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By J LOUIS TRACY Author ol the "Pillar of Light," "The Wings ot the Morn ing" and "The Captain ot the Kansas. Copyright, 1909 by E4wrd J Clod. Synop t of Previoue Chapter. CHAPTER i Ovorhearingacwpi raoy berweea her uiicte and the co c;iiii of lia ship to sink the vet'l aiiJ collect insurance, Iris Yorke se. erei herself aboard the Andromeda jus; before U salU tor soucnern eas. Her uncle, who is her guardian aaii has commanded ker to wed old DU;ky li-inier, thinks she has run away to avoid the distasteful marriage. II I'hilip Hozier, yoang and hadnsonie s.-oad officer of the Aadromeda, dis. covers -..Us Yorke aboard, in iris leus Hozier oi the pio; to sink iie.. aad he keeps wat;h on Cap tain Coke. Jiysterlous defect in the s.eeriug gear discovered, causing the Sii.p 10 veer from her course. Coke treats the ma-.ter lightly. IV While putting in:o a harbor at an unknown island the Andromeda suddenly is saelied by a mysterious foe on shore. V Sao s wreck ship. Hozier is wOvtueed and his life saved by Iris. VI Survivors are hauled up on a c.if by ropes ie: down by a party of refugees, the leader proving to be Dom Corria ce Syiva, deposed presi deut of Brazil. CHArTER VIIL CROSS PURPOSES. THOUGH iris gave such vnrllke counsel, it would be doing her a grave injustice to assume that her genlie disposition was ! changed because of the day's sailer- j ings. The erstwhile light hearted i schoolgirl and youthful mistress of j her uncle's house had been subjected to dynamic influences. The ordeal : through w -i. h she had passed, un scathed L- tli y. but seared In spirit, had left hur strung to a tense pitch. Of course In this present clash of emotions Iris little understood what i her advice really meant. She was ap- j pealing to heaven rather than to the force of arms. ' Oddly enough, the only professional soldier present condemned her project roundly when it was mooted. "In leaving the island tonight you are acting cu an assumption," protest ed Captain Sia Benavides to his chief. "You cannot oe sure that the Andros- y-Mela w ill not appear. The arrange- I ment Is that she is to send a boat here j soon after midnight, yet If this mad j . scheme of an attack on armed troops j by unarmed men is persisted in we must begin t ferry to the Island long before that hour. In all probability we shall be discovered at once. At the very moment that our friends are eagerly awaiting us on board the ship we may be lying dead on the island. The noticn U preposterous. Be guided by me, Dom Corria, and decline to have anything to do with it. Better still, let these English boors promise to forget that we are alive. Then Mar cel can guide them to the landing place, where they will be shot speed ily and comfortably. There Is no sense in sacrificing the glrL She must be kept here on some pretext" The ex-president took thought before he answered. "I fear we must fall In with our allies' views, faute de mieus. You and I have to lead a headstrong army. That little Hercules of commander Is stubborn as a mule a mule that has the strength and courage of a wild boar. The younger man thinks only of the girl's safety. He, at least, will not consent to leave her. Both, backed by their crew, will not scruple to sacrifice us If their interests point that way. Trust me to twist them into the course that shall best serve our own needs. I am now going to tell them that you ap prove of their plan." The long day wore slowly. The heat was Intense. Even the hardened sail ors soon found that if the atmosphere of the cavern were to remain endura ble they might not smoke. Eo pipes were extinguished. Unhappily Iris answered In French some simple query of the dapper offi cer's. Thenceforth, to her great be- wUderment and Hozler's manifest an noyance, he pestered her with eompli nents and Inquiries. To avoid both she expressed a longing for sleep. When she awoke the ravine was in shadow and the interior of the cave was dark. Her first conscious sensa tion was that of almost Intolerable thirst Nevertheless she cried lnvolun- tarny for water, and again she was offered wine. She managed to smile In a strained fashion at this malicious humor of fortune. Hozier, who had aroused her by touching her shoulder, fancied he saw the gleam of merriment in her face. "If there Is no hitch In our plans," he said, "we should be on the Island within five hours. We have every- ' thirs: thought cut as f;'r as may be In view- of the unknown. At any rate, Mlsa Yorke. i!" we sii' oeed la getting you safely al'.i'ie ou personally will have but sliit cause f-.r fur'.lier anxiety. The pr. ial is that Marve. shall t.iUe you a: o;. e to tl.e li;:t of au old couvL-i v. h 'ii; ho cm trust" "A colivii-:'." she gasi",l. "The population of l"ornatI No rouha is aiuM'st entirely made of con victs and souliers." he explained. But am 1 to le loft there alone:" "What else is there to i.e done: You cauuot join in the attack on a fort, and that oOers our only rhaie e. it woutd seem, t.rautec au ecu--ti.e sur- prise, we may tarry it. men jou. ; guardian will Lr ;i:g you to us. "What if you fall "We must not fail. he said quietly. "Please do uit hide th alternative , I from me," ,she pl?aded. "1 have eu- dured so nni -h. ' "Well, don't you see. this man who. ; by the way. is married and has a i daughter, aged fonrteeu will, if tieces-; sary, reveal your presence to the gov ernor. By that t.me. say in a d..y or . two, the excitement will hive died j down, the news of your es ape v.