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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Times, 1912-05-09, Page 7THE WIN14111AM TIMES, MAY i), If,t7.2 IUs Rr11014/ r` ,. re a'iwrite> :q111. ;".".ar •r' tis:: :•t(7^: ese (Lie • gs 0 th(0 it Li a By LOUIS TRACY copyright. 1903, by Edword J. Clodo 0 they realized that here, ab.ve their beads, were the white man and the maidwhom they sought. 'With stupid zeal they blazed away furiously, only succeeding in shower- ing'fragments of splintered stone int, the eagle's nest. Ana the sailor smiled. Ile quietly picked up an old coat, rolled it into a ball and pushed it into sight amidst the grass. Then he squirmed round on his stomach and took up a position ten feet away. Of course those who still carried loaded gnus discharg- ed them at the bundle of rags, where- upon Jenks thrust his rifle beyond the edge of the rock and 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 celerity. The remaining cartridges in the magazine slackened the pace of two of their number. Jenks dropped the empty weapon and seized another. He stood up now and sent a quiets remind- er after the rearmost pirate. The oth- ers had disappeared toward the locality where t : leader and his diminished troop were gathered, not daring to again conte within range of the whis- tling dumdums. 'l'lte sailor, holding his rifle as though pheasant shooting, bent forward unit sought a belated oppo- nent, but in vain. There was no sound save the wailing of birds, the soft sough of the sea and the yelling of the three wounded hien in the house, wise - knew not what terrors threatened and vainly bawled for succor. Again Jenks could loo' at Iris. Het face was bleeding. The sight madden- ed hihu. "My God!" he wounded?" .She smiled bravely at him. "It is nothing," she said—"a mere splash from the rock which cut my forehead." Ile Oared not go to her. He could only hope that it was no worse, so he turned to examine the valley once more for vestige of a living foe. groaned. "Aro you T CHAPTER XII. IIO!tGIi his eyes, like live coals, glowered with sullen fire at the strip of sand and the rocks in front, his troubled brain paid perfunctory heed to his task. The 10 stern sense of duty, the iugrained force f lofig years of military discipline and soldierly thought, compelled him to keep watch and ward over his fortress, but be could not help asking himself what would happen if Iris were seriously wounded. . There was one enemy, more potent than these skulking .)yaks, a foe more irresistible iu 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 the island, the shade of trees, tut or cave, the power of unrestricted movement and 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 guts 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. But if Iris were wounded! If the extra strain brought fever in ite wake! That way he saw nothing but blauk despair, to be ended for her by, -Shiite= and merciful death, for bind by a Berserk rush among the Dyake and 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 x scratch." So a kindly Providence had spared them yet a little while. The cloud Passed 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- tel. up from the hoose. Standing as hd was on the edge of the rock, this was a point he could not guard against. When her welcome assurance recall- ed his scattered senses he stepped back to speak to her, and is the sem. Instant a couple of bullets crashed against the rock overhead. Iris had I Unwittingly saved him from a serious, perhaps fatal, wound, He sprang to the extreme right of looked ledge and boldly o oked Into the trees beneath. Two Dyaks were there, belated wanderers cut off from the t ertin body. They dived headlong int, the undergrowth for safety, -but one Of them was too late. Jenks' rifle reached him, and its reverberating con. eitsslon, tossed back and forth by the echoing rocks, drowned his parting scream. . In the plenitude of restored vigor the sailor waited for no Coutnter denten. otratlon. Ile turned and crouebinglY, s►pproaehed the southern end Of hie {(parapet. Through hie screen of grass flit could discern the long black hate Adtd yellow face of a man who lay oe -be sand and twisted his head around t.e-- ....__.......... -.... ..