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"I think," he suggested, with a real sympathy in his voice, "that it

would be better if you went to the saloon, or your cabin Believe me,

I shall come to you with every scrap of news Boyle will see all that

happens and we shall know the best, or the worst, within an hour"

"If you would helpaway

He is tearing s Poor little fellow, he ainst his will, and his piteous

protests no longer added to the girl's agony She clung to the after

rail, and watched the boat, now a tiny dot hard to discern a tide Her intis of life aboard told her that Courtenay had chosen

the last hour of flood for his effort, thus gaining the advantage of

the ebb in the event of the life-boat's being pursued by canoes on the

return journey By degrees, a tender little sprig of hope peeped up in

her dulled consciousness The boat was very near the distant rocks,

and there was neither sight nor sound of the Indians Could it be that

they were afraid--altogether broken and deht? How quickly the acts of this drao, she and Christobal were actually

participating in the defense of the ship's last stronghold; now, the

broad decks resenable fort, while

the as being carried into the enemy's territory Yet theas ever Life seely, by minutes

Suddenly she had a breathless desire to knohy Courtenay was so sure

that the one were reallyquestions, was standing in the