The independent-reporter., 1909-12-09

tonight" said Browne rcjolning the
women after his interview with Baillo.
! 1T has missed fire for the present. but
they will try to get at Us sooner or lat
| er from the outside. Britt. will you
and Mr.. Saunders put those prisoners
through the sweut box? You may be
able to blun something out of them II
you threaten them with death They
1T won't do. Browne" said Dep
| bingham. shaking his head. They are
| fatalists; they are stoics. | know the
breed better than you. Question If
| you like. but threats will be of no
avail Keep em locked up; that's all"
Firearms and ammunition were tax
| en- from the gunroom to the quarters
occupied by the white people. Every
preparation was made for a defense In
the event of an attack from the out
side or inside. The white servants
were moved into rooms adjoining their
employers. Britt and Saunders trans
ferred their belongings to certain gor-
geous apartments. Miss Pelham went
into Marie Antoinette suit close by
that Of the princess. The native serv-
ants retained their customary quar-
ters below stairs.
Far In the night Genevra, sleepless
and depressed. stole into the hanging
garden. Her mind was full of the hor-
rid thing that had happened to Hol-
lingsworth Chase. He had been moth
ing to her. He could not have been
anything to her had he escaped the
guns of the assassins. And yet her
heart was stunned by the stroke that
1t had sustained Wide eyed and sick,
she made her way to the railing and,
| clinging to the vines, stared for she
knew not how long al the dull red
| glow ON the mountain.
The night was still and ominously
dark. She had never known night
since she came to Japat when the birds
and insects were SO mute. A somber,
supernatural calm hung over the is
| land like a pail. The smell of smoke
hung about her. She could not help
wondering IL his fine, strong body was
| lying up there burned to a crisp. 1t
was far past midnight. She was alone
In the garden. Sixty feet below her
was the ground; above, the black dome
| Of heaven.
| She was not to know till long after
ward that one of her faithful Thor
berg men stood guard In the passage
leading up from the garden armed
and willing to die. One or the other
slept In front of her door through all
those nights ON the island.
Something hot trickled down her
cheeks from the wide, plying eyes
that stared so hard. She was Won
dering now If he had mother, sis
ters. How their hearts would be
of him with pity and horror In her
heart, not love.
! A question was beginning to form
itself vaguely In her troubled mind.
| Were all of them to die as Chase had
| died?
Suddenly there came to her ears the
sound of something swishing through
the air. An instant later solid OBJ
| 1ect fell almost at her feet. She start
ed back with a cry Of alarm. A broad
shaft of light crossed the garden,
thrown by the lamps In the upper hall
OF the chateau. Her eyes fell upon a
wriggling, snakelike thing that lay in
this path of light.
Fascinated, almost paralyzed, she
watched 1t for full minute before
realizing that 1t was the end of a
thick rope which lost itself in the
heavy shadows at the cliff end of the
garden. She was standing directly
in the shaft of light. To her surprise.
the wriggling ceased. The next mo-
ment a faint, subdued shout was borne
to her ears. Her fight was checked
by that shout, for her startled, bewil-
dered ears caught the sound of her
| own name.
At last, far above, she saw the glim-
mer of light. It was too large to be
star, and 1t moved back and forth.
Sharply 1t dawned upon her that II
was at the top of the clifr which over
hung the garden and stretched away
to the sea. Some one was up there
waving a lantern. She was thinking
hard and fast. a light breaking in upon
her understanding. Something like
Joy eHot IHto ueT DeinB. no else
could 1t be If not Chaser He alone
would call out her name. He was
alive!
She called out his name shrilly. her
face raised eagerly to the bobbing
light. Not until hours afterward was
Genevra to resent the use OF her Chris
tian name by the man In the clouds.
Rushing over. she grasped the knot
ted end of the rope. glance and a
single tug were sufficient to convince
her that the other end was attached
to support at the top Of the Cliff.
1t hung limp and heavy. lifeless. A
sharp tug from above caused 1t to
tremble violently In her hands. She
dropped 1t as II 1t were a serpent