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The woods here had been less affected by the cyclone than those upon the other side of the island, but there had been destruction enough To reach the place he wanted, Dick had to clile of vines that had once hung overhead

The banana trees had not suffered at all; as if by soreat bunches of fruit had been scarcely injured, and he proceeded to climb and cut them He cut two bunches, and with one across his shoulder caot half across the sands, his head bent under the load, when a distant call ca his head, he saw the boat adrift in the irl in the bow of it waving to hi on the water half-way between the boat and the shore, which she had no doubt lost in an atteoing out

He flung his load aside, and ran down the beach; in aup in the boat, watched him

When she found herself adrift, she hadthe sculls she had lost one With a single scull she was quite helpless, as she had not the art of sculling a boat frohtened, because she knew that Dick would soon return to her assistance; but as the distance between boat and shore increased, a cold hand see at the shore it seemed very far away, and the vieards the reef was terrific, for the opening had increased in apparent size, and the great sea beyond see out of the ith the load on his shoulder, and she called to him At first he did not seem to hear, then she saw hi down the sand to the water's edge She watched hiave a great leap of joy

Towing the scull and swi with one arm, he rapidly approached the boat He was quite close, only ten feet ahen E water, and advancing with speed, a dark triangle that seemed made of canvas stretched upon a sword-point