. -r J
LOUIS TRACY
Author ol the "Pillar of Light."
"The Wings ol the Morn
ing" and "The Captain ol the
Kansas.'
Copyright. 1909 by Edward
Synopsis of Previous Chapters.
CHAPTERi I Overhearing a conspi
racy bctwean her uncle and the- cap
tain of hla ehLp ,to alnk rtia vessel
and celled insurance. Iris Yorkers
cretes herself aboard the Andromeda
Juat Were it sail for iwuthenn e&as.
Her uncle, who 1 her guardian) -"d
has command?:! her to wd eW Dky
Dulmer, thtaks. she ha run away to
avoid the dlstas'eful marriage. II
Philip Healer, yo.vng and hadnftome
sSeond officer of the Andromeda, dis
cover Miss Yorke aboard. Ill iris
itells Hozler of .the plot to eloik he
vessel, and he keep wW-h on . Cap
tain Coke. My&terlous defect la -he
steering gear discovered, causing the
hlp to veer from her course, coke
treat the matter lightly. IV while
putting toto a harbor at aai iuiknowii
Inland tlie Andremeda suddenly la
shelled by a mysterious fee on bJioio.
v Shots- wreck flhlp. Hozler 1
wouaided and his life eaved by
CHAI'TKIt VI.
TIIK KKKUUKKS.
A COIL of stout rope fell on top of
the windings uud rebounded lu
the deck. More tlniu trim, one
' end of It stretched Into tile In
Unity of dripping rock Hiid Hying Hpi ay
overheud. Aud It bad beeu llirowu by
friendly bunds. It duuglud from some
unseen lede.
Coke uud llozler recovered the use
of their faculties simultaneously. The
eyes of t be two men met, but Coke wus
the tirst to (Ind bis voice.
"Salvnge. by .love!" be cried. "Up
you go. Llozler: I'll sling the girl be
hind you. She can't inuiiage It aloue.
mi' It needs some one wltb brulus to
II x things up there for the rest of us."
Aud be udded hoarsely tu Philip's eur:
"Sharp's the word. We 'aveu't uiauy
minutes!"
Iris permitted Coke and a sailor to
strip off a life belt aud tie ber aud
llozler back to buck. It was wonder
ful, though .bidden from ber ken lu
that supreme moment, to see bow tbey
devised a double sling lu order to dis
tribute the strain. Wbeu each knot
was securely fastened Coke vociferat
ed u mighty "Heave away!" - ''
Hut bis powerful voice was drowned
by the Incessant roar of tbe breakers.
Not eveu tbe uuited clamor of every
man present, tl ft ecu all told. Including
the drunken chief officer, could make
Itself beard above the din., 'i'beu Ho
lder tugged sharply at tbe rope three
times, and It grew taut Amid a Jubi
lant cry from the others be and Iris
were lifted clear of the deck. At once
tbey were carried fully, twenty feet
seaward. As tbey swung back, not
quite so fnr aud now well above tbe
level or tbe windlass from which their
perilous Journey hud started, a ready
willed sailor seized a few rolls of a
tlilu rope that lay tucked up lu tbe
angle of the bulwarks aud Bung tbem
across Hoxler's arms. '
"Take a whip with you. sir!", be yell
ed, and Philip showed that be under
stood by gripping tbe rope between his
teeth. It was obvious that tbe rescu
ers were working from a point , well
overhanging the recess Into which tbe
Andromeda hud driven her bows, aud
there might still be the Utmost diffi
culty In throwing a rope accurately
from the rock to tbe wreck. As mat
ter of fact, no less tbau all previous
attempts had been made, and tbe suc
cess of tbe seventh was due solely to
a favorable gust of wind hurtling luto
tbe cleft at tbe very Instant, It was
needed. The sailor's quick thought
solved this problem for tbe future. Ry
tying the small rope to tbe heavier one
those who remained below could haul
It back when some sort of Slgual code
was established.
