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WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE
Palmira Tree and her parents, wit
PaJiajjra's wo sui ?<>?&. Van Burva
Kufer and .John Thurston am* som
dhgr friends, are cruising: 011 th
Yacht Rainbow:
Palhiy,ra> startled by seeing
hand thrust in through the port o
her cabin. malte? a so;.-ret ihvestiga
Hon and discovers .1 stowav. ay?
halt So mud n appearance that sh
W M1V-" ' - - - -:m ? 7?.-. V.iio
He comma**.-.}.' bev to glance at th
door. She obeys ami sees a huge
fierce, coppcrrhued. man. with a ten
inch knife held between grinnlr
Now read ><v.
CHAPTER U
Next morning ??lvs. Craw!. 'a .?ni
her fajtsls were gathered in ice o
th" deckhouse. bundled in their ruffi
The sun, only at intervals. habeen
blinking through, bringing
touch of warmth to the surface o
the sea. charming: the spreadinj
canvas into life- As, presently
Palmyra roused, from hoi preoccu
pation to join the others ih a laugh
the luminary glanced down ayah
md printed oh the deck, black am
sharp-edged, the lilting shadow o
the sails.
Such a shade lay across the gw'r
race. When the Rainbow rose to .
silffic, the shadow moved, as a cur
tain cm. and the sunbea'm caught i:
lurn and illumined poHect leech
iUiupies, eyes that danced' with fun.
set a flame the crown of bright hair
her mosj noticeable ouilo w merit.
But soon she- was somber again
She bad boon shake n by that figrci
visage lea pin ; out at her from th<
dark.
'She six u;<; have suspei led a sec
i?nd presein <r. One glance a!
Burke's h:.nd. gl.ovcd though it was
--i?ij *? - 1 ** ------ -*
v.i?u4;i 11, was smai;
pucjt^v. IH'V;! th: tl'U'k : ? tlcWy pav.
?haC hiS fastened upon the '.ahir
;fKk: Wit:* Mont hot* --hi* snouk
ha v. mist r:; -. > Iturkc's song:; ho4
have waited to be* tol<l afterward:
that 'he -.vas chanting: "Silent, go
stand against the doow knife a
teeth, and look terrifies
At: this point, the shadow of t"n<
.-ail cam;- swooping down an. air
across Palmyra's eyes and she awctkr
tp jfft-hii that Mrs. Durlcy, the stew
ank... was regarding her with hi
amused and curious expression; Th<
gir) flushed guiltily.
Mrs. Ouvies stepped forward, h-si
tatcd. he'd out a card tray. "A gen
ll? man to see you. Miss: Tree,'' slu
announced.
UA gentleman. to see Miss Tree?'
inquired Mrs. Crawford in amuse;
acceptance of the play. "Why, how
unexpected:" v j
*:A:iiplar,e ?-r s<;& horse*'" '-questioned
Van.
\' i;: - r <>Rp !? caught s ghl
?f the man. himself. standing in th<
.die.. or.tVv^v-;. the ho5??c and th<
vMrh . vath
".Mr.-. Crawford." she introduced
"this is Mr. liurke, the Well -knowr
pirate. \M;i\ be pleased yo ho ho
to , cmonrinito uaikir.fr the plar.k
I'ii: sure it you oou 1.1 -,-< him souitie
a ship. you'd feci We'd beer
greatly di^m:?.<ir,he<i."
By daylight the 'pirate's. face ha;
'tost. its cherubic aspect. Still singu
larly undeveloped as to line and feature.
there was noiv more vrablj
upon it it maturity of significant!
that l;8gag .-/lily have been stamp;-;
by dissipation, hardship and danger
or some move violent temperament
ul urge than, at first view,, ermit
have Wen suspected.
But if Burke's face had gained ii
significance, his Figure had not.
Moreover, ha now- verged on tin
pathetic, shaking with cold. Pal
myra recollected, with a stab o
pity, that brown creature down be
low.
Hie girl started, impulsively, t
rise, then sank hack again. Sh
hud seen the steward below, a shor
rime past, overhauling blanket?,
reserve supply for the men forwarc
l? she could manage to get one o
twoi of these coverings . . . v'ompas
sion urged the deed. But?she wa
afraid.
Presently, however, a well-amber
treated chin settled into place an
two lips grew arbitrary. She nrre-n
excused herself; and marched ,'lovv
tbe companionway. Yen, the blar
nets were still there, i>he snatche
two, secured her torch and reache
the bulkhead door, unchallenged.
She switched on the torch, force
horse'" forward. Then after a mc
raent. hesitation: "Here?yon! Ar
you cold? I have two blankets."
She stood, waiting, listening. Sh
could feel the darkness move wit
unseen menace. But the dead si
lenre of that prisoned space gave n
sound of life.
