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a heairy plkyaleal burden?* I know What
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TO MANITOBA, SASKATCHEWAIN
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Covered that i was again bound, Isfy
stirring thus Called VuIzl$ attention.
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Before I could look Away he bad fol-
lowed the direction of my gaze,, The
discussion Instantly Ceased.. They wait,
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: I did not know what tot do. Percy
Darrow, oArrying, some sort of large
book, was walking rapidly toward us,
� Perdosa had disappeared, Thrackles
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we and clapped his big hand over ray
mouth. it was borriblei
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indifflerept saunter had, as I have In-
dleated, given. way to a firm and de-
� cided step; his,,froklical eye glistened;
� big sallow cheek glowed.
1 "Boy0l" be shouted cheerfully, "the
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I time's up. We've succeeded. We'll
$811 Just as soon aiw the Lord'.11 let us
get ready. Rustle the stuff aboard.
The doctor'll be down In a short time.
and we ought to be loaded by night,"
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on two of the rifles near by and began
surreptitiously to fill their .magazines,
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The Digger shook big knife free of the
scabbard and sat with It in his left
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hand,, concealed by his body. I . coqld
feet Tbrackles'.. muscles atifflien, An-
other fifty paces and It would be,no
longer necessary to stop my mouth.
The thought made me desperate, I
had failed as a leader of these men
and I had been forced to stand by at
debauching. cruel, and murderous at-
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fairs. but now It Is over I thank heaven
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.Sequences to myself. -'Thrackles' hand .
lay heavy across my moIitb. I bit it
to ,the bone. and, as he Invi6lautarily
snatched it awa;P I roiled over toward
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gled cry. He had not hesitated nor de.
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.ed, track and was now running as. fast
as his. long legs. would, carry him back
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companions sto9d.walching him, but
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Opecial attention given to diseases
Bxucefield.P. O.'�; Ir. E. Hays, Sic.
Treasurer, Seatorth P_O. . . .
making- no' Attempt either tq shoot, or
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disappearance ,of Perdosa, - My heart
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Grieve; Winthrop; George DaI*,..Sea*
jumped wildly, for fbe, Mexican had'
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been gone- quite loilg enough io bitve
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MAU at close range as soon, as the
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Specialist in Ordwri and.. Bridge
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Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Honor
Parties desirous, to. effect ,insurance
his tracks.'. Although we heard the but-
graduate of University of'. Toroatc;L
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let slng' by - .us,, for ah. Instant vile
Dental Department. Graduate of . the
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promptly' .attended to on applicatio
thougl# he was hit. "then Perdosa
Chicago College of Dentali Surgery.
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to.any of the. i0cive. olfteers, -addressed
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fired ,it second time,' Again Nvtthout rd -
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sulL Darrow turned. sharp to the left
WHI be at the Commercial . -hotel
inspected by the dire"ctot who 11ye, .
and. began desperatoly.�to.-sca.le, the.
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AUCTIONEER -JAMES SMITH Ll-'
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of a narrow barra.4c'n, from which a,
censed Auctioneer for the 'County
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single, steep trail led over the hill. We,
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perched-oli another bill some 300 or
me will receive prompt attentioh.
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'400 yards away,* shot at the. animal's
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Will sell either by percentage or
Terms of �.sdbscriptlon�--$! per'year in.
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as they tolled Up the trail. The range
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per sale. Residence on. the Mayfield
advahce $1.50 may be charged it
was long. .but we had time,. for the
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Road, one mile south of elirk�ta,j, '
not so paid. No paper disc6nt1;uued
severity of the oil filb forced the boars'
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the opin ion . of the publithq. The
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date to which every '91lbserijtiOnis
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sume.Just- so much time In his snail -
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pay one cent post -age oil each pap.
tisementa, 1 , 0 -cents. per norkparldl
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like progress u P the face of the hill.
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line.for first insertion and .3 cents
During.that time he furnished.an ex-
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This means that your at . ibscrip-
'Per line frit each siubseque.irt insert-
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.cellent target, and the loose sandstone
Uon must be paid in : advance.'
fori. Small advertistwents� not to
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showed where each shot struck. . .
