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$1. +5 thoushw. he SPOKE- stir at her prow as to acmeve a small. private rainbow for which ’3] badbe'ennamed. BmkeandPalmymwel-eondeck- 9’ “But. but why . . “How should I know?" She was thoughtful. "At any rate he seems to be wishing you good luc ,” she said finally. She examined the amulet again, with an absent attention. Then. the smile fading from her lips: “John, nmmise me you will not leave the ten inch knife held between grinning lips! Burke, the stowaway. explains it is a joke. Palmyra is shaken. Next day. Burke and the brown man go up under way. “But. my dear. my dear,” Palmyra’s mother was protesting, “how can you say everything is all right When Palm spends most of her time listen- ing to that, that miserable stowaway; thatâ€"human toad. Her father is beside himself with anxiety.” The man made a deprecatory sound. “Events,” said the hostess impres- sively. "have only too well shown that ”On the contrary. You've been :plendid." Sie glanced up __frien_di1y. But I still think i: was the right thing to do. A week or two hence-â€" absoiutely no hope. Oh. why didn‘t you speak in California? She origin- ally liked you best. I‘m sure of it. Does still. if. she only knew. Or." Con- stance added ruefully. “would if they‘d let her alone.‘ With a pocket flashlight he made Vlsible for her a small object of woven fibre: a bard cord wound round a. packet perhaps two inches square. “When I came on deck this mom- tng." he explained. “Olive incarnated himself before me. Looked about fur- ziwely. jerked my coat tails up. fast- med this round my waist. Then gave me a friendly grin and vanished." "But.” she puzzled. “what is i inside there‘s a bit of fine mat, seven hairs and a. tooth."â€"a good luck on deck. The stowaways entertain them with wild tales of an adventur- ous lifeâ€"which his listeners refuse to believe! Now read on! She paused to smile at them reas- suringly. "Surely. with John at his worst, Val at his bestâ€"need we fear?" Meanwhile. Constance Crawford was forward at the Rainbow’s bow, sailing through the tropic night upon en- chanted. waters. Thurston answered rather absently. “Anyhow." he said. “Burke‘s over the side at Honolulu and gone forever.” She assented. John was silent for some time. Then: “I'd like to go. too." he burst out. “I. I‘ve been trying to tell you I've taken your advice: asked her to be- come my wife." ~ - pointed in his mild appearance and tells him so. Obeying his command to glance at the doorâ€"she sees a huge, fierce, copper-hued manâ€"with a I. that we intervened just in time. ”Your daughter was falling in love with John Thurston" The father uttered a protest. “I don’t see we’ve gained anything.” “But where are your eyes?” demand- ed the hostess. “As I said in Cali- fornia. Van. with his refined person- ality. fits into the yacht’s cabin like the Young King Charles’ into a gilded frame. Thurston. on the contrary, is a great. robust being. He looks well ashore. but here. in these little com- partments. on this narrow deck his hands and feet seem in the way. When John Thurston presently joined Constance. she looked up with a frown. "I was just thinking." she explained. ”that Palm Tree doesn’t at all realize what Burke may be getting into his mind. I believe the little fraud’s quite puffed up over the idea he's made something of a conquest." "Yes.“ she answered without mov- ing. ‘1' know." as "She told you?" he exclaimed. “No. You did." . ‘ He was chagrined. "I., suppose I do {001: like that." he said, He Laughed with some bitterness. “Oh. I know what you mean." ° . He fell into a sudden petulance. When Thurston spoke again it was apparently in an effort to get into a. more cheerful vein. Crawford’s cabin. a conference Seemingly." he said. “I have an- ather well-wisher aboard.