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Finally, after much persuasion, he got her to her feet and supported her back to the beach. He banked up some sand, making a comfortable place for her to lie. Then, stirring the embers of the fire, he soon had the names crackling again. He made coffee and forced the exhausted child to swallow several mouth fuls of hardtack soaked in the beverage. She drowsed off after that and gradually sank into a deep sleep. He intended to watch all night, but, as he gazed at the glittering stars and listened to the deep breathing of the sea, his eyelids drooped, his head swam and the selfappointed sentinel slept thru his first night on his long-dreamed-of desert island.
It was a sad awakening, the next morning, for the little castaways. Their grief broke out afresh, their desolation and helplessness lay with crushing weight on their tender young hearts. They talked of the captain.
"We cant leave him there, May. We must bury him, and then we'll plant flowers on his grave, and — and — it wont seem so bad."
He finished hurriedly, the tears streaming down his cheeks. May could only cry miserably and acquiesce in whatever Jack proposed. So, with almost superhuman strength, those two sorrowing children laid the captain's body in its last resting-place. At the head of the mound they placed a rude cross made of boughs, and,; with a last tribute of tears, they