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I 15 , fcp B iLLt SYNOPSIS i Tree aboard the is SLciFtleil by a h:i;>.i thrust through the port of hot .. Nr.e makes :i secret i'h\e-I ; : d\: v and discovers a stowayv'av. Shi' ?s Viisappomtenl :n his rc.s* and tells him so. O!' - :- h?s ci'inhvuncl t.? glance ai l?n (?o??j sht - huge. liciTf, . : . ?: "..tv. a tort-inch knife ke!<l hetvveon senhr.ing bps! BiirliV. the sv-.-. z?\\ ay . arc ins that it : a joUe-, Out I'aimyia is shivfet. Next da; . F.urkt the brown man go dp ?m tU?cfc. lia stowaway entertains then: with M tales of an ndcer.Uiresomc hfe. hick his list? ners refuse t<> be neve, w read on: Pakrsvrn soends more and more rime wi'Sh the stowaway^ to avod Vay. an<i John, but when the stowiv.;ys art put ashore -ai Fipnoiulsi she decides she io'yes Vau. The r. ichfc the engagement is announced the fi ; nbow hits a reef. In the excitein u-1. which follows John rescues both Van and Puiimra?but Pal myra thinks it is Van who siiyes her. (TJAPTKfv IV ikxyiiyht made clear two facts: the ilainhov. had struck hi such a way that it ivoiild be impossible to get her off; the island was uninhabited. As the exploratory boat rounded h spur ?Vf reef that, covered the pasr mfcv into the lagoon. opened out the largest island from the sea. Palmyra hurst into an exclamation o.( delight. She turned to John ami Van. "It is pretty," she .-aid. "but -n u-b." .She felt a iiiist Utile shft&r ;?! rca5iration. "There is nothiny; upon ?tX" shelter. no food." Van gave her a haggard look 'And." in- said, "there's no? out? dr.jp of ivaier. When we've what bring ashorp Thurston whirled upon him. "Don't:" tic cried. 'Dot, bare tell them that. We'll filter salt water through' this sand or . ;.y. a ?-oh:Umsei with junk from the wreck." Palmyra had not been consciously avv are of 1 huEton's leadership until hours sifter the eat tvophe. her at'.iXiSfic v. as typical of them aii. nerhiips even of Thurston himself: Tlicrr k:u! :eor. lie i.<v do,; the s.troniroi o-auu-o iui'i .is-i-rtoi! \t?i-if. Ul" hip's .v.iopaiiv, :.> .itiieseimr thus >iuti>!iu?ti?aUy \v\th ?i.av<;.t>!y i vetpuweseU sense of ch.ipge, nuni Kins its hitches: oomptinipnt. Sho h;n! :11?: 'ho'j'.ekl- to v.-o-rU.'.vkj Thur.-l ml, i.-ithor thi.u hp: i s keen chosen. he hati u ?i-js.i t>? tfiBi for efJiiKSiiey in haiuliii^: .in-::. Vait h:ul haii rioitli:*) oeoii ion nur pporftjnity. MliiV llO; I " CoipmOll > i.. ijiv. .:f of Mlhi I'n.vr-iv-l'i. o.-itneal -hi- vouUi hardly a; (-vjvV-UhS- So thatthe .svres'l: ir-<i rcrer-id ?lit- sitnii-'.i.sri;' that Ah. ..-, h.-fuvi- Ji.ihc h:\ii fcep'h put to : .iisa.ivatsi:,K>-. now. Van hail Bccd t si-*, r. the IVie ill- count not pi-tv. : The inoellaf-fn liaii oreunre-d he i ihese. men. As Thurston lint! risen ha'h.Tst.i;'. so Van had suv.f: tt> his place as a private in the ranks, ?-liili ivit see, si-s Tin .- v.ore easily . !... ? red thai Prst I- dav. i rue. ihi- Ah.-o<l 'novo, no sihn j native i.Bat with tlit'iiI kioio-h till v - lull': easily reach the JV . no..: .. %! io.hakitfi: \a<f\\v\u or they rouli! ov./n i'lithl r. -ou .ooT'.hy .-raft iJ (Tom '.1-niU'ia! of the- wreck. .rove fitly not ceEtain come .nniintr sail Aouid soon take them off. T-. -iff Tils.- iho list lliio P.ot who.: the pCt; r -eccad cann anS went am: the third - dawned Aiwvn an empty ocean, they ? Ik tean :o despond. <At night a hoaf con five* liad blazed forth ;s appeal; jSS^the'y '.niust soon turn to the Itaipb&V frit ttic'-?and hy day the launch waited to overhaul any passerM*. iUu ot; what avail these upon a sea were ho one seemed t-o venture And them at midday, from the wreck across the lagoon. there b?.?omed out the si-gnu) gun, A sail! ?a sail!