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8YN0P3I8.
The story oiierts with the shtpwrerlc of
the steamer on which MIbs Qonovlovo
Leslie, an American heiress, Lord Wln
thrope, an Englishman, nnd Tom Make,
a brusque American, were passengers,
The threo were tossed upon nn unlnhobi
ited Island nnd were tho only ones ,ot
drowned, Dlnke recovered from a drunk
en stupor. DIake, shunned on the boat,
because of his roughnc-sJ, becama a hero
aa preserver of tho helpless pnlr. Tho
englishman was suing for tho hand of
Miss Leslie. Uluko started to swim back
to the ship to recover what was left,
make returned safely. Wlnthropo wasted
his last match on a cigarette for which
he was scored by Ulake. Their Ilrst meal
was a dead fish.
CHAPTER III. Continued.
"To 1)0 sure, the Japoneso cat raw
fish," ndmlttod Wlnthropo.
"Yea; and you'd awallow your sbaro
of it If you had an invito to a swell
dinner in Tokyo. Qo on now, both of
you. It's no Joke, I tell you. You've
got to eat, If you expect to get to wa
ter boforo night. Understand? See
that headland south? Well, It's 100 to 1
we'll not find water short of there, and
If wo mako It by night, we'll bo doing
better than I flguro from tho looks of
these bog3. Now go to chewing. That's
It! That's fine, Miss Jenny 1"
Miss Lesllu had forced herself to
tako a nibble of tho raw flah. Tho
llavor proved loss repulslvo than sho
had oxpected, and Its, molsturo was so
grateful to her parched mouth that
she began to cat with eagerness. Not
to be outdone, Wlnthropo promptly
followed her lend. Blako had already
cut himself a second slice. After ho
had cut more for his companions, ho
began to look them over with a closo
ness that proved embarrassing to Miss
Leslie.
"Here's more of tho good stuff," ho
said. "While you're chowing It, we'll
sort of take stock. Everybody shell
out ovorythlng. Here's my outfit
threo shillings, half a dozen poker
2hlps, and not another blessod Say,
what'B become of that whisky flask?
have you seen my flask?
"Hero it is, right beside me, Mr.
DIake," answered Miss Loslie. "But
It is empty."
"Might bo worsol What you got?
hairpins, watch? No pocket, I sup
pose?" "None; and no watch. Even most
of my pins aro gone," ropllod iho girl,
.and she raised her hand to her loosely
coiled hair.
"Well, hold on to what you've got
loft. They may como in for fish
hooks. Let's seo your shoes."
Miss Leslie Blowly thrust a slender
little foot Just beyond tho hem of her
draggled white skirt.
"Good Lord!" groaned Blako, "slip
pors, and high heels at that! How do
you expect to walk In thoso things?"
"I can' at least try," replied the girl,
with spirit.
"Hobble! Pass 'em over hero, Win
nie, my boy."
Tho slippers wero handed over.
Blako took ono after tho other and
wreched off tho heel closo to Its base.
"Now you've at least got a pair of
slippers," ho said, tossing them back
to their owner. "Tie them on tight
with a couplo of your ribbons, If you
don't want to loso them In tho mud.
Now, Wlnthropo, what you got beside
tho knlfo?"
Wlnthropo hold out a bunch of long
flat keys and his cigarette case. Ho
opened the latter and was about to
throw away tho two remaining cigar
ettes when Blako grasped his wrist.
"Hold on! even they may como In
for something. We'll at least koop
tbem until wo need the case."
"And tho koys?"-
"Mako arrow-heads, If wo can get
Are."
"I've hoard of savages making fire
by rubbing wood."
"Yes: and we're a long way from
being savages at present. All the
show we have Is to find somo kind of
quartz or flint, and the sooner we start
to look tho bettor. Got your slippers
tied, Miss ,Jenuy?"
"Yes; I think they'll do."
"Think! It's knowing tho thing.
Hero, let mo look."
Tho girl shrank back; but Blako
stooped and examined first ono slippor
and then tho other. The ribbons about
both wore tied. In dainty bows. . Blako
Jerked them looso and twisted them
firmly over and under tho sllppors and
about the girl's slondor ankles boforo
knotting tho ends.
"There; that's moro llko. You'ro
not going to a danco," ho growled.
Ho thrust tho empty whisky flask
into his hip pockot and went back to
pass a sling of roeds through the gills
of tho corypheno.
"All ready now," ho called. "Lot's
got a mbvo on. Keop my coat closer
about your shoulders, Miss Jenny, and
keep your shade up, if you don't want
a sunstroke."
