El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-30
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SYNOPSIS
Sheldon, owner Of Berande planta-
I ton, though desperately i'll, overaWe
and controls zoo head hunting Solo
! mon islanders by force of will anC
/ weapons Chief Selee calls with .
/ men.
He returns Arunga, a runaway Ia
/ borer Sheldon has Arunga and BLls
l whipped to queu a mutiny His sick
/ ness increases. His partner. huSAte
| and many labOrers die.
Joan Lakeland, q pretty girl, arrives
/ with her crew of Tahitians, Sheldon
/ becomes unconscious, and she taxes
/ charge of things.
She is a self reliant American girl, g
! lover OF adventure, native OF aa"au
and an orphan. Her ship has been
| wrecked. She proves to Sheldon that she
| can shoot.
She resents his friendly suggestions
/ and they quarrel. She makes II pia-a
| that she is not matrimonially inclined
/ Sne and Sheldon save two black women
] from death
The savage Iaborers demand the
/ women. Sheldon attempts to discipline
J Inems and Joan shoots native and
saves his life. She scolds him for max
! ing her shoot.
/ Satan, savage dog, arrives. Despite
! Sheldons warnings Joan goes to explore
an Island she cOntemplates buyln
l FINANCIAL difficulties threaten Sheldon.
He falls in love with Joan. Left alone
/ by Sheldon. Joan has trouble with GO
goOmy and other natives. Armed say
ages arrive, and danger threatens Shell
don and Joan.
Joan routs them with a fake dyna-
mite cartridge, and Satan drives them
into trees. Their chief is punished
Morgan and Raff have Sheldon in their
! power
Joan offers to become his partner.
bis mention Of cOnvenuOnalities angers
her. She needs no chaperOn she says.
ner.
Tudor and Won Blk, gold seekers. ar
rive on the Martha Joan and Tudor
seem to interest each other. sheldon
becomes Jealous.
Joan starts for Australia with her
crew to buy schooner, but stops at
GuTutu and buys the Martha, which has
been wrecked, for a mere trifle.
Eyes. she is brave" was the relue-
tant answer. for Sheldon did not feel
disposed to talk about her.
They gained the veranda. where
they sat in silence over their whisky.
each man staring straight out to sea.
where the wildly swinging riding light
Of the Minerva could be seen in the
lulls Of the driving rain.
An hour later Christian Young stood
up, knocked out his pipe and prepared
to 60 aboard and get under way.
she's all right" be said. aprOpos Of
nothing spoken and yet distinctly rele-
want to what was in each OF their
minds. "She's got a good boats crew.
and she's a sailor herself With this
favoring bit Of breeze she has sail on
already, and she'll make Guvutu by
daylight. Good night"
Il guess I'll turn in. old man." TTl-
dor said, rising and placing his glass
on the table. "I'n start the arst thing
in the morning. It's been disgraceful
the way I've been hanging on here.
Good night"
Sheldon. sitting on alone. wondered
If the other man would have decided
to pull out in the morning had Joan
hot sailed away Well. there was one
bit Of consolation in ft-Joan had Ger
tainly fingered at Berande for no man.
not even TndOr. It vas not very nat
teFing. bat what could any man count
10 her eyes when a schooner waiting
to be bought in Sydney was in the
wind? What creaturel What a crea-
tire.
Berande was a lonely place to Shell
don IN the days that followed. In the
morning after Joan's departure be had
seen Tudor's expedition of on its way
up the Balesuna. IN the late afternoon
through his telescope he had seen the
smoke of the Upolu that was bearing
Joan away to Sydney, and in the even
Ing he found himself standing staring
at the nail upon which from the first
she had hung her Stetson hat ana her
revolver belt.
Why should be care for her? he de-
manded Of himself angrily. Never
had he encountered one who had so
thoroughly irritated him. rasped his
feelings. smashed his conventions and
Violated nearly every attribute Of what
had been his ideal of woman. But ne
,Oved her That was the point Of 1t
all. and he did not try to evade it. He
was not sorry that it was so. He loved
her. That was the overwhelming,
astounding fact
Once again he discovered a big en-
thusiasm for Berande. 1t must sue
coed not merely because Joan was a
partner in it, but because he wanted
to make that partnership permanently
binding. Three more years and the
plantation would be a splendid paying
investment They could then take
yearly trips to Australia and oftener.
and an occasional run home to Eng
land-or Hawaii-would come as a
matter Of course
He undertook more clearing Of bush,
and clearing and planting went on IN
der his personal supervision ut a faster
pace than ever before. He expert
mented with premiums for extra work
performed by the black boys and
yearned continually for more Of them
to put to work. Blacks he must have.
and If Joan were fortunate in getting
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