The Red Cloud chief., 1905-07-07
Wings Of the MornIn9.
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sight and fore sight or the rl1e came
into line with the breast Of the coarse
brute clutching the girls face.
Then something bit him above the
heart and simultaneously tore half Of
his back into fragments. He fell, with
O queer sob, and the others turned to
face this unexpected danger.
Iris, knowing only that she was free
from that hateful grasp, wrenched her
self free from the chiefs hold and ran
with all her might along the beach to
jerks and safety.
Again and yet again the rifle gave
its short, sharp snarl, and W more
Dyaks collapsed on the sand. Six were
left, their leader being still uncon-
sciously preserved from death by the
figure of the flying girl.
A fourth Dyak dropped.
The survivors. cruel savages, but not
towards. unslung their guns The sail
or, white faced, grim, with an unpleas-
ant CLEAN in his deep set eyes and Il
lower jaw prOtruding, noticed their
preparations.
"To the lcft!' he shouted. run to-
ward the trees"
Iris heard him and strove to obey.
but her strength was failing her, and
she staggered blindly. After Il few de-
spairing efforts she lurched fecDiy 10
her knees and tumbled face downward
on the broken coral that had tripped
her faltering footsteps.
jerks was watching her, watching
the remaining Dyaks, from whom Il
spluttering vollcy came, picking out
his quarry with the murderouS ease of
n terrier in a rat pit. Something like n
bee in n violent hurry hummed past
his ear, and q rock near his right foot
was struck Il tremendous blow by an
unseen agency. lie liked this. 1t would
be a battle, not n battue.
The fifth Dyak crumpled into the
distortion of death, and then their
leader took deliberate aim at the kneel-
ing marksman who threatened to wipe
him and his band out of existence.
But his deliberation, though skillful,
was too profound. The sailor fired first
and was professionally astonished to
see the gaudily attired individual
tossed violently backward for many
yards, finally pitching headlong to the
earth. Had he been charged by a bull
in full career he could not have been
more utterly discounted. The incident
was sensational, but ineXplicable.
Yet another member of the band was
Frustrated ere the two rs yet unscath-
ed thought fit to beat a retreat. This
they now did with celebrity, but they
dragged their chief with them. 1t was
no part of jerks programme to allow
them to escape. He aimed again at
the man nearest the trees. There was
Il sharp click and nothing more. The
cartridge was Il misfire. He hastily
sought to eject it, and the rifle jammed.
S%pringing to his feet, with n yell, he
ran forward. The flying men caught a
glimpse of him and accelerated their
movements. Just as he reached Iris
they vanished among the trees.
Singing the rifle over his shoulder,
b, picked up the girl in his arms. Shit
n conscious, but GREATNESS.
"You are not hurt:" he gasped, hi
eyes blazing into her face with an in
tcnsity that she afterward remembered
as appalling.
mo" she whispered.
Listen" he continued in labOre'
jerks. TRY and obey m%e-eXactly.
will carry you-tO the cave. Stop there
Shoot any one you see-till l come"
She heard him wonderinGly. Was Ii
} going to leave her, now that he hat
her safely clasped to his breast? In
possible. All, she understood. Thos
men must have landed in Il boat. ii
t intended to attack them again. III
| was going to fight them single hande,
and she would not know what happier
Q ed to him until it was all over. GraC
T. ually her vitality returned. She almoS
smiled mt the fantastic conceit that sh
would desert him.
jerks placed her on her feet at til
entrance TO the cave.
p you understand" he cried, and wit
out waiting for an answer ran to I'll
@ house for another rifle. This time,
t her amazemcnt, he darted back throug
V Prospect part towerd the SOUTH beac
The sailor knew that the Dylks III
landed ut the sandy bay Iris had chri
tened Smugglcrs' cove. They were Il
quainted with the passage through II
reef and came from the distant island
Now they would endeavor to escal
by the same channel. They must
prevented at all costs.
He was right. As they came GU in
the open he saw three men, not NV
m -.,,lin. off a LARGO SDmnnn One