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OREOOX (MTV KXTKKlMtlRH. I'lMDAY. UKCKMHKU U NORTHWEST HELD Ifl GRIP SEVERE IMISTORH Ned of the Navy 08 WILLIAM HAMILTON OSDORNE BAY CITY HAS 89 MILC AND FALLS CITY DAM WEPT OUT. GALE IS Author of "Red M"u." "Kunnin Fu'hl." 'Vale paw," "lliu buiklaru. Novelised (rum the Pti-Wfl fla ( the Sim Nam iiluni by las Paths LivhAne, lac. LANDSLIDE KEAROM CITY HOLDS UP W. V. S. TRAGI 4 HOURS SYNOPSIS. Can Scheduled to Leave at s:30. De part at 11:12 Tree Passable. But Much Work Remiint to Be Done Where Slide Occurred. j IORTLA.I. Or.. Dec. r 1 . lllecU lo Wae balunj har fatt.ar aiul Pla panl.nia llllttftt'fl la aaaulta4 by 111 ntitl. ft an4 I'xrilo In tain attrmpl li svl -ra mhih llina"in haa mi.a.l u M-it.l at"ai4 ti rrimaaa with tiia dautftitar, lara ftrtnlna' Mb lit W t aM Irlhn lit ai.raatMuta uf lit ItMt lalanj t( I'lmialr. lunst.m a U0nv tauaea hi ailnl lo ltimi a Liana. TMrtc-an yaaia rial' llerramlaa, now all tluin amu. glrr. Ilh lnlo. Inra. a Irmtlt a., .-m ila. an-l Ilia nilbtlu-aa brule lhal ime mmm lllntien. rtinit l, haa!'!!. liara tla winds, accompanied by a driving- rain. j ,','. ,s.i .nj Ann.ua limn.. n. and lot lo airal tha paara h-ii io nwi lie droned hla bead upon hie cheat: I thro, he clutched a. tut-thing with hie ' band. It was hla beard the groats 1-rl.a i apt Jena llaruin ..I lha iir.m.r , 0f many years. He held it out before rrtn.eae raaiuaa ne-ar-W anwilt j . Iln l..n frm an opn N-al. but la f..irej ,ra- On lha .far ef lha eruption ef V uhl this," ha said, "another suggested lha aur which ha a cit the Pacific north weM for the last three days, and yea tcrday and today attained destructive height, promises to subside tomor row. A brief review of the damage don by the atorm follows: Hay City. Ore. Eighty mile sale with thunder and lightning accompaniment does considerable damage. Cottage Grove. Ore. Lighting sys tern put out of commission by atorm. Freewater. Ore. Two Inches of snow fella on level and four feet In hills. Falla City Dam of power company awept out, but water high enough to generate currenL Hood River Dam at Hood Rier to protect spanning fish, worth $1300. washed out. Seattle Transcontinental tralna de layed and snowsheds In Cascades de atroyed by slide. La Grande Portland auto party caught in billiard crossing mountains. Kelso Cowlitz county streams over flow and brid ces washed out. Vancouver, Wash.. Rainfall for day 2.34 inches. Tacoina Gale of 40 miles damages railroads and telephone system. Cheballs Streets flooded and farm ers worried about livestock. Cascade Locks Record rainfall of four inches reported. by hrr t4thar. Nral Itiaa for aUimai lo lha Natal nJ.mr, t'Ul lhtuli l irra. hirr of Jiy W, hr u orfaairO b Jw)r and dlrraoad. Nral anlkBta In Ha n' lna a-n a trap for Jory anj lha r,.i.iirinra I him in Ihnr poaar In a airuftgla for poaaaaaion of lha map llvr taiKh ft. Annlla and Naal a ti ura a portion. Antia aaiLa oa Ihr i'ortmaUo In Mn-ii of har faihrr In alariintu An. nnta anj Seal ara captura4. but ar ra. urtj by a aiinaa ilivvr. Inra fota, Mm. lin.ation para for hararlf u Annan In an rtki.rf- lion Nal and Annall ara acain capiuiaU. rarria4 lo lha Hun City and Aiin-itr u prfrrrii a a aa.rirvca lo (ha aun K"l Thay ara ra ud bv m rinra fnm th Albany. 1-an.leJ In Toriu fa. Annrlta anil Naa.1 ara i-aplurvd and ritNia-.! lo ai:, farr lnfi-ton by Hrr tiand a. but ara ra-uaU by aailora fn.m lha AltMtiy. lura trip to rb Annaiir and ra-dM-a On bar aav to Chanllllo Al mtla ta C4p(urad Naal la promota! and iAita a pailv of tranafarrad man toward rhantillo, but la caucht In a train wrr k on tMa iv Hnrnan.iaa an-l Inaa praaant tht fitUa h!-ntin.-alton papara lo lrtth-r I Ana-uiio at hant laria miMlon. I'onto la tjurfht and aillad in Mft own trap. at for Annatta. Annatia pnnra tula and turna otar txiat Uiand to lha a-oam mani. VVrlchar dira in a r-moraful affrt in aava hrr from Harnandaa. Annnta and rL on ttialr way lo lxt UUnd. ara arrkad on a cannlba.1 uland by Hrr nand. a' tm-kary. Tha Hruia la a.