---a sail! Itapidly the deliverer rose from the sea. A vessel of no great tonnage. she sailed with noticeable speed. As the. schooner hore down upon them she broke out the American colors. When .he was abreast of :heir position she came about and *5.";- then hove to in lee of the reel'. A | boat was lowered. f Palmyra, through her glasses, saw that, three men got into this boat. $ Two of them were undoubtedly native seamen. The. third, who had been reconnoitering from the crosstrees. appeared to be a white man. She watched them as they pulled rapidly through the passage and jt across the lagoon. then in astonishment, she lowered the binoculars ?v- to stare at Van Burcn Rntger. He was now dancing over the cor al clinkers like a musical corned} tbuffoon. "By the Great God Cash!" h< tried. "If it isn't li'l Pirate Burke.' Almost from the moment Ponapi ED HAX AND LUE SEi rSTRATIONS BY HENRY JA COPYRIGHT BY CHARLES SCRIZINER'S Purke eame rr-iminp- up the sanris i Palm;, va 1 re'cived a difference, j \Y. i; chat thc? ridivuta'us kabxlj-j ' . ts of the Rainbow had given way ih.v starched white of the tropical j ' , ;vhip\>mas lev"' tJx was it. thai she misled the oh-* ,. v\i hmniiu.v? Xv Ior./rer a >t??v, i , r'; i y re spoke : Mrs C raw ford one miistev ;>f to ar.othe**: ? | : ill note r-.ivaP.ty. I Pcrhnw. after all. <i><- fact might j' ... *-- rivi,, -- >i;vf.Viilji 'o<VT?f .?i I vanity in himself as master < f that swift sail; a vanity hobbling over at unexpectedly finding its audience. Ants he must have some vague hope ? f such a reunion as this. Foi he v. as saying now that on the Rain- 1 how. he'd withheld the fact he h a vessel of his own lying up at Honolulu; withheld n on the chance of \sorpt isintr 'em 46mewh?*tV out 1 heye-'* There could be no o.uestidn of his fond pride in that fast craft. And had they seen . . He interrupt'* i himself vith that J oddly un-aduit mirth of his. Had they seen her name? Oh. : they'd laugh when they did see. ; They'd new? guess in a thousand j years. Pigeon of Noah. * \ an seized his hand with iropiil- ' i sive warmth. "Why then this must 1 be . . Why. Mr. Noah, i didn't recognize you now ypli'vo shaved." ' Burke guffawed delightedly. "I s sure will feel like Noah'."; he .-aid. ? "a-taking you all on the Arkl' two bv tiyo.' He turned presently to the pie of salvaged stores and v ar. The Pigeon, a? was idet.t. could stow only j the move valuable part. The rest ' jy.u.-j be left under canvas and scut ! tw, Details w-orc arranged. i5\?rkti i ,' . r -. hack iibftiir'd at onVe ti? i - charge the schooner. The yacht-' Ulunchi with throe her i t-v. ?? mi';'. wiu'W low Ha rite's boat 1 out. both 5o;u1c-tl with stores. While these v.-re anioadin&r at the Lupe-a ? No a, Thui'stt n would sjet his other I boats hrto the water. sort; over the < SUIipli'fS. ! "We'll stow the very beat tins!,-'' said f?urjie m eo!>ehi>ion. "and tlibn | see w ha: spa: e .we ? >:* Cor second ? rate tan:..," Tie- Inyiu h how a iuu to the i boa* ;u:.i one of the native j . o.. i . i :.?iy to eavry his master ; : "Hi. I \"v. . how< ', f \. i'aliayra. unable to ' satisfy "Uiht'r.liy potpnani onri- " . at lone: distance ihiou.ch her hvrs. -; iv? up en^fly. "Oh. t'apr.un Burke. to please take me i with \a?'u! I'd Ju.st love :?, be tirst ? aboard. !i "Me. JOO.' idea '.'ihi.sOdkv. j rive man wns pleaded, fVaiteec-d ! ! | Bu i?fu- hesittited ;:wk\v;irdly- * if'thc- boat's heavy loaded -t } wnvi he r.:> rooftv aboard while we're * i taking cargo. ?S<? : bettei invite only ' nf this tr;n." He winked at In;nr. ' : ! ''.Arai iv?i^ Vree she a^ketl t>r-?. ? | ,\hd seeing as ho\v' she was tfiv- best 1 j ; :de:U I had i'or mv South Sea j lectures., seems at if she hail! -ought- ? \ t*'?>?: first tMay aboard a genuine j South Sea Trader:'' :j ; Thurston acquiesced. But as Utukv being tarried down ta the boats, t r 'Turned' to Johynasen, acting f* I male: and said: "You yourself be (.r.e o\ our three nun: to go aboard 1 1 -and stay-"' \ The big sailor gate him a look' to 't . eo if the order had snore than ron- < ur,'o sign die once, then lumbered aft- * ? ! Burke. k hi tHy hoai the gu'Y S? was ; gradually: bfought back to the some- 1 j .thing- i j . Burke's manner which she ? f had hot bee n able t<? anaiyr.e. For j J ,i?t was so noticeably upon himj that he was utheir constrained; ai)-j ' sent 01 too painstakingly voluble, j 5 I "And how is Olive?" she asked ?n! 1 . i awkward interval. "He's wahj j you. of course?''