlnSt tho hClRhlH. Th ir-o secured etrcs from tin. .n rra U on nS,,t,,S, W?',0."W .lec' ffii Jit'0" ?8 slEtial. Miss Lcsllo nmdc n inc J"' " 1,eu- 'Jveriunr- tWnA J5"veWUon. brtweon niake and 7i Ttit,.i.,,8B '"o oecame fruit encd. wlnthrono lii-nmn in ..i.i. Sw2e5th0 SJ"np .l,mt n,II,,t. "t were "l.y Opnovlpvo. niako returnel, imnne.arIy a)lnft n,akc constriirtn," nri ?him,n,'.irnR- ft llll cin ''Ven- On n tour lu, t'0 ."'sfoverod honey and oysters. i!,si, e. was attacked by a p0nolli, son to kill game. ' CHAPTER XVII. Continued. When ho camo to tho ant-hill, ho found companions and honey alike gone. Ho wont on to tho cocoamtts. There ho enrao upon Wlnthropo stretched flat hesldo tho okln of hon ey. Miss Leslie was seated n llttlo way boyond. nervously bending a palm-leaf Into shapo for a hat. "I say, Blake," drawled Wlnthropo, "you'vo beon a deuced long llnio In coming. It was no end of a task to lug tho honey " DIako brushed past without reply Ing, nnd wont on until ho stood ueforo tho girl. As 8ho glancod up nt him, ho hold out tho crimson blossom. "Thought you might llko posies." ho eald, In a hesitating voice. Instead of taking tho flower, she drew back with a gesturo of repul sion. "Oh, take It away!" sho exclaimed. Blake flung tho rejected gift on tho ground, nnd crushed It beneath his heel. "Catch mo making a fool or mysolf ngaln!" ho growled. "I I did not mean It that way really I didn't, Mr. Blako. It was tho thought of that awful snako." But Blako, cut to tho quick, had turned away far too angry to hoed what sho said. He stopped short be eldo tho Englishman; but only to allng tho skin of honoy upon his back. Tho load was by no moans a light one. even for Ills strength. Yet ho caught up the heavy pot a3 well, and made off across tho plain nt a paco which tho othors could not hope to equal. As Wlnthropo roso nnd camo for ward to Join MIbb Lcsllo, ho looked about closely for tho bruised flower. It was nowhere- in sight. "Er bog pardon, Miss Gonovlovo. but did not Blako drop tho bloom er blossom somowhoro about here?" "Perhaps ho. did," roplled Miss Les lie. Sho spoko with studied Indiffer ence "I ah saw tho follow exhibit his Impudence" "Yo-es?" "You know, ! think It high time tho bounder Is taken down a peg." "Ah, Indeed! Then why do you not try It?" "MIsb Gonovlovo! you know that at present 1 am physically so much his Inferior " "How nbout mentally?" Though the girl's eyes woro veiled by tholr lashes, sho saw Wlnthropo cast aftor Blako a look that seemed to hor almost florcoly vindictive. "Well?" sho said, smiling, hut watch ing him closely. "Aft, Indeed. However, this Is now quite another mntter. Has It not oc curred to you, my dear, that this entlro experience of ours since thnt beastly storm Is, rather er compromising?" "You you daro say such a thing! I'll go this Instant and toll Mr. Blnko! I'll" "Hogging your pardon, madam but are you prepared to marry that bar barous clodhoppor?" "Marry? What do you moan, sir?" "ProclBiIy that. It Is a question of marrlago, If you'll pardon tae. And, you see, I flattor myself, that when It comes to tho point, It will not bo Blake, but mysolf" "Ah. Indoed! And If I should pre fer neither of you?" "Bogging your pardon I fancy you will honor mo with your hand, my dear. For one thing, you admit that I am a gentloman." "Oh, Indeed!" "One moment, please! I am trying to InMmnto to you, as dolicatoly as pos sible, how or embarrassing you would find It to havo thoso llttlo oc- "You Sneak! curronces abovo all, to-day's nolsod abroad to tho vulgar crowd, or oven among your friends" "What do you mean? What do you want?" crlod tho girl, Btarlng at him with a deepening fear in her bewil dered eyes. "Believe me, my dear, It grlovea mo to so perturb you; but er love must havo Its way, you know." "You forget. Thoro Is Mr. Blnko." "Ah, to bo sure! But really now, you would not ask, or oven permit him to murder mo; and ono Is not legally bound, you know, to obsorvo prom Isos a plodgo of silence, for oxnmplo whon extorted under duross, under vlolenco, you knew." Miss Lcsllo looked tho Englishman up and down, hor brown eyes spar kling with quick-roturning anger. Ho mot hor scorn with a smllo of smug complacency. "Cad!" sho cried, and turning hor back upon him, sho sot out across tho plain after Blako. CHAPTER XVIII. The Eavesdropper Caught. VEN had It not beon for hor HU- doubts of Blnko, tho girl's B modosty would havo caused her to think twlco boforo repeating to him tho Englishman's Insulting pro posal. While sho yot hesitated and dolnycd, Wlnthropo camo down with a second attack of fever. Blaku, who until then had hold hlmsolf sullenly apart from him as well as from Miss