Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01
busted himself with fitting a number of
| gun locks to heavy faggOtS.


Iris watched his proceedings In silence fol-
some time At last the interval for lunch.
con enabled her to demaHd an explanation
IF you don't tell me at pnce what you in
tend to do with those strange implements,
she said II will form myself into an ANAL
gamated engineer and come out on strike.
IF you do he answered, you will
create precedent. There Is no recorded
case of laborer claiming what he calls his
rights when his life is at stake. Even an
American tramp has been known to work
like fiend under that condition.
Simply because an American tramp
tries, like every other mere male, to be
logical. A woman Is more heroic. / once
read of a French lady being killed during an
earthquake because she insisted on going
into a falling house to rescue that portion
of her hair which usually trested on the
dressing table whilst she was asleep.
II happen to know" he said, that you
are personally unqualified to emulate her
example,.
She laughed merrily, Sc lightly did yes
terday's adventure sit upon her. The allu-
sion to her disheveled state when they were
thrown ashore by the typhoon simply i'm
pressed her as amusing. Thus quickly had
she become Injured to the strange circum-
stances of a new life.
Il withdraw the threat and substitute a
more genuine plea-euriosity." she cried.
Then you will be gratif1ed promptly.
These are our sentinels. Come with me
to allot his post to. the most distant one"
tachment, shouldered a Lee-Metford and
smiled when he saw the business-like air
with which Iris slung revolver around
her waist
They walked rapidly to Smugglers' Cove,
and the girl soon perceived the ingenuity
of his automatic signal. He securely bound
the block of wood to a tree where 1t was
hidden by the underground: Breaking the
bullet out of cartridge, he placed the
blank charge in position In front of the
striker, the case being firmly clasped by a
bent nail. To the trigger. the spring of
which he had eased to a slight pressure,
he attached a piece of unraveled rope and
this he carefully trained among the trees
at a height of six inches from the ground
using as carriers nails driven into the
trunks.
The ultimate result was that a mere
swish of Iris dress against the taut cord
exploded the cartridge.
"There" he exclaimed, exultantly. When
I have driven stakes into the sand to the
waters edge on both sides of the cove
1 will defy them to land by night without
giving US warning"
do you know said Iris, in all serious
ness Il think you are the cleverest man
in the world II
My dear Miss Deane, that is not at all
a trades unionist sentiment Equality is
the keynote of their propaganda"
Nevertheless he was manifestly pleased
by the success of his ingenious contrivance
and forthwith completed the Gordon. To
make doubly sure, he set another snare
further within the trees. He was certain
the Dyaks would not pass along Turtle
Beach If they could help it. BY this time
the light was failing.
THAT will suffice for the present" he
told the girl. Tomorrow we will place
other sentries in position at strategic
points. Then we can sleep in the castle
with tolerable safety"
By the meager light of the tiny lamp they
labored sedulously at the rope ladder until
ness. Neither of them had slept much dur
Ing the preceding night. and they were
both completely tired.
1t was with a very weak little smile that
the girl bade him good night and they
were soon wrapped in that sound slumber
which comes only from health hard work
and Wholesome fare.
The first streaks of dawn were tipping the
opposite crags with roseate tints when the
sailor was suddenly aroused by what he
believed to be a gunshot. He could not be
sure. He was still collecting hts scattered
senses. straining his eyes and ears intense
ly. when there came second report
Then he knew what had happened. The
sentries on the Smugglers,2 Cove post were
faithful to their trust. The ellemy was upon
them.
AT such a moment Jenksa wassnOt a man
who prayed Indeed, he was prone to In
woke the neither powers, a habit long since
acquired by the British army, in Flanders
it Is believed.
There was not moment to be lost. He
rushed into Iris room. and gathered in his
arms both her and. the weird medley Of
that covered her. He explained
to the protesting girl as he ran with her
to the foot Of the rock, that She must cling
to his shoulders with unfaltering courage
while he climbed to the ledge with the aid
Of the pole and the rope placed there the
previous day. 1t was a magnificent feat of
strength that he essayed In calmer mo-
ments he would have shrunk from its per-
Torrance, If only on the score of danger TO
the precious burden he carried Now there
was no time for thought. Up he went.
hand over hand clinging to the rough pole
with the tenacity of limpet. and taking a
turn of the rope over his right wrist at
each upward clutch At last GREATNESS
but triumphant, he reached the ledge. and
was able to gasp his Instructions to Iris to
crawl over his bent back and head until
she was safely lodged on the broad plat
form of rock.
Then, before she could expostulate, he
descended. this time for the rifles. These
he hastily slung to the rope, again swarmed
up the pole. and drew the guns after him
with infinite care.
Even in the whirl of the moment he no.
ticed that Iris had managed to partially
her costume.
Now we are ready for them" he growl-
ed, lying prone on the ledge and eagerly
scanning both sides of Prospeo Park for
first glimpse of their assailants
For two shivering hours they waited
there, until the sun was high over the cliff
and filed sea and land with his bright
ness. At last, despite the girls tears and
prayers, jerks insisted on making a recon-
naissance in person. ~
Let this portion of their adventures be
passed over with merciful brevity. Both
had been fired by the troupe of
tiny wou-wou monkeys! Iris did not know
whether to laugh or cry, when jerks with
much difficulty, lowered her to mother earth
again, and marveled the while how he had
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