The news=record., December 03, 1910, Saturday Edition, Image 4

-trt f Tfel
' By -aV
LOUIS TRACY
Author of the "Pillar of Light,"
"The Wings of the Morn
ing" and "The Captain of the
Kansas."
J
Copyright. 1909. by Edward J. Clod
Synopsis of Previoua Chapters.
CHAPTER I Ovorhaarlmg a conspi
racy bet wean her uncle and the ap
tabi of his ahLp to imk lu vessel
and collect insurance, Iria Yorlte se
cretes herself aboard the Andromeda
Just before lit ail lor southern Be
Her uncle, who Is hr guardtaro amd
has commanded her to wed old Dicky
Bulmer, thinks, she ha rum. away to
avoid the dlstaateiui marriage. II
Pniliu Hosier, young and hadnom
sacond oMc&r of the Andromeda, dis
covers j.iss Vorke aboard. Ill iris
tells Hozler of the plot to sink "the
vesael, and he keeps watch on Cap
tain Coke. Mysterious defect lax .he
steering gear discovered, causing the
ship to veer from her course, (joke
treat the matter fotly. IV While
putting Into a harbor at an unknown
lstand the Andromeda suddenly Is
shelled by a mysterious foe on shore.
V Shot wreck ship. Bozlor 1
wounded and' hla life saved by irl.
VI Survivors are hauled up on a
cliff by ropes let down by a party
of refugees, the leader proving 'to bo
Dom Conria de Sylva, depos.ed preal
dant, of, Brazil.
CIIAPTEIl VIII.
cnoss PURPOSES.
THOUGH Iris gave such warlike
couusel, It would be doing ber
a grave injustice to assume that
her gentle disposition was
changed because of the day's suffer
ings. The erstwhile light hearted
schoolgirl and youthful mistress of
her uncle's bouse had been subjected
to dynamic influences. The ordual
through which she had passed, un
scathed bodily, but seared In spirit,
had left her strung to a tenso pitch.
Of course in tbls present clash of
emotions Iris little understood what
her advice ronlly meant. She was ap
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 actlug on an assumption," protest
ed Captain Sun Deuavldes to his chief.
"You cannot be sure that the Andros-y-Mela
will not appear. The arrange
ment is that she is to send a boat here
soon after mldutght, yet if this mad
scheme of an attack on armed troops
by unarmed men Is persisted in we
must begin to ferry to the island long
before tliat hour. In all probability we
shall be discovered at once. At the
Very moment that our friends are
eugerly awaiting us on board the ship
we may be lying dead on the island.
The notion is preposterous. Be guided
by me, Dom Corrla, and decline to
have anything to do with it. Better
till, 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 girl. She must
be kept here on some pretext"
The ez-presldeut took thought before
he answered.
"I fear we must fall in with our
allies' views, fuute de mleux. You
and I have to lead headstrong army.
That little Hercules of a commander
la 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 tholr iuterests point that way.
Trust me to twist them into the course
that shall best servo our own needs. I
am now going to tell them that you ap
prove of their plan."
The long day wore Blowly. The heat
was inteuse. Even the hardened sail
ors soon fouud that if the atmosphere
of the cavern were to remain endura
ble they might not smoke. Bo pipes
were extinguished.
Unhappily Iris answered In French
some simple query of the dapper offi
cer's. Thenceforth, to her great be
wilderment and Hosier's maulfest an
noyance, he pestered her with compli
ments 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 Involun
tarily for water, and again she was
offered wine. She managed to smile
In a strained fashion at this malicious
humor of fortune.
Hosier, who bad aroused her by
touching ber shoulder, fancied he saw
the gleam of merriment la her fact.
"If tberv.la no hitch In our plana,"
he said, "we should be on the Island
within . bts hours. We bars erery-
thing thought out as for as may be
In view of the unknown. At any rate,
Miss Yorke, If we succeed in getting
you safely ashore you personally will
have but slight causa for further
anxiety. The proposal Is that Marcel
shull take you ut once to the hut of
an old convict whom he can trust"
"A convict!" Hlit' gasped.
