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LOUIS TRACY -
Author of the "Paiar oJ Light."
-The Wings ol the Morn
ing" and "The Captain oi the
Kansas.
Copyright. 13' by Edward J Clod.
Synopsis of Previous Chapters.
CHAPTER I Overhearing a conspi.
ra.-y between her uiicW and the cap
tain of his ship to sink the vessel
and collect insurance. Iris Vorke se
crets herself aboard the Andronila
Just before it sa'.U for soudiera e.
Her uncle, who is her guardian a-.ul
hi3 commanded her to wed oM D'oky
Balmer, thinks she has run away to
avoid the dUt&s oful marriage. II
Philip Hozier. yo m and hadnamu:
hcm& officer of the Andromeda, dis
covers .Uss Yorke aboard. Ill Iris
leils Hozier of he plot to Uik die
wei, a;id h-i keec wa'ch on Cap-
I
tain Coke. Mysterious defect la he
s eering gear discovered, cauiing the
ship to veer from her course, coke
irAU the mavter lightly. IV While
pti.iLig in:o a harlor at a:i unknown
liland the AndroaieJa suddenly 1
i-ie'.laa by a mysterious foe on shore.
V iio-s wreck ship. Hosier Ui
wounded and his life saved by lr-s-
CHAPTKU VI.
TIIK KKKLUKK.
COIL of stout rope fell on top pt
the wiudluss and rebounded to
the deck. Mure tunu that, oik
end of it stretched into the in
hulty of dripping rock and Uyiug spray
overhead. And it hud been throwu In
friendly bunds. It dangled from some
unseen ledge.
Coke and Hozier recovered Hie use
of their faculties simultaneously. J be
eyes of the two men met, but Coke was
the first to Cud bis voice.
"Salvage, by Jove!" he cried. "Up
you go. Uozler: I'll sling the girl be
hind you. She can't manage It alone,
on' It needs some one with bruins to
til things up there for the rest of us."
And be added hoarsely to I'hllip's ear:
"Sharp's the word. We 'aven't many
minutes!"
iris permitted Coke and a sailor to
strip off a life belt aud tie her aud
Hozier back to buck. It was wonder
ful, though bidden from ber ken lu
that supreme moment, to see how they
devised a double sling In order to dis
tribute the strain. When each knot
was securely fastened Coke vociferat
ed a mighty "Heave away!"
Hut his powerful voice was drowned
by the incessant roar of the breakers.
Not even the united clamor of every
niau present, fifteen all told. Including
the drunken chief officer, could make
itself beard above the din. Then Uo
zler tugged sharply at the rope three
times, and It grew taut. Amid a Jubi
lant cry from the others be aud Iris
were lifted clear of the deck. At once
they were carried fully twenty feet
seaward. As they swung back, not
iiite so far aud now well above the
level of the windlass from which their
perilous Journey bad started, a ready
wltted sailor seized a few colls of a
thin rope that lay tucked up lu the
augle of the bulwarks aud Bung them
across Ilozier's arms.
"Take a whip with you. sir!" he yell
ed, and I'hllip showed that be under
stood by grippiug the rope between bis
teeth. It was obvious that 'the rescu
ers were working from a point well
overhanging the recess into which the
AudroMtda hud driven ber bows, aud
there might still be the utmost diffi
culty in throwing a rope accurately
from the rock to the wreck. As a mat
ter of fact, no less thau six previous
attempts hud been made, and the suc
cess of the seventh was due solely to
a favorable gust of wind hurtling Into
the cleft at the very instant It was
needed. The sailor's quick thought
solved this problem for the future. By
tying the small rope to the heavier one
those who remained below could haul
it buck when some sort of signal code
was established.
Once there wus a check. They wait
ed anxiously, but there was no sign
given by the frail rope that they were
to haul in agaiu. Then the upward
movement continued.
"Chunk o' rock In the way," an
nounced Coke, glaring round at the
purvivors as If to challenge contradic
tion. No one answered. These men
were beginning to measure their lives
against Ihe life of the wedge of Iron
and timber kept in position by the
crumbling frame of the ship. II was
a fast diminishing scale. The Ugures
1 in I n ted on the Andromeda's bows rep
resented minutes rather than feet.'