-aa.ad by tha cannltla aa thalr Kl Hrrnandal altow a hia poaar ovrr tha tlruta and la ptrd by tha vannlhala. Annatta Is What a Tull It and f eon. The man fate tha tx-ard a mighty tug. ' Oui h." again he rrlrd. " It a glued. ' The surgeon, aomvwbat Unrrrtaln of his ground fearful of result touched the mas upon .the arm. "It la tut glued." he aald, smiling and watching fearfully fur the slight eat change of tipreaalon. "It grew it has been growing for over thir teen years. You're a Hip Van Winkle you bare come back to life. He pauaed and watted while that fart sank home. Then la a bualneee- like manner he drew forth a memo randum book and without further glancing at bla patient beld bis foun tain pen poised In air. "Your name, sir and address." be said. The matter-offset ton roused tha pat lent from a dangerous reterle. "Me." be eiclalmed. "Who am I! I am Illnctou-Illngton of Martinique." a a a a a A few days later Ulngton, clean shaven, sat upon the deck or the Mis rourl. He waa handsome man as handsome aa he had been tome thir teen years before save that time bad carved deep lines upon bla face. His forehead still waa bandaged. Annette crouched at bla side and she beld between her hands the hand rapiurrd but raacurd by Nal and a pirlv i . ,,,., . . . . . . from tha Miavurl. lirrnandra and Jn.a of "'ngton the hand that had been eavape In an. open boat. FOURTEENTH INSTRUMENT "THE GREAT GOAL" CHAPTER LIX. A landslide near the city limits at 6 o'clock Tuesday night tied up the Wil lamette Valley Southern until 11:12 and the train due to leave for Molalla at 6:30 was unable to get out of Ore gon City until after 11. The slide was not serious although more difficult to remove than first sup-i side, raised his head and glanced at posed because of the extreme softness I those about him. of the dirt As fast as the rains werei "The vitality of this man is little uncovered, more mud slid onto the j "ess than marvelous," he said, track. However, soon after 11 o'clock ! Annette Illngton started forward. the rails were uncovered enough so "Then he will live?" sbe said. Who Am If In the sick bay of the battleship Mis souri an anxious little group uni formed and otherwise grouped theai sclves around the form of an uncon scious man. He lay upon a cot. His head was swathed in bandages. The surgeon, seated on a camp stool by his that the Molalla train could leave. About a dozen passengers waited In tho coaches until the line was opened, and the power, which is unusually shut off aobut 7 o'clock, was kept on until the train reached its destination. The earth slid near Kansas City -where the road winds along the side hill above Abernathy. Much work re mains to be done where the sllile oc curved, as only the rails have been un covered. This Is the second time the Willam ette Valley Southern has been tied up by a storm this winter. About a month ago a tree fell across the power line from river mill and stalled Beveral trains but only for a few hours. PORTLAND TEACHER WINS SALEM, Ore., Dec. 21. Declaring that marriage of itself does not furnish reasonable cause for dismissal of a teacher, the supreme court today af firmed the action of Circuit Judge Mor row, of Multnomah county, in issuing a writ of mandamus for the Portland school board to reinstate Mrs. Maude L. Richards, whom it dismissed from the teaching staff because of her mar riage. The opinion was written by Justice Harris. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Real estate transfers were filed with Recorder Dedman Thureday as follows: V. M. C. Sllva et ux to Charles H. Thompson, 80.55 acres in section 21, township 2 south, range 3 east of the Willamette meridian; $10. Joseph A, Strowbridge Estate com pany to Matilda Bengtson, 42.S7 acres in sections 4 and 33, townships 2 and 3, south, range 3 east of the Willamette meridian; $1. C. H. Dye et ux to Frances WeUh, lot 6, block 4, Mt. Hood addition to Oregon City ; Jo. Oregon Iron & Steel company to Clackamas county, rood ways through blocks 91 and 92, Lake View Villas; Jl. The following are the real estate transfers that were filed in the office of the county recorder Friday: H. L. Spahr, Flora Brier and J. M. Brier to Mary L. Warnock, 30.72 acres in section 2, township G south, range 1 east; $100. H. L. Spahr, Mary L. Warnock, Clara Warnock to Flora Drier, 4.05 acres in section 2, township 5 south, range 1 east; $100. Northwestern Trust