She might have swept the ray int
ail the comers, hut she hesitated t
repeat the vision of the night be
fore. Rather, she held the blanket
up invitingly ami, in silence, turne
the jet of light upon them. For al
most a minute she waited thus. The:
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suckler.iy. without v ami eg prelimi
there appeared with
h ir the outer circle of light the ends
?? i.f four great massive square fifijge-s
*- i Almost, the girl sprang back
h i cried out in panic.
A moment the fingers paused,
a Then they came thrusting toward
t In!- from the dark. For n flash it
- eomcd that it must be herself they
" ni'eant to seize. Then they closed
e upon the blankets. rested there an
instant, withdrew with their prize
e again into the night whence they had
' come.
Put. brief as the interval, it had
been enough 51 re at la t was the
| harm that had been sent through t e
! port; square, sinewy, brown, adorn!
*d even to the great-grandmother
j | mitts.
f] And only now did she belatedly
: ! realize that these mitts were not of
i I -ilk. hut of tattoocr's ink.
'i' . .
r | When the girl came on deck next
r morning there the savage sat. crosslegged
oil the fore-hatch. huddled
under his blankets in the sun.
As Palmyra and her narents ap
I VVhcn the girl .came < n iidek
;( cross logged n the 1"<?rt^ hatch, hu
*1 poured. Ponape Rurke was explain[
ing that the remote intc-liigencp at
his feet knew ho vvovd of any white
man's language.
I If the savage recognized her she
a as un;iMv to note any change in
j his countenance. Indeed, she saw
that this copper mask would senium,
1 if ever, yield to the civilized eye any
j useful indication of the mood witnJ
>n.
POnapo Tsurke, showman, hud
seized a double handful of the bush
' hr.ir on the native's head, and was
sayipg;
I " i .. c so much that he's got hair,"
Rurk* was saying, "as tlmt bis hair
I ain't black, as youYl expert. but a
pretty gay species e* tan. Which,
I itr-adid? and gent1-, i? South Sea
bh; uty parlor stuff."
""lis dee-ligbtful'y sanitary, la>
die;-," the showman added. "ami
[ colors the Hair up- any shade oj
,! Mom! y'liko. Rut -"' he tittered
s and /.-glanced audaciously at Miss
, Tree's own head?"the very foxiest
. and most uivTed hue some of om
succeeds iir getting up is ?. real
$?T"' ~W"
i Van laughed. "C?h. admirable.'*
i[ ht cried. "An admirable eifecL
-i Arid never till the moment did T
- suspect . . Why. Paim Tree . .
"Excuse me, miss,*5* Pon&pe l>urkc
> said, ''hut, didn't i hear this gent a1
i ailing: you 'Plum-tvee'?"
She assented.
"But what, what kind of a joke?"
i "i? isn't a joke." she affirmed.
"My family name is Tree and?"
i . he glanced amusedly at Constance
my given name is Paint"
j Tli% stowaway stared, grinned, re
penfcC'd the name-. He turned to his
f: savage, spoke animatedly, nodded
-1 "his head toward hev. The brown
1 man's eyes sought the girl's Taee
0 once iTiove and she felt sure he had.
e m some obscure way, been moved.
1 There was certainly a something
a new upon that strange countenance.
I. As the savage sat upon che hatch.
r a corner of blanket touched the
teakwqod. When he reached dowr
s to rescue the fabric Ids thick right
fore ami shot out from cover ami
i- so remained. The girl became
d a war-:-, of a line of blue black mark
V ings along the inner side ojf this arm
ci,. . ,t: "
-1 om: i.i^iuvcnui wtt.ii surprise ma;
i- these Victooings were letters?hei
d own alphabet- At first she did no!
d catch the word because two of it;
symbols were upside down,
d "Why." she cried impulsively
i- "what is that he has tattooed on his
c arm?"
Here the pirate took up the story
e of his brown companion's name,
h Tt had been a pop bottle that th<
i- fat horizon-buster (white man)
o flung into the bird's nest fern be
i side the spring, this lion of a mar
o i would not now be here. Far away
0 on some somnolent speck of coral ht
1 would be drowsing through th<
s! years; ignorant as to white men';
d, ways, safe, forever from the quesI
tionable leadership of Ponape Burke
n r.eve.r to touch and cross the lif.
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R. OSBORN
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SONS
cc of Miss Palmyra Tree of Bos
j ton Bui it was not a pop b attic ;
' that the fat hoW.ozi-bui- ct f ung
1 Into the biru s nest tern, it was a
! aottle which had held oUycs.
4 obte. as; the olive bot i had fa'- j ;
lea. the island mother, h r babe!"
upon her rip. found it .-he had 1
| .eld the empty bottle up eiorc tne
' *yes of the naked brown uoy that
I e migKt admir. the brig t red and j*
: < i t lithograph She ha! "
i ed to make out the inscription j
j ,pon it?
