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111 &AeYf] I m Morn: ?ir.-: *He moved uneasily. Hewasonl; ^conscious of"the impish weakness, snon to all mankind, 'which creal ?d?sire out of sheer inability to sa it Already his own throat was parc fine excitement of the early stn; ?was in Itself enough to engende: ?tente thirst He thought it bes meet their absolute needs as fa: possible. "Bring the tin cup," he said. ' os take half our store and use tin mainder when we eat Try to a .breathing through your mouth, fiot air quickly affects the palate ?anses an artificial dryness. We ? not yet be in real need of .water. J largely imagination." Iris needed no -second bidding, carefully measured out half a pim the unsavory fluid-the dregs of casks and the scoutings of the ledg *T will drink first," she cried. **Nof no," he interrupted impatien *GIve it to me." She pretended to be surprised. **As a mere matter of politeness" . "*T am sorry, but I must insist" ?he gare him the cup over his s bx tier. He placed it to his lips ? sniped steadily. There," he said gruffly. "I was ii Irony. The Dyaks may have anotl rush at any moment" Iris looked into the vessel. "You have taken none at all," ? said. ""Nonsense r J^Mr. Jenks, be reasonable! You ne it more than I. I d-dont want to-li w-without-you." Eis hands shook somewhat It w util there was no call for accura shooting just then. .*? assure jon I took all I required lie declared, with unnecessary ?veh menee. #* <*Jbt least drink your share to plea: 2m$"<?te murmured. "Yon swished to humbug me," 1 ^p*c=?*ted. -"If you will take the fir jhalf I vrm *afce the second!" And ;they settled it that way. Tl ?few mouthfuls of tepid water ga^ >them new life. Nevertheless by hig jDoon they were suffering again. Ti -sflme passed very slowly. The su Hose to the zenith and filled the ea rt sud air with his ardor. It seemed to t 2. miracle-now appreciated for th first time in their lives-that the se ?ld not dry up and the leaves withe on the trees. The silence, the death! Inactivity of all things, became into: ?rabie, The girl bravely tried to COE fine her thoughts to the task of th flour. She displayed alert watchful ness, an instant readiness to warn he companion of the slightest m o vern en ?smong the trees or by the rocks to th? northwest, this being the arc of the! periphery assigned to her. XxK>Jdng at a sunlit space from cove mid looking at the same place whei sweltering in the direct rays of a trop fea! sun are kindred operations strange ftr diverse in achievement Iris coule jfcf?ireconcile the physical sensitivenes; (pf ^the hour with the careless bardi jfeood of ttbejpreceujng days. Her eye: ?ached somewhat for she had tilted he ;?ou*w?ster to the back of ber head ii -.the effort t$> eool her throbbing teni ?ftes. .She $xst up her right hand t< ?shade rthe ttoo vivid reflection of th< ^glistening ?ea and was astounded t< vfindithat in a few minutes the back o: :3ierihand was scorched. A faint sounc ??astant shouting disturbed ber pain -gul reverie. "How is it" she asked, "that we fee the heat so much today? I had hardly policed it before." -".For two good reasons-forced idle ness and radiation from this confound ed rock. Moreover, this is the hottes day we have experienced on the island *There is not a breath of air. and th< fiot weather has just commenced." "Don't you think," she said huskily "that our position here is quite hope fess?" They were talking to each other side ways. The sailor never turned his gaze from the southern end of the val fiey. ."It is no more hopeless now than lasl night or this morning." he replied. "But suppose we are kept here foi several days?" ."That was always an unpleasant probability." ."We had water then. Even with an ample supply it would be difficult to bold out As things are. such a course t fcecomes simply impossible." Her despondency pierced his soul. A slow agony was consuming her. "It is hard. I admit." he said. "Nev? ertheless you must bear up until night falls: then we will either obtain water or leave this placo." "Surely we can do neither." "We may be compelled to do both." "But how?" in this his hour of extremest need the man was vouchsafed a shred of Suck. Before he could frame a feeble pretext for bis too sanguine prediction ?1 sampan appeared SOO* yards from Turtle beach, strenuously paddled by three men. The vague hallooing they 5>ad heard was explained. The Dyaks, though to the manner born, were weary of sun scorched rocks and salt water. The boat was coming in response to their signals, and ?Le sight inspired Jenks with fresh fagpe. Like a lightning flash, came_tbe By LOUIS TRACY Copyright 1903. by Edward J. Gode ! reflection that if he could keep them away from the well and destroy the sampan now