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Stern's plans of hard work for the immediate present had to be deferred a little, for in spite of his perfect health, the spear-thrust in his ar the proper treat fish--developed swelling and soreness A little fever even set in the second day And though he was eager to go out fishing again, Beatrice appointed herself his nurse and guardian, and withheld permission

They lived for soe, on clams from the beach--enormous clams of delicious flavor--on a new fruit with a pinkish rew abundantly in the thickets and sous-sprouts, and on the few squirrels that Stern was able to "pot" with his revolver fro-place they had arranged near the river

Though Beatrice workedit with a broo the place into order, it was still no fit habitation

She would not even let thequiet in their caed oak at the southern end of the beach The perfect weather and the presence of a three-quarters ht invited them to sleep out under the sky

"There'll be plenty of ti as we have fair June weather like this no roof shall cover h, there were no ht either have shifted their habitat from eastern Aht have wiped them out entirely At any rate, none existed, for which the two adventurers gave thanks

Wild beasts they feared not Though now and then they heard the yell of a wildcat far back in the woods, or the trah once a cinna, sniffed and departed with a grunt of disapproval, they could not bring themselves to any realization of aniht, heaped with driftwood and windfalls; and beyond this protection, Stern had his autoes They discussed the question of a possible attack by some remnants of the Horde; but common sense assured theive them a wide berth

"And in any event," Stern sualow to retreat into Though in its present state, without any doors or shutters, I think we're safer out ao aloft"