company to Thomas Adkins, lots 5, 6, 7 in Harwell Park; $10. City of Portland to M. Morehead (grant of right of way), tract of Ja,ud in section 34, township 1 south, range E east- $'0n Mary L. and Clarke Warnock and Flora and J. M. Brier to H. L. Sjiahr, 27.13 acres In section 2, township 5 south, range 1 east; $1. Real estate transfers were filed Sat ...Hiiv with Recorder Dedman as fol lows : Mary N. Munley et vir to D. T. Irwin, 4 acres in lot 15, Atkinson; $10. Clara Lantz to C. Stebbins et ux, 12 acres in section 1, township 5 south, range 1 east of the Willamette meridian; $10. f! A. Lovell et ux to Abraham E. t-. ot r 9t)it acres hi section 6, town, hip 5 south, range 1 east of the Willamette meridian; $16"0. Floti The surgeon nodded. The little group bent forward. And with good reason. The figure on the touch stirred slightly the huge form quivered. At last the unconscious man became no longer so. He opened wide his eyes. He stared wildly about the cabin, struggling the while to rise. "Youli never know from me where! Lost Isle Is," be muttered. "Look at Pelee death destruction. Pray God the Princess " He lifted his head. The surgeon seized him by one arm and a uni formed attendant by another. But he tossed them from him as though by the turn of a wrist and struggled to a sitting posture. "You will," be snarled, clutching at the two men. "It's just aa well I found you out, Hernandez you and your henchman, Ponto; Just as well before Come on, both of you to gether.' Ia another instant he would bare been upon his feet But his eyes fell upon Annette Ulngton. "Anne," he cried. He stretched forth a hand aa though to touch her, then suddenly withdrew it He shrugged his shoulders. "What's the use?" he muttered to himself, "I'm dreaming dreaming." "Dreaming," said the surgeon som berly, "for thirteen years." Neal gripped his mother's arm. "Look at his eyes," he whispered, "his eyes. Something has happened to him. He has become a man." The brute man glanced inquiringly at the surgqon. "What is the matter with me, doctor?" he exclaimed, his voice strong, his tones resonant with reason. "Did my friend the Portu guese Hernandez get me after all? I know I struggled with him; that's the last thing I remember. The Mexi can must have black-jacked me from behind." Tht surgeon smiled. "He black jacked you from behind, all right," he said. "Where's Manuella?" went on the figure on the cot. "And where is the little girl?" The surgeon nodded to Neal. "He's a man all right," he whispered. "Tho soul has come back into the body after many years." "The little girl," went on the brute man. His glance shifted and again he sought Annette. "Anne," he cried again. Once more his glance became doubtful. "Excuse me,' nurse," he went on, nodding to Annette, "I thought you ro often ralred to itrlke ber down. Neal strode to the little group and sa luted. "Off duty for the present." be ex plained. "How is the head?" Ulngton grunted. "Sore as the dickens outside." be returned, "but working right inside at least so far as I can tell." He glanced quizzically at Neal. "Ensign." he said, "I can't get information out of anybody. They think I've got to grow up like a child; i but today I am feeling fit I am all : here and I want to know. Tell me j something." "III tell you everything." said Neal. "The surgeon quite agrees with you. He has discharged you cured." J And then they told him and It took I hours In the telling. Tbey told him the truth, the whole truth and noth ing but the truth. . "Let me get hold of that Portu guese. Just once," he muttered, "and 111 tear him with my bare bands, limb from limb." CHAPTER LX. Quicksilver. Out of the sea at sunset, bearing In bis arms a burden, staggering up upon the shore of the Lost Isle of Cinna barthere strode a man. Behind him, silhouetted agalnat the horizon, was a small sailboat, deserted and strand ed on a sandbar. The man waa the Portuguese adven turer, Hernandez. The burden In his arms was a woman, and the woman was Inez Castro, his companion. He dropped ber gently to the ground, and she lay there for an in stant, well spent, half exhausted. Then she, too, staggered to her feet "This," cried Hernandei, "Is Lost island. We are In possession and