rill'H S D A Y M W - I . 102*. THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS PAGE SIX ■•■«If o t {*••*» oU** klia»»U. but With 111» Ml was sure to try that lagoon llr.t. |« t V ... she c»u,d m,lI free . This much l>r Crife could read for that which wtll.hnld her fiom .hum wanted to love John for the . i Ion. true manliness that waa his. Hut ala«, incarnate there before this Island- Back «here In .he can.». In her these splendid qualities the two p..s ,r's eves on the Rainbow, she had moment of revelation, she l.ml ..a m sessed In common had come to seem - — ed lo meet him once more, fate to , he personal qualities of Olive alone been not unlike a godde*»; a belug­ face, that she might tell him the truth Shu remembered how he had gone as Indeed »he w e e - from another But now that, astonishingly, she had after the shark with the knife . . . _______ world. A high white prince«», called awakened into the old life, she found „ . . 1 *or the »tatelv life giving palm and and conquered. . . ■ hadn't let Ponape Burke e.cape. I ______ * herself quite unready to step up to crowned with hair of flame, she had The aun was I»»» than an hour high Ju»t »« the uian-cater mad« to seise stood. him with such a confession Olive, leaping up. sprang with the shouldn't now be In danger still condescended to him with blankets when Palmyra, »• »he had done for Its prey Olive dropped below the sur At last Palmyra could talk to Olive She willed to love John Thurston; girl behind another boulder In time to when a brown creature was In mlaery aeveral morning» now. descended the face The heavy Ash oad no chance After all and years »he did love John Thurston But an these tnese days uaya aou year» and . .. |h>( terrible of things winding stairway hewn in the hillside to »»op. As it »wept over his head the escape a second bullet. between them waa the brown mao Several shot« Ponape Burke «red centuries of silence, they two. by the lavage thrust upward with the knife . . .... --------- ------------------- intervention of Dr. Crife, had been ‘ "¡d (^ , ^ ,myra Olive, and leering from behind hU from the talasloa direct to the afreet in his Jealous rage, though now he of the town. in a lunge that reached the heart had no target Then, the llgeon of ' made adtlculate. Tree One does not consider oneself ¡elbow, the face of Ponape Burke Island life was already aatlr. Olive did not waste tune over the Noah ^.ininv orwn mau . . . . Concerning Olive »he tried to justify She learned ___ ft«, to » m fall il I n I o w a with U »Ofi gaining wav. way, drew off. and the served Ponape that Burk. the In borwn a debt man of Privileged In love with a god The girl wsm txlresased by an old herself on the ground of gratitude. adventure of the shark. He had killed pursuit, in »his phase at any rate, was gratitude; the saving of his life. He - J g | her Never had a girl more reason to be woman. sharks before ended. “ Pleasy you." said this crone In grateful Waa It uot natural »he had for this white rascal a sort o (,p Throwing the canoe into its course, CHAPTER XI. English, "you h « m for lok for »»« should be eager to take him present«, ■ , , , Olive marched proudly up the love, but no sort of respect. Great he sailed for the island soul. must, of their nature. *” , 7 "a’ m yr. now knew how Olive to alt In hla houae questioning, Io flml ve'y tine Plngelap mat You like too For an interval they went on. be- sands, the girl in his arms a dead petty tyranny. And Olive—often, ac 1 felt 11 toward 1 n,n,>r" her. -he was far from ¡ h....... “ hour by hour ...ore cnr.nus much for buy." fore it became evident that Ponape burden. She would have refused, but now him, more Interested cording to his lights. « “ M kn(,wln_ h()W Hhe f.f t „.ward Olive I concerning him. ....ere....... in The rifle fire, as was to have been Burke had made them out. she caught a gl'mpse of Van approach , approving, i.lm than In any oth t living being Present If the schooner was so ciost* brougni the me v villagers iu b b « » » m i - ’ «• always - • y palliating- folio*- Presently close expected, had brought ...................................................... i f her , only » n l v difficultv .... , And If difficulty with Van Oddly enough—or rather, naturally mg Several times he hadtrapped h*r ’almvn» could make out Ponape running from their thatches. Scarcely ed the despicable little Ponei» Into painful Interviews llut thia palmyra — ____ - -------------------------- . . She learned that Olive ha had not Buren Rutger had been a reluctance ■aimyra owum ww . . . _ ___ — ______ . , eh „ lAarned Burke on its deck, covering them with had the brown man emerged out of known Burke meant to abduct her. ! to give him pain, she found every enough—it did not come to her for morning she could use the ancient Home time to aak whether ahe might his X glasses. r S n r ^ u r s e T t i T X . ¡ the à sea V than T these ^ Mteronoalaus v ^ ^ were ’ " Î Î ' . h ô Z ' î , T n o t 'an J V» « X ^ ^ g s easy be In love with thia brown man Th.,» dame, s s a gaping listener, to keep the Idea struck like an unexpcct-d Van silent. Returning to the mission «t a late bh.w. She was .tunned “When, Is your ouaeT the girl rtm. b"y " r^ on of the coral broken ; vay! " b\ \ “,7wh7.,"\h«' sch.x.ner go. under ’ hour the th.nl night he had come At first she put the thought from asked tentatively, »If and packed down by the trample So this. then, was where he cou d IM.r..„lv,. that this was no upon Olive prowling about wit a rifle. her In shhorri nee But In th.