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MOKXINO KNTKKIM.ISR Kit I DAY. (MTOIIKU L!). Y.) tvl ' 1 1 :3 AM SERBIA S DANUBE PORTS OCCUPIED BY THE GERMANS BERLIN tAVS TOWN ON BL'IGAR IAN BORDER l( HEMMED IN AND MUST FALL SOON. FICHTINC BEMN SIRES AND TUnONIC ALLIES IS DEMIT On Town Said le Hav Ben Rttaken by Formtr Defends r Turkish Troop Reels! Attack by RuMlan. HFIilJN. Ort. :. tv wln-reas lo Say villa. N. Y. "All Serbian port on th Ifenub have bren occupied." ay the Otrracr New Agency. "Tirol (near the rtulcarlan frontltr to the et of Nlnhi baa ber-n surrounded from all aide and munt aurrendi-r hrtlr. In a.miii-h a the lupply of ammunition and food In the rlty I Insufficient. "All Bulgaria I Julillant oer the rapture of Vikup. The Hu'gartan pre condemn the PritUb attark on IVdcaghalch." ATHENS, via Pari. Oct. J. An official dispatch announcea that the Serbiana have recaptured the town of Velea on the railroad aoutheaat of t' kup, after desperate lighting. LONDON. Oct . The report that Turkish troop art being concentrated at Hurgaa, Varna and other point on the Tllack tea coast of Bulgaria. 1 re iterated In advice received here today from Athena, Reuter correspondent lay that Turk are lo oppose Russian attempt to land troops, having replaced Bul garians because It u feared the lat ter could not be counted on to resist the Russian. A dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph company save "F Ive thousand German soldier from Constantinople are replacing Pul parians at points In the Mlark sea lit toral. Defense of the coast has been entrusted to Germany." PARIS, Oct IS. "Quiet ha prevail ed along the Franco- Bulgarian front since yesterday." say a Salonikl dis patch under date of Monday, October 25. to the Havas New Agency. "The French are fortlfylnR Intensively the region they occupied east of the rail road between Gievgell and Krivolsk. "The Bulgarians are masters of the Krlvolak-Vranya section of the line. They occupy Vskup. Kumanovo and Ristovac "The German ore prfRslne their ad vance on the Danube front but their progress Is slow and difficult." POEM) PUPILS 10 ENGAGE IN DRILLS IN FACE OF BITTER OPPOSITION SCHOOL BOARD TAKES STEP. PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 21. Despite the radical opposition of "antl-mllitar-Ists." who declared that voluntary military Instruction in the high schools Is "un-American because mili tary" and a measure that "was not the outgrowth of popular demand," the members of the school hoard adopted today the recommendation offered by the teachers' committee, approving the principle of military Instruction in the Portland high schools. Enrollment of the high school stu dents in the Oregon National Guard and the naval militia is the form of training that was unanimously agreed upon. This decision followed a can vass of the students by City Superin tendent Alderman. L PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct. ZZ. Adjutant General George A. White and the offi cers of the National Guard who re ceived the news this" morning are Jubi lant that the national rifle team match ending yesterday at Jacksonville, Fla., the Oregon team was second among the national guard teams, and fifth in competition with teams from the Btate national guards and the United States service. Only Massachusetts passed Oregon Oregon is higher than the teams from the United States navy, West Point and Annapolis. Only the United States infantry, United States marines. United States cavalry and Massachu setts go ahead of the Oregon's score of .".574 out of a possible 4000. The Oregon team at the 1000 yard range, the most difficult of all, passed every team of the 44, and thereby pulled itself from ninth to fifth place. At the end of the first day at rapid fire 200 and 300 yards, Oregon was 16, . getting a bad start At the 600 yard range Oregon pulled up to ninth place The shooting was at 200 and 300 yards rapid fire; 300, 600 and 1000 yards slow fire. Nish may not be Serbia's fin-Nish, after all. REAL E8TATE TRANSFERS Real estate transfers were filed with Recorder Dedman Thursday as fol lows: Farmland company to W. B. Giafke, lota 1 and 4. block 45. and lots 1. block 5S, First subdivision of Oak Grove; , J OHEALoftkiWYl $f TOIIM HAMILTON 05DORNE AUTHOR Of "PCD MOUSE" TamamnT;"Gi3PAr "LMAE DUCKLCETC SYNOPSIS. On l dr of II ruptlon ef Wisl I'olr t Jiil.lt IllhUn u( !' Slrsmrr I'tlf-.r ...ur Klf-JMI-fllil AIHrll l:ifkin frt.m mn i'Wn I l"r. hI In U-m tlli. tr fa.tl.rr ht 111 iiitil. rilnfi lllliKtitlt I Aullrl hf Her liAii.Ut altil I nitio lit talil llrltipl lo . imiiii Mili I. mart. in hss ttintr-1 lo trnj nbonivl lh l iln. mill hi tUi.titrr, fwrx-ra uttiti M ll lu an. I lln.f II. lii'"iul ) t ll. Uln. i f inii.iiJtr lln.lins Inj ur i"- M mln.t lu Uimkii blank, ll.lrma ri r..