The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-08-29

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Owen sent the disguised Rafry wit,
bucket In s>sJrsa OF apring and Peulin.
was already hunting STANCE fuwcn
among the palms and crsepsrS Thg lees
the coasplrators free to plare the bomb
uader the cabin floor boards, Matta
which owe attended 70 himself. q wac
SC. to eypode two hours later. pgulins
and Fillpo were then summoned aEd Ole
that there were comfortable lodgings "a
q G'od meal obtaiuabe at a village jus.
the other de of the long narrow poin %
land. If Pauline and Boyd and Eiaps
would 60 around in the u,.ach Oven arS
Hicks would climb through the Jungle anQ
get there In time to have a meal all n ada
upon the boats arrival The two pm d.a
separated and all was quiet for some u a
Pauline sat on deck with the pirate An
deayoring to engage him in couyerJG ~
But he grew suriler and surlier II hu
answers, looking frequently at his V stG@
and often stopping below for a drink. Cl
At.cr about an hour and three,Qus' lerd
Pauline became 4 little frightened AZ ltd
behavior and descended to the O IA
There was the cook reading a cook I'd
evidently his own. The momen, Ps ID
was ont of sigh. the pirate heaysd "
OF relief and abandoned the whec, Steps
ring softly to the stern he pulled in TIE
s'aall boat which was towing as,ciR, 1ap.
cd in adroltly and cut It adr.tt
"Filipo," said Pauline. "you TOLD a. F.oa
were good cook"
YES, sencrt.a, / thought ! vas"
''Have you nv = cooked bei5.ae"
NO, but AVE a cook book a.ch to!a
you how every one may be cook.
thought"
F!lipo did not finish his ser sHoe, lis
eyes we're rowing around 10 cabin
search g something and Pauline was Look.
ing very bard at him
whats that licking sound?" 'ncui-et
the cook II, wen to the cabin c.orf nc
listened. ,1a it wasn't that. Pa no
could hear It, too, and it wasn't her my
catch. Fillro made search Of the cabin
aud finally located the sound anIee 10
floor. A mlment more and he had mid
bare the pirates bomb. Tie .eapcI on
deck and took In ct q stance that tn,
pirate had left in the only beat,
In ano:Aer instant lie was below again,
tearing of his Wig
polly, it's l. There's an 'u'orr2l me-
chine ticking huse read, to blow is sp."
He tried to lt,t up the bomb 1u. it .as
wecged fast
Harry for Heaven sake, what dc you
moau?"
'Ill tell you IN a minute In lie va Da
as soon as we have Jumped overheard
Come
He seized Pauline, carried her up "a
deck
Where's Mr.. Boyd?"
Gone. Take this answered Harry,
putting life pre9erver around her.
Nov, vii. you jump or shall I throw
you overheard? One, two, three
I'll jump" said Paulin. an with AIMS
around each other they leaped into tho
warm ocean. On went the White launch
serene and ~prunled by the deser,on OF
its crew. In an"wer to Paulines demand
for explanation Harry only answered:
wait"
Finally it came.
A belch Of Same shot up from the
launch driving a column Of smoke far into
the sky, where 1t spread out and formed
majestic ring, whiae hoated and curled
FOR many moments. A conclusion reached
them through the water and another IN
the air smote their ears
The after part Of the launch rode on
the waters for a moment and then dis
appeared. Finally a succession of waves
sessed them and passed on.
What does it mean?" gasped the girl.
"lnsanjty-sheer, downright INSANITY.
That wretch of a pirate was a crazy man
He placed that bomb intending to HI!
all Of US. And Owen deserves sound
thrashng Tor having anything to dc with
such a murderots lunatic"
81 think you're rather hard on Owen
Harry" said Pauline. "Of course we all
know that pirates aren't nice persons
nobody could foresee that the m4n Uas
crazy"
Well, perhaps. Ba ont talk, We AVE
a mile and a half sH :. to shore
They were spared that o,icg. by ,hs
Silurian Timer Tad &C. Arrayed In Dor
rowed clothes they were notified Of a sec.
oud rescue and came IA on deck in time
to behold in thu OF evening the
pirate" He was relating to an dmi?n.
throng how he had stuck By tn bWnno
ship till it explo, ed. He had actualy b ei
blown into the air and hat faien by 81
luck into the little boa.
IT'S lie said Harry in the old man,
cacklng voice. The pirate" heard tn,
yciee OF the old man anG saw the face ant
the L,0nd hair of Harry.
lt was TOO much for his evil and murder
, Gus mind to bear With Shrek he hurled
himself over the rail into tie sea- The
Caradoc stopped and searched, but M
trace OF the pirate could be founo.
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