, 1923-04-06
'LOU-LOU'
A Brilliant and Dramatic Novel of
the South Seas.
BY II. BEDFORDJONEs, AUTHOR
OF DARKNESS AT DAWN"
THE SECOND LIFE OF NJ.
THE DEVIL" ETC.
I~NSTALLMENT NO. TEN.
WHO'S WHO IN THE STORY.

LOu-LOu, beautiful daughter of the
deceased Sultan Of Sibuko induces
Brian Fortesque. n wealthy young
American to help her in maintaining
the throne left by her father and
which
Zahri, her h%alf-brother plots to
take away from hsr. with the as
s%istance OF
describes as a terrible man. and
who had once kissed her against her
will. Zahri has her placed IN an
asylum in New York.
BaralI, a loyal mute servant OF
Lou-Lou's family, rescues her from
the asylum.
The Rev. Luke Quail. a militant
missionary. accompanies Lou-Lou,
Barak, and Fortcsque to the Island
OF Sibuko. where he a once been
attached TO a mission, and where his
wife had been killed and his little
daughter had disappeared. following
n raid by Dyak pirates. While Lou
Lou and her party are on the way
Franks, an exiled Virginian who
is known TO have beer friendly to
Lou-Lou n who is suspected of
hilOWluE lub WlGItduoulS Ol Ine OlQ
Sultan's treasure is found dead. He
has been stabbed with a dagger
which had been hidden in the old
Sultan's tomb.
Trehearne. a commercial agent and
friend Of Franks, is visited o
after by
Cerise. who induces him It try with
her the operation OF a Ouija board.
within a few hours after the arrival
OF Lou-Lou md her party. Trehearne
dies, unable to give a lucid account
of the causes leading up to his death
except TO make known by signs that
he had been poisoned. and able only
by a supreme effort to say the words
Franks note" He is referring to
a note entrusted to him by Franks
to be given to Lou-Lou in the event
OF his death.
Rails Hamed Been Yusuf, owner OF
the schooner "Qazelle' and conspir-
ator with Zahri discusses with Hvar-
son the failure, so far. Of their plot.
Hvarson declares he values Lou-Lou
more than the treasure Of Sibuko.
Lou-Lou assumes the government.
banishes Hvarson and Hamed and
pardons Zahri. Barak is captured by
Hamed's men and taken away on his
boat. the Gazelle.
After torturing Barak, Hamed sus'
ponds him in a net of metal links
beneath the bowsprit of his vessel
Fortesque. wandering about the
Bazaris is called by Cerise and in
yited into her house. As he is about
10 eat some sherbert which she offers
him. Lou-Lou and some OF her guards
enter tho house. Lou-Lou dismisses
Fortesuue and forces Cerise to eat
the sherbert Ii has prepared for
Fortesque.
Capt. Wrexham. hired by Hvar'
son. lures Lou-Lou. Quail and For
tesque on board his vessel Inc brings
them. captives. to Hvarson's island.
Again the whale boat grounded.
Luke Quail rose and stepped out,
holding the hand Of Lou-Lou. She
followed. They turned and looked At
Hvarson. and stood motionless.
Wrexham jumped in. and the boat
showed off. There were no farewells.
Wrexham's BOAT swept out to tho
Nautilus. A few foments later the
trim little craft went leaping away
down.wind like a bird.
Meanwhile the eyes OF Hvarson
had not moved from the face of Lou,
Lou, nor her eyes from his. Now
all the sultana was gone from her,
and she was become n girl again,
and in her lapis eyes lay fright. large
and terrible.
She chung closer to Luke Quail
whose arm lay about her shoulders,
and whose blurred blue eyes were
gripped pon Hvarson in a kind OF
dulled and incredulous anguish.
Hvarson came a step closer &c
Luke Quail.
Il brought you here to marry US
he said bluntly. I've waited long
enough. Get to work.
IL cannot do this thing
~quavered the old man.
IIvarson looked at him IND laughed
insolently. The very sound OF Hvar'
sons laugh was an intolerable AT.
front: he could make It bite into meu
like n whip.
Thought you were going to bury
me next time we metz" he said, con
tempt in his voice and eyes. you
and you kind make me sick. Don't
roll our eyes. o old fool Miracles
aren't likely. Now. will you marry
us-or will o leave us unmarried7'
The jeering significance Of those
last words was vicious.
Il can't" said Luke Quail, rs
though speaking to himself. God
won't allow such a"
Hvarson hot out n fist and
stretched him s~enseless on the sand.
lie caught the girl up in his arms
M lifted her. Then he turned and
strobe into the house and slammed
the brown door shut.
Fortesque came to his lenses
board the Gazelle. but was totally
ignorant of where he was or what
had happened. He had only a mem.
DRY OF a violent blow over the head,
lie e~ndeavored TO sit up, but a
gpasm of excruciatlng pain as tho
blood rushed to his bruised head
forced him back again.
Rails Hamed spoke to his men.