MR.

GILDER AND HIS RUDE RECEPTION.
After emerging from the "shanty," it did not take the solitary occupant of the raft long to discover the nature of his new predicament.

The water was sufficiently clear for him to make out an indistinct outline of the rock on which the raft was hung, and as the rain was still falling, he quickly regained the shelter of the "shanty," there to consider the situation.

It did not take him long to make up his mind that this was a case in which assistance was absolutely necessary, and that he must either wait for it to come to him or go in search of it.
First of all, though, he must have something to eat.

He had no need to look at his watch to discover that it was breakfast-time.