"Thank you. Blako, I'll see to that."
said Wlnthropo. "I'm going to hooj
Miss Leslie along. I'vo fastoned our
two shades togother, so that they will
answer for both of us."
"How about yourself, Mr. Blnko?"
Inquired tho girl. "Do 'you not And tho
sun fearfully hot?"
"Sure; but I wet my head in tho
soa, and here's another souso."
As ho roso with dripping head from
bcsldo the )ool he slun tho corypheno
Stopped, Utterly Spent.
on his back and started off wlthsut
further words.
CHAPTER IV.
A Journey In Desolation.
ORNING was well advanced
and tho sun beat down upon
tho threo with almost over
powering fierceness. Tho heat would
havo rendored tholr thirst unendurable
had not Blako hacked off for them bit
after bit of tho moist corypheno flesh.
In a tompornto cllmnto ton miles
over firm ground 13 a pleasant walk
for ono accustomed to the exercise.
Quito n different matter Is ton miles
across mud-flats, covered with a tan
glo of reeds nnd rushes, nnd frequently
dipping Into salt mnrsh and ooze. Be
fore they had gone a mile Miss Losllo
would hnvo lost her sllppors had It
not boon for Blako's forethought In
tying thorn so securely. Within a lit
tlo moro than threo miles tho girl's
strength began to fall.
"Oh, Blako," called Wlnthrope, for,
tho Amerlcnn was somo yards In tho
load, "pull up a bit on that knoll. We'll
havo to rest a while, I fancy. Miss
Leslie is about pegged."
"What's that?" demanded Blako.
"We're not half-wny yet!"
Wlnthrope did not reply. It was all
ho could do to drag tho girl up on tho
hummock. She, sank, hulf-falntlng,
upon tho dry reeds, and ho sat down
beside hor to protect her with tho
shade. Blnko stared at tho miles
of swampy flats which yet lay between
them and tho out-Jutting headland of
gray rock. Tho base of tho cliff was
screened by n belt of trees; but tho
nearest clump of green did not look
moro than a mllo nearer than the
headland.
"Hell!" muttered Blako, dospondont
ly. "Not oven a short four miles.
Mjish nnd sassloty girls!"
Though ho spoko to himself tho
othors heard him. Miss Leslie flushed
and would havo risen had not Wln
thropo put his hand on hor arm.
"Could you not go on and bring
back a flask ot water for MIbs Leslie?"
ho asked. "By that time sho will bo
rested."
"No; I don't fetch back nny flasks
of water, She's going wiipn I go, or
you can como on to suit yourselves."
"Mr. Blako, you you won't go and
leave mo hero! If you have a sister
If your mother "
"Sho died of drink, und both my
slstors did worse."
"My God, man! do you moan to say
you'll abandon a holpless young girl?"
"Not n bit moro helpless thnn wore
my sisters when you, rich folks' guar
dians of law nnd order Jugged mo for
the winter 'cnuso I didn't havo a Job
and turned both girls Into tho street
onto tho streot, If you know what
that means ono only 10 and tho other
17. Tulle about holpless young girls
Damnation!"
Miss LesIIo cringed back as though
sho had been struck. Blnko, howover,
scorned to havo vented his anger in
tho curso, for when ho. again spoko
there was nothing moro than lmpn
tlonco lg his tone. "Como on, now.;
get aboard. Wlnthropo couldn't lug
you a half-mile, nnd long's It's tho
only way don't bo nil day about It.
Here, Wlnthropo, look to tho fish."
"But, my dear follow, I don't qulto
tako your Idea, nor does Miss Losllo, I
fancy," ventured Wlnthropo.
"Voll, we'vo got to got to water or
die; and ns tho lady can't walk aho's
going on my back. It's a caso of
have-to."
"No! I am not I am not! I'd Boonor
dio!"
"I'm afraid you'll find that easy
enough Inter on, Miss Jenny. Stand
by, Wlnthropo, to help hor up. Do
you hear? Tako the knlfo nnd fish and
loud n hand."
Thero was n note In Blako's volco
that neither Wlnthropo nor Miss Los
llo dared disregard. Though scarlet
with mortification, sho permitted her
self to bo taken pick-a-back upon
Blako's broad shoulders and meokly
obeyed his command to clasp her.
hands nbout IiIb throat. Yot oven at
that moment, such aro tho inconsis
tencies of human naturo, she could not
but admlro tho oaso wjth which ho
roso undor hor wolght.