-iH be ! cabled u Euglaud. you will l e sent to ! tl'.e coast on the government steamer. aud you can travel home by the nest ' maU" i "That siuiids very simple aud THnr. - ; pean," she said, aud the pathetic sur- j casm was not lost on him. j Holier was deputed to obtain the , girl's consent to the proposal he had j aireauj pui Leioie uer. xie icareu iu.h I sue vouiu reruse compliance, ior ue understood her nue,teuiper better than i the others. He was a young man-one Uut Ulue erst"U lli lutr a3 ui vuicu ; vet some Instinct warned him that there was a nobility iu Iris Vorke's nature that might set self at naught and urge her to share her companions' lot even though certain death were the outcome. ' They pas;d together through the cavern. Watts, sound asleep, was ly ing there. The majority of the men were seated on the r:ks without or i lounging near the entrance. TUoy were i smoking now freely, the only stipula ! tion being that matches were not to j be struck in the open. ; There was no hiding the desperate ' character of the coming adventure, i The Andromeda's crew did not attempt ! to minimize it. The choke oCered lay ! only in the mauner of their death. As to the prospect of ultimate escape, they hardly gave it a thought. Some among I of Eu- them had served in the armies 1 uuu 1 u'-t i feu iiiA. . t ; ... ! 1. ..n nt ; ueiusioit couceriuiij: iuc ui uu n- i tack on a fort by less than a score of I unarmed men seventeen, to be exact. ' since two of the ship's company were ! so maimed by the bursting of the shell j on the forecastle us to be practically helpless. It was by the rarest good fortune that they were able to walk, i Iris smiled at them in her frank way. I "I hope vou will all be spared to ship on a new Andromeda," she said. "tttll tre soldisih throw ocb dead BODiEd l.MO TBK SUA.' No sooner bad the words left her lips than the liiwught came us bidder., "If my uncle ami Captain Coke wished the r. fiir-i,Tx-n rtvv:v. iiufhin!? could j hQve suiteJ the(-p pl.n)uSe3 than this trat'l'' error." For the in.sratit the unforeseen out- 1 eon:e of r";r Sniobiv afternoon's ulot- , u. , a. h0 pei.Plul gar,ieu of Linden j Houne held her Imagination. She re called each Bvllahle of It. aud there :h.- i. d in b-T brain the hitherto un- dr- M.i'hl cf possibility that Coke had :jr--u,!it the Andromeda to Fernando N i-. iiha Id pursuance of his thievish project. At once she w hiapered to Hozier: "ii there anj. one on the bath be- tow 7" "No," he akl. 'I lie Brazilians are with Cuke at the toiof the pully." is it safe for us to go the other way?" "1 think so. But yon must be care ful not to slip." She caught his urns, little knowing i tl:e thrill her clasp Bent through his ; frame. This simple gesture of her t'ontidow'e was Idttersvveet. He reso lutely eloped his eyes to the knowledge I that this nil;.'ht lie their lust talk. They climbed down. Neither spoke j ! until they stood on the curving ledge ' that h:id proved their salvation. They : rea' hed the place from which the Ilra i Lilians had thrown the roje. They ' could hear the quiet plash of the water : in the cleft, l'iled agalust a low ly ! lag rock were the funnel and other debris of the Andromeda. The black i hull was plainly visible beneath the ! surface. "If we follow the others, will the soldiers throw our dead bodies Into : the sea?" she asked. "1 want you to believe that you will ! be absolutely safe if we escape being : discovered during the crossing of the narrow strii of waur that separates this rock from the island." he hastened i to say. "That is your only risk, and It ; is a light one. Seuhor de Sylva is sure ; tli'it the troops will not keep the keeu '. lookout tonight. They are still con vinced that the insurgent steamer is sunk. Our chief danger will tlate from I tomorrow's dawu. Marcel reports that , a systematic search of the island was begun today. It will be continued to I morrow, but on uew Hues, because by j that time they will have learned the ! truth. The Andros y-Mela is not lying in pieces at the foot of tins rock, the r,roSident has not escaied. and everv pr;,oti0able iu.h of Fernando Norouha allj adjaeent Ulauds will be scour- td in the hope of hud lug him. At first sight that looks like being hi our favor. ju reality It means the end If we are discovered here. The soldiers will shoot lirst and inquire afterward. 