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OSBORN ILLUSTRATIONS BY HENRY JAY LLB c IaraT asumas sc;azaNER$ EONS WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE Palmyra Tree, aboard the yach Rainbow, is startled by seeing a han thrust through the port of her cabin She makes a secret investigation and discovers a stowaway. She is disap- pointed in his mild appearance and tells him so. Obeying his command to glance at the door—she sees a lhuge, fierce, copper -hued man—with a ten inch knife held between grinning lips! Burke, the stowaway, explains that it is a joke. Bet Palmyra is shaken. Next day, Burke and the brown man go up on deck. The stowaway entertains them with wild tales of an adventuresome life—which his listeners refuse to believe! Palmyra spends more and more time with the stowaways to avoid John .and Van, but when • the stow- aways are put ashore at Honolulu she decides she loves Van. The night the engagement is announced the Rainbow hits a reef. In the ex- citement which follows John rescues both Van and Palmyra—but Palmyra thinks it is Van who saved her. After three days spent on the un- inhabited island, a sail is sighted. It proves to be Ponape Burke! Burke contrives to get Palmyra on board his boat alone—and the boat is un- der way before anything can be done! Thurston is frantic and plans to save Palmyra, although there seems no possible way. Meanwhile Ponape tells Palmyra he is going to the Isle of Tauna with her. Burke has to put her ashore on an island, as a Japan- ese man-of-war is sighted and it would be dangerous to have her aboard. Olive swims to the island and joins Palmyra. She is in fear of the brown man. Olive and Palmyra swim to anoth- er island, from which Palmyra sec- retly sends a note for aid. Burke's ship approaches the island. Now read on— t d CHAPTER VIII She would have snatched her par- asol to raise as an additional sail, but now, to her astonishment, she found that Olive was not snaking sail, but taking it in. Slowly the speck that was the Pig- eon of Noah grew larger. One hard- ly believed so small a. thing could threaten so much of evil. She understood now why Olive had not tried to run. Their hope depended, not on flight, but in lying unobserved, As the topmasts had risen ever higher against the sky, so now they receded—and were gone. It was now, in this last twelve hours that Palmyra had seen Olive for the first time handle a curiou kite -frame affair of sticks, decke out with small yellow cowry shells This frame she had noticed at he original inspection of the canoe, an since, when she was not too tire too frightened, too miserable to think at all, she wondered what 1 could be. This contrivance which she had en Bowed with so much mystery proved to be nothing more than the brown man's chart. Yet, even at that, it was still a mystery. Among the is- landers it was forbidden except to - d t'he hereditary navigators, and a - thong white men few had ever grasp- ed its application; none, perhaps, had I been able to read upon the oc- an's surface its guides and warnings. With such a frame of sticks, how- ever, Olive, could he have made it }lain to her, sailed from lagoon to S agoon across the trackless ocean in almost,the assurance of a civilized mariner with chart, compass and sex - ant. That night, she awoke to final her - elf, again, encircled by those great. arms, held close against that copper breast, But no struggle. now, It was ancl, !ami -=thank God, land./' Was the island inhabited? She had een no sign, and Olive appeared at ase. But, then, this was the ocean 'de of the atoll at night abandoned 1 o the ghosts. Anyone,who saw her would think her a disembodied spirit, She shuddered, ; Was she now in ttitlt inose than the shadow of that ir•1 'who once had lived? As the savage lay asleep, the knife pt hea,tii on his belt was uppermost. 