Now that ho no longer hnd tho slow
pace of tho girl to consldor, ho ad
vanced at his natural gait, the quick,
tlreloss stride of an American railroad
suryoyor. His feet, trained to swamp
travel In Louisiana and Panama,
seomod to find tho firmest ground ns
by Instinct, nnd whether on tho half-
dried mud of tho hummocks or in tho
anklo-deop wator of tho bogs, thoy felt,
tholr way without slip or stumble.
Wlnthropo, though burdonod only
with tho half-eaten corypheno, tollod
along behind, greatly troubled by the
mud and tho tangled reeds, nnd now
and thon flung down by some unlucky
mlsstop. His modish suit, already
muchdamaged by tho salt wator, was
soon smeared afrosh with n coating of
greenish sllmo. His ono consolation
was that Blako, ufter Jeering at his first
tumble, paid no moro ntteutlon to
him. On tho other hand, ho was cut
by tho seeming lndifferonco of Miss
Leslie. Intont on his own misery, ho
failed to consldor that tho girl might
bo suffering far greater discomfort and
humiliation.
Moro than threo mllos had beon cov-
oreu boforo Blnko stoppod on a hum
mock, ltolenslng Miss Leslie, ho
strotched out on tho dry crest of tho
knoll and called for a sllco of tho fish
At his urging tho othors took a few
mouthfuls, although their throats wore
so parched that ovon tho moist flesh
afforded scant rollof. Fortunately for
them nil, Blako had been thoroughly
trained to enduro thirst. Ho rested
loss than ton minutes; thon tnklng
Miss Losllo up again llko n rag doll,
ho swung away nt a good pace.
Tho trees wore loss than half a
mllo distant when ho halted for tho
second time,. Ho would have gono to
them without a pauso, though his mus
clos wero qulvorlng with oxhaustlon,
had not Miss Leallo chanced to look
around and discover that Wlnthropo
was no longor following thorn. For
tho last mllo ho hnd boon lagging
fnrthor and farther behind, nnd now
ho hnd suddenly disappeared. At tho
girl's dismayed exclamation, Blako ro
loascd his hold nnd sho found horaolt
standing In n foot or moro of mud and
wntor. Tho Bvcat was streaming
down Blako's fnco. As ho turned
around, ho wiped it off with his shirt
sleeves. "Do you can it bo, Mr. Blako, that
ho has had a sunstroko?" asked Miss
Lcsllo.
"Sunstroko? No; ho's Just laid
down, that's all. I thought ho had
moro sand confound him!"
"But tho Bun 1b so dreadfully hot,
nnd I havo his shade."
"And ho's been tumbling Into ovory
other pool. No; It's not tho sun. I'vo
half n mind to lot him llo tho papGr
logged swell I It would no moro thnu
Bquaro our aboard-shlp accounts."
"Surely, you would not do that, Mr.
Blako! It may bo that ho has hurt
hlmsolf In falling."
"In this mud 7 bah! But I guess
I'm In for tho pnck-nntlo stunt all
around. Now, now; don't yowl, Miss
Jenny. I'm going. But you can't 'ex
pect mo to lovo tho snob."
As ho splnBhcd away on tho return
trail, Miss Losllo dabbed nt hor oyos
to check tho starting tears.
"Oh, dear Oh, dear!" bIio moaned;
"what havo I dono to bo so treated?
Such a brute. Oh, dear! and I am so
thirsty!"
In hor despair bIio would havo sunk
down whero sho stood had not tho
sllmlncss ot tho water ropcllcd hor.
Sho gazed longingly nt tho trees, la
tho foro of which stood a grovo of
stately palms, Tho half-mllo soomod
an lnsupcrablo dlstanco, but tho rldo
on Blako's bnck had rested her and
thirst goaded her forward.
Stumbling and slipping sho waded
on across tho lnundntod ground, and
camo out upon a half-baked mud-flat,
whoro tho walking was much easier.
But tho sun was now nlmost directly
overhead, and between hor thirst and
tho heat sho soon found horsolf falter
ing. Sho tottered on a fow stops
fnrthor, nnd thon stopped, uttorly
spent. As sho sank upon tho drlod
rushes sho glanced nround and was
vaguely conscious ot a Btrango, double
bonded flguro following hor path
across tho marsh. All about hor bo
enmo black.
Tho next Bho know Blako was,
splashing hor bond and face with
brackish wator out ot tho whisky flask,
Sho raised hor hand to Bhlold her
faco, and snt up, sick and dizzy.
"That's it I" said Blako. Ho spoko
In n kindly tone, though1 his volco was
harsh and broken with thirst. "You'ro
all right now. Pull yoursolf together
nnd wb'll got to tho trees In a Jiffy."
