The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-16
A Romance of Love and Adventure That
Is Ordinarily Told and VIII Held the Read
er's Attention From the Opening Chapter

"WiH they not miss youf'
''Tiey Wil1 miss the so4tskin sahib.
II was tire lsst fHil one"
<f2fIg JAM 20 as ! bid and you shah
see Delhi aesin. Have you ever used
aelfordE'
~ have seen thom. sahib. but / BET
ter uuder Id the MahtIni."
II @il ssTe y0u rife, with plenty
q anlIuuult on 10 you 80 inside the
cave there and
sir Jan 5Fas startled.
.ULefe the ghost Is. sohib?' he said.
@GH0stl 1hat ID j tale for children
There IS 40 sli5at only 4 few bones
of d man murdered by these scoun-
dr-ls Ions aeo Hive You any foodf'
"soIae l5oe. saiilb; sufficient for day
or two at II pinch"
Good we Will get water from the
well. Whea the fighting begins at
dawn fire 1T every man you see from
tie back Of the cave. On no account
come ont Then they can never reach
you If you keep a full magazine. Wait
here
II th0urht you were never coming,
protested iris when jerks reached the
LEDGE. II have been quite creepy
aIn sure there is some one down there.
And, please, may 7 have another
dIlukzn
The sailor had left the crowbar be-
meath. He secured a rife, a spare clip
and q dozen packets of cartridges,
meanwhile briefly explaining TO Iris
tire turn taken by events so far IS Mir
Jan was concerned. She was natural
is deEighted and forgot her fears in
the excitement caused by the appear
auce OF 50 useful an ally. She drank
his health in a trimming beaker of
water.
She heard her lover reioin Mir Jan
and saw tie. two step out into the
moonlight. while jerks explained the
81 the rifle Fortunately Iris
sow much recovered FROM the
ana pritaton Of the earlier
@. Ter senses We're sharpened 40
pitch little dreamed Of by stay-at-
l9uso goEnS .lsdies of her age, and she.
deemed 81 Ler province 10 act as sentry
while tie two men conferred. Hence
she was tile Grst 10 detect, or, rather, to
become cons q 5ts5u. the stealthy crawl
OF several Iz4sfzss aiong the bottom of
the ciiH from Turtle beach.
Robert she screamed. The Dy-
AXIS! ON your Left"
But Iris was rapidly ginning some
knowledge of strategy. BEFORE she
shrieked her warning she grasped a
rife Holdiug It at the ready
che level OF Ter wajst-and depressing
the muzales sufficiently, she began firing
down the side OF the rock as fast rs
she could handle lever and trigger.
Two Of the nickel bullets struck pro-
lection and srlashed the leading say
ages with molten metal.
Unfortunately jerks rifle beneath
was unloaded. being IN Mir Jams pos
session Tor purposes of instruction.
jerks whipped ont his revolver.
TO the cayet" lie roared, and Mir
JAMS unwillingncss to face goblin
could not withstand the combined i'm
petus 81 the sabib's order and the on
ward rush OF the enemy. He darte1
headIong for the entrance.
jerks. shooting blindly as he, too,
ran for the ladder. emptied the revolv-
er Just. as his left hand clutched a
rung Three Dyaks We're SO close that
it would lie aolly to attempt to climb
He threw the weapon into the face of
the foremost man. effectually stopping
his onward progress.
The sailor turned to dive into the
cave and secure the rifle from Mir
Jan, when his shin caught the heavy
crowbar resting against the rock. The
pain of the blow lieut. emphasis to the
swing with which the implement de-
scended upon some portion of Dyak
anatomy jerks never knew where he
hit the second, assailant. but the place
cracked like an eggshell.
He had not time to recover the bar
for.an0ther blow, 50 he drove the point
Ia the gullet of a gentleman who was