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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1912-05-23, Page 7.0.. rrfae.err.i�sr.e�rw,rwr�wrnru~n,.r�rir' the :o - a ings 9f t e i BY LOUIS 0 1� ii TRACY Copyright, 1903, by Edward J. Clode mine the punishment if we have de- ' tided wrongly, And now," he cried, tossing this head in a detinet access oft energy, "let us have done with the morgue. For my part I refuse to ac- lt:uowledge I am inside until the gates elapg behind. me." They c hatted in lighter vein with such penlnluna string b.mk to noneha- rauce that none would have deemed it possible for these two to have already deterimlued the momentous issue of the pearling struggle should it go against them.. And so the sun sank to rest in the sen, nntl•time stars pierced the deepen- ing blue of the celestial arch, while the man and the woman awaited patiently the verdict of the fates. Before the JIght failed Jenks gath- ered all the poisoned arrows and ground their venomed points to powder beneath Ills heel. Gladly would Iris and he have dispensed with the friend- ly protection of the tarpaulin when the .cool evening breeze canto from the south. But such a thin„ might not be even considered. Several hours of dark- ness must elapse before the moou rose, and during that period, were their foes so min+'e.1, they would be absolutely at the mercy of the sumpitan shafts if not eot'erea by their impenetrable buckler. The sailor looked long and earnestly .at the well. Their own bucket, impro- vIsed out of a dish cover and a rope, :lay close to the brink. A stealthy crawl . across the sandy valley, half a minute .of grave danger, and he would be up :the ladder again with euough water to :serve their imperative needs for days to cone, There was little or no risk in de- scending the rock. Soon after sunset ;it was wrapped in deepest gloom, for %night succeeds day in the tropics with wondrous speed. The hazard lay in •twice crossing the white sand, were any of the Dyaks hiding behind the ;house or among the trees. He held no foolhardy view of bis .own powers. The one sided nature of the conflict thus far was due solely to his possession of modern rifles as op- posed to muzzle loaders. Let him be surrounded on the level at close quar- ters by a dozen determined men and .he must surely succumb. 'Were it not for the presence of Iris he would have given no second thought to the peril. To act without consult- ing her was impossible, so they dis- cussed the project. Naturally she scouted it. "The Mohammedan may be able to help us," she pointed out. "In any event let us wait until the moon wanes. That is the darkest hour. We do not know what may happen meanwhile." The words had hardly left her mouth when an irregular; volley was fired at them from the right dank of the en- .emy's position. Every bullet struck yards above their heads, the common failing of musketry at night being to take too high an nim. But the impact of the missiles on a rock so highly im- pregnated with minerals caused sparks to fly, and Jenks saw that the Dyaks would obtain by this means a most dangerous index of their faulty prac- tice. Telling Iris to at once occupy her safe corner, he rapidly adjusted a ;rifle on the wooden rests already pre- pared in anticipation of an attack from that quarter and tired three shots at the opposing crest whence cattle the majority of min flashes. One at least of the three found a htt- nlan billet. There was a shout of sur- prise and pain, and the next volley spurted from the ground level. This could do no damage owing to the angle, but he endeavored to disconcert the marksmen by keeping up a steady fire in their direction. He did not dream of attaining other than a moral effect, ani there is a lot of room to miss when aiming in the dark. Soon he imagined that the burst of flame from his rine helped the Dyaks, because several bul- lets whizzed close to his head, and abot%t this time firing recommenced from the crest. Notwithstanding all his skill and ma- itipu1atiou of the wooden supports he failed to dislodge the occupants. Ev- ery minute one or tnore ounces of lead pitched right into the ledge, damaging the stores and tearing the tarpaulin, While those Which struck the wall el rock were dangerous to Iris by reales 4f the molten spray. Re could guess what had happentd. By lying fiat on the sloping plateau or Squeezing elope to the projecting shred- der of the cliff the Dyaks wete so little elposed that 'idle chtiltce auntie ri`ouhi enable him to hit one of them. tut they must be shifted, or this night %bombardment would prove the most serious develoli1nent yet eneounteregl. I... "Are you aft right, Iris?" he Called Ott j"Yes, dear," she answered. "Well, I Want Oa le keep your'! revered by the canvas for a itttle While, especially your !read and ahem!. hers, 1 aloe {tome to atop these c1►apa. 