The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-15

here you can warn me instantly. with
both of US on the ground We will in
cur real danger. | want you to keep
a sharp lookout towards Turtle beach
in case the Dyaks come that way.
Those who are crossing the island viii
not reach US for long time"
She yielded, though unwillingly. She
was tremulous with anxiety on his
account.
He vanished without another word.
She next saw him in the moonlight near
the well. He was rustling among the
shrubs, and he returned to the rock
with something white in his arms,
which he seemingly deposited at the
mouth of the cave. He went back TO
the well and carried another similar
burthen Then he ran towards the
house The doorway was not visible
from the ledge. and she passed few
horrible moments until a low hiss be-
meath caught her ear. She could tell
by the creak of the rope ladder that
he was ascending. At last he reached
her side, and she murmured, with a
gasping sob
it"
He thought it best to sOothe her agi-
tatiOn by arOUsing interest. Still haul
ing in the ladder with one hand, he
held out the other, on which luminous
wisps were writing like glow-worms
ghosts.
you are responsible" he said you
gave me an excellent idea, and 1 was
obliged to carry 1t out
What have you done?"
'Arranged(a fearsome DOGGY in the
cave
But how?"
1T was not exactly a pleasant OPP
Grafton, but the only laws of necessity
are those which must be broken"
She understood that he did not wish
her to question him further. Perhaps
curiosity, now that he was safe, might
have vanquished her terror and led
to another demand for enlightenment
but at that instant the sound of an
angry voice and the crunching of CO.
raj away to the left drove all else
from her mind.
''They are coming by way of the
beach, after ALL" whispered jerks.
i He was mistaken, in d sense. An
Sother outburst of intermittent firing
among the trees on the north of the
ridge showed that some, at least, OF
the Dyaks were advancing by their for
mer route. The appearance of the
Dyak chief on the flat belt of shin
gle, with\ his right arm slung across
his breast accompaQied by not more
than half N dozen followers. showed
that few haSdy spirits had dared tC
pass the Valley tof Death with all its
nameless terrorsl
They advanced cautiously enough. as
though dreadingl surprise. The
chief carried bGght parang in his
left hand: the othe4s were armed with
guns, their swords being thrust through
belts. Creeping forward on tiptoe
though their distant Saompanions were
making a tremendous row, they looked
a murderous gang as they beered across
the open space, now brilliantly illumi-
mated by the moon.
jerks had a sudden intuition that
the right thing TO do now Was to shoot
the whole party. He dismissed the
thought at once. All his preparations
were governed by the hope THAT the
pirates might abandon their qhest aft
er hours of fruitless search. 1t would
be most unwise, he told himselfi to pre-
cipitate hostilities. Far betteA avoid
conflict altogether, If that welre pos
sible, than risk the immediate fiiscov-
cry of his inaccessible retreat.
In other words, he made a gravA mis-
take, which shows how a man m4y err
when Overagonized by the DANGER OF
the woman he loves. The bold dourse
was the right one. By killing the Pyak