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He placed the (id's land- on the now buoyant canoe. returned Rn go". _ lifted himretf lip-Min. new stooped tor%te more dim-mil feat " hauling Pulmyn nhond when, M tiwr,ueretrrtsishouwithi- turn] cry. She turned frightened eye: over ' "tter shoulder. than acre-med‘ For Ho divined het meaning, grimm-d back masauriturly. A moment later he was once more crouched, holding to the In". ftoor. Por an interval the bubbles “we: tlyirw up. Then the man followed.‘ He placed the shell in the (Quota! lifted himself aboard, acutely list-r ed thy frail craft from an even keel.‘ The girl. still dizzy with shock. sat lad stared at the coacanut bottle that had brought tragedy so near. Olive, amused, presently picked it up and oC fered it. When she did not respond, he raised the shell above his mouth. tilted it until the commits spurted out-and drank. Palmyra laughed hysterically. He hast Med the thing u the bottom of the ocean a hundred feet from land. Yet now he drank. She took the sphere when he of- fered it agtin and tasted experiment- dly: sweet, fresh water; clear, cold as from a spring. The girl drank deeply. Then, hold- ing the shell upon her knees, she sat for a long time. looking covertly at this brown being. -iie%dai bu? given life itself that she might hayr_tlt winter she craved. And he WOULD have given life itself had she taken his knife and not granted her own. He would be-DEAD'. The brown man pointed to the sand in the canot--att ialnnd. Then he extended his arm: the island ‘1: unseen. to-starboard. Then he tut- tened out his pulm horizontally, laid his cheek upon it, closed his eyes and began to snore. Soon would this nightmare of wind and sea be ended, Soon would she be liberated trom this rack of torture. She could throw herself down in never-waking slumber. Her hand stole toward the opening of her dress and her fingers closed, caressingly. over the handle of the knife hidden there. For Olive had given it back. .. The topmasts of the Pigeon of Noah appeared. Olive snatched down sail and mast. He lashed them Bat. With a glance he assured himself that everything aboard was secure. Then. paddle in hand. he kept their craft in the hollow of the sets. -iiicmu, came the topmasts, the topsnils, rising against the sky. The girl gasped in terror Ott came the sails. 5;;110". nearer and nearer. caller and more definite-more great- ly to be dreadfd. And then, in this awful moment. without word of warning. Olive sprang overboard. Palmyra uttered a wail. After all he had braved, to forsake her now? To seek his own safety in fiitrht? It Wu unthink- able! without word of warning. Olive: Now. as her nnvigator began to ‘ sprang overboard. Palmyra uttered I ralculale the seas, to hold the cancel a wail. After all he had braved, P; bark " times, Patmrrn a. menus" forsake her now? To seek his OWTt a slight recession shoreward in thel, safety in fiitrht? It 'ras unthink- line of the reef. It swung in at thisl nble! *point just suttieientl, to create . lee.‘ And scarcely the unworthy l The surf did not burst upon it with thought, than the brown man's hand ’1 the direct drive of the wind “a. "pro-') shot up, seized the outrigger, put teded through most of the year from l one twist, The next second Palmyra thesweep of the'tradem not so much was t1trunderimr in the when the ca- ( broken coral had been packed down l noe capsized. (here Ind the rim was lower. In I'; With a stroke the ““39 reached I flash she perceived that he must have out nnd caught her by the hair. As . had this place in mind from the first; l a kitten held in its mother’s teeth} that, the tide in their (Ivor. it might she ceased to struggle. With moth- ’ be possible. in "rtficienttr skilled er stroke he recaptured the cnnoe. bot l hands, to hurdle the reef. tom an He put his foot on the mat-l There was just one phase in the fitter. tilted the hull 50 the impru- . rhythm of the surf when he could oned air escaped. With one an he l succeed, He must catch the moment bore down upon the cunt-e, their com- _ when the “u had crashed down up- bined weight, to sink it and control ft: l, on the coral teeth; when the violence motion. The other If"! held 'ht eirt, f of the impact had nbated, but not one tom up m, put his foot on the 'et-'; There was just one phase in the) rigeer, tilted the hull so the impritw i rhythm of the surf when be could] oned air escaped. With on. arm he ( succeed, He must catch the moment) bore down upon the moo, their top" ' when the “u had crashed down up- 1 bined weight, to sink it and control .itN on the coral teeth; when the violence' motion. The other mu held the art I or the impact had abated, but not emf submerged, So that she cheked “A ', second of the precious ntter inmsh‘ fought for breath. ia been lost. For, if that had now On. on the Lupe-u-No- indeed “dimmed him m enough. he would bei come. nearer Ind nearer-but not l caught by the recoil to follow, when] too near. Cumming under in sprud 1 the 1rater flung upon the reef poured _ of sail. it had been unbelievably close [ w): into the ”In, I and then, all unknowing. In}! i.iiriiii Olive Wed furiously to m mt “my. POM” msrke,with his Innoc- enough in no that the buck-sweep ulna. hid glared straight ”anthem J muld not (rip them. drag them down in his scrutiny of the more dishing“, destruction. - he m me- n ( (ceded. But, the recoil Pavia: mind He placed the triri's has! on thei the can] when bare. the outrigger nut-aluhvudlbh-hh 'i'ii-uunt-tturt'"e.y, raiiareey"euee when 1‘.th ”Huh-Hidi- magi-99123." ,ur"'arriiTGiaausoate iriuGarrretre.u"e.t? lama-hump A.