Once there was a check. They wait
ed anxiously, but there was no slgu
given by the frail roe that tbey were
to haul lu again. Then the upward
movement continued. .--.-.---
"Chunk o' rock In the way," an
nounred Coke, glaring round at tbe
survivors as If to challenge con trH dic
tion. No one answered. These men
were beginning to measure their lives
ngnlnst tbe life of tbe wedge of Iron
and timber kept lu position by tbe
crumbling frame of the ship. It was
a fast diminishing scale. ..The figures
painted ou the Andromeda's bows rep
resented minutes rather than feet.' -Watts
was lying crouched on deck,
wltb bis arms thrown round tbC wind
lass. Looking ever for a fresh Incur
lou of rats, be seemed to be cheered
by tbe fact that bis dreaded assailants
lireXyrred the luterlor of tbe forccumJie
t clod. r '
1
to the wnve swept deck., fie was the
only mau there who had no fear of
death. Suddenly lie began to croou u
long forgotten miHor's dimity.
"Now, me ladx, sllig a slave of the dead
mun h mans.
Volt uever mil 'ome again, oh:.
We're' twelve old satin an' the gkipppr's
lass.
Marooned In the Spanish main, oh!
Hlng nuy
King lio J'' .
A nfkUer Is Uuvy Jones!
Just one more plus an' a swig at the Jug.
An' up with the Kkull an' bones!"
After a longer iind faster haul than
had been' noticed . previously 'the rope
stopped a second time. Kvery one ex
cept Watts was watching the whip
Intently.
"There she goes!" yelled the sailor
In churge "f I he line, lie began to
baul'lu the slack like it tn-.xl nm n.
A dark .form loomed downward
I through the mist. It was llozler. alone.
coming back to, them. A frenzied
cheer broke from the lips of those
overwrought men. Tbey knew what
that meant. Somewhere high above
the black rocks and the flying scud
was hope throned in the blessed sun
shine. They drew him in cautiously -until
Coke was able to grasp his band.
They were quick to see that he brought
n second rope imd a spare whip.
"Two at a time on both ropes," was
his liiHplrlling message. "They're
friendly Portuguese up there, but no
one must be seen If u boat Is sent from
the Island to Uud out what has .be
come of the ship. So step lively! Now.
captain, tell 'em off In pairs." - '
Coke's method was characteristic,
lie literally fell ou the two. nearest
men and began to truss them. Hinder
followed his example and tied two
others back to back. They vanished,
and the ropes returned, much more
speedily this time. Four and four
again were drawn up to safety. . There
were left the captain. llozler and the
unhappy Wutts. who was now crying
becuuse the skipper had "set about"
him Just lor "slngiu' a reel ole wind
jammer song." ...
"You must take tip tlis swine," said
Coke to llozler, drugging Watts to 'his
feet with scant ceremony, "If I lay
me 'anils on 'lui I'll be tempted to
throttle 'lm."
Before quitting the deck llozler help
ed to adjust the remaining rope around
the captain's portly person. They were
lifted clear of the trembling forecastle
almost simultaneously and In the very
nick of time. Already the skeleton of
the ship's, hull was beginning to slip
off Into deep waior. The deck- was
several feet lower than at. the moment
of the vessel's Una I impact against the
rocks. Kveu before the three reached
1 be ledge from which their rescuers
were working the bridge uud funnel
were swept away, the foremast fell.
the forehold and forecastle were riot
ously flooded by the seu. and Wntts.
were ' he capable of using his eyes.
might have seen "his deadly enemies,
the nils, swiirmliig lu hundreds to the
lln.v platform that still rose above the
destroying waves. Soon even that
frail ark was shattered. When the
keel ami garboard stroke plates snap
ped, all Hint was left- of the Androme
da toppled over, anil the envevn she
had Invaded rang with a tierce note of
triumph us the next wave thundered
In without hindrance.
. .'
It, was Indeed a new and strange
world on which Iris looked when uble
to breathe anil see once more. Iiur
Ing that terrible ascent she bad reluln
ed but slight consciousness of In sur
roundings. She knew that lloxier and
herself were drawn close to a bulging
rock, that her coiuiMtuloii clutched at
It with hands and kneex and thus fend
ed her delicate limbs from off Its bro
ken surface: she felt herself half ear
rleiV, half lifted, up lino free air. utid
dnxxllJig llpht; she heard voices In a
musical foreign tongue uttering words
that hud the Hug of sympathy.. .
