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COOKIE'S "HA'NT."
Synopsis Jane Harding-, respoct
abie and conservative old mnld
but never too old to think of mar
riage with more money than
brains, Is Inveigled by a strong
minded spinster, Miss lilg-glesby-Urownc.
Into financing an expedi
tion to hunt tor buried treasure on
leward island. Her niece, Vir
ginia Harding, undertaking to atop
her. gets on the vessel and Is un
willingly carried along. By no
means concealing 'her dletasto for
the expedition and her contempt
for its members, Virginia mukea
the acquaintance of the Honorable
Cuthbert Vane. Talking with
Dugald Shaw, leader of the expedi
tion, Virginia very frankly ex
presses her views, practically ac
cusing Shaw and the other mem
bers of the party, Including a
somewhat uncertain personage
Captain Magnus, and a shady
"financier," Hamilton II. Tubbs, of
being in a conspiracy to defraud
Jane Harding. Landing on the
island Is a matter of some difficul
ty, Virginia being carried ashore
in the arma of Cuthbert Vane. The
party getB settled. Miss Browne
tells about the treasure. Virginia
declares herself out of 1L The
lend sailor's map is produced.
(CHAPTER VI Continued).
It was fortunate that Cookie knew
nothing of the solitary grave some
where on the island, with Its stone
marked with B. II. nnd a cross-bones,
nor that the Inhabitant thereof was
supposed to walk. If he had, I think
the strange spectacle of a loue negro
In a small boat rowing lustily for the
American continent might soon havo
been witnessed on the Pacific by any
eyes that were there to see. And we
could 111 have spared either boat or
cook.
Yet even though unvexed by this
grewsome knowledge, after two or
three days I noticed that Cookie was
ill at case. As the leisure member of
the party, I enjoyed more of Cookie's
Roclety than the rest. On this occa
sion while the morning was still in its
freshness he was permitting me to
mnke fudge. But his usual joviality
was gone. I saw that he glanced over
his shoulder at intervals, muttering
darkly to himself. Also that a rabbit's
foot was slung conspicuously about
his neck.
Having made my fudge and set the
pan on a stone In the stream to cool.
I was about to retire with a view to
conducting a limited exploring expedi
tion of my own. The assurances of
Mr. Shaw not personally directed to
me, of course; the armed truce un
der which we lived did not permit of
that had convinced me that I hud
not to dread anything more ferocious
than the pigs, and the wildest of them
would retire before n stick or a stone.
Besides, I boasted n little automatic,
which I carried strapped to ray waist
In n businesslike mnnner. Mr. Vane
had almost got me to the point where
I could shoot it off without shutting
my eyes.
Thus equipped, I was about to set
pfl into the woods. I had turned my
back on Cookie and the camp, when
I was arrested by an exclamation:
"Miss Jinny!"
I turned to And Cookie gazing after
me with an expression which, In the
familiar phrase of fiction, I could not
Interpret, though among Its Ingredi
ents were doubt nnd anguish. Cookie,
too, looked pale. I don't In tho least
know how he managed It, but that
was the impression ho conveyed,
dusky as he was.
"Miss Jinny, It mos' look Ink yo'
bout to go perambujatln' in deso yere
woods?"
"I nm, Cookie," I admitted.
Tho whites of Cookie's eyes became
alarmingly conspicuous. Drawing
near in a stealthy manner ho whis
pered :
"Yo' bettnh not, Miss Jinny I"
"Oh, nonsense, Cookie 1" I said im
patiently. "There's not a thing on tho
island but the pigs!"
"Miss Jinny," ho solemnly replied,
"dey's pigs and pigs."
"Yes, but pigs is pigs, you know,"
I answered, laughing.
"Dey's pigs and pigs, chile live
ones nnd -dead ones."
"Dead ones? Of course haven't we
been eating them?"
"Yo' won't nevnh eat dls yero kind
o dead pig, Miss Jinny. It's it's a
ha'ntl"
The murder was out Cookie leaned
against cocoa-palm and wiped his
obon brow.
Persistently questioned, he told at
Inst how, today and yesterday, aris
ing in the dtro dawn to build his Are
before the camp was stirring, he had
teen lurking at the edgo of the clear
ing a white four-footed shape. It was
a pig, yet not a pig; Its ghostly hue,
ltn noiseless movements, divided It
from nil proper mundane porkers by
the dreadful gulf which divides the
tiring from the dead. The first morn
ing Cookie, doubtful of his senses,
tad flung a stone and the spectral
thing had vanished like a shadow.
On Its second appearance, having had
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a day and a night for meditation, he
had known better than to commit such
an outrage upon the possessor of
ghostly powers, and had resorted to
prayer Instead. This had answered
quite as well, for the phuntom pig had
dissolved like the morning mists.
While tho sun blwed, what with his
devotions and his rnbblt's foot and a
cross of twigs nailed to a tree,
Cookie felt a fair degree of security.
But his teeth chattered in his head
at the thought of upproachlng night.
Meanwhile he cou'd not in conscience
permit me to venture forth Into the
path of this horror, which might, for
alt we knew, be lurking In the Juu
glo shadows, even through tho day
light hours. Also, though he did not
avow this motive, I believe he found
my compnny t very reassuring. It la
immensely easier to face a ghost In
the sustaining presence of other ilesh
nnd blood.
For a moment I wavered In my de
termination. What if the island had
Its wild creatures after all? But
neither lynx nor panther nor any oth
er beast of Drev Is white, excent a
polar7 bear, and It would be unusual to
meet one on n tropical Island.
I decided that Cookie's pig was af
ter all a pig, though still in the flesh.
