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following along a wild pig tran. Shell
/ don suddenly halted. The bloody tracks
had ceased. The Tahltians cast out
in the bush on either side, and a cry
from Utami apprised them Of a find.
Joan waited till Sheldon came back.
IT'S Mauko," be said. "Kwaque did
for him, and he crawled IN there and
died. That's two accounted for. There
are ten more"
! Crossing one Of the quiet jungle
: spaces. where naught moved but a vel
vety twelve inch butterfly, they heard
the sound Of shots.
sEignr, Joan counted. SIT was only
I one gun. It must be Papehara."
They hurried on. but when they
reached the spot they were in doubt.
The two horses stood quietly tethered.
and Papehara, sQuatted on his hams,
was having a peaceful smoke. Ad-
vancing toward him. Sheldon tripped
on a body that lay in the grass. and as
be saved himself from falling his eyes
lighted on. a second Joan recognized
this one 1t was Cosse. one Of Co
goomy's tribesmen, the one who had
promised to catch at sunset the pig
that was to have baited the hook for
Satan.
mo luck. missile" was Papehara's
greeting. accompanied by a discOnso-
late shake Of the head. Catch only
two boy. l have good shot at Co
goOmy, only I miss"
But you killed them" Joan chided
''You must catch them alive"
The Tahitan smiled.
"How7" he queried-, 'T am have a
smoke. I think about Tahiti, and
breadfruit, and jolly good time at Bora
Bora. Quick, just like that, ten boy be
run out Of bush for me- Each boy
have long knife Gogoomy have
long. knife one hand and Kwaque's
head in other hand no stop to catch
'em alive. I ,hoot like h. How you
catch 'em alive, ten boy, ten long knife
and Kwaque's head?' -.E
The scattered paths Of the different
boys, where they broke back after the
disastrous attempt to rush the Ia
hitian. soon led together. They traced
1t to the Berande, which the runaways
had crossed with the clear intention Of
burying themselves in the huge man
grove swamp that lay beyond.
There is no use our going any far
Their" Sheldon said. "Seelee viii turn
ont his village and hunt them out Of
that"
Never had runaways from Berande
been more zealously hunted The
deeds Of Gogoomy and his fellows had
been a bad example for the 80 new
recruits. One by one the boys were
captured. GogoOmy alone remained
at large, and. as the pursuit closed in
on him, he conquered his fear Of the
bushmen and headed straight in for
the mountainous backbone Of the IS
land. Sheldon, with four Tahitians.
and Seelee, with thirty Of his hunters,
followed GogoOmy's trail a dozen miles
into the open grass lands, and then
Seelee and his people lost heart He
confessed that neither he nor any Of
his tribe had ever ventured so far in
land before. and he narrated for Shell /
don's benefit most horrible tales Of the
bushmen.
"Gogoomy he finish along them fela /
he assured Sheldon MY
word. he finish close up. kai-kai alto
gether."
So the expedition turned back. Moth
ing could persuade the coast natives to
venture farther, and Sheldon, with his
four Tahitians. knew that it was mad
ness to go on alone.
That night. after dinner. Sheldon and
Joan were playing billiards when Satan
Darked in the compound and Lalaperu.
sent to see, brought back a tired and
travel stained native who wanted to
ak with the big fella white marster"
Sheldon went out on the veranda to
zee him.
what name you come along house
belong me sun he 90 DOWN."
Me Charley" the man muttered
lpOlogeticaly and YEARLY. NE stop
long Binu"
''Ah. Binu Charley. el? Wen. what
lame you talk along me? What place
zig fella marster along white man he
top?@
Joan and Sheldon together listened
o the tale Binu Charley had brought
lie described Tudor's expedition up
he Balesuna. the dragging of the boats
Ip the rapids. the passage up the river
where it threaded the grass lands. the
Vulnerable washings Of gravel by the
White men in search Of gold. the first
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