Watts was lying crouched on deck,
with bis arms thrown round the wind
lass. Looking ever for a fresh Incur
sion of rats, he seemed to be cheered
by the fact thnt bis dreaded assallunts
iirelerred the Interior of the.Xorevaslle
IT
I
to the wave swept Heck. lie was the
only man there who had no fear of
death. Suddenly he hegan to croou a,
lout forgotten sailor's cli.iuty:
"Now. me latls. sm,; a siae of tt'e de.nl
man n.a.
Vo'li uevtr tSA 'o:j! ajin. o!:
VVe'r twelve uij salii, u.r the si.ippor's
lass.
Marooned In Hie Spanish mam. on:
tfini; nay
feint; r.u
' A nlkker is 4nvy Jones!
Just one more plux an a swl - at the us.
Ail' up witn Ine sK'.nl an''tmru.'s:"
After a longer and taster haul than
had been noticed previously the rope
Stopped a seiond time. Kvery one ex
cept Watts 'was watching the whip
itilently.
"There she goes:" yelled the sailor
in charge uf the line. He begau to
haul In the slack liae a luadman.
A diirU form loomed d
w n ward 1
through the mist. It was Hozier. aiotie.
coming back to .them. frenzied
cheer broke from the lips of those
overwrought men. They knew what
that meant. Solil"where high above
the bhiok rooks and tlie flying semi
was hope throned in the liles.ed sun
shine. They drew him in cautiously
until Coke was able to grasp his tiatid.
They nereipiick to see tli.lt he brought
a second rope and a spare w hin
"Two at a time on both ropes." was
his inspiriting message. "They're
friendly Portuguese up there, but Uo
oue must be seen if n boat Is sent from
the Island to liiu! out what has be
come of tile ship. So step lively1. Now.
captain, tell 'em off in pairs."
Coke's method was characteristic.
He literally fell on the two nearest j
men and began to truss theni. Hozier j
followed his example mid tied two
others back to back. They vanished,
and the ropes returned, much more j
speedily this time. Four aud four i
again were drawn up to safety. There j
were left the captain. Hozier and the ,
unhappy Watts, who was now crying
because the skiptwr had "6et about
him Just tor "singin' a reel ole wlud
Janimer song."
"You must take up this swino." said
Coke to Hozier. dragging Watts to his
feet with scant ceremony. "It I lay
me 'anils on "iin I'll be tempted to
throttle "ini."
liofore quitting the deck Hozier help
ed to adjust tin- remaining rcpe uruuud
the captain's portly person. They were
j lifted clear of the trembling forecastle j
almost simultaneously and in the very !
j nick of time. Already the skeleton of i
the ship's hull was beginning to sli; '
off into deep water. The deck was
several feet lower than ut the moment '
of the vessel's final impact against the j
rocks. Kveii before the three reached
the ledge from which their rescuers!
were working the bridge aud funnel '
were swepi away, tile roremast tell. )
j the forehold ami forecastle were riot- j
: ously flooded by Ihe sea. and Watts.
j were he capable of using his eyes. I
I might have seen his deadly enemies.
the rats, swarming in hundreds to the
j tiny platform Unit still roe above the
destroying waves. Soon even that
! frail ark was shattered. When thf
keel and garboard stroke plates snap
ped, all that was left of the Androine
da toppled over, uiul the cavern she
had invaded rang with a tierce note ot
triumph as lite next nave thundered
in without hiliilraiice.
,
It was indeed a new and strange I
world on w hich Iris looked when able
to breathe nod see once more. Inir- '
lug that terrible ascent she had retain
ed but slight consciousness ol hei sur- I
round ingH. She knew that Hozier and
herself were drawn close to a bulging I
rock, that her companion clutched at
It with hands and knees and thus feud
ed bur delicate limits from off its bro
ken surface: she felt herself hair car
j ried. half lifted, up into free air aud
i dazzling light; she beard voices in a
i musical foreign longue uttering words
that had the ring of sympathy.
