The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-21

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line steamship.
Staring down into that exquisite
face, look Of mingled cOvet0usness
and craft kindled In the eyes Of the
man. Rising abruptly. he raked his
surroundings with furtive and suspi-
cious glances. At length satisfied that
none watched him. he stopped. gath
cred that frail young form in his arms
and darted swiftly away, not as he
had come, but inland through the
dunes. Two short minutes sufficed for
the journey; he came into the hollow
of the huts stealthily, pausing to make
sure it was untenanted before hurrying
into his dwelling. But the luck was
not with him: without his knowledge.
he was observed; the door had not
closed upon him and his salvage when
little japanese slipped quietly from
an adjoining hut and tr0tted briskly
toward the harbor. ..
The girl opened dazed. uncompre-
bending eyes upon q scene SO strange
to them that, for q moment. she was
half-inclined to believe that she had
died OF drowning and passed In spirit
to some weird half-world. A reek Of
brandy burned In her mouth and throat.
She conghed little
A. II that sound had been 4 signal
4 door was thrown roughly open. let
ting In Q food Of sunlight. Through
It entered q japanese n ragged uni
form. The voice Of the Japanese
broke he tension edged With remon-
.ASener Iuarex! I am informed"
The ekher interrupted brusquely:
THAT have found . half-drowned
Observation-Disclosures the beach
ana brought her here. It's tfue."
"You should not have done thls!"
1T seems / d1dl"
With Q suAdsa movement the Jap
anese produced pistol. II regret the
necessity" he said. hut Baron Huro-
he orders are to kill Immediately any
stranger who sets foot upon the
islaudr
s"Waiti" The fingers Of Senior Juarez
closed quickly on the wrist Of the Jap
anese and turned his pistol to the cell-
ing. simultaneously the Mexican MT
a. with bis other hand. q small can Of
bright tin that had stood upon . near
BY table. Zone momeQt Captain Hak-
uselit This can eo1lnmD nitr0glycerin.
In the storeroom back there's jerk
Of Inarez's head indicated door in the
back Of the building-"over one hum
dred tons Of high explosives are
stored. The woman Is mjne!"
sBaron Huroki!-"
II deal with you-nOt him-and I
warn you, shall keep the woman or
blow this island of the map!"
The japanese hesltated an instant,
then conceded defeat with 4 shrug.
"Have your way" he said mildly,
and turned to 60.
But the grasp on his wrist was UNI
relaxed. swat another moment.
Captain Hakuseki. I want that pis-
toll"
It was surrendered without a suspi-
cion Of coatest.
"Now-Go-and don't bother %
again."
Captain Hakuseki executed . right
about face and marched out Of tho
hut Senior Juares secured the door
bs1ind him, then turned to see the girl
struggling to . sitting position on tho
cot he FASTENED to assist her.
xeQ aro weak, senotita-you must
not exsrt yourlalk Permit ne =.
II Aeand ~ arm around her waist.
tendeeiy asdat1ag her 10 . chair By
~ 0hle. A. she sank into this. hs
bent over and brought his lips close to
herA She shrank away With . little
cry.
.Ah. moi Bs not afraid Of me, -
uoeitA! Remembes, saved your life.
WHIST = hs n payment Tor
The pistol be had taken from the
japanese rested on the table. Chance
guided the fingers Of the girl to its
grip, inspiration Of despair prompted
her to LIT its muscle to the tin Of nitro
glycerdn.
Keep away from me-" she ordered
in accents whose feebleness could not
disguise spirit Of infexible determi-
nation. "Keep away-0r I pull the
trigger!'
With terrified ejaculation the Mex
lean sprang back to profoundly r.
spectful distance.
"Senorita--I beg Of YOU
Leave this house-or pull the
triggerl"
Juarez threw himself madly at the
door, wrenched It open, started out
and-shrank back from a knife-bayo-
net on rifle presented by stocky,
deadly-lo0king little japanese.
Captain Hakuseki's orders: you r.
main prisoner till you give up the
woman r.
Between the devil and the deep sea,
the MEXICAN threw hiwself on tAe mer.
~ Of TIE girl
sSenoeita-ln the name of PITY
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