Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-14
Chapter XNXI. Continued.
Copyrisht. 1908. by Dodd. Mead
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get iuiu ycur Srl l am trying t0 in duce you tO ruJgie into mine You won, be tempted go that's ,hc VEd uf it Rcastly day, isn't IF He uttered the tIite commonplace as ii no other been in his mind Ky the way" lac resumed. with most genial smile, "fOr some queer. unmaScu inc reason rock il into my head ASt night to worry about the brides rousseau Flow arc yuu going to manage it if yCu are unable tn leave the island un til--well. say Junc;"
 She rcturucd llS smile with one as swCrtly dcta"bed as his had been catching hlS spirit. ''So good of you to worry she said, q defiant red in her cheeks. You T,r2ct that | have post poncd trOuS' cau at home. A few stitch es here and there. an nl.e.1tiOn or two Suu,e snEr; summer ~owns and hats Oh, it win be so simple, What Is lti What ca y,u seer
 He was looking eagerly intentiy to- ward the 'ong. low headland beyond the tarn of .trajat.
 "The smoSe, see: Close hshorc too. By heaven Gcnevra there's a steamer oEf there She's small onc or she wouldn't run fin SO close. lt-it may be tn" yacht! Wait! Wen soon see. She'll pass the point in few minutes
 Already lhr citizens cf the towa were rushing to the pier. Even before the vessel turned the ront the watch CTS al the chateau witnessed a most amazing performance ou the dock Half a hundred natives dropped down aS if stricken. scattering themselves alon" the narrow pier
 The people were stimulating death. They were posing as the victims of the plague that infested the land. As he was explaining the ruSc to his myS- iiied companion the nose of ihe vessel came out from behird tue tree covered point.
 An instant later they were sending wild cries of joy through the chateau. and people were rushing toward them from all quarters.
 The trim white thing that glded across the harbor, graceful as bird. was the marquis yacht,
 It Is needless to describe the joyous gale that swept the chateau into naeistrom Cf emotions.
 They saw the tng put out to meet the small boat; they witnessed the same old mnneuvcrs; they sustained a chill cf surprise and despair when the bright white and blue boat from the yacht came to a stop at the command from the tug.
 There was an hour of parleying. The beeagurcd ones signaled with de- spairing energy. The flag, limp in the damp air above the chateau. shot UP and down in pltiful eagcrness.
 But the small boat edged away from close proximity to the tug and the nearby dock. They spoke each other at long and ever widening range At last the yachts boat turned and fled toward the trim white hull
 Almost before the startled. dazed people on the balcony could grasp the full and horrible truth the yacht had lifted anchor and was slowly headed out to sea
 Chase looked grimly about him into the questioning. stricken faces of his companions. He drew his hand across his moist forehead.
 "Ladies ard gentlemen" he said se- riOusly and without the faintest intent to jest. "we are supposed to be dead" There was single shriek from the bride of Thomas Saunders No sound left the dry lips of the other watchers. who stood as If petrlfcd and kept their eyes glued upon the disappearing yacht.
 They have left me here to dicm came from the stIffencd lips of the Princess Genevra. "They have desert cd me! God in heaven!'
 Look" cried Chase. pointing to the dock. Half a dozen glasses were turn cd in that direction.
 The dying and the dead were Ieaping about in the widest exhibition of glee- full triumph.
 The yacht slipped into the unreacha- ble horizon, the feathery cloud from lts stack lying over against the leaden sky. shaped like a finger that pointed mockingly the way to safety,
 White faced and despairing. the watchers turned away and dragged themselves into the splendid halls of the building they had now come to re- gard as their tomb.
 All day long the islanders rejolced. Their shouts could be plainly heard by the besieged. Their rifles cracked sar- castle greetings from the forest Bull cts whlstled gay accompaniments to i1e ceaseless song; Allah is great! allah Is good"
 No man in the despised house of Taswell Skaggs slept that night. The guard was doubled at all points open to attack. At in the morning Dep