A.- significant Indication was that the
When ypu see your subscription
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expiring please rem.1-t $1.150 for on-,
exceed one inch,, such as
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I'Strayedoll Or "Stolen", etc., in -
men did nd't-t:lkd the trouble to get
other yeax so that you Will not
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serted - ,otice for.35 cents and e.
nearer. for, � which maneuver they
would have had time In plenty, but
miss any copies ol'Tho N`ewsAec-
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subsequent insertion 10 cents. -
Communications: intmited for pdbllea-
distributed tli6mselves leisurely,, tot? a.
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shooting. match. .
, "First shot," claimed Randy Soio�
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"Nerve no good," he - co mmented.
"Jerked her just as' 1 pulled,11
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Darrow Waved. his liand In an Inde- .,
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kles grinned triumphantly.
. "I got it show." said be.. .
iLmyona simiatnt a sketch and d6serl llonway -
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Trainar will arrive. at taid &-part .
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Ile spreid his ma.-Ive leg,; ,apart,
drew a deep breath and ridst-d lit$
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InVent on Is probably
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merit real Mast Dneir for socuring&�,.Xf,o
Mrough Win &
from Clinton Station as, follows
B GOD8 I�ICH DIV I
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weation . It lay In b16 grasp steady
Fatonts ta"a
11PA.WtWilie, witflout 6barge, Inthe . .
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Going E as t . 7.35 a. lit,
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row*s; fate was. In the hands of that
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'I 99 5.15 P. in.
dan gpi-olip class of natural Marksman
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ewadoa of any ealentlaq lodrna Terms . for
Goinj 11.07 a. in.
that oossesses no verves. Hilt toe the
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callada.1113. yearopostage prel*ld, sold by
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seConer time nly teeth Pulled, his lite.
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The trigger guar(I slipped - againat
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99. to . 1 11.28 p. MI
Thrackle a, liteerate4 hand almost at
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the instant of discharge. Ile Missed,
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and the bullet wc-nt wide.
cc it Darrow had Climbed a inatter of
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Going North ( 11.00 a, MI Now, the goamou'distributed theim-
(( ''it I 6.35 p.m. selves; for move leisurely and Acetrate
marksin4riship. , Handy Solomon lay
� . flat on his stomacb, testing the rifle
0114.310LENE ANTISEPTIC TABLETS � muzzle across the top of a sand dulle.
A iilmpl6, sidd offe0tito femitdY for t1niz sat down, an elbow oil either
SOO THROATS AND COMM knee for the greater steadiness. ,The
I Thoy tot4ind thit germloldal value of Crefol6nd nIgger knelt, but Thrackles romainid
*Ith the 000thirig pilopeitleg 61 blippery elma and 1166. ork big feet, No rest could be Steadier
I rioo;i Your draxor . lit or feam no, 1(m in stitnips.
usulkird, NIL" 00',, LiMIRR A96144ii U01itt9#4 401 than the stonelike rigidity, of his thick
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The firing now b6came miseellfth0
t Thirly persons we jo L.Illed in 0,11:1 ou& No one pald.ony Attention to Any
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olis last week. pmtht fiat�a +,hill thai'll. +11int AeAft +hA
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human figure at WO yards to a small
marl. for a strange rifle. The,constant
correction of, elevation, however,
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brought the puffs of (Itist always clog-
er, and I could not but realivo that the
doctrine of chances must bring home
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some of the bullets. I soon di
by way of comfort that only Thrac4les
and Randy Solomon really understood
011eirms, and of those two Thrackies.
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alone had had much experience at long
rFtnge. He told we afterward he had
Minted otter.
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About halfway up the clffr Tbrackles
fired his fifth shot. No'dust followed
tile discharge, and I saw Percy Dar.
-row stagger and almost lose his hold.
The men yelled savagely. but the as,-
sJotant polled himself together and con-
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feet on - the sights. Now abruptly It
was blotted out. and, a semlt%�Illgbf
fell. - We. all, idolied up In splie of our- .
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even the shape, of the sun. It *as like
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been some time In preparation, but all,
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noticed. It came to our consciousness ,
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change, A dull roaring commenced,
:grew In I.ToTu'lue, find then ai great ex-
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ploslon shook the very .groubd undet,
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our,feet, .: . . . 1. .. I I .
. IV&.stared: at each othet,,* our*� firces
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Wh.1ten1pg,. , . . p ' . ' I I ..
.1 -, "What kind of bell has broke loosei??'. �
. Inutfered,P111z.. '' . . %
The Digger fell"flat on his face, otter-
.
Ing deep lamentations. 1. " .