hastening to their assist? ance, perhaps conveying the bulk of their stores, they would soon tire of slaking their thirst on the few pitcher plants growing on the north shore. "Come quick!" he shouted, adjusting the back sight of a rifle. "Lie down and aim at the front of that boat a little short if anything. It doesn't matter if the bullets strike the sea first." He placed the weapon in readiness for her and commenced operations him? self before Iris could reach his side. Soon both rifles were pitching twenty shots a minute at the sampan. The re? sult of their long range practice was not long in doubt The Dyaks danced from seat to seat in a state of wild ex? citement One man was hurled over? board. Then the craft lurched sea? ward^ the strong current, and Jenks told Iris to leave the rest to him. Before he could empty a second mag? azine a fortunate bullet ripped, a plank out and the sampan filled and went down amid a shrill yell of execration from the back of the cliff. The two Dyaks yet living endeavored to swim ashore, half a mile through shark in? vested reefs. The sailor did not even trouble about them. After a few fran? tic struggles each doomed wretch flung up his arms and vanished. In the clear atmosphere the onlookers could see black fins cutting the pellucid sea. They were quieting down-the thirst fiend was again slowly salting their veins-when something of a dirty white color fluttered into sight from behind the base of the opposite cliff. It was rapidly withdrawn, to reappear after an intervaL Now it was held more steadily and a brown arm became visi? ble. As Jenks did not fire, a turbaned head popped into sight It was the Mo? hammedan. "No shoot if be roared. "Me Eng? lish speak it" "Don't you speak Hindoostanee?" shouted Jenks in Urdu of the higher proficiency. "Yes, sir.*" was the joyful response. "Will your honor permit his serrant to come and talk with him?" "Yes, if you come unarmed." "And the chief, too, sahib?" "Yes, but listen! On the first sign of treachery I will shoot both of you!" "We wili keep faith, sahib. May kites pick our bones if we fail!" Then there stepped into full view the renegade Mussulman and his leader. They carried no guns; the chief wore his creese. "Tell him to leave that dagger be? hind!" cried the sailor imperiously. As the enemy demanded a parley he re? solved to adopt the conqueror's tone from the outset The chief obeyed, with a scowl, and the two advanced to the foot of the rock. "Stand close to me," said Jenks to Iris. "Let them see you plainly, but pull your hat well down over your eyes." She silently followed his instructions. Now that the very crisis of their fate had arrived she was nervous, shaken, conscious only of a desire to sink on her knees and pray. The two halted some ten paces in front of the cavern, and the belliger ents surveyed each other. It was a fas mating spectacle, this drama in reai life. The yellow faced Dyak, gaudily attired in a crimson jacket and sky blue pantaloons of Chinese silk, a man young and powerfully built, and tho browu Skinned, white clothed Mobarn medan, bony, tall and gray with hard? ship, looked up at the occupants of the ledge. Iris? slim and boyish in her mali garments, was dwarfed by the six fool sailor, but her face was blood stained, and .Teuks wore a six weeks' stubbh of beard. Holding their rifles with alert ease, 'with revolvers strapped to their sides, they presented a warlike and imposing tableau in their inaccessi? ble perch. In the path of the emissa ries lay the bodies of the slain. The Dyak leader scowled again as he pass, cd them. "Sahib," began the Indian, "my chief. Tuimg S'A li. does not wish to have nny more of his men killed in a foolish quarrel about a woman. Give her up. he says, and he will either leave you !:ere in peace or carry you safely to some place where you can find a ship manned by white men." .'A woman!" said Jenks scornfully. .'That is idle talk! What woman is here?" This question nonplused the native. "The woman whom the chief saw half a month back, sahib." "Taung S'Ali was bewitched. I slew his men so quickly that he saw spirits." The chief caught his name *md broke in with a question A voll<< of talk between the two was enlivened with expressive gestures by Tarig S'Ali. who several times pointed to Iris, and Jenks now anathematized his thought? less folly in permitting the Dyak to ap? proach so near. The Mohammedan, of course, had never seen her anti might have persuaded the other that in truth there were two men only on the rock. His fears were only too well founded. The Mussulman salaamed respectfully and said: "Protector of the poor. I cannot gain? say your word, but Taung S'Ali says that the maid stands by your side and is none the less the woman he seeks