The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19


with 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 au-
ditor rather than narrator. 1t was
Iris who told of his wild fight against
wind and waves. Iris who expatiated
on the long days of ceaseless toll, his
dauntless courage in the face of every
difficulty, the way in which he res
cued her from the clutch of the saw
ages, 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 bat
| tie.
She had an attentive audience.
Most of the Orient's officers quietly
came up and followed the girls glow
| ing recital with breathless interest.
Robert vainly endeavored more than
once to laugh away her thrilling eulo-
gy. But she would have none Of it,
Her heart was i'm her words. He de-
served this tribute of praise, unstinted,
unmeasured, abundant in its simple
/ truth, yet sounding like a legend spun
| by some romantic poet were not the
grim evidences of its accuracy visible
on every hand.
She was so volubly clear, so precise
in fact. so subtle in her clever delinea-
tons of humorous or tragic events.
that her father was astounded. and
even Anstruther silently admitted that
a man might live until he equaled the
years OF Biblical patriarch without
discovering all the resources of a wo-
man.
There were tears in her eyes when
she ended: but they were tears of
thankful happiness, and Lord Ventnor.
silent listener who missed neither
word nor look, felt a deeper chill in his
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 a mania, an insensate resolve
TO mortally 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
NADER What was the mystery of the
Valley of Death? How did he manage
TO guess the dimensions of the sun
dial? How came he TO acquire such an
amazing 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
quarry and cave by telling them of the
vein of anthony embedded in the rock
near the fault. Anthony is one of the
substances that covers multitude of
doubts. No one, not excepting the doc
tors who use it, knows much about il.
ana IN chinese medicine 1T might be a
chlef factor of exceeding nastiness.
Inside the cavern, the existence of
the partially completed shaft to the
ledge accounted fo~ recent disturbances
on the face of the rock, and new
corners could not. of course, distin-
sulsh the bones of poor u. S." as be-
ing the remains of European.
Anstruther was satisfied that none
of them hazarded the remotest guess
as to the value of the gaunt rock they
were staring at, and chance helped him
TO battle further inquiry.
a trumpeter on board the Orient
was blowing his lungs out TO summon
them to luncheon, when CAPTAIN Fit
roy put a final query.
l can quite understand" he said TO
robert, that you have an affection
for this weird place"
l should think so, indeed" muttered
the stout midshipman, glancing at
Iris.
But l am curious to know" contin
ued the commander, why YOU Law
claim to the island? You can hardly
intend to return here"
He pointed to Roberts pIacard stuck
on the rock
Anstruther paused before he an
sWered. He felt that Lord Ventnor's
dark eyes were fixed on him. Every
CODY was more or less DESTROYS TO have
TINS point cleared UP. He looked the
questioner squarely in the face.
In some parts of the world" he said
there are sunken reefs, unknown. nm
charted, on which many a vessel has
been lost without any contributorv
fauIt on the part of her officersi'
Undoubtedly"
stationed with my regiment in Hong
Kong l encountered such a reef. and
wrecked my life on il. At least. that
IS now II seemed to me then Fortune
threw me ashore here, after a long
and bitter submergence. You can
hardly blame me if | cling 10 the tinv
speck of land that gave me salvation.
NO, admitted the sailor. He knew
there was something more in the allie
CORY than the text revealed, but it was
no business of his.
Moreover" continued Robert. smiI-
lngly, you see l have a partner"
There cannot be the slightest douht
about the partner" was the prompt re-
ply.
Then everyone laughed, Iris moro
than any, though Sir Arthur Deane's
gaiety was forced, and Lord Ventnor
could taste the acidity of his own
smile.
Later in the day the first lieutenant
told his chief of AnStruther's yolun-
tary statement concerning the court
martial Captain FitZroy was natural
ly panied by this unpleasant revelation.
but he took exactly the same view as
that expressed by the first lieutenant's
in Roberts presence.
Nevertheless he pondered the matter.
and seized an early opportunity of
mentioning ii TO Lord Ventnor That
distinguished nobleman was vastly
surprised TO learn how Anstruther had
cut the ground from beneath his feet
Yes" he said, in reply TO the sailors
request for information, Il know ali
about it. 1t could not well be other
wise, seeing that next to Mrs. Costobell
was the principal witness against
him."