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. "Voodoo! Voodoo!" he -groaned.
A gentle show-elr of 'white flakes. be-
gan. powdering. the surface of every�.
.thing. � . lilar,iiiit to sea we COW& make
.
. out the sun en� the'Water ' ' Gradually
' *
the r6ajrjng died down. The lightning
ceased. Comparative. peace ensued,
.
. We looked again .toward the clIff.
.
I Percy Darrow. had not fbr one Instant
� ceased.to climb. He wits Jush topping
the edge of. the bluff. Hand.1, Solomon
� with A Cry of rage selmidiinother rifle
and emptied the wagazIne.lit him as
. '
I fast as the lever could be. worked'. The.
'dust flew wild in a half dozen places.
Darrow drew himself 'up to. & �ky_
I
line, raised big but ironically and, dis-
.
I . . .
appearedi.,. .� . .. . .. .
. I'D- we - soul!" cried Handy - Solo-
.
.
.
mon, his face livid. - HL- -threw fils,rifle .
to the beach and danced on It In nil
.
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eestacy of rage, . .
"Whit do we care?".growled Thrac..
I kleg.- "He's no good to us. W'at I
-want to know.19 w1at's up here any.
.
howrl - , . . .
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. "Did you ever see a volcano- go -off,
Ton swabIll snapped Handy Solomon�
.
"Easy .with your natnes. niato,. Not
I I never did. , We better get aut.01 .
. "Without the cliest?" I
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"S'pose . we go. tip the gulch and got
It, then;" suggested Thracklee. '
But at this Handy Solomon drew
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back In evident terver. .
"Up to that hole'J" lie obJected. "'Not
1. You nil, Pulz go." .
They wrangled ovel- It, PUN joining.
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Pordosa, shaken to the sotil. Crept In
and made it bee line for the* runt barrel.
Ile and the Digger were frankly scared.
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I They had, the liervotfs Jumps at every �
little nolso oil Unexpected movement,-
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and eve
. n the natural explanation of
these pholloinella gave thetil very little
reassurance. I knew that Dttrraw
�
,
would burry as fast as he cotildlipelt
to tlxp valley by way of tile tippet, filils.
-
I know that hb bad there several sport ,
In"- effles, and I hoped greatly that he
and Del 1ichermerhorn ,might acoorn-
. I)Ijsh something before the men 'had
rocovered their wits to the Point -of
foreseeing his probable atfack. the
1111canny Cloud In tile heavens. the
Weird half light and the explosions,
which now -grew more frequent, hail
I their strong effect lit spite of explaaa.
tion. The men wore not really Afraid
to venture In quest of tile supposed
treasure, but they were In A frame of
mind. that dreaded the first plunge.
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And time wits going by.
. But the fateg Wet* against Us, AS At -
ways In this III startod voyageI I.,
Watching from the sand dono, SaW a
me from the arroro,ir
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0
Mouth, it appeared to stagger as
though hurt. aud every efolit, or ten
puees It stopped aud Matto ft a bout
� over position. Tile inurkjIl light Was.
too d1in for me to make (Hit details.
But after a moment ft.r,1fl;.Iu, the veil
i enabled me to identlOr Dr. Schermer-
� horn calTying, wIth great dlfficult$,
the chest. . I .
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CHAPTER 4"111. 1
TOOK FlOcIlAnces. but began at
onco to shout assoon, as I saw
I tile met) bad noticed his coln-
01 -Ill.-. It was impossible for Me
. to tell whether or not Dr. Schermer -
horn board ine. if he did be itilsundor-
stood my Intention,, for he continued
painfully to advance. The only result
I galtleil Nvot; to getinyst'lf svolt gaggaid
,
with loy 4?Wll povuet Ilaudkerg-bler ;Illil
I . t1wown Ili a liollow In'tiveell tile dolles :
'I'lienrc I emild bear Flaudy $olotnon
speaking fiercely und rapidly.
.
"Now you let Me run this," be, coin-
,,
manded. �"We 'got to find, out some -
thin'. It alo*t nor good to us without
we knows, and we want to find .out'
flow lie's got tile rest 1114.11 .
They assented., I �
I "I'01 g0ln' Out to help 11111k Carry her
in," announced the seumaki.
