SiSSSSH

IN THE CHINA SEA;

A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURE.

■ r SEWARD W.: HOPKINS. (CorraiaoT ISM nr Koust Ri

CHAPTER AUL ON TEBUA-MBMA.

The srarm son besting down

thought might be nsefol, ! tncse things, my rifle end

i ml tion, I went back to Miss Arooiu. eyes "There is one thing I ojs^Iooked,” 1 * — :J * J “ 1 lUiy - that must

on the yards. loould feel no motion. , b® done. s' ir “ “ :ht was grounded. ! that is«ue," she replied,

d my eyes “ “

i a true on

grant with per umet ot many flowers. AVe saw innumerable small birds, some gorgeous in plumage and sweel in song, and great numbers ol

limals gare a rpiei and and noble seer “It is a beautiful s

J email

■o of life to tbs

ne.

spot,*' said Miss

Arnold.

“A veritable Garden

Shall we stay “No; there

> Garden of Eden.” r is not always safety.

* any longer?"

nsion

The

"Yes, that is<rue," si

Once more I splashed my way to it. I took all I could carry,

Irag, and started

the yacht.

lore was land, sure enough. Th» with the anchor to

it had gone ashore on alow, sandj »8<“ n - _!**•» is oh, where the gradually eloping . The anchor was too heavy; I left it ittom led out about two hundred feet 8and - , _ .. to where the yacht had plunged hei ‘ It may hold or it may not, I said, nose into the sand. On the land were huf that is the best I oan do. trees and green grass. A™ r onr Ie®‘ inquired

1* had not been very long since J anxionsly when I joined her.

had seen grass and trees in California, “No. Cha Fong knew a trick ot but the grass and trees on thst two when he bought these boots; they

island seemed the most inviting are waterproof."

- - - “That is good.

do, now that we “The very fii

bot

grass

island seemi ' und refreshil looked at. It

and cool in there,

an island

could not large one. "adlb

be simply a waste of

I picked up the peck and, with s cord mado of gross, bound the other things together. I gave the rifle to Mus. Arnold to carry. With a last look at the yacht, which was gracefully lying on ita side, wo turned away from ‘he spot and started off down the coast. We walked perbaps a mile. I began to feel the weight 0f “These things seem to weigh tons," lo

I said, putting them down on tbs s u(ea p

grass. “Let us hare a rest before w«

go any farther."

We set down on e moss-grown rock. Miss Arnold buried her face in her

bends. I had never been a praying

it the nnettered prayer that I

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TAKE A LOOK m.

■ went up i

companion's heart dorsed in mv own. praying for oar safety. We had not sat lont. became aware of a chan;

je of the

prayer ? coon as wan [ knew

a i 8t hi

id most luzariot Whether this was

or part of the mainland I tell. If an island, it was a

rageoi

•mly el she wi

ig, when I snda change in the

badt

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I. Now wbtt alull

,0D . d? me. Away on the horizon I saw a rat thing is to get . ,t,eak of white,

t and sit down to talk , r T >hnnt fn nf wh ,„

rerj

comfortable spot and

over the situation. There seems to plenty of comfortable spots. Let

□p then

Had I been alone, I would, in my : n P. there ou t oagerness, have jumped into the water ; th® big palms." and gained the land at once. But ■ ."'tT!' ***" some means was to be devised to ge t , thing.'

Miss Arnold from the yacht in safety. “You can carry the 1

leap, is too heavy for you. it of that. I guess you'll

too."

fortsble spots, the knoll and f

Let

b« I et ui

get nndei

ite.

ibout to speak of it, w ild tonched me on the a

carry some

e yacht in

As yet, she was probably fast ignorant of the fact that tin

<S|ia

a right under our unded arm no Icn|

noses.

wonnded arm no longer troubled I

The wound had bee

equipped, we made our way t<

me. The wound had been only a the spot I had pointed oat, and pul

alight one, and all traces of soreness down onr loads, had now disappeared; and I felt I . “Well, we ai could use the injured member as well are on the lam «s the other limb. land? This 11

I went to the oompanion-way and

-called he

land? This is a strange part of th< world. The wildest men may live within a few miles of a great town. II

rhaps she had been awake, ot ^ this is China—and I^do not see how il perhaps she was a light sleeper. At ( can be anything else—we are not ic any rate, she answered immediately ' an/ part that is familiar to me. 8c -- - -tweet, cherry voice, and said she : we cannot be near Hong Hong. If w< d be on deck soon. meet with savage men, we arc no bet

its Arnold," I called. ' ter off than before."