possession is nine points of the law. The god of chance has favored us so far, little one, and so long as the god of chance joins with Hernandez, Hernandez wins." They traveled inland. The sun had set, the moon was full. For many min utes they bad traveled thrcugh a clear ing, and suddenly before them, rough, ragged and forbidding In the moon light, there loomed a ruined structure built of stone. "It's the fort," whispered Hernan dez, "the Morro castle of the Illngton map." In the far distance there was a red glow against the sky and the dull, faint clang of metal against metal. "We are not alone," whispered Her nandez. "Someone works the mines. So much the better. We shall have allies. Let us seek them now." Inez sank down at bis feet. "Leave me alone here," she whispered. "You Hernandei drew deep breath uf aamfa. Him "This le the life, be aald u him self. Thea, niea ar wr nm or Bif name la r( Hernandei " He die forth a bface uf pUtola and laiuliird lliriu carefully In the niooii Hint. rUtiarM that they were In iHkliig oidr, be Mao and ekined the e-l( of the enter, creeping stealthily around behind lha furnace Then, with remarkable aallllv, he burled bltiiaeir as from the aklee Into a rlrclo of bright light. Iih up hla voice and railed aloud In an Inataut be was surrounded by a motley crew of men - men alrango, weird wen whete fares were over grown with a rank, untrlmmed crop of hair and beard. They balled bis! advent with delight. Out of this multitude a huge Individ ual puahed bla way through to Her- fiandei and placed a grimy band upon the laiter's shoulder. "W hence couie you" be queried In Hpanl.u. flernandei answered him. "I was set adrift In a small boat." be returned, "and I ratue aahore bere not knowing where I waa. Who, sir. are you. my countryman r Twelve year - Mj (na pirato chief, "we were wrecked -ground to pieces on thla shore. And we found what? Enough to eat? Yea. A plate (o sioep a place to live. Hut this la a God forsaken Island, aenor. Only the mines have kept us from going mad. We have worked for wealth madly hoping against hope " "What do you miner asked Her nandez. "Cinnabar." returned the chief. Hernandei ralaed bis eyebrows. "Quicksilver." be said. "It should make you rich." The chief beld up bla arms. "Rich." be cried. "Senor. follow me." He railed for a torch and nodding to Hernandei led the way to the edge of a nearby pit and down a ladder. At the foot of the ladder he crawled i Into aa opening and bade Hernandez! follow. The opening was a cave a I cave whose floor waa covered with huge earthen jars. Qulckallver, senor," biased the pi- rate chief "millions of peaetas worth poeaibly a billion who knows.". Did you come alone, senor," be asked. "Is there any woman with your Hernandei shook bis bead, but a terrific fear clutched bla soul. "No woman." be returned. "I am alone." The chief fell back, disappointed; then be raised his voice to Its normal tones again. ."AH thla. senor." he ex claimed, appealing to hla companions, "a king's treasure. We have carted It for twelve long years. We would give It all for women." He thrust his face Into Hernandei. "I, senor, would give It all for one." CHAPTER LXI. Cutthroats. As the keel of the Missouri's launch (rated against the sand. Annette little boat, left In lleelf. swung about and plunged full till toward the shore. Aa II struck Annette was Ik ere In meet It. Mia dathrd Into the surf and draggod Inea in safely lo dry land Inra wsS funtlc with liar. "Where, aaked Annette, "Is Ibe Portuguese. lleirumliiT' Inei waved br band wildly In shore. ' Hmneahaie ln-lher with the beaate." ehe cried. "Ihin't ak ( me. I dont know ll ran away from blra." "The beaetar faltered Annette. "Worse than that." returned Inea. "you're a woman. I'm a woman. I've bea biding from them even from hlru -for three days. He he doesn't know where I am he basn't found me. Oh!" Hhe sank upon tha sand ber form shook with agitation. . :f Annette, wondering, knelt by her ' jl side. "Why have you run from blm?" j ane queries. "I I can't blame him." cried Inei. suddenly facing Annette, "He's mad craiy for wealth, Hernandei. Bo am L And wealth la bere you don t know He told me all about ll-be-fiirw I began to suspect " "Suspect wbatr