1 have not the slightest doubt but that plenty of evidence will be forthcoming that we were a set of desperadoes who had un lawfully interfered in the affairs of a foreign state." "I want to do that which is for the good of all." she said at length. "Do you nsk me to go to this convict's h-iuse. Mr. Uozier?" i urge it on you with the utmost conviction. With you off our hands we can act freely. We must deliver an attack tonight. God in heaven, you cannot think that we would expose you to the perils of a desperate tight'." His sudden outburst was unexpected, , himself He trembled in au ! agony of passion. Iris placed a timid n"nj 1.1.. 1. 1.- wU, g0 .. sU(? wuisperetl. Please do not be distressed on my accouut. 1 brought you here not to discuss my own fate, but yours. These Brazilians will not scruple to make use of you and then throw you aside if It suits their purpose. That man De Sylva does not care how he attains power, aud I know that he and the officer en tertain simie plan which they have not revealed to you." "You know!" "Yes. I understand a little of their language. I have a mere glimpse of Its sense, as one sees a landscape through a mist. When De Sylva told you today that San Benavides was with you heart and soul, he was lying. There were things said about n ship aud midnight and a boat. I watched 1 the officer's face. He was wholly op posed to the landing tonight. My mind I uot s0 Vtt?ue UoW- I thiuk I can grasp nis meaning. v as 11 uot. to night that the Audros-y-Mela was to i v 1 aPPea'' Yes." "Well, may they not hope secretly that she will keep to the fixed hour? Once you and I and the others are on the island and an alarm is given the Braruliaus could slip away unno ticed. Yes, that i-s it. I do uot trust them any more than I trusted Captain Coke. Don't you realize that he brought the Andromeda to this place in order to wreck her more easily? It was to supply a pretext for the visit that he made uudriukable the water in the ship's tanks." That apiealing hand still rested on Philip's shoulder. Its touch affected him profoundly. With a lightning dart of memory his thoughts weut back to the moment when she lay, inert and half fainting, in his arms on the bridge, after he had taken her from the laz arette. But he controlled bis voice sufficiently to say. "You may be right. Indeed, I know you are right so far as Coke Is con cerned. When I weut aft to find out if one of the boats could not be cleared I noticed that a steering gear box had been pried open again. I had time for only a second's glance, but I was sure the damage had not been done by a bullet. So the Andromeda was doom ed to be lost, no matter what hap pened." "Coke will stand by the rest of us in our straggle for life, at any rate. But the Brazilians" "Have no fear of them. I, too. have watched San Iienavides. I don't like the fellow and wouldn't place nn ounce of faith In him, but Ie Sylva has brains, and be knows well euough that no ship from Brazil will come to Fer nando Noronh.t ia his behalf. In fact, te dreads a visit by a government ves sel, in which event our frail chance of seizing that launch" She felt rather than saw that he had suddenly grown rigid. His right arm flew out aud drew her to blm. "Sh-s-s-h."' he breathed and palled her behind a ruck. Her woman's heart yielded to dread of the nuseen. It rmlsed violently, nnd she was tempted Foley Kidney Pills are tonic in action, quick ia results, and restore the natural action of the kidneys and bladder. They correct irregularities. Burnaugh & Mayfield. to scream. Pe spite his warning she must ut least have w-blspered a question, but her ears sou the well l lie ligut cliug chiic of an engine and the cupping of a propeller came up to them from the sea. The steam launch was nttproachiug. I'er h;ivs they had Iteen seen al- 0 5 ready! As If to itE TrrRrsT ms head emphasize this through. peril there was on Interval of si- louce. Steam hint ht ahiif nff Tlill. ip touched the girl's lips lightly with a finger. Then he lay fiat on the ledge and began to creep forward. It was impossible that he should run and warn the otliers. but It was essential, above till ele. that he should ascertain what the men on the launch were do ing and the extent of their knowledge He found a tuft of the grass that clung to a crevli-e where Its roots drew hardy sustenance from the crumbling rock. He ventured to thrust his head through this screen, following Domin go's example some hours earlier. Al most directly beueath his eager glance found the little vessel. She was float ing past with the current. He peered down on to her deck as If from the top of a mast. A few cigarette smok ing officers were grouped in her bows. Apparently they were more Interested iu the remains of the Andromeda than iu the natural fortress overhead. Clus tered round the hatch were some