The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-13
CHAPTER XII.
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eyes ard looked sround ne
] lay on narrow strip Of sandy
beach edged by the rank. green vege-
aJiou Of the tropics. The rising sun
1aZeG holly from CIOudless sky Be
hind me. cutting OF all view, rose a
tangled forest. matted with under
growth From sOmeW here in its depths
came the sHrilE notes Of a t5Td.
/ was bruised and stiff md sore IN
every limb AS struggled up, my
muscles creaked, and 7 was glad TO rest
on my elbow M head ached, and when
j mechanically raised my hand TO DO, 7
found IL caked with dried blood from
deep cash that furrOwed II from front
10 back
Supply 7 looked at the clCts. and
stupidity at the scene. C0nsciOusTes s had
not fully returned I dill no. know
where 7 was. nor how I ha ~ come there
SuuUS1ly memory came, and before I
knew 10 was standing on my feet,
staring wildly around me. seeking for
some sign Of the ruin my hand had
wrought
No trace of it remained. Gone were
both the vessels, gone the gloom that
had lowered above the brief light: gone
the Wild excitement that had possessed
me- gone the yacht and the torpedo
boat 7 was alone and I was tired
frightened and ILL., Like child. ] sank
down on the deserted beach and buried
my face IN NIX hands
was aroused by the CruuChinC OF
sand and a familiar voice.
Brace up lootenautTF it ordered
brIsklE- Brace UD- We amt all cashed
In some OF as has got few white
chips left
Again struggled TO my feet Curly
was standing beside ne. holding ga his
hand huge leaf filed with sparkling
Wsfer
SAY he exclaimed "try this stuff
It's SUIT good
+ took ne lear and drank deeply
= rH i. "a r.
e.. rul-cl refreshed
AMP Who ALP Furs know. there
aiu'r none OF 'em dead-'ce1t thesn that
c1uzr1irrci suicide -.v TRYING ~ rush lit
tic Curly Bill on r1ar buykinc boat or
vO1T'u- There's half dozen OF them
fellows drifted I'm on the beach nea-
here hut THAT'S an
Curly 7 caught MIN fcrCeIv by the
arm Els she dead
Ky h0H The Zal2 Now I'm NeEinuIr' 70
see Nav She amt dead nor that
Young Fellow THAI she VS. hanging 10
on the steamer They 10 al right
The sky spun To1nd ne the earth
reeled beneath clutchtf yurly.s arm
10 SeeT from falling
'E ou ~ not living so me- 7 gagpe1-
A sreeIy clint came into CurIv-s ewes.
but passed Tn an instant Vow. Vow,
ICotenant- he protested You don't
mean that"
No. ] don't mean it. 7 beg your par
don Tell me what YOU kCcw- Is she
stu I'm the power OF hose Nretshts
II guess she IS. i0OtenanL However.
III co beIter-n tel YOU about ir- I'll
show YOU Guess we've got 10 20 in thai
direction. anyway. Come alone-'
He turned and led the way along the
beach 20 where a rocky point ran into
the sea talking brISkly The while
II amt seen nobody from our ship,
Iootenant" he declared When We
smashed against the rock I went plumb
overheard and 4 didu't have no time 10
bother about nobody. big wave flung
L. - = ---r 81 s---a
no soft. dowEy couch TO Jrop me on
Not on your Ciutype. il dion L I lii
with NY head on a rock and didn't know
no more till about the first drinking
time this morning
80 I don't know what became OF the
rest. But as none OF EN- come ashore
kinder think they must have got or
some way-uebbe in a boat. I sure hope
that there sky-piiOi got ashore Hes
all right he is.
We had reached the edge Of the rocks.
and Curly paused
Better not talk any more now ne
cautioned There was a lot Of them
fellows just around here early this
nloruin'. and they may be there yet
7 nodded With every step I had
taken the stiffness in my bones had de
crea zed- and with IL had gone the con
fusion in my brain was almost myself
again and found no difficulty in follow
ing the axle plainsman as he Clambered
from rock 70 rock.
Reaching the oUteTmOst point, Curly
peeped around II cautiously Then he
spoke boldly out
They're gone, dozg0ne en-" he ex-
claimed, but they've left their boat
guess they got ashore in II some time
last night. and just naturally camped
tin daylight
Il come ashore pretty close TO whsr
you did. an when I woke Up this morn
ing smeIed their smoke and lined out
to learn what was maxim it. When I
looked ] seed they was about thirty.
all Dutchmen except that boy and girl.
and I backed away. Course I had my
guns, but I wasn't iOokin' for no rough
house. and I guessed I wouldn't be
popular after yesterday
-Rcsides. 7 didn't know much about
this game Of your n and didn't rightly
understand about the girl So jedEed
I'd best take the hack trail and let EN-
alone Thet's how come 70 run uD on
you.
As Curly spoke. he continued around
the point I dunno why they left their
boat ne added, but mebbe we can
find out" He Ieaped down on the sand
and hurried to the little craft "FTuht
Good reason enough ne calculated.
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