"Mr. Wlnthropo ?"
"I'm hero, Miss Gonovlovo. It wns
only n wrenched ankle. If I hnd n
stick, Blako, I fancy I could mako n
go of It over this drlor ground."
"And luy yoursolf tip for a month.
Como, Miss Jenny, brnco up for an
other try. It's only a quarter-mile,
nnd I'vo got to pnek him."
Tho girl wnB gasping with thirst;
yot sho. mado an effort, nnd, nsslBtod
by Blako, managed to gain her foot.
Sho wna still dizzy; but ns Blnko
swing Wlnthropo upon hla back, hoj
told her to tako hold of IiIb arm. Wln
thropo hold tho shade over hor head.
Thus assisted, and sheltorod from tho
direct beat of tho sun-raya, sho tot
tered along bcsldo Blako, lmlf-uncon-sclous.
Fortunatoly tho romalnlng dlstanco
lay across a stretch of bare dry
ground, for ovon Blako had all but
reached tho limit of endurance Stop
by step ho labored on, staggorlng un
dor tho wolght of tho Englishman nnd
gasping with n .thirst which his ex
ertions rendered oven gronter than
that of hla companions. But through
tho trccB nnd brush which stretched
away Inland In a wall of vorduro ho
had caught gllmpsoB of,a broad stream
und tho hope ot fresh wator called out
ovory ounce of his rosorvo strength.
At last tho nearest palm was only a
few paces distant. Blako clutched
Miss Lesllo'a arm nnd draggod hor
forward with a rush in a final outburst
of onorgy. A mbniont later all three
lay gasping In tho Bhndu. But tho
river was yot another 100 ynrdB dis
tant. Blnko waited only to regain his
broath; thon ho staggered up and went
on. Tho othors, unnblo to rise, gazod
after him in silent misery.
Soon Blako found hlmsolf rushing
through tho Junglo nlong a broad trail
pitted with enormous footprints; but
ho was bo near mad with thirst that
ho paid nb heed to tho spoor other
than to curso tho holes for tho trouble
thoy gavo him. Suddonly tho trail
turned to tho left nnd sloped down a
low bank Into tho river. Blind to all
olse, Blako ran down tho slopo and
dropping upon his knees plunged his
head Into the wator.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
' Faith and Hope.
Maymo If you don't lovo him why
aro you going to marry him?
Maybollo Oh, I expect to lovo him
nftor wo aro marrlod, Ho has prom
ised that on tho morning ot our wod
Ing day ho will shavo off his dinky
llttlo French beard.
These oketchea show two of the best models for evening gowns for the
summer. The one on the right la after a Paris design. Tho one on the left
Is of meteor crepe In apricot color. The trimming la made of bands of
dull gold on whlto net.
-i-i-i-nnnvnr rrniv rvii"r "i-
MANY USES OF TISSUE PAPER
Especially Is It Valuable When Pack
ing a Trunk How It .May
Bo Applied.
Wo cannot ovorostlmato tho vnluo
of tlssuo paper if wo aro of tho trav
eling public. Whllo it is delight
fully careful and neat to own a vast
nrray of ohoo bags, one to tho pair,
nnd bags and slipcovers gnloro for
parasols, halrbrushoa and oach thing
wo want to Beparato from ovory oth
er, tho fact remains that thoy tako
up a far too generous proportion of
our trunk spneo. Tlssuo paper, which,
la a very good substitute, takes up
none of tho valuablo room nnd la in
no way open to criticism. It la clean,
whlto and dainty; quantltloB of it aro
available at any tlmo, aud thero is
vo hotter material for filling sloovou
and tucked or puffed gowns to keop
thorn from crushing. Tlssuo papor
should bo crumpled and poked Into
ribbon or Inco hat bows and among
hat flowers, andy should surround tho
hat llsolf to koop it from flattening
ngnlnBt tho sides of tho box or trunk
lid.
Each pair of dainty gloves nnd nil
neckwear should bo soparatoly
wrapped. Layers of It to soparato
tho varied contentB of tho trunk will
make tho torrlblo buslnosn of unpack
ing less difficult.
Travolora who havo packod with
tlssuo papor havo been qulto won
cvor to Its uso.
IN SAILOR STYLE.
This dress, mado In tho ovor-favorlto
sailor stylo, would look woll In croam
sorgo. Tho skirt Is ontlroly plaited,
and Is stitched nt tho foot. Tho nov
elty Ilea In tho blouso, which 1b cut In
two pieces, nnd nrrnnged In a wrnpped
Beam. A box-plait Ib mado down tho
center of front, which fastens up to
tho nock; tho pocket sown at tho loft
sldo will bo found moat UBoful. Whlto
silk ombroldorcd collars and cuffs
odgod with frills aro worn and glvo n
protty effect.
