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| MX R1 OUAPTEK \ll Thurston thrust Van aside tmpa-: 1 tiently. ' The- Fueliko. you say." he; demanded -.?t the mar Martin Across the road y horse stood sad- ' died. Thurston rah to it, jerked the ' \'ii:s free, jumped into the saddle. The icirFs father, returning at this : monHunritr. v-anie runnini; up. v.n.iM- tin- oeaen. cricu tnu:s ? . Van?'.he vsrunbcafcij Martin?the police. Tie* -you to che mission. I'm for the piioliko." :'!< whirled his horse. "Wait, wa.it. Thurston." implored :ru father. "Here, take my rcvol-! "Rouse th?- beach and follow." ? came the answer, above the ring ttfi ? hoof Tirol a moment the three stood. T?eirifie?i. staring after him. Then thty run, in different directions, to ' carry out his orders. Scarcely had they gone than two native men i Airs I from the narrow ^ footway and crossed to the thatch. 1 A few seconds later. with the old ' women, they had rushed Palmyra over the road and into the lane be Ween the high blind wall and the salt-water march, where there were no eyes t; see save those of the crabs that ran hack and forth across th? slirae. 1 Van Burt n lUitjrer ran down the wharf, jumped ir.to Thurston's boat k I was pulled to the Okiiyama. Commander Sakamoto turned to ?i Vi" But my dear Mister." lie: > -aid. "somesing is?wruna;. How 1' Ho use ho 17.,.... X /~1 JL ULJL I11SJUL1 GET READ' I SUMMER : SPREADS $1.00, $1.69, $1.98 SHEETS $1.00 Extra value, 81x90 PILLOW CASES Regular size, each 19c arid 25c TOWELS Splendid values, per pound 69c Best grade Towels 15c, 25c, 35c, 48c OIL CLOTH 25c Yard I Spainhoi Modern Depa BOONE 1 BDHAI AMD LU? SEi stanletT 1 TRAXIONS BY HENRY JA OPYRIOHT BY CHARLES SCRIBNERS an O-lec^vay have taken the* young o?iy when O-lce-vay is locked iic-ro; aft a'.?oardV But he?sat-Ufy raei ne is only afraid for young lady. Uej means good. So I let htm .o. unless! Van was aghast. " Absolutely ?>"' he cried. Sakamoto shiaiggeii. "A.- you | <ay." he conceded. He cave an order and shortly the mown man appeared on deck. Olivr must have divined on! .vhosc demand he was held. At the sight of him Vans a hi- j nosity flamed up. The white manprang forward. "What have you, lone with her?" he demanded. Then; timing to the interpreter: "What uis he done with her?" Olive seemed at a loss. He shot forth a question, re-! eiyed his answer, burst into a flood f entreaty. "He say. ' repeated the interpret-; *r. "he say turn him loose. He savvy !pq much. Go look see. Find girlj iutif too much quick." The Japanese turned questioningy to Van. "\'o!" c cd the white man passionately. "No!" The officer shrugged again. If I'aimyra herself had been | here, she would have marvelled that! cart could remain, blind to the sin-' etity of Olive's purpose. As for the islander, he must have! idjudired the situation hopeless. Vith a final look of dumb pleading.! ic whirled, ducked past his unreadvi ? ?-"iid t>~ i FOR THE STUDENTS SHEETING 8-4 at. yard 40c 9-4 at, yard . . . ,42c , I 0-4 at. yard . . . 44c CURTAIN MATERIALS Cretonnes, lovely patterns iyc, zyc and 39c i Rayon Scrim 25c to 39c Cotton Scrim 12Vzc to 48c I New Lot of PICTURES 98c to $1.50 I iirs, Inc. rtment Store j i n. c. ! ["HE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE [t. OSBORN Y LEE SONS jeruards Mid the c'.uUhimx fingers of. the others, ar.d sprang- over the' starboard rail, foot first into the1 sea. As Olive -truck the brine Sakamoto leaped f >r the eanjrway and i into his cutfc which feaiuwapd tr?: be alongside. "Jab him with an oar. ' -ordered the ronimanaer. Bui it. is not s0>oasy to jab with a ione oai, Olive made a judicious feint, dived back under the* vicious thrust ' of the port oars, and splashed' ashore. The sailors floundered close' in his wake. Inland the main road from the beach was crowding in against the! river. Soon the fugitive must cross I one or the other in the open. lie would he seen. He would be caught.) But. . . Olive did not coss the road. He did not cross the river.! Nor was he caught. Merely?he disappeared. He had lain ali the while, in the. river, down among the crowding: water plants, only his nose up for! air. Normally the water, clear as dew, would have revealed him. But rain i in the mountains, tropically copious, i had raised the stream out of its' banks, stair i it earthly brown, dotted its surra.- with moving, leaf and branch. ] Meanwhile. John Thurston. putting his hois*- to a run. had sopnj ncaved the Rueiiko Rocks. A shoulder of basalt blocked the I view ahead He clambered up. had almost reach, d the top. Then.i staillingly. the whistle of a bullet. Thai's ton du< ked behind a rock. .Moanrnfi' me. he qu??sp|pxied. Ho raised his head cautiously. < Banir! A leaf vlustei iams ilutteriiijr. like a wounded bird, u? his feet. ACross iho roiid, opposite. a great ' aie tree dominated the l ush, behind ii. From annum its many trunks a wish of whi*- >mokc had floated DUl John. i.?: his eifp.rt t.o locate the; inVemy. risked -randinii up. A third] bullet flattern 5 itself acain.