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LOUIS TRACY
Author of the "Pillar of Light."
' . "The Wings of the ; Morn
ing" and "The Captain of the
Kansas."
Copyright. 1909. by Edward J. Clod
Synopsis of Previous Chapters.
CHAPTER I Ovorhoariingacomap1
racy between her uncle and the dp
tain of his shLp to lnk Ub-e vessel
and collect insurance. Iris Yorke se
cretes herself aboard the Andromeda
Just before it saila for southern seas.
Her uncle, who is her guardian, and
haa commanded her to wed' old Dicky
Buhner, thiaiks she hoe run away to
avoid the dlsta!efui marriage. II
Philip Hozler, young and hadneome
second officer of the Andromeda, dis
covers Miss Yorke aboard. Ill iris
tails Hozler of 'the plot o sink the
vessel, and he keeps watch on Cap
tain Coke. Mysterious' defect ta the
steering gear discovered, causing the
ship to veer from her course. Coke
treats the matter bUy. IV While
putting Into a harbor at an unkiiowu
Island the Andromeda suddenly , 1
ahelled by a mysterious, foe on shore.
V Shots wreck ship. Hozlor Is
wounded and his life saved by Iris.
VI Survivors are hauled up on a
cliff by ropes let down, by a party
of refugees, the loader proving to be
Dom Conrla de SyM, depotmd presd.
deint of Brazil.
CHAPTER IX.
Tnr. moon of the gams.
SN obedience to their leader's order,
Marcel, the taciturn, and Domin
go, from whose lips the Britons
had source heard a syllable, squat-!
ted on the catamuruu. Marcel wielded
a short paddle, and an almost imper
ceptible dip of Its broad blade sent the
strangely built craft across the pool
Once lu the shadow it disappeared
completely. There was no visible out
let. ' The rocks thrust their stark'
ridge against the sky In a seemingly
Impassable barrier. Some of the men
stared at tlio jagged crests as though
they half expected to see the Bra
zilians making a porta go Just as trav
elers in the Canadian northwest haul
canoes up a river obstructed by rapids.
"Well, that gives nie the go-by,"
growled Coke, whose alert ear caught
no sound save the rippling of the wa
ter. "I say, mister, 'ow Is It done?" ho
went on. . ;; i
"It is a simple thing when you know
the secret," said De Sylva. "Have
you passed Fernando Noronha before,
captain?"
"Many a time." ' '
"Have you seen the curious natural
canal which you sailors call the Hole
In the Wall?" . .f .,
"Yes; It's near the s'uth'ard end."
"Weil, the sea has worn away a
layer of soft rock that existed there.
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Iu the course of centuries a channel
has been cut right across the 200 yards
of land. Owing to the same cause
the summer rains have excavated a
ravine through the crater up above,
ami a similar passage exists here, only
(lt happeua to run parallel to the line
of the cliff. It extends a good deal be
yond its apparent outlet aud Is de
fended by a dangerous reef. Marcel
once landed on a rock during a very
calm day aud saw the opening. He
Investigated It, luckily for me luckily,
In fact, for all of us."
Thus the minutes aped until a dim
shape emerged from the opposite black
ness. It came unheard, growing from
nothing Into something with ghostly
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subtfefy. Iris, a prey to many emo
tions, managed to stifle the exclama
tion of nlurru that roue unbidden. But
Hozler read her diwtress in a hardly
audible sob.
"It is our friend Marcel," he whis
pered. "So Domingo lias made good
bis landing. Be brave! The sea is
quite calm. This man has been to the
island and back In less thau u quarter
of an hour."
The catamaran swung round and
grated on the shingle. Marcel was in
a hurry.
"Are you ready?" asked De Sylva,
bending toward Iris.
"Yes," she said. '
"Then you had better kneel behind
Marcel and steady yourself by placing
your hands on his shoulders. Yes,
that is It. Do not change your posi
tion until you are ashore. Now, you
Mr. Hozler."
Marcel murmured something.
"Ah, good!" cried De Sylva softly.
"Douxlcksro, too, has secured a cata
maran, iiu la bringing It at once In
order to save time."
A second spectral figure emerged
from the gloom. Without waiting for
further instructions Marcel swung his
paddle, aud the one craft passed the
other in the center of the pool. Iris
felt Hozier's hands on her waist. He
obeyed orders and uttered no sound,
bnt the action told her that she might
trust him Implicitly. When the nar
row cleft was trvved and she saw
the open sea on her'tlgbt there was
ample need for some suik adsurnace
of guardianship.