Losllo, at onco softened to a gontlor, or, at least, to n more consldorato mood. Though his speech nnd boarlng continued moroso, ho took upon him self nil tho dutlos of night uurso, be sides working and foraging sovornl hours each day. Much to Miss Leslie's surprise, sho found horsolf tondlng the Invalid through the daytime nlmost as though nothing had hnpponod. But ovorythlng about this wild and perilous llfo was so strango and unnatural to hor that sho found herself accepting Iho most unconventional relations ns a regular conscquonco of tho situation. Sho wns feverishly onger for anything thnt might rjupy hor mind; for sho felt that to brood ovor tho future might moan madness. Tho moro thought of tho possibilities was far too terrifying to bo calmly dwolt upon. Though slight, thoro nnd been somo llttlo com fort In t .io belief thnt sho could rely on Wlnthropo. But now sho was loft alono with hor doubt and dread. Even If sho had nothing to fear from Blako, thoro wero all tho snvego dangers of tho coaHt, and bohlnd thoso, far worso, tho fovor. A little beforo dawn ho dipped two of his new arrow-heads In tho sticky contonts of tho clgnretto caso, fitted thorn carefully to tholr shafts and stolo away down tho cleft. Dawn found him crouched low In tho grass where- tho overflow from tho pool ran out Into tuo plain along Us llttlo channel. He You 8nam Gent!" could see largo forms moving away from him; then camo tho flood of crim son light, and ho mndo out that tho figures woro a drovo of huge eland. Ills eyes flashed with eagerness, It was a long shot; but ho know that no moro was required than to plorco tho skin on nny part of his quarry's body. Ho put his lingers hotwocu his teeth and scut out a piercing whistle. II wns a trick ho hnd tried moro than onco on deer nnd pronghorn nntclope. As ho cxpoctcd, tho eland halted and swung hnlf around. Tholr ox-llko sides prosentcd a mnrk hard to miss. Ho roso and shot as thoy woro whoollng to fly. Beforo ho could fit his second arrow to tho string tho wholo herd wero running off at a lumbering gallop. Ho lowered his bow nr.d walked after tho animals, smiling with grim anticipation. Ho hnd seen his arrow stiiko against tho sldo of tho young bull at which ho had aimed. So groat was tho abnndnnco of meat that Blako worked all tho remainder of tho day and all night stringing the flesh on tho curing racks, and Miss Losllo trlod out pot after pot of fat and tallow, until evory sparo vessel wan fillod nnd sho had to resort to a hollow In tho rock besldo tho Bprlng. Blnko promised to mako moro pots as Boon ns ho could fetch tho clay, hut ho had first to dross tho oland hide and prepnro a new stock of thrend and cord from parts of tho nnlmul which ho wns enrcful not to lot hor soo. Whatever tholr concern for tho fu turo and oven Blnko's was keen nnd bitter tho party, ns a party, Tor tho timo being might havo been considered extremely fortunate. They had n shel ter nocuro nllko from tho weather and from wild beasts; an abundance of nutritious food, nnd, ns material for clothing, tho bushbuck, hyona and eland hides. To obtain moro skins nnd moro mcnt Blako now know would ho a slmplo matter so long as hp had enough poison loft In tho clgnretto caso to moisten tho tips of his nr rows. Evon Wlnthropo's rolnpso proved far loss sorlons than might reasonably havo boon expected. Tho fovor soon loft him and within a fow days ho ro gained strength enough to enro for hlmsolf. Hero, however, much to Blake's porploxlty and concern, his progress seomod to stop, nnd nil Blnko's urging could do no moro thnn cause him to movo languidly from ono shady spot to another. Ho would ro celvo Blnko'H ordora with a smllo and a drawling "Ya-as, to bo sure!" and thon absolutely Ignoro tho inattor. Only m two ways did the Invalid ex hibit uny signs of onorgy. Ho could nnd did cat with a heartiness llttlo short of that shown by Blake, nnd ho would Insist upon seeking opportunities to pross Ills attentions upon Miss Leslie, Ho wns careful to avoid all offensive remarks; yot tho vorlost commonplnco from his lips wns now an offonso to tho girl. Whllo bo noedod her as nurso sho had endured his talk as part of hor duty, But now sho felt that sho could no longer do so. Taking ad vantage of a tlmo when tho English man was, as sho Biipposod, onjoylng a noonday siesta down towards tho barricade, sho went to moot Blako, who had been up on tho cliff for eggs. 