A long pauge ensued. )it which, I
watelied the deep't-anopy Of red.blacl;
thicken overhead. A strange and Mll-
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earthly II. -lit had fallen Oki tile world,
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I an , d the air was quite, still. After
awhile I beard. Handy Solomon and
I Dr. Seliermerhorn join the group.
. "There' you are, perfesser,l, cried
ffaud'y Solomon in tones of the great -
eat heartiness. "I'll put her right
. ,
there, and she']] be as safe as a babby
at home. She's heavy, though."
. Dr. Schermerborn. laughed, a pleased
and excited laugh. I could tell by the
. tone of his voice that lie was strunk
high and guessed that his. triumph
needed an audience. I
.
I . "You may say so well." he sald. "it,
. lag beafy. and it Iss heafy ivith the,
world desire,. the great. sitlistance.tbat
. can do efferythlug. Where lag Percy?"
I "He's -gone aligard." .
.
"Nile inustembark. TbetJme,lsJoost
right. A day sooner and the egsperl-
ment ,would hat been spoilt, put now"
-he laiighed�ollet -the is,land sink, we
do not -care. We Must embark hastily."
. "It'll take.n. inna long.t1mc; to carry
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down all your things, perfei-er.11 . .
"Oil, led them go!. L The eruption has
alretty swallowed them oop. The lava
lag by now a toot deep In the valley,
Before long. it flows here, so we must
. embdrh." . . _ . I . .
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. "'But rou've lost all .them vallyable,
-things, perfesser." said Handy ,Soloa ,
.
mo I n. "Now, I call that hard Inek.11
Dr, Scherinerborn' snapped his, Mi-
.
gers, 1. . � I . .
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.
. . ,I They do not amoundt to thnt , !" be
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cried, - "Here. here. In this lectle; box
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lag all the -treasure! Here Isis. the In-.
.
I her of ten.years! Here Isi the L . auglk�
Ing. Laso. and all the crew and nil the
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eq.tillimendt coullirlsed. -Here lag the
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world!!' . . - � I I ;
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"I'm a plain seaman, perfessee;I hud T
.
-Suppose I got 6a- belleire you, but she's
.
a main small box f6r`All thatli - ,
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all your wishes," asserted the, profess-
, .
or, sti . I . I fit th� German ' ly . etc strain over
. big triumph. *9t t,%s the box"of - en�,
.. . . .
ch , antments. You hat 'but to .will the
. change you would hilt tafg. plAce-'It lag
done. � The so bstancik of, the. rocks, 'the'
. molecule-nll.!"�,,. �' ..' .. . . I I
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. . "Could, a inark,wakeAlt , tmonds?'! ask-.,
ed Puli abruptly. . I bould bear :the
sharl) Intake.. of'. the men's broatfilng.-
as, they bung on the reply.' .
. "'Much more ' wonderful changes than
that It can 9cconkfillsh,"' replied the
doctor, with at) filaulgen . t langh.. "That
change- ,Iss simple.. Carbon. lag coal-,
carbon-ligs .diamond. You see? One
.
line but: io* � change the -form, not the
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.substance..'.' , I I. .. . . -
I "Then It'll Chun . I
. � . ge coal to diamonds?'
.
..asked Handy Solomon.. , , , . . I
. "Yes; -yon gather my. mounfligs99- .
I I beard a slkar�p - ".ueak like a� terri-
fied -tnouse.' Then,ft -long, dreadfu.1 si-
lence, then two dull, heary bl . ows.
spaced with, � deliberation.. A. incitnent;
later I caught. �n glimpse of .1landy �
� Solomon bent forward to the labor of.,
I b if, .
drug. -Ing a o y'toward the. sea, his
ste � of claw ]looked - under the angle of -
the.jaw its a man handles a fish. Pulz
.
,came and throw off my bonds,and gag. ,
.
"Come along!"said.be, . . . I . . �
All, kept looking fearfully toward the
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arroyo. A (lense white steam markect
its cours6. The air �vas' now. -heavy.
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with portent, Successive explosions,
some . light, some severe, sbook the
, fotindationq of the Island. Great rocks -
and. bow1ders bounded down. the bills.
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.The fla'slies of Ile , litning,. bad be'e6me:'
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more frequent. We moved, exaggerat-
.
I ed to e 1 nie4 other's.'visloP by the strange,
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light, une.with aud gigantic. .
. "Let's get out 'of thlsl'� cried
.
Tl�rackl�s.'- ' , - ... . . .
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. We turned at. Vie word. and ran.
