The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12

Turtle Beach in case the Dyaks come
that way. Those who are crossing
the island will not reach us for a long
time
She yielded, tho unwillingly. She
was tremulous with anxiety on his &C
count.
He vanished without another word.
She next saw him in the moonlight
near the we'll. He was rustling among
the shrubs. and he returned to the
rock with something white in his
arms, which he seemingly deposited
at the mouth Of the cave. He went
back to the well and carried another
similar burden. Then he ran towards
the house. The doorway was not Wis
IDLE from the LEDGE and she passed
few horrible moments until low
hiss beneath caught her ear. She
could tell by the creak Of the rope
Ladder that he was ascending. At
last he reached her side and she muir
injured, with a gasping sob
Don't go away again. cannot
He thought it best to soothe her
| agitation. by arousing interest. Still
hauling in the ladder with one hand,
! he held out the other, on which lu-
minous wisps were writing like the
glow-Worns' ghosts.
You are responsible" he said.
You gave me an excellent idea, and
was obliged to carry it out"
What have you done?"
Arranged a fearsome DOGGY in the
cave
"But how"
1T was not exactly a pleasant OPP
Stty are those which must be broken
She understood that he did not wish
her to question him further. Perhaps
curiosity, now that he was safe, might
have ,Vanquished her terror, and led
1 to another demand for enlightenment
i but at that instant the sound Of an
angry voice and the cruncfing of coral
away to the left drove all else from
4 her mind. $780,, :
They are coming by way Of the
1 beach, after ALL" whispered jerks.
He was mistaken, in a. sense. An
other outburst of intermittent firing
among the trees on the north Of the
ridge showed that some, at least OF
the Dyaks were advancing by Their
.1Dyak chief on the fiat belt Of single
l with his right arm slung across his
breast, accompanied by not more thar
half dozen followers, showed that
Ia few hardy spirits had dared to pass
i the Valley of Death with all its name.
! less terrors. 81
4 They advanced cautiously enough
4 as tho dreadlng a surprise The chic.
4 carried bright Sparang in hi:
: left hand; the others were armed with
guns, their swords being thrust thru
belts. Creeping forward on tiptoe
tho their distant companions were
making a tremendous row, the,
d looked murderous gang as the.
peered across the open space, nov
brilliantly Illuminated by the moon.
jerks had a sudden intuition tina
the right thing to do now was tt
shoot the whole party. He dismissed
the thought at once. All his prepare
tons were governed by the hope tina
: the pirates might abandon their ques
after hours of fruitless search.
would be most unw1se, he told himself
to precipitate hostilities. Far bette
) avoid a conflict altogether, if tina
: were possible, than risk the immediat
discovery of his inaccessible retreat.
In other words, he made gray
mistake, which shows how a man ma
l err when over-agonized by the DANCE
: of the woman he loves. The boil
|, course was the right one. By killin
the DyakS% leader he would have de
) prived the enemysof the dominating