Friendly hands placed her in a warm
aud sunlit cleft, and she lay there, un
able to think or move. Ry. degrees the
manliness of body nnd mind gave way
to clearer Impressions. Hut she took
much for granted. Kor Instance, It did
not seeui an unreasonable thing that
the familiar faces of men from the An
dromeda should gather near ber ou an
uneven shelf, of rock strewn with bro
ken bowlders and the litter of sea
birds. . She recognized them vaguely,
and their presence lirotittht a new con
fidence. They Increased hi iiuiuImt
Hnllnr-llke. they begun to take part
Instantly In the work of rescue, but
she wondered dully why llozler did
not route to her. nor did she under
stand that he Ind gone back to that
raging Inferno beneath until she saw
bls bhs'il si a 1 1 led fuce appear over tbe
Hp of the precipice. ,
'Then she s reamed wildly, "Thank
(ind liw thank tiisl!" nnd staggered
to -her feel In the frantic desire lo help
' Id nnrnxtenrtrgtiie rope Hint tioimd him
to the luseusible Waits, l'eurs gushed
forth at"" ber
own helplessness.
The pain In ber
eyes blinded her.
She. shrank away
ngafu. Not tfntll
Philip himself
spoke did she dare
to look at htm. to
find that be was
bending- over ber
and endeavoring
to nllay her agita
tion by repeated
assurancesof tbehr
ommon well be
Ing. . "
"Come. Miss
Yorke." said Ho
sier, "our Portu-
TttANK ooti on, guese friends say
tiia.nk god!" we must not re
main here an instant longer than is
necessary." . ,
"Yes," said a strange voice; "the sea
is moderating. At any moment a boat
may appear. Follow me, all of you.
The road Is a rough one, but It is not
far."
The speaker was nn elderly ma"n,
long haired and hen rded,-of whose per
sonality the girl caught no other de
tails l ha n the patriarchal beard, a pair
of ' remarkably " bright eyes, a lougi
pointed nose and a red scar that ran
diagonally across a domed forehead.
He turned away without further ex
planation aud began to climb a untural
pathway that wound Itself up the si,de
of on almost perpendlculur wall of
rock.
Uozler caught Iris by thearm and
would have assisted her. but she shook
herself free. She felt and conducted
herself like -a fractious child. '
"I can manage quite well," she said,
with an odd petulance. ,'
Suddenly she clung to him.
"Don't let t hem send me back to the
ship," she Implored.
"No. no. You are safe now." ,-
"Of course I nm safe, but I dread
that ship. Why did I ever come on
board? Captain Coke said he would
sink her. I told you"
"Steady! Keep a little nearer the
rocks on your left. The passage Is
narrow here."
llozler raised his voice sojnewhat
and purposely hurried her. They were
skirting the seaward face of the rocky
Islet on which they had found salva
tion. The sun was blazing at them
sideways from a wide expanse of blue
sky. Thinking lie was still dizzy from
the effects of the blow, which the girl
had ascribed to the bursting of a shell.
Philip, glanced at bis watch. It was
twenty-live minutes past 8. Yet he
distinctly remembered eight bells be
ing struck while Coke was telling hliu
from the bridge to give the nuchor
tbirty-five fathoms of cable. Was It
possible' that they had gone through so
mnclj during those few minutes?
Just then the track- turned sharply
away from the sea. A ' dry water
course cut deeply Into tbe cliff, wnere
torrential rains had. found an upright
liter of soft scoria imbedded lu the
muss of basalt. Their guide was stand
ing on the sky Hue of the cleft, some
forty feet above them.
"Tell the others to make haste." be.
said. "This Is tbe end of your Jour
ney." "Who Is be?" .Iris asked, being rather
breathless now after a sleep climb.
"1 , don't know.", said 'llozler.
"How absurd!" she gasped. "I -I
think I'm .dreaming. Why- nave we
come here?"