1>per•Indpst. Wherr the girl's eyes reopened they themselves fixed upon that blade: It as very close, Almost she could a nett out and touch the Handle, She bought of the other time, s she would have disarmed him. As she sat, her fingers went out once again experimentally toward the knife, and were withdrawn. The savage, contrary to her expectations, did not awake to accuse her. She knew by now it really made no diff- erence who had the knife. A third time, then, her hand went out—and closed upon-} the wooden handle. The knife was loose in the sheath. Slowly she drew the weapon forth. The girl was thrilled, intimidated by her success. Olive had become so much the ogre that she had had the feeling it would be impossible, in slightest degree, to thwart Binz. Yet, here, by- reaching out her hand, she had his precious knife! She did not shudder at the thought as she had once before. Association had made a serious purpose no long- er possible. She only glowed in a new sense of power, restoring, her self-esteem, her good humor. Quickly, however, this elation fad- ed. In its place she found, to her surprise, a touch of guilt, as if she had been un tree to a trust. He had trusted her, and now, lying there in. all his strength, he was like Samson. How had Delilah felt as the shears out through the last of those locks? But Palmyra was not irrevocably the place a heavy stick. The brown man picked tip one of the cocoanuts, and cautioned her with those square hands,' so expressive where his face was blank, Then he raised the nut and .brought it down upon the sharpened point. The wood entered the green husk. With a side- wise prying }notion that wrenched her hands, despite the supporting frainework, he tore off a section of the husk. Again the nut carne down the point, impaling itself, and in a moment the whole husk was removed. After Alive has husked several of the nuts he opened two by peeking them -with the sharp end of a third, trepanning them as neatly as a. sur- geon. The girl accepted/ food and drink. humbly. . She would ' have struck her knife to the. heart of this brown man.— anfl he had meant only to give her food! Her eyes filled. ' With a - girlish impulse she thrust her hand into her dress and drew out the weapon. She would make airier d. There was something very sweet in the gesture, in the expression with, which she offered the knife. But the savage accepted her surrender in the serene seeming unconsciousness of the Buddhas when their devotees lay, an2'S CH.idr . He could bundle her up close in his arms, with one broad hand across her mouth, . . , Delilah, for she could restore th knife. She was, indeed, leaning forwar with .that purpose, when the Sava awoke. Panic stricken, the girl jerk ed back, not in fear of his anger, bo in a guilty apprehension that, seein the knife above him, he might thin she attempted murder. Unaware, the brown man sat up at once, looked up at the heavens, hi clock, Then he sprang to his feet caught her up once more like a chi/ started for the canoe. Palmyra wanted to give the knife back, but her arm was pinioned. She s -tried to bring it forward, felt the d brown man's precautionary tighten- • ing of his hold, became again con - r scions of her grievance, jerked vig- d orously. d, Olive was. like a long-suffering par- ent. He did not know why she re- t sisted, but he did know he could bundle her up close in his arms, with e before them gifts that may have '}meant months, perhaps years, of sac - d orifice. ge In a new sense of trust, she turned - quickly to him, her cheeks flushing, t and spoke his name as nearly as she g could in the way he liked: `O-lee-vay.' k He looked up surprised. "O-lee-vay," she repeated—"Ja- Jaluit?" s He did not .comprehend. She tried , the pronunciation with varying in- , flections. Then, perception, The savage grinned, raised an arm and, cheerfully informative—pointed astern, The girl caught her breath. "Oh, no, no!" she ,cried in panic. 'You don't, don't understand, Ja-luit—Ja- 1'treel•." But all too plainly he did under- stand. And he was sailing directly away from her one chance of rescue. As she stared unblinkingly across the seas the ,low black streamer of cloud unavoidably, in the intensity of her desire, suggested to her mind the smoke of a vessel racing to her aid. The cloud, as is now and then the case was not unlike the smudge from a funnel. And in her fatigue, her helplessness, the very impossibility of the thing gave to this product of her imagination an extraordinary power. She saw the steamer rising from the ocean. She climbed its ladder to the rail. And there, triumphant on its deck' she was