-M. Ilrin.il..!r an Ol'ium .iiiu- . ., .1.1, l ..nut liis. a frnuil. ixtiii- I'Ur nl ir nwmUr brill thai on; ta iMi.tftcn r..ni m h"ri, hrr li 1 lili uf Ctl"llt lllil'it I tltlritf llh l.-r in N'l ami Annit Itinaiun. and ( r.U.t lit t'lt Hi rvr iVfl lu Annnl t h-t f-i:.-r. N'i-l 111' lr slmuin lu II, v Nj.I luJ-n.v, but ll.l..uh tli trv. tirty 'f J"' UfliKr la M-'rt bv , Ji- anil IimiiJ Nal rnluti In tho ; Hair liwt el a trap f. r J.r ami ll. rn.lraura al him la their f'T ll ! (Itt Iti alral II. PPT f'T II. m bul a.xklrniailv t nr lo it. iiaMin nnw , ant) lh brM-man rraiin Annette ajiili th pwra from lit fUm Anuelt tlia- mvera thai heat atile4 tit th map re tral Hi liallon if th loal UUnil. Huh- r-euuentlir In a ttruss: fur li iHaion j th rtiap la lorn In tlir part, tlrrnan- ; det. Annell and Nal h e. urlnc a , piMtlun Anneit sail ttn lh I'ortina.lo In aean h of ber finr. Th crew. rral , bv rtnain. antuKitvt aboard bv llernan .i -. i . -k. u-r.iin r-inv fmm t'. 8. trtroyr Ja.'kun. enl bf NaL SIXTH INSTALLMENT THE CAVERN OF DEATH CHAPTER XXV. A Stcrat Stole Message. Neal turned to Annette. "Good." he , for a grimy hand thnut from behind exclaimed, "you're safe at any rate, j a window ihade. Where is my mother where ar tha I Pausing before tha door of a dl re.tr 'reputable-looking habitation. ah "In the wireless room." returned An- ! f.anced up and down the street, then nette. 8he laughed a bit hysterically. J dragging Joa Welcher close behind "Even Joe Welcher I quit afe." h I ber he entered the low doorway and uid. I passed into lb gloom beyond. A mo- Neal held her for moment, shield- ' ment later she faced Hernandei and ing hr body with hi own. He looked about him. "Thla mutiny 1 over." he said. In a tone of relief. He was quit right The mutiny wa over, but with disastrous result. Neal' commanding officer lay on the deck with a fractured kulL The cap tain and the mate of the fruit iteamer Coronado were dead or nearly o. and the deck were strewn with disabled, bleeding mutineer. "Now come with me," said Neal. He waved h's hand and a small squad of his com) anion joined him. He sought and tound hi mother and her fright ened companions, Joe Welcher and the Castro girl known to the rest a Irene Courtier. H led them aft and placed a guard over thenl. "Now." he said warningly. "stay where you are, mother, and all the rest. Yon. too, Annette. I ve got my work cut out for me for some hours." Annette shook her head. "Not until I dress your arm." she said. Neal nodded to one of his compan ions. "Mate." he said, "shoot the first person who disobeys. I've got other fish to fry." He went back to bis work. He wig wagged to the Jackson for bis orders. The orders were brief and to the point: "You take charge of the steamer. We are sending help." He took charge of the steamer, not only because he was ordered, but be cause he had to. Inside of half an hour he had his own lieutenant's wounds carefully and scientifically dressed had all his own companions well attended to in short, in a few hours he had righted the ship completely. He signaled for further orders, for the Coronado was now resting quietly at anchor, and be got his orders: "Put Into the nearest port" By midnight they had reached the nearest port had docked. By mid night he had landed all his passengers and had reported considerable prog ress to his commander on the Jack son. By midnight something elBe happened a secret service message filtered through space and got the wireless operator on the destroyer. Reduced from cipher, it read about j like this: American citizen said collecting arm and ammunition at Martinique or Porto Rico for Dolorea Insurrec tion. Follow at once. Investigate, ar rest, prevent. Report Next morning this news had filtered Into Neal. He took It to the homely little