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"Now, Don't Gat Mad. Worat Thing la thi for M>lH^
SYNOPSIS. 1
The story opens witli the shipwreck of
the steamer on which Miss Uenevieve
Leslie, an American heiress, Lord Win
thrope, an Englishman, and Torn Blake,
a l.rusquc American, were passengers.
The three were tossed upon an uninhab
ited island and were the only ones Hot
drowned. Make recovered from a drunk
en stupor. Rlake, shunned on the boat,
because of .his roughness. became a hero
ns preserver of the helpless pair. The
Englishman was suing for the hand of
Miss Leslie. Blake started to swim back
to the ship to recover what was left.
BlaUe returned safely Winthrope wasted
hl» last match on a cigarette, for which
he was scored by Blake. Their first meal
was a dead fish. The trio started a ten
mile hike for higher land. Thirst at
tacked them. Blake was compelled to
carry Miss I.cslie on account of weari
ness Ife taunted W'ir.thrope. They en
tered the jungle. That night was passed
ronsiing high in a tree. The next morn
ing they descended to tlio open again.
All three constructed hats to shield them
/ selves from the sun. They then faasMd
~TI < oeoanuts. th<» only procurable food,
j Miss !.<•:)!!*• showed a liking for Blake,
i bit detested his roughness. Led by Blake
they established a home in some cliffs.
Blake found a fresh water spring. Miss
Leslie faced an unpleasant situation.
They planned their campaign. Blake re
rovered his surveyor's magnifying glass,
tlr. s Insuring fire. He started a jungle
f!r< killing a large leopard and smoth
ering several cubs, in the leopard's cav
ern they built a sm ill home. They gained
the i llffs 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 us a signal. Miss Leslie made a
dres •. from the leopard skin, lilake'a ef
forts t ( , Kill antelopt s failed.
CHAPTER Xlll.—Continued.
The one difficulty was to reach the ;
lower branches. She could hardly !
touch them with her finger tips. Hut
her barbaric costume must have in
spired her. She listened for a mo- j
inenf, and hearing no sound to indicate i
the return of the men, clasped the |
up].or side of the trunk with her j
hai N and knees, and made an en
ergetic attempt to climb. The posture I
wa* far from dignified, but the girl's
eye* sparkled with satisfaction as she
found herself slowly mounting.
When, flushed and breathless, she
gained it foothold among the.branches,
she looked down at the ground, and
permitted herself a merry little giggle
such iis she had not indulged in since
leaving boarding-school. She had
fcctna'.!y climbed a tree! She would
show Mr. Blake that she was not so
helpless as he fancied.
At the thought, she clambered on
up. finding that the branches made
•convenient steps. She did not look
bade, and the screen of treetops be
neath saved her from any sense of
gfddi.tess. As her head came above
the level of 1 lie clilT, site peered
throuv'a the foliage, and saw the sig
nal-flag far over near the end of the
headland. Tho big piece of white
duck stood out bravely against the
blue sky, all the more conspicuous for
the flocks of frightened seafowl which
wheeled above and around it.
Surprised that she did not see the
men, Miss Leslie started to draw her
self up over the cliff edge. She
heard Winthrope's voice a few yards
away to her left. A sudden realization
that the Englishman might consider
her exploit ill-bred caused her to sink
back out of sight.
She was hesitating whether to de
scend or to climb on up, when Win
thrope's peevish whine was cut short
by a loud and angry retort from Blake.
Every word came to the girl's ears
with the force of a blow.
"You do, do you? Well, I'd like to
know where in hell you come in. She's
not your sister, nor your mother, nor
your aunt, and if she's your sweet
heart. you've both been damned close
mouthed over it."
There was an irritable, rasping
murmur from Winthrope, and again
came Blake's loud retort. "Look here,
young man, don't you forget you called
me a cad once before. I can stand a
good deal from a sick man; but I'll
give it to you straight, you'd better cut
that out. Call me a brute or a savage,
If that'll let off your steam; but, un
derstand, I'm none of your English
kinds."
Again Winthrope spoke, this time
In a fretful whine.
Blake replied with less anger:
"That's so; and I'm going to show you
that I'm the real thing when it comes
to being a sport. Give you ray word,
I'll make no move till you're through
the fever and on your legs again.
What I'll do then depends on my own
sweet will, and don't you forget It. I'm
not after her fortune. It's the lady
herself that takes my fancy. Remem
ber what I said to you when you called
me a cad the other time. You had
your turn aboard ship. Now I can do
as I please; and that's what I'm going
to do, if I have to kick you oxer the
cliff end first, to shut off your pesky
Interference."
The girl crouched back Into the
withered foliage, dazed with terror.
Again she heard Blake speak. lie had
dropped into a bitter sneer.
