THURSDAY MAY 31. I!>?K,
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
PAGE TWO
Red Hair and Blue Sea
harbor entrance.
As the two men urged her ulong
she knew she must soon confront
I'onape Burke. Yet It was with a
gasp that, at a taming, she saw the
leaf wall move and (lie man's fa"«
come leering out.
I.... .. useful, being new Io the beach.
UPPER W ILLAM ETTE
unknow n
At the sea front the native men
Fifteen sluilehls graduate from tlm
lifted Palinyrii ai|d I’onape llurke and
waded With lliem through the Ihlgli Pleasant Hill high school (his yeur
They are Vina Wllifley, Vida Win
deep water to the Islet
fiey, Hurls II) land. Vena Awbrey,
At the end of the Islet furthest
l.uelle Walker. Thelma Mcl’eek. Bell..
"W ell, P alm le," be litte re d . "1 com e from shore. Potiapn llu rk e ordered
Olson,
Carl l.lntou. Herald Rubier,
Ills p riso n er Into th e last th atch Sin
back t'g ei my k is s ”
Ikinnlil Raider. Auslin Mathews,
“No!" cried the white man pasaion
Hurrying
her
a,»ay.
h
e
sita
te
d
,
gave
th
e
nativ
es
one
<|e
The women, fearing Van might
Her guards now for the first tlm >
Kmery Hyland, jlarofel Humphrey.
Van stared, incredulous, yet alarm ately. “No!"
toon arrive, prepared to take their
releasing her hands, the girl snatched spulrllig glance. She hated I hem for Paul llaiden and Lyman'Tlnker Tli.
The officer shrugged again.
th
e
ir
cu
rio
sity
,
th
e
ir
com
plaisance
ed.
prisoner immediately away.
forth her pistol and leveled II al him
baccalaureate address will be given
If Palmyra herself had been there,
"1 got it straight," cried Martin
She stooped, en ter.-! the house, «at
He was dressed, absurdly, In the
At first Palmyra thought thia lm
"There's twenty of 'em or more- all she would have marvelled that Van gala attire of the Rainbow, even to upon a m at on th e psbhle floor. In r yhimlay alght al the Plea «ant mu
possible.
Christian church by Rev. W A
with guns. And they're running her could remain blind to the sincerity of the cane.
She had not orderdd. hack a g a in st one of the posts in III« Elkllia. CotllllK'lli ellielll exercises w ill
But now she made a discovery.
llurke
Olive's purpose.
for the Ihieliko Rocks."
‘Hands up!" hut ho had obeyed that circle th u t upheld the eaves
Though the thatch was so notoriously
As for the islander, he must have formu|a H,„„j thu, , r|nuli <? at her. (hurried away. The brown men were Ire Friday June X in the high arhool
The Rocks were a noticeable forma
to the forefront as to seem above
adjudged the situation hopeless. With Now, however, so suddenly she could crowding Into the opposite side of the gyinnasium.
suspicion, the highwall of the police tion not far inland
On Thursday and Friday of this
a final look of dumb pleading, he not pull the trigger, he brought the hut. They dropped to »‘are. cruaa
All
Van's
suspicions
of
the
brown
compound ended directly opposite,
week
Ihe Juniors will give their an
whirled,
ducked
pust
his
unready
and
flexible slick down with a whlpllka legged, knee to knee, silent or whtsp
•nd turned inland, leaving between it man burst forth in the one cry:
uuul pluy "Hold That Line Jimmy "
the
clutching
fingers
of
the
others,
«ring,
those
behind
craning
to
look
“Olive!"
cut
acroa
the
hack
of
her
hand.
The
and the bank wall of the trader s a
Martin came to lake up the watch Those who take part are Floyd Man
Palmyra, seeing, hearing, burned and sprung over the starboard rail, fingers, paralysed, dropped the wea
three-foot lane. This path, she recol
hey, Relilielh McRrllXle. Harold D1’-
foot
first
into
the
sea.
(TO BE CON TINU ED)
pon.
lected being told, ran back for half a with contempt.
ley. Darwin Baxter, Nina Dilley, Arab
As Olive struck the brine Saka
An ugly light flashed Into his eyes
The stranger now took the Initia
Bile, a mere passageway between the
Noll
Arnold, l.uelle Larimer and
moto
leaped
for
the
gangway
and
Into
I
I
ain't
a-taklng
no
chances
this
time."
