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RED HAIR A.NfD BI :;JE SEA oiAi>iLi?>2 PL. OSBORN ILLUSTRATIONS BY HENRY JAY LEE copyr:ght BY CHAJLLES SCKJIINER-o sons W ! \T H.vrrKXED BKKORR I' - ird th ht 1'. ii'tU'W la? s'.i i hat"! thr ist thrvisah th?? . ? rt h? r ? ?:? n. She makes a s*eret in v.? ? - ? :im! di - ? ??vers* a mowaway. S3i" in ? ; ; ? i ? t **?! in hi* mild ai'i-arame and tell* t >'i -' -?!? x- ?s etaoin rt ai?n shrdluet i?t the nhe *??*** a haee. -?*. ? hued-man ? with u t?-n inch knife held ??e !???? n ar ? 'iin?r lij>s! lltsrkv the utowawav. evi !.| 'is Ml.tt it I* 'I >-k-. But I'almvra is nha ken Next "lay. Iturke atnl the brown II-.:. ?? 1- ? !?!? ? n dwk. The ntow.l? a enter talnt t a th wild t tin of an adventure s-'i' ? ? which hi> listeners refuse to be lieve r.tln -viflil," !? r.? "-I more time with the ?:??". a ???i t" :?".?< I Witt and J<-hn. I -tit when th?* " w.m.ijn ire rut ashi>r>- it Hon i lulu ! ? ? > <hc Uac- V.?n The niKht t he i m*nt ;?? anno'Jtu'wl the Rainbow hit* . '? In t' ? ? v ii-n.fnt wliu-h fol low- ?: V.m and l'alroyra? - I ut ? i ti.inks ir Van who *av. r her. After t'r r ? ??? days sr * t on the uninhabited island. ; - ite<; It proven to Pi?nape Iturkfl Buik- ontriv** to ?:?-t Pal myra On -d h'* alone in-l the in. at is ... nythitiK ? ?-n . ?? l>n? Thui t r - plans to sa-.. Pal n- ? ? i -M ?' ?? ?msis no p-.*??r-lv wa> M- ? ? l'-?n.i;>o t ? - 1 . - r lim r.< h?- ?- ccin? to the ' ?*" T.? :? i 'th n -r. Iturke has to I:;. -- i ?t --M ??? d iTI- ' ?.? 1 1 - ? ? 1 . h- - - > : ; r ? t . Oliv svv .ni* to In ' w I i i >?>!. -i < relly wnd* a H? Murk, s v-hip atpro-r lies the i.t]. -, p rt at-: iilivt- >:i in a cano- . - p nap ' r<l? i :t and the Japei n? -? <: ? i)kv:uiia, \\hi?h has her friend*, i II \s'Tl \ll rrieH the w man pas -i??uatelv. "\n!" ! he officer shrugged agai:i. il Palmyra herself had been llrrr <!i? would have marvelled thai \ an ? ould remain blind to the simvritx of Olive's purpose. \s for the islander, lie must have adjudged i he situation hopeless. Willi a final look of dumb pleading, he wliii led. ducked past his unread) ?jiiards and tin* clutching fingers of the others, and sprang over I he stai 1mm rd rail, foot first into the sea. \> Olive striv k the hrine Saka j?r*t ? leaped for llit* gangxvax and int?? his cutter, which happened to l.e alongside. "\|;:h hint with :n- ordered tf?- < . inlander. lint il is not ?*?? eas\ l?? jah with a long oar. Olixe made a judicious feint, dived hack under the vicious thrust oi the pert cars, and splashed ;:-hore. I he -ailor> flounder**!1 clos ? it? wake. Inland, the main road from lh? he.icli v.!- crowding in against t! ? rivi Soon til;- I ugitive roust oss one ? ?!* the other in the op*>n. 15 w ? -i i !? 1 lie >een. lie would I"* ?mii l. I *ilt v . i Olive flit! not cross the road. did ni'i cross the rixer. Vn ? I.. I ? flight. Merely h* ? disappe tied. I ins place. \ I \ (?od. John. we\e ?*ot 1? head Vin off from the caves." Thurston told of the shooting. Thurston found what he souzht ? 1 footprints. Native men almost never wore I >li??es: then 011K shoes ot cloth ami ruhlier. Hut here, in the damp i : mould. someone had ascended to- 1 ward the aio tree, descended wear ing leather. Thurston examined the prints at ! lenath. riien. "If I'm anx sort < ?f Indian at all." he commented, '"this ?as Pon^; Burke." For a d?*tan? ?? Thurston was al>!e i to ride. Then tax a. clean xvashed, a >! reaui. and three paths intersect - ? UjSa >ii ine water. It xxas well fi?r l*almxra that she - ould not kit"\v xv hat diffieulties !ier lo\er had n lo meet. I he bed i ' llii< stream, cast solid ? i-i one pie? e lrorr nature's t'uriue.v. would haxe pi-, -x ided a test for the North Woods skill of nnv man.. V"1 vi addil i> >n. P??nape Burke ii i! xvere he 'tad i pai'*< to , leave no maik. I aler. lie l?und l??? Iprints ajrain *????! and Imh . Miead lai*:* i:?v I..M of drx I I. I Illu sion a?-\ meed stcalthiix. rifle' rei??lx. I he ? liMltirll look I'M mi unusual form. i!e i ii/ed it. to j j 1,, ,.i, i I'm ii-l \ an ,,|v. - ? I'ueliko. ? ..i; ? 