The Mena weekly star., 1912-02-15

new ~c11~<- 10 aohtetdub cast out
In the bush on either side, and a cry
from Utami apprised them OF and
Joan waited till sheldon came back.
tits Mauko." he said. "Kwaoue did
for him. and he crawled In there and
died. That's two accounted for. There
are ten more"
Crossing one OF the quiet iungl,
spaces. where naught moved but a vel
vety twelve inch butterfly. they hear
the sound OF shots.
s'Eignr. Joan counted. ut was only
one gun. 1t 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 peaceful smoke. AID.
vancing toward him. Sheldon tripped
on body that lay in the grass, and az
he saved himself from falling bis eyes
lighted on a second. Joan recognized
this one 1t was Cosse, one of Go
goomy's tribesmen. the one who had
promised to catch at sunset the pig
that was to have baited the hook for
Satan.
s'No luck. missile" was Papeharas
greeting. accompanied by a dlsconso-
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.
"HowT he queried 81 am have
,moke. 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 no stop to catch
'em alive | shoot like h.. How you
catch 'em alive. ten boy, ten long knife
and Kwaque's headT
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 or
burying themselves in the huge man
grove swamp that lay beyond.
There is no use our going any far
ther." 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. 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
bis 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 fella
bushmen," 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 bis
four Tahitians, knew that it was mad
ness to go on alone.
That night. after dinner. Sheldon and
Joan were playing billiards when Satan
barked in the compound and Lalaperu.
sent to see. brought back tired and
travel stained native who wanted to
talk with the big fella white marster."
Sheldon went out on the veranda to
see him.
What name you come along house
belong me sun he go DOWN.
Me Charley" the man muttered
apologetieally and YEARLY. me stop
along Binu"
"Ah. Binu Charley. eh2 Well. what
name you talk along me7 What place
big fella marster along white man he
stop?"
Joan and Sheldon together listened
to the tale Binu Charley had brought.
He described Tudor's expedition up
the Balesuna. the dragging of the boats
up the rapids. the passage up the river
where 1t threaded the grass lands. the
innumerable washings Of gravel by the
white men in search Of gold. the first
rolling foothills, the man traps of
spear staked pits in the jungle trails.
the first meeting with the bushmen
who had never seen tobacco and knew
not the virtues Of smoking, their friend
liness, the deeper penetration of the
interior around the TANKS of the Lions
Head. the bush sores and the fevers of
the white men. and their madness in
trusting the bushmen. One morning
Binu Charley noticed that the women
and children had disappeared. Tudor.
at the time, was lying in stupor with
fever IN late camp five miles away.
the main camp having moved on those
FIVE miles in order to prospect an out
crop of likely quartz. Binu Charley
was midway between the two camps
when the absence Of the women and
children struck him as suspicious.
my word" he said, "me savvee too
much trouble close up Me run My
word. me rum"
Tudor, quite unconscious. was 'slung
across his shoulder and carried mile
down the trail. Here. hiding new trail,
Binu Charley had carried him for a
quarter OF mile into the heart of the
deepest jungle and hidden him IN big
hon ran froa uara and from fhQ dlror-