-.i the rock., ms thi re here. after all."' he conceded. Regaining his hors< he had grill- : loped hack the road, with this; luvnitipr movement in view, when hie-j emaninleyed the girls t'aihci and' sev? n other ?&n. These nor, gg: j advance guard. Jailers from the gunboat wi re following in to scour; Liu brush"The Java eaves." the father. ried : r.vcito'lly. "iligr. in the mountains. Tlniyston. inland of here. Unexplored. inrucoss'dik: a terrible hid-; ing playe. My God. John, warve t(? bead 'ere off from the eaves Thurstnu told of the shooting. Thurston found what he sought footprints. Native men almost never won shoes; then oniy shoes of doth and! rubber. But here; in the damp: mould, someone, had nsoended to-J ward the aio free, descended-?iy?aV-. ing leather. Thurston examined the prints at] length. Then "if I'm any Sort of> lurtmn at a n, ' he commented,J "this was-?Ppaape Burke/' For a distance Thurston was able t;? ride. Then lava, clean washed, a stream, and three paths intersecting at the water. It was well f??r Palmyra that she c'ojild not know what difficulties her Jover had now t?> meet. The bed of this stream, cast sold in one piece from nature's furnace, would have proved a test for Lh.> North Woods skill of any man. And in addition, Ponape Burke?if it were he?had taken pains to leave no mark. Later, he found footprints again ?-shod and bare. Ahead, large trees told of dry land. Thurston advanced stealthily, rifle ready. The elevation took on an unusual form. He recognized it, to his surprise, as an artificial island; one of these ruined fortresses or tombs built by prehistoric conquerors on such islands as Kusaic and Ponape. Could the girl be imprisoned here? Oimn?ritp U.iiro t-AC? o i v. rrv?*?vt >u% > b L wov. ? xii ciivyaromM wall of basaltic columnar blocks. But it was not at this wall that Thurston looked. hying under it, in what had been either the canal by which these long stones were floated in, or a dock for the praus or junks of the conquerors, was the schooner Lupea-Noa. When Palmyra's captors hurried her into the footway they did not long continue in the dangerous direction of the Pueliko. Shortly they turned into a path that branched out among: the mangroves. This path would bring them circuitously back to the sea at a point just outside the harbor entrance. As the two men urged her along she knew she- must soon confront Ponape Burke. Yet it was with a ;v? ' W. ' : ;RV THURSDAY?BOCSE, N. C. gasp that, at a turning, she saw thej leaf move and the man's face come leering: out. "We1!. Palmiv." lie tittered. "I! come back fc'gefc my kiss." Hei guards now for the Sirst timei releasing her hands, the girl snatched for her pistol and levelled it at him He was dressed, absurd J\. in the gala attire of the Rainbow, even to the cane. She had not order, d. Hands up!" but be had obeyed that formula, stood thus griming at her.' Nov-, however, so suddenly she could not pull the trigger. hei ?n>iight the flexible stick down with] whiplike cut across the buck of hei* hard. The lingers, paralyzed. d*op-! ped the weapon. An ugly bght flashed into lilsj eyes. k-I ain't a-taking no chances' tihis time." he explained. As they moved forward again j ronape riurne yocanie mioraiauve. i Had gSctt lying low here waiting: an ] opportunity. This village was a good sort; not like the rest of the islam!: so 'Jam* pious a kanaka j wasn't supposed even to smoke. Arid] from the point, a man could watch' the Okayama at anchor or \c t away. j ijuiekly and unseen, to the hidden i Lupe-a-Noa. The one obstacle had been Olive.: Hut they had discovered Van's an-j tipathv: planned to get the islander] out of the way through him. Gra-| tuitOiisly. Van had acted of his own accord. For this work the man Martin had been useful, being new in the beach, unknown. At the sea front the native men] lifted Palmyra and Ponape Burke ami waded with them through the! thigh-deep water to the isleT. At the end of the islet furthest from shore. Ponape Burke ordered his prisoner into the last thatch. She hesitated, gave the natives one despairing glance. She hated thei.i for their curiosity, their complaisance. She stooped, entered the house.] at upon a mat on the pebble floor.' her back against one of the posts inj the circle that upheld the eaves, j Burke hurried away. The brown men were crowding into the opposite side of the hut. 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