Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-22
Adventure
A Romance of
The South Seas
BY
JACK LONDON
CopyrisfTt. 1910. by Street 6 Smith
Copyright. 1914. by the Macmillan Compan

Uldu, Dul lbE Il .FOuIB "cIldB. a II q
that. it was awful The theft of the
FIibberty Gibbet was merely amusing,
though the means by which the theft
had been effected gave him hurt. Yet
he found conSOia ton IN the fact that
the task of making OleSOD drunk mad
been turned over 10 the three scOun-
drels. And next and swiftly came the
vision OF her. alone with those same
three scoundrels. on the Emily. sailing
out to sea from Guvutu in the twilight
with darkness coming on. Then came
visions OF Adamu Adam and Noa Noah
and all her brawny Tahitan following.
and his anxiety faded away, being re-
placed by irritation that she should
have been capable of such wildness Of
conduct And the irritation was still
on him as he got up and went inside
10 stare at the hook on the wall and to
wish that her Stetson nat and revolver
belt were hanging from it
Several quiet weeks slipped by.
The steamer from Sydney. the Kan
mambo. broke the quietude of Be
rande for an hour while landing mail.
supplies and the trees ana seeds Joan
had ordered. The Minerva. bound for
NdpN haTSu. DIDuSlt Auc iNO NON -
from Nogi. And the a apostle. hurrying
back to TulaEi to connect with the
Sydney steamer. sent a boat ashore
win the orange and lime trees from
Clava And these several weeks mark
ed q period OF perfect weather.
Then came the long expected nor
westcr. For eight days it ragged. lull-
ing at times 70 short durations OF calm.
then shifting q point or two and rag
ing with renewed violence
II was in the good weather that fol
lowed one OF the house BOYS ran him
down with the news tnGt the Marina.
the FHbberty Gibbet and the Emily
We're heading in for the anchorage
Coming into the compound from the
rear, Sheldon saw everything at once
first a glimpse al the sea. where the
Martha floated huge alongside the cut
ter and the ketch which had rescued
her: and next. the ground in front OF
the veranda steps. where a great
crowd OF fresh caught cauniba!S stood
ct attention. From the facr that each
was attired m new. SNOW White lava
lava. sheldon knew that they were
recruits. Part way up the steps one OF
Nutlil !" as just bti' hluE NitN II lAllO tAiC
crowd. while another called out by
name. was coming up. II was loans
voice that had called him. and Shell
don refined IN his horse ana watched.
She sat at the head of the steps. be
hind table. between Munster and his
white mate. the three OF them check
ing long lists. Joan asking the ques-
tons and writing the answers in the
big. red covered. Berande labor jour
mai
What name?" she demanded of the
black man on the steps.
'TaCari." came the answer. accom-
panied 10y n grin and rolling OF curl
Gus eyes, for il was the first white
mans house the black had ever seen.
The black stepped down. and an
other mounted 10 take his place. But
Tagari just before he reached the bot
tom step caught sight OF Sheldon. 1t
was the first horse the fellow had ever
seen, and ne let out a frightened
screech and dashed madly up the
steps. AT the same moment the great
mass OF blacks surged away panic
stricken from Sheldon vicinity. The
grinning house boys shouted encour-
agement and explanation. and The
stampede was checked, the new caught
head hunters budding closely togeth-
er and staring obviously at the fear
ful monster
Hello Joan called out. What do
you mean by frightening all my boys?
Come or up"
What do you think of them?' she .
asked when they had shaken hands.
And what DO you think OF herr" with F..
i wave of The hand toward the Mar
tina. Il thought you'd deserted the /
plantation and that / might as well go
ahead and get the men into barracks. .
Aren't they beauties? DO you see that .
one with the split nose: Hes the /
only man who doesn't hail from the .
PoonCa PoonGa coast. and they said
the PoonEa-Poonga natives wouldn't .
recruit. Just look at them and con .