American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-20

covered llfe-rlng lay nearby, stem
ciled with the name Of a Fail River
line steamship.
Staring down into that exquisite
face, a look of mingled c-ovetousness
and craft klndled in the eyes Of the
man. Rising abruptly, he raked his
surroundings with furtive and suspl-
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 sufAced for
the Journey he can0 in.55 ne n;
OF me nuts stealthily, pausing to make
sure 1t 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
g little Japanese slipped quietly from
an adjoining hut and trOtted briskly
toward the harbor.
The girl opened dazed, uncompre-
hending 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 cOughed a little
AS II that sound had been a signal
a door was thrown roughly open, let
ting In a food Of sunlight. Through
it entered a japanese IN ragged uni
form. The voice of the japanese
broke the tension edged with remon-
STRANGE:
"Senor Juarezl l am informed"
The other interrupted b%rusquely /:
THAT I have found a half-drowned
Observation-Disclosures the beach
and brought her here. It's true"
"You should not have done this !"
1T seems l did"
With a sudden movement the jap
anese produced a pistol. Il regret the
necessity" he said. but Baron Huro-
ki's orders are to kill Immediately any
stranger who sets foot upon the
islandl 70
"wait =" 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 lift.
ed. with his other hand, a small can OF
bright tin that had stood upon a near
by table. lone moment, Captain Hak.
usekl This can contains nitrOglycerin
In the stOrerOOm back there'-a JERK
of Juarez's bead indicated a door in the
back of the bullding-"Over one hun
bred tons Of high explosives are
stored. The woman is mine!"
-'BarOn Huroki -
81 deal with yau-nOt him-and
warn you l shall keep the woman o.
blow this island off the map
The japanese hesltated an instant
then conceded defeat with a shrug.
= Have your way" he said mildly
and turned to go.
But the grasp on his wrist was I'm
relaxed. Wait another moment
Captain Hakuseki. l want that pis
toll"
It was surrendered without a suspi
cion of contest.
"Now-go-and don't bother u
! again."
Captain Hakuseki executed a RICH
l about face and marched out Of tn
hut. Senior Juarez secured the doc
. behind him, then turned to see the gin
, struggling to a sitting position on tn
l cot. He fastened to assist her.
"YOu are weak, senorlta-you mus
not exert yourself. Permit me
He wound his arm around her wais
tenderly assisting her to a chair b
the table. AS she sank into this, h
bent over and brought his lips close I
hers. She shrank away with a littl
cry.
"Ah. no! Be 0 afraid of me, Sc
norita! Remember, l saved your lif'
What Is a kiss in payment fc
that2"
The pistol he had taken from tn
Japanese rested on the table. ChanC
guided the fingers of the girl to #
grip, inspiration Of despair prompte
her to lift its muzzle to the tin of nitrl
glycerin.
keep away from me-" she ordere
in accents whose feebleness could NJ
disguise a spirit of infexible determ
nation. keep away-or l pull II
trigger"
with a terrified ejaculation the Me
lea sprang back to a profoundly r
SDactfuI distance.
"Senorita-I beg of you!
Leave this house-or 1 pull Il
trigger"
Juarez threw himself madly at Il
door. wrenched it open. started o.
and-shrank back from a knife-bay
net on a rifle presented by a stock
deadIy-looking little japanese.
10 "Captaln Hakuseki's orders: you l
main a prisoner till you give up q
10 woman
z Between the devil and the deep sc
D. the Mexican threw himself on the me