RELIEF FROM CURSE
wall and the mangrove swamp upon tive. 'Til warn the Japs." he said.
i hryMial Baughman.
which she had looked down from her You run for the mission. Remember his cutter, which happened to be , h(> ,,Xpia|n,.d
OF CONSTIPATION
Several atudenla and Prof. Rllpal
alongside.
! x» they moved forward again Hon-
—the Ihiellko Rocks.”
Bission window.
A Battle Creek phyalclwu says. "Con
"Jab
him
with
an
oar."
ordered
the
up<>
Hurke
became
Informative.
Had
rl.k
worked all night Monday getting
But
at
this
moment
here
came
John
stipation is responsible for more m is
And the mouth of that hidden path
commander. Rut It la not so easy
,ytn< low here watting an op
the Annual ready to be bound They
' ery Ilian any other cause."
was no more than twenty feet distant. Thurston. He was jumping up to the to Jab with a long oar.
| portunlty. This village was a good
But Immediate relief has been foil nJ hope to have II ready Thursday or
Until an alarm had been given the wharf from a boat. At sight of him
Olive
made
a
Judicious
flent,,
dived
j
not llke ,he r,.at of tbe laland—
Friday of thia week.
people would be unsuspicious. The Van's face lighted with relief.
A
tablet culled Rexall Orderlies hue
back under the vicious thrust of the ' go dam> p|oua a kanaka wasn't sup
The daughtera of IxMtls t In 1« are
Instantly.
Thurston
began
to
throw
French trader across the way had
port oars, and splashed ashore. The |
eVH„
amoke And from the been discovered. This tublel attracts .laying st ‘he ranch of ihstr unci«.
locked up his place and gone out to off his white coat.
water from the system Into the laxy
sailors floundered close in wake.
point, a man could watch the Okuyu
"Olive? Nonsense!"
Taylor Circle. and picking atraw
breakfast. The native passersby were
Inland the main road from the ma at anchor or get away, quickly dry, eval uating bowel called the colon
“I
tell
you."
Van
affirmed
shrilly,
b« rrles for Harris.
coming in detached groups. Palmyra's
The
water
looaens
the
dry
food
waste
beach was crowding in against the
The Pleasant Hill picnic Wl’. he
captors need wait only until no one "she’s in love with the damned kanaka river. Soon the fugitive must cross and unseen, to the hidden Lupe-a Nou. and causes a gentle, thorough, natural
The one obstacle had been Olivo.
June 9.
was near. Then, closing round her, and he, he’s got her."
movement
without
forming
a
habit
or
one or the other In the open. He But they had discovered Van's anti
C H A P T E R XII.
they could whisk her across, screen
would be seen. He would be caught. pathy; planned to get the Islander ever Increasing the dose.
Thurston
thrust
Van
aside
impati-
FOUND— A Fountain Pen. was left
ing her .with one or two of the ever
Stop suffering from constipation.
But. . . .
i out of the way through him. Gratul
In the church during graduation
present umbrellas, raised either ent’y- “The Pueliko you say?” he de
Olive did not eroaa the road. He ; toualy, Van had acted of his own ac- Chew a Rexall OrdeHle at night Next
exercises. Owner may rtatm P«n
against a shower or the equatorial mauded of the man Martin.
duy bright. Oet 24 for 25c today at
Across the road a horse stood sad did not cross the river. Nor was he 1 cor(j
and nay for this udv.
• ■ »
I k ite I
ran.
dled. Thurston ran to It. Jerked the i cau«ht M erely-he disappeared.
But almost at the moment of the
He had lain all the while. In the
reins free. Jumped Into the saddle
•ortie there came an interruption. One
The girl's father, returning at this ' river, down among the crowding ,
Of the old women, stooping down to
By J* F-
( water plants, only his nose up for air j
moment, came running up.
SPRINGFIELD FOLKS
glance out. discovered the girl’s father
Normally the water, clear us dew. .