in that she wears a man's clothing." "He has sharp eyes, but his brain is addled/" jetorted the sailor. "Why does lie come here to seek a woman who is not of his race? Not only has he brought death to his people and nar? rowly escaped it himself, but he must know that any violence offered to us will mean the extermination of his whole tribe by an English warship. Tell him to take away his boats and never visit this isle again. Perhaps I will then forget his treacherous at? tempt to murder us while we slept last night." The chief glared defiantly, while the Mohammedan said: "Sahib, it is best not to anger him too much. He says he means to have the girl. He saw her beauty that day, and she inflamed his heart. She has cost him many lives, but she is worth j a sultan's ransom He cares not for warships. They cannot reach his all? iage in the hills. By the tomb of Nizam-ud-din, sahib, he will not harm you if you give her up, but if you re? fuse he will kill you both. And what is one woman more or less in the world that she should cause strife and bloodletting?" The sailor knew the eastern charac? ter too well not to understand the man's amazement that he should be so solicitous about the fate of one of the weaker sex. It was seemingly useless to offer terms, yet the native was clear? ly so anxious for an amicable settle? ment that he caught at a straw. "You come from Delhi?" he asked. "Honored one, you have great wis? dom." "None but a Delhi man swears by the tomb on the road to the Kutub. You have escaped from the Anda mans?" "Sahib, I did but slay a man in self defense." "Whatever the cause, you can never again see India. Nevertheless you would give many years of your life to mix once more with the bazaar folk." The brown skin assumed a sallow tinge. "That is good speaking," he gurgled. "Then help me and my friend to es? cape. Compel your chief to leave the The belligerents surveyed each other. island. Kill him! Plot against him! I will promise you freedom and plenty of rupees. Da this? and I swear to you I will come in a ship and take you away. The miss sahib's father is pow? erful. He has great influence with the Indian government" Taung S'Ali was evidently bewil? dered and annoyed by this passionate appeal which he did not understand. He demanded an explanation, and the ready witted native was obliged to in? vent some plausible excuse. Yet when he raised his face to Jenks there was the look of a hunted animal in his eyes. "Sahib." he said, endeavoring to con? ceal his agitation, "I am one among many. A word from me, and they would cut my throat. If I were with you there ou the rock I would die with you, for ? was in the Kumaon regiment when the trouble befell me. It is of no avail to bargain with a tiger, sahib. I suppose you will not give up the miss sahib. Pretend to argue with me. I will help in any way possible." Jenks' heart bounded when this un? looked for offer reached his ears. The unfortunate Mohammedan was evi? dently eager to get away from the pi? ratical gang iuto whose power he had fallen. But the chief was impatient, if not suspicious, of these long speeches. Angrily holding forth a rifle, the sail? or shouted: "Tell Taung S'Ali that ? will slay him and all his men ere tomorrow's sun rises. He knows something of my power, but not all. Tonight at the twelfth hour you will find a rope hang? ing from the rock. Tie thereto a vessel of water. Fail not in this. I will not forget your services. I am Anstrutber Sahib of the Belgaum regiment." The native translated his words into a fierce defiance of Taung S'Ali and his Dyaks. The chief glanced at Jenks and Iris with nn ominous smile. He muttered something. "Then, sahib, there is nothing more to be said. Beware of the trees on your right. They can send silent death even to the place where you stand. And I will not fail you tonight, on my life," criod the interpreter. "I believe you. Go! But inform your chief that once you have disap? peared round the rock whence you came I will talk to him only with a rifle." Taung S'Ali seemed to comprehend the Englishman's emphatic motions. Waving his hand defiantly, the I ?yak turned, and. with one parting glance of mute assurance, the Indian followed him. Iris touched Iiis arm and he tol? 1 her all that had taken place. Iris be I.e c... . i. strut* o?' affairs. She \vas al most certain wheo the Dyaks propose: a parley that reasonable terms would result. It horrified her beyond meas? ure to lind that she was the rock on which negotiations were wrecked Hope died within her. The bitterness of death was in her breast. "What an unlucky influence I have had on your existence!" she exclaimed. "If it were not for me this trouble at least would be spared you. Because I am here you are condemned. Again, be? cause