'Lie, hate !found our Weak Vane; WA 1X can bai4fe thein." Sha •!lift Ito% aiet< wblat b. prrflp0SPt11 fir ale. Ile !tearl the rustling of than kr. 0gulin as she pulled it. Instantly 114 •east loose the rope leader ttnl, 11104 .May with a revolver, dropped de'wa t tock. fie was quite lnvlalble to the elw 'cheW. flat reaching tate 1proufid his lie' UM tett a owl& para vim lig A:. sound save the Oeeastomai reports nine- ty yawls away. Ile hitched up the low- er rungs of the ladder until they were six feet from tate level and then crept noiselessly close to the rock for some forty yards. He halted beside a small peon tree and stooped to find something imbed- ded near its roots. Att hi sdistance h e could plainly hear the muttered con- versation of the Dyaks and could see several of them prone on the sand. The latter fact preyed how fatal would be an attempt on his part to reach the well. They must discover him instant- ly once he quitted the somber shadows of the cliff. He waited perhaps a few seconds longer than was necessary, endeavoring to pierce the dim atmos- phere and learn something of their dis- position. A. vigorous outburst of firing sent him back with haste. Iris was up there alone. IIe knew not what might hap- pen. Ise was now feverishly anxious to be with her again, to hear her voice and be sure that all was well. To his horror he found the ladder swaying gently against the rock. Some one was using it, He sprang forward, careless of consequence, and seized the swinging end, which had fallen free again. He had his foot on the bottom rung when Iris' voice, Close at hand and shrill with terror, shrieked: +r "Robert, where are you?" "Here!" he shouted. The next in- stant she dropped into his arms. A startled exclamation from the vi- cinity of the house and some loud cries from the more distant Dyaks on the other side of Prospect park showed that they had been overheard. "Up!" he whispered. "Bold tight and go as quickly as you can!" "Not without you!" "Up, for God's sake! I follow it your heels!" She began to climb. He took some article from between his teeth, n string apparently, and drew it toward him, mounting the ladder at the same time. The end tightened. Ise was then about ten feet from the ground. Two Dyaks, yelling fiercely, rushed ,from the cover of the house. "Co on," he said to Iris. "Don't lose your nerve, whatever happens. I tun close belhind you." "I ata quite safe," she gasped. Tuning and clinging on with one hand, he drew his revolver and fired at the pair beneath, who could now faintly discern them, and 'were almost within reach of the ladder. The shoot- ing made them halt. He did not know or care if they were bit. To frighten them was sufficient. Several others A tremendous explo9ion. were running ncross the sands to the cave, attracted by the noise and the cries of the foremost pursuers. Then he gave a steady pull to the cord. The sharp crack of a rifle came from the vicinity of the old quarry. IIe saw the flash among the trees. Almost simultaneously a bright light leaped from the opposite ledge, illum- inating the vicinity like it meteor. It iit up the rock, elealeet Itis just van- ishing into the safety of the ledge And revealed Jenks and the Dyaks to each other. There followed instantly a tre- mendous explosion that shook earth, and air, dislodging eeery loose stone ht the soutliveest pile of reeks, hultilled from the plateau borne of its oceU- paute and wounding the remainder With a shower of lead and debris. The sailor, unmolested further, reached the ledge. In' a tall tree near the valley of death be had tightiy tatted a loader!l ride which pointed et a loose stone be the rock overhanging the ledge held by' the Dyaks. This stone rested. against a number of preeussiosr caps ettraeted from certrtdgee, end these were to di. root communication With a train et powder leading to a blasting charge placed at the end of a twentyfour lneh hole