Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-01-02
Adventure
A Romance of
The South Seas
BY
JACK LONDON
Copyright. 1910. BY Street & Smith
;opyriaht. 1911, BY the Macmillan Conn,

night. 1911. by the Macmillan Company
could he do If he did go? First she
would resent it. Next she would laugh
at him and ca him silly.
There was much in her willfuI con-
duct that caused him to vince In the
heart OF him. He was appalled, by
the thought Of her shoulder to shout
der with the drunken rabble Of trad
ers and beach combers at Guvutu. 1t
was bad enough for clean. fastidiOus
man. but for a young woman. a girl at
that. it was awful. The theft of the
Flibberty Gibbet was merely amusing.
though the means by which the theft
had been effected gave him hurt. Yet
he found consolation in the fact that
the task of making Oleson drunk had
been turned over to 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 Guvntu in the twilight
with darkness coming on. Then came
visions Of Adamu Adam and Noa Noah
and all her brawny rahitian 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
to stare at the hook on the wall and to
wish that her Stetson hat 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 and seeds Joan
had ordered, The Minerva. bound for
Cape Marsh. brought the two cows
from Nogi And the Apostle. hurrying
back to Tulagi to connect with the
Sydney steamer. sent a boat ashore
with the orange and lime trees from
Ulava And these several weeks mark
ed period Of perfect weather.
Then came the long expected nor
wester. For eight days it ragged. lull-
ing at times to short dura tons of calm.
then shifting point or two and rag
ing with renewed violence.
1t was in the good weather that fol-
lowed one of the house boys ran him
down with the news that the Martha,
the Flibberty Gibbet and the Emily
were heading in for the anchorage.
Coming into the compound from the
rear, Sheldon saw everything at once
first. glimpse at 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 great
crowd of fresh caught cannibals stood
at attention. From the fact that each
was attired in new. snow white lava
lava. Sheldon knew that they We're
recruits. Part way up he steps one of
them was just backing down into the
crowd. while another, called out by
name. was coming up. 1t was Joans
voice that had called him. and Shell
don refined in his horse and watched
She sat ut the head OF the steps. be-
hind a 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
nal.
"What name?' she demanded Of the
black man Oh the steps.
''Tagari." came the answer. accom-
panied by grin and Il rolling Of curl