"The population of Fernando No
ronha Is ulmost entirely made of con
victs nnd soldiers," lie explained.
"But am I to bo left there alone?"
"What else is there to be done? You
cannot Join In the attack on a fort,
nnd that offers our only chance, It
would seem. Granted an effective sur
prise, we may carry it. Then your
guardian will bring you to us."
"What if you fall?"
"We must not fall," he said quietly.
"Please do not hide the alternative
from me," she pleaded. "1 have en
dured so much."
"Well, don't you see, this man who,
by the way, is married nnd has a
daughter, aged fourteen will, if neces
sary, reveal your presence to the gov
ernor. By that time, say in a day or
two, the excitement will have died
down, the news of your escape will be
cabled to England, you will bo sent to
the coast on the government steamer,
and you can travel home by the next
mall."
"That sounds very simple and Euro
pean," she said, and the pathetic sar
casm was not lost on him.
Hozler was deputed to obtain the
girl's consent to the proposal he had
already put before her. Ho fenred that
she would refuse compliance, for he
understood her flue temper better than
the others. Ho was a young uiau one
but little versed In the ways of women
yet some instinct warned him that
there was a nobility in Iris Yorke's
nature that might set self at naught
and urge her to share her companions'
lot even though certain death were the
outcome.
They passed together through the
cavern. Watts, sound asleep, was ly
ing there. The majority of the men
were seated on the rocks without or
lounging neur the entrance. They were
smoking now freely, the ouly stipula
tion being that matches were not to
be struck in the open.
There was no hiding the desperate
character of the coming adventure.
The Andromedu's crew did not attempt
to minimize it. The choice offered lay
only in the manner of their death. As
to the prospect of ultimate escape, they
hardly gave it a thought. Some among
them hud served lu the armies of Eu
rope, nnd they at least were under no
delusion concerning the Issue of an at
tack on a fort by less than a score of
unarmed men seventeen, to be exact,
Bluce two of the ship's company were
so maimed by the bursting of the shell
on the forecastle as to be practically
helpless. It was by the rarest good
fortuue that they wero able to walki
Iris smiled at them In her frank wny.
"I hope you will all bo spared to
ship on a new Andromeda," she said.
"WlUi TT1R SOLD1RM TltttOW OVB DEAD
BODIKH INTO TUM SKA?"
No sooner had the words left her Hps
than the thought came uubldden, "If
my uncle and Cnptalu Coke wished the
ship to lie thrown away, nothing could
have better suited their purposes than
this tru.ulc error."
For the instant the unforeseen out
come of that Sunday afternoon's plot
ting in the peaceful gardeu of Uiiden
House held her Imagination. She re
called each syllable of it, and there
throbbed In her brnln the hitherto un
dreamed of itosslbility that Coke had
brought the Audromedtt to Fernando
Noronlia lu pursuance of his thievish
project. . "
At once she whispered to nosier: ,
"It there sat one ou the oath be
low?"
"No," he said. -The Brazilians are
with Coke at the top of the gully."
"Is it safe for us to go the other
way?"
"I think so. But yon must be care
ful not to slip." .
She caught his arm, little knowing
the thrill her clasp sent through his
frame. This simple gesture of her
confidence was bittersweet He reso
lutely closed his eyes to the knowledge
that this might be their last talk.
They climbed down. Neither spoke
until they stood on the curving ledge
that had proved their salvation. They
reached the place from which the Bra
zilians had thrown the rope. They
could hear the quiet plash of the water
in the cleft. Piled against a low ly
ipg rock were the funnel and other
debris of the Andromeda. The black
hull was plainly visible beneath the
surface.
"If we follow the others, will the
soldiers throw our dead bodies into
the sea?" she asked.