Viewed from the cliff tte .roell that
broke on the half submerged eutt was
of. slight volume, but it presented a
very different and most disconcerting
aspect when seen In profile. It -seemed
to be analmost Impossible feat for any
man to propel three narrow planks,
top heavy with a human freight, across
a wide channel through which such a
tea was running. Indeed, Hozler him
self, sailor as he was, felt more than
doubtful as to the fate of their argosy.
But Marcel paddled ahead with unflag
ging energy once ho was clenr of the
tortuous passage, aud, before the cata
maran had traveled many yards, even
Iris was able to understand that the
outlying rldgo of rocks both protected
their present track and created much
of the apparent turmoil.
At last the raft, for It was little else,
bore sharply out between two huge
bowlders that might well have fallen
from the mighty pile of Grand-peie It
self. . Pointed, and angular they were
aud set like a gateway to an abode of
giants. Beyond there was a shliumer
of swift moving water, with a silver
mist on the surface, though from a
height of a few feet it would have been
easy to distinguish the bold contours
of Fernando Noronha Itself.
Marcel held up a warning hand even
while, he brought the catamaran
ashore' on the shingle so gently that
not a pebble wns disturbed. He rose,
a gaunt scarecrow, stepped off and
drew the shallow craft auuiunlmt far
ther up tho sloping beach. Then he
helped Iris to her feet and Indicated
that she was to come with him. At
once she shrank away in terror.
Though In' some sense prepared for
this parting, she felt.it now ns the
crudest blow that- fortune had dealt
her during a day crowded with mis
fortune. Iu all likelihood those two
would never meet agn In. She needed
no telling as to the risk he would sonu
bo called on to face, uud her ungulsh
was made the more bitter by the neces
sity that .they should go from each
other's presence without ' a spoken
word. . , ,
Nevertheless the, forced herself to
extend a hand In farewell. Her eyes
were' blinded ; with tears. She knew
that Hozlor drew her nearer. With
the daring of one who may well east
the world's convention to tho winds he
gatherYHl her to his heart und kissed
her. Then she uttered a little sob of
happiness and sorrow und fainted.
It was not uutil she was lying help
less lu his embrace, with her head
pillowed on his breast and an arm
thrown, limply across his shoulder,
that Philip understood what had hap
pened. He loved' her, and she, tho
promised wife of another man, had
tacitly admitted that she returned his
love. Stumbling through the gloom he
carried her umU the Brazilian left hiiu
and went ou alone toward a wretched
hut
A dog barked.'1 Marcel whistled soft
ly; and the uuluiat begau to whimper.
The UiiiEilliiu vanished. Hozler still
held Iris In his arms. His heart was
beating tuiuultuous)y.,Hls throat ached
with the labor of bis luugs. His
straining ears caught rustlings among
the grass ami roots, but otherwise a
solemn peace brooded over the scene.
Theu Marcel came aud aroused him
from the stupor that hud settled on
him, and together they entered the
hovel, where' a dark skinned, wojwm
rind a comely gli-r uttered"" words" of
sympathetic sound when Iris was laid
on a low trestle and Hozler took a
farewell kiss from her unheeding Hps.
Two weury bourn elapsed before the
little army of the Graud-pere rock was
reunited on the shore of Cotton Tree
bay. Then there was a further de
lay while their indefatigable scouts
brought milk and water, some coarse
breali and a good supply of fruit from
the hut. it was part of their scheme
that they should give their friend's
habitation a wide berth. If their plans
miscarried he was instructed to say
that he had found the English lady
wandering on the shore soon after day
break. About midnight there was a bright
moon sailing overhead, and De Sylva
gave a low order that they were to
form in Indian file. Marcel led; the ex
president himself followed, with San
Benavldcs, Coke and Hozler In close
proximity. Domingo brought up the
rear in order to prevent straggling and
assist men who might stray from the
path. It was barely a mile to the
village, convict settlement aud citadel.
Some few lights twinkling near the
shore showed the exact whereabouts
of the inhabited section. Another mile
away to the right lay Fort San Anto
nio, which housed the main body of
troops. Watch fires burning on South
point, whence came the shells that dis
abled the Andromeda, revealed the
presence of soldiers In that neighbor
hood. De Sylva explained that a paved
road ran straight from the town and
landing place to the hamlet of Sueste
and an important plantation of cocoa-
nuts and. other fruit bearing trees that
adjoined South point.