hotel where Annette and his mother and their party had been har bored for the night. He dropped into a chair. "Now," he said, "I can talk and listen to some talk. Gee whiz, but I'm dog tired." Annette pouted; then she smiled. "I love to talk," she said. And then she added two significant words. "Scar face." N'eal leaped to his feet. "Scar-face," he cried. "Where? When? What?" "On the Coronado," said Annette. "I saw him twice Scar-face and his two companions, the big man and the other." "Tell me everything," said Neal. She told him. He waited Impa tiently until she bad finished, then darted down upon the wharf again. He boarded the Coronado and gave or- Nels J. Jeral ct ux. et al. to Arthur H. Zanders, lot 3, block 6, Strcib's firet addition to Milwaukie; $."00. Mary E. Shattuck to Laura W. Bax ter, deed to correct error In deed re corded in Book "H," page 48; $1. Theodore Hazenberger et ux to Laura W. Baxter, quit claim deed to tract in the David Keller tiact; $10. Walter Hitchman et ux. to Elmer Hitchman, 11 acres in the J. G. To ner donation land claim; $1. Real estate transfers were filed with Recorder Dedman Saturday as fol noveuzco nxxi mCPtlOTO PLAY paowcco o me MTtiC CXCtlAflCC. yc. ' ' ' J rlera fur a loinh. Tha arari'h .made, but llluiut avail. for at mid night on the hlght before something c!m happened. Hernandei and hi two mnuianlotia. together llh hl ' cargo of ctnalne and heroin, h , elipprd qulrtly overboard luto a bor- ru rJ roe. boat and bad disappeared. Neal. chagrined, went back to An nctle. "lb bird ba flown," h eU dla- , , i'UnlltHl, Vh"re do you go, Neal?" queried bla rumhiT. "It an oien aecret her go.' aid Neal. "but hy go nobody knoaa. We go first to Martinique Auui'tt aprang lo hrr feet. "Mar tinique," aha cried, "that I where, my father came from her) you picked ma up. I go there, too. Neal It tha beginning point. It I thera I can find trace of my father." Inet shruM'-J ber shoulders. "It Is fate," aha said. "We lll all go." aaid Mr. Hardin. will stick to NVal. Hut how V " Search me." said Neal. "b"l I can ! find that out there must be om e- el from thl port for aoutbern tera." ' Inn rose and placed hand on Welcbrr houlder. "Leave. It to Joey here and me." she said. '! They scoured th town, but Inei , Castro was looking for something other than boat for Martinique. Ft- nally she saw what ha wa looking ! hi crew, So1." she said airily, pushing Joe Welt her Into a chair, "o my flash friends, where do you think we go to now T" "Where" demanded Hernandes. "To Martinique." aald Inex Castro. Hernandei smiled and alapped hi thigh. "So you go to Martinique." he cried, with a note of triumph In his voice. "How very fortunate. 1 go to Martinique myself." ' The governor of Martinique glanced gravely at the pretty girl who faced him. He laid down the piece of tat- i tered parchment that be had Just In spected and took up the locket that she placed before him. '1 knew your father well fifteen or sixteen years ago eves before that I remember him. This resembles him. this picture, it doe Indeed." He smiled. "I remember something else. I remember also you." "You remember me," cried Annette. "You must have a wonderful memory, sir." The governor held up his hands. "One remember everything that hap pened in a year like that," he said, "a year that wiped out thousand upon thousands of our people." j "Is there any clue to my father V l queried Annette. "Little one," said the governor, "there was no clue to anything or any body, or any place." Annette rose. "There' nothing else that you remember of my father?" she j queried. 1 "The governor searched his mem ! ory. "Yes," be said. "I think a mys terythere was a tang of adventure about him. He, too, was a rover always restless always on the move. But for his child one might have called him a soldier of fortune honest, per haps too honest, but fearless" "And true." said Annette. "Fearless and true," repeated the governor nodding. "What Is past 1b past," he said. "Old Pelee is ashamed of himself. The Isle of Martinique grows green. We sing, we laugh, my people and myself. Even all this week we celebrate. You must Join us." He signed half a dozen cards of Invitation and handed them t0 Joe velcher, who sat quite as usual, sulking in the background. "The governor's levee," he went