XV I- \ WIIN ATIUX OK Til K C.VVK A Nil ITS
coni in is nil iii i \s \\ll nii; i \sso-
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mu 1 rut-: buti i;n m inn 1 an i nkx
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The lads maintained a profound silence.
Who was this man w ho had come here to
die? Was it some shipwrecked sailor,
who bad vainly hoped for succor until his
dying hour? To what nation did ho be
long? Was be a young man when he first
set foot in these wilds, and lid he die an
old man? How had he managed to supply
ids needs? If it was a shipwreck that cas l
him upon these shores, had there been
other survivors? Had he lived on tier*
alone after the death of his companion?
in misfortune, ami had the different arti
cles found in the cave been saved from hi?
vessel, or w ere they the w ork of his own
hands?
All these wore questions that might
never be answered.
And there was yet another-Hie most
Important of all: If tbis was real 1 v a cos
tineht, why had this man not reached
some town in the interior or on the sea
coast? Had the journey been attended
with such difficulties and so many obsta
des that he was unable to overcome them’
\\ as the distance to be traversed so great
that the journey v\ asa sheer impossibilityt
’•'lds much at least was certain; The un
fortunate man, enfeebled by sickness ot
old age, bad fallen here, and lacking the
strength to regain Ids home had died at
the foot of this tree.
