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1 reflection. 1 knew next to nothing of “ Ready I Go! ’
dueling, but one tiling 1 did know:
Though with no definite ►•an of
i i hat the challenged purty hail the campaign, I started forward, and even
choice of weapons. That he would In the uncertain light could see that
; choose rides tl ei-e was of course no my opponent was also advancing ami
hope; if I could have been assured on at a much brisker pise. All at «nee
i that point. 1 would have counted him and without warning, my antagonist
already us good as dead. No, he would flung up his arm and I saw the moon
c h o o se swords or pistols; If pistols, my
light glint on the barrel of his weap­
I chance wus at least e te n ; If swords on. Instinctively I dodged sharply t"
I felt sure thut 1 was the one ulready the left, screening my face as I did
lead, for I knew nothing of the so, hut to my mortification no report
' renter's art I was far from happ.’ followed. Clearly he had been testing
1 n my niliid.
me—trying to throw me Into sudden
Surprisingly soon, however, I heard ¡, 1 ,nil
: 1 ! 1 M lead MS to di*cli:ir-'»
[ ihe sound of footsteps outside, tin my pistol with hasty und lll-consld
door opened, and George appeared
ered aim.
"Well V I queried eagerly, “ what d-
Warily now, like two wrestlers near
we fight wiih? Swords?l|
Ing each other, we slackened our pace
Infinitely to my relief, he shook fib
so that we scarcely progressed at all
heud. “ No,” lie answered as he seat
So neur, Indeed, had we come, and
t e r w il l ig e r g r e e n h o u se
ed hlrriself. "It's not to he swords
such a tempting mark did Johnson
Renfrew makes an unusual proposal
present, that I suit! to myself: “Three
Terwilliger Boulevard
ft seems that there Is a long, narrow
steps more and I fire." One I took—
sand spit a little way off the shore
two—and
then,
like
a
flash,
he
threw
our erring footsteps In the direction
lie suggests that we place one of you
At Bertha Station
S Y N O P S IS
himself flat on the ground. I saw his
o f the l'ulace of Delight.
at one end of this Island, the other it'
I
arm extended, and the next Instant
the other, giving each of you a pistol
C K . ’. - T E H T— In tr,® «.rr'itll New J« r-
the ulght seemed tilled with noise and
CHAPTER VII
aey v i l l a * .
t . i »:* i.iou i. hi t l i . year
with one load only, and a knife. A
flame; something itoult me a terrific
174». Hie hard L ln di -iy , w ho toll* th *
ilie word you are free to do wlmt yoi
onery, 1» a l a m . ' r i c yu utn w li o i« c h ie f
blow, and when I came to myself 11
U n d e r th e Moon.
a c ti v it ie s
are
fishing
and
hu ntln x
please; shoot, advance, hold you'
l're.ud uf his niu rkm an »hl ;i, lie g l v i « an
When I next opened rny eyes I was ground, oat thing. It's a hit unusual was to find that I lay prostrate on the
• xh .ltle.n ‘ -tore Kiel' f v i l l a * , is and a
•n sernl-dar kness. and for a moment f confess; I've never heard of a due' sand, without any clear Idea of how 1
arm R
■ truiiaer, with wbvui they a f t e r w a r d
came there, or Indeed, of exactly where
dine at the tave rn .
T h e con tot Ration stared about me In that curious, half
Just *••■•*
that « sort.
tu r n s on a n otor io us pirate, w h o se ,
.
,
" if J**»*
” ’ ■«•
i Hut
. m I suppose It’s
I was. Hy God's grace, however, my
hip, the Hlack Hanther, is thought to d«ized condition which follows a lifHtj fair enough. Don't you?
brain cleared, and all at once reullz
La in the vicinity.
si ii tuber.
Then, with a start, con
I was so relieved that I need noi
aclousnesa returned and the events tight with swords that I would huv« Ing what had happened, and seeing
C H A P T E R I I — Next m o r n in g I.lnd -
Johnson racing toward nie at full
say , s f t s l wild du cks, la s i t t i n g in a of the day before came crowding to
agreed to anything.