drilled With a Crowbar. The hat. Pact of the bullet against the eteai Mild trot tan t$ goo frons! tkii N E ► INGHAbM TIMES, VAT 2 , jirj 2 caps. He had. used the Contests of 660 cartridges to secure a sufficiency of powder, and the bullets were crammed Into the orifice, being tamped with clay and wet sand. The rifle was fired by means of the string, tate loose coils of which were secreted at the foot of the pooh. By springing this novel mine he had effeetually removed every Dyak from the ledge, over which its contents would spread like a tau. Further, it would probably deter the survivors from again venturing near the fatal spot. Iris listened, only half comprehend- ing. Her mind was filled with one thought to the exclusion of all others. Robert had left her, had done this tiring without telling her. She forgave hilts, knowing he acted for the best, but he must never, never deceive her again in such a manner. She could not bear it. 6e CHAPTER XIV. OTT are a dear unreasonable lit - tae girl,', he said, "!:Taro you breath enough to tell me why you came down the ladder?" "When I discovered you were gone I became wild with fright. Don't you sz,e, 1 imagined you were wounded and had fallen from the ledge. 'What Mee could I do but follow, either to help you, or, if that were not pas- sible"— IIe found her hand and pressed it to his lips. "I humbly crave your pardon," he said. "That explanation is mare than ample. It was I who behaved un- t'easonably. Of course 1 should have warned you.' "May I ask how many more wild ad- ventures you undertook without my knowledge?" "Oue other, of great magnitude. I fell in love with you," "Nonsense!" she retorted. "I knew that long before you admitted it to your•" "Dateself, please?" "Well, to begin at the very begin- ning, you thought I was nice on board the Sirdar. Now, didn't you?" And they were safely embarked on a rouversatlon of no interest to any oth- er person in the wide world, but which provided them with the most delight- ful topic imaginable. Thus the time sped until the rising moon silhouetted the cliff on the white carpet of coral strewn sand. The black shadow line traveled slowly closer to the base of the cliff, and Jenks, guided also by the stars, told Iris that mid- night was at hand. They knelt on the parapet of the ledge, alert to catch any unusual sound and watching for any indication of human movement. But Rainbow is- land was now still as the grave. The wounded Dyaks had seemingly been removed from hut and beach. The dead lay where they had fallen. The sea sang a lullaby to the reef, and the fresh breeze whispered among the palls fronds—that was n11. If the Mussulman kept his compact the hour was at hand. Then the light hiss of a snake rose to them from the depths. That is a sound never forgot- ten when once heard. It is like unto no other. Indeed the term "hiss" is a misnomer for the quick sibilant expul- sion of the breath by an alarmed, or angered serpent. Iris paid no heed to it; but Jenks, who knew there was not a reptile of the snake variety ou the island, leaned over the ledge and emitted a tolerably good imitation. The native was be- neath. "Sahib!" The, girl started at the uneXpected call from the depths. "Yes," said Jenks quietly. "A rope, sahib." The sailor lowered a rope. Some- thing was tied to it beneath. The Mo- hammedan apparently had little fear of being detected. "Pull, sahib." "Usually it is the sahib who says 'pull,' but circumstances alter cases," communed Jenks. He hauled steadily at a heavy weight, a goatskin filled with cold water. He emptied the hot and sour wine out of the tin cup and was about to hand the thrice wel- comed draft to Iris when a susiiieioue thought caused him to withhold it. "Let Inc taste first" he said. The Indian might have betrayed them to the Dyaks, More unlikely things had happened. What if the wa- ter were poisoned or drugged? He placed the tin to his lips. The liquid Was musty, having been In the skin nearly two days. Otherwise it seemed to be all right. With a sigh of profound relief he gave Tris the cup and smiled et the most unladylike haste with which she emptiest it. "Drink yourself and give me some more," she said. "No more for you at present, madam. Ina feta minutes, y'es." "Oh, why not now?" "Do net fret, dear one. You matt have all yon Want in a little while. itut to drank much now would make you very ill." Itis waited unto he could speak again. "Why did you"— she began. But he bent over the parapet. "Hello!" "Sahib!" "ton have not been Molted?" "I think not, sahib. Do not talk toe loud. They are foxes in Cunning. You have a ladder, they any, sahib. Will not your honor descend?? I have much to relate." Iris made no protest when Jenks ex• plaited the man's request. She only stipulated that he should not leave the ladder, while she would remain within easy earshot. The eallor, of course, carried his revolver, ll:e also pleked up a crowbar, a most useful ind atnent weapon. 