American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-10-14

sion is unwillingly carried along.
CHAPTER u.-By no means concealiag
contempt for its members, Virginia makes
the acquaintance of the Honorable Cuth-
bert Vane, and Is somewhat impressed.
CHAPTER uL.-Talking with Dugald
Shaw, the leader of the expedition. Vir-
sinis very frankly expresses her views,
practically accusing Shaw and the other
%smOe Snce Of the P PsFsS5 ineiq eapsai e s %as-
mus, and a shady "hnancier,' Hamilton
u. Tubhs, Of being in a conspiracy to de-
fraud Miss Jane Harding. Their re~lationss
naturally. are somewhat strained.
CHAPTER IV.-Landing on the island
Il a matter Of some difficulty, Virginia
S Ssra v earsie 10 d SsT dis IN tss ssms TS Ss G Isna-
Ing, however. In safely effected.
CHAPTER V.-Led by Miss Higglesby-
Browne, the party draws up ar agree
ment whereby Virginia Harding is barred
expedition. Believing the whole thing to
Be- a fraud Virginia is not greatly wOr,
the exclusion OF Virginia.
Having made my fudge and set the
pan on a stone in the stream to cool
4 no dbOuL " 1CllAS a wow "
conducting q limited exploring expedi-
ton Of my own. The assurances Of
Mr.. Shaw-nQt personally directed to
me, of course; the armed truce un-
der which we lived did not permit Of
that-had convinced me that ! had
not to dread anything more ferocious
than the pigs, and the widest of them
would retire before a stick or a stone.
Besides, | boosted a little automatic,
which l carried strapped to my waist
in a businesslike amer Mr.. Vane
had almost got ms to the point where
/ could shoot 1t off without shutting
my eyes.
Thus equipped, i was about to set
off into the woods. l had turned my
back on Cookie and the camp, when
was arrested by an exclamation:
Miss Jimmy"
/ turned to find Cookie gazing after
me with an expression which, in tho
familiar phrase of fiction, l could not
interpret, though among its ingredi-
ents were doubt and anguish. Cookie,
too, looked pale. / don't In the least
know how he managed IL, but that
was the impression he conveyed.
dusky as he
Miss Jimmy, It mos look lax ye'
bout to go pe%rambulatin' in desc vera
woods1"
II am, Cookie" / admitted.
The whites Of Cookies eyes became
alarmingly conspicuous. Drawing
near in a stealthy he whis-
pered:
"Yo' bettah not, Miss jimmy! !"
'Oh, nonsense, Cooker l said inn
patiently. There's not a thing on the
island but the pigs"
"Miss jimmy" he solemnly replied,
~'dey's pigs and pigs"
"Yes, but pigs is pigs, you know"
l answered, laughing.
"Dey's pigs and pigs, chile-livs
ones and-dead ones"
Dead onesf OF course-haven't We
beer eating themr'
"Yo' won't nevah eat dis we're kind
O. dead zig, Miss Jimmy. lists q
ha'ntI"
The murder was d Cookie leaned
against a cocoa-palm and wiped hii
ebon brow.
Persistently questioned, he told al
last how, today and yesterday, arts
ing In the dim dawn TO build his fir,
before the camp vas stirring, he had
seer lurking at the edge of the clear
ing a white fourfooted shape. II wal
ugo vat not o. rIw. ftm ohnefiv hus
its noiseless movements, divided !
from all proper mundane pOrkers b,
the dreadful gulf which divides tn
living from the dead. The first morn
ing Cookie, doubtful of his sense:
had flung a stone and the spectra
Thing had vanished like a shadow
On its second appearance, having ha0
a day and a night for meditation. h
had known better than to commit sue
an outrage upon the pOssessor 0
ghostly powers, and had resorted I
prayer instead. This had answere
quite as well, for the phantom pig ha
dissolved like the morning mlst'
While the sun blazed. what with hi
-1eyotionS n his raDDlt loot ana
cross of twigs nailed to a tree
Cookie felt a fair degree Of security
But his teeth chartered in his hea
at the thought OF approaching nigh
Meanwhile he could not In conscienc
permit me. TO venture forth into tn
path of this horror. which might, fo
all we knew, be lurking In the Jur
gle shadows. wen through the dal
light hours. Also, though he did nc
arow this motive, / believe he foun
my company very ~reassuring. II
immensely easier TO face a ghost !
the sustaining presence OF other hes
and blood.
For a moment ! wavered In my d.
termination, What II the island ha