“ Palmyra Tree, aboard the yacht Rainbow, is startled by seeing a hand thrust through the port of her cabin. She makes a secret investigation and discovers a stowaway. She is disap- PAGE 6. WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE Enemiesâ€"and Friends pantomime. The hour of departure had come. Soon Burke and he would go over the side and."forever, into oblivien. A - - - The girl laughed. “Nature,” she said, “meant me for a pirate. It’s in my blood,” she afiirmed. “First, a Norse- man ravaging the coasts of England. Then, a British admiral ravaging ev- erything else. And lastly, old Captain Ebenezer, with John Paul Jones, des- cending once more upon the coasts of England.” , t The girl turned to go; then paused, laughing back at him over her shoul- der, “You, Ponape Burke,” she said; "you and I, I am afraid, we were born too late.” At the rate the Rainbow was sail- ing, it was evident the yacht must soon make a landfall. Indeed, already eyes were peering through powerful glasses seeking for the first shadowy silhouette of the peaks of Oahu. The 11me hand had symbolized palmâ€"herself. Olive sought to give heraringwithhernameupon it. When the hour of leavetaklng came, however, he seemed to have reâ€"enter- ed the silence. and the farewells de- volved upon Burke. As this little stowaway reached her As the Rainbow raised the pano- rama of dead craters that stands, rather barren, above the verdant town of Honolulu, none upon her decks was so expectant as Palmyra Tree. For from the chaff of ' Ponape Burke’s nar- ration she had winnowed the clean grain of beauty and romance that is the life of this island world of the palm tree. Her imagination was a- glow. As the girl, thus deep in reverie, stood watching the distant peaks, she became aware of a presence at her side. Turning, she started upon en- countering the brown man Olive. Palmyra smiled. She tried to-.over-. come her aversion, to respond to his attempted farewell. As he had done. she moved to speak, found herself helpless returned the smile. He gave tongue to a few syllables. paused perplexed, then fell back upon The brown man. thus countenanced, laid the square finger upon her own breast. Having thus identified the girl as the being of the drama, he raised his hand, with extended arm. straight over his head. She thought he invoked the One above. But she gave this up when she saw that he waggled. fluttered the fingers. Through the gateway of Honolulu she was to sail on into this world where Happiness is queen. She was to sail across the trackless sea as those brown mariners of old. When sne snoox her head. regret- fully. he abandoned the upraised hand as futil. He brought out a. ring. Palmyra. Tree had never seen such a ring: tortoise shell inlaid with silver. There were letters on it; seemingly one word. thrice repeated and separ- ated by discsâ€"the word “N-i.” ward. The savage, presently returning, thrust into the girl’s hand a litho- graph, an advertisement of Egyptian He pointed to the silver letters of the ring. and pronounced the word “ni’, then to her with a second “Ni” and to the picture with a third. He dropped the ring into her fingers. At last the girl who‘ was named Palmtree understood. For there in “Excuse me, Miss’ he said. “Those othersâ€"” a slightly contemptuous gesture. “They’re tame. That’s whatâ€" tame. But you? Why, you’re differ- ent. Y’sure wasn’t intended for their little ol’ birdcage of a life. Nature meant y’for something lively-like, something up and doing.” Olive pointed to the letters. then to the girl and once more held aloft the hand with the moving fingers. But again she shook her head. The brown man stood baffled, then, grinning anew, he hurried away for- In the blinding roar, all she knew was that Vans arms were around her. that he held her safe. Never d id she suspect is was to another pair of arms she owed her life. the moana, the deep. deep ocean. whence they had risen. One day, two days. four. six upon a temperamental sea; a whole week of. heavy skies and rain and storm seemed to have carried the girl no further. A Second "reek came and w;ent a week of summex sea and lusty trades and flying yacht But still no answer. The third week came. and neared, its end. Intermittent now the breeze, for they touched the equatorial zone of light and variable airs. A whole day through perhaps. the Rainbow hardly moved. , True, at the moment when Mrs. Crawford spoke, it was upon the face of John Thurston that Palmyra’s eyes rested, and she could not- but wince at the flash of pain there revealed. But no girl in love can, on her betro- thal night, long be unhappy over an Palmyra faced abruptly away and snatched the ring from her finger. ”Yes,” she whispered; “I’m certamly glad to see the last of him." Gladly