“ Certainly It’
“ b lin d ’' when three » t r a m ; , rn land on
my mind. Looking at my watch, I dis fair,” I answered. “ When do we fight' speed, I started to raise my pistol, only
a beach near him Surp rised, he m u k # i
ho sound
'Ihe men bur y a cheat while
to discover, to my horror, that It was
covered It was evening, and rising has Tomorrow morn ing?”
he w a tc h «*. The work finished, he aeea
no longer In my hand. In ono night- j
tlly, I found that my bead ached sav
tw u uf the etr a naera kill Ihe third
George stared at me. "Oh, I forgot.'
T h e ac tu a l eluyer Is the m an with
agely, while the floor o f the room he cried. "They want to fight now mare moment I glanced to right, to
w h o m L in d say had ta l k e d the day b e ­
heaved under me like ttie decks o f Ihe It’s clear moonlight, you know. Whai left, In front, behind, without a sight ,
fore. L in d say a presen ce la d isco ve re d
A f t e r a p p a r e n t l y d eie r m ln ln if to kill
of my weapon; then, perceiving a
(Hack Panther In a heavy sea. Prey do you any?”
■ M l Ills
'
n g , the
the yo uth to prevent
ta i l k k l in
E. 1
straggling busk to my left, I felt that ;
ently, after sluicing my face with wa
g u e e llo n o f hla s h o o t in g ab il ity seem s
Once more, I felt that I could not
to be o f Im porta nc e, and he g ilv
i v e s the
1 It must be there, and groping desper- |
ter, l felt better, and managed t<
complain of the sporting spirit of these
t w o men p ro o f o f his skill.
Ills a c ­
make my way to George’s room.
ately, the next instant, to my Inex- j
qua in ta nce , w h o s e nam e he learns Is
officers.
They might do many thing
l l u rf o r d , te lls L in d say the third man
presslble relief, my fingers closed upon I
I found George In the act of rising
which
they
should
not
d
o;
might
b
I h C apt ain liar cluy , ami his ship, olT
Its butt. Yet only Just In time; John- i
anti Inclined to make merry over m>
shore, Is the b l a c k Panther. T he three
dishonest where cards were concerned .
g o aboard.
son was almost on me; and shouting i
puller and my generally woebegone ap
but at least It seemed to me that they
aloud
In my excitement, I covered his i
penrance.
He
himself
was
In
the
best
C H A P T E R I I I — On the ehlp T.lnd-
were brave enough ns far as flghtini’
say m e ets a yo uth w h o m he re se m ble s
o f spirits, and at supper blithely or
breast with certain aim, and pressed ,
went. Vet if I had known nt the 11 tin
In a re m a rk u ble m a n n e r
T h e youth
tleretl Ills usual bottle, while I, wltt
the trigger. Never In my life have 1
Is Hubert M cA llis te r , w hom Hurclay
thnt Johnson had fought a duel on thb
ha s ca pture d on his way to his uncle's
u shudder, raised a protesting hand
felt so sure of triumph, but either the ;..;..;..:..:..:..:..:..X*.X“ X '* X "X "X * < "X ’^ * < " X ~ X K " X >* ’XX*<X^<K’ X":~W "X'H:'
self same spot only a month previous
p la n ta tio n In Ja maica. The plrute tells
and found water a cooling und dell
fall or ttie clogging sand hud done Its
a story of w ron g done tu him by A n ­
had killed Ills man, and had thus he
drew M c A l l is te r and a d m it s he bus
clous draft.
work, for Instead of the flash and roar
s w o r n to kill him.
H e woul d use
BUSINESS
Gradually the palace assumed ID r,,W(‘ f,,n' n,uir wl‘ l* llls «unrounding* thut I expected, there followed the '
y o u n g M c A l l iste r as a spy In his u n ­
i t e s hou seh old
T he y o u th re fu ses
familiar aspect. In twos and three? f am sure thnt 1 should have given feeble click of a misfire.