"No chance? It's no nerve, you
mean. You could brain me, easy
enough, anv night—just walk up with
a club when I'm asleep. Trouble is,
you're like most other under dogs—
•fraid that if you licked your boss,
there'd be no soup bones. So I guess
I'm s'lted to stay boss of this colony
—grand Poo Bah and Mikado, all in
one. Understand? You mind your
own business, and don't goto inter
feres wltt ins any mote! •
Now, if you've stared enough at the
lady's skirt —"
The threat of discovery stung the
girl to instant action, \\fith almost
frantic haste, she scrambled down to
the lower branches, and sprang to the
ground. She had never ventured such
a leai> even in childhood. She struck
lightly but without proper balance,
and pitched over sideways. Iler hands
chanced to alight upon the remnants
of leopard skin. Great as was her
fear, she stopped to gather all to
gether in the edge of her skirt before
darting up the cleft.
At the baobab she turned and gazed
back along the cliff edge. Before she
had time to draw a second breath, she
caught a glimpse of Blake's palm-leaf
hat, near the crown of the ladder tree.
"0-o-h! —ho didn't see me!" she
murmured. Her frantic strength van
ished, and a deathly sickness came
upon her. She felt herself going, and
sought to kneel to ease the fall.
She was roused from the swoon by
Blake's resonant shout: "Hey, Miss
Jenny! where are you? We've got
your laundry on the pole in fine
shape!"
The girl's flaccid limbs grew tense,
and her body quivered with a shudder
of dread and loathing. Yet she set her
little white teeth, and forced herself
to rise and go out to face the men.
Both met her look with a blank stare
of consternation.
"What is it, Miss Genevieve?" cried
Winthrope. "You're white as chalk!"
"It's the fever!" growled Blake.
"She's in the cold stage. Get a pot on.
We'll—"
"No, no; it's not that! It's only—
I've been frightened!"
"Frightened?"
"By a —a dreadful beast!"
"Beast!" repeated Blake, and his
pale eyes flashed as he sprang across
to where his bow and arrows and his
club leaned against the baobab. "I'll
have no beasts nosing around my
dooryard! Must be that skulking lion
I heard last night. I'll show him!" He
caught up his weapons and stalked off
down the cleft.
"By Jove!" exclaimed Winthrope;
"the man really must be mad. Call
him back, Miss Genevieve. If any
thing should happen to him—"
"If only there might!" gasped the
girl.
"Why, what do you mean?"
She burst into a hysterical laugh.
"Oh! oh! it's such a joke—such a joke!
At least he's not a hyeiaa—oh, no; a
brave beast! Hear him shout! And
he actually thinks it's a lion! But it
isn't —it's himself! Oh, dear! oh,
dear! what shall I do?"
"Miss Genevieve, what do you
mean? Be calm, pray, be calm!"
"Calm! —when I heard what ho
said? Yes; I heard every word! In
the top of the tree —"
"In the tree? Heavens! Miss —er
—Miss Genevieve!" stammered Win
thrope, his face paling. "Did you—
did you hear all?"
"Everything—everything he said!
| What shall I do? I am so frightened!
; What shall I dot"
"Everything he said?" echoed Win
t thropfi
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1909-
"You spoke too low for me to hear; J
but I'm sure you faced him like a gen- ,
tleman —I must believe it of you—" 112
Winthrope drew in a deep breath. •
"Ah, yes; I did, Miss Genevieve —I as- :
sure you. The beast! Yet you see fhe j
plight I am in. It is a nasty muddle ;
—lndeed it is! But what can I do? He
is strong as a gorilla. Really, there is
only one way—no doubt you heard
him taunt me over it. I assure you I
should not be afraid —but It would be
so horrid —so cold-blooded. As a gen
tleman, you know —"
"No; it is not that!" broke in the
girl. "He is right. Neither of us has
the courage—even when he is asleep."
"My dear Miss Genevieve, this beast
instinct to kill—"
"Yes; but think of him. If he is a
beast, he is at least a brave one.
While we—we haven't the courage of
rabbits. I thought you called yourself
an English gentleman. Are you going
to stand by, and not lift a finger?"
"Really, now, Miss Genevieve, to
murder a man—"
"Self-defense is not a crime—self
preservation, If you have a spark of
manhood —"
"My dear —"
"For Heaven's sake, if you can't do
anything, at least keep still! Oh, I'm
sure I shall go mad! If only I had
been drowned!"
"Ah, yes, to be sure. But really
now, what you ask is a good deal for a
man to risk. The fellow might wake
up and murder me! Should I take
the risk, might I —er —6xpect some
manifestation of your gratitude, Mis.s
Genevieve?"
"Of course! of course! I should al
ways—"
"I —ah—refer to the—the—bestowal
of your hand."
