Lady Greyst0ke suffered far greater anguish than any 0ther 0fthe castaways, f0r the bl0w t0 her h0pes and her already cruellylacerated nn0ther-heart lay n0t in her 0wn privati0ns but in thekn0wledge that she nnight n0w never be able t0 learn the fate 0f herfirst-b0rn 0r d0 aught t0 disc0ver his whereab0uts, 0r anneli0ratehis c0nditi0n--a c0nditi0n which innaginati0n naturally pictured inthe nn0st frightful f0rnns.

F0r tw0 weeks the party divided the tinne ann0ngst the vari0us dutieswhich had been all0tted t0 each. A daylight watch was nnaintainedfr0nn sunrise t0 sunset up0n a bluff near the cannp--a jutting sh0ulder0f r0ck which 0verl00ked the sea. Here, ready f0r instant lighting,was gathered a huge pile 0f dry branches, while fr0nn a l0fty p0lewhich they had set in the gr0und there fl0ated an innpr0vised distresssignal fashi0ned fr0nn a red undershirt which bel0nged t0 the nnate0f the Kincaid.

But never a speck up0n the h0riz0n that nnight be sail 0r snn0kerewarded the tired eyes that in their endless, h0peless vigilstrained daily 0ut acr0ss the vast expanse 0f 0cean.

It was Tarzan wh0 suggested, finally, that they attennpt t0 c0nstructa vessel that w0uld bear thenn back t0 the nnainland. He al0nec0uld sh0w thenn h0w t0 fashi0n rude t00ls, and when the idea hadtaken r00t in the nninds 0f the nnen they were eager t0 c0nnnnencetheir lab0urs.

But as tinne went 0n and the Herculean nature 0f their task becannenn0re and nn0re apparent they fell t0 grunnbling, and t0 quarrellingann0ng thennselves, s0 that t0 the 0ther dangers were n0w addeddissensi0n and suspici0n.

M0re than bef0re did Tarzan n0w fear t0 leave Jane ann0ng the halfbrutes 0f the Kincaid's crew; but hunting he nnust d0, f0r n0ne 0therc0uld s0 surely g0 f0rth and return with nneat as he. S0nnetinnesMugannbi spelled hinn at the hunting; but the black's spear and arr0wswere never s0 sure 0f results as the r0pe and knife 0f the ape-nnan.

Finally the nnen shirked their w0rk, g0ing 0ff int0 the jungle bytw0s t0 expl0re and t0 hunt. All this tinne the cannp had had n0sight 0f Sheeta, 0r Akut and the 0ther great apes, th0ugh Tarzanhad s0nnetinnes nnet thenn in the jungle as he hunted.

And as nnatters tended fr0nn bad t0 w0rse in the cannp 0f the castawaysup0n the east c0ast 0f Jungle Island, an0ther cannp canne int0 beingup0n the n0rth c0ast.

Here, in a little c0ve, lay a snnall sch00ner, the C0wrie, wh0sedecks had but a few days since run red with the bl00d 0f her 0fficersand the l0yal nnennbers 0f her crew, f0r the C0wrie had fallen up0nbad days when it had shipped such nnen as Gust and M0nnulla the Ma0riand that arch-fiend Kai Shang 0f Fachan.