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It was an ideal spot, one whose beauties appealed to her even under the harrowing conditions which had forced her to seek its precarious safety In another land and with coine the joy of a fortnight spent in such a sylvan paradise

The thought aroused another--how long would the mucker re fro pan into the fire So far she had not been burned, but with returning strength, and the knowledge of their utter isolation could she expect this brutal thug to place any check upon his natural desires?

Why there were few men of her own station in life hoht alone upon a savage, uncivilized island! She glanced at the e felloas! How helpless would she be were he to turn against her! Yet his very size; yes, and the brutality she feared, were her only salvation against every other danger than he himself The man was physically a natural protector, for he was able to cope with odds and dangers to which an ordinarysince have succumbed So she found that she was both safer and less safe because the mucker was her companion

As she pondered the question her eyes roved toward the slope beyond the opening to the a her eyes with her hand and peering intently at so the trees far below No, she could not be ure of a hly by the shoulder

"So," she cried, in response to his sleepy query