safe! And in that moment she knew. she could not be hard on the brown man. She would - .not demand his punish- ment. Only a savage after~ all—no' knight . errant of the deep sea -his very savagery was his excuse, He had known no better,: was not to be blamed, Yet he'cl been kind to her and he had saved her from Burke. At the parting s,hc would thank him, Slie would load his canoe with gifts, Or, better still, though he'd carried her wide of her own sport of i refuge, she would g give' him •:p g 1 assage to some island beyond reach of the murderous Ponape. And. then, suddenly,. Palmyra Tree y was back in the canoe, her heart "beat- ing to suffocation, For her drean was not a dream. The cloud was no cloud. It was smoke, siriokcl slnok'ell Her ship had conte! one broad hand across her mouth. Sudden rage possessed the girl, She would not be treated so. She struggled with all her might. The knife impeded her and she flung it own. The blade struck in the: sent out one feta noiselessly, . AS it flooding moonlight it futile flash, But the savage, all unaware, marched on, holding the girl in vise -like grip. When Olive had carried Palmyra thus unceremoniously down to° their canoe, the sea was not long in reas- serting its power. Her'respite had. been too brief for any real rally a- gainst the tyrant savage. As the craft cut its way through the water; the girl was increasingly sorry for what she had done. Tier act had not'been deliberate, but . af- terwards, at the canoe, she bad failed to call his attention to the empty sheath. She was astonished now that so infallible a machine shotild not: almost immediately have discovered the loss. Not, however, until the hour . for bananas and cocoanutdid the square copper hand go back after the blade, Then .there appeared upon .that face what was actually an expression -- puzzled, startled, bereaved. The queer brown -shat I eyes fixed tipon her, ,For a moment there seemed a pained reproach in them, but he spoke to word, in, - stead, n -stead,. he stooped, and he saw with a gasp that he was tlrawill f'r m f% CIIAPTEP. IX The Int peridl ftrjlattese alai at Okayama, upon a prec'ed!ng day, •had, been steaming against the sea when' word came down to Commander Sa- kamoto that a sail had, been sighted, apparently a raft with shipwrecked. white men. The Okayama swung ov er ,so as to bring the odd float aboard. Soon Sakamoto, through his ,glasses, made out an Aniericani flag, union down. "Send their office aft," he' instru ed. Presently. John Thurston and V Buren Rutger came striding '.alo the deck, . For Thurston and 1 crew, by the .e'xercise of no sm ingenuity, had got their crazy cr together again/ and were once mo bravely tinder way. Sakamoto, seeing he had to do wi gentlemen, offered his hand in co gratulation.. "And I hope," he add when.'they were seated, "you hs leaved' your ' peoples comfortabl e— their desert island?" Thurston sprang up. "My G Captain," he cried, "you've hea from her? You've got her safe?" The commander beggl for an < count of what had'happened.. B when they had reached the abductio he himself jumped lip, interrupti excitedly. There was a new look his face, a look that had advanc through astonished incredulity in mortification and distress. "Now I—understand," he crie "Of her'I —know only one thing This Ponape—she is out of h hands." "Thank God!" from Thurston. But Sakamoto "exclaimed. "N no! It is --not good. It is bad Po ape has losed because a kanaka, lee-vay, has taken her—for himself Sakamoao, in his cautious Englis went on to explain. A large nati craft had beaten out 'after the, Ole yama, signalling urgently. Aboa was an island pastor with one of h villagers, upon whose feeding rbo —maintained for these man -o' -ti hawks the Liner islanders sometim used as a sort of carrier pigeon— stray bird.had alighted with a strung letter. Most' imperative ! Commander Sakamoto spoke i sympathy, "It is very good thing be said, "the bird stop wrong plac with' the letter, and 'spoil—the plea This letter says after Ponape ha stole the high -chief lady, the nativ { stole her a -gin from Ponape -and, an now they . . He groped longe than usual for the right expressioi "And' now they, they con -tend for Iter very big," he went on with satis- faction, "O-lee-vay's