^J' Ponape Burke assented,. "Sort of ' I ?u char&e aboard." he explained- "1 ' i ain't got a mate. Still talking about J you; yer narhc aud yet*?red hair." i The boat rounded the stern and then the girl looked up to find-?as if 1 his eyes had never ceased to follow ?the grinning stare of the man O'ive :ixeo upon her just as it had ' faded oat at Honolulu. His great naked body rose above ' the vail arid thick bare arm came extending itself down toward her. I inexorably. The square lingers closed and her own hand was swallowed, disappeared in that grip clear to the wrist. There came a pull, .'is it the arm j wore to follow the hand in, and then : Palmyra found herself on deck and standing free. I Johar.nsen had already clambered . to the deck. "We got t'keep four boats moving," Burke explained. "One palling ashore empty, one loading there, one coming out with cargo, one discharging here. Each o'yer boats' crews'll - bring me a load and take back an! ' empty at once. I'll clear the boat! ; y'leave. So now. you Rainbow boys,: i - fHK. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE OSBORN Y LEE I SONS t'start her vf*. up tb ' stuff in 'ujiy Uwii boat ami Jtela? her ashore, whit > my kanaka.- tackle the launch/' The girl's voice rose in surprise: *Oh, but they'r* hot going already?" Burke looked, grinning, from her : ? the naked savages ot his crew. Sori ' wild like, eh?" he asked. fjfcit. .i'ohnnsen reassured her: "I'm r'.u-ivil to stay, miss." B irkc shot him a glance. "Sure." Then to the other two: ?Yohatinsf?n "?i'.I tinker yp the motor sc. next i dp, the launch won" l have t'be J [Suiled in." j .\ minute later the boat had cast? 11 and the sailors wove settling toj: their work. Johanrisen. watchingthem* stood negligently at the rail. , "Handle her gently* hoys." called | Burke. She's getting old." The boat was now clear by per-j haps ten fathoms. Sinidenly Ponape Burke, with an ; agility unexpected in that plump body, leaped forward and lunged at the unsuspecting -Tohannsen's hack. ! The next second the sailor was in the water. Bui he whirled, whipped out an j order, sprang to the wheel. The j 1 kanakas worked like mad. Another cuder and the -ails idled, the deck listed down and the Pigeon of Noah kvas under way. The plan at the wheel hurst into that tittering laugh of his. now strained* false, sharp-edged with ex-! i lemon t. exultation. "Riunember. girl?" he cried. "Be-j low on the Rainbow- night black?! Wanted t'scare 'em a hit. says you?! Pirates; bucket ?>' blood?his laugh! rose into a cww of triumph. "Weil.| kid what about this here? (five 'en; j hell of a startle, ch, Palmie?" As the l.upe-a-Noa filled away* th!ej iirl ran to. the rail and sent owr the; ivater a frantic cry. lit the bout the ,two sailors rigid, their oav> poised. The red' race of dohanhsen emerg* from the [ c;i, dripping. blank with i'uV&d'uUty. \ onvulsed with iftiuo!-. JVmapt rhjikf'ji iUvaitnry had deprived t.henV y the launch in which they could av; overhauled i lit- ai;hr?oney. Ashore. the castaways- stood per ilexed, ularr.md Palmy net ion, I nthc-r than her voice, threw them nto panic They pointed, shouted, ::vi here and there, futile, absurd. To Van Buvtn Uutgor rushed the ;ii-l's mother with something in her nan'.s. It was a rifle. As one of iirs iicconvplishnunts. Van had won trophies on the range. Bid now, <>? i? u b\ that; violence his a ling had taught him ili-ver touchp i he life oiTa gentleman, he fa tier?ri, palsied th ;t fear of \vc?umUng the .ri! herself. Then ,h>hn Thurston snatched the .Tie. There ^ as flush and a jhullet! truck the- Lupc n-Noa. shattering; he gtat - on the binnacle. A second "lash, and Ruvke himself staggered >aVfc. Hut before the schooner co.uhl a 11 off, he elurchod the wheel again vith one hand As his left arm icng. the spot of blood, spreading lowly on the white cotton, was like ohic brilliant blossom: Burke iyellow f his race . Iit' had swung; tiif vessel aver so i hat Palmyra. ail unaware, statu! in! he li!