TfiraeLles staggering tinder the *eight
0
of 'the Chest. All our belongings we
abandoned and get ont for the Laugh -
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.Ing Lass with only file tatters In which
wo,,�,Iood. Luekily for us it great,.part
I of tb& chip's stores had been returned
.. to her hot(! after the last thorough
. . �
oertibb;nx so we werp Ili sub.00ence,
but All our clothes, all our personal be,
lomglng".�Were left behind us oli tile
beach ' For after once we had topped
the Cliff tliat led over to the, core I
doubt It -any consideration 60 ear,th
would have Induced us;. to return, to
. that Accursed pinee. �
. The row out to the ship was wet and,
dangerous, Seismic disturbances wore
undoubtedly, responsible for high p.yra-
nildle waves that lifted and fell with.
out onward"worement. We faIrl,V tum.
hied tit) out of tile dory, which we did
not hoist oil deek, but left tit the end.
of tile painter to beat her sides against
the sb!p.
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. CILU"I'MIt XXTV.
arn baste. however. arnfled Us
little. foil there was no w1nd
Lit all. We lay for Over two
h6ovs under the weird light,
oreevatiopted by tli(,.- 'Ped brown cloud.
,
,XV11110 the explosions shook the. foulidd-
floui of the world. Nobodv ventured
below. The W.Ills flApped ldiy from tile
11111sts. tile blocks and Spars Creaked,
the three Cornered waves rose stealglit.
tip and tell again us though reaching
front the deep. �
I )VIlen tile Men first began to sweat
,the salls tip, evidently lit preparation
for'An Imi'dedlate'departuro, I objected
vehemently, .
"Yon Aren't going to leave hiliA oil the
Isitmil!" I orled. I'llell 4le of atarva-
I tion.11 � �
They did not answer we, but After A
� little m0ro, WbAU tuv "O.Srii4offifilf (Olt*
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bad become more positive. Handy Sollo. �
mon dropped the halliard und. drew me
to one side.
I'Look beroi X911-11 he mourfell, "youl'd
bettprvtf)�V,�Yourgiib! Youleelucli.vto
I be here yourself. let uloop botberlo'
your thick head about anxt;ckdy else.
.
and you citu. 41.44 the book ou that! Do
Yon U1101V w1l.Vyin) ain't wlth themear.
rion't" lie, Jerked his, tbutub toward
the beach, It*K because Solowou An-
: derson's your friend. Tbrackles would
� 118TO killed yoll In a milintih 'Count of
b14 bit Injud, . I got .YOU your chance.
NoW. ,don't . Ike it fool. for I Ain't goti)'
to stand between you and theiii AD.
other time. besides, be wouIt lost long
It tbat volcanokeeps at it."
He left me. Whatever truth lay in
�
; I'M Assumption of friendship, and I
doubted there exIsted onwh of either
�
. truth or friendship tv film. I saw the
Common sense of his Advice. 1. was lit
no posItfolp, to dictate a course of ac-
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After the sails were on ber'we gath-
ered at the starboard rallto watch tile
shore. There tile bills ran into luky
blackness, as the horizon sometimes
Inerges, Into a thunder squall. A denge
white steam came from tile creel; bed
within the arroyo. The surges beat on
ithe shore louder than, the ordinary, an4l
the foom even In. thoae day hours
� seemed to throw up a fatilt pbosphor�.
I oseence. Frequent earthquakes oselt,
lated the landscape. '"re watched, j do
not know for viihat, our eyes straining
Into tile murk, of. the Island. Nobody
' .
thought of the chest, which 14Y on the
i Cabin - table aft.. I contributed mall-
olously my bit totbeir fear.
"Th �so volcanic .1slands sometimes
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sink entirely," 1 suggested, "and In
that (,,age we'd be carried down by
the auction."
'
It was Intended merely to Increase
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their uneasiness, but, strangely enough,
aft6r it few moments It ended by tin-
poslog Itself on my own fears. I be.
gan to be afraid the Island would sloU,
began to watch for It. began to share
�
the fascinated terror of tbeise Men.
The * suspense after a time became
unbearable, for ,whIle the portent -
whether fibyalcal .or moral ..wii Were
too far under Its Influence to d1stlo-
guish-grew momentarily. our own
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Pauls' did DO. expaud lir,due 4-orre-
� . . .
spondence.. We talked of,towl�;, of
kedging Out, or, going to. ady extreme,
,
even to small boilts. 'Then just .as We
I weltiabout, to more toward some ac-'
cowplishment it Dew phenomenon
clialned our attentlofi tottbe shore. '
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.