aaked Annette. "Ah," went on Inei, checking ber agitation, for the preaence of An nette gava ber courage, "you ehould se be told me there are millions of dollars worth of qulckallver all ready for the market etored away. Millions of dollars' worth. And the mines they're) not half worked. And these beasts ara working them" "tieaatsr aald Annette again. "Cutthroats men all of them. men." groaned her years and been alone. Th to kill each other. And tbey offered Hernandei all lbs quicksilver that they've got If he'll find some way to bring them women. Ah, for hour aft er hour be harped on that to me. Hour after hour he repeated II talked about It In his sleep. And Anally I un derstood" "You're safe." said Annette, "at leaat so far as Hernandei and these beasts ara concerned. There's a bat tleship riding In tha bay around the bend. Nothing can harm you now" ' Inei gasped with relief. "Nothing can" she began. Then she uttered a wild yell. "L'gh arg g gh look." Annette looked almost too lata Out of tha bruah behind them bound ed two frightful figures half-clad with matted hair and beard. With hoarse cries they darted toward the women. Ines turned frantically and tied up the beach One of the cut throats darted after her. Annette swiftly drew her pistol, aimed and fired. Tha pursuer of Inei dropped In his tracks. Hut In another Instant Annette was seized lo a pair of strong arms and tossed over the shoulders of a giant and carried swiftly Inland. Suddenly their path waa blocked. A figure shot out before them and stood with folded arms. This figure was Hernandei and Annette almost bailed him as a friend. 1 L j T" Mi i ' AJV V x a ii s . s i ' i j i i Caught Her In His Arms. bla mistake. In his momentary eiclte- i nient be had thought Id exterminate Hernandei, Hut the cutthroate who bounded Into view never even saw Her nandei. Hernandei waa there, agile, alert, ready to defend blmaelf. Hut they didn't kuow It. The only thing they saw waa An- inend they've iZ ' BP'" UT"!' 'V,". "T'. " "' ' d ye.rs-.nd TheTv. ! ' ' '"'I'- UU ' T I " uda.alr. A in yearw ana iner vw i r,,rm)Ui WoTea they pounced Upon 1 ... . , ey-r. wlld eyed enough hl.f Th ,,, oT , Jul I. And the v v-i A - ; --. Tap -S ': i . VP 1 'f "r . - -v 'f. r v It: --e I L. j JeV','i;: -.'j ; '. v- tnf t,.I? .- t 1 ft ';' V:' 1 "He Has a Right to Know, "She 8a Id. "So," said Hernandez, "I have .kept my promise. The woman Is yours the treasure Is mine. It is a bargain," Then he uttered a sudden exclamation. "It la not Inoz," he cried, "It Is you you little wildcat of an Illngton. So you have arrived. It is better so sprang out and waded gleefully ashore. Neal was a close second. Two sailors carried Mrs. Hardin through the shallow water. A lieuten ant leaped out with Illngton, and bounded to dry land. It was two hours later that Annette, j better so." pursuing a hairless little tropical ani mal along the beach, rounded a cor ner, and espied a sail. Her heart leaped Into ber throat Upon her person she carried a sure can find me easily. I can go no far-! flre automatic; she examined it and tber and I am afraid afraid." Already Hernandez had bounded across the clearing, turned a comer of the crumbling ruin and was on hla way. Within the next few moments he was standing on the edge ef what seemed to be a crater of a volcano t huge pit that seemed to belch forth fire. But it was not a volcano and It did not belch forth flre. It waa a cinna bar mine or a series of cinnabar mines pits cut Into the surface of the earth and illumined by brush fires. Hernandez crouched upon the edge of this huge man-made crater and found it in excellent condition. Then she turned her glance once more up on the sail. were- my wife come back to life. May j watched the scene with Interest. In 1 &bk your name?" "I ara not a nurse," said Annette. "My name is Annette Illngton." The man started. each pit half a dozen men or more worked away like ants, their shadows flung against the walls in fantastic shapes. "It is barter, eh?" he queried, "you the woman. I the jars of quicksilver." The chief regarded blm fiercely. "You He In your throat, stranger," be exclaimed In guttural tones. "I cap tured the woman you kept her from me. I took her by force