I stopped you from shooting that wretched chief and his companions they are now demanding your life as a forfeit. It is ail my fault. I can? not bear it'* She was on the verge of tears. The 6train had become too great for her. After indulging in a wild dream of freedom, to be told that they must again endure the irksome confinement, the active suffering, the slow horrors of a siege in that rocky prison, almost distracted her. Jenks was very stern and curt in his reply. "We must make the best of a bad business," he said. "If vre are in a tight place the Dyaks are not much better off, and eighteen of their num? ber are dead or wounded- You forget I too, that Providence has sent us a most useful ally in the Mohammedan. When all is said and done, things might be far worse than they are."' I Never before had his tone* been so cold, his manner so abrupt not even in the old days when he purposely en? deavored to make her dislike- him. She walked along the ledge and tim? idly bent over him. "Forgive me!" she whispered. "I did forget for the moment not only the goodness of Providence, but also your self sacrificing devotion. I am only a woman, and I don't want to- die yet but I will not live unless you;, tooy are saved." Once already that day she had ex? pressed this thought in other words. Was some shadowy design flitting through her brain ? Suppose- they were faced with the alternatives; of dying from thirst or yielding to< the Dyaks. Was there another way out?. Jenks shivered, though the rock was- grining him. He must divert her mind from this dreadful brooding. "The fact is," he said, with a feeble attempt at cheerfulness,, "we" are both hungry and consequently grumpy. Now, suppose you prepare l?iiefc. We will feel ever so much better after we have eaten." The girl choked back her emotion and sadly essayed the task of provid? ing a meal which was hateful to her. A few tears fell now and made little furrows down her soiled cheeks. But they were helpful tearer tears of resig? nation, not of despair. Although the "destruction that wasteth at noon?ay" was trying her sorely,, she again* felt strong and sustained. She even smiled on> detecting: an in? voluntary effort to- dear her stained face. She was about to carry a biscuit and some tinned meat to the sailor when a sharp exclamation from him caused her to hasten ta his side. The Dyaks had broken cover. Run- , ning in scatteret? sections across the sands, they were risking soeh loss as the defenders might be able to inflict upon them during a brief race to the shelter and food to be obtained in the other part of the island. ? Jenks did not fire at the scurrying gang. He was waiting for one man, Taung S'Aii. But that redoubtable person, having probably suggested this dash for liberty, bad fully realized the enviable share of attention he would attract during the passage. He there? fore discarded his vivid attire and by borrowing odd garments made himself sufficiently like unto the remainder of his crew to deceive the sailor until the rush of men was over. Among them ran the Mohammedan, who did not look up the valley, but waved his hand, j When all had quieted down again Jenks understood how he had been fooled. He laughed so heartily that Iris, not knowing either the cause of his merriment or the reason of his un? looked for clemency to the flying foe. feared the sun had affected him. Ile at once quitted the post occupied during so protracted a vigil. "Now," he cried, "we can eat in peace. I have stripped the chief of his finery. His men can twit him on being forced to slied his gorgeous plum? age in order to save his life. Anyhow, they will leave us in peace until night falls, so we must make the best of a hot afternoon." But he was mistaken. A greater dan? ger than any yet experienced DOW threatened them, for Taung S'Ali, furi? ous and unrelenting, resolved that if he could not obtain the girl he would slay the pair of them, and he had ter? rible weapons in his possession. [TO BE CONTINUED.] "?:*94S* V J?._ Witchcraft In England. A woman of Scarborough, England, charged a short time ago with cruelly neglecting her children, believed that her victims had been bewitched by an evilly disposed neighbor. Superstition and credulit; are still prevalent in Eng? land. Last year a London coroner had before him a man and a woman who. with' their six children, slept in one room, about which several live rabbits were running. The adults believed that the presence of the animals was a safeguard against rheumatism. Not long ago a Fulbourn (Cambridgeshire) man was lined for having kept his horses without food and having given thom a "broth" of water, parings of hoofs, nails, needles and pins. 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