- stilt The thatch toward »hu h the crone », the surf, was higher than the res, bring her; the h o r n s h i s People. oape Is '."nlu-^of his own rbode. adventure of Palmyra's own choice , -.M "1‘onape is not not dead." dead. the brown man , hours of the night It esnie back ugsln p 8U(,pl(tt^ “Sakamoto stances whatever to fall In love with town went to the ancitorage Aa close , hlU| know ,}f , h,» •• W1„ hla comment. a niiin of darker race? on the Inland side was the road and. | ^umvrn hao been so incensed that. She shuddered to think others might , ppostte, the trading establishment of re* weapon; ‘here and then, ahe had broken the believe thia thing of her a while man and Ihe high concrete » “• w mdow ffke a ‘hat »he might possibly I one , engagement. She avoided olive, kept to her wall of the Japanese compound The ’ clock he dared not give ner the knife Van's dismissal placed him In that room Hhe struggled to analyse her house was quite by It.elf «n the water astonishing of all,' In daytime, he had dropped II through position wherein a weak man not in emotions, to weigh them dlspnsslon side of Ihe highway, yet Immediately J|(e , , he skylight. frequently lacks moral coun.ge to turn ntelv. And. honestly striving, she was In ihe center of village life <,,„,1 j ohn Thurston. ' When the Japnnese gunboat passed upon his rival. He must find an easier at last able to aav of herself that, in j Van now came sauntering up and • » - * . sorrowfully them so cruelly by. Olive had beeu as targe, for his resentment Thus Van. no sense, could she be accused of lov . Palmyra indicated this P**1* hlm “Come on." ahe Invited My oM gn ( gjd(J jn , he 8trangest voice: eager as she to attract attention. Bu, without the least perceiving why. re- , he • had great amiable toward Thurston, but Not for long did she find the an' ‘“ J ? ” HMU known KUUWU the UIO distance u .riau ,, • too »■ — malned . . . . a an ugly spite against sariilnuf llll» As regarded Jalult he had no, gone developed this sw .r Then I. came like release from . h n. lin g e r It was not until fifteen hours after a prison cell Bhe was In love, not I (Continued on lh»g. 7) the brown man had restored Palmyra there because It w as so obviously the man of darker skin, place he should have gone Burke But If Palmyra had freed herm-lf Tree to the world of the living that she once more opened her eyes. Then, in a half waking fright, she reared herself up with a cry of “Olive!" The next moment she found herselt in her mother's arms. When she roused again, several ould be no furt er s i «hsneed Scarcely h t ie . curse than the Ptseon of Noah also wung in toward the reef. Palmyra ould see Ponape Burke waving his rms. shouting orders. 9he gave one huddering glance at the cauMron head, then back to the white man. *he race was run. And even now. none, in n connrm confirmation, auou., i live sprang up. let go the sheet. lashed the cords that held the mast father. rhipped the whole gear overboard. Palmyra sat up abruptly with the But immediately, to her bewilder question; "Where have they got nent. he seized again. ent, ne seizeu the iuc paddle . — . lunged It into the water, began to Ponape Burke. .. . The four looked from one to another >eed toward the barrier. The roar of the surf—most fright hesitant. i a „ of sounds-sleafened her. But as At her first awakening the girl had le clung desperately to her place, been told how the Okayama had taring ahead into the tumult of brought her people Into this harbor aters—she could smile. If Olive on the searc ■ iose death to defeat, so could she. ‘ y° U ‘ ' a «', * ¡,u o lt t h a t im paused, incredulous. You don t u mean » I ut, such u k her , faith, she v felt that, im , . . ,.n the gunboat was right here when 1 ossible as it seemed, he must still 6 ................. i came and didn t steam out to eaten 1 link to escape. ? \ ’nu a* the her began t o , * She saw thta this unbellevab.e thing arcuUte seas, navieator to hold the canoe ack a t tim es. P alm yra saw th e re w a s / “ 8 Demonstration Days! MONTA g COLONIAL M e n u , C olonl.l Jr fo il t» r r .l« ln «n sn » l ! " « " J G rass. Canary-Ysllo. M ssd s R»d. w hits, » r s , or S a n to s, „ „ B . bu ffst «half and FT»""» Plata top. Abora ranr» alas ha had with drop door hy- L “ e^ * t t e d ' y ’ ’ he, . ’ P r“ " ’ slight s e s s i o n shoreward in the “ » “er feet. "Where s Olive? Her ine of the reef It swung in at this voice rang sharp, frightened. «lint Jus. sufficiently to create a lee 1 But Olive himself was «¿eeP •he surf hid not burst upon it with Her father began to explain. The he direct drive of the wind and. pro- « « • < » 18 8n American ected through most of the year from ve9Sel • • • • he sweep of the trades, not so much ' “And there's been so much friction iroken coral had been packed down [ between Japan and America. Inter iere and the rim was lower. In a iected the mother. lash she p-eeeived that he must have “And Commander Sakamoto war | ■ad tfiis place in mind from the first; «nre If the seized the schooner on the , hat. the tide in their ftvor. It might h‘Sh ’M‘a" “ wouW e edge. they weathered - the ‘Dr. Crlte says there's absolutely ext sea and its subsequent retreat. Another dash across the shallows no question about the word 'save' " nd they were safe from the ocean, put in Constance. . . . "Help him save the high chief ¡ut not from Ponape Burke. As the brown man carried Palmyra, young lady Palmtree." The girl settled back among her | er face, over his shoulder, was turn- d toward the Lupea-Noa. The girl pillows. Tears welled into her eyes. "It was enough that I should have sw that the schooner, beaten at last, ad gone about and was working back wronged him," she said. "It Is un­ ut of danger. She saw that the thinkable you all should hare been rhlte man had clambered part way guilty of this crowning misconcep­ :p the rigging. And then she gave a tion." She shifted uneasily, lay for some yarning cry as, from the shrouds, time In silence, gazing through the here flashed out a spurt of flame. Instantly, Olive, understanding, window. 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