'Hello!" ho sang out, ns ho swung down tho trco, ono hand gripping tho clay pot In which ho hnd gathorod tho eggs. "What you doing out In tho sun? Cot Into tho shade." Sho stepped Into tho shndo and waited until ho bad climbed down tho pile of stones which ho had built for steps at the foot of tho trco. ' Mr. Blnko," sho began, "could not I do this work gather tho eggs?" "You could, It I'd let you, Miss Jenny. But It strikes mo you'vo got qui to enough to do. Toll you tho truth. I'd llko to mako Win tnko It In hand again. But nil my cussing won't budgo him an inch, nnd, you know, when It comes to tho rub, I couldn't wallop n follow who can hardly stand up." "Is ho really so weak?" alio mur mured. "Well, you know how Say, you don't moan that you think ho's sham ming?" "I did not say that I thought 60, Mr. Blnko. I do not caro to talk about him. What I wish Is that you will lot mo attend to this work." "Couldn't think of It, Mlsa Jenny! You'ro already doing your ahnro." "Mr. Blnko If you must know I wish to havo a place whero I can go and bo apart alono." Blnko scowled. "Alono with that dttdo! Ho'd soon find enough strength to climb up with you on tho cliff." "I ah Mr. Blnko, would ho bo apt to follow mo, If I told you distinctly I Bhould rather bo alono?" "Would ho? Well, I should rather guess not!" cried Blake, making no attempt to conceal his dollght. "I'll givo him a hint that'll mako his hair curl. From now on, nobody climbs up tlils treo but you, without first nsk ing your permission." "Thank you, Mr. Blako! You aro very kind." "Kind to lot you do moro work! But sny, I'll help out nil I can on tho other work. You know, Mlsa Jenny a rough fellow llko mo don't know how to sny It, but ho can think It Just tho snmo I'd do anything In tho world for you!" As ho spoko, ho hold out his rough, powerful hand. Sho shrank bnck n llttlo and caught hor breath In sud den fright. But when sho mot his steady gazo, hor foar left hor as quick ly as It hnd come. Sho Impulsively thrust out her hand nnd ho seized It In a grip that brought tho tears to her eyes. "Miss Jenny! Miss Jonny!" ho mur mured, utterly unconscious thnt ho was hurting hor, "you know now that I'm your friend, Miss Jonny!" "Yes, Mr. Blnko," sho answorcd, blushing nnd drawing her hand froo. "I bollcvo you tiro n frlond I bollovo I enn trust you." "You can, by Jlmlny! But sny," ho continued, blundering with donso stupidity, "do you really mean that? Can you forglvo mo for bolng ho con founded meddlosomo tho othor dny aftor tho tinnko " Ho stopped short, for upon tho In dtant sho was facing him, as on that ovontful day, scarlot with shanio and angor. "How dnro you speak of It?" sho crlod. "You're you'ro not n gentle man!" Boforo ho could roply sho turnod and left him, walking rapidly and with her head hold high. Blako stared nftor her In bewilderment. "Well, what In what In thunder hnvo I done now?" ho exclnlmod. "La dles aro certainly mighty funny! To go off nt n touch nnd Just when I thought wo woro going to bo chums! But thon, of courso, I've tho wholo thing to learn nbout nlco girls llko hor!" "I nh must certainly ngreo with you thoro, Bluko," drawled Wlnthropo, from besldo tho nearest bush. Blako turned upon him with savago fury: "You dirty snenkl you gontlo man! You'vo been eavesdropping!" Tho Englishman's yellow fnco pal&d to a sallow mottlod gray. Ho had soon tho Bnmo look In Blako'a oyoa twlco beforo, and tills tlmo Blnko was far moro angry, "You sneak! you sham gont!" re peated tho Amorlcan, IiIb volco sink ing ominously. Wlnthropo droppud In nn abjoct heap, as though Blako had struck him with his club. "No, no!" ho protested, shrilly. "I am a real I am I'm a not" "Tlinfs It you'ro a not! That's truo!" hroko In Blnko, with sudden grim humor. "You'ro n nothing. A follow can't ovon wlpo his shoes on nothing!" Tho chango to sarcasm cmiio as nn inimonso rollof to Wlnthropo. "Ah. I sny now, Blako," ho drawlod, pulling togothor his nssuranco tho In stant tho dnngorous light loft Blako's oyos, "I eny, now, do you think It fair to pick on a man who Is so much your er who Iff 111 and weak?" (TO UR CONTINUED.) Uncto William Yes, Willie, I havo had my noso to tho grlndstono all my llfo. Wllllo la that what mado It so red, uncle? Stray stories. "Weill" domanded tho stern-faced woman ns sho leaned ovor tho red handled broom, "whnt do yon want?" "Lady," suld tho wayfarer, with tho long beard and matted hnlr, "I'm an uctor by profession and In hard Juck." "Woll, what hnvo I to do with that?" "Why or I was thinking If you could npnro mo n qunrtcr to got a shave nnd a hair cut I could got a Job In tho rolo of Vlrglnlus." "Oh, thnt's a poor excuse," sho said, with n curl of hor thin lip. "Go up to tho town without a shavo nnd a hnlr cut and got n Job In tho rolo of ltlp Van Winkle. And beforo ho could sny another word sho started to unchain tho dog. Case of Loneliness. 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