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.Olive, go up on deck and tell stories of As' he ran. foot against a tree Palmyra decides she loves Van. The burden was hurle night the engagement is announced the groun . But the Rainbow hits a reef. John Thurs- ton rescues both Van and Palmyra-â€" beach, sprang upo: but Palmyra thinks Van saved her. ed in. A struggle, A sail is sighted after three days on Ponape Burke 1 an island. It is Ponape Burke, the post, an amused s1 Palmyra. ever. when the git m We 1‘ 15 3'0”!” Dunn, my stowaway! Burke abducts Palmyra. Burkehastoputherashoreonan bland, as a Japanese man-of-war is lighted and it would be dangerous to have her aboard. Olive swims to the island and joins Palmyra. She is ln ia'fianese 'gunboat Okyama, wmcn nas her friends on it. Olive risks his life to get water for Palmyra. Ponape Burke makes desperate pur- suit of Olive and Palmyra, even Open- ing fire on them. Olive proves a friend. He brings Palmyra back among her peogle‘ 9n an Palmyra back among her p¢ island. But there she $001 the hands of Burke’s accon Thurston and Van are seek Palmyra is taken by her Ponape Burke who leaves but with Martin on guard and Tree are following the bun-OJ-“ w“- island. But. the hands 0 “there she soon falls into I Burke’s accomplices, and Thurston and Van aye seeking Per: iâ€"even other men. Now read on:â€" against he post, Martin behind ner, the seated natives in front. Then Olive. staking an In surges absorption, strolled out from shelter. grinned brazenly into the eyes of the startled sentry, entered that side of the prison house where the natives grouped. Unobtrusively, he dropped {riding them. Neither the girl nqr had brought along. she became grad- ually aware that. of me brown hands on the mats before her. one wore a mitten of tattoo. Her eyes Iocusseo into interest. And then. astonishingly, she beheld on the brown forearm a name of five letters. A ”1...: pm rngp m her nos. But she name of nve Letters. A glad cry rose to her lips. But she suppressed it, drove from ner race the exultation forming there. Her own salvation, this man’s life, depended on her caution. The brown man opened his mouth and spoke_aioud_ in the native tongueâ€"â€" m1: Us”: WV. - and have a pleasant sound.” The interpreter had got the idea. Out came a flood of compliment to which the white man made crude resâ€" ponse. condescendmgly amiable. And so. under the very nose of the unsuspecting Martin. almost within hearing of Burke, Olive worked out his attack. And Ponape Burke himself gave the signal. Springing up now: he bawled. E may backs, none would have dared pass sthe girl by. Yet the quat cov- ergd “1 _ ' t. â€" _3tmmt1$9§.§fm Burke had BLUE SEA .ia. Y5“ téE-e'nhhfy “her céptors to Burke who leaves her in a L Martin on guard. Thurston e are following the trail with ha‘é‘EEoEEfi' 6: the brown girl nor her guard noted A native more or .0388 éwuw V“ w wâ€" _-v Pigeon would not fly again until the month’s highest tidw came to hit her over. A figure broke from among the men. went bounding along the path toward the outer point, carrying in its arms a an oath and a laugh struggied Ior simultaneous expression. For there. bloody, desperate, stood the brown “V"VJ Ivâ€" ___, Burke ugwged a cackle of triumph. ever ‘ upon the four houses which precipitat- ed catastrophe. The villagers, grown overconfideut, hast thought he would “13.715 having of Noah, had assumed erroneously that the Pigeon was ready; that Ponape, seizing the girl now, could sail at once. In desperation the brown man snatch- ed up the hat, veil and raincoat; thrown these about the pigâ€"cooked to send to the feast down the coasz. ‘ A--‘-Aâ€" AHA A; +h¢ rush Palmyra shoreward to safety. He would. hold the pursuit by carry- ing the pig into the sea; perhaps himself escape if ‘Ponape feared the sound of firing. But, one mess tep, ana mai tree, his wrists bound behind him. She saw the master in vehemen demand for her surrender; Olive shake his head. in defiance. } The, villagers, crowding round Eurke's guards, waited. 