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island.
She shriekcd. Hozicr fancjed she
had sprnined an ankle bat before eb,
could utter any sort Of explanation tina
apparltlOp in uniform was ny her side
and murmuring words that were eyi.
IDENTIFY meant TO be reasSuriug Seeing
that he was not understood he broks
into hating French
He was handsome youngster. owl.
IDENTITY IN officer. and his eyes dwelt
on the girls face with no tack of ant.
nation as he led her into a cave which
seemed to have been eXcavated from
the inner side Of II small crater
you can rest here in absolute sofp-
| ~. madame" he eaid. Permit the tc
! arrange n seat Then shall bring yor
! some wine"
| Iris flung off the hand which held
| her arm SO personal---very..
"Pease do not attend to me, There
! ore wounded men who need attention
FAR more than L." she said. speaking in
! English. since it never entered her
mind that the Portuguese officer had
! been addressing her in French.
He was puzzled more by her action
than her words. but IIozier. who had
followed close behind. explained IN sen.
fences built on the Olendorffian plan
that mademoisele was disturbed. ma.
demoiselle required rest. mademoisellq
hardly understood that which had ar.
rived 81 VOLTA tout
"Madcmoiselle without doubt Is the
daughter of monsieur the capita in"
40" said IIozier rather curly. Turf
ing to ascertain how Iris had disroeol
Of herself In the interior Of the cav
crn. It was his first experience of .
South American daHdY's pose toward
women. or. 70 be exact, toward wUDcl
who are young and pretty, and il
seemed to him not the least marvellous
event of an hour crammed with thar.
wells that any man should endeavor T.
begin an active Irritation unlpr such
circumstances.
He saw that Iris was seated on
camp stool. Her face was buried in
her hands. A wealth Of brown hair
was tumblcd over her neck and shDu..
ders: the constant showers Of snr9r
avoidable rigors OF the passa-n fgau
ship to ledge had shaken og- every
hairpin. The tau-o'-shanter cap she
was wearing early in the day bod d
appeared at some unknown stage ~
the adventure. Her attitul, bespos.
Il mood OF Overwhelming detection.
Like the remainder of her companions
she was sSenched to the skin
Their trials were far from ended
when their feet rested on the solid
rock. There was every indication ..'t
their rescuerS were refugees Ike thfC-
selves. The scanty resources visible
in the cave. the intense anxiety CT the
elderly Portuguese to avoid obSerya-
lion from the chief island Of the group
the very nature OF the apparently inac-
,essihe crag in which he and his as
tociates were hidinr-each and eli c.
these things spoke volumes.
Hozier did not attempt to disturb the
srl until the dapper officer produced
coatskn and poured a small quanti-
y Of wine into tin cup. With cll-
rious eagerness he anticipated the 9th
ers obvious intent.
Pardon me. monsieur" he said. seiZ.
ing the vessel, and his direct Anglo.
Saxon manner quite robbed his French
Of it's polteness. Then his vocabulary
broke down. and he addcd more snave-
ly in English: II Will persuade her to
drink a little. She is rather tysterical
yea know"
The Portuguese nodded as though hi
understood. Iris looked up when Ho
zier brought her the cup.
as there no waterT" she asked plain
lively.
We have no water lnademoiselle.'
the officer said. Then he glanced AZ
the group Of bedragrled sailors. ".Ant
very little wine" he added.
BE quick, please put in the elderly
Portuguese with q tinge of Impotence
I'VE have no second cup, aud there
are wounded men'-
Give it to them" said Iris. lifting
her face again TOR an instant. II dc
not need it. have told you that once
already | suppose you think / should
not be here
Il am sure our friend did not meal
that" said Tozier, looking sQuarely
into those singularly bright eyes. lit,
caught ana held them.
- did not mean that the lady should
be left to die, II that is the nterpre
tatlon put on my remark came tins
quiet answer. But il was an act Of
the utmost folly to bring delicate
girl Oh such an errand. cannot mag