It was hot as a furunee lu this nar
row ravine. Kach upward step de
nianded au effort. She would have
slipped and hurt Herself many times
, were It ut for llozler's firm grasp,
nor did she realize Hie sheer exhaus
tion that forced bint to eeek support
from the neighboring wall with his
disengaged hand The man lu front
however, was alive to their dangerous
'rABIKM MB, MONSIEUR."
plight, tie said something In hla owu
language, for his KngUsh had the pre
cise staccato accent ot tbe wen edn
cated foreigner, and another mau ap
peared. The sight ot the newcomer
startled Iris more Hutu any other eveut
thnt'bad hapiiened aim-e the Androm
eda reached the etui ot her last voyage
He wore the uniform ot those dread
ful beings whom she hud seen on the
Island.' , . ,-
She shrieked. Hotter fanchnl she
bad sprained an ankle, but before she
j could utter any wort of explanation ine
apparition In uiiirornT was hy ber side
and murmuring" words that were evi
dently meant to be reassurli.n. Seelnf
that be. was not understood, be broke
luto halting French.
He was n handsome youngster, evi
dently an officer., and his eyes dwelt
on the girl's fuce 'wltb' no lack ot ani
mation as he led her Into a rave which
seemed to have been excavated from
the Inner side of a small crater.",'.-.
"You can rest here lu absolute safe
ty, madume." be said. "Permit me to
arrange a seat. Then 1 shall bring you
some wine." '
Iris flung off the band which held
ber arm so persuasively. .''-:
"Please.do uot attend to me. There
are wounded men who need attention
far more than I," she said, speaking in
English, since it never entered her
mind, that the Portuguese officer bad
been addressing her In French. -
He was puzzled more by ber action
than ber words, but' Hozler. who had
followed close behind, explained in sen
tences built ou tbe Ollendortlinn plan
that mademoiselle was disturbed, ma
demoiselle required rest, mademoiselle
hardly, understood that which hud ar
rived, et voila tout
Mademoiselle without donbt la the
daughter of monsieur the captain?"
No,-' said Hozlpr rather curtly, turn
ing to ascertain how 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 are young and pretty, and it
seemed to hlm'not the least marvelous
event of an hour crammed with mar
vels that any utan should endeavor to
begin au active flirtation under such
circumstances.
He saw that Iris wna seated on a
camp stool. Her face was burled in
ber bands. A wealth of brown hair
was tumbled over her neck and shoul
ders: tbe constant showers of spray
had loosened her tresses, and the un
avoidable rigors of the passage from
ship to ledge had shaken out every
hairpin. Tbe tam-o'-shanter cap she
was wearing early In the day had dis
appeared at some unknown stage of
the adventure. Her attitude bespoke
a mood of overwhelming dejection.
Like the remainder of her companions
she was dxenched 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 tbe
elderly Portuguese to avoid observa
tion from tbe chief Island of the group,
tbe very nature of the apparently Inac
cessible Crag In which he and bis as
sociates were biding each and all of
these things spoke volumes.
Hozler did not attempt, to disturb tbe
girl until the dapper officer produced
a goatskin and poured a small quanti
ty of wine Into a tin cup. With a cu
rious eagerness he anticipated tbe oth
er's obvious Intent.
"Pardon tne; 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 her to
drink a little. She is rather hysterical.
you know"
- The Portuguese nodded as though he
'inderstood. Iris looked up wbeu Ho
'.ier brought hei the cup. -.
"Is there no water?" she asked pluin
;ively. - ,
"We have no wuter. mademoiselle,"
the oltli er said. Thou he glanced al
the group of bedraggled sailors. "And
very little wine." he added.
. "Be quick. pnnse," put lu the elderly
Portuguese wllb a tinge of impatience
"We have uo sevond cup, uud there
are wounded men"
"Give it to them." said Iris, lifting
her fuce again for an instuui. "I do
uot need it. I have told you that once
already. .- I suppose you think I should
not be here." "
"I am sure our frieud did not menu
that." .'said Hozler. looking squarely
into those singularly bright eyes. He
caught and held them. --
"1 did uot mean that the lady should
be lert to die, it that is tbe interpre
tation put (Mi my remark,'1 came the
'quiet answer. "Km It was an act ot
tbe utmost folly to bring a delicate
girl ou such au errand. I cannot I mag-,
lue what your captain was thinning
of wheu he agreed to it." .