ONYX BRAND
| Vhe Hubbard Extra Choice i
QUEEN
OLIVES 1
I j
j The print was an oddly familiar, j ^
t haff-jingsly unreadable, as a sen- y
e in . an wouh h e b en to j.
: almyra For in the mothers ul-jtj
| whahet there \ ero hut fourteen let-|
v.1 vo of oar consonants un-'
ir a i ng tv arecter. r -j
But as her glance fell upon the!
v.-?, :L "OI: e " she smiled. Here v
was a cornbin vtiojii that spelled; every
letter as familiar as if it had j .
. -y. nf her own village. >
next miming there the savng s..t, 1
thllOi! under his blanket in the sun. i >
MBgfffc.k I 1)
"Behold, ehii fly son," she had n
i rii d to' the baby on her li|>; "here p
is a so-island word?"O-l-i-v-e. Wliat i
to it, think you, is a meaning? And I v
set forth upon 1 horizon-uurator's! ti
strong water l>ott!e (to her ail hot-jo
th.s meant liquor)-" ; I;
Presently t lie mother's face had j
lighted v.ith inspiration, ilere, an-,
douliteciiy air.onjg w arriors, was the: f
vrcal w ord. \nd here, upon her hip, j li
\v:~.- the greatest man alive What! si
; . tier, then, than this for a name'.'! li
And so it was the brown baby, to, ,
he known forever to all white men j e
as "Olive," and to his South Sea w
kinsmen, according to their reading!
of its letters, as. "Oleevay." 'si
Burfee's jgla'nie took in the silent ;
i motionless mass of man on the hatch j e'
j with piidefu! ow nership. Then he| t"
! broke again, into his. oddly nnadnli V
! mirth. "Look at him row," he
; cried. "Look it him. Mad ("ear ^
1 through. '
They turned then smiling eyes i t!
; upon the brown man. . V
"tiki a.? .1
uiau l uivu^n. repealed i i'i
, his muster. "-Since Misa Tree point-j t<
ed to hi- inn v.e :il! been laughing| it
' a lot, Ana h.' thinks it's at him." si
Later in ih. day Palmyra foundi
her pirates alone; , si
Thev Slit side by side, gripping n
j stolidly the khaki fabric that strug-j o:
; Serb Clapping to the wind behindi B
; their backs. ' t<
i "Sneaking o' this big brute,"
{ Burke began, indicating Olive; " he ti
j don't <io nothing now but ask ques:
lions about you." F
The girl did not know whether to "i
! like that or not. ci
; To begin with, said Rurke, it was ti
her courage. She hadn't squawked I h
J at the band in the port nor the face ; h
; under the spotlight. And she'd come J s?
; down with blankets when a brown;
; being was in misery with 'cold. | h
As regarded the hand; The atowa |
| ways, precariously hidden on deck inja
a boat, had taken the first chance to 1 h
, j sneak belovr. Burke got to cover.! 0
! out a seaman, unexpectedly starting; '
i! that way, would have caught Olive.1 T
I The islander had slipped overside at11
11 chat point, dangling from n stars v
'j chion, only his hands visible. He had | h
, put one down to the port, intending1 r
to hang trailing from that if the sail-!
: or came near. A roll of the yachtjt
] thrust his forearm through. Then ' 5
t|the seaman had turned away and i t
> Olive lifted himself back to deck s
Hut far more important than Pal- f
. myra Tree's courage and kindness 1
> was her name. To the white man it o
had seemed interesting, to the brown t
" j astonishing. s
} "In the low islands," said Burke, a
: j "the pahntree's the most important r
i thing they got. Couldn't live with-I
out it. a day." e
I i Here, aside from fish, there Was r
j often no food except the pandanus? e
! j scorned elsewhere?and the cocoa- i
' | nut The nuts were eaten at every i
> meal; cooked or raw, green, ripe, c
- germinated. For all the accessories j
, of life the paho could be made, if
nee.) be. to furnish the material. c
ftY THURSDAY--BOONE. N (?.
..oa she was named Palmtree!
"Bui, lady,' Burke persisted
U i..t the tnings I've mentioned?
lot even yer iiam,?which counts sc
iiiu.A a?' he paused calculatingly
?"as that hair o* yours, that red
:;ahv'
Mhe was again annoyed, but deidea
to laugh.
