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Morning
f:'.v.v.:I
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" Ho glnnred li-ick nt Iris. Ilor fnco
wi pule beneath Its mask of sun
brown. .
Tin chief wan listenlnc intently to
the story of tin I)ynl; v!i saw the
ilond man totter and Tall. IIi gave
lonie quick onlur. Followed ly a score
or more of his nicr.. h walked rapidly
to tlio foot ol tl lilt' where they
found the lifeless body.
J'nks .stole one more hasty glance at
Iris. The chief and the greater num
ber of his followers were out of sight
behind the roks. Some of them must
now be climbing to that fatal ledge.
Was this the end?
IrU bent forward suillclently In her
sheltering niche to permit her to gaze
with wistful tenderness upon .Jenks.
She knew he would dare all for her
sake. She could only pray and hope.
.Suddenly a clamor of discordant yells
fell upon her ears. Jpnks rose to his
knees. The Dyaks had discovered their
refuge and were about to open lire. Up
offen-d them n target lest perchance
Iris were not thoroughly screened.
"Keep close." he said. "They have
found us. Lead will b'e Hying around
soon."
She flinched back Into the crevice;
the sailor fell prone. Four bullets spat
Into the ledge, of which three pierced
the tarpaulin and one flattened Itself
against the rock.
Then Jejiks took up the tale. So cu
rlously constituted was this nun that,
The Dyak hurtled through the air.
although ho ruthlessly shot the snvage
,-who Hrst spied out their retreat, he
was swayed only by the dictates of
tern necessity. There was a feeble
chance that further bloodshed might
tie averted. That chance had passed.
Very well. The enemy must start tha
dreadful game about to be played.
They had thrown the gnge, and he an
swered them. Four times did Jenks'
rltle enrry death, uuseen, almost mi
felt, across the valley.
lire the fourth Dyak collapsed limply
where he stood others were there,
firing at the little puff of smoke above
the grass. They got In a few shots,
most of which sprayed at various
Angles off the face of the cliff. Hut
they waited for no more. When the
lever of the Lee-Metford was shoved
home for the llfth time the opposing
crest was bare of all opponents save
two, and they lay motionless.
The fate of the thinking detachment
was cither unpercelved or unheeded by
the Dyaks left In the vicinity of the
house and well. Astounded by the fir
ing that burst forth in midair, Jenks
had cleared the dangerous rock before
they realized that here, above their
heads, were the white man and the
maid whom they sought.
With stupid zeal they blazed away
furiously, only succeeding In shower
ing fragments of splintered stone Into
the eagle's nest. And the sailor smiled.
Ho quietly picked up an old coat, rolled
It into a ball and pushed It Into sight
amidst the grass. Then he squirmed j
round on ins siomncn aim iook up a
position ten feet away. Of course those
who still carried loaded guns discharg
ed them at the bundle of rags, where
upon Jenks thrust his rifle beyond tho
edge of the rock nnd leaned over.
Three Dyaks fell before the remainder
made up their minds to run. Once con
vinced, however, that running was good
for their health, they moved with, much
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By LOUIS
TRACY
Copyright, 1903. by
Eilwtril J. Clode
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celerity. The remaining cartridges In
the magazine slackened the pace of two
of their number. Junks dropped the
empty weapon and seized another. He
stood up now and sent a quick remind
er after the rearmost pirate. The oth
ers had disappeared toward the locality
where their leader and his diminished
troop were gathered, not daring to
again come within range of the whis
tling dumdums The sailor, holding his
rllic a.s though pheasant shooting, bent
forward and sought a belated oppo
nent, but In vnln. There was no sound
save the walling of birds, the soft
sough of the sea and the yelling of the
three wounded men In the house, who
knew not what terrors threatened and
vainly bawled for succor.
Again Jpnks could look nt Iris. Her
face was bleeding. The sight madden
ed him.
"My God!" ho groaned. "Aro you
wounded?"
She smiled bravely ut him.
