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fAGE 6. 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 doorâ€"she sees a huge, fierce, copper-hued manâ€"with a. 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 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 she 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. After three days spent on the unin- habited island. a sail is sighted. It proves to be Ponape Burke! Burke contrives to get Palmyra on board his boat aloneâ€"and the boat is under way before anything can be done! Now read when happens to Palmyra kidnapped by Burke . ‘ L- 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 wnh her. Now read. on: Now read on:â€" CHAPTER VI. For two days she had had a knife. Now. in the mid-hours of the third night. she was again lying in the cabin She was thinking of a remark of Burke‘ 8 several times repeated, which had assumed the significance of a threat. Better volunteer that kiss while tl‘ - volurteerings easy," he had warned 118 gr at good humor in the last he? ' or two as she felt, growing a. little t1: 2). “For I can tell y’this: once she clamps down.” What had he meant? When Palmyra came on deck on this. the fourth day of her captivity, she saw that Ponape Burke was in an awake. 'â€"-v When she shrank back into the com- panion he was amused. “Come, come, Queenie.“ he roared. “Are y'ready with that kiss?" He bellowed with laughter. Then. when she did not advance, he changed to the quick anger of intoxi- cation. "Have it yer way, Miss Treeâ€"â€" ugly “0-4 â€"â€"â€"â€" _ -_ The man greeted her with alcoholic leer. his infantile features shocking in their age-old depravity. Miss Palm Tree." he said thickly. “But ‘twon’t be long before you're down on your shins a-praying the Lord for just once chance t’beg me t'take the dam’ kissâ€"and you sick with fear I won‘t want it." Ponape rolled aft to the girl. “Sweet- ,2L‘- last midwatch." So that had been the cause of the alert watch. with its brief but real excitement. The man's suggestion of parting with her. the possibility of Japanese inter- vention. had brought the color of hope to her cheeks. 'v â€".v_ hdpe with malicious perception. “Oh, safe enough in three or four days.” he reassured. "They'll be gone then for a good six months. It‘s only in the meantime we got t'lay low. But in the meantimeâ€"ruin everything you the caught aboard." She tried to fathom his purpose. “I’m going t'jettison you. Y‘shall stop ashore." ; She stared at him. Incredulous hOpe] roused again. only to fall before his; expression. He had not the slightest thought of relinquishing her. Burke was amused. “‘Tis a bonny is- land." he said. “and you’ll have naught to do but sit and think 0’ me." The girl’s spirits rose. She did not question that this would be some depot of his. a place of servile natives. But. even so. her position would be bettered. Surely. among them all. must be those to understand. to respond to her plea for protection. A D‘.‘ FHA She did not understand. “'Dam them Japs!" he exploded. is temper taking a. new direction. Twas their man-o-war we sighted eck. The stowaways entertam with wild tales of an adventur- lifeâ€"which his listeners refuse .".he said. “I‘m going t‘part their was putting water, ship’s biscuit some other stores into a boat. In surprise, she swept the sea again and found it blank. “Why. when do we get there? she asked of Burke. He smiled sardonically. “We’re there now.” he answered. She was completely at a loss. He handed her his binoculars. “Hard a-starboard." he directed. Presently she made out, through the glasses, that which might be the crest of palms. The island seemed far dis- of palms. tam. But the Pigeon of Noah had held to and lower away the boat. “But it’s so far,” she hesitated. Burke winked at Olive, already at the oars, then dropped over the side without reply. Palmyra, disdaining the proflered hand, followed. The savage bent to his work and they were away, under the stare of the crew. All too soon the girl saw why she thought the island distant. As with each stroke of the oars it rose in its stark meagerness, her heart sank. So small. so flat, its four cocoa-j stunted, it was well nigh im the novice. The moment her feet touched the sand she hurled herself at the white "Belay there, sweetheart,” he laugh- ed, retreating. “Steady does it. Did not I tell y' you’d have plenty o’time to sit and think o’me?" "Y‘got stores and water for six weeks or so and housekeeping’ll be easy-like,” grinned her despot. "Y’just set in the shade and munch yer biscuits and And then sometime, maybe you'l sight the old Pigeon loafing by. And if you’re tired o’yer own company, y’ can hist yer hanky for a signal. And perhaps I'll be such a good kind gent ‘â€"'_fi,,, as may y‘aboard again, me under- standing what you’re after is t’rush a; and give me that kiss. “gt; clenched her teeth behind the closed lips. He turned as if to go. Then, cas- ually in a. well-considered effect, he called Olive to fetch that of which the girl had not thought in days,â€"â€" a pink silk. parasol. With a flourish Ponape Burke pre-‘ sented this gay trifle which alone of all the world that she had known, had es- caped the deluge. “For my queen,” he said with mock ceremony. “Fresh complected folks has a tender skin. If queenie should show up offering a kiss all blistered like a biled lobsterâ€"why, maybe that kiss won‘t be so much wanted. And. remember; 'tis a kiss. free given and free taken, pays a pas- sage from this reef." ' He sprang upon the stooping back of his companion to be carried to the boat. He rode high. his legs, on either side of the brown torso, doubled, and supported by Olive's hand under each shin as a stirrup. When the boat had cleared the reef, Ponape Burke rose to wave her a ' jaunty adieu. “ I ‘L‘_‘ When they were half way to the schooner, the girl uttered a sob, and, flinging down the parasol ran after them until she stood in the surf. Then, slowly, she turned and came back to the palms and threw herself upon the sandâ€"prone. And, oddly enough, as she lay, it was not the white man’s cruel humor that revolted her so much as the 'brown man’s mirth. For Burke had a [purpose, but Olive’s was a mere savage delight in pain. She had said that in the whole world she alone was alive. Now, however, across the coral clinkers a something was coming. moving eccentrically, yet [approaching at an alarming speed. A something alive? It was gay with red polka dots; it ran with the exaggera- tion of a toy, seeming about to stumble Eat. each step. yet zig-aagging over the ‘clmkers m an astonishing ease and. "rapidity. -. Unexpectedly, the girl laughed. This nuieery. beast 'would presumably be no Somewhat intimidated. however, she backed a step further up the palm. The intruder on her islandâ€"or was she not rather the intruder ?