The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-27
THURSDAY !, JULY ~, 1905.

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She was on the verge Of tears. The
strain had become too great for her.
After indulging in wild dream Of
freedom, to be told that they must
| again endure the irksome confinement
the active suffering, the slow horrors
of siege in that rocky prison, almost
distracted her.
jerks was very stern and curt in his
reply
I'VE must make the best of a bad
business he said. IF we are in a
tight place the Dyaks are not much
better off, and eighteen of their num-
Der are dead OR wounded. You forget,
too, that Providence has sent us most
useful ally in the NIohammedan. When
all is said and done, things might be
far worse than they are''
Never before had his tone been SO
cold, his manner SO abrupt, not even
| in the old days when he purposely en-
| deavored to make her dislike him.
She walked along the ledge and tim
idly bent over him.
Forgive mev' she whispered. 81
did forget for the moment not only the
goodness, Of Providence, but also your
self sacrificing devotion. I am only a
woman, and I don't want to die yet,
but l will not live unless you, too, are
| saved"
Once already that day she had ex-
| pressed this thought in other words
| Was some shadowy design fitting
through her brain? Suppose they were
faced with the alternatives of dying
from thirst or yielding to the Dyaks.
Was there another way out? jerks
shivered, though the rock was grilling
him. He must divert her mind from
this dreadful brooding
""The fact u.s." he said, with feeble
attempt at cheerfulness, 1--WE are both
hungry and consequently grumpy.
Now, suppose you prepare lunch. We
will feel ever so much better after we
have eaten"
The girl choked back her emotion
and sadly essayed the task of provid-
ing a meal which was hateful to her.
| A few tears fell now and made little
burrows down her soiled cheeks. But
they were helpful tears, tears of resig-
nation, not of despair. Although the
"destruction that wasteth at monday
was trying her sorely, she again felt
strong and sustained.
She even smiled on detecting an in
| voluntary effort to clear her stained
face. She vas about to carry a biscuit
and some timed meat to the sailor
when a sharp exclamation from him
/ caused her to hasten to his SIDE
| The Dyaks had broken cover Run
ming in scattered sections across the
sands, they were risking such loss as
| the defenders might be able to infict
upon them during brief race to the
shelter and food to be obtained in the
other part of the island.
| jerks did not fire at the scurrying
gang He was waiting for one man,
Taung Sail. But that redoubtable
person, having probably suggested this
dash for liberty, had fully realized the
| enviable share Of attention he would
attract during the passage. He there
fore discarded his vivid attire and by
borrowing odd garments made himself
sufficiently like unto the remainder of
| his crew to deceive the sailor until the
rush of men was over. Among them
ran the Mohammedan, who did not
look up the valley, but waved his hand
When all had quoted down again
| jerks understood how he had been
fooled. He laughed so heartily that
Iris, not knowing either the cause of
his merriment or the reason of his I'M
looked for clenlency to the flying foe,
feared the sun had affected him.
He at once quilted the post occupied
during SO protracted vigil.
"Now," he cried, 1--WE can eat in
peace. I have stripped the chief of
his fnery. His men can twit him on
being forced to shed his gorgeous plum
| age in order to save his life. Anyhow,
they will leave us in peace until night
falls, SO we must make the best of a
| hot afternoon"
But he was mistaken. A greater dan
ger than any yet experienced now
threatened them, for Taung Sail, furi-
GUS and unrelenting, resolved that if
he could not obtain the girl he would
Stay the pair Of them, and he had ter
rible weapons in his possession.
| CHAPTER XIII.
| (~ RESIDENTS in tropical countries
| / know that the heat is greatest