Friendly hands placed her in a warm
i and sunlit clel'i, and she lay there, un
able to think or move. I'.y degrees Ihe I
numbness of hoify and mind gave way i
to clearer impressions. Cut she took i
much for grained. For Instance, it did
not seem an unreasonable thing that
the familiar faces-of men from the An
dromeda should gather near her oil un
uneven shelf of rock strewn with bro
ken bowlders and the litter of sea
birds.''. She recognized them vaguely,
anil tlieir presence brought : new con
fidem e. .They increased in nninler
Sailor-like". Hie) Itcgun to lake part
inst.-iiilly lu the Work of rescue, but
she 'wohd-rcd dully why IbizL-r did
not oouie in her. nor did she under
stand that he had gone back to that
raging Inferno beucaih until she saw
his blood Kialucd f.n e appear over the,
lip of the precipice.
.Then she. si-rea d wildly. "Thank
(!od -oh.' thank Cod:" and staggered
to ber feet in the frantic desire to help
In mifiisleniiig I lie topes that bound him
tu the iu-.cn oiiie Waits. Icuis gushed
f or 1 1) at" her!
own helplessness, j
The pain lu her;
eyiH blinded her. j
She shrunk awn;
agnlu. Not u ni I! i
l'tilli) himself
siioki did she dare
lu look at bim, tu
ti ml that lie was
bending over her I
H it d endenvoriug j
to ttllny her ngita- J
linn by related :
iissuriiiieexof their i
eoumiou well be
ins. "Co me. Miss
YorUe." an id llo
r.ier. "our Portu
guese friend say
we must not re-
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"TIIAXK COI Oil,
TIIA.NU l.0l"
main here
:ui Instant longer than Is
necessary. ' j
"Yes." said a strange voice, "the sea i
is moderating. At any moment a boat j
may appear. Follow me. ul! of you. ;
The road is a rough one, but It Is uot
far."
The speaker was. an elderly man.
long haired and bearded, of whose tier-
snieilitv tlu eirl r:m'ht n.i nthot 1.
talis t hn it tin- patriarchal board, a pair
i of reivaikably bright eyes, a long.
! pointed nose and a red scar that ran
r.iagonally across a domed forehead,
lie turned away without further ex
planation ami began to climb n natural
pathway that wound llself up the side
of an almost perpendicular wall of
rook.'
Ilozior caught Iris by the arm and
would have assisted her. but she shook
herself free. She felt and conducted
herself like n fractious child.
"I can manage quite well," she said,
with an odd petulance.
Suddenly slie clung to hi;n.
"Don't let them send me back to the
ship, she Implored.
j "No. no. You are snfe now."
! "Of course I am safe, but I dread
I that ship. Why did I ever come on
board? Captain Coke said he would
: sink her. I told you"
I "Steady: Keep u little nearer the
: rocks on your eft. The passage is
I narrow here."
Ho.ler raised his voice somewhat
anil purposely hurried her. They were
I skirting the seaward face of the rocky
: Islet on which tliey had found sulva
i lion. The sun was blazing at them
: sideways from a wide expanse of blue
sky. ThinUing he was still dizzy from
t lie effects of the blow, which the girl
had ascribed to the bursting of a shell.
I'hilip glanced at his watch. It was
j twenty-live minutes past S. Yet he.
distinctly remembered eight bells be
ing struck while Coke was telling him
from the bridge to give the nnifhor
thirty-live
fathom of cable. Was It
possible that they had gone through so
much during those few minutes?
Just then the track turned sharply
away from the sea. A dry water
rourse cut deeply into the cliff, where
torrential rams hud toaitd an upright
kfcr of soft scoria imbedded In the
mass of basalt, i lieii guide was stand
ing on the sky line ot tile cleft, some
forty feet above them
"Tell Ihe others to make baste.''1 be
said "This is the end ot your jour
ney." "Who is ho?" Iris asked, being rather
breathless now utter u steep climb.
"I flou t know." Siiid Hozier.
"How absurd:" she gasped. "I I
think I'm dreaming. Why have we
come here?"
It was hot as a furnace in this nar
row ravine Kach upward step de
uiaud-'d an effort. She would have
slipped and hurt herself many times
were it not (or Ilozier's linn grasp,
nor diil sue realize the sheer exhaus
tion that forced iiitn to seek support
from the neighboring wall with his
disengaged hand I he man in trout,
however, was alive to their dangerous
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"PAHDO MK, tfONHIECR."
plight. He said something in his own
language, for his F.ilgM.sh had the pre
else staccato accent of the well edu
cated foreigner, aud another mun ap-
peareu. i tie sight of the uewcomei
startled Iris more than auy other eveui
that h.id happened siuce the Androm
eda reached the end ot her last voyage
He wore the uniform of those dread
fill beings whom she hud seen on the
Island.