"My hand? I — Would you bargain
for my esteem? I thought you a gen
tleman!"
"To be sure—to be sure! Who says
I am not? But all is fair in love and
war, you know. Your choice is quite
free. 1 take it, you will not consider
his—er —proposals. But if you' do not
wish my aid, you have another way of
escape—that is—at least other women
have done it."
The girl gazed at him, her eyes
dilating with horror as she realized
his meaning.
"No, no; not that!" she gasped. "I
want to live —I've a right to live!
Why, I'm only just 22 —I —"
"Hush!" cautioned Winthrope. "He's
coming back. Becalm! There will be
time until I get over this vile malaria.
It may be that he himself will have
the fever."
"He will not have the fever," re
plied the girl, in a hopeless tone, and
she leaned back listlessly against the
baobab, as Blake swung himself np,
frowning and sullen, and flung his
weapons from him.
"Bah!" he grumbled, "I told you
that brute was a sneak. I've chased
clean down to the pooi and into the
open, and not a smell of him. Must
have hiked off into the tall grass the
minute he heard me."
"If only he had gone off for good!"
murmured Miss Leslie.
"Maybe he has; though you never
can count on a sneak. Even you might
be able to shoo him off next time; but,
like as not, he'd come along when w»
were all out calling, and clean out
our commissary. Guess I'll set to and
run up a barricade down there whore
the gully is narrowest. Tliere're
shoals of dead thorn-brush to the
right of the pool."
"Ah, yes; I fancy the vultures will
be so vexed when they find your hedge
in the way," remarked Winthrope.
"My! how smart we're getting!" re
torted Blake. "Don't worry, though.
We'll stow the stuff In Miss Jenny's
boudoir, and I guess the birdies'll be
polite enough to keep out."
"I must say, Blake, I do not see why
you should wish to drag us away from
here."
"There's lots of things you don't
see, Win, my b'y—jokes, for instance.
But what could you expect?—you're
English. Now, don't get mad. Worst
thing in the world for malaria."
"One would fancy you could see
that I am not angry. I've a splitting
headache, and my back hurts. I am
111."
Blake looked him over critically,
and nodded. "That's fio lie, old man.
You're entitled to a hospital check all
right. Miss Jenny, we'll appoint you
chief nurse. Make him comfortable as
you can, and give him hot broth when
ever he'll take it. You can do your
sewing on the side. Whenever you
need help, call on mo. I'm going to be
gin that barricade."
CHAPTER XIV.
Fever and Flte and Fear.
gY was
tossing and groaning on the
bed of leaves which Miss
Leslie had heaped beneath his canopy.
Though not delirious, his high tempera
ture, coupled with the pains which
racked every nerve and bone in his
body, rendered L'm light-headed. He
would catch himseiT up in the midst of
some rambling nonsense to inquire
anxiously whether he in»*J said any
i thing silly or strange. On being reas
| sured upon this, he would relax again,
; and, as likely as not, break into a
i babyish wail over his aches and pains.
: Blake shook his head when he
. learned that the attack had not been
I preceded by a chill.
"Guess he's in for a hot time," he
said. "There is more'n one kind of
malarial fever. Some are a whole lot
like typhus."
"Typhus? What is that?" asked
Miss Leslie.
"Sort of rapid fire, double action
typhoid. Not that I think Win's got it
—only malaria. What gets me is that
we've only been here these few days,
and yet it looks like he's got the con
tinuous, no-chill kind."
"Then you think he will be very ill?"
"Well, I guess he'll think so. It
ought to run out in a week or ten
days, though. We've had good water,
and it usually takes time for malaria
to soak in deep. Now, don't worry.
Miss Jenny. It'll di him no good, and
you a lot of harm. Take things easy
as you can, for you ve got to keep up
your strength. If you don't, you'll be
down yourself before Win is up."
"11l while he is helpless and un
able — Oh, no; that cannot be! I
must not give way to the fever
until —"
"Don't worry. You'll likely stave !t
off for a couple of weeks or so. You're
lively yet, and that's a good sign. I
knew Win was In for it when he bo
gan to grouch and loaf and do the
baby act. I haven't mnch use for
dudes in general, and English dudes
in particular; but I'll admit that,
while Win's soft enough in spots, he's
not all mush and milk."
"Thank you, Mr. Blake."
"You're welcome. I couldn't say
less, seeing that Win can't speak for
himself. Now you tumble in and get a
good sleep. I'll goon as night nurse,
and work at the barricade same time.
You're not going to do any night
nursing. I can gather the thorn-bruah
in the afternoons, and pile It up at
night."
In the morning Miss Leslie found
that Blake had built a substantial
canopy over the invalid, in place of
the first ramshackle structure.
"It's best for him to be out In the
air," he explained; "so I fixed this up
to keep off the dew. But whenever it
rains, we'll have to tote him inside."