twen ty soidiers. also smoking. One of the officers pointed to the ledge. He was excited anil emphatic. Tile man at the wheel growled an order, and the euglue started again. Though Hozier knew not what was said." the significance of this panto mime was not lost on him. The local pilot was afraid of these treacherous waters In the dark, but next day Frade do Franeez (which is the island ers' name for the Grande-pere rocki would surely be explored if a landing t-ould be made. Away bustled the launch, but Hozier I , aid not move until there was no risk of his figure being silhouetted against the sky. Even then he wormed his way backward with slow caution. Iris was crouched where he had left her, wide eyed, motionless. "Good Job we came here," he said. It is evideut they mean to maintain n . , - ud to which :Sj.l''T"-3 y were now i atvustonied. iv Jxin a patrol until there Is news of De j '. . ... '. rr Sylva one way or the other. It will . An-T lsvat bb t0 pr0tf ' be interesting now to hear what the!,1'- H ore entry, or fa- gallant San Beuavides suvs. If anv i :iat ft contest at any time before ship comes to Fernando Noronha to night she will be seen from the Is land long before any signal is visible ut this point." "Do you think the others saw the launch:" she asked. "No nut unless some of the men strayed down the gully, which they were told not to do. The breakers would drown the noise of the engines and screw." There was a slight pause. "Will you tell them?" she went on. - - 1 "Why not?" This time the pause was more elo quent than words. Quite unconscious ly iris replied to her own question. "Of course, as you said a little while ago, we owe our lives to Dom Corria de Sylva," she murmured, as If she were reasoning with herself. By chance, probably because Hozier stooped to help her to her feet, his arm rested lightly across her shoulders. "I will uot pretend to misunderstand you," he said. "If the Brazilians do not mean to play the game it would be a just punishment to let them rush on their own doom. But De Sylva may not agree with this fop of au officer, and. iu nuy event, we must go straight with him until he shows his teeth." "You seem to dislike Captain San Benavides," she said iuconsequently. "I regard him as a brainless ass," he exclaimed. "Somehow that sounds like a descrip tion of a dead donkey, which one never sees." "Mademoiselle!" came a voice from the lip of the ravine. "One can hear him, though." laughed Hozier, with a warning pressure that suspiciously resembled a hug. These two were children In some respects, quicker to jest than to grieve, better fitted for mirth than tragedy. They moved out from their niche, and San Benavides blustered into ve hement French. "We are going to the landing place before it is too dark," he muttered an grily. "We must not show a light Iu a few minutes the path will be most dangerous. Please make baste, made moiselle. We did not know where yon had gone." He took her hand. Philip followed. Ue was young enough to long fur an opportunity to tell San Benavides that he was a puppy, a mongrel puppy. After a really difficult and hazardous descent they found the others awaiting them in a rock shrouded cove. The barest standing room was afforded by a patch of shingle and detritus. Along side a flat stone lay three broad planks tied together with cowhide. The cen ter plank was turned np at one end. This was the catamaran, which De Sylva had dignified by the name of boat. "Were 'ave you bin?" growled Coke. "We've lost a good ten ininnlts. You ought to 'ave known, Hozier, that it's darkest Just after snnset!" "We could not have started sooner sir." "W'y not? We were kep' whtan' trp there, searchin' for you." "That was our best slice of luck to day. Had any of yon appeared on the hjdge xpu would have been seen from the "launch." -Wot launch T' The launch that visited lis this morning. Ten minutes ago she was standing bv at the foot of the rock." I . Philip spoke slowly and clearly. He ! meant his news to strike home. As ; he anticipated. Pe Sylva broke In. j "You saw it?" he asked, and his .deep voice vibrated with dismay. "Yes. I even made out. by actlmiB j rather than words, that the darkuesa i alone prevented the soldiers from eoin I lng here tonight. The skipper would not risk it." De Sylva said something under his j breath. He spoke rapidly to San Ben- avldes, aud the latter seemea 10 De cowed, for his reply was brief. Then the ex-president reverted to English. "I have decided to seud Marcel and I Domingo nshore first," he said. "They the gaf pIare for a ,and lug. Marcel will bring back the cat amaran and take off Mr. Hozier and the young lady. Captain Coke and I will follow, and the others In such or der as Penhor Benavides thinks fit. The catamaran will only hold three with safety, but Marcel believes he can find another for Domingo. 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