CARDS
to hs a puriy to ths treach ery , and
the regular patrons arrived; the rou them less credit than I did. Nor wip
The next moment my opponent was '
l iu rc la y and ll urfor d kill him.
this
my
only
error;
I
was
foollsl
lette wheel began to spin; the gentle
Hen
on me; if I had tried to draw my <
C H A P T E R I V — R e a l is in g his h e lp ­
men drank and gambled, while the In enough to underrate my adversary knife freni my belt I knew that 1 \
l e ssn e ss and under threat o f a l i n g e r ­
dies continued their search for con and with the cocksureness o f youth should never have succeeded, that he •
ing death, Lindsay a g r e e s to anauma
y o u n g M c A l l is te r nam « and ta ke hla
quests. Already, however, I had be leaped to ttie conclusion that he was would have burled his weapon In rny ]
pluce In A n d r e w 's household.
gun to weary o f these things, ant’ probably no great shot, while If !i
heart while I was still making the vain •
CHAPTER
V . — T h s B l a c k Pnath sr
when supper was over und George sug CBn,e ,f> <P'-I'S *ud^ knives, I felt cer
attempt. But fortunately for me pure ‘
collisa upon
opon a . p!urulei < <1 ship, with all
gested more roulette, I was contení taln th,lt 1 00,1,11 bost »*l<" ‘ «»ere. S
on board mur der ed,
liar cluy tells bis
Instinct, derived, I suppose, from far- •
f o l l o w e r s the d e c i Is th s w ork o f a
to he a looker-on. Fortune, we dis »>'«t altogether It was with nlacrlt>
off ancestors In the Jungle, came to ¡j
I'lrutu ship, the Sh ar k, ow ne d by M c ­
rovereti. Is a fickle Jade, and had now that I Jumped to my feet, crying: “ All
A ll is t e r , und the Hluck P anth er Sturts
my aid. Whether my act was within •;
111 pursuit
The S ha rk lx o v er ta k e n
deserted us; for George lost steadily right I I’m ready I"
and i it s tr o y .i l . with all her crew.
the laws of refined dueling I do not !
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George nodded approval.
“ That’?
and nt length. In disgust, accepted th«
know, nor, Indeed, do I greatly cure.
•lav
proposal of the ofllcers for a game oi
way to feel.” he answered, " ( ’omc
212 FOURTH S T R E E T —N EA R SA LM O N
for my opponent's conduct had been !j
Hshoru on J a m a ic a l.slimd,
telling
cards. At Hits. I confess. I was noi on. then; let’s get It over.” And leav
Isini to ■***•}< out sShivtfiy, njanuKtr of
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Look for Electric Sign
OREGON
more Irregular hy far; I drew back •
MeAlllHtcr'a p la nta ti o n, introduce him*
overplensed, for further scqunlntanc« Ing the palace, we walked down to the
fculf u.i Kpdcrt, find out all he cad
mv arm, conscious, a« I did «-a. of a * “X*v-X’< "X * < -x ~ X "X ~ x ~ x -x -x -X "X ~ x ~ :”X “:'***>?X“0“X**x-X"W*Hti
with these gentlemen had aroused It wharf, to find the officers there before
abou t h i
unci«’ » " houite. And Its de-
(To lie Continued Next Week)
leiiNas, and report to liar cluy In two
me a strong dislike. A Captain John us, already seated In their boat. With
w e e k » . On )iU way to th** to wn U n d -
son, with pink cheeks and straw a gesture, Renfrew indicated another
*ay 1 m a w l l n « * s to th« kldnupinK and
l y i n g up of a colored man, v\ horn ho
colored hair, was my pet aversion, nnn for ourselves, and thus, since George
f i f t N I ha man tella him ho I h Wuunhy.
BH
Lieutenant Renfrew, with bulldog fen very properly would not nllow me to
w « U k n ow n Jockey, and tho kidnap«
In* was to keep him f r o m ri ding 111 a
tures and n swaggering air, filled mi row for feur of unsteartyli g rny hand
m a tc h i ace tho next day Cjuuuhy »end«
with equal loathing. It was therefor« I seated myself In the stern anil we
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• m p lo y«r,
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$ i n i c l « t n n , t o e x p l a i n t he ni u t t o r . l i e
not without auspicio/ that I saw then set forth for the Island In our op
( i mi i
mo ,
«lid
next
duy
SUi k 1« t un' s
depart; and after watching the for ponen ts’ wake,
lioi.se, w i t h vj uai i hy up, Wi nn li t« r ao« .
