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y ' CHAPTER XII | splashed ashore. The Thurston thrust Van aside tm- fl^'indered close in wake, patiently. "The Puelfkn. you say?": Inland, the main road from the

be demanded of the man Martin

Across the road a horse stood saddled. Thurston ran tc Jerked the reins free. Jumped Into

the saddle.

The Ctrl’s father, returning at this moment, came running up. “Rouse the beach." cried Thurston. “You. Van—the gunboat. > Martin—the police. Tree—you tt ' ' ' I'm for the Fuel-

Iko,"

He whirled his horse. “Walt, wait Thurston. ' Jrtored the father. “Here, take

*ny resolver.”

"Rouse the beach and follow, came the answer, above the ring »;r Pot a moment the three stood. vY^atrifled, staring after him. Then they ran. in different directions. (

to carry out his orders.

Scarcely had they gone than two native men burst from the burro* footway and crossed to 'the thatch A few seconds later,

-with the old women,

rushed Palmyra over the road und Into the lane between the 'high blind wall and the as Water marsh, where there w. no eyes to see save those oi the vrab* that ran back and forth

across the slime

Van Boren Rutger ran down the wharf. Jumped into Thurston’a boat and was pulled to t

Ofcayannt.

N Commander Sakamoto turned . .Van. “But my des,.- Mister.” ■aid. “somesing is—wrong. H can O-lee-vay have taken t ypnnr lady when O-lee-vay locked up here ;<afe aboard? I be—vat-lsfy me be Is only afraid for young lady. He means So I let him go. unless you . Van was aghast. "Absolutely.

Ho!’’ he cried.

. pakamoto shrugged. “As you

.^•ay.” he conceded.

iP He gave an order and shortly sihe brown man appeared on deck. i Olive must have divined on

ywhose demand he was held.

, At sight of him Van's snlmos|By flamed up. The white man ’■prang forward. “What have • you done with her?” he demandf«d Then, turning to the tnler--jweter: “What has he done with

I. Olive seemed at a loss He shot forth a question.

***iv«d his answer, burst Into fl

, flood of entreaty.

J. “He say." repeated the inter;»r*>r. “be say turn him loose. Me jawy too much. Go look yee. find girl dam' too much

■quick.’'

‘ i The Japanese turned question-

tieacli was crowding In against the river. Soon the fugitive cross one or the other ii open He would be seen,

would he caught.

Olive did not cross the road. He did not cross the river Nor was be caught Merely—be dis-

appeared.

He had lain all the while, in the river, down among the crowding water plants, only hi* nose

p for air.

Normally the water, clear dew. would -rave revealed hlm. ratn in the mountains, tropically copious, had raised the stream out of its banks, stained it earthly brown, doited its surface with moving leaf and branch. Meanwhile. John Thurston, putting hts horse to a run. bad soon neared the Pueltko Rocks. ►boulder of basalt blocked view ahead. He clambered bad almost reached the top.

] Then, startingly. the w histle of a

t rock

Could the gtrl he imprisaneC here? Opposite, there rose a twentyfoot wall of basaltic columnar blocks. But it was not at this wall that John Thurston looked l.ying under H. in what bad been either the canal by which these long stones were floated In. or a dock for the praus or Junks or the conquerors, was the schooner Lupe-a-Noa. When Palmyra's captors hurried her into the footway they did not long continue in the dangerous direction or the Puelfko. Shortly they turned Into a path that branched out among the groves. This path would bring them circuitously back to the sra at a point Just outside the harbor entrance. the two men urged her along she knew she must sooo confront Ponape Burke. Yet it with a gasp that, at a turnshe saw the leaf wall move the man's face come leering

time releasing her hands. Uta girl snatched forth her pistol and

levelled It at him.

He was dressed, absurdly. In the gala attire of the Rainbow, even to the cane. She had not ordered. “Hands up!” but he had obeyed that formula, stood thus

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The lingers, paralysed,

the weapon.

An ugly light flashed Into Us eye*. “1 ain't r -

this time." b*

As they mo

Ponape Burke live Had he.

WHlting an

village was a good sort: not like rest of the island—«o dam'

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And froai the

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The « Olive. But they bad ulMovered Van’s antipathy; planned to get the islander out of the wi through him. Gratuitously. Vi ' acted of bis own accord, ir this work the man Mart! been useful, being new i the beach, unknown. At the sea front the native me lifted Palmyra and Poaaiae Burt and waded wKb them the thigh-deep water to At the end of the tt>*

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hi* prisoner into the She hesitated, gave the one despairing glance. She hated them for their curiosity.

take up the

at the delicatessen

He raised his bead camiooaly. Bang! A leaf cluster came flut-i taring, like a wounded bird, to!

bU feet.

Across the road, opposite, s; great aki tree dominated the bush; behind it. From among Its many trunks a wisp of while smoke II had floated ou„ John, in bis effort to locate the eutriuy. risked •Sard lug third bullet flattened Itself agatast

.ho rock.

"Seems they are here, after all.*' h( conceded. Regaining Us horse be galloped back to the road, with this turning movement in view, when be encountered the girl's fr'her and seven other men. These were an advance guard. Bailors from the gunhont were following In to scour the bush. •The lava caves.” the father cried excitedly. “High In the ilatas. Thurston, Inland of here. Unexplored. Inaccessible: terrible hiding place. My God. John, we've got to head 'em off from the- caves. Tb irston told of the shooting. Thurston found what he sought -footprints. Native men elmoel never shoes: then only shoes of doth and rubber. But here, in damp mould, someone had

' 1 the t

: wearing leather.

Thurston examined the prints at length. Then. “If I’m any

a rue Japanese turned question- sort of Indian at all.” he comJngly to Van inented. “this was—Ponape Burke.'* * “No!”- cried the white man pas- For a distance Thurston was

• to ride. Then lavs, clean washed, a stream, and three paths

v J« raimyr oerseu tmo wen intersecting at the water. -.f* e. she would have marvelled It was well for Palmyra that i hat Van could remain blind to she ci aid not know what dlflicul.tbr sincerity of Olive's purpose, tier her lover had now to meet. V As for the islander, he must The bed of tils stream, cast iSiave adjudged the situation hope- solid in one piece from nature' t.|ejis. With a final look of dumb furnace, would have provided bMesding. he whirled, ducked past! test for the North Woods skill f|il* unready guards and tb» | of any man. And in addition, itlutchlng ringers ot the others. Ponape Burke—if it were he— god sprang over the atarboan! | had taken pains to leave no mark. 'Tsil. foot first Into the sea. luster, he found footprints again As Olive struck the brine Saka- —shod and bare. Ahead large moto leaped for the gangway and trees told of dry land. Into bis cutter, which happened | Thurston advanced stealthily. *o be alongside. rifle ready. The elevation took

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“Jab him with an oar.” ordered the commander. But It Is not so easy to Jab with a long oar. Olive made a Judlrims feint, ■dltcd back under the vicious thrust of the -port oars, and

unusual ton'. He recog-

nised it to his surprise, as an artificial island: one of these ruined fortresses «.r tombs built by prehistoric conquerors on such

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