Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-01

Mu--nimaII. speaking Hindoo to An-iruthcr
acting us interpreter. Mer Jan, the Indian,
agrees To aid Anstruthcr and supply him with
wa'cr NIil-Irs and Bobert, i'll the midst OF
peril. avow their love for each other. The fight
continues. XIN-Mir Jan is true to his word and
aids the hclcu guered couple. At the critical mo-
meu the three are rescued by the British warship
Orient, which has been attracted TO the iisland
by the firing. Ky On board the Orient is Sir
Arthur Dcanc, fat her Of Iris, Who has been search
ing for his shipwrecked Child. Lord Nentnor l.
also Oh board.
CHAPTER Nv (Continued).
So he had abandoned all pretense.
He was ready to face the world at her
SIDE She stole loving glance ut him
as she cried:
Yes; Captain Anstruther Of the In
dian staff corps. If he will not tell
you all that he has done, how he has
saved my life twenty times, how he
has fought single handed against
eighty men, ask me!'
Captain Anstruther does not appear
to have left much for US to do. Miss
Deane," the officer said. Indeed"
turning to Robert, lis there any way
In which my men Will be useful"
II would recommend that they drag
the green stuff off that fire and stop
the smoke. Then detachment should
60 round the north side Of the island
and drive the remaining Dyaks into
the hands Of the party you have landed.
as 1 understand, at the farther end Of
the south beach. Mir Jan, the Moham-
medan here, who has been a most faith
full ally during part Of our siege, will
act as guide"
The other man cast comprehensive
glance over the rock, with its scaling
ladders and dangling rope ladder. the
cave, the little groups Of dead or I'M
conscious pirates-for every wounded
man who could move a limb had
crawled away after the first shell burst
and drew q deep breath.
How long We're you up there" he
asked.
lover thirty hours"
1T was great flghtv
Somewhat worse than It looks" said
Anstruther. This is only the end Of
It. Altogether we have accounted for
nearly twoscore Of the poor DEVILS"
Robert hooked toward the approach.
ing boat. She would not land yet for
couple Of minutes.
by the way" he said, will you
tell me your namef'
"Playdon - Lieutenant Philip Fl.
Playdon."
do you know to what nation this
island belongs?"
ut is no mans land, think. It Is
marked 'uninhabited' on the chart"
'Then." said Anstruther, II call upon
you, Lieutenant Playdon, and all others
here present to witness that I, Robert
Anstruther, late of the Indian army,
acting on behalf Of myself and Miss
Iris Deane, declare that we have taken
possession Of this island In the name
OF his Britannia majesty the king of
England, that we are the joint occu.
piers and owners thereof and claim all
property rights vested therein"
These formal phrases, coming at such
moment, amazed his hearers. Iris
alone had an inkling of the underlying
motive.
Il don't suppose any one will dispute
your title" said the naval officer grave.
". He Enthusiastically imagined that
suffering and exposure had signify dis.
turbed the other mans senses.
Thank you" replied Robert with
equal composure, though he felt In.
clined to laugh at Playdon's mystifica.
ton. II only wished to secure q sufi.
Gent number of witnesses for q verbal
declaration. When I have q few min.
utes to spare I will aff1x legal notice
on the wall in front Of our cave"
Playdon bowed silently. There was
something in the speakers manner that
puzzled him. He detailed small guard
to accompany Robert and Iris, who
now walked toward the beach, and
asked Mir Jan to pilot him as suggest.
ed by Anstruther.
The boat was yet many yards from
shore when Iris ran forward and
stretched out her arms to the man who
was staring at her with wistful de.
SPAR.
Father! Fatherr' she cried. Don't
you know mef
Sir Arthur Deane was looking ut the
two strange figures on the sands, and
each moment his heart sank lower
This island held his final hope. During
many weary weeks, since the day when
a kindly admiral placed the cruiser
Orient at his disposal, he had secured
the China sea, the coasts of Borneo and
Java for some tdings Of the Ill fated
Sirdar.
To examine every sand patch and
tree covered shoal In the China sea was
an impossible task. All the Orient
could do was to visit the principal Is
lands and institute inquiries among the
fishermen and small traders. At last,
the previous night, q Malay, tempted
by hope Of reward, boarded the vessel
when lying at anchor of the large Is
land away to the south and told the
captain a wOndrous tale of q devil
haunted place inhabited by two white
spirits. male and a female, whittier
a local pirate named Taung sab had
gone by chance with his men and suf-
Tered great loss. But Taung sab was
bew1tched by the female spirit and had
returned there with a great force,
swearing to capture her or perish The
spirits, the Malay said, had dwelt upon
the island for many years. His father
and grandfather knew the place and
feared 1t. Taung sab would never be
seen again.
This queer yarn .'as the first indica-
tion they received of the whereabouts
OF any persons who might possibly be
shipwrecked Europeans, though not
survivors from the Sirdar Anyhow,
the tiny dot lay in the. vessels north
ward track, so a course was set to ar
rive off the island soon after dawn.
Events on shore, as seen by the Off.