â€"hastened toward her, claws already half extend- ed. as a hostess with hands out. to her min,- for the moment, from the fact that the sun was sinking at a frightful speed. greet a belated guest. The polka-dotted crab went “polka- her mind. a word Burke had taught her. a native name for the monstrous robber crab. It was “unga po”â€"t.he invisible to long, it could snap the strongest bonito line like a thread, crush the bones of a man’s fingers, cripple for life the wrist of 2. well grown youth. Horror returned upon her. She struggled back to her observation post She must sight a ship instantlyâ€"now! now! now! By day the lowness of the land had brought the skyline closer than she had ever imagined. She had thought of herself as the only living being in all the world. Now she seemed the only living being in all the universeâ€"with the eyes of that universe upon her. But, suddenly, from out the darkness came a hoarse cry. The girl doubled into a ball, auto- matically, as sometimes, one awakened by a crash of thunder. wAn interval: then she sat up and laughedâ€"janglingly, but with a. good courage. It had been only a bird. As 'Palmyra had been caught un- awares by the approach of night, so now, with the eastern skies aglow with the coming day, she was again un- awares, lying deep in slumber. The sun, at his setting had paused to implant upon her cheek a goodnight kiss. And it was not now until he had stolen clear round the world to bestow an awakening kiés upon the other cheek, had surmounted the Chinese wall of vapor raised against him by the morning bank, her eyes opened. As the girl stood watching the ever- changing panorama, she became aware that the waters abounded in life. That bit of water upon which her gaze chanced to be fixed rose up into a peak and there appeared a dark round object which resembled a head. eyes with her hands. Then she gather- ed courage at last to look. The head, bobbing up and down like a cork, was coming as fast as a boat. Presently, as she stared, it reached the surf at a. narrow opening of the reef. A few more strokes of arms, thick and brown, and the head of an islander rose dripping fromthe water. And then it was that Palmyra utter- ed another cry. For she saw a copper face with great square teeth clamped on a knifeâ€"a knife that did not hide the ferocious grin which had haunted her since she first saw it thus under her spotlight: The face of the brown man Olive! ___-__ v The swimmer. rising from the brine, paused knee-deep to shake himself like a dog. Then he plucked the knife from between his teeth, thrust it into the leather sheath on his belt and came splashing ashore. He did not hesitate but made direct for her hiding place, the only cover. The girl sprang away in flight. The brown man, beaming terrifically, fol- lowed. She ran, stumbling now and then on the coral clinkers, until she reached land’s end, and then on, as as she could, along the reef aâ€"wash. Seizing from the water a broken knob of coral, she faced the savage. When he reached the edge of the sand, she hurled it at him. Then her hand her screen. Urv'vâ€"â€" He stood up, and the girl’s hand flew back toward her weapon. But he came no nearer. To her surprise, he turned and went strutting away to- ward the clump of palms. There he; beckoned her to follow. First, the savage pulled two of the ‘the blade, he knocked a round cap. LHe took a big draft of the liquid within {â€"cool, slightly acid. clear as water. Then he Opened the second nut, brought it half way toward her, left it upright in the sand. She was, it Iseemed. invited to drink. he hacked out a short slim pole. This he next, with cord from her stores, lashed across the top of his uprights. Then he marched away toward the reef and, reaching out as one might to pick a kitten up by the neck, sna - â€" A‘“‘ ed a fish from a pocket in the coral. This fish, flopping vigorously, he bound to the crossbar of his dwarfed football The girl had been watching these moves breathlessly, wonder for the moment getting the better of fear. Not untilhefetchedthefishdidshe foodoflerings. Couldthisbea Se toward her dress where iife waited. Olive, at the missile, grin‘ v ‘v 'vâ€"â€"‘ _ He broke into the apimation of THE DURHAM CHRONICLE“ clump of pandaml?’ mg now and Th1 ars, until she a dar then on. as - ' nos, 1 reef a-wash. . IS trt . broken knob large avage. When the d the sand, she has c en her hand No here her own tins : stout gunned none en cy ,‘ ___‘ A _-A_A otaltar. Didthesavaseso dbwn upon his; back, he was almost in- Palmyra, crouching in the sun, staredatthatflgure. Shewasaston- ished. How was it physically possible for him thus to fall into slumber? Whence had this man come, and -â€" why? Could Ponape Burke have sent him to terrorize her? 01' had She gave a shudder. _ She snatched the knife from her dress. She gripped its handle; she began to crawl toward that terrible figure. But presently she hesitated, stopped. With a groan she sank down. She dropped the knife, buried her face in her hands. In resistance she could have fought like a tiger. But thus to creep upon a sleeping man? For a time there seemed no alterna- tive. Then she roused at the realiza- tion that, if she could not murder a sleeping man, she could at least dis- arm him. With Olive deprived of that knife, and her own retained, who could tell? She might have some shred of chance. She put the blade into her dress and began again to crawl forward. She had got within a dozen feet of him, moving .with caution, when unexpect- edly, easily, almost as it seemed auto- matically, he opened his eyes and sat up. It was as if he had not been asleep at all; had, from the beginning, been waiting _for the girl to do just The girl shrank back. Olive fixed her with his strange eyes. Then he smiled expansively, as if it were a joke. 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