The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-23

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''Who is he:"
Truth to tell. the gallant commando
Of the Orient was secretly amazed BY
the metamorphosis effected in Robert''
appearance since he scrutinized hin
through his glasses.
Poor Sir Arthur said not word, bu
his lor,ishin was quite at ease
From his name and from what
Deane tells me 1 believe he is an ex.
officer of the Indian army"
'.Ahi He has left the serTice?'
Eyes. / met him last in Hongkong''
Then you know him?"
..Quite wen if he is the man 1 i'm
agine.'' 9af 5d9sT
THAT is really very nice of yentnor, -
thought the shipowner. THE last thing
| 1 should credit him with would be a
| forgiying disposition
| Meanwhile Anstruther was reading
Iris q little lecture. Sweet one" he
| explained to her. do not allude to me
| by my former rank. | am not entitled
to it. Some day, please God, it VIII be
restored to me. At present l am Il
plain civilian, and, by the way, Iris,
during the next few days say nothing
| about our mine"
"Oh why not?"
Just personal whim. 1t will please
me-"
IF it pleases you, Robert, 1 am salts
/ fed
| He pressed her arm by way of an
| swer. They were too near to the wait
| Ing trio for other comment
Captain Fitzroy,'' cried Iris, 'let me
/ Introduce Mr.. Anstruther to you. Lord
Ventnor, you have met Mr. Anstruther
| before
The sailor shook hands. Lord Vent
nor smiled affabIy.
Your enforced residence on the is
land seems to have agreed with you,"
he said
Admirably. Life here had its draw
backs, but we fought our enemies in
the open. Didn't we, Iris?'
Yes, dear. The poor Dyaks were
not sufficiently modernized to attack us
with false testimony
His lordship's sallow face wrinkled
somewhat. So Iris knew of the court
martial, nor was she afraid to pro-
claim to all the world that this man
was her lover. AS for Captain Fitz-
roy. his bushy eyebrows disappeared
into his peaked cap when he heard the
manner of their speech.
Nevertheless Yentnor smiled again.
Even the Dyaks respected Miss
Deane. he said
But Anstruther, sorry for the mani
fest uneasiness of the shipowner, re-
pressed the retort on his lips and
forthwith suggested that they should
walk to the north beach in the first
instance, that being the scene of the
wreck
During the next hour he became audi
tor rather than narrator. 1t was Iris
who told of his wild fight against wind
and waves; Iris who showed them
where lie fought with the devilfiSh;
Iris who expatiated on the long days
of ceaseiess toll, his dauntlesS cour-
age in the face of every difficulty, the
way in which he rescued her from the
clutch of the savages, the skill of his
preparations against the anticipated
attack and the last great achievement
of all when time after time he foiled
the Dyaks' best laid plans and flung
them off, crippled and disheartened,
during the many phases of the thirty
hours battle.
There were tears in her eyes when
she ended. but they were tears of
thankful happiness, and Lord Nentnor,
a ~,silent t. listener wlos1nissed- snett her
word nor look. felt a deeper chill in hisl
cold heart as he realized that this wo-
mans love could never be his. The
knowledge excited his passion the
more. His hatred of Anstruther now
became q mania, an insenSate resolve
to mortaily stab this meddler who al
ways stood in his path.
Robert hoped that his present ordeal |
was over. 1t had only begun. He was |
called on to answer questions without
number Why had the tunnel been !
made? What was the mystery of the |
valley of death? How did he manage |
to guess the dimensions of the sundial? |
How came he to acquire such an amaZ- |
ing stock of out of the way knowledge
of the edible properties of roots and |
trees? How? Why? Where? When? |
They never would be satisfied for not /
even the British navy, poking its nose
into the recesses of the world, often /
comes across such an amazing story |
as the adventures of this couple on |
Rainbow island.
He readily explained the creation of I
quarry and cave by telling them of the
vein of anthony imbedded in the rock
near the vault. Anthony is one of the
substances that covers a multitude of
doubts. No one, not excepting the doc
tors who use it, knows much about it,
and in-Chinese medicine it might be a
chief factor OF exceeding nastiness
Inside the cavern the existence of
the partially completed shaft TO the
ledge accounted for recent disturb
ances on the face of the rock, and new
corners could not, of course, distinguish
the bones of poor j. s. as being the
of a European.
Anstruther was satisfied that none of
them hazarded the remotest guess as
to the value of the gaunt rock they
We're staring at, and chance helped him
10 battle further inquiry.
y trumpeter on board the Orient was
blowing his lungs out to summon them
to luncheon when Captain Fitzroy put
n final query
Il can quite understand he said to