Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-12-19

pointed to one tall brown man
VINO stood up in the bow of the neares
canoe, hourishing a broad bladed spear
we must hide she said.
but where? They will search tb,
tsland''
In the treasure cave" she answered
And indeed that was the most litel,
Spot, we had brought but little witt
US mat afternoon. | had thrust brace
VI pistols IN my belt. and she herself
.! my advice. always carried her twe
! NHlail ones. and / had my sword and
| ak. out everything else was in the boa,
on the beach. For a moment | Thought
VI running down there and cettjno
some OF our things. hut as half turn.
| ed to descend the stairs she detainod
me- owning my purpose
NO. no." she urged. claspine nv
arm with both hands. I'VE must make
shift with what we have. Pertains
they may not discover us. and we can
hide safely until they depart Come,
Let us GO
There was sense in her remarks II
might be that after performing their
awful worship these most unwelcome
V1sitors would return as they came.
ana Dy Keeping closely hid we might
escape an encounter with them. Thew
"ould certainly find all our goods as
soon as they crossed the reef and land
co. But there was no help for thai
now. We had to make the best of =
bad situation.
we turned and ran down the nath
across the wall. had forethought to
gather number of cocoanuts and
some other fruits as we passed.
nlied my own pockets, and then she
made bag out of the skirt Of her
uress and carried the rest. Presently
rejected that we had no need for
sucn haste. There would be plenty of
Ime FOR us to reach the cave and
conceal ourselves long before thew
lahded' SO we progressed more SLOWLY
IL was almost dusk when we reached
our shelter. l uprooted a small tree
just as we started to climb the nile
of stones. which | used as lever +o
push down the heap in every direction
as we climbed. so that it would be-
impossible for any one else to enter
the cave without piling up the stones
again. We passed by the stone altar
ana It's skeletons. crept into the inner
room. hung ourselves painting upon the
SAND. and there we waitedh
In that secret and secluded she,ter
tnought that we were safe for the
ume being Especially was l sure
tnat they would make no effort to find
us at night as the place had an.
Gently been some sort Of a shrine.
And in the morning I did not think
th&t they would chance upon that
particular cave out Of the manv in
the coral walls without long search
unless they had proposed coming just
there for other reasons than we gave
hem Even if they did stumble upon
'ur n'dlng place early in the hunt
"nich felt sure would be made for
IS as soon as they discovered evidences,
u our presence on the island in the
shape OF the dinghy, or at least at day.
Freak. it would take them some time
o rebuild the rock wall again; and
Vben they did enter the outer room
hey would find it matter of extreme
1mculty to get into the inner chamber
'ons as was there. Unfortunately
We nad brought no powder or ball with
Is we mad no means of reloadinr
ur firearms. once they had been dis
harged. l resolved to reserve the fonr
lstois we had for the last emergency.
or other weapons had my ak and
WORD, to say nothing of stones and
ven OF the human skulls about the al.
ar
nave said. think, that the inner
ave was Slightly damp. The damn.
ess arose from a spring of water
mich dubbed away in some dark cor
er winch we had not cared to explore
We mad what provisions we had
rought with us left over from our
lncheon, which l had luckily nre-
erved instead of throwing it awav
nd an armful of cocoanuts and Other Y
'ult. These. however, would last II.
ut short while. If they couldn't
'me at us by force they could easily
'arve US out, Also they could without
70 mucn trouble or danger, make
lemselves masters Of the outer cave
ldeed. l scarcely thought it would be
Use for ne to attempt to prevent that
10 in that case they could wall up the
ltrance and leave us there
FAMOUS STAGE BEAUTIES
ok with horror on Skin Eruptions