Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-24

NATION as he led her into cave which
seemed 10 hrve bpen e4ravuted from
/ the inner side OF "A small crater.
You can rest here In absolute safe
ty. madame" he said. Permit me to
arrange seat. Then shall bring you
some wine"
/ Iris flung of the band which held
her arm so perSuasiveIy.
"l'lease do nor attend TO me. There
are 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. bur HoZipr. who had
followed close behind. explained In SEN
tences built on the Ollendurtiian plan
that mademOiselle was disturbed. ma
demoiSele required rest. mademnisele
hardly understood that which had ar
rived. ct VOLTA tout.
'Mademoiselle without doubt is the
daughter of monsieur the captain?"
NO" said Hozier rather curtly. turn
ing to ascertain bow Iris had disposed
of herself in the interior of the cav
ern. Ii was his first experience of a
South American dandys pose toward
women. or. TO be exact. toward women
who are young and pretty. and it
seemed to him not the least marvellous
event of an hour crammed with mar
vels that any man should endeavor to
begin an active Irritation under such
circumstances.
/ He saw that Iris was seated on a
camp STOOL Her face was buried in
/ her hands. A wealth of brown hair
was tumblpd over her neck aud shoul-
ders; the constant showers of spray
/ had looSened her treSses, and the uu-
avoidable rlgors of the passage from
ship to ledge had shaken out every
hairpin. The tam-o'- -shanter cap she
was wearing early In the day had dis
appeared at some unknown stage of
| the adventure. Her attitude bespoke
mood of overwhelming detection
/ Like the remainder of her companions
she was dcenched To the skin.
| Their trials were far from ended
when their feet rested on the solid
rock. There was every Indication that
their rescuers were refugees like them
/ selves. The scanty resources visible
in the cave, the intense anxiety of the
elderly Portuguese TO avoid observa-
tion from the chief island of the group,
the very nature OF the apparently mac
| cessible crag In which he and his as
sociates were hding-each and all of
/ these things spoke volumes.
| HOzier did not attempt to disturb the
| girl until tue dapper officer produced
a goatskin and poured Il small quanti-
~ OF wine into tin cup. With a Gu
rious eagerness he anticipated the 9th,
er's obvious intent
Pardon me. monsieur" he said. seiZ-
| ing the vessel. and his direct Anglo
Saxon manner quite robbed his French
of Its politeness. Then his vocabulary
broke down. and he added more suaye-
ly-ln English: Il will persuade her to
drink little. She is rather hysterical,
you know"
The Portuguese nodded as though he
understood. Iris looked up when Ho-
hier brought her the cup.
''lS there no vater?" she asked plain
lively,
I'VE flaye no water. mademOisplle,"
the officer said. Then he glanced at
the group of b~.ragg.pd sailors. And
very little Wine" he added
BE quick. please" put in the elderly
Portuguese with Il tiuge of impotence
We have no second cup. aud there
are wounded men
Give 1t To them" said Iris. lifting
her face again tor an instant. 81 do
not need 1t. have told you that once
already. ! suppose you think should
not be here"
Il am sure our friend did not mean
that" said Hozier, looking suuarely
into those singuIarly bright eyes. lie
caught and held them.
81 did not mean that the lady should
be left to die. II that is the lnterpre-
tation put 81 my remark" came the
quiet answer But IL was All act of
the utmost folly to bring a delicate
girl Oh such an errand. / cannot imag.
inc what your captain was, thinking
of when he agreed to it,
"Wots that. mister" demanded
Coke. Now that his tit of rage had
passed the bulky skipper OF the An
Eonieda was red faced and imper.
turDable as usual. The manifold perils
he had passed through showed no more
lasting effect on him than a shower OF
sleet on the thick hide of the animal
he so closely resenbled.
Are you the captain? said the
other.
''Yes. sir. An Id like to ear wy
my ship or 'er present trip wasn't tii
for emmy young Teddy. let aloue"-
THAT Is a matter for you TO deter
mine suppose you know best how
TO conduct your own business. NY
only concern is with the outcome OF
your rashness Why did you deliber
ateiy sacrifice your ship In that man
ner?'
'Wot are you a-drivin' at~jnister?'
Coke growled.
DO you deny. then. that you acted
Ike madman: Do you say that you
did not know quite well the risk you