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to believe! Palmyra. spends more and more time with the ,stowaways to avoid Van and John, but when the stowaways are put. ashore at Honolulu she decides the loves Van. The night the engage- ment is announced the Rainbow hits a reef. In the excitement which fol- lows John rescues both Van and Palm- yraâ€"but Palmyra thinks it is Van who saved her. 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 on deck. The stowaways entertain them with wild tales of an adventur- pointed in his mild appearance and tells him so. Obeying his command ‘9 Van gave her a haggard look. “And. he said "there‘s not one drop of water When w‘e ve used What we bring zshore . . Thurston whirled upon him. “'Don’t ’ he cried. "'Don t dare tell them that. We'll filter salt water through this sand or rig a. condenser with junk from the wreck." Palmyra had not been consciously aware of Thurston‘s leadership until hours after the catastrophe. her atti- tude was typical of them all. perhaps even of Thurston himself. There had been something to do: the stronger nature had asserted itself. And the ship‘s company. acquiescing thus au- tomatically. with scarcely any register- ed sense of change. paid him its highest compliment. She had not thought to wonder Why Thurston. rather than her fiance. had been chosen. He had a reputation for efficiency in handling men. Van had had neither occasi :1 nor oppmxunity Here spoke her good common sense. And. being unaware of Mrs. Craw- ford's original plot. she cou d hardly be expected to note that the wreck had reversed the situation that where. before. John had been put to disad- vantage. now Van had been given the role he could not play. 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- Daylight made clear two facts: the Rainbow had struck in such a way that it was impossible to get her off; the island was uninhabited. As the exploratory boat rounded a spur of reef that covered the passage into the lagoon. opened out the largest island from the sea. Palmyra burst into an exclamation of delight. She turned to John and Van. “It is pretty." she said. “butâ€"cruel." She felt a first little shiver of realization “There is nothing upon it. No shelter. The inevitable had occurred between these men. As Thurston had risen to leadership. sc Vanâ€"had sunk to his place as a private in the ranks. Palm- rra did not see. suspect. PAGE 6. They were easily cheered that first {35 True. the island bore no sign of native: fisitation. But with their launch they could easily reach the nearest inhabited lagoon. or they could even build a sea-worthy craft from material of the wreck. were they not certain some passing sail would take them off. Thus the first» day. But when the second came and went and the third dawned upon an empty ocean. they began to despond. At night a beacon fire had blazed forth its appealâ€"they must. soon turn to the Rainbow for fuelâ€"and by day the launch waited to overhaul any passerby. But of what Now read. on:-o lifeâ€"which his listeners refuse at. '-hued manâ€"with a There could be no question of his fond pride in that fast craft. And had they seen He interrupted himself with the oddly un-adult mirth of his. Perhaps, after all, the fact might be no more than a juvenile sort of vanity in himself as master of that swift sail; a vanity bubbling over at unexpectedly finding its audience. And he must have had some vague hope'of such a reunion as this. For he was saying now that, on the Rainbow, he’d with- held, it on the chance of “surprising ‘em somewhere out here." Had they seen her name? Oh. they‘d laugh when they did see. They would never guess in a thousand years. Pigeon of Noah. Van seized his hand with impulsive warmth. "Why then thus must be . . .Why. Mr. Noah, I didn’t recog- nize you now you’ve shaved.” Burke guffawed delightedly. “I sure will feel like Noah,” he said "a-taking you all on to the Ark, two by two." \Details were arranged. Burke would get back aboard at once to take charge on the schooner. The yacht's launch, with three of her own men, would tow Burke's boat out. both loaded with stores . While these were unloading at the Lupe-a-Noa. Thurston would get his other boats into the water. sort over the supplies. Or was it that she missed the obtru- sive humility? N 0 longer a stowaway, he spoke to Mrs. Crawford as master of one craft to another; a full note of equality. He turned. presently, to the pile of salvaged stores and gear. The Pigeon, as was evident, could stow only the most valuable part. The rest must be left under canvas and sent for. Palmyra perceived a difference. Was it that the ridiculous habili- ments of the Rainbow had given way to‘ the starched White of the tropical "We‘ll stow the very best first,“ said "Youâ€"3'01: brute!" she cried. "Turnâ€" this- vessel â€"-â€" back. Turn it back in- stantly!" follow the hand in, and then Palm- yra found herself on deck and stand- ing free. Johannsen had already clambered to the deck. “We got t’keep four boats moving,” Burke explained. “One pulling ashore empty, one loading there, one coming out with cargo, one discharging here. Each o’yer boats’ crews’ll‘ bring me a load and take back an empty at once. I’ll clear the boat y’ll leave. So now, you Rainbow boys, t’start her off, pass up the stuff in my own boat and take her ashore while my kanakas tackle the launch. The square fingers closed, and her own hand was swallowed, disappeared in