«1 ..w ..... u:e naso or the farther clip. :cite dis- tance, oft mensured, was uiltety yards,.. lite target practically a six ineh bulls - eye. Jellies took careful aim, fired, and a whiff of sand flew^ up. Perhaps he had used too fine a sight and plowed a furrow beneath the Dy. ak's ear, Ile only heard a faint yell, but the eutetprisiug Bead vanished, and there were no more volunteers for that particular service. He was still peering at the place when a cry of unmitigated angeisii came from Irisi "Oh, come quick! Our water! The casks have burst!" It was not until Jenks had torn the tarpaulin from off their stores and he was wildly striving with both hands to scoop up some precious drops collected in the small hollows of tho ledge that he realized the full magnitude of the disaster which had befallen them. During the first rapid exchange of fire before the enemy vacated the cliff several bullets had pierced the tarpau- liu. By a stroke of exceeding bad for- tune two of 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 fluid. The rest, infinitely more valuable to thein than all the diamonds of De Beers, 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, should betray such sense of irre. deeatable loss frightened her much more than the incident itself. IIer lips whitened. Her words be- came incoherent. "'fell me," she whispered. "I can beer enything but silence. Tell me, I in::•lore you. Is it eo bad'r" The sight of her distress sobered ht!u. IIe ground his teeth together as a man (toes who submits to a painful operation and resolves not to flinch be- neath the knife. "It is very bad," he said; "not quite the end, but near it" "The cull," she bravely answered, "Is death! We are living and uninjured. You must fight on. If the Lord wills it we shall not die." He looked in her blue eyes and saw there the light of heaven. Iter glance did sot droop before his. In such mo- ments heart speaks to heart without concealment. "We still have a little water," she cried. "Fortunately we are not thirsty. You have not forgotten our supply of champagne and brandy?" He could only fall in with her unre flectiye• mood . and. 1eteee, the,. dvaadful truth to its own evil time. In their lit - tie nook the power of the sun had not yet made itself felt. By ordinary com- putation it was about 9 o'clock. Long before noon they would be grilling. Throughout the 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 and death. And next day! He tightened his jaws before he an- ewered: "We will console ourselves with a bot- tle of champagne for dinner. ,)Iean- 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 the ledge, already gratefully warrn, 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 come from Snnugglers' cove and were now standing on the beach near the quarry. "I wonder if be is hungry," he thought. "If so, I will interfere with the commissariat." Iris peeped forth at him. "Mr. Jenks!" "Yes," without turning his head. He knew it was an ordinary question. "May I come too?" "What, expose yourself on the ledge!" "Yes, even that. I am so tired of Sitting here atone." "Well, there is no danger. at present. 13ut they might chalice to see you, and I"— ucm youremember what b "Yes, I remember quite well. If that is all"-- '.'here was a rustle of gar- ments, "I am very mannish in appear- ance. If you •promise not to look at me I will join you." "I promise." Iris stepped forth. She was flushed a little, rind, to cover her confusion, Maybe, she picked up a rifle. "Now there are two tuna," she raid es she stood near him. He could see through the tail of hie -eye that •et slight but elegantly pre - portioned young gentleman of the sea- faring profession had suddenly appear- ed trona nowhere. Ile was ,glad the had token this course, It might better fl&o pesitiol were the Dyake to dee her thus, "The moment I tell you you must fall Sat" he warned hey. "No ceremony about it. Just flop!" "I don't know anything better cal- culated to make one flop than a bullet," she laughed. Not yet did the tragedy of tho broken kegs appeal to ber. "Yes, but it achieves its purpose in two ways. I want you to adopt the precautionary method:" "Trust me for that. Good gracious!" The sailor's rifle went off with an unexpected bang that froze the excla- mation on her lips. Three Dyaks were atteniiting to run the gantlet to their beleaguered conn'ades. They carried e jar and two meeker baskets. Ito with the jar fell and broke it. The others doubled back like hares, and the first man dragged himself after them. Jenks did not fire again. Iris watched the wounded wretch crawling along the ground. Her eyes The sailor's rifle vent off with an unex- pected bang. grew moist and she paled somewhat. When he vanished she looked auto the valley and at the opposing ledge; three men lay dead within twenty yards of her. Two others dangled from the rocks. It took her some time to con- trol her quavering utterance sufficient- ly to say: "I hope I may not have to use a gun. I know it cannot be llelpet1, but if I were to kill a human being I do not think I would ever rest again." "In that case I Have indeed murdered sleep today," was the unfeollug reply. "No, no! A 1111111 must be made of sterner stuff. We have a right to de- fend ourselves. If need be, I will exer- cise that right. Still, it is horrid. oh, so hoa•I(1!" She could not see the sailor's grim smile. It would materially affect his rest for the better were he able to slay every Dyak on the island with