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, SYN0RSI8.
Tho story opens with tlio shipwreck of
tho sttfttttidr on which Mls Oenevlevo
Icslle,.an Atnerlnin livlresfl, Lord Win
thrope, nn lCnRllshman, nnd Tom Blake,
n brugquu Amorlonn, woro passonRcrs.
The three worn tossed upon an unin
habited Island nnd woro tho only ones
not drowned. Illnko recovered from a
drunken stupor, ltlnkv, shunnori on tho
boat, bocaUKo of his rotiKhness, hocam
a lioro as preserver of the holplms imlr.
The Kns-llsnmnn was suing for tho hand
of Miss Icallt-.
CHAPTER II. Continued.
"Qh, but Mr. Blnke, I ntn Biiro It
must bo a mlstako; I nm suro that it
It Is explained to papa "
"Yes; we'll cablo papa to-night.
Moantlrao, wo'vo somothlng oIbo to do,
Supposo you two got a hustle on your
hoIvob, and scrnpo up something to
ont. I'm going out to soo. what's loft
of that blnmod old tub."
"Suroly you'll not vonturo to swim
out bo far!" protested Wlnthropo. "I
saw tho steamer sink nn, wo cast off."
"Looks llko a mnst sticking up out
thero. Maybo nomd of tho rigging Is
loose."
"Uut tho sharlca! " Thcso waters
swarm with tho vllo crcaturoa. You
must not risk your llfo!"
" 'Canoe why? If I do, tho babos In
tho woods will bo loft without ovon
tho roblno to cover thorn, poor things!
Hut choor upl mnybo tho miid-hons
will do It with lovely wator-lllles."
"PlcasO, Mr, Hlako, do not bo bo
cruull" sobbed MIbb Losllo, her tears
Blurting afresh. "Tho sun makes my
head acho dreadfully, nnd I havo no
hat or shade, and I'm becoming bo
thirsty!"
"And you think you'vo only to wait,
and half a dozen stownrds will como
running with parasols and ico wntor,
Neither you nor Wlnthropo Boom to
'vo got your oyos opon. Just supposo
you got busy and do somothlng. Win
thropo, chaso yoursolf over tho mud,
and got together a moss of fish that
nro not too dead. Must bo dozons, aft-
tho blow. As for you, Miss Jenny, I
guoss you can pick up somo roods and
rig a headgear out of this ltandkor
chlof Walt a moment. Put on my
coat, If yau don't want to bo broiled
ullvo through tho Uolos of that poek-n-boo."
"Out I Bay, Illako " bogan. Wln
thropo. "Don't say do!" rojolnod Ulako;
and ho started down tho muddy shore.
Though tho tWo wns at Hood, thoro
wob now no cyclono to drlvo tho aca
ahovo tho beach, nnd Hlako walked a
quarter of a mllo. hoforo ho reached
tho wator's odgo. Thoro was llttlo
surf, and ho paused only a fow mo
ments to poor otit ncroBB tho low
bwoIIs boforo ho commoncod to strip.
Wlnthropo nnd Miss Losllo had boon
watching his movomonts; now tho
girl 1030 In a llttlo flurry of haste,
and sot to gathering roods. Wlnthropo
would havo spoken, but, seeing her
lombarrasatnont, smiled to himself, ami
began strolling about lu search of Huh.
It was no difficult nourch. Tho
marshy ground was atrown with dend
Boa-croature?, many of, which woro nl
roady. Bltrlvpllng and. drying In tho
nun. Somo of tho. fish had a familiar
look, and Wlnthropo tttrped them ovor
with tho tip of his- Hhckj. - Ho ovon
wont so. far as to otooil to plct up a
largo -uiullot; but' Bhrnnk Uncle, ro
pulBcd'by' ltB-B,lffiios8 and' the. unnat
ural Blihpp Into which . tho Bun wbb
warping It. " ' '
Ho found hlmB9lt near, tho bench,
and stood fjr half nn hour or .moro
watching tho black dot far out In tho
wntor all that wns to bo aeon of
Hlako. Tho American, nfter wndlng
off-suoro another quarter of a mllo,
had roachod swimming dopth, nnd was
heading out among tho rcofs with
steady, vigorous Btrokos. Hnlf n mllo
or bo boyond him Wlnthropo could
now make out tho goal for which ho
was aiming tho ouo remaining top
mast of tho Btoamor.
