Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-02
JACK LONDON
Copyright, 1910. BY Street & Smith
Copyright. lyll. oy the macmllIss
Company
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
SYNOPSIS

Sheldon. owner Of Berande plantation.
though desperately III. overawes ana con-
trolls 200 head hunting Solomon islanders
by force Of will and wea pons. Chief Seles
calls with forty men.
He returns Arunga. runaw way laborer
Sheldon has Arunga and Billy whipped to
Quell a mutiny His sickness increases
| 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 to Sheldon that she
! can shoot
She resents his friendly suggestions. and
| they quarrel. She makes 1t plain that she
| 10 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, savage dog. arrives. Despite
| Sheldon's warnings Joan goes to explore
| an island she contemplates buying. Ftnan-
| 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 and
Joan.
Joan routs them with . fake dynamite
cartridge, and Satan drives them into
trees. Their chief is punished Morgan
and Raff have Sheldon in their power.
Joan offers to become his partner. His
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 jeal-
GUS.
Joan starts for Australia with her crew
10 buy q schooner. but stops at Guvutu
and buys the Martha. which has been
wrecked, for a mere trihe.
Captain Auckland tells how she did 1t
and applauds her cieverness. Captain
Oleson tells how she took the Flibberty
Gibbet away from him to save the Mar
tha-
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-
butts him. They agree to continue as
partners and friends. They discover a
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 XXI.
BURNING DAYLIGHT.
4 Nd then 1t happened. Tudor
made his blunder. Never di-
~ vining Joans futtering wild
ness, mistaking the warmth
and enthusiasm in her eyes aroused
BY his latest tale. for something ten
der and acquiescent. he drew her to
him. laid forcible OBTAINING arm
about her waist and Inexperienced
her frantic revolt for an exhibition OF
maidenly reluctance. 1t occurred on
the veranda after breakfast. and Shell
don, within. heard the sharp exelama-
ton Of Joan. followed by the equally
sharp impact Of an open hand against
cheek. Jerking free from the arm
that was all distasteful compulslon.
Joan had slapped Tudor's face re-
soundingly and with far more vim and
weight than when she had cuffcd Go.
goomy.
Sheldon had half started up. then
controlled himself and sunk back in
his chair, so that by the time Joan en-
tered the door his composure was re-
covered. Her right forearm was
cutched tightly In her left hand. while
the white cheeks. centered with the
spots Of flaming red. reminded him Of
the time he had first seen her angry.
HE hurt my arm" she blurted out
in reply to his look of inquiry.
He smiled involuntarily. 1t was so
like her. so like the boy she was. to
come running to complain of the phys
ical hurt which had been done her
She was certainly not IL woman versed
in the ways Of man and in the ways of
handling man, The resounding slap
she had given Tudor seemed still echo
ing in SheldOn's ears. and as he looked
ut the girl before him crying out that
her arm was hurt his smile grew
broader.
1t was the smile that did 1t. con-
VlCtlIlS .JOiu III uei OWu cScS VI tht
Stiffness Of her cry and sending over
her face the most amazing blush he
had ever seen. Throat. cheeks and
forehead famed with the rush Of the
khamed blood.
"He-he"- she attempted to vim
dictate her deeper indignation. then
whirled abruptly away and passed out
the rear door and down the steps.
Sheldon sat and unused. He was a
trif1e angry. and the more he dwelt
upon the happening the angrier he
grew. Joan was the last woman in
the world to attempt 10 kiss fOrcibly.
The thing snacked Of the backstairs
anyway-a sordid little comedy per-
haps. but TO have tried 1t on Joan was
nothing le-s than sacriiege. The man
should have had better sense.
1t was while in this mood that the
screen door banged loudly behind the
heels of Tudor. who strobe into the
room and paused before him.
"Well?" Tudor demanded defiantly.
And on the instant speech rushed
to Sheldon's lips
II hope you won't attempt anything
like it again, that's all-except that |
shall be only too happy any time to
extend to you the courtesy of my
whaleboat. 1t will land you in Tuagi
in q few hours"
"As If that would settle It," was the
retort Nov let me tell Won that the