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STANLEY R. OSBORN ILLUSTRATIONS by henry jay lee CorrPJOHT BY CHAX1XS SCRIBNER’S SONS

CKATTEB I .Of -Tohn Thurston, followed hr. The rirl burned »w„ to her

I the UP,! Of Van Bur. n Rm- cablo to make sure those print.

Hand of ti<e t’^nii L er . Lfor. her the stronc In ! bad been real. The normality of

When the «|Uare aun-browned ire«tinf fare of Tbnrsrmi formed j everythin* on band with the lace mitt upon It I itself. What a spleruM-. quality of her ai *^.^

waa thrust from the outer dark- brain and will and < our«e; to sort.' ‘?*i lnrt 0 . b “ | kept . ”- f * ,r ^

DM* tn through the port of btr hare forced oneself up. at-thirty, i explaining. ol » cabin aboard the yacht Rainbow.I from nothing at all to recognition j alone knew UiM ralmyra Tree bad l^ n 1y-J In one s profession. But shortly 1 , - — - with eyes hi, features were replaced by moat Jinratfle fa»bl«.

the handsome highbred v.rac of fore, thought sbe^ ex«Pt In tbe bis rlral. Van. she defended h.,'theatre or U *®2^L.7 done none of this becaur. there a lK»k. have f WWW wMMn h^lwas none to do And Ur parents lug distance of adventure. But ■u favoring him. had he: h,ppl-| now, with the yacht acaraly OBt ness at their sole consideration. of sight of Umd. fascinating my» : Warned hv the voir, that it tcry makes Its presence known, was time to dresi. Palmyra jump-! In the not remote past thli girl; rti out. And only now. did she I had been a devoted reader faipsdktior Pbr as instant the think of the hand shi

hand remained thus Then ft

i board, she

D giggle in tbe|

Silence.

She got up. casting a moon food and water.

In the center of the spotlight were two feet. They were small, encased in button shoes. They ; dangled, jurruilely. *'* inches ! from the deck. For a momect she thought that here was a boy But as the disk of illumination moved upward It revealed the bodv of a man. small, plump; dressed In a way one might a**o- : ci:.tr with the racetrack, rlng- ! side The checked ault. fancy j iest. bring tan gloves, above all the walking stick, were lodicrooa-

ly unnautical.

The face now broke Into a grin and the roan said: "I ask you. lady, is it fair theep me hove to under yer Ugh!, when I emit make out a line o’ yer rl»r Fbe took us the water and sandwiches and pot these on lbs trunk next to that on which hr sat. Then she backed away to s

turned the torch

And then, when she opened her eye* at last. It was to discover the ateew gun-browned hand with the buck lace mitt upon it. Thu hand had com* thrusting In from outside the yacht The girl hocame aware only just in time

Island.

And today.

body, let m «nd disappeared The girl sat hack se-wiu.ty dU- ' tvtMd. Her tlrd thought had boas that a sear on some dangerous duty that h> waa swept away She would hs<. ’ fine the alarm. But she bad restrained herself oif a poaitfv* per ceptiou that the band was noi torn from it* grasp it had d»-j Mberately Ut go. And there fc.d

been no cry.

The girl laughed uncertainly tn j a growing appreciation <>. this last j . -^egCUinstance The appartSion had j boan silent as a ghosf Was ll Teal)? a hand at all or only a' dream* It seemed wry real, bui,

■he's bad only an instant.

Again Palmyra laughed: this

time In musical mirth

She had dismissed ttr appear-1 startled by her sudden realisation

H?-—, TZT- . ianw as a dream, but It M-eraed of responsibility In thU new and .**7*: ^ ‘/ .’ "T” mi real nos that when she had adult problem of Van and John. htTgri ttiTbirii , rt ,,,i e^Thi ! rloll, ' <1 h » r '* u ‘be climb'd upon jane was In a mood to Bee away (

italBg above her In a gevto aolsmfl. warning, a something

One of the gloved hi snstebed up the water, and

drank eagerly.

