Page 186 (1/1)

"But, Martin," says she all at once as she studied the map, "Master Penfeather would seereat number of poor men, here be--one--two--three--O many men all dead by his hand--and each marked with a little cross"

"Aye," I nodded, "and each and every 'slain of necessity'"

"Which h 'tis all cunningly glozed in his journal"

"I would fain see this journal, Martin"

"Why, so you shall and judge thereby whether he be rogue or no, for 'tis beyond , "let us reatto this plan the island is noand some fiveby reason of woods and tangled thickets, swae 'twill take the whole day"

"Why then," says she, leaping up, "the sooner we start the better, Martin"

Hereupon, finding her so set on it I proceeded to equip myself for the journey; in my belt I thrust my trusty knife and the hatchet, these balanced by the pistol, and overfor staff Soon coirdle whereto she had hung our other sheath-knife andthe little valley, we turned off to the right, or westerly, according to Adareat boulders or flowed 'twixt banks adorned with many-hued flowers most rare to be seen And here were bushes of all kinds and trees a-plenty untouched by the gale, for the little valley, being well secluded, it fortuned the wind had passed over it Up rose the sun waxing ever hotter, so that, reaching a grove of trees, I would have ht pleasant shade the whiles I, with certain great leaves, contrived a covering for her head and another for ain and she very ures we cut Thus we presently carassy upland with dim woods beyond, even as Adauided by this ain to the river and heard the roar of the waterfall away to our left; and turning thither (I being h land, well girt by bush and fern and flowering shrubs, up which we scra louder as we cli the summitit had once been covered by noble trees, so yet, but for the led confusion