"Dy Jovb, thoBo waters aro full of
Bharks!" murmured Wlnthropo, star
lag at tho, steadily receding dot until
It disappeared hoklnd tho wall of surf
whlolt spumed up ovor ono of tho outer
roofs.
A call from Mss Losllo Interrupted
hla watch, and ho hnstonod to rejoin
hoi. After aovoral failures, she had
contrived ip knot HlnJco'a handkerchief
to throe or four roods in tho form of a
llttlo sunshado. llor shoulders woro
nrotcctod by Hlako's coat. It, made a
heavy wrap, but It Bhut out t)io blls
terlng sun rays, which, aa Dlako ltad
forosoon, had quickly begun to burn
tho girl's dollcato skin through her
open-work bodlco.
Thus protoctod, Bho wna fairly Bafo
from tho aim,. But ttio sun was by no
moans tho worst fonturo of tho sltua
tlon. Whllo Wlnthropo wbb yot Bovoral
yards distant, tho girl began to com
plain to him. "I'm bo thirsty, Mr.
Wlnthropo! Whoro la thoro any wa
tor? Ploaso got mo a drink at onco,
Mr. WInthrono!"
"Hut, my dear Miss Loallo, thoro is
no wntor. ThoBo poola nro nu soa
water. I must. say. I'm tlftiicgd,' tlrj
mysolf. I pnn't spo why that cad
should go off and leave us llko this,
"Indeed, It Is a shame Oh, I'm bo
thlrBty! Do you think It would holp
If wo ato somothlng?"
"Mnko It all, tho worso. Hosldos,
how could wo cook nnythlng? All
llioso reeds aro groom
L .i - II
Two or Threo Small Fish Lay
"Out Mr. Hlako Bald to gather some
AbIi. Had you not best "
"Ho can pick up all ho wants. I
shall not touch tho boaatly things."
"Thon I buppobq thoro la nothing to
do butwnlt for him."
"Yos, If tho aharkft do not got him."
Miss Losllo uttered n. llttlo moan,
unil Wlnthropo, aoolng that alio was
on tho vorgo of tears, haatouod to ro
nssuro hor. "Don't worry about him,
Mlas Gonovlovo! He'll soon return,
with nothing worso than a blistered
back. Follows of that sort aro horn
to hang, you know."
"Hut If ho ahould bo If nnythlng
ahould happen to him!"
Wlnthropo shrugged hla shoulders,
nnd drow out his sllvor clgnretto caso.
It was moro than half-full, and ho was
highly gratified to find that neither tho
clgnrottoB nor tho vesta matches in tho
cover had boon reached by tho wot.
"Hy Jovo, hero's luck!" ho ox-
claimed, nnd ho bowod to Mlsa Leslie.
"Pardon mo, but It you havo no ob
jections" Tho girl nodded as a matter of form,
and Wlnthropo hnstonod to light the
clgarotto alroady In IiIb fingers. Tho
amoko by no moans tondod to losson
tho drynosa of his mouth; yet It put
hi in In a roftectlvo mood, and In think
ing ovor what ho had road of ship
wrecked parties, ho romomborod that
a pcbblo hold In tho mouth la supposed
to easo ono'B thirst.
To bo Biiro, thoro was not a sign of
n pobblo within mllo3 of whoro thoy
sat; but nftor somo reflection, H oc
curred to hm that ono of his stool
hoys might do ns well. At first. MUb
Losllo wna reluctant to try tho ox
porlment, and only tho Increasing dry
iioss of hor mouth forced her to seek
tho promised relief. Though It failed
to quench her thirst, she wns agree
ably surprised to find that tho llttlo
tint bar of motal cased hor craving to
a marked dogroo.
Wlnthropo now thought to rig n
shado aa Miss Losllo had done, out of
roods nnd his handkerchief, for tho
sun was scorching his unprotected
bond. Thus aholtorod, tho two
crouched ns comfortably aa thoy could
upon tho half-dried crest of tho hum
mock and wnltod Impatiently for the
return of Hlako.
CHAPTER III.
The Worth of Fire.