5, . ? .1 of '.'!>? nun Marliiu . .. tl , i.l a Wm> 1 _,!,?! '| ? . ? rail l*> it the i . i i- free. i i nr, ifil into the -ad air. I |i.- jii T- father, ii lnrtiiiui at llii* moment. rame running ?|> "li. lln- U-a.!i" erieil Ihurs t. ,|i. "Noil. \ an the I'.uii'oat. \lar l i llw poli. . . I r.r ????I' u"i to I In* niiw-ion. I'm t ?>r the I'ueliko. Hf wllil lt'.l 111- lloise. "Wail. wait, llmrrfon." :.i:j loreil the father. "Here, lake n.v rev. I yer."' ?Rouse the beach ml tollow. rame the answer. . ->??%?? *he liiu-ut hoofs. For a moment ihe three stood, petrified. staring after him. Then the\ ran. in different direction*. to carry out his orders. >, an-. lv had the\ gone than two native men bui>t from the narrow footway and crossed to the thatch. \ few seconds later, with the old women, lhc\ had rusned ! almxra over the tad and into the 1.;m- )-? t ween th." high Mind v. all and Me sali-w at m marsh when* then* were no c\ es !?' >???' ?'* lif'^e of t ! ??*? that ran i w\: and tori!. acr?.>s t!ie slime. \ an lit. n \\ ; ? an d wn ?!.?? ?whari. iiitno'-'i i * 1 1 ? i !,u,.-t<t'i - - v- -rit i an?I was nulled to the Okayai .u (Commander S;?|ii?vi<?t< ? lu ;ed !?? Van. "i?iit in> -l-ar Mister. he said. "sornes:-ng i- --wrouir. How can O-lee-vay have taken the young la?s\ wh.en Odec-\a> is locked up! here >afe aboard? iUit he? sal-ist\ i mc he if oni\ alYaid f ? ? r young lady. Me* means good. So I let him go unless you . . - \ an was aghast. "Absolutely, no!" he cried. Sakamoto shrugged. "As you i sa\ . he roneeded. 1 He crave an order and shortly the! brown man appeared on deck. Olive must have divined on whose i demand he was held. At sight of him Nan's animosity! flamed up. The white man sprang forward. "What have you done with her he demanded. Then, turning to the interpreter: 4*\Uiat has he done with her?"' Olive seemed at a loss. He shot forth a question, received his answer, burst into a flood of en treat v. ! "He sa\. repeated the iiHripre ter. he say turn him loose. He savvy too much. Go look see. Find girl dam" too much quick." The Japanese turned questioning!) ; to Van. I i , . . . \ow. however, so suddenly she could not pull the Irijrjier. he brought tin' flexible sti< k down wit h a whiplike rut across the hark of her hand. 1 In* fingers . . . dropp ed the weapon. . . . He had lain all tin* while, in the i | river, down among the crowding J j waler plan!-. mil) his nose up for I air. Normally the water, rl.-ar as dew, ; would hive '"excatcd him. But rain I in l lie mountains, tropic illv ?\?pio;is. i !>ad 1 I !?(? slrcae; our ? ?I it> j hanks, stained it earthh brown. d ?t- | 1 it- suri'a ?? with m? in 1";;.' and j hrant h. Meanwhile. John 1 in** >ton. pill- j ting h"s hoiM- lo a i . . .. had soon i neared th Pueliko Rocks. \ shoulder ??1 basalt blocked tie' u aliead. He clambered nj . had j almost readied the top. Then, j -tartlingly. the whistle of a bullet. Thurston ducked behind a rock. "Meaning he?" he questioned. He raised his head cautiously. Bang! \ leaf cluster cainc 11 utter ing. like a wounded bird, to his feet. Across the road, opposite, a great ! aio tree dominated the bush behind it. From among its many liulo> a | wisp of whipe smoke had floated I out. John, in his effort to locate the enemy, risked standing up. A third bullet flatened itself against the rock. "Seems they are here, after all," he conceded. Regaining his horse he had gal loped back to the road, with this turning movement in view, when he encountered the girl's father and seven other men. These were an ad vance guard. Sailors from the gun boat were following in to scour the bush. "The lava caves." the father cried excitedl). "High in the mountains. Thurston, inland of here. Unex plored, inaccessible; a terrible hid tombs 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 l?\ pr?*liislorir conqiK'i ors on such islands 4s Kusaie and Ponape. Could llu* 211I be imprisoned here Opposite. there rose a Uvent}^'j<il wall <>f basaltic columnar blocks. Hut it was not at this wail llial John Thunylt n looked. f.