Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-30

WELL" She Demanded erusqueIy, "How Much
Longer Do You Thing Am Going to Tolerate
Your lnterference7"
on the sands and knucking his hair. 81 dassent
take you to him. Judith might object Besides
you can see for yourself II isn't safe to mingle
with the Inhabitants of this tight little island
and you can't get to where Alan is without ming.
ling considerably. Sit down, and III tell you all
about it, and Wen try to figure out what's best to
be done. Maybe manage a rescue under
cover Of night"
And when the girl had settled herself beside him
he launched into detailed report
It's Katama island, all right" he announced:
but change has come the place since I
visited 1t some years ago. Then it was a COM
munity Of simple-hearted villagers and fishermen:
now, unless all signs fail, it's den Of smugglers
l noticed number Of Chinese about and that
taken in connection with the fact that when I
ventured to introduce myself TO the village gin.
mill end ask a few innocent questions the entire
population, to a child, landed on me like a thou
sand brick-the two circumstances made me think
we'd stumbled on settlement of earnest workers
at the gentle art Of helping poor Cinnamon evade
the exclusion laws"
With wry smile, he pursued: "As for me- I
landed out back OF the joint, the nape OF my
neck, and took the count, surrounded by a lot of
unsympathetc boxes and barrels that had seen
better days And when / came to and started 10
crawl unostentatiously away / was lust in time
10 witness the landing OF your amiable sister, that
gang OF cut-throats she keeps on the pay roll and
Alan, In company with choice a crew of scoun-
drels as you'd care to see. I gathered from few
words that leaked out OF the back door of the bar.
ROOM that 1t was as had thought: Judith had
stolen boat from the ship that picked her up
and rammed II Norton's reef; and after she
gathered Alan in, the schooner of these smugglers
happened along and she hailed II and struck a
bargain with the captain and signed co-partner-
ship articles, or something like that ANYWAY her
lot and the islanders were thick as thieves
and tanking up socially that l actually got a
chance to whisper word to Alan and tell him you
were all right and that he'd find us both down
here on the beach, IL luck served him with an
escape. That was all I got a chance to say for
Judith marched up just then and yanked him off to
ms cell mean to say he's locked up in a
little stone hut on the edge Of the cliff, with the
door guarded and the window overlooking a sheer
drop OF thirty feet or so to the beach When I'd
seen that much, calculated IL was about time for
me to get quit OF that neighborhood before NAM
seIe Judith nicked me with the evil eye"
You don't think she saw you?" the girl cried
Il don't think So" Barcus allowed gravely: and
then. lifting his gaze he added as he rose in a
bound: Il just know she dd-that's ALL"
In another instant he battling might and
main with three willing ruthans, who had come
suddenly into view round a shoulder OF rock; but
his efforts were shortlived. foredoomed to failure
He was weakened with suffering and fatigue-and
the three were fresh and had the courage at least
OF their numbers. He was overborne in a twink.
hns' ana mad his face ground brutality into the
sand while HIS hands were made fast with stout
rope behind his back. And when he rose 1t was
to ind, as he had anticipated that Roses resis-
lance had been as futile his own; She too was
captive, her hands bound like his. the huge and
unclean paw Of one OF Judith's crew cruelty
clamped upon her shoulders
They were granted time TO exchange no more
than one despairing glance when a curt laugh fair
ly chilled the blood in Mr. Barcus, and he swung
sharply between his two guards TO confront Judith
Urine.
He was by no means poor-spirited, but he shrank
openly from the look she gave him, and was re.