The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms / Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida

ng girls. She had come to a pause in arranging her luxuriant hair for the night and, with it only h

Ruth?" the younger

ally quiet, and there was a far

ice, in her vivacious way, though at first s

t is s

of those 'newspaper yarn

ur languag

cture. I'm too sleepy," and she finished with

, but you know I must look

and innocent look on your face, and in your eyes-you are much more in need o

e, if

covered herself with a quilt, in simulated fear. "I-I di

out of the ordinary affected him, and usually on the sad, instead of on the "glad" side. He, like Ruth, was of a romantic type,

bed," sighed Ruth at length. "B

f thinking of

in some dismal swamp, perhaps, without

You're getting

, my dear," was t

le around the other's neck, while a hand was run through the golden hair. "But, don't

h agreed. "That would be too much of a

men often 'plant' a story like this off in some obscure place, and then us

ace, and in the morning you'll have forgotten all about it. Only don't let's tell any one, for som

there

s? I'd like to get one

lice! W

y chance. But we may never get far enough into the interior for that. By t

re, near Lak

that we might get to the lake,

and forget all about it," and Ruth laid aside the

used Alice, as she slipped into her robe

ice was rather muffled, for h

owne fell in

't infer that it's someon

air has chapped my face. Oh, say, did you notice how much color Laur

dn't say s

rue! And such eyes as sh

r sister's lips, but Alice pulle

ailed to reach Paul, and so s

t stop. Someone

they're both sound sleepers. But I've finished anyhow. You put out the lig

must have been some little time, too, for when she turned

ment, and kissed her lightly on the cheek-as gently as the

er the statement made in the newspaper that perhaps the two girls had fallen victims to al

ly," she said

e anything like that,"

fe side," finished Ruth, gentl

l, you've taken the precautions, anyhow.

oubled with mal

was out on the ocean before.

the night, but then the sea is

ope one

e DeV

one, with waves like littl

id not present themselves at the breakfast

ut about as well filled as they went in, from which it might be gathered that

d her steamer chair out of the wind. She had on a new jacket, and a little toque, the bro

ort. "I might say the same of y

m the usual, yes. The m

that made it

t. Where did you get that

is morning. It's one daddy picked up s

ughed Paul. "Here come Russ and

ng white cloak, and with a turban trimmed with ermine, and her fair hair and blue eyes, she

Tarsus plowed on her way. It was a day of idleness, save that

rs, they observed one of the officers come up from below, and run toward the bridge. Th

thing has

ed Ruth. But immediately a look of fear came int

ried to laugh, but it did not r

dge. Then the two girls saw curling up from one of the hatchways on the lower forward deck, a lit

r rug, and struggling to her feet, no easy

," said Ali

running to

ed Ruth, impulsively c

t Alice noticed that his lips trembl

ng of sailors from many places, a

ard hatchway had increased now,

n leaving his post in charge of one of the offi

is only fire-dr

sailor told me," a

and she pointed to

of hose were run out. There was no doubt, no

one officer left the brid

ship's on fire!