JUNGLE PEACE 

 in. tihe Far £asi and wtik'J to 



So cfcn Ifce ^^ip licnrjlh bk was not 

 wkt had WTird, and jet her deeeit and iDii- 

 soB were kiiilf^ wkoBy wiAoal guOe, and 

 I Iw'gan to wonder whrthpr m^ unfriendly 

 lhiii|{jbfci of the great city hrliind me were quite 



Tk carrcn Wodens and Brmmhikks iriu 

 guarded tiie f ortones of dd Viking daps, 

 watdied the ky Arctic waters f orcv^er defl 

 bcnraUi tlieni and felt llie sling of flying splin- 

 ters of ioe; the figordieads of Glooeester nser- 

 of oldy wilh wind Mown draperxs and 

 hands, camAtd the dail^ and montlity 

 giuwlh of hamaHeSi, and noted the lengthening 

 of the green fronds on the Inill bekw. One daj 

 I lay in the great arms of an anchor, beneath a 

 pnmic bow; mjsdf tiie only fignrdiead, peering 

 g M g o y le ^w i s c awer the new-painted steeL Far 

 bdow, in ^aee of wooden lirgin or nrnsrlrd 

 Hcptonev fbere appeared aniy f oar nnmbarSy 2, 

 9, 4 and 25. Eren these, howeirer, yielded to 

 knagination wboi I remembered that tibe li^it 

 caigo wUdk made them ymbie was dne to the 

 need of sugar by sfddiers in far distant trenches. 