It was inadvisable to strike Into that
road Immediately. A little more to
the right there was a track leading to
the curral, or stockyard. If they head
ed for the latter place the men could
obtain some stout cudgels. .The con
vict peons In charge of the cattle
should be overpowered and bound,
thus preventing them from giving an
alarm, and It was also possible to
avoid the inhabited hillside overlook
ing the main anchorage until they were
close to the citadel. Then, crossing the
fort road, they would advance boldly
to the enemy's stronghold, first mak
ing sure that the
launch was still
In her accustom
ed station In the
roadstead be
neath the walls.
San Benavldes
would answer the
sentry's ques
tions, there would
be a combined
rush for the
guardroom on the
right of the gate,
and If they were
able to master the
guard as many of
the assailants ns
possible w o ul d
don the soldiers'
Hoziisn stii.1. held coats, shakos and
mis ik His arms, accouterments.
Granted success thus far, there should
not be much difficulty In persuading
tho men In charge of the launch that
a cruise round the Island was to be
undertaken forthwith.
Marcel would remain with them un
til the citadel was carried. He would
tben hurry . back to bring Iris across
the island to an unfrequented beach
known as the Porto do Concelcao,
where he would embark her on a
catamaran and row out to tho steamer,
which by that time would be lying off
the harbor out of rauge of the troops
w ho would surely be summoned from
tho distant fort.
Iu the highest spirits the little band
set out resolutely for the curral. Here
they encountered no diillcuity what
ever. Perhaps the prevalent excite
ment had drawn its custodians to the
town, since they found no one In
charge save a couple of barking dogs,
while if there were people lu the cattle
keepers' huts they gave no sign of
their presence. A few stakes were
pulled up. They even came upon a
couple of axes and a heavy hammer.
Equipped with these weapons, eked
out by three revolvers owned by the
Brazilians and the dapper captain's
sword, they hurried on, quitting the
road instantly and following a cow
path that wound nbout the base of a
steep hill.
They met their first surprise when
they tried to cross the road to the fort
Quite unexpectedly they blundered Into
a small picket stationed there, aud the
fliwt intimation of danger was given
by the startling challenge:
"Who goes there?"
It was familiar enough to Island
ears, and the couvlct answered readily:
"A friend!"
"Sovcral friends, It would seem,"
laughed a voice. "Let us see .who
those friends are."
"Now!" shouted De Sylva, leaping
forward.
There was a wild scurry, two or
three shots were fired, and Hosier
found himself on the ground gripping
the throat of a brouzed man whom he
had shoved backward with a thrust,
for he had no time to swing his stake
for a blow. He was aware of a pair
of black eyes that glared up at him
horribly In the moonlight, of white
teeth that shone under long mus
tachlos of peculiarly warlike aspect,
but he felt the man was as putty In
his hands,' and bis fingers ' relaxed
their pressure.
He looked around. The fight was
ended almost ns soon as It began. The
soldiers, six in all. wore ou their backs
lu the roadway. Two of them were
dead. The Italian sailor had been shot
through the body and was twisting In
his last agony.
The bloodshed was bad enough, but
tuose snots were worse. They would
set the Island lu on uproar. The re
ports would be heard In town, citadel
andIort. and the troojia. would now be
on the qui vive. BufDe Sylva was a
man of resource.
"Strip the prisoners!" he cried.
"Take their arms and ammunition,
but bind them back to back with their
belts."
"Butt in there, me lads," vociferated
Coke, who had accounted for one of
the Brazilians with an ax. "Step live
ly! Now we've got some uniforms an'
guns we can rush that cittydel easy."
Hozler was busy relieving bis man
of his coat. When the prone warrior
realized that he was not to be killed
he helped the operation, but Philip
was thinking more of Iris than of
deeds of derring-do.
"Why attempt to capture the citadel
at all?" he asked. "Now that we can
make sufilclent display, Is there any
reason that we should not go straight
for the launch?"
"I thiuk it Is a good suggestion,"
came the calm answer, "provided, that
is, tbe launch Is in the harbor."
