Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-20


the convenience of his guests.
eff we go a little out OF our way
and land them in Borneo, ne sttlu'
"they will be hanged without trouplhg
YOU further If | take them 10 SlhSa-
nore they will be tried on your EVIL
dence and sent to penal serVltude.
Which is it to be?"
It was Iris who decided.
st cannot bear to think OF more
lives being sacrificed she protested.
"Perhaps if these men are treated
mercifully and sent to their homes at
ter some punishment their example
NAV serve as a deterrent to others .
So it was settled that way. The an
Choir ratified up to its berth and the
Orient turned her head towards Sing
apore. AS she steadily passed away
into the deepening azure, the girl ana
her lover watched the familiar out
lines of Rainbow Island growing dim
in the evening light. For long while
they could see Mir JAMS tall, thin tlg-
ure motiOnless on a rock at the eX-
tremity of Europa Point. Their nut,
the reef, the ledge, came into view as
the cruiser swung round to more
northerly course.
Iris had thrown an arm across her
fathers shoulders. The three were left
alone just then, and theye were 81
lent for many minutes. At last, the
flying miles merged the solitary palm
beyond the lagoon with the foliage on
the cliff. The wide cleft of Prospect
Park grew less distinct. Mir JAMS
white-clothed figure was lost in the
dark background The island was be-
coming vague, dream-like, blurred
memory.
Robert" said the girl devoutly,
God has been very good to u.s.
YES he replied. 81 was thinking,
even this instant, of the verse that is
carved on the gate of the Memorial
Well at Cawnpore: These are they
which came out of great tribulatiOn.
We, too, have come out of great trlb-
ulation, happily with our lives-and
more The DEGREES of fate are indeed
inscrutable."
Iris turned to him a face roseate
with loving comprehension.
"Do you remember this hour yester-
day?" she murmured-"howw we SUI
fered from thirst-how the Dyaks be-
gan their second attack from the
ridge-how you climbed down the lad
der and l followed you? Oh, father,
darling" she went on impulsively,
tightening her grasp, you will never
know how brave he was, how endur-
ing, how he risked all for me and
cheered me to- the end, even though
the end seemed to be the grave"
81 think l am beginning to under
stand now" answered the shipowner,
averting his eyes lest Iris should see
the tears in them Their Calvary was
ended they thought-was it for him
to lead them again through the sOr
rowful way 1t was heartrending
task that lay before him, task from
which his soul revolted. He refused
even to attempt it. He sought forget
fulness in a species of mental intox-
ication, and countenanced his daugh-
ter's love idyll with such apparent ap-
prevail that Lord Ventnor wondered
whether Sir Arthur were not suffering
from senile decay.
The explanation of the shipowner's
position was painfully simple. Being
a daring yet shrewd financier, he per-
ceived in the troubled condition of
the Far East magnificent opportuni-
ty to consolidate the trading influence
of his company. He negotiated two big
loans, one, of a semi-private nature,
to equip docks and railways in the
chief maritime province of China, the
other of a more public character, with
the Government of Japan. All his own
resources, together with those of his
principal directors and shareholders,
were devoted to these objects Con-
temporaneously, he determined to stop
paying heavy insurance premiums on
his fleet and make it Self-Supportlng,
on the well-known mutual principle.
His vessels were we'll equipped, well
manned, replete with every modern
improvement, and managed with great
commercial skill. In three or four
years, given ordinary trading luck, he
must have doubled his own fortune
and earned a worldwide reputation
for far-seeing sagacity.
No sooner were all his arrange
ments completed than three of his best
ships went down, saddling his COM
pany with an absolute loss of nearly
100000 pounds, and seriously under
mining his financial credit. A fellow
director, wealthy and influential, re-
signed his seat on the board, and
headed clique of disappointed stock
holders. At once the fair sky became
overcast. A sound and magnificent
speculation threatened to dissolve in
the Bankruptcy Court.
Sir Arthur Deane'S energy and n
nancial skill might have enabled him
to weather this unexpected gale were
it not for the apparent loss of his be-
loved daughter with the crack ship OF
his line. Half-frenzied with grief, he
babe his enemies do their worst, and
allowed his affairs to get into hopeless
confusion whilst he devoted himself
wholly to the search for Iris and her
companions. At this critical juncture
Lord Ventnor again reached his side
His lordship possessed large prl-
vate fortune and extensive estates. He
was prudent withal, and knew how ad-
mirably the shipowners plans would