r skin than the majority of those whom he had seen thus far.
Her eyes were large and beautiful, and while her hair, intensely black
and very profuse, was not at all kinky. It should be said that the
savages on the island, like those on Wonder Island, while dark, did not
have curly hair of the Ethiopian, so that they were not of the negroid
type but more nearly allied to the Malay family.

She smiled, and George, abashed for the moment, went up to her, and she
did not at all shrink from him. Now that he had made the advance he was
at a loss what to do. The only thing that both perfectly understood, was
to smile, and smile they did.

But why not say something. He tried it, and those great eyes appeared to
open still wider. George turned and waved his hand, and affrighted,
apparently, she darted into the side entrance. The darkness prevented
him from seeing what was there, and he dared not enter. The moon was
shining brightly.

The desire to escape again took possession of him. But why try to
escape? He felt sure the Chief meant no harm, and then he wandered to
the other side of the building, and there lay the great ocean, the shore
of which was not a thousand feet away.

He sat down on a log, and pondered and, feeling fatigued from the
unusual efforts of the day, he lay down for a nap. How long he remained
there it was impossible to tell, for when he awoke, he found himself by
the side of the trunk, and near him two of the body guard who
accompanied the Chief the day before.

He sat up, rubbed his eyes, arose, and without any suggestion or command
on the part of the watchers, marched back to the Chief's palace, and
entered the room to see the latter awake and reclining at his place on
the floor.

He offered a salutation to George, and the latter smiled and bowed
graciously. One of the attendants touched him on the arm, and he was led
to a room, adjoining the court; but there was no door, by means of which
he could close the room, nor did he discover a window, or anything
suggesting an opening at the other side of the apartment.

A delightful odor came from some kind of grass which was piled in one
corner. He examined it, and concluded that it had been placed there for
his particular benefit. This was indeed a thoughtful thing on the
Chief's part. They were making a home for him, that was evident.

But he was too tired to reflect long on these things. Without removing
his clothes he threw himself down on the sweet