She shrieked.- Hozier fancied she
had sprained an ankle, but before she
could utter any sort of explanation the
apparition in uniform was by her side
and murmuring words that were evl
denily meant to Im reassuring. Seeing
that he was. not understood, he broke
luto halting French.
- ne w n handsome youngster. ev-
.... ... . . , , .. f
ui-iiiiv mi ninety, aim ms eyes awen
ou the girl's lace with no luck ot mii
matiou us he led her Into a rave which
seemed to ba-ve twen elctivnted from
the Inner side ot a si null crater.
"You can rest beiv lu absolute safe
ty, nindaine." he said. "Permit me to ;
arrange a seat. Theu I shall brlug you
some wine."
Iris tiinig off the band which held
her arm so persuasively.
"Please do nor attend to me. There !
are wounded men who need attention
far more than I." she said, gpeuking in
Kngllsh. since It never entered her
mind that the Portuguese officer had
been addressing her in French.
He was puzzled more by her action
than her words, but Hozier. who had
followed close behind, explained In sen
tences built on the Ollendorttian plan
that mademoiselle was disturbed, ma
demoiselle required rest, mademoiselle
hardly understood that which had ur
rivetl. et volla tout.
"Mademoiselle without doubt is the
daughter of monsieur the captain?"
"No." said Hozier rather curtly, turn
lug to ascertalu now Iris had disposed
of herself In the Interior of the cav
ern. It was his first experience of a
South American dandy's pose toward
women, or. to be exact, toward women
who "ure young uud pretty, and It
seemed to him uot the least marvelous
event of an hour crammed with mar
vels that any man should endeavor to
begin an aetlve flirtation under such
circumstances.
He saw that Iris was seated on a
camp stool. Her face was buried In
her hands. A wealth of brown hair
was tumbled over ber neck and shoul
ders: the constant sho,wers of spray
had loosened her tresses, and the un
avoidable rigors of the passage from
ship to ledge had shaken out every
hairpin. The tum-o' -shunter cap she
was wearing early lu the day had dis
appeared at some unknown stage of
the adventure. Her attitude bespoke
a mood of overwhelming dejectiou.
Like the remainder of her companions
she was titenched to the skin.
Their trials were far from ended
when their feet rested on the solid
rock. There was every Indication that
their rescuers were refugees like them
selves. The scanty resources visible
in the cave, the intense anxiety of the
elderly Portuguese to avoid observa
tion from the chief island of the group,
the very nature of the apparently inac
cessible crag In which he uud his as
sociates were hiding each and all of
those things spoke volumes,
Hozier did not attempt to disturb the
girl until the dapper oflioer produced
a goatskin ntul poured a small quanti
ty oi wlue into a tin cup. With a cu
rious eagerness he anticipated the oth
er's obvious, intent.
"Pardon me. monsieur." he said, seiz
ing the vessel, and his direct Anglo
Saxon manner quite robbed bis French
of Its politeness. Then his vocabulary
broke down, and he added more suave-ly-In
English: "I will persuade ber to
drink a little. She is rather bystericnl.
you know."
The Portuguese nodded as though he
inderstood. Iris looked up wheu Ho
zier brought hel the cup.-
"Is there no uuler?" she asked plain
lively. "Weiave no water, mademoiselle."
the officer said. Then he glanced ut
the group of bmlragga-d sailors. "And
very lilile wine." he added.
"He quick, please." put in the elderly
Portuguese with a tinge of impatience
"We have no second cup. and there
are wounded men"
"Oive It to tbem." said Iris, lifting
her face agaiu for an Instant. "I do
uot ueed it. 1 have told you thnt once
already. I suppose you think i should
not be here."
"I am sure our frietid did not mean
that," said Hozier. looking squarely
into those singularly bright eyes. He
caught and held them.
"I did uot mean that the lady should
be left to die. it that is the interpre
tation put mi my remark," came the
quiet answer. "Hut it was an act ot
the utmost folly to bring a delicate
girl ou such uu errand. I cannot Imag
ine what your captain was. thinking
of wheu he agreed to It."
