stem to stern, berths, washbasins, kitchen ranges, boilers,--in fact,
everything that man could make use of was taken from the ship, leaving
nothing of her but a hollow, echoing shell through which the wind howled
or moaned a ghostly requiem.

Much of this material was carefully stacked or stored away against the
day when it could be utilized in the construction of a small but sturdy
ship, in which a chosen company of sailors were to fare out to sea once
more in search of the world they had lost.

Tireless and indomitable engineers later on succeeded in transferring
portions of the damaged machinery, including dynamos, to the camp, where
in course of time their skill and ingenuity bade fair to triumph over
seemingly insurmountable difficulties in the matter of restoration.

Fully six weeks elapsed, however, before the women were allowed to leave
the ship for their new homes on the land, and even then they came but a
few at a time and only as huts were ready and fully equipped to receive
them. Each hut contained a combination kitchen and living-room, with a
single bedchamber. A substantial fireplace, built of stone and mortar,
with a tall chimney at the back, was a feature in every house. The
cracks between the logs, and all chinks, were sealed with thick layers
of mortar; the ceilings, made of stout saplings, were treated in a
similar manner, while the roof, resting on a sturdy ridge-pole, and
securely anchored, was of three layers of poles, interstices mortared
and the whole covered with a vast quantity of seaweed, moss and reeds
held in place by several well-fastened sections of iron railing from the
decks of the Doraine.

While the huts were uniform in size, shape and construction, there
was nothing to prevent the occupant from subsequently enlarging and
improving his house. For the present, however, the interests of all were
best served by speed and compactness.

The superintendent of construction was Algernon Adonis Percival. As
a matter of fact, the end of the first week found him occupying the
position of General Manager for the whole enterprise, an unsolicited
honour but one which he was resolved that no one, great or small,
should deride. He had one stormy "run-in," as he described it, with Mr.
Landover and his group of satellites. This occurred about the middle of
their first week on the island when practically every able-bodied man
from the Doraine was at work cutting a way through the forest or in
cons