HOUGH tho sea within tho
roofs waa fast amoothlng
to a glassy plain In tho
dead calm, thoy did not boo Hlako on
his return until ho struck shallow wa
tor and stood up to wado ashoro. Tho
tldo had bogun to ubb boforo ho
started landward, nnd though ho was
n, powerful swimmer, tho long pull
ngatust tho current had so tired him
that when ho took to wading he
moved at u tortolso-llko gull.
"Tho bloomln' loafer!" commented
Wlnthropo. Ho glunced quickly about,
and at sight of MUa LqsIIo'b arching
brows, hnstonod to add: "Hog par
don! Ho ah reminds mo so much
of a navvy, you know."
Faintly Wriggling on the Surface.
Miss Losllo mado no reply.
At Inst Ulako was out of the water
and tolling up tho muddy beach to the
spot whoro ho had loft hla clothes.
Whllo drosslng ho acomed to rocovor
from his oxortlons In tho wntor, for
tho moment ho had finished ho sprang
to his fcot and camo forward at n
brisk paco.
As ho approached, Wlnthropo
waved his fifth clgurotto nt hlin with
languid enthusiasm, nnd called out as
heartily as his dry lips would per
mit: "I say, Hlako, douccd glad tho
sharkB didn't got you!"
"Shnrks? bnh! All you havo to do
Is to splash a little, and thoy haul off."
"How about tho Btenmor, Mr,
Hlako?" asked Miss losllo, turning to
fnco hlni.
"All under but tho malntopmnst
curso It! wlro rigging at that!
Couldn't ovon got a bolt."
"A bolt?"
"Not a bolt; nnd hero wo arc as
good ns naked on this Infernal Hoy,
you! what you doing with that match?
Light your clgarotto light It! Dam
nation!"
Hocdless of Hlako'a warning cry,
Wlnthropo had struck his Inst vosta.
and now, angry and bowlldercd, he
stood Btarlng whllo tho llttlo tapor
burned ltsolf out. With an oath, Ulako
sprang to catch It aa It dropped from
botween Wlnthropo's llngors. Uut ho
wna too fnr away. It foil among tho
damp rushes, spluttored, and tlarcd
out.
For n moment Hlnlco lcnolt, Btarlng
nt tho rushes as though stupefied;
thon ho sprang up beforo Wlnthropo,
his bronzed faco purple with angor.
"Whoro'B your matchbox? Got any
moro?" ho domamrod.
"Last ono, I fancy yos; last one,
and thoro aro still two clgarottes. Hut
look hero, Hlake, I can't tolornto your
talking bo doucodly "
"You Idiot! you you Hell! and
ovory ono for cigarettes I"
From a growl Hlnko's volco burst
Into n roar of fury, and sprang upon
Wlnthropo llko a wild beast. HIb
hands closod upon tho Englishman's
throat, and ho bogan to shako him
about, paying no hood to tho blows
hla victim showorod upon his fnco and
body, blows which booh began to les
son In forco.
Torror-strlckon, Mlsa Losllo put her
hands ovor hor oyos, nnd bogan to
seroam tho piercing shrlok that will
unnerve tho strongest man. Hlako
paused ns though transfixed, nml ns tho
half-suffocated .Englishman struggled
In hla grasp, ho Hung him on tho
ground nnd turned to tho screaming
girl.
"Stop that Bquawklng'-" bo said. Tho
girl cosvod down. "So; that'a hotter.
Noxt tlmo koop your mouth shut."
"You you bruto!"
"Good! You'vo got a llttlo spun.
oh?"
"You cnwnrd to attnek a man not
half your Btrongth!"
"Steady, stoady, young lady! I'm
warm enough yot; 1'vo still half
mind to wring' his fool nock."
"Hut why should you bo so angry?
What hns ho dono, that you"
"Why why? Lord! what hasn't ho
dono? This coaat fairly swarms with
boaBts. Wo'vo not tho smell of a gun;
nnd now this Idiot this dough-hoad
baa gono and thrown away our only
chance fire nnd on his measly clga
rettos!" Hlako choked with roturnlng
rage.
