The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23


became not only desperate but hope.
less.
And, whilst he bent his brows in wor-
rying thought the color was returnins
\ TO Iris cheeks. and natural buoyancy
to her step. 1t is the fault of all meT
! to underrate the marvellous courage and
! constancy of woman i'm the face of diff
Equities and trials. jerks was no ex-
ception to the rule.
You do not ask me for any accoun.
of my adventures, she said quietly
after watching his perplexed express
/ sion in silence for some time.
Her tone almost startled him, its un-
! assumed eheerfulness was so unlocked
for
No" he answered 81 thought you
We're too overweight to talk of them al
| present"
"Overwrought, Not a bit of it, was
1 dead beat with the struggle and with
/ screaming for you, but please don't i'm
! agine that am going to faint or treat
you to a display of hysteria now that all
| the excitement is ended. / admit that
l cried a little when you pushed me
aside on the beach and raised your gun
to fire at those poor wretches flying for
their lives. Yet perhaps 1 was wrong
! to hinder you"
You were wrong" he gravely inter
rupted.
Then you should not have needed me.
No. don't mean that. You always con-
slider me first, don't you? No matter
what l ask you to do you endeavor to
please me, even when you know all the
time that 1 am acting or speaking
foolishly."
The unthinking naivete of her words
sent the blood coursing through his
veins.
"Never mind" she went on with ear
nest simplicity. God has been very
good to us. l cannot believe that He
has preserved us from so many dangers
to permit us to perish miserably a few
hours, or days. before help comes. And
do want TO tell you exactly what hap
pened."
Then you SHALL" he answered. but
first drink this" They had reached
their camping ground, and he FASTENED
TO produce a small quantity of brandy.
She swallowed the spirit with a pro-
testing moue. She really needed no
such adventurous support, she said.
"Al right" commented jerks. IF
you don't want drink, I do"
Il can quite believe it," she retorted.
Your case is very different. 1 knew
the men would not hurt me-after the
first shock of their appearance had
passed, / mean-I also knew that you
would save, me- But you, Mr.. jerks
had to do the fighting. You were called
upon to rescue precious me. Good gra-
cious. No wonder you were excited
The sailor mentally expressed his in
ability to grasp the complexities of
feminine nature, but Iris ratified on:
Z carried my tin of water to the
pitcher plant and was listening
to the greedy roots gurgling away for
dear life, when suddenly four men
sprang out from among the trees and
seized my arms before l could reach
my revolver"
Thank heaven you failed"
You think that if had fired at them
they would have retaliated. Yes. es-
pecially if I had hit the chief But it
was he who instantly gave some order.
and l suppose it meant that they were
not to hurt me. AS a matter of fact.
they seemed to be quite as much as
tonished as / was alarmed. But if they
could hold my hands they could not
stop my voice so readily. Oh! didn't 1
yelI?"
You did"
4 suppose you could not hear me
distinctly"
Quite distinctly"
Every word?"
YES"
she bent 10 pick some leaves and bits
of dry grass from her grass. well,
you know" she continued rapidly. lin
such moments one cannot choose ones
words. I just shouted the first thing
that came into my head"
And l." he said picked up the first
rife l could lay hands on. Now, Miss
Deane, as the affair has ended so hap
PLY, may / venture to ask you to re-
main in the cave until return?''
"Oh, please" she began.
Really, I must insist. | would not |
leave you if it were not quite impera- !
tive. You cannot come with me-"
Then she understood one at least of |
the. tasks he must perform, and she |
meekly obeyed.
He thought it best to go along Tur- |
tie Beach to the cove. and then follow |
the Dyaks' trail through the wood, as |
this line of advance would entail prac- |
tically a complete circuit of the island. 1
He omitted no precautions in his ad- |
vance Often he stopped and listened |
Whenever he doubled a point /
or passed among the trees he crept |
back and peeTed along the way he had /
come. to see if any lurking foes were /
breaking shelter behind him.
The marks on the sand proved that |
only one sampan had been beached
hence ne IOuilu nOInlQS OF SDeCldl IN /
terest until he came upon the chiefs |
gun, lying close TO the trees on the |
north side. 1t was a very ornamental |
weapon. a muzzle-loader The stock /
vas inlaid with gold and ivory. and the
piece had evidently been looted from
some mandarin's junk surprised and
sacked in former foray.
The lock was smashed by the impact
IF the Lee Metford bullet, but close in
vestigation of the trigger guard, and
he discovery of certain unmistakabIe
evidences on the beach, showed that
he Dyak leader had lost two if not
hree fingers of his right hand.
so he has something more than his
passion to nurse" unused jerks. "That
It any rate is fortunate. He will be in
10 mood for further enterprise for
;ome time to come"
H dreaded lest any of the Dyaks
hould be only badly wounded and like
v to live. 1t was an actual relief to
lis nerves TO find that the improvised
iumdums had done their work too well
o permit anxiety on that score. On
he principle that a dead Injun is a
,ood Injun" these Dyaks were good
)yaks.