Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-12-16
Ills Hearts Desire
By SIR WALTER BEsANT
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CHAPTER ILL

CHAPTER III.
50 Zen you think" said the mate
looking about him with doubt, that we
shall do no business hereY
He was a young fellow Of two-and-
twenty or so, a frank and honest-look-
ing sailor. though his business was that
Of cunning kidnaper. He was armed
with a revolver. ready to hand, and a
cutlass hanging at his side Behind him
were four sailors, also armed, In readi-
ness for an attack, for Polynesians are
treacherous. But there were no island
ers in sight. only two Europeans-one a
tall man, dressed In fantastic imitation
Of the natives; and the other, apparent
y. an ordinary beachcomber, quite out
Of luck, ragged, detected and haggard.
little way off the land lay the schoon-
err. His business was to enlist, kidnap,
procure or secure, by any means in the
power of the captain and the crew, as
many natives as the ship would hold and
to bring them to North Queensland.
where they would be hired out to plant
ers.
ut Is an unlucky voyage" said the
mate, gazing earnestly at the two men
before him, whose appearance and the
1.-TWO months out and five weeks becalm-
ed; no business done. Say, how did you
come hereY
"For my part" said the German, 81
am naturalist. / make butterflies my
special study. have, 1 believe, enriched
science with so many rare aud previ-
ously unknown specimens. If I succeed
in getting them to Europe, that my name
will be certainly remembered In scien-
tiic history as one of those who have
advanced knowledge. can any man ask
more q
How did you get such a rig mani"
81 am a linguist," the Baron Sergius
Won Holstein went on to explain, las
well as a naturalist. | therefore learned
the language before landing here, hay-
ing found native or two Of New Ireland
in the mission Of the Duke Of York Isl
and. II is great thing to know how
to talk with these black children. | am
also a surgeon and a physician, so that
can heal their wounds and their diseases
when they get any. You see, further
that | am bigger than most men. | am
also thorough. | adopted their dress, al
least some Of it. and therefore being
able to talk to them, l landed among
them without fear. When they came
round me with their spears | shouted tC
them down from the sun. And as
know little prestidigitation and conjur
Ing, and am n bit of a ventrlloquist,
am from time to time able to work few
of the simpler miracles; so that they
readily believe me-"
How long are you going to stay
here2'
81 know not; New Ireland is rich II
new species, but l shall have to stop a
soon as my means of collection and de
scription come to an end. When tina
day comes | shall be glad to see ship
But 1t will not be yet"
They may kill you"
sit Is possible;" the baron shrugged
his tall shoulders.
"Have you no arms?"
81 have a revolver. and my reputa
ton for magic and sorcery."
"And how do you liver
"The people bring me food every day
If they did not, | should affiict Their
with horrible misfortunes, as they yer
well know. | should tell them that 1
three days such one would be dead
and then 1t would be that mans dut
to go away and die In fulhllment 0
prophecy. | suppose his friends woul
never speak to him again If he refuse
to fulfill the words of the prophet =
great is their faith. They bring me tn
unripe cocoanut for its milk; there ar
fish Of every kind in the sea, which the
net and spear for me; there are kangs
roo and cassowary on the hills whic
they snare and trap for me; there ar
birds which they shoot for me; there ar
mangoes, bread-fruit. bananas, yam
sweet potatoes. assure you we fee
very well. Don't we. DavidT' He lai
bis hand on the other mans shoulde
eve have also tobacco. There Is, how
ever-which you regret, David, don
you?-no rum on the island"
us your-your-chum also WORSHIP
ed asked the mate, regarding David wit
an obvious decrease of interest.
mo; David is recognized as of inf
rior clay. This poor fellow was wrecko
upon the island; he came ashore on
} plank, the rest of the ships crew an
, passengers having given Indigestion
the sharks. He is not happy here, an
he would like you to take him off IL
island"
: Eyes" said David, eagerly. but sti
In his slow way. anywhere. so that
can only get on my way to England"
HE was just getting off his plan
= and the people were preparing to recei'
him iovfullv warmly. and hOsDitabl