� In tile. mouth ofifie arroyo appeared
�
. a red glow, 4, moment later .4 wave
I of lava white hot, led. Iridescent, cool-�
Ing to lk.black-Olust Cracked In- Incan-
�
.desconce, roiled majestleally.out over
I - the grassy plain.. Each Instant Itgrew
In volume until the ravine must have I
been flowing lkalf,full,, . . . I..
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Before Its scorching. the gt*usses even
"at the edge of tile sea were smoking.
and our Camp bad already *burst Into
. flamesi We had to shield our faces
againstAbe lient, and, ,the -Woodeii rall
Ing under ' -our hands was growing
.
warni., ' . . .. . . I . I 1. .
.
Pulz turned no ashy equp'tenance. to-
,
ward us'. , . , . I . . I . . . . - . �
"I
Idy-God," he.screAmed.."whafs go -
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, to.- to happen when she hits the sea?"
I .She hittlie soa..ond Immediately a �
great cloud of steam arose and the
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hissing as of, a thousand -serpents. We
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felt thestroug auction undiir'our keel
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I And -staggered tind ' et the . ,Jeri, of the .
� ship's clibig its .she swung towaidAbe
..boach. The paint u;as 6eglunlug' to
. c I rackle along the �lkll. We'could see
no,thing.for tile scalding white veil that '
. enveloped us. 'We could hear nothing
� for the roar: of. stcam. the bombard-
mbnt of explosions and, the. Crash of
� � .
.
� thunderl but.our nostrils. -were assault-
ed ,by a, most: unearthly nip . dley.,of
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smolig. ,. . � ' ... . .. ... 1. I . I ... I.
. We� were ClInging'bard',as the ship
� Ke � eled.' Huge surges .were rae;ng In
. . '
from seaward. -groxvIng larger with.
each weeAsIvo billow. . I . i
. . Handy . Solomon' Vals,ed bip head� l'Is-
4,
tened I;tefiily iind struck his foreb'eiltd.
."Wikld!" Ile screamed .at the top. of
big voice and juinped; tot- tile, ballfards.
Tfirackleg. followed 'him,. but ki'd 'one
�
else moved, In tin Ins'tant tile two were
.back styl'king and' kfc'l�iug savagei-y:
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rolising their coullpaulons.to tit(., dalk� i
. ger. We ill) laid into the Canvas like I
mad I An no thil , � had S1111=11od
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mid
'� t .. a :
do, it stays6tl.,ind the- lie, k of I
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our mainsall. Thriteldes drew )its Imit"e,
.
I .And Jumped for the cable. ivl)Jle Hail--,
dy Soloinon, his eyes simplFing, selved
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the who -el. . I . .
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I We fIntsbed Justin time. t wig turn-
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Ing away after tyl*ng the Inst gasket.on
the. foresail When the deck up -ended
, .
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Lind tipped me.. headforemost Wto the
.
. starboard scupper. At . "the sairkii time
'
a smother of salt water blew ovOirthe
. .
p6rt rail, now far above me. to drench
me as thoroughly as though 1, had fall-
en overboard. I brushed out my eyes
to find the ship smaek'.on .her. beam
ends and the wind howling by�.trom
the sea: � . . ... . -
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I bad company enough In tile soup -
I polls, Only .,Handy Solomon clung des-
perately t6 the wheel. Janlibing his
Weight to port In. the, hope she might -
I L joo. iye squint -
pay up. Theackles his c
.
I ed Along some bearing -of hlsbwu.`� was
wafting for her to drag. Presently It
became evident that she was doing so,.
.
whereupon he drew� his knife Across.
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our hawser. . . ' I
"My God," chattered Pulz at my ear,
"if we go asllorol�- .
. � 'ge did, not need Wflfilslk. Ufi)essthe
Laughing Lass could rebover before 010
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squall bad driven tier to leeward A,
scant half mile'we should be cooked
alive lit tile boiling caldron at the
shore's edge. .1
lilbr an Interminable time. as It seem-
ed to tne, ive layabsolatel,v Motionless.
