Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-02-11

| heart and simultaneously tore nalI OF
| his back into fragments. He fell, with
a queer sob, and the others turned TO
face this unexpected danger
Iris, knowing only that she was free
! from that hateful grasp, wrenched
herself free from the chiefs hold, and
ran with all her might along the
beach, to jerks and safety.
Again, and yet again, the rifle gave
its short, sharp snarl, and two more
/ Dyaks collapsed on the sand. SIX were
left, their leader being still uncon-
sciously preserved from death by the
figure of the flying girl.
A fourth Dyak dropped.
! The survivors, cruel savages but
| not towards, unslung their guns. Inc
sailor, white-faced, grim, with an UNI
pleasant CLEAN in his deep-set eyes
/ and lower jaw protrudlng, nollceu
their preparations.
.oTo the Ieft!" he shouted. run
/ towards the trees!'
Iris heard him and strove to OBEY.
/ But her strength was fallng her' anu
| she staggered blindly. After a lew oe-
| enairing efforts she lurched feebly TO
| her knees. and tumbled face down
wards on the broken coral that had
tripped her faltering footsteps.
! Tenks was watching her, watching
the remaining Dylaks, from Whom d
suffering volley came, picking OUT
! his quarry with the murderous ease
/ of a terrier in rat-pit. Something IKE
q hee in a violent hurry hummed past
j his ear. and a rock near his rlght 1901
was struck a tremendous DloW by On
unseen agency He liked THIS. IL Woulu
be a battle, not battue.
The fifth Dyak crumpled into the
dietortion of death, and then their
! 1oodnr took deliberate aim at the
kneeling marksman who threatened TO
wine him and his band out OF exls-
tence But his elaboration, though
S1Iilfml was too profound The sailor
fred first. and was professionally as
tonished to see the gaudlly attlreu III
dividual tossed violently backward Tor
many yards, finally pitching heaolo1s
TO the earth. Had he been charged ny
| a bull in full career he could not nave
been more utterly discounted. Inc IN
cident was sensational but meHpll-
chile.
Vet another member of the banu
was Frustrated ere the two as yet ull-
scathed thought fit to beat retreat
This thew now did with CELEBRITY, but
thew dragged their chief with them.
II was no part of Jenks's programme
to allow them to escape. He aimed
again at the man nearest the trees
There was sharp click and notnihS
more The cartridge was q mls-nre.
He hastily sought to eject It, ana the
rifle TANNED. These little accldeIlIs
will happen, even in a good weapon
like the Lee-Metford.
Springing to his feet with yell ne
ran forward. The flying men caught
q glimpse of him and accelerated their
movements. Just as he reached IRIS
they vanished among the trees.
Singing the rife over his shoulder
he picked up the girl in his arms ole
was conscious, but GREATNESS.
..You are not hurt?' he gasped, ms
ewes blazing into her face with an IN
tensitv that she afterwards remem-
bered as appalling.
mo" she whispered
Listen" he continued IN laDoreq
Jerks "Try and obey me-eXactly' l
will carry you-to the cave. Stop there.
Shoot any one you see-t1ll come
She heard him wonderingly. was ne
cling to leave her, now that ne haa
! her safely clasped to his breast? I'M
nossib1e! All, she understood. IhoSe
mon must have landed in a BOAT he
! intended to attack them again. lie was
going to fight them single-handed, anu
| She would not know what happened 70
him until it was all over. Gradually
her vitality returned. She almost
smiled at the fantastic cOncelC ChdC
she would desert him.
! Jenks placed her on her feet at the
! entrance to the cave.
"You understand" he cried, ana
without waiting for an answer, ran TO
tbe hOuse for another rifle. This time,
tn her amazement, he darted through
Prospect Park towards the south
beach. The sailor knew that the Dy-
axis had landed at the sandy bay IRIS
had christened Smugglers' Cove. They
were acquainted with the passage
through the reef and came from the
distant islands Now they would en-
dnavor TO escape by the same chan
mel They must be prevented at all
costs. :;
He was right AS they came out IN
to the open he saw three men, not TWO,
pushing off a large sampan. One Vi
! them. mirabile dictu, was the cnleI'
Then ,Jenks understood that his Dull
/ LET had hit the lock of the Dyak's up
lifted weapon, with the result ALREADY
described. BY miracle he had es-
capped.
He coolly prepared to Stay the three
of them with the same calm purpose
that distinguished the opening phase
of this singularly one-sided conflct'
The distance was much greater, per-
| hans 500 yards from the point where
the boat came into view. He kneit ana
fired. He judged that the the missile
struck the craft between the trio.
81 didn't allow for the sun on the
side of the foresight" he said. "Or per-
haps I am a bit shaky after the run
In any event they can't go far.
A hurrying step on the coral behind
/ him caught this ear. Instantly ne
sprang up and faced about-to see Iris.
"They are escaping" she said.
i mo fear of that" he replied, turn
/ ing away from her.
4 "Where are the Others?
/ Dead"
'eDo you mean that you killed near
! ly all those menu
/ six of them. There were nine IN
all"
/ He knelt again, lifting his rifle. Iris