on airily, "and you are all Invited." CHAPTER XXVI. The Razor Back. Around the corner of the coast line j on the Isle of Martinique Invisible both from the bridge of the destroyer Jackson and from the grounds of the I governor, there Jutted out into the sea a cliff, stern and forbidding. As a matter of fact. It was not all rock, this cliff a large part of its formation i was of clay. Down the face of this cliff, its sharp edges rising now and then into the air like peaks, there trailed a path, narrow and perilous, from shore to cliff edge, known to cer tain of the Inhabitants of Martinique as the Razor Back. Along this sharp, steep edge ran a rope, and climbing the Razor Back, clinging to this rope with a huge bur den on his nhoulders, upward, crawled i man. Eelow him, thrusting Its nose Into the b?ach, was a disreputable- j looHn;.; Doit laden with heavy wooden 'IXOH. I THIS STORY IS REPRODUCED IN FILM AT lows: William Dale et ux to Eva F. Leigh ton ct vir, lot 15, block 6, Estacada; $10. Harry H. Harriman to Leo 8. Keller et ux, lot 8, block 134? Lake View Vil las; $10. Fred Schwok et ux to Emma T. El liott, 4.5 acres in the J. 8. Howland donation land claim; $1. John W. Loder et ux to Walter A. Dimick et ux. quitclaml deed to lot 5, block 52; $1. Real estate transfers were filed with t Til then. In reality giant. look id Ilk pygmy from below h riawled banil over hand to tha height abov. At I tin edge of tha cliff ho wa aisled by to othrr mm who draggej Mm on to terra Arm anil hit relieved hlid of hi bunti'it. Ttili burden they carried between thetn to a but. Iirfure doing o they rut Ih bi( nian ii'ni tha houtli,r with hip and pointed to lh shore below, Th big man nodded. Ho nood for on moment on the edge of lh cliff and gaiml about him. He gauged th grade of th wicked. irp, big Itaior i Hack, and nod. Isl omi again; then nimbly ha leaped over the face of the rlllf, linking hi heel Into tha edge f that perilou path me thirty feel more below and then In plte of hi huge bulk ran Ilk a deer down to the beach. Tho men above dropped their bur den and watched him. "Ah." said Hernandei to III com rade I'onto, "tha beast- ha know that Itaior Pack. He ha not forgotten fif teen year ago." There wa a touch upon Hernandei' ihoulder. Hernandei whirled a though at the fall of a trigger. A third man faced him, low browed, run nlng-eytsl, Hernandei breathed Igh of relief. Half an hour later, with hi final load (trapped to hi back, th brut climbed for lh last time over the jpdge of th cliff, thla time bearing hi own burden to th hut. Th three men already within the hut admitted him. There waa no window to thl but and the light within wa dim. Th room wa bare. "Tidy little bunga low, friend (muggier of Martinique," he aid. The other man amlled grimly In hi turn. "Tidy I th word, soldier Of Annette Conceal the Yellow Packat fortune." he returned. . "At any rate It'i safe. You think all the palace matches It. Come with me." He strode to the corner of the hut and threw aside a matchbox. Leaning down he cleared away a number of short wormeaten board, then he lift-1 ed up a iheotiron door. With an ex clamatlon of lurprtse Hernandei and hii companions observed that there was a narrow passageway cut through tho solid earth. One by one each man lowered himself Into thla passageway and followed his leader. From a perpendicular shaft the corri dor shelled off Into a passage almost horizontal and widened as It went "This." said the smuggler of Mar tinique, "Is the third story, as it were. Neat not gaudy." "Now for the bathroom, It you please." This time they descended a wider set of Btalrs and stepped out upon a ledge that surrounded a deep and lim pid pool of water. Hernandez regard ed this pool attentively. "First It rises," he exclaimed, "and then It falls." "Ah," said tho man of Martinique, "we are at Boa level. This 1 a cave and there is no outlet to It." "Somewhere there Is," returned Hernandez. "Yes, In the attic the sky parlor," said the other man. "Somewhero else," said Hernandez, aaa -1T aVU i j , ff u r i 9 win u -' v m ay-r. r? ill ' .,! ., 1 it I I'M "' tiT-U The Governor' Levee. Keconler Dedman Monday as fo'lows: Madge C. Montgomery et vir to Frank Johnson, 20 acres in section 36, township 2 south, range 7 east, W. M.; $10. Melville J. fiyers