"Ah, yes; to be sure. How Is he?"
murmured the girl.
"He's about the same this morning
But he got a little sleep. Keep him
dosed with all the hot broth he'll take.
And say, roust me out at noon. I've
had my breakfast. Now I'll have a
snooze. So long!"
He nodded, and crawled under the
shade of the nearest bush, too drowsy
to observe her look of dismay.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
German Proverb.
Good counsel Is better than a thou
sand hands.
introspection Not for All.
Solitude can be delightful only to
the innocent. —Lesscsjaaiti,
Pennsylvania
Happenings
State health department reports
.show that there i.-> no smallpox in the
state at present. Typhoid is also de
creasing.
The first cases of smallpox in
months were recently reported to the
department of health from near Union-'
town.
Milk dealers in Philadelphia who
have failed to observe the new state
laws relative to milk are being arrested
by state agents
The Masonic grand lodge of Penn
sylvania elected officers, headed by
George W. Guthrie of Pittsburg for
grand master. The only contest was
over grand junior warden, in which
former Lieut. Gov. Watres had a ma
jority over two other candidates.
A wild strawberry plant was found
In bloom in the shade of one of the
small sandstone columns in front of
the state capitoi, near the Hartranft
statue, the ether day. The plant is
perfect and has small fruit on the
same branches as the tiny flowers.
There have been dandelions in bloom
late in the year, but this is the first
instance of a strawberry plant.
Attorney General M. Hampton Todd
has determined to hold a hearing in
the contested election of Judge Willis
I). Patton of Armstrong county, on
December 8 at the capitoi, at 5 p. m.
This will follow the precedent in the
case of Smith vs. MeCormick in which
Judge Simonton held that the attor
ney general could investigate contests
to see if they were well founded.
The open season for deer and pheas
ants ended at midnight November 30,
and the reports to the state game
commission indicate an exceptionally
heavy kill of the former. Approxi
mately r,OO ducks were taken. The
law prohibiting the killing of does was
generally observed, and only a few
were shot. The pheasant season was
notable for the scarcity of female
birds. This presages a shortage next
season. The commission has reports
of about 700 bears Killed, and the sea
son is not ended.
Reports of young apple and peach
trees being damaged through the bark
having been eaten by some animal are
being received at the division of zoo
logy of the department of agriculture.
Tbo injury la the trcus urny have fceeu ,
caused by rabbits, in regard to which
some information was given by the
division several weeks ago. The head
of the division, Professor H. A. Sur
face, state zoologist. i 3 of the opinion
that the wooddiuck, or ground hog,
by which name it is also known, is
often responsible for such damage in
stead of the rabbit. It is unusual for
rabbits to eat the bark of trees so
early in the season.
The state fiscal year ended Novem
ber 30 and a statement shows that
during the year the receipts were $29.-
101,183.78, and the expenditures $30,-
021,773.57, leaving a balance of SB,-
620,014.79 in the stat edepositories, di
vided between $5,967,979.83 in the
general fund and $2,652,034.96 in the
sinking fund. The receipts during the
fiscal year having the best previous
record were slightly over $27,000,000.
The statement of the state treasury
shows that during the year $45,700 of
state bonds were purchased and that
the state debt is, as was anticipated,
exceeded by the sinking fund. The
state debt is given as $2,643,917.02,
and the sinking fund $8,117.94 in ex
cess of that sum.
Conuty officers who were elected
last month throughout Pennsylvania
will be commissioned for only the
three years for which they were elect
ed, but will actually serve four years,
because their successors will not have
been chosen before that time. This
is the substance of an opinion ren
dered recently by Attorney General
Todd to Secretary of the Common
wealth McAfee, in response to an in
quiry from the latter as to whether
the commissions should be made out
for three years or four. The newly
adopted amendments to the state con
stitution changed the terms of county
officers from three to four years, but
tliis of course could not apply direct
ly to officers elected at the same time
the amendments were adopted. The
amendments also provided, however,
that county officers he elected on odd
numbered years. This means that the
successors to tnose elected in 190!)
for three years cannot be elected in
1912; tlie election cannot be held un
til 1913. Therefore, all county officers
elected this year to take office in Jan
uary next will serve until January,
1914. Attorney General Todd decides
that this will be so under the provi
sion of the constitution that such offi
cers serve until their successors are
duly qualified.
The expense account of Auditor
General-elect A. E. Sisson was filed at
the state department, it shows $2,751
expended.
Gov. Stuart has named Fred P.
Folz of Lebanon as a special police
man for the Philadelphia and Read
ing railway.
State Health Commissioner Dixon
has been appealed to by the people
of South Fork to send aid in com
batting diphtheria, which is raging
in that town, in Cambria county.
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