, "Wot'a xtbnt, mister?" demanded
Coke. Now that bis fit of rage bad
passed the bulky skipper ot the An
dromeda was' red faced and Imper
turbable as usual. Tbe manifold perils
be had' passed through showed no more
lusting effect ou him than a shower ot
sleet on tbe thick hide of thejjuiuial
he so closely resembled. .
- "Are .you the captain?" said the
otber. . '
"Yes, sip. . An' I'd like to 'ear w'y
my ship or 'er preseut trip 'wasn't tit
for euny young leddy. let alone" -
"That Is a matter; for you to deter
mine. 1 supisise you know best, bow
lo conduct your owu business. My
only concern Is wltb tbe outcome of
your rnshueus. Why did you deliber
ately sacrifice your ship in that uu
nerr "Wot are you a-drlvtn' at. mister?"
Coke growled. . ,
"Do you deny, thejj, ttipt you acted
like a madman? Do you say that you
did not know quite well tbe risk you
ran In bringing your-vessel to the Is
land In broad daylight?"
, Tneu Coke found bis breath.
"Risk:" be roared. "Risk In stea ra
in' to nn anchorage an' sendlu' a bout
ashore for water? There seems to be
a lot of mad folk loose Just now on
Fernando Norouba, but I'm uot one of
'cm, an' that's as mucb-as I cau say
for euny of you-damme If It ain't." I
"Who are you, then? Who sent you
here?" . !
"I'm Captain James Coke of the
British ship Audromeda-t hut's oo I
sin an I was sent 'ere. or leastways
to tbe river Plate, by Duvld Verity &
Co. of Liverpool." ,
It must not be forgotten that Coke
shared with bis employer certain uu-1
classical freedom In the pronuocUillou
of tbe shin's uauie. The loug "e" ao-
paretitly puzziwr the other mau.
"Andromed'a!" he muttered.
It!"
"Speir
"My -god rather, this It an asylum for
sure." grunted Coke. In a spasm of fu
rious mirth. "A-n-d r-o-m-e-d-n. Now
you've goi It." '
"You are unlucky. Captain- Coke,
most unlucky." the other said! "I re
gret my natural " mistake, which, it
seems.. vas sljared by the authorities
of Fernando do Norouha. You have
blundered into a nesi of borncis, and
as a result -you have' been badly stung
Let me explain .mailers, j mo Horn
Corria Antonio de-Sylva. ex-president
of the republic of Brazil. "There is at
this moment a determined movement
on foot on the mainland to replace me
in power. and with that object In view
efforts ore being made to secure my
escape from, the couvict settlement In
which my . enemies hUTe Imprisoned
me. I and two faithful' followers are
here lu hiding. My friend Cnpitano
Salvador de San ISenavides," and he
bowed with much dignity toward the
uniformed officer, "cuine 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 name is Andros-y-Melo. It Is rathr
er like the mini' of your unhappy ves
selso much alike that the Andromeda
has been sunk by mistake. That is
all."
Coke, listening to this explanation
with the virtuous wrath of a knave
who discovers that he has been wrong
fully suspected. . - '
bristled now
with indignation.
"Oh, that's nil.
Is it?" he-cried
sarcastically.
"No. sir; It ain't
all, nor 'arf, 'nor
quarter. Let me
tell you that uo
crimson pirate
on Gawd's earth
can blow a Brit
ish ship off- the
Mgh seas an' then
do tbe dancin'
master. act. with
'is 'and on 'is
'eart. uu' say it
was Just a flam
io' mistake. All.
says you? Don't
you believe it.
There's a lot
more to come
"XO CRTMSON PIRATE
. CAX BLOW A BRIT'
IRH SHIP OFF TUE
IQH SEAS."
yet. take my tip a devil of a lot or
I'm the biggest lunatic withlli a ten
mile circle of w'ere I'm stauuin', which
is givln' long odds to any other crank
In the whole creallou."
And Coke was right though he lit
tle guessed then why he was so thor
oughly Justified 'In assuming that he
si mt the other survivors of the Androm
eda had not yet gone through half.or
quarter or more than a mere curtain
raising prelude to the strenge human
drama In'wblch thpy were destined to
be the chief actors.
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