The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-08-10

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officer Of the Indian army
'.Ah! He has left the service?''
yes. p met him last in Hongkong !,
Then you know him ~
"Quite well, if he is the man 7 i'm.
agine.''
That is really very nice Of Ventnoyr. .
thought the shipowner. The last thing
! should credit him with would be !
forgiving disposition
Meanwhile Anstruther was readino
Iris little lecture. Sweet one.' he
explained to her, "do not allude to me
| by my former rank. l am not entitled
to it. Some day, please God, it will be
restored to me. At present l am a
plain civilian, and, by the way, Iris,
during the next few days say nothing
| about our mine"
| ooh, why not?'
"Just a personal whim. 1t will nlease
| me-"
IF it pleases you, Robert, am salts
fed"
He pressed her arm by way of an
swer. They were too pear to the wait
| ing trio for other comment.
Captain Fitzroy," cried Iris, 'let me
introduce Mr.. Anstruther to you. Lord
Ventnor, you have met Mr.. Anstruther
before"
The sailor shook hands. Lord Vent
nor smiled affably.
Your enforced residence on the is
land seems to have agreed with you.''
| he said.
Admirably. Life here had it's draw
backs, but we fought our enemies in
the open. Didn't we, Iris %
Eyes, dear The poor Dyaks were
not sufficiently modernized to attack us
with false testimony
| His lordship's sallow face wrinkled
somewhat. So Iris knew of the court
| martial, nor was she afraid to pro-
claim to all the world that this man
was her lover. AS for Captain Fitz-
roy, his bushy eyebrows disappeared
| into his peaked cap when he heard the
manner of their speech.
| Nevertheless Ventnor smiled again.
even the Dyaks respected Miss
| Deane," he said.
But Anstruther, sorry for the mani
fest uneasiness of the shipowner, re-
| pressed the retort on his lips and
forthwith suggested that they should
walk to the north beach in the first
instance, that being the scene of the
| wreck.
During the next hour he became audi
tor rather than narrator. 1t was Iris
| who told Of his wild fight against wind
| and waves; Iris who showed them
where he fought with the devilfsh;
Iris who expatiated on the long days
| Of ceaseless toll, his dauntless cour-
age in the face Of every difficulty, the
way in which he rescued her from the
clutch of the savages, the skill of his
preparations against the anticipated
attack and the last great achievement
Of all, when time after time he foiled
the Dyaks' best laid plans and flung
| them off, crippled and disheartened,
| during the many phases Of the thirty
| hours battle
There were tears in her eyes when
she ended, but they were tears Of
| thankful happiness, and Lord Ventnor,
! silent listener who missed neither
word nor look, felt deeper chill in his
cold heart as he realized that this wo-
mans love could never be his. The
| knowledge excited his passion the
| more. His hatred Of Anstruther now
became mania, an insensate resolve
to MORALLY stab this meddler who al
| ways stood in his path. ~.
Robert hoped that his present ordeal
was over. 1t had only begun. He was
called on to answer questions without
number. Why had the tunnel been
! made? What was the mystery of the
valley Of death? How did he manage
to guess the dimensions of the sundial?
How came he to acquire such an amaz-
ing stock of out Of the way knowledge
Of the edible properties of roots and
trees? How? Why? Where? When?
They never would be satisfied, for not
even the British navy, poking it's nose
| into the recesses Of the world often
| comes across such an amazing story
as the adventures Of this couple on
Rainbow island.
He readily explained the creation of
| quarry and cave by telling them of the
vein of anthony imbedded in the rock
near the vault Anthony is one of the
| substances that covers a multitude Of
doubts. No one, not excepting the doc
tors who use it, knows much about it.,
| and in Chinese medicine it might be a
chief factor of exceeding nastiness.
| Inside the cavern the existence of
the partially completed shaft to the
ledge accounted for recent disturb
| ances on the face of the rock, and new
Corners could not, of course, distinguish
the bones of poor u. So as being the
remains of a European.
Anstruther was satisfied that none of
them hazarded the remotest guess as
| to the value Of the gaunt rock they
were staring at, and chance helped him
to battle further inquiry.
A trumpeter on board the Orient was
blowing his lungs out to summon them
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