Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-06
By
JACK LONDON
Copyright, lelo. BY Street 4 Smith
Copyright. lVll. oy the Macmillas
Company
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SYNOPSIS

His partner. Hughie. and many iaborers
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. a
lover OF adventure. native OF Hawaii
and an orphan. Her ship has been
wrecked. She proves 10 Sheldon that she
can shoot.
She resents his friendly suggestions. and
they quarrel. She makes It plain that she
IL not matrimonially inclined. She and
Sheldon save two black women from
death.
The savage laborers demand the women.
Sheldon attempts to discipline them and
Joan shoots q native and saves his life.
She scolds him for making her shoot.
Satan, q savage dog. arrives. Despite
Sheidon's warnings Joan goes to explore
an island she contemplates buying. Finan-
cial 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 ana
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.
Joan offers to become his partner. His
mention of conventionalties angers her.
She needs no chaperon. she says. Sheldon
finally accepts her as his partner.
Tudor and von Blk. gold seekers. arrive
on the Martha. Joan and Tudor seem 10
interest each other. Sheldon becomes jeal-
GUS.
!, Soan starts for Australia with her crew
10 buy a schooner. but stops at Guvutu
and buys the Martha. which has been
wrecked. for mere trife.
Captain Auckland tells how she did It
and applauds her cIeverness Captain
Oieson tells how she took the Flibberty
Gibbet away from him to save the Mar
tina
Joan returns with the Martha In good
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.
Joan nurses Tudor back to health He
forces Sheldon to fight him for the girl.
CHAPTER xXII.
MODERN DCELING.
- ARELY had Sheldon reached
the Balesuna. when he heard
the faint report OF a dis
tant rife and knew 1t was
the signal Of Tudor. giving notice
that he had reached the Berande.
turned about. and was coming back.
Sheldon fred his rifle into the air in
answer. and In turn proceeded to ad-
vance. He moved as In a dream. abb
Rnt mindedIy keeping 10 the open
beach. The thing was so prepOsterous
that he had to struggle to realize II
and he reviewed IN his mind the con-
versation with Tudor. trying to tind
some clew to the common sense Of
what he was dong. He did not want
to kill Tudor. Because that man had
Numbered in his love making was no
reason that he. Sheldon. should take
his life. Then what was It all about:
True. the fellow had insuIted Joan by
his subsequent remarks and been
knocked down for 1t. but because he
had knocked him down was no rea.
son that he should now try to kill him.
In this fashion he covered n quarter
Of the distance between the two riv-
ers. when 1t dawned upon him that
Tudor was not on the beach at all Of
course not. He was advancing. az
nor1tnv IN tho torvn. IF tho a croomont
in the shelter Of the cocoanut trees.
Sheldon promptly swerved to the left
to seek similar shelter. when the faint
crack of rifle came to his ears. and
almost Immediately the bullet. strik-
ing the hard sand hundred feet be-
yond him. ricochetted and whined on.
ward in a second flight. convincing
him that preposterOus and unreal as
It was, 1t was. nevertheless. sober
fact. 1t had been intended for him.
Yet even then 1t was hard to believe.
Keeping now to the shelter Of the
trees. he went forward another quar-
ter Of a mile. II Tudor had advanced
with equal speed they should have
come together Mt that point. and Shell
don concluded that the other was cir
cling. The difficulty was to locate
him. The rows Of trees. running at
right angles. enabled him to see along
only one narrow avenue ut time. His
enemy might be coming along the next
avenue or the next to right or left. He
might be hundred feet away or half
a mile. Sheldon plodded on and de-
cided that the old stereotyped duel was
far simpler and easier than this pro-
hide and seek affair. He. too.
tried circIing, In the hope OF cutting the
others circle: but. without catching a
glimpse of him. he finally emerged
upon fresh clearing where the young
trees. waist high. afforded little shell
ter and less hiding. Just as he emerged.
stepping out u pace. a rifle cracked to
his right. and. though he did not hear
the bullet in passing. the thud OF It
came to his ears when 1t struck palm
trunk farther on.
He sprang back into the protection of
the larger trees. Twice he had ex-
posed himself and been fred at. while
he had failed to catch a single glimpse
Of his antagonist. A slow anger be-
gan to burn in him. 1t was deucedly
he decided. this being pep
pered Mt. and. nonsensical as 1t really
was. it was none the less deadly serl-
Gus. There was no avoiding the Is
sue. no firing In the air and Cettin.