1n consw: 10m. Ponape turned to them. “If would save this man’s liteâ€"spears. But; Ohve, pale yet unflinching, sogght then; ‘silence. this one being held them Iasn. . Unnoticed, a boy had wormed his way into the crowd, a bit or paper! folded small in his hand His purpose was to toss the note so Ponape should get it, yet not know whence it came. But the urchin blundered. As the mes- sage left his fingers, Burke saw. The white man snatched up tne paper, un- folded it. “Your sacred word to free Olive un- harmed (also the otnerS') , and I give myself up. He shall noa die for me. If you promise, call loudlyâ€"yes.” Burhe uttered a crow of victory. UULLLD. and shouted: ‘LV yuv a." â€"â€"vâ€"__ Then he clutched the boy by the wrist. “Show me Where _ L‘- _ “Annnnfl_ Under the muzzle of the big weapon the urchin quailed. He was appalled at Burke’s anger And he saw that his own people wavered. At last, there- fore. he raised a trembling finger, pointed toward a group of thatches. The boy haltingly brought Ponape Burke to a hut. “In there,” he whim- pered. Burke sprang under, dragged his guide with him. The house had been searched before. It was empty now. The man’s scrutiny took in every detail. Then he turned and the boy was in real danger. Savage irritation had all but overborne any sense or conseguence._ 1--.- -.‘A‘ AnnflhA “6AA uuupcq ucuu... Suddenly Burke’s eyes opened wide. he leaped to the centre of the house, stared up at the bundles of stifi bark cloth, gave one a prod with the revolv- er. From within there came a gasp or pain. Palmyra Tree had lost the bitter fight. Ponape Burke at last had won. _ “Y’shall see Olive hanged,” he said. "And then, whether or no, y’shall go to Tanna.” He dragged her toward the tree, the natives following, tongues a-click against teeth; the traitorous boy ahead, self-important, unscourged by any sense of guilt. At the tree Olive stood among un- of pumpjacks, 1311111138. and pump supplies. 8: Dmhamkn.‘ Phone ”-12 E. J. PRATT Terms on applicad but he for he come!” his'iinoculara'" Three " _hoh_ts"from'm_"._gfi'é â€"â€"â€"â€"vâ€"‘â€"vâ€" 'U He snatchéd Iortfi me revoxva-s. He could battle for her. Yes, kill nan a dozen of those Japs Butâ€"to what avail? mulls 01' 11.9 h?’41°§§ h??- “I cafl’tT go‘onâ€" without you,” he burst forth, “and they won’t let me go on with on. But if I can’t live, I can dieâ€"wi you.” A n- n snapped his bindings. He seized the other. He crushed his masner to mm like a gorilla. But the hand that held the revolver was yet, for the moment, free. It flashed in, the muzzle pres- sed against Olive’s side. The hand, gripped convulsively, forced the ham- mer up towards its fatal blow. But now, astonishingly, all move- ment ceased. Firing from a distance, someone had drilled Ponape Burke through his evil heart. __ _ . _ . Thevbdnntsi $5-0m; frantic glance told his victim, were still mo tar to aid. The nativw all had fled. Only Olive remained; bpund hand and 1901:, But, alas, the steel bullet had n01. stopped, its work performed. It had crashed on through the may or the heroic brown man who ‘fought for her. The irl shrieked out, fell fainting. A‘hd hen, as these three lay, there came a ~sound of boots, and a. muddy, foam-flecked horse plunged up the vil_1§.ge path with John Thurston. - _ _ -A .14“ Ac.“â€" V waves; ’1“ VD- vv -v-â€" v â€"â€" V _, He sprang fronf his saddle,- flung aside his gun, caught the unconscious girl up in his arms._ . b“ ‘ “r “- n" w- -â€"â€" - When Palmyra Tree at last opened her eyes, she gazed up at John Thurs- ton for a bewildered moment. Side by side two bodies lay. Palmyra snatched nerself back from John as if his touch had burned. “And it was you,” she cried, rigid 1n horror. “you who fired? Oh,” she wailed. . “I cannot bear that it should have been youâ€"jyouA who killed. Olive.” _ ‘_4 ,9 LC. - .n---‘“ _.‘ J vfiut“, "‘“On, no no,‘1aay,” the surgeon interrupted in eager assurance. “This native man is not dead.” mu- V v â€"â€" W __ She looked at that form in shudder- ing question. . - “Bullet knocked him out a little,” ex- plained the oflicer. “but it hit noth- ing to make this big man trouble._ He will be something like when the prize- iighter- gets knocked to sleep on the Jaw.” At his first sentence Palmyra’s lips had parted in a gasp of relief. 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