-.." ot fr.v. Thurston toutd not hoot aguir.. At this trlu tivjh. tliirke retrained1 i:s good humor. The wound had: iroyeti unimportant. "John's the oil; titan ir- that, bunch." he roil-' edoil amiably. "If Hp was 'stealing ay trh-I J o ;:ivc- htitt mine than a ore arn:." Palmyra ns desperate. Behind | u*r, her hand closed on ail nun lit-: ylfi'S pin. "Vou?you brute;!" .shetried. "Turn?chin-?vessel buck*. j furn it hack instantly!" Slip jerked the pin from its socket,' rook a step toward him, Her eyes! i'.'lamp. "You Co hst.rk to that is-i and." From behind. a land closet! on; let wrist- Olive, grinnihjr, took the I jelayiipin trout her fingers as if! they had heed a lay's ar.d relumed t to the rack. Palmyra sank against the cabin, re.ipless. Nut by accident, had the Pigeon of S'uah risen from the sea upon the tpenp tvf their- ilim^lnr TtiroL- in ll-o' [lays before Honolulu this spider of it Burke hod spun his web. He iiad talked ol the atolls in the terms of a paradise until the voyagers were eager to behold. He had convinced Pederscr. that, to lake advantage of prevailing- winds and current, he must lay his course from Honolulu first to the northern Gilbcts?I Bataritari or Apaiang?and thence make north and west into the Marslialls and the Carolines. Burke had followed, then, holding hack the fast sailing l.upe-a-Noa to match the yacht's pace. Fortune had favored. Informed as to the lagoons Vhoy would make, their order, he had meant to outsail them to an anchorage and. lying there unsuspected, to seize the girl at stone favorable moment ashotc. And then, the fleet Pigeon away with none in all those RY TIHHISDA.A"?BOONE, N. C. :-"-^jr ---.~ _ ?~~? r ?.rx:?-.^=:~r - ~r -.? wild seas suve the fat old Rainbow to pursue, what could have been ingk'o easy? A sob of self-pity shook the giyf, though even now she did n?>i> in her innocence, comprehend the depth of his infamy. The man himself. leaning over the wheel, nought, with an honest '.<>ucern. to soothe her. Even she teaiir.ed that fife v. as moved by a Yreai earnestness of emorioti. conviction. He gripped his hands upon thel wheel in an excess of disdain. "Ctv yei eyes out for yer mother. That ca/;" ? be helped. But the rest o* them dickey birds?" He snorted in derision. "Why. rhey . . . V'think now you'll miss en;. Fir;; wait. Tomorrow. next ''av. You'll be laughing. too; laughing at all of 'em?att j Van. And then . He spoke with the i m press! ve n e.ss of co/titiide, "Then. you'll be thinking of me." He leered at her humorously. Her hands tdenchnd until the sharp nails brought the blood. "Don't blame me!" he cried in a sudden flat-, of emotion. Don't bkme me. Blame yourself. ( fought agio' >t?right along Didn't 1 warn you'' Warn y'how vould sot .-a nooiT staiv-M devil like nit a-fire? B.utj you? V'ju.st had r.'keep hanging 1 around: you who was like, like God's' daughter. Hanging ;< round andl hanairie* around 'till y'had hit fairi wild." The flame of that lire leaped into! hi:-- eye.?, "1 swore then I'd have you. Lucky' for yer folks I saw hew t'trap you j here. For, if need was, I'd of killed J every sou! of "em in cold Wood." 1 She shrank in loathing. Burke was silent, conquering that evil flame of passion. I Am to e Mc t ON MAY 2 plans for ma continue to "The Mc svay for the good roads distance in i closer to-retl O everyone. \ were not, we For twent industry anc are Mode! of the car t world over. The Fort placement [ oft the road, Henry Ford mat* buys o him as long Because i manufacturi for the Mot of the same which your Make it a and have hii that a very sands of mi protect the i Ford . Then shortly: 'Original Noah." the man jeered* "he went jt Mind. s Hut me?1 knov. our mountain top. every inch 6*ii. And; yiv'," hej tyiirncd. -,'vvhen the Ark does hit dry ! land, make no mistake. You'll never [ see arey one o'your folks aoain. Forj ^ you. they've perished off the faeei o'the earth. The flood's made aj elean sv.een. h\ all creation there's j only yew?and me." r Shortho; MARIOi TUIIDQI1AV s iiuiiuun s j 35 lots, Scotch and Scol and 17 heifers. Heife These cattle carry the b< ic.a afofrds. Come and see them. S For Catalog W. R. CROCK! H. L. Igleheart, Auc MIW?WMM?WHWB??W? .IIMMOTB mportai nouncen very owner "S rwf w""" >del T F 5, 1927, when Henry Fort I firsl king a nev. car, he announced al; make parts for the Modei T 1 >del T Ford car was a pioneer, motor industry and started the everywhere. 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