a single shot. Yet her gentle protest pleased hills. She could not at the same time be callous to human suffer- ing and be Iris, But he decltued the discussion of such sentiments. "You were going to say something when a brief disturbance took place," he inquires. "Yes. I was surprised to mud how hot the ledge has become." "You notice it more because you are Minced to remain here." - After a pause she said: "I think I understand now why you were so upset by the loss of our wa- ter supply. Before the day ends we will be in great straits, enduring ago - ales from thirst!" "Let us not meet the devil halfway," he rejoined. He preferred the unfair retort to a confession which could only foster dismay. "But, please, I am thirsty now." IIe moved uneasily. He was only toe :onscious of the impish weakness, com- mon to all mankind, which creates a Jesire out of sheer inability to satisfy It. Already his own throat was parched. The excitement of the early struggle was in itself enough to engender au acute thirst. He &aright it best to gleet their absolute needs as far as possible. "Bring the tin cup," he said. "Let us take half our store and use the re- mainder when we eat. Try to avoid oreathing through your mouth. The bot air quickly affects the palate and causes an artificial dryness. We can- not yet be in real need of water. It is largely imagination." Iris. needed no second bidding. She Carefully measured out half a pint of the unsavory fluid—the dregs of the casks and the scourings of the ledge. "I will drink first," she cried. "No, no," he interrupted impatiently. "Give it to ine," She pretended to be- surprised. "As a mere matter of politeness"— "I ant sorry, but 1 must insist." She gave him the cup over his Shoul- der. He placed it to his lips and gulped steadily. "There,"" I was in a aid gruffly. w lee he s TI ty d , ks may The Dya have another rush at any moment" his looked into the vessel. "You have taken none at all," she said. "Nonsense!" "Mr. Jenks, be reasonable! YOU need it more than I. I d -dont want to --live w-without—you" llis hands shook somewhat. It WAS well there WAS no can for Aventine shooting just then. "1 assure you I took all I required," he deelau'ed, With unnecessary vette- "At least drink your 'hare to please me." she murmured. ,• , : > l:un:l,ug me." he •-t we; t le t:.' lust ....i ' i ..i ;i tied wee. The . to sol if:'!» of t" •!,l .hies' gave 1' . new life. `.c% lasie4s by h:;,'h t. t, -a r:; ,1,, a ,0. 'f!ie 1, •.cell very I . 'Ito nun • 1., li.,• i liatb .., 1 iild•,i th' eat!. :.. with Ills ar.i',r. I, :a'r'med. t.1 be at:.prl 0 1)1) .1 for Ile t'.e In their jute. '!, a 1'.e• :••ea 11 ,. . m;, 11101 1i:e 1o.ro.4 wifl.ol as. i'te all,..t, t:,e ti''. Illy of all things, b-+I.t:!n' tool- .• !c. 1'he girl bravely t:!e1 to eon- .O'- 110e thon:•.hts to to' tool; of tate i'.'.Ie disvl:!ye,1 alert w'atel:ful- , an ist:tl't re line:.4 11 v.mra her ' .':7,lio!1 of the sligl:tc'st mavelucrnt Iles -trees or by the rocks to the :!!west, this befog the arc of their 1 e:• ,,lht'ry assigned to lier. 1. ,n;,ing at a (41111111 space from cover 1:11.1 1 eiking at the sone p111ce when Ivo) !tering in tate direct rays of a trop - 11::1 sun are kindred operations strange- ; ldiv1't•.se in achievement. Iris could cert reconcile the physical sensitiveness (.f the hour with the careless llardi- b .:.l of the preceding days. Her eyes od somewhat, for sem: liu'l tltea her •.:'ws:;ier to the latek of her head in the e.: ;: t to cool her tlr•obbing tem- r.o put up iter right baud to shade the too vivid re0ectton of the ,.1:eieIzII g see and was :astounded to t:nit that in a few minutes the bade of her hand was scorched, A faint'sound of distant shouting disturbed her pain- ful reverie. "Ilow is it." she asked, "that WO feel the i.e:a no opted' today? I hall hardly nutlet^.l it before." "Pot. two goo:l reasons --forced idle - me: s and radiation from this confound- ed rock. Moreover, this is the hottest de!y we have experienced on the island, There is not :1 breath of air, and the hot weather has ,lust coltliliOiieOd." "Don't you think," she said huskily, "that our position bereois quite hope- less';" The, were tallcing to each other side- way:,. The sailor never- turned his gave from the southern end of the val- ley. "It is no more hopeless now than last night or this morning." the replied. "Put suppose 100 lure kept here for severnldnys?