Not every lady." be went admiringly, “would lay below at mid high! t’ferret out a stowaway.” As the Rainbow drove Into another sea there came again that fettered clink and clank of Iron away somewhere In the dark. At the sound Palmyra stirred with a returning disquiet, vague but Insistent. that could scarcely have been a response to anything in She shifted the light to hi* face. “Why are you aboardT” she

Then as asked: “But what did yluve tn mind? Ma«tie w* could

do bett-r-n ythink " Palmyra i' * ‘

visibly “Oh.

here than in the cold, cold grave. Not “ he added with a shiver which set the plump cheeks at ramble, “that 1 ain’t cold here.

! -

And then, whan she opened her eyes at last It was to dls-| cover the sinewy sun-browned band with the Mack lace mitt upon it. The band had come thrusting in from outside the yacht

“Grave*” Inquired Palmyra. ’Bullet“ explained the att "rbe girl smiled invisibly did not think anyone would feel

: the berth ll

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another look throw i j back to thos.- Irresponsible days.

I So. aa She jumped up on tht ’

gaze out. *h> | berth agin, she waa demanding; something on 1 that pirates lurk aboard. “Yea.

, n r ; .... '. ‘‘Beyi the port Then the dtwd hsrli. “>* UiJ ‘ l cau '«’ <1 lo • v,r1 back :h«w misUken the yacht for a

iatn h. - eewn- crew them nn 1 ,u surprise: the print of moist < treasure seeker.

jlRo «T«». drew them up to ^ ^ ^ ThP ^ M , * Ur1ns „ the fm . With the chiming of five bdui >!t ' »r'oul»b«i. The hand J gi-r print*. She was serious again Of the morning watrb-hali fw«i , << hr " ‘'T" “° <5r '' ar ’‘- !,ut 0u * h ' » l “ *° Pm1 - -the rirl awoke In a!®® 1 * an '' blood? ■ <T»en. Mra. < raw ford? She sat,

Palmyra had an unexpected • for a time, disturbed. Then, all 1 Why this voyage? *'"■* ^ "" ‘ th ~ Armn '

g o'clock—th- girl awoke

l doubt It bat:. •Ome way, to do with Van Buren I Stager, John TburstoaJMBHMI bad seen a great deal of those two while the family, from Boston, had been In Southern Cali-

fornla.

When Mrs. Crawford and the Wampold sisters and Dennis McCarthy and Constance Crawford bad CO-ne IdUr.y up the coast in the Rainbow, the girl had not suspected But .ve days later her parents were bundling her alionrd —without any explanation that expUdned—and the family was IgiWWd. at least for Honolulu, perhaps even Japan. Had Van alone been asked as a fellow voyaser

ll. She jumped down's! once, a laugh. Her expression and hurried for the companionway; became ominously mischievous. 1 to Investigate. i “1 must.” she announced, “see i The girl w»* only a moment jour pirate chief at once and alone,; In venlytng her impression oi the; for a very' special and secret rea-j

evening before. ! son.”

She shot a rlanc- toward i.’ap-j

tain Pedersen’s hand*. T>‘g and Ihilmyra was searching the squat, enough, heave, kn- w. bnt Rainbow. She bad penetrated aa fiery red and flaxen bristled. At|f«r. in the tween-decks, as th« the wheel Mood one Johannstn..-patt set aside for the heavy bag-

hls huge paws gripped ” ““ * v “

: pokes. A scarlet ballet girl danced, disqualifying, on tbe bark on om and of the other the in-

dex finger w-aa mUsing.

Presently seven bells came, with breakfast for the whole crew, that ahe was able to scrutinise, not only the men who had been

she would have understood. But on dev k. hut also those of the

with John also here, she ws* ai j watch below

g low. ‘ “But Captain Pedersen.” she She was tBclinad to look upon, asked at last—-the apparition ol this yachting a? indelicate, brutal; i the cabin bad seemed very darkpinning her up, as on a stage. to| skinned -haven't we still a Jap Jflay for them all an endlcs* tri- ] or a Mexican abroad, or maybe a

angle of courtship. colored chef?"

A* if In protest there rose from Tht sailing master shook his

the main cabin the earnest voice 1 head.

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and John and the Warn-!

pobl*. who had followed her. stood' clinging one to another, laughing-1

!y purilod at tbe way she hail

lieiked and peered Into dark cor-'

Van regarded her sever*' “Really.” he said; “realty t mu - vet m anyone trying to examiu

the fabrie of a yacht without a.

tr.tcrowcoje Such superficiality

Deplorable “

The other laughed, but not tbe

girl.