"It Is nothing," she said "n more
splash from the rock which cut my
forehead."
lie dared not go to her. lie could
only hope that It was no worse, so ho
turned to examine the valley onco moro
for vestige of a living foe.
CIIAFTEIt XII.
HOUGH his eyes. like Uvo coals.
glowered with sullen fire nt the
strip of sand and the rocks In
front, his troubled brain paid
T
perfunctory heed to his task. Tho
Htern sense of duty, the Ingrained forco
if long years of military discipline and
soldierly thought, compelled him to keep
watch and ward over his fortress, but
he could not help asking himself what
would happen If Iris were seriously
wounded.
There wns one enemy more potent
than these skulking Dyaks, a foe more
Irresistible In his might, more pitiless
In his strength, whose assaults would
tax to the utmost their powers of re
sistance. In another hour the sun
would be high In the heavens, pouring
his ardent rays upon them and drying
the blood In their veins.
Hitherto the active life of tho Island,
the shade of trees, hut or cave, the
power of unrestricted movement nnd
the possession of water in any desired
quantity robbed the tropical heat of
the day of Its chief terrors. Now all
was changed. Instead of working
amid grateful foliage they were bound
to the brown rock, which soon would
glow with radiated energy and give
off scorching gusts like unto the open
ing of a furnace door.
This he had foreseen all along. The
tarpaulin would yield them some de
gree of uneasy protection, and they
both were In perfect physical condi
tion. Hut If Iris were wounded! If
the extra strain brought fever hi Its
wake! That way he saw nothing but
blank despair, to be ended for her by
delirium nnd nifrelful death, for him
by a Herserk rush among the Dyaks
nnd one last mad fight against over
whelming numbers.
Then the girl's voice reached him,
self reliant, almost cheerful;
"You will be glad to hear that the
cut has stopped bleeding. It Is only
a scratch."
So a kindly Providence had spared
them yet a little while. The cloud
pnssed from his mind, the gathering
mist from his eyes. In that Instant he
thought he detected a slight rustling
among the trees where the cliff shelv
ed up from the house. Standing as he
was on the edge of the rock, this wns a
point he could not guard against.
When her welcome assurance recall
ed his scattered senses he stopped
back to speak to her, nnd In tho samel
lnstnnt a couple of bullets crashed
against the rock overhead. Iris had '
unwittingly saved him from n serious,
perhaps fatal, wound.
He sprang to the extreme right of
the ledge and boldly looked Into the'
trees beneath. Two Dyaks were there, '
belated wanderers cut off from the I
main body. They dived headlong Into
the undergrowth for snfetj, but one'
of them was too late. Jenks' rifle
reached him, and Its reverberating con-i
cuHslon, tossed back and forth by the
echoing rocks, drowned his parting
scream.
In the plenitude of restored vigor tho
sailor waited for no couuter demon
stration. He turned nnd crouchlngly
approached the southern end of his
parapet. Through his screen of grass
he could discern tho long black hair
and yellow face of a man who lay on
the sand and twisted his head around
tho base of the farther cliff. The dis
tance, oft measured, was ninety yards,
tho target practically a six Inch bulls
eyo. Jenks took careful aim, fired, and
a whiff of wind flow up. I
BVMareril I. tF Inrf .W.
l'crhnps he had used too One- it night
and plowed n furrow beneath the Dy
nk's ear. He only heard a fnlnt yell,
but the enterprising head vanished, and
there were no more volunteers for that
particular service.
He was still peering nt tho place
when n cry of unmitigated anguish
came from Iris;
"Oh, come quick! Our wnterl The
casks have burst!"
It was not until Jenks had torn the
tnrpaulln from off their stoics and he
was wildly striving with both bunds to
scoop up some precious drops collected
In the small hollows or the ledge that
he realized the full magnitude of the
disaster which had befallen them.