'Chen he Went quietly down- werd. Nearing the ground. he saw the native, who naleamed deeply and .eke unarmed. The poor fellow NMI* NI to in+ very anxious to help them. "That is your name?" demanded the Mali+I•. "MI'.r Jan, sahib, formerly corporal In the Iivamaou regiment." "When did you leave the regtinent?" "'Two years ago, sahib. I killed"-- "R`hrtt was the muse of your colo. nel?" "Kernel I-shpe:tee-sahib, a brave 1111111, but of no account on a horse." Jenks well remembered Colonel .+!neuro --a fat, short leaved warrior, wife rollers off his charger if the nui- teal $o much as looked sideways. Mir Jan was telling the truth. "You are right, Mir .Tan. 'What is 'r'nang S'Ali doing now?" "Cursing, sahib, for the most part. IIis men are frightened. Ile wanted theta to try once more with the tubes that shoot potsou, but they refused. IIe could not conte alone, for he could not use his right hand, and he was wound- ed by the blowing up of the rook. You nearly killed ue n ,too sahib was I t'u''e with the bazaar -born whelps. By the prophet's beard, it was a fine stroke." "'Are they going away, then?" "No, sahib. The dogs have been whipped so sore that they snarl for re- venge. They say there is no use in firing at you, but they are resolved to kill you and•the miss sahib or carry her off if she escapes the assault." "What assault?" "Protector of the poor, they are build - frig sealing ladders—four in all. Soon after dawn they intend to resit your position. You may slay some, they say, but you cannot slay threescore. Taung S'All has promised gold to every man who survives if they succeed. They have pulled down your signal on the high rocks and are using the poles for the ladders. They think you have a charm, sahib, and they want to use your own work against you," This was serious news. A combined attack might indeed be dangerous, though it had the excellent feature that if it failed the Dyaks would certainly leave the island. But his sky sign de- stroyed! That was bad. Had a vessel chanced to pass the swinging letters would surely have attracted attention. Now even that faint ]tope was dis- pelled. "Sahib, there is a worse thing to tell," said hair Jan. "Say on, then." "Before they place the ladders against the cliff they will build a fire of green wood so that the smoke will be blown by the wind into your eyes. This will help to blind your nim. Otherwise you never miss." "That will assuredly be awkward, Mir Jan." "It will, sahib. Soul of my father, if we had but half a troop with us"— But they had not, and they were both so intent on the conversation that they were momentarily off their guard. Iris was more watchful. She fancied there was a light rustling amid the under- growth beneath the trees on the right And she could hiss, too, if that were the correct thing to do. So she hissed. Jenks swarmed halfway up the lad- der. "Yes, Iris," he said. "I am not sure, but I imagine some- thiug moved among the bushes behind the house." "All right, dear. I will keep a sharp lookout. Cau you hear us talking?" "Hardly. Will you be long?" "Another minute." He descended and told Mir Jan what the mins sahib said. The native was about to make a search when Jenks Stod frim. "Hppeere handed the man his re- volver—"I suppose you can use this?" Mir Jan took it without a word, and .Jenks felt that the incident atoned for previous unworthy' doubts of his dark friend's honesty. The Mohammedan cautiously examined the back of the house, the neighboring shrubs and the open beach. After a brief absence he reported all safe, yet no than has ever been nearer death and escaped it than he during. that reconnoissance. He, too, forgot that the Dyaks were foxes, and foxes can lie close when hounds are a trifle state. Mir Jan returned the revolver. "Sahib," he said, with another sa- laam, "I am a disgraced man, but if you will take me up there with you I will fight by your side until both my arms are hacked oft 1 am weary of these thieves. 