et ux, et al to Port land & Oregon City Railway company, 80 acres in section 1.1, township 2 south, range 3 east, W. M.; $600. Belle R. Funk to I-otils Funk, 256 acre In sections 3, 4, 8 and 10, town ship 3 south, range 3 east W. M.; $1. L. W. Warner et ux to Nelson Hack ett, 135 acres In section 27, township 3 "Oh. veil. If you will," said th muggier, "but an nimt iwim under water to And lb other outlet." II folded hi arm. "What do yuu think of my palace now?" h ald. Ha (looped and plucked at mother Inm ring In Ilia ifoor. It dlailoaed a (mailer hole filled with contenla of ((range appearance. llernamlei milled lh lantern. j "vi,,i of ,nUj.. n. M,j MTb,g nunlliy do not know," "Careful." eii'laimed the atlier man. "If tho ghoula, the author It le. ever have th temerity to dlcoer my cat he, I ihall not ba here. I shall ba a mil away a mile, not let; and from that safe point of vantag I ahall prvaa a button and-pouf non will ever live to tell th tale nun, av niyaelf." Hernandei eyed th other nun with undisguised admiration. "How I should like to ee II work," he aald. Th other nodded. "Horn day who know you hall, for you an a man after my own heart, friend Her nandei. Coma, let u aacend to th skylight one again." They did a they ware bid nd aa- 1 1 listed th gentleman of Martlnlqu to lower hi new (tore to their resting tace below. Suddenly th man of . Uartlulqu held up hi hand, ! "Walt," he whlapered, "omeon i come." Their trained ear delected the ' sound of stealthy footstep creeping around and around th hut Th foot- step ceased and there waa a knock upon th door. Ouuid there stood a man a man who sprang bark In alarm at lb tight of th crafty countenance of thl cun-, nlng looking itranger. But Hernandei clicked hi teeth. "If Jo Welcher." laid Ilerntod. "Com In, Joey boy, you're wricome." Welcher looked about him and then Idled lo Hernandei. "A not from Inei." h whlsprd lo th latter, "about the governor' le- Ve." CHAPTER XXVII. Decoy. Neal leaped out of one of th small boat of the destroyer Jackson and ! ran nimbly up the wharf. He had ' good reason to, for on the veranda of I a hotel not a quarter of a mile away ! he saw a girl he knew. In record time he waa by her aid. "Look," said Annette lo Neal' mother and Inei, "look who' here." "Always." said Insi, "do I Ilk a uni form and," iha added coyly, with a leer toward Neal, "and what come In there too." "You got my note?" queried Annette. "I got It" returned Neal, "hut no fo." "What are you talking about?" aald Annette. "We are specially Invited by the governor himself." "I'm out of It. I tell you." repeated Neal. "But 111 tell you what I'll do. I'll come to the back gate of tha gov ernor' garden and 1'U flirt with you." Many came and most were served that night But among th flrit to come, though none were inrved, were four uninvited guest. They were a strange quartet, these four, and they came to see rather than to be seen. Each one of these four men became a shadow In himself, watching, ever watching. Suddenly there wa a light tread upon the graveled path. A Jaunty figure swung Into th moon light and looked about him. Out of the hundred guest or o that clus tered about the veranda of the dis tant house Neal peered anxiously for Annette lllngton. He trilled a little whlstlo-hls sig nal and Annette' and a though that whistle wore a signal for an onslaught, a huge shadow and another sprang across the Intervening space and caught Neal from behind. A coat or cloak descended over his head with all the effectiveness of a strait-Jacket It was the governor blmsolf who kept Annette Within the range of ar tificial light and from her appointment In the moonlight out beyond. While she still talkod to the gover nor, an Individual with cunning eyes and Insinuating leor stopped up to tho flunky at the main gate that lod to tho governor's mansion and handed him a note. "For a guest Miss lllngton," ho said. "I am to wait for an answer." The flunky nodded, summoned an other flunky, and handed him the note. The flunky made an Inquiry or two, .. JLa. V-''. aaf".L' THE GRAND THEATRE south, range 3 east, W. M.; $5000. Security Savings & Trust company to Robert Schmus'et ux, 9.165 acres In section 22, township 2 south, range 2 east, W. M.; $10. Jacob Grossmucller to Anna Gross miieller, 70.07 acres in section 6, town ship 4 south, range 3 east, W. M.; $10. James L. McAnulty et ux to John Scherzlnger, 30 acres In section 32, 1 township 4 south, range 3 east W. M.; $300. William Hubert et ux to Charle R. Moulton, 6.3G acre In the Daniel Mo- t . " - i V With Mighty Roar thrn stepped directly to the governor and handed him the note. Thl I the young lady here, Fran- col." exclaimed the governor. Annette took the note to a window where there wa somewhat better 1 1 i. , .. .i i, , . 