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They made a pretty picture under the cave-like shadow of the breadfruit leaves; and it was difficult to understand how this young girl, so perfectly formed, so fully developed, and so beautiful, had evolved from plain little Emmeline Lestrange. And the whole thing, as far as the beauty of her was concerned, had happened during the last six months.

At the base were a spring and a small pool of water. To the left of the spring was a cave-like opening, partly choked with brushwood. "Here we are," said the captain. "Watch them." He moved toward the opening and soon had a portion of the brushwood torn aside. Then he lit a lantern he had brought along and disappeared into the opening.

Jamie surveyed his work with satisfaction and hope. No snow could reach the cave-like interior; it was as well protected and as comfortable as ever a lean-to could be made, and a very little fire would warm it. Though much smaller, it was quite as good a shelter as that made by the two men, and possessed the added advantage of closed ends, which would render it much easier to heat.

She made no reply, even by a glance. She walked straight on, as if her burden lightened, and into her own cave-like house and her little neat bedroom. "Lay him down jest as he is," she said to Jacob. "We won't try to shift him to-day. Let him get over this." Jacob stretched himself, after his load, put his hands in his pockets, and made up his mouth into a soundless whistle. "Yes! well!" said he.

How grateful the shelter of that cave-like aperture in the mountain, where stood the gentlemen similarly attired, the curate so absurd that we forgot all about his other "cloth" and laughed immoderately in his face. Samayana was still picturesque. Cecilia was in a rage.

Concealing the child beneath the other articles of clothing, he pushed off from the bank, and, rowing close to the shore, hastened down the Thames toward the old dock where, the previous night, he had concealed his skiff. He reached his destination unnoticed, and, running in beneath the dock, worked the boat far into the dark recess of the cave-like retreat.

The old Garuly guided the boat over the rapids, that seemed frightful to Simon, and floated it down to where the cliffs were steep, and presently came to a place where the water runs under a large rock. The old man steered the queer craft into this dark, cave-like place, and shot up to a shelving landing-place. "Get out!" he squeaked. Simon did as he was commanded.

"It certainly was rough," was Giant's comment. "Three-quarters of their things are ruined." "Perhaps they can hold the circus proprietor responsible," said the doctor's son. They moved forward for nearly a quarter of a mile, and were on the point of giving up the search and returning to camp when Giant caught sight of a small, cave-like opening on the mountain side.

There was a horror to the thought hard to explain perhaps I would be left immured until my small stock of candles was exhausted, and this dismal hole plunged in cave-like darkness; only two persons knew of my predicament, or were capable of releasing me. What if something should occur making it impossible for either to act? What if this was a trick, and I had been actually buried alive?

There we could see the side of a submerged submarine a short distance away, through the cave-like entrance of what appeared to be a great under-water harbor. "What shall we do?" queried Woodward. "Attack it now before they are prepared," replied the hermit decisively. "Put on the helmets."