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{AGE 6 with the stowaways to avoid Van and John, but. when the stowaways are put ashore at Honolulu she decides before anythin'; can be done! Now read wha-‘n happens to Palmyra. kidnapped by Burke :â€" ation of two told that whence the Pigeon 01 u uuu had first raised him. No 5:2. however, John Thurston. As well a. Var. he knew that nothing could I - done. But he would not ac- cede. Burke's crime had thrown him could I -done cede, )51'; Re» into a irenZY. He ran across to uaptam :cuc. s “Captain,” he demanded. “what ( we do? At once?" The deposed sailing master loo] back at him haggardly. “Nothing.” “But, but we must. I tell you must. Man. we've got to get to 5 Today â€"now!" Pedersen groaned. “I Wish to God -1..- ‘qu 0" vv Pedersen groaned. “I wish to God we| could. Mr. Thurston. I'm as broke up! as you. But there just ain’t no use. Looks now. if we‘re ever to get ofl‘, we'll have to knock together some sort of craft from the wrec Thurston cried out in protest. "Weeks. months. No! You, with all your sea eXperience, you must know me way. I. I demand . . .” But Pedersen shook his head. Noth- ing could be done. Suddenly Thurston's face lighted. He stood in thought, his features tak- ing on a more definite tinge of elation. “I've got it!” he cried, and whirled Now read ant-M IN“;- The sailing canoes in which the‘ (dynesian navigators of a bygone day covered the Pacific were catamarans. The explorers built two hulls, so nar- row that neither by itself. would float. the explorers built two nuns, so um- , . now that neither by itself. would float. 1351111185 and the raft floated a wreck. where a Doomed never to rescue Palmyra there’s he But when the two were fixed. perhaps from the villian Burke, John Thurston oookpot a fished athwart their gunw ships, the double canoe became 8 thousandth chance- Ponape staunch enoughâ€"though boasting in The P188011 Of NO”1 was flying into across th the unknown. “gay, 1: all its parts no nail or bolt or rivet, its joints held together by nothing The I ace of the man Burke was a --you an stronger than breadiruit gum and thing to wonder at. Under the exalta- or did I twisted cord, its sails no more sub- tion 01' 3 master idea it had grown going *0 stantial than plaited leafâ€"to trafl'ic strange, compelling. His eyes gleaned, - queen?” m. the way across the broad Pacific. his tongue stumbled in its eagerness. It was It was Thurston's idea now that, For the first time in life he was to her ever Placing his four separately worthless yoice that which long had lain hidden self -rest1 boats in tandem, two on each side, . . a Vision of power was now to become , moment ‘ I--- “ A“.A." time to become “BIC UV wv-v___- Rntger‘s drooping figure. John had completely forgotten the other man. Convicted. he ran over to him. ‘ ‘ “‘ “‘ Acm1ono_ is startled by 5991118 3 . acdbss to Captain Pedersen. he demanded. “what can double canoe aware of of her cabin. an adventur- ;eners refuse master looked he éoncluded. : can hope to of Noah could hold _ her?” “I won’t,” Van anSWered weamy, “and neither will you. We can't.” Thurston’s face was resolute. “Per- haps you’re righ he acknowledged. “Very likely so. But for me, I prefer to dieâ€"trying.” He would have hm'ried away but the other detained him. - 7 _.._ n 17,... hope. Yet, by this silly work, you can kid yourself into a. sort of relief. Me! ” It was as if he looked upon the girl lying dead. But he tore from the vision, We defiant. “You still think I’m yellow. Very well, then. I’ll show you. I’ll help now; and when you sail, I, too, shall go.” ’9 Thurston urged the men to work as t the first color of the dawn touched l the eastern sky the last of the stores 1 waked him. “Say the word." he an- nounced. 1“We’re ready.” Van roused but slowly, then turned upon the stronger man in a futile rage at circumstance. “Damn you,” he cried. “I'd rather stay here and die like a gentlemanâ€"clean and dry.” But a moment later he sprang up with his old laugh. “After all, it’s got to be the fish or the birds. I’m a braver man â€" A -A‘--A was drifting, dismasted. And Van Buren Rutger’s the fault. He had been given the steering oar. But. sunk in dejection, he had. in a moment of inattention. allowed the too-heavy boom to gybe, carrying away the improvised tackle, and snatch the mast overboard. As a result Burke’s "Ewenty minutes later they Twenty hours later rotten boat had fetched free of its lashings and the raft floated a wreck. Doomed never to rescue Palmyra from the villian Burke, John Thurston had yet gladly staked life itself upon a thousandth chance. The face of the man Burke was a thing to wonder at. Under the exalta- tion of a master idea it had grown strange. compelling. His eyes gleaned, his tongue stumbled in its eagerness. iFor the first time in life he was to voice that which long had lain hidden in his evil mind. What had been only _a vision of power was now to become an actuality. And so much. so very much, depended on kindling that wild spark he felt glow within the soul of this girl he had seized for his own-â€" “Tanna!” he cried. “Tanna! Ever hear tell 0’ that island, Palm?” He laughed excitedly. “Indeed and I’ve1 took good care to make 37’ acquaint.” 1 “Tis for Tanna we’ll be laying a course, you and me," he went on, with exuberant gesture acquired from the natives. “Tanna, where we’ll lord it like born king and queen.’ “What a maple! What a people t’ Staring, she saw that closed anticipatorily, with a cat-like zestfulness. “What can’t we do t’them Papuan wildmen,” he cried, “and what can’t we make ’em do for us.. That’s the ticket, Palm; what we can make it was a. knife. the schooner listed. the metal gleamed once. again in ans- wer to the lamp. hismualbrazenassmapcgafs was a-waiting for real his infatuation. “I just had t’have a dame for this- stun he went on passionately. “A real dame, a sure enough queen. And then I meets you. The very first watch I sees y’got the shape for it. And when y’lets out about pirate blood, I knows y’got the heart for it. ’Cause yer talk’s on the square; more on the square than you yourself realizes.” The girl was increasingly under-l standing how irrevocably, on the‘ ,Rainbow, he had been misled by her icaprice. Listening at first in a pleased surprise, he had been easily self-de- ceived. Sure that the lawless strain, persisting through environment, had at last roused, he was now convinced that she was already in love with the , -1: life he typified:thc'mgh she herself that, in the glamour this life cast did not as yet perceive the factâ€"and lu“ V. vvwâ€"w .â€" __ I tell you, same as that 0’ some 0’ the big buck gods 0’ Melanesia themselves. Yes, I say it. girlâ€"heathen hair! “Why, Palm, I wish t’the Lord 3" could see yourself. Y’was plain born for the life. When I’ve waked y’up, you'll be eager for. Tanna: for Team, where a man can be a man; where there's never a law but the law 0’ the cookpot and the sun and the wind- and the will 0’ you and me.” Ponape Burke did a jig step or two across the deck. “Say, Palm girl.” he exclaimed; “say --you and your heathen hair! Did I, or did I not mention as how I was going to make you a real sure-enougn queen?” It was Burke's continuing delight in her every show of angry spirit, his self-restraining sense of competence once more aware how very you '9’ O “c u ‘U'C " ‘V‘ "'“vâ€"â€" __ v own. on no! But I do see he’s got his eye on y’like a wolf following a nice 5"!) many 'â€"_’_,, The girl shuddered. Burke Olive? White savage _ or brown? fought it back. Her hand toward the opening of her dress, lin- gered, fell again to her side. his mouth: 01' rlcultural college one day William was in Guelph to look over the site for his prOposed institute and hell. 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