Hat ot coarso straw, trimmed with
a puffod net crown arid rosoB,
MaterialB roqulrod: 4 yards sorgo
46 inches wide,
Ribbon Hair Band.
A rather wldo band of ribbon
brought up round the hair and tlod In
n brond girlish bow at ono sldo is a
French' head finish much favored,
Sleeveless Gauze Coats.
Sloovelcss coats of gnuzo or not give
a drossy touch to a costumo. The?
nro designed primarily for wear iu-doorfl.
t n.rrrvrij-mjij-ijxn-rji
MAKES A NOVEL NECK PIECE
New Ruch Designed to Be Worn with
Soft 8ummer 811k Is Easily
Mado.
A rather now llttlo ruch to bo worn
with soft Bummor silk or other ono
ploco frocks is mado of llborty Batln,
or chiffon, with long onda that look
almost llko a sash.
Tho matorlal li fnstonod iround a
bonod collar lining, fnstonod at tho
back, and ia laid oithor In flat plalta
or Ib tuckod In cluatora of thread
tttcka.
To conceal tho oponing which comes
a llttlo to tho loft rather than In tho
ruiddlo of tho bnck, la a small rosotto
of tho matorlal, from which hang two
long onda that como well bolow tho
waist.
Sometimes thoso onda nro flnlshod
in a long pendant ornament of Jot or
8llk tho color of tho ctock. Again thoy
havo silk frlngo, nnd occasionally thoy
aro hbmstltchcd across tho end In sev
eral rows.
With n gray Bilk frock a charming
stock of this ordor could bo mndo of
tuckod not a tono darkor than tho
dress. Each tuck could bo run with a
lino of Bllvor thrond. Tho fluffy ros
otto could hnvo a lint button in tho
contor darned with tho sllvor throad,
and tho ends can bo accordion-plaltod
with a doop Bllvor tlnsol frlngo. If
proforred, tiny sllvor bugles can ho
Bowed to tho bottom of tho Btroamora,
Any cloyor-ilngerod girl can mako
horsolf ono of thoso fnshlonablo now
Blocks and uso hor wltB to glvo old
touchoB and charming color offecta.
Upolde Down.
Womon, Indeed, nro clovor, but tho
ono who saw n hat-brim decoration In
hor unbecoming laco voil wns nmrn
than ordinarily fnrsoolng.
now, tho ornnto and bordorcd veil
hns vied with tjio real laco flchu a
hundred times for a nlaco on Mm num.
mor hat, but it has not dono duty aa
n laco von ana a hat trimming until
this unusunlly roaourcoful woman
turned tho straight edgo down nnd
thon spread tho bordered part over
tho brim of hor largo leghorn hat.
Thla brought delicately scattered
Bpraya and dots over her fnco In a
moro becoming Bcautlness nnd gavo
place on tho hat for tho full display
of tho handsumo pattern tin tho bor
der. p?1"!
Panlereo and Crinoline.
Silks, BatlnB nnd broendos nro at
onco BuggoBtcd by tho nowoat models,
and not tho soft, clinging fabrics bo
wondorfully ndnpted to tho gracoful,
closo fitting doslgno, Materials that
can 6Und aTcmoj tho old-Ilmo standard'
of oxcellonco, will oncb again bo In
demand, nnd unless thoro is a more
concerted plan of notion among all
womon whero tnato In dress Btanda foi
nuthorlty, thoro Is ronlly gravo dan
gor of panlora nnd oven crlnollno bo
ing Horlously considered. Thla has
beon throatoned timo nnd ngaln, but
hna alwayB at tho last momont failed
to matorlnlizo; bo It is to bo hoped
this tlmo again tho fashion will b
killed boforo it becomes established.
Princess Hip Yoke.
Tho cuirass or princess hip yoke or
feet which has beon consplclous In
lmportod gownB slnco tho first opon
Ings of tho season Is being brought out
in many unoxpectod ways. Ono of tha
nowost is tho ontlro prlncoBs gown with
tho lower part of tho bodlco and tho
hip portion of tho skirt covorod with
embroidery, which makes thorn ono in
lino and treutmont. In this way it is
possible lo turn a two-plecn gown into
u princess, tho simple process of cov
ering tho waist senm with cmbroidory
or brnld bolng all that is noodod, Somo
of tho trimmings of thla kind aro put
on In Jacket or coat shape.