she was confessing it now, this belated recognition of love for the man of her parents’ choice, Van Buren Rutger. And she must have treated John Thurston abominably. With each movement that she gave herself more convincedly up to love, her pity for Thurston grew. But when, on the twenty-second they were to sight their first atollâ€"â€" the hour came for the formal an- nouncement of her betrothal, the girl was radiantly happy. Burke raised his' hat jauntily. But it was rather at the savage the girl looked. Over the white man’s shoulder he seemed to be watching her to the end With that strangely expres- sionless but intent stare. One short week ashore and the good ship Rainbow was at sea again. Bound she was now for the heart of Ocean- ica, the Equatorial isles of Micronesi. As the yacht was to put John Thurs- ton aboard a Philippine transport at Guam. only a little southing, said the hostess would take them in among the Gilberts, the Marshalls the Carolines, that Milky Way of atolls along the Line, of which Ponape Burke, had talked so alluringly. â€" By rejecting both her loversâ€"Van shortly after Johnâ€"Palmyra. had gained a reprieve from that question A minute later Palmyra’s pirates were swinging over the side into their What Mrs. Crawford did not explain was that the real duty, as she saw it, lay in depriving Thurston’s long legs of a chance, in this less cramped set- ting of Honolulu, to snap back to pers- pective. is to whether she were in love with one man, or just dandy good pals with th. Slowly, unconscfously, Palmyra had been responding -to the conditions created by the 'wily Mrs. Crawford. As the breeze, with each knot of west- ing. had been sinking more dangerous- ly into the doldrums. the breath of her on feeling had stirred, risen fresh, fair. constant, until it reached the de’ep sweep Of a. maiden’s first ack- nowledged love. Sharply he glanced at her, as if eager to know whether she really had such a hope. Then he shrugged is- land-wise. “It’s a large ocean, lady. With you and me it’s just lights pass- ing in the dark; a hail, and then, nothing.” ' in his round he achieved _a simple elo- quence of feeling. “You’ve been kind t’me, miss,” he. said. “I ain’t a-going t’forget it. Nor you.” ' .‘She shook hands with unassumed friendliness. “I’m sure,” she said, “we shall see you again.” The peaks of Oahu sank back into THE DURHAM CHRONICLE The sound of the surf being at its minimum after two days’ calm, the first breath of the squall was upon the yacht before Van was galvanized into action by discovering. broad on the port bow, a dim low-lying something against the skyâ€"the silhouette of palms. sweetness and beauty, when the Rain- bow, caught all unaware by a sudden squall, came down with a crash upon the teeth of a reefâ€"that should not have been there. 5 But even as the doomed Rainbow thus lay between the hammer and the anvil she could have been. extri- cated-hac’. not Captain. Pedersen hirnâ€" ':.elf gone to pieces. In the precious remaining moments a bewildered crew tried to execute incoherent orders, while the. yacht was eaten do .1111. upon the waiting coral. Following the crash upon the - reef ,, Thurston picked himself up and scrambled to the deck just as a sea came roaring aboard. Saved by a spring into the rigging he waited a chance to reach Pedersen, whose con- dition he had sensed. Seizing the sailing master he whirled him around. “You’re drunk, ” he cried, “Or crazy.” The other quailed under the steely light. in Thurston’s eye. Staring now up at the. blackening sky, again off into the gloom of the sea, he stood, balanced in suspense be- and his dread of ridicule. For this first time Van held life and death in his handsâ€"and could not decide what to do. On a craft such as the Rainbow in- terest naturally centers about the navigation. What better then for Mrs. Crawford in her amiable intrigue than to set up Van Buren Rutger as a gentleman navigator? How more ,pleasantly important than, handsome, graceful. jaunty in his white uniform he poised with sextant to take the Sim or bent over the charts with Constance and the Wampolds and Palmyra? In so featuring Van as a yachtsman -â€"he was no more than a fairly cornâ€" petent amateurâ€"the hostess had meant that Pedersen in the back- ground should unostentatiously