New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10

palm tree and started for the lagoon. From ,b
nearby woods came the chatter Of macaw hardl
a pistol shot away. SOmers glanced into the bush.,
and checked an exclamation Of surprise.
Curious. that, don't recollect seeing maca,
with the plumage of scarlet tanager before b.
George, that's a Malay headdress, half dozen y
emf The Moros white Those fellows INNS,
have landed on the other side Of the island and
crossed over to what trouble they could pick m
And little while ago was praying for actionl"
II making for little hiock of sand In 81.
bushes the gaudy native headdresses, with the sun
plinting from as many polished spears. spread gu.
before and behind him. Involuntariy Sorners' hand
dropped to his Jacket pocket and he swore softly
three cartridges And single barTeled popgan
rifle that wouldn't kill rabbit let alone those beg
CARS in the bushes! All would you my trlends'
spear whizzed over his head. a brown body IN
cautiously showed itself in the bushes and the little
rifle cracked spitefuly. Somers dropped down be-
hind his protecting sand heap as chorus OF dersve
81 might know it wouldn't carry. Oh for ma
chine gun from the old Buffalo and hopper Of AS,
You'd sing different tune, my high and mighty
Malay gentlemen Ah here they come. creeses and
ALL Now for the chop sueyl
He ierked out the empty shell and showed another
tinv cartridge into place The natives We're in plain
sight now, openly contemptuous OF the puny rife
Suddenly half dozen men punched together and
sped across the beach with shout Somers fired
into the thick of them and ducked nstinctivey be-
fore the poised native spears.
came from the lagoon, the storning party took 20
their heels, and big red bearded man splashed
across the shallow indentation and pumped himself
down at SOmerS side.
ID IMPROVEMENTS arrived just in time irna2.
n inc" he painted. I'D have got that tail chap
in the motor centers if he hadn't jumped and bolted
All they're all 1evanting' The heavy rife spoke
twice in quick succession, and the big chucked
Guess they didn't expect such warm reception Ell
Lieutenant!
In the surprise of the moment Somers had not
spoken or moved except to stare mood1y at the red
bearded giant who had unexpectedly fallen into
the breach But when the rascuer casually gave
him his rank he started and shifted his gaze to the
keen gray eyes which looked down into his OWL
Somers had seen Dane Thorsen aforet1me, and Thor
sen was not to be forgotten
You know me- Lieutenant, see, the big man
said pleasantly We had little dispute on the
coast once, L believe. cutting out party. or some
thing of the sort.
Somers remembered that cutting out expedition
an attempt to capture the freebooter schooner
which had cost him a rundown boat crew and
tongue flashing from the commander of the Buffalo
And the man he after then was this viking
with the flaming beard who smiled down at him. as
he nursed his murderous looking Winchester, with
a furtive eve on the woods. And he Lieutenant
man. owed his life to this renegade OF the ocean
The thought cut him to the quick and reused all his
resentment.
The big schooner master watched him. with his
cold sailors eyes screwed up to pin points though
reading the young officers Utmost thoughts
The unexpected always happens. Lieutenant
Somers he said with a smile that showed all ms big
white teeth Besides birds of feather flock to-
gether. you know 1 happened to hear your shot
down shore; so / investigated
Somers flushed angrily under his bronze coating
at the classification You've heard what hap
pened to me- them
Thorsen gave cOntemptuOus grunt. You're
posted ali over the islands. The Buffalo took pre-
cious good care of that The whole coast knows that