tunes o f the wheel for perhaps hnl
I shall not pretend thnt I enjoyed
C H A R T E R \ It. — i . m a s s y has n-.ad*
an hour, 1 took my leave and strntlei the trip. I was reflecting, with some
th o u c q uatn la n. * of a y o u n g ma n,
Ccui'B« L r u i s . w h om hs aditili rs White
across the room to where the cart remorse, on the excellent advice given
w a t c h in g u card g a m e la wlilcli Lewis
game was In progress. By this timi me hy Capt. Francis Barclay, lie had
I h enuiiaed, Lllldsay d e l e c t* u player
? b e atin g
lie dem>unc*H the cheat er,
the hall was crowded; the player» told me not to drink or gamble, and
an d a duel f o l l o w s Llnosuy w o i s t s bis
were Intent upon their sport; ant to avoid quarrels; and 1 now realized
op p on ent, but itrant* bnn his Ilfs on
Ills a d m it t in g the truth uf Lindsay s
thus, ns It chnneed, I hnd an excel how completely 1 hnd managed to tils
MEANS
a c cu sa t io n .
lent opportunity to watch them uno’., obey him. But presently I banished
served. Clearly a crisis was Impend these thoughts from my mind. This
Impact of the whip.
Ing; gold was heaped In the center ot wus no time to let my wits go wool-
Many n flute, since then, I have seen
the table, and each man’s eyes wen gathering; my present business was
thoroughbreds striving for the crowns
riveted on his cards. And then. s. to get the better of tills supercilious
o f the turf, In America, England and
quickly (hat I should never have per Englishman.
In far off Australia. Many u splendid
reived It had I not been watchln.
rucer have I seen thundering down the
By this time nnr ndversnries hud
home stretch to victory; but never In them closely, I saw Johnson, who sn retched the Island, and after we had
my life can I recall a more tremendous opposite George, deftly slip a cart drawn alongside of them. It took hut
from Ids sL w e , ar.tl, without pausing a few moments for George anil Ren
Pi
anti terrific burst of speed than I saw
add another heap of gold to the plh frew to agree upon the details of the
thnt morning on the track at the Fort
For an Instant I stood thunder-struck fight. Then, stripping to shirt and
o f the Devil. If he hud run fast before,
now he fairly flew. In one hound, ns and In that moment the players Iul< trousers, we ench took our knife and
their cards upon the table, and John plstoli th, ,8tler , , tlvfu„ v ,„ nt,e(1 h>
It seemed, he drew head to head with
with a trluinpnimt (mulo, enclr
the mare; In another, fur the first time non.
, .
,
.....
our seconds, and tossati a molitore for
that day. he drew clear. We saw that
dnd hU winning» with Ma a r a » no.
o f po*,Uon. , won, named the
calftdy
swept
ihtan
toward
him.
thin ophidian head stretched, shooting
easterly end. to bring (he moonlight
backward and forward, and then, all
Mv blood boiled. I have made. « ... (nto lnv opponent s eyes, and an In
In a moment, mold n hubei of shrieks
knows, my share of mistakes In thl stunt later we had landed and were
shouts, prayera. curses, the rare was
world; have done numv things fm walking away, hack to hack, while our
over, mill though hy a scant quarter
which, afterward, I tune been serri seconds shoved off hiu ) stood ready to
length only Satan hat) won I
and ashamed, but I think ibat I have c1vr „ lp w„ r(1 o f ..„ „ „ „ „ „ d .
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Utterly exhausted, loo spent for al least, always tried to play ihe ginnt
As 1 passed leisurely along the etlge
words, George and I silently clasped of life fuir and square. Anil to se.
T H A T R E F L E C T S TO T H E
o f the Islet, I began to reflect on how
luinds. I do tmt think we even so this pink-cheeked dandy dellberutel.'
this
curious
duel
might
hest
to?
fought.
much ns remembered oar winnings; It swindling nty friend was too much
WORLD AT LARGE THE COM­
To draw his hr«*. If possible, aeeined
In three strides I had reached tin
was the race and the ru« e only that
the surest w ay; but 1 laid scarcely
Cody
MUNITY IT REPRESENTS.
hud held us spellbound
And then
table, and leaning forward. I shock mi
. .
,
realized, until now. wltaf « gamble
much like two figures In n dream.
fist full In Johnsons face mid ejacu
.
...
.......
, . .....
th® encounter wus. and I began to feel
made our way down to the tric k Fly
lilted, "You client, sir !
awuy. brute little thorough!' ed that
For one thing, a, least, l will glv.
