Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-01-28

Brothers," cried Brother Anselmo.
seeing Annette's plight, "quick-re-
storatives-succor for this young girl.
Hernandez took advantage of the
confusion-though he himself was con-
fused beyond all peradventure. Lis
ten," he said to Inez, leave her with
the Brute-go at once. I'll do the
rest"
Unnoticed, Inez and the Brute
obeyed. They left the room, hurried
across the courtyard and disappeared.
Hernandez watched them go, His
GOODNESS returned Swiftly, with one
bound, he was upon Brother Anselmo
and had seized the iron box in his iron
grasp.
In an instant he was across the
room.
But Brother Anselmo had done
something more than pray and sleep
in his quiet existence. He was an ac-
tive, we'll trained individual With
loud cry he leaped- across the inter-
vening space, and bounded upon the
shoulders of Hernandez.
Help, help, brothers" he command
ed.
There was help aplenty. Hernandez
fought like a mailman, but the broth
ers chung to him like leeches. Slowly,
however, he worked his way toward
the nearest exit-and then with
mighty wrench, he threw off all his as
sailants including Brother Anselmo.
and darted, with a mighty leap out
through the doorway.
He bounded into the arms OF Neal
Hardin and his squad.
Neal saw at a glance what had hap
pened. He seized Hernandez wrist
the wrist of the hand and arm that
held the iron box, and twisted 1t sud-
denly, painfully. Hernandez dropped
the box-but jerked away from Neal
sprang to window and disappeared.
Behind him he heard the steady
plup-plup of many footsteps the
steady lope of marines that eats up
the long miles in less time than 1t
| takes to tell it.
Damn them" said Hernandez, 'Tn
beat them to it yet
Behind him the footsteps stopped.
| There was report-a ping. Herman
DEE had reached the edge OF the green
oasis. He screamed with pain. IL
| was as though a red hot iron had
scared him. He had been hit in the
arm.
Damn you," he screamed in pain,
"I'll beat you to 1t, yet"
With almost unseeing eyes he tore
across the small green space-and
then he stumbled, and slid, slid, slid
| into what seemed a bottomless pit.
He Just escaped a stake--a bloody
one. And he fell-or rather slumped-
upon something soft and yielding
With another oath he rose to his feef
and peered about him. Then he drew
| back in terror
There lay Ponto-his mate-dead,
distorted.
| Hernandez screamed in terror-he
was only human. This thing was hor
rible. A shadow startled him. he
| looked upward. The Brute was peerins
| down-he was doing more-he slowly
slid down into the pit and caught Her
nandez in his grasp. Then, somehow,
using his broad shoulders and his
| arms and knees he worked his way
back again to terra firma, and drew
Hernandez-groaning with the pain OF
his wound-up after him. Then with
the nimbleness of deer, the Brute
after singing Hernandez upon hf
back-trotted off into the safety of the
beyond.
Back at the monastery, Annette II
! ington opened her eyes and looked In
to the face of Brother Anselmo.
81 am Annette Ilington," she eD
claimed, Il am the heiress of the
Lost Isle OF Cinnabar"
Brother Anselmo turned to Ensign
| Neal Hardin.
Does she speak TRUTH" he queried.
"She does" said Neal. "and my gov.
eminent will back her to the limit.
She is what she says she is. We all
will vouch for that"
All" unused Brother Anselmo,
what wonderful thing is prayer
what wonderful thing is sleep"
He stopped. Il have prayed" he
went on, slowly. puzzled, but not yet
have l solved the mystery OF the eyes
OF that big mantle eyes"
He stopped again For the eyes OF
Annette Ilington were rivetod unny
him.
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