Wlnthropo, Btlll panting for breath,
began to creep away, at tho Bamo tlmo
unclasping a Binall penknife Ho was
whlto with fear; but his gray oyos
which on Bhlpboard Dlako had novor
soon other than offensively supercili
ous now glinted In a mannoc that
sorvod to altor tho American's mood,
"That'll do." ho cald. "Como bore
and show mo that, knlfo,"
"I'll show It you whoro it will do tho
most good," muttorcd Wlnthropo, ris
ing hastily to ropel tho expected at
tack. "So you'vo got a llttlo sand, too,"
said Ulako, almost good-naturedly.
"Say, that's not so bad. We'll call It
quits on the matches. Though how
you could go and throw them away "
"Douco take It, man! How should I
know? I've novor boforo boon In a
wreck."
"Neither havo I this kind. Hut I
toll you, wo'vo got to koop our think
tanks going. It's a guoss If wo seo to
morrow, nnd that's no Joko. Now do
you wonder I got hot7"
"Indeed, no! I'vo been nn nss, and
hero's my hand to It If you really
mean It's quits."
"It's quits all, right, long aa you
Jon't run out of sand," responded
Hlako, and ho gripped the other's soft
hand until tho Englishman winced.
"So; that's settled. I'vo got a hot
temper, but I don't hold grudgos. Now,
whoro ro your fish?"
"I well, they wero all spoiled."
"Spoiled?"
"Tho sun had shriveled them."
"And you call that spollod! We'ro
llko to oat thorn rotton boforo wo'ro
through with this picnic. How about
tho. pools?"
"Pools? Do you know, Blake, I novor
thought of tho pools. I stoppod to
watch you, and thon wo woro so anx
ious about you "
Hlako grunted and turnod on his
heel to wado Into tho half-drained pool
In whoso midst ho had been dcposltod
by tho hurricane
Two or threo small fish lay faintly
wriggling on tho surface As Hlako
splashed through tho wator to seize
them his foot struck against a living
l"ody which floundered violently nnd
flashed a brilliant forked tall abovo tho
muddy wator. Ulako sprang over tho
fish, which was entangled lu tho
reeds, and with n kick Hung It cloar
out upon the ground.
"A corypheno!" cried Wlnthrope,
and bo ran forward to staro at tho
gorgeously colored prize
"Corypheno?" repeated Ulako, fol
lowing his example "Good to eat?"
"Fine as salmon. This Is only a
small one, but "
"Fifteen pounds If an ounco!" cried
Hlako, and ho thrust his hand In his
pockot. Thoro wa3 a momont's si
lonco, nnd Wlnthropo, glancing up, saw
tho otuor stnring In blank dismay.
"What'B tip?" ho asked.
"Lost my knife."
"When? In the pool? It wo felt
about"
"No; nboard ship, or In tho atirf "
"Horo Is my knlfo."
"Yea; almost big enough to whittle
a match! Mlno would havo dono us
somo good."
"It Is tho best stool."
"All right; lot'B see you cut up tho
llsh."
"Hut you know, Hlake, I shouldn't
know how o go about It. I novor did
such a thing."
"And you. Mlsa Jenny? Girls nro
supposod to know about cooking."
"I never cooked nnythlng In all my
life, Mr. Hlake, nnd It's alive and
and I am vory thirsty, Mr. Hlakol
Lord!" commonted Hlako. "Glvo
mo that knlfo."
Though the blado waa so small, tho
American's hand was strong. After
some llttlo haggling, tho corypheno
was killed and drossed. Ulako washed
both It and his hands In tho pool, and
began to cut slices of llosh from tho
Halt's tall.
"Wo havo no Hre," Wlnthropo re
minded him. dualling at tho word.
"That's true," assented Ulako, In a
cheerful tono. and ho offored Win
thropo two of tho plecos of rnw flesh.
"Hero's your breakfast. Tho trimmed
uloco Is for Miss Losllo."
"Hut It's raw! Hoally, I could not
think of eating raw Hsh. Could you,
Miss Leslie?"
MIbs Losllo Bhuddorod. "Oh, no!
and I'm bo thirsty I could not oat nny
thlng."
"You hot you can!" ropllod Ulako.