that grip clear to the wrist. There tending itself down toward her, in- exorably. The girl’s voice rose in surprise: “Oh, but they’re not going already?” Burke looked, grinning, from her to the naked savages of his crew. “Sort 0' wild like, eh?” he asked. But Johannsen reassured her: “I’m ordered to stay, miss. Burke shot him a glance. “Sure.” Then to the other two: “Johannsen’ll tinker up the motor so, next trip, the launch won’t have t’be pulled in.” A minute later the boat had cast off and. the sailors were settling to their work. Johannsen,’ watching them, stood negligently at the rail. in charge aboard,” he explained. “I ain’t got a mate. Still talking about you; your name and yourâ€"red hair.” The boat rounded the stern and the girl looked up to findâ€"as if his eyes had never ceased to iollowâ€"the grin- ning stare of the man Olive fixed upon her just as it had faded out at Hono- lulu. “Handle her gently, boys.” called Burke. “She’s getting old.” The boat was now clear by perhaps ten fathoms. Suddenly Ponapc- Burke. with. an ag- ility unexpected in that plump body, leaped forward and plunged at the unsuspecting J ohannsen’s back.“ The next second the sailor was in the water. His great naked body rose above the THE DURHAM CHRONICLE ‘ Not by accident had the Pigeon of Noah risen from the sea upon the scene of their disaster. Back in the days before Honolulu this spider of a Burke had spun his web. He had talked of the atolls in the terms of a paradise until the voyagers were eager to behold. He had convinced Pedersen that, to take advantage or prevailing winds and current, he must lay his course from Honolulu first to the northern Gilbertsâ€"Butaritari or Apaiangâ€"and thence make north and west into the Marshalls and the Caro- lines. From behind, a hand closed on her wrist. Olive, grinning, took the be- laying pin from her fingers, as if they had been a baby’s, and returned it to She jerked the pin from its socket; took a step toward him, her eyes aflame. “You go back to that island Palmyra sank against the cabin. helpless. Informed as to the lagoons they would make, their order, he had meant to outsail them to an anchor- age and, lying there unsuspected, to seize the girl at some favorable mo- ment ashore. And then, the fleet Pigeon away with none in ,all those wild seas save the fat old Rainbow to pursue, what could have been more easy? Burke had followed, then, holding back the fast sailing Lupe-a-Noa to match the yacht’s pace, Fortune had favored. A sob of self-pity shook the girl. though even now she did not, in her innocence, comprehend the depth of his; infamy. instantly! ” The man himself, leaning over the wheel. sought, with an honest con- cern to soothe her. Even she realized that he was moved by a real emotion, conviction. a gentlegnan, he faltefed, 11-- _ LL‘ - “Cry yer eyes out for yer mother. That can’t be helped. But the rest 0’ them dickey birds?” he snorted in derision. “Why. then . . Y’think now you’ll miss ’em. But wait. To- morrow. next day. You’ll be laughing too; laughing at all of ’emâ€"at Van. And then . . He spoke with the impressiveness of certitude. “Then you’ll be thanking me.” He leered at her humorously. Her hands clenched until the sharp nails brought the blood. He gripped his hands upon the wheel in an excess of disdain. “Don’t blame me!" he cried in a sud- den flare of emotion. "Don’t blame me. Blame yourself. I fought agin itâ€"right along. Didn‘t I warn you? Warn y’how you’d set a poor starved devil like me a-fire? But you? Y’just had t’keep hanging around; you who Then John Thurston snatched the rifle. There was a flash and the bullet struck the Lupe-a-Noa, shattering the glass on the binnacle. A second flash and Burke himself staggered back. But before the schooner could fall shoot‘ again. . At this triumph, Burke regained his good humor. The wound had proved unimportant. “John’s the only man in that bunch,” he conceded amiably. “If he was stealing- my girl I’d give him more than a sore arm.” Palmyra was desperate. Behind her, her hand closed on 'an iron belaying hi; eye; “I swore then I’d have you. Lucky for yer folks I saw how t’trap you on here. For, if need was. I’d of killed every soul of ’em in Cold blood.” uvâ€"vâ€"vâ€"W. _' a fear of wounding the girl herself. 'Ihen John Thurston snatched the rifle. There was a flash and the bullet struck the Lupe-a-Noa, shattering the glass on the binnacle. A second flash But before the schooner could fall. off, he clutched the wheel again with one hand. As his-left arm hung, the spot of blood, spreading slowly on the white cotton, was like some brilliant blossom. Burke bellowed his rage. He had swung the vessel over so that Palmyra, all unaware, stood in the line of fire. Thurston could not was like, â€"like God’s daughter. Hang- ing around and hanging around 'till pin. “Youâ€"you The flame of that fire leaped. into is vessel back. Turn it back b 9 9 rute! she WWW Read The Chronicle ads on page 7. jorityâ€"in fact, ninetyveight out of a hundredâ€"says, “Yes.” If this dependable medicine has helped so many women, isn’t it reasonable to suppose that it _' 400,000 Women RepOrt Benefit by actual record f‘Have you received benefit from taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound?” (except Sundays) HE old P051. Office. m 11_a.m., 130 m 4 Physician and . Omit-an Street. Du University of Torom and ocrrected. Offzc nm.. 7 to 9 pm. 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