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.The scene Is stamped Indelibly oil my
knemory-the bullwa eks high nbove me,
'the steel). sleek dock. tile piratical fig-
, tire ten." tit the wbeol. the snarling
Nvater racing from beneath tie, the lurid
glow to landward,,prawling tip ' on Us
inch by Inch, like a littugey Wild beast,
Then a . Imott Inipercelitibly the 6rave
schooner righted. The strained lines ,
oil lian,dy 80101non's Carvell features
relaxed little by-13ttle, Theackles, starl,
Ing over the sidee,lot out it Mightl Mail. I
,,Steerage way'" he shouted and ex-
octited tin awk%v;l,d clog daneo on the
reeling deek. I
She Moved forward, therie wits no'
doubt of thqt, for graillually we. were
eating toward the %vind ' but we made
considerable leew,ay as Well. Handy �
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Sclonjon. tant its the welither rigging, I
took 111.4 little advantogosi one by one I
like precious gifts, tight there Was
none. 'The 14nd wds blotted owt bst the
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FA
Steam Dud W113,11; which bad frept to,
sea and now was burled back by 00
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W144. All we vollid do Was to b&U$
there. tustin-T the c9pperOr ex0tement.
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waiting for these different florcei; to Qdl
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Just themselves. luelk by Inch we crept
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fOrly4rd'. foot hy toot we inade IW
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Way. The Intenkiest of the lava Xlow
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worked Its way rrow directly abeam
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of. tb
.e quarter. Py this, we, Uuew we
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Must be, nearly opposite the Core,. At
,
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once a new doubt sprang up In out
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luinds. .
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A 1110aleat ago all tile energy of Our
iiestres had gone up la the ambition to
avoid being vast 04 the beach, Now wo
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saw that that 'was ,not enough, Itwilts
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necessuey to squeeze. around the; point
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'wbore lay tile Qolden Hom to order to
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avold the fate tbut had overtaken her.
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Ilandy Solomon, Irelied something at
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us. We could not bear, but our own,
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kkiowledge told us what It must be,
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and With one accord we turned, to
;
on the foresail. With the peak of It
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hoisted we knoved a tri 0e, faster,, though
,
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the schooner lay over At a perilous
I
angle. A moment later the fogs parted
to show us the cliffs looming startling-
ly nmr. Tbore wore, the donkey engine
and the Works we had constrocted for
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wrecking,, and there, beside tilem,
.
watchIng us reflectively, stood Percy
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barrow.
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For too roloute" we stared at him.
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fascinated, during which time the
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ship labored against the staggering
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winds, gained and lost In Its buffeting
with the great surges. The breakers
.,
hurling themselves in wild abandon
against the roelm sent their bao'A"wash I
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bf tumbling peaks to our very bilges.
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The few remains of the Golden Horn,
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alternately drenched and dratnIng.
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seemed 1:9,picture, to us ou r Inevitable
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end, �
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I think we had all selected the. same,
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two points for. our "bearings," A rock.
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and a drop of the Cliff bolder than' the
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ordinary. If the rock opened front the
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clIfr to eastward, we were lost; It. It
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remained stationary, we; were at least
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holdind our own: it It opened out to
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westward, we were saved. We watch-
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ed with a strained eagerness Impos- '
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sible to describe. At each momentary
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gain or. rebuff we -uttered ejaculation$.
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The 'nigger.mumbied, charms. ,Every
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once lunwhile one of us woutil'snatph
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a glance to leewaNd at the'cruel white
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waters, the whirl' of.eddles where the
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sea was beat&i, only to hurry back'to
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the "tock unit the point' of the clift
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whence our message of.patet,V or de- .
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striletion. was to be flung. Once X -
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looked no. Percy Darrow was leantng*
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gracef.ully against a stanchion. Watch,
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log. H1910oft hilt was . pulled over his , ,
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eyes. - He stroked * softly his little -
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m . ustaclke.� * I caught the. white fl�ffl of -
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his Cigarette. Di.iring the moment, of I
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my Inattention something happened.
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�A wild shout burst from 'the men. I
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whi,ried and saw- to my. great J9%4. ..
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strip of sky westward bet*ee 0 . 1.
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cliff and, the 'rock. 'And ry I
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Instant a 'billow -larger than the or-
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dinary � rolled. beneath us, and. in. tho.,
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back auction ,of Its ,passage I could
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btirgly coftcrealed find the balt of tile "
coarseAt. That I would go $lite to a l Oi
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