"I want you to believe that you will
be absolutely safe if we escape being
discovered during the crossing of the
narrow strip of water that, separates
this rock from the island," he hastened
to say. "That Is your only risk, and it
is a light one. Senhor de Sylva is sure
th'.it the troops will uot keep the keen
er lookout tonight. They are still con
vinced that the Insurgent steamer is
sunk. Our chief danger will date from
tomorrow's dawn. Marcel reports that
a systematic search of the island was
begun today. It will be continued to
morrow, but on new lines, because by
that time they will have learned the
truth. The Andros-y-Mela Is not lying
iu pieces at the foot of this rock, the
president has not escaped, and every
practicable inch of Fernando Noronha
and the adjacent Islands will be scour
ed In the hope of finding him. At first
sight that looks like being In our favor.
Iu reality it means the end if we are 1
discovered here. The soldiers will shoot
flrst nnd inquire afterward, I have not
the slightest doubt but that plenty of
evidence will bo forthcoming that we
were a set of desperadoes who had un
lawfully interfered in tho affairs of a
foreign state."
"I want to do that which is for the
good of all," she said at length. "Do
you ask me to go to this convict's
house, Mr. Hozler?"
"I urge it on you with the utmost
conviction. With you off our hands
we can act freely. We must deliver
ua attack tonight. God in heaven,. you
cannot think that we would expose you
to the perils of a desperate fight!"
His sudden outburst wus unexpected,
even by himself. He trembled in an
agony of passion. Iris placed a timid
band on his shoulder.
"I will go," she whispered. "Please
do not be distressed on my account. I
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,
nnd I know that he nnd the officer en
tertnin some 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 a ship
and midnight and a boat. I watched
the officer's face. He was wholly op
posed to the landing tonight. My mind
is not so vague now. I think I can
grasp his meaning. Was it not to
night that the Andros-y-Mela was to
appear?"
"Yes."
"Well, may they not hope secretly
that she will keep to the Uxed hour?
Once you and I and the others are
on the island and an alarm Is given
the Brazilians could slip away unno
ticed. Yes, that is it. I do not 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 undrlnkable the water
in the ship's tanks."
That appealing hand still rested on
Philip's shoulder. Its touch affected
him profoundly. With a lightning dart
of memory his thoughts went buck to
the moment when she lay, inert and
half falutlng, in his arms on the bridge,
after be had takeu her from the laz
arette. But he controlled his voice
sufficiently to say:
"You may be right Indeed, I know
you are right so far as Coke is con
cerned. When I went nft 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 hud time
for ouly 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 struggle for life, at uny rate.
But the Brazilians".
"Have no fear of them. I, too, have
watched San Benavides. I don't like
the fellow and wouldn't place nn ounce
of faith lu him, but De Sylva has
bruins, and he knows well enough that
no ship from Brazil will come to Fer
nando Noronha iu his behalf. In fact.
he 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
Hew out and drew her to him.
"Shs-a-h!" he breathed and pulled
her behind a rock. Her woman's heart
yielded to dread of the unseen. It
rMilsod violently, and she was teuiptod
Foley Kidney Pilla are tonic . la
action, quick In results, and restore
the natural action, of die kidney audi
bladder. They, correot Irregularities.
Ituruaiugh ft Mayfield.
to scream. De
spite his warning
she must at least
have whispered a
question, but ber
ears caught. a
sound to which
they were now
well accustomed.
The light chug
chug of an engine
and the flapping
of a propeller
came up to them
from the sea. The
steam launch was
approaching. Per
haps they had
been seen al
ready! AS If to HE THRUST HIS HEAD
emphasize this through.
peril there was an interval of si
lence. Steam had been shut off. Phil
ip touched the girl's Hps lightly with
a finger. Then he lay flat on the ledge
and began to creep forward. It was
impossible that he should run and
warn the others, but it was essential,
above all else, 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 crevice 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 beneuth 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 ware more interested
in the remains of the Andromeda than
in the natural fortress overhead. Clus
tered round the hatch were some twen
ty soldiers, also smoking.
One of the officers pointed to the
ledge. He was excited and emphatic.
