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

influence in this campaign of revenge.
When the main body, already much
perturbed by the unseen and intan-
gible agencies which opened fire at
them IN the wood, arrived in Prospect
Park to find only the dead bodies Of
their chief and his small force, their
CONSERVATION could be turned into
mad panic by a vigorous lombard
ment from the rock.
Probably in less than an hour after
their landing, the whole tribe would
have rushed pell-mell to the boats,
curs1ng the folly which led them to
this devil-haunted island. But it
serves no good purpose to say what
might have been. AS it was, the
Dyaks, silent now and moving with
the utmost caution, passed the we'll
ana were about to approach the cave
when one Of them saw the house.
instantly they changed their tactics.
Retreatlng hastily to the shade Of the
opposite cliff they seemed to await the
coming of reinforcements. The sailor
fancied that messenger was dis
patched by way Of the north sandssto
hurry up the laggards, because the
distant firing slackened, and, five min
utes later, fierce outbreak of yells
among the trees to the right heralded
combined rush on the Belle Vue
Castle. ~
The noise made by the savages was
SO great-the screams Of bewildered
birds circling overhead so incessant-
that jerks was compelled to speak
quite loudly when he said to Iris
They must think we sleep soundly
not to be disturbed by the volleys they
have fired already
| She would have answered, but he
| placed restraining hand on her
| shoulder, for the Dyaks quickly dis
covering that the hut was empty, ran
| towards the cave and thus came in
full view.
AS well as jerks could judge, the
| foremost trio of the yelping horde
We're tmpaled on the bayonets of the
cheval* de frise, learning too late its
formidable nature. The wounded
men shrieked in agony, but their cries
We're drowned In torrent Of amazed
shouts from their companions. Forth
4 with there was a stampede towards
I the well, the cliff, the beaches, any
i whereoto get away from that awesome
cavern where ghosts dwelt and men
fell MANNED at the very threshold
The sailor, leaning as far over the
edge of the rock as the girls expostu-
,lations would permit, heard a couple
of men grooming beneath, whilst a
third lmped away with frantic and
painful haste.
What is it 2" whispered Iris, cage,
/. herself to witness the tumult. "Wha1
has happened?"
''They have been routed by boz
of matches and a few dried bones,
he answered. - ."~@.sr~>r'-' ssr'5,-r->f'~ -
There was no time for further
i speech. He was absorbed in estinat
ing the probable number Of the Dyaks
4 Thus~far, he had seen about fifty
Moreover, he did not wish to acquain
Iris with the actual details of the arti
flee that had been SO potent. Her al
fusion to the box Of >water-soddel
Tandstickors gave him. the notion o
utilizing as an active ally the bleachet
remains of the poor fellow who hat
long ago fallen victim to this identi
cal mob of cut-throats or their asso
ciates. He gathered the principl
bones from their resting place nea
the well, rubbed them with the end
of the matches after danping the sui
phur again, and arranged them witt
CHASTITY effect on the pile of rubbis
at the further end Of the cave, creep
ing under the cheval de frise for tn
purpose.
Tho not so vivid as he wished, tn
: pale glimmering headless skeleton i
the intense darkness Of the interio