Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-02-15

"The slain, you say. How many?"
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 | obtained rifle"
Then there be six, sahib, not rcck on
ing the wounded. have accounted
for one, so the miss sahib must have
| What Is he saying about mcf' in
! quired 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 STAY one, Mir
! Jan" he continued.
"A son of black pig followed me
into the cave. | waited for him in the
darkness have just thrown his body
} outside
"Well done! Is Taung S'Ali dead by
any lucky chance?"
NO, sahib, if he he not the sixth.
will 60 and see
You may be attacked"
II have found 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 Mohammedan
gave satisfactory assurance that he I'M
derStood the mechanism Of the rifle 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 a 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
renegade Malay. He was so confident
that the enemy had enough of 1t for
the night that. after recovering jerks
| revolver. he boldly went to the well
and drew himself 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
Mohammedan and their water bag,
searched for him and heard the con
versation at the foot OF the rock
Knowing that their presence was Sls-
pected, they went back for reinforce
ments and returned by the shorter and
more advantage route along Turtle
beach.
Iris would have talked all night. but
jerks made her go TO sleep by pillow
! ing her head against his shoulder and
smoothing her tangled tresses with his
hand.
He managed to Law her on a com.
! Portable pile OF raced clothing and
then resumed his vigil. Mir Jan of
! fered TO mount guard beneath but
| jerks babe him 60 within the cave and
remain there. for the dawn would soon
be upon them.
Left alone with his thoughts. he Won
dpre,l what the rising SIM would hiring
in its train. He reviewed the events
| of the last twcnty-four hours. Iris and
he-Nliss Dcane. Mr. Jenks to ooch
other-were then undiscovered in their
refuge. the pvaks were gathered
around n roarinr fire in the valley and
Mir Jan was keen in the hunt as the
keenest among them. Now Iris was
his affianced bride. over twenty Of the
enemy were killed and many wounded.
and Mir Jan, a devoted adherent. was
seated beside the skeleton in the gloom
of the cavern.
A period Of reflection could hardly
pass without speculative dive into
the future. II Iris and he We're res
cued, what would happen when they
went forth once more into the busy
world? Not for one instant did he
iOubt her faith. She was true as
steel, knit TO him now by bonds Of
triple brass. But what would Sir Ar
thur Deane think Of his daughters
marriage to a discredted and cashiered
officer? What was it that poor Mir
Jan called himself IA disgraced MANI"
Yes, that was it. Could that stain be
removedi Mir Jan was doing it. Why
not he-by other means. for his good
name rested on the word of a perjured
woman: y "aitn Has potent. but not
all powerful. He would ask Iris to
wait until he came 70 her unsoiled by
SANDER, purged of this odium cast up