111 chance threw me in- to their Company. I will have no more of them. If you will not have me on the rock, give me a gun. I Will hide among the trees, and 1 promise that some of them shall die tonight before they find me. For the honor of the regiment, sahib, do not refuse this thing. All I ask is if your honor es. capes that you will write to Eurnai I-shpence-sahib and tell him the last act of Mir Jan, corporal in B troop." Jenks was profoundly moved, H'e reflected how best to utilize the sere• lees of this willing volunteer without exposing him to certain death in the manner suggested. The native misin- terpreted his silence. "I am not a rascal, sahib," he ex- claimed proudly, "I only killed a man bemuse"— "Listen, Mir Jan. You cannot well mend what you have said. The Dyaks, you are sure, will not come before mbrntng?" "They have ',turfed the wounded to the boats and aro making the iae4 dere. Stith was Mei: talk when I left them." '1\111 they not else you?" "They will miss the goatskin, sahib. It was the test full one," "Mir Jan, do Si I bid and you shall see Deihl again. Have you ever used a Lee-Metford?" "I have ascii them, e'abib, but i bet. ter Understand the lliahtint." "I will give you a ride, with plenty of ammunition. De you go inside the cave, there, and"-•- ! Mir ran tsar start cd. "Where the ghost is, sahib?" he said. "Ghost! That is n tale for children. There is no ghost, only a few bone of a man murdered by these scoun- drels long ago. Have yon any food?" "Sortie rice, sahib; sufiieient for a day or two at a phn'b." "Good! We will get water from the well. When the fighting begins at dawn fire at every elan you see from the back of the rate. On no account come out. Then they can never reach you if you keep a full magazine. Wait here." "I thought you were never coming," protested Iris when Jenks reached the ledge. "I have been quite creepy. I am sure there is some one down there. And, please, may 1 have another drink?" Tho sailor had left the crowbar be- neath. IIe eeeured a rifle, a spare clip and a dozen packets of cartridges, meanwhile brie.Iy explaining to Iris the turn taken by events so fair as Mir Jan was concerned. She was natural- ly11 delighted ted and forgot her foals in the excitement caused by the appear- ance of so useful an ally. She drank his health in a brimming beak8'r of wat10er. S1board her lover rejoin Mir Jan and saw the two step out into the moonlight, while Jenks explained the action of the rifle, Fortunately Iris was now uauth recovered from the fatigue and privation of the earlier hours. Iter senses were sharpened to a pitch little dreamed of by stay-at- home tay-athome young Indies of her age, and she deemed it her province to act as sentry while the two amen conferred. Bence she was the first to detect, or, rather, to become conscious of, the stealthy crawl of several Dyaks along the bottom of the eliff from Turtle beach. "Robert!" she screamed. "The Dy- aks! On your left!" But Iris was rapidly gaining some knowledge of strategy. Before she shrieked, her warning she grasped a rifle. Holding it at the "ready"—about the level of her waist—and depressing the muzzle sufficiently, she began firing down the side of the rock as fast as she could handle lever and trigger. Two of the nickel bullets struck a pro- jection and splashed the leading sav- ages with molten metal. Unfortunately Jeuks' rifle beneath was unloaded, being in Mir Jan's pos- session for purposes of instruction. Jenks whipped out his revolver. - "To the cave!" he roared, and Mir Jan's uuwillingness to face a goblin could not withstand the combined im- petus of the sahib's order and the on- ward rush of the enemy. no darted headlong for the entrance. Jenks, shooting blindly as he, too, ran for the ladder, emptied the revolv- er just as his left hand clutched a rung. Three Dyaks were so close that it would be folly to attempt to climb. He threw the weapon into the face of the foremost man, effectually stopping his onward progress. The sailor turuea to dive into the cave and secure the rifle from Mir Jan, when his shin caught the heavy crowbar resting against the rock. The pain of the blow lent emphasis to the swing with which the implement de- scended upon some portion of a Dyak anatomy. Jenks never knew where he hit the second assailant, but the place cracked like au eggshell. He had not time to recover the bar for another blow, so he drove the point in the gullet of a gentleman who was Ile drove the point in the nutlet. about to make a vicious sweep at Min with a parang. The downfall of this worthy outset] his immediate succes- sor t > st.nuble, and Jenks saw his op- portene'ly. With the agility of at cat he Auntie ; up the !adder and reached the lesS e w Mont Injury. 