I thought I remembered having seen
quite fair pigs, which would pass fo
white with a frightened negro In the
dim light of dawn. I consoled Cookie
as best I could by promising to cross
my fingers if I heard or saw anything
suspicious, and struck out Into the
woods.
For all my brave words to Cookie,
I had no Intention of going very far
afield. Frcm the shore of the cove
I had observed that the ground be
hind the clearing rose to the summit
of a low ridge, perhaps four hundred
feet in height, which Jutted from the
base of the peak. From this ridge I
thought I might see something more
of the Island than the limited envi
ronment of Lantern bay.
As the woods shut out the last
glimpse of the white tents In the
clearing, as even the familiar sound
of the surf died down to a faint, hnlf-
lmaglned whisper mingling with the
rustling of the palms overhead, I ex
perlenced a certain discomfort, which
persons given to hard and unqualified
terms might have called fear. It
seemed to me as If a very strong cord
at the rear of my belt were Jerking me
back toward the Inglorious snfety of
the camp. I fingered my automatic
nnd mnrched on up the hill, trying
not to gnsp when a leaf rustled or a
coconut dropped In the woods.
I gained the summit of the ridge,
and stood upon a bare rock platform,
scantily sheltered by a fow trees,
large shrubs, rather, with a smooth,
waxy leaf of vivid green. On the
left rose tho great mass of tho peak.
"Yo Bettah Not, Mist Jinny!".
From far abovo among Its crags a
beautiful foamy waterfall came hur
tling down.
I had not dreamed of getting a view
so glorious from tho little eminence of
tho ridge. Hero wns an Item of news
to take back to camp. Having with
great originality christened the place
Lookout, I turned to go. And as I
turned I saw a shape vaulsh Into the
woods.
It wus an animal, not a human
shape. And it was white. It had, In
deed, every distinguishing trait of
Cookie's phantom pig. Only it was
not a pig. My brief shadowy glimpse
of It had told me that, I know what
It was not, but what It was I could
not, as I stood there rooted, even
guess.
Would It attack me, or should I only"
die of fright? I wondered If my heart
were weak, and hoped it wan, so that
I should not live to foel th teeth of
the unknown Thing sink In my llcsb.
I thought of my revolver and nfter an
Infinity of time managed to draw It
from the case. My fingers seemed at
onco nervelessly limp and woodenly
rigid, This was not nt all the daunt
less front with which I had dreamed of
meeting danger. I hud fancied myself
with my automatic making n rather
pretty "picture as, a young Amazon
but I had now n dreadful fear that
my revolver might spasmodically go
off and wound the Thing, and then,
even If It had meditated letting me go,
It would certainly attack me. Never
theless I clung to my revolver us to
my last hope.
I began to edge away crab-wise Into
the wood. Like a metronome I said
to myself over and over monotonous
ly, "Don't run, don't run I"
I did not ruu. Instead, I stepped
on a smooth surface of rock and slid
downhill like h human toboggan until
I fetched up against a dead log after
a confused Interval during which I
vaguely believed myself to have been
swullowed by nu alligator. While the
alligator Illusion endured I must hnve
lulu comatose and Immovable. Indeed,
when my senses began to come back
The Strange Beast of the Jungle Waa
a White Bull-Terrier:
I was still quite inert. I experienced
that curious tranquillity which Is said
to visit those who are actually with
in the Jaws of death. There I lay
prone, absolutely at the mercy of the
mysterious white prowler of tho forest
and I did uot care. The whole pet
ty business of living seemed a long
way behind me now.
Languidly at last I opened my eyea.
Within three yards of me, In the open
rock-paved glade where I had fallen,
stood the Thing. Yes, there It was
only now it had put an ear back and
was sniffing at me with a mingling of
interest and apprehension.
Thp strange beast of the Jungle was
a white bull-terrier.
Abruptly I sat up. Tho terrier gava
a startled sldewlse bound, but paused
again nnd stood regarding me.
"Here, pupl Here, pup! Nice dog
gums!" I snld In soothing accents.
The dog gave a low whine nnd stood
shivering, eager but afraid. I con
tinued my blandishments. Little by
little tho forlorn creature drew near
er, until I put out a cautious hand
and stroked his ears. lie dodged af
frlghtedly, but presently crept back
again. Soon his hend was against my
knee, and ho was devouring my hand
with avid caresses. Some time, be
fore his abandonment on tho Island,
he had been a well-brought-up and
petted animal. Months or years of
wild life had estranged him from hu
manity, yet nt the human touch the
old devotion woke again.
Tho thing now was to lure him back
to camp and restore him to the happy
service of his gods. With another al
luring, "Here, doggums!" I started on
my way. He shrunk, trembled, hesi
tated, then was after me with a bound.
So I brought him triumphantly across
the Rubicon of the little stream, and
marched him into camp under tho as
tounded eyes of Cookie.
At sight or the negro the dog growled
softly and crouched ugalust my skirt.
Cookie stood like an efllgy of amaze
ment done In black and white.
"Fo de Lawd's sake, Miss Jinny,"
ho burst at last, "am dat do ghos'-lg?"
"It wns, Cookie, but I changed him
Into a live dog by crossing my fingers.
Mind your rabbit's foot. He might
eat It, and then very likely we'd have
a ghost on our hands again."
"Yo go 'long, Miss Jinny," said
Cookie valiantly. "Yo' think I scared
of any ghos' what lower hlsself to be
a live white mong'ol dog? Yero, yo'
kl-yl, yo' bettah mek friends with or
Cookie, 'cause he got charge o' do
grub. Yere's a H'le fat ma'ow bone
what raebbe come offn yo' own grand
chile, but yo' aln' goln' to mind dat
now yo' Is trunsformulated dls yero
way." And evidently the reincarnated
ghost-pig did not.
"You r impertinent. Let
me pass I"
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