The man at the wheel growled an
order, and the engine started again.
Though Hozler 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 durk, but next day
Frade do Francez (which is the island
ers' name for the Graude-pere rock)
would surely be explored if a landing
could be made.
Away bustled the lannch, but Hozler
3Id 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 ber,
wide eyed, motionless.
"Good Job we came here," he said.
"It is evident they mean to maintain
patrol until there is news of De
Sylva one way or the other. It will
be Interesting now to hear what the
gallant San Benavides says. If any
ship comes to Fernando Noronha to
night she will, be seen from the is
land long before any signal Is visible
at this point."
"Do you think the others saw the
launch?" she asked.
"No not 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.
"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 Corrla
de Sylva," she murmured, as if she
were reasoning with herself.
By chance, probably because Hozler
stooped to help her to her feet his arm
rested lightly across her shoulders.
"I will not 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 an officer,
and, in any event we must go straight
with him until he shows his teeth."
"You seem to dislike Captain San
Benavides," she Bald iuconsequently.
. "I regard him as a brainless ass,", be
exclaimed.
"Somehow that sounds like a descrip
tion of a dead doukey, which one never
sees."
"Mademoiselle!" came a voice from
the Up of the ravine.
"One can hear him, though," laughed
Hozler, with a warning pressure that
suspiciously resembled a hug. These
two were children iu 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 In
a few minutes the path will be most
dangerous. Please make haste, made
moiselle. We did not know where you
hud goue."
He took her hand. Philip followed.
He was young enough to long for an
opportunity to tell San Benavides that
be was a puppy, a mongrel puppy.
After a really difficult and hazardous
descent they found the others awaiting
them iu a rock shrouded cove. The
barest standing room was afforded by
a patch of Bhlngle and detritus. Along
side a flat stone lay three broad planks
tied together with cowhide. The cen
ter plank was turned up at oue 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 iniunlts. You
ought to 'ave known. Hosier, that it's
darkest just after sunset!"
"We could not have started sooner,
sir."
"WyvDot? We were kep' warcin th
there, searchin for you."
"That was our best slice of luck to
day. Had any of you appeared on the
(edge x.ou .would have been seen from
the lannch." ' ,
"Wot launch?"
"The launch that visited us this
morning. Ten minutes ago she was
standing by at the foot of the rock."
Philip spoke slowly and clearly. ( He
meant his news to strike home. As
he anticipated, De Sylva broke in.
"You saw it?" he asked, and his
deep voice vibrated with dismay.
"Yes. I even made out, by actions
rather than words, that the darkness
alone prevented the soldiers from com
ing here tonight The skipper would
not risk It"
De Sylva said something tinder his
breath. He spoke rapidly to San Ben
avides, and the latter seemed fb be
cowed, for his reply was brief. Then
the ex-presldent reverted to English.
"I have decided to send Marcel and
Domingo ashore flrst," he said. "They
will select the safest place for a land
ing. Marcel will bring back the cat
amaran and take off Mr. Hozler and
the young lady. Captain Coke and I
will follow, and the others in such or
der as Senhor Benavides thinks fit.
The catamaran will only hold three
with safety, but Marcel believes he
can find another for Domingo. Re
member, all of you, silence is essen
tial!" x
JTO BE CONTTWtTErj.l
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at La Grande,
Oregon, Oct. 2&th., 1910.
Notice is hereby given that Lulu
M. Bowlby, .whose post-office address
Is Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or
egon, did, 011 the 14th. day of April,
1910, file In .thia office Sworn. State
ment and Application, No. 07891, to
purchase the SE SWK, N SW
SW14, andSW SW1-4 of Sec.
