The boards are almost rotten." "Then why not make one ?" The idea was a good one, for it promised him employment.

He felled a large tree and proceeded to make a dug-out such as the Indians of Virginia used.
Blanche helped him and was so cheerful, kind and considerate, that often, as he gazed on her beautiful face, he sighed: "Had Dorothy possessed her spirit, this misery would have been averted." He felt a twinge of conscience at rebuking his wife, even in thought.

No doubt she had paid dearly for her folly.
The boat at last was completed, and he rigged a sail for it, and together they set out for the distant islands.

They glided over the water, catching a glimpse of a man-eating shark, which made them shudder with dread.
With fair wind and tide they reached the nearest island that day.

It was nearly as large as their own, and the shore was fully as dangerous.