Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-02-18

pleased by the success of his ingeni-
Gus contrivance, and forthwith COM
pleted the Gordon. To make doubly
sure. he set another snare further
within the trees. He was certain the
Dyaks would not pass along Turtle
Beach if they could help it. By this
time the light was failing.
"That will suffice for the present"
he told the girl Tomorrow we will
place other sentries in position at
strategic points. Then we can sleep
in the Castle with tolerable safety"
By the meager light of the tiny lamp
they labored sedulously at the rope
ladder until Iriss eyes were closing
with sheer WEAKNESS. Neither OF them
had slept much during the preceding
,, night, and they were both completely
tired.
It was with very weak little smile
that the girl babe him good night,
and they were soon wrapped IN that
sound slumber which comes only from
health. hard work, and wholesome
| fare.
The first streaks of dawn were tip
ping the opposite crags with roeate
| tints when the sailor was suddenly
aroused by what he believed to be a
gunshot. He could not be sure. He was
still collecting his scattered senses
straining eyes and ears intensely,
when there came a second report.
Then he knew what had happened.
The sentries on the Smugglers' Cove
post were faithful to their trust. me
enemy was upon them.
At such moment jerks was not
man who prayed. Indeed, he was
prone to invoke the neither powers,
habit long since acquired by the BTU
ish army in Flanders, it is believed.
There was not a moment to be lost.
He rushed into Iris's room, and gath
cred in his arms both her and the
weird medlev of garments that COW
cred her. He explained to the protest
ing girl, as he ran with her TO the
foot of the rock, that she must cling
to his shoulders with unfalterlng cour-
age whilst he climbed to the ledge
with the aid of the pole and rope
placed there the previous day. 1t was
a magnificent feat of strength that he
essayed. In calmer moments he would
have shrunk from it's performance, II
only on the score of danger to the pre-
cious burden he carried. Now there
was no time for thought. Up he went,
hand over hand, clinging to the rough
pole with the tenacity of a limpet, and
taking a turn of the rope over his
right wrist at each upward clutch. At
last, breathless but triumphant, ne
reached the ledge, and was able to
gasp his instructions to Iris to crawl
over his bent back and head until she
was safely lodged on the broad plat
form of rock.
Then. before she could eXpostulate,
he descended, this time for the rifles.
These he hastily slung to the rope,
again swarmed up the pole, and drew
the guns after him with infinite care.
Even in the whirl of the moment
he noticed that Iris had managed to
partially complete her costume.
"Now we are ready for them" he
growled. lying prone on the ledge and
eagerly scanning both sides OF Pros
Dect Park for a first glimpse of their
assailants.
| For two shivering hours they waited
there, until the sun was high over the
cliff and filled sea and land With MS
brightness. At last, despite the girls
tears and prayers, jerks insisted on
making a reconnaissance in person.
Let this portion of their adventure
| be passed over with merciful breVlty.
Both wat-guns had been fired by the
| troupe of tiny wou-wou monkeys! IRIS
| did not know whether to laugh or cry,
when jerks, with much difficulty, low
cred her to mother earth again, and
marveled the while how he had man
aged to carry forty feet into the air
young woman who weighed so solid
lily.
They sat down to a belated break
| fast, and jerks then became con-
scious that the muscles of his arms,
| legs and back were aching hugely. 1t
was by that means he could judge the
true extent of his achievement. Iris,
too, realized it gradually, but, like the
Frenchwoman in the earthquake, she
was too concerned with memories Of
her state of deshabille to appreciate,
all at once, the incidents of the dawn