Bi.vke was silent for an interval,
lis oddly undeveloped features rathr
absurd in their maturity of
h
"I suppose, ' lie began at last. "> '
.aven t no idea how a Mary like you
I- us islanders, kanaka or white7"
v/h," be added with a shrugging
icstiac acquired from the natives,
you d never guesJ?never." Ho hes:at
. in a diffidence strange to his
latuie 4"But think, miss. Here we
. c. maybe ten, fitteeri years never
eeing any woman's face except
l,., oil!,/ Kv/s,.-? 1
i?* . v on.* \-.iyn II V.1?VUT1,> v;i yci ooj/-"'
lie wife o* some missionary or
ladcr, here too long?sickiy, pale,
ione for. And then, of a sudden,
liong you comes; a?a vision . . . "
he stammered in his effort to find
Cords that should do justice to his
entiment, hut not offend.
"All pink and white, peaches and
ream," he went on recklessly; "a
iving being as beautiful as a painted
iicture. 1 ain't meaning no disres?ect.
But that, Miss Tree, as I
eckon you'll* understand, .111st fair
mocks us, white and brown aoke,
lead in a row."
'But do you really believe Palm
tree's pirate has been in gun battles
i?d all that?" Constance Crawford
ras asking.
Palmyra now spoke. "It's nonsense
0 take that little man seriously."
he affirmed.
There was a general assent.
"When he says such things," she
dded, "it's like hearing a baby
wear; awful, and you ought to be
hocked, but at the same time com1
delight in his efforts to make
imself out something brigandish."
.John Thurston had not joined in
he accord. As he stood holding to
lie main shrouds, the big muscles of
1 n* and shoulder swelling under his
oat. lie was nevM* quite the yacht ?
Van on an idle cruise; always, in
ungibly. a something of the contraction
engineer ?>n his way to the
!hilippin$gs to take charge of govrnhient
work?the Rainbow to put
im aboard a transport at Honolulu,
i ssihly if timi permitted, at
Ian in.
"You're all probably right, about
i ." lie said presently. "Rut did
on evei think how thoroughly we're
ouml down by the old conventional
onsense in character reading?
histiology and all that? A stripling
evelbps a big square jaw. Presto?
;e recognize a determined characm*.
a human bulldog. Really, it's
nly more bone in his jaw. And if
< h?3 a broad high forehead . .
"Solid ivory again," said Van.
"Palm's pirate couldn't be further
rom our fixed idea of a cutthroat:
ercp moustachios, haw k nose, deepr
.t, piercing, evil eyes. Yet in rqai
fe your cold-blooded, murdering
lute is quite as likely to he some
ffeminato youth selling soda water
ith a lisp .
"Never.'- said Van, "did I have
>dh water with a lisp."
Palmyra had been wondering why
eeVyonc on board?everyone except
wnstaneo?wanted her to marry
an. She saw that they all did, and
u: fell that their reasons must be
ood Constance, of course, said it
as only ancestors. The Tree famy
worshipped the family tree. "And
an." Constance had said eoriimcriallj.
"has the finest line of ances>rs
put out by any house in Amera."
It wan nothing in Van normally,
she had added. . "John does
tings. Hut Van only is things."
The girl got up restlessly and
ood at the. rail gazing out over the
inset sea As John Thurston went
n to amplify his thoughts regarding
urke she glanced over her shoulder
i scoff.
"I could chase your had ntan over
te deck with a feather duster."
'I'm only windjamnting of course,"
hurston laughed. "1 don't doubt
ur stowaway's a little man, suffiently
blunt as to his moral pcreepons,
but quite harmless, making
i niseif the hero of every gory story
e picks up, eager to pose as a deep;a.
bad man. But still?"
During this idle chatter the girl
ad felt, growing with every nio>ent.
a fuller perception of herself
hoard this yach. Never until now
ad she had a complete realization
t the intimacy of this cruise with
'an and John; of the incredible
icamess of these two to her. She had
een, all at once, appalled. Thus they
could go on through every waking
iour. unescapablc in their demand
ipnti her love.
She had had a suffocating sense
hat never, for one instant, could
m ^.vn.ui, uciacn -ii.?/ui tneni anu
heir problem. And ther., as an inpiration.
it had come to her that
'onape Burke should be her refuge.
Jntil she was sure about the two?
>h, so sure!?she could always fly
o him. She'd demand her pirate's
tories, and force Van and John
ilso to sit and listen, no matter how
ebellious.
She had a sudden curiosity conerning
this Ponape Burke in her
iew dependence upon him. She was
ager to look at him. And she knew
le would be perched on the forelatch,
his brown man as ever at his
lbow, silent, motionless, a pagan
OSS.
She whirled around to gaze, then
aught her breath in dismay.
... '
Unexpectedly, startling, the say-j
. age, unknown to anyone of them
r all, had materialized himself here,
> was sitting almost within their circle.
And his eyes were leveled upon
I her in a profound unblinking store
that seemed to have been going oh
for hours.
(Continued Next Week)
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lor ali farmers in the county who
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