The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05

tie her arms, but she was a strong and
active EnglishWoman, with muscles
well knit by the constant labor Of re-
cent pusy days and aframe developed
by years of horse-riding and Tennis
playing. The pair evidently found her
a tough handful, and the inferior
Dyak, either to stop her screams
Tor she was shrieking "Robert, come
to mel! with all her might--or to
st1he her into submission, roughly
placed his huge hand over her mouth.
THESE things the sailor noticed in
stantly Some men. brave to rash
ness, ready as he to give his life to
save her. would have raced madly
over the intervening ground, scarce a
furlong, and attempted a heroic com
bat of one against nine.
Not so jerks.
| With the methodical exactness Of
the parade-ground he settled down on
one knee and leveled the rifle. At that
range the Lee-Metford bullet travels
practically point-blank. Usually it is
deficient in Stopping" power, but he
mad provided against this little draw
back by notching all the cartridges in
the SIX rifles, after the effective man
ner devised by, an expert named
Thomas Atkins during the Tirah cam
| paign.
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were intent on the sensational prize
| they had secured, a young and beauti-
ful white woman SO contentedly roam
ing about the shores. Of this Fetish
island. With the slow speed advised
by the Roman philosopher, the back
| sight and foresight Of the Lee-Metford
| came into line with the breast of the
coarse brute clutching the girls face.
linen something bit him above the
heart and simultaneously tore half OF
his back into fragments He fell, with
a queer sob, and the others turned to
face this unexpected danger.
;, Iris, knowing only that she was free
from that hateful grasp, wrenched
! herself free from the chiefs hold, and
fan With all her might along the
beach, to jerks and Safety. :=*.S
Again and'yet again the rifle gave&its
short, sharp snarl, and two more by.
axis collapsed on thessands. Six We're lef,
their leader baing.stilI un c onsoiously
preserved from death by the figure Of
the flying girl. &&a5s - 81 81; :.
A fourth Dyak dropped. H. -, -:
me ae, SURVIVORS ~, .eauel .savages bu'
sailor, White-faced; Z gEi1n, with an un.
pleasant CLEAN in shisadeep-set eyes
and lower jaw pfotrnding, noticed
their preparations & 5ss;z<> er
ITO the LETT her shouted. "Rur
towards the trees!':#
Iris heard@hinl and strove to obey
But her strength was failing her, ant
she staggered blindly. After a few
despairing efforts she lurched feebl,
to her knees, and tu1nbled face down
wards on the broken coral that hat
tripped her faltering Footsteps
jerks was watching her, watching
the remaining Dyaks, from whom ;
: spluttering volley came, picking on
his quarry with the murderous ease o
a terrier in a rat-pft. Something Xix,
a bee in a violent hurry hummed pas
his ear, and rock near his right foo
:. was struck tremendous blow by al
unseen agency. He liked this. I
would be a battle, not a battue
The fifth Dyak crumpled into tn,
distortion of death, and then thei
leader took deliberate aim at tn,
kneeling marksman who threatened
to wipe him and his band out Of ex
istence. But his deliberations, tn,
skilfu1, was too profound The sailo
fired first, and was professionally as
tonished to see the gaudily attired in
dividual tossed violently backward TO
many yards, finally pitching; head1onl