22, and the NEVi NW14, & NWlA
NW14, andi NW4 NWH NW, Sec
tion, 27, Township 1 South, Range 45
li-et, Willamette Meridian, and the
timber 'thereon, under the provis
ions of tne aot of June 3, 1878, and
acts amendatory, known as the "Tim
ber and Stone Law," at such talue
as might be fixed by appraisement,
and 'that, purouant to such appUca
tion.the laud and timber thereon have
teen appraised, at $350.00 as be'njj
chiefly valuable fr Its stone; that
said applicant will offer final proof
In support of his. application and
sworn statement on. the 19th. day of
January, 19U, before W. C. Boat
man, County Clerk of W-Jlowa Coun
ty, ait Enterprise, Oregon.
Any person la at liberty to pretest
this purchase terore entry, or In
itiate a contest at any time before
patent lc3ues, by filing a corrobo.
r.'ted affidavit In this office, o-lleg-
r facts which would defeat the
e-jtry.
11 c 11 . F. C. Bra'mwell, Register.
Get The, Genuine Always.
A substitute Is a dangerous make
shift especially In medicine. The gen
uine Foley's Honey and Tar cures
coughs and colds quickly and) 4a -In a
yellow package. Accept no eubsti
turties. Buimaugih & M&yfleld.
fcCarefut Banking Insures tht Softly of Dtpotits"
Depositors Have That Guarantee at
WALLOWA NATIONAL BANK
OF ENTERPRISE, OREGON
CAPITAL 150.000
SURPLUS f 56,000 . -
We Do a General Banking Business.
Exchange Bought and Sold on
. All Principal Cities.
Geo. W. Hyatt, President W. R. Holmes, Cashier
Geo. 8. Craig, Vice President A. J, Boehmer, Asst. Cashier
DIRECTORS
Geo .8. Craig Geo. W. Hyatt Mattxk A. Holms
J. H. Dobbin W. R. Holmbs
t4-'f-.-'ff'i--(--.'f-i--M'!i-'-i--M--f4l'
WHITE FRONT
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable
R .' L,. DAY, Proprietor
Good Rigs Fair Treatment Horses Bought and Sold
Special Attention to Commercial Trade
Rates for Regular Boarders Bus to and From Trains
Best of 'Help Employed Home Phone ' '
Open Day and Night One Block North of Hotel Enterprise
i
Get Your Plumbing Done
Before Cold Weather Starts
I carry a complete line of Bath Tubs, Basins
Bowls, etc PRICES RIGHT.
"Superior Stoves and Ranges
Best on thl .Market
S. K. CLARK, ' a blks. south Hotel Enterprise
1 1 DR. C. A. ATJLT
:: PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office In Bank Building.
Horn phone both office and
" residence.
' 4
I C. T. HOCKETT, M. D. t
j; PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON f
Office In. Lltch building. Room 1 1
' 115. Home kod. Phone In office !
! ! and residence,
h4
4-Htii,
DR. W. L. NICHOLS. '
Osteopathic Physician
Officio; over Dank
Tuesday, Thursday and Satuir
day. Phone in, Res. and office.
4ff-
SHEAHAN & OOOLEY
LAWYERS ENTERPRISE
f Practice in State and Federal
'I Courts and Interior Department.
W. C. KETCHUM
DENTIST - ENTERPRISE j
Office in Lltch Bulldfng. Room I
121. Home Independent Phone, f
1
I THOS: M. DILL
I ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
l Office In Lltch building, Room
i 107. Enterpriae, Oregon.
DAJNIEL BOYD
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
3 Practice In all State Courts and "t
i Interior Department Careful at-' ',
y ' . tentlon to all business.
'
I . CHARiLES THOMAS I
I LAWYER - ENTERPRISE, ORE. -
Practice in, State and Federal j j
Courts and Int. Dept. Abstract
X Bldg., opposite court house.
it , J, X A it 1 iti it 1 iti 1I1 it 1 it 1 it - n
TtTTTTTTTTTtTtTttTtTTTtt
W"444W
J. A. BURLEIGH .
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Office la Lltch Building.
Enterprise, Oregon.
W. B. APPLEGATE.
Notary Publit.
Collections made.. Real Estate
bought and sold and all . business
matters attended to. Call on or
write' me.
PARADISL, OREGON.
rTTTTTTt