The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-29
Hill Mystery
BY FRED v. WILLIAMS

her VIII over nm, ms elANeil 70 N'is
his helplossneSs
yes" ne assented. hut over him
came a feeling of rcpulsion Tor this
savage maid who ruled him thru
fear and circumstance.
DO not ho alarmed he said 60
Miss Page quietly.
1--WE will 20 now
And the three Of them-strange
trio la this stranger spot-vulked
hack over the sand dunes. down the
beach. into the groves and up 20
the caves and the court
Miss Page left them, Toba took
station beneath palm. And Clark.
knscling az her side, tried 20 rcas'
sure her that he might save both
his life and that Of Mas Page.
''po you know that every time you
act this way. that every time you
show murder and hatred IN your
hear for a poor outcast % "A white
glrl. YOU DO something 20 lessen my
/ love for your" he asked. In my
world women are big aud brave and
confident % their loves"
Even a. he spoke. across Clark's
vision there ran tho headlines of his
Seattle papers that told % broken
lives Ia the divorce courts. woman's
jealousy. mans intrigue.
After an. he thought this savage
maid was not unlike tho women,
some women. OF his own race. far
out here. somewhere on the faeafie.
he faced a problem some men faced
AZ home. and yet. he told himself. he
was not altogether Euiltiess. TOBIAS
suspicious were not guoundlcss.
IL was the manner % his wooing Of
her that he objected 70, The fact
that she held his love By force. and
that she. not he. had been the az
gressor in their romanee.
And 80. by soft words that burned
his lips as they emerged. he soothed
her Injured feelings and brought
Tuba back TO something Of her old
self.
Into her eyes there crcpt the light
that he feared. tho slumbrous fires no
had come 70 dread. the hungry yearn.
ing FOR him. the something that com.
PEELED yet reused rcpuiSion within
him since had met and known Miss
Page.
lie left Toha and sought Smith.
To tho old professor Clark poured
out his story. He told o. his love
for this white girl. Of his incaullous
walk with her down the beach, how
there. BY the sea. he had suecumbcd
20 the hunger for hcr love and com
partnership and told OF his regard,
And then he dweit on Toba-Toba
: the furious. tho magnificent. the saw
age-and OF how IN the end he had
appcased her.
] what arm 70 do7" he asked the
! white-halred old man. How am "a
escape? cannot live this life OF de-
ception longer II Is killing. II &
humiiiating. Toba demands my love
> must not give u. ! belong 70 Miss
A Page. II Is she ! love"
+ Smith, sitting cross-ieggcd. ans
chewing n blada OF grass. pondered
s we viii build grea, fire tonight
on the HILL" he said. we viii tel
the natives IL is a token OF suhmls
sion TO the sod OF all gods. SONS
ship at sea may see u and scns
ashore. Fires AZ night and the Gig
/ nails I rs BY day from all corner
: OF tho island are our only hope
And 20 Clark went back 20 Toba'
cave and Smith watched over Sis
Page. and the days and tho night
passed lazy. slumbcring, stupi
days and nights ia which tho tw'
I white men and the white Girl waite'
: and watched and prayed for a shil
I that might rescue them.
a Rumors came to them that the oil
lie queen. deprived OF her throne. wa
II restless. and they sought 10 appeas
ID her. but she alarmed them by keeI
lc ing from sight, by hiding from then
Il until finally Toba came with puzzle
a frown and informed Clark that IN
NJ end Of his reign as king on thl
island was not FAR distant.
lc ''The god OF fire grows rest
v. less. His flames die in the stone
le pit at the base OF the throne.
,e Ny women and our men and the
queen clamor for sacrifice"
- They were sitting at the entranc
2 OF the cave in the moonlight. iookin
y out over sea as still and calm as
mountain lake on summers da.
10 10 when Toba brought this information
u And whom do they wish 20 sa
e.y rIfice7" asked Clark.
an Toba was silent for a momen
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