„ "That was always ttn unpleasant probability." "We had water thea. Even with an ample supply it would be difficult to hold out. As things etre, such a course becomes simply impossible." IIer despondency pierced his soul. A slow agony was consuming her. "It is hard. I admit," he said. "Nev- ertheless you must bear up until night falls; then we will either obtain water or leave this place." "Surely eve can do neither." "We may be compelled to do both." "But how?" In this his hour of extremest need the man 10118 vouchsafed a shred of hick. Before he could frame a feeble pretext for his too sanguine l)1'edic•tion a sampan appeared 1100 yards from Fm lle 1:.1011. save:I11 e:sly le i.11e:l by three 1111:1. The vague haliooing they had heard lues es;)laine 1. The I)ynl(s. though to the manner horn, were weary of sun scorched reeks 1'iel : alt water. '1'i:e bolt was coshing in 1'1'.:pr01r(' to 1110!)' signals, and Be sigh inspired Jenks with fresh hope. I.!1 e n lightning flash came the !Tr:Titan that 12 he could keep them eway front the well and destr,y' the sampan neve' hastening to their assist- nuce, i•('•''r•lrs conveying the bulk of their stared. the, would soon tire of slaking their thirst on the few pitcher plants growing on the north shore. "Come quick!" he shouted, adjusting the back sight of a rifle. "Lie down and :dm at the front of that boat, a little short if anything. It doesn't matter if the bullets strike the sea first." Ile placed the weapon in readiness for ber and commenced operations him- self before Iris could reach his side. Soon both rifles were pitching twenty shots a Minute at the sampan. The re- sult of their long range practice was not long in doubt. The Dyaks danced from seat to seat in a state of wild ex - I itentent, One roan was hurled over- board. Then the craft Lurched sea- ward in the strong current, and Jenks told Iris to leave the rest to ]rim. Before he could empty a second mag- azine a fortunate bullet ripped a plank out and the 5111111)1111 filled and went clown amid a shrill yell of execration from the back of the cliff. The two Dyaks yet living endeavored to swim Ashore• half n mile through shark in- vested reefs. The sailor did not even trouble about them. After a few fran- tic struggles each doomed wretch flung up his arms and vanished. In the clear atmosphere the onlookers could see black fins cutting the pellucid sea. They were quieting down—the thirst flend was again slowly salting their veins—when something of n dirty white color .fluttered into sight from behind the base of the opposite cliff. it was rapidly withdrawn, to reappear after an interval. Now it was held more steadily and n brown aim became visi- ble. As Jenks did not fire, a turbaned lead popped into sight. It was the Mee ha (1)med:ul. "No shoot i ' he roared. "Me Eng - t. lisp speak it." "Don't you speak Iiindoostanee?" shouted Jenks In t'rdn of the higher proficiency. "Yes, she" was the joyful response. "Will your honor permit his servant to come and talk with him?" "Yes, If you conte unarmed." "And the chief, too, sahib?" "Yes, but listen! On the first sign of treachery I will shoot both of your' "We will keep faith, sahib, May 'kites pick our bones if we fall!" 'mien there stepped into full view the renegade lsiussultuan and his leader. They carried no gune; the chief wore his creese. "Tell hint to leave that dagger be- lliud!" cried the sailor imperiously. As the (moll** demanded a parley he re- solved to adopt the conqueror's tone from the outset. The chief obeyed, with a stem 1, and the two advanced to the foot eS tI:e rock, "Stand ('lose to me," said Jenks to Iris. "Let them see you plainly, but pull your hat well down over your eyn;3 „ She silently followed his instructions. Now tIOlt the very 011818 of their fate • had arrived :elle was nervous, shaken,. collscioll:; only Or desire to sink on her knee:4 and pray. The two 081te!1 some ten paces in front of the cavern, and the belliger- ents surveyed each other. It was a fas- cinating ::pectaele, this drama in real life. The yellow faced L)yak, gaudily attire(. in a crihlhs,nl jacket and sky blue pantaloons of Chinese sills, tt elan young and powerfully built, and the brown skinned, white clothed Moham- medan, bony, tall and gray with hard- ship, looked up at the occupants of the ledge. Iris, slim atnd boyish in her male garments, was dwarfed by the six foot sailor, but her face was blood. stained, and Jenks wove a six weeks' stubble of beard. IIohling their rifles with alert ease, with revolvers strapped to their sides, they presented a warlike and imposing tableau in their inaccessi- ble perch. In the path of the emissa- ries lay the bodies of the slain. The Dyak leader scowled again as he pass- ed them. - "lahib," began the Indian, "my chief, Taung S'Ali, does not wish to have any more of his meta killed in a foolish quarrel about a woman. Give her up, he says, and he will either leave you here in peace or carry you safely to some place where 'you can find a ship manned by white men." "A woman!" said Jenks scornfully. "That is idle talk! What woman is Here?" This question nonplused the native. "The woman whom the chief saw half a month back, sahib." "Taung S'All was bewitched. I slew his men so quickly that he saw spirits." The chief caught his name and broke in with a question. .A. volley of