Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-11

/ linen WnaL q pity II 10 VIC S0'AAAto.
coniure up a ghost for their penent.
All the spirits l have ever read ABOUT
were ridiculous. Why Cannot one De
useful occasionally
The question set him thinking. III
known to the girl the materials Tor
dramatic apparition were hlooeh
amidst the bushes near the well. he
/ cudoeIed his brains to remember the
stage effects of juvenile days. put
these needed limelight, blue nares'
mirrors, phosphorus. au;so
The absurdity of hoping to devise
any such accessories whilst percheu
~, y ledge in a remote island-a larg-
or reef Of the thousands in the emma
Sea-tickled him.
"What is it?" asked Iris.
| He reneated his list of missing stage
nronerties. They had nothing 10 90
hut to wait, and people IN the very
crnx and maelstrom of existence usu-
s1ly discuss trivial things.
81 don't know anything about phos-
phorus," said the girl, but you can w,
tain queer results from sulphur, anu
there is an old box OF Norwegian
matches resting at this moment Oh
| the shelf in my room. Don't you re-
t member? They were in your pocket
| and Won were going to throw tnenl
away. Why, what are you DONG;
FOR Jerks had cast the rope-ladder
! loose and was evidently about 10 oe-
Bcend. =, 80
Have no fear" he said; Il will not
be away five minutes"
| eff you are going down must Colll lo
with YOU. l will not be lett mere
"Please don't stop me" he Wills
nared earnestly. ''You must not come.
! will take no risk whatever II you
remain here you can warn me IN
stantlv. With both of us on the ground
we will incur real danger. l want
Won to keep sharp lookout towards
! Turtle Beach in case the Dyaks come
| that way. Those who are CROSSING the
+! island will not reach us for a long
! time" o.,
! She Welded. though unwillingly she
was tremulous with anxiety on his ac-
| count.
He vanished without another WORD.
! Che next saw him in the moonlight
near the we'll. He was ~uStllng among
! the shrubs, and he returned 10 Tue
rock with something white IN ms
arms. which he seemingly deposlteu
at the mouth of the cave. lie went
back to the well and carried announcer
similar burthen. Then he ran towards
the house The doorway was not Wis
ible from the ledge, and she paSseu
a few horrible moments until low
hiss beneath caught her ear. she
could tell by the creak of the rope-lad-
der that he was ascending. AT last ne
reached her side, and she murmured'
with a gasping sob
Don't go away again. cannot
stand it.
He thought it best to soothe her
agitation by arousing interest. Stlll
hauling in the ladder with one hand
he held out the other, on which lum-
/ nous wisps were writing ike glow
worms ghosts.
"You are responsible" he said
You gave me an excellent idea, and
I was obliged to carry it out
what have you done?
Arranged fearsome DOGGY in the
cave
but how?"
ut was not exactly a pleasant OPP
Grafton, but the only laws of necessity
are those which must be broken
She understood that he did not wish
her to question him further. Perhaps
curiosity now that he was safe, might
have vanished her terror, and led to
another demand for enlightenment
but at that instant the sound of an
angry voice and the crunching of coral
away to the left drove all else from
her mind.
"They are coming by way of the
beach, after ALL" whispered jerks.
He was mistaken, in. a sense. An
other outburst of intermittent firing
among the trees on the north of the
ridge showed that some, at least, OF
the Dyaks were advancing by their
former route The appearance of the
Dyak chief on the fiat belt of single
with his right arm slung across his
breast accompanied by not more than
half a dozen followers, showed that a
few hardy spirits had dared to pass
the Valley of Death with all its name
less terrOrS.
They advanced cautiously enough
as though dreading surprise. The
chief carried a bright parang in his
left hand; the others were armed with
guns, their swords being thrust
through belts. Creeping forward or
tiptoe, though their distant compan-
ions were making a tremendous row
they looked murderous gang as they
peered across the open space, now
brilliantly illuminated by the moon.
jerks had sudden intuition thai
the right thing to do now was to Shoot
the whole party. He dismissed the
thought at, once. All his preparations
!, were governed by the hope that the
, pirates might abandon their quest af
ter hours of fruitless search. 1t woul6
be most unwise, he told himself, tt
precipitate hostilities. Far better
avoid a conflict altogether, if that were
, possible, than to risk the immediate
! discovery of his inaccessible retreat.
In other words he made grave mis-
} tolyo which shows how a man ma1