The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-16

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but in q paroXysm Of reaction. soon
ali was quiet beneath save for the n
bored efforts of some wounded men 70
get far away from that accursed rock.
jerks was able To turn 70 iris. He en-
deavored to allay her agitation and
succeeded somewhat, for tears came.
and size chung 10 him. It was useless
to reproach him. The whole incident
was unforeseen She was herself q
party to it, But what an escape.
You have been a very good little
girl and have earned your supper" he
said.
"Oh, how can you talk SO callously
after such 81 awful eXperienceE' she
expostulated brokenly.
1T is a small thing 10 trouble about,
sweetheart" lie explained. You spot
ted the enemy SO promptly and blazed
away with such ferocity that they new
er got within yards OF me-
Are you sure!'
II vow ana declare that after we
have eaten something and sampled our
remaining bottle Of wine I viii tell you
exactly what happened"
why not now"
Because 1 must first see to Mir Jan.
. / bundled him neck and crop into the
cave. / hope / did not hurt him."
You are not going down there
again:"
mo need. / trust"
He went to the side of the ledge, re-
covered the ladder which he had has
tiIy hauled out of the Dyaks' reach aft
er his climb. and cried:
mir Jan
'.Ah. sahib. Praised be the name of
the Most High, you are alive. | was
searching among the slain with a sor-
rowfnl heart"
The Mohammedan's voice came from
some little distance on the left
THE slain. you say. How many p
Five, sahib."
"ImpossiBle. / fred blindly with the
revolver and only hit one man hard
with the iron bar. one other dropped
near the wood after l obtained Il rifle"
Then there be six, sahib, not reck on
ing the wounded. | have accounted
for one, so the miss sahib must have
What is he saying about Ene! in
uuired Iris, who had risen and Joined
her lover
He says you absolutely staggered
the Dyaks by opening fire the moment
they appeared"
How did you come to slay one, Mir
JAM" he continued.
"a son of a black pig followed me
into the cave l waited for him in the
darkness. 1 have just thrown his body
outside
"Well done! Is Taung SAIL dead by
any lucky CHANGER
mo. sahib. if he be not the sixth. l
will go and see.''
You may be attacked"
Il have found u sword, sahib. You
left me no cartridges"
jerks told him that the clip and the
twelve packets were lying at the foot
of the rock, where Mir Jan speedily
discovered them The Mehammedan
gave satisfactory assurance that he I'M
derstood the mechanism Of the rife by
filling and adjusting the magazine
Then he went to examine the corpse of
the man who lay in the open near the
quarry path.
The sailor stood in instant readiness
to make Il counter demonstration We're
! the native assailed. But there was no
sign of the Dyaks Mir Jan returned
/. with the news that the sixth victim of
/ the brief yet fierce encounter was Il
renegade Malay He was SO confident
/ that the enemy had enough of it for
| the night that. after recovering jerks
revolver. he boldly went to the well
and drew himself a supply of water.
| During supper jerks told Iris so
| much of the story as was good for her
/ that is to say, he cut down the casu-
atty list.
1t was easy TO see what had hap
/ pened The Dyaks. having missed the
i Mohammedan and their water bag,
searched for him ana heard the con-
| versation at the foot Of the rock.
/ Knowing that their presence was sus-
pected. they went back for re-enforce-
! ments and returned by the shorter and
more advantag eous route along Turtle
+ beach.
i Iris would have talked al night, but
! jerks made her so TO sleep by pillow
/ ing her head against his shoulder and
/ smoothing her tangled tresses with his
hand.
He managed to lay her on a COM
Portable pile of ragged clothing and
then resumed his vigil. Mir Ian of
fered to mount guard beneath, but
/ jerks babe him go within the cave and
/ remain there. for the dawn would soon
/ be upon them.
i Left alone with his thoughts, he won
derel what the rising sun would bring
in its train. He reviewed the events
of the last twenJy-four hours. Iris and
he-AIlss neane Mr.. jerks, to each
+ other-were then undiscovered in their
1 refuge. the Dyaks were gathered
around roaring fire in the y2lieg. and
Mir Jan was keen in the hunt as the
i keenest among them. Now Iris was
his alilanced bride, over twenty Of tie
+ enemy We're Killed and many wounded.
and Mir Jan, a devoted adhere0t. was
seated beside the skeleton in the gloom
| of the cavern.
A period of reflection could hardly
/ pass without a speculative dive into
/ the future. If Iris and lie were res
/ cued what would happen when theT
/ went forth once more into the busy
/ world? Not for one instant did lac
E a a