"Wot's thin, mister?" demanded
Coke. Now t hut bis tit of rage hud
passed the bulky skiper ot the An
dromeda was red faced and Imper
turbable as usual. The manifold perils
he had passed through showed uo more
lusting etlect ou him than a shower ot
sleet on the thick bide of the animal
he so closely resembled.
"Are you the captaiu?" said the
other.
"Yes. sir. Au' I'd like to 'ear w'y
my ship or "er preseut trjj wasn't tit
for euny young teddy, let alone"
"Tnut Is a mailer for you to deter
mine. I suppose you know best how
to conduct your owu business. My
only concern is with the outcome of
your rashueits. Why did you deliber
ately sacrifice your ship In that tnau
ner?" "Wot are you a drlvin' atnister?"
Coke growled.
"Uo you deny, then, that you acted
like a madman? Do you say that you
did not know quite well the risk you
ran in bringing your vessel to the is
land lu broad daylight?"
Then Coke found his breath.
Task!" he roared, "lilsk In steam
in' to au anchorage an' sendiu' a bout
ashore for water? There seems to be
t lot of mad folk loose Just now on
Fernando Noronhn. but I'm uot one ot
em, un' that's us-mucb as I cau say
for enny of you- da mine If It uin't."
"Who are you, then? Who sent yon
here?"
"I'm Captain .lames Coke of the
British ship Andromeda -that's oo I
am an I was sent 'ere. or leastways
to the river Piute, by David Verity &
Co. of Liverpool."
It must not be forgotten that Coke
shared with his employer u certain un
classical freedom in the pronunciation
, of the ship's yutne. The long "e" uu-
pareully puzzled the otner man.
"Androineua."' he muttered.
nr.
"Spell
"My godfather, this It nn asylum for
sure." grinned Coke, in a spasm of fu
rious mirth. "A n d ro-m-e-d-ii. Now
you've got It."
"You are unlucky. Captain Coke,
most unlucky." me other said. "I re
gret my natural mistake, which, ii
seems, was shared by the authorities
of Fernando do Noroiilia. You have
blundered into a host of lioruets. and
as a result you have been badly stung
Let me explain matters. I am liom
Corria Antonio de Sylvn. ex-presldeut
of the republic of ttruzil. '1 here is at
this moment a determined movement
on foot oh the mainland to replace me
in power, and with that object in view
efforts are being made to set ure my
escape from the convict settlement lu
which my enemies have Imprisoned
me. I and two faithful followers are
here lu hiding. .My friend Capitano
Salvador de San lleiiavides." and he
bowed with much dignity toward the
uniformed otlicer. "came here two
days ago in a felucca to warn me that
a steamer would lie to about a mile
south of the Island tonight. The steam
er's inline Is Andros-y-Mela. It Is rath
er like tlie inline of your unhappy ves-sel-so
much alike that the Andromeda
has becu sunk by mistake. ' That is
all."
Cuke, listening to this explanation
with the virtuous wrath of a knave
who discovers that he has been wrong
fully suspected.
bristled uow
with indignai ion.
"Oh. that's all.
Is it?" he cried
s a roast ion I ly
"No. sir; it ain't
it II, nor 'arf. nor
quarter. Let me
tell you that no
crimson pirate
ou liiuvd's earth
cau blow a liril
ish ship off the
'igh seas uu' then
do the daticiu'
master act, with
'is 'and on is
'eart, an' say It
wus Jut u Ham
In' mistake. All,
says you? Don't
you believe It.
There's a lot
mure to c o in e
"XO CnTMSOX PIRATE
cax ni.ow a nttii-
ISII SHIP OFF THE
'IOU SEAS."
yet. lake my tip n devil of a lot or
I'm the biggest lunatic withiu a ten
mile circle of w'ere I'm stanuin', which
Is givin" long odds to any other crunk
in the whole creation."
And Coke was right, though he lit
tle guessed then why he was so thor
oughly Justified in assuming that he
mid the other survivors of the Androm
eda I t:i 1 1 not yet gone through half or
quarter or more than a mere curtain
raising prelude to the- strenge human
drama in which they we,' destined to
be tlie chief actors.
fo nn covrmnsD. i
Lame back coniej on suddenly and
is exiremely painful. U is caused
by rh'i.imatLim of tlie muscles. Quick
relk'f Ls afforded by applying Cham-
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