- another "ir-the dreadful burn at I shark! The 'ttart-ester m Alma-t upon her. Fr-tie,shet-dhereto Olive. iueeeiestood.trretheert tin-Quinlan. Iii-“victim all. instinct. had am to 'eye'? 'iimiiiioara , "?r.R. z‘a: 2.3M“ I him. my. she had and. be? m m - on -ettr m a: tttteh iiiire,Gaikthe' null“, a little Mt of "r" gm; (you! its edge, as LiiLuie Mill min: of I ,iiariaid -v it“ - Hm. tgh.-tttatthenrMte b. -hae-eedraetxmrmrthe I. mam-lanthanum- fgltdiehrcMf4,tTP""' '.ee2Mt M. Just as the nun-cu” made to seize its prey', Ohie dumped below the sur- face. The heuvy tish had no dance to stop. As it swept over his head the usage throst upward with the ‘knife in a lunge that reached the ( heart. _ The reef wall was now so imme- diately nt hand she could see that this Erin. by reason of the can] broken , " and parked down by the trumple ii the surf, in higher than the rest (of the reef behind, the surface or Reef-table which outstretched inland ‘to the bench. The barrier was an i moved in brown knobs of living coral, _ with their toothed faces like a that l nutmeg mater against which the sen , could grind the canoe into splinters. Olive did not waste time over the adventure of the shark. He had killed sharks before. Throwing the canoe into its come. he sailed on for the island. For an interval they went on, be- fore it became evident that Ponlpe Burke had made them out. Pmuntly the schooner was so clou‘ Pin-yr: could make out' Pompe y Burke on its deck, covering them with' his glasses. , And now. u the girl looked, Olive! dug his paddle in, put ill hisweight upon it. The craft veered and took ti new eourse-straurht for the reef. Palm)“ sat stunned. She had hopedl against hope that she was wrong, that 1 he still saw I wny. But here was; surrender. Even for such a one there l, could be no further shift. Sturdy tusd the canoe changed! course than the Pigeon of Noah alsol swung in toward the reef. Ptlmyra‘ could see Ponape Burke waving his Inns. shouting orders. She gave one I shuddering glance at the cauldron, ahead, then back to the white man.) The race was run. And even now; in eortrrrmation. Olive sprang up, let go the'sheet. slashed the cords that held the mast; whipped the whale gear overboard. But immediatley, to her bewilder- ment. he seized the paddle again. plunged it into the water. began to speed toward the barrier. The roar of the surf-most rrittht- ( ful of sounds~deafened her. But as} she clung desperately to her pue.; staring ahead into the tumult of waters-she could smile. If Olively chose death to defeat. so could she; But, such her faith, she felt that, im- ' possible as it seemed, he must all” think to escape. _ I Instantly, the man lasted wt. {cant-t the girl up in hit urns. Re rm upon I can! boulder that (raised than - the sliding wnter. i The cum sucked back our the brink, Ibut Olive held. R The moment the downturn ended. [he mated with his borders, bounding M. on“. m, ”Human-a4... v... Aidan-0*“ struck I knob of the limestone, take from the cm. Mmummeollpe Burke. Asttt.treomo-t-F'thetrra, bert-sv-rs-mat-ed mmwmmmm ttatt-e-r-ttttmt,- tee-so-m-Fuel/yn of”. tgh.-tttatthrneMte -uaer-ee-mrmrthe m.vAllQhu|hnv-nm- nwnmmmm overttte-teorluirti1Vhad reached Another knob thing above the leveL perk-p. fifty feet in from the edge. Here they weathered the next In Ind its “human retreat. Another M m the Bhamrmm g "rt means. "Rush in. slate hands, ‘vittel up and pass out." the nurture almost when they had stood. Olive leaping up, spun; with thel girl behind another boulder in time m1 escape I second bullet. l, "Say, Mike, I just got an invitation to Patty Murphy's wake and on the end o fit is written R.S.V.P. Sm now, and what does that mean?" Noah training v-y, drew otr, and the pursuit in this phase " my rate, m ended. Several shots Pompe Burke find in his jealous rage. though not he The Hibernian laborer pulled in front of the book store and 1 sign in the window caught his eye: Dickens' Wor%s All this week for "The devil he does!" he exclaimed. "the dirty scab." We do not print this for its wit Nor it's poetic grace. We don" care what it an 1 bit It’s just to tiii the spun. (Continued next week) agua... -. The 9.0.. “W Sod-n... “Spun Cabriolet. Pri,raer.'495 a. . .'595 at“? .'675 my: .'665 Dg2rt"715 "1'tp2Pat,, '49s "te2ag,'375 120 North FirstStnet APPLY!" otherbumuwhA-c- aim “myhhd'hhmllb A. 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