“Rouse the beach." cried Thurston.
and mother and Constance Crawford
“You, Van—the gunboat. Martin—the would have revealed him But rain
approaching1—already close.
Panic'
police. Tree—you to the mission. I'm • In the mountains, tropically copious, i
FO R B A B Y
snsued. If her captors had not been
i had raised the stream out of its
TOLD H i *
for the Pueliko."
OUR N E W 8ABV)DO N’T TELL
dangerous before, they certainly were
TH IW 6S 6 0 TO
,HE LOOKER
He whirled his horse
banks. Stained it earthly brown, dot
»5 CÄYIN6 A L V /N O BODY t
CROSS
»o*
I L IK E
"Walt. wait. Thurston." Implored ; ted ltB »d'-face with moving leaf and ,
■frtS T iM
The prisoner would have screamed. the father. “Here, take my revolver." ' branch.
heart ' / pop /
Unconscously, she extended her lungs
"Rouse the beach and follow," came 1 Meanwhile. John Thurston, putting
to take in the necessary air. But, the answer, above the ring of hoofs. 1 *1*8 *>orse to a run, had soon neared
on the second, that fibre cord cut deep
For a moment the three stood, petri- the Pueliko Rocks.
Into her flesh.
A shoulder of basalt blocked the
fled, staring after him. Then they
Gasping, she was thrust under the ran. In different directions to carry view ahead. He clambered up. had
almost reached the top. Then, startl
Boequito net; thrown flat, head on out his orders.
bamboo pillow. Two of the hags fol-
Scarcely had they gone than two ingly, the whistle of a bullet.
Thurston ducked behind a rock.
lowed her Into the netting, sat pressed native men burst from the narrow
against her on either side. These footway and crossed to the thatch. A "Meaning me?" he questioned.
He raised his head cautiously.
«Batched off her hat and veil, threw i few seconds later, with the old wo-
over her a covering.
men, they had rushed Palmyra over Bang! A leaf cluster came fluttering,
Meanwhile the crone who had lured ‘he road and into the lane between the like a wounded bint to his feet.
Across the road, opposite, a great
her here had taken a machete and h'Sh blind wall and the salt-water
We th in k a lot of the baby-—see th e thlngH we
seated herself on the patch of grass mar8h, where there were no eyes to | Across the road, opposite, a great
before the house.
j 8ee sav® those of the crabs that ran al° tre® <lonxin«te<l the bush behind
have to m ak e him h ealth ier and happier. B eauty
Within the house, Palmyra s two back and forth across the slime.
j U Prom amon« «s many trunks a
aidB for B etty— c ig a rettes and cigar« for Billy.
guardians had begun a low-voiced
Van Rutger ran down the wharf. wisp
white smokp had floated out.
singing. She perceived herself as a JumPe<l Into Thurston s boat and was John’ ln h*8 effort to Ioca‘« ‘he
S om ething for everyone, priced right.
sick woman. These two kindly old Pulled to ‘he Okayama.
enemy, risked standing up. A third I
•ouls sat inside the net to comfort her.
Commander Sakamoto turned to i
1 flattened Itself against the rock
While, before the hut. a third waited Van
they arP herp- aftpr aI1>” h"
Van. “But
"But my dear Mister." he said,
said. | '
ready to answer solicitous Inquiry. "Somesing is — wrong.
How c a n conceded.
And any commotion of struggle which ° ' lpp
have taken the young lady
Regaining his horse he had galloped
Bight catch the transient eye would when O1e«-Vay 1» locked up here safe b*Ck to ,hp road’ wlth th*8 turning
be taken for a ronnd of that massage aboard’ But he satisfy me he Is only
*Je^ ’ whp" hp pncount
which is the native's cure-all..
afraid for young lady. He seems good ered the girl’s father and seven other
Her captors had taken impish ad- So 1 ,et him K°- unless you, . . .• men. These were an advance guard
vantage of that trait In human nature
Van was *ga»t. "Absolutely, no!' Sailors from the gunboat were follow
ing ln to scour the brush.
which causes man never really to look he cried.
“The lava caves," the father cried
at a thing in plain sight.