A* she bad reached out for a! big trunk a dip of tbe Rainbow; drove her extruded hand on and' down over Her fingers came,; rather awfully. Into contact with: a wmethlnc warm and furry, but solid And—the something moved! •’lA»t night.” she said a little breathlessly. “I felt like Aladdin. But now. now ft* All Baba. All Baba, and a thlef-I moan a pirate -behind every one of these trunks. Every one” ’’A pirate?” Van was commenting. ’Then let’s go. I shouldn't want to walk the plank until Id had my tea.” The tone wa* light. Bnt be wa*. for the second time in five minMe/, dusting with a handkerchief at hi* hands. Born to the American aristocracy, be had an almost hereditary distaste for the dtnglnes* and grime of the under places. Give him ever the prepare! and proper Mace of life. Tber-*. indeed, he could be a sure and graciou* figure. I'almyra assented. “1 go.” she “but 1 shall return. I like

plump little ’’As for who I am.” h* continued. "I’m asking you lady: yTtnow tbe Line? Tbe 1 Island. I uewn—tbe Gilbert*. Marsha - '*. Caroline**” 8bc shook her beai realizing lie could not a spoken negative. “If y*was knowing the I Joe. lady you savvy '“onape Burke. Named after the biggest o' Caroltnca by admirer*-' a tittir-“and also them as It no so admiring. Aa 1 says before. 1 follow tbe

craft”

Palmyra was amused, skeptical

"But why . . ” "I’m stowed away

t’raake my westing quiet! If this yacht put* back with me." added. “I’m a corpse. That’s I thank you. Y’kepi still and those hour* counted. Now. shell I more likely bold her courae.” Tbe girl smiled delightedly. Once again. Arabian Nigh I*, ahoy! There had been. It weemed. a Chinese mercu.-mt of Bagdad—no. Honolulu—who waa sending a cargo to California that would under tbe hatches rice and tea. but tome out coolies and opiom. He wanted just the right sort of man along to smuggle them through, and f’onape Burke, who had been Idling about tbe town.

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innocent ot any ^ vi>trte4 tewraed (be entry Don of the *bame ot J*" 1 *’ , «vr<trbed an -be light a, he wffii on *7*Tbe shaft texture* turned ugly with olsgnst.I C: : i< Sam had proved an wnbelivable tightwad, and the Or teata!« had discovered Burk‘» »*-j” - . tempt They had «■! gunmen af- " t’nder ter him. And “for a reason i _ -* Kair Berne startM

-I could of law up

some uiavale! ^ my bankroll .ad *

So 1 stows away here.” Palmyra thought It safe to believe he might really have

in a tone of regret, “you’re not after all a ptrnte? * might have beard t wax seeking burled treasure ’

ter-B ythink ■■

yra shook her bead In-

”Oh. no.” she aaM. “yon re : f f I

all the eort.” But abe ex

I When .be had found! rf/£fy was someone aboard, she Vffb'Vi

recalled

burglar entrapped, all unknown tc the other*, with a hi awe party under guard in quarantine; no end of mystery, excitement, before he’d been discovered “And I hoped ” »b- concluded, “we could get up a little plot. Something piratical thrl!I> But.” she added resignedly. “not one would be scared at

prolong*-* chuckle. “Well.’ tated Burke at length. “If ylnaiat on pirates. . .

l the girl scorned minstrelsy • into tbe laugt “Pirate* it Is.’

aln t scared o' me. maybe we could frame 'em up a startle Wouldn't be a bit surprised. Not ■ bit" He waa much amused. She remained unconvinced and he laughed again. There waa alienee for an Interval. Then. ”D’y' know where the gangway « y'came In at?” be asked unexpectedly. Tbe girl looked puttied, toward htm: turned her gaxe tn the direction of the door. "Tea." abe said wunder!ngly, ”1 know exactly

•Then.” said Ponape Burke, “just give It one Saab with yer

torch.”

Tbe girl waa. suddenly again, a "But. lady" be explained earn-! little afraid. Hark? Waa that a cstly. “don’t mistake. I kum sound of Burke, moving

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