Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
ADVENTURE
By
JACK LONDON :
Copyright, 1910, BY Street & Smith
Copyright. lsll. oy the Macmillao
Company.
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SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS
Sheldon, owner OF Berande plantation.
though desperately Ill. overawes and con-
trolls 200 head hunting Solomon islanders
by force Of will and weapons Chief Seles
calls with forty men.
He returns Arunga, runaway laborer.
Sheldon has AFunga and Billy whipped to
quell a mutiny. His sickness increases.
His partner. Hughie. and many laborers
die.
Joan Lakeland. a pretty girl. arrives
with her crew Of Tahitians. Sheldon be-
comes unconscious. and she takes charge
Of things.
She u . self reliant American girl. q
lover OF adventure. native OF Hawaii
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 It plain that she
is not matrimonially inclined. She and
Sheldon save two black women from
death.
The 50 wage laborers demand tho women.
Sheldon attempts to discipline them. and
Joan shoots native and saves mis- hie'
She scolds him for making her shoot.
Satan. a savage dog, arrives Despite
Sheldon's warnings Joan goes to explore
an island she contemplates buying. Finan-
cfai difficulties threaten Sheldon.
He falls in love with Joan. Left alone
by Sheldon, Joan has trouble with Co
goomy and other natives. Armed savages
arrive, and danger threatens Sheldon and
Joan.
Joan routs them with q fake dynamite
cartridge, and Satan drives them into
trees Their chief is punished. Morgan
and Ran have Sheldon in their power.
hi mol
mention Of conventionalities angers her.
She needs no chaperon. she says. Sheldon
finally accepts her as his partner.
Tudor and Won Blk. gold seekers. arrive
on the Martha Joan and Tudor seem to
interest each other. Sheldon becomes 1eal-
Gus.
= yoan starts Tor Australia with her crew
TO buy a schooner. but stops at Guvutu
and buys the Martha. which has been
wrecked. for a mere trife.
Captain Auckland tells how she did It
and appauds her cleverness. Captain
Oleson tells how she took the F'libberty
Gibbet away from him to save the Mar
tina
condition. Her white assistants describe
her business shrewdness. Sheldon refuses
to let her run the Martha.
Sheldon proposes marriage. but Joan re-
Bluffs him. They agree to continue as
partners and friends. They discover q
large number OF hidden firearms
Gogoomy attacks Joan. who escapes and
warns Sheldon. Gogoomy fees with other
savages, and Sheldon pursues. Bushmen
murder all of Tudor's party except Tudor.
CHAPTER XIX.
A MESSAGE FROM THE RUSH.
~ nee they were we'll into the
thick bush. the horses had to
be abandoned. Papehara was
left in charge. while Joan and
Sheldon and the remaining Tahitlans
pushed ahead on foot An hour later.
following along wild pig trail. Shell
don suddenly halted. The bloody tracks
had ceased. The Tahltians cast out
in the bush on either side, and cry
from Utami apprised them Of find.
Joan waited till Sheldon came back.
Its Mauko." he 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 vel
vety twelve inch butterfly. they heard
the sound Of shots.
..Eignt, Joan counted. ut was only
one gun. 1t must be Papehnra."
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 peaceful smoke. Ad-
vancing toward him. Sheldon tripped
on 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 disconso-
late shake of the head. Catch only
two boy. have good shot at Go
goomy, only ] miss"
"But you killed them" Joan chided.
"You must catch them alive"
The Tahitian smiled.
"How?" he queried. II am have
smoke. think about Tahiti. and
breadfruit, and jolly good time at Bora
Bora. Quick. just like that. ten boy he
run out Of bush for me. Each boy
have long knife. Gogoomy have
long knife one hand and Kwaque's
head in other hand. mo stop to catch
'em alive. l shoot like h.. How you
catch 'em alive. ten boy. ten long knife
and Kwaque's head?"
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
It 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 will turn
out 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 $50 new
recruits One by one the boys were
captured. GoCoomy 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.