A bell began to toll in the convict
settlement Lights appeared in many
houses scattered over the seaward
slope. Hozler, never for an instant
forgetting Iris, saw that Marcel still
remained with his leader. Under these
new circumstances it certainly would
be a piece of folly to send back until
they were sure of the launch.
Happily the launch was there, moor
ed alongside a small quay. From tbe
nearest building it was necessary to
cross a low wharf some fifty yards In
width, and De Sylva's whispered com
mands could hot restrain the eager
men when escape appeared no longer
problematical, but assured. They
broke and ran, an almost fatal thing,
as it happened, since the soldiers
whom Philip had seen from the rock
were still on board. One of them no
ticed the inexplicable disorder among
a body of men some of whom resem
bled his own comrades. He had heard
the firing and was discussing it with
others when this strange thing hap
pened. He challenged. San Benavldes an
swered, but his voice was shrill and
unofflcer-llke.
The engines were started. A man
leaped to the wharf. He was in the
act of casting a mooring rope off a
fixed capstan when De Sylva shot him
between the shoulder blades.
"On board, all of you!" shrieked the
ex-president in a frenzy.
"At 'em, boys!" gasped Coke, though
scarce able to stagger another foot.
The men needed no bidding. Sheets
of flame leaped from the vessel's deck
as the soldiers seized their rifles and
fired point blank at these mysterious
assailants who spoke In a foreign lan
guage. But flame alone could not stop
that desperate attack. Some fell, but
the survivors sprang at the Brazilians
like famished wolves on their prey.
There was no more shooting. .Men
grappled and fell, some Into the water.
others on deck, or they sprawled over
the hatch and wrought in frantic strug
gle In the narrow cabin. The fight did
not last many seconds. An engineer,
finding a lever and throttle valve,
roared to a sailor to take the wheel,
aud already the launch was curving
seaward when Hozler shouted:
"Where Is Marcel?"
"LyhV dead on the wharf," said
Watts.
"Are you certain ?"
"He was alongside me, an' 'e threw
'is 'ands up an' dropped like a shot
rabbit."
"Then who has gone for Miss Yorke?"
"No one. D'ye think that this blamed
president cares for anybody but his
self?" Philip felt the deck throbbing with
the pulsations of the screw. The lights
on shore were gliding by. The launch
was leaving Fernando Noronha, and
Iris was waiting In that wretched hut
beyond the hill, waiting for the sum
mons that would uot reach her, for
Marcel was dead, aud Domingo, the
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GBAPFUtO AND KKLU
one other man who could have gone to
her, was lying In the cabin with three
ribs broken and bis collar boue frac
tured. .
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At Wallowa In May
High School Principals Arrange, For
Contests, Debates And Spell
ing Bees.
At the conforqaoe heftd by hle
high scJiooJ principals kii Walkwa
Saturday, it was decikled. to hold
the track meet, ait WaUowa next
sprtng, some. time in May, the exact
date to be fixodi labor This .track
moot i open to sM the schools of
the county.
The- debate between thie four ihlgh
schaola to' valley towns la sched
uled as follows.: Joa&ph. ve. County
High, and LosiUne vs. Wallowa, some
time 1m February, end .the! final! be
tween the vtotora of the prelim taoir&ea
before, the first; ofs April. t
A speffllilig cantes.t .by mail wlWI be
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Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at La Grande,
.Oregon, Oct. 2&tn., 1910.
Notice is hereby given that Lulu
M. Bowlby, .whose post -office address
Is Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or
egon, did, on, the. 14th. dr.y of April,
1910, file In thla office Sworn State
ment and Application, No. 07891, to
purchase the SE& SW, N SW
SWV4, and&Wtt SW SW1-4 of Sec.
22, audi the NB NW14, S NWtt
NWVi, andi NWtt NV, Sec
tion. 27, Township 1 south, Range 43
Esit, Willamette Meridian, and the
Umber 'thereon, under the provis
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acts amendatory, known as the "Tim
ber and Stone Law," at such value
as might be fixed by appraisement,
and that, pursuant to such applica-
tlon.the land and timber thereon have
teen appraised, at J350.O0 as being
chiefly valuable for its stone; that
said applicant will offer final proof
In support of his appllcatioa and
svorn statement 011 the 19th. day of
January, 1911, before W. C. Boat
man, County Clerk of W-Jlowa Coun
ty, sit Enterprls( Oregon.
Any person la at liberty to prote3t
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