-MO-

in a sweet, cherry v

would be on dec! “Hurry up, M

'*1 want to show you » “All right, in a mot

-Id," I called. 1 ter off than before.’ me thing." “Miss Arnold," moment,” she Jre- ' meet with no mor<

plied. ; thos*

When she came on deck she gave 1 fear

-quick glance at the land and a look of I do

glad surprise came over her fi "Why, we are landed!"

tned.

pcci

Miss Arno!

“Doctor Crickmore,” she calmly, “I saw once, on the coast, near Hong Kong, jnst snob a sea ss that. It was followed by a terrific storm. Nothing can equal in fury the tempest of the southern seas. We are going to feel that fury now." “Then we must seek shelter of some kind. We are not safe here. Come farther into the forest. There msy be

safety there.”

We took our goods ami made our way inland a few hnndred feet. Here the trees were of great size and strength. I selected three that stood near each other, forming the angles of a triangle. This triangle covered about four feet of space. Hastily pulling the yacht's ax from the pack, I ent some saplings and a quantity of lick running vines.. I made eidep

mangles with boughs and id bonnd them firmly to-

pes of grass, hastily word was spoken by

thick for ■

t with no more savage men than twiste.L Not a word was e we have already met. I do nol either of us as we worked, the meeting with men so mnch at The trees begi

wiM h#»Aftta Anri -n fnr thin Km. '

lad surp “Why,

-claimed. “When did (yon discover

land?"

“When I awoke. In fact, I didn’t ; ■discover it at alL It discovered me. ' I had been fast asleep since yon left me last night and did not know • thing until a few minutes ago. W* simply ran aground." “Are we stuck in the mud?” 1 “I don't know whether it is mad oi sand, bat we are fast enough. I fancy the tide is ebbing, and the yacht will soon list to one eide.” “Then we shall be upset.” “Possibly. But before that happens I shall endeavor to reach dry ground. Even now we haven’t mnch time to loae. The water it receding rapidly- Do yon not notice a decided Jean to the yacht?” “Why yes; we could coast down " deck."

1 meeting with men so mnch or Id beasts. And as for this be

ing China, it Is certainly the mainland or an island on the coast. Do yon know of any island that might fill the

bill?”

“I know the island of Formosa is east of Hong Kong nearly two days' sail. The island of Hainan ia abont the same distance west. These islands are both large and inhabited. In fact, they contain large cities. Then Hong Kong itself is on an island, but there are no puts of the island left in pristine simplicity such as we have here. You could not go in any part of the island of Hong Kong withont meeting people. My knowledge of the 'China Sea reaches no further. If we are not on Hainan or Formosa or the mainland, then I do not know where

we are." I sat doi

mg ■

now be seen rusl

rain had

the log

lj-

deck and get •*! a on ’ dlow a bit of do," I sai

breakfast and get ready to land. Wo “What is that?""i

will wait, of course, as long as possi- ««\^ e ble, for every foot the tide recedes msy not be fa

* ' 1 ‘ ‘ we may.

help ns 1

1 on a log to think.

Miss Arnold sat on tbe other end ol and looked at me disconsolate-

vines, and b gether with 1 twiste.L Not

•gsn to bend before the The black clouds could ishing toward us. No

yet faUen.

We had but finished the covering if our little but when the storm broke

f f°r in 01

angle. Into this dragged onr pack. Tne inclosure was small- but it served as a protection. How the wind blew! The bending low of the great trees could be felt. The roof of our cupboard threatened every moment to soar away. We conld not talk. No voice conld be heard above the roar and thunder of

the storm.

But little rain fell. Had there en a great downpour, onr shelter >uld havo been no shelter at all.

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“We may coast off wet. We bad better

it and |

1’t see but one thing for us to

said, soberly. ‘ that?" ahe

through.”

“Shall

much less water to wads

, iked. My first thought was of the yacht. “We must make a tramp for'it. Wr I ran to a point from which I could

may not be farfrom hnman habitation, see tbe spot where we had and we may. Bnt sitting here wil i The yacht was gc

great

would havo been no Bat as it was, we escaped

wetting.

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“Yes.

carry you.

sitting here w

; - —— r — out any. They will n— a»uuiu, -uu — -uuu

you carry any thing ashore. come to us. We must go to them.” j side. We strained out eyes To begin with, I expsot to : -*i Em re »dy to do anything you j looked away up and down the 1 l Th«, I .b.ll oom. bK* tiiaki.b-t,".!,. uid. bat »o i-M V- tt.r.. Fi

whatever is TTT - — - —| — '

d many thing

nd, particularly the

it perishable. I will attend

; from lere we

a gone. I call

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Renovated j uropean plan.

yacht was i_

Arnold, and she soon stood by my eide. We strained out eyes and

come

and take whatever is portable shall need many things if we stay .—a foodt «...

not perishable,

at once."