"Both of you take that fish and go to
chewing. It's tho stuff to easo your
thirst whllo wo look for water. Good
Lord! In a weok you'll bo glad to oat
raw snake. Flunlcky over clean fish,
when you swallow canvas-back nil but
raw, and hoof running blood, and raw
oystors with tholr stomachs full or dis
Integrated animal mnttor, to put It
politely. You couldn't toll rattlesnake
broth from chicken, and dog,makos
flrat-rato voul whon you'vo got to oat
It. I'vo had It straight from thorn that
knows that over In Franco thoy eat
HiirillB and flsh-worms. It's nil a mat
lor of custom or tho stylo."
ITO UU CONTINUED.)
Roosevelt History to
WASHINGTON. Tho nooaevolt
"tennis cnblnet" Is to mako ono
more bid for public recognition beforo
It takes permanently to tho shelf
whoro It waa laid upon tho doparturo
of Its chief from tho Whlto House.
Two of Its most prominent members
In the persons of James Rudolph Gar
Held, late secretary of the Interior,
nnd Glfford Plnchot, chief forester of
tho department of agriculture, havo
put their heads togotbor and tho
fruits ot their conniving will bo a
largo and Interesting volume entitled
Roosevelt's Administration."
It Is whlspored about Washington
that other members of the now fa
mous aggregation of comparatively
young federal officeholders and nil
around hustlers from nil walks ' of
llfo whom Mr. Roosevelt Invited by
succossivo stages to his council room,
luncheon tnblo and tennis court, aro
preparing to glvo tho public somo In
side facts concerning the groat seven
years of tho administration recently
closed. Mr. Garfield and Mr. Plnchot,
however, nro tho first to bo actually
discovered at their task.
Tho work of directing tho vouserv-
lng of tho forests of tho country has
Congressional Club
U'
LTRA-SMART women In the con
gressional set In Washington havo
virtually withdrawn their support
from tho Congressional club, and the
organization faces either extinction or
humdrum monotony, which nobody
dared to predict whon tho club was
formed Just beforo tho closo of tho
last session ot congress.
Trouble has boon browing in the
club these many months,, but It was
formally brought before tlio body only
at tho last mooting, just beforo many
of the officers woro about tp leave tho
city for tho summer. It came i to n
crisis when certain members failed to
pay tholr annual dues. As tho club has
teased n fashionable homo In K street
and tho rent man and tho grocer havo
to bo dealt with beforo long, dues are
matter of vital Importance.
Behind this practical phaso of tho
situation lies nnothor, which Is casting
Sartoris Resigns; Family Feud Is Rumor
LGERNON SARTORIS has re
, signed ns secretary of tho United
States logation at Guatemala. Whllo
111 health Is given as tho reason for
his action, It Is rumored that a fam
ily squabble Is tho direct cause for
hla getting out of tho dlplomntlcc
service
Thoro Is a story that Secretary Root,
who Is connected by marriage with
tho Grant family, was opposed to Mr.
Sartoris' appointment to tho diplo
matic corps, but that President Rooso
velt was responsible for tho young
man receiving tlio post at Guatemala.
Mr. Sartoris, at the breaking out
of the Spanish war, showed that ho
carried tho blood ot his illustrious
grandfather, Gen. U. S. Grant, and
Joined tho volunteers for service. Ho
Interesting Pair
S
ENATORS ALDRICH nnd La
lotto do tho glaring for the oonnto,
whllo tho tariff light Is on. Tho Rhodo
Island senator has a cold, glittering
glare, ns becomes a man who bollovos
In money and lots of It. Tho Wiscon
sin sonator has a fussy, fighting glare.
It Is both a glaro and a gloat, and If
tho senate can stand for tho phrase,
It "gets Aldrlch's goat." Tho sonnto
loador begins to get norvous Just tho
moment the Wisconsin glare 1b turnod
on hlra. He tries to glaro In return,
but soon leaves for tho sonato cloak
room whero ho aputtors, instead. It
la not dignified to sputter In tho senate
chamber. No one who will toll knows
what o'.30 ho does In tho cloakroom,
When La Follotto sits still Aldrlch
can stand him and" glaro In return.
Theso two mon aro not only on op
Fol
Be Published Soon
been laid asldo for sovoral days whllo
tho chief of tho forestry bureau Ib la
boring with might and main with tho
late secretary of tho interior In writ
ing the accomplishments of tho Rooso-
volt roglmo for the printer.