'Ogee; (Mines happened with the speed of thorltt. Within forty seeon,Is of leis' shrill cry the vreline was 1,reust Sigh w .11 the ledge and Falling to her: " '1 right. ofd girl' Keep It tap!" 1 1 1.01.0 he was close to her, unhurt .11 1 mealy ,tubilant, ns was his wse when as stiff fight went well. Ile was v 1 •• :e now, firing and aimieg. t,)). a• 1. N !)yaks broke carter Ieekie .:;y 111 r 'es for shelter, end one may +:+ fair : by moonlight strength enough lett to paw. the r:::e out of hareem way before s..t broke 'flown end sobbed not W41111t4 but in a paroxysm of reaction. 'Sum) roll tv;.s +>nict beneath Nave for the la - 1++'•0,I ':forts of some wounded turn to gr1 far away trout that accursed reek Jel,ks w;:s able to turn to Iris. lie eu• ate%! e11 to allay her agitation an sueceeeie i sotue vhat, for tears vaults and elle citing to tint it watt uselea& to reproach him. The whole inetdcut goonsiommiummosiminnummom Children Cry for Fletcher's The Kind. 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GENUINE CASTO R i A ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The ICiiitl You ilave Always Bough In Use For Over 30 Years THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. MEMININIMEMEIMMIIIMMIIMINMEIMMINIONIEMEE P • was unforeseen. She was herself a party to it. But what an escape! "You have been a very good little girl and have earned your supper," he said. "Qh, how can you talk so callously after such an awful experience?" she expostulated brokenly, "It is a small thiug to trouble about, sweetheart," he explained. "You spot- ted the enemy so promptly and blazed away with such ferocity that they nev- er ever got within yards of me." "Are you sure?" "I vow and declare that after we have eaten something and sampled our remaining bottle of wine I will tell you exactly what happened." "Why not now?" "Because I must first see to Mir Jan, I bundled him neck and crop into the cave. I hope I did not hurt him." "You are not going down there again?" "No need, I trust." He went to the side of the ledge, re- covered the ladder which he had has- tily hauled out of the Dyaks' reach aft- er fter his climb, and cried: "Mir Jan." - "Alt, sahib! Praised be the name of the Most Higb, you are alive. I was searching among the slain with a sor- rowful heart." The Mohammedan's voice came from some little distance on the left. "The slain, you say. How many?" "Five, sahib." "Impossible! I fired blindly with the revolver and only bit one man hard with the iron bar. One other dropped near the wood after I obtained a rlde.'t "Then there be nix, sahib, not reckon- ing eckoning the wounded. I have accounted for one, so the miss sahib must Mee"— "What is he saying about me?" in. quired Iris, who had risen and joined her lover. "He says you absolutely staggered the Dyaks by opening fire the moment they appeared." "How did you come to slay one, Mir Jau?" he continued. "A son of a black pig followed me lute the cave. I waited for him in the darkness. I have just thrown his body outside." "'Fell done! Is Taung S'All dead by any lucky chance?" "No, sahib, if he be not the sixth. I will go and sec." "You may be attacked." "I have found a sword, sahib. You left me no cartridges." (To be continued.) 3UF1'c;RED TERRIBLE PAiNS OF INDIGESTION. tfILBUAN'S LAXA-LIVER 11LLS CURED HER. Mrs. Wm. 11. MacEwen, Mount Tryon, P.E.I., writes:—" For more than a :ear I suffered with all the terrible pains if indigestion, and my life was one of the .;reatest misery. It did not seem to make my difference whether I ate or not, the pains were always there, accompanied by .i severe bloating and belching of wind. 1 did not even get relief at night, and sometimes hardly got a bit of sleep. In ny misery I tried many remedies said to cure indigestion, but they did sae not me particle of good, and 1 fully expected I would always be afflicted in this way. 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