and I have waited long." He laughed loud a de- HnfvA Imicrh "T tnnlt fine hv fnreA I And then Annette s heart stood still hav8 ner yeg and T0U nave our again. For within the boat there was treoBureafter you, too, have waited a human figure. Annette shrank be-, longaftor you have laiten lt by force, hind a rock and watched. And sud-1 jj0 no ,, denly she knew - H0rnanae, understood. The figure was Inez. She was alone, ,le gprang at the plrate chef( Btr,k. and Bcemed to bo making frantic ef- ,ng at nlm frantcaIiVi and clutching forts to sail the boat. Annette watched at Annotte( trymg to tear her from her with Interest. And while sho j Dm watched a stiff breeze sprang up and , ,' moment tt mmttude of beasts nearly swamped the boat. ( swarmed through the underbrush "Inez-Inez," she cried, "do as I say I enterei the arena of events. inez Inez heard her, and Immediately for sook the tiller and the rope and held out her hands beseechingly over the gunwale of the boat. It was the best course she could have pursued. The CHAPTER LXII. Onslaught, On the chiefs part lt was a horrt- "There are two," he eiclalmed, "two. Tbe other runs free upon the beach. This one Is mine. The other on the beach. Scatter and f.nd her." Home) half dmen of the crew, accus tomed to obedience, scampered off. Hut not so the rest. Shoulder to shoul der, thigh to thlgb, they struggled on after their chief holding out their hands toward the trembling girl upon his shoulder. Step by step he fought his way, clutching her firmly to him. until ho reached the entrance to a cave his rave. He stooped lo enter. Then broke tha atorm. Down on shore Neal and Illngton. alarmed at the prolonged absence of Annette, had scattered Neal acoured the beach In one direction Illngton In another. At last Neal found her Inei, crouch ing behind a rock. Inei, panting with fear, leaped Into his arms. He cast her off for be did not understand. "Annette," she cried, "they've got her there that way that way." Annette, numb with fear, lay quiv ering juat within tbe mouth of tha cave. Behind her was tha dark the unknown. She waa too terror strick en to move. Hut she was quick-witted and she saw and understood that this terrific fight was helping bnr. She collected herself she began to plan. Inch by Inch she crept farther Into the darkness. When the fight was at Its hottest tha chief lunged far out In the midst of It and loft the cave's mouth temporarily uncovered. Like a flash Annette wrig gled out of the cave and slunk swiftly toward the undergrowth. She reached It, when a figure blocked ber path. It was Neal. With a wild cry she flung herself Into bis arms. Hut Neal repulaod her for the Instant, and with forothought. Almost brutally he flung her behind blm, and unshipped his navy gun. For action waa at hand One man and only one had seen An notto crawl from the cave's mouth and that mnn was the pirate chief. As soon as he could disentangle himself, he was away and after ber. And here he came, tearing through the under growth with savage bounds, Neal fired thrice hit once missed twice and then the cutthroat was up on him. Illngton from the shore, board tha shots. He looked upward and saw, peering down at him from at eminence, the face of bis arch enemy, Her nandei. Ho shook a massive fist at the face, and the face disappeared. Illngton baatened back to the tem porary ramp and found that the lieu tenant and his men were making ready for a run. "Come on, loot," cried Illngton, leap rug Into the undergrowth, "I'm ready for a fight. I saw a head just now, and I'm going to hit lt hard." Neal fought with fury, but his fight was futile. So, be tt said, was tho fight of the pirate chief. For Noal's shots bad brought the other beasts swarming like human hornets about their heads. Annette's temporary es cape had been discovered they had boon cheated vengeance was tbelr duo. They pounced upon Neal and their chief like harpies once more pandemonium reigned. Annotte crouched unsoen horror-stricken. Suddenly she shrieked aloud for Neal had disappeared beneath a mass of mon . She shrieked and ran like wild for the shore for succor. There was no fight in her she was beaten by fear. That shriek was fortunate for Noal. Ills assailants left him