friends were- to hurry with many -y boat and arms, Ponape being strong' man, to certain island -and save hire there so he shall shall get away nice—with her for himself.'" et - an nS all aft rF th n - ed ha on od, rd 1c tat n, ng on ed to d. s. is o, n- 0- h, ve a - rd is st t var es a e n e . d e d r t. * * ,p Palmyra's impulse on sighting this seeking ship—for it was the Okaya- ma—was to whirl around and shout the joyful fact. In this moment alt her new aversion for, the brown man was forgotten. But, as she ttvoved, the words froze upon her lips. They two, by this intervention, were no longer friends. From the- steamer Olive would fly almost as quickly• as from the Pigeon of Noah. Aboard the .imperial Japanese Gun- boat Okayama as it passed within arm's reach of the distracted girl and then steamed on, was the ship's com- pany of the wrecked Yact Rainbow. Gathered' on the deck were all .;who best had loved Palmyra Tree in life. But though :these swept the sea with' their binoculars until eyes could stand no more, none ever knew. • Even as the girl made piteous: at- tempt to east , a mirror's ray across the gulf, , Commander Sakamoto was turning. to John 'Thurston with fatal decision. "My dear—mister, he said. VThat Ponape—he has .catched the poor Miss Tree back a-gin—very sure. We got the bird letter and that ruin all the kanaka's chance. For him to reach this, far unhelped, even if no- body make some .chase, would be of a—too much," Wherefore, Sakamoto,put all to the c �r aspasa. ;Fa, earF4 ui Thursday; Nbvensiyer 28th, 1929 �iBIIlfirllUh@IAllllilll llllllq�f�ililllillil, Il It ill/ l lllilllllllllillllp11111lli p lilll}il ki lsaoab GALVANIZED SIDING for Outside Walls Attractive to look at; Inexpensive. Easy to put on over old walls, With building paper, 'warm, dry, windproo Choice of Brick, Roek-fa and Clapboard patte a3t4ot,,o SHEET STEEL . CEILINGS' add? the touch of pros- e perity to stores; g betterlight. Perman- ent also for schools, balls, kitchens and bathrooms. Easy toputupoverold_ plaster.No dust £ or litter. Easy Ce to clean and lige. paint. Can- not crack or fall oil' GALVANIZED SHINGLES End the fire hazard. Put on overoldroofs, Easy to lay. Good looknig, permanent, inexpensive. Use NO, Other, "The permanent fireproof roof is the cheapest in theend." • • The business of farming under present day conditions requires considerable knowledge of finan- cial matters. Consult the manager of the, near est branch of The Dominion Bank, who is always willing to discuss your problems with you. THE DOMINION BANK A. M. Bishop, Branch Mgr., Wingham 225 Suddenly, before she could realize it as she looked placidly on, he had shifted, stepped backwards. The trap snapped shut across his foot. Instantly, the brown body was con- torted. A gush of bubbles—silver globules streaming upward from his frantic cry. The girl uttered a shriek, covered her eyes. Why, why had she not warned him! She'd known the danger. But, as the girl lay, shuddering, something wet touched her arm. Re- coiling with a gasp, she found her- self looking into the dripping face' of the brown man, which smiled pleas- antly. ' When she reopened„her eyes she knew that she had fainted. She looked at this creature, awed. He was alive, seemingly unharpnned; ,rather pleased with himself and .her astonishment. He drew the knife she had given him and with a gesture or two made it all plain. Olive had thrust the blade in between the valves of the clam's armor and severed the muscles° that snapped these together. r Having explained be rescued the cocoanut shell, which was bobbing way on the water, and prepared to dive anew. When she understood, he girl cried out in protest, "Oh, on't don't try again. I, cannot bear t 1” (Continued next week) RECOUNT ADDS SIX TO MAJORITY OP W. G. MEDD The South Huron recount prooeed- ings were brought to a closeat the ourthouse, Goderich,. last Wednes- day and as a result the majority of. the successful Progressive candidate, W. G. Medd, in the recent provincial election has been increased by six. Mr. Medd had been officially declar- ed elected by Returning Officer Fred O. .Ford :'by a majority of 26 over George It, Elliott, Conservative, Jud- ge R. L, McKinnon; Guelplaiwho pre- sided