Tho book will contnln a comploto
and detailed account of tho things
done nt tho White Houso the last four
years of Mr. Roosevelt's occupancy of
tho ofllco of proaldont. Thoro1 will bo
a fairly definite account of what took
place In tho inner councils of threo
years previous, for although tho "ten
nis cabinot" did not got well along
In Its organization until somo tlmo
nftor Mr. Roosovolt's presidential ca
reer started, owing to the tonaclty of
Prosldont McKlnley's so-called "kltchi
en cabinet," conslatlng of Henry Ca
hot Lodge and others, Its members
woro not long kept In tho dark as to
what hnd gono on before their ad
vent to Roosovelt Intimacy.
Hurdlea which the beef truat Inves
tigators wero compolled to tnko, Inner
talks at tho White Houso during tho
browing of the Russo-Japanoso war,
the coup which mado Roo3ovolt a
great peacemaker, his wrestles with
congross ovor tho railroad rato bill,
the knocking out of tho Northern So'
curltlos merger, tho growth of tho
policy which blanketed great stretches
of western country with forest rosorvo
rule, and many other Interesting
things will be set forth for tho coun
try's contemplation by those persons
who knew much concerning them, now
that tho Injunction of secrocy has
worn away.
Losing Members
gloom Into tl-o hearts of tho "would
bo's" who have lately como to Wash
ington to preside ovor congressional
homes and had been lod to beltovo
that momborshlp In the Congression
al club would fling open to thorn tho
doors of ovory smart household in
Washington.
It Is a matter of the club's history
that the ultra-smart women in the con
gressional set Joined the club In the
beginning because thoy wore persist
ently urged to do so In order that
their names might glvo the organi
zation something of tho social stand
ing it needed. These women freely
paid tho $10 entrance feos, with mani
festly no intention of hobnobbing with
tho women who canto from many
rural districts throughout tho coun
try and Jumped at tho chance to be
long to the club.
That tho really smart women In tho
congressional sot at Washington do
not caro n rap for tho Congressional
club or its success has been mado
plain. True, they havo been induced1
on raro occasions to visit the club
rooms, but only whon somo particular
ly Importnnt nffalr has been given
as, for Instance, a tea In honor of
tho president nnd Mrs. Taft, shortly
beforo Mr. Taft wns Inaugurated.
was chosen nn aide do camp by
MaJ. Gen. Fltzhugh Lee, and had
become a captain whon honorably
musterod out of tho Third Unltod
States volunteer Infantry, at tho
end of the war.
In June, 1904, ho married Mllo.
Gormalno Cecllo Noufflard, a grand
daughter of Sir Charles Hallo, a dis
tinguished English musician. Ueforo
tho marriage Mr. Sartoris Joined tho
Catholic church.
Tho origin of tho feud In the Grant
family Is not related by thoso ot tho
ox-presldont's descendants who admit
Its existence It Is nssorted, however,
that tho quarrel has been on for somo
years, and that tho family Is divided
into two bitterly hostile enmpa. At
the head of ono fnctlon Is Mrs. Nolllo
Grant Sartoris, favorlto daughtor ot
President Grant and almost Idolized
by tho American public at tho tlmo
of her marrlago to Sartoris, the Urlt
ish diplomat, during her father's stay
at tho White Houso. Tho other fac
tion Jb lod by Gon. F. D. Grant, whoso
popularity with tho American public
is a mattor ot moro recent growth.
of Glaring Senators
posite sides of the big question, but
thoy aro opposite In temperament,
character, training, and every other
respect.
Senator Aldrlch bunched a few
street railroads in his natlvo stato,
sold and resold them until ho can
afford to bo United .States senator
na long ns ho lives. Senator La Fol
lette grabbed at famo with ono hand
and carved out a lecturo careor with
tho other In order to make a living on
tho Bide. Ho wants money only to
blow it in on his show.
Sonntor Aldrlch has a sublime faith
In tho wisdom of mon with monoy,
and ho fightB ibr thorn aa ho would
for principles. What Is best for them
ho considers best for tho whole coun
Vry. If thoy prosper and aro satis
fied, It follows, according to his doc
trine, that all must bo prosperous and
contented. Senator La Follotto takos
the other end of the game He Is for
tho man who has vory llttlo money,,
for tho ono who Individually works for
evory dollar ho gets. And thoy stand
up In tho senate about six feet apart
and fight It out along theso lines.