During the first rapid exchange of
fire before tho enemy vacated the cliff
several bullets had pierced the tarpau
lln. Hy a stroke of exceeding bad lor
tune two or them had struck each of
the water barrels and started the
staves. The contents quietly ebbed
away beneath the broad sheet and,
flowing Inward by reason of the sharp
slope of the ledge, percolated through
the fault. Iris and he, notwithstanding
their frenzied efforts, were not able to
save more than a pint of gritty discol
ored lluld. The rest, Infinitely more
valuable to them than all the diamonds
of Do Heers, was now oozing through
the natural channel cut by centuries of
storm, dripping upon the headless skel
eton In the cave, soaking down to the
very heart of their burled treasure.
Jenks was so paralyzed by this ca
tastrophe that Iris became alarmed.
As yet she did not grasp Its awful sig
nificance. That he, her hero, so brave,
so confident In the face of many dan
gers, Hhould betray such sense of Irre
deemable loss frightened bur much
more than the incident itself.
Her lips whitened. Her words be
came incoherent.
"Tell me," she whispered. "1 pan
benr anything but silence. Tell me, I
Implore you. Is It so bad?"
The sight of her distress sobered
him. He ground his teeth together as
a man does who submits to a painful
Operation and resolves not to flinch be
neath the knife.
"It Is very bad," ho snld; "not quite
the end, but near It."
"Tho end," she bravely answered, "Is
death! We are living and uninjured.
You must fight on. If the Lord wills It
wo shall not die."
Ho looked In her blue eyes and saw
there tho light of heaven. Her glance
did not droop before bis. In such mo
ments heart speaks to heart without
concealment.
"Wc still have a little water," she
cried. "Fortunately we are not thirsty.
You have not forgotten our supply of
ihampagno and brandy?"
lie could only fall In with her mire
fleet Ivc mood and leave the dreadful
truth to its own evil time. In their lit
tle nook the power of the sun had not
yet made Itself felt. Hy ordinary com
putation it was about l) o'clock. Long
before noon they would be grilling.
Throughout tho next few hours they
must suffer the torture of Dives with
one meager pint of water to share be
tween them. Of course the wine and
spirit must be shunned like a pesti
lence. To touch either under such con
ditions would be courting heat, apo
plexy nnd death. And next day!
lie tightened his Jnws before be an
swered: "Wo will console ourselves with a bot
tle of champagne for dinner. Mean
while I hear our friends shouting to
those left on this side of the island. I
must take an active Interest In the
conversation."
He grasped a rifle and lay down on
tho ledge, already gratefully warm.
There was a good deal of sustained
shouting going on. Jenks thought he
recognized the chief's voice giving In
structions to those who had como
from Smugglers' cove nnd were now
standing on the beach near tho quarry.
"I wondr If be bimgry." he
thought. "If so, I will Interfere with
thecommlssnrhit."
Iris peeped forth nt him.
"Mr. Jenks!"
"Yes," without turning his bend. He
knew It was an ordlnnry question.
"May I come too?"
"What, expose yourself on the ledge!"
"es, even that. I am so tired of
sitting here alone." I
"Well, there Is no danger at present.
Hut they might chance to see you, and
you remember what I"
"Yes, I remember quite well. If that
Is all" There was a rustle of gar
ments. "I am very mannish In nppear
ance. If you promise not to look at me
I will Join you."
"I promise."
Iris stepped forth. She was flushed
a little, lunl, to cover her confusion,
maybe, she picked up n rifle.
"Now there aro two guns," she said
as she stood near him.
He could see through tho tall of IiIh
eye thnt n slight but elegantly pro
portioned young gentleman of the sea
faring profession had suddenly appear-,
ed from nowhere. He was glad she
had taken this course. It might better i
tho position were the Dyaks to see her
thus.
"Tho moment I tell you you must fall
flat," ho warned her. "No ceremony
nbout It. Just flop!"
"I don't know anything better cal
culated to make ono llorjj-hun a bullet."
(Continuod on Sixth rage.)
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