'" i T * Ì ' V ^ l* WnU' r ° f
»tie was, stood with legs apart bead hlm
in credit; there was no hesitation li
1 ' ’
"** “
' ' 11 no'lua,nt
IS
down, flanks heaving. Staunch little bis reply. llls glu-s of wlne stood a nnces o f long standing, each knowing
the
other's
merits
as
a
marksman,
that
mare, she hnd given her utmost, St-
bis elhow and thè next secontl I gaspei
tan, qtilet for once, still rolled 1 1 • <- »• ned sp’ uftered orbile II tricklod, ni»« would be on® thing; hut as It was
wicked eyes with what seemed to e
uiiconnortulily. ilowu tur neck.
A neither o f us had Ihe slightest clue to
■ n expression of sardonic htiinoi
once I lost all control o f ut)self, un< the ability of the other. Then. too.
••Gave yon a scurel” they seen >d n
unused lo thè ctts'iotiis o f society 1« there was the moonlight, bound to nr
say us plainly as words.
II • too
- neh ctis. s. In anotl.,-r moment I sbotti, feet the strnlghtest aim. And tfus
breathed heavily, and his black - le»
bave leu peti ut hlm tuallly, trustlng ai­ the more I pondered, the nave elusive
dripped with foam. Two stable
-vs
to weapoli* bui te mere grlp of hai the problem appeared How far e< uhl
were throwing water on Qusshy. w ho on thront to olpe out thè Insult ni I advance In safety? I could n.q tell
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lay on the truck In ■ dead fulnf. ids' determina olio viti (he batter ni . hnt I resolved. More strongly than
ever, to try to draw his lire, running
rigid upper lip, drawn clear of •' e
I think, ln> he rend my purpose In the risk that his bullet might find n
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clenched teeth, shewing the agony
tuy eyes, for he started up and had
mortal spot
Nothing short o f thnt, 1
had undergone.
t'olonel Singlet t
half drawn hW sword w h« n fortunate­
leanetl against the rail, mopping t
figured, would stop me; and Ids pjajol
ly f«r me George gripped my arm
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o „ . Y w ’.
t0
perspiration from his hrow. and loo
once emptied. I should have hliu at
' Steady I” he cried. “ Don't braw l!” my inert y.
Ing like a nntn on the verge o f coi
And seeing thut he had succeeded In
lapse.
And at alght of him I aud
Thus I mnr«’ l«*d along, the tiny
aiming n.e, he led me a little to one
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tfenly experienced a great reaction
Ide. “ DM he really cheat?” he asked. waves rippling Into stiver at nty feet,
realizing that I. ton. felt old and spent
Name
" t ’heat?” I echoed angrily. “ Of while away to the north th<houtlines
and drawn and half dead for the need
course he did. Slipp'd u card from his ■if the land loomed softly through the
The
o f rest. I turned to Lewis, and In a
'lec\e. the scoauureL Let me at him. hare. And now I had reached the
prept
Add r e s * __
voice which seemed to me to come
end
of
the
sand
spit,
ami
wheeling
George."
COO
from an Immense distance I managed
But his answer brought me to a about, saw the figure of my antagonist
Cook
to falter. “ George. I think we need
realisation of how the-e things were at the opposite extremity, while our
help
some sleep.“
properly done.
"Nonsense," he re two seconds had paddled off a short
will
He stsred at me as If making s
Joined.
“ You'll < hullenge him. of distance from the island, and lay rest
g rea t effort to understand
Tie looked
FOP
course. And I suppose you'll want me Ing U|x*n their oars. There was no
as I Imagined that I Uhl; hla face was
«
for your «w in d . You go to your ro»un need o f further «telar, and Indeed
gray; blue circles lay tleep under his
now that we were fairly at It, 1 was
and I II manage the affair."
blinking eyes
“ Bob." he answered
There was suali an air o f flnallty In inxlous to have the affair ln'gln. Thus
slowly, as If picking Ms words, "you
hit words that I obeyed at once. But I hailed with relief the sight o f Ren
are a man of sen**.-
And linking
on the way thither, and while I sat freer standing erect In hla boat, and
^ n n a.for mptu.l wppor*, we turned wj^JU«, fvr bln,, I hod ample time for ,h*n lhv « ' * * *
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