The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-17

ADVENTURE

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Sheldon, owner of Berande plantation.
though desperately ILL., overawes and con-
trols 900 head hunting Solomon islanders
BY force OF will and weapons. Chief Belize
calls with forty men-
He returns Arunga, q runaway iaDorer.
Sheldon has Arunga and Billy whipped e
quen a mutiny. His sickness increases.
His partner. HughbA. ana many IaDorers
die
Joan Laeuand. q pretty girl arrives
with her crew Of Tahitians. Sheldon De
comes unconscious. and abe taxes charge
% things.
me 10 o self reliant American girl. q
lever al adventure, a native OF Hawaii
and IN orphan. Her ship has been
wrecked She proves 20 Sheldon that sne
can shoot
the resanes his friendly Suggegtionn. and
they quarrel. she makes II plain that she
b not matrimontaIly Inclined She and
death
xa0 savage iao0reFa demand tia women
mbaAAOn attempts to discipline them. and
Joan shoots O native and saves nis li1eA
she soobAs him for making her shoot
mhaldon'D warnings Joan goes to explore
an Island she contsmplatss buying. Ptnan-
eaal atmcuItiss threaten Sheldon
-
~ Gheldoa. Joan has trouble with Co
moo9ny and ether nAetveA- Armed savages
arrive anA danger threabsas Sheldon and
1eam
Soan roses them VITA Q fake dynamite
aartridwa, AID SatAa drives them into
trees. Their chief is punished Morgan
ed Ra6 have Sheldon IN their power.
joan ocnsrs TO become hin partner. Hls
mention oe conventtonAlitfes Anglers her.
She needs no chapsron. she saga Sheldon
finally accep her an hts partner.
Tudor and Won Blk. gold seekers. szrfvs
O. the Martha Joan and Tudor seem 70
interest each Other. sheldon becomes teai-
Gus
Joan starts eop Australia with her crew
TO buy . schooner. but stops at 0uvutu
and buys the Martha. which has been
wrecked, for q mere trtne.
CHAPTER Kill
THE MARTHA.
H%HEY were deep In a gams OF
N billiards the next morning,
after the II o'clock breakfast,
when Viaburi entered and an
Counced:
big fella schooner close up"
Even as he spoke. they heard the
rumble Of chain through hawse pipe.
aud from the veranda saw n big black
painted schooner swinging % her Just
caught anchor.
Its q Yankee" Joan cried. "See
that bowl Look at that eIliptical sternl
All, thought so"- an the stars and
stripes fluttered to the masthead.
Martha, San Francisco" sheldon
read, looking through the telescope.
'Tts the first Yankee ever heard OF
In the Sclomons They are coming
ashore, whoever they are. And, by
Jove, look at those men at the oars.
It's an all white crew. Now. what rea-
son brings them hersY
They're not proper sailors" Joan
commented. '|rd be ashamed Of a crew
Of black boys that pulled In such a
fashiSn. Look at that fellow In the
bow-tne one just jumping out; he'd be
more ut home on q COW pony"
The boats crew scattered up and
down the beach. ranging about with
eager curiosity. while the two men who
had sat In the stern sheets opened the
gate and came up the path to the bun
Galow. One OF them. tall and slender
man. was clad In white ducks that 1T
ted him like a gemi-military uniform.
The other man. in nondescript gar
aents that were both of the sea and
shore and that must have been uncom-
fortably hot slouched and shambled
Ike an overgrown ape. To complete
the illusion. his face seemed to sprout
in all directions with q dense bushy
mass Of red whiskerS, while his eyes
were small and sharp and restless
Sheldon, who had gone to the head
Of the steps, introduced them to Joan.
The bewhiskered individual. who
looked like Scotchman. had the Teu.
tonic name OF Won Blk and spoke
with an American accent The tail
man in the well fitting ducks. who
gave the English name of Tudor-John
Tudor-talked purely enunciated Eng.
hsh such as any cultured American
would talk. save for the fact that IL
was most delicately and subtly touched
by faint German accent
Won Blk was rough and boorish. but
Tudor was gracefully easy In every
thing he did, or looked. or said.
They were on q gold hunting ex
petition. He was the leader and Tudor
was his lieutenant All hands-anc
there were twenty-eight-were share
holders. in varying proportions, in tn,
adventure. Several were sailors. bu
the large majority were miners, culleC
from all the camps from Mexico I,
the Arctic ocean Ii was the old anC
ever unuring pursuit of gold and they
came to the Solomons TO get It Par
OF them. under the leadership OF Tudor
Dol.a