check up on his work at every point. Bu“: his seamanship, his fitnessâ€"which he himself doubtedâ€"longer to command. Van soon discovered then that this sick and sulky old man was only mak- ing an outward show; in reality hav- ing nothing whatever to do with the navigation, leaving the fate of the yacht absolutely in Van’s own hands. A certain inability to take a stand in anything unpleasant, difficult, to make up his mind and act in an em- ergency, kept Van at first from tell- ing the hostess. Later he continued with an object. He knew she did not rely on him in this showy fraud of navigation; he suspected Palmyra was not deceived. Knowing his own weak- ness, he had the weak man’s fear of seeing that knowledge reflected in the faces of others. Therefore, he would without aid, sail the Rainbow to and through the Line island groups. And then, when at last he told the girl, she could not but admire his perform- ance. Like most unadventurous persons, Van rebelled at being thought timid. Before rousing the watch he paused to‘ make sure the clouds means wind. As he studied the sky he gradually be- came aware of a low sound as of an express train far away. Startled, he swept the sea; then laughed in self- contempt. More than once lately in dreams or waking he had sprung up; at that fancied sound of surf. The: yacht should not have land aboard; until late the next day. To call out; there was an island a-lee, if therej were none, would be to make himself absurd. On the night of the wreck, Vanâ€" really heroic in persisting against a quaking unconfidence that kept him often awakeâ€"had stolen on deck in the mid-watch to reassure himself. His first glance told him that the clouds were gathering for a squall. Not understanding Mrs. Crawford’s motive, he chose to regard the ar- rangement as an imputation upon The sailing master was a man vain. self-important, jealous of his preroga- tives, touchy as to his dignity. And the tender smile was still lin- lnoorlloflhmnn’s Phone 66. Raw Furs of all kinds for the European Markets for which I will pay the High- est Market Price. BEEF HIDES HORSEHIDES SHEEPSKINS HORSEHAIR and FEATHERS Bring them in to my ware- house or write or phone and I will call for them’. A. Tinianov Raw Furs Wanted When Van was soon sodden with fatigue, John seemed fresher with every hour. When Van was sunk in self-accusing misery, Thurston’e spirits were buoy- ant. The man was serene, methodical. busy. And he had action at last; in- tense, vital. In fighting to save the woman he loved he could forget, for the moment, that he had lost her for- ever. It had been decided to leave the women in the cabin where they had been penned, rather than risk the ugly surf that broke about the after companion. But Van, in his self-accusing frenzy was conscious only that he had placed his betrothed in the hands of death and he must save her. He rushed toward the cabin companionway. Be- fore anyone noticed, he had thrown it open - in the face of another sea. A second later he was swept down its steps by the flooding water. In an instant the sea would have been upon him. From that. slippery listing deck both man and girl would, :1: chance have been carried over- They liked, respected Thurston. He knew little of ships but they recogniz- ed in his voice the quality of com- mand. During the ' hours that followed it might well have seemed to Palmyra that the wreck had been arranged for the sole purpose of bringing out the difference between John Thurston and Van Buren Rutger. Catching up Palmyra he struggled back and out again on the deck. Only then, at a warning cry, did he seem consciously to perceive what force it was that delivered these blows. Stop- ping short, he looked back. A crest reared above the wreck, gathering it- self like some animate beast for the spring. Van, horror stricken, started one way, another; stood frozen in his tracks. Invaluable for weak hearts. Weak blood. weak nerves. nervous disorders. sleeplessness. headaches. hot flashes, nervousness. Especially good for palpitation or fluttering of the heart, fainting ‘spells. or'shortness of breath. ANGLO-AMERICAN MEDICINE ‘ -325 Federal Bldg, Toronto. was taking water badly. Such boats as could be launched were got ready. 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