I went beloi

“By following the coast," I con- j away ont to sea; we med, “we may retch a flshing-vil j the upturned hull of ay at least chance upon t ! driven before the wave

e in for it nc

.. _ may at least chance upon 1 ! driven l them .hunting-party. We cannot make rapiei :

progress.

a vessel 1

In the

b to leai

ake rapid -We !, it will | said.

i.gp

large pack

thought we would

Arnold-qpckly prepared herself to) , ;time in the landing. carry onr I got on the rail and jumped inU ido, either

the water. It did nol come above the content to do a little every tops of my big boots. She cautionslj , wa f eto fa ap somewhere." stepped np and then, beading .down, Miss Arnold was very pale, clasped me around the neck. Tak)D( ; p ] En WM not pEr ticularly reassu her in my arms as easily as thougl .«B nt w hat of the yacht? ~ she were a baby, I splashed through not continue to use it?”

the water to the shore. “There youbare, me ’earty, patting her down where she

dry-shod. “That of a sea-captain.” “Indeed, it was; you

as a lion.”

it now, onyhow," I Willy nilly, this is our abiditil somebody comes to onr

wn. :eop

lurely.

luntermsrehes. So we musl j her spirits from drcoping. “Sui pack ss we go. It will nol j this noble spot hss not esesped the ’ t i r ®.T9 n » 80 188 must b< ; tioe of mau. We must run aer

if s habitation. Let 1 Doubting aud faltorii

~ , “6, “But wnat 01 tue yacnt? snail w# “Yes," d through ; not continue to nse it?" | ready." , ... “I have thought of that, but I dc , Wo col t 3 r > : not as yet give up the idea that thii along the 5 00uld B* land is inhabited. If we do hot find j for the ni(

” ahe replied quietly. **I am

an act worth) • £^i°of hu£an preMape’by n^thdf, j huMo^Miss

;we will consider a plan of taking the j AfU

do

habitation.

: ip on. Doubting aud faltering Mj ; will avail us nothing. Are you

iming- | ready?” Shall w» ; "Yes,"

I ready."

mtinued a short distance coast, and then encamped

I built a small, rude Arnold to sleep under.

ibort

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“Yes, I put —used it.”

t in my pocket after

swept by terrific typhoc J up without warning sad thing in their paths. A ■* cant sqnsll would be mor

“Very good. Now stand right here

until I return. I may have to make £„ mj poor ...m.n.K?]

several trips to the yacht. I am even better be coni going to bring the stove ashore.” | "Very well, “The stove! Why, what do yon , "T.rfr

! hut, 1 ! —If O

A very insignifi- | asleep, rould be more than a match i seamanship, so we bad |

itent on land.”

n encamped small, rnde sleep nndi

: a light supper we eat a sbi

time talking and listening for a hope-

id. Bnt so hnmau voice

. retired to-'her little while, I threw

tad v

M

roy-

soon sound [to bx costixuxd.1

love! Why. the stove?" re to remain t

do to make coffee and cook

rant with the stovi

“We have to remain here some time.

Th. Koth.chillis Sent tbs Hssslsni. The Botbschilds made their money

About the time George born Meyer Bothsof Frankfort-on-the-

themselves. Washington

child, a citizen

fort-

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“Let me reconnoitor.”

i I walked s few steps into the thicket

-a it .01 tlaU. coC .od a** U “ things.” I The land upon which we had drifsou “Hwe are toremainhere a© long, aras-rary feral*. Great flowering treet

we ahall dto here,” sire said mourn- , and buahes grew in abundance as fsr I fortune. His son, Anselm Meyer, soolally. Why not leave the things un- as the eye could see. Everywhere, on j oeeded him, end did so prosper that 411 « We ri* arn of land ws are every hand, were countless myriads of in 1776 he was really a rich man. on. Then, if it proves to p* gsy-colored snd besutifnl flowers. . About thst time England wanted to Island, we osn sail sway sgmn withont Ferns of the most beautiful pattern I get troops to fight George Washingpntting back all the things.. grew think around hassocks or rocks, i ton in the eolony called the United . I*? 1 f “F P^* 1 * There were not many of the., rooks, States, and Anselm Rothschild offered * ropKod-. But I must get but the few to be seen were as white to send over an army of 16,800 Heatbe rifle and cartridges. They are in- a.|a!abasUr. Their highly polished sians. The British Govarnmmit sadispenssble. Wait!, ' surfatas contrasted beautifully with j oeptod the offer, and thuja Hessians sSSHTsHS “32“=?.=~

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