'a", atiii tiff-um u. , u waa written . i in a arawung, unarcustomaq nanu. Thl I what II aald: Hav n scar fao. Nd you a momnl for Identification. W hav run him down. Com with brr of thl not. Eaoue crawl right hind N. 0. Hastily, NIAL, P. 8. Don't drag mothtr Into thl. Com you r. Annette beckoned lo the flunky, "Where." she said, "I the bearer of thla not a?" The flunky bowed. "Follow me," be aid. At the ate there etood a man wait ing hat In hand a man with cunning eye and Insinuating smile. "Mr. Hardin aent you?" h In quired. The man bowed. "Oul, mademoi selle, he returned. "Where Is he now?" she queried cautiously. "Where he Mid he would wait by tha postern garden gate," returned the bearer. Disarmed, she followed thl man Into tha shadows. In another Instant she had reached a carriage and an Instant later some thing descended over her head, smoth ering her cries something bound her arm to her side. Hut the smuggler bad been right Neal wa there, bound and ipeechlrs helpless on th bot tom of the carriage. An Instant later the vehicle rattled sharply off Into the night. CHAPTER XXVIII. The Sponge Dlvsr. Annette opened wide her eye. She uttered n exclamation of delight a she saw Neal Hardin. "Well, we're here," alio said. "I should think we were," said Neal. He looked about him. Annette wa bound firmly to the only chair In the place and he wa tied quite a firmly to a itnnrhlon in another corner. Th place wa a rudo hut "I see," said Neal, "that we're not alone." "Obviously not," returned Annette. On the floor between them lay the bruto resting but wide eyed with the lash )t a whip lying across hi ihoul der. Ponto, the Moxlcan, watched red eyed and gloating. Something happened In a corner. A portion of tho floor roso from the ground and two men struggled up from a passageway. One of them was Homandez; tho other wa the (mug gier of Martinique Hernandes nod ded to Nenl and to Annette. Ho took from his pocket a tailored parchment map which he had pasted well to gether. "It Is tho map of the lost Isle of Clnnubnr," he suld In suave accents, "and I huvo other evidence besides." Ho glunced uncertainly toword the brute. "An identifying locket" ho went on, "and other things." "Whut do you expect to do with thoia?" said Annotte VnlHgoreutly. "You are not Annette lllngton." Hernandez smiled smiled a bit too grimly. "Perhaps," he said, "I can find soma Annotta lllngton who will do my bidding. At any rate there will hereafter bo no Annette lllngton who will try to thwart mo." Neal atartcd. "What do you mean?" ha said. "I monn," returned Hernandez, with a gesture toward tho smuggler of Mar tlnlquo, "that In all parti of tho world I am ablo to find people who do my bidding. This gentleman can do It well. I may as well tell you, children, that you huvo perhups an hour to live, perhaps less." Tho bruto looked up, his eyes glassy, strange. Ho rubbed a red spot on his arm the mark loft by Hernan dez' hypodermic needlo, "You are right, Ponto," said Hernan- doz, "It was tho only way to drug him. Lond mo your whip." He seized the whip and struck tho brute heavily across the shoulders. The brute sprang to his foot, growling In his throat, but ho fell back before Hernandez. Ponto untied a single knot tho knot that bound Neal to a stanchion. Then at another word tho brute seized Neal, struggling. In hi arms, and with bim descended through the passageway. EVERY WEDNESDAY -er D. U C; $1. Charles R. Moulton to William Hu bert et ux, 6.36 acres In the Daniel Mo ser D. L. C; $1. Mrs. Neveduda L. Munsey to Daniel Williams, lot 4, block 39, Oregon City; $900. Emma T. Elliott et vir to Marie Schwock ct vir, lot 1, block 156, Ore- gon City; $1. Real estate transfers were filed with Recorder Dedman Tuesday as follows: Isaac T. Felts et ux to Fraz A. Schu mann, 15 acres In section 28, 29, 