a,t the recount, gave the follow- ing figures as the result:: Medd, 4,786; Elliott, 4,753; majority for Medd, 32, There were no serious irregularities to affect' the result, Previous to the recount , it bad been reported that eight ballots > bad been found nosing from a certain poll. In the recount eight ballots had been found missing ballots in No. 6, Stanley, had never been received ill the first place by the 'deputy returning officer of that ,poll and that the deputy .returning officer for No. '4, Seaforth had re- ceived eight too many itt his allot - mem, This was originally the print- er's error in making certain quantities. a t d wrong by Olive's strategy of stealth and, deviousness, threw the Okayama northward and steamed forever out of thie field or pursuit; never again, to pass within; sight of ,canoe or schooner; deserting the girl in that hoar when white savage and 'brown closed in for possession of her bod. Y Palmyra's knowledgeof their' Course was so vague` that she hadriot kno} w n -whether they sailed the, Sun- rise or the Sunset chain of the Mar- shalls. Olive unexpectedly' dived. There iicre was one flop of his toes at the sur- face and then she .saw his outreach - Mg fingers clutch a stone at the bot- tom, He brought his feet down ar:d moved, crouching, as if he were. stooped on dry land, looking. kr s'oritething lost,. Sliecould see -as well as if there were no water. Olive was moving to one side now. 'The great damwas lying immediately behind him,its up-, per raised like a trap. She was momentarily uneasy, then laughed. G, J. Stan -bury, barrister, of Exeter, acted in the interests of Mr. Medd, and D. E. Holmes, Jr., barrister, of Goderich, was present for Mr. Elliott, SHOUTING FOR IMMIGRANTS HAS DIED AWAY Some time ago, when everybody was shouting for immigrants and yet more immigrants, sone savant raisud a laugh by predicting- that the coun- try with the smallest population would soon be considered the most favored. But no one can now fail to notice the growing change in public opinion in regard to immigration, Filling up the country with a rush in order to have plenty of help to pay the na- tional debt is no longer the theme of onr -national orators. The Immigra- ' tion Department, after experimentnig with any and every suggestion that was brought forward, issitting back with a calm determination to let na- ture take its course. , The farmer fears that too many wheat growers will spoil his market and has turned thumbs down. Moreover, labor sav- ing machinery has curtailed the de- mand for the labor which the farmer needed for part of the year, and which the municipalities helped sup- port for the balance of the time. Even .the. English immigrants, after being given a course in agriculture or farming at home, are proving failures,. and many are taking step,s ;to force their deportation back home. Cana- da has natural resources to tempt any ambitious' person to come here and make a home, but the hot house cul- ture immigrant invariably becomes dissatisfied and on returning to his native land gives Ca ada a bad naine. According to 'Magistrate Reid the practises of allowing cattle to run on roads, any description, /mast be disc continued, Motel Employee's Wife i11 . Mrs. bee e 'tiYas a happy little wife and mother who went about hes housework singing and taking care of her Tittle two-year-old girl, Soon for some reason, she began to droop and lose weight. Such a deep cough came that it pained. her lungs con- tinually. iter husband was anxious about her, but as he had to work Ion hours in a big hotel, he eobldl, not nurse her or help very much. The doctor saili she needed the, greatest care it she was to get well again, and for Mrs. :nee this seemed an- utter impassibility, but no --there was help at hand. She was admitted to the kindly ear,.. null slciltul medical attention or th,1 Toronto Hospital for CoxisUtrrpti'Vea lit Weston, to three naoethsr' time she increase° In weight tram 115 non/1(10 to 122 pounds, which Wite a splendid sail ltd ed, and she son}. Went home i:, °. }eery: happy little ,t`arni y, • S`uncls are needed l*yr tido hosl,rt,i' ter such work,. rind yourand subeciiin}d, will be and A,. I,I, received 5 11 rt'o - iagd Street, lititoi16ta N..