Part 19 (1/2)

Such is the value of quick obedience to cole question both sprang into the waters of the bay, followed by Jiasped

”Not yet Not yet,” repeated Jier the sound of a ive utterance to sound more horrible All the party in the boat and the swimmers in the water turned toward the direction from which it came to note the cause

At the cabinin the stern of the abandoned vessel was a face distorted by agony The person's ar wildly about It was the Mexican dwarf He it ho had planned the trap in which he now found hi to hy The scream had come when he realized that his one avenue of escape was cut off, that his plot had miscarried

Even as the horrified observers noted the conditions there ca, thunderous crash Debris filled the air The old lugger and the evil face at the ere gone--gone, forever

The stor delayed broke now in all its fury Jim's party were safe, and thankful for their preservation, but in a rather dubious predicah it was really no more wet in the water than in the boat Each of the boys rested a hand on the gunwhale of the little craft and discussed their next ether with the steward fro

On board the Stor, the rescued party when they arrived were le had been quietly maneuvered down the harbor, and under close reefed sail had disappeared into the obscurity of the storm

Jim's disappointment was keen, but he felt that he had much to be thankful for, and was not the Senorita, herself, a member of the party for a ti consolation, ”h froles”

But there was another possibility which the professor did not foresee

The storsaw them once more upon the ocean every sail set and southbound

CHAPTER XIII

AN ADVENTURE

There were unvarying, placid seas and happy hours during the next two days One item was occasionally commented upon There could be seen at a distance, which seee, a steam yacht But doubtless this was only a coincidence

To Jim especially, and perhaps to the Senorita, the hours were brief indeed, and when on deck they were always in each other's company

All the party, with the professor as principal spokesand other activities The professor's journeying had not been confined to the South Seas, and having reat country in the Canadian Rockies, he was asked to tell about his adventures there

”It's a far cry from here to Saskatchewan, but I recall,” said the professor, ”a trip that I o, when I first went out to deal with the fur traders

”At the tiade of four boats lay reat Saskatchehich river, you know, takes its rise ah the great prairies and woodlands of the interior of Rupert's Land, and discharges into Lake Winnipeg

”On this ravelly point that jutted out into the streae fires, over which stood three rudely constructed tripods, from which depended three enormous tin kettles Robbiboo was the delectable substance contained in these kettles Pemmican is a compound of dried buffalo redient Mix pemmican with flour and water, boil and stir till it thickens, and the result will be 'robbiboo'

”Around these kettles stood, and sat, and reclined, and smoked, about thirty of the wildest and heartiest fellows that ever trod the wilderness Most of them were French Canadians; many were half-breeds; some were Orkney-men; and one or tere the copper-colored natives of the soil But Canadians, Scotch, and savages they were all employed by the Hudson's Bay Fur Coree of brownness by the suhed and talked, and ate robbiboo enerally more; and they were all clad in the dress of the northwest _voyageur_ A loose-fitting capote, with a hood hanging down the back; a broad scarlet or parti-colored worsted sash round the waist; a pair of cloth leggings, sometiht silk or bead work, and gartered at the knees a pair of chamois leather-like htcap, or a nondescript hat, or nothing

”'Ho! ho!' shouted the gruff voice of the guide, as the hting their pipes--'embark, my lads, embark'

”In five minutes the boats were afloat, and the creere about to shove off, when the cry was raised, 'Mr Berry! hold on--where's Mr

Berry?'

”Poor Berry! I must tell you about him He was one of those people that are always late, always ht ti tie of the boats along with himself--called him an 'old wife,' but qualified the title with the reood soul,' nevertheless And so he was--a beardless youth of twenty-tith a strong tendency to scientific pursuits, but wofully inco into the water, constantly cutting his fingers with his knife, and frequently breaking the trigger of his fowling-piece in his attee it at half-cock Yet he was inco'