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After a week or two, the first fine careless rapture of their escape

from death disappeared The lure of loot evaporated They did not stop

their work on "the ship-duffle," but it became aimless and undirected

Their trips into the island seee the, their signal fires burning The effect upon their mental

condition of this loss of animus was immediate They became perceptibly

more serious Their first camp - it consisted only of five haphazard

piles of bedding - satisfied superficially the shiftless habits of their

woroup; subconsciously, however, they all fell under the

depression of its discoularly but they did not shave Their clothes grew ragged and torn,

and although there were scores of trunks packed earing apparel,

they did not bother to change theularities by a sudden change in spirit

In the place of the gay talk-fests that filled their evenings, they

began to hold long pessimistic discussions about their future on the

island in case rescue were indefinitely delayed Taciturn periods fell

upon theht seriousness Billy