The evening world., 1916-07-21


80 you are astonishsd. profss.or, ~
having set foot on a strange land and
nnflns saNagtsg SAVAGE where are
there not any Besid.s. are they
worse than than others, thee whom
you call saVagesf'
"liut, Cgptain"-
How many have you eovntsdf"
"A hundred at least"
NJ AronnAS." replied Capt. Memo.
stops, "~hen all the natives u
papua ara assembled on his shore,
the Nautilus will have nothing ~ fear
from their attacks"
The captains nnssrs were then
running over The ke"s of the instru.
ment. and ! remarked that he touched
only the black keys, which gave 10 his
melodies an essentially Scotch char
acter. soon he had forgotten my
presence and had plunged Into a rev.
erie that ! did not disturb. went IN
already fallen. could only see the
island indistinctly. u the numerous
nren lighted on the beach showed that
the natives did not think of leaving H.
Tho night slipped away without any
mischnnce, the islanders frightened.
no doubt. at the sight OF n monster
aground In the bay. The panels were
open and would have offered an easy
access 10 the interior OF the NautiluA
A. & o'clock In the morning Of Jan.
I went up onto the platform. The
dawn was breaking, The Island soon
showed itself through the dissiIating
fogs--first the shore. thon the sum
mits,
The natives were there. more nu.
merous than on the day beforc-L00
or 800 perhaps some Of them. profit
Ing by the low water, mad come. onto
the cora at less than two cable lengths
from the Nautilus. | distinguished
them easily; they were true fapuans,
with athletic figures; men Of good
race. large high ~foreheads and white
teeth. Their wooliy hair. with . red
dish tinge. showed Oft on their black.
shining bodies like those of tho Nu-
binns. From the lobes Of their cars.
cut and distended. hung chaplsts Of
bones. Mos. Of these savaEes were
naked. Among Shsm ! remarked
the knees In quite a crinoline Of herbs
that sustained a vegetable wsiatband.
Some chiefs had ornamsnted their
necks with a crescent and collars OF
glass beads, red and white; nearly all
were armed with bows. arrows and
shields and carried on their shoulders
a sort Of net containing those round
NtOrNu WU1Cn NnNN INV tNNth
! sings with great skill. Ono Of these
chiefs. rather nea 10 tho Nautilus.
examined II a~ttentively.
During low water the natives
! roamed about near h Nautilus. hut
, were not troublesome; I heard them
frequently repeat the word "AaSai."
and by their gestures I understood
! that they invited me to 20 on land, an
: invitation that ! declined.
II.i,,a rnshsnu haitian "a Al n
/ thought Of dragging these beautiful
= limpid waters, under which ! saw n
] p~rofuslon Of shells. soophytes and ma
= rine plants.
!, brought enc q little light DRAG. very
+ like those for the oyster fishery. For
4 two hours we fished increasingly. but
I without bringing up any raratlSs. But
r Just when ! expected u least. ! put
natural deformity. very rarely met
!. with. Conseil saw me plunge my arm
. quickly into tho net and heard mt
J What 10 the matter. sir2" he asked
q. "Thls SHE'LL" said. holding up thu
y object OF my triumph.
= at In simply an olive porphyry."
"Yes. Conseil; but lnstoad Of beinl
rolled from right TO 'lett. this OLIVE
TURNS tIoiu wv w St0u1
is II possiblaf"
"Yes, my boy: II 10 a left she'll"
y Shells are all right handed. will
I, raro exceptions: and when by chanc'
. their spiral 10 left, amateurs are read.
i u pay their weight In gold.
"a Consell and ! we're absorbed In oh
!. contemplation Of our treasure, n
|" waA promising myself to enrich tn
= museum with II. whom q stone. thrown
by n native, struck against and brok
the precious object In Conseirs hand
uttered q cry of despairl Consei
took up his gun. ana aimed NJ
% savage who was pobing his sling a
ten yards from him, l would hav
n stopped him, NJ his blow o onsc
=. and broke the bracelet OF amulet
o. which encircled tho arm OF IN
y savage.
At "Conseil!" cried I.
!, well, str do you not SEQ that tn
," cannlbal has commenced the attack
~ shell Is not worth the lie oi
~ man." said |, .
"a "Ah! the scoundrell' cried Consell
lie ~ would rather he had broken m
w shoulder
The situation had changed SON
70 minutes before. and W. had mol pei
lis ceived. A score or canoes surrounds
Ie, the Nautilus.
Mt At this momen the canoes ap
preached tho Nautilus. n y show,
at OF arrows alighted on her,
II went down To the saloon, bt
he found no n there. ventured
ne Knock at the door that opened mi
ed the captains room. Come In W.
'g,sthe answer.
on deep In algebraical calculations.
II am disturbing YOU" said L Il