talk between the two was enlivened with expressive gestures by Taung S'Ali, who several tinges pointed to Iris, and Jenks now anathematized his thought- less folly in permitting the Dyak to ap- proach so near. The Mohammedan, of course, had never seen her and might have persuaded toe other that in truth there were two men only on the rock. IIis fears were only too well founded. The ldussulmatt salaamed respectfully and said: "Protector of the poor, I cannot gain- say your word, but Taung S'A11 says that the maid stands by your side and is none the less the woman he seeks in that she wears a man's clothing." "IIe has sharp eyes, but this brain is addled," retorted the sailor. "Why does he come here to seek a woman who is not of his race? Not only has lie brought death to his people and nar- rowly escaped it himself, but lie must know that any violence offered to us will mean the extermination of his 101101e tribe by an English warship. Tell him to take away his boats and never visit this isle again. Perhaps I will then forget his treacherous at- tempt to murder us while we slept last night." The chief glared defiantly, while the Mohammedan said: "Sahib, it is best not to anger him too much. He says he means to have the girl. He saw her beauty that day, and she infltumed his heart. 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He demanded an explanation, and the ready witted native was obliged to in- vent some plausible excuse. Yet when the raised his face to Jenks there was the look of a hunted animal in his eyes. "Sahib," he said, endeavoring to con- ceal his agitation, "I am one among many. A word from me, and they would cut my throat. If I were with you there on tate rock I would die with you, for I was in the Kumaon regiment when the trouble befell me. It is of no avail to bargain with it tiger, sahib. I suppose you will not give up the miss sahib. Pretend to argue with me. I will help in any way possible." Jenks' heart bounded when this un - looked for offer reached his ears. The mlfortnuate Mohammedan was evi- dently eager to get away from the.i)i- rltticatl sung into whose power he had failed. But the chief WAS impatient, if not suspicious, of these long speeches. Angrily bolding forth a rifle. the sail- or shouted: "Tell Taung S'All that I will slay ) mmol' s men ere tomorrow's e e his 7 ( and all hila n sun rides He knows something of my power. but not nil. Tonight at the twelfth hour you w'ili find a rope hnn'r- Ing from the rock. Tie thereto a vessel of water. Fall not in this. I will not forget your services. 1 11111 Anetrnt:::r Sahib of the Pel alt n rnulnleut.' The native tranrsletcd his words into a tierce elefinne'e of Taune t+'Ali and his [)y nks. 'rite ehief glanced nt Jenks and Iris with an ominous smile, IIe muttered somethhl::. "'rhea. sahib. there Is nothing more to be sold. Beware of the trees on yorrr right. They can send client death even to the place where yon stand. (To be continued.) IF THE LIVER IS LAZY STIR IT UP BY THE USE OP MILBURN'S LAXA-LIVER PILLS. 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Taylor, Limited, Wooestock, Ont., which contains the first chapter of the Final Report of Mr. Kelly Evans of the Ontario Game, and Fisheries Commission. Mr. Evans has spent two years in the preparation of this report and the information contained therein and the recommendation which Mr. Evans makes as to a broader policy of administration should be read by ever& sportsman. "An Ideal Canadian Holi- day" will appeal to those who already have visions of a summer outing. Trap -shooters will find their interests particularly well looked after in this month's issue phic contains in addition to the usual department news and scor. es a specially illustrated article by "Canuck" on the Easter Inter -Club Shoots between Montreal and St. Hu- bert clubs. A Year Indoors "For thirteen months I was so bad with chronic indigestion that I could not go out of doors. Nerves were un- strung, the heart bad and smothering feelings came on till I thought I would choke. Doctors' treatment failed me, so I began the use of Dr. Chase's Kid- ney -Liver Pills, which I thank for my present good health. I am now doing my housework and have a family of ten." Algonquin National Park. bein g made in con - The improvements g nection with the Highland Inn, situated in the Algonquin National Park of Ont- ario, 170 miles west of Ottawa, and 205 miles north of Toronto on the Grand Trunk Railway System, are progressing and the addition of fifty more rooms to this hotel will be ready for the reception of guests about June 1st. The aecom- odation of this popular inn will when the annex is finished be for 200 guests. Situated 1,900 feet above the sea level the air is pure and invigorating and there are few paces in Canada which offer such attractions to the summer resorter as those found in Algonquin Park.