and darted af ter her scurrying like wild dogs through the brush. And thon crack crack crack . The bark of a dozen navy rlflos. A dozon men plunged headlong. It was a bad fight a desperate fight. Neat's men were outnumbered. Meantime a solitary figure slunk through the brush and crept past all the fighters. This was Hernandez. Illngton, during a lull, saw blm pass, but knew not where he went. Her nandez knew. He was still hoping against hop be stftl lusted blindly after treasure. He reached the edge of the artificial crater and crept down a ladder and plunged Into tbe treaiure cava He plunged his banda-his arms. Into the living qulckallver be loeaed It Into the air. "They've never beaten me yet," Be to Ilia" cross tbe pit n tbe deadly crack crack crack of rifles. "He enforcements." be muttered. I Ha waa right One boatload of (na ' rlnes hsd reached tha shore In another I launch, bad plunged through the thick et and bad reached tbe conflict Jsat In the nick of time CHAPTER LXIII. The Edge ef the World. Hernandei crouched behind one of the huge enrthen jare. The light that streamed In at the cave's mouth dark ened suddenly, and a bugs figure crept In. At first Hernandez thought this was the pirate chief but that fierce fighter was lying far aeroas the pit with a bullet through bla bead. The figure crept on farther then Her naiidci saw. It waa Illngton. Illngton was un armed hie face was blood covered. He was a figure fearful to behold. Hernandei climbed the ladder In fear ful haste. Illngton saw him and fol lowed, caught him. tore from blm Her nandei' ever ready knife, and fared blm squarely. "I swore to tear you apart with my bands," cried Illngton beside blmaelf with rage, "and I'm going to do It." "Two can play at that." panted Her nandei, "coma on." Illngton came on reckless of the fact that he was fighting on tha edge of a precipice. Far to tha rear Annette plucked Neat's wrist "Look took," she cried, "Hernandei and my father and tba Portuguese baa a knife," She was not tha only watcher. Be low on shore a fresh boatload of ma rines were landing. Tbey bad seen tha fight they watched It now. Tbelr officer peered through his glasses. "Our friend lha Portuguese," ba said, "we've got to get him and take him back. The world noeds one Her nandei less." Even as ha spoke, Hernandei struck with his knife snd ripped open Illng ton's arm. With a wild cry tha fresh marines scramblod up tho oil IT. Hernandei, cool with coolness of desperation, side stopped, and lifting oua foot, neatly tripped bis man. Illngton fell heavily, with one arm hanging over the precipice. And thon Hernandei looked for the first time be took note of his surround ings. Behind him ranged Neal and bis squad, with fixed bayonets and with death shining In their eyes.- Below, scrambling up the cliff wore twenty men, dangerous desperate. Hemandos paused bis pyes nar rowed. He was beaten and he knew lt Ilomandes rose to his full bolght "Sorry gentlemen," ho said, "but you've never boat me yet and you can not beat me now." He retroated a pace or two, gave a suddon run and leaped far out over the edge of the precipice. . Noal formod bis men In line they were joined by tba squad that climbed the cliff. "Forward, march," said Noal, An nette and hor father followed thorn. Inside of fifteen mlnutos the little squad were scurrying about the Inside of the cave. Thoy wore plunging their hands Into the liquid metal and lotting It run through their fingers. "SOme little Island, this," thoy com mented. "It took you boys to got It for us," returned Illngton, "without you, Lost Island would have been lost forever, and so would we." He turned to Annette, "Annotte," ha said, "this Is yours all yours. You are a princess this Is your kingdom." He stretched wide his arms to Include all Lost Island. "Your kingdom," ha repeated. Annotte looked at Neal. Neal loked at Annette then he rushed for ward and caught her In his arms. Annette glanced at the boys In blot. "And this my king," she said. THE END. THIS STORY IS REPRODUCED IN FILM AT THE GRAND THEATRE EVERY WEDNESDAY Orchard Homes; $200. M. S. Little to C. A. Hell, 5.61 acres in Philip Foster donation land claim; $500. 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