The Island Bride — page 56: what you’re looking at

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60 CAST AWAY. “You have seen something to trouble you!” she cried, Speak! dear husband—let me know the worst, at once !” “Ay,” he replied, in a sorrowful voice, “I had not dreamed of any thing happening to trouble us, here. But it seems that brutes, having the form of men, have even penetrated to this Garden of Eden, in which I had hoped we would be secure {rom intrusion,” : tle gently drew her in the direction of the huts, and as they moved along, described the three men he had seen and related their conversation. . “I thought it best to tell you the truth,” he added, “ fer it could not have been concealed from you a great while.” “T will die with you!” exclaimed the young wife, throwing her arms around his neck ; “ we shall. never be separated.” “ We must not talk of dying yet,” replied Harmon; “ perhaps I may succeed in baffling those three wretches.” | “What can youdo? The boat is gone and we can not get away on the raft.” “ You are mistaken, Minnie, about the raft. . I have a cou- ple of oars and a large piece of canvas with which I could easily rig a sail, With the breeze which is now blowing, the sail would soon carry us out to sea.” “ Oh, how fortunate!” exclaimed Minnie, “ that you took the precaution to secure this raft. I do not see, after all, as we are so badly off,” she added, with a cheerful smile. “A bag of sea-biscuit and a little fruit, with a keg of fresh water, carried with us, will last us a long time.” “ But I am not willing to be driven from the island in any such manner!” cried Weldon; “ those rascals have no more tight to it than I have. I think, by a little maneuvering, I tan Overpower them.” . “Oh; nol no!” interrupted his wife, in a beseeching tone, “ You are too confident. You will certainly be slain, for what ban you do ugainst three men ?” “ Be it. as you wish, my little wife! We will take to the iaft, But, I shall not go out of sight of the island. I ghall Keep it in view all the time that we are afloat.” “ Then the men may swim out to us,” said Minnie. “ You did not think of that.” Z “ Oh no—TI shall keep too far from the island for them to COMCOOOKS. COM). 4 ~~