32 '''iiVH'- Oreppf Into lh St. Annatte viewed thl proceeding with alarm. Hh struggled fiercely. Five minute later th brut re lumed and once more under the (ting ing lath of the whip aelied Annette and bore her below. Hernandei and hi two companion followed them down. "Ah," aald lh (muggier to Neal and Annatl. "thl boua ba all appoint ment. Thl I th swimming pool, my friend. YiM can wlm here for one hour or les. Thl la In truth a cavern of death. I bat to do It," b added Juat before be disappeared. "but need tuual when lb devil drive." j There wa a click a th (ton trap dropped Into place, j "Tbl I a pretty pickle." exclaimed Neal to Annette. They were lying on opposlt (idea of that black pool. "It you ran crawl," aald NeaL'Vrawl for your life." Annette understood. Little by little Neal worked hlmaelf along hi aid of Ihe ledge and Annette along ber. rich gradually approaching Iha other around th circle. Finally tbelr bead touched. "Careful," aald Neal; "close lo the wall, Now lei me have your hand. Let me unbind you first." On the lurfar of the earth above I Hernandei and hll companion loaded their raaea Into a cart and drove far acroai the wlldernra Into a ravine. "Here," (aid th man of Martinique, lifting up th rover of a inula I box set In the rock, "here I the attltch of which I (poke. One turn of tho wrist pouf then oblivion." "1 gave them an hour," (aid Hernan dei grimly, "and I keep toy word. Let ui drink." On the ahore below the cliff at the foot of the forbidding Itaior Hack a (pongo diver disported himself In the water bealde hll boat, cuttiug and tearing sponges from their native home of rock and coral for a living. Then suddenly be forgot the buslnesa of collecting sponges. II rose again, empty banded thla time, and dived again, peering at some thing strange and new. Then with downward alantlng troke he lud denly disappeared. Ho came up In an Inatnnt In almost total darkness, then bobbing on the surface he rubbed hi eye, Jabbering excitedly. "Hey there," cried a voice, "and who are you?" The sponge diver Jabbered som more. Well might he jabber. It w a strange sight that confronted him. Two young people were seated almost In darkness on the edge of a black pool. "How did you get here?" quorled Neal. The man for all hi Jabbering wa polyglot Ho know pidgin English and Neal knew how to talk It o they got along admirably together. Nenl told him hi story. The man climbed up upon the ledge and llstnnod eagerly. Suddenly he grew excited. It was evi dent that he knew the reputation of this place. "You come with me come right away," he said. Neal let the fast-waning lantern by Annette' aide. "One moment, dear," he said to Annotte, "and I will be back. If what he says I truo " In anothor Instant with his band on the shoulder of the sponge diver, Noal wa swimming down, down townrd the outer opening. A he saw the light filtering In from underneath he gave a gusp that almost choked hltn. In anothor Instant ho had returned for Annotte, and with hor at his side the two swam In tho direction that the diver had tukon. Tha sponge diver, still gesticulating excitedly, hauled them rapidly Into bis small bout. "Mo row, you row like the dovll," ho exclaimed. Noal rowed like the dovil, and the flntbottomod boat skimmed over the water like niad. Suddenly Annotte In tho how extended her right arm. "Look, look, Noal," she exclaimed, "for God's suke, look." Neal heard first, then ho looked, and as ho looked th -ibolo face of that hugo cliff behind them thrust Itsolt Into the air and with a mighty roar dropped Into the sea. "It's Mount Pelee," cried Annotte, covering hor fnce with her bands. Neal shook his head. "That Isn't Peloe," he returned grimly, It' dyna mlto If I know anything of dyna mite." (TO BBS CONTINUED.) and .1.1, township 3 south, range 1 west of Willamette meridian; $3500. Frank Johnson to C. II. Duffy, 10 acres in section 36, township 2 south, range 7 east of Willamette meridian; $450. Mutual Realty company to W. H. Chatten, 40 acres In section 15, town ship 2 south, range 3 east of Willam ette meridian; $10. Maybelle Plummer to Vh'.a M. Gage, 20 acres in section 36, township 4 south, range 4 east of Willamette me ridian; $10. flO. 11 I vote U7 irmrtmi, arte ar. ' g a r. ozlr. gj n ra j ! r. 25 SJLI nj A tl U. J,3a n.Pnff enr -r