\insr un ? it. in what had been either the c: < d b> \vhi?-!i these long stones were floated in. or a dock for the praus or junk- or the conquerors. was the schooner l.upi* a-Xoa. \\ hen Palmyra ^ captors hurrii t her into the footway they did hot long continue in the dangerous di rection of the Pueliko. Short 1\ they turned into a path tnat branched out among the mangroves. This path would bring them cireuitously baek to the sea at a point just out side the haihor entrance. As the two men urged her along she knew she must soon confront Ponape Burke. Yet it was with a gasp that, at a turning, she saw the leaf wall mo\e and the man's face come leering out. "Well. Palmie," he tittered, 4*I come back t'get my kiss." Her guards now for the first time releasing her hands, the girl snatch ed forth her pistol and levelled it at him. He was dressed, absurdly, ill the gala attire of the Rainbow, even to the cane. She had not ordered. "Hands up!" but he had obeyed that formula, stood thus grinning at her. Now, however, so suddenly she could not pull the trigger, he1 brought the flexible stick down with whiplike cut across the back of her hand. The fingers, paralyzed, drop- j ped the weapon. his surprise, as an artificial inland: one ? ?f" tlit'M* ruiucd forlre-i-es ??r \n iil'K I iir lit Hashed into his c\? ?*{ ain't .:-!. ?king no chaners ' thi- lini. ?.*" he explained. tfic\ ::iovcd forward again ! Ponape I'li-ke ! ?? mie intei mativ. Hid Uf?! ? . i 1 1 ?_ I iv. here waitur. an opporl : i i ? * ; . . ihi- \ illage was a ?*ood - nl: not like ihe re>t of the island -?? dam pious a kanaka i wasn l supposed even to siuokc. Ami from the point, a man could watch the Ok ay am i at ancln?r or get away, quick!) and unseen, to the hidden , I .upe-a-Noa. The one obstacle had been Olive. | Rut the\ had diseo\ered \ an's an tipathy: planned to get the islander out of the way through him. Gra tuitously. \ an had acted of his own accord. For this work the man Martin had been useful, being new to the ! beach, unknown. At the sea front tin* native men lifted Palmyra and Ponapc Burke! and waded with tliein through the] thigh-deep water to the islet. At the end of the islet furthest j from shore. Ponape Burke ordered his prisoner into the !:?st thatch. She hcsilaled. gave the natives one despairing glance. She hated them for their curosit\. their complai sance. She stooped, entered the house. >at upon .1 mat on the pcbl.de floor. J her back against one of the posts in the circle that upheld the eaves. Burke hurried awa\. The brown 1 men were crowding into the oppo site side of the hut. i he\ dropped to s'are. ??!?.>- Iegg?*d, knee to knee. silent or whispering, those behind. 11 ' i railing to look. Martin came to lake up the watch. it aliened next week. I X BACHMAN NEWS Our crowd has diminished great I \ since school was out' \pril 1 3tli. ('.ommeiieeiiieut wa- a great success ? luring the last week. Several in teresting pla\s were given with a large attendance. I hose that graduated this \ear were Misses Georgia Oueen. Donnie Mason. Kate \ est. Louise Pittman, | and Messrs. Ralph Howard. How - ard Bunion. Joint Smith. Jewel Ma son. Harry I nderwood and Mau rice Shearer. Miss (Georgia Queen spent a few ! <la\s with Mr. and "Mrs. \V. F. Kill last week. I I Miss Beulah Quomi spent 1 w itki her brother. Mr. H>de look Mu^iber drills to Copperhil' ^iturdav Miss Ora Lee 1 x ??adnatc of !' !?? was W manifd lo Mr. \ ? ?? ? hui sda\ . V*?i i; 1 1(?, \ isiling liis faihe: I>aIJ Qr, ( ia. Mrs. I ail : ' lisscs Cunningham. Luc Mabel Clarkr and ' ? ? Crist, ^ ed Miss Julia Mm tin at the Qd Hospital in l)urktnv:< Sunday.! reported she was petti : alon? ly. Mis* \gnes I.??nu left KruUr Charlotte, N C. \vh? >?? she wi!| her sister. The large girl* of Bad been having a good lime to Farner in the truck, deliv passengers. The winners in 1 1 ? ? * oraU? contest were Mr. Thomas DorfcJ first prize S10. and Miss Clara ingood, second prize ?5. 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