, Sakamoto shrugged. "As you say,’1
excitedly. “High In the mountains,
She was Intensely alert. At the he conceded.
of here. Unexplored
■lightest opportunity
He gave an order and shortly ‘he ' Thurston.
1 nursl° 1’’ Inland
ln
opportunity she
she meant
meant toi
to
_____
„„ deck
! '"accessible; a terrible hiding place
•cream, to fight. Since her escape j brown
mna ________
appeared . on
from Burke she herself had carried I Olive must have divined on whose My God. John, we ve got to head 'em '
off from the caves”
a small automatic pistol. At the first demand he was held.
Thurston told of the shooting.
chance she'd use It.
At sight of him Van s anomosity
Thurston found what he sought— '
Now. however, she saw Van Buren flamed up. The white roan sprang
Bntger approaching, and sank back forward. “What have you done with footprints.
Native men almost never wore I
again
The others had not known. her?" he demanded. Then, trunlng to
Van did know.
: the Interpreter; "W'hat has he done shoes; then only shoes of cloth and
rubber. But here. In the damp mould,
But Just as the trio had strolled with her?”
someone had ascended toward the aio
away and the newcomer almost reach
Olive seemed at a loss.
ed the house, here, unexpectedly, was
He shot forth a question, received tree, descended—wearing leather.
Thurston examined the prints at
the man Martin. He ran up to Van. his answer, burst Into a flood of en
length. Then. "If I'm any sort of
Excitedly he spoke.
treaty.
‘‘Say. mister. . . . Your lady friend.
“He say," repeated the Interpreter, Indian at all.” he commented, "this
was—Ponape Burke."
That red-headed girl."
"he say turn him loose. He savvy
f o r a distance Thurston was able
Van drew back stiffly. “Miss Tree too much. Go look see. Find girl
to ride. Then lava, clean washed, a
is in this house,” he said.
‘ dam* too much quick."
Martin was vehement. No, that she
The Japanese turned questionlngly and three paths Intersecting at the
water.
wasn’t!
Outlaw nat ves had her to Van.
UST like the famous “ Two Black Crow«,” there are lot» of folk» wYo
It was well for Palmyra that she
could not known what difficulties her
simply will not he pleased. Fortunately none of our customer» are of
lover had now to meet.
that type — hut even if there were a few we know that this newest HotpoloJ
T he. bed of this stream, cast solid
electric range would please them!
, in one piece from nature's furnace,
T.JIi
would have provided a test for the
North Woods skill of any man. And
Think of it! A ll the very best features of larger and more expensive models
In addition, Ponape Burke—If It were
I
have been built into this one range. I t ’s all white — easy to clean and keep-
i he had taken pains to leave no mark,
f-ater, he found footprints again-
clean.
It ’s fully enamelled — durable. I t ’s equipped with automatio oven
shod and bare. Ahead large trees
told
of
dry
land.
S tore y our c ar in a Fireproof Building and Avoid Risk. We
temperature control.
Thurston advanced stealthily, rifle
have one of the best g arag e buildings in this p a rt of Ore-
ready. The elevation took on an un
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gone. Safe and handy to you.
usual form. He recognized it, to his
And here’s the big surprising fact about it:
surprise, as an artificial Island; one
of these ruined fortresses or tombs
It's offered at the LOW EST PRICE ever set on a FU L L ENAM ETAED ranpi,
built by prehistoric conquerors on
OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 10 O’CLOCK AND ALL DAY
such
islands
as
Kusaie
and
Ponafle
SUNDAYS.
and with a ridiculously low down payment.
Could the girl be Imprisoned here?
i Opposite, there rose a twenty-foot
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I wall of basaltic columnar blocks.
But. It was not at this wall that
this Introductory Sale?
John Thurston looked,
j Lying under It, In what had been
f,et your old range help pay for the NEW I
either the canal by which these long
f
| stones were floated In, or a dock for
the praus or JunkH of the conquerors,
Ask about our attractive cooking rate
was the schooner Lupe-a-Noa.
When Palmyra’s captors hurried
1
A
I her Into the footway they did not
long continue